test(download): write the yt-dlp stub under ForkLock

The kernel refuses to exec a file that is open for writing anywhere in
the process, and these tests are parallel: a sibling's fork duplicates
stubYtDlp's write descriptor in the moment it is open and carries it
past our close, so the exec a moment later fails with ETXTBSY. That is
the flake seen once locally and once in CI, both times on a tree with
no Go in its diff.

Closing sooner is not available -- os.WriteFile has already closed the
file before anything execs it -- and O_CLOEXEC does not help, because
the window is between another goroutine's fork and its own exec.
syscall.ForkLock is the lock forkExec takes across that fork, so
holding it over the write means no child can exist while the
descriptor does.

Measured on the helper itself under 12 concurrent writers: 176-189 of
2400 execs refused before, 0 of 2400 after, three runs each.

Closes #146

.gitignore

@@ -88,3 +88,8 @@ build/android/overlay.json
 # Written by @semantic-release/changelog purely to carry the release notes
 # into scripts/gitea-release.sh; the release page is the changelog.
 .release-notes.md
+
+# Agent session log: local scratch, not repo memory (that is CLAUDE.md
+# and .planning/). Written by the scheduled backlog runs.
+.pi/journal.md
+.pi/schedule-prompts.json

.pi/prompts/next-issue.md

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+---
+description: Take on the next actionable backlog issue end to end, and stop
+---
+Take on exactly one issue from the YellowJacket backlog, end to end, and stop.
+
+Repo: yonlu/yellowjacket at https://git.ljones.me — API base
+https://git.ljones.me/api/v1/repos/yonlu/yellowjacket, auth with
+`-H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN"`. Default branch is `main`.
+
+## 1. Orient before you pick
+
+Read, in this order: `CLAUDE.md` (the architecture and the reasons behind
+it), `.pi/journal.md` (what happened last), `.planning/NOTES.md` (what was
+already considered and rejected), and `.planning/plans/active/`. Do not skip
+this because the issue looks small — most of this codebase's traps are
+written down in exactly one of those four places, and the ones that bite are
+the ones you didn't read.
+
+## 2. Pick the issue
+
+List open issues. Choose the single highest-value one that is *actionable
+right now*:
+
+- Order by `Priority/Critical` → `High` → `Medium` → `Low`. Within a tier,
+  prefer `Reviewed/Confirmed`, then `Kind/Bug` over `Kind/Enhancement` over
+  `Kind/Feature`.
+- Consult issue #73 (the roadmap) — if it sequences the candidates, that
+  ordering wins over the label ordering.
+- **Skip** anything labelled `Status/Blocked`, `Status/In Progress`,
+  `Status/Abandoned`, `Reviewed/Won't Fix`, `Reviewed/Duplicate`,
+  `Reviewed/Invalid`, or already carrying an open PR.
+- **Skip anything someone else is already on.** The label is not the only
+  claim, because a concurrent session may not have applied it — several pi
+  sessions run against this repo from separate worktrees under
+  `~/.paseo/worktrees/`. Run `git ls-remote --heads origin` and skip any
+  issue whose number or slug matches an existing branch (`60-…`,
+  `fix/<slug>`). A duplicated fix costs more than a skipped issue.
+- **Skip** anything that cannot be verified without hardware you do not
+  have: physical-device Android behaviour (audio output, on-device file
+  writes, real gesture input). A browser at 424px is not a phone — see the
+  Chrome 113 section of `CLAUDE.md`.
+- **Skip** intermittent-failure issues unless you can reproduce the failure
+  on demand within a few minutes. Chasing a 1-in-3 flake is an unbounded
+  task and does not belong in a scheduled run.
+- If nothing qualifies, say so, do nothing, and stop. An empty run is a
+  correct outcome.
+
+## 3. Claim it
+
+Add `Status/In Progress` to the issue and comment that you are picking it
+up. Then branch:
+
+```
+git fetch origin && git checkout -b <type>/<short-slug> origin/main
+```
+
+`<type>` matches the issue's `Kind` (`fix/`, `feat/`, `refactor/`, `test/`,
+`docs/`, `ci/`). Branch from `origin/main`, never by checking out `main`
+itself — this repo is worked from several git worktrees at once and `main`
+is checked out in one of them, so `git checkout main` fails outright.
+
+## 4. Do the work
+
+Fix the issue that was reported and nothing else. Match the surrounding
+code's style. Follow the constraints in `CLAUDE.md` rather than reasoning
+from first principles — where it explains why something is shaped the way it
+is, that shape is load-bearing and there is usually a test pinning it.
+
+**Anything else you discover becomes a new issue, not a bigger diff.** File
+it with the right `Area/`, `Kind/`, `Priority/` labels, describe the
+symptom before the theory, and link it from your PR. Scope creep is the
+failure mode this instruction exists to prevent.
+
+If the work turns out to be materially larger than the issue implied, stop:
+comment on the issue with what you found and what it would actually take,
+remove `Status/In Progress`, push nothing, and end the run.
+
+## 5. Verify — the right tier, not the cheapest one
+
+Run `make generate` if you touched `.sql` or `.templ`, and `make bindings`
+if you changed a bound Go signature. Then run what the change actually
+demands:
+
+- Go change → `make lint` and `make test` (both cover all three build
+  configurations).
+- Frontend component or store → `make ui-test`.
+- User-visible flow → `make e2e` against `make dev-headless`. **Check the
+  port first**: `ss -ltn | grep 34115`. If it is occupied, another worktree
+  is already running the app — do not start a second one and do not run
+  `make e2e`. Attaching to someone else's build produces a green result
+  about code that is not yours, which is worse than no result. Either
+  choose an issue that does not need this tier, or stop and say why.
+- Anything cosmetic or layout-related → look at a screenshot. Several bugs
+  in this repo's history were invisible to every assertion and obvious in an
+  image.
+
+A tier you skipped is a claim you did not check. If a tier fails for reasons
+unrelated to your change, say so explicitly rather than quietly moving on.
+
+## 6. Keep the documentation true
+
+If you changed structure, behaviour, or a constraint, update `CLAUDE.md` in
+the same commit. That file is this project's memory; a change that leaves it
+describing the old shape is worse than no change. Append a short entry to
+`.pi/journal.md` covering what you did, what you verified, and what you left
+open.
+
+## 7. Commit and open the PR
+
+Conventional Commits, imperative subject, ≤72 chars, scope optional. The
+body explains *why*. Push the branch — never push to `main`, never
+force-push.
+
+Open the PR:
+
+```
+curl -sS -X POST \
+  -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  https://git.ljones.me/api/v1/repos/yonlu/yellowjacket/pulls \
+  -d '{"head":"<branch>","base":"main","title":"<subject>","body":"<body>"}'
+```
+
+The body states: what the issue was, what you changed and why, **which
+verification tiers you ran and their results**, anything you deliberately
+did not do, and `Closes #<n>`.
+
+Then wait for CI (`ci.yml`, jobs `check` and `e2e`) and report the result on
+the PR. If it fails, read the log — `gitea_ci`'s `job_logs` 404s on this
+Gitea build, so use
+`GET /api/v1/repos/yonlu/yellowjacket/actions/runs/<run>/jobs` for per-step
+status and `GET /api/v1/repos/yonlu/yellowjacket/actions/jobs/<id>/logs` for
+the log — and fix it. Two consecutive failed CI runs on the same cause: stop,
+comment what you know on the PR, and leave it for a human.
+
+**Do not merge.** Comment on the issue linking the PR, leave
+`Status/In Progress` on, and end the run.
+
+## Finally
+
+Report in three lines: which issue you took, what state it is in
+(PR open / CI green / stopped and why), and any issues you filed.

.pi/skills/yellowjacket-dev/SKILL.md

@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ reference, because you need them *before* the failure, not after.
   what you otherwise get is `Property 'scroll' does not exist on type
   'CSSResult'` pointing at a line of prose, or every test in the suite
   failing to import. It went in after the trap cost a fourth session in
-  which its own warning had been read twice.
+  which its own warning had been read twice. **The same command carries
+  a second CSS check**: a nested rule whose selector starts with an
+  element name (`audio-player { … }` rather than `& audio-player { … }`)
+  is silently dropped by the device's Chrome 113 and by nothing else, so
+  every tier you can run renders it correctly. Run it after touching
+  `index.css` or any `css` literal; a rule directly inside a top-level
+  `@media` is not nested and is not flagged.
 - **A failing CI job's log is reachable even when `gitea_ci job_logs`
   says it is not.** That endpoint 404s on this Gitea build. The REST
   API answers, with the `GITEA_TOKEN` already in the environment:
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ only climb when it cannot.
 | You changed | Run | Cost |
 |---|---|---|
 | A Lit component, a store, the shortcut service | `make ui-test` | ~2 s, no app |
-| …and it renders differently | `make ui-visual` | + 6 baselines, opt-in |
+| …and it renders differently | `make ui-visual` | + 10 baselines, opt-in, never gates |
 | Any Go code | `make test` | 3 passes, ~2 min |
 | A service that emits events | `make test` — assert on the payload, see `backend/queue/emit_test.go` | in-process, no app |
 | A bound method or a bound struct field | `make bindings` then `make ui-test` | ~1.5 s + 2 s |
@@ -174,6 +180,13 @@ less than it looks.)
 
 Two rules about climbing:
 
+- **If you moved a component's geometry, run `make ui-visual` and
+  refresh that component's baseline in the same commit.** Nothing else
+  will: it is the one tier in this repo no hook and no CI job runs, and
+  it cannot be one — its references are machine-specific, measured in
+  [references/ui-tier.md](references/ui-tier.md). Four of them drifted
+  across three merges before anyone noticed (#196). Read the image;
+  never bless a reference you did not cause.
 - **A component test passing is not the app rendering.** If you touched
   anything in `frontend/src`, verify it in the real app too — start it
   headless, `screenshot --filename=/tmp/shot.png`, and *read the PNG*.

.pi/skills/yellowjacket-dev/references/android-tier.md

@@ -8,13 +8,29 @@ This tier answers "does the phone build run", nothing else. It is not a
 spec tier, it does not run in CI, and the app is not a usable Android
 player yet (plan 015 says why, at length).
 
-## Three facts that make failure invisible
+## Two facts that make failure invisible
 
-**Go's stdout does not reach logcat.** An Android app's fd 1 and 2 go to
-`/dev/null`. Every `slog` line the app writes is discarded — including
-the one naming the error it is about to exit on. `setprop
-log.redirect-stdio true` does not help: it redirects the *Java*
-runtime's `System.out`, and the Go code is a c-shared native library.
+There were three. The first was that **Go's stdout does not reach
+logcat** — an Android app's fd 1 and 2 go to `/dev/null`, so every
+`slog` line the app wrote was discarded, including the one naming the
+error it was about to exit on. That is fixed (#160):
+`backend/androidlog` is a `slog.Handler` over `__android_log_write`,
+selected in `main()` by build tag, and the app's whole diagnostic
+stream now arrives under the `yellowjacket` tag, which `make
+android-logs` filters for.
+
+What remains true about it is the part that misleads: **`setprop
+log.redirect-stdio true` still does not help**, because it redirects
+the *Java* runtime's `System.out` and the Go code is a c-shared native
+library. Nothing that reaches logcat here does so through stdout, so
+anything printed with `fmt.Println` is still lost. Log with `slog`.
+
+The tag is a fixed string rather than the application id, and that is
+load-bearing rather than tidy: the debug build carries
+`applicationIdSuffix ".dev"` so it can be installed beside the release
+app, and it is the only build whose WebView can be inspected — so a tag
+derived from the id would be filtered out on the one build anybody
+debugging this app is running.
 
 **`os.Exit` is a silent death.** `main()` ends several failure paths in
 `os.Exit(1)`. From Android's side that is a process that vanished:
@@ -34,7 +50,10 @@ the wrong question. `make android-smoke` asks the right one — is it the
 The tell, once you know it: `I/WailsBridge: Wails bridge initialized`
 followed immediately by a new pid doing the same thing. That means the
 native library loaded, the JNI bridge came up, Go's `main()` ran, and
-`main()` left. Work backwards through its `os.Exit(1)` paths.
+`main()` left. Work backwards through its `os.Exit(1)` paths — and
+since #160, **read the `E/yellowjacket` line above it first**, because
+every one of those paths logs the error before it exits. That line is
+what #52 spent months without.
 
 ## What to run
 
@@ -194,9 +213,13 @@ like the app's fault and none is:
 |---|---|---|
 | x86_64 | modernc's raw `lstat` vs seccomp | SIGSYS, syscall 6 |
 | arm64, translated | Go reads `ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1` | SIGILL |
-| arm64, real device | — | unverified, still |
+| arm64, real device | **runs** (2026-08-20) | — |
 
-**A physical arm64 device remains the only verification path.**
+**A physical arm64 device remains the only verification path**, and it
+has now been walked: a Light Phone III (TLP301, Android 14 / SDK 34,
+arm64-v8a, WebView Chrome 113 at 424x439). The app builds, installs,
+launches and stays up; `make android-smoke SECONDS=60` passes on it.
+What that run *found* is the lifecycle fault below.
 
 ### What was fixed to get here
 
@@ -210,6 +233,11 @@ no-op. `backend/system` gained no import of the Wails application
 package, which matters for the same reason `backend/events` is split by
 the `indexbuild` tag.
 
+**And `main()` is now latched to one run per process** (#52). That is
+the second `os.Exit(1)` in this file's history and it had the same
+signature as the first, which is the argument for #160: both were named
+exactly by an `slog` line that went to `/dev/null`.
+
 ### What is still not done
 
 The shell is still a desktop shell, and the x86_64 half of the APK is
@@ -249,10 +277,25 @@ one.
 `build/android/Taskfile.yml` ships more than the Makefile wraps, and
 they are the right thing to reach for when you want something one-off:
 
+> **These four were unsafe until #159 and are now the way in.** All of
+> them began with `adb uninstall {{.APP_ID}}`, where `APP_ID` defaulted
+> to `app.yellowjacket` — the **release** id — while `run` and
+> `run:device` build the **debug** variant, whose id is
+> `app.yellowjacket.dev`. So they uninstalled the user's app, taking
+> the library with it, installed a different package, and then failed
+> to launch the one they had removed.
+>
+> They share `scripts/android-deploy.sh` now, which **never**
+> uninstalls (`install -r`, and a changed signing certificate is
+> reported with the command rather than acted on), reads the package id
+> back out of the built APK, and refuses a target that is not the kind
+> the task names. There is nothing left to avoid; the manual sequence
+> below is kept because it is still the smallest thing that works.
+
 ```
 wails3 task android:run              # debug build + emulator install + launch
-wails3 task android:run:device       # same, first connected physical device
-wails3 task android:deploy-device    # production APK to a device
+wails3 task android:run:device       # debug build + install + launch on a phone
+wails3 task android:deploy-device    # release build, same
 wails3 task android:bundle:fat       # AAB, for a Play Store upload
 wails3 task android:studio           # open build/android/ in Android Studio
 wails3 task android:device:list
@@ -260,6 +303,16 @@ wails3 task android:logs:all
 wails3 task android:clean
 ```
 
+**`run` and `deploy-emulator` mean the emulator, and now say so to
+adb.** They used a bare `adb install`, which with exactly one device
+attached picks that device whatever it is — so with a phone plugged in
+and no emulator running, the task whose summary reads "in the Android
+Emulator" installed on the phone. They pass `--target emulator` and
+refuse with `make android-emulator` as the remedy.
+
+**`DEVICE_ID=<serial>` still names a device, and several attached
+devices is now an error rather than a silent pick of the first.**
+
 Two are deliberately **not** wrapped. `android:logs` greps logcat for
 `(Wails|yellowjacket)`, which catches the `WailsBridge` tag but misses
 the app's own process tag (`app.yellowjacket` — lowercase, so `Wails`
@@ -269,16 +322,51 @@ instead. And `ensure-emulator` boots whatever `-list-avds | tail -1`
 returns, with no pidfile and no boot wait, so it cannot be stopped or
 sequenced.
 
-## The identity is declared twice
+## The identity is read back from the APK
 
+It used to be **declared twice**, and that is what #159 was.
 `applicationId` in `build/android/app/build.gradle` is what Gradle
-installs. `APP_ID` in `build/android/Taskfile.yml` is what every
-adb-driven task uninstalls, launches and filters. **Nothing enforces
-that they agree**, and `ANDROID.md`'s advice to set `APP_ID` in
-`build/config.yml` does not work in beta.8 — `wails3 task` never reads
-that file (verified with `--dry`), and even when set it feeds only the
-adb commands, never Gradle. Change both or the official `run`/`deploy`
-tasks address a package that is not installed.
+installs; `APP_ID` in `build/android/Taskfile.yml` was what every
+adb-driven task uninstalled, launched and filtered, and nothing
+enforced that they agree. They did not: the debug buildType carries
+`applicationIdSuffix ".dev"`, so every task that assembles a debug APK
+addressed the release id. This file flagged the hazard for five phases
+and it cashed out twice — once as a wrong `am start`, once as an
+uninstall of the user's library.
+
+**`scripts/android-pkgid.sh` is the one answer now.** It prints the
+package id an APK declares (`aapt2 dump packagename`, falling back to
+`aapt dump badging`), and the deploy path installs and launches *that*.
+The APK is the authority because the task that installs it has just
+built it: whatever Gradle resolved the applicationId to, suffixes and
+flavours included, is in the file, and no default can disagree with it.
+An APK it cannot read is a hard failure, never a fallback to a written
+down default — guessing is the bug.
+
+**`APP_ID` survives as an assertion, not a setting**, and has no
+default. `wails3 task android:run APP_ID=app.yellowjacket` says "this
+build had better declare that id" and is refused, naming both, *before*
+anything is installed or a device is even chosen. It could never have
+been a setting: `ANDROID.md`'s advice to put it in `build/config.yml`
+does not work in beta.8 — `wails3 task` never reads that file (verified
+with `--dry`) — and even when set it fed only the adb commands, never
+Gradle.
+
+`scripts/android-emulator.sh` derives `PKG` the same way, from
+`bin/yellowjacket.apk` when one is built, so `make android-install`,
+`android-launch`, `android-logs` and `android-smoke` follow whichever
+variant is actually in `bin/`. `YJ_ANDROID_PKG` still overrides, and
+the old literal survives only for a tree with no APK built yet.
+
+**The uninstall is gone and is not coming back.** It existed to make
+the bare `install` on the next line work at all — without `-r` Android
+refuses an install over an existing package — so `install -r` removes
+the *reason* for it rather than merely removing it. What is left is the
+one case an uninstall really is the remedy, a changed signing
+certificate, and that is exactly the case where performing it silently
+costs the user their library. So it is named and not done, which is the
+answer `scripts/android-emulator.sh` had already reached for
+`make android-install`.
 
 Related, and it will bite once: the launcher activity is
 `com.wails.app.MainActivity` and the applicationId is
@@ -287,6 +375,27 @@ resolves the leading dot against the *applicationId* and fails with a
 class-not-found that reads like a broken build. Always the
 fully-qualified form.
 
+**`wails3 task android:run:device` is the way to put a debug build on a
+real device**, since #159. What #52 used, before it was safe, was the
+longer form, and it is still the smallest thing that works if you want
+no script between you and adb:
+
+```bash
+wails3 task android:build ARCH=arm64 && wails3 task android:assemble:apk
+adb install -r bin/yellowjacket.apk      # -r, never uninstall
+adb shell am start -n app.yellowjacket.dev/com.wails.app.MainActivity
+```
+
+The id in that last line is the one thing to keep an eye on by hand —
+`./scripts/android-pkgid.sh bin/yellowjacket.apk` is what the tasks ask,
+and it is a good habit before any `am start` written out in full.
+
+`YJ_ANDROID_PKG=app.yellowjacket.dev` still overrides what
+`scripts/android-emulator.sh` — and therefore `make android-smoke`,
+`android-logs`, `android-launch` — addresses, but it is rarely needed
+now: that default is read from `bin/yellowjacket.apk`, so it already
+follows whichever variant was built last.
+
 ## What only a device can answer
 
 The emulator cannot run this app (three separate reasons, none of them
@@ -311,6 +420,91 @@ system bars, the back gesture, focus and audio interruptions,
 permission dialogs, the keyboard — not about what the app draws. The
 drawing is what the other five tiers already cover.
 
+**The third such fault was the activity lifecycle** (#52), and it is
+the one to re-check after touching `main()`, `WailsBridge` or
+`MainActivity`. Android destroys and recreates an activity **without
+restarting the process**, and Wails' `nativeInit` — which
+`MainActivity.onCreate` calls — runs `go mainFunc()` every time. So
+Go's `main()` ran again on a live app, `app.Run()` refused (`a.starting`
+is still true behind Android's `select{}`), and the `os.Exit(1)` under
+it took the healthy first app down with it.
+
+### The lifecycle check, and how to trigger it on demand
+
+This is the regression guard for #52 on this tier, because no other
+tier runs `main()` on Android at all. The Go-side guard
+(`TestMainClaimsBeforeItDoesAnything`) catches work creeping above the
+latch; only the device catches the latch not working.
+
+**Trigger a relaunch with a configuration change the manifest does not
+declare.** `AndroidManifest.xml` lists
+`orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden|uiMode`, so those are handled
+in-place and are *not* triggers. `fontScale` is not listed, and it is a
+one-liner:
+
+```bash
+adb shell settings put system font_scale 1.15   # restore the old value after
+```
+
+That is the same in-process destroy/recreate that "Don't keep
+activities", a locale change and a memory trim produce, but on demand.
+
+**"Don't keep activities" is the report's own lever and did not work on
+this device**: `settings put global always_finish_activities 1` reads
+back as `1`, `am set-always-finish-activities` does not exist on this
+build, and the activity was never finished on backgrounding. Do not
+spend an afternoon on it; use the config change.
+
+**The assertion is the pid, and the tell is two bridge inits in one.**
+
+```bash
+adb logcat -d | grep -E "Wails bridge initialized|has died|finishDrawing of relaunch"
+```
+
+Healthy is one pid appearing twice — the process surviving the
+recreation:
+
+```
+I/WailsBridge(28420): Wails bridge initialized
+I/WailsBridge(28420): Wails bridge initialized     <- same pid, recreated
+```
+
+Broken is that pair followed within a second by:
+
+```
+I/WindowManager: finishDrawing of relaunch: Window{...MainActivity} 603ms
+I/ActivityManager: Process app.yellowjacket.dev (pid 22956) has died: fg  TOP
+W/ActivityTaskManager: Force removing ActivityRecord{...}: app died, no saved state
+```
+
+Two things about reading that. **`has died: fg  TOP` is not a memory
+kill** — the system does not reclaim the foreground process, so this is
+the app leaving of its own accord. And there is **no crash record
+anywhere**: `logcat -b crash` is empty, no `AndroidRuntime`, no
+`libc: Fatal signal`, no tombstone. That is the `os.Exit` signature,
+and it is why "the system killed it" is the wrong first hypothesis.
+
+**Surviving is only half of it — check the recreated WebView is still
+wired to the running app.** A plausible-looking fix (making
+`WailsBridge.initialized` static, so the second `nativeInit` is skipped)
+keeps the process alive and silently breaks this, because `nativeInit`
+is also what re-points the JNI reference at the new bridge. Go would go
+on executing JavaScript against the destroyed activity's WebView: the
+app opens, renders, and never receives another backend event.
+
+Ask the page, after a relaunch and a resume:
+
+```bash
+make android-inspect
+make android-eval EXPR='(()=>{window.__probe=[];const o=window._wails.dispatchWailsEvent.bind(window._wails);window._wails.dispatchWailsEvent=(e)=>{window.__probe.push(e&&e.name);return o(e)};return "ok"})()'
+# background and foreground the app, then:
+make android-eval EXPR='JSON.stringify(window.__probe)'
+```
+
+A healthy build answers with events from the live services —
+`["IndexStatusChanged","JobsChanged","JobsChanged","android:storageAccess"]`.
+`[]` means the bridge reference is stale.
+
 ## Asking the device, not just looking at it
 
 A real phone can be inspected, and that turns this tier from "reported
@@ -340,6 +534,130 @@ Four things about it, each of which costs an hour if met cold:
   script. Plug in over USB for anything longer than a couple of probes.
 - **The socket name carries the pid**, which changes on every launch, so
   it is resolved rather than remembered.
+- **A reinstall resets the runtime permissions**, and the grant dialog
+  is a separate activity that takes focus — so the app is up, `am start`
+  reports "delivered to currently running top-most instance", and
+  `pidof` is empty because it never got to the foreground.
+  `dumpsys window | grep mCurrentFocus` naming
+  `GrantPermissionsActivity` is the tell. `adb shell pm grant
+  app.yellowjacket.dev android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO` (and
+  `POST_NOTIFICATIONS`) ahead of the launch skips it.
+
+### Getting the app into a state worth measuring
+
+A fresh install is **not** a neutral starting point, and three things
+about it will each cost you a measurement.
+
+**It downloads the real catalog.** `YJ_CORE_INDEX_URL` is stubbed in
+`dev-headless.sh` and in CI and is *real* here, so the app spends its
+first minutes fetching ~0.6 GB and `job-band` is **103px of a 439px
+screen** while it does. Every vertical number taken in that state is
+wrong -- one #51 measurement had the album art at 0px and it was
+entirely this.
+
+`__yj.call("explore.Service.StopIndexBuild", [])` stops it and returns
+cleanly. **It then starts again within seconds.** So stop it
+*immediately before* the measurement rather than once at the beginning,
+and check `jobs.Service.GetJobs` afterwards -- an empty array is the
+only proof. `jobs.Service.ClearFinishedJobs` tidies the finished rows
+that otherwise keep the band open.
+
+**A library added over the bridge does not dismiss the first-run
+wizard.** `library.Library.AddLibrary` works and scans, but the wizard
+checks for an existing library once, on mount, and its "Get Started"
+button gates on a directory chosen *in the wizard* -- so it stays up
+with a correctly disabled button over everything you are trying to
+measure. Nothing is broken; reload the page and it is gone. This reads
+exactly like a tap being swallowed, which is the expensive part.
+
+**Scoped storage decides where the music can be.** `/sdcard/Music/...`
+plus `pm grant <pkg> android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO` works and
+`AddLibrary` takes the plain path; a push into
+`/sdcard/Android/data/<pkg>/files/` looks like it worked and then is not
+there. Some builds additionally want
+`appops set <pkg> MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE allow`, and until they have it
+the app opens the *system* "All files access" screen on launch -- so
+`dumpsys window | grep mCurrentFocus` naming `com.android.settings` is
+that, not a crash.
+
+### A note on quoting `make android-eval`
+
+`EXPR='...'` is a single-quoted shell word, so anything with a quote or
+an apostrophe in it -- a file path like `Blazo, 49'ers - ...`, or a
+snippet containing a string literal -- breaks in a way that reads as a
+JavaScript error. Put the expression in a file and pass it positionally:
+
+```bash
+node ./scripts/android-eval.mjs "$(cat /tmp/probe.js)"
+```
+
+That is the same script `make android-eval` wraps, so nothing is lost.
+Two things worth knowing about it: it does **not** await a promise, so
+an async call has to park its result (`window.__r = ...`) and be read
+back in a second eval; and the shim from the section below is lost on
+every reload and every app restart, along with the devtools socket,
+whose name carries the pid.
+
+### Calling a binding on the device
+
+**The runtime call does not go over HTTP on Android**, and this is worth
+knowing before an hour is spent on it. The WebView cannot deliver a
+`fetch()` POST body to `shouldInterceptRequest`, so v3 routes runtime
+calls through the `addJavascriptInterface` bridge instead: the
+@wailsio/runtime installs a `customTransport` that calls
+`window.wails.invokeAsync(id, payload)` and receives the answer on
+`window._wailsAndroidCallback`. Two consequences:
+
+- **`.playwright/init-events.js` does not transfer to the device.** Its
+  outbound half hooks `fetch`, which sees nothing here, and its
+  `call()` posts to `/wails/runtime`, which answers
+  `Invalid runtime call: missing object value` — the interceptor got the
+  URL with no body. Its *inbound* half is still right, because
+  `dispatchWailsEvent` is the entry point in every mode.
+- **Hooking `fetch` from an eval is too late anyway**, on any platform:
+  the bundle captured its reference at module scope, so a wrapper
+  installed afterwards records nothing. That is why the harness is an
+  `initScript` and not a step in a spec.
+
+What works is to borrow the bridge, chaining the runtime's own callback
+so its pending calls still resolve:
+
+```js
+const pending = new Map();
+const prev = window._wailsAndroidCallback;
+window._wailsAndroidCallback = (id, response, error) => {
+  if (!pending.has(id)) return prev && prev(id, response, error);
+  const p = pending.get(id); pending.delete(id);
+  const env = JSON.parse(response || "{}");
+  return env.ok ? p.resolve(env.data ?? env.text) : p.reject(new Error(env.error));
+};
+window.__yj = { call(name, args) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const id = "yj" + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2);
+    pending.set(id, { resolve, reject });
+    window.wails.invokeAsync(id, JSON.stringify({
+      object: 0, method: 0, windowName: "",
+      args: { "call-id": id, methodName: "yellowjacket/backend/" + name, args: args || [] },
+      clientId: window._wails.clientId,
+    }));
+  });
+} };
+```
+
+That turns the device into a tier that can be *driven* rather than only
+looked at — `__yj.call("player.Player.LoadFile", [path])` and
+`__yj.call("library.Library.AddLibrary", ["/sdcard/Music/..."])` are how
+#53 was measured. Names are the Go ones (`GetTracks`, not
+`GetAllTracks`); an unknown one comes back as a plain
+`unknown bound method name`, so a wrong guess is loud.
+
+**Getting audio onto the phone**: `adb push` into
+`/sdcard/Android/data/<pkg>/files/` looks like it works and then the
+files are not there — scoped storage. `/sdcard/Music/...` plus
+`pm grant … READ_MEDIA_AUDIO` does work, and `AddLibrary` takes the
+plain path. The generated fixtures are **~2 seconds** each, which is
+fine for a scan and useless for watching a seek bar, so synthesise a
+long one: `ffmpeg -f lavfi -i sine=frequency=440:duration=240`.
 
 **And the reason to bother: the phone is an engine, not a screen.** The
 first device here renders in **Chrome 113** at 424x439 CSS px. Every

.pi/skills/yellowjacket-dev/references/ui-tier.md

@@ -78,9 +78,58 @@ synchronously.
   Microtasks and not a timer, deliberately: a timer hangs forever under
   the suites that install fake ones.
 
-Visual baselines are font-hinting and compositing sensitive, which is
-why they are opt-in: they only mean anything on the machine that
-recorded them.
+## The visual tier does not gate, and that is measured (#196)
+
+`make ui-visual` is the same suite with nine `toMatchScreenshot`
+baselines switched on. **Nothing runs it but a person**, deliberately,
+and the reason is a number rather than a preference: the committed
+baselines were recorded on Arch, and replayed in a bare `ubuntu:24.04`
+container — CI's `check` image — three of them fail for reasons that
+have nothing to do with any component.
+
+| baseline | Arch | ubuntu:24.04 |
+|---|---|---|
+| `page-header` filtered-by-search | passes | ratio 0.03 differ, against a 0.02 allowance |
+| `track-info` | passes | ratio 0.03 differ |
+| `seek-bar` | 1152×18 | 1152×17 |
+
+The two references that were genuinely stale did not even agree about
+their *new* size — `now-playing` renders 1152×65 on Arch and 1152×64 in
+the container. So moving CI's `check` job from `make ui-test` to
+`make ui-visual` is not a one-line change: it needs a second,
+container-recorded baseline set, which every local run would then fail
+against. That is the same trap the other way round, and a pre-push hook
+is the same fault again — one machine's baselines against everybody
+else's renderer.
+
+So the tier stays local and opt-in, and the rule that replaces the gate
+is:
+
+- **A change that moves a component's geometry refreshes that
+  component's reference in the same commit, having read the image.**
+  Look at the PNG; the dimensions in the failure message are the cheap
+  half of the answer.
+- **Never refresh a reference you did not cause.** #196 exists because
+  four of them drifted across three unrelated merges, and every red run
+  made the next person likelier to stop running the tier than to read
+  it.
+- **State the world the shot is taken in.** The stores are singletons,
+  so a visual case that sets nothing photographs whatever the previous
+  case left behind — which is how the sidebar's baseline came to have
+  Tracks lit and `now-playing`'s to be playing from a dynamic mix.
+- **Record one file with `make ui-visual-update UI_ARGS=<path>`**, and
+  check `git status` before committing either way. That filter is only
+  honoured since #204: the recipe was a bare `--update`, and vitest
+  takes the following positional as the flag's value, so the path was
+  swallowed and *every* baseline was re-recorded — blessing any stale
+  one in silence.
+
+What the tier is worth, for the record: it is a *layout* check, blind to
+colour (the component tier has no `:root`, so it renders the fallbacks —
+`make ui-visual` passed unchanged through a whole palette rewrite,
+twice), and it has caught one thing nothing else could — swapping
+`library-status-indicator`'s `<button>` for a `<span>` lost the UA
+stylesheet's `box-sizing` and grew the badge 36→38px.
 
 ## Bindings
 

.planning/plans/completed/019-android-touch-model.md

@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+# 019 — The Android touch model
+
+**Issue:** #63 (`Area/Library-UI`, `Kind/Feature`, `Priority/High`)
+**Depends on:** #60 (bottom-sheet menus) — closed, merged as PR #176
+**Relates:** #67 (inline links into the menu), #71 ("More" nav), #54
+(native feel), #5/#8 (selection, drag to queue — the desktop semantics
+being diverged from)
+**Status:** shipped (phases 1-4). Its one deliberate remainder is #200.
+
+#73 puts #60 first in Phase 4 because it is "the presentation every
+other item needs", and this is the next one. The Direction on #63 asks
+for the interaction model to be designed as one piece before any of it
+is built, because it *reassigns an existing gesture* rather than adding
+one — `utils/long-press.ts` currently owns the 500ms hold, and every
+context menu in the app is downstream of it.
+
+This document is that design. Everything below is a measurement, or an
+argument for one of the choices #63 leaves open.
+
+---
+
+## The mapping
+
+| gesture | pointer is a finger | pointer is a mouse |
+|---|---|---|
+| single tap / click | **play the row** | select the row |
+| double | — | play the row |
+| long press (500ms) | **enter selection mode** | — |
+| right-click | — | context menu |
+| swipe right | **add to queue** | — |
+| drag | reorder / drag to playlist | reorder / drag to playlist |
+
+Three of those are #63's report unchanged. Two are decisions it left
+open, and one is a deliberate divergence.
+
+---
+
+## Decision 1 — the predicate is the pointer, not the platform
+
+#63 says "the row component needs a platform-aware interaction layer
+rather than shared handlers". It needs an interaction layer; it should
+not be platform-aware.
+
+**The question a row has to answer is not "am I on Android" or "is the
+viewport under 600px" but "what made this event".** `pointerType ===
+'touch'`, read off the event that is being handled, which is already
+how `long-press.ts` decides (`if (e.pointerType !== 'touch') return`)
+and is the only such test in the frontend today.
+
+This is #64's rule — the predicate is named after the capability, not
+the platform — and it carries #64's warning with it. Keyed on a width:
+
+- an Android **tablet** at 600px or more gets click-selects /
+  double-click-plays on a touchscreen, which is the exact inversion
+  this issue exists to fix, on the platform it exists for;
+- a **touchscreen laptop** cannot be described at all, because both
+  pointers are live in the same session on the same row;
+- and a narrow desktop window gets phone semantics with a mouse.
+
+Per event, all three are right for free, and there is no second
+declaration of what a phone does — the thing CLAUDE.md declines to add
+every time it comes up.
+
+**Measured, so this is not an assumption about the WebView.** On the
+reference device (TLP301, Android 14, WebView Chrome 113, 424x439),
+driving a real tap with `adb shell input tap`:
+
+```
+[["down","touch",78,94],["touchstart","touchstart",0,0],["up","touch",78,94]]
+```
+
+`PointerEvent` exists, `pointerType` is `"touch"`, `maxTouchPoints` is
+5, and `(pointer: coarse)` / `(hover: none)` both match.
+
+---
+
+## Decision 2 — there is no double-tap, and the number is why
+
+#63 asks for *single tap → play* **and** *double tap → context menu*.
+Those two cannot both be honoured. The first tap of a double tap is
+indistinguishable from a single tap until the interval expires, so
+"tap plays" necessarily becomes "tap waits to find out whether you
+meant something else, then plays". The app already owns that constant:
+`utils/explore-link.ts` holds a navigation for `DOUBLE_CLICK_GRACE_MS
+= 250` for precisely this reason.
+
+**What it would be added to, measured on the device.** Six runs, from
+the play command to the backend's `TrackChanged`:
+
+```
+155, 123, 85, 56, 91 ms          median ~100
+```
+
+So the app's primary interaction is ~100ms, and a double-tap
+discriminator makes it ~350 — **3.5x, of which 250ms is spent
+deliberately doing nothing** — paid on every track anyone ever plays,
+in order to reach a menu.
+
+It is also against the platform's convention, which counts for more
+than usual here because this is the phone build and nothing else:
+long-press is *how you select* on Android (Gmail, Files, Photos),
+double-tap is zoom or nothing, and a list's menu is either the
+long-press sheet or a per-row overflow.
+
+**So the menu and the selection action bar become the same surface**,
+which is the convention and removes a concept rather than adding one.
+Long-press selects the row it was made on and raises the action bar;
+the bar's actions *are* the context menu's actions, contextualised to
+whatever is selected — one row or forty. #60's bottom sheet stays
+behind it as the overflow, so `contextMenuStyles`, `MenuKeyboard` and
+`menu-surface` are reused rather than reimplemented.
+
+---
+
+## Decision 3 — tap-to-play and selection mode ship together
+
+The obvious phase order is "tap plays first, it is the smallest
+change". It is wrong, and the reason is a capability that exists today
+and is easy to miss.
+
+**A touch user can already multi-select**: tap selects (the desktop
+semantics, which a finger currently gets), and the long-press menu then
+acts on the selection. Move tap to play without shipping selection mode
+in the same change and there is a window — a release, if it lands — in
+which selecting forty tracks to add to a playlist is impossible on a
+phone. That is a regression dressed as an increment.
+
+So phase 1 is both, or neither.
+
+---
+
+## What the code looks like now
+
+| surface | how it binds | selection |
+|---|---|---|
+| `track-list` | delegated on the virtualizer: `click`, `dblclick`, `contextmenu`, `dragstart` | `SelectionController` |
+| `queue-panel` | delegated, same shape | `SelectionController` |
+| `playlist-details` | per row | `SelectionController` |
+| `smart-playlist-details` | per row | `SelectionController` |
+
+All four already share `SelectionController`, and all four resolve a
+row from an event by `data-index` / `data-file-path` on the row. So the
+gesture layer has one shape to talk to, and "selection mode" is a flag
+on the controller they already have rather than a fifth concept.
+
+`utils/long-press.ts` is one document-capture listener that synthesises
+a `contextmenu` — the seam that needed no component to opt in. **This
+plan keeps that shape and changes what the gesture means**, which is
+why it is a rewrite of that file rather than a second listener set: two
+document listeners both claiming the 500ms hold is the fault the file's
+own header warns about.
+
+---
+
+## Two measurements that decide the implementation
+
+**`touch-action` is `auto` on both the virtualizer and the rows.** With
+`auto` the browser owns panning on both axes, so a horizontal drag can
+be claimed as a scroll and our gesture ends in `pointercancel`
+mid-swipe. A row that wants a horizontal swipe has to declare
+`touch-action: pan-y`: the browser keeps the vertical pan (which is the
+virtualizer's scroll, and must stay native or the list stutters) and
+hands us the horizontal axis. This is the single most likely way for
+swipe-to-queue to "work in Chromium and not on the phone".
+
+**The row is 424x52 on the device**, so a swipe threshold in px is a
+fraction of a row height, not of a screen.
+
+**And the third one was found by building phase 1 and then running it**
+— it is not something any browser tier can report. Chrome 113's Android
+WebView **fires its own `contextmenu` on a long press**. `long-press.ts`
+stood down when a trusted one arrived, which was right while both paths
+ended in the same place; once a hold can mean selection mode they end
+in different places, and standing down means the gesture silently does
+the *old* thing. Measured, before the fix:
+
+```
+{"log":["contextmenu isTrusted=true"],
+ "state":{"bar":null,"menuActive":true,"selected":1}}
+```
+
+`yj-long-press` was never announced at all, the context menu opened,
+and all 26 tests in the component tier passed — dispatched pointer
+events do not make a browser synthesise a `contextmenu`.
+
+So the browser's event is a **trigger, not a competitor**: the gesture
+is announced from it, and only a component that claims it suppresses
+the native menu. Unclaimed, it propagates untouched. That is the same
+"browser wins" outcome, reached by asking instead of assuming — and
+verified both ways on the device, a track row entering selection mode
+and an album card still opening its menu.
+
+The tier could not *find* it and can *hold* it: a test cannot dispatch
+a trusted event, but this module has always told its own apart by
+identity rather than `isTrusted`, so an untrusted one from a test takes
+exactly the browser's path.
+
+---
+
+## A tier note: this one can be driven, not only measured
+
+`adb shell input tap|swipe` reaches the WebView as real pointer events,
+which the log above is evidence of. So for the first time the Android
+tier can *perform* the thing under test rather than describe the page
+afterwards — a long press is `input swipe X Y X Y 600`, a swipe right
+is `input swipe X Y X+N Y 120`.
+
+Device CSS pixels from device pixels, on this phone:
+`css = (device - 59) / 2.564` vertically, `css = device / 2.564`
+horizontally (measured from the tap above: 200,300 arrived as 78,94).
+
+This does not make the device a spec tier — it does not run in CI and
+`make ui-test` still has to carry the assertions. It makes "does the
+gesture actually fire on Chrome 113" answerable in seconds.
+
+---
+
+## Phases
+
+**Phase 1 — the seam, tap-to-play, selection mode.** `utils/
+touch-gestures.ts` replacing `long-press.ts`: pointer-typed
+recognition of tap / long-press / horizontal swipe, dispatched as
+composed custom events so a delegated listener in any shadow root
+still works. `SelectionController` gains a mode. `track-list` acts on
+tap and enters the mode on long press. The action bar.
+
+**Phase 2 — swipe right to queue**, with the `touch-action: pan-y`
+finding above and a reveal-and-snap affordance. **Shipped**; what the
+device said about it is the section below.
+
+**Phase 3 — the other three surfaces**, which is mostly wiring, since
+they already share the controller. **Shipped**, and it was not entirely
+wiring — see below.
+
+**Phase 4 — what this leaves behind.** The inline `explore-link`s in a
+row are a single-click target inside a row whose single tap now plays;
+that conflict is #67's, and this plan should not pre-empt its answer
+beyond making tap-to-play win on touch. **Shipped.**
+
+## Phase 3 was not symmetric, in two places
+
+**A tap on a queue row plays that position**, not the list. Copying
+`track-list`'s tap — which sets the queue to the list the row is in —
+would rebuild the queue *from* the queue, discarding its source, its
+shuffle order and everything a user had inserted by hand. It reads as a
+no-op and is not one.
+
+**The queue panel has no swipe, deliberately.** A right swipe means
+*add to the queue* everywhere else it exists, and a queue row is
+already in the queue; the only thing it could mean there is *remove*,
+which is the same gesture with the opposite effect one screen away —
+the fault `utils/icon-language.ts` exists to have fixed for glyphs.
+Removing a queue row is on the row itself (the ×), on its bottom sheet
+since #60, and on the selection bar this phase gave it. The assertion
+is that its rows do **not** carry `data-swipe`, so a swipe there cannot
+silently become a second meaning for the app's one horizontal gesture.
+
+And the affordance became `utils/swipe-to-queue.ts` rather than being
+copied twice. Three lists want it; three copies of "how far is far
+enough" is three chances for them to disagree, which is what
+`utils/library-status.ts` and `utils/ownership.ts` each exist to have
+stopped happening. The shared stylesheet is keyed on `[data-swipe]`
+rather than on a class name, because the three lists call their rows
+two different things and the `touch-action` half of the device fix has
+to reach all of them.
+
+## Phase 4 was already true, which is why it is asserted
+
+A claimed tap has its click swallowed at document capture, so an
+`explore-link` inside the row never sees one and tap-to-play wins with
+no rule of its own. Nothing in the suite would have failed if that
+stopped covering the link, and the symptom — tapping a track's *title*
+navigating to its album instead of playing it — is one a phone user
+meets constantly and a mouse user never does.
+
+**Its test was vacuous when written**, in the way this file keeps
+finding: the tap helper dispatched `pointerdown` and `pointerup` and no
+`click`, so there was nothing to swallow and the assertion held on any
+build. It sends the trailing click now, which also strengthened phase
+1's "a tap plays and does not also select". The fixture needed an MBID
+for the same reason — without one the link asks the backend for a local
+album first and gives up when nothing answers, so "it did not navigate"
+was true of a working build and a broken one alike.
+
+---
+
+## What phase 2 measured, which was not what phase 2 predicted
+
+The `touch-action` finding above is **half** of the answer, and
+shipping only that half would have been the exact failure it warns
+about. Driving a real finger with `adb shell input swipe` across a
+track row, three values, all three on the device:
+
+```
+touch-action: auto    pointerdown, 1 move,  pointercancel
+touch-action: pan-y   pointerdown, 2 moves, pointercancel
+touch-action: none    pointerdown, 2 moves, pointercancel
+```
+
+`touchmove` kept firing in all three. So **Chrome 113's WebView
+cancels the pointer stream ~16px into any drag whatever `touch-action`
+says**, and a swipe recognised from `pointermove` — which is what the
+rest of this module is built on — is a swipe that dies 16px in.
+
+The other half is a **non-passive `touchmove` calling
+`preventDefault()`**: with it, the same swipe ran to 12 moves and a
+`pointerup` at full travel. And both halves are required, which was
+measured rather than assumed — with the `preventDefault` in place and
+`touch-action` back at `auto`, the gesture died after **one** move.
+The reading is that `auto` lets the browser commit to a horizontal pan
+on the first move past slop, before any threshold of ours can have
+been crossed, while `pan-y` leaves it undecided long enough for the
+second move to claim it.
+
+`none` is the one value to avoid: the list stopped scrolling at all.
+With the shipped pair, a vertical drag still scrolls the virtualizer
+81px on the same run that a horizontal one survives.
+
+**`draggable="true"` is not a competitor**, which is the other thing
+the device was asked. No `dragstart` fires from a touch drag on this
+WebView at all, so the drag-to-playlist attribute on every row needs no
+pointer-type gate.
+
+### And it found a phase 1 defect that no tier can see
+
+The native `contextmenu` arrives in **either** order, and phase 1 only
+handled one of them. `nativeSeen` covers the browser's menu arriving
+*during* the hold. The reverse — our 500ms timer firing first, a
+component claiming it, and Chrome delivering its own `contextmenu`
+50–70ms *later* — was suppressed by nothing, so the context menu
+opened on top of the selection bar. Measured over four holds:
+
+```
+hold 1  yj-long-press, then contextmenu isTrusted=true   menu open
+hold 2  yj-long-press                                    clean
+hold 3  yj-long-press, then contextmenu isTrusted=true   menu open
+hold 4  yj-long-press                                    clean
+```
+
+Two in four, on the one surface #63 exists to have changed, and
+invisible to both browser tiers because neither synthesises a
+`contextmenu` from a dispatched press. A press that has produced its
+outcome now suppresses a late one whichever branch it took; six holds
+on the fixed build, six clean.
+
+### The rules phase 2 settled
+
+- **A swipe is not a selection.** It queues the row it was made on,
+  unless that row is one of several *explicitly* selected — the same
+  rule the context menu answers with, because a bar reading "40
+  selected" beside a gesture that quietly queues one of them is two
+  answers to one question. It never changes the selection, which is
+  where it differs from a right-click.
+- **Rightward only.** Nothing is bound to a leftward swipe and
+  claiming one would take a gesture away to do nothing with it.
+- **The commit threshold is a fraction of the row** (0.3, floor 72px),
+  because the row is 424x52 on this device and a bare pixel count is a
+  fraction of a row height on one screen and a third of the width on
+  the next.
+- **The affordance is not only a colour** (WCAG 1.4.1, the rule the
+  playing-row marker exists for): the pane carries the queue icon and
+  words, the words change at the threshold ("Add to queue" → "Release
+  to add" → "Added"), and the outcome is announced in a live region.
+- **The row does not move; its cells do.** `.track-row` is
+  `contain: strict` with `overflow: hidden`, so a pane held at the
+  row's original position while the row translates is a pane at a
+  negative offset inside a clipping box and is simply not painted.
+  Sliding the cells needs no wrapper element in a row that is already
+  a grid.
+- **The travel is written to the row's own style, not rendered.** One
+  render at the start, one at the threshold, one at the end; a
+  virtualizer re-rendering every visible row per frame of one finger's
+  travel is the thing `perf.m1` is about.
+
+## Open questions
+
+1. **Does selection mode have an escape other than the bar's own
+   close?** *Settled: Escape, here; back, not here.*
+
+   Escape leaves the mode, from `selection-bar` rather than from each
+   of the four hosts — that element exists only while the mode does, so
+   it is the one place a dismissal can be attached and detached with
+   the thing it dismisses. It is the same documented exception the
+   overlaid queue's Escape is: **a dismissal, not a shortcut**, so it
+   is not a panel-scoped binding.
+
+   The back gesture is the half that is *not* done, and deliberately.
+   The obvious version — `selection-bar` pushing a history entry — is
+   precisely the fault `navStack` was deleted for: the shell owns the
+   stack (#6/#55) and is the only thing that calls `pushState`, so that
+   two stacks cannot disagree about what one press means. Four lists
+   each reaching for `history` is four stacks. It is also wrong on its
+   own terms, since a mode is per-component and a user who enters one,
+   navigates away and returns has an entry for a mode that no longer
+   exists. #55 settled the shape for a *place*; a mode is not one,
+   which is why it could not simply inherit that answer.
+
+   What it wants is one shell-owned register of dismissible surfaces,
+   which would retro-fit the queue overlay, the dialogs and this alike
+   rather than adding a fourth private answer. **#200.**
+
+2. **Does a tap on a row's favourite icon still toggle it in normal
+   mode?** *Settled in phase 1: yes.* A control inside the row keeps
+   its own tap — the gesture is simply not claimed there, so the click
+   behind it falls through untouched. It is the same rule the shortcut
+   service has for a focused control that owns a key, and it is what
+   keeps the 44px favourite target (#56) from becoming a 44px play
+   target. The queue row's × is the second instance of it.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+# Contributing to YellowJacket
+
+This is the contributor's half of the [README](README.md): how to build it, how
+to check a change, and how a change gets in. [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md) is the
+deep reference — the architecture, and the reasons behind the shape of it —
+and is worth reading before a change of any size, because most of this
+codebase's traps are written down there and nowhere else.
+
+## Building from source
+
+YellowJacket is [Go](https://go.dev/) with a [Lit](https://lit.dev/)/TypeScript
+frontend, bridged by [Wails v3](https://wails.io/).
+
+| Tool | Version |
+|------|---------|
+| Go | 1.25+ |
+| Node.js | 22+ |
+| pnpm | 10+ |
+| Wails CLI | v3 — vendored, no install needed (`go tool wails3`) |
+
+The Wails v3 CLI resolves from the `tool` block in `go.mod`, so there is nothing
+to install globally; `make setup` fetches it with the rest of the tooling.
+
+On Linux, install the system libraries Wails needs. v3 builds against GTK4 +
+WebKitGTK 6.0 by default:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev   # Debian/Ubuntu
+sudo pacman -S alsa-lib gtk4 webkitgtk-6.0                              # Arch
+```
+
+A machine without `webkitgtk-6.0` can still build with `-tags gtk3` against the
+older WebKit2GTK 4.1 stack, but that is an escape hatch, not what CI or a
+release builds. macOS and Windows need no extra system packages. Run
+`go tool wails3 doctor` to check your environment.
+
+```bash
+make setup        # install tooling, frontend packages and the git hooks
+make dev          # run with hot-reload
+make build-dev    # debug build with symbols
+make build-prod   # production build (stripped and trimmed)
+make android      # the arm64 APK, into bin/
+```
+
+The `Makefile` is the front door and carries a one-line description against
+each target; `Taskfile.yml` and `build/<platform>/Taskfile.yml` are the build
+implementation behind it and are not called directly.
+
+## Generated code
+
+Two generators run from `go generate ./...`, which `make generate` wraps:
+**sqlc** turns `backend/database/sql/queries/` into Go in
+`backend/database/sql/sqlcgen/`, and **templ** turns `.templ` files into
+`*_templ.go` beside them. Never edit either output by hand — run
+`make generate` after touching a `.sql` or a `.templ` file.
+
+The TypeScript bindings in `frontend/bindings/` are generated by `wails3`
+rather than by `go generate`, so they are a separate step: `make bindings`
+regenerates them and `make bindings-check` fails if they are stale.
+`frontend/src/events.ts` is generated too, from `backend/events/events.go`.
+
+A pre-commit hook checks that all of this is fresh, so the usual way to meet it
+is a failing commit rather than a bug.
+
+## Checking a change
+
+Run the tier the change actually demands, not the cheapest one.
+
+| Change | Command |
+|---|---|
+| Go | `make lint` and `make test` — both cover all three build configurations |
+| A frontend component or store | `make ui-test` (Vitest in a real Chromium, no backend) |
+| A user-visible flow | `make e2e`, against a running `make dev-headless` |
+| CSS | `make css-check` — see the Chrome 113 note below |
+| Anything cosmetic | look at a screenshot; several bugs here were invisible to every assertion and obvious in an image |
+
+`make test` needs the fixture library, which is generated rather than
+committed — it runs `make testdata` itself (about a second).
+
+The end-to-end tier drives the real app with no display at all: `make
+dev-headless` starts it in the background on `:34115` (add `SEED=<name>` for a
+seeded library, built by `make sandbox-seed NAME=<name>`), `make dev-logs` tails
+it and `make dev-stop` stops it. **Check the port before starting one** — if
+`:34115` is already answering, someone else's app is there, and a green result
+about their build is worse than no result.
+
+Two smaller checks exist because the failure they catch is silent:
+`make bindings-check` (stale generated bindings) and `make css-check`, which is
+two passes — one fails on a `css` literal ended early by a backtick inside a
+comment, the other on a nested CSS rule that begins with a bare element
+selector. Chrome 113 is what the reference Android device renders with, and it
+drops such a rule without a word.
+
+`make vulncheck` runs govulncheck over the module.
+
+## The issue tracker is the source of truth
+
+Work is described by issues before it is described by branches, and the tracker
+is shared with people who cannot see your terminal.
+
+- **Search before starting**, closed issues included: `./scripts/issue.sh search
+  <terms>`. "That was fixed three weeks ago" is the cheapest possible answer.
+- **Claim before the first edit**, not before the commit:
+  `./scripts/issue.sh claim <n>` sets the assignee, applies `Status/In Progress`
+  and comments with the branch, so the work is visibly taken *while it is being
+  done*. It refuses if somebody else holds it — talk to them rather than working
+  around it.
+- **If no issue covers the work, open one first** (`./scripts/issue.sh new`).
+- **Findings get filed.** A bug tripped over on the way to something else is an
+  issue with a reproduction, not a wider diff and not a sentence in a chat log.
+- **#73 is the roadmap** and states the order the backlog should be worked in.
+
+`scripts/issue.sh` is the whole interface (`list`, `mine`, `search`, `show`,
+`new`, `claim`, `unclaim`, `comment`, `close`, `label`, `depends`, `labels`) and
+wants a `GITEA_TOKEN` with `write:issue`. The labels are a taxonomy rather than
+tags: `Kind/*`, `Area/*`, `Priority/*`, `Platform/*`, plus `Reviewed/*` and
+`Status/*`, of which the last two are exclusive scopes.
+
+## Commits and pull requests
+
+`main` is protected, so a branch and a PR are the only way in. Branch from
+`origin/main`, and name the branch after the issue (`fix/140-…`, `feat/25-…`).
+
+Commit subjects are [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/)
+— `type(scope): subject`, imperative, ≤72 characters — and are enforced by a
+`commit-msg` hook and by CI (`make commit-check`). This is load-bearing rather
+than decorative: semantic-release reads the **type** to decide the next version,
+so a CI-only change is `ci:` and never `fix(ci):`, which would ship a patch
+release. `make release-dry` prints what a release would cut right now.
+
+**The closing keyword goes in the commit body**, one issue per line, because
+Gitea parses commit messages that reach `main` and does not parse the PR body:
+
+```
+docs: rewrite the README as a landing page
+
+<why>
+
+Closes #50
+```
+
+A PR body carries a commit-to-issue table, the verification you actually ran
+(with results), and a `Closes` list for whoever reads it.
+
+## Style
+
+- **Go** — golangci-lint v2, strict: `err113` (static errors), `nlreturn`,
+  `wsl_v5`, `godot`, `sloglint`, `perfsprint`, and imports grouped stdlib →
+  third-party → `yellowjacket/…` by gci.
+- **TypeScript** — strict mode, no implicit `any`, no unused locals or
+  parameters.
+- Match the surrounding code. Where `CLAUDE.md` explains why something is shaped
+  the way it is, that shape is load-bearing and there is usually a test pinning
+  it.
+
+Hooks do most of the enforcing (`lefthook.yml`, installed by `make setup`):
+pre-commit runs vet, lint, the codegen checks, the frontend typecheck and the
+two CSS checks in parallel; pre-push runs the Go suite and the UI tier,
+deliberately one after the other rather than together.
+
+## Where the rest of the documentation is
+
+- [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md) — architecture and constraints, in depth.
+- [`docs/PROFILING.md`](docs/PROFILING.md) — Go pprof and frontend profiling.
+- [`docs/android-release.md`](docs/android-release.md) — the APK, its signing
+  key, and what the release workflow checks.
+- [`docs/index-cache.md`](docs/index-cache.md) — the search-index build cache
+  and why it has a snapshot.
+- [`packaging/arch/README.md`](packaging/arch/README.md),
+  [`packaging/homebrew/README.md`](packaging/homebrew/README.md) — the two
+  package channels.
+- `.planning/` — design documents and measured history, not a queue. The queue
+  is the tracker.

