diff --git a/HellionChat/Configuration.cs b/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
index c1291c5..94427ac 100755
--- a/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Configuration.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class ConfigKeyBind
 [Serializable]
 public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
 {
-    internal const int LatestVersion = 24;
+    internal const int LatestVersion = 25;
 
     public int Version { get; set; } = LatestVersion;
 
@@ -184,8 +184,6 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     // v1.2.1: default flipped false → true for consistency with other hide defaults.
     public bool HideInNewGamePlusMenu = true;
     public bool HideWhenInactive;
-    public int InactivityHideTimeout = 10;
-    public bool InactivityHideActiveDuringBattle = true;
 
     [Obsolete("Use InactivityHideChannelsV2 instead")]
     public Dictionary<ChatType, ChatSource> InactivityHideChannels = [];
@@ -243,7 +241,6 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     // UI-11: warn before sending a message that carries plugin-only glyphs.
     public bool NotifyPluginDisclosure = true;
     public bool KeepInputFocus = true;
-    public int MaxLinesToRender = 2_500; // 1-10000
     public bool Use24HourClock = true;
     public bool ShowEmotes = true;
     public HashSet<string> BlockedEmotes = [];
@@ -310,164 +307,6 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     // v22 field: MainWindow layout mode (sidebar vs. horizontal top tabs).
     // Initializer doubles as the migration default for configs loaded at v21.
     public MainWindowLayoutMode MainWindowLayoutMode = MainWindowLayoutMode.Sidebar;
-
-    public void UpdateFrom(Configuration other, bool backToOriginal)
-    {
-        if (backToOriginal)
-        {
-            // NOTE (v1.8.0): this only flips the PopOut flag back. If a future
-            // caller ever wires UpdateFrom(backToOriginal: true) to a live
-            // settings-cancel path, that CALL-SITE must also iterate
-            // ChannelPopoutPool.TryClose over the affected Tab.Identifiers,
-            // otherwise pool windows stay IsOpen=true while the flag is false
-            // (orphan window). The pool is not reachable from this POCO by design.
-            foreach (var tab in Tabs.Where(t => t.PopOut))
-                tab.PopOut = false;
-        }
-
-        HideChat = other.HideChat;
-        HideDuringCutscenes = other.HideDuringCutscenes;
-        HideWhenNotLoggedIn = other.HideWhenNotLoggedIn;
-        HideWhenUiHidden = other.HideWhenUiHidden;
-        HideInLoadingScreens = other.HideInLoadingScreens;
-        HideInBattle = other.HideInBattle;
-        HideInNewGamePlusMenu = other.HideInNewGamePlusMenu;
-        HideWhenInactive = other.HideWhenInactive;
-        InactivityHideTimeout = other.InactivityHideTimeout;
-        InactivityHideActiveDuringBattle = other.InactivityHideActiveDuringBattle;
-        InactivityHideChannelsV2 = other.InactivityHideChannelsV2.ToDictionary(
-            pair => pair.Key,
-            pair => pair.Value
-        );
-        InactivityHideExtraChatAll = other.InactivityHideExtraChatAll;
-        InactivityHideExtraChatChannels = other.InactivityHideExtraChatChannels.ToHashSet();
-        ShowHideButton = other.ShowHideButton;
-        NativeItemTooltips = other.NativeItemTooltips;
-        ScreenshotMode = other.ScreenshotMode;
-        PrettierTimestamps = other.PrettierTimestamps;
-        MoreCompactPretty = other.MoreCompactPretty;
-        HideSameTimestamps = other.HideSameTimestamps;
-        ShowNoviceNetwork = other.ShowNoviceNetwork;
-        SidebarTabView = other.SidebarTabView;
-        PrintChangelog = other.PrintChangelog;
-        OnlyPreviewIf = other.OnlyPreviewIf;
-        PreviewMinimum = other.PreviewMinimum;
-        PreviewPosition = other.PreviewPosition;
-        CommandHelpSide = other.CommandHelpSide;
-        KeybindMode = other.KeybindMode;
-        LanguageOverride = other.LanguageOverride;
-        CanMove = other.CanMove;
-        CanResize = other.CanResize;
-        ShowTitleBar = other.ShowTitleBar;
-        ShowPopOutTitleBar = other.ShowPopOutTitleBar;
-        DatabaseBattleMessages = other.DatabaseBattleMessages;
-        FilterIncludePreviousSessions = other.FilterIncludePreviousSessions;
-        SortAutoTranslate = other.SortAutoTranslate;
-        CollapseDuplicateMessages = other.CollapseDuplicateMessages;
-        CollapseKeepUniqueLinks = other.CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
-        SymbolPickerEnabled = other.SymbolPickerEnabled;
-        PlaySounds = other.PlaySounds;
-        CustomSoundVolume = other.CustomSoundVolume;
-        NotifyFailedTell = other.NotifyFailedTell;
-        NotifyPluginDisclosure = other.NotifyPluginDisclosure;
-        KeepInputFocus = other.KeepInputFocus;
-        MaxLinesToRender = other.MaxLinesToRender;
-        Use24HourClock = other.Use24HourClock;
