Merge feature/v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish

Adds a "ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer" bullet across all six
release-note surfaces so the new behaviour from commits 8c4afaa and
655c903 is visible to users via the manifest installer, the Gitea
release page, the README project-status section, the changelog/roadmap
docs and the Forge-Discord announcement.

Files touched:
- HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml: bullet added inside the v1.4.9
  changelog block, preserved order so the regression-tripwire line
  still comes before the migration-stays line.
- repo.json: Changelog field kept synchronous (JSON-escaped newlines).
- README.md: project-status paragraph extended with a one-sentence
  recap of the IPC mirror and the conflict-detection caveat.
- docs/CHANGELOG.md: bullet inserted between the profiling-logs and
  migration-stays bullets, code-fenced gate names.
- docs/ROADMAP.md: v1.4.9-released section gets the same recap so the
  cycle history stays self-describing.
- .github/forge-posts/v1.4.9.md: German-only bullet for the Discord
  embed, slotted before the migration-v17 bullet. Char-cap holds —
  preflight Block C reports the embed total well under 5500 chars.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/forge-announce.yml

@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ jobs:
                   if ($idx -lt 0) { throw "V5: changelog-Block nicht gefunden in $yamlPath" }
                   $afterMarker = $raw.Substring($idx + $marker.Length)
                   $changelogBody = (($afterMarker -split "`r?`n") | ForEach-Object {
-                      if ($_ -match '^  ') { $_.Substring(2) } else { $_ }
+                      if ($_ -match '^    ') { $_.Substring(4) } else { $_ }
                   }) -join "`n"
 
-                  $header = "**Hellion Chat $version"
+                  $header = "**v$version "
                   $start = $changelogBody.IndexOf($header)
                   if ($start -lt 0) {
                       throw "V5: No changelog entry for version $version found in $yamlPath. Update the changelog block before tagging."
                   }
                   $rest = $changelogBody.Substring($start)
-                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**Hellion Chat ", 1)
+                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**v", 1)
                   $trailer = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n---")
                   if ($nextHdr -ge 0 -and ($trailer -lt 0 -or $nextHdr -lt $trailer)) {
                       $enBlock = $rest.Substring(0, $nextHdr).TrimEnd()
@@ -120,17 +120,37 @@ jobs:
                       $enBlock = $rest.TrimEnd()
                   }
 
-                  # ---------- Char-Cap-Check (5500 Total auf title + description + footer) ----------
+                  # ---------- Embed-Felder + Per-Field-Caps (Discord-Hard-Limits) ----------
+                  # Discord enforces per-embed-field limits separately from the
+                  # combined-total limit. We split the DE and EN blocks into two
+                  # embeds that share the same release URL so Discord stitches
+                  # them into one visual card. Hard caps per Discord docs:
+                  #   description: 4096 per embed
+                  #   title:        256 per embed
+                  #   footer.text: 2048 per embed
+                  #   combined sum across all embeds: 6000
                   $title = "Hellion Chat $version — $subtitle"
-                  $description = "**Deutsch**`n`n$deBody`n`n**English**`n`n$enBlock"
+                  $deDesc = "**Deutsch**`n`n$deBody"
+                  $enDesc = "**English**`n`n$enBlock"
                   $footerText = "Hellion Forge · $versionsnatur"
-                  $totalChars = $title.Length + $description.Length + $footerText.Length
-                  if ($totalChars -gt 5500) {
-                      throw "V6: Total char count $totalChars exceeds 5500 limit. Major-Release detected — please post manually via Bot/Multi-Embed (see forge style §8). Forge-Auto-Announce stays off for this tag."
-                  }
-                  Write-Host "Char-Cap OK: $totalChars / 5500"
+                  $releaseUrl = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"
 
-                  # ---------- Embed-Payload bauen ----------
+                  if ($deDesc.Length -gt 4096) {
+                      throw "V6a: DE-Body too long for one embed ($($deDesc.Length) chars, max 4096). Trim .github/forge-posts/$tag.md or post the announcement manually (see forge style §8)."
+                  }
+                  if ($enDesc.Length -gt 4096) {
+                      throw "V6b: EN-Block too long for one embed ($($enDesc.Length) chars, max 4096). Trim the changelog entry in HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml or post manually."
+                  }
+                  $totalChars = $title.Length + $deDesc.Length + $enDesc.Length + $footerText.Length
+                  if ($totalChars -gt 6000) {
+                      throw "V6c: Combined embed chars $totalChars exceed Discord's 6000-total limit. Major-Release detected — post manually via Bot/Multi-Embed (see forge style §8)."
+                  }
+                  Write-Host "Embed-Caps OK: de=$($deDesc.Length)/4096, en=$($enDesc.Length)/4096, total=$totalChars/6000"
+
+                  # ---------- Embed-Payload bauen (zwei Embeds, gleiche url) ----------
+                  # Sharing the same `url` tells Discord to render both embeds as a
+                  # single contiguous card block. The title sits on the first embed,
+                  # the footer + timestamp on the last so it reads as one post.
                   $payload = [ordered]@{
                       username = "Forge Herald"
                       avatar_url = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/HellionChat/images/icon.png"
@@ -142,9 +162,14 @@ jobs:
                       embeds = @(
                           [ordered]@{
                               title = $title
-                              url = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"
+                              url = $releaseUrl
                               color = 12730636
-                              description = $description
+                              description = $deDesc
+                          },
+                          [ordered]@{
+                              url = $releaseUrl
+                              color = 12730636
+                              description = $enDesc
                               footer = [ordered]@{ text = $footerText }
                               timestamp = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ")
                           }