Makefile

@@ -160,8 +160,11 @@ ui-watch: ## Same suite, in watch mode
 ui-visual: ## Run the suite including screenshot comparisons
 	@cd frontend && YJ_VISUAL=1 npx vitest run $(UI_ARGS)
 
-ui-visual-update: ## Re-record the screenshot baselines
-	@cd frontend && YJ_VISUAL=1 npx vitest run --update $(UI_ARGS)
+# `--update=true`, never a bare `--update`: vitest takes the following
+# positional as the flag's value, so `--update <path>` swallows the path
+# and re-records every baseline in the repo instead of the one named.
+ui-visual-update: ## Re-record the screenshot baselines (UI_ARGS=<path> to filter)
+	@cd frontend && YJ_VISUAL=1 npx vitest run --update=true $(UI_ARGS)
 
 ui-setup: ## Install the Vitest browser provider's own Chromium (once)
 	@cd frontend && pnpm install && npx playwright install chromium
@@ -172,12 +175,17 @@ ui-setup: ## Install the Vitest browser provider's own Chromium (once)
 bindings-check: ## Fail if the generated bindings are stale
 	@./scripts/bindings-check.sh
 
+# Two CSS traps that report a long way from their cause, or not at all.
 # A backtick inside a comment in a css`` literal ends the literal, and
 # what you get back is a type error about CSSResult, or every test in
-# the suite failing to import. Four sessions, three plans. Instant.
+# the suite failing to import. Four sessions, three plans. And a nested
+# rule starting with an element name is dropped by the device's
+# Chrome 113 in silence -- no tier here runs an engine that can see it.
+# Instant.
 .PHONY: css-check
-css-check: ## Fail if a css`` literal was ended early by a backtick in a comment
+css-check: ## Fail on a css`` literal ended early by a backtick, or a nested rule needing an &
 	@cd frontend && node scripts/check-css-literals.mjs
+	@cd frontend && node scripts/check-css-nesting.mjs
 
 # .pi/ and CLAUDE.md document commands, and a doc that documents a
 # command wrongly is worse than no doc: an agent runs it confidently.

README.md

@@ -2,112 +2,139 @@
 
 *Music how it was meant to bee.*
 
-YellowJacket is a fast, cross-platform desktop music player for your local
-collection. It plays your files, keeps your library tidy, and helps you discover
-and organize your music — all in a clean, responsive interface. No accounts, no
-streaming, no telemetry: just your music on your machine.
+YellowJacket plays the music you already own. Point it at your folders and it
+scans them, reads the tags and the cover art, and gives you a library you can
+browse, search, queue and tidy up — on your own machine, with no account, no
+streaming service and no telemetry.
 
-Runs on **Linux**, **macOS**, and **Windows**.
+It plays **MP3**, **FLAC**, **OGG Vorbis** and **WAV**, on **Linux** and
+**Android**, and builds from source on **macOS**.
 
-## Features
+![The track list, with something playing](docs/images/library.png)
 
-### Play your music
-- Plays **MP3, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, and WAV**
-- Play, pause, seek, and volume control with a mute toggle
-- Gapless, glitch-free seeking backed by a read-ahead buffer
-- A queue you can add to, reorder, and shuffle, with play-next support
-- Shuffle and repeat (off / all / one)
-- Picks up right where you left off — remembers your track, position, and volume between sessions
-- Media-key and MPRIS support on Linux, so your desktop's playback controls just work
+## What it does
 
-### Keep your library organized
-- Point it at your music folders and it scans them automatically
-- Reads tags and embedded cover art, and de-duplicates artwork so it isn't stored twice
-- Incremental sync — only new or changed files get reprocessed, and deleted files are cleaned up
-- Browse by **album**, **artist**, or **genre**, or search across everything
-- Mark favorites and see what you've been listening to with play history
-- Edit track tags directly when something's off
+**Plays your files.** Play, pause, seek and volume with a mute toggle; a
+read-ahead buffer so seeking is instant rather than gappy; a queue you can add
+to, reorder and shuffle, with play-next; shuffle and repeat (off / all / one).
+It remembers the track, the position and the queue between sessions, and it
+answers your desktop's media keys — MPRIS on Linux, a media notification and
+lock-screen controls on Android.
 
-### Playlists
-- Create playlists, drag tracks in, and reorder them
-- **Smart playlists** that build themselves from rules (by genre, rating, play count, and more)
-- Pin a default playlist and spot duplicate tracks at a glance
+**Keeps the library tidy.** It scans the folders you give it and rescans only
+what changed, so a big library costs its full scan once. It de-duplicates
+embedded cover art rather than storing the same image a hundred times, notices
+files that have gone away, and spots duplicate tracks. Browse by album, artist
+or genre, search across everything, mark favourites, and see what you have been
+playing.
 
-### Discover and clean up (powered by MusicBrainz)
-- **Explore** — browse artists, releases, and genres from the MusicBrainz catalog, not just what's already in your library
-- **Auto-tag** — match your files against MusicBrainz to fill in correct artist, album, and track metadata, with a review step before anything is written
-- **Lyrics search** — find a track by a line you remember
+**Playlists, and playlists that write themselves.** Drag tracks in and reorder
+them, or describe what you want — genre, play count, how long since you played
+it — and let a smart playlist keep itself up to date.
+
+**Explore and auto-tag, from the MusicBrainz catalog.** Explore browses artists,
+releases and genres from the catalog rather than only from what you own, so an
+album page can tell you that you have nine of its twelve tracks. Auto-tag
+matches your files against MusicBrainz and fills in the metadata that is
+missing, with a review step before anything is written to disk. Lyrics search
+finds a track from a line you remember.
+
+Explore needs its catalog, which is a one-off ~0.6 GB download from
+**Settings → Search Index**. It asks first on a metered connection, and
+everything else in the app works without it.
 
 ## Install
 
-Download the latest build for your platform from the
+Every download comes from the
 [releases page](https://git.ljones.me/yonlu/yellowjacket/releases).
 
-| Platform | Download |
-|----------|----------|
-| Linux | `yellowjacket-linux-amd64` |
-| macOS | `yellowjacket-darwin-universal.app.zip` (Apple Silicon + Intel) |
-| Windows | `yellowjacket-windows-amd64.exe` |
+### Linux
 
-Prefer to build it yourself? See [Building from source](#building-from-source).
+Download `yellowjacket-<version>-linux-amd64.tar.gz` from the latest release and
+unpack it. It holds the binary, a `.desktop` entry and an icon.
 
-## Getting started
+On **Arch**, install it from the package registry instead and get updates with
+the rest of your system — the one-time key import and `pacman.conf` block are in
+[`packaging/arch/README.md`](packaging/arch/README.md):
+
+```bash
+sudo pacman -Sy yellowjacket
+```
+
+### Android
+
+Install the APK from the release page, or from the URL below, which always
+points at the newest build:
+
+```
+https://git.ljones.me/api/packages/yonlu/generic/yellowjacket-android/latest/yellowjacket.apk
+```
+
+That URL needs no credentials, so [Obtainium](https://obtainium.imranr.dev/) can
+poll it directly and keep the app up to date. The build is `arm64-v8a` only, and
+[`docs/android-release.md`](docs/android-release.md) says why.
+
+### macOS
+
+Homebrew builds it from source on your own Mac — there is no prebuilt `.app`,
+because a signed macOS bundle needs a macOS machine to produce it and the
+release runner is a Linux container.
+
+```bash
+brew install shadow-puppet/yellowjacket/yellowjacket
+```
+
+See [`packaging/homebrew/README.md`](packaging/homebrew/README.md).
+
+### Windows
+
+Not published. It cross-compiles cleanly, but no Windows build of this app has
+ever been *run*, and nothing here can exercise one — so shipping it would be a
+promise that cannot be kept. You can still build it yourself: see
+[`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+### Coming from a 1.x install?
+
+Versions restarted at **0.0.1** when releases became automatic, which every
+package manager reads as a downgrade. It costs one reinstall, once — the details
+are with each channel: [Homebrew](packaging/homebrew/README.md#upgrading-from-1x-needs-a-reinstall-once),
+[Android](docs/android-release.md#the-1x-installs-cannot-be-upgraded-to-00x).
+
+## First run
 
 1. Launch YellowJacket.
-2. Open **Settings** and add the folder(s) where your music lives.
-3. Let the initial scan finish — you'll see progress as it works.
-4. Browse by album, artist, or genre, queue something up, and press play.
+2. Add the folder your music lives in — the first-run wizard asks, and
+   **Settings → Libraries** is where you add more later.
+3. Watch the scan finish. It reports progress, and you can browse while it runs.
+4. Queue something and press play.
 
-Your library and settings are stored locally:
+Your library and settings stay on your machine:
 
 | | Linux / macOS | Windows |
 |---|---|---|
 | Config | `~/.config/yellowjacket/` | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\yellowjacket\config` |
 | Library data | `~/.local/share/yellowjacket/` | `%LOCALAPPDATA%\yellowjacket\data` |
 
-## Building from source
+Setting `YJ_HOME` moves both, which is how you keep a second library separate.
 
-YellowJacket is built with [Go](https://go.dev/) and a
-[Lit](https://lit.dev/)/TypeScript frontend, bridged by the
-[Wails](https://wails.io/) framework.
+## More screenshots
 
-**Prerequisites**
+An album page knows what you own, and says so:
 
-| Tool | Version |
-|------|---------|
-| Go | 1.25+ |
-| Node.js | 22+ |
-| pnpm | 10+ |
-| Wails CLI | v3 — vendored, no install needed (`go tool wails3`) |
+![An album page, with two discs and the transport playing](docs/images/album.png)
 
-The Wails v3 CLI resolves from the `tool` block in `go.mod`, so there is nothing
-to install globally; `make setup` fetches it with the rest of the tooling.
+The home page suggests somewhere to start rather than opening on a wall of
+everything:
 
-On Linux, install the system libraries Wails needs. v3 builds against GTK4 +
-WebKitGTK 6.0 by default:
+![The home page's shelves](docs/images/home.png)
 
-```bash
-sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev   # Debian/Ubuntu
-sudo pacman -S alsa-lib gtk4 webkitgtk-6.0                              # Arch
-```
+## Contributing, and the rest of the documentation
 
-A machine without `webkitgtk-6.0` can still build with `-tags gtk3` against the
-older WebKit2GTK 4.1 stack, but that is an escape hatch, not what CI or a
-release builds.
-
-macOS and Windows need no extra system packages. Run `go tool wails3 doctor` to
-check your environment.
-
-**Build**
-
-```bash
-make setup        # install tooling and git hooks
-make dev          # run with hot-reload
-make build-prod   # produce a release binary
-```
-
-More detail for contributors lives in [`CLAUDE.md`](./CLAUDE.md) — the
-architecture, the conventions and the reasons behind them. What is
-being worked on is [the issue
-tracker](https://git.ljones.me/yonlu/yellowjacket/issues); #73 is the
-roadmap.
+- [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) — build it from source, run the tests,
+  and how a change gets in.
+- [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md) — the deep reference: the architecture and the reasons
+  behind the shape of it.
+- [The issue tracker](https://git.ljones.me/yonlu/yellowjacket/issues) is what
+  is wanted and what is being worked on; **#73** is the roadmap.
+- [Releases](https://git.ljones.me/yonlu/yellowjacket/releases) double as the
+  changelog — every one is generated from the commits it contains.

backend/androidlog/android.go

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//go:build android
+
+// The write itself, and nothing else. Everything decidable off a phone
+// is in androidlog.go; see the package comment for why.
+
+package androidlog
+
+/*
+#cgo LDFLAGS: -llog
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <android/log.h>
+*/
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// The priorities in androidlog.go are android/log.h's own values, and
+// these are what says so. A constant expression that would be negative
+// does not compile as a uint, so a renumbered header fails the build
+// here rather than logging everything at the wrong severity -- which is
+// the failure that would otherwise be invisible, since logcat would
+// happily print whatever number it was handed.
+const (
+	_ = uint(C.ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE - PrioVerbose)
+	_ = uint(PrioVerbose - C.ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)
+	_ = uint(C.ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG - PrioDebug)
+	_ = uint(PrioDebug - C.ANDROID_LOG_DEBUG)
+	_ = uint(C.ANDROID_LOG_INFO - PrioInfo)
+	_ = uint(PrioInfo - C.ANDROID_LOG_INFO)
+	_ = uint(C.ANDROID_LOG_WARN - PrioWarn)
+	_ = uint(PrioWarn - C.ANDROID_LOG_WARN)
+	_ = uint(C.ANDROID_LOG_ERROR - PrioError)
+	_ = uint(PrioError - C.ANDROID_LOG_ERROR)
+	_ = uint(C.ANDROID_LOG_FATAL - PrioFatal)
+	_ = uint(PrioFatal - C.ANDROID_LOG_FATAL)
+)
+
+// New returns the handler main() installs on Android.
+func New(opts *slog.HandlerOptions) slog.Handler {
+	return NewHandler(opts, write)
+}
+
+// write hands one line to liblog.
+func write(prio int, tag, msg string) {
+	cTag := C.CString(tag)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cTag))
+
+	cMsg := C.CString(msg)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cMsg))
+
+	C.__android_log_write(C.int(prio), cTag, cMsg)
+}

backend/androidlog/androidlog.go

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+// Package androidlog routes slog to logcat.
+//
+// **An Android app's fd 1 and 2 go to /dev/null**, so every line this
+// app writes with slog is discarded on that platform -- including the
+// one naming the error it is about to os.Exit on. #52 is what that
+// cost: a process that vanished with no tombstone, no AndroidRuntime
+// stack and nothing in `logcat -b crash`, at Priority/Critical for
+// months, whose entire diagnosis was one slog.Error main.go was
+// already writing.
+//
+// The platform's own sink is __android_log_write, which is a handful
+// of cgo -- and cgo compiled by nothing `make lint` or `make test`
+// runs, since the only toolchain that builds the android tag is a
+// cross-compiler and the only thing that runs it is a phone. So the
+// split here is the one backend/mediacontrols/androidpayload.go makes,
+// pushed as far as it will go: **everything except the write itself is
+// in this file, untagged**. The priority mapping, the formatting, the
+// chunking and the handler's own attr and group bookkeeping are
+// ordinary Go that `go test` exercises on any platform; android.go is
+// fifteen lines that hand a string to liblog.
+package androidlog
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Tag is what logcat labels these lines with.
+//
+// It is a constant of ours rather than the application id, because the
+// debug build carries `applicationIdSuffix ".dev"` so that it can be
+// installed beside the release app -- so a tag derived from the package
+// name is a *different* tag on the one build that can be inspected, and
+// the filter that is supposed to show these lines would hide them on
+// exactly the build used to look for them.
+const Tag = "yellowjacket"
+
+// Android's priorities, from android/log.h. These are the values
+// __android_log_write takes; android.go asserts at compile time that
+// they still match the header, so a renumbered platform is a build
+// failure here rather than a warning silently logged as an error.
+const (
+	PrioVerbose = 2
+	PrioDebug   = 3
+	PrioInfo    = 4
+	PrioWarn    = 5
+	PrioError   = 6
+	PrioFatal   = 7
+)
+
+// maxPayload is how much of one line liblog will carry.
+//
+// The kernel logger's entry is 4068 bytes for the tag, the message and
+// their two NULs together, and what does not fit is **dropped without
+// comment** -- so a long line would be truncated in the middle of the
+// thing worth reading. 3500 leaves room for the tag and for the "(N/M)"
+// a continuation carries.
+const maxPayload = 3500
+
+// WriteFunc is the platform sink: one already-formatted line, at one
+// priority, under one tag.
+//
+// It is a parameter rather than a package-level function so that the
+// handler can be driven by a test on a machine with no liblog at all.
+type WriteFunc func(prio int, tag, msg string)
+
+// Priority maps a slog level onto an Android one.
+//
+// slog's levels are open -- a caller may define its own at any int --
+// so this is a banding rather than a lookup: anything below Info is
+// debug, anything at or above Error is error. A custom level between
+// two of the standard ones lands in the band beneath it, which is what
+// slog's own level naming does.
+func Priority(level slog.Level) int {
+	switch {
+	case level < slog.LevelDebug:
+		return PrioVerbose
+	case level < slog.LevelInfo:
+		return PrioDebug
+	case level < slog.LevelWarn:
+		return PrioInfo
+	case level < slog.LevelError:
+		return PrioWarn
+	default:
+		return PrioError
+	}
+}
+
+// Handler formats records with slog's own TextHandler and hands each
+// line to a WriteFunc.
+//
+// It delegates the formatting rather than doing it, because WithAttrs
+// and WithGroup are the half of slog.Handler that is easy to get subtly
+// wrong -- and a logger whose groups are wrong is a logger nobody reads.
+// What it does own is what logcat needs and TextHandler does not know
+// about: the priority, and the fact that a line has a maximum length.
+type Handler struct {
+	write WriteFunc
+
+	// mu guards buf, which the delegate writes into. slog.Handler is
+	// documented as safe for concurrent use.
+	mu       *sync.Mutex
+	buf      *bytes.Buffer
+	delegate slog.Handler
+}
+
+// NewHandler builds a handler over an arbitrary sink.
+//
+// The time and the level are dropped from the formatted line: logcat
+// stamps every entry with both, and repeating them costs a quarter of
+// the width of a phone-sized terminal to say the same thing twice.
+func NewHandler(opts *slog.HandlerOptions, write WriteFunc) *Handler {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	inner := &slog.HandlerOptions{}
+	if opts != nil {
+		*inner = *opts
+	}
+
+	user := inner.ReplaceAttr
+	inner.ReplaceAttr = func(groups []string, a slog.Attr) slog.Attr {
+		if len(groups) == 0 && isBuiltin(a) {
+			return slog.Attr{}
+		}
+
+		if user != nil {
+			return user(groups, a)
+		}
+
+		return a
+	}
+
+	return &Handler{
+		write:    write,
+		mu:       &sync.Mutex{},
+		buf:      buf,
+		delegate: slog.NewTextHandler(buf, inner),
+	}
+}
+
+// isBuiltin reports whether an attr is slog's own time or level,
+// rather than a caller's attribute that happens to share the name.
+//
+// ReplaceAttr cannot tell those apart by key. It is called with an
+// empty group path for the built-ins *and* for every top-level
+// attribute, so a key comparison alone silently eats a caller's own
+// "level" or "time" -- which is not hypothetical: the probe that
+// verified this package on the device logged one, and the attribute
+// vanished. The kinds are what separate them, because slog builds the
+// built-ins as slog.Any(LevelKey, r.Level) and slog.Time(TimeKey, ...)
+// and an attribute value of type slog.Level is not something a caller
+// passes by accident.
+func isBuiltin(a slog.Attr) bool {
+	switch a.Key {
+	case slog.TimeKey:
+		return a.Value.Kind() == slog.KindTime
+	case slog.LevelKey:
+		_, ok := a.Value.Any().(slog.Level)
+
+		return ok
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// Enabled reports whether the level is worth formatting.
+func (h *Handler) Enabled(ctx context.Context, level slog.Level) bool {
+	return h.delegate.Enabled(ctx, level)
+}
+
+// Handle formats one record and writes it out, in as many entries as
+// its length demands.
+func (h *Handler) Handle(ctx context.Context, rec slog.Record) error {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	h.buf.Reset()
+
+	if err := h.delegate.Handle(ctx, rec); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	prio := Priority(rec.Level)
+	for _, line := range Chunk(strings.TrimRight(h.buf.String(), "\n")) {
+		h.write(prio, Tag, line)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// WithAttrs returns a handler carrying the given attributes.
+func (h *Handler) WithAttrs(attrs []slog.Attr) slog.Handler {
+	return h.derive(h.delegate.WithAttrs(attrs))
+}
+
+// WithGroup returns a handler that qualifies subsequent attributes.
+func (h *Handler) WithGroup(name string) slog.Handler {
+	return h.derive(h.delegate.WithGroup(name))
+}
+
+// derive shares the buffer and its mutex with the parent.
+//
+// They must be shared rather than copied: the delegate returned by
+// WithAttrs writes into the *same* buffer this one does, so a second
+// mutex would guard nothing and two loggers derived from one would
+// interleave their bytes into a single line.
+func (h *Handler) derive(delegate slog.Handler) *Handler {
+	return &Handler{
+		write:    h.write,
+		mu:       h.mu,
+		buf:      h.buf,
+		delegate: delegate,
+	}
+}
+
+// Chunk splits a formatted record into entries liblog will carry
+// whole.
+//
+// A record short enough to fit is returned as it is, which is nearly
+// every record; the numbering only appears where something was going
+// to be silently truncated anyway. It splits on bytes rather than runes
+// because the limit is a byte count -- a multi-byte rune straddling the
+// boundary is a mojibake character in a log line, against a lost one.
+func Chunk(msg string) []string {
+	if len(msg) <= maxPayload {
+		return []string{msg}
+	}
+
+	var parts []string
+
+	for rest := msg; rest != ""; {
+		n := min(maxPayload, len(rest))
+		parts = append(parts, rest[:n])
+		rest = rest[n:]
+	}
+
+	numbered := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
+	for i, p := range parts {
+		numbered = append(
+			numbered,
+			"("+strconv.Itoa(i+1)+"/"+strconv.Itoa(len(parts))+") "+p,
+		)
+	}
+
+	return numbered
+}

backend/androidlog/androidlog_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,355 @@
+package androidlog_test
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+
+	"yellowjacket/backend/androidlog"
+)
+
+// entry is one call to the sink.
+type entry struct {
+	prio int
+	tag  string
+	msg  string
+}
+
+// recorder is the platform write, on a machine with no platform.
+type recorder struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	entries []entry
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) write(prio int, tag, msg string) {
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	r.entries = append(r.entries, entry{prio: prio, tag: tag, msg: msg})
+}
+
+func (r *recorder) only(t *testing.T) entry {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	r.mu.Lock()
+	defer r.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if len(r.entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want exactly one entry, got %d: %v", len(r.entries), r.entries)
+	}
+
+	return r.entries[0]
+}
+
+func newLogger(r *recorder, level slog.Level) *slog.Logger {
+	return slog.New(androidlog.NewHandler(
+		&slog.HandlerOptions{Level: level},
+		r.write,
+	))
+}
+
+// TestPriorityMapsEveryLevel pins the level banding.
+//
+// This is the one thing in #160 that a wrong answer hides rather than
+// breaks: logcat prints whatever priority it is handed, so an Error
+// filed as Info is a line that is present, correct and invisible to
+// every filter anyone would use to look for it.
+func TestPriorityMapsEveryLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		level slog.Level
+		want  int
+	}{
+		{"below debug is verbose", slog.LevelDebug - 1, androidlog.PrioVerbose},
+		{"debug", slog.LevelDebug, androidlog.PrioDebug},
+		{"info", slog.LevelInfo, androidlog.PrioInfo},
+		{"warn", slog.LevelWarn, androidlog.PrioWarn},
+		{"error", slog.LevelError, androidlog.PrioError},
+
+		// slog's levels are open, so a caller may sit between two of
+		// the named ones.  Each lands in the band beneath it, which is
+		// what slog's own level naming does ("INFO+2").
+		{"between info and warn", slog.LevelInfo + 2, androidlog.PrioInfo},
+		{"between warn and error", slog.LevelWarn + 1, androidlog.PrioWarn},
+		{"above error", slog.LevelError + 4, androidlog.PrioError},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			if got := androidlog.Priority(tt.level); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("Priority(%v) = %d, want %d", tt.level, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPrioritiesAreTheHeadersValues pins the constants themselves.
+//
+// android.go asserts these against android/log.h at compile time, but
+// only a cross-compiler ever builds that file.  This is the assertion
+// that runs in CI, and the numbers are written out longhand on purpose
+// -- comparing a constant to itself would pass on any renumbering.
+func TestPrioritiesAreTheHeadersValues(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		name string
+		got  int
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"verbose", androidlog.PrioVerbose, 2},
+		{"debug", androidlog.PrioDebug, 3},
+		{"info", androidlog.PrioInfo, 4},
+		{"warn", androidlog.PrioWarn, 5},
+		{"error", androidlog.PrioError, 6},
+		{"fatal", androidlog.PrioFatal, 7},
+	} {
+		if tt.got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s priority = %d, want %d", tt.name, tt.got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestRecordReachesTheSink is the whole point of the package: a line
+// written with slog arrives, under the app's tag, at the right
+// priority.
+func TestRecordReachesTheSink(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	newLogger(rec, slog.LevelInfo).Error("application error", "err", "boom")
+
+	got := rec.only(t)
+
+	if got.prio != androidlog.PrioError {
+		t.Errorf("priority = %d, want %d", got.prio, androidlog.PrioError)
+	}
+
+	if got.tag != androidlog.Tag {
+		t.Errorf("tag = %q, want %q", got.tag, androidlog.Tag)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(got.msg, "application error") {
+		t.Errorf("message %q does not carry the message", got.msg)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(got.msg, `err=boom`) {
+		t.Errorf("message %q does not carry the attribute", got.msg)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTheTagIsNotTheApplicationID guards the trap the tag exists to
+// avoid.
+//
+// The debug build carries `applicationIdSuffix ".dev"`, so it is
+// installed as app.yellowjacket.dev -- and it is the *only* build whose
+// WebView can be inspected, so it is the build anyone debugging this
+// app is running.  A tag derived from the application id therefore
+// differs between the build being looked at and the build the filter
+// was written for, which is the failure this whole issue is about
+// wearing a different hat.
+func TestTheTagIsNotTheApplicationID(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	if strings.Contains(androidlog.Tag, ".") {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"tag %q looks like an application id; it must be stable "+
+				"across the debug suffix",
+			androidlog.Tag,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Logcat's tag field is 23 bytes.  A longer one is truncated, and a
+	// truncated tag matches no filter.
+	if len(androidlog.Tag) > 23 {
+		t.Errorf("tag %q is %d bytes, over logcat's 23", androidlog.Tag, len(androidlog.Tag))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTimeAndLevelAreDropped checks the formatting decision.
+//
+// logcat stamps every entry with a timestamp and a priority letter, so
+// carrying slog's own is the same information twice on a 424px screen.
+func TestTimeAndLevelAreDropped(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	newLogger(rec, slog.LevelInfo).Warn("scan finished", "files", 1577)
+
+	got := rec.only(t).msg
+
+	if strings.Contains(got, "time=") {
+		t.Errorf("message %q still carries a timestamp", got)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(got, "level=") {
+		t.Errorf("message %q still carries a level", got)
+	}
+
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "files=1577") {
+		t.Errorf("message %q lost its attributes with them", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestACallersOwnLevelAttrSurvives is a regression, and it was found on
+// the phone rather than here.
+//
+// Dropping slog's built-in time and level by key alone also drops a
+// caller's attribute of the same name, because ReplaceAttr sees an
+// empty group path for both. The probe that verified this package on
+// the device wrote slog.Info("...", "level", "info") and logcat showed
+// the message with no attributes at all.
+func TestACallersOwnLevelAttrSurvives(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	newLogger(rec, slog.LevelInfo).Info("probe", "level", "info", "time", "soon")
+
+	got := rec.only(t).msg
+
+	for _, want := range []string{"level=info", "time=soon"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("message %q lost the caller's %q", got, want)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// And slog's own are still gone: the built-in level renders as a
+	// bare word like INFO, never as the caller's value.
+	if strings.Contains(got, "level=INFO") {
+		t.Errorf("message %q carries slog's own level", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestLevelIsHonoured checks that Enabled reaches the delegate.
+func TestLevelIsHonoured(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	log := newLogger(rec, slog.LevelWarn)
+
+	log.Info("not this one")
+	log.Warn("this one")
+
+	if got := rec.only(t).msg; !strings.Contains(got, "this one") {
+		t.Errorf("wrong record survived: %q", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGroupsAndAttrsSurvive covers the half of slog.Handler this
+// delegates rather than implements -- the reason it delegates at all.
+func TestGroupsAndAttrsSurvive(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	log := newLogger(rec, slog.LevelInfo).
+		With("component", "player").
+		WithGroup("track")
+
+	log.Info("loaded", "path", "/sdcard/Music/a.flac")
+
+	got := rec.only(t).msg
+
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"component=player",
+		"track.path=/sdcard/Music/a.flac",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
+			t.Errorf("message %q is missing %q", got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDerivedHandlersDoNotInterleave is why derive shares the buffer's
+// mutex rather than taking a new one.
+//
+// Two loggers derived from one write into the same buffer, so a second
+// mutex would guard nothing and a concurrent pair would splice each
+// other's bytes into a single line -- which reads as corrupted logs
+// under load and as nothing at all in a test that logs once.
+func TestDerivedHandlersDoNotInterleave(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	rec := &recorder{}
+	base := newLogger(rec, slog.LevelInfo)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	for i := range 8 {
+		wg.Add(1)
+
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			log := base.With("worker", i).WithGroup("g")
+			for range 50 {
+				log.Info("tick", "n", i)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	rec.mu.Lock()
+	defer rec.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if len(rec.entries) != 8*50 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d entries, want %d", len(rec.entries), 8*50)
+	}
+
+	for _, e := range rec.entries {
+		if strings.Count(e.msg, "msg=tick") != 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("interleaved line: %q", e.msg)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestChunkLeavesShortLinesAlone is the common case: no numbering
+// appears on a record that was never going to be truncated.
+func TestChunkLeavesShortLinesAlone(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	got := androidlog.Chunk("msg=short")
+
+	if len(got) != 1 || got[0] != "msg=short" {
+		t.Errorf("Chunk(short) = %q, want the input unchanged", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestChunkSplitsWhatWouldBeTruncated covers the case liblog drops
+// silently.
+func TestChunkSplitsWhatWouldBeTruncated(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	const n = 9000
+
+	long := strings.Repeat("x", n)
+	parts := androidlog.Chunk(long)
+
+	if len(parts) < 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("a %d-byte line was not split", n)
+	}
+
+	var payload strings.Builder
+
+	for i, p := range parts {
+		if len(p) > 4000 {
+			t.Errorf("part %d is %d bytes, over liblog's entry", i, len(p))
+		}
+
+		_, rest, found := strings.Cut(p, ") ")
+		if !found {
+			t.Fatalf("part %d carries no (n/m) marker: %q", i, p)
+		}
+
+		payload.WriteString(rest)
+	}
+
+	if payload.String() != long {
+		t.Errorf("the parts do not reassemble into the input")
+	}
+}

backend/config/config.go

@@ -666,6 +666,49 @@ func (c *Config) SetAllowMeteredCatalogDownload(allow bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetPopupVolume reports whether the bottom bar's volume control is a
+// click-to-open popup rather than an inline slider (#42).
+func (c *Config) GetPopupVolume() bool {
+	if c.General == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return c.General.PopupVolume
+}
+
+// SetPopupVolume saves the volume control's presentation.
+//
+// Nothing to validate: both values are legal at every width, and the
+// frontend additionally stands the inline slider down below the phone
+// breakpoint whatever this says, because that is about room rather than
+// about preference.
+func (c *Config) SetPopupVolume(popup bool) error {
+	if c.General == nil {
+		c.General = &GeneralConfig{}
+		c.General.ApplyDefaults()
+	}
+
+	c.General.PopupVolume = popup
+
+	if err := c.Save(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"could not save config: %w", err,
+		)
+	}
+
+	events.Emit(
+		c.ctx,
+		events.GeneralConfigChanged,
+		map[string]any{
+			"PopupVolume": popup,
+		},
+	)
+
+	c.logger.Info("volume control presentation updated", "popup", popup)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // GetViewVisibility reports which primary views the sidebar should
 // show, answered for every known view rather than only the ones the
 // config mentions -- so the frontend filters on a value and never has

backend/config/emit_test.go

@@ -188,3 +188,43 @@ func TestEmit_FavoritesChangeCarriesFullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// TestEmit_PopupVolumeRoundTripsAndDefaultsToInline pins both halves of
+// #42's storage decision.
+//
+// The **default** is the load-bearing one: inline is what a fresh
+// install and an existing `config.toml` with no such key must both
+// produce, which is why the field names the popup rather than the
+// inline slider. A flag spelled the other way round would default to
+// false, hand every existing install the popup this issue exists to
+// stop being the only option, and need a migration to say otherwise.
+func TestEmit_PopupVolumeRoundTripsAndDefaultsToInline(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	conf, rec := setupRecordedConfig(t)
+
+	if conf.GetPopupVolume() {
+		t.Error("a config with no PopupVolume key wants the popup, want inline")
+	}
+
+	if err := conf.SetPopupVolume(true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetPopupVolume: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !conf.GetPopupVolume() {
+		t.Error("GetPopupVolume = false after setting it true")
+	}
+
+	data := payloadMap(t, rec, events.GeneralConfigChanged)
+	if data["PopupVolume"] != true {
+		t.Errorf("PopupVolume = %v, want true", data["PopupVolume"])
+	}
+
+	if err := conf.SetPopupVolume(false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetPopupVolume(false): %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if conf.GetPopupVolume() {
+		t.Error("GetPopupVolume = true after setting it false")
+	}
+}

backend/config/general.go

@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ type GeneralConfig struct {
 	// so an existing config with no such key refuses by default rather
 	// than needing a migration to become careful.
 	AllowMeteredCatalogDownload bool `toml:"AllowMeteredCatalogDownload"`
+	// PopupVolume draws the bottom bar's volume as a click-to-open popup
+	// instead of a slider that is always there (#42).
+	//
+	// The polarity is the rule this file already states twice: **the
+	// zero value is the intended answer**. Inline is the new default, so
+	// the flag has to name the *other* choice — an `InlineVolume bool`
+	// would default to false and give every existing install the popup
+	// this issue exists to stop being the only option, and would need a
+	// migration to say otherwise.
+	PopupVolume bool `toml:"PopupVolume"`
 }
 
 // ApplyDefaults fills zero-value fields with sensible defaults.

backend/database/sql/queries/albums.sql

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ WHERE id = ? AND (mbid IS NULL OR mbid = '');
 -- name: GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID :many
 SELECT id, pending_release_mbid FROM albums
 WHERE pending_release_mbid IS NOT NULL AND pending_release_mbid != ''
-  AND (mbid IS NULL OR mbid = '');
+  AND (mbid IS NULL OR mbid = '')
+LIMIT ?;
 
 -- name: DeleteAlbum :exec
 DELETE FROM albums WHERE id = ?;

backend/database/sql/sqlcgen/albums.sql.go

@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ const getAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID = `-- name: GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBI
 SELECT id, pending_release_mbid FROM albums
 WHERE pending_release_mbid IS NOT NULL AND pending_release_mbid != ''
   AND (mbid IS NULL OR mbid = '')
+LIMIT ?
 `
 
 type GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBIDRow struct {
@@ -338,8 +339,8 @@ type GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBIDRow struct {
 	PendingReleaseMbid sql.NullString
 }
 
-func (q *Queries) GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID(ctx context.Context) ([]GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBIDRow, error) {
-	rows, err := q.db.QueryContext(ctx, getAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID)
+func (q *Queries) GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID(ctx context.Context, limit int64) ([]GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBIDRow, error) {
+	rows, err := q.db.QueryContext(ctx, getAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID, limit)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

backend/download/provider_ytdlp_test.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -17,6 +18,21 @@ import (
 
 // stubYtDlp writes an executable script that echoes the given stdout
 // and returns it as a provider config binary path.
+//
+// The write is held under syscall.ForkLock, and that is not tidiness:
+// the kernel refuses to exec a file that is open for writing anywhere
+// in the process, and these tests are parallel, so a *sibling* test's
+// fork can duplicate this descriptor in the moment it is open and
+// carry it past our close — the exec a moment later then fails with
+// ETXTBSY, "text file busy".  That is #146, seen once in CI and once
+// locally, on trees containing no Go at all.  Closing sooner is not
+// available (os.WriteFile has already closed the file before anything
+// execs it) and O_CLOEXEC does not help, because the window is between
+// another goroutine's fork and its own exec.  ForkLock is the lock
+// syscall.forkExec takes across that fork, so holding it here means no
+// child can exist while the descriptor does.  Measured on this helper
+// under 12 concurrent writers: 176-189 of 2400 execs refused without
+// it, 0 of 2400 with it.
 func stubYtDlp(t *testing.T, script string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 
@@ -26,9 +42,11 @@ func stubYtDlp(t *testing.T, script string) string {
 
 	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "yt-dlp")
 
-	if err := os.WriteFile(
-		path, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"+script), 0o700,
-	); err != nil {
+	syscall.ForkLock.Lock()
+	err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("#!/bin/sh\n"+script), 0o700)
+	syscall.ForkLock.Unlock()
+
+	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("write stub: %v", err)
 	}
 

backend/explore/explore.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package explore
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"database/sql"
 	"log/slog"
 	"math"
 	"sort"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sync/singleflight"
 
 	"yellowjacket/backend/database"
+	"yellowjacket/backend/database/sql/sqlcgen"
 	"yellowjacket/backend/events"
 	"yellowjacket/backend/jobs"
 )
@@ -279,37 +281,32 @@ func (e *Service) BackfillReleaseGroupMBIDs() {
 	go e.backfillReleaseGroupMBIDs(e.ctx)
 }
 
-func (e *Service) backfillReleaseGroupMBIDs(ctx context.Context) {
-	rows, err := e.db.QueryContext(
-		"SELECT id, pending_release_mbid FROM release_groups "+
-			"WHERE (mbid IS NULL OR mbid = '') "+
-			"AND pending_release_mbid IS NOT NULL AND pending_release_mbid != '' "+
-			"LIMIT ?",
-		releaseGroupMBIDBackfillMaxPerRun,
+// pendingReleaseMBIDs is the albums this pass has work to do on.
+//
+// It is separate from the pass, and returns its error rather than
+// logging it, so that a test can assert the statement runs against the
+// real schema. That is not a general preference -- it is this
+// statement's history: it named `release_groups`, a table plan 013
+// renamed to `albums`, so it failed on every launch since e7748f1 and
+// the pass returned quietly having done nothing. A test of the pass
+// as a whole cannot see that, because a query error and an empty
+// library are the same early return.
+func (e *Service) pendingReleaseMBIDs(
+	ctx context.Context,
+) ([]sqlcgen.GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBIDRow, error) {
+	return e.db.ReadQueries.GetAlbumsWithPendingReleaseMBID(
+		ctx, releaseGroupMBIDBackfillMaxPerRun,
 	)
+}
+
+func (e *Service) backfillReleaseGroupMBIDs(ctx context.Context) {
+	pending, err := e.pendingReleaseMBIDs(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		e.logger.Warn("release-group mbid backfill: query failed", "error", err)
 
 		return
 	}
 
-	type pendingRow struct {
-		id          int64
-		releaseMBID string
-	}
-
-	var pending []pendingRow
-
-	for rows.Next() {
-		var p pendingRow
-
-		if err := rows.Scan(&p.id, &p.releaseMBID); err == nil {
-			pending = append(pending, p)
-		}
-	}
-
-	_ = rows.Close()
-
 	if len(pending) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -335,7 +332,7 @@ func (e *Service) backfillReleaseGroupMBIDs(ctx context.Context) {
 
 		job.progress(i, len(pending))
 
-		release, err := e.mb.LookupRelease(ctx, p.releaseMBID)
+		release, err := e.mb.LookupRelease(ctx, p.PendingReleaseMbid.String)
 		if err != nil || release.ReleaseGroupMBID == "" {
 			// Left alone rather than cleared: LookupRelease caches its
 			// answer (success or a release with no group) for 7 days,
@@ -344,12 +341,19 @@ func (e *Service) backfillReleaseGroupMBIDs(ctx context.Context) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		_, err = e.db.ExecContext(
-			"UPDATE release_groups SET mbid = ?, pending_release_mbid = NULL "+
-				"WHERE id = ? AND (mbid IS NULL OR mbid = '')",
-			release.ReleaseGroupMBID, p.id,
-		)
-		if err != nil {
+		// The writer, not ReadQueries: an UPDATE issued on the
+		// query-only pool fails at runtime with "attempt to write a
+		// readonly database".
+		if err := e.db.Queries.ResolveAlbumPendingReleaseMBID(
+			ctx,
+			sqlcgen.ResolveAlbumPendingReleaseMBIDParams{
+				Mbid: sql.NullString{
+					String: release.ReleaseGroupMBID,
+					Valid:  true,
+				},
+				ID: p.ID,
+			},
+		); err != nil {
 			e.logger.Warn("release-group mbid backfill: update failed", "error", err)
 		}
 	}

backend/explore/pendingreleasembid_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+package explore
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"log/slog"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+
+	"yellowjacket/backend/database"
+	"yellowjacket/backend/database/sql/sqlcgen"
+)
+
+// The release-group MBID backfill queried `release_groups`, a table
+// plan 013 renamed to `albums`, so it failed on its first statement on
+// every launch from e7748f1 until #189 -- and the pass swallowed that,
+// because a query error and an empty library are the same early
+// return. Nothing noticed for two reasons worth keeping in mind:
+//
+//   - the statement was **raw SQL**, so sqlc never read it. Every other
+//     statement in the repo was renamed by the same change because sqlc
+//     reads sql/schemas/ and cannot generate against a table that is not
+//     declared. The two sqlc queries this now calls were written by 013
+//     and left uncalled.
+//   - it needs no network and no fixture library to reproduce. The
+//     failure is at prepare time.
+
+// seedPendingAlbum inserts an album whose files carried a release MBID
+// but no release-group MBID, which is what `library.updateMBIDs`
+// leaves behind for this pass to resolve.
+func seedPendingAlbum(
+	t *testing.T,
+	db *database.DB,
+	name, pendingMBID string,
+) int64 {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	res, err := db.ExecContext(
+		"INSERT INTO albums (name, artist_credit, pending_release_mbid) "+
+			"VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+		name, "Test Artist", pendingMBID,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("insert albums row: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	id, err := res.LastInsertId()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("last insert id: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return id
+}
+
+func newPendingTestService(db *database.DB) *Service {
+	return &Service{db: db, logger: slog.Default()}
+}
+
+// TestPendingReleaseMBIDsRunsAgainstTheRealSchema is the regression.
+//
+// It asserts the statement *runs*, which is the whole of what was
+// broken: against the old raw SQL this returns
+// "no such table: release_groups" rather than a row.
+func TestPendingReleaseMBIDsRunsAgainstTheRealSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := database.NewTestDB(t)
+	e := newPendingTestService(db)
+
+	want := seedPendingAlbum(t, db, "Pending Album", "release-mbid-1")
+
+	pending, err := e.pendingReleaseMBIDs(db.Ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the backfill's query failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(pending) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d pending albums, want 1", len(pending))
+	}
+
+	if pending[0].ID != want {
+		t.Errorf("got album id %d, want %d", pending[0].ID, want)
+	}
+
+	if got := pending[0].PendingReleaseMbid.String; got != "release-mbid-1" {
+		t.Errorf("got pending mbid %q, want %q", got, "release-mbid-1")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestOnlyUnresolvedAlbumsAreReturned pins the two conditions that make
+// the pass idempotent, since between them they are what stops it doing
+// the same MusicBrainz lookups on every launch forever.
+func TestOnlyUnresolvedAlbumsAreReturned(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := database.NewTestDB(t)
+	e := newPendingTestService(db)
+
+	pendingID := seedPendingAlbum(t, db, "Still Pending", "release-mbid-1")
+
+	// Already resolved: it has a real MBID, so there is nothing to
+	// look up even though a marker is still sitting on it.
+	resolved := seedPendingAlbum(t, db, "Already Resolved", "release-mbid-2")
+	if err := db.Queries.SetAlbumMBID(db.Ctx, sqlcgen.SetAlbumMBIDParams{
+		Mbid: sql.NullString{String: "rg-mbid", Valid: true},
+		ID:   resolved,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("set album mbid: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Never had a release MBID to resolve in the first place, which is
+	// most of a library.
+	seedPendingAlbum(t, db, "Nothing Pending", "")
+
+	pending, err := e.pendingReleaseMBIDs(db.Ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the backfill's query failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(pending) != 1 || pending[0].ID != pendingID {
+		t.Fatalf(
+			"got %d albums %v, want only the unresolved one (%d)",
+			len(pending), pending, pendingID,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestResolvingClearsTheMarker is the other half: once the lookup has
+// answered, the album must stop being a candidate, or the pass repeats
+// the same live MusicBrainz call on every launch.
+func TestResolvingClearsTheMarker(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := database.NewTestDB(t)
+	e := newPendingTestService(db)
+
+	id := seedPendingAlbum(t, db, "Pending Album", "release-mbid-1")
+
+	// The writer, deliberately: this is an UPDATE, and the read pool
+	// would refuse it at runtime.
+	if err := db.Queries.ResolveAlbumPendingReleaseMBID(
+		db.Ctx,
+		sqlcgen.ResolveAlbumPendingReleaseMBIDParams{
+			Mbid: sql.NullString{String: "resolved-rg-mbid", Valid: true},
+			ID:   id,
+		},
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("resolve pending release mbid: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	pending, err := e.pendingReleaseMBIDs(db.Ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the backfill's query failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(pending) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a resolved album is still a candidate: %v", pending)
+	}
+
+	album, err := db.ReadQueries.GetAlbum(db.Ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("get album: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if album.Mbid.String != "resolved-rg-mbid" {
+		t.Errorf("album mbid = %q, want the resolved one", album.Mbid.String)
+	}
+
+	if album.PendingReleaseMbid.Valid &&
+		album.PendingReleaseMbid.String != "" {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"the pending marker survived as %q",
+			album.PendingReleaseMbid.String,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAResolvedMBIDIsNeverOverwritten covers the guard in the UPDATE.
+//
+// The pass runs against rows it read earlier, and a rescan can resolve
+// an album from its tags in between -- a real MBID from the file must
+// win over one this pass inferred from a release.
+func TestAResolvedMBIDIsNeverOverwritten(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := database.NewTestDB(t)
+
+	id := seedPendingAlbum(t, db, "Pending Album", "release-mbid-1")
+
+	if err := db.Queries.SetAlbumMBID(db.Ctx, sqlcgen.SetAlbumMBIDParams{
+		Mbid: sql.NullString{String: "from-the-tags", Valid: true},
+		ID:   id,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("set album mbid: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := db.Queries.ResolveAlbumPendingReleaseMBID(
+		db.Ctx,
+		sqlcgen.ResolveAlbumPendingReleaseMBIDParams{
+			Mbid: sql.NullString{String: "from-the-backfill", Valid: true},
+			ID:   id,
+		},
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("resolve pending release mbid: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	album, err := db.ReadQueries.GetAlbum(db.Ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("get album: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if album.Mbid.String != "from-the-tags" {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"album mbid = %q, want the tagged one to have won",
+			album.Mbid.String,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestThePassIsBounded checks the LIMIT.
+//
+// Each row costs a live MusicBrainz lookup on a 1 req/s limiter shared
+// with every page the user can open, so an unbounded read is a run that
+// lasts as long as the library is untagged. The sqlc query 013 wrote
+// had no LIMIT; the raw statement it was replacing did.
+func TestThePassIsBounded(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := database.NewTestDB(t)
+	e := newPendingTestService(db)
+
+	for i := range releaseGroupMBIDBackfillMaxPerRun + 10 {
+		seedPendingAlbum(
+			t, db,
+			"Album "+string(rune('A'+i%26))+strconv.Itoa(i),
+			"release-mbid-"+strconv.Itoa(i),
+		)
+	}
+
+	pending, err := e.pendingReleaseMBIDs(db.Ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the backfill's query failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(pending) != releaseGroupMBIDBackfillMaxPerRun {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"got %d albums, want the run bounded at %d",
+			len(pending), releaseGroupMBIDBackfillMaxPerRun,
+		)
+	}
+}

backend/metadata/tags.go

@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ func ExtractTags(path string) (*TrackMetadata, error) {
 
 // ExtractTagsFromReader reads metadata from an io.ReadSeeker.
 func ExtractTagsFromReader(r io.ReadSeeker) (*TrackMetadata, error) {
+	// The container decides, so this is asked before tag.ReadFrom and
+	// not after its failure: a WAV's tags live in a RIFF chunk that
+	// dhowden/tag cannot see, and its fallback -- an ID3v1 trailer --
+	// would otherwise outrank them.
+	if meta, ok := wavTags(r); ok {
+		return meta, nil
+	}
+
 	m, err := tag.ReadFrom(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		// No tags found is not necessarily an error - return empty metadata

backend/metadata/tags_wav.go

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package metadata
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	"yellowjacket/backend/riff"
+)
+
+// wavTags reads the ID3v2 tag a WAV carries in its RIFF "id3 " chunk,
+// which is where backend/tagwriter puts it and where dhowden/tag --
+// having no RIFF reader at all -- cannot look.  Without this a WAV
+// scans as an untagged file however carefully it was tagged.
+//
+// ok is false when r is not a RIFF/WAVE container, and the read
+// position is restored either way so the caller can carry on.
+func wavTags(r io.ReadSeeker) (*TrackMetadata, bool) {
+	start, err := r.Seek(0, io.SeekCurrent)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	id3Data, chunkErr := riff.ID3Chunk(r)
+
+	if _, err := r.Seek(start, io.SeekStart); err != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case chunkErr == nil:
+		return wavTagsFrom(id3Data), true
+
+	// Not ours to read: let the ordinary dispatch have the file.
+	case errors.Is(chunkErr, riff.ErrNotRIFF), errors.Is(chunkErr, riff.ErrNotWAVE):
+		return nil, false
+
+	// A RIFF container we cannot get a tag out of -- no chunk, an RF64
+	// file, a truncated header.  That is a file with no readable tags,
+	// which is what the scanner's filename fallback is for.
+	default:
+		return &TrackMetadata{}, true
+	}
+}
+
+// wavTagsFrom parses the bytes of a WAV's ID3v2 chunk.
+func wavTagsFrom(id3Data []byte) *TrackMetadata {
+	meta, err := extractID3v2Lenient(bytes.NewReader(id3Data))
+	if err != nil {
+		// A tag holding no frames is not a damaged tag: writing every
+		// field back out empty leaves one, and warning about it would
+		// put a fault on a file that has none.
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrTagsUnreadable) {
+			return &TrackMetadata{}
+		}
+
+		return &TrackMetadata{
+			TagReadWarning: fmt.Errorf("%w: %w", ErrTagsUnreadable, err),
+		}
+	}
+
+	// extractID3v2Lenient names MP3, being the recovery path for one.
+	meta.FileFormat = strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimPrefix(string(WAV), "."))
+
+	return meta
+}

backend/player/buffered_streamer.go

@@ -47,6 +47,39 @@ type BufferedStreamer struct {
 	// seek bar and suppresses its interpolation.
 	starved      int
 	starvedSince time.Time
+
+	// underruns accumulates for the life of this streamer, where
+	// starved is reset by every arriving sample.
+	//
+	// The two answer different questions and only the first was being
+	// asked. starved is a *stall* detector: it exists to end a track
+	// whose source has died, so it forgets a run the moment audio
+	// resumes -- which is exactly the case this counts. A hundred 20ms
+	// underruns a minute never approach the give-up threshold and were
+	// invisible to the log, the UI and every test tier, while being
+	// audible as static: an underrun is served as a run of zeros
+	// spliced into the waveform, and a step discontinuity at each edge
+	// is what a click is.
+	underruns UnderrunStats
+}
+
+// UnderrunStats is what the ring buffer missed, cumulatively.
+//
+// Samples rather than milliseconds because this type does not know the
+// sample rate -- the player does, and converts at the point of
+// reporting.
+type UnderrunStats struct {
+	// Runs is the number of *episodes*: transitions from healthy into
+	// starved. Calls is how many Stream calls were served with
+	// silence, and Samples is how much silence that was.
+	//
+	// Runs is the count that means something audible. One episode is
+	// one pop however many calls it spans, and the ratio of the two is
+	// how long the average episode was -- which is what separates
+	// "clicking" from "dropping out".
+	Runs    int64
+	Calls   int64
+	Samples int64
 }
 
 // The silence fill is bounded by both a duration and a run of calls,
@@ -226,6 +259,13 @@ func (bs *BufferedStreamer) Stream(
 		// but only for a bounded stretch, because "forever" is
 		// reported upward as healthy playback and there is no watchdog
 		// above this to notice otherwise.
+		if bs.starved == 0 {
+			bs.underruns.Runs++
+		}
+
+		bs.underruns.Calls++
+		bs.underruns.Samples += int64(len(samples))
+
 		bs.starved++
 
 		if bs.starvedSince.IsZero() {
@@ -269,6 +309,20 @@ func (bs *BufferedStreamer) Stream(
 	return n, true
 }
 
+// Underruns returns the cumulative underrun count.
+//
+// It is a snapshot rather than a live view, and it is read from
+// outside the audio callback: counting happens in Stream, under the
+// lock it already takes, because that path has a real-time deadline
+// and anything that allocates or formats on it is a cause of the
+// defect it is measuring rather than a measurement of it.
+func (bs *BufferedStreamer) Underruns() UnderrunStats {
+	bs.mu.Lock()
+	defer bs.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return bs.underruns
+}
+
 // Err returns any error encountered by the source streamer.
 func (bs *BufferedStreamer) Err() error {
 	bs.mu.Lock()
@@ -298,6 +352,10 @@ func (bs *BufferedStreamer) Flush() {
 