-        ShowEmotes = other.ShowEmotes;
-        // Deep-copy so settings window edits don't leak into live config before Save.
-        BlockedEmotes = new HashSet<string>(other.BlockedEmotes);
-        FontsEnabled = other.FontsEnabled;
-        ItalicEnabled = other.ItalicEnabled;
-        ExtraGlyphRanges = other.ExtraGlyphRanges;
-        FontSizeV2 = other.FontSizeV2;
-        GlobalFontV2 = other.GlobalFontV2;
-        JapaneseFontV2 = other.JapaneseFontV2;
-        ItalicFontV2 = other.ItalicFontV2;
-        SymbolsFontSizeV2 = other.SymbolsFontSizeV2;
-        TooltipOffset = other.TooltipOffset;
-        ChatColours = other.ChatColours.ToDictionary(entry => entry.Key, entry => entry.Value);
-        ColorSelectedInputChannelButton = other.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton;
-
-        // Keep live temp tabs alive across UpdateFrom — a settings save must
-        // not destroy open tell conversations. Pinned TempTabs are persistent
-        // and come through `other` like regular tabs; unpinned TempTabs are
-        // session-only and held from the local state. For persistent tabs
-        // (incl. pinned), capture live runtime state by Identifier and restore
-        // it onto the freshly cloned tabs — CurrentChannel is critical because
-        // the user may have switched channel in-game between settings-open
-        // and settings-save, and we'd otherwise overwrite that with the
-        // settings-time snapshot.
-        var liveUnpinnedTempTabs = Tabs.Where(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool).ToList();
-        var livePersistentSession = Tabs.Where(t => !TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t))
-            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread, t.CurrentChannel));
-
-        Tabs = other
-            .Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab || t.IsPinned)
-            .Select(t =>
-            {
-                var clone = t.Clone();
-                if (livePersistentSession.TryGetValue(clone.Identifier, out var live))
-                {
-                    clone.Messages = live.Messages;
-                    clone.LastSendUnread = live.LastSendUnread;
-                    clone.CurrentChannel = live.CurrentChannel;
-                }
-                return clone;
-            })
-            .ToList();
-        Tabs.AddRange(liveUnpinnedTempTabs);
-
-        ChatTabForward = other.ChatTabForward;
-        ChatTabBackward = other.ChatTabBackward;
-
-        PrivacyFilterEnabled = other.PrivacyFilterEnabled;
-        PrivacyPersistChannels = [.. other.PrivacyPersistChannels];
-        PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels = other.PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels;
-
-        RetentionEnabled = other.RetentionEnabled;
-        RetentionDefaultDays = other.RetentionDefaultDays;
-        RetentionPerChannelDays = other.RetentionPerChannelDays.ToDictionary(
-            p => p.Key,
-            p => p.Value
-        );
-        RetentionLastRunAt = other.RetentionLastRunAt;
-
-        FirstRunCompleted = other.FirstRunCompleted;
-        WizardLastShownVersion = other.WizardLastShownVersion;
-        UseHellionFont = other.UseHellionFont;
-        ShowHonorificTitleInHeader = other.ShowHonorificTitleInHeader;
-        ShowHonorificGlow = other.ShowHonorificGlow;
-
-        // v1.1.0 theme engine fields
-        Theme = other.Theme;
-        WindowOpacity = other.WindowOpacity;
-        WindowOpacityInactive = other.WindowOpacityInactive;
-        ReduceMotion = other.ReduceMotion;
-        UseCompactDensity = other.UseCompactDensity;
-
-        EnableAutoTellTabs = other.EnableAutoTellTabs;
-        AutoTellTabsLimit = other.AutoTellTabsLimit;
-        AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = other.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
-        AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = other.AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload;
-        SidebarWidth = other.SidebarWidth;
-        AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle = other.AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;
-
-        SeenPopOutInputHint = other.SeenPopOutInputHint;
-        PopOutInputEnabled = other.PopOutInputEnabled;
-        SeenPopOutHeaderHint = other.SeenPopOutHeaderHint;
-        AutoTellTabsOpenAsPopout = other.AutoTellTabsOpenAsPopout;
-
-        WorldSuffixMode = other.WorldSuffixMode;
-        NameFormMode = other.NameFormMode;
-
-        MainWindowOpen = other.MainWindowOpen;
-        SettingsWindowOpen = other.SettingsWindowOpen;
-        MaxParallelPopouts = other.MaxParallelPopouts;
-        TellAutoOpenMode = other.TellAutoOpenMode;
-        TellAutoOpenSwitchAlways = other.TellAutoOpenSwitchAlways;
-        SidebarAutoSwitchThresholdPx = other.SidebarAutoSwitchThresholdPx;
-        MainWindowLayoutMode = other.MainWindowLayoutMode;
-    }
 }
 
 [Serializable]
@@ -540,9 +379,6 @@ public class Tab
     // Optional FontAwesome glyph name; null falls back to TabIconMapping default.
     public string? Icon = null;
 
-    [Obsolete("Removed in favor of SelectedChannels")]
-    public Dictionary<ChatType, ChatSource> ChatCodes = new();
-
     public Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)> SelectedChannels = new();
     public bool ExtraChatAll;
     public HashSet<Guid> ExtraChatChannels = [];
@@ -559,12 +395,15 @@ public class Tab
     public bool CanMove = true;
     public bool CanResize = true;
 
-    public bool IndependentHide;
-    public bool HideDuringCutscenes = true;
-    public bool HideWhenNotLoggedIn = true;
-    public bool HideWhenUiHidden = true;
-    public bool HideInLoadingScreens;
-    public bool HideInBattle;
+    // Six per-tab hide conditions used to live here. Their reader was the
+    // pop-out window, which stopped consulting them in cf4705e; the equivalents
+    // that survive are the window-level fields of the same name further up this
+    // file, and v1.12.0 gave every one of those a control.
+    //
+    // Per-tab was the wrong unit anyway: "hide during cutscenes" is a statement
+    // about the screen, not about one conversation.
+    //
+    // HideWhenInactive stays -- the auto-tell service writes it.
     public bool HideWhenInactive;
 
     public bool IsTempTab;
@@ -667,15 +506,14 @@ public class Tab
 
     public Tab Clone()
     {
-#pragma warning disable CS0618 // ChatCodes is obsolete but still serialized and must survive a clone
         return new Tab
         {
             Name = Name,
-            // Both were missing: Icon feeds the sidebar glyph, ChatCodes carries
-            // legacy migration data that is still written to the JSON. A clone
-            // round-trip used to drop them silently.
+            // Icon feeds the sidebar glyph and a clone round-trip used to drop
+            // it silently. ChatCodes sat beside it until v1.12.0, carrying data
+            // for a migration that the v16 schema gate had already made
+            // unreachable.
             Icon = Icon,
-            ChatCodes = new Dictionary<ChatType, ChatSource>(ChatCodes),
             SelectedChannels = SelectedChannels.ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => pair.Value),
             ExtraChatAll = ExtraChatAll,
             ExtraChatChannels = ExtraChatChannels.ToHashSet(),
@@ -693,12 +531,6 @@ public class Tab
             CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel.Clone(),
             CanMove = CanMove,
             CanResize = CanResize,
-            IndependentHide = IndependentHide,
-            HideDuringCutscenes = HideDuringCutscenes,
-            HideWhenNotLoggedIn = HideWhenNotLoggedIn,
-            HideWhenUiHidden = HideWhenUiHidden,
-            HideInLoadingScreens = HideInLoadingScreens,
-            HideInBattle = HideInBattle,
             HideWhenInactive = HideWhenInactive,
             IsTempTab = IsTempTab,
             IsPinned = IsPinned,
@@ -708,7 +540,6 @@ public class Tab
             NotificationSoundId = NotificationSoundId,
             IsGreeted = IsGreeted,
         };
-#pragma warning restore CS0618
     }
 
     /// Ordered message list with duplicate ID tracking, sorting and mutex protection.
diff --git a/HellionChat/Plugin.cs b/HellionChat/Plugin.cs
index a80bcbd..9e28c46 100755
--- a/HellionChat/Plugin.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Plugin.cs
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
     // via Framework.RunOnTick (v1.4.8 B3 retention sweep) can early-bail
     // before they touch state that has already been torn down. Volatile
     // because the tick reads it from a different thread than the writer.
+    // The three hide conditions v1.5.6 evaluated and cf4705e left without a
+    // reader. Advanced once per draw, before any window is drawn.
+    private Util.ChatHideReason _hideReason = Util.ChatHideReason.None;
+
+    // Set by the chat-activation keybind, consumed by the next hide evaluation.
+    // A cutscene the user dismissed stays dismissed until it ends.
+    internal bool ChatActivationRequested;
+
     private volatile bool _isDisposing;
 
     // Read by background workers that outlive a teardown -- the export thread
@@ -309,7 +317,13 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             );
         }
 
-        Config.Version = 24;
+        // v25 carries no migration step. The schema gate above only refuses
+        // anything under 16, and Json.NET drops keys it does not recognise on
+        // load, so the fields v1.12.0 deleted simply stop being written on the
+        // next save. The bump is documentation, and it has to be consistent:
+        // the constant and this stamp are two separate places, and changing
+        // only one gives a config that re-stamps itself on every start.
+        Config.Version = 25;
 