 // resetStarvationLocked forgets an underrun run.  Must be called with
 // bs.mu held.
+//
+// Deliberately does not touch bs.underruns: forgetting the run is what
+// makes starved a stall detector, and remembering it is the whole
+// point of the counter beside it.
 func (bs *BufferedStreamer) resetStarvationLocked() {
 	bs.starved = 0
 	bs.starvedSince = time.Time{}

backend/player/buffered_underrun_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+package player
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// An underrun is audible and nothing counted it (#135).
+//
+// The distinction these tests exist for is that `starved` and
+// `underruns` disagree on purpose. `starved` is a stall detector: it is
+// reset by every arriving sample, because its job is to end a track
+// whose source has died and a source that is merely slow must not be
+// cut short (TestUnderrunsDoNotAccumulateAcrossASlowSource, next
+// door). That reset is exactly what made the audible case invisible --
+// a hundred short underruns a minute never approach the give-up
+// threshold, and each one is a run of zeros spliced into the waveform
+// with a step discontinuity at both edges.
+
+// TestAnEmptyRingIsCounted is the measurement itself: silence served
+// for a missing sample is recorded rather than merely tolerated.
+func TestAnEmptyRingIsCounted(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// A source that never produces is the cleanest way to make the
+	// ring empty on demand; the stall budget is far longer than the
+	// handful of calls below.
+	bs := NewBufferedStreamer(stalledStreamer{}, 1024)
+	defer bs.Close()
+
+	if got := bs.Underruns(); got != (UnderrunStats{}) {
+		t.Fatalf("a fresh streamer already reports %+v", got)
+	}
+
+	buf := make([][2]float64, 256)
+
+	for range 3 {
+		if _, ok := bs.Stream(buf); !ok {
+			t.Fatal("the stall budget ran out before the test did")
+		}
+	}
+
+	got := bs.Underruns()
+
+	if got.Calls != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("Calls = %d, want 3", got.Calls)
+	}
+
+	if got.Samples != int64(3*len(buf)) {
+		t.Errorf("Samples = %d, want %d", got.Samples, 3*len(buf))
+	}
+
+	// Three consecutive silent calls are one episode, not three. That
+	// is the number that means something audible: one interruption is
+	// one pop however many callbacks it spans.
+	if got.Runs != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Runs = %d, want 1 -- an unbroken run is one episode", got.Runs)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSilenceIsWhatIsCounted pins what an underrun actually does to the
+// waveform, which is the reason to count it at all.
+func TestSilenceIsWhatIsCounted(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	bs := NewBufferedStreamer(stalledStreamer{}, 1024)
+	defer bs.Close()
+
+	buf := make([][2]float64, 64)
+	for i := range buf {
+		buf[i] = [2]float64{0.5, 0.5}
+	}
+
+	n, ok := bs.Stream(buf)
+	if !ok || n != len(buf) {
+		t.Fatalf("Stream = (%d, %v), want (%d, true)", n, ok, len(buf))
+	}
+
+	for i := range buf {
+		if buf[i] != ([2]float64{}) {
+			t.Fatalf("sample %d is %v, want silence", i, buf[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if got := bs.Underruns().Samples; got != int64(len(buf)) {
+		t.Errorf("counted %d samples of silence, wrote %d", got, len(buf))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSeparateEpisodesAreSeparateRuns is the counter's whole shape:
+// audio arriving between two underruns makes them two, because that is
+// two interruptions and two clicks.
+func TestSeparateEpisodesAreSeparateRuns(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// A source that yields nothing until it is fed, so the ring can be
+	// emptied, filled and emptied again on demand.
+	src := &gatedStreamer{}
+
+	bs := NewBufferedStreamer(src, 1024)
+	defer bs.Close()
+
+	buf := make([][2]float64, 128)
+
+	starve := func() {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		for range 2 {
+			if _, ok := bs.Stream(buf); !ok {
+				t.Fatal("the stall budget ran out before the test did")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// feed lets exactly one bufferful through and drains it, so the
+	// ring is empty again on return. Allowing more would mean the
+	// starve() after it drained real audio instead of underrunning,
+	// which is what the first version of this test did -- it reported
+	// one episode and looked like the counter was wrong.
+	feed := func() {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		src.allow(len(buf))
+
+		// The read-ahead is a goroutine, so wait for real samples
+		// rather than assuming they have landed.
+		deadline := time.Now().Add(2 * time.Second)
+		for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
+			n, ok := bs.Stream(buf)
+			if ok && n > 0 && buf[0] != ([2]float64{}) {
+				return
+			}
+
+			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+		}
+
+		t.Fatal("the source never delivered a sample")
+	}
+
+	starve()
+	feed()
+	starve()
+
+	if got := bs.Underruns().Runs; got < 2 {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"Runs = %d, want at least 2 -- audio in between makes two "+
+				"episodes, not one",
+			got,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTheStallResetDoesNotClearTheCounter is the regression this file
+// is really about.
+//
+// resetStarvationLocked runs on every arriving sample and on every
+// Flush. If it cleared the cumulative count too, the counter would
+// report zero on exactly the workload it exists to measure -- a stream
+// that underruns repeatedly but always recovers -- which is
+// indistinguishable from healthy playback and is what the code did
+// before #135.
+func TestTheStallResetDoesNotClearTheCounter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	bs := NewBufferedStreamer(stalledStreamer{}, 1024)
+	defer bs.Close()
+
+	buf := make([][2]float64, 128)
+
+	if _, ok := bs.Stream(buf); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the stall budget ran out before the test did")
+	}
+
+	before := bs.Underruns()
+	if before.Runs == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("nothing was counted, so the reset cannot be tested")
+	}
+
+	// Both of the ways a run is forgotten.
+	bs.mu.Lock()
+	bs.resetStarvationLocked()
+	bs.mu.Unlock()
+
+	bs.Flush()
+
+	if got := bs.Underruns(); got != before {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"forgetting the stall run also discarded the count: %+v, "+
+				"want %+v",
+			got, before,
+		)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestUnderrunDeltaNeverGoesBackwards covers the one arithmetic trap in
+// the reporting side.
+//
+// The counter belongs to the streamer and the streamer is replaced on
+// every track, so a baseline carried across a track change is the
+// previous track's total subtracted from a fresh zero. The load path
+// resets the baseline, and this clamps as well -- a negative count in a
+// log line reads as a broken instrument, which would discredit the
+// measurement rather than merely mis-state it.
+func TestUnderrunDeltaNeverGoesBackwards(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		now  UnderrunStats
+		last UnderrunStats
+		want UnderrunStats
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "ordinary progress",
+			now:  UnderrunStats{Runs: 5, Calls: 40, Samples: 4000},
+			last: UnderrunStats{Runs: 2, Calls: 10, Samples: 1000},
+			want: UnderrunStats{Runs: 3, Calls: 30, Samples: 3000},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "nothing happened",
+			now:  UnderrunStats{Runs: 5, Calls: 40, Samples: 4000},
+			last: UnderrunStats{Runs: 5, Calls: 40, Samples: 4000},
+			want: UnderrunStats{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "a new streamer, with a stale baseline",
+			now:  UnderrunStats{},
+			last: UnderrunStats{Runs: 9, Calls: 90, Samples: 9000},
+			want: UnderrunStats{},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			if got := underrunDelta(tt.now, tt.last); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("underrunDelta = %+v, want %+v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// gatedStreamer produces only what it has been allowed to, and
+// otherwise stalls without ending -- so a test can decide exactly when
+// the ring runs dry.
+type gatedStreamer struct {
+	mu        sync.Mutex
+	remaining int
+}
+
+func (g *gatedStreamer) allow(n int) {
+	g.mu.Lock()
+	defer g.mu.Unlock()
+
+	g.remaining += n
+}
+
+func (g *gatedStreamer) Stream(samples [][2]float64) (int, bool) {
+	g.mu.Lock()
+	defer g.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if g.remaining <= 0 {
+		return 0, true
+	}
+
+	n := min(len(samples), g.remaining)
+
+	for i := range n {
+		samples[i] = [2]float64{0.25, 0.25}
+	}
+
+	g.remaining -= n
+
+	return n, true
+}
+
+func (g *gatedStreamer) Err() error { return nil }

backend/player/player.go

@@ -39,16 +39,21 @@ type Player struct {
 	// via the queue).
 	mu sync.Mutex
 
-	ctx                     context.Context
-	logger                  *slog.Logger
-	db                      *database.DB
-	state                   State
-	currentFile             *os.File
-	format                  beep.Format
-	baseStreamer            beep.Streamer
-	seeker                  beep.StreamSeeker
-	resampled               beep.Streamer
-	buffered                *BufferedStreamer
+	ctx          context.Context
+	logger       *slog.Logger
+	db           *database.DB
+	state        State
+	currentFile  *os.File
+	format       beep.Format
+	baseStreamer beep.Streamer
+	seeker       beep.StreamSeeker
+	resampled    beep.Streamer
+	buffered     *BufferedStreamer
+
+	// lastUnderruns is the previous report, so the 1 Hz log can say
+	// what happened in the last second and stay quiet when nothing did.
+	// It is reset with the streamer, in loadFileLocked.
+	lastUnderruns           UnderrunStats
 	control                 *beep.Ctrl
 	volume                  *effects.Volume
 	speakerStreamer         beep.Streamer
@@ -71,6 +76,19 @@ type Player struct {
 	// not something the user chose.
 	duckAmount float64
 
+	// systemVolume is what SystemOwnsVolume answers: the platform's own
+	// control is the only one, so ours neither acts nor persists.  It is
+	// a field rather than the build constant read directly so that a
+	// test can exercise both sides on any machine.  See systemvolume.go.
+	systemVolume bool
+
+	// storedVolume and storedMuted hold the persisted level as it was
+	// found at restore, for a platform whose volume we do not own: the
+	// maximum we then run at is not a level the user chose, so saveState
+	// writes back what it read rather than overwriting it.
+	storedVolume UserVolume
+	storedMuted  bool
+
 	// trackLengthMs holds the authoritative track duration in
 	// milliseconds, sourced from the database (which uses the
 	// custom header parser).  The go-mp3 decoder's Len() can be
@@ -156,6 +174,8 @@ func NewPlayer(logger *slog.Logger, db *database.DB) *Player {
 		logger:       logger,
 		db:           db,
 		state:        Stopped,
+		systemVolume: platformOwnsVolume,
+		storedVolume: DefaultUserVol,
 		baseStreamer: generators.Silence(-1),
 		format: beep.Format{
 			SampleRate: speakerSampleRate,
@@ -277,9 +297,78 @@ func (p *Player) emitPositionIfPlaying() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	p.reportUnderrunsLocked()
 	p.emitPositionLocked()
 }
 
+// underrunDelta is what happened since the last report.
+//
+// It clamps at zero rather than subtracting blind, because the counter
+// belongs to the *streamer* and the streamer is replaced on every
+// track: a baseline carried across that boundary is the previous
+// track's total subtracted from a fresh zero, which is negative. That
+// is repaired at the load (lastUnderruns is reset with the streamer)
+// and clamped here as well, because a negative count in a log line
+// reads as a broken instrument and would discredit the measurement
+// this exists to make.
+func underrunDelta(now, last UnderrunStats) UnderrunStats {
+	return UnderrunStats{
+		Runs:    max(0, now.Runs-last.Runs),
+		Calls:   max(0, now.Calls-last.Calls),
+		Samples: max(0, now.Samples-last.Samples),
+	}
+}
+
+// reportUnderrunsLocked logs what the ring buffer missed, at most once
+// a second and only when the number moved.  Must be called with p.mu
+// held.
+//
+// **An underrun is audible and nothing counted it** (#135). The ring
+// serves silence when it is empty, so a run of zeros is spliced into
+// the waveform and the step discontinuity at each edge is a click; a
+// series of short ones is static. Everything that makes one likelier
+// is worse on a phone than on a desktop -- slower storage, a governor
+// that parks cores, background work, GC -- and no tier here can see it,
+// since CI's audio device is a null sink chosen because it keeps time.
+//
+// Three things about the reporting are deliberate.
+//
+// **It is on the 1 Hz position ticker rather than in Stream.** Stream
+// runs on the speaker callback's real-time deadline, and a log line
+// there would allocate, format and write on the exact path whose
+// missed deadline is the defect -- measuring by making it worse.
+//
+// **An unchanged count is not logged.** That is emitStatus' rule one
+// package over: a healthy player is silent, so anything in the log is
+// news, and the line appears exactly while it is popping. Reading it
+// off a device means `make android-logs` with the audio audible.
+//
+// **It is Info rather than Debug**, because the default level is Info
+// and a phone has no convenient way to set YJ_LOG_LEVEL -- a debug
+// line here would be a counter nobody on the affected platform can
+// read, which is the shape of the bug that made #160 necessary.
+func (p *Player) reportUnderrunsLocked() {
+	if p.buffered == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	stats := p.buffered.Underruns()
+	if stats == p.lastUnderruns {
+		return
+	}
+
+	since := underrunDelta(stats, p.lastUnderruns)
+	p.lastUnderruns = stats
+
+	slog.Info("audio underrun",
+		"runs", since.Runs,
+		"calls", since.Calls,
+		"silenceMs", speakerSampleRate.D(int(since.Samples)).Milliseconds(),
+		"trackRuns", stats.Runs,
+		"trackSilenceMs", speakerSampleRate.D(int(stats.Samples)).Milliseconds(),
+	)
+}
+
 // emitPositionLocked pushes the current position to the frontend.
 // Must be called with p.mu held.
 func (p *Player) emitPositionLocked() {
@@ -469,6 +558,12 @@ func (p *Player) updateStreamers(
 		p.resampled, int(speakerSampleRate)*2,
 	)
 
+	// The counter belongs to the streamer, so the baseline it is
+	// reported against has to go with it -- otherwise the first report
+	// of a new track is the previous track's total subtracted from
+	// zero, which is negative and looks like the instrument is broken.
+	p.lastUnderruns = UnderrunStats{}
+
 	// wrap in ctrl streamer to allow play/pause
 	p.control = &beep.Ctrl{Streamer: p.buffered}
 
@@ -875,6 +970,10 @@ func (p *Player) SetVolume(desiredVolume UserVolume) {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
 
+	if p.systemVolume {
+		return
+	}
+
 	p.setVolumeLocked(desiredVolume)
 	p.emitVolumeChanged()
 	p.saveState()
@@ -923,6 +1022,10 @@ func (p *Player) ChangeVolume(deltaVolume int) error {
 	p.mu.Lock()
 	defer p.mu.Unlock()
 
+	if p.systemVolume {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	p.setVolumeLocked(p.getUserVolume() + UserVolume(deltaVolume))
 	p.emitVolumeChanged()
 	p.saveState()
@@ -953,6 +1056,14 @@ func (p *Player) MuteToggle() error {
 		return errNoAudioFileLoaded
 	}
 
+	// Mute is a level of zero by another name, so it goes with the rest
+	// of the volume where the system owns it -- and it would be the one
+	// state on such a platform the user could not get out of, since with
+	// no control rendered there is nothing left to un-mute with.
+	if p.systemVolume {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	speaker.Lock()
 	p.volume.Silent = !p.volume.Silent
 	speaker.Unlock()
@@ -1403,7 +1514,15 @@ func (p *Player) saveState() {
 	volume := int64(DefaultUserVol)
 	muted := false
 
-	if p.volume != nil {
+	switch {
+	case p.systemVolume:
+		// The maximum this platform runs at is not a level anybody
+		// chose, so it is not one to remember.  Writing back what
+		// restore found keeps the row a description of the user's
+		// setting without needing a second query that omits the column.
+		volume = int64(p.storedVolume)
+		muted = p.storedMuted
+	case p.volume != nil:
 		volume = int64(p.getUserVolume())
 		muted = p.volume.Silent
 	}
@@ -1487,11 +1606,20 @@ func (p *Player) restoreStateLocked() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	vol := clampVolume(UserVolume(state.Volume))
-	p.setVolumeLocked(vol)
+	if p.systemVolume {
+		// Remembered, not applied: the device's keys are the volume
+		// control here, so the player runs wide open and hands the
+		// stored level back untouched at the next save.
+		p.storedVolume = clampVolume(UserVolume(state.Volume))
+		p.storedMuted = state.Muted
+		p.setVolumeLocked(MaxUserVol)
+	} else {
+		vol := clampVolume(UserVolume(state.Volume))
+		p.setVolumeLocked(vol)
 
-	if state.Muted {
-		p.volume.Silent = true
+		if state.Muted {
+			p.volume.Silent = true
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Restore last track if the file still exists.
@@ -1531,8 +1659,9 @@ func (p *Player) restoreStateLocked() {
 	}
 
 	p.logger.Info("Player state restored",
-		"volume", vol,
-		"muted", state.Muted,
+		"volume", p.getUserVolume(),
+		"muted", p.volume.Silent,
+		"systemVolume", p.systemVolume,
 		"trackPath", state.LastTrackPath,
 		"positionSeconds", state.LastPositionSeconds,
 	)

backend/player/systemvolume.go

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package player
+
+// Who owns the volume, and what follows when it is not us.
+//
+// On Android the hardware keys *are* the volume control and the
+// framework mixes our stream against the device level, so a second
+// control inside the app is a slider that moves something the user
+// already moved (#64).  Where that is true the player's own level sits
+// at maximum, nothing changes it, and nothing persists it.
+//
+// **The predicate is named after the capability, not the platform.**
+// The frontend asks "is there a volume for me to control", which is a
+// question about this build; asking "is this a phone" instead would
+// key the answer to a viewport, and an Android tablet at 600px or more
+// would then draw the bottom bar's slider over a level pinned at
+// maximum -- a control that cannot act, which is the thing
+// `library-status-indicator` already settled is worse than none.
+//
+// **Only `platformOwnsVolume` is behind a build tag**, in two files
+// that declare nothing else.  A tagged file is compiled by nothing
+// `make lint` or `make test` runs and is untestable off a phone, which
+// is the reasoning `mediacontrols/androidpayload.go` states for
+// keeping its contract out of one -- so everything decidable here is
+// decided against `Player.systemVolume`, a field a test sets either
+// way, and the tag decides only what that field starts as.
+//
+// The one thing this must not disturb is ducking.  `SetDuck` applies
+// its attenuation by re-applying the *user's* level through
+// `setVolumeLocked`, so pinning that level to maximum leaves the
+// offset arithmetic exactly as it was: an OS asking us to get out of
+// the way of a navigation prompt is not the user setting a volume, and
+// it is the only thing that may move the output on such a platform.
+
+// SystemOwnsVolume reports whether the platform's own control is the
+// only volume control there is, so this app neither offers one nor
+// remembers a level.
+//
+// It is bound: the frontend renders no `<volume-control>` when it is
+// true, at any width.
+func (p *Player) SystemOwnsVolume() bool {
+	return p.systemVolume
+}

backend/player/systemvolume_android.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build android
+
+package player
+
+// platformOwnsVolume is true on Android: volume is the device's, set
+// with the hardware keys, and `mediacontrols`' Android handler
+// implements no volume callback for the same reason.
+//
+// See systemvolume.go for why this constant is the whole of what a
+// build tag decides here.
+const platformOwnsVolume = true

backend/player/systemvolume_other.go

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+//go:build !android
+
+package player
+
+// platformOwnsVolume is false everywhere but Android: a desktop mixer
+// is per-application, so our level is the one the user reaches for.
+//
+// See systemvolume.go for why this constant is the whole of what a
+// build tag decides here.
+const platformOwnsVolume = false

backend/player/systemvolume_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+package player
+
+import (
+	"log/slog"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gopxl/beep/v2/effects"
+
+	"yellowjacket/backend/database"
+)
+
+// pinnedPlayer is a player on a platform whose volume belongs to the
+// device.  The field is set rather than the build constant read,
+// because the constant is true on exactly one platform and no tier
+// here runs on it -- see systemvolume.go.
+func pinnedPlayer(t *testing.T, db *database.DB) *Player {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	p := NewPlayer(slog.Default(), db)
+	p.systemVolume = true
+	p.volume = &effects.Volume{Base: 2}
+	p.setVolumeLocked(MaxUserVol)
+
+	return p
+}
+
+// TestSystemVolumeRefusesEveryWayToChangeTheLevel is the first half of
+// #64: where the device owns the volume, ours sits at maximum and none
+// of the three routes to a level moves it.  Mute is in that list
+// because it is a level of zero by another name, and because with no
+// control rendered it is the one state on such a platform there would
+// be nothing to get out of.
+func TestSystemVolumeRefusesEveryWayToChangeTheLevel(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	p := pinnedPlayer(t, nil)
+
+	if !p.SystemOwnsVolume() {
+		t.Fatal("SystemOwnsVolume() = false on a pinned player")
+	}
+
+	if got := p.getUserVolume(); got != MaxUserVol {
+		t.Errorf("starting volume = %d, want %d", got, MaxUserVol)
+	}
+
+	p.SetVolume(20)
+
+	if got := p.getUserVolume(); got != MaxUserVol {
+		t.Errorf("volume after SetVolume(20) = %d, want %d", got, MaxUserVol)
+	}
+
+	if err := p.ChangeVolume(-30); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ChangeVolume: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if got := p.getUserVolume(); got != MaxUserVol {
+		t.Errorf("volume after ChangeVolume(-30) = %d, want %d", got, MaxUserVol)
+	}
+
+	if err := p.MuteToggle(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MuteToggle: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if p.volume.Silent {
+		t.Error("MuteToggle silenced a player whose volume the system owns")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestAnUnpinnedPlayerStillChangesItsVolume is the other side of the
+// same switch.  Without it the test above passes on a player that
+// refuses everything, which is what a mis-wired field would produce.
+func TestAnUnpinnedPlayerStillChangesItsVolume(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	p := NewPlayer(slog.Default(), nil)
+	p.volume = &effects.Volume{Base: 2}
+	p.setVolumeLocked(MaxUserVol)
+
+	if p.SystemOwnsVolume() {
+		t.Fatal("SystemOwnsVolume() = true off Android")
+	}
+
+	p.SetVolume(20)
+
+	if got := p.getUserVolume(); got != 20 {
+		t.Errorf("volume after SetVolume(20) = %d, want 20", got)
+	}
+
+	if err := p.MuteToggle(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("MuteToggle: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if !p.volume.Silent {
+		t.Error("MuteToggle did not silence an ordinary player")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSystemVolumeStillDucks is the issue's second Finding, made a
+// test: pinning the user's level must leave the OS's attenuation
+// working, because a duck is not a volume the user chose and is the
+// only thing that may move the output on such a platform.
+func TestSystemVolumeStillDucks(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	p := pinnedPlayer(t, nil)
+	open := p.volume.Volume
+
+	p.SetDuck(true)
+
+	if p.volume.Volume >= open {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"ducked output = %v, want less than %v", p.volume.Volume, open,
+		)
+	}
+
+	if got := p.getUserVolume(); got != MaxUserVol {
+		t.Errorf("user volume while ducked = %d, want %d", got, MaxUserVol)
+	}
+
+	// A refused SetVolume must not disturb the offset either: it
+	// returns before setVolumeLocked, which is what re-applies it.
+	ducked := p.volume.Volume
+
+	p.SetVolume(10)
+
+	if p.volume.Volume != ducked {
+		t.Errorf(
+			"output after a refused SetVolume = %v, want %v",
+			p.volume.Volume, ducked,
+		)
+	}
+
+	p.SetDuck(false)
+
+	if p.volume.Volume != open {
+		t.Errorf("output after unduck = %v, want %v", p.volume.Volume, open)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSystemVolumeWritesBackTheLevelItFound is the rest of the
+// Direction: "make sure nothing writes a persisted volume from that
+// platform".  The maximum the player runs at is synthetic, so saving
+// must not record it over whatever the row already said.
+func TestSystemVolumeWritesBackTheLevelItFound(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	db := database.NewTestDB(t)
+
+	// A level set by some earlier, unpinned session.
+	writer := NewPlayer(slog.Default(), db)
+	writer.volume = &effects.Volume{Base: 2}
+	writer.setVolumeLocked(30)
+	writer.SaveState()
+
+	p := pinnedPlayer(t, db)
+	p.RestoreState()
+
+	if got := p.getUserVolume(); got != MaxUserVol {
+		t.Errorf("restored volume = %d, want %d (the level is pinned)", got, MaxUserVol)
+	}
+
+	if p.volume.Silent {
+		t.Error("restore muted a player whose volume the system owns")
+	}
+
+	p.SaveState()
+
+	state, err := db.Queries.GetPlayerState(db.Ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("GetPlayerState: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if state.Volume != 30 {
+		t.Errorf("persisted volume = %d, want 30 (untouched)", state.Volume)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestPlatformVolumeOwnershipIsDeclaredOncePerPlatform sweeps the
+// source, because the pair of tagged files is the one thing here no
+// tier compiles both halves of: `make lint` and `make test` build the
+// `!android` side only, so a deleted or edited android file fails
+// nothing until somebody has a phone in their hand.
+func TestPlatformVolumeOwnershipIsDeclaredOncePerPlatform(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	want := map[string]string{
+		"systemvolume_other.go":   "const platformOwnsVolume = false",
+		"systemvolume_android.go": "const platformOwnsVolume = true",
+	}
+
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"systemvolume_other.go":   "//go:build !android",
+		"systemvolume_android.go": "//go:build android",
+	}
+
+	for name, decl := range want {
+		src, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(".", name))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v", name, err)
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(string(src), decl) {
+			t.Errorf("%s does not declare %q", name, decl)
+		}
+
+		if !strings.Contains(string(src), tags[name]) {
+			t.Errorf("%s does not carry %q", name, tags[name])
+		}
+	}
+}

backend/riff/riff.go

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+// Package riff reads the chunk layout of a RIFF/WAVE container.
+//
+// It exists because both halves of WAV tagging need it and neither can
+// import the other: backend/tagwriter writes a WAV's tags into a RIFF
+// "id3 " chunk and already imports backend/metadata, which is what has
+// to read them back out.  backend/tagtotals is the precedent.
+//
+// The two readers here are deliberately different.  Parse holds every
+// chunk's data in memory, which is what rewriting a file needs; a WAV's
+// audio *is* the "data" chunk, so doing that on the scan path would
+// read every library file in full.  ID3Chunk seeks over what it is not
+// looking for instead.  Both walk the same headers.
+package riff
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Sentinel errors describing a container this package will not read.
+var (
+	ErrRF64NotSupported = errors.New("RF64 files are not yet supported")
+	ErrNotRIFF          = errors.New("not a RIFF file")
+	ErrNotWAVE          = errors.New("not a WAVE file")
+	ErrNoID3Chunk       = errors.New("no ID3 chunk in RIFF file")
+)
+
+// Chunk holds a single RIFF sub-chunk (ID + raw data).
+type Chunk struct {
+	ID   [4]byte
+	Data []byte
+}
+
+// IsID3 reports whether id is that of an ID3v2 RIFF chunk.  Both
+// lowercase "id3 " and uppercase "ID3 " are accepted.
+func IsID3(id [4]byte) bool {
+	return strings.ToLower(string(id[:3])) == "id3"
+}
+
+// Parse reads every RIFF sub-chunk from r, in order, starting at the
+// reader's current position.  It rejects RF64 files and non-WAVE
+// containers with descriptive errors.  The parser is lenient: it
+// tolerates a missing final padding byte and ignores the declared
+// RIFF size.
+func Parse(r io.Reader) ([]Chunk, error) {
+	if err := readContainer(r); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var chunks []Chunk
+
+	for {
+		id, size, err := nextHeader(r)
+		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		// Copied rather than allocated up front, as ID3Chunk does: the
+		// size is four bytes off the file, so a truncated one is free to
+		// declare a chunk larger than the whole of itself.
+		var data bytes.Buffer
+		if _, err := io.CopyN(&data, r, int64(size)); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read chunk data for %q: %w", id, err)
+		}
+
+		chunks = append(chunks, Chunk{ID: id, Data: data.Bytes()})
+
+		// Odd-length chunks have a padding byte.  Lenient: if the
+		// read fails (e.g. EOF), just break rather than error.
+		if size%2 != 0 {
+			var pad [1]byte
+
+			if _, err := r.Read(pad[:]); err != nil {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return chunks, nil
+}
+
+// ID3Chunk returns the payload of the ID3v2 chunk of the RIFF/WAVE
+// container at the reader's current position, seeking over every other
+// chunk rather than reading it.  It returns ErrNoID3Chunk when the
+// container carries no such chunk, and leaves the read position
+// unspecified either way.
+func ID3Chunk(r io.ReadSeeker) ([]byte, error) {
+	if err := readContainer(r); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for {
+		id, size, err := nextHeader(r)
+		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			return nil, ErrNoID3Chunk
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if !IsID3(id) {
+			// Odd-length chunks carry a padding byte.  Seeking past
+			// the end of the file is not an error; the next header
+			// read is what reports the end.
+			if _, err := r.Seek(int64(size)+int64(size%2), io.SeekCurrent); err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("skip chunk %q: %w", id, err)
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Copied rather than allocated up front: a truncated file is
+		// free to declare a chunk larger than the whole of itself.
+		var data bytes.Buffer
+		if _, err := io.CopyN(&data, r, int64(size)); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read chunk data for %q: %w", id, err)
+		}
+
+		return data.Bytes(), nil
+	}
+}
+
+// readContainer consumes the 12-byte RIFF/WAVE header at the reader's
+// current position.
+func readContainer(r io.Reader) error {
+	var magic [4]byte
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, magic[:]); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read RIFF magic: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if string(magic[:]) == "RF64" {
+		return ErrRF64NotSupported
+	}
+
+	if string(magic[:]) != "RIFF" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: got %q", ErrNotRIFF, magic)
+	}
+
+	// Read (and discard) RIFF size — lenient, do not enforce.
+	var riffSize uint32
+	if err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &riffSize); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read RIFF size: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var form [4]byte
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, form[:]); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read WAVE form type: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if string(form[:]) != "WAVE" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: got %q", ErrNotWAVE, form)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// nextHeader reads one sub-chunk header.  It returns io.EOF once the
+// chunks are exhausted, including for a header cut short.
+func nextHeader(r io.Reader) ([4]byte, uint32, error) {
+	var id [4]byte
+
+	_, err := io.ReadFull(r, id[:])
+	if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) || errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
+		return id, 0, io.EOF
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return id, 0, fmt.Errorf("read chunk ID: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var size uint32
+	if err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &size); err != nil {
+		return id, 0, fmt.Errorf("read chunk size for %q: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
+	return id, size, nil
+}

backend/riff/riff_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+package riff_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"errors"
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+
+	"yellowjacket/backend/riff"
+)
+
+// chunk is one sub-chunk to put in a test container.
+type chunk struct {
+	id   string
+	data []byte
+}
+
+// buildRIFF assembles a container from magic, form type and chunks,
+// padding odd-length chunks the way a writer must.
+func buildRIFF(magic, form string, chunks []chunk) []byte {
+	var body bytes.Buffer
+
+	body.WriteString(form)
+
+	for _, c := range chunks {
+		body.WriteString(c.id)
+		_ = binary.Write(&body, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(len(c.data)))
+		body.Write(c.data)
+
+		if len(c.data)%2 != 0 {
+			body.WriteByte(0)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+
+	out.WriteString(magic)
+	_ = binary.Write(&out, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(body.Len()))
+	out.Write(body.Bytes())
+
+	return out.Bytes()
+}
+
+func TestID3Chunk_FindsTheTagPastTheAudio(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		chunks []chunk
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "after an odd-length chunk",
+			chunks: []chunk{
+				{id: "fmt ", data: make([]byte, 16)},
+				{id: "LIST", data: []byte("INFOodd")},
+				{id: "data", data: make([]byte, 200)},
+				{id: "id3 ", data: []byte("ID3vTAG")},
+			},
+			want: "ID3vTAG",
+		},
+		{
+			// The chunk ID is written both ways in the wild, and the
+			// writer accepts either, so the reader must too.
+			name: "uppercase ID3",
+			chunks: []chunk{
+				{id: "data", data: make([]byte, 8)},
+				{id: "ID3 ", data: []byte("upper")},
+			},
+			want: "upper",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "first chunk",
+			chunks: []chunk{
+				{id: "id3 ", data: []byte("first")},
+				{id: "data", data: make([]byte, 8)},
+			},
+			want: "first",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			r := bytes.NewReader(buildRIFF("RIFF", "WAVE", tc.chunks))
+
+			got, err := riff.ID3Chunk(r)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ID3Chunk: %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if string(got) != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("chunk data: got %q, want %q", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestID3Chunk_RejectsWhatItCannotRead(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		bytes []byte
+		want  error
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "no ID3 chunk",
+			bytes: buildRIFF("RIFF", "WAVE", []chunk{{id: "data", data: []byte{1, 2}}}),
+			want:  riff.ErrNoID3Chunk,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "no chunks at all",
+			bytes: buildRIFF("RIFF", "WAVE", nil),
+			want:  riff.ErrNoID3Chunk,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "not RIFF",
+			bytes: []byte("ID3\x03\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"),
+			want:  riff.ErrNotRIFF,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "not WAVE",
+			bytes: buildRIFF("RIFF", "AVI ", []chunk{{id: "id3 ", data: []byte("x")}}),
+			want:  riff.ErrNotWAVE,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "RF64",
+			bytes: buildRIFF("RF64", "WAVE", []chunk{{id: "id3 ", data: []byte("x")}}),
+			want:  riff.ErrRF64NotSupported,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			_, err := riff.ID3Chunk(bytes.NewReader(tc.bytes))
+			if !errors.Is(err, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("ID3Chunk error: got %v, want %v", err, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// A file cut short mid-chunk is a file with no tag, not a reason to
+// allocate the size it claims: the declared size is four bytes any
+// truncation can leave saying 4 GB.
+func TestID3Chunk_ToleratesATruncatedFile(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	full := buildRIFF("RIFF", "WAVE", []chunk{
+		{id: "data", data: make([]byte, 64)},
+		{id: "id3 ", data: []byte("tag")},
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cut inside the audio", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		_, err := riff.ID3Chunk(bytes.NewReader(full[:32]))
+		if !errors.Is(err, riff.ErrNoID3Chunk) {
+			t.Errorf("ID3Chunk error: got %v, want %v", err, riff.ErrNoID3Chunk)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("cut inside the tag", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		if _, err := riff.ID3Chunk(bytes.NewReader(full[:len(full)-2])); err == nil {
+			t.Error("ID3Chunk: got nil error for a truncated tag chunk")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// Parse is the writer's half and reads every chunk into memory, which
+// is what preserving them needs.
+func TestParse_ReadsEveryChunkInOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	raw := buildRIFF("RIFF", "WAVE", []chunk{
+		{id: "fmt ", data: make([]byte, 16)},
+		{id: "LIST", data: []byte("INFOodd")},
+		{id: "id3 ", data: []byte("tag")},
+	})
+
+	chunks, err := riff.Parse(bytes.NewReader(raw))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Parse: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	want := []string{"fmt ", "LIST", "id3 "}
+	if len(chunks) != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("chunk count: got %d, want %d", len(chunks), len(want))
+	}
+
+	for i, id := range want {
+		if got := string(chunks[i].ID[:]); got != id {
+			t.Errorf("chunk %d: got %q, want %q", i, got, id)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !riff.IsID3(chunks[2].ID) || string(chunks[2].Data) != "tag" {
+		t.Errorf("id3 chunk: got %q", chunks[2].Data)
+	}
+
+	// The padding byte after an odd chunk is not part of its data.
+	if string(chunks[1].Data) != "INFOodd" {
+		t.Errorf("odd chunk data: got %q, want %q", chunks[1].Data, "INFOodd")
+	}
+}
+
+// A chunk size is four bytes read off the file, so a truncated or
+// malformed WAV is free to declare a chunk larger than the whole of
+// itself.  Parse must grow with what arrives rather than with what was
+// claimed.
+//
+// This measures the allocation instead of the error because the error
+// is the same either way: a build sizing its buffer from the header
+// reports the truncation correctly, having asked the allocator for a
+// gigabyte on the way.  Deliberately not parallel — TotalAlloc is
+// process-wide, and a test paused beside another one is measuring it
+// too.
+func TestParse_DoesNotAllocateWhatAChunkClaims(t *testing.T) {
+	// Large enough that a header-sized buffer is unmistakable, in a
+	// container of a few dozen bytes.
+	const declared = 1 << 30
+
+	var raw bytes.Buffer
+
+	raw.WriteString("RIFF")
+	_ = binary.Write(&raw, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(declared+12))
+	raw.WriteString("WAVE")
+	raw.WriteString("data")
+	_ = binary.Write(&raw, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(declared))
+	raw.WriteString("and then the file ends")
+
+	var before, after runtime.MemStats
+
+	runtime.GC()
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&before)
+
+	if _, err := riff.Parse(bytes.NewReader(raw.Bytes())); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Parse: got nil error for a chunk larger than the file holding it")
+	}
+
+	runtime.ReadMemStats(&after)
+
+	if grew := after.TotalAlloc - before.TotalAlloc; grew > 1<<20 {
+		t.Errorf("Parse allocated %d bytes reading a %d-byte file whose chunk header claimed %d",
+			grew, raw.Len(), declared)
+	}
+}

backend/system/userdata.go

@@ -52,6 +52,75 @@ func UseHomeOverride(base string) {
 	_ = os.Setenv(envHomeOverride, base)
 }
 
+// envTempDir is the variable Go's os.TempDir() reads, and through it
+// every library in the process that asks for a temporary file.
+const envTempDir = "TMPDIR"
+
+// tempDirName is the subdirectory of the app's own storage that
+// becomes that answer.
+const tempDirName = "tmp"
+
+// UseTempDir gives the process a temporary directory that exists.
+//
+// **Android has no /tmp and hands an app no TMPDIR**, and Go's
+// os.TempDir() falls back to "/tmp" when the variable is unset -- so
+// every library in the process that wants scratch space is handed a
+// path that has never existed. SQLite is the one that noticed: an
+// INSERT ... SELECT large enough to spill returned
+// SQLITE_IOERR_GETTEMPPATH (disk I/O error 6410), which is how the
+// champion search index came to fail its rebuild on every launch while
+// the app otherwise looked healthy (#190).
+//
+// It is the *class* that is fixed here rather than that statement.
+// Anything that spills fails the same way on that platform -- large
+// sorts, large joins, VACUUM -- so the repair belongs at the process's
+// one answer to the question rather than at each caller. The
+// alternative considered was PRAGMA temp_store = MEMORY, which is
+// cheaper and more local and is a promise that every future spill fits
+// in RAM on a phone; the catalog is the largest thing in this app and
+// that is not a promise worth making silently.
+//
+// The rules are UseHomeOverride's, for the same reasons. **An empty
+// base is a no-op**, because that is what
+// application.Mobile.StoragePath() returns on desktop -- so this needs
+// no build tag and changes nothing off mobile, where /tmp is real. And
+// **an explicit TMPDIR wins**, so anyone who set one deliberately gets
+// what they asked for; nothing sets it on the platform this exists for.
+//
+// It returns its error rather than swallowing it because a temp
+// directory that could not be created is the same silent failure one
+// step earlier, and since #160 a log line on that platform is
+// something a person can actually read.
+func UseTempDir(base string) error {
+	if base == "" || os.Getenv(envTempDir) != "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	dir := filepath.Join(base, tempDirName)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not make the temp directory %s: %w", dir, err)
+	}
+
+	// Writability is checked rather than assumed: the whole failure
+	// this repairs is a directory that is named and cannot be used, and
+	// MkdirAll on an existing unwritable directory succeeds.
+	probe, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, "probe")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("temp directory %s is not writable: %w", dir, err)
+	}
+
+	name := probe.Name()
+	_ = probe.Close()
+	_ = os.Remove(name)
+
+	if err := os.Setenv(envTempDir, dir); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not set %s: %w", envTempDir, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // getUserDirPath returns and creates the path for a user directory.
 func getUserDirPath(dt dirType) (string, error) {
 	path, err := resolveUserDirPath(dt)

backend/system/userdata_test.go

@@ -87,3 +87,116 @@ func TestUseHomeOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+// UseTempDir carries UseHomeOverride's two rules for the same reasons,
+// plus one of its own: the directory it names has to be usable.
+//
+// **The only tier that can compile the platform this exists for is a
+// phone**, so everything decidable off one is decided here -- which is
+// androidpayload.go's discipline, and is why the platform call is a
+// parameter rather than something this package reaches for. The
+// device's half is a single measurement: no /tmp, no TMPDIR (#190).
+func TestUseTempDir(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("an empty base is a no-op", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// This is the desktop case in full: StoragePath() answers ""
+		// off mobile, where /tmp is real and must be left alone.
+		t.Setenv(envTempDir, "")
+
+		if err := UseTempDir(""); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("UseTempDir(\"\") = %v, want nil", err)
+		}
+
+		if got := os.Getenv(envTempDir); got != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s = %q, want it untouched", envTempDir, got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("an explicit TMPDIR wins", func(t *testing.T) {
+		const chosen = "/somewhere/deliberate"
+
+		// The base is taken before TMPDIR moves, because t.TempDir()
+		// reads TMPDIR too -- which is the same fact this function is
+		// about, met from the other side.
+		base := t.TempDir()
+
+		t.Setenv(envTempDir, chosen)
+
+		if err := UseTempDir(base); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("UseTempDir = %v, want nil", err)
+		}
+
+		if got := os.Getenv(envTempDir); got != chosen {
+			t.Errorf("%s = %q, want the explicit %q", envTempDir, got, chosen)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("points at a real directory under the base", func(t *testing.T) {
+		base := t.TempDir()
+
+		t.Setenv(envTempDir, "")
+
+		if err := UseTempDir(base); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("UseTempDir = %v, want nil", err)
+		}
+
+		got := os.Getenv(envTempDir)
+
+		want := filepath.Join(base, tempDirName)
+		if got != want {
+			t.Fatalf("%s = %q, want %q", envTempDir, got, want)
+		}
+
+		// The whole failure being repaired is a temp directory that is
+		// named and does not exist, so naming one is not enough.
+		info, err := os.Stat(got)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("the temp directory was named but not created: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if !info.IsDir() {
+			t.Fatalf("%s is not a directory", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("os.TempDir then answers with it", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// The point of setting the variable at all: this is what every
+		// library in the process reads, SQLite's driver included.
+		base := t.TempDir()
+
+		t.Setenv(envTempDir, "")
+
+		if err := UseTempDir(base); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("UseTempDir = %v, want nil", err)
+		}
+
+		if got := os.TempDir(); got != filepath.Join(base, tempDirName) {
+			t.Errorf("os.TempDir() = %q, want the directory we made", got)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("an unwritable directory is an error, not a silent success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if os.Getuid() == 0 {
+			t.Skip("root can write anywhere, so there is nothing to refuse")
+		}
+
+		base := t.TempDir()
+
+		// MkdirAll on an existing directory succeeds whatever its
+		// mode, so without the write probe this case would set TMPDIR
+		// to a directory nothing can use -- which is the bug again,
+		// one directory over.
+		if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(base, tempDirName), 0o500); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("prepare the unwritable directory: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		t.Setenv(envTempDir, "")
+
+		if err := UseTempDir(base); err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("UseTempDir accepted a directory it cannot write to")
+		}
+
+		if got := os.Getenv(envTempDir); got != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s was set to %q despite the failure", envTempDir, got)
+		}
+	})
+}

backend/tagwriter/totals_test.go

@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ import (
 // indistinguishable from never having written one.  So these assert the
 // round trip through the *reader the scan uses*, not the bytes.
 //
-// WAV is the exception and it is not this change's: dhowden/tag has no
-// RIFF reader at all, so metadata.ExtractTags cannot see a WAV's ID3
-// chunk -- which is why every other test here reads that chunk itself.
+// WAV was the exception until #104 -- dhowden/tag has no RIFF reader,
+// so metadata.ExtractTags could not see a WAV's ID3 chunk and this
+// case read the chunk itself, which is a test of the writer wearing
+// the shape of a round trip.  All four go through the scanner now.
 func TestWriteTotals_RoundTripsInEveryFormat(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ func TestWriteTotals_RoundTripsInEveryFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "wav",
-			read: readWavID3Tags,
+			read: viaScanner,
 			write: func(t *testing.T, dir string) string {
 				t.Helper()
 

backend/tagwriter/wav.go

@@ -8,116 +8,22 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 
 	id3v2 "github.com/bogem/id3v2/v2"
 
 	"yellowjacket/backend/fileutil"
+	"yellowjacket/backend/riff"
 )
 
-// Sentinel errors for WAV RIFF operations.
-var (
-	errRF64NotSupported   = errors.New("RF64 files are not yet supported")
-	errNotRIFF            = errors.New("not a RIFF file")
-	errNotWAVE            = errors.New("not a WAVE file")
-	errFileTooLargeForWAV = errors.New("file too large for WAV format (>4GB)")
-)
-
-// riffChunk holds a single RIFF sub-chunk (ID + raw data).
-type riffChunk struct {
-	id   [4]byte
-	data []byte
-}
-
-// parseRIFF reads all RIFF sub-chunks from r.  It rejects RF64 files
-// and non-WAVE containers with descriptive errors.  The parser is
-// lenient on read: it tolerates missing padding bytes and ignores
-// the declared RIFF size.
-func parseRIFF(r io.ReadSeeker) ([]riffChunk, error) {
-	// Read 4-byte container magic.
-	var magic [4]byte
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, magic[:]); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read RIFF magic: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if string(magic[:]) == "RF64" {
-		return nil, errRF64NotSupported
-	}
-
-	if string(magic[:]) != "RIFF" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: got %q", errNotRIFF, magic)
-	}
-
-	// Read (and discard) RIFF size — lenient, do not enforce.
-	var riffSize uint32
-	if err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &riffSize); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read RIFF size: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Read 4-byte form type.
-	var form [4]byte
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, form[:]); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("read WAVE form type: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	if string(form[:]) != "WAVE" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: got %q", errNotWAVE, form)
-	}
-
-	// Read sub-chunks until EOF.
-	var chunks []riffChunk
-
-	for {
-		var chunkID [4]byte
-
-		_, err := io.ReadFull(r, chunkID[:])
-		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) || errors.Is(err, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF) {
-			break
-		}
-
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read chunk ID: %w", err)
-		}
-
-		var chunkSize uint32
-		if err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &chunkSize); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read chunk size for %q: %w", chunkID, err)
-		}
-
-		data := make([]byte, chunkSize)
-		if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, data); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("read chunk data for %q: %w", chunkID, err)
-		}
-
-		chunks = append(chunks, riffChunk{id: chunkID, data: data})
-
-		// Odd-length chunks have a padding byte.  Lenient: if the
-		// read fails (e.g. EOF), just break rather than error.
-		if chunkSize%2 != 0 {
-			var pad [1]byte
-
-			if _, err := r.Read(pad[:]); err != nil {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return chunks, nil
-}
-
-// isID3ChunkID returns true if id represents an ID3v2 RIFF chunk.
-// Both lowercase "id3 " and uppercase "ID3 " are accepted.
-func isID3ChunkID(id [4]byte) bool {
-	s := strings.ToLower(string(id[:3]))
-
-	return s == "id3"
-}
+// errFileTooLargeForWAV is the one RIFF error that belongs to the
+// writer; reading rejects a container in backend/riff.
+var errFileTooLargeForWAV = errors.New("file too large for WAV format (>4GB)")
 
 // writeRIFF writes a complete RIFF/WAVE container to w, preserving
 // the given chunks in order and appending the id3Data as the final
 // "id3 " chunk.  Returns errFileTooLargeForWAV if the result would
 // exceed the 4 GB RIFF limit.
-func writeRIFF(w io.Writer, chunks []riffChunk, id3Data []byte) error {
+func writeRIFF(w io.Writer, chunks []riff.Chunk, id3Data []byte) error {
 	// Calculate total RIFF payload size:
 	//   4 bytes (WAVE form type)
 	// + for each preserved chunk: 8 (header) + len(data) + padding
@@ -125,7 +31,7 @@ func writeRIFF(w io.Writer, chunks []riffChunk, id3Data []byte) error {
 	riffPayload := uint64(4)
 
 	for _, c := range chunks {
-		sz := uint64(len(c.data))
+		sz := uint64(len(c.Data))
 		riffPayload += 8 + sz
 
 		if sz%2 != 0 {
@@ -162,7 +68,7 @@ func writeRIFF(w io.Writer, chunks []riffChunk, id3Data []byte) error {
 
 	// Write each preserved chunk.
 	for _, c := range chunks {
-		if err := writeChunk(w, c.id, c.data); err != nil {
+		if err := writeChunk(w, c.ID, c.Data); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -225,7 +131,7 @@ func writeWavTags(
 		return fmt.Errorf("open wav for reading: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	allChunks, err := parseRIFF(f)
+	allChunks, err := riff.Parse(f)
 
 	// Close immediately — we need the handle released before
 	// AtomicWrite creates the replacement file.
@@ -237,13 +143,13 @@ func writeWavTags(
 
 	// Separate preserved chunks from existing ID3 data.
 	var (
-		preserved   []riffChunk
+		preserved   []riff.Chunk
 		existingID3 []byte
 	)
 
 	for _, c := range allChunks {
-		if isID3ChunkID(c.id) {
-			existingID3 = c.data
+		if riff.IsID3(c.ID) {
+			existingID3 = c.Data
 		} else {
 			preserved = append(preserved, c)
 		}

backend/tagwriter/wav_test.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	id3v2 "github.com/bogem/id3v2/v2"
 
 	"yellowjacket/backend/metadata"
+	"yellowjacket/backend/riff"
 )
 
 // createTestWAV builds a minimal valid WAV file with an optional
@@ -270,6 +271,88 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_PartialUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	assertStrField(t, "Composer", meta.Composer, "Original Composer")
 }
 
+// The writer has always been correct and the reader could not see it:
+// a WAV tagged by this app scanned as an untagged file, so editing
+// tags, autotagging a folder or importing a WAV download all appeared
+// to work and changed nothing the library could show (#104).  So this
+// asserts the write through metadata.ExtractTags -- the reader the
+// scan uses -- rather than through the id3 chunk.
+func TestWriteWavTags_ReadBackByTheScanner(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	path := createTestWAV(t, dir, "scanner.wav", nil)
+	art := tinyJPEG(t)
+
+	changes := TagChanges{
+		FieldTitle:       "Some Song",
+		FieldArtist:      "Some Artist",
+		FieldAlbum:       "Some Album",
+		FieldAlbumArtist: "Some Album Artist",
+		FieldGenre:       "Rock",
+		FieldYear:        2024,
+		FieldTrackNumber: 3,
+		FieldComposer:    "Some Composer",
+		FieldCoverArt:    art,
+	}
+
+	if err := writeWavTags(testLogger(), path, changes); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("writeWavTags: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	meta, err := metadata.ExtractTags(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ExtractTags: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if meta.TagReadWarning != nil {
+		t.Errorf("TagReadWarning: %v", meta.TagReadWarning)
+	}
+
+	assertStrField(t, "Title", meta.Title, "Some Song")
+	assertStrField(t, "Artist", meta.Artist, "Some Artist")
+	assertStrField(t, "Album", meta.Album, "Some Album")
+	assertStrField(t, "AlbumArtist", meta.AlbumArtist, "Some Album Artist")
+	assertStrField(t, "Genre", meta.Genre, "Rock")
+	assertStrField(t, "Composer", meta.Composer, "Some Composer")
+	assertStrField(t, "FileFormat", meta.FileFormat, "WAV")
+	assertIntField(t, "Year", meta.Year, 2024)
+	assertIntField(t, "TrackNumber", meta.TrackNumber, 3)
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(meta.TagFormat, "ID3v2") {
+		t.Errorf("TagFormat: got %q, want an ID3v2 version", meta.TagFormat)
+	}
+
+	if meta.Picture == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected cover art, got nil")
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(meta.Picture.Data, art) {
+		t.Errorf("picture data mismatch: got %d bytes, want %d",
+			len(meta.Picture.Data), len(art))
+	}
+}
+
+// An untagged WAV is a file with no tags, not a file with a problem:
+// the scanner falls back to the filename and must not be handed a
+// warning to surface about it.
+func TestUntaggedWav_ReadsAsEmptyWithoutAWarning(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	path := createTestWAV(t, t.TempDir(), "bare.wav", nil)
+
+	meta, err := metadata.ExtractTags(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ExtractTags: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if meta.TagReadWarning != nil {
+		t.Errorf("TagReadWarning: %v", meta.TagReadWarning)
+	}
+
+	assertStrField(t, "Title", meta.Title, "")
+}
+
 func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -282,7 +365,7 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("open original: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	origChunks, err := parseRIFF(origFile)
+	origChunks, err := riff.Parse(origFile)
 	_ = origFile.Close()
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -292,7 +375,7 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 	// Record original chunk data by ID string.
 	origData := map[string][]byte{}
 	for _, c := range origChunks {
-		origData[string(c.id[:])] = c.data
+		origData[string(c.ID[:])] = c.Data
 	}
 
 	// Write a tag to trigger RIFF rewrite.
@@ -309,7 +392,7 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("open after write: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	newChunks, err := parseRIFF(newFile)
+	newChunks, err := riff.Parse(newFile)
 	_ = newFile.Close()
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -320,7 +403,7 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 	origNonID3 := 0
 
 	for _, c := range origChunks {
-		if !isID3ChunkID(c.id) {
+		if !riff.IsID3(c.ID) {
 			origNonID3++
 		}
 	}
@@ -328,7 +411,7 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 	newNonID3 := 0
 
 	for _, c := range newChunks {
-		if !isID3ChunkID(c.id) {
+		if !riff.IsID3(c.ID) {
 			newNonID3++
 		}
 	}
@@ -359,17 +442,17 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_ChunkPreservation(t *testing.T) {
 // in chunks and its data matches want byte-for-byte.
 func checkChunkPreserved(
 	t *testing.T,
-	chunks []riffChunk,
+	chunks []riff.Chunk,
 	idStr string,
 	want []byte,
 ) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	for _, c := range chunks {
-		if string(c.id[:]) == idStr {
-			if !bytes.Equal(c.data, want) {
+		if string(c.ID[:]) == idStr {
+			if !bytes.Equal(c.Data, want) {
 				t.Errorf("chunk %q data changed: got %d bytes, want %d",
-					idStr, len(c.data), len(want))
+					idStr, len(c.Data), len(want))
 			}
 
 			return
@@ -430,7 +513,7 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_RejectsRF64(t *testing.T) {
 	buf.WriteString("WAVE")
 
 	// Minimal ds64 chunk (required for RF64 but we just need
-	// enough bytes for parseRIFF to hit the RF64 rejection).
+	// enough bytes for riff.Parse to hit the RF64 rejection).
 	buf.WriteString("ds64")
 	_ = binary.Write(&buf, binary.LittleEndian, uint32(28)) //nolint:mnd
 	buf.Write(make([]byte, 28))                             //nolint:mnd
@@ -454,9 +537,12 @@ func TestWriteWavTags_RejectsRF64(t *testing.T) {
 
 // readWavID3Tags extracts ID3v2 metadata from a WAV file by parsing
 // the RIFF structure and reading the id3 chunk with bogem/id3v2.
-// dhowden/tag's ReadFrom does not support WAV files, and its
-// ReadID3v2Tags fails on empty tags (after clearing all frames).
-// Using bogem/id3v2.ParseReader handles all cases correctly.
+//
+// metadata.ExtractTags reads a WAV since #104 and is what the round
+// trips assert through.  This stays for the two cases that are about
+// the bytes rather than about the scan: a tag with every frame
+// cleared, which no reader reports as anything, and the chunk
+// preservation test, which is already parsing the container itself.
 func readWavID3Tags(
 	t *testing.T,
 	path string,
@@ -470,17 +556,17 @@ func readWavID3Tags(
 
 	defer func() { _ = f.Close() }()
 
-	chunks, err := parseRIFF(f)
+	chunks, err := riff.Parse(f)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("parseRIFF: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("riff.Parse: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// Find the id3 chunk.
 	var id3Data []byte
 
 	for _, c := range chunks {
-		if isID3ChunkID(c.id) {
-			id3Data = c.data
+		if riff.IsID3(c.ID) {
+			id3Data = c.Data
 
 			break
 		}

build/android/Taskfile.yml

@@ -4,18 +4,28 @@ includes:
   common: ../Taskfile.yml
 
 vars:
-  # The *installed* package name, which every adb-driven task below uses
-  # to uninstall, launch and filter. It must agree with `applicationId`
-  # in app/build.gradle, and nothing enforces that.
+  # APP_ID is an *assertion*, not a setting, and it has no default.
   #
-  # ANDROID.md says to set this in build/config.yml. That does not work
-  # in beta.8, checked both ways: `wails3 task` builds its var set from
-  # CLI KEY=VALUE arguments and the Taskfile tree only -- nothing reads
-  # config.yml -- and even when set it feeds only these adb commands,
-  # never Gradle. So the identity is declared twice, here and in
-  # build.gradle, and a change to one alone means the official run and
-  # deploy tasks address a package that is not installed.
-  APP_ID: '{{.APP_ID | default "app.yellowjacket"}}'
+  # It used to be the id every adb-driven task below uninstalled,
+  # launched and filtered, defaulting to "app.yellowjacket". It could
+  # never have been a setting: `wails3 task` builds its var set from CLI
+  # KEY=VALUE arguments and the Taskfile tree only -- nothing reads
+  # build/config.yml, contrary to ANDROID.md, checked with --dry -- and
+  # even when set it fed only the adb commands, never Gradle. So the
+  # identity was declared twice, here and as `applicationId` in
+  # app/build.gradle, with nothing enforcing that they agree.
+  #
+  # They did not agree. The debug buildType carries
+  # `applicationIdSuffix ".dev"`, so the tasks that assemble a debug APK
+  # addressed the *release* id -- on a device, the user's installed app
+  # and their library (#159).
+  #
+  # The id is now read back from the built APK by scripts/android-
+  # pkgid.sh, so the thing installed and the thing launched agree by
+  # construction. Passing APP_ID= says "this build had better declare
+  # that id", and the deploy refuses before touching anything if it does
+  # not -- which is the check that would have caught #159 statically.
+  APP_ID: '{{.APP_ID | default ""}}'
   MIN_SDK: '21'
   TARGET_SDK: '35'
   # The emulator runs the host architecture; physical devices are arm64
@@ -372,9 +382,7 @@ tasks:
           ARCH: '{{.ARCH | default .HOST_ARCH}}'
     cmds:
       - task: ensure-emulator
-      - '"{{.ADB}}" uninstall {{.APP_ID}} 2>/dev/null || true'
-      - '"{{.ADB}}" install "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk"'
-      - '"{{.ADB}}" shell am start -n {{.APP_ID}}/com.wails.app.MainActivity'
+      - './scripts/android-deploy.sh --apk "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk" --target emulator{{if .APP_ID}} --expect "{{.APP_ID}}"{{end}}'
 
   run:
     summary: Build, install and launch a debug build in the Android Emulator
@@ -383,9 +391,7 @@ tasks:
       - task: build
     cmds:
       - task: assemble:apk
-      - '"{{.ADB}}" uninstall {{.APP_ID}} 2>/dev/null || true'
-      - '"{{.ADB}}" install "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk"'
-      - '"{{.ADB}}" shell am start -n {{.APP_ID}}/com.wails.app.MainActivity'
+      - './scripts/android-deploy.sh --apk "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk" --target emulator{{if .APP_ID}} --expect "{{.APP_ID}}"{{end}}'
 
   device:list:
     summary: Lists connected Android devices and emulators (serials)
@@ -400,25 +406,7 @@ tasks:
           ARCH: arm64
     cmds:
       - task: assemble:apk
-      - |
-        DEVICE='{{.DEVICE_ID | default ""}}'
-        if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-          DEVICE="${DEVICE_ID:-}"
-        fi
-        if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-          DEVICE=$("{{.ADB}}" devices | awk 'NR > 1 && $2 == "device" && $1 !~ /^emulator-/ { print $1; exit }')
-        fi
-        if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-          echo "Error: no connected physical Android device found."
-          echo "Pass DEVICE_ID=<serial> to target a device explicitly."
-          echo "Find connected device serials with: {{.ADB}} devices"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-        echo "Deploying {{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk to device $DEVICE..."
-        "{{.ADB}}" -s "$DEVICE" uninstall {{.APP_ID}} 2>/dev/null || true
-        "{{.ADB}}" -s "$DEVICE" install "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk"
-        "{{.ADB}}" -s "$DEVICE" shell am start -n {{.APP_ID}}/com.wails.app.MainActivity
+      - './scripts/android-deploy.sh --apk "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk" --target device{{if .DEVICE_ID}} --serial "{{.DEVICE_ID}}"{{end}}{{if .APP_ID}} --expect "{{.APP_ID}}"{{end}}'
     preconditions:
       - sh: '[ -x "{{.ADB}}" ] || command -v adb'
         msg: "adb not found. Install the Android SDK platform-tools (or set ANDROID_HOME)"
@@ -430,25 +418,7 @@ tasks:
         vars:
           ARCH: arm64
     cmds:
-      - |
-        DEVICE='{{.DEVICE_ID | default ""}}'
-        if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-          DEVICE="${DEVICE_ID:-}"
-        fi
-        if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-          DEVICE=$("{{.ADB}}" devices | awk 'NR > 1 && $2 == "device" && $1 !~ /^emulator-/ { print $1; exit }')
-        fi
-        if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
-          echo "Error: no connected physical Android device found."
-          echo "Pass DEVICE_ID=<serial> to target a device explicitly."
-          echo "Find connected device serials with: {{.ADB}} devices"
-          exit 1
-        fi
-
-        echo "Deploying {{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk to device $DEVICE..."
-        "{{.ADB}}" -s "$DEVICE" uninstall {{.APP_ID}} 2>/dev/null || true
-        "{{.ADB}}" -s "$DEVICE" install "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk"
-        "{{.ADB}}" -s "$DEVICE" shell am start -n {{.APP_ID}}/com.wails.app.MainActivity
+      - './scripts/android-deploy.sh --apk "{{.BIN_DIR}}/{{.APP_NAME}}.apk" --target device{{if .DEVICE_ID}} --serial "{{.DEVICE_ID}}"{{end}}{{if .APP_ID}} --expect "{{.APP_ID}}"{{end}}'
     preconditions:
       - sh: '[ -x "{{.ADB}}" ] || command -v adb'
         msg: "adb not found. Install the Android SDK platform-tools (or set ANDROID_HOME)"

build/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/MainActivity.java

@@ -891,13 +891,41 @@ public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The activity going away is not the app shutting down.
+     *
+     * <p>The scaffold called {@code bridge.shutdown()} here, which is
+     * the natural reading of onDestroy and is wrong for this app twice
+     * over. Android destroys and recreates an activity for a
+     * configuration change the manifest does not declare, under memory
+     * pressure, and on every background if the user has "Don't keep
+     * activities" on -- all **without restarting the process**. And
+     * when the user really does leave, this app's reason for existing
+     * in the background is that a song is playing, which is what the
+     * {@code mediaPlayback} foreground service is holding the process
+     * alive for. Either way, tearing the Go side down here would stop
+     * the music.
+     *
+     * <p>It was harmless only by accident: {@code nativeShutdown} calls
+     * {@code App.Quit()}, whose Android {@code destroy()} is an empty
+     * method, and {@code Run()}'s deferred {@code shutdownServices()}
+     * can never fire because Android's {@code platformRun} is
+     * {@code select{}} and does not return. So no {@code
+     * ServiceShutdown} has ever run on Android, and removing this call
+     * changes nothing today -- it stops the day someone implements
+     * {@code destroy()} from silently killing playback on a rotation.
+     *
+     * <p>There is no callback for "the process is going away"; Android
+     * simply kills it. Durability on this platform is the persist
+     * writers, which submit on every mutation rather than at exit.
+     *
+     * <p>See #52, and CLAUDE.md, "An activity is a view onto the
+     * process".
+     */
     @Override
     protected void onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy();
         unregisterSystemEventReceivers();
-        if (bridge != null) {
-            bridge.shutdown();
-        }
         if (webView != null) {
             webView.destroy();
         }

build/android/app/src/main/java/com/wails/app/WailsBridge.java

@@ -129,7 +129,24 @@ public class WailsBridge {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Initialize the native Go library
+     * Initialize the native Go library.
+     *
+     * <p><b>{@code initialized} is deliberately per-instance, and making
+     * it {@code static} is the trap this comment exists for.</b> A
+     * recreated activity builds a new bridge and calls this again, in a
+     * process where the native library is already loaded and Go's
+     * {@code main()} is already running -- so "initialise once per
+     * process" looks like exactly the right rule. It is not, because
+     * {@code nativeInit} does <i>two</i> things: it runs
+     * {@code go mainFunc()}, and it stores the global JNI reference to
+     * <i>this</i> bridge. Skip it and Go keeps executing JavaScript
+     * against the destroyed activity's WebView: the app opens, renders,
+     * and never receives another backend event.
+     *
+     * <p>So this is called every time, and the half that must not repeat
+     * is latched on the Go side instead, at the top of {@code main()} --
+     * which is also where the damage was ({@code os.Exit(1)}), and the
+     * only place that can see it. See #52.
      */
     public void initialize() {
         if (initialized) {

e2e/specs/album-dropdown.spec.ts

@@ -110,27 +110,30 @@ test.describe('the album dropdown', () => {
     await app.setViewportSize({ width: 900, height: 600 });
 
     try {
-      // Wait for the range the assertion below actually needs, not for
-      // "scrollable at all" (#133). The guard used to be
-      // `scrollHeight > clientHeight + 40` while the next line asks to
-      // reach 80, so any range in 41-79 satisfied it and could not
-      // satisfy the assertion — and the grid passes through exactly
-      // that while it settles, because it recomputes its columns after
-      // the resize rather than during it. The settled range here is
-      // 330, so this waits rather than weakening anything.
+      // The container has to be a scroller at all, which is the thing
+      // the defect behind this spec broke and is a property rather
+      // than a moment.
       await expect
         .poll(() => scrollRange(app))
-        .toMatchObject({ room: true, overflowY: 'auto' });
+        .toMatchObject({ overflowY: 'auto' });
 
-      await app.evaluate((target) => {
-        const sc = document
-          .querySelector('cover-grid')
-          ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.grid-scroll-container');
-
-        if (sc) sc.scrollTop = target;
-      }, SCROLL_TARGET);
-
-      expect(await scrollTop(app)).toBe(SCROLL_TARGET);
+      // **Scrolling it and reading it back are one round trip** (#151).
+      //
+      // #133 made the guard ask for the range this needs rather than
+      // for "scrollable at all", which was necessary and is not
+      // sufficient: a guard and the write it guards are separate
+      // `evaluate` calls, so the grid can satisfy the range and settle
+      // out of it before the write lands. It still does — observed as
+      // `Expected 80, Received 10` in the second of three consecutive
+      // full-suite runs, with the spec green alone on the same app
+      // straight afterwards.
+      //
+      // Polling harder cannot close a window between two moments; only
+      // removing the window can. So the probe sets `scrollTop` and
+      // returns what it reads back, in one page-side call, and the
+      // poll retries *that* — which also means the assertion is about
+      // what the grid did rather than about what it was ready to do.
+      await expect.poll(() => scrollTo(app, SCROLL_TARGET)).toBe(SCROLL_TARGET);
 
       // And the dropdown it opens is on screen, wherever the manager
       // decides that leaves the scroll. It is *not* "the position is
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ async function closeDropdown(app: Page): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
-/** Whether the grid can scroll at all, which decides if a probe can move. */
+/** Whether the grid is a scroller at all, which is what the bug broke. */
 async function scrollRange(app: Page) {
   return app.evaluate((target) => {
     const sc = document
@@ -269,22 +272,37 @@ async function scrollRange(app: Page) {
       ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.grid-scroll-container');
 
     return {
-      // `room` is the precondition of the assertion that follows it:
-      // enough range to actually reach the target. A threshold below
-      // what the caller depends on is not a guard.
+      // Reported for the failure message rather than waited on: `room`
+      // was the guard #133 strengthened, and #151 is that a guard in
+      // its own round trip cannot speak for the write in the next one.
+      // `scrollTo` below is the assertion now; this says *why* it did
+      // not reach the target when it does not.
       room: !!sc && sc.scrollHeight - sc.clientHeight >= target,
       overflowY: sc ? getComputedStyle(sc).overflowY : '',
     };
   }, SCROLL_TARGET);
 }
 
-async function scrollTop(app: Page): Promise<number> {
-  return app.evaluate(
-    () =>
-      document
-        .querySelector('cover-grid')
-        ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.grid-scroll-container')?.scrollTop ?? -1,
-  );
+/**
+ * Scroll the grid and report where it actually landed, in one call.
+ *
+ * The whole point is that the set and the read share a moment: a
+ * `scrollTop` write is clamped to the range *at the instant it lands*,
+ * so reading it back in a second round trip asks a container that may
+ * have re-laid out in between.
+ */
+async function scrollTo(app: Page, target: number): Promise<number> {
+  return app.evaluate((to) => {
+    const sc = document
+      .querySelector('cover-grid')
+      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.grid-scroll-container');
+
+    if (!sc) return -1;
+
+    sc.scrollTop = to;
+
+    return sc.scrollTop;
+  }, target);
 }
 
 /** Whether the open dropdown is inside the scroll container's viewport. */

e2e/specs/bottom-bar.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import { test, expect, callBinding, NO_QUEUE_SOURCE } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * The bottom bar's two promises (#23, #42): the transport is centred in
+ * the window, and the volume is a slider rather than a popup.
+ *
+ * **"Centred" is measured against the window, not against the space
+ * left over**, which is the whole of #23. The bar was
+ * `320px 1fr auto`, so the transport sat in the middle of what the
+ * metadata and the queue button did not use — its centre was ~140px
+ * right of the window's at every size, which reads as an alignment
+ * mistake rather than as a layout choice.
+ *
+ * The mechanism is that the outer two columns are the same width, so
+ * this asserts the *outcome* (centre lines up) rather than the CSS. A
+ * spec that checked `grid-template-columns` would pass on any build
+ * that kept the declaration and broke the result.
+ */
+
+/** Where the transport sits, against where the window's centre is. */
+const geometry = (app: Page) =>
+  app.evaluate(() => {
+    const bar = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.bottom-bar')!;
+    const player = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('audio-player')!;
+    const b = bar.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const p = player.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+    const seek = player.shadowRoot
+      ?.querySelector('seek-bar')
+      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('wa-slider');
+
+    return {
+      offset: Math.round(p.left + p.width / 2 - (b.left + b.width / 2)),
+      barHeight: Math.round(b.height),
+      seekWidth: seek ? Math.round(seek.getBoundingClientRect().width) : -1,
+    };
+  });
+
+/** Something has to be playing before the transport draws a seek bar. */
+async function play(app: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const paths = await app.evaluate(async () => {
+    const tracks = (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'library.Library.GetTracks',
+      [0],
+      10_000,
+    )) as { FilePath: string }[];
+
+    return tracks.slice(0, 3).map((t) => t.FilePath);
+  });
+
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.SetQueue', [
+    paths,
+    0,
+    false,
+    NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+  ]);
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Play');
+  await expect(app.getByTestId('now-playing-title')).not.toBeEmpty();
+}
+
+test.describe('the bottom bar', () => {
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Clear').catch(() => {
+      /* already empty */
+    });
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Four widths, because a centring bug is a function of width: the old
+   * layout was off by half the difference between the two outer
+   * columns, so it was wrong by a different amount at each one and
+   * exactly right at none.
+   */
+  for (const width of [800, 900, 1100, 1440]) {
+    test(`centres the transport in the window at ${width}px`, async ({
+      app,
+    }) => {
+      await app.setViewportSize({ width, height: 700 });
+      await play(app);
+
+      await expect.poll(() => geometry(app).then((g) => g.offset)).toBe(0);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The seek bar is what the centring is *paid for* with, so it is
+   * asserted rather than assumed.
+   *
+   * Reserving the metadata's full width on both sides centres the
+   * transport perfectly and squeezes the control you drag: measured
+   * during this work at **61px of track at 800px**, against 257 before
+   * the change. The side columns are capped at a quarter of the bar for
+   * that reason, and this is the number that says so — 246 at 800px,
+   * which is parity with the uncentred layout.
+   */
+  test('does not pay for the centring with the seek bar', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 800, height: 700 });
+    await play(app);
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => geometry(app).then((g) => g.seekWidth))
+      .toBeGreaterThan(200);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * #42: the slider is simply there. Three gestures — click open, drag,
+   * click closed — is what a bottom bar has room not to ask for.
+   */
+  test('shows the volume slider without a click', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+
+    const volume = app.locator('.bottom-bar volume-control');
+
+    await expect(volume).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(volume.locator('wa-slider')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * And the inline icon is the mute toggle, because with the slider
+   * beside it there is nothing left to disclose. The name follows the
+   * action rather than the state for the same reason.
+   */
+  test('names the inline icon after what it does', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('.bottom-bar volume-control').getByRole('button', {
+        name: 'Mute',
+      }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The bar is a fixed 4em row and the transport sits in it. A slider
+   * with a label grows `#slider` by 8px unless `wa-slider-label.css`
+   * suppresses it, which moved the whole bar the last time — so the
+   * height is pinned here rather than left to a screenshot.
+   */
+  test('stays 4em tall', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+    await play(app);
+
+    await expect.poll(() => geometry(app).then((g) => g.barHeight)).toBe(64);
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/control-names.spec.ts

@@ -29,18 +29,13 @@ test.describe('a control says what it controls', () => {
   });
 
   test('the volume slider is announced as Volume', async ({ app }) => {
-    // The popup renders no slider at all while closed, the same way the
-    // queue panel renders no list — so this has to open it first.
-    await app.getByRole('button', { name: /volume/i }).click();
-
+    // No disclosure to open first, and no state to put back afterwards:
+    // #42 made the slider inline, so it is simply there. The assertion
+    // is unchanged — the *name* is the subject here, and the route to
+    // the control got shorter rather than different.
     await expect(
       app.getByRole('slider', { name: 'Volume' }),
     ).toBeVisible();
-
-    // Leave the transport as it was found: the specs share one page in
-    // file order, and an open popup covers the buttons beneath it.
-    await app.keyboard.press('Escape');
-    await app.locator('body').click({ position: { x: 5, y: 5 } });
   });
 
   test('naming the slider did not move the transport', async ({ app }) => {

e2e/specs/jobs-on-a-phone.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * #62. On a phone, background work is shown in the notification band
+ * and the header indicator stands down.
+ *
+ * The report was that the indicator's popover "is obscured by other UI,
+ * so it cannot be read while jobs run". Worth saying plainly: **that
+ * symptom did not reproduce in this tier.** Measured at the device's
+ * own 424x439 viewport, the popover was neither clipped nor covered —
+ * `elementFromPoint` at its centre returned the indicator at every
+ * width tried. So this is not a fix for a stacking bug, and a spec
+ * asserting one would be a spec asserting something that was never
+ * true here.
+ *
+ * What is true regardless, and is what these assert:
+ *
+ * - a popover is a **disclosure**, and it is anchored to a bar 3.25em
+ *   tall on a screen 439px tall. Background work is the one thing a
+ *   phone should not make you open something to see.
+ * - #57 deletes that bar and is *blocked on this issue*, because the
+ *   indicator needs somewhere else to live first. Somewhere else is
+ *   the band, and the test that matters for #57 is that the bar no
+ *   longer holds the indicator at all.
+ *
+ * This is the media-query tier by necessity: a query inside a shadow
+ * root is answered by the viewport, and `notification-host` decides
+ * whether the panel *exists* from `matchMedia`. The component tier
+ * cannot set either.
+ */
+
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+const JOBS = [
+  {
+    id: 'phone:scan',
+    kind: 'library-scan',
+    state: 'running',
+    title: 'Scanning Music',
+    current: 40,
+    total: 100,
+    caps: { pausable: true, cancellable: true },
+  },
+  {
+    id: 'phone:idx',
+    kind: 'index-build',
+    state: 'running',
+    title: 'Building the search index',
+    current: 2,
+    total: 9,
+    caps: { pausable: true, cancellable: true },
+  },
+];
+
+/** The panel the band renders. Playwright's CSS engine pierces open
+ *  shadow roots, which is what keeps this one line. */
+const bandPanel = (page: Page) => page.locator('job-band').locator('job-panel');
+
+const PHONE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+const DESKTOP = { width: 1100, height: 800 };
+
+test.describe('background jobs on a phone', () => {
+  test('are shown in the band, without opening anything', async ({
+    app,
+    testctl,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+    await testctl.emit('JobsChanged', JOBS);
+
+    await expect(bandPanel(app)).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Both jobs, drawn by real `job-row`s -- asking the rows what they
+    // hold rather than reading the panel's text, which would pass
+    // whether or not a row rendered. Playwright's CSS engine pierces
+    // open shadow roots, which is what makes this one line;
+    // `querySelectorAll` does not, and stops at `job-panel`.
+    await expect(bandPanel(app).locator('job-row')).toHaveCount(2);
+
+    await expect(
+      bandPanel(app).locator('job-row').first(),
+    ).toContainText('Scanning Music');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The #57 assertion. Not "the indicator is invisible" — that could be
+   * true because the bar overflowed — but that the shell's own rule
+   * puts it away at this width.
+   */
+  test('leave the top bar, which is what #57 is waiting for', async ({
+    app,
+    testctl,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+    await testctl.emit('JobsChanged', JOBS);
+    await expect(bandPanel(app)).toBeVisible();
+
+    await expect(app.locator('job-indicator')).toBeHidden();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The property the first attempt at this got wrong, so it is the one
+   * worth pinning: the band is **in the layout**, not over it.
+   *
+   * A fixed band reads fine in a screenshot and is unusable -- at
+   * 424x439 a compact panel is ~200px of a 439px screen and it covers
+   * what is under it. Four specs failed on that version, two
+   * phone-shell journeys and the header's action menu, because the
+   * panel was intercepting the taps. So: nothing of the app is
+   * underneath it, and the main panel starts below it.
+   */
+  test('push the content down rather than covering it', async ({
+    app,
+    testctl,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+
+    const before = await app
+      .getByTestId('main-content')
+      .evaluate((el) => el.getBoundingClientRect().top);
+
+    await testctl.emit('JobsChanged', JOBS);
+    await expect(bandPanel(app)).toBeVisible();
+
+    const after = await app.evaluate(() => {
+      const band = document.querySelector('job-band') as HTMLElement;
+      const main = document.querySelector(
+        '[data-testid="main-content"]',
+      ) as HTMLElement;
+      const b = band.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const m = main.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+      // What the browser reports at the band's own centre. If this is
+      // anything but the band, the band is sitting on top of it.
+      const hit = document.elementFromPoint(
+        Math.round(b.x + b.width / 2),
+        Math.round(b.y + b.height / 2),
+      );
+
+      return {
+        mainTop: m.top,
+        bandBottom: b.bottom,
+        withinViewport: b.bottom <= window.innerHeight + 0.5,
+        hit: hit?.tagName.toLowerCase() ?? null,
+      };
+    });
+
+    expect({
+      pushed: after.mainTop > before,
+      mainClearsBand: after.mainTop >= after.bandBottom - 0.5,
+      withinViewport: after.withinViewport,
+      hit: after.hit,
+    }).toEqual({
+      pushed: true,
+      mainClearsBand: true,
+      withinViewport: true,
+      hit: 'job-band',
+    });
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * A running job repaints several times a second. The stack it sits
+   * beside is `role="status" aria-live="polite"`, and a progress bar
+   * inside a live region is a screen reader reading a number out over
+   * and over — so the two are siblings in the band rather than one
+   * list, and this is what says so.
+   */
+  test('are not inside the live region they sit beside', async ({
+    app,
+    testctl,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+    await testctl.emit('JobsChanged', JOBS);
+    await expect(bandPanel(app)).toBeVisible();
+
+    const insideLiveRegion = await app.evaluate(() => {
+      const band = document.querySelector('job-band');
+
+      // Neither the band itself nor anything it is nested in may be a
+      // live region -- `closest` answers both at once.
+      return !!band?.closest('[aria-live]') || band?.hasAttribute('aria-live');
+    });
+
+    expect(insideLiveRegion).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * `bottom-nav` rendering its duplicate `<app-sidebar>` unconditionally
+   * broke 30 specs with "resolved to 2 elements" on a viewport where it
+   * was not even visible. Settings already holds four `job-panel`s, so
+   * a fifth that answers for *every* kind is the same trap — which is
+   * why the band decides from `matchMedia` whether the element exists
+   * rather than hiding it with CSS.
+   */
+  test('do not leave a second panel behind on a desktop', async ({
+    app,
+    testctl,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+    await testctl.emit('JobsChanged', JOBS);
+
+    await expect(app.locator('job-indicator')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(bandPanel(app)).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/layout-overflow.spec.ts

@@ -132,22 +132,34 @@ test.describe('the app fits in its own window', () => {
     // be dragged here, but a scaled display or a large system font can
     // still land the layout in it, and clipping the nav with no scroll
     // is the failure that made Settings unreachable.
-    const reachable = await app.locator('app-sidebar').evaluate((el) => {
-      const settings = el.shadowRoot?.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
-        '[data-testid="nav-settings"]',
-      );
+    //
+    // The scroll and the measurement share one `evaluate` — #151's
+    // rule, which this already had — and the whole probe is polled,
+    // which it did not: a viewport change settles asynchronously, so a
+    // single attempt reads whatever the sidebar happened to be doing.
+    // The probe is safe to repeat because scrolling to the bottom twice
+    // is scrolling to the bottom.
+    await expect
+      .poll(() =>
+        app.locator('app-sidebar').evaluate((el) => {
+          const settings = el.shadowRoot?.querySelector<HTMLElement>(
+            '[data-testid="nav-settings"]',
+          );
 
-      if (!settings) return null;
+          if (!settings) return null;
 
-      el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;
+          el.scrollTop = el.scrollHeight;
 
-      const item = settings.getBoundingClientRect();
-      const pane = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+          const item = settings.getBoundingClientRect();
+          const pane = el.getBoundingClientRect();
 
-      return item.bottom <= Math.ceil(pane.bottom) && item.top >= Math.floor(pane.top);
-    });
-
-    expect(reachable).toBe(true);
+          return (
+            item.bottom <= Math.ceil(pane.bottom) &&
+            item.top >= Math.floor(pane.top)
+          );
+        }),
+      )
+      .toBe(true);
   });
 });
 

e2e/specs/long-press.spec.ts

@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
-
-/**
- * Long-press is the touch route to a context menu (plan 016 B2 phase 3).
- *
- * The component tier proves the gesture in isolation, against markup it
- * built itself. What it cannot prove is the half that made this one
- * listener instead of six: that the synthetic event reaches the handler
- * a *real* component bound — `track-list` delegates its `contextmenu`
- * on the `lit-virtualizer` rather than binding one per row — and that
- * the real `wa-popup` menu opens from it, which is a path with its own
- * history of opening and then refusing to work (see
- * `menu-keyboard.spec.ts`).
- *
- * The pointer events are dispatched rather than performed: this project
- * runs Desktop Chrome and Desktop Safari, neither of which has touch,
- * and a device tier does not exist. So this is honest about what it
- * checks — the app's own listeners, on the app's own DOM, from the
- * events a touch would produce — and not about a real finger.
- */
-
-/** A common small phone, as in `phone-shell.spec.ts`. */
-const PHONE = { width: 390, height: 844 };
-
-/** Comfortably past the module's 500ms hold. */
-const HELD = 900;
-
-type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
-
-/** The track list's menu panel, or null while it is not rendered. */
-const panel = (page: Page) =>
-  page.evaluate(() => {
-    const el = document
-      .querySelector('track-list')
-      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.context-menu-panel');
-
-    if (!el) return null;
-
-    return {
-      role: el.getAttribute('role'),
-      label: el.getAttribute('aria-label'),
-      items: el.querySelectorAll('[role="menuitem"]').length,
-    };
-  });
-
-/**
- * Press the first track row, optionally dragging partway through — the
- * shape of a scroll that begins on a row, which must not open a menu.
- */
-async function pressFirstRow(
-  page: Page,
-  opts: { driftY?: number } = {},
-): Promise<void> {
-  await page.evaluate((drift) => {
-    // `.track-row`, not `[role="row"]`: the column header is a row too,
-    // and it is the *first* one -- a press on it is correctly ignored,
-    // which reads exactly like the gesture not working.
-    const row = document
-      .querySelector('track-list')
-      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.track-row');
-
-    if (!row) throw new Error('no track row to press');
-
-    const box = row.getBoundingClientRect();
-    const x = Math.round(box.left + box.width / 2);
-    const y = Math.round(box.top + box.height / 2);
-    const send = (type: string, dy = 0) =>
-      row.dispatchEvent(
-        new PointerEvent(type, {
-          bubbles: true,
-          composed: true,
-          cancelable: true,
-          pointerType: 'touch',
-          isPrimary: true,
-          clientX: x,
-          clientY: y + dy,
-        }),
-      );
-
-    send('pointerdown');
-
-    if (drift) send('pointermove', drift);
-  }, opts.driftY ?? 0);
-}
-
-test.describe('long-press opens the track menu', () => {
-  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
-    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
-    await app.getByTestId('tab-tracks').click();
-    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
-      'data-active-view',
-      'tracks',
-    );
-  });
-
-  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
-    // Every other spec file runs against a desktop, and the viewport
-    // belongs to the shared context rather than to this file.
-    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
-  });
-
-  test('reaches the delegated handler and opens the real menu', async ({
-    app,
-  }) => {
-    await expect.poll(() => panel(app)).toBeNull();
-
-    await pressFirstRow(app);
-
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => panel(app), { timeout: HELD + 2000 })
-      .toMatchObject({ role: 'menu', label: 'Track actions' });
-
-    // The same panel Shift+F10 opens, items and all -- not an empty
-    // popup that happened to become visible.
-    expect((await panel(app))?.items).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-  });
-
-  test('does not open one for a press that turns into a scroll', async ({
-    app,
-  }) => {
-    await pressFirstRow(app, { driftY: 40 });
-
-    await app.waitForTimeout(HELD);
-
-    expect(await panel(app)).toBeNull();
-  });
-});

e2e/specs/native-touch-feel.spec.ts

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+import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * The web view's own tap highlight, and what replaced it (#54).
+ *
+ * Two halves, and each is here because no other tier can see it.
+ *
+ * **The highlight is killed by one declaration on `html`**, which
+ * reaches the app's shadow roots because `-webkit-tap-highlight-color`
+ * is inherited and inheritance crosses a shadow boundary. That is a
+ * property of `index.css`, and `index.css` is loaded by the real app
+ * and by nothing else — the component tier mounts a component with no
+ * page stylesheet at all, which is the same reason the theme's ramps
+ * are invisible to it.
+ *
+ * **The press state is measured rather than read.** The component tier
+ * asserts the shape of the stylesheet (which rule is inside which
+ * query, and that the press selector carries a state class), because
+ * `:active` cannot be forced there. Here there is a real pointer: hold
+ * the button down on a real row of the real list and read what the row
+ * became. That is the assertion that would fail if the rule were
+ * hoisted, renamed, or lost to `.selected`.
+ *
+ * What neither half is, is the device. Chrome 113's WebView is where
+ * the grey box was reported and where a finger is; the numbers from it
+ * are on the PR.
+ */
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+/** The phone this work was measured against, in CSS pixels. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+
+/** The computed tap-highlight colour of a node inside a shadow root. */
+const tapHighlight = (page: Page, host: string, inner: string) =>
+  page.evaluate(
+    ([hostSel, innerSel]) => {
+      const el = document
+        .querySelector(hostSel!)
+        ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector(innerSel!);
+
+      if (!el) return null;
+
+      return getComputedStyle(el).getPropertyValue(
+        '-webkit-tap-highlight-color',
+      );
+    },
+    [host, inner],
+  );
+
+test.describe('the tap highlight', () => {
+  test('is transparent inside a shadow root, from one rule on html', async ({
+    app,
+    browserName,
+  }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-tracks').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'tracks',
+    );
+
+    const row = await tapHighlight(app, 'track-list', '.track-row');
+
+    expect(row).not.toBeNull();
+
+    // The property is a WebKit extension that only iOS honours, so an
+    // engine is free not to report one at all. Chromium always does —
+    // measured at rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.18) with the rule removed, which is
+    // the grey box the report describes — so the assertion is not
+    // skippable there, and nothing this app can do makes the property
+    // disappear on an engine that has it.
+    test.skip(
+      row === '',
+      `${browserName} reports no -webkit-tap-highlight-color to read`,
+    );
+
+    expect(row).toBe('rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)');
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe('the press state that replaced it', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-tracks').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'tracks',
+    );
+    await expect(app.locator('track-list').first()).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.mouse.up();
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  test('shows on the row being pressed, and on that row only', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    const rows = await app.evaluate(() => {
+      const found = document
+        .querySelector('track-list')
+        ?.shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll('.track-row');
+
+      if (!found || found.length < 2) return null;
+
+      const rect = found[1]!.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+      return {
+        x: Math.round(rect.x + rect.width / 2),
+        y: Math.round(rect.y + rect.height / 2),
+      };
+    });
+
+    expect(rows).not.toBeNull();
+
+    const backgrounds = () =>
+      app.evaluate(() => {
+        const found = document
+          .querySelector('track-list')!
+          .shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('.track-row');
+
+        return {
+          pressed: getComputedStyle(found[1]!).backgroundColor,
+          neighbour: getComputedStyle(found[2]!).backgroundColor,
+        };
+      });
+
+    await app.mouse.move(rows!.x, rows!.y);
+    await app.mouse.down();
+
+    const held = await backgrounds();
+
+    // The press overlay, from the theme rather than from a literal in
+    // a component: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12) on both dark ramps.
+    expect(held.pressed).toBe('rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12)');
+    expect(held.neighbour).not.toBe(held.pressed);
+
+    await app.mouse.up();
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/phone-album-page.spec.ts

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+import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * The album page on a phone (#66).
+ *
+ * Two faults, and neither was visible to `layout-overflow.spec.ts`:
+ * that spec asserts the *shell* needs no sideways scrolling, and the
+ * shell was correct throughout — `body.scrollWidth === clientWidth`
+ * while `explore-album-details` itself measured 443 inside a 424px box
+ * and clipped two of the album's three primary actions with its own
+ * `overflow: hidden`. So the measurement here is **per control against
+ * the component's box**, which is the same shape `top-bar-fit.spec.ts`
+ * needed for the same reason.
+ *
+ * The other half is the scroll: the page was a fixed header over a
+ * scrolling tracklist, so at the reference device's 424x439 the header
+ * owned 253 of the panel's 318px and the list scrolled in the 64 that
+ * were left. It is one scroll container below 600px, which is a
+ * property of the *host* rather than of `.content`.
+ *
+ * The engine is the caveat this tier cannot close: the reference device
+ * renders in Chrome 113 and this is Chromium/WebKit. A flex direction
+ * and a scroll container are nowhere near that engine's documented gaps
+ * (relaxed nesting, the Popover API, `light-dark()`), but "it renders
+ * at that size in Chromium" is not evidence about the phone.
+ */
+
+/** The phone this was measured on, in CSS pixels. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+
+const details = (page: Page) => page.locator('explore-album-details');
+
+/** The page's own boxes, read from inside its shadow root. */
+const geometry = (page: Page) =>
+  page.evaluate(() => {
+    const host = document.querySelector('explore-album-details');
+    const sr = host?.shadowRoot;
+
+    if (!host || !sr) return null;
+
+    const box = (sel: string) => {
+      const el = sr.querySelector(sel);
+
+      if (!el) return null;
+
+      const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+      return { width: Math.round(r.width), right: Math.round(r.right) };
+    };
+
+    const content = sr.querySelector('.content');
+
+    return {
+      hostWidth: host.clientWidth,
+      hostScrollWidth: host.scrollWidth,
+      // The host is the scroller below 600px, so the page is taller
+      // than its box rather than the tracklist being a window inside it.
+      hostScrolls: host.scrollHeight > host.clientHeight,
+      contentScrolls: content
+        ? content.scrollHeight > content.clientHeight
+        : null,
+      header: box('.album-header'),
+      play: box('[data-testid="album-play"]'),
+      shuffle: box('[data-testid="album-shuffle"]'),
+      queue: box('[data-testid="album-queue"]'),
+      title: (() => {
+        const el = sr.querySelector('.album-title-text');
+
+        return el ? el.scrollWidth <= el.clientWidth + 1 : null;
+      })(),
+    };
+  });
+
+test.describe('the album page on a phone', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await openFirstAlbum(app);
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-tracks').click();
+  });
+
+  test('keeps every action inside its own box', async ({ app }) => {
+    const geo = await geometry(app);
+
+    expect(geo).not.toBeNull();
+    // "Shuffle album" ended at x=443 in a 424px component and could not
+    // be reached by any gesture; "Add to queue" at 440.
+    for (const action of ['play', 'shuffle', 'queue'] as const) {
+      expect(
+        geo?.[action],
+        `${action} is rendered`,
+      ).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(
+        geo?.[action]?.right ?? 0,
+        `${action} ends inside the page`,
+      ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(geo?.hostWidth ?? 0);
+    }
+
+    expect(geo?.hostScrollWidth).toBe(geo?.hostWidth);
+    expect(geo?.header?.width).toBe(geo?.hostWidth);
+  });
+
+  test('gives the title the row rather than one glyph of it', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    // `.album-info` was squeezed to 112px beside the art, so an album
+    // called *Glass Harbour* drew as `G…`. It carries `min-width: 0`
+    // and was shrinking as asked — the row had to stack.
+    expect(await geometry(app).then((g) => g?.title)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('scrolls as one page, with the header scrolling away', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    const before = await geometry(app);
+
+    expect(before?.hostScrolls).toBe(true);
+    expect(before?.contentScrolls).toBe(false);
+
+    const headerTop = () =>
+      app.evaluate(
+        () =>
+          document
+            .querySelector('explore-album-details')
+            ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.album-header')
+            ?.getBoundingClientRect().top ?? 0,
+      );
+
+    expect(await headerTop()).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+
+    // A wheel gesture, not `scrollTop`: `overflow: hidden` still permits
+    // programmatic scrolling, so a probe that assigns it passes on the
+    // build this exists to fail.
+    await details(app).hover();
+    await app.mouse.wheel(0, 250);
+
+    await expect.poll(headerTop).toBeLessThan(-100);
+  });
+
+  test('is the desktop arrangement again above the breakpoint', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1024, height: 800 });
+
+    // The same element, re-laid-out: one component with two
+    // arrangements, not a phone-only copy.
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => (await geometry(app))?.hostScrolls)
+      .toBe(false);
+
+    const arrangement = await app.evaluate(() => {
+      const sr = document.querySelector('explore-album-details')?.shadowRoot;
+      const header = sr?.querySelector('.album-header');
+      const content = sr?.querySelector('.content');
+
+      return {
+        direction: header ? getComputedStyle(header).flexDirection : null,
+        contentOverflow: content ? getComputedStyle(content).overflowY : null,
+      };
+    });
+
+    expect(arrangement.direction).toBe('row');
+    expect(arrangement.contentOverflow).toBe('auto');
+  });
+});
+
+/** Albums → the second card, which navigates to the album page. */
+async function openFirstAlbum(app: Page): Promise<void> {
+  // Below 600px the sidebar is gone; the tab bar is the navigation.
+  await app.getByTestId('tab-albums').click();
+  await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+    'data-active-view',
+    'albums',
+  );
+
+  await expect.poll(() => cardCount(app)).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+
+  // Dispatched rather than clicked: the card lives in a virtualizer
+  // inside a shadow root, and Enter expands the dropdown instead.
+  await app.evaluate(() => {
+    document
+      .querySelector('cover-grid')
+      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll('.album-card')[1]
+      ?.dispatchEvent(
+        new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true, composed: true }),
+      );
+  });
+
+  await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+    'data-active-view',
+    'explore-album-details',
+  );
+  await expect(
+    details(app).locator('[data-testid="album-play"]'),
+  ).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+async function cardCount(app: Page): Promise<number> {
+  return app.evaluate(
+    () =>
+      document
+        .querySelector('cover-grid')
+        ?.shadowRoot?.querySelectorAll('.album-card').length ?? 0,
+  );
+}

e2e/specs/phone-entity-links.spec.ts

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+import {
+  test,
+  expect,
+  callBinding,
+  openTheQueue,
+  NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+} from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * #67 — a name is not a link on a phone, and the menu is where it went.
+ *
+ * The queue panel is the surface this is visible on: its rows draw a
+ * track title and an artist credit as `explore-link`s at every width,
+ * unlike `track-list`, whose phone column set stacks title over artist
+ * as plain text already.
+ *
+ * **The pair is what makes either assertion mean anything.** A link
+ * that is gone and a menu item that never arrived is not a smaller
+ * affordance — it is a destination the phone cannot reach, which is
+ * what plan 018's "no action is unreachable at any supported size"
+ * refuses. So each test asserts the phone and the desktop in the same
+ * breath: text *and* an item here, a link *and* no item there.
+ *
+ * The desktop half is also the regression guard for the change: menus
+ * above the breakpoint must be exactly what they were, because the name
+ * beside them is still a link and a menu that repeats the row is
+ * furniture.
+ */
+
+/** The reference device's real viewport, not a resized desktop. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+
+/** Wide enough that the queue is a column beside the content. */
+const DESKTOP = { width: 1280, height: 800 };
+
+const row = (app: Page, index: number) =>
+  app.locator(`queue-panel .track-item[data-index="${index}"]`);
+
+/** The queue panel's own context menu, as a list of item labels. */
+async function menuLabels(app: Page): Promise<string[]> {
+  return app.evaluate(() =>
+    [
+      ...document
+        .querySelector('queue-panel')!
+        .shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('wa-dropdown-item'),
+    ].map((item) => item.textContent?.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim() ?? ''),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Queue three tracks that have an album, for the reason
+ * `queue-selection.spec.ts` states at length: `explore-link` routes a
+ * title to its *album's* page and renders plain text where it cannot
+ * route, so a track with no album answers this file's question with
+ * the wrong "no link".
+ */
+async function queueThree(app: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const paths = await app.evaluate(async () => {
+    const tracks = (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'library.Library.GetTracks',
+      [0],
+      10_000,
+    )) as { FilePath: string; Album: string; ArtistName: string }[];
+
+    return tracks
+      .filter((t) => t.Album !== '' && t.ArtistName !== '')
+      .slice(0, 3)
+      .map((t) => t.FilePath);
+  });
+
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.SetQueue', [
+    paths,
+    0,
+    false,
+    NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+  ]);
+}
+
+/** Open the row's context menu and read the items back. */
+async function openRowMenu(app: Page, index: number): Promise<string[]> {
+  await row(app, index).click({ button: 'right' });
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => (await menuLabels(app)).length)
+    .toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+  return menuLabels(app);
+}
+
+test.describe('an inline name and the menu that replaces it', () => {
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.keyboard.press('Escape');
+    await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Clear').catch(() => {
+      /* an empty queue is the state we were asking for */
+    });
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+  });
+
+  test('a queue row is plain text on a phone and carries the destination', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await queueThree(app);
+    await openTheQueue(app);
+    await expect(row(app, 0)).toBeVisible();
+
+    // The name is text: nothing in the row is a link at all.
+    await expect(app.locator('queue-panel .track-item .explore-link')).toHaveCount(
+      0,
+    );
+
+    const labels = await openRowMenu(app, 0);
+
+    expect(labels).toContain('Go to Artist');
+    expect(labels).toContain('Go to Album');
+  });
+
+  test('the same row on a desktop is a link, and its menu is untouched', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+    await queueThree(app);
+    await openTheQueue(app);
+    await expect(row(app, 0)).toBeVisible();
+
+    await expect(
+      row(app, 0).locator('.track-title .explore-link'),
+    ).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    const labels = await openRowMenu(app, 0);
+
+    expect(labels).not.toContain('Go to Artist');
+    expect(labels).not.toContain('Go to Album');
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/phone-now-playing.spec.ts

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+import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * Now Playing on a short screen (#51).
+ *
+ * #51 asks for a layout that "survives" ~424x439 with the controls
+ * never scrolling off. #172 measured why it did not — the stacked
+ * layout's budget is fixed, so the art gets whatever is left, and that
+ * was 39px before #64 and 53px after it.
+ *
+ * **Two separate claims are asserted here, and only one of them is
+ * about the phone.**
+ *
+ * The first is that the art is *square*. It was not: `aspect-ratio` is
+ * specified not to re-derive the width when `max-height` clamps the
+ * height, so the art was drawn as a letterbox band and `object-fit:
+ * cover` cropped the cover to it — 264x53 on the reference device. The
+ * leftover only exceeds the width above ~843px of viewport, so this
+ * was every height from ~500 to ~843 as well: most phones, and any
+ * short window. That is ordinary CSS rather than a Chrome 113 quirk,
+ * so this tier can see it, and the heights below are chosen to cover
+ * the range rather than the one device.
+ *
+ * The second is the reflow: below 500px the art and the names sit side
+ * by side, which is what takes the art from 53px to 143px. That is
+ * asserted as a *relation between boxes* — the art beside the names,
+ * not above them — because the pixel count is a consequence of the
+ * arrangement and would pin this file to one device's chrome.
+ *
+ * **What this tier cannot see** is the device's engine: CI's Chromium
+ * and WebKit are current, and #60's clipping showed what that costs.
+ * Nothing here depends on Chrome 113 behaviour — the sizing rules were
+ * checked against the device itself, at column heights of 288, 300,
+ * 451, 600 and 800, and the numbers are on #51.
+ */
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+/** The reference device's real viewport. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+
+/**
+ * A tall phone, above the reflow's 500px. Roughly a Pixel 7, which is
+ * #51's other named device and was not attached — so what is checked
+ * here is the layout it *should* get, not that device.
+ */
+const TALL_PHONE = { width: 412, height: 869 };
+
+/** Inside the crop's old range and above the reflow: a short window. */
+const SHORT_WINDOW = { width: 390, height: 700 };
+
+/**
+ * The height the layout reflows at. Written down once here because the
+ * specs have to know which arrangement to *wait* for, not only which
+ * to assert.
+ */
+const REFLOW_AT = 500;
+
+/** Put a track in the player, so the view has art and names to lay out. */
+async function stageATrack(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    const tracks = (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'library.Library.GetTracks',
+      [0],
+      10_000,
+    )) as { FilePath: string }[];
+
+    await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'queue.Queue.SetQueue',
+      [tracks.slice(0, 4).map((t) => t.FilePath), 0, false, { type: '', id: 0, label: '' }],
+      10_000,
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+/** Open the full-screen view and wait for the shell to say so. */
+async function openNowPlaying(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(() => {
+    document.dispatchEvent(
+      new CustomEvent('navigate', {
+        detail: { view: 'now-playing' },
+        bubbles: true,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+    'data-active-view',
+    'now-playing',
+  );
+
+  // The attribute is the shell's bookkeeping and lands before the view
+  // has a track, so measuring on it alone races the first layout --
+  // which showed up as a 60x5 art on the first spec of a cold run.
+  //
+  // Waiting for a non-zero box is not enough on its own either: a
+  // previous test leaves the *other* arrangement on screen, and a
+  // stale column satisfies "has a size" perfectly. So the wait is for
+  // the arrangement this viewport should have, which is the thing
+  // every assertion below depends on. Found by this file passing one
+  // test at a time and failing in file order.
+  const wantRow = (page.viewportSize()?.height ?? 0) <= REFLOW_AT;
+
+  await page.waitForFunction(
+    (row: boolean) => {
+      const v = document.querySelector('now-playing-view');
+      const stack = v?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.stack');
+      const el = v?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.art img, .art .placeholder');
+      const t = v?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.transport');
+
+      if (!el || !t) return false;
+
+      // A build with no `.stack` at all is the one before this change,
+      // and the squareness assertions are still meaningful against it
+      // -- so this waits for the arrangement only where there is one to
+      // wait for. Otherwise reverting the component to check that these
+      // tests bite produces eight timeouts instead of the measurements
+      // that make the case.
+      if (stack) {
+        const dir = getComputedStyle(stack).flexDirection;
+
+        if (dir !== (row ? 'row' : 'column')) return false;
+      }
+
+      const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+      return r.width > 0 && r.height > 0 && t.getBoundingClientRect().height > 0;
+    },
+    wantRow,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * The boxes this file reasons about, read in one evaluate.
+ *
+ * It reaches into the view's shadow root rather than using locators
+ * because the question is geometric — where these boxes are *relative
+ * to each other* — and a testid per edge would be four locators and
+ * four round trips to say one thing.
+ */
+async function boxes(page: Page) {
+  return page.evaluate(() => {
+    const v = document.querySelector('now-playing-view');
+
+    if (!v || !v.shadowRoot) return null;
+
+    const rect = (sel: string) => {
+      const el = v.shadowRoot!.querySelector(sel);
+
+      if (!el) return null;
+
+      const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+      return {
+        left: r.left, right: r.right, top: r.top, bottom: r.bottom,
+        width: r.width, height: r.height,
+      };
+    };
+
+    return {
+      // Whichever of the two the track has; both carry the sizing.
+      art: rect('.art img') ?? rect('.art .placeholder'),
+      artBox: rect('.art'),
+      stack: rect('.stack'),
+      meta: rect('.meta'),
+      transport: rect('.transport'),
+      scrollHeight: v.scrollHeight,
+      clientHeight: v.clientHeight,
+    };
+  });
+}
+
+test.describe('Now Playing survives a short screen', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await stageATrack(app);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The crop, at four heights spanning the range it covered. This is
+   * the assertion that fails on the build before this change: at
+   * 424x439 the art measured 264x53.
+   */
+  for (const vp of [DEVICE, SHORT_WINDOW, TALL_PHONE, { width: 900, height: 500 }]) {
+    test(`draws the art square at ${vp.width}x${vp.height}`, async ({ app }) => {
+      await app.setViewportSize(vp);
+      await openNowPlaying(app);
+
+      const b = await boxes(app);
+
+      expect(b, 'now-playing-view did not mount').not.toBeNull();
+      expect(b!.art, 'neither art nor placeholder rendered').not.toBeNull();
+
+      const { width, height } = b!.art!;
+
+      expect(width, 'the art has no width').toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      // One pixel of slack for sub-pixel layout, and no more: the
+      // defect this guards was a 5:1 band.
+      expect(
+        Math.abs(width - height),
+        `art is ${Math.round(width)}x${Math.round(height)}, not square`,
+      ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The promise #51 states and plan 018's matrix repeats. A floor on
+   * the art with the block scrolling was the other option on #172 and
+   * this is why it was not taken.
+   */
+  test('never scrolls the transport off the bottom', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await openNowPlaying(app);
+
+    const b = await boxes(app);
+
+    expect(b!.transport!.bottom).toBeLessThanOrEqual(DEVICE.height);
+    expect(
+      b!.scrollHeight,
+      'the view scrolls, so the transport can be moved off screen',
+    ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(b!.clientHeight + 1);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The reflow itself, as a relation rather than a measurement: below
+   * 500px the names are *beside* the art, above it they are below.
+   */
+  test('puts the names beside the art below 500px', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await openNowPlaying(app);
+
+    const b = await boxes(app);
+
+    expect(
+      b!.meta!.left,
+      'the names are not to the right of the art',
+    ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(b!.artBox!.right - 1);
+  });
+
+  test('keeps the names below the art on a tall phone', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(TALL_PHONE);
+    await openNowPlaying(app);
+
+    const b = await boxes(app);
+
+    expect(
+      b!.meta!.top,
+      'the names are not below the art',
+    ).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(b!.artBox!.bottom - 1);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * What the reflow actually does, stated as a mechanism rather than
+   * as a number: in a row the art is bounded by the row's *height*,
+   * so it fills it — where in a column it is the leftover after the
+   * names, which is what made it 53px.
+   *
+   * **The pixel count is deliberately not asserted here.** Two drafts
+   * tried. The first compared the art against the column's leftover
+   * computed from the boxes on screen and passed on the broken build,
+   * because the subtraction goes negative when the names are taller
+   * than the art — precisely the defect. The second put a floor of
+   * 100px on it, passed locally at 114 and **failed in CI at 64**: this
+   * app is long-lived, so a job staged by an earlier spec is still on
+   * screen, and the volume control renders here where it does not on
+   * Android. Both are chrome above and below this view, and both move
+   * the leftover. A test that asserts how much room CI happened to
+   * have is a test about the runner.
+   *
+   * The device numbers — 53px to 143px — are on #51, measured there,
+   * which is the only tier that can honestly produce them.
+   */
+  test('fills the row with the art rather than the leftover', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await openNowPlaying(app);
+
+    const b = await boxes(app);
+
+    expect(b!.stack, 'there is no row to fill').not.toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      Math.abs(b!.artBox!.height - b!.stack!.height),
+      'the art does not fill the row, so it is still a leftover',
+    ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/phone-progress-line.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import {
+  test,
+  expect,
+  callBinding,
+  resetEvents,
+  waitForEvent,
+  LONG_TRACK,
+  NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+} from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * The phone's progress line (#58).
+ *
+ * The component tier already pins what the line *says* — that it
+ * renders the backend's reported position and never a count of its own.
+ * What only a real shell can answer is **where it is**: the issue asks
+ * for a line on the border between the mini player and the tab bar, and
+ * "on the border" is two adjacencies in a grid that no component-level
+ * render has around it.
+ *
+ * It also asserts the line is not there on a desktop, which is the
+ * other half of the same fact: above 600px there is no tab bar for it
+ * to sit on the border of, and the bar carries a real seek bar.
+ */
+type Rect = { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number };
+
+/** The reference device's real viewport. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+const DESKTOP = { width: 1280, height: 800 };
+
+async function rectOf(app: Page, selector: string): Promise<Rect | null> {
+  return app.evaluate((sel) => {
+    const el = document.querySelector(sel);
+
+    if (!el) return null;
+
+    const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+    return { x: r.x, y: r.y, width: r.width, height: r.height };
+  }, selector);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Put the 90-second fixture on and wait for the first position report.
+ *
+ * The long track rather than any track: every other fixture is 2-6
+ * seconds, which is shorter than the time this spec takes to measure
+ * three rectangles.
+ */
+async function play(app: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const tracks = await callBinding<{ FilePath: string; TrackName: string }[]>(
+    app,
+    'library.Library.GetTracks',
+    [0],
+  );
+
+  // `TrackName`, not `Title`: that is what the library model calls it.
+  const long = tracks.find((t) => t.TrackName === LONG_TRACK);
+
+  expect(long, `no fixture track named ${LONG_TRACK}`).toBeTruthy();
+
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Clear');
+  await resetEvents(app);
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.SetQueue', [
+    [long!.FilePath],
+    0,
+    false,
+    NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+  ]);
+  await waitForEvent(app, 'QueueChanged');
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Play');
+  await waitForEvent(app, 'PlaybackPositionChanged', { timeoutMs: 15_000 });
+}
+
+test.describe('the progress line sits on the border between the bars', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await play(app);
+  });
+
+  /*
+   * Every test here starts a LONG_TRACK and the suite is workers: 1,
+   * fullyParallel: false against one long-lived app — so without this
+   * the four phone-* specs that follow alphabetically inherit a playing
+   * queue. phone-transport.spec.ts records where that lesson came from:
+   * the fault first showed up as a flake in a spec about something else.
+   */
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Clear').catch(() => {
+      /* already empty */
+    });
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+  });
+
+  test('spans the width, between the mini player and the tab bar', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    const line = await rectOf(app, 'player-progress-line');
+    const bar = await rectOf(app, '.bottom-bar');
+    const nav = await rectOf(app, 'bottom-nav');
+
+    expect(line, 'no progress line on the phone').not.toBeNull();
+    expect(bar).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(nav).not.toBeNull();
+
+    // A border, not a band: 2px, the full width, and touching both.
+    expect(line!.height).toBeCloseTo(2, 0);
+    expect(line!.width).toBeCloseTo(bar!.width, 0);
+    expect(line!.y).toBeCloseTo(bar!.y + bar!.height, 0);
+    expect(nav!.y).toBeCloseTo(line!.y + line!.height, 0);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * It is 2px on the top edge of the tab bar, which is exactly where a
+   * thumb aiming at a tab lands. A line that sometimes seeks is worse
+   * than one that never does, so it must take no part in hit testing
+   * at all.
+   */
+  test('takes no taps', async ({ app }) => {
+    const line = await rectOf(app, 'player-progress-line');
+
+    const hit = await app.evaluate(
+      ({ x, y }) => document.elementFromPoint(x, y)?.tagName ?? '',
+      { x: line!.x + line!.width / 2, y: line!.y + 1 },
+    );
+
+    expect(hit).not.toBe('PLAYER-PROGRESS-LINE');
+  });
+
+  test('is not there on a desktop', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+
+    await expect(app.locator('player-progress-line')).toBeHidden();
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/phone-search.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * #57. Below 600px the top bar is not in the layout, and search is a
+ * button that opens a modal on the pages where searching means
+ * anything.
+ *
+ * **This is the tier that can answer it, with one honest exception.**
+ * The shell's breakpoints are media queries, which the component tier
+ * cannot set — so whether the bar is a grid row, and whether a header
+ * grows a search button, is a question for a real viewport. What this
+ * tier *cannot* answer is the reason the surface is a `wa-dialog`:
+ * #60 read out of the Web Awesome source that `wa-popup` falls back to
+ * `position: fixed` where there is no Popover API (Chrome 113, the
+ * reference device) and that `.main-panel`'s `contain: paint` clips a
+ * fixed descendant. Chromium and WebKit here both have the Popover API,
+ * so a popup is top-layered and correct, and **an assertion that the
+ * modal is not clipped would pass on the broken build.** The mechanism
+ * is asserted in `frontend/test/components/search-dialog.test.ts`
+ * instead, where "is there a native <dialog>" is a question a browser
+ * can answer without lying.
+ *
+ * **And it is measured per element.** `layout-overflow.spec.ts` asks
+ * whether the *shell* needs sideways scrolling and was green throughout
+ * the defect it is named for; the win this issue is for is vertical and
+ * belongs to one element, so it is that element's box that is read.
+ */
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+/** The reference device's own viewport, and a common small phone. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+const PHONE = { width: 390, height: 780 };
+
+/**
+ * Where the top bar is, and how much of the screen it costs.
+ *
+ * `contentTop` is measured against the *jobs band* rather than against
+ * the window, because that band is a real grid row whenever work is in
+ * flight (#62) and the app under these specs is long-lived — a job
+ * staged by another file is still in the store. Measuring against zero
+ * makes this assertion say "and no background job is running", which is
+ * not what it is for and is not something it can arrange.
+ */
+const barBox = (page: Page) =>
+  page.evaluate(() => {
+    const bar = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('header.top-bar')!;
+    const main = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.main-panel')!;
+    const band = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('job-band');
+    const cs = getComputedStyle(bar);
+
+    return {
+      position: cs.position,
+      height: Math.round(bar.getBoundingClientRect().height),
+      /** Where the content starts, and where the row above it ends. */
+      contentTop: Math.round(main.getBoundingClientRect().top),
+      aboveBottom: Math.round(band?.getBoundingClientRect().bottom ?? 0),
+    };
+  });
+
+test.describe('the phone has no top bar', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The vertical win, measured rather than asserted by the absence of
+   * an element: `display: none` on the header would satisfy "the bar is
+   * hidden" while leaving a 3.25em grid row exactly where it was.
+   */
+  test('gives the row back to the content', async ({ app }) => {
+    const box = await barBox(app);
+
+    // Out of flow, so it takes no row — and 1px rather than 0, because
+    // it still carries the document's h1.
+    expect(box.position).toBe('absolute');
+    expect(box.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+
+    // The content starts where the row above it ends, and there is no
+    // row above it but the jobs band. On `main` at the time of writing
+    // the content started 52px down from that point.
+    expect(box.contentTop).toBe(box.aboveBottom);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The wordmark yields its width and not its existence, which is the
+   * rule `top-bar-fit.ts` already lives by one band up: with the bar
+   * gone, `display: none` would take this document from one top-level
+   * heading to none on every page whose own header has no h1 —
+   * Settings has no `page-header` at all.
+   */
+  test('still has a top-level heading', async ({ app }) => {
+    await expect(
+      app.getByRole('heading', { name: 'YellowJacket', level: 1 }),
+    ).toHaveCount(1);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * And its four controls are gone from the tab order, not merely from
+   * sight. A visually-hidden container is still focusable, and tabbing
+   * into a search box nobody can see is worse than not having one.
+   */
+  test('leaves nothing in the bar to tab into', async ({ app }) => {
+    for (const tag of [
+      'nav-history',
+      'library-filter',
+      'search-bar',
+      'job-indicator',
+    ]) {
+      await expect(app.locator(`header.top-bar ${tag}`)).toBeHidden();
+    }
+
+    const focusable = await app.evaluate(
+      () =>
+        document
+          .querySelector('header.top-bar')!
+          .querySelectorAll('input, select, button, a[href]').length,
+    );
+
+    // Nothing in the bar is *rendered*, so nothing in it can be
+    // focused; the controls are display:none, which takes their own
+    // shadow content with them.
+    expect(focusable).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe('search on a phone', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  test('is a button in the view that can be searched', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-tracks').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'tracks',
+    );
+
+    // Scoped to the view: every cached primary view holds a
+    // `page-header`, and an unscoped testid is `bottom-nav`'s
+    // "resolved to 2 elements" trap again.
+    const trigger = app.locator('track-list page-header search-trigger button');
+
+    await expect(trigger).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(trigger).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', 'Search tracks');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The whole journey, which is the thing the issue asks for: a button,
+   * a modal, and the results on the page behind it saying what they are
+   * showing.
+   */
+  test('opens a modal, filters the page, and says so', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-tracks').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'tracks',
+    );
+
+    await app.locator('track-list page-header search-trigger button').click();
+
+    const dialog = app.getByTestId('search-dialog');
+
+    // Attached, not visible: `wa-dialog`'s host is `display: contents`,
+    // so the element carrying the testid always reports hidden — what
+    // is visible is the native `<dialog>` inside it. That awkwardness
+    // is written down in CLAUDE.md and is why the assertion that this
+    // is really up is the role query below.
+    await expect(dialog).toBeAttached();
+
+    // Named, which `getByRole` can answer and the a11y snapshot cannot
+    // — the snapshot never prints a dialog's name, named or not. This
+    // is also the assertion that the dialog is genuinely showing.
+    await expect(
+      app.getByRole('dialog', { name: 'Search tracks' }),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Scoped: the header's own box is still in the document, hidden.
+    // This is the one moment there are two `search-input`s.
+    await dialog.getByTestId('search-input').fill('aurora');
+
+    // Enter hands the screen back, because the results are the page.
+    await app.keyboard.press('Enter');
+    await expect(dialog).not.toBeAttached();
+
+    // Polled: the box debounces by 150ms, so reading the page once
+    // straight after closing the dialog can capture the state before
+    // the term ever reached the store.
+    await expect
+      .poll(() =>
+        app.evaluate(
+          () =>
+            document
+              .querySelector('[data-testid="main-content"] track-list')
+              ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('page-header')
+              ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('[data-testid="page-search-scope"]')
+              ?.textContent?.trim() ?? '',
+        ),
+      )
+      .toMatch(/matching.*aurora/);
+
+    // And the button says the search is on, in its name rather than
+    // only in its colour.
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('track-list page-header search-trigger button'),
+    ).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', /aurora/);
+
+    // Leave the app as the next spec expects to find it.
+    await app.locator('track-list page-header search-trigger button').click();
+    await app.getByTestId('search-dialog').getByTestId('search-input').fill('');
+    await app.keyboard.press('Escape');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Two of the seven searchable views have no `page-header` — they are
+   * detail views that filter on the term and say so in their own
+   * headers. A trigger placed only in `page-header` would leave them
+   * with a search they can show and no way to set it, which is #24's
+   * sentence broken in the band it was written for.
+   */
+  test('reaches the playlist detail view too', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-playlists').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'playlists',
+    );
+
+    // `.playlist-item`, which is what the list renders. Asserted to
+    // exist rather than skipped on: the seed has a playlist, and a
+    // spec that quietly skips when its selector stops matching is a
+    // spec that reports success for a renamed class.
+    const first = app.locator('playlist-view .playlist-item').first();
+
+    await expect(first).toBeVisible();
+    await first.dblclick();
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'playlist-details',
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('playlist-details search-trigger button'),
+    ).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * A button that cannot do anything is worse than none — the rule
+   * `library-status-indicator` was rewritten on. Home has nothing of
+   * its own to search and is not in the store's map.
+   */
+  test('offers no button where there is nothing to search', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-home').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'home',
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('home-view page-header search-trigger button'),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
+
+  test('offers no button on a desktop, where the header has a box', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-tracks').click();
+
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('track-list page-header search-trigger button'),
+    ).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(app.locator('header.top-bar search-bar')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * #148, which #57 inherits: `library-filter` is the only control in the
+ * app that calls `setSelectedLibrary`, and the bar it lived in is gone
+ * on a phone. #143 refused to hide it as a fit step for exactly this
+ * reason, so dropping it here would have been the same trade.
+ */
+test.describe('the library filter has a home that is not the bar', () => {
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  test('is in Settings, and is reachable from a phone', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-more').click();
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-drawer').getByTestId('nav-settings').click();
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'settings',
+    );
+
+    const filter = app.getByTestId('settings-library-filter');
+
+    await expect(filter).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(filter.locator('select')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('and it is the same control at every width', async ({ app }) => {
+    // Not a phone-only copy: "where do I change which library I am
+    // browsing" having two answers by viewport is the fault, not the
+    // fix.
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-settings').click();
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('settings-library-filter')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(app.locator('header.top-bar library-filter')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/phone-shell.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import { test, expect, LONG_TRACK } from '../support/fixtures.js';
 