         // Unpinned TempTabs are session-only and dropped on every load. Pinned
         // TempTabs survive reload — Jin's tester feedback (v1.4.7).
@@ -470,7 +484,7 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                 new SelfTests.SettingsWindowOpenStep(this),
                 new SelfTests.OnOpenMainUiRoutesMainWindowStep(this),
                 new SelfTests.TypingIpcStateStep(this),
-                new SelfTests.ConfigMigrationV24Step(this),
+                new SelfTests.ConfigMigrationV25Step(this),
                 new SelfTests.ChannelPopoutBindStep(this),
                 new SelfTests.HoverStateFootprintStep(),
                 new SelfTests.HonorificHeaderRenderStep(this),
@@ -1203,6 +1217,32 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
             Interface.UiBuilder.DisableUserUiHide = !Config.HideWhenUiHidden;
 
+            // Stateless, so it needs no machine: there is no gesture that shows
+            // the chat while nobody is logged in.
+            if (Config.HideWhenNotLoggedIn && !ClientState.IsLoggedIn)
+            {
+                TypingIpc.Update();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _hideReason = Util.ChatHideState.Next(
+                _hideReason,
+                new Util.ChatHideState.Inputs(
+                    Config.HideInBattle,
+                    InBattle,
+                    Config.HideDuringCutscenes,
+                    CutsceneActive || GposeActive,
+                    ChatActivationRequested
+                )
+            );
+            ChatActivationRequested = false;
+
+            if (Util.ChatHideState.Hides(_hideReason))
+            {
+                TypingIpc.Update();
+                return;
+            }
+
             // RegularFont is nullable only because the live rebuild path
             // disposes it before reassigning; both ends of that swap happen on
             // this same draw thread, so it cannot be null here.
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs
index 7f57fef..c4b4a68 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string Wizard_Step4_Summary_TellTabs => Get(nameof(Wizard_Step4_Summary_TellTabs));
     internal static string Wizard_Step4_Summary_Visual => Get(nameof(Wizard_Step4_Summary_Visual));
     internal static string Wizard_Step4_Summary_Unchanged => Get(nameof(Wizard_Step4_Summary_Unchanged));
+    internal static string Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off => Get(nameof(Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off));
     internal static string Wizard_Step4_TestHint => Get(nameof(Wizard_Step4_TestHint));
     internal static string Wizard_Step4_SettingsHint => Get(nameof(Wizard_Step4_SettingsHint));
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ca.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ca.resx
index c238ed5..dfbc04c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ca.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ca.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Insereix l'objecte enllaçat &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>desactivat</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.cs.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.cs.resx
index dca569f..4508fe2 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.cs.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.cs.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Vložit odkázaný předmět &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>vypnuto</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.da.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.da.resx
index af39218..5ca8ba7 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.da.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.da.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Indsæt linket genstand &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>fra</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx
index d86d3fa..2f657d5 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx
@@ -1208,4 +1208,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Verlinkten Gegenstand einfügen &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>aus</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.el.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.el.resx
index d0d44c0..8b0c41c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.el.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.el.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Εισαγωγή συνδεδεμένου αντικειμένου &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>ανενεργό</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.es.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.es.resx
index b550565..d3b323d 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.es.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.es.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Insertar objeto enlazado &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>desactivado</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fi.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fi.resx
index 4527a49..0d88537 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fi.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fi.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Lisää linkitetty esine &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>pois</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fr.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fr.resx
index 3385228..ec917d2 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fr.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.fr.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Insérer l'objet lié &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>désactivé</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.hu.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.hu.resx
index 89231d5..7884c81 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.hu.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.hu.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Hivatkozott tárgy beszúrása &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>kikapcsolva</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.it.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.it.resx
index e21a16f..ec73987 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.it.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.it.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Inserisci l'oggetto collegato &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>disattivato</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ja.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ja.resx
index 99fa915..8a02c96 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ja.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ja.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>リンクしたアイテムを挿入 &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>オフ</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ko.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ko.resx
index 645788a..c07c4bf 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ko.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ko.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>연결된 아이템 삽입 &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>끔</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nb.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nb.resx
index c9e9ee5..43f0671 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nb.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nb.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Sett inn lenket gjenstand &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>av</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nl.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nl.resx
index 215be2f..77f653c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nl.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.nl.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Gekoppeld voorwerp invoegen &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>uit</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pl.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pl.resx
index 7d02ae7..5fa9e63 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pl.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pl.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Wstaw powiązany przedmiot &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>wyłączone</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-BR.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-BR.resx
index d97fa64..8544c04 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-BR.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-BR.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Inserir item vinculado &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>desativado</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-PT.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-PT.resx
index 9e9813b..40c813b 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-PT.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.pt-PT.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Inserir item ligado &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>desativado</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx
index 5e4e12f..9d91d8c 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx
@@ -1225,4 +1225,7 @@
   <data name="Settings_NotifyFailedTell_Description" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The game reports a failed tell in the log only. This raises a notification instead, so a message to someone offline or on another world does not go unnoticed.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>off</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ro.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ro.resx
index eed5fcb..66138da 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ro.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ro.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Inserează obiectul legat &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>dezactivat</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ru.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ru.resx
index 96e5a9b..097e003 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ru.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.ru.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Вставить связанный предмет &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>выключено</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.sv.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.sv.resx
index f563572..7576dea 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.sv.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.sv.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Infoga länkat föremål &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>av</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.tr.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.tr.resx
index 14c9e78..c8d2658 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.tr.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.tr.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Bağlantılı eşyayı ekle &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>kapalı</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.uk.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.uk.resx
index 2a49c92..8ac78e7 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.uk.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.uk.resx
@@ -1213,4 +1213,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Вставити пов'язаний предмет &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>вимкнено</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hans.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hans.resx
index 0264a9c..95890cd 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hans.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hans.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>插入关联物品 &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>关闭</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hant.resx b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hant.resx
index 5f84eaf..4dbda0a 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hant.resx
+++ b/HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.zh-Hant.resx
@@ -1214,4 +1214,7 @@
   <data name="ChatLog_Insert_ItemLink" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>插入關聯物品 &lt;item&gt;</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>關閉</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HellionChat/SelfTests/ConfigMigrationV24Step.cs b/HellionChat/SelfTests/ConfigMigrationV25Step.cs
similarity index 92%
rename from HellionChat/SelfTests/ConfigMigrationV24Step.cs
rename to HellionChat/SelfTests/ConfigMigrationV25Step.cs
index 1d44dee..3219a13 100644
--- a/HellionChat/SelfTests/ConfigMigrationV24Step.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/SelfTests/ConfigMigrationV25Step.cs
@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ namespace HellionChat.SelfTests;
 // below must carry valid values here. This probe never rewrites config; the
 // migrations themselves are load-time and verified by the prepared-config smoke
 // in the plan.
-internal sealed class ConfigMigrationV24Step : ISelfTestStep
+internal sealed class ConfigMigrationV25Step : ISelfTestStep
 {
-    public ConfigMigrationV24Step(Plugin plugin)
+    public ConfigMigrationV25Step(Plugin plugin)
     {
         _ = plugin;
     }
 