 /**
  * The phone shell (plan 016 B2, phase 1).
@@ -98,6 +98,58 @@ test.describe('the shell on a phone', () => {
     ).toBeVisible();
   });
 
+  test('draws "More" as a sheet on the bottom edge (#71)', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-more').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('nav-drawer').locator('app-sidebar'))
+      .toBeVisible();
+
+    // What the report is about is geometry, and geometry is what no
+    // other assertion here can see: the side drawer was a 200px column
+    // opening away from the thumb that asked for it, with the rest of
+    // its 400px band empty. Measured rather than screenshotted, since
+    // the failure is a number.
+    //
+    // Polled, because a sheet *arrives*: the drawer's show animation
+    // translates it a full height below the fold, so a measurement
+    // taken the moment its content is visible reports a box hanging
+    // 412px off the bottom of the screen. Asking for the settled
+    // number is the assertion; asking once is a race.
+    const measure = () => app.evaluate(() => {
+      const nav = document.querySelector('bottom-nav');
+      const drawer = nav?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('wa-drawer');
+      const dialog = drawer?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('[part~="dialog"]');
+      const sidebar = nav?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('app-sidebar');
+      const row = sidebar?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('li button');
+      const box = dialog?.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+      return {
+        left: Math.round(box?.left ?? -1),
+        right: Math.round(box?.right ?? -1),
+        bottom: Math.round(box?.bottom ?? -1),
+        height: Math.round(box?.height ?? -1),
+        row: Math.round(row?.getBoundingClientRect().height ?? -1),
+        viewport: [window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight],
+      };
+    });
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => (await measure()).bottom)
+      .toBe(PHONE.height);
+
+    const sheet = await measure();
+
+    expect(sheet.left).toBe(0);
+    expect(sheet.right).toBe(sheet.viewport[0]);
+
+    // A surface covering the whole screen is a page, not a sheet --
+    // which is also what leaves an outside to tap on, the only pointer
+    // route out of it (#171 is the same question one surface over).
+    expect(sheet.height).toBeLessThan(sheet.viewport[1]);
+
+    // 48px rows, from #186's touch floor and #60's context sheet.
+    expect(sheet.row).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(48);
+  });
+
   for (const vp of [PHONE, SMALL_PHONE]) {
     test(`does not scroll sideways at ${vp.width}×${vp.height}`, async ({ app }) => {
       await app.setViewportSize(vp);
@@ -130,6 +182,25 @@ test.describe('the shell on a phone', () => {
     // are here, and they are the *same* components -- this view
     // composes the transport rather than reimplementing it.
     await expect(app.locator('now-playing-view seek-bar')).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Volume is here **because the player says there is one** (#64),
+    // not because this is a phone. This tier is the platform that owns
+    // its own volume, so what it can assert is that the control's
+    // presence follows that answer -- an inverted polarity in
+    // `volume-style-store` fails here and in `bottom-bar.spec.ts`, and
+    // the *absent* branch is checked in the component tier, where the
+    // binding can be stubbed. Nothing here can reach the Android side.
+    const systemOwns = await app.evaluate(
+      async () =>
+        (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+          'player.Player.SystemOwnsVolume',
+          [],
+          5_000,
+        )) as boolean,
+    );
+
+    expect(systemOwns, 'this platform should own its own volume').toBe(false);
+
     await expect(app.locator('now-playing-view volume-control')).toBeVisible();
 
     // Back goes where the user came from, through the nav stack.
@@ -138,6 +209,78 @@ test.describe('the shell on a phone', () => {
       .toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'tracks');
   });
 
+  /**
+   * The same journey with a track that has **no cover art** (#150).
+   *
+   * The test above starts the *first* row of the track list, so which
+   * track it plays is the order the scan inserted them in — and the
+   * answer decided whether it passed. A track with artwork renders an
+   * `<img>`, which is no obstacle; one without renders a placeholder
+   * `wa-icon`, which took every click aimed at the button beneath it,
+   * because that button is absolutely positioned with `z-index: auto`
+   * and the art is a *later* sibling. They tied, and the later one won.
+   *
+   * So this picks a track *for* the property that broke it, which is
+   * the only way the assertion means anything: the version above passes
+   * on a broken build roughly two runs in three, which is exactly how
+   * it came to cost three CI cycles across two branches that could not
+   * have caused it.
+   */
+  test('opens the full-screen now playing for a track with no art', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    // `LONG_TRACK` by name, and not "the first track with no
+    // CoverArt": the *library* model reports that field empty for
+    // every row in this fixture (31 of 31), so filtering on it selects
+    // nothing in particular and picked a 2-second track, which had
+    // finished before the assertions ran. The placeholder check below
+    // is what actually holds the property this test needs.
+    const started = await app.evaluate(async (longTitle) => {
+      const tracks = (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+        'library.Library.GetTracks',
+        [0],
+        10_000,
+      )) as { FilePath: string; TrackName: string }[];
+
+      const bare = tracks.find((t) => t.TrackName === longTitle);
+
+      if (!bare) return null;
+
+      await window.__yjEvents.call(
+        'queue.Queue.SetQueue',
+        [[bare.FilePath], 0, false, { type: '', id: 0, label: '' }],
+        10_000,
+      );
+      await window.__yjEvents.call('queue.Queue.Play', [], 5_000);
+
+      return bare.TrackName;
+    }, LONG_TRACK);
+
+    expect(started).toBe(LONG_TRACK);
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('now-playing-title')).not.toBeEmpty();
+
+    // **The placeholder is the whole point**, so it is asserted rather
+    // than assumed: this test is about the thing that renders when
+    // there is no artwork. If the fixture ever gives this album a
+    // cover, this fails and says so instead of passing while measuring
+    // the easy case.
+    //
+    // One selector rather than a chain from the host: Playwright's CSS
+    // engine pierces an open shadow root, and chaining from the host
+    // element does not reach into it.
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('now-playing .cover-placeholder'),
+    ).toBeAttached();
+
+    await app.getByTestId('open-now-playing').click();
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content'))
+      .toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'now-playing');
+
+    await app.getByTestId('npv-back').click();
+  });
+
   test('offers no way in on a desktop, where the bar is whole', async ({ app }) => {
     await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
 
@@ -154,9 +297,26 @@ test.describe('the shell on a phone', () => {
     await expect(app.locator('now-playing')).toBeVisible();
 
     // Volume is the hardware keys' job on a phone, and a 4px seek bar
-    // is not a thumb target -- both belong to a later phase's
-    // full-screen now-playing view.
-    await expect(app.locator('audio-player volume-control')).toBeHidden();
+    // is not a thumb target -- both belong to the full-screen
+    // now-playing view.
+    //
+    // `.bottom-bar volume-control`, not `audio-player volume-control`:
+    // #42 moved the control out of that component and into the bar, and
+    // **the old locator would have kept passing** — `toBeHidden()` is
+    // satisfied by an element that does not exist, so this assertion
+    // would have gone on reporting success about nothing. Its partner
+    // below is what makes this one mean something.
+    await expect(app.locator('.bottom-bar volume-control')).toBeHidden();
+
+    // The element is there and hidden, rather than absent: the check
+    // above cannot tell those apart on its own.
+    await expect(app.locator('.bottom-bar volume-control')).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    // And the seek bar is still inside the transport, where it stands
+    // down by its own media query.
+    await expect(
+      app.locator('audio-player').locator('seek-bar'),
+    ).toBeHidden();
   });
 });
 

e2e/specs/phone-transport.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * The phone's transport (#59, #56).
+ *
+ * #56 reports that "the playback controls are the most important thing
+ * in the mobile app and they are tiny". Measured at the reference
+ * device's 424x439 before this, every one of them was **33x21px**, and
+ * the favourite beside them — which #59 keeps on the bar — was
+ * **18x14px**, the smallest control in the app.
+ *
+ * #59 is what makes the sizes affordable: five controls plus a queue
+ * button at 44px does not fit 424 CSS px, so the bar carries three and
+ * the rest are on the full-screen view.
+ *
+ * **The assertion that matters is not the pixel count.** Plan 018's
+ * matrix promises that *no action is ever unreachable at any supported
+ * size*, and #59 removes three controls from the phone's bar — so the
+ * first thing this file checks is that all three are still reachable,
+ * by walking the route a user would. A spec that only measured the
+ * survivors would be green on a build that had made shuffle
+ * unreachable, which is the failure mode this pair of issues is one
+ * mistake away from.
+ */
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+/** The reference device's real viewport. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+const PHONE = { width: 390, height: 780 };
+const DESKTOP = { width: 1280, height: 800 };
+
+/**
+ * The touch-target floor. 44px is what #56's Findings name and what
+ * #55's queue header was sized to, so the app has one number.
+ */
+const TARGET = 44;
+
+/** The play button is named for its action, not its identity. */
+const PLAY_PAUSE = /^(Play|Pause)$/;
+
+const barControls = (page: Page) =>
+  page.locator('audio-player player-controls');
+
+/**
+ * `name` may be a regex, and for play/pause it must be: that button is
+ * named for the *action*, so it is "Pause" while a track runs and
+ * "Play" when it stops. An exact 'Play' made these tests wait out a
+ * fixture track (11.1s each, passing by luck) and would have failed
+ * outright against `LONG_TRACK`. A test about a control's size does not
+ * care what the transport is doing.
+ */
+async function sizeOf(
+  page: Page,
+  name: string | RegExp,
+): Promise<[number, number]> {
+  const box = await page
+    .getByRole('button', { name, exact: typeof name === 'string' })
+    .boundingBox();
+
+  expect(box, `no button named ${name}`).not.toBeNull();
+
+  return [box!.width, box!.height];
+}
+
+/** Put something in the queue, so the transport has a track to act on. */
+async function stageATrack(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(async () => {
+    const tracks = (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'library.Library.GetTracks',
+      [0],
+      10_000,
+    )) as { FilePath: string }[];
+
+    await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'queue.Queue.SetQueue',
+      [tracks.slice(0, 4).map((t) => t.FilePath), 0, false, { type: '', id: 0, label: '' }],
+      10_000,
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+test.describe('the phone bar carries three controls', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await stageATrack(app);
+  });
+
+  test('drops shuffle, repeat and the queue from the bar', async ({ app }) => {
+    const bar = barControls(app);
+
+    await expect(bar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Previous track' })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(bar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next track' })).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Not in the bar's own subtree. Asserted against the bar rather
+    // than the page, because the whole point is that they moved rather
+    // than went away -- a page-wide `not.toBeVisible()` would fail the
+    // moment Now Playing is open and would be asserting the wrong
+    // thing besides.
+    await expect(bar.getByRole('button', { name: 'Shuffle' })).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(bar.getByRole('button', { name: /^Repeat/ })).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(app.locator('#queue-button')).toBeHidden();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The promise, walked. Every control #59 takes off the bar is
+   * reachable from the mini player's art in one tap.
+   */
+  test('leaves every removed control reachable from Now Playing', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('open-now-playing').click();
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'now-playing',
+    );
+
+    await expect(app.getByRole('button', { name: 'Shuffle' })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(app.getByRole('button', { name: /^Repeat/ })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(app.getByRole('button', { name: 'Show the queue' })).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  test('sizes what is left for a thumb', async ({ app }) => {
+    for (const name of ['Previous track', 'Next track']) {
+      const [w, h] = await sizeOf(app, name);
+
+      expect(w, `${name} width`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+      expect(h, `${name} height`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+    }
+
+    // Play is deliberately bigger than its neighbours: a row of
+    // identical squares says every action is equally likely, which is
+    // not true of play.
+    const [pw, ph] = await sizeOf(app, PLAY_PAUSE);
+    const [nw] = await sizeOf(app, 'Next track');
+
+    expect(ph).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+    expect(pw).toBeGreaterThan(nw);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The favourite was 18x14 and is one of the three controls #59
+   * keeps, so it is part of this issue rather than a nicety.
+   */
+  test('sizes the favourite, which was the smallest control in the app', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    const fav = app
+      .locator('now-playing')
+      .getByRole('button', { name: /Favorites$/ });
+
+    const box = await fav.boundingBox();
+
+    expect(box).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(box!.width).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+    expect(box!.height).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * **The route to the queue must not depend on what is playing.**
+   *
+   * `now-playing` renders two branches, and the no-track one had no
+   * `.expand` button on its placeholder — so with nothing loaded there
+   * was no way to Now Playing, and once #59 takes the queue button off
+   * the bar that makes the *queue* unreachable. The queue is persisted
+   * across restarts, so "tracks queued, nothing playing" is a state the
+   * app launches into.
+   *
+   * This is asserted with the queue explicitly emptied rather than by
+   * relying on the app not having played anything: `make e2e` runs one
+   * long-lived app across every spec file (#168), so "no track loaded"
+   * is otherwise whatever the file before this one left behind — which
+   * is how the underlying fault first showed up as a flake in a spec
+   * about something else.
+   */
+  test('reaches the queue with nothing playing', async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.evaluate(async () => {
+      await window.__yjEvents.call('queue.Queue.Clear', [], 10_000);
+    });
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('open-now-playing')).toBeVisible();
+
+    await app.getByTestId('open-now-playing').click();
+    await app.getByTestId('npv-queue').click();
+
+    await expect(app.locator('#queue-panel')).toHaveAttribute('open', '');
+  });
+
+  test('still fits, with nothing to scroll sideways to', async ({ app }) => {
+    const fit = await app.evaluate(() => ({
+      scroll: document.body.scrollWidth,
+      client: document.body.clientWidth,
+    }));
+
+    expect(fit.scroll).toBe(fit.client);
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe('the full-screen transport is the page', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await stageATrack(app);
+    await app.getByTestId('open-now-playing').click();
+  });
+
+  test('draws all five, larger than the bar draws any', async ({ app }) => {
+    const [pw, ph] = await sizeOf(app, PLAY_PAUSE);
+
+    expect(pw).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(56);
+    expect(ph).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(56);
+
+    for (const name of ['Shuffle', 'Previous track', 'Next track']) {
+      const [w, h] = await sizeOf(app, name);
+
+      expect(w, `${name} width`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+      expect(h, `${name} height`).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TARGET);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('fits at both phone widths', async ({ app }) => {
+    for (const size of [DEVICE, PHONE]) {
+      await app.setViewportSize(size);
+
+      const fit = await app.evaluate(() => ({
+        scroll: document.body.scrollWidth,
+        client: document.body.clientWidth,
+      }));
+
+      expect(fit.scroll, `${size.width}px`).toBe(fit.client);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * **The desktop bar is not what either issue is about, and must not
+ * move.** Both are `Platform/Android`; this is the guard that says so
+ * in a way a build can check.
+ *
+ * It caught a real regression while it was being written: a generic
+ * `font-size` on the buttons took them from the UA stylesheet's 13.3px
+ * to the shell's 16px and grew every one from 33x21 to 36x24 — a
+ * change nobody asked for, invisible to every other assertion here.
+ */
+test.describe('the desktop bar is untouched', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+    await stageATrack(app);
+  });
+
+  test('keeps all five controls and the queue button', async ({ app }) => {
+    const bar = barControls(app);
+
+    for (const name of ['Shuffle', 'Previous track', 'Next track']) {
+      await expect(bar.getByRole('button', { name })).toBeVisible();
+    }
+
+    await expect(bar.getByRole('button', { name: /^Repeat/ })).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(app.locator('#queue-button')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * **The mechanism, because the pixels are the engine's.**
+   *
+   * The first version of this asserted the literal `'33x21'`, measured
+   * on `main` in Chromium — and WebKit draws the same button **36x24**,
+   * so it failed in CI on a build where nothing was wrong. A button's
+   * box comes from the UA stylesheet when the author sets nothing, and
+   * what each UA sets is its own business.
+   *
+   * What this PR must not do is *set* anything here, so that is what is
+   * asserted: our two box properties are unset, and the font is still
+   * the UA's rather than the shell's. That is precisely the regression
+   * this caught the first time — a generic `font-size: inherit` took
+   * these from the UA's default to 16px — and it catches it in either
+   * engine.
+   */
+  test('sets no size of its own on the desktop bar', async ({ app }) => {
+    const measured = await barControls(app).evaluate((el) => {
+      // A bare button with no author styles: whatever this engine
+      // gives one is what the bar's buttons must still be.
+      const probe = document.createElement('button');
+
+      document.body.appendChild(probe);
+
+      const uaFontSize = getComputedStyle(probe).fontSize;
+
+      probe.remove();
+
+      return [...el.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('button')].map((b) => {
+        const cs = getComputedStyle(b);
+        const r = b.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+        return {
+          minWidth: cs.minWidth,
+          minHeight: cs.minHeight,
+          usesUaFont: cs.fontSize === uaFontSize,
+          size: `${Math.round(r.width)}x${Math.round(r.height)}`,
+        };
+      });
+    });
+
+    expect(measured).toHaveLength(5);
+
+    for (const m of measured) {
+      expect(m.minWidth, 'min-width').toBe('0px');
+      expect(m.minHeight, 'min-height').toBe('0px');
+      expect(m.usesUaFont, 'font-size is still the UA default').toBe(true);
+    }
+
+    // And all five are the same box: `.play` takes a larger size in
+    // both sized contexts, so this is what says the desktop is neither
+    // of them.
+    expect(new Set(measured.map((m) => m.size)).size).toBe(1);
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/queue-as-a-screen.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+import { test, expect, openTheQueue } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * #55 — the queue is a *place* while it covers the content, and a
+ * *control* while it sits beside it.
+ *
+ * #24 already made the pixels right: measured at the reference device's
+ * 424×439, the overlaid panel is 424×318, which is `.main-panel`'s rect
+ * exactly. What was missing was the navigation model, and the defect was
+ * measurable in one line — opening the queue on Artists and pressing
+ * back moved the page *underneath* to Albums and left the queue up. A
+ * back press that changes something the user cannot see, and costs them
+ * their place, is the whole of "it does not flow".
+ *
+ * **These assert the entry, not the attribute.** The temptation is to
+ * check `#queue-button[aria-expanded]` and stop, which is the shell's
+ * own bookkeeping and was right throughout the bug: what has to be true
+ * is that *one* back press closes the queue and the *next* one
+ * navigates. Asserting only the first would pass on a build that
+ * orphans the entry, which is the defect moved one press later — the
+ * same trap `back-navigation.spec.ts` documents about `data-active-view`
+ * and `layout-overflow.spec.ts` set for #69.
+ *
+ * **Three of these nine fail on the build before #55**, and the other
+ * six cannot, which is worth knowing before trusting them: "the entry
+ * is not orphaned" and "the column is not in the stack" are both
+ * vacuously true of a build that pushes no entry at all, and the
+ * containment assertion pins the mount that was *not* taken. They guard
+ * the next change rather than reproducing this one — the three that
+ * reproduce it are the two back-press tests and the touch target.
+ */
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+/** The reference device's real viewport, not a resized desktop. */
+const DEVICE = { width: 424, height: 439 };
+
+/** Wide enough that the queue is a column: 1280 − 200 − 320 ≥ 480. */
+const DESKTOP = { width: 1280, height: 800 };
+
+/**
+ * The Compact band, where the queue is a *screen* (644 − 320 < 480) and
+ * the bottom bar still carries its button.
+ *
+ * Two of these tests need both facts at once and only this band has
+ * them: below 600px #59 takes the button off the bar, so there is no
+ * toggle to re-press and the queue is opened from Now Playing — which
+ * is itself a detail view, so "the destination stays lit" is vacuously
+ * true there rather than tested.
+ */
+const COMPACT = { width: 700, height: 600 };
+
+const activeView = (page: Page) => page.getByTestId('main-content');
+const queue = (page: Page) => page.locator('#queue-panel');
+const toggle = (page: Page) => page.locator('#queue-button');
+
+/**
+ * Whether the queue is up.
+ *
+ * The panel's own attribute rather than the toggle's `aria-expanded`,
+ * because below 600px there is no toggle to ask (#59) — and the panel
+ * is the one fact both of them reflect anyway.
+ */
+async function expectQueue(page: Page, open: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  const panel = queue(page);
+
+  if (open) {
+    await expect(panel).toHaveAttribute('open', '');
+  } else {
+    await expect(panel).not.toHaveAttribute('open', '');
+  }
+}
+
+test.describe('the queue is a screen where it covers the content', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-albums').click();
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'albums');
+  });
+
+  // On a phone the queue is opened from Now Playing (#59), so the page
+  // *underneath* it is `now-playing` and the journey is two entries
+  // deep: albums -> now-playing -> queue. That is the real route a user
+  // takes, which is why these do not reach for the shortcut.
+
+  test('back closes the queue and leaves the page where it was', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await expect(queue(app)).toHaveAttribute('overlay', '');
+
+    await openTheQueue(app);
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+    await app.goBack();
+
+    await expectQueue(app, false);
+    // The page underneath is untouched. Before #55 this was the
+    // *previous* view, because the queue was not in the stack at all
+    // and back spent an entry navigating something nobody could see.
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'now-playing',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('costs exactly one entry, so the next press navigates', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await openTheQueue(app);
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+    await app.goBack();
+    await expectQueue(app, false);
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'now-playing',
+    );
+
+    await app.goBack();
+
+    // Exactly one entry each: the second press leaves Now Playing for
+    // the page it was opened from, rather than being swallowed by a
+    // queue that had already closed.
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'albums');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Every route out unwinds the entry, and they do it through the
+   * panel's own `open` attribute rather than each knowing about
+   * history — which is why a fourth route added later gets this free.
+   *
+   * The failure this pins is silent: close by button, and if the entry
+   * is orphaned the app looks correct until the next back press does
+   * nothing at all. It is a guard rather than a reproduction — a build
+   * with no entry to orphan passes it — and it is paired with the two
+   * above, which do reproduce.
+   */
+  for (const [name, dismiss] of [
+    [
+      'the close button',
+      async (app: Page) => {
+        await app.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close queue' }).click();
+      },
+    ],
+    [
+      'Escape',
+      async (app: Page) => {
+        await app.keyboard.press('Escape');
+      },
+    ],
+  ] as Array<[string, (app: Page) => Promise<void>]>) {
+    test(`${name} leaves no entry behind`, async ({ app }) => {
+      await openTheQueue(app);
+      await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+      await dismiss(app);
+      await expectQueue(app, false);
+
+      await app.goBack();
+
+      // One press, one screen: Now Playing is what the queue was opened
+      // from, so leaving it lands on Albums. An orphaned entry would
+      // have spent this press on nothing and left it here.
+      await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute(
+        'data-active-view',
+        'albums',
+      );
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A detail view leaves the destination it was opened from lit
+   * (`active-view-store`, #72), and the queue inherits that — it is
+   * published with `isPrimary: false`, so `isActive('albums')` is still
+   * true underneath it.
+   *
+   * `aria-current` rather than a class, for the reason
+   * `back-navigation.spec.ts` gives: the class was right throughout the
+   * bug that rule exists for.
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * With the panel spanning the whole width there is no scrim here at
+   * all (#171), so the close button is the only pointer route out of a
+   * full-screen surface. Measured at 424×439 before #55: **25×21px**.
+   */
+  test('offers a way out a thumb can hit', async ({ app }) => {
+    await openTheQueue(app);
+
+    const box = await app
+      .getByRole('button', { name: 'Close queue' })
+      .boundingBox();
+
+    expect(box).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(box!.width).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(44);
+    expect(box!.height).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(44);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * #171 — and it draws no scrim, because there is nowhere to tap.
+   *
+   * `.panel-content` is `width: 100%` here, so the scrim sat entirely
+   * underneath it: measured at 424×439, host, panel and scrim all
+   * 424×318. #24's tap-outside-to-close cannot exist on a surface with
+   * no outside, and a `cursor: pointer` layer nobody can reach is a
+   * claim the component cannot keep.
+   *
+   * Asserted as absence rather than by clicking, for the reason the
+   * issue gives: a naive phone case clicks the scrim's centre and hits
+   * the panel, so it passes on the build this exists to fail. The scrim
+   * is still real between 600 and 899px, which `queue-overlay.spec.ts`
+   * asserts at 900×600 by clicking it.
+   */
+  test('draws no scrim, because a screen has no outside to tap', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await openTheQueue(app);
+
+    const scrim = await queue(app).evaluate(
+      (el) => el.shadowRoot!.querySelector('.scrim') !== null,
+    );
+
+    expect(scrim).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * **The mechanism, because no tier here can see the consequence.**
+ *
+ * #55's Direction asked for a `DETAIL_LOADERS` mount, which would put
+ * the panel inside `.main-panel > *`. That box is paint-contained under
+ * a `.main-panel` that is too, and `contain: paint` makes an element a
+ * containing block for fixed descendants *and clips them* — which is
+ * what a `wa-popup` falls back to on the reference device's Chrome 113,
+ * where the Popover API does not exist (#60, `.planning/NOTES.md`).
+ * `queue-panel` has a context menu, so that mount would have broken a
+ * working menu on the one device this issue is about.
+ *
+ * CI's Chromium and WebKit both *have* the Popover API, so the menu is
+ * top-layered and correct here either way: a spec asserting "the menu is
+ * not clipped" is green on the broken build. What a browser can answer
+ * honestly is where the element is, so that is what this asks.
+ */
+test('the panel stays out of the paint-contained region', async ({ app }) => {
+  await app.setViewportSize(DEVICE);
+
+  // Open, because that is the only state in which a menu can be opened
+  // from it — and because the host drops `paint` from its own
+  // containment deliberately in overlay mode, so a closed panel answers
+  // a different question.
+  await openTheQueue(app);
+  await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+  const ancestry = await app.evaluate(() => {
+    const chain: Array<{ tag: string; contain: string }> = [];
+
+    for (
+      let el = document.getElementById('queue-panel');
+      el && el !== document.documentElement;
+      el = el.parentElement
+    ) {
+      chain.push({
+        tag: el.tagName.toLowerCase(),
+        contain: getComputedStyle(el).contain,
+      });
+    }
+
+    return chain;
+  });
+
+  expect(ancestry.length).toBeGreaterThan(1);
+  expect(ancestry.some((a) => a.tag === 'main')).toBe(false);
+
+  for (const { tag, contain } of ancestry) {
+    expect(
+      `${tag}: ${contain}`,
+      'a paint-contained ancestor clips a fixed-positioned popup on Chrome 113',
+    ).not.toMatch(/paint|content|strict/);
+  }
+});
+
+/**
+ * Two properties need the queue to be a *screen* and the bar to still
+ * have its button, and only the Compact band has both — below 600px #59
+ * takes the button off the bar.
+ */
+test.describe('a screen opened from the bar', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(COMPACT);
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-albums').click();
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'albums');
+    await expect(queue(app)).toHaveAttribute('overlay', '');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * A detail view leaves the destination it was opened from lit
+   * (`active-view-store`, #72), and the queue inherits that — it is
+   * published with `isPrimary: false`, so `isActive('albums')` is still
+   * true underneath it.
+   *
+   * `aria-current` rather than a class, for the reason
+   * `back-navigation.spec.ts` gives: the class was right throughout the
+   * bug that rule exists for.
+   */
+  test('leaves the destination it was opened from highlighted', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    // By testid, not by role: at 700px the sidebar is in icon mode, so
+    // what the item is *named* is a different question from which item
+    // it is. The assertion is still `aria-current`, which is the
+    // accessible fact.
+    const albums = app.getByTestId('nav-albums');
+
+    await expect(albums).toHaveAttribute('aria-current', 'page');
+
+    await toggle(app).click();
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+    await expect(albums).toHaveAttribute('aria-current', 'page');
+  });
+
+  /** The toggle is a fourth way out, and it unwinds the entry like the
+   *  other three — through the panel's attribute, not its own handler. */
+  test('closes from the same toggle, leaving no entry behind', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await toggle(app).click();
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+    await toggle(app).click();
+    await expectQueue(app, false);
+
+    await app.goBack();
+
+    await expect(activeView(app)).not.toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'albums',
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * The column is not a place. Somebody docked it; back must not undock
+ * it, and navigating to another view must not take it away.
+ *
+ * This is the half a viewport breakpoint would get wrong: the mode is
+ * computed from the panel's own drag-resizable width, so the queue
+ * becomes a screen exactly when it stops being affordable as a column.
+ */
+test.describe('a docked queue is not in the back stack', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(DESKTOP);
+  });
+
+  test('survives a navigation, and back navigates the page', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-albums').click();
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'albums');
+
+    await toggle(app).click();
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+    await expect(queue(app)).not.toHaveAttribute('overlay', '');
+
+    await app.getByTestId('nav-artists').click();
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'artists');
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+
+    await app.goBack();
+
+    await expect(activeView(app)).toHaveAttribute('data-active-view', 'albums');
+    await expectQueue(app, true);
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/queue-overlay.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { test, expect } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import { test, expect, openTheQueue } from '../support/fixtures.js';
 
 /**
  * #24 — the queue panel does not take the page's width away from it.
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ const shellGeometry = (page: import('@playwright/test').Page) =>
     };
   });
 
-async function openQueue(page: import('@playwright/test').Page) {
-  const toggle = page.locator('#queue-button');
-
-  if ((await toggle.getAttribute('aria-expanded')) !== 'true') {
-    await toggle.click();
-  }
-
-  await expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
-}
+/**
+ * Opening the queue is `openTheQueue`, which takes the route this
+ * viewport offers. It used to be a local helper that clicked
+ * `#queue-button` unconditionally, and #59 hid that button below
+ * 600px -- so the two phone bands here failed on a build where the
+ * queue was working perfectly, having been asserting *how* it opens as
+ * much as what it does.
+ */
+const openQueue = openTheQueue;
 
 test.describe('an open queue leaves the content its width', () => {
   for (const band of BANDS) {
@@ -157,6 +157,62 @@ test.describe('an overlaid queue says it is over the content', () => {
   });
 });
 
+/**
+ * #170 — the other two buttons in that same row.
+ *
+ * Clear queue and Add queue to playlist predate the close button and
+ * were named by a `title` attribute and nothing else. Unlike the
+ * sliders in `control-names.spec.ts`, that is not a *missing* name:
+ * `title` is the last fallback in the accname order, so
+ * `getByRole('button', { name: 'Clear queue' })` matched them before
+ * this fix as well as after it — measured, 1 and 1. A sweep for empty
+ * names cannot see a weak one, which is `a11y.26`'s complaint and the
+ * reason this file could have grown a green test that proved nothing.
+ *
+ * So the name is asserted twice, and the second assertion is the one
+ * that fails on the broken build. Taking the tooltip away and asking
+ * again is the property in words: **the name is not the tooltip**. It
+ * is what makes the button survive content being put inside it later,
+ * and it is the only one of the two a phone has — there is no hover on
+ * the surface #55 turned into a full screen. Measured on `main` before
+ * the fix: 0 and 0.
+ *
+ * Both buttons are disabled here, because the queue starts empty and
+ * naming is not enablement. A disabled button is still in the
+ * accessibility tree, which is exactly where the complaint was.
+ */
+test.describe('the queue header says what its actions do', () => {
+  const ACTIONS = ['Clear queue', 'Add queue to playlist'];
+
+  test('names both of the older actions', async ({ app }) => {
+    await openQueue(app);
+
+    for (const name of ACTIONS) {
+      await expect(
+        app.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }),
+      ).toHaveCount(1);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('and the names do not come from the tooltip', async ({ app }) => {
+    await openQueue(app);
+
+    await app.locator('#queue-panel').evaluate((el) => {
+      for (const button of el.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll(
+        '.header-action-button',
+      )) {
+        button.removeAttribute('title');
+      }
+    });
+
+    for (const name of ACTIONS) {
+      await expect(
+        app.getByRole('button', { name, exact: true }),
+      ).toHaveCount(1);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 /**
  * The inline panel is the mode that already worked, and the one every
  * other queue spec is written against. It keeps its resize handle and

e2e/specs/queue-selection.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+import {
+  test,
+  expect,
+  callBinding,
+  navigateTo,
+  LONG_TRACK,
+  NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+} from '../support/fixtures.js';
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+/**
+ * The queue panel's mouse model (#43): single click selects, ctrl and
+ * shift extend, double click plays from that row.
+ *
+ * **All four already worked, and nothing pinned any of them** — which is
+ * the whole reason the report could be made and could not be settled.
+ * `queue-reorder.spec.ts` covers the keyboard, `queue-overlay.spec.ts`
+ * covers the panel's mode, and the component tier has the reorder
+ * arithmetic; the pointer path had no coverage in either tier, so
+ * "selection is broken here" and "selection is fine here" were equally
+ * consistent with a green suite.
+ *
+ * Two things this spec is deliberately shaped around.
+ *
+ * **The clicks are real.** A `dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('click'))`
+ * on a row exercises the delegated handler and *not* the question being
+ * asked, which is what the pointer lands on: the rows carry
+ * `explore-link` names that take their own clicks, and a synthetic
+ * event aimed at the row reports a selection the mouse would never have
+ * produced. Every click here goes through Playwright.
+ *
+ * **The playing assertions use the 90-second fixture.** Every other
+ * track is 2–6 seconds, so "double click plays row 3" read against a
+ * 2-second track reports whatever auto-advance moved on to — measured
+ * during this work as row 3 double-clicked and row 4 playing, which
+ * reads exactly like an off-by-one in `PlayIndex` and is not one.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * How long a click may take to show up as a highlight.
+ *
+ * **A poll with the default 5s timeout cannot see this defect**, and
+ * that is the point of naming it. `queue-panel` repaints its rows two
+ * ways — `onSelectionChanged()` calls `virtualizer.requestUpdate()`,
+ * and `.keyFunction` is a per-render arrow, which is itself a changed
+ * property the virtualizer reacts to. With **both** removed the
+ * highlight still arrives, on whatever unrelated render happens next:
+ * measured at 134ms, 3,866ms and 5,816ms for three clicks, against
+ * 5ms, 16ms and 17ms on a healthy build.
+ *
+ * A user cannot tell "four seconds late" from "broken", which is very
+ * close to what this issue reports. So the assertion is that the
+ * highlight is *prompt*, with a bound ~30x the measured healthy case
+ * and an order of magnitude under the degraded one.
+ */
+const HIGHLIGHT_MS = 500;
+
+/** The queue's own answer, never the DOM's. */
+async function playing(app: Page): Promise<{ index: number; title: string }> {
+  const state = await callBinding<{
+    currentIndex: number;
+    tracks: { title: string }[];
+  }>(app, 'queue.Queue.GetState');
+
+  return {
+    index: state.currentIndex,
+    title: state.tracks[state.currentIndex]?.title ?? '',
+  };
+}
+
+/** Which rows are selected, as the accessibility tree sees it. */
+const selected = (app: Page) =>
+  app.evaluate(() =>
+    [
+      ...document
+        .querySelector('queue-panel')!
+        .shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll('[data-index]'),
+    ]
+      .filter((row) => row.getAttribute('aria-selected') === 'true')
+      .map((row) => Number((row as HTMLElement).dataset['index'])),
+  );
+
+/**
+ * Six tracks with the long one in the middle, so a "play from here"
+ * assertion has something to land on that will still be playing when it
+ * is read back.
+ */
+async function queueSixAndOpen(app: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const paths = await app.evaluate(async (longTitle) => {
+    // `TrackName`, not `Title`: the library model names it after the
+    // tag, and the *queue* is what calls it `title`.
+    const tracks = (await window.__yjEvents.call(
+      'library.Library.GetTracks',
+      [0],
+      10_000,
+    )) as { FilePath: string; TrackName: string; Album: string }[];
+
+    const long = tracks.find((t) => t.TrackName === longTitle);
+
+    /**
+     * **Tracks that have an album**, which is a requirement of one of
+     * the tests and was previously left to luck (#156).
+     *
+     * `explore-link` routes a track name to its *album's* page, so a
+     * track with no album renders a name that navigates nowhere — and
+     * the fixture library deliberately contains two,
+     * `unsorted/no-tags-at-all.mp3` and `unsorted/title-only.mp3`.
+     * (It contained four until #104: the two WAVs under `Field
+     * Recordings/Test Tones` had been tagged on disk all along and
+     * scan in with their album now, so they are ordinary tracks and
+     * not examples of this.) Which tracks arrive first is
+     * `audio_files.id` order, i.e. the order the **scan** inserted
+     * them, which depends on concurrency and directory traversal:
+     * locally the first eight all had albums and the spec passed twice
+     * over, and CI rebuilds its seed with a real scan and got a
+     * different eight.
+     *
+     * Asking for what the test needs is the fix. It is not a
+     * narrowing: every assertion here wants an ordinary track, and
+     * "the first five rows" was never a way to ask for one in a
+     * library whose whole purpose is edge cases.
+     */
+    const rest = tracks
+      .filter((t) => t.TrackName !== longTitle && t.Album !== '')
+      .slice(0, 5);
+
+    // Index 3 is the long one: far enough down that a shift-extend has
+    // room either side of it.
+    return [
+      ...rest.slice(0, 3).map((t) => t.FilePath),
+      long!.FilePath,
+      ...rest.slice(3).map((t) => t.FilePath),
+    ];
+  }, LONG_TRACK);
+
+  await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.SetQueue', [
+    paths,
+    0,
+    false,
+    NO_QUEUE_SOURCE,
+  ]);
+
+  // A closed panel renders no list at all.
+  await app.locator('#queue-button').click();
+  await expect(app.locator('queue-panel .track-item').first()).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(app.locator('queue-panel .track-item')).toHaveCount(6);
+}
+
+/** The row at a data-index, not the nth child: see the note in the file. */
+const row = (app: Page, index: number) =>
+  app.locator(`queue-panel .track-item[data-index="${index}"]`);
+
+test.describe('selecting in the queue with a mouse', () => {
+  // The suite shares one backend in file order, and a queue and an open
+  // panel both outlive the page. `queue-reorder.spec.ts` sets the
+  // precedent and the reason: a spec that spends state fails the next
+  // one, in a list that reads like a regression in whatever you hold.
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await callBinding(app, 'queue.Queue.Clear').catch(() => {
+      /* an empty queue is the state we were asking for */
+    });
+
+    const open = await app.locator('queue-panel[open]').count();
+
+    if (open > 0) await app.locator('#queue-button').click();
+  });
+
+  test('a single click selects that row and only that row', async ({ app }) => {
+    await queueSixAndOpen(app);
+
+    await row(app, 1).click();
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selected(app), { timeout: HIGHLIGHT_MS })
+      .toEqual([1]);
+
+    // And it *replaces* rather than accumulating, which is the half a
+    // test of one click cannot see.
+    await row(app, 4).click();
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selected(app), { timeout: HIGHLIGHT_MS })
+      .toEqual([4]);
+  });
+
+  test('ctrl adds a row and shift extends a range', async ({ app }) => {
+    await queueSixAndOpen(app);
+
+    await row(app, 1).click();
+    await row(app, 3).click({ modifiers: ['Control'] });
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selected(app), { timeout: HIGHLIGHT_MS })
+      .toEqual([1, 3]);
+
+    // From the last row touched, so 3→5, keeping the ctrl-picked 1.
+    await row(app, 5).click({ modifiers: ['Shift'] });
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selected(app), { timeout: HIGHLIGHT_MS })
+      .toEqual([1, 3, 4, 5]);
+
+    // A plain click collapses the whole thing back to one.
+    await row(app, 2).click();
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selected(app), { timeout: HIGHLIGHT_MS })
+      .toEqual([2]);
+  });
+
+  test('a double click plays from that row', async ({ app }) => {
+    await queueSixAndOpen(app);
+
+    // Row 3 is the 90-second track. Asked of the backend, because the
+    // panel's own highlight is a different claim.
+    await row(app, 3).dblclick();
+
+    await expect.poll(() => playing(app)).toEqual({
+      index: 3,
+      title: LONG_TRACK,
+    });
+
+    // Playing is not selecting: the double click clears the selection
+    // it made on the way through, or every play leaves a row looking
+    // picked out for an action the user did not ask for.
+    await expect.poll(() => selected(app)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * The one collision the report is actually about.
+   *
+   * Every track, album and artist name in the app navigates
+   * (`utils/explore-link.ts`), and it does that by **stopping the
+   * click's propagation** — in its own words, "the row must not also
+   * treat it as a selection". So a click that lands on the name text
+   * navigates and selects nothing, in the queue panel and in the track
+   * list alike.
+   *
+   * That is deliberate and it is pinned here rather than argued with,
+   * because the measurement says the queue is not the surface where it
+   * hurts: a horizontal hit-scan of a row at three heights makes the
+   * queue row **12%** link and the track list's row **21%** — the panel
+   * the report calls broken is *less* covered by links than the list it
+   * calls correct. What is left is one deliberate exception, and a
+   * change to it should have to fail a test.
+   */
+  test('a click on a name navigates instead, and that is the exception', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await queueSixAndOpen(app);
+
+    await row(app, 1).click();
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selected(app), { timeout: HIGHLIGHT_MS })
+      .toEqual([1]);
+
+    // `.track-title .explore-link`, not `.explore-link` first(): a row
+    // has two, and which one `first()` finds depends on whether the
+    // *title* is a link at all. It is not, for a track with no album —
+    // `explore-link` renders plain text where it cannot route — so the
+    // loose locator silently clicked the **artist** instead and the
+    // assertion below was about a different destination than the one
+    // being exercised (#156).
+    await row(app, 2).locator('.track-title .explore-link').click();
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'explore-album-details',
+    );
+
+    // Row 2 did not join the selection — the link took the click.
+    await expect.poll(() => selected(app)).toEqual([1]);
+
+    await navigateTo(app, 'tracks');
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * And the other half of that bargain: the link holds its navigation
+   * for one double-click interval and drops it if a second click
+   * arrives, so double-clicking a *name* still plays the row rather
+   * than navigating away from it. That is what makes the exception
+   * above survivable, and it is the part most likely to break silently
+   * if the grace interval is ever removed.
+   */
+  test('a double click on a name plays rather than navigating', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await queueSixAndOpen(app);
+
+    // Read rather than assumed: which view the app lands on is the
+    // user's `DefaultPage`, so naming one here would be asserting on a
+    // config value in a test about a double click.
+    const before = await app
+      .getByTestId('main-content')
+      .getAttribute('data-active-view');
+
+    await row(app, 3).locator('.explore-link').first().dblclick();
+
+    await expect.poll(() => playing(app)).toEqual({
+      index: 3,
+      title: LONG_TRACK,
+    });
+
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      before!,
+    );
+  });
+});

e2e/specs/top-bar-fit.spec.ts

@@ -26,10 +26,22 @@ type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
  * 600 is the bottom of the Compact band (#24) and where the defect
  * lands; 899 and 900 straddle `nav-history` appearing (68px more to
  * find, at the width that just gained the sidebar's labels); 800 is the
- * enforced minimum; 390 is a phone, where the answer must be that
- * nothing collapses because the media queries already did the work.
+ * enforced minimum.
+ *
+ * **390 is kept, and what it asks changed with #57.** There is no bar
+ * to fit below 600px any more — it is out of the grid and visually
+ * hidden — so "nothing hangs out of it" is a claim about an element
+ * with no row, and would pass on a build that had merely broken the
+ * bar. Dropping the width would be dropping the one place this file
+ * can still say something true about a phone, so it asserts the
+ * *stronger* property instead, below: the bar is out of the layout
+ * altogether, which is the thing #57 wanted and the thing that makes
+ * fitting moot.
  */
-const WIDTHS = [390, 600, 800, 899, 900, 1440];
+const WIDTHS = [600, 800, 899, 900, 1440];
+
+/** Where #57 leaves the bar, and where the desktop still has one. */
+const PHONE_WIDTH = 390;
 
 /**
  * A scan whose title is as long as a real one gets. The label is capped
@@ -90,6 +102,56 @@ const collapsed = (page: Page) =>
   }));
 
 test.describe('the top bar fits the window', () => {
+  /**
+   * The phone's answer, which is not "it fits" (#57).
+   *
+   * The bar has no grid row below 600px, so measuring its children
+   * against its content box is measuring a 1px box that is already
+   * invisible — a fit pass would collapse the wordmark every time and
+   * report success about nothing, which is why `measureTopBarFit`
+   * declines to run at all when the bar is out of flow. What is worth
+   * asserting here is that the fit pass has not quietly started
+   * *undoing* that: a rule that put the bar back in the layout would
+   * pass every assertion in this file and cost a 439px screen 12% of
+   * its height.
+   */
+  test(`the bar is out of the layout at ${PHONE_WIDTH}px, with a job running`, async ({
+    app,
+    testctl,
+  }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: PHONE_WIDTH, height: 600 });
+    await testctl.emit('JobsChanged', [LONG_JOB]);
+
+    // Not merely hidden: `display: none` on the header would satisfy
+    // "invisible" and leave the 3.25em row exactly where it was. So
+    // the assertion is that the content starts where the row above it
+    // ends -- and with a job staged, the row above it is the jobs
+    // band, which is the whole reason this row could go.
+    await expect
+      .poll(() =>
+        app.evaluate(() => {
+          const bar = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('header.top-bar')!;
+          const main = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.main-panel')!;
+          const band = document.querySelector<HTMLElement>('job-band')!;
+
+          return {
+            position: getComputedStyle(bar).position,
+            gap:
+              Math.round(main.getBoundingClientRect().top) -
+              Math.round(band.getBoundingClientRect().bottom),
+          };
+        }),
+      )
+      .toEqual({ position: 'absolute', gap: 0 });
+
+    // And the work is still visible, in the band that replaced the
+    // indicator (#62) — which is what made this row removable at all.
+    await expect(app.locator('job-indicator')).toBeHidden();
+    await expect(app.locator('job-band').locator('job-row')).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
   for (const width of WIDTHS) {
     test(`no control sits outside the bar at ${width}px, idle`, async ({
       app,

e2e/specs/touch-gestures.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+import { test, expect, callBinding } from '../support/fixtures.js';
+
+/**
+ * The touch gestures against the real app (plan 019, #63; long-press
+ * from plan 016 B2).
+ *
+ * The component tier proves the gestures in isolation, against markup
+ * it built itself. What it cannot prove is the half that made this one
+ * document listener instead of six: that the announced gesture reaches
+ * the handler a *real* component bound — `track-list` delegates on the
+ * `lit-virtualizer` rather than binding per row — and that the real
+ * menu opens from it, a path with its own history of opening and then
+ * refusing to work (see `menu-keyboard.spec.ts`).
+ *
+ * **Both halves of the reassignment are here, and the second is the
+ * one that matters.** #63 makes a hold on a *track row* mean selection
+ * mode; every other surface in the app keeps the context menu it has
+ * had, because an unclaimed `yj-long-press` still becomes a
+ * `contextmenu`. A spec that only checked the row would pass on a
+ * build that had silently broken the other thirteen menus.
+ *
+ * The pointer events are dispatched rather than performed: this
+ * project runs Desktop Chrome and Desktop Safari, neither of which has
+ * touch. So this is honest about what it checks — the app's own
+ * listeners, on the app's own DOM, from the events a touch would
+ * produce — and not about a real finger. The finger is the Android
+ * tier, and it found something this cannot see: Chrome 113's WebView
+ * fires its own `contextmenu` on a long press, which is why the module
+ * announces the gesture from a native event rather than standing down.
+ */
+
+/** A common small phone, as in `phone-shell.spec.ts`. */
+const PHONE = { width: 390, height: 844 };
+
+/** Comfortably past the module's 500ms hold. */
+const HELD = 900;
+
+type Page = import('@playwright/test').Page;
+
+/** A component's menu panel, or null while it is not rendered. */
+const panel = (page: Page, host: string) =>
+  page.evaluate((tag) => {
+    const el = document
+      .querySelector(tag)
+      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.context-menu-panel');
+
+    if (!el) return null;
+
+    return {
+      role: el.getAttribute('role'),
+      label: el.getAttribute('aria-label'),
+      items: el.querySelectorAll('[role="menuitem"]').length,
+    };
+  }, host);
+
+/** How many tracks the selection bar says are selected, or null. */
+const selectionCount = (page: Page) =>
+  page.evaluate(() => {
+    const bar = document
+      .querySelector('track-list')
+      ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('selection-bar');
+
+    return bar ? (bar as unknown as { count: number }).count : null;
+  });
+
+/**
+ * Press an element, optionally dragging partway through — the shape of
+ * a scroll that begins on a row, which must be neither gesture — and
+ * optionally lifting, which is what makes it a tap rather than a hold.
+ */
+async function press(
+  page: Page,
+  selector: { host: string; inner: string },
+  opts: { driftY?: number; lift?: boolean } = {},
+): Promise<void> {
+  await page.evaluate(
+    ({ host, inner, drift, lift }) => {
+      const el = document
+        .querySelector(host)
+        ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector(inner);
+
+      if (!el) throw new Error(`no ${inner} in ${host} to press`);
+
+      const box = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const x = Math.round(box.left + box.width / 2);
+      const y = Math.round(box.top + box.height / 2);
+      const send = (type: string, dy = 0) =>
+        el.dispatchEvent(
+          new PointerEvent(type, {
+            bubbles: true,
+            composed: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+            pointerType: 'touch',
+            isPrimary: true,
+            clientX: x,
+            clientY: y + dy,
+          }),
+        );
+
+      send('pointerdown');
+
+      if (drift) send('pointermove', drift);
+      if (lift) send('pointerup');
+    },
+    {
+      host: selector.host,
+      inner: selector.inner,
+      drift: opts.driftY ?? 0,
+      lift: opts.lift ?? false,
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+// `.track-row`, not `[role="row"]`: the column header is a row too, and
+// it is the *first* one — a press on it is correctly ignored, which
+// reads exactly like the gesture not working.
+const TRACK_ROW = { host: 'track-list', inner: '.track-row' };
+
+test.describe('a hold on a track row selects it', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-tracks').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'tracks',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    // Every other spec file runs against a desktop, and the viewport
+    // belongs to the shared context rather than to this file.
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  test('raises the selection bar rather than the context menu', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await expect.poll(() => selectionCount(app)).toBeNull();
+
+    await press(app, TRACK_ROW);
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => selectionCount(app), { timeout: HELD + 2000 })
+      .toBe(1);
+
+    // The gesture is claimed, so the menu this hold used to open must
+    // not also be up -- on a phone that would be a sheet over the bar.
+    expect(await panel(app, 'track-list')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('is neither gesture when the press turns into a scroll', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    await press(app, TRACK_ROW, { driftY: 40 });
+    await app.waitForTimeout(HELD);
+
+    expect(await selectionCount(app)).toBeNull();
+    expect(await panel(app, 'track-list')).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+test.describe('a hold anywhere else still opens the menu', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-albums').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'albums',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  test('reaches the delegated handler and opens the real menu', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    // The property that let #63 reassign the hold without touching one
+    // of the fourteen context menus: unclaimed, it is what it was.
+    // Without this half, breaking all of them passes the suite.
+    await expect.poll(() => panel(app, 'cover-grid')).toBeNull();
+
+    await press(app, { host: 'cover-grid', inner: '[role="option"]' });
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(() => panel(app, 'cover-grid'), { timeout: HELD + 2000 })
+      .toMatchObject({ role: 'menu' });
+
+    // The same panel Shift+F10 opens, items and all -- not an empty
+    // popup that happened to become visible.
+    expect((await panel(app, 'cover-grid'))?.items).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * Swipe right on a track row to queue it (plan 019 phase 2, #63).
+ *
+ * The component tier has the rule this obeys — one row is a position,
+ * several are a choice — against a queue that is a fake. What is only
+ * true here is that the gesture reaches the *real* queue: `AddTracks`
+ * is a Go method, the queue is persisted, and "the row was added"
+ * is a question only the backend can answer.
+ *
+ * **It is Chromium-only, and that is a property of the browser rather
+ * than a gap.** The gesture runs on touch events, because Chrome 113's
+ * WebView cancels the pointer stream ~16px into any drag whatever
+ * `touch-action` says. Desktop WebKit implements no `TouchEvent`
+ * constructor at all — touch events are a mobile-Safari surface — so
+ * the events this needs cannot be built there. Skipping loudly is
+ * better than a spec that quietly asserts nothing on half the matrix,
+ * which is what `layout-overflow.spec.ts` and `back-navigation.spec.ts`
+ * were each doing when they were green on a broken build.
+ */
+test.describe('a swipe right on a track row queues it', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ app, browserName }) => {
+    test.skip(
+      browserName !== 'chromium',
+      'desktop WebKit has no TouchEvent constructor to build the gesture from',
+    );
+
+    await app.setViewportSize(PHONE);
+    await app.getByTestId('tab-tracks').click();
+    await expect(app.getByTestId('main-content')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'data-active-view',
+      'tracks',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test.afterEach(async ({ app }) => {
+    await app.setViewportSize({ width: 1440, height: 900 });
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * Drag the first row sideways by a fraction of its own width and
+   * lift. `fraction` is against the row, because the commit threshold
+   * is — a number of pixels here would be a second declaration of it,
+   * right on one viewport and wrong on the next.
+   */
+  const swipeFirstRow = (page: Page, fraction: number) =>
+    page.evaluate((f) => {
+      const row = document
+        .querySelector('track-list')
+        ?.shadowRoot?.querySelector('.track-row');
+
+      if (!row) throw new Error('no track row to swipe');
+
+      const box = row.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const y = box.top + box.height / 2;
+      const at = (x: number) =>
+        new Touch({
+          identifier: 1,
+          target: row,
+          clientX: box.left + x,
+          clientY: y,
+        });
+      const send = (type: string, points: Touch[]) =>
+        row.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent(type, {
+            bubbles: true,
+            composed: true,
+            cancelable: true,
+            touches: points,
+            changedTouches: points.length > 0 ? points : [at(0)],
+          }),
+        );
+
+      send('touchstart', [at(0)]);
+
+      for (const step of [0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]) {
+        send('touchmove', [at(box.width * f * step)]);
+      }
+
+      send('touchend', []);
+    }, fraction);
+
+  /** How many tracks the backend says are in the queue. */
+  const queueLength = async (page: Page) => {
+    const state = await callBinding<{ tracks: unknown[] }>(
+      page,
+      'queue.Queue.GetState',
+    );
+
+    return state.tracks?.length ?? 0;
+  };
+
+  test('adds exactly one track to the real queue', async ({ app }) => {
+    const before = await queueLength(app);
+
+    await swipeFirstRow(app, 0.6);
+
+    await expect.poll(() => queueLength(app)).toBe(before + 1);
+
+    // Queued, not played: a swipe is not a tap, and the difference is
+    // what is on screen afterwards.
+    expect(
+      await app.getByTestId('main-content').getAttribute('data-active-view'),
+    ).toBe('tracks');
+  });
+
+  test('does nothing when the finger did not get far enough', async ({
+    app,
+  }) => {
+    const before = await queueLength(app);
+
+    await swipeFirstRow(app, 0.1);
+    await app.waitForTimeout(400);
+
+    expect(await queueLength(app)).toBe(before);
+  });
+});

e2e/support/fixtures.ts

@@ -140,6 +140,50 @@ export async function navigateTo(page: Page, view: string): Promise<void> {
     .waitFor({ state: 'attached' });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Open the queue the way a user at this viewport would.
+ *
+ * **The route differs by width and that is the feature, not an
+ * inconvenience.** Above 600px the bottom bar carries a queue button.
+ * Below it that button is gone (#59) and the queue is reached from the
+ * full-screen Now Playing view, which the mini player's art opens —
+ * "reachable only from Now Playing", which is what the issue asks for.
+ *
+ * It is here rather than in one spec because four files need it, and
+ * because a spec that hard-codes `#queue-button` is quietly asserting
+ * *which* route exists as well as what the queue does. Four of them
+ * were, which is how hiding one button failed ten tests about
+ * something else.
+ *
+ * The width is read from the page rather than passed, so a caller that
+ * resizes and then opens does not have to say so twice.
+ */
+export async function openTheQueue(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  const toggle = page.locator('#queue-button');
+
+  if (await toggle.isVisible()) {
+    if ((await toggle.getAttribute('aria-expanded')) !== 'true') {
+      await toggle.click();
+    }
+
+    await expect(toggle).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true');
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The phone: through Now Playing. `open-now-playing` is the mini
+  // player's art, which is a button only below 600px.
+  if (
+    (await page.getByTestId('main-content').getAttribute('data-active-view')) !==
+    'now-playing'
+  ) {
+    await page.getByTestId('open-now-playing').click();
+  }
+
+  await page.getByTestId('npv-queue').click();
+  await expect(page.locator('#queue-panel')).toHaveAttribute('open', '');
+}
+
 /** Thin client for the dev-only /__test/ surface (backend/testctl). */
 export class TestCtl {
   constructor(private readonly baseURL: string) {}

frontend/bindings/yellowjacket/backend/config/config.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ export function GetPinDefaultPlaylist(): $CancellablePromise<boolean> {
     return $Call.ByID(3818283301);
 }
 
+/**
+ * GetPopupVolume reports whether the bottom bar's volume control is a
+ * click-to-open popup rather than an inline slider (#42).
+ */
+export function GetPopupVolume(): $CancellablePromise<boolean> {
+    return $Call.ByID(2885777);
+}
+
 /**
  * GetQueueFallback returns what plays, if anything, once the queue
  * runs out.
@@ -207,6 +215,18 @@ export function SetPinDefaultPlaylist(pin: boolean): $CancellablePromise<void> {
     return $Call.ByID(372446849, pin);
 }
 
+/**
+ * SetPopupVolume saves the volume control's presentation.
+ * 
+ * Nothing to validate: both values are legal at every width, and the
+ * frontend additionally stands the inline slider down below the phone
+ * breakpoint whatever this says, because that is about room rather than
+ * about preference.
+ */
+export function SetPopupVolume(popup: boolean): $CancellablePromise<void> {
+    return $Call.ByID(1430308453, popup);
+}
+
 /**
  * SetQueueFallback validates and saves a new queue-fallback mode.
  */

frontend/bindings/yellowjacket/backend/player/player.ts

@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ export function SetVolume(desiredVolume: $models.UserVolume): $CancellablePromis
     return $Call.ByID(1375836663, desiredVolume);
 }
 
+/**
+ * SystemOwnsVolume reports whether the platform's own control is the
+ * only volume control there is, so this app neither offers one nor
+ * remembers a level.
+ * 
+ * It is bound: the frontend renders no `<volume-control>` when it is
+ * true, at any width.
+ */
+export function SystemOwnsVolume(): $CancellablePromise<boolean> {
+    return $Call.ByID(1027623185);
+}
+
 /**
  * TrackLengthInSeconds returns the duration of the current track.
  */

frontend/index.css

@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@
 
 html {
     height: 100%;
+
+    /* #54.  The web view's own tap highlight -- the grey box a phone
+       draws over the bounding rect of whatever was tapped -- gone in
+       one declaration, because `-webkit-tap-highlight-color` is an
+       *inherited* property and an inherited property crosses a shadow
+       boundary.  So this reaches every one of the app's shadow roots
+       without a rule in any of them; before it, exactly one component
+       (`library-status-indicator`) set it and the box appeared
+       everywhere else.
+
+       What it costs is the only touch feedback several surfaces had,
+       which is why the rows, the tab bar and the shared menu items
+       grew a `:active` state in the same change: removing the wrong
+       feedback and leaving none is not an improvement.  The cards
+       already had one (`transform: scale(0.97)`).
+
+       `user-select` is the same argument one rule up and was already
+       done: the `*` rule at the top of this file is inherited into the
+       shadow roots too. */
+    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
 }
 
 body {
@@ -211,7 +231,39 @@ body div.sidebar {
     padding: 0.25em;
     background-color: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
     display: grid;
-    grid-template-columns: var(--now-playing-width, 320px) 1fr auto;
+    /* Three columns whose outer two are the *same* width, which is what
+       centres the middle one (#23). It was `var(--now-playing-width) 1fr
+       auto`, so the transport's centre sat at `W/2 + 140px` — in the
+       middle of the space left over, which is not the same thing and
+       reads as an alignment mistake at every window size.
+
+       The outer width is still `--now-playing-width`, so **the metadata
+       panel's drag handle keeps meaning something**: widening it takes
+       room from the transport on both sides at once, symmetrically. An
+       `1fr … 1fr` pair would have centred the transport just as well and
+       silently made that handle a no-op.
+
+       **The cap is what stops that being a regression**, and it was
+       measured as one first. Reserving the full metadata width on both
+       sides costs the transport twice: at 800px the outer pair wanted
+       640 of 800, and the seek bar's track went from 257px to 61px
+       (and to 0 at 200% text) — the control you drag, squeezed out to
+       centre the buttons above it. So the side tracks are the metadata
+       width *or a quarter of the bar*, whichever is smaller, which
+       leaves the drag handle meaningful everywhere it has room to be
+       and hands the difference to the transport where it does not.
+
+       `minmax(0, …)` on the outer tracks and `min-content` on the middle
+       decide who yields when even that is not enough: the metadata and
+       the end group shrink (both truncate; neither loses an action), and
+       the transport keeps at least its buttons. Without the `min-content`
+       floor the middle collapses first, because a `1fr` track's minimum
+       is `auto` only until something else insists. */
+    --bar-side: min(var(--now-playing-width, 320px), 25%);
+    grid-template-columns:
+        minmax(0, var(--bar-side))
+        minmax(min-content, 1fr)
+        minmax(0, var(--bar-side));
     align-items: center;
     contain: layout style;
 
@@ -239,23 +291,44 @@ body div.sidebar {
             text-wrap-mode: nowrap;
             overflow: hidden;
 
-            p {
+            /* `& p`, not `p`. **A nested rule that begins with a bare
+               element selector is silently dropped before Chrome 120**
+               (relaxed nesting), and the phone this app runs on renders
+               in Chrome 113 -- so this ellipsis, and the two rules
+               below, have never applied on the device. Nothing fails;
+               the text simply overflows there. The `&` form is valid in
+               both, which is why it is used for every element selector
+               in this file's nested blocks. */
+            & p {
                 overflow: hidden;
                 text-overflow: ellipsis;
             }
         }
     }
 
-    now-playing {
+    & now-playing {
         overflow: hidden;
     }
 
-    audio-player {
+    & audio-player {
         margin: 0.5em 1em;
+        min-width: 0;
+    }
+
+    /* The right-hand group, and the thing the left column is matched
+       against. It is one grid cell rather than two columns because the
+       centring rule above compares *columns*: volume and the queue
+       button in separate tracks would make the outer pair unequal by
+       whatever the volume happens to measure. */
+    .bar-end {
+        justify-self: end;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: 0.25em;
+        min-width: 0;
     }
 
     #queue-button {
-        justify-self: end;
         background: none;
         border: none;
         color: inherit;
@@ -359,10 +432,21 @@ body div.sidebar {
    =================================================================== */
 @media (max-width: 599px) {
     body {
+        /* **There is no top-bar row here (#57).** Every one of the five
+           things that bar held has somewhere else to be below 600px:
+           `nav-history` is the platform's own gesture (gone from 899
+           down), the job indicator is `<job-band>` (#62), the search
+           box is a modal opened from the view's own header
+           (`search-trigger`), the library filter is Settings ->
+           Libraries (#148), and the wordmark is below. That is 3.25em
+           of a 439 CSS px viewport -- the single biggest vertical win
+           available on the reference device, which is why #57 asks for
+           the row rather than for a smaller bar. */
         grid-template:
-            "top-bar" 3.25em
+            "jobs-band" auto
             "main-panel" 1fr
             "bottom-bar" auto
+            "progress-line" auto
             "bottom-nav" auto
             / 1fr;
         /* Nothing may scroll sideways here.  On a desktop the shell is
@@ -379,46 +463,55 @@ body div.sidebar {
         grid-area: bottom-nav;
     }
 
-    /* The 2em gutters are half a thumb each at this width, and the
-       subtitle is already gone from 900 down.
+    /* The bar is out of the layout, and out of it the way the *wordmark*
+       already goes at desktop widths: visually hidden rather than
+       `display: none`, because that `h1` is the document's top-level
+       heading and this app would otherwise have none on the pages whose
+       own header is empty by design (`page-header` renders no `h1` when
+       `heading` is '', and Settings has no `page-header` at all).
 
-       `min-width: 0` is the load-bearing half. A grid item's implicit
-       minimum is `auto` -- its content -- so a header whose children
-       ask for 580px makes the *body* 580px wide inside a 360px
-       viewport, and `overflow-x: hidden` then hides the right-hand
-       third of the app rather than fitting it. Every box between the
-       viewport and the content that must shrink needs this. */
+       Its four *controls* are `display: none` below, which is what
+       keeps them out of the tab order -- a visually-hidden container is
+       still focusable, and tabbing into a search box nobody can see is
+       worse than not having one.
+
+       This is `styles/sr-only.css.ts`'s recipe again, written out
+       because that one is a `CSSResult` for shadow roots and this is
+       the light DOM. `position: absolute` is also what tells
+       `services/top-bar-fit.ts` there is no row to fit into. */
     .top-bar {
-        padding-left: 0.75em;
-        padding-right: 0.75em;
-        gap: 0.5em;
-        min-width: 0;
+        position: absolute;
+        width: 1px;
+        height: 1px;
+        padding: 0;
+        margin: -1px;
         overflow: hidden;
+        clip-path: inset(50%);
+        white-space: nowrap;
+        border: 0;
+        gap: 0;
+        min-width: 0;
     }
 
+    .top-bar nav-history,
+    .top-bar library-filter,
+    .top-bar search-bar,
+    .top-bar job-indicator {
+        display: none;
+    }
+
+    /* `min-width: 0` is load-bearing wherever a box sits between the
+       viewport and content that must shrink. A grid item's implicit
+       minimum is `auto` -- its content -- so one child insisting on
+       580px makes the *body* 580px wide inside a 360px viewport, and
+       `overflow-x: hidden` then hides the right-hand third of the app
+       rather than fitting it. */
     .content-area,
     .main-panel,
     .bottom-bar {
         min-width: 0;
     }
 
-    .title {
-        font-size: 1.1em;
-    }
-
-    /* The search box is the one header control worth its width; the
-       library filter is a rarely-changed setting and reachable from
-       the drawer's Settings.
-
-       `nav-history` is already gone from 899 down. It would belong
-       here anyway and for a stronger reason than width: the phone has
-       Back as a gesture or a button the OS owns, and this app hooks it
-       (`popstate`), so a second Back in the chrome duplicates a
-       control the platform provides. */
-    .top-bar library-filter {
-        display: none;
-    }
-
     /* The full-screen now-playing view *is* the transport, so the bar
        repeating it underneath is 4em of a small screen spent saying
        the same thing twice -- visible in a screenshot, invisible to
@@ -429,17 +522,18 @@ body div.sidebar {
        expression of the same fact is a second thing to keep in step.
        The view carries its own queue button, because this is where
        that one lived. */
-    body:has(#main-content[data-active-view="now-playing"]) .bottom-bar {
+    body:has(#main-content[data-active-view="now-playing"]) .bottom-bar,
+    body:has(#main-content[data-active-view="now-playing"]) player-progress-line {
         display: none;
     }
-
-    .top-bar search-bar {
-        flex: 1 1 auto;
-        min-width: 0;
-    }
 }
 
 @media (max-width: 599px) {
+    /* The phone keeps the two-part bar it had: metadata, then the
+       transport and the queue button. There is no third column to
+       balance because the centring the desktop does is a luxury of
+       having room — at 360px the metadata needs all of the space the
+       controls do not. */
     .bottom-bar {
         grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto auto;
         gap: 0.25em;
@@ -448,4 +542,107 @@ body div.sidebar {
     .bottom-bar audio-player {
         margin: 0.25em;
     }
+
+    /* Volume stands down here whatever the setting says, because this
+       is about room: five controls and a slider do not fit a 360px
+       bar, and the full-screen now-playing view is where seeking and
+       volume go on a phone. It moved from `audio-player`'s own media
+       query when #42 moved the control into the bar — same rule, and
+       now stated where the element actually is.
+
+       **This rule used to carry the platform argument too, and no
+       longer does** (#64). "The hardware keys own the volume" is not a
+       width: it is false of a narrow desktop window and true of an
+       Android tablet, which this selector gets backwards both ways.
+       The player answers it now — `SystemOwnsVolume` — and
+       `volume-control` renders nothing when it is true, at every
+       width and in both of its mount points. What is left here is the
+       question a stylesheet can actually answer. */
+    .bottom-bar volume-control {
+        display: none;
+    }
+
+    /* The queue leaves the phone's bar (#59), because #55 made it a
+       screen with an entry in the back stack and Now Playing already
+       carries its own button for it. The route is the mini player's
+       art -> Now Playing -> the queue, which is the "reachable only
+       from Now Playing" this issue asks for.
+
+       This is allowed to remove a control only because the control is
+       still reachable: plan 018's matrix promises that no action is
+       ever unreachable at any supported size, and that promise is what
+       `phone-transport.spec.ts` asserts rather than the button count.
+
+       **`.bottom-bar #queue-button`, not `#queue-button`**, and that is
+       not decoration. The rule this overrides is written *nested*
+       inside `.bottom-bar`, so it builds to a descendant selector one
+       class more specific than it looks in the source -- and a bare
+       `#queue-button` here loses to it, media query or not. Being last
+       in the file is not enough when the thing above is more specific,
+       which is the same lesson as this section's own header one level
+       down: nesting adds specificity the source does not show, and the
+       failure is silent (the button simply stayed). */
+    .bottom-bar #queue-button {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Out of the desktop grid entirely.  `job-band` renders nothing above
+   600px anyway, but an in-flow grid child with no named area is
+   auto-placed into a row of the shell -- the same trap the skip link is
+   absolutely positioned to avoid.  `player-progress-line` (#58) is the
+   same element in the same position for the same reason: below 600px it
+   has a named row, and above it there is no border for it to sit on --
+   the desktop bar carries a real, interactive seek bar. */
+body job-band,
+body player-progress-line {
+    display: none;
+}
+
+/* #62.  The job indicator stands down on the phone, and its work is
+   shown in the notification band instead (notification-host).
+
+   Three reasons, and the first is the report: its popover is anchored
+   to the top bar, which is 3.25em here on a viewport 439 CSS px tall,
+   and it was reported as unreadable behind other UI.  The second is
+   that a popover is a disclosure, and background work is the one thing
+   a phone should not make you disclose.  The third is #57, which
+   deletes this bar entirely and is blocked on the indicator having
+   somewhere else to live -- this is that somewhere.
+
+   #57 has since done exactly that, so the indicator's own rule now
+   lives with the other three in the phone block above, where the bar
+   goes out of the layout in one statement rather than four. What stays
+   here is the band, and the argument for it.  */
+@media (max-width: 599px) {
+    /* The indicator's rows appear here, in the grid row above the content.
+       In flow rather than over it: a fixed band reads fine in a
+       screenshot and is unusable, because at 424x439 a compact panel
+       is ~200px of a 439px screen and it *covers* what is under it.
+       Measured, not assumed -- four e2e specs failed on that version,
+       two phone-shell journeys and the header's action menu, because
+       the panel was intercepting the taps. */
+    body job-band {
+        display: block;
+        grid-area: jobs-band;
+        background-color: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
+    }
+}
+
+/* #58.  How far through the song we are, in its own grid row between
+   the two bars -- so the line is *on* the border rather than inside
+   either of them, and in flow rather than over it.  The row is `auto`
+   and the element renders nothing while no track is loaded, so it costs
+   no height at all until there is something to say.
+
+   **This block is below the `display: none` above and has to be**, for
+   the reason the band's rule is: a media query adds no specificity, so
+   `body player-progress-line { display: block }` written before that
+   rule loses to it at equal specificity and the line never appears at
+   any width.  Nothing fails; it is simply not there. */
+@media (max-width: 599px) {
+    body player-progress-line {
+        display: block;
+        grid-area: progress-line;
+    }
 }

frontend/index.html

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
          user is not walked through the header, the library filter, the
          search box and eleven nav items on every navigation. -->
     <a class="skip-link" href="#main-content">Skip to content</a>
+    <!-- Below 600px this bar is not in the layout at all (#57): index.css
+         takes its grid row away and leaves the element visually hidden,
+         carrying nothing but the `h1` below.  Every control in it has
+         somewhere else to be there -- `nav-history` is the platform's
+         own back gesture, `job-indicator` is `<job-band>`, `search-bar`
+         is `<search-dialog>` opened from the view's own header, and
+         `library-filter` is Settings -> Libraries (#148). -->
     <header class="top-bar">
         <hgroup>
             <h1 class="title">YellowJacket</h1>
@@ -30,6 +37,14 @@
         <search-bar></search-bar>
         <job-indicator></job-indicator>
     </header>
+    <!-- The phone's view of background work (#62): below 600px the
+         indicator above stands down and its rows appear here instead,
+         in the layout rather than over it.  `display: none` above that
+         width in index.css, which is also what keeps it out of the
+         desktop grid -- an in-flow child with no named area is
+         auto-placed into one of the shell's rows, which is the trap the
+         skip link is absolutely positioned to avoid. -->
+    <job-band></job-band>
     <div class="sidebar">
         <app-sidebar></app-sidebar>
     </div>
@@ -40,17 +55,42 @@
         </main>
         <queue-panel id="queue-panel"></queue-panel>
     </div>
+    <!-- Three columns, and the outer two are the same width, which is
+         what makes the middle one *centred* rather than merely in the
+         middle of what is left (#23). The transport used to sit in a
+         `320px 1fr auto` grid, so its centre was ~140px right of the
+         window's.
+
+         That is also why the volume moved out of `audio-player` and
+         into the bar (#42): the transport column has to contain the
+         transport and nothing else, or "centred" means centred with a
+         slider bolted to one side. It joins the queue button in
+         `.bar-end`, whose width is what the left column is matched
+         against. -->
     <footer class="bottom-bar">
         <now-playing></now-playing>
         <audio-player></audio-player>
-        <button aria-label="Toggle queue" aria-controls="queue-panel" aria-expanded="false"
-            id="queue-button">
-            <!-- ICON_QUEUE in src/utils/icon-language.ts, written out
-                 because this file has no module scope. It was `list`,
-                 which is the Playlists destination's icon. -->
-            <wa-icon name="bars-staggered"></wa-icon>
-        </button>
+        <div class="bar-end">
+            <volume-control></volume-control>
+            <button aria-label="Toggle queue" aria-controls="queue-panel" aria-expanded="false"
+                id="queue-button">
+                <!-- ICON_QUEUE in src/utils/icon-language.ts, written out
+                     because this file has no module scope. It was `list`,
+                     which is the Playlists destination's icon. -->
+                <wa-icon name="bars-staggered"></wa-icon>
+            </button>
+        </div>
     </footer>
+    <!-- How far through the song we are, on the border between the two
+         bars (#58). The shell's element rather than either bar's:
+         they are separate components stacked in this grid, so a line
+         on the border between them is a row of it, and neither one has
+         to reach into the other's box for two pixels. It renders
+         nothing above 600px and nothing with no track, is `aria-hidden`
+         (Now Playing's seek bar is what announces the position) and
+         takes no pointer events at all -- a thin line that sometimes
+         seeks is worse than one that never does. -->
+    <player-progress-line></player-progress-line>
     <!-- The phone's primary navigation, hidden above 600px by
          index.css.  Eager rather than a chunk, for the reason
          notification-host is: it is the only way to move around the
@@ -61,6 +101,12 @@
     <first-run-wizard></first-run-wizard>
     <notification-host></notification-host>
     <shortcuts-overlay></shortcuts-overlay>
+    <!-- The phone's search surface (#57).  A singleton here for the
+         reason shortcuts-overlay is one: one instance, one document
+         listener, and no `data-testid="search-input"` resolving to two
+         elements.  It renders nothing while shut, so the header's box
+         is still the only one on a desktop. -->
+    <search-dialog></search-dialog>
 </body>
 
 </html>

frontend/index.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 //   track-list — index.html renders one, so it is the first paint.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import '@components/audio-player/audio-player.ts';
+// In the bar rather than inside `audio-player` since #42, so the shell
+// is what has to register it.
+import '@components/audio-player/volume-control/volume-control.ts';
+// The phone's progress line (#58), on the border between the mini
+// player and the tab bar. In the shell for the same reason the volume
+// is, and eager because it is part of the bottom bar's first paint.
+import '@components/audio-player/progress-line/progress-line.ts';
 import '@components/track-list/track-list.ts';
 import '@components/now-playing/now-playing.ts';
 import '@components/sidebar/app-sidebar.ts';
@@ -25,6 +32,11 @@ import '@components/bottom-nav/bottom-nav.ts';
 import '@components/queue-panel/queue-panel.ts';
 import '@components/nav-history/nav-history.ts';
 import '@components/search-bar/search-bar.ts';
+// The phone's search surface (#57). Eager, because below 600px it is
+// the *only* way to search and a modal that has to fetch a chunk before
+// it can take a keystroke is late by exactly the interval it exists to
+// remove. It renders nothing until asked.
+import '@components/search-dialog/search-dialog.ts';
 import '@components/library-filter/library-filter.ts';
 import '@components/first-run-wizard/first-run-wizard.ts';
 import '@components/notifications/notification-host.ts';
@@ -35,6 +47,11 @@ import '@components/confirm-dialog/confirm-dialog.ts';
 // not know what is going on. It costs a dialog and a table.
 import '@components/shortcuts-overlay/shortcuts-overlay.ts';
 import '@components/jobs/job-indicator.ts';
+// The phone's half of the same thing (#62). Eager because it is part
+// of the shell's first paint below 600px, and because a band that has
+// to fetch a chunk before it can say the app is busy is late by
+// exactly the interval it exists to explain.
+import '@components/jobs/job-band.ts';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/styles/themes/default.css';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import { setBasePath } from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/webawesome.js';
@@ -53,7 +70,8 @@ import '@store/theme-store';
 // registers the document keydown listener for global shortcuts.
 import './src/services/keyboard-shortcut-service';
 import { activateView, deactivateView } from '@utils/view-lifecycle';
-import { installLongPressContextMenu } from '@utils/long-press';
+import { installTouchGestures } from '@utils/touch-gestures';
+import { openQueue, queuePanelElement } from '@utils/open-queue';
 import { installTopBarFit } from './src/services/top-bar-fit';
 import {
     hasTrackPayload,
@@ -69,10 +87,13 @@ setBasePath('/dist/webawesome');
 // the session.
 registerBundledIcons();
 
-// The touch equivalent of a right-click, installed once for every menu
-// in the app rather than per component. Harmless on a desktop: it acts
-// on `pointerType === 'touch'` only.
-installLongPressContextMenu();
+// Every touch gesture in the app, installed once rather than per
+// component (plan 019). Harmless on a desktop: it acts on
+// `pointerType === 'touch'` only, per event, so a mouse on a
+// touchscreen keeps click-selects / double-click-plays on the very
+// same row. An unclaimed long press still becomes a `contextmenu`,
+// which is what leaves all fourteen menus untouched by #63.
+installTouchGestures();
 
 // The top bar decides what it can afford to show (#143). Here rather
 // than in a component because the bar is light DOM in index.html and
@@ -323,6 +344,33 @@ window.addEventListener('popstate', (e: PopStateEvent) => {
     void handleNavigate({ ...nav, _isBack: true });
 });
 
+/**
+ * The queue, while it is a screen (#55).
+ *
+ * It is *not* in `VIEW_TAGS` and *not* in `DETAIL_LOADERS`: there is
+ * nothing to mount, because the panel is already in the document and,
+ * as an overlay, already occupies `.main-panel`'s rect exactly. What a
+ * navigation adds is the two things that make a screen a screen — a
+ * history entry, so the platform's back gesture answers it, and a
+ * destination to leave, so navigating anywhere else takes it away.
+ *
+ * Keeping it out of both tables is what keeps its context menu working
+ * on the reference device: `.main-panel > *` is paint-contained and a
+ * `wa-popup` falls back to `position: fixed` on Chrome 113, which
+ * escapes overflow but not containment (#60). The panel stays in
+ * `.content-area`, which is not paint-contained, exactly as it is
+ * today.
+ */
+const QUEUE_VIEW = 'queue';
+
+/** Close a queue that is being navigated away from. A *column* is not
+ *  a place, so it survives a navigation the way the sidebar does. */
+function dismissQueueScreen(): void {
+    const panel = queuePanelElement();
+
+    if (panel?.hasAttribute('overlay')) panel.removeAttribute('open');
+}
+
 async function handleNavigate(
     detail: { view: string; [key: string]: any },
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -334,6 +382,25 @@ async function handleNavigate(
 
     if (!detail._isBack) recordNavigation(detail);
 
+    if (view === QUEUE_VIEW) {
+        // The shell says where the user is; `false` because the queue is
+        // not a primary view, so nothing in either nav lights while it
+        // is up -- the same rule a detail view gets, and the reason the
+        // tab the queue was opened from stays lit.
+        activeViewStore.setView(view, false);
+        queuePanelElement()?.setAttribute('open', '');
+
+        // Deliberately not `searchStore.setCurrentView` and not
+        // `dataset.activeView`: both describe what is *in the main
+        // panel*, and the queue covers that panel without replacing it.
+        // Overwriting either would disable the search box belonging to
+        // the page underneath and make every `data-active-view`
+        // selector in the suite disagree with the element it names.
+        return;
+    }
+
+    dismissQueueScreen();
+
     // Bookkeeping stays synchronous with the click: the search box's
     // scope and the active-view attribute describe the navigation that
     // was *asked for*, and are what the rest of the app and the e2e
@@ -618,13 +685,17 @@ const queuePanel = document.getElementById('queue-panel') as HTMLElement | null;
 
 if (queueButton && queuePanel) {
     queueButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
-        const isOpen = queuePanel.hasAttribute('open');
-
-        if (isOpen) {
+        if (queuePanel.hasAttribute('open')) {
+            // Closing goes through the panel either way; where the queue
+            // is a screen the observer below is what unwinds its history
+            // entry, so this button, Escape, the scrim and the close
+            // button all take the same route out.
             queuePanel.removeAttribute('open');
-        } else {
-            queuePanel.setAttribute('open', '');
+
+            return;
         }
+
+        openQueue();
     });
 
     // The button says whether the panel is open, and it learns that
@@ -642,7 +713,39 @@ if (queueButton && queuePanel) {
         );
     };
 
-    new MutationObserver(reflectQueueState).observe(queuePanel, {
+    /**
+     * Keep the back stack honest about a queue that closed itself.
+     *
+     * Where the queue is a screen its `open` attribute and the current
+     * history entry are two statements of one fact, and the panel can
+     * change its half on its own -- Escape, the scrim, the close button,
+     * and anything added later. Reconciling here rather than at each of
+     * those is the same reason this observer already exists for
+     * `aria-expanded`: the attribute is the one fact, and a state kept
+     * beside a click is right until something else changes it.
+     *
+     * Without this the entry is orphaned and the *next* back press is
+     * the one that closes the queue -- a press that appears to do
+     * nothing, which is the defect this issue is about, moved one press
+     * later.
+     *
+     * `history.back()` rather than a stack of our own, for the reason
+     * `navigate-back` does: two stacks is how a component's own way out
+     * and the phone's gesture come to disagree about what one press
+     * means.
+     */
+    const reconcileQueueHistory = () => {
+        if (queuePanel.hasAttribute('open')) return;
+
+        const state = history.state as NavState | null;
+
+        if (state?.yjNav?.view === QUEUE_VIEW) history.back();
+    };
+
+    new MutationObserver(() => {
+        reflectQueueState();
+        reconcileQueueHistory();
+    }).observe(queuePanel, {
         attributes: true,
         attributeFilter: ['open'],
     });

frontend/scripts/check-css-literals.mjs

@@ -23,97 +23,23 @@
  * as the literal contains an unterminated `/*`. Nothing else produces
  * that, and a legitimate literal cannot contain one.
  */
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { globSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { globSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+import { taggedLiterals } from './css-literals.mjs';
 
 const TAGS = ['css', 'html', 'svg'];
 
-/**
- * Find the end of a template literal that starts at `start` (the index
- * of its opening backtick), respecting escapes and `${}` substitutions.
- * Returns the index of the closing backtick, or -1.
- */
-function endOfTemplate(src, start) {
-  let depth = 0;
-
-  for (let i = start + 1; i < src.length; i++) {
-    const c = src[i];
-
-    if (c === '\\') {
-      i++;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (c === '$' && src[i + 1] === '{') {
-      depth++;
-      i++;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (c === '}' && depth > 0) {
-      depth--;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (c === '`' && depth === 0) return i;
-  }
-
-  return -1;
-}
-
-/** Strip `${...}` substitutions, which may legitimately contain anything. */
-function stripSubstitutions(text) {
-  let out = '';
-  let depth = 0;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
-    if (text[i] === '$' && text[i + 1] === '{') {
-      depth++;
-      i++;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (text[i] === '}' && depth > 0) {
-      depth--;
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    if (depth === 0) out += text[i];
-  }
-
-  return out;
-}
-
-function lineOf(src, index) {
-  return src.slice(0, index).split('\n').length;
-}
-
 const files = globSync('src/**/*.ts', { cwd: process.cwd() });
 const problems = [];
 
 for (const file of files) {
   const src = readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
-  const tagPattern = new RegExp(`(^|[^\\w$.])(${TAGS.join('|')})\``, 'g');
 
-  let match;
-
-  while ((match = tagPattern.exec(src)) !== null) {
-    const open = match.index + match[0].length - 1;
-    const close = endOfTemplate(src, open);
-
-    if (close === -1) continue;
-
-    const body = stripSubstitutions(src.slice(open + 1, close));
+  for (const { tag, body, line } of taggedLiterals(src, TAGS)) {
     const opens = (body.match(/\/\*/g) ?? []).length;
     const closes = (body.match(/\*\//g) ?? []).length;
 
-    if (opens > closes) {
-      problems.push({
-        file,
-        line: lineOf(src, open),
-        tag: match[2],
-      });
-    }
+    if (opens > closes) problems.push({ file, line, tag });
   }
 }
 

frontend/scripts/check-css-nesting.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Fail on a nested rule whose selector starts with an element name.
+ *
+ * See `css-nesting.mjs` for what the phone does with one. No tier here
+ * can see it: the component tier, the e2e tier and `make ui-visual` all
+ * run a current Chromium, where the rule applies normally, so the only
+ * report is a screenshot of the device — which is how the bottom bar's
+ * title came to have never truncated there.
+ *
+ * It covers `index.css` and the `css` literals in the components alike,
+ * because a shadow-root stylesheet is parsed by the same engine.
+ */
+import { globSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+import { taggedLiterals } from './css-literals.mjs';
+import { findBareNestedRules } from './css-nesting.mjs';
+
+const problems = [];
+
+// Every stylesheet, not `index.css` by name: the hook that runs this
+// fires on `frontend/**/*.{ts,css}`, so naming one file promises a
+// coverage the sweep does not deliver -- a second stylesheet would be
+// silently unswept while the hook still went green over it. There is
+// only `index.css` today, which is exactly when this is free to fix.
+const stylesheets = globSync('*.css', { cwd: process.cwd() });
+
+if (stylesheets.length === 0) {
+  console.error('css-nesting-check: no stylesheet matched *.css');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+for (const file of stylesheets) {
+  for (const { line, selector } of findBareNestedRules(
+    readFileSync(file, 'utf8'),
+  )) {
+    problems.push({ file, line, selector });
+  }
+}
+
+const sources = globSync('src/**/*.ts', { cwd: process.cwd() });
+
+// A sweep over an empty glob passes, and this one is expected to find
+// nothing, so "it found nothing" has to mean it looked.
+if (sources.length === 0) {
+  console.error('css-nesting-check: no sources matched src/**/*.ts');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+for (const file of sources) {
+  const src = readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+
+  for (const literal of taggedLiterals(src, ['css'])) {
+    for (const { line, selector } of findBareNestedRules(literal.body)) {
+      problems.push({ file, line: literal.line + line - 1, selector });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if (problems.length > 0) {
+  for (const p of problems) {
+    console.error(
+      `${p.file}:${p.line}: nested rule "${p.selector.split('\n')[0]}" starts ` +
+        'with an element name — write it as "& ' +
+        `${p.selector.split('\n')[0]}"`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  console.error(
+    `\ncss-nesting-check: ${problems.length} problem(s). ` +
+      'Chrome 113 (the device) drops a nested rule that does not start ' +
+      'with a symbol; the leading & is valid in both syntaxes.',
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(
+  `css-nesting-check: ${stylesheets.length} stylesheet(s) + ${sources.length} files, no bare nested rules`,
+);

frontend/scripts/css-literals.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/**
+ * Finding the `css` tagged templates in a TypeScript source.
+ *
+ * Two checks read them — the unterminated-comment one and the nesting
+ * one — and a second scanner would be a second thing to keep in step
+ * with how a template literal actually ends.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Find the end of a template literal that starts at `start` (the index
+ * of its opening backtick), respecting escapes and `${}` substitutions.
+ * Returns the index of the closing backtick, or -1.
+ */
+export function endOfTemplate(src, start) {
+  let depth = 0;
+
+  for (let i = start + 1; i < src.length; i++) {
+    const c = src[i];
+
+    if (c === '\\') {
+      i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '$' && src[i + 1] === '{') {
+      depth++;
+      i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '}' && depth > 0) {
+      depth--;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '`' && depth === 0) return i;
+  }
+
+  return -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Strip `${...}` substitutions, which may legitimately contain anything.
+ *
+ * Newlines inside them are kept, so a line number taken from the
+ * stripped text still names the right line of the file it came from.
+ */
+export function stripSubstitutions(text) {
+  let out = '';
+  let depth = 0;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+    if (text[i] === '$' && text[i + 1] === '{') {
+      depth++;
+      i++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (text[i] === '}' && depth > 0) {
+      depth--;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (depth === 0) out += text[i];
+    else if (text[i] === '\n') out += '\n';
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+/** The 1-based line number of `index` in `src`. */
+export function lineOf(src, index) {
+  return src.slice(0, index).split('\n').length;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every tagged template literal in `src` whose tag is in `tags`.
+ *
+ * `body` has its substitutions stripped and `line` is the line its
+ * opening backtick sits on, so `line + (n - 1)` is the file line of the
+ * body's own line `n`.
+ */
+export function taggedLiterals(src, tags) {
+  const pattern = new RegExp(`(^|[^\\w$.])(${tags.join('|')})\``, 'g');
+  const found = [];
+
+  let match;
+
+  while ((match = pattern.exec(src)) !== null) {
+    const open = match.index + match[0].length - 1;
+    const close = endOfTemplate(src, open);
+
+    if (close === -1) continue;
+
+    found.push({
+      tag: match[2],
+      body: stripSubstitutions(src.slice(open + 1, close)),
+      line: lineOf(src, open),
+    });
+  }
+
+  return found;
+}

frontend/scripts/css-nesting.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/**
+ * A nested rule whose selector starts with an element name is silently
+ * dropped on the phone.
+ *
+ * The device renders in Chrome 113, which predates relaxed CSS nesting
+ * (Chrome 120): before that a nested selector had to start with
+ * something that could not be read as the beginning of a declaration,
+ * so `.bottom-bar { audio-player { … } }` is not a parse error anyone
+ * would notice — the inner rule simply does not exist, on the phone and
+ * only on the phone. Three were live in `index.css`, one of them the
+ * `text-overflow: ellipsis` on the bottom bar's title, which had
+ * therefore never truncated on the device.
+ *
+ * `& audio-player` is valid in both syntaxes, so no nested rule here
+ * has any reason to omit it.
+ *
+ * Two things the detection has to get right:
+ *
+ * - **A rule directly inside an at-rule is not nested.**
+ *   `@media (…) { bottom-nav { … } }` at the top level is an ordinary
+ *   rule and is fine — and it is the majority of the matches a regex
+ *   over the file would produce. What decides it is whether a *style*
+ *   rule is somewhere above, not what the immediate parent is: inside
+ *   `.bar { @media (…) { audio-player { … } } }` the inner rule is
+ *   nested, at-rule in between or not.
+ * - **A declaration is not a rule.** `background: url(…)` and any
+ *   string or comment can hold a brace, so this tracks them rather than
+ *   matching lines.
+ */
+
+/** Does this selector start with an identifier, rather than a symbol? */
+function startsWithIdent(selector) {
+  return /^[A-Za-z_\u00A0-\uFFFF]/.test(selector);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Every nested style rule in `css` whose selector starts with an
+ * element name, as `{ line, selector }` with a 1-based line.
+ */
+export function findBareNestedRules(css) {
+  const found = [];
+  /** The blocks we are inside, innermost last: 'style' or 'at'. */
+  const stack = [];
+  /** The text since the last `{`, `}` or `;` — a prelude, if a `{` follows. */
+  let prelude = '';
+  let preludeLine = 1;
+  let line = 1;
+
+  const startPrelude = () => {
+    prelude = '';
+    preludeLine = line;
+  };
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < css.length; i++) {
+    const c = css[i];
+
+    if (c === '\n') {
+      line++;
+      if (prelude.trim() === '') preludeLine = line;
+      prelude += c;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '/' && css[i + 1] === '*') {
+      const end = css.indexOf('*/', i + 2);
+      const comment = css.slice(i, end === -1 ? css.length : end + 2);
+
+      line += (comment.match(/\n/g) ?? []).length;
+      i += comment.length - 1;
+      if (prelude.trim() === '') preludeLine = line;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '"' || c === "'") {
+      let j = i + 1;
+
+      while (j < css.length && css[j] !== c) {
+        if (css[j] === '\\') j++;
+        j++;
+      }
+
+      prelude += css.slice(i, j + 1);
+      i = j;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '{') {
+      const selector = prelude.trim();
+      const kind = selector.startsWith('@') ? 'at' : 'style';
+
+      if (
+        kind === 'style' &&
+        stack.includes('style') &&
+        startsWithIdent(selector)
+      ) {
+        found.push({ line: preludeLine, selector });
+      }
+
+      stack.push(kind);
+      startPrelude();
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === '}') {
+      stack.pop();
+      startPrelude();
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (c === ';') {
+      startPrelude();
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    prelude += c;
+  }
+
+  return found;
+}

frontend/src/components/artist-details/artist-details.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@components/cover-grid/cover-grid.js';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { backButton } from '../../styles/back-button.css';
 
 @customElement('artist-details')
 export class ArtistDetails extends LitElement {
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export class ArtistDetails extends LitElement {
     /** Tracks the store's cached array reference to detect refreshes. */
     private lastAlbumsRef: library.Album[] | null = null;
 
-    static override styles = [designTokens, css`
+    static override styles = [designTokens, backButton, css`
         :host {
             display: flex;
             flex-direction: column;
@@ -66,31 +67,6 @@ export class ArtistDetails extends LitElement {
                 );
         }
 
-        .back-button {
-            display: flex;
-            align-items: center;
-            justify-content: center;
-            width: 32px;
-            height: 32px;
-            border: none;
-            border-radius: 50%;
-            background: var(
-                --yj-bg-overlay,
-                rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06)
-            );
-            color: var(--yj-text-primary, #fff);
-            cursor: pointer;
-            flex-shrink: 0;
-            transition: background-color 0.15s ease;
-        }
-
-        .back-button:hover {
-            background: var(
-                --yj-bg-hover,
-                rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12)
-            );
-        }
-
         .back-button wa-icon {
             font-size: 16px; /* back button — outside type scale */
         }

frontend/src/components/artists-view/artists-view.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import '@lit-labs/virtualizer';
 import type {
     LitVirtualizer,
+    RangeChangedEvent,
     VisibilityChangedEvent,
 } from '@lit-labs/virtualizer';
 import { grid } from '@lit-labs/virtualizer/layouts/grid.js';
@@ -26,14 +27,16 @@ import {
     contextMenuStyles,
     isContextMenuKey,
 } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
-import type { ContextMenuHost } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
+import type { ContextMenuHost, MenuTarget } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
 import { FavoritesController } from '@store/controllers/favorites-controller';
 import { ViewLifecycleMixin } from '@utils/view-lifecycle';
 import { RovingGridController } from '@utils/roving-grid';
+import { prefetchImageWindow } from '@utils/image-prefetch';
 
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
-import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import type { MenuSurface } from '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
+import '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dropdown-item/dropdown-item.js';
 import '@components/playlist-picker/playlist-picker.js';
 import { dict, list } from '@utils/binding';
@@ -131,17 +134,17 @@ export class ArtistsView
     private contextMenuArtistId: number | null = null;
 
     @query('#context-menu')
-    private contextMenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private contextMenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     @query('#playlist-submenu')
-    private playlistSubmenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private playlistSubmenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
-    getContextMenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getContextMenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.contextMenuPopup;
     }
 
     getPlaylistSubmenuPopup():
-        | WaPopup
+        | MenuTarget
         | undefined {
         return this.playlistSubmenuPopup;
     }
@@ -581,6 +584,26 @@ export class ArtistsView
      * Scroll position persistence
      * ================================================================ */
 
+    /**
+     * Warm the avatars just past the rendered range (#65).
+     *
+     * `rangeChanged` is the rendered range and `visibilityChanged` is
+     * what is on screen; the virtualizer has already drawn about
+     * 1000px past the latter, so that is the wrong anchor to measure a
+     * prefetch window from. It is deliberately outside the
+     * `restoringScroll` guard below: a restored scroll lands in the
+     * middle of the grid, which is exactly when nothing around it is
+     * cached.
+     */
+    private onRangeChanged = (e: RangeChangedEvent) => {
+        prefetchImageWindow(
+            this.cachedGridEntries,
+            e.first,
+            e.last,
+            (entry) => this.artistAvatarURL(entry.artist),
+        );
+    };
+
     /**
      * Save the first visible item index on scroll.
      */
@@ -1144,7 +1167,16 @@ export class ArtistsView
      * Helpers
      * ================================================================ */
 
-    private renderArtistAvatar(artist: library.Artist) {
+    /**
+     * The image this artist's card will draw, or `''` for the initial
+     * placeholder.
+     *
+     * Split out of `renderArtistAvatar` so the prefetch (#65) asks for
+     * exactly what the card is going to ask for — a second copy of the
+     * tier ladder would be a second thing to keep in step, and warming
+     * the wrong tier is a download that buys nothing.
+     */
+    private artistAvatarURL(artist: library.Artist): string {
         const needed = (this.imageSize ?? 176) * window.devicePixelRatio;
         let imageURL = '';
 
@@ -1171,6 +1203,12 @@ export class ArtistsView
             ) ?? '';
         }
 
+        return imageURL;
+    }
+
+    private renderArtistAvatar(artist: library.Artist) {
+        const imageURL = this.artistAvatarURL(artist);
+
         if (imageURL) {
             return html`<img
                 class="avatar-image"
@@ -1336,11 +1374,8 @@ export class ArtistsView
 
     private renderContextMenu() {
         return html`
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="context-menu"
-                placement="bottom-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu
                     .contextMenuOpen}
             >
@@ -1434,13 +1469,12 @@ export class ArtistsView
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
 
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="playlist-submenu"
+                label="Add to playlist"
                 placement="right-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu
                     .playlistSubmenuOpen}
             >
@@ -1468,7 +1502,7 @@ export class ArtistsView
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
         `;
     }
 
@@ -1534,6 +1568,7 @@ export class ArtistsView
                     .keyFunction=${(entry: ArtistEntry) => entry.artist.ID}
                     .layout=${this.gridLayout}
                     @visibilityChanged=${this.onVisibilityChanged}
+                    @rangeChanged=${this.onRangeChanged}
                 ></lit-virtualizer>
             </div>
             ${this.renderContextMenu()}

frontend/src/components/audio-player/audio-player.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import './controls/player-controls';
 import './seekbar/seek-bar';
-import './volume-control/volume-control';
 import '../notifications/inline-notice';
 import { PlayerRegion } from '@store/player-store';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ export class AudioPlayer extends LitElement {
 
     .player-main {
       flex: 1;
+      min-width: 0;
     }
 
     /* The phone transport (plan 016 B2): the buttons, and nothing
@@ -37,14 +37,17 @@ export class AudioPlayer extends LitElement {
        viewport, not by the host, so this is the component saying what
        it drops at phone width rather than the shell reaching in.
 