-    public string Name => "Hellion Chat - Config v24 migration";
+    public string Name => "Hellion Chat - Config v25 migration";
 
     public SelfTestStepResult RunStep()
     {
-        if (Plugin.Config.Version != 24)
+        if (Plugin.Config.Version != 25)
         {
-            ImGui.Text($"Config.Version is {Plugin.Config.Version}, expected 24");
+            ImGui.Text($"Config.Version is {Plugin.Config.Version}, expected 25");
             return SelfTestStepResult.Fail;
         }
 
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/AutoTellTabTint.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/AutoTellTabTint.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70035c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/AutoTellTabTint.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+// Deterministic hash-based color and icon tinting for Auto-Tell sidebar tabs.
+// Same tell partner (name+world) always produces the same color and icon across
+// sessions. Pure string logic, no Dalamud dependency — testable without game refs.
+internal static class AutoTellTabTint
+{
+    // Fallback for invalid input (empty name or world=0). White matches
+    // TextPrimary default so the sidebar stays visually consistent.
+    public const uint Fallback = 0xFFFFFFFFu;
+
+    // 12 saturated mid-bright colors from the built-in theme pool, readable
+    // on dark backgrounds. Collision risk is low at realistic 1-5 active tells.
+    // RGBA format, matching ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr convention.
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<uint> Palette = new uint[]
+    {
+        0x00BED2FFu, // Arctic Cyan
+        0xF97316FFu, // Ember Orange
+        0xB585FFFFu, // Light Cosmic Purple
+        0xE374E8FFu, // Bloom Magenta
+        0x5DD39EFFu, // Mint Green
+        0xF0AD4EFFu, // Warning Yellow
+        0xE85C6AFFu, // Coral
+        0x5CB85CFFu, // Status Green
+        0x6278FFFFu, // Bloom Blue
+        0xC9982EFFu, // Warm Gold
+        0x9CCB7CFFu, // Soft Sage
+        0xE85D04FFu, // Deep Ember
+    };
+
+    public static uint For(string name, uint world)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) || world == 0)
+            return Fallback;
+
+        return Palette[(int)(StableHash($"{name}@{world}") % Palette.Count)];
+    }
+
+    // 7 visually distinct FA glyphs that make sense in a tell context.
+    // Excludes cog/comment/users — those read as system or group tabs.
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> IconPool = new[]
+    {
+        "envelope",
+        "star",
+        "heart",
+        "bell",
+        "bookmark",
+        "flag",
+        "fire",
+    };
+
+    // "envelope" matches the tell context better than the old hardcoded "clock".
+    public const string IconFallback = "envelope";
+
+    public static string IconFor(string name, uint world)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) || world == 0)
+            return IconFallback;
+
+        // Reversed key ("world@name") gives icon and color independent variation
+        // so the same tell partner doesn't always get the same color+icon pair.
+        // 7 icons x 12 colors = 84 distinct combinations.
+        return IconPool[(int)(StableHash($"{world}@{name}") % IconPool.Count)];
+    }
+
+    // FNV-1a, not string.GetHashCode. The header of this file promises the same
+    // partner produces the same colour "across sessions", and GetHashCode cannot
+    // keep that: .NET salts string hashing per process, so every game start
+    // would reshuffle every tell tab. The tests never caught it because they
+    // only ever compared two calls inside one run.
+    // Returns the full uint. The old int-based version masked off the sign bit
+    // before its modulo; on a uint that mask only throws away a bit of entropy.
+    private static uint StableHash(string key)
+    {
+        const uint offsetBasis = 2166136261u;
+        const uint prime = 16777619u;
+
+        var hash = offsetBasis;
+        foreach (var b in System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key))
+        {
+            hash ^= b;
+            hash *= prime;
+        }
+
+        // Avalanche step, and not optional. FNV-1a alone leaves the low bits
+        // correlated for keys that differ only slightly, and the caller takes
+        // exactly those bits with a modulo -- a probe over 144 near-identical
+        // keys reached only 6 of the 12 colours. With fmix32 it reaches all 12.
+        hash ^= hash >> 16;
+        hash *= 0x7feb352du;
+        hash ^= hash >> 15;
+        hash *= 0x846ca68bu;
+        hash ^= hash >> 16;
+
+        return hash;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/MessageList.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/MessageList.cs
index 67982eb..e9fc90a 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/MessageList.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/MessageList.cs
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ internal sealed class MessageList
     private readonly Action<Message> _drawCompactRow;
     private readonly Action<Message> _drawCardRow;
 
-    // Reused across frames: at the default MaxLinesToRender of 2500 a fresh
-    // array per frame is 10 KB of garbage, and A2 put the default density on
-    // this path.
+    // Reused across frames: at MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit a fresh array
+    // per frame is 40 KB of garbage, and A2 put the default density on this
+    // path. The old comment named MaxLinesToRender and its 2500 default, a
+    // config field that had stopped bounding anything.
     private float[] _heightScratch = [];
 
     // §6.2: setter-injection breaks the PayloadHandler → MainWindow → MessageList → PayloadHandler 3-cycle.
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/WindowTab.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/WindowTab.cs
index 03849cc..4ca54ba 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/WindowTab.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Settings/Tabs/WindowTab.cs
@@ -121,7 +121,13 @@ internal sealed class WindowTab
             );
         }
 
-        if (_w.Section(ImGui.GetID("window.preview"u8), "Input preview", open: false))
+        if (
+            _w.Section(
+                ImGui.GetID("window.preview"u8),
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Section_InputPreview,
+                open: false
+            )
+        )
         {
             _w.EnumComboRow(
                 ImGui.GetID("window.preview.position"u8),
@@ -186,6 +192,31 @@ internal sealed class WindowTab
                 () => Plugin.Config.HideInNewGamePlusMenu,
                 v => Plugin.Config.HideInNewGamePlusMenu = v
             );
+
+            // The three that lost their reader with the chat window. Pressing
+            // the chat key during a cutscene brings the chat back for that
+            // cutscene; combat has no such escape, exactly as in v1.5.6.
+            _w.ToggleRow(
+                ImGui.GetID("window.hide.cutscenes"u8),
+                Language.Options_HideDuringCutscenes_Name,
+                Language.Options_HideDuringCutscenes_Description,
+                () => Plugin.Config.HideDuringCutscenes,
+                v => Plugin.Config.HideDuringCutscenes = v
+            );
+            _w.ToggleRow(
+                ImGui.GetID("window.hide.battle"u8),
+                Language.Options_HideInBattle_Name,
+                Language.Options_HideInBattle_Description,
+                () => Plugin.Config.HideInBattle,
+                v => Plugin.Config.HideInBattle = v
+            );
+            _w.ToggleRow(
+                ImGui.GetID("window.hide.notloggedin"u8),
+                Language.Options_HideWhenNotLoggedIn_Name,
+                Language.Options_HideWhenNotLoggedIn_Description,
+                () => Plugin.Config.HideWhenNotLoggedIn,
+                v => Plugin.Config.HideWhenNotLoggedIn = v
+            );
         }
 
         if (
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs
index 179eaa5..b0b4a02 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs
@@ -324,10 +324,17 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
 
         var icon = ResolveTabIcon(tab);
 