-       Volume goes because the hardware keys own it on a phone --
-       Android routes them to the media stream, which is also why
-       mediacontrols' Android handler implements no volume callback.
        The seek bar goes because a 4px-tall target dragged with a thumb
        is not a seek control; seeking belongs to the full-screen
-       now-playing view, which is the next phase. */
+       now-playing view.
+
+       Volume used to go from here too, and now goes from index.css
+       instead: #42 moved the control out of this component and into
+       the bar, so the shell is what can hide it. The reason is
+       unchanged -- the hardware keys own volume on a phone, which is
+       also why mediacontrols' Android handler implements no volume
+       callback. */
     @media (max-width: 599px) {
-      volume-control,
       seek-bar {
         display: none;
       }
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@ export class AudioPlayer extends LitElement {
             <seek-bar></seek-bar>
           </div>
         </div>
-        <volume-control></volume-control>
       </div>
     `;
   }

frontend/src/components/audio-player/controls/player-controls.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,77 @@
-import { LitElement, html, css } from 'lit';
-import { customElement, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import { LitElement, html, css, nothing } from 'lit';
+import { customElement, property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import { PlayerController } from '@store/controllers/player-controller';
 import { queueStore } from '@store/queue-store';
 import type { RepeatMode } from '@store/queue-store';
 import { designTokens } from '../../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { PHONE_QUERY } from '../../../utils/breakpoints';
+
+/**
+ * The transport, in the two places it appears.
+ *
+ * **The context is a property and cannot be a media query**, which is
+ * the whole reason this exists (#56). Everywhere else in this app a
+ * component states what it drops at phone width itself, because a media
+ * query inside a shadow root is answered by the viewport and that is
+ * the honest signal. Here the two hosts want *different* answers at the
+ * *same* viewport: on a phone the bottom bar wants three controls sized
+ * for a thumb, and `now-playing-view` wants five, larger still. So the
+ * host says which context and the viewport says which size band, and
+ * neither one alone can express it.
+ *
+ * Measured at the reference device's 424x439 before this: every button
+ * here was **33x21px**, in both places, which is what #56 reports as
+ * "the most important thing in the mobile app and they are tiny".
+ */
+export type ControlsContext = 'bar' | 'full';
 
 @customElement('player-controls')
 export class PlayerControls extends LitElement {
   private player = new PlayerController(this);
   private unsubscribeQueue?: () => void;
 
+  /**
+   * Where these controls are drawn. `bar` is the bottom bar in both
+   * bands; `full` is the full-screen transport.
+   *
+   * Reflected so a spec can read it and so the stylesheet keys off one
+   * fact rather than a class the host has to remember to set.
+   */
+  @property({ type: String, reflect: true })
+  context: ControlsContext = 'bar';
+
   @state() private shuffleMode = false;
   @state() private repeatMode: RepeatMode = 'off';
 
+  /**
+   * Phone width, from `matchMedia` rather than from a media query,
+   * because what it decides is whether shuffle and repeat *exist* here
+   * — and a stylesheet can only decide whether they are painted.
+   * `job-band` and `search-trigger` are the same pattern for the same
+   * reason.
+   */
+  @state() private phone = false;
+
+  private media?: MediaQueryList;
+
+  private onMedia = (e: MediaQueryListEvent) => {
+    this.phone = e.matches;
+  };
+
+  /** Whether this is the phone's bottom bar, which carries three
+   *  controls rather than five. */
+  private get slim(): boolean {
+    return this.context === 'bar' && this.phone;
+  }
+
   override connectedCallback(): void {
     super.connectedCallback();
 
+    this.media = window.matchMedia(PHONE_QUERY);
+    this.phone = this.media.matches;
+    this.media.addEventListener('change', this.onMedia);
+
     const s = queueStore.getState();
     this.shuffleMode = s.shuffleMode;
     this.repeatMode = s.repeatMode;
@@ -37,6 +92,7 @@ export class PlayerControls extends LitElement {
   override disconnectedCallback(): void {
     super.disconnectedCallback();
     this.unsubscribeQueue?.();
+    this.media?.removeEventListener('change', this.onMedia);
   }
 
   static override styles = [designTokens, css`
@@ -58,6 +114,99 @@ export class PlayerControls extends LitElement {
       justify-content: center;
     }
 
+    /* ---------------------------------------------------------------
+       Sizes (#56).
+
+       44px is the floor everything here is sized to, and play/pause
+       alone goes above it -- "large play/pause, adequate prev/next" is
+       the Direction, and it is the one control the report calls "front
+       and centre".
+
+       They are stated as custom properties rather than on each button
+       so a context sets two numbers instead of five rules, and so the
+       icon scales with its target: a 44px box around a 16px glyph is a
+       big hit area that still looks tiny, which is half of what the
+       report is about.
+
+       **The desktop bar sets none of them and must not change at all.**
+       #56 is an Android issue; the desktop's buttons are 33x21 before
+       this and are 33x21 after it.
+
+       That is why the box rules take a zero fallback and the *font-size*
+       rules are scoped to the two contexts instead of sharing them. A
+       button does not inherit its font from its parent -- the UA
+       stylesheet gives it one -- so a generic font-size: inherit is
+       not the no-op it reads as: it moved the desktop's buttons from
+       33x21 to 36x24, silently, by taking them from the UA's 13.3px to
+       the shell's 16px. Measured before and after by stashing this
+       file, which is the only way that particular 3px shows up.
+       --------------------------------------------------------------- */
+    button {
+      min-width: var(--yj-control-target, 0);
+      min-height: var(--yj-control-target, 0);
+    }
+
+    button.play {
+      min-width: var(--yj-control-play-target, 0);
+      min-height: var(--yj-control-play-target, 0);
+    }
+
+    /* The phone's bottom bar: three controls, sized for a thumb.
+       Shuffle and repeat are not here -- see the render method, which
+       does not draw them rather than hiding them, because a control
+       that is display:none is still a thing the component claims to
+       have. They are on the full-screen view, which is one tap away
+       through the mini player's art (#59). */
+    @media (max-width: 599px) {
+      :host([context='bar']) {
+        --yj-control-target: 44px;
+        --yj-control-icon: 18px;
+        --yj-control-play-target: 56px;
+        --yj-control-play-icon: 24px;
+      }
+
+      :host([context='bar']) button {
+        font-size: var(--yj-control-icon);
+      }
+
+      :host([context='bar']) button.play {
+        font-size: var(--yj-control-play-icon);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* The full-screen transport, at every width: this view *is* the
+       player, so the controls are the page rather than a strip of it. */
+    :host([context='full']) {
+      --yj-control-target: 44px;
+      --yj-control-icon: 20px;
+      --yj-control-play-target: 64px;
+      --yj-control-play-icon: 28px;
+    }
+
+    :host([context='full']) button {
+      font-size: var(--yj-control-icon);
+    }
+
+    :host([context='full']) button.play {
+      font-size: var(--yj-control-play-icon);
+    }
+
+    :host([context='full']) #player-control-buttons {
+      gap: 12px;
+    }
+
+    /* Secondary controls sit below the primary row rather than beside
+       it, which is the Direction's shape and is why this is a second
+       group in the DOM instead of a CSS order property: visual order
+       and focus order have to agree. */
+    .secondary {
+      display: flex;
+      justify-content: center;
+      align-items: center;
+      gap: 24px;
+      margin-top: 8px;
+    }
+
     button:hover {
       color: var(--yj-accent-text, #ffd43b);
     }
@@ -104,46 +253,107 @@ export class PlayerControls extends LitElement {
     queueStore.cycleRepeat();
   };
 
-  override render() {
-    const playOrPauseIcon = this.player.isPlaying ? 'pause' : 'play';
-    const playOrPauseHandler = this.player.isPlaying
-      ? this.handlePauseClick
-      : this.handlePlayClick;
+  /** Shuffle. Secondary: it changes how the queue behaves rather than
+   *  what is playing now. */
+  private renderShuffle() {
+    return html`
+      <button
+        class=${this.shuffleMode ? 'active' : ''}
+        aria-label="Shuffle"
+        aria-pressed=${this.shuffleMode}
+        @click=${this.handleShuffleClick}
+      >
+        <wa-icon name="shuffle"></wa-icon>
+      </button>
+    `;
+  }
 
-    const shuffleClass = this.shuffleMode ? 'active' : '';
+  /** Repeat, whose label spells the mode out because one icon covers
+   *  three states. */
+  private renderRepeat() {
     const repeatMode = this.repeatMode;
     const repeatClasses = [
       repeatMode !== 'off' ? 'active' : '',
       repeatMode === 'one' ? 'repeat-one' : '',
     ].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
 
+    return html`
+      <button
+        class=${repeatClasses}
+        aria-label=${`Repeat: ${repeatMode}`}
+        aria-pressed=${repeatMode !== 'off'}
+        @click=${this.handleRepeatClick}
+      >
+        <wa-icon name="repeat"></wa-icon>
+      </button>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  /** Previous, play/pause, next — the three that are always drawn, in
+   *  every context and at every width. Only play/pause takes the large
+   *  size: the Direction asks for "large play/pause, adequate
+   *  prev/next", and a row of identical squares says every action here
+   *  is equally likely, which is not true of play. */
+  private renderPrimary() {
+    const playOrPauseIcon = this.player.isPlaying ? 'pause' : 'play';
+    const playOrPauseHandler = this.player.isPlaying
+      ? this.handlePauseClick
+      : this.handlePlayClick;
+
+    return html`
+      <button
+        aria-label="Previous track"
+        @click=${this.handlePreviousClick}
+      >
+        <wa-icon name="backward-step"></wa-icon>
+      </button>
+      <button
+        class="play"
+        aria-label=${this.player.isPlaying ? 'Pause' : 'Play'}
+        @click="${playOrPauseHandler}"
+      >
+        <wa-icon name=${playOrPauseIcon}></wa-icon>
+      </button>
+      <button
+        aria-label="Next track"
+        @click=${this.handleNextClick}
+      >
+        <wa-icon name="forward-step"></wa-icon>
+      </button>
+    `;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Two arrangements, not two components.
+   *
+   * `bar` keeps the order it has always had — shuffle, prev, play,
+   * next, repeat, one row — so nothing about the desktop bar moves.
+   * `full` puts the primary three on their own row with the secondary
+   * pair beneath, which the Direction asks for.
+   *
+   * **The phone's bar draws three buttons rather than hiding two.** A
+   * `display: none` control is still in the component's shadow root,
+   * still in the accessibility tree's markup, and still something a
+   * `shadowAll('button')[4]` finds — so "the phone has three controls"
+   * would be true of the pixels and false of the element. They are
+   * reachable on the full-screen view, which the mini player's art
+   * opens, and through the global shortcuts.
+   */
+  override render() {
+    if (this.context === 'full') {
+      return html`
+        <div id="player-control-buttons">${this.renderPrimary()}</div>
+        <div class="secondary">
+          ${this.renderShuffle()}${this.renderRepeat()}
+        </div>
+      `;
+    }
+
     return html`
       <div id="player-control-buttons">
-        <button
-          class=${shuffleClass}
-          aria-label="Shuffle"
-          aria-pressed=${this.shuffleMode}
-          @click=${this.handleShuffleClick}
-        >
-          <wa-icon name="shuffle"></wa-icon>
-        </button>
-        <button aria-label="Previous track" @click=${this.handlePreviousClick}>
-          <wa-icon name="backward-step"></wa-icon>
-        </button>
-        <button aria-label=${this.player.isPlaying ? 'Pause' : 'Play'} @click="${playOrPauseHandler}">
-          <wa-icon name=${playOrPauseIcon}></wa-icon>
-        </button>
-        <button aria-label="Next track" @click=${this.handleNextClick}>
-          <wa-icon name="forward-step"></wa-icon>
-        </button>
-        <button
-          class=${repeatClasses}
-          aria-label=${`Repeat: ${repeatMode}`}
-          aria-pressed=${repeatMode !== 'off'}
-          @click=${this.handleRepeatClick}
-        >
-          <wa-icon name="repeat"></wa-icon>
-        </button>
+        ${this.slim ? nothing : this.renderShuffle()}
+        ${this.renderPrimary()}
+        ${this.slim ? nothing : this.renderRepeat()}
       </div>
     `;
   }

frontend/src/components/audio-player/progress-line/progress-line.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+import { LitElement, html, css, nothing } from 'lit';
+import { customElement, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+
+import { PlayerController } from '@store/controllers/player-controller';
+import { designTokens } from '../../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { PHONE_QUERY } from '../../../utils/breakpoints';
+
+/**
+ * How far through the song we are, on the border between the mini
+ * player and the tab bar (#58).
+ *
+ * The phone's bottom bar carries three controls and no seek bar — plan
+ * 016 B2 took it out, because 4px of height is not a thumb target and the
+ * full-screen `now-playing-view` is where seeking belongs. What went
+ * with it is the one thing a mini player is expected to say without
+ * being opened: how far through the song it is. This is that, and
+ * only that.
+ *
+ * Four things about it are load-bearing.
+ *
+ * **It is the shell's element, not either bar's.** The mini player and
+ * `<bottom-nav>` are separate components stacked in the shell's grid,
+ * so a line on the border between them is a row of the grid — either
+ * one drawing it means reaching into the other's box for two pixels.
+ *
+ * **It never counts.** The position is pushed at 1 Hz by the backend
+ * (`PlaybackPositionChanged`), and the interval here interpolates
+ * *between* those reports and is stopped and restarted by every one of
+ * them — the seek bar's rule, for the reason the seek bar has it: a
+ * local clock drifted 30 s away from the backend across four keyboard
+ * seeks. The `trackChangeId` and `seq` guards come along for the same
+ * reason: the store is a singleton, so a report about the previous
+ * track must not be adopted, and the same second reported twice still
+ * has to reset the interpolation.
+ *
+ * **It is not a control and cannot become one.** `aria-hidden` on the
+ * host and `pointer-events: none` throughout: the real progress is
+ * announced by the seek bar on Now Playing, and a 2px strip on the top
+ * edge of the tab bar that sometimes seeks is worse than one that
+ * never does. It is also where a thumb aiming at a tab lands.
+ *
+ * **It renders nothing above 600px**, from `matchMedia` rather than a
+ * media query, because that decides whether the element *exists* — and
+ * with it whether a 1 Hz interval runs for the life of every desktop
+ * session about a line nobody can see. `job-band`, `search-trigger`
+ * and `player-controls` are the same pattern for the same reason.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The reporting cadence, matched. This is not the clock: it exists
+ * only so the line moves in the second between two reports, and its
+ * error is discarded by the next one rather than carried.
+ */
+const InterpolationIntervalMillis = 1000;
+
+@customElement('player-progress-line')
+export class PlayerProgressLine extends LitElement {
+    private player = new PlayerController(this);
+
+    /** Phone width. See the class comment: existence, not paint. */
+    @state() private phone = false;
+
+    /** Seconds into the track, from the last report plus interpolation. */
+    @state() private elapsed = 0;
+
+    private previousTrackChangeId = -1;
+
+    /** The sequence number of the last backend report applied. */
+    private previousPositionSeq = -1;
+
+    private timerID = -1;
+
+    private media?: MediaQueryList;
+
+    private onMedia = (e: MediaQueryListEvent) => {
+        this.phone = e.matches;
+    };
+
+    static override styles = [
+        designTokens,
+        css`
+            :host {
+                display: block;
+                /* Not a target, at any depth. */
+                pointer-events: none;
+            }
+
+            .track {
+                height: 2px;
+                background-color: var(--yj-bg-surface, #212529);
+            }
+
+            .fill {
+                height: 100%;
+                background-color: var(--yj-accent, #ffd43b);
+                /* scaleX off a full-width box rather than a width in
+                   percent, so the moving thing is a transform and the
+                   line costs no layout once a second. */
+                transform-origin: left center;
+            }
+        `,
+    ];
+
+    private get trackLength(): number {
+        return this.player.currentTrack?.trackLength ?? 0;
+    }
+
+    override connectedCallback(): void {
+        super.connectedCallback();
+
+        // Decorative in full: the seek bar on Now Playing is what
+        // announces the position, and this says the same thing without
+        // a name, a value or a way to act on it.
+        this.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+
+        this.media = window.matchMedia(PHONE_QUERY);
+        this.phone = this.media.matches;
+        this.media.addEventListener('change', this.onMedia);
+    }
+
+    override disconnectedCallback(): void {
+        super.disconnectedCallback();
+        this.stopInterpolating();
+        this.media?.removeEventListener('change', this.onMedia);
+    }
+
+    override updated(): void {
+        // A track change resets the line, and `trackChangeId` is what
+        // reveals one when the same file plays twice in a row.
+        const currentChangeId = this.player.currentTrack?.trackChangeId ?? -1;
+
+        if (currentChangeId !== this.previousTrackChangeId) {
+            this.previousTrackChangeId = currentChangeId;
+            this.elapsed = this.player.currentTrack?.seekPosition ?? 0;
+            this.stopInterpolating();
+        }
+
+        // The backend's own position wins over anything counted here,
+        // and a report for a track that is no longer loaded is stale by
+        // definition.
+        const position = this.player.position;
+
+        if (
+            position &&
+            position.trackChangeId === currentChangeId &&
+            position.seq !== this.previousPositionSeq
+        ) {
+            this.previousPositionSeq = position.seq;
+            this.elapsed = position.positionSeconds;
+            this.stopInterpolating();
+        }
+
+        // One owner for the interval, as in `seek-bar`: everything that
+        // wants it started or stopped says so by changing state that
+        // brings us back here.
+        if (this.phone && this.player.isPlaying && currentChangeId !== -1) {
+            this.startInterpolating();
+        } else {
+            this.stopInterpolating();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private stopInterpolating(): void {
+        if (this.timerID !== -1) {
+            clearInterval(this.timerID);
+            this.timerID = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private startInterpolating(): void {
+        if (this.timerID !== -1) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.timerID = window.setInterval(() => {
+            if (this.elapsed < this.trackLength) {
+                this.elapsed += 1;
+            }
+        }, InterpolationIntervalMillis);
+    }
+
+    override render() {
+        // Nothing playing is nothing to say, and the grid row is `auto`
+        // so an empty render costs no height at all -- `job-band`'s
+        // rule one row down.
+        if (!this.phone || this.player.currentTrack === null) return nothing;
+
+        const length = this.trackLength;
+        const fraction =
+            length > 0 ? Math.min(1, Math.max(0, this.elapsed / length)) : 0;
+
+        return html`
+            <div class="track" data-testid="progress-line">
+                <div class="fill" style="transform: scaleX(${fraction})"></div>
+            </div>
+        `;
+    }
+}
+
+declare global {
+    interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+        'player-progress-line': PlayerProgressLine;
+    }
+}

frontend/src/components/audio-player/seekbar/seek-bar.ts

@@ -22,23 +22,29 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
   @state()
   private seekValue: number = 0;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether the user is dragging the thumb right now.
+   *
+   * It is `@state` rather than a plain field because `updated()` owns
+   * the interval and only reactive state brings `updated()` round.  A
+   * bare `stopProgress()` in the input handler mutated nothing, so
+   * nothing re-rendered, so the tail of `updated()` that restarts the
+   * interval never ran — and the only things that could restart it
+   * were a `change` event or the next backend report.  Any `input`
+   * without a committed `change` therefore froze the interpolation:
+   * a drag cancelled outside the element, a pointer taken by a scroll,
+   * or a touch on the track treated as a scrub, which on a phone are
+   * ordinary gestures.  While playing, the 1 Hz report papered over it
+   * within a second; with reports not arriving it was permanent.
+   */
+  @state()
+  private dragging: boolean = false;
+
   /** Whether the right-hand clock shows time remaining or total. */
   @state()
   private showRemaining: boolean = true;
 
   static override styles = [designTokens, waSliderLabel, css`
-    /* 12px below the phone breakpoint. The bottom bar's seek bar is
-       display:none there (016 B2 phase 1), so the only instance a
-       viewport media query can reach at that width is the full-screen
-       now-playing view's -- which is exactly the one a thumb uses.
-       The track size lives on wa-slider inside this shadow root, so a
-       custom property set by the host would not reach it. */
-    @media (max-width: 599px) {
-      wa-slider {
-        --track-size: 12px;
-      }
-    }
-
     wa-slider {
       --track-size: 6px;
       flex: 1;
@@ -62,6 +68,57 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
       background: var(--yj-bg-base, black);
     }
 
+    /* The phone's seek bar, and this block is last on purpose.
+
+       A media query adds no specificity, so this lived above the plain
+       "wa-slider" rule and lost to it at every width: the 12px track it
+       asks for had never once applied, and the bar measured 261x6 on
+       the device while the source said 12. That is index.css's rule
+       ("the phone section is last on purpose") met inside a component's
+       own stylesheet, and nothing renders differently in any tier here
+       to say so.
+
+       The bottom bar's seek bar is display:none below this width (016
+       B2 phase 1), so the only instance a viewport media query can
+       reach is the full-screen now-playing view's -- which is exactly
+       the one a thumb uses. The desktop bar keeps its 6px, where a
+       mouse is precise and the thickness is right.
+
+       The painted track and the thing you can hit are allowed to
+       differ, and a slider is the clearest case where they should: 12px
+       is a progress bar you can see, and 44px is the app's touch floor
+       (#56). A 44px-*thick* bar would be wrong-looking and would cost
+       the album art the vertical space #51 spent an issue recovering.
+
+       Two things about how the target is built.
+
+       The padding goes on ::part(slider) rather than on the host,
+       because that inner div is what carries the gesture -- it has the
+       listener and the touch-action: none, and it is exactly the host's
+       size, so padding the host would grow a box that does not take the
+       press.
+
+       The padding is asymmetric and the margins cancel it, so the row
+       does not grow by the difference. Both halves are measured: the
+       seek row is 19px (its clocks, not the track, decide that) and the
+       play button's top edge is 8px below it, so the target takes the
+       space *above*, where .art is a non-interactive div. Growing the
+       row instead cost the art 25px of 143. Verified on the device at
+       424x439: hit area 44px, painted track 12px, row still 19px, art
+       still 143px, 8px of clearance left under the play button, a press
+       26px above the track seeks, and a hit test on the play button's
+       top edge still reaches the play button. */
+    @media (max-width: 599px) {
+      wa-slider {
+        --track-size: 12px;
+      }
+
+      wa-slider::part(slider) {
+        padding-block: 28px 4px;
+        margin-block: -28px -4px;
+      }
+    }
+
     #seek-bar-container {
       display: flex;
       justify-content: space-between;
@@ -133,6 +190,7 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
   override disconnectedCallback() {
     super.disconnectedCallback();
     this.stopProgress();
+    this.endDrag();
   }
 
   override updated() {
@@ -154,18 +212,33 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
     // A report for a track that is no longer loaded is stale by
     // definition: the change id is the only thing that distinguishes
     // it, since the same file can play twice in a row.
+    //
+    // A report arriving mid-drag is deliberately *not* applied: the
+    // thumb belongs to the finger on it, and adopting a report once a
+    // second pulls it back out from under them.  The seq is left
+    // unrecorded too, so the first report after the drag still counts
+    // as fresh.
     const position = this.player.position;
     const forThisTrack =
       position !== null && position.trackChangeId === currentChangeId;
 
-    if (position && forThisTrack && position.seq !== this.previousPositionSeq) {
+    if (
+      position &&
+      forThisTrack &&
+      !this.dragging &&
+      position.seq !== this.previousPositionSeq
+    ) {
       this.previousPositionSeq = position.seq;
       this.seekValue = position.positionSeconds;
       this.stopProgress();
     }
 
-    // Start/stop progress interval based on playback state
-    if (this.isPlaying && this.hasTrack) {
+    // One owner for the interval, and this is it.  Every other place
+    // that wants it started or stopped says so by changing state that
+    // brings us back here, so the timer cannot be left running by a
+    // path that forgot to stop it or stopped by a path that forgot to
+    // start it again.
+    if (this.isPlaying && this.hasTrack && !this.dragging) {
       this.startProgress();
     } else {
       this.stopProgress();
@@ -210,18 +283,48 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
 
   private handleChange(e: Event) {
     const newSeekVal = (e.target as WaSlider).value;
+    this.endDrag();
     this.setSeekValue(newSeekVal);
     this.player.seek(newSeekVal);
+  }
 
-    if (this.isPlaying) {
-      this.startProgress();
+  /**
+   * The user is moving the thumb.
+   *
+   * This only records that fact; `updated()` decides what it means for
+   * the interval.  `seekValue` follows the slider so the clocks track
+   * the thumb during the drag rather than jumping when it is released.
+   */
+  private handleInput(e: Event) {
+    this.setSeekValue((e.target as WaSlider).value);
+
+    if (this.dragging) {
+      return;
     }
+
+    this.dragging = true;
+
+    // A drag that never commits must not strand the flag, or this fix
+    // turns a stall of up to one second into a permanent one -- which
+    // is the failure it exists to remove.  `change` is the ordinary
+    // end; these are the ones that are not, and they are on the
+    // document because the pointer is routinely released outside the
+    // element it started in.  A drag's listeners belong to the drag,
+    // so they go on with it and come off with it.
+    document.addEventListener('pointerup', this.endDrag);
+    document.addEventListener('pointercancel', this.endDrag);
+    document.addEventListener('touchend', this.endDrag);
+    document.addEventListener('touchcancel', this.endDrag);
   }
 
-  // Stops progress while user is dragging the thumb
-  private handleInput() {
-    this.stopProgress();
-  }
+  private endDrag = () => {
+    document.removeEventListener('pointerup', this.endDrag);
+    document.removeEventListener('pointercancel', this.endDrag);
+    document.removeEventListener('touchend', this.endDrag);
+    document.removeEventListener('touchcancel', this.endDrag);
+
+    this.dragging = false;
+  };
 
   private setSeekValue(val: number) {
     if (val < 0) val = 0;

frontend/src/components/audio-player/volume-control/volume-control.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { LitElement, html, css } from 'lit';
+import { LitElement, html, css, nothing } from 'lit';
 import { customElement, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/slider/slider.js';
 import type WaSlider from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/slider/slider.js';
 import { PlayerController } from '@store/controllers/player-controller';
+import { volumeStyleStore } from '@store/volume-style-store';
 import { designTokens } from '../../../styles/tokens.css';
 import { waSliderLabel } from '../../../styles/wa-slider-label.css';
 
@@ -22,6 +23,32 @@ export class VolumeControl extends LitElement {
   @state()
   private showSlider = false;
 
+  /** Whether this is the click-to-open popup rather than a slider. */
+  @state()
+  private popup = volumeStyleStore.popup;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether there is a volume of ours to control at all (#64).
+   *
+   * The decision is made here rather than at either mount point,
+   * because there are two -- the bottom bar's copy lives in
+   * `index.html`, which has no module scope to make it conditional --
+   * and one of them is a control the shell cannot un-render. So the
+   * control answers for itself, and the bar and the phone's
+   * full-screen transport get the same answer without either knowing
+   * the question exists.
+   *
+   * It renders `nothing` *and* hides the host: an empty shadow root is
+   * what stops a positional or role query finding a button that cannot
+   * act, and `:host([hidden])` is what stops the element occupying a
+   * flex item's worth of the transport -- the `:host` display above
+   * outranks the UA's `[hidden]` rule, so it has to be said.
+   */
+  @state()
+  private available = volumeStyleStore.available;
+
+  private unsubscribeStyle?: () => void;
+
   // Locally-tracked volume while the user is actively dragging or scrolling.
   // The store's volume only updates once the backend echoes VolumeChanged
   // (which we debounce), so we track intent here for responsive UI and to let
@@ -36,6 +63,13 @@ export class VolumeControl extends LitElement {
       align-items: center;
     }
 
+    /* See the available field. A gap is only drawn between boxes,
+       so a hidden host costs its parent nothing -- which is where the
+       29px this gives back to Now Playing comes from (#172). */
+    :host([hidden]) {
+      display: none;
+    }
+
     button {
       background: none;
       border: none;
@@ -86,11 +120,31 @@ export class VolumeControl extends LitElement {
       --thumb-height: 16px;
     }
 
-    wa-slider::part(track) {
+    .volume-popup wa-slider::part(track) {
       background: var(--yj-text-primary, white);
       height: 120px;
     }
 
+    /* The inline slider (#42). It is the default now, so the width is
+       a real layout decision rather than a detail: 5em is wide enough
+       to aim at and narrow enough that the bottom bar's *outer*
+       columns stay equal without squeezing the transport — which is
+       the arrangement #23 depends on.
+
+       flex-shrink: 0 for the reason the top bar's children have it
+       (#143): a control that quietly gets narrower under pressure
+       hides the fact that the bar has run out of room. This one stands
+       down at phone width instead, in index.css, where the shell can
+       see the viewport. */
+    .inline-slider {
+      width: 5em;
+      flex-shrink: 0;
+    }
+
+    .inline-slider::part(track) {
+      background: var(--yj-text-primary, white);
+    }
+
     wa-slider::part(indicator) {
       background: var(--yj-accent, yellow);
     }
@@ -122,8 +176,26 @@ export class VolumeControl extends LitElement {
   // LIFECYCLE
   // ===================================================================
 
+  override connectedCallback() {
+    super.connectedCallback();
+
+    this.unsubscribeStyle = volumeStyleStore.subscribe(() => {
+      this.popup = volumeStyleStore.popup;
+      this.setAvailable(volumeStyleStore.available);
+
+      // Switching to the slider while the popup is open would leave the
+      // document listener installed for a popup that no longer renders.
+      if (!this.popup) this.closeSlider();
+    });
+
+    this.setAvailable(volumeStyleStore.available);
+
+    void volumeStyleStore.init();
+  }
+
   override disconnectedCallback() {
     super.disconnectedCallback();
+    this.unsubscribeStyle?.();
     document.removeEventListener('click', this.boundHandleOutsideClick);
     clearTimeout(this.volumeDebounceTimer);
   }
@@ -154,10 +226,12 @@ export class VolumeControl extends LitElement {
   private handleOutsideClick(e: Event) {
     const path = e.composedPath();
 
-    if (!path.includes(this)) {
-      this.showSlider = false;
-      document.removeEventListener('click', this.boundHandleOutsideClick);
-    }
+    if (!path.includes(this)) this.closeSlider();
+  }
+
+  private closeSlider() {
+    this.showSlider = false;
+    document.removeEventListener('click', this.boundHandleOutsideClick);
   }
 
   private handleInput(e: Event) {
@@ -189,21 +263,67 @@ export class VolumeControl extends LitElement {
   // RENDER
   // ===================================================================
 
+  /**
+   * `hidden` is set imperatively rather than reflected from the state,
+   * because it has to be on the *host* and a `@state` does not reflect.
+   * It is the right attribute besides: it takes the element out of the
+   * accessibility tree as well as out of the layout.
+   */
+  private setAvailable(available: boolean) {
+    this.available = available;
+    this.hidden = !available;
+
+    // A popup left open when the control goes away would keep its
+    // document click listener installed for markup that no longer
+    // renders.
+    if (!available) this.closeSlider();
+  }
+
   override render() {
+    if (!this.available) return nothing;
+
     const muted = this.player.muted;
 
+    // Inline, the icon is the mute toggle rather than a disclosure:
+    // there is nothing left to disclose, and a button that opens a
+    // popup containing the slider already beside it would be a control
+    // whose only effect is to duplicate its neighbour.
+    const iconAction = this.popup
+      ? this.toggleSlider
+      : () => this.player.toggleMute();
+    const iconLabel = this.popup
+      ? muted
+        ? 'Muted'
+        : `Volume ${this.currentVolume}%`
+      : muted
+        ? 'Unmute'
+        : 'Mute';
+
     return html`
       <button
         class=${muted ? 'muted' : ''}
         title=${muted ? 'Muted — click for volume' : 'Volume'}
-        aria-label=${muted ? 'Muted' : `Volume ${this.currentVolume}%`}
+        aria-label=${iconLabel}
         data-muted=${muted ? 'true' : 'false'}
-        @click="${this.toggleSlider}"
+        @click="${iconAction}"
         @wheel="${this.handleWheel}"
       >
         <wa-icon name=${this.volumeIcon}></wa-icon>
       </button>
-      ${this.showSlider
+      ${!this.popup
+        ? html`
+            <wa-slider
+              class="inline-slider ${muted ? 'muted' : ''}"
+              label="Volume"
+              min="0"
+              max="100"
+              .value="${this.currentVolume}"
+              @input="${this.handleInput}"
+              @wheel="${this.handleWheel}"
+            ></wa-slider>
+          `
+        : ''}
+      ${this.popup && this.showSlider
         ? html`
             <div
               class="volume-popup ${muted ? 'muted' : ''}"

frontend/src/components/autotag-view/autotag-view.ts

@@ -250,13 +250,20 @@ export class AutotagView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             }
 
             /* Collapsible-section toggle used in the Pending header —
-               transparent button that inherits the header's type. */
+               transparent button that inherits the header's type.
+
+               187x**15** before this (#186), which was the smallest
+               control measured anywhere in the app until the column
+               arrows were counted. It is transparent and full-width
+               already, so the floor costs it a height and nothing
+               else. */
             .section-toggle {
                 display: flex;
                 align-items: center;
                 gap: 0.35rem;
                 flex: 1;
                 min-width: 0;
+                min-block-size: 44px;
                 padding: 0;
                 background: transparent;
                 border: 0;
@@ -274,6 +281,8 @@ export class AutotagView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                 color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
             }
 
+            /* 32x18, and it has no background until hover -- so the
+               padding out to a square target is invisible (#186). */
             .folders-menu-trigger {
                 background: transparent;
                 border: 0;
@@ -281,6 +290,8 @@ export class AutotagView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                 font-size: 1.1rem;
                 line-height: 1;
                 padding: 0.1rem 0.4rem;
+                min-inline-size: 44px;
+                min-block-size: 44px;
                 border-radius: 3px;
                 cursor: pointer;
             }
@@ -293,7 +304,10 @@ export class AutotagView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             .folders-refresh-trigger {
                 display: flex;
                 align-items: center;
+                justify-content: center;
                 font-size: 0.95rem;
+                min-inline-size: 44px;
+                min-block-size: 44px;
             }
 
             .folders-refresh-trigger:disabled {

frontend/src/components/bottom-nav/bottom-nav.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/drawer/drawer.js';
 import type WaDrawer from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/drawer/drawer.js';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { sheetScrollFade } from '../../styles/sheet-scroll.css';
 import '../sidebar/app-sidebar.js';
 import { nameDialog } from '@utils/name-dialog';
 import { ICON_PLAYLIST } from '@utils/icon-language';
@@ -27,15 +28,43 @@ interface Tab {
  * three to five items before the targets stop being thumb-sized —
  * 360 px over eleven sidebar entries is 32 px each — so the four here
  * are the ones plan 016's subset says a phone is *for*, and "More"
- * opens the existing `<app-sidebar>` in a drawer. That is deliberately
+ * opens the existing `<app-sidebar>` in a sheet. That is deliberately
  * a reuse rather than a second nav: two lists of destinations is two
  * places to add the next view to, and the sidebar already carries the
  * drag-to-navigate behaviour, the active state and the labels.
  *
+ * **"More" rises from the bottom, and it is the same sheet a context
+ * menu is** (#71). It was a `wa-drawer` sliding in from the side: a
+ * 200px column of a 424px screen, opening away from the thumb that
+ * asked for it, with three nested scrollers in it — the dialog, its
+ * body, and the sidebar's own `overflow-y: auto` host — which is the
+ * "only part of the screen scrolls under my finger" in the report.
+ *
+ * Three things about the replacement are load-bearing.
+ *
+ * **It is the same element with another `placement`, not a new
+ * surface.** `wa-drawer` renders a native `<dialog>` and opens it with
+ * `showModal()`, which is exactly what `menu-surface`'s sheet relies
+ * on — Chrome 37, the real top layer — so #60's containment finding
+ * carries over with nothing new to prove, and the focus trap, Escape,
+ * tap-outside and `wa-after-hide` all come along unchanged.
+ *
+ * **The body is the only scroller**, with `overscroll-behavior:
+ * contain`, and the sidebar is told to stop being one. Nesting them is
+ * what makes a drag scroll the wrong box.
+ *
+ * **The sidebar is still mounted rather than re-listed as data**,
+ * which the issue offers as an alternative. Its `data-testid` per
+ * destination is the reason: the shell's own sidebar is `display:
+ * none` below 600px rather than removed, so a second list drawing
+ * `nav-*` handles is the duplication this component already renders
+ * conditionally to avoid — and it would be a second place to add the
+ * next view to, with its own copy of #25's visibility filter.
+ *
  * It emits the same bubbling, composed `navigate` event the sidebar
  * does, so `index.ts` needs no knowledge of it, and it listens for that
  * event globally for the same reason the sidebar does: a navigation it
- * did not send (a card click, a detail view, the drawer) still has to
+ * did not send (a card click, a detail view, the sheet) still has to
  * move the highlight.
  */
 @customElement('bottom-nav')
@@ -89,6 +118,17 @@ export class BottomNav extends LitElement {
             color: var(--yj-accent, #ffd43b);
         }
 
+        /* The press state (#54). This bar is the phone's primary
+           navigation and had no feedback of its own at all -- what a
+           tap produced was the web view's tap highlight, a grey box
+           over the whole 48px cell, which index.css has now taken
+           away. The .active rule above is which tab you are *on*; this
+           is the tab being pressed, so they are a colour and a
+           background rather than two colours. */
+        button:active {
+            background-color: var(--yj-press-overlay, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12));
+        }
+
         button:focus-visible {
             outline: 2px solid var(--yj-accent, #ffd43b);
             outline-offset: -2px;
@@ -104,15 +144,76 @@ export class BottomNav extends LitElement {
             white-space: nowrap;
         }
 
-        wa-drawer::part(body) {
-            padding: 0;
+        /* The sheet. --size is the drawer's own API for the axis its
+           placement uses, so auto is what makes it hug its content
+           instead of being a fixed 25rem band; the rest is the shape
+           the menu-surface context sheet already has, so a phone meets
+           one sheet rather than two. 85vh for its reason too: a surface
+           covering the whole screen is a page, not a sheet. */
+        wa-drawer {
+            --size: auto;
         }
 
+        wa-drawer::part(dialog) {
+            max-height: 85vh;
+            border-radius: 12px 12px 0 0;
+            /* The sidebar paints its own surface, so the sheet takes
+               that colour rather than the menus' elevated one: two
+               greys in one sheet is a seam across the middle of it. */
+            background-color: var(--yj-bg-surface, #212529);
+            /* One scroller, and it is the body below. The dialog's own
+               overflow: auto is what let the sheet scroll as well as
+               its content, and it is also what would square off the
+               corners this rule just rounded. */
+            overflow: hidden;
+        }
+
+        /* And this list does not fit (#210): measured at 424x439 with
+           the seed's eight destinations, the body is scrollHeight 412
+           against clientHeight 373, and eleven items at 48px would be
+           528 -- the count is the user's since #25. So the sheet says
+           where the fold is, with styles/sheet-scroll.css's two layers
+           rather than a second answer to the question #207 settled for
+           the context sheet. The colour is the local half: the sidebar
+           paints --yj-bg-surface, so the cover does too, or the fade
+           draws the menus' grey across the bottom of this one. */
+        wa-drawer::part(body) {
+            padding: 0;
+            /* A scroll that reaches the end of this list must not
+               become a scroll of the page underneath it. */
+            overscroll-behavior: contain;
+            /* The sheet sits on the bottom edge, so the last
+               destination would otherwise be under the home indicator
+               on a gesture-navigation phone -- the same allowance the
+               bar itself makes above. */
+            padding-bottom: env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0);
+            --yj-sheet-surface: var(--yj-bg-surface, #212529);
+            ${sheetScrollFade}
+        }
+
+        /* And the sheet paints that surface once. The sidebar's host
+           paints the same grey -- which in the shell is the sidebar's
+           own background and here is a second, opaque copy of the
+           sheet's, drawn *over* the body's layers. So the fade was
+           painted and then covered: measured at 424x439 before this
+           rule, the last 32px read a flat 52,58,64 with 39px still
+           below. menu-surface meets the same requirement from the
+           other side, where .context-menu-panel[data-sheet] is
+           background-color: transparent; nothing changes visually
+           here, because the colour underneath is the one being
+           removed. */
         app-sidebar {
-            /* The sidebar sizes itself inline and collapses to icons
-               below 900px, which is every phone.  In the drawer there
-               is room for the labels, so it is told not to. */
-            height: 100%;
+            background-color: transparent;
+        }
+
+        /* A sheet is dragged at with a thumb, so it says where its top
+           edge is. Decorative: the destinations are below it. */
+        .grip {
+            width: 36px;
+            height: 4px;
+            margin: 8px auto 4px;
+            border-radius: 2px;
+            background: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
         }
     `];
 
@@ -147,7 +248,7 @@ export class BottomNav extends LitElement {
     private visibilityCtrl = new ViewVisibilityController(this);
 
     /**
-     * Whether the drawer has been asked for.
+     * Whether the sheet has been asked for.
      *
      * The sidebar inside it is rendered only while this is true, and
      * that is not an optimisation. `app-sidebar` carries a
@@ -189,15 +290,17 @@ export class BottomNav extends LitElement {
 
     override updated() {
         // Web Awesome renders its heading into its own shadow root and
-        // never points aria-labelledby at it, so the drawer would
+        // never points aria-labelledby at it, so the sheet would
         // otherwise be announced unnamed -- the same fix, and the same
         // reason, as every wa-dialog in the app. A drawer's shadow root
-        // has the same shape, so the helper needs no change.
+        // has the same shape, so the helper needs no change; under
+        // `without-header` there is no heading to point at, which is
+        // that helper's documented `aria-label` path.
         nameDialog(this.drawer);
     }
 
     private onGlobalNavigate = () => {
-        // A navigation from inside the drawer is the drawer's job done.
+        // A navigation from inside the sheet is the sheet's job done.
         // The highlight is not this listener's business any more.
         this.drawerOpen = false;
     };
@@ -263,12 +366,14 @@ export class BottomNav extends LitElement {
             </nav>
 
             <wa-drawer
-                placement="start"
+                placement="bottom"
+                without-header
                 label="All views"
                 data-testid="nav-drawer"
                 ?open=${this.drawerOpen}
                 @wa-after-hide=${this.onDrawerHide}
             >
+                <div class="grip"></div>
                 ${this.drawerOpen
                     ? html`<app-sidebar expanded></app-sidebar>`
                     : nothing}

frontend/src/components/config-page/config-field.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,21 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
             gap: 0.5em;
         }
 
+        /* Every control here meets the app's 44px touch floor (#186).
+
+           This is the shape every row in Settings uses, so it is the
+           one rule that covers the most controls -- and it is the
+           *cheapest* place to reach the floor, because there is no
+           overflow fit on this page. The page header's had one (#69),
+           which is why that pass had to grow padding and hand the
+           width back with a negative margin; here the control is a
+           block in a column and a taller box costs nothing but the
+           height it takes.
+
+           Measured on the reference device before this: the select
+           335x30, the text and number inputs the same, the browse
+           button 30 tall, the colour swatch 33x33 and the toggle
+           **34x19**. */
         input[type='text'],
         input[type='number'] {
             background: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
@@ -95,6 +110,7 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
             font-size: 0.85em;
             font-family: inherit;
             min-width: 0;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
             flex: 1;
         }
 
@@ -117,6 +133,7 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
             font-size: 0.85em;
             font-family: inherit;
             cursor: pointer;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
             flex: 1;
         }
 
@@ -139,6 +156,7 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
             font-size: 0.85em;
             cursor: pointer;
             white-space: nowrap;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
         }
 
         button:hover {
@@ -158,8 +176,12 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
         }
 
         input[type='color'] {
-            width: 2.5em;
-            height: 2.5em;
+            /* border-box, or the 2px border makes this 48 and the
+               assertion below reads as passing by four pixels of
+               border rather than by the rule. */
+            box-sizing: border-box;
+            width: 44px;
+            height: 44px;
             border: 2px solid var(--yj-border, #444);
             border-radius: 4px;
             padding: 0;
@@ -187,12 +209,32 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
             display: flex;
             align-items: center;
             justify-content: space-between;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
         }
 
+        /* The toggle is the one control here whose target and paint
+           must differ, and it is also the one no sweep can see.
+
+           Its <input> is opacity: 0; width: 0; height: 0, so a
+           walk of every input on the page skips it as a zero-sized
+           node -- the thing a finger actually hits is this <label>,
+           which measured **34x19**. That is smaller than anything in
+           #186's original table and it is absent from it for exactly
+           that reason.
+
+           A 44px pill is not what a switch should look like, so the
+           box is 44px and the paint is not: .toggle-slider is a
+           2.5em x 1.4em child centred in it rather than an absolute
+           fill. The negative inline margins hand the extra width back
+           to the layout, so the pill stays flush with the right edge
+           of the inputs in the rows above it -- the header pass's
+           shape, used here for alignment rather than for a fit. */
         .toggle-switch {
-            position: relative;
-            width: 2.5em;
-            height: 1.4em;
+            display: grid;
+            place-items: center;
+            inline-size: 44px;
+            block-size: 44px;
+            margin-inline: calc((2.5em - 44px) / 2);
         }
 
         .toggle-switch input {
@@ -202,9 +244,10 @@ export class ConfigField extends LitElement {
         }
 
         .toggle-slider {
-            position: absolute;
+            position: relative;
             cursor: pointer;
-            inset: 0;
+            inline-size: 2.5em;
+            block-size: 1.4em;
             background: var(--yj-bg-overlay, #495057);
             border-radius: 1em;
             transition: background 0.2s;

frontend/src/components/config-page/config-page.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import {
     SetQueueFallback,
     GetAllowMeteredCatalogDownload,
     SetAllowMeteredCatalogDownload,
+    GetPopupVolume,
+    SetPopupVolume,
 } from '@go/config/config.js';
 import { GetIndexStatus } from '@go/explore/service.js';
 import { notificationStore } from '@store/notification-store';
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ import {
 
 import './config-field';
 import './config-section';
+// The view filter's home (#148). The same component the top bar
+// carries, placed a second time rather than reimplemented -- two
+// definitions of "which library am I browsing" is what this is for.
+import '@components/library-filter/library-filter';
 import './download-clients';
 import './shortcut-capture';
 import { confirmAction } from '../confirm-dialog/confirm-dialog';
@@ -125,6 +131,8 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
     @state() private concurrencyMode = 'auto';
     @state() private defaultPage = 'home';
     @state() private queueFallback = 'favorites';
+
+    @state() private popupVolume = false;
     @state() private indexStatus: explore.IndexStatus | null = null;
     /** Three states, not one: the panel used to say "Loading status…"
      *  for the entire session, because the only thing that ever set
@@ -168,6 +176,13 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             cursor: pointer;
             transition: background-color 0.15s ease;
             white-space: nowrap;
+            /* The app's 44px touch floor (#56, #186), stated once for
+               all 41 buttons this page renders rather than per class.
+               Height is free here: Settings has no overflow fit, so
+               the header's "only width is contested" rule does not
+               bind, and the two classes that need more than a height
+               say so below. */
+            min-block-size: 44px;
         }
 
         button:disabled {
@@ -227,6 +242,42 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             flex-wrap: wrap;
         }
 
+        /* #148, and the second half of #57.
+
+           library-filter is the only control in the app that calls
+           setSelectedLibrary, and it lived in the top bar -- which
+           #57 takes out of the layout on a phone, and which #143
+           already refused to hide as a fit step precisely because
+           hiding it takes away an action. So the selection gets a home
+           that does not depend on that bar existing.
+
+           At every width, not below 600px: a phone-only copy would be
+           a second place the control lives, and "where do I change
+           which library I am browsing" having two answers by size is
+           the fault, not the fix. */
+        .library-scope {
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: center;
+            justify-content: space-between;
+            gap: 1em;
+            flex-wrap: wrap;
+            margin-bottom: 1em;
+        }
+
+        .library-scope .scope-label {
+            font-weight: 600;
+            font-size: 0.85em;
+            color: var(--yj-text-primary, #fff);
+            display: block;
+        }
+
+        .library-scope .scope-description {
+            font-size: 0.75em;
+            color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
+            margin: 0.35em 0 0;
+            max-width: 40em;
+        }
+
         .save-row {
             display: flex;
             gap: 0.5em;
@@ -465,11 +516,24 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             margin: 0;
         }
 
+        /* The two column lists are the densest thing in the app, and
+           the density argument is why they are shaped the way they
+           are rather than simply grown (#186).
+
+           Measured on the reference device: the row was already
+           335x36 -- it is the controls *inside* it that were 16x16 and
+           **16x14**, the smallest anywhere in this app, 36 of them.
+           So the fix grows the controls into the row they already
+           occupy and only takes the row from 36 to 44, which over the
+           two lists (10 and 19 items) is 232px of extra scroll on a
+           439px screen. Growing each control to its own 44px row
+           instead would have cost four screens. */
         .column-item {
             display: flex;
-            align-items: center;
+            align-items: stretch;
             gap: 0.5em;
-            padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
+            padding: 0 0.75em;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
             border-bottom: 1px solid
                 var(--yj-border-subtle, #333);
             font-size: 0.85em;
@@ -487,8 +551,19 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
         }
 
+        /* A native checkbox cannot grow its hit area without growing
+           its paint, and a 44px checkbox is not what anyone wants. So
+           the target is the label instead: .column-label is a real
+           <label for> now, which makes the column's *name* the thing
+           you tap -- ~250x44 rather than 16x16.
+
+           That is the argument config-field already makes one file
+           over for its own labels: "a real label association also
+           makes the label text a click target for the control, which
+           is behaviour, not annotation". Here it is the whole fix. */
         .column-toggle {
             cursor: pointer;
+            align-self: center;
             accent-color: var(
                 --yj-accent,
                 #ffd43b
@@ -497,20 +572,32 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
 
         .column-label {
             flex: 1;
+            display: flex;
+            align-items: center;
+            cursor: pointer;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
         }
 
         .view-note {
             color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
             font-size: var(--yj-font-size-sm, 0.85rem);
             margin-left: auto;
+            /* The row stretches its children so the label can be a
+               full-height target; this is text, not a target. */
+            align-self: center;
         }
 
         .column-arrows {
             display: flex;
+            align-items: stretch;
             gap: 0.15em;
             margin-left: auto;
         }
 
+        /* 16x14 before this, and they carry background: none and a
+           transparent border -- so padding out to 44px grows the
+           target and changes nothing anyone can see until hover,
+           which is precisely what #186's Direction asks for. */
         .column-arrow-btn {
             background: none;
             border: 1px solid transparent;
@@ -520,6 +607,8 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             font-size: 0.65em;
             line-height: 1;
             padding: 0.2em 0.35em;
+            min-inline-size: 44px;
+            min-block-size: 44px;
             transition:
                 color 0.15s,
                 border-color 0.15s;
@@ -667,6 +756,11 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
             padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
             letter-spacing: 2px;
             border-radius: 4px;
+            /* Square, so it needs the width too -- the shared rule
+               above only gives it a height. It was 31x31, and it is
+               the only route to "Remove library", which is the case
+               #55 settled one component over: the way out is 44px. */
+            min-inline-size: 44px;
         }
 
         .overflow-btn:hover {
@@ -938,20 +1032,28 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
 
     private async loadLibraries(): Promise<void> {
         try {
-            const [libs, mode, defaultPage, queueFallback, allowMetered] =
-                await Promise.all([
-                    GetAllLibrariesWithTrackCounts(),
-                    GetScanConcurrency(),
-                    GetDefaultPage(),
-                    GetQueueFallback(),
-                    GetAllowMeteredCatalogDownload(),
-                ]);
+            const [
+                libs,
+                mode,
+                defaultPage,
+                queueFallback,
+                allowMetered,
+                popupVolume,
+            ] = await Promise.all([
+                GetAllLibrariesWithTrackCounts(),
+                GetScanConcurrency(),
+                GetDefaultPage(),
+                GetQueueFallback(),
+                GetAllowMeteredCatalogDownload(),
+                GetPopupVolume(),
+            ]);
 
             this.libraries = libs ?? [];
             this.concurrencyMode = mode;
             this.defaultPage = defaultPage;
             this.queueFallback = queueFallback;
             this.allowMeteredCatalogDownload = allowMetered;
+            this.popupVolume = popupVolume;
 
         } catch (err) {
             console.error(
@@ -1858,10 +1960,51 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                     .value=${this.queueFallback}
                     @config-change=${this.handleQueueFallbackChange}
                 ></config-field>
+                <config-field
+                    .schema=${{
+                        key: 'popupVolume',
+                        label: 'Volume opens in a popup',
+                        description:
+                            'Off, the volume slider is always visible in the '
+                            + 'player bar. On, it hides behind the speaker '
+                            + 'icon. The slider stands down on a phone either '
+                            + 'way, where the hardware keys own volume.',
+                        type: 'toggle' as const,
+                    }}
+                    .value=${this.popupVolume}
+                    @config-change=${this.handlePopupVolumeChange}
+                ></config-field>
             </config-section>
         `;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The volume control's presentation (#42).
+     *
+     * In General rather than beside the theme because it is about the
+     * transport's behaviour rather than its colours, and next to "When
+     * the Queue Ends" because both are answers to "how should the
+     * player behave".
+     */
+    private handlePopupVolumeChange = (
+        e: CustomEvent<ConfigFieldChangeEvent>,
+    ): void => {
+        const popup = Boolean(e.detail.value);
+        const previous = this.popupVolume;
+
+        this.popupVolume = popup;
+
+        void SetPopupVolume(popup).catch((err: unknown) => {
+            console.error('failed to save the volume control setting', err);
+            this.popupVolume = previous;
+            notificationStore.transient({
+                key: 'popup-volume-setting',
+                title: 'Setting not saved',
+                text: describeError(err, 'That setting could not be saved.'),
+            });
+        });
+    };
+
     // --- Navigation section ---
 
     /**
@@ -1910,6 +2053,7 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                                 class="column-item ${checked ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"
                             >
                                 <input
+                                    id="view-${v.id}"
                                     type="checkbox"
                                     class="column-toggle"
                                     aria-label="Show ${v.label} in the navigation"
@@ -1921,9 +2065,9 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                         (e.target as HTMLInputElement).checked,
                     )}
                                 />
-                                <span class="column-label">
+                                <label class="column-label" for="view-${v.id}">
                                     ${v.label}
-                                </span>
+                                </label>
                                 ${note
                     ? html`<span class="view-note">${note}</span>`
                     : nothing}
@@ -2119,6 +2263,7 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                                 class="column-item ${checked ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"
                             >
                                 <input
+                                    id="column-${id}"
                                     type="checkbox"
                                     class="column-toggle"
                                     aria-label="Show the ${columnLabel} column"
@@ -2129,11 +2274,12 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                                             id,
                                         )}
                                 />
-                                <span
+                                <label
                                     class="column-label"
+                                    for="column-${id}"
                                 >
                                     ${columnLabel}
-                                </span>
+                                </label>
                                 <span
                                     class="column-arrows"
                                 >
@@ -2317,6 +2463,21 @@ export class ConfigPage extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                     for new and changed files."
                 .open=${true}
             >
+                <div class="library-scope">
+                    <div>
+                        <span class="scope-label">Showing</span>
+                        <p class="scope-description">
+                            Which library the Albums, Artists and Genres
+                            views show. This is a view filter, not a
+                            setting about the libraries themselves — the
+                            list below is where they are added, renamed
+                            and scanned.
+                        </p>
+                    </div>
+                    <library-filter data-testid="settings-library-filter">
+                    </library-filter>
+                </div>
+
                 <div class="scan-actions">
                     <button
                         class="btn-primary"

frontend/src/components/config-page/download-clients.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/switch/switch.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/spinner/spinner.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/callout/callout.js';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { waTouchFloor } from '../../styles/wa-touch-floor.css';
 import type {
     DownloadDescriptor,
     DownloadProvider,
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ export class DownloadClients extends LitElement {
 
     static override styles = [
         designTokens,
+        waTouchFloor,
         css`
             :host {
                 display: block;
@@ -239,12 +241,17 @@ export class DownloadClients extends LitElement {
                 margin-top: 0.4em;
             }
 
+            /* The checkbox is 16x16 and cannot grow without becoming
+               a 44px checkbox, but it is already wrapped in the label
+               that names it -- so the label is the target and only
+               needs the height (#186). Eight of them. */
             .format-option {
                 display: flex;
                 align-items: center;
                 gap: 0.4em;
                 font-size: 0.9em;
                 cursor: pointer;
+                min-block-size: 44px;
             }
         `,
     ];

frontend/src/components/config-page/shortcut-capture.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ export class ShortcutCapture extends LitElement {
         :host {
             display: inline-block;
         }
+        /* 80x25, twenty-six of them -- the most numerous control on
+           the Settings page after the column lists (#186). The floor
+           is a height here and nothing else: the width was already
+           past it, and the type stays where it is so a shortcut still
+           reads as a key rather than as a button. */
         button {
             font-family: inherit;
             font-size: var(--yj-text-sm, 13px);
@@ -35,6 +40,7 @@ export class ShortcutCapture extends LitElement {
             color: var(--yj-text-primary, #eee);
             cursor: pointer;
             min-width: 80px;
+            min-height: 44px;
             text-align: center;
             transition:
                 border-color 0.15s,
@@ -61,6 +67,11 @@ export class ShortcutCapture extends LitElement {
                 opacity: 0.7;
             }
         }
+        /* Reset renders only for a rebound shortcut, so a sweep of a
+           freshly-installed app never sees it -- it is not in #186's
+           tables for that reason, and it is a touch target the moment
+           anybody uses the feature. It also has no background, so the
+           padding out to 44px is invisible. */
         .reset-btn {
             font-size: var(--yj-text-xs, 11px);
             padding: 2px 6px;
@@ -69,7 +80,8 @@ export class ShortcutCapture extends LitElement {
             background: transparent;
             color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
             cursor: pointer;
-            min-width: auto;
+            min-width: 44px;
+            min-height: 44px;
             opacity: 0;
             transition: opacity 0.15s;
         }
@@ -79,6 +91,17 @@ export class ShortcutCapture extends LitElement {
         .reset-btn:hover {
             color: var(--yj-accent-text, #ffd43b);
         }
+        /*
+         * Reset is the only way to put a rebound shortcut back, so where
+         * the device has no hover it is always visible rather than an
+         * invisible button holding its hit area. The inverse of #68's
+         * rule, which applies where the hover control is redundant.
+         */
+        @media not all and (hover: hover) {
+            .reset-btn {
+                opacity: 1;
+            }
+        }
     `;
 
     private handleClick = () => {

frontend/src/components/cover-grid/cover-grid.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import '@lit-labs/virtualizer';
 import type {
     LitVirtualizer,
+    RangeChangedEvent,
     VisibilityChangedEvent,
 } from '@lit-labs/virtualizer';
 import { grid } from '@lit-labs/virtualizer/layouts/grid.js';
@@ -23,12 +24,14 @@ import { gridColumnsFor, gridSpacingFor } from '@utils/grid-spacing';
 import { queueStore } from '@store/queue-store';
 import type { QueueSource } from '@store/queue-store';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
-import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import type { MenuSurface } from '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
+import '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dropdown-item/dropdown-item.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@components/playlist-picker/playlist-picker.js';
 import { loadTrackDetails } from '@utils/lazy-track-details.js';
 import { tracksByFilePath, tracksForPaths } from '@utils/track-index.js';
+import { prefetchImageWindow } from '@utils/image-prefetch.js';
 import type { TrackDetails } from '@components/track-details/track-details.js';
 import type { CoverArtUrls } from '@components/track-details/track-details.js';
 import { AlbumSelectionManager } from './album-selection.js';
@@ -51,9 +54,11 @@ import {
     ContextMenuController,
     isContextMenuKey,
 } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
-import type { ContextMenuHost } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
+import type { ContextMenuHost, MenuTarget } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
 import { FavoritesController } from '@store/controllers/favorites-controller';
 import { creditLink, exploreLinkStyles } from '../../utils/explore-link';
+import { goToMenuItems } from '../../utils/go-to-menu';
+import type { GoToTarget } from '../../utils/go-to-menu';
 import { creditStore } from '@store/credit-store';
 import {
     createAlbumArtDragImage,
@@ -415,17 +420,17 @@ export class CoverGrid
     splitIndex = 0;
 
     @query('#context-menu')
-    private contextMenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private contextMenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     @query('#playlist-submenu')
-    private playlistSubmenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private playlistSubmenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     // ContextMenuHost interface.
-    getContextMenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getContextMenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.contextMenuPopup;
     }
 
-    getPlaylistSubmenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getPlaylistSubmenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.playlistSubmenuPopup;
     }
 
@@ -907,6 +912,31 @@ export class CoverGrid
         );
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Warm the covers just past the rendered range (#65).
+     *
+     * `rangeChanged` rather than `visibilityChanged`, because the two
+     * report different ranges and only one of them is the right
+     * anchor: visibility is what is on screen, and the virtualizer has
+     * already rendered about 1000px past that. Measured from the
+     * visible range this would spend most of its window on cards that
+     * already exist and have already asked for their own art.
+     *
+     * The entry lists are memoized, so asking for one here costs a
+     * reference compare.
+     */
+    private onRangeChanged = (e: RangeChangedEvent) => {
+        const entries = this.splitMode
+            ? this.getBeforeEntries()
+            : this.buildGridEntries();
+
+        prefetchImageWindow(entries, e.first, e.last, (entry) =>
+            entry.album.CoverArtPath
+                ? this.getCoverUrl(entry.album)
+                : '',
+        );
+    };
+
     /* ====================================================================
      * Virtualizer items
      * ==================================================================== */
@@ -2000,6 +2030,7 @@ export class CoverGrid
                 @keydown=${this.onGridAlbumKeydown}
                 @contextmenu=${this.onGridAlbumContextMenu}
                 @visibilityChanged=${this.onVisibilityChanged}
+                @rangeChanged=${this.onRangeChanged}
             ></lit-virtualizer>
         `;
     }
@@ -2034,6 +2065,7 @@ export class CoverGrid
                 @keydown=${this.onGridAlbumKeydown}
                 @contextmenu=${this.onGridAlbumContextMenu}
                 @visibilityChanged=${this.onVisibilityChanged}
+                @rangeChanged=${this.onRangeChanged}
             ></lit-virtualizer>
 