-        // Dim precedence (1.5.6): the active tab always keeps its regular
-        // color; only greeted, non-active tabs drop to TextDim.
+        // Dim precedence (1.5.6): the active tab never dims; only greeted,
+        // non-active tabs drop to TextDim. "Regular colour" is the tint for an
+        // auto-tell tab and the theme text colour for everything else.
+        //
+        // Below that, an auto-tell tab is tinted from its partner. Twelve
+        // colours against seven glyphs is 84 combinations, which is plenty for
+        // the one to five conversations anybody actually runs in parallel. The
+        // greeted dim still wins: it says something about this tab right now,
+        // the tint only says who it belongs to.
         var isCurrentTab = tab == activeTab;
-        var iconColor = textAbgr;
+        var iconColor = tab.IsTempTab ? ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(TabTintCache.GetTint(tab)) : textAbgr;
         if (
             !isCurrentTab
             && greetedConfigured
@@ -486,10 +493,20 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
         )
             return mapped;
 
-        // Auto-tell tabs always show the envelope, regardless of what their
-        // SelectedChannels filter is set to.
+        // Auto-tell tabs get one of seven glyphs derived from the partner, not
+        // one envelope for all of them. With four tells open, identical rows in
+        // identical colour are four rows you have to read to tell apart.
         if (tab.IsTempTab)
-            return FontAwesomeIcon.Envelope;
+        {
+            // TryGetValue rather than an indexer: every glyph in the pool is in
+            // the table today, and a lookup miss would be somebody editing one
+            // of the two lists without the other. A wrong envelope beats a
+            // KeyNotFoundException on the draw thread.
+            var hashed = TabTintCache.GetIcon(tab);
+            return IconByName.TryGetValue(hashed, out var tellGlyph)
+                ? tellGlyph
+                : FontAwesomeIcon.Envelope;
+        }
 
         // Channel-type fallback. Walk every selected key, not just the first,
         // so a System tab that filters multiple system-flavoured ChatTypes
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs
index 240badf..ea2017d 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs
@@ -483,10 +483,16 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
                     string.Format(HellionStrings.Wizard_Step4_Summary_Profile, profileLabel)
                 );
 