             <album-dropdown
@@ -2083,15 +2115,36 @@ export class CoverGrid
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The artist an album card's menu can navigate to — the card's own
+     * credit line, which stops being a link below the phone breakpoint
+     * (#67).
+     *
+     * A *track* target gets nothing: the dropdown's rows carry no
+     * links of their own, and the album they sit under is the card
+     * that opened them.
+     */
+    private get goToTarget(): GoToTarget | undefined {
+        if (this.contextMenuTarget.kind !== 'album') return undefined;
+
+        const album = this.albums.find(
+            (a) => a.ID === this.contextMenuAlbumId,
+        );
+
+        if (!album) return undefined;
+
+        return {
+            artistName: album.ArtistName,
+            artistMBID: album.ArtistMBID,
+        };
+    }
+
     private renderContextMenu() {
         const { ctxMenu } = this;
 
         return html`
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="context-menu"
-                placement="bottom-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen}
             >
                 ${ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen
@@ -2201,16 +2254,20 @@ export class CoverGrid
                                         </wa-dropdown-item>
                                     `
                                   : nothing}
+                              ${goToMenuItems(this.goToTarget, {
+                                  onSelect: () => ctxMenu.close(),
+                                  onHover: () =>
+                                      ctxMenu.closePlaylistSubmenu(),
+                              })}
                           </div>
                       `
                 : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
 
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="playlist-submenu"
+                label="Add to playlist"
                 placement="right-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${ctxMenu.playlistSubmenuOpen}
             >
                 ${ctxMenu.playlistSubmenuOpen
@@ -2232,7 +2289,7 @@ export class CoverGrid
                           </div>
                       `
                 : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
 
             <track-details></track-details>
         `;

frontend/src/components/downloads-view/downloads-view.ts

@@ -93,8 +93,26 @@ export class DownloadsView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
                 border-bottom: 1px solid var(--yj-bg-overlay, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08));
             }
 
+            /* 85x34 and 96x34 before this (#186). A tab is the only
+               route to the panel it names, so it is the last control
+               that should be hard to hit -- and the underline that
+               marks the active one is drawn on the bottom border,
+               which a taller box moves further from the label. So the
+               height goes on *padding*, keeping the border against
+               the label rather than 10px below a centred one.
+
+               The min-size is the floor and is not redundant: padding
+               alone made this 44px here and **43px in CI**, because
+               the total is 13 + 13 + 2 + whatever line box the font
+               gives 13px text, and ubuntu:24.04's is a pixel shorter
+               than this machine's. A height computed from a font's
+               line box is not a height you control -- the same
+               mistake #195 made about a layout property measured on
+               one engine, one layer down, and caught here by the test
+               rather than by a person. */
             .tab {
-                padding: 8px 14px;
+                min-block-size: 44px;
+                padding: 13px 14px;
                 font-size: 13px;
                 font-weight: 600;
                 color: var(--yj-text-secondary, #b3b3b3);

frontend/src/components/explore-album-details/explore-album-details.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { LitElement, html, css, nothing } from 'lit';
 import { customElement, property, state, query } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { classMap } from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { backButton } from '../../styles/back-button.css';
 import { srOnly } from '../../styles/sr-only.css';
 import { unownedLabel, unownedStyles } from '@utils/ownership';
 import {
@@ -49,9 +50,11 @@ import {
     contextMenuStyles,
     isContextMenuKey,
 } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
-import type { ContextMenuHost } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
+import type { ContextMenuHost, MenuTarget } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
 import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import type { MenuSurface } from '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
+import '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dropdown-item/dropdown-item.js';
 import { dictByName } from '@utils/binding';
 import type { TrackDetails } from '@components/track-details/track-details.js';
@@ -327,7 +330,7 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
     @state() private ctxMenuTrack: MBTrack | null = null;
 
     @query('#track-context-menu')
-    private contextMenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private contextMenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     @query('#playlist-submenu')
     private playlistSubmenuPopup?: WaPopup;
@@ -337,11 +340,11 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
 
     // -- ContextMenuHost interface --
 
-    getContextMenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getContextMenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.contextMenuPopup;
     }
 
-    getPlaylistSubmenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getPlaylistSubmenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.playlistSubmenuPopup;
     }
 
@@ -353,6 +356,7 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
 
     static override styles = [
         designTokens,
+        backButton,
         exploreLinkStyles,
         contextMenuStyles,
         srOnly,
@@ -377,25 +381,6 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
                     var(--yj-border-subtle, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06));
             }
 
-            .back-button {
-                display: flex;
-                align-items: center;
-                justify-content: center;
-                width: 32px;
-                height: 32px;
-                border: none;
-                border-radius: 50%;
-                background: var(--yj-bg-overlay, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06));
-                color: var(--yj-text-primary, #fff);
-                cursor: pointer;
-                flex-shrink: 0;
-                transition: background-color 0.15s ease;
-            }
-
-            .back-button:hover {
-                background: var(--yj-bg-hover, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12));
-            }
-
             .back-button wa-icon {
                 font-size: 16px;
             }
@@ -890,6 +875,67 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
             .track-row .track-request {
                 flex-shrink: 0;
             }
+
+            /* ── The phone (#66) ──
+             *
+             * **This block is last on purpose**, for index.css's
+             * reason: a media query adds no specificity, so a rule
+             * written above the plain one it overrides loses to it and
+             * every declaration here is silently dead.
+             *
+             * Two faults, one shape. The page is a fixed header over a
+             * scrolling tracklist — the desktop arrangement — so at the
+             * reference device's 424x439 the header owned 253 of the
+             * panel's 318px and the tracklist scrolled inside the 64px
+             * that were left. And the header's flex row squeezed
+             * .album-info to 112px, so the title drew as one ellipsised
+             * glyph and two of the album's three primary actions were
+             * clipped by the host's own overflow: Shuffle album ended
+             * at x=443 in a 424px box, unreachable by any gesture.
+             *
+             * .album-info carries min-width: 0 and was shrinking as
+             * asked, so another one is not the fix — the row has to
+             * stack, or the info column has nothing to be wide with.
+             *
+             * The scroller moves to the host and .content stops being
+             * one, which is what makes the header scroll away; the
+             * tracklist is plain DOM rather than a virtualizer, so
+             * nothing inside wants a scroll window of its own. */
+            @media (max-width: 599px) {
+                :host {
+                    overflow-y: auto;
+                }
+
+                .album-header {
+                    flex-direction: column;
+                    align-items: flex-start;
+                    gap: 12px;
+                    padding: 12px 16px;
+                }
+
+                /* Stacked, the art is the whole of the header's width
+                 * budget and its 200px square is 45% of the reference
+                 * device's height. It is still what identifies the
+                 * album, so it shrinks rather than going. */
+                .cover-art-container {
+                    width: 140px;
+                    height: 140px;
+                }
+
+                /* A column flex item takes its content's width from
+                 * align-items: flex-start above, which would leave the
+                 * actions wrapping inside a box narrower than the row
+                 * they now have to themselves. */
+                .album-info {
+                    align-self: stretch;
+                }
+
+                .content {
+                    flex: 0 0 auto;
+                    overflow-y: visible;
+                    padding: 16px 16px 24px;
+                }
+            }
         `,
     ];
 
@@ -3145,10 +3191,14 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
         return html`
             ${artist
                 ? html`<div class="album-artist">
+                      <!-- keepOnPhone: the page header is not a row and
+                           has no menu of its own, so this credit is the
+                           only route from an album to its artist (#67). -->
                       ${creditLink(
                           creditStore.credits(this.releaseGroupMBID),
                           artist,
                           artistMbid,
+                          { keepOnPhone: true },
                       )}
                   </div>`
                 : nothing}
@@ -3781,11 +3831,8 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
         const track = this.ctxMenuTrack;
 
         return html`
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="track-context-menu"
-                placement="bottom-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen}
             >
                 ${this.ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen && track
@@ -3846,13 +3893,12 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
 
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="playlist-submenu"
+                label="Add to playlist"
                 placement="right-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu.playlistSubmenuOpen}
             >
                 ${this.ctxMenu.playlistSubmenuOpen
@@ -3869,7 +3915,7 @@ export class ExploreAlbumDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost {
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
         `;
     }
 }

frontend/src/components/explore-artist-details/explore-artist-details.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { LitElement, html, css, nothing } from 'lit';
 import { customElement, property, state, query } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import { classMap } from 'lit/directives/class-map.js';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { backButton } from '../../styles/back-button.css';
 import {
     LookupArtist,
     BrowseReleaseGroups,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import { libraryStore } from '../../store/library-store';
 import { downloadStore } from '../../store/download-store';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/button/button.js';
 import { trackLink, exploreLinkStyles } from '../../utils/explore-link';
+import { goToMenuItems } from '../../utils/go-to-menu';
 import { describeError } from '../../utils/describe-error';
 import {
     GetAlbumsByArtist,
@@ -61,9 +63,11 @@ import {
     contextMenuStyles,
     isContextMenuKey,
 } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
-import type { ContextMenuHost } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
+import type { ContextMenuHost, MenuTarget } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
 import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import type { MenuSurface } from '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
+import '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dropdown-item/dropdown-item.js';
 import { dict, dictByName } from '@utils/binding';
 import type { TrackDetails } from '@components/track-details/track-details.js';
@@ -215,7 +219,7 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
     @state() private ctxMenuTarget: ContextMenuTarget | null = null;
 
     @query('#context-menu')
-    private contextMenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private contextMenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     @query('#playlist-submenu')
     private playlistSubmenuPopup?: WaPopup;
@@ -233,11 +237,11 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
 
     // -- ContextMenuHost interface --
 
-    getContextMenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getContextMenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.contextMenuPopup;
     }
 
-    getPlaylistSubmenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getPlaylistSubmenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.playlistSubmenuPopup;
     }
 
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
 
     static override styles = [
         designTokens,
+        backButton,
         exploreLinkStyles,
         contextMenuStyles,
         unownedStyles,
@@ -287,25 +292,6 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
                     var(--yj-border-subtle, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06));
             }
 
-            .back-button {
-                display: flex;
-                align-items: center;
-                justify-content: center;
-                width: 32px;
-                height: 32px;
-                border: none;
-                border-radius: 50%;
-                background: var(--yj-bg-overlay, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06));
-                color: var(--yj-text-primary, #fff);
-                cursor: pointer;
-                flex-shrink: 0;
-                transition: background-color 0.15s ease;
-            }
-
-            .back-button:hover {
-                background: var(--yj-bg-hover, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12));
-            }
-
             .back-button wa-icon {
                 font-size: 16px;
             }
@@ -2621,11 +2607,8 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
         const target = this.ctxMenuTarget;
 
         return html`
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="context-menu"
-                placement="bottom-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen}
             >
                 ${this.ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen && target
@@ -2643,13 +2626,12 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
 
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="playlist-submenu"
+                label="Add to playlist"
                 placement="right-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu.playlistSubmenuOpen}
             >
                 ${this.ctxMenu.playlistSubmenuOpen
@@ -2666,7 +2648,7 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
         `;
     }
 
@@ -2724,6 +2706,16 @@ export class ExploreArtistDetails extends LitElement implements ContextMenuHost
                 <wa-icon slot="icon" name="globe"></wa-icon>
                 View on MusicBrainz
             </wa-dropdown-item>
+            <!-- The track title links to its album, and below the phone
+                 breakpoint it is plain text (#67). The artist is this
+                 page, so there is nothing to go to. -->
+            ${goToMenuItems(
+                { albumName: track.releaseName, albumMBID: track.releaseGroupMbid ?? '' },
+                {
+                    onSelect: () => this.ctxMenu.close(),
+                    onHover: () => this.ctxMenu.closePlaylistSubmenu(),
+                },
+            )}
         `;
     }
 

frontend/src/components/explore-view/explore-view.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { queueStore } from '../../store/queue-store';
 import { notificationStore } from '../../store/notification-store';
 import '../notifications/inline-notice';
 import { creditLink, trackLink, exploreLinkStyles } from '../../utils/explore-link';
+import { goToMenuItems } from '../../utils/go-to-menu';
+import type { GoToTarget } from '../../utils/go-to-menu';
 import { creditStore } from '@store/credit-store';
 import { describeError } from '../../utils/describe-error';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
@@ -37,9 +39,11 @@ import {
     contextMenuStyles,
     isContextMenuKey,
 } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
-import type { ContextMenuHost } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
+import type { ContextMenuHost, MenuTarget } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
 import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import type { MenuSurface } from '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
+import '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dropdown-item/dropdown-item.js';
 import { dict, dictByName } from '@utils/binding';
 import { ICON_QUEUE } from '@utils/icon-language';
@@ -52,10 +56,28 @@ export const ExploreRegion = 'explore';
  * is present only when owned — that's what gates the playback items,
  * while `mbid` (always present) is what "View on MusicBrainz" uses, so
  * a catalog-only card still gets a menu with somewhere useful to go.
+ *
+ * `goTo` is the names the card draws -- an artist credit, and for a
+ * recording row the release its title links to. Below the phone
+ * breakpoint those are plain text, so the menu is where they went
+ * (#67); an album card carries no album of its own, because tapping
+ * the card is already that.
  */
 type ExploreMenuTarget =
-    | { kind: 'album'; mbid: string; localId?: number; title: string }
-    | { kind: 'recording'; mbid: string; localId?: number; title: string };
+    | {
+          kind: 'album';
+          mbid: string;
+          localId?: number;
+          title: string;
+          goTo?: GoToTarget;
+      }
+    | {
+          kind: 'recording';
+          mbid: string;
+          localId?: number;
+          title: string;
+          goTo?: GoToTarget;
+      };
 type ThumbnailRequest = explore.ThumbnailRequest;
 type MBSearchResult = explore.MBSearchResult;
 type LyricsResult = explore.LyricsResult;
@@ -206,13 +228,13 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
     @state() private ctxMenuTarget: ExploreMenuTarget | null = null;
 
     @litQuery('#explore-context-menu')
-    private contextMenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private contextMenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     // -- ContextMenuHost interface --
     // No playlist submenu — same reason as the album/artist detail
     // pages: every action here resolves its one file lazily.
 
-    getContextMenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getContextMenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.contextMenuPopup;
     }
 
@@ -254,15 +276,18 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                 margin-bottom: 10px;
             }
 
+            /* 89x26 and 79x26 before this (#186). */
             .search-mode-tab {
                 display: inline-flex;
                 align-items: center;
+                justify-content: center;
                 gap: 6px;
                 background: none;
                 border: 1px solid transparent;
                 border-radius: 6px;
                 color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
                 cursor: pointer;
+                min-block-size: 44px;
                 padding: 5px 12px;
                 font-size: var(--yj-text-sm);
                 font-family: inherit;
@@ -287,7 +312,7 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                 border-radius: 6px;
                 padding: 0 12px;
                 gap: 8px;
-                height: 36px;
+                min-height: 44px;
                 max-width: 520px;
                 transition: border-color 0.15s ease;
             }
@@ -362,8 +387,15 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                 flex-shrink: 0;
             }
 
+            /* The input measured 325x**18** and the box around it 36,
+               which is two faults rather than one (#186): the row was
+               under the floor, and the input did not fill it, so eight
+               of those pixels were not a target at all. The container
+               is 44 and the input stretches to it -- a tap anywhere in
+               the box now lands on the input rather than beside it. */
             input {
                 flex: 1;
+                align-self: stretch;
                 background: none;
                 border: none;
                 outline: none;
@@ -377,15 +409,21 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                 color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
             }
 
+            /* No background until hover, so the target grows and the
+               glyph does not. It is inside a 44px box already, hence
+               the width alone. */
             .clear-button {
                 display: flex;
                 align-items: center;
                 justify-content: center;
+                align-self: stretch;
                 background: none;
                 border: none;
                 color: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
                 cursor: pointer;
                 padding: 0;
+                min-inline-size: 44px;
+                margin-inline-end: -12px;
                 font-size: var(--yj-text-sm);
                 flex-shrink: 0;
             }
@@ -1341,11 +1379,8 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
         const owned = Boolean(target?.localId);
 
         return html`
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="explore-context-menu"
-                placement="bottom-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen}
             >
                 ${this.ctxMenu.contextMenuOpen && target
@@ -1371,10 +1406,13 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                                   <wa-icon slot="icon" name="globe"></wa-icon>
                                   View on MusicBrainz
                               </wa-dropdown-item>
+                              ${goToMenuItems(target.goTo, {
+                                  onSelect: () => this.ctxMenu.close(),
+                              })}
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
         `;
     }
 
@@ -2173,6 +2211,10 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                                         mbid: rg.mbid,
                                         localId: rg.localId,
                                         title: rg.title,
+                                        goTo: {
+                                            artistName: rg.artistCredit,
+                                            artistMBID: rg.artistMbid ?? '',
+                                        },
                                     })}
                                 role="button"
                                 tabindex="0"
@@ -2185,6 +2227,10 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                                             mbid: rg.mbid,
                                             localId: rg.localId,
                                             title: rg.title,
+                                            goTo: {
+                                                artistName: rg.artistCredit,
+                                                artistMBID: rg.artistMbid ?? '',
+                                            },
                                         },
                                     )}
                             >
@@ -2263,6 +2309,12 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                                         mbid: r.mbid,
                                         localId: r.localId,
                                         title: r.title,
+                                        goTo: {
+                                            artistName: r.artistCredit,
+                                            artistMBID: r.artistMbid ?? '',
+                                            albumName: r.releaseName ?? '',
+                                            albumMBID: r.releaseGroupMbid ?? '',
+                                        },
                                     })}
                                 @keydown=${(e: KeyboardEvent) =>
                                     this.onCardKeydown(
@@ -2273,6 +2325,12 @@ export class ExploreView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) implements Conte
                                             mbid: r.mbid,
                                             localId: r.localId,
                                             title: r.title,
+                                            goTo: {
+                                                artistName: r.artistCredit,
+                                                artistMBID: r.artistMbid ?? '',
+                                                albumName: r.releaseName ?? '',
+                                                albumMBID: r.releaseGroupMbid ?? '',
+                                            },
                                         },
                                     )}
                             >

frontend/src/components/genre-details/genre-details.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { describeError } from '@utils/describe-error';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@components/track-list/track-list.js';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { backButton } from '../../styles/back-button.css';
 import { list } from '@utils/binding';
 
 @customElement('genre-details')
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export class GenreDetails extends LitElement {
     private scanCompleteCleanup: (() => void) | null =
         null;
 
-    static override styles = [designTokens, css`
+    static override styles = [designTokens, backButton, css`
         :host {
             display: flex;
             flex-direction: column;
@@ -77,31 +78,6 @@ export class GenreDetails extends LitElement {
                 );
         }
 
-        .back-button {
-            display: flex;
-            align-items: center;
-            justify-content: center;
-            width: 32px;
-            height: 32px;
-            border: none;
-            border-radius: 50%;
-            background: var(
-                --yj-bg-overlay,
-                rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06)
-            );
-            color: var(--yj-text-primary, #fff);
-            cursor: pointer;
-            flex-shrink: 0;
-            transition: background-color 0.15s ease;
-        }
-
-        .back-button:hover {
-            background: var(
-                --yj-bg-hover,
-                rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12)
-            );
-        }
-
         .back-button wa-icon {
             font-size: 16px; /* back button — outside type scale */
         }

frontend/src/components/genres-view/genres-view.ts

@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ import {
     contextMenuStyles,
     isContextMenuKey,
 } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
-import type { ContextMenuHost } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
+import type { ContextMenuHost, MenuTarget } from '@utils/context-menu-controller.js';
 import { FavoritesController } from '@store/controllers/favorites-controller';
 import { ViewLifecycleMixin } from '@utils/view-lifecycle';
 import { RovingGridController } from '@utils/roving-grid';
 
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/icon/icon.js';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
-import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import type { MenuSurface } from '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
+import '../menu-surface/menu-surface';
 import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dropdown-item/dropdown-item.js';
 import '@components/playlist-picker/playlist-picker.js';
 import { dictByName } from '@utils/binding';
@@ -137,19 +138,19 @@ export class GenresView
     private contextMenuGenreName: string | null = null;
 
     @query('#context-menu')
-    private contextMenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private contextMenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     @query('#playlist-submenu')
-    private playlistSubmenuPopup!: WaPopup;
+    private playlistSubmenuPopup!: MenuSurface;
 
     // ----- ContextMenuHost interface -----
 
-    getContextMenuPopup(): WaPopup | undefined {
+    getContextMenuPopup(): MenuTarget | undefined {
         return this.contextMenuPopup;
     }
 
     getPlaylistSubmenuPopup():
-        | WaPopup
+        | MenuTarget
         | undefined {
         return this.playlistSubmenuPopup;
     }
@@ -1176,11 +1177,8 @@ export class GenresView
 
     private renderContextMenu() {
         return html`
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="context-menu"
-                placement="bottom-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu
                     .contextMenuOpen}
             >
@@ -1284,13 +1282,12 @@ export class GenresView
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
 
-            <wa-popup
+            <menu-surface
                 id="playlist-submenu"
+                label="Add to playlist"
                 placement="right-start"
-                flip
-                shift
                 .active=${this.ctxMenu
                     .playlistSubmenuOpen}
             >
@@ -1318,7 +1315,7 @@ export class GenresView
                           </div>
                       `
                     : nothing}
-            </wa-popup>
+            </menu-surface>
         `;
     }
 

frontend/src/components/home-view/home-view.ts

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export class HomeView extends ViewLifecycleMixin(LitElement) {
              * gated on the device having hover rather than on width.  A
              * touch long-press synthesises a hover state in the WebView,
              * so on a phone it flashed into view during the 500ms hold
-             * that utils/long-press.ts is measuring for a context menu —
+             * that utils/touch-gestures.ts is measuring for a long press —
              * a control appearing because you were reaching for a
              * different one.  A phone user taps the album and plays from
              * the detail view, so there is nothing to replace it with.

frontend/src/components/jobs/job-band.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+/**
+ * The phone's view of background work (#62).
+ *
+ * The header `job-indicator` is a *popover*, anchored to a bar 3.25em
+ * tall on a screen 439 CSS px tall, and it was reported as unreadable
+ * behind other UI. Two things are wrong with it there regardless of
+ * that symptom: a popover is a **disclosure**, and background work is
+ * the one thing a phone should not make you open something to see; and
+ * #57 deletes the bar it is anchored to, and is blocked on this issue
+ * precisely because the indicator needs somewhere else to live first.
+ *
+ * This is that somewhere. Below 600px the indicator stands down
+ * (`index.css`) and its work appears here instead.
+ *
+ * Four things about it are load-bearing.
+ *
+ * **It is the existing `job-panel`, not a second job UI.** Pause,
+ * cancel, Details and the log all come along — and, more to the point,
+ * so does `applyJobControl`, which is what carries the "you will
+ * discard hours of downloading" confirmation for an index build. A
+ * host drawing its own buttons drops that silently, which is the trap
+ * #27 already named.
+ *
+ * **It is in the layout, not over it**, and that was measured rather
+ * than assumed. The first version of this put the panel in
+ * `notification-host`'s fixed band, which reads fine in a screenshot
+ * and is unusable: at 424x439 a compact panel is ~200px of a 439px
+ * screen, and it *covers* what is under it. Four e2e specs failed —
+ * two phone-shell journeys and the header's action menu — because the
+ * panel was intercepting the taps. A band that hides the app to tell
+ * you the app is busy is worse than the popover it replaced. In flow
+ * it pushes instead, so nothing is covered and nothing is unreachable,
+ * which is #24's one sentence across all three bands.
+ *
+ * **It shows active work only.** A finished row that lingers is a
+ * banner that stays after the work is done, which is the opposite of
+ * what #62 asks for ("dismissed automatically on completion") and, in
+ * flow, is furniture that keeps the content pushed down. Finished jobs
+ * are still shown where the work was started, which is #27's rule and
+ * unaffected.
+ *
+ * **It renders nothing at all above 600px**, from `matchMedia` rather
+ * than a media query, because this decides whether the element
+ * *exists*. `bottom-nav` learned that the expensive way: rendering its
+ * duplicate `<app-sidebar>` unconditionally put a second copy of every
+ * `nav-*` testid in the DOM and broke 30 specs on a viewport where it
+ * was not even visible. Settings already holds four `job-panel`s, so a
+ * fifth answering for *every* kind is the same trap.
+ */
+import { LitElement, html, css, nothing } from 'lit';
+import { customElement, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+
+import { jobStore } from '@store/job-store';
+import { isTerminal } from '@store/job-store';
+import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
+import { PHONE_QUERY } from '../../utils/breakpoints';
+import './job-panel';
+
+@customElement('job-band')
+export class JobBand extends LitElement {
+    @state() private phone = false;
+
+    @state() private active = 0;
+
+    private media?: MediaQueryList;
+
+    private unsubscribe?: () => void;
+
+    static override styles = [
+        designTokens,
+        css`
+            :host {
+                display: block;
+                min-width: 0;
+            }
+
+            /* The panel's own margin is for a settings section; here the
+               band owns the spacing. */
+            job-panel {
+                margin-top: 0;
+                padding: 0 0.5em 0.5em;
+            }
+        `,
+    ];
+
+    private onMedia = (e: MediaQueryListEvent | MediaQueryList) => {
+        this.phone = e.matches;
+    };
+
+    private onJobs = () => {
+        this.active = jobStore.jobs.filter((job) => !isTerminal(job)).length;
+    };
+
+    override connectedCallback(): void {
+        super.connectedCallback();
+
+        this.media = window.matchMedia(PHONE_QUERY);
+        this.phone = this.media.matches;
+        this.media.addEventListener('change', this.onMedia);
+
+        // The band decides whether to render *at all*, and a panel that
+        // hides itself cannot tell its host that.
+        this.unsubscribe = jobStore.subscribe(this.onJobs);
+        this.onJobs();
+        void jobStore.init();
+    }
+
+    override disconnectedCallback(): void {
+        super.disconnectedCallback();
+        this.unsubscribe?.();
+        this.media?.removeEventListener('change', this.onMedia);
+    }
+
+    override render() {
+        // `hidden` rather than an empty render, so the grid row this
+        // sits in costs nothing at all while there is no work -- the
+        // rule `job-panel` already follows one layer down.
+        this.hidden = !(this.phone && this.active > 0);
+
+        if (this.hidden) return nothing;
+
+        return html`
+            <job-panel kinds="*" density="compact" active-only></job-panel>
+        `;
+    }
+}
+
+declare global {
+    interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+        'job-band': JobBand;
+    }
+}

frontend/src/components/jobs/job-panel.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ export class JobPanel extends LitElement {
      * literal in a template, and one of them is inside an HTMX-adjacent
      * settings page where a property binding would be one more thing to
      * remember.
+     *
+     * **`*` means every kind**, which is the phone's band (#62) and
+     * nothing else: there, this panel is standing in for the header
+     * indicator, whose whole job was to be the one view of everything
+     * at once. It is spelled `*` rather than taken as the meaning of an
+     * empty attribute, because empty is what a typo and a missing
+     * binding both produce and "show everything" is the wrong thing to
+     * do by accident. Empty still shows nothing.
      */
     @property({ type: String })
     kinds = '';
@@ -59,6 +67,31 @@ export class JobPanel extends LitElement {
     @property({ type: String })
     heading = '';
 
+    /**
+     * Row density, passed to `job-row`.
+     *
+     * `full` adds elapsed time and per-job statistics and is what a
+     * settings section wants, so it stays the default and the four
+     * existing call sites are unchanged. `compact` is what `job-row`
+     * itself calls "the popover density", and it is what the phone's
+     * band uses (#62) — there this panel *is* the popover, on a screen
+     * 439 CSS px tall, and the full density spent 259 of them.
+     */
+    @property({ type: String })
+    density: 'compact' | 'full' = 'full';
+
+    /**
+     * Drop finished rows.
+     *
+     * For the phone's band (#62), which is *in the layout*: a finished
+     * row there is a banner that stays after the work is done and keeps
+     * the content pushed down. Settings keeps them, because that is
+     * where "did the last scan work" is asked, and a finished row there
+     * dismisses itself.
+     */
+    @property({ type: Boolean, attribute: 'active-only' })
+    activeOnly = false;
+
     @state()
     private jobs: Job[] = [];
 
@@ -162,9 +195,14 @@ export class JobPanel extends LitElement {
     }
 
     private get mine(): Job[] {
-        const wanted = this.wanted;
+        const ofKind =
+            this.kinds.trim() === '*'
+                ? this.jobs
+                : this.jobs.filter((job) =>
+                      this.wanted.has(job.kind as JobKind),
+                  );
 
-        return this.jobs.filter((job) => wanted.has(job.kind as JobKind));
+        return this.activeOnly ? ofKind.filter((job) => !isTerminal(job)) : ofKind;
     }
 
     private openDetails(id: string) {
@@ -196,7 +234,7 @@ export class JobPanel extends LitElement {
                         <div class="job-entry">
                             <job-row
                                 .job=${job}
-                                variant="full"
+                                variant=${this.density}
                                 @job-control=${applyJobControl}
                             ></job-row>
                             <button

frontend/src/components/library-filter/library-filter.ts

@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ export class LibraryFilter extends LitElement {
             align-items: center;
         }
 
+        /* 120x32 on the reference device (#186). This control has two
+           placements since #57 -- the desktop top bar and Settings ->
+           Libraries -- and it is the only route to setSelectedLibrary
+           in either, so it is one of the controls #148 argued must not
+           simply be taken away. It is one component, so it reaches the
+           floor in one place. */
         select {
-            height: 32px;
+            min-height: 44px;
             padding: 0 8px;
             border-radius: 6px;
             border: 1px solid

frontend/src/components/menu-surface/menu-surface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+/**
+ * Where a context menu is drawn: a popup on a desktop, a bottom sheet
+ * on a phone (#60).
+ *
+ * Every context menu in this app is a `.context-menu-panel` inside a
+ * `<wa-popup>` anchored to the touch point, driven by
+ * `ContextMenuController`. On the reference device that is structurally
+ * broken, and the failure was measured on the hardware rather than
+ * inferred:
+ *
+ * - Chrome 113 has **no Popover API** (`popover` is Chrome 114), so
+ *   `wa-popup` takes its own documented fallback and positions with
+ *   `strategy: "fixed"` instead of the top layer. Measured on the
+ *   device: `HTMLElement.prototype.hasOwnProperty('popover')` is false
+ *   and the popup's computed `position` is `fixed`.
+ * - `index.css` puts `contain: layout style paint` on `.main-panel`,
+ *   the ancestor of every view. Paint containment **clips** fixed
+ *   descendants. Measured: `.main-panel` computes `contain: content`
+ *   and spans 0-318 of a 439px viewport, while the open menu spans
+ *   191-401 — so 83px of it, three of its seven items, is cut off.
+ *
+ * A `<dialog>` fixes it by construction rather than by styling, because
+ * `showModal()` is Chrome 37 and uses the real top layer. **That was
+ * measured too, and it needed to be**: every other dialog in this app
+ * is mounted in `index.html`, *outside* `.main-panel`, so "dialogs are
+ * fine" was not evidence about a dialog opened from inside a view. A
+ * probe dialog appended to `track-list`'s shadow root paints to y=439,
+ * over the mini player and the tab bar, with the contained ancestor
+ * still there.
+ *
+ * Four things about this component are load-bearing.
+ *
+ * **It is one element with two presentations, not two components.**
+ * The host keeps rendering exactly the panel it rendered before and
+ * slots it into whichever surface is up, so the twelve call sites
+ * changed one tag name each and nothing else — no second item model, no
+ * second keyboard model, and `ContextMenuController` still drives
+ * `.active` and `.anchor` as if it were talking to a `wa-popup`.
+ *
+ * **Which surface exists is `matchMedia`, not a media query.** The
+ * decision is whether a `<dialog>` is in the tree at all, which is
+ * `job-band` and `player-controls`' rule: a `display: none` surface is
+ * still in the shadow root and still something a positional or by-role
+ * query finds.
+ *
+ * **The sheet has to un-do the UA stylesheet to be full-bleed.**
+ * A native `<dialog>` carries `max-width: calc(100% - 6px - 2em)` and
+ * `margin: auto`, which on the device produced a 354px panel floating
+ * in the middle of a 424px screen. `max-width: none` and explicit
+ * margins are what make it a sheet rather than a small centred box.
+ * The *positioning* needs no such care: a top-layer dialog's containing
+ * block is the viewport even with a paint-contained ancestor, which is
+ * why `bottom: 0` reaches y=439 and not the main panel's 318.
+ *
+ * **Dismissal has to travel back.** `wa-dialog` closes itself on
+ * Escape, which would otherwise leave the controller's
+ * `contextMenuOpen` true and the menu unopenable until something else
+ * cleared it. `menu-dismiss` is that signal, and the controller listens
+ * for it on the document beside the click and contextmenu listeners it
+ * already has.
+ */
+import { LitElement, css, html } from 'lit';
+import { customElement, property, query, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/dialog/dialog.js';
+import type WaPopup from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/popup/popup.js';
+
+import { sheetScrollFade } from '../../styles/sheet-scroll.css';
+import { PHONE_QUERY } from '@utils/breakpoints';
+import { nameDialogsIn } from '@utils/name-dialog';
+
+/** The event a surface dispatches when it closed itself. */
+export const MENU_DISMISS_EVENT = 'menu-dismiss';
+
+/**
+ * The event a surface dispatches once it has finished showing.
+ *
+ * Only the sheet sends it, and only because `wa-dialog` moves focus to
+ * itself on the frame after `showModal()` -- see `MenuKeyboard.refocus`
+ * for why waiting longer is not the fix.
+ */
+export const MENU_SHOWN_EVENT = 'menu-shown';
+
+/**
+ * A `wa-popup` anchor: a real element or a virtual one.
+ *
+ * `undefined` rather than `null` for "not set yet", because that is
+ * what `wa-popup`'s own property accepts — this surface hands the value
+ * straight through and must not widen it.
+ */
+type MenuAnchor = WaPopup['anchor'] | undefined;
+
+/** A `wa-dialog`, as much of it as this file needs. */
+type DialogEl = HTMLElement & { open: boolean };
+
+@customElement('menu-surface')
+export class MenuSurface extends LitElement {
+    /** Whether the menu is showing. Set by `ContextMenuController`. */
+    @property({ type: Boolean }) active = false;
+
+    /**
+     * Where the popup hangs from. Ignored in sheet mode, which is
+     * anchored to the bottom of the screen rather than to the touch
+     * point — that is the whole point of a sheet.
+     */
+    @property({ attribute: false }) anchor: MenuAnchor = undefined;
+
+    /**
+     * `wa-popup`'s placement, defaulted because all twelve call sites
+     * passed the same one. Kept as a property so a future menu that
+     * wants another does not have to reach past this component.
+     */
+    @property() placement = 'bottom-start';
+
+    /**
+     * What to call the sheet, for a surface whose content is not a
+     * `.context-menu-panel` with an `aria-label` of its own -- the
+     * playlist submenu, whose content is a `playlist-picker`.
+     */
+    @property() label = '';
+
+    @state() private sheet = false;
+
+    @query('wa-popup') private popup?: WaPopup;
+
+    @query('wa-dialog') private dialog?: DialogEl;
+
+    private phoneQuery?: MediaQueryList;
+
+    static override styles = css`
+        :host {
+            display: contents;
+        }
+
+        wa-popup {
+            z-index: 200;
+        }
+
+        /* The sheet. A native dialog's UA stylesheet centres it and
+           caps its width, which on the device drew a 354px box in the
+           middle of a 424px screen — so all four of these are undoing
+           that rather than decorating. */
+        wa-dialog::part(dialog) {
+            margin: auto auto 0 auto;
+            max-width: none;
+            max-height: 85vh;
+            width: 100%;
+            border-radius: 12px 12px 0 0;
+            background: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
+            padding: 0;
+        }
+
+        /* **A long menu scrolls; it does not hang off the bottom.**
+           Measured on the device at 80vh: seven 48px rows plus the grip
+           came to 364px against a 351px dialog, so the last row's
+           bottom was at y=452 on a 439px screen -- the one row a
+           destructive action is most likely to be. The cap has to stay
+           (a sheet covering the whole screen is a page, not a sheet),
+           so the body is what gives.
+
+           **And a body that scrolls says so** (#207). Scrolling was the
+           whole of the fix above, which left the last item reachable
+           and nothing on screen admitting it was there -- measured at
+           424x439, eight items ending at y=470 with the fold at 439,
+           and worse when the cut lands on a row boundary, where the
+           sheet ends in a clean edge that reads as the end of the list.
+
+           The two layers that say it live in styles/sheet-scroll.css
+           (#210), because the phone has a second sheet -- bottom-nav's
+           "More" -- which overflows for the same reason and must not
+           arrive at its own answer for what a fold looks like. What is
+           local to this sheet is the colour the cover is painted in:
+           the menus' elevated grey, handed over as --yj-sheet-surface
+           on the same box. */
+        wa-dialog::part(body) {
+            padding: 0;
+            --yj-sheet-surface: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
+            ${sheetScrollFade}
+        }
+
+        /* A sheet is dragged at with a thumb, so it says where its top
+           edge is. Decorative: the panel below it carries the actions. */
+        .grip {
+            width: 36px;
+            height: 4px;
+            margin: 8px auto 4px;
+            border-radius: 2px;
+            background: var(--yj-text-tertiary, #888);
+        }
+    `;
+
+    override connectedCallback(): void {
+        super.connectedCallback();
+
+        // Looked up here rather than at module load, so a test can
+        // install its own matchMedia before the element is created.
+        this.phoneQuery = window.matchMedia?.(PHONE_QUERY);
+        this.sheet = this.phoneQuery?.matches ?? false;
+        this.phoneQuery?.addEventListener('change', this.onPhoneChange);
+    }
+
+    override disconnectedCallback(): void {
+        super.disconnectedCallback();
+        this.phoneQuery?.removeEventListener('change', this.onPhoneChange);
+    }
+
+    private onPhoneChange = (e: MediaQueryListEvent): void => {
+        this.sheet = e.matches;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Re-run the popup's positioning.
+     *
+     * Forwarded rather than dropped because `page-header` calls it when
+     * it opens the overflow menu: the popup is rendered before the
+     * button it anchors to has settled. A sheet has nothing to
+     * reposition -- it is anchored to the bottom of the screen -- so
+     * there it is deliberately a no-op rather than an error.
+     */
+    reposition(): void {
+        this.popup?.reposition();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The panel the host slotted in. It is light DOM here and stays in
+     * the host's shadow root, which is what keeps the host's own
+     * `contextMenuStyles` applying to it in both presentations.
+     */
+    private get panel(): HTMLElement | null {
+        return this.querySelector('.context-menu-panel');
+    }
+
+    override updated(): void {
+        const panel = this.panel;
+
+        // The sheet's rows are bigger, and that rule lives in the one
+        // stylesheet every call site already includes rather than in
+        // twelve places. The attribute is how it knows.
+        if (panel) panel.toggleAttribute('data-sheet', this.sheet);
+
+        if (this.sheet) {
+            this.syncSheet(panel);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (this.popup) {
+            if (this.anchor) this.popup.anchor = this.anchor;
+
+            this.popup.active = this.active;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private syncSheet(panel: HTMLElement | null): void {
+        const dialog = this.dialog;
+
+        if (!dialog) return;
+
+        // The dialog is named after the menu it contains, so no call
+        // site has to say the same thing twice: the panel already
+        // carries `role="menu"` and an `aria-label` naming what it acts
+        // on. `without-header` renders no heading, which is
+        // `name-dialog`'s documented `aria-label` path.
+        const label = panel?.getAttribute('aria-label') || this.label;
+
+        if (label) dialog.setAttribute('label', label);
+
+        nameDialogsIn(this.shadowRoot);
+
+        if (dialog.open !== this.active) dialog.open = this.active;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * `wa-dialog` closed itself — Escape, or its own close button.
+     * The controller owns `contextMenuOpen`, so it has to hear about
+     * it or the menu is left open in state and shut on screen.
+     */
+    private onDialogShown = (): void => {
+        if (!this.active) return;
+
+        this.dispatchEvent(
+            new CustomEvent(MENU_SHOWN_EVENT, {
+                bubbles: true,
+                composed: true,
+            }),
+        );
+    };
+
+    private onDialogHide = (): void => {
+        if (!this.active) return;
+
+        this.dispatchEvent(
+            new CustomEvent(MENU_DISMISS_EVENT, {
+                bubbles: true,
+                composed: true,
+            }),
+        );
+    };
+
+    override render() {
+        if (this.sheet) {
+            // **The anchor stays out of the sheet.** One call site --
+            // `page-header`'s overflow menu -- slots its own trigger
+            // button as the thing the popup hangs from, and a sheet
+            // hangs from the bottom of the screen instead. Rendering
+            // that slot outside the dialog is what keeps the button on
+            // the page rather than inside the surface it opens.
+            return html`
+                <slot name="anchor"></slot>
+                <wa-dialog
+                    without-header
+                    data-testid="menu-sheet"
+                    @wa-after-show=${this.onDialogShown}
+                    @wa-hide=${this.onDialogHide}
+                >
+                    <div class="grip"></div>
+                    <slot></slot>
+                </wa-dialog>
+            `;
+        }
+
+        return html`
+            <wa-popup placement=${this.placement} flip shift>
+                <slot name="anchor" slot="anchor"></slot>
+                <slot></slot>
+            </wa-popup>
+        `;
+    }
+}
+
+declare global {
+    interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+        'menu-surface': MenuSurface;
+    }
+}

frontend/src/components/now-playing-view/now-playing-view.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { FavoritesController } from '@store/controllers/favorites-controller';
 import { designTokens } from '../../styles/tokens.css';
 import { srOnly } from '../../styles/sr-only.css';
 import { ICON_QUEUE } from '@utils/icon-language';
+import { openQueue as showQueue } from '@utils/open-queue';
 
 /**
  * What is playing, at the size a phone has room for (plan 016 B2,
@@ -104,6 +105,19 @@ export class NowPlayingView extends LitElement {
             color: var(--yj-text-secondary, #adb5bd);
         }
 
+        /* The art and the names are one block, so that a short
+           screen can lay them out side by side without either of them
+           knowing about the other's box. Vertically it is exactly what
+           the host used to do -- same gap, art flexible, names fixed --
+           so the tall layout is unchanged. */
+        .stack {
+            display: flex;
+            flex-direction: column;
+            gap: 0.75em;
+            flex: 1 1 auto;
+            min-height: 0;
+        }
+
         .art {
             flex: 1 1 auto;
             display: flex;
@@ -112,19 +126,89 @@ export class NowPlayingView extends LitElement {
             min-height: 0;
         }
 
-        .art img,
-        .art .placeholder {
-            /* Square, and never taller than the room left over: the
-               art is the one thing here that would happily push the
-               transport off the bottom of a short phone. */
-            width: min(100%, 60vh);
+        .art img {
+            /* Square, and never larger than the room left over --
+               where "square" is a property of what is painted and not
+               just of what was asked for.
+
+               The previous rule asked for a square and did not get
+               one. width: min(100%, 60vh) makes the width definite,
+               aspect-ratio: 1 derives the height from it, and
+               max-height: 100% then clamps that height **without
+               re-deriving the width** -- which is how the
+               aspect-ratio property is specified to behave, unlike
+               an intrinsic ratio. So whenever the room left over was
+               shorter than the box was wide, the art was drawn as a
+               letterbox strip and object-fit: cover cropped the
+               cover to it. Measured on the reference device at
+               424x439: **264x53**, a 5:1 band of a square image.
+
+               That is not only the phone. The leftover exceeds the
+               width only above ~843px of viewport, so every height
+               from ~500 to ~843 -- most phones, and any small window
+               -- drew a cropped strip too.
+
+               Both maxes with auto sizes is the fix, and it is the
+               replaced-element path rather than the aspect-ratio
+               one: the used size preserves the ratio under *both*
+               bounds (CSS2.1 10.4), so the art is square at every
+               height. Checked against Chrome 113 itself -- the
+               device's engine -- at column heights of 288, 300, 451,
+               600 and 800: square at all five, where the old rule
+               cropped at four.
+
+               A corollary worth knowing: auto will not upscale past
+               the image's natural size, and the largest tier
+               saveCoverArt keeps is 400px. Drawing it larger was
+               upscaling, so nothing is lost. */
+            max-width: 100%;
+            max-height: 100%;
+            width: auto;
+            height: auto;
             aspect-ratio: 1;
             object-fit: cover;
             border-radius: 12px;
             background-color: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
         }
 
+        /* The placeholder is not a replaced element, so it cannot use
+           the rule above: with no intrinsic size, auto/auto collapses
+           it to its icon -- measured at 13x58 in Chrome 113, which is
+           neither square nor the art's size.
+
+           So it is sized from the height, and then bounded by the
+           width in the one way a box like this can be. A non-replaced
+           element cannot express "the largest square that fits" in a
+           single rule: aspect-ratio derives the second axis from the
+           first, and whichever max clamps it does not re-derive the
+           other, which is the same trap the image rule above is about.
+           Driving it from the height alone is right until the column
+           is taller than it is wide -- ~843px of viewport, which is a
+           tall phone and #51's other named device -- and there it went
+           380x484.
+
+           max-height in viewport units is what closes it, and it is
+           sound here for the reason 60vh was not: this view is a
+           phone-width detail view, so its content box really is the
+           viewport less the host's own 1rem gutters. It is a *max*, so
+           the failure mode if that ever stopped being true is a square
+           bounded slightly early rather than a crop. rem and not em --
+           this box sets font-size: 3rem for the icon, so 2em here
+           would be 96px. */
         .art .placeholder {
+            height: 100%;
+            width: auto;
+            max-width: 100%;
+            max-height: calc(100vw - 2rem);
+            /* A flex item's automatic minimum is its content, so
+               without this the icon's own width becomes a floor and
+               the box goes wider than it is tall the moment the row is
+               shorter than the icon -- which is exactly the state a
+               job band puts this screen in. */
+            min-width: 0;
+            aspect-ratio: 1;
+            border-radius: 12px;
+            background-color: var(--yj-bg-elevated, #343a40);
             display: flex;
             align-items: center;
             justify-content: center;
@@ -212,6 +296,60 @@ export class NowPlayingView extends LitElement {
             color: var(--yj-text-secondary, #adb5bd);
             text-align: center;
         }
+
+        /* Below 500px of viewport the art and the names sit side by
+           side, and that is the whole of this screen's answer to a
+           short phone (#51).
+
+           The stacked layout cannot be rescued by sizing alone. Its
+           budget is fixed -- 48px of header, 143px of transport since
+           #64, 78px of names, 68px of padding and gaps -- so the art
+           gets height - 386, which on the reference device's 424x439
+           is **53px**. #172 measured 39px before #64 and named the
+           two options: give the art a floor and let the block scroll,
+           or reflow. A floor scrolls the transport off the bottom,
+           and "controls never scroll off" is #51's own Direction and
+           plan 018's promise -- so it is the reflow.
+
+           Sideways the art is bounded by the row's height rather than
+           by the column's leftover, which is the whole gain: the same
+           439px screen goes from a 53px sliver to **143px**, measured
+           on the device, with nothing scrolling and the transport
+           untouched.
+
+           500 is where the two layouts cross rather than a round
+           number. In a row the art is height - 296 and the names get
+           what is left of 392px, so the names hold 176px at exactly
+           500 and less above it; stacked, the art is height - 386,
+           which passes 176px at 562. Below 500 the row is the bigger
+           art *and* the readable one -- above it the column is, which
+           is why a tall phone (a Pixel 7's ~869) keeps the layout it
+           has. Unverified on that device: none was attached.
+
+           It is keyed on height alone, not on the phone's width,
+           because it is an answer to vertical room -- a 900x450 window
+           has the same problem and the same fix. */
+        @media (max-height: 500px) {
+            .stack {
+                flex-direction: row;
+                align-items: center;
+            }
+
+            /* A square of the row's height. The box has to carry the
+               ratio here rather than the image, because in a row the
+               art's width is what the ratio has to produce -- and the
+               image's own rule then fits it to a box that is already
+               square. */
+            .art {
+                flex: 0 1 auto;
+                height: 100%;
+                aspect-ratio: 1;
+            }
+
+            .meta {
+                flex: 1 1 auto;
+            }
+        }
     `];
 
     private back() {
@@ -226,13 +364,15 @@ export class NowPlayingView extends LitElement {
      *
      * This view hides the bottom bar (index.css), and the bar is where
      * the queue button lives -- so without this, going full-screen
-     * would take the queue away. It toggles the same `open` attribute
+     * would take the queue away. It goes through the same helper
      * `index.ts` does, because the panel's state is an attribute on one
      * element and a second mechanism for it is a second thing to keep
-     * in step.
+     * in step -- which is exactly what this button was: it set `open`
+     * directly, so on a phone it produced a queue with no history entry
+     * behind it and back moved the page underneath instead (#55).
      */
     private openQueue() {
-        document.getElementById('queue-panel')?.setAttribute('open', '');
+        showQueue();
     }
 
     private toggleFavorite() {
@@ -261,60 +401,84 @@ export class NowPlayingView extends LitElement {
         return html`
             ${this.renderHeader()}
 
-            <div class="art">
-                ${art
-                    ? html`<img
-                          src=${art}
-                          alt=""
-                          decoding="async"
-                          data-testid="npv-art"
-                      />`
-                    : html`<div class="placeholder" aria-hidden="true">
-                          <wa-icon name="compact-disc"></wa-icon>
-                      </div>`}
-            </div>
-
-            <div class="meta">
-                <div class="names">
-                    <h2 class="title" data-testid="npv-title">
-                        ${track.title || track.fileName}
-                    </h2>
-                    <p class="artist">
-                        ${creditLink(
-                            creditStore.credits(track.recordingMbid),
-                            track.artist,
-                            track.artistMbid,
-                        )}
-                    </p>
-                    ${track.album
-                        ? html`<p class="album">
-                              ${albumLink(
-                                  track.album,
-                                  track.releaseGroupMbid,
-                                  undefined,
-                                  track.artist,
-                              )}
-                          </p>`
-                        : nothing}
+            <div class="stack">
+                <div class="art">
+                    ${art
+                        ? html`<img
+                              src=${art}
+                              alt=""
+                              decoding="async"
+                              data-testid="npv-art"
+                          />`
+                        : html`<div class="placeholder" aria-hidden="true">
+                              <wa-icon name="compact-disc"></wa-icon>
+                          </div>`}
                 </div>
 
-                <button
-                    type="button"
-                    class="favorite ${favorited ? 'on' : ''}"
-                    data-testid="npv-favorite"
-                    aria-pressed=${favorited ? 'true' : 'false'}
-                    aria-label=${favorited
-                        ? `Remove ${track.title} from ${this.favCtrl.playlistName}`
-                        : `Add ${track.title} to ${this.favCtrl.playlistName}`}
-                    @click=${this.toggleFavorite}
-                >
-                    <wa-icon name=${this.favCtrl.iconFor(favorited)}></wa-icon>
-                </button>
+                <div class="meta">
+                    <div class="names">
+                        <h2 class="title" data-testid="npv-title">
+                            ${track.title || track.fileName}
+                        </h2>
+                        <!-- keepOnPhone: this screen is the phone's,
+                             and it has no context menu to carry the
+                             destination the way a row does (#67).
+                             Suppressing these takes the artist and the
+                             album away rather than moving them, and
+                             they are two lines of their own here
+                             rather than a few characters inside a
+                             row. -->
+                        <p class="artist">
+                            ${creditLink(
+                                creditStore.credits(track.recordingMbid),
+                                track.artist,
+                                track.artistMbid,
+                                { keepOnPhone: true },
+                            )}
+                        </p>
+                        ${track.album
+                            ? html`<p class="album">
+                                  ${albumLink(
+                                      track.album,
+                                      track.releaseGroupMbid,
+                                      undefined,
+                                      track.artist,
+                                      { keepOnPhone: true },
+                                  )}
+                              </p>`
+                            : nothing}
+                    </div>
+
+                    <button
+                        type="button"
+                        class="favorite ${favorited ? 'on' : ''}"
+                        data-testid="npv-favorite"
+                        aria-pressed=${favorited ? 'true' : 'false'}
+                        aria-label=${favorited
+                            ? `Remove ${track.title} from ${this.favCtrl.playlistName}`
+                            : `Add ${track.title} to ${this.favCtrl.playlistName}`}
+                        @click=${this.toggleFavorite}
+                    >
+                        <wa-icon name=${this.favCtrl.iconFor(favorited)}></wa-icon>
+                    </button>
+                </div>
             </div>
 
             <div class="transport">
                 <seek-bar></seek-bar>
-                <player-controls></player-controls>
+                <!-- context="full": this view *is* the player, so the
+                     transport is the page rather than a strip of it --
+                     primary controls large, shuffle and repeat beneath
+                     at normal size (#56). It is a property rather than
+                     a media query because the bottom bar wants a
+                     different answer at this same viewport. -->
+                <player-controls context="full"></player-controls>
+                <!-- Rendered unconditionally and absent on its own
+                     terms where the device owns the volume (#64): the
+                     control asks the player, not this view and not the
+                     viewport. A hidden host draws no gap, so that is
+                     29px of a 439px screen back to the album art
+                     (#172). -->
                 <volume-control></volume-control>
             </div>
         `;

frontend/src/components/now-playing/now-playing.ts

@@ -188,12 +188,44 @@ export class NowPlaying extends LitElement {
         cursor: pointer;
         /* The art shows through; this is a target, not a picture. */
         color: transparent;
+        /* **Above the art, or it is not a target at all** (#150).
+
+           This button is absolutely positioned with z-index auto and
+           the art is a *later* sibling, so the two tie on paint order
+           and the later one wins. With an <img> that costs nothing --
+           an image is not a hit-test obstacle here -- but a track with
+           no artwork renders a placeholder wa-icon, which is, and it
+           takes every click aimed at the button underneath it.
+
+           The failure is therefore per *track*, not per build: on a
+           phone the only way into the full-screen now-playing view
+           stopped working whenever the current song had no cover.
+           Measured with elementFromPoint at the button's centre --
+           wa-icon with a placeholder, button.expand with an image, and
+           button.expand either way once this line exists.
+
+           z-index rather than pointer-events: none on the art, which
+           would take the cover preview's mouseenter with it; and
+           rather than reordering the DOM, which would leave the same
+           tie to be won by the same accident in the other direction. */
+        z-index: 1;
       }
 
       .expand:focus-visible {
         outline: 2px solid var(--yj-accent, #ffd43b);
         outline-offset: 2px;
       }
+
+      /* The favourite is one of the three controls #59 keeps on the
+         phone's bar, and it was the **smallest control in the app**:
+         measured at 424x439, 18x14px, against the 48x48 art beside it.
+         Zero padding around an icon-sized glyph is a reasonable mouse
+         target and is not a thumb target at all. */
+      .fav-btn {
+        min-width: 44px;
+        min-height: 44px;
+        font-size: var(--yj-icon-md);
+      }
     }
 
     .cover-preview-panel {
@@ -425,8 +457,30 @@ export class NowPlaying extends LitElement {
             return html`
         <div class="sr-only" role="status" aria-live="polite">${announcement}</div>
         <div class="now-playing">
-          <div class="cover-art">
-            <div class="cover-placeholder"><wa-icon name="music"></wa-icon></div>
+          <!-- **The way to Now Playing does not depend on what is
+               playing.** This branch used to render the placeholder
+               with no button on it, so on a phone there was no route to
+               the full-screen view while nothing was loaded -- and once
+               #59 took the queue button off the bar, that made the
+               queue itself unreachable, because Now Playing is where it
+               is reached from. The queue is persisted across restarts,
+               so "a queue with tracks in it and nothing playing" is an
+               ordinary state to launch into, not a corner.
+
+               Plan 018's matrix promises no action is unreachable at
+               any supported size, and the promise is what makes #59
+               allowed to remove a control at all. -->
+          <div class="cover-art-wrapper">
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              class="expand"
+              data-testid="open-now-playing"
+              aria-label="Open now playing"
+              @click=${this.openNowPlaying}
+            ></button>
+            <div class="cover-art">
+              <div class="cover-placeholder"><wa-icon name="music"></wa-icon></div>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         <div