-                var historyLabel =
-                    (_state.PendingFilterIncludePreviousSessions ?? false)
-                        ? HellionStrings.Wizard_Step3_FilterIncludePreviousSessions_Label
-                        : HellionStrings.Wizard_Step4_Summary_Unchanged;
+                // Three states, not two. "Unchanged" is for a step the user
+                // never entered; an unticked box is a decision that gets
+                // committed, and reporting it as unchanged was the same kind of
+                // lie the deleted LoadPreviousSession told.
+                var historyLabel = _state.PendingFilterIncludePreviousSessions switch
+                {
+                    true => HellionStrings.Wizard_Step3_FilterIncludePreviousSessions_Label,
+                    false => HellionStrings.Wizard_Step4_Summary_Off,
+                    null => HellionStrings.Wizard_Step4_Summary_Unchanged,
+                };
                 ImGui.TextWrapped(
                     string.Format(HellionStrings.Wizard_Step4_Summary_History, historyLabel)
                 );
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/TabTintCache.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/TabTintCache.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5364ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/TabTintCache.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+// Per-Tab cache wrapper around the pure AutoTellTabTint hash helpers.
+// Each cache (tint, icon) carries its own name+world validation key so
+// neither read path mutates the other's state — refilling one never
+// invalidates the other. No string allocation in the steady-state lookup.
+internal static class TabTintCache
+{
+    public static uint GetTint(Tab tab)
+    {
+        var name = tab.TellTarget.Name;
+        var world = tab.TellTarget.World;
+        if (tab._cachedTintTellName != name || tab._cachedTintTellWorld != world)
+        {
+            tab._cachedTintTellName = name;
+            tab._cachedTintTellWorld = world;
+            tab._cachedTellTint = AutoTellTabTint.For(name, world);
+        }
+        return tab._cachedTellTint;
+    }
+
+    public static string GetIcon(Tab tab)
+    {
+        var name = tab.TellTarget.Name;
+        var world = tab.TellTarget.World;
+        if (
+            tab._cachedTellIcon is null
+            || tab._cachedIconTellName != name
+            || tab._cachedIconTellWorld != world
+        )
+        {
+            tab._cachedIconTellName = name;
+            tab._cachedIconTellWorld = world;
+            tab._cachedTellIcon = AutoTellTabTint.IconFor(name, world);
+        }
+        return tab._cachedTellIcon;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/MainWindow.cs b/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/MainWindow.cs
index 737d73c..9684f62 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/MainWindow.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Ui/Windows/MainWindow.cs
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ internal sealed class MainWindow : Window, IFocusableChatWindow
     internal void ActivateChat()
     {
         _userHidden = false;
+
+        // Also lifts a cutscene hide for the duration of that cutscene. Without
+        // this the key would appear to do nothing at all during one.
+        Plugin.Instance.ChatActivationRequested = true;
         if (!IsOpen)
         {
             IsOpen = true;
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/ChatHideState.cs b/HellionChat/Util/ChatHideState.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c99b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/ChatHideState.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+// Why the chat is currently hidden, if it is.
+internal enum ChatHideReason
+{
+    None,
+
+    // In combat, and the user asked for that to hide the chat.
+    Battle,
+
+    // A cutscene or gpose is running.
+    Cutscene,
+
+    // A cutscene is running and the user pressed the activation key anyway.
+    // Distinct from None so the state returns to hidden on its own once the
+    // cutscene ends, without a second gesture.
+    CutsceneOverride,
+}
+
+// The hide conditions v1.5.6 evaluated every frame, as a state machine.
+//
+// Three of the four went missing with the chat window in cf4705e: their config
+// fields survived, their translated labels survived, nothing read them. They
+// need a machine rather than three ifs because two of them are not conditions
+// but states: a cutscene the user has dismissed must stay dismissed until the
+// cutscene ends, and combat that started while the chat was already hidden for
+// another reason must not take ownership of it.
+//
+// Pure and Dalamud-free, so the transitions can be pinned without a game.
+internal static class ChatHideState
+{
+    internal readonly record struct Inputs(
+        bool HideInBattle,
+        bool InBattle,
+        bool HideDuringCutscenes,
+        bool CutsceneActive,
+        bool ActivateRequested
+    );
+
+    internal static ChatHideReason Next(ChatHideReason current, in Inputs inputs)
+    {
+        // Leaving a state comes first. Otherwise a frame in which combat ends
+        // and a cutscene starts would keep reporting Battle.
+        if (current == ChatHideReason.Battle && !inputs.InBattle)
+            current = ChatHideReason.None;
+
+        if (
+            current is ChatHideReason.Cutscene or ChatHideReason.CutsceneOverride
+            && !inputs.CutsceneActive
+        )
+            current = ChatHideReason.None;
+
+        // The user asked for the chat during a cutscene. Held until the cutscene
+        // ends, which the branch above takes care of.
+        if (current == ChatHideReason.Cutscene && inputs.ActivateRequested)
+            return ChatHideReason.CutsceneOverride;
+
+        if (current != ChatHideReason.None)
+            return current;
+
+        // Entering. Cutscene wins over battle: a cutscene during combat is the
+        // more specific situation, and it is the one with an escape hatch.
+        if (inputs.HideDuringCutscenes && inputs.CutsceneActive)
+            return ChatHideReason.Cutscene;
+
+        if (inputs.HideInBattle && inputs.InBattle)
+            return ChatHideReason.Battle;
+
+        return ChatHideReason.None;
+    }
+
+    // CutsceneOverride is a hide state that does not hide -- that is the whole
+    // point of it.
+    internal static bool Hides(ChatHideReason reason) =>
+        reason is ChatHideReason.Battle or ChatHideReason.Cutscene;
+}
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/LayoutFingerprint.cs b/HellionChat/Util/LayoutFingerprint.cs
index 22052ba..f6c6785 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/LayoutFingerprint.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/LayoutFingerprint.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ internal readonly record struct LayoutFingerprint(
 // Dragging a window edge or the Dalamud UI-scale slider moves the continuous
 // half of the fingerprint on every frame. Acting on each one drops the height
 // cache and sends the whole tab through the linear measure path (up to
-// Config.MaxLinesToRender rows). Waiting for those to settle turns a drag into
-// one rebuild. Discrete changes bypass the wait entirely.
+// MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit rows). Waiting for those to settle turns a
+// drag into one rebuild. Discrete changes bypass the wait entirely.
 internal sealed class LayoutFingerprintGate
 {
     internal const long SettleMs = 200;
diff --git a/HellionChat/Util/TabLifecycleHelpers.cs b/HellionChat/Util/TabLifecycleHelpers.cs
index fb0a4f3..093eec4 100644
--- a/HellionChat/Util/TabLifecycleHelpers.cs
+++ b/HellionChat/Util/TabLifecycleHelpers.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ internal static class TabLifecycleHelpers
     // with no window. Unconditional (pinned included) because pinned TempTabs
     // survive the load and are the main stale-flag source; a !IsPinned filter
     // would leave exactly those leaking. Lockstep with the two in-memory resets
-    // (AutoTellTabsService pool-full + Configuration.UpdateFrom backToOriginal).
+    // (AutoTellTabsService pool-full + the settings round trip backToOriginal).
     // TEST-MIRROR: ../../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/PopOutResetOnLoadTests.cs
     internal static void ResetPopOutOnLoad(IEnumerable<Tab> tabs)
     {