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -20,16 +20,12 @@ on:
     push:
         tags:
             - "v*"
-    # Manual recovery trigger. Use when a tag was pushed but the auto-run
-    # was missed or failed: `gh workflow run release.yml -f tag=v0.6.1`.
-    # The tag input is validated against the same semver regex as the
-    # auto-trigger before any string interpolation happens.
+    # Manual recovery trigger. Use Gitea's "Run workflow" UI and select the
+    # tag (e.g. v1.4.4) from the Ref dropdown - not main. The Validate tag
+    # ref step below hard-fails if a non-tag ref is selected, because the
+    # release-action reads GITHUB_REF directly and rejects anything that
+    # does not start with refs/tags/.
     workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            tag:
-                description: "Existing tag to (re)release, e.g. v0.6.1"
-                required: true
-                type: string
 
 permissions:
     contents: write
@@ -41,14 +37,21 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 20
 
         steps:
-            # On push:tags, github.ref_name is the tag — checkout default works.
-            # On workflow_dispatch, ref defaults to the branch the action was
-            # invoked from; we need to explicitly check out the tag the user
-            # supplied so the build comes from the tagged commit, not main.
+            # release-action@main reads GITHUB_REF directly (its action.yml
+            # does not declare a tag_name input). Validate up-front so manual
+            # dispatches from a branch ref fail loud here instead of burning
+            # a full build before the final step errors out with "ref X is
+            # not a tag".
+            - name: Validate tag ref
+              run: |
+                  if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" != refs/tags/v* ]]; then
+                      echo "::error::Release workflow must run on a v*.X.Y tag ref, got ${GITHUB_REF}"
+                      echo "::error::Push a tag, or pick the tag (not main) in the workflow_dispatch Ref dropdown."
+                      exit 1
+                  fi
+
             - name: Checkout
               uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
-              with:
-                  ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref }}
 
             - name: Setup .NET 10
               uses: actions/setup-dotnet@c2fa09f4bde5ebb9d1777cf28262a3eb3db3ced7 # v5
@@ -89,12 +92,11 @@ jobs:
             - name: Generate release body
               shell: pwsh
               env:
-                  # workflow_dispatch carries the user-supplied tag in inputs.tag;
-                  # push:tags carries it in github.ref_name. Either way the value
-                  # is treated as a PowerShell variable (env-var pass), not as
-                  # inline shell text, and validated against the semver regex
-                  # below before any string interpolation.
-                  TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
+                  # github.ref_name is the tag because Validate tag ref above
+                  # already enforced refs/tags/v*. Read via env: so the value
+                  # is a PowerShell variable, not inline shell text, and gets
+                  # re-validated against the semver regex below.
+                  TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
               run: |
                   $tag = $env:TAG_NAME
                   if ($tag -notmatch '^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$') {
@@ -111,20 +113,22 @@ jobs:
 
                   # changelog: is the last top-level key in the manifest, so
                   # everything after the marker is the literal block. Strip the
-                  # 2-space yaml indent from each line.
+                  # 4-space yaml indent (prettier convention) from each line.
                   $afterMarker = $raw.Substring($idx + $marker.Length)
                   $changelogBody = (($afterMarker -split "`r?`n") | ForEach-Object {
-                      if ($_ -match '^  ') { $_.Substring(2) } else { $_ }
+                      if ($_ -match '^    ') { $_.Substring(4) } else { $_ }
                   }) -join "`n"
 
-                  $header = "**Hellion Chat $version"
+                  # Subblock convention: "**vX.Y.Z — <subtitle> (<date>)**"
+                  # matches verify-changelog-sync.sh and slim-rule grep.
+                  $header = "**v$version "
                   $start = $changelogBody.IndexOf($header)
                   if ($start -lt 0) {
                       throw "No changelog entry for version $version found in $yamlPath. Update the changelog block before tagging a release."
                   }
 
                   $rest = $changelogBody.Substring($start)
-                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**Hellion Chat ", 1)
+                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**v", 1)
                   $trailer = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n---")
 
                   if ($nextHdr -ge 0 -and ($trailer -lt 0 -or $nextHdr -lt $trailer)) {
@@ -152,19 +156,28 @@ jobs:
                   Write-Host $body
                   Write-Host "----------------------------------------"
 
+            # release-action@main only declares files/title/body/pre_release/
+            # draft/api_key/insecure as inputs (see its action.yml). It silently
+            # ignores anything else, including body_path and tag_name. The tag
+            # itself comes from GITHUB_REF, the body must be passed inline via
+            # body:, so we re-emit release-body.md as a step output first.
+            - name: Expose release body for release-action
+              id: body
+              shell: bash
+              run: |
+                  {
+                      echo 'content<<RELEASE_BODY_EOF'
+                      cat release-body.md
+                      echo 'RELEASE_BODY_EOF'
+                  } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
             # Gitea-native release action. Creates the release if the tag has no
-            # release yet, or updates the existing one. body_path provides the
-            # generated release body, files attaches latest.zip. The auto-injected
-            # GITHUB_TOKEN on Gitea Actions has Gitea-API scope and is sufficient
-            # for release write.
+            # release yet, or updates the existing one with latest.zip attached
+            # and the generated body. The auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN on Gitea
+            # Actions has Gitea-API scope and is sufficient for release write.
             - name: Attach to Gitea release
               uses: https://gitea.com/actions/release-action@main
               with:
-                  # Explicit tag_name so the action targets the correct release in
-                  # both push:tags (auto) and workflow_dispatch (manual recovery)
-                  # modes. Without this, dispatch runs would default to the branch
-                  # ref (main) and fail to find the release.
-                  tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
                   files: ${{ steps.locate.outputs.path }}
-                  body_path: release-body.md
+                  body: ${{ steps.body.outputs.content }}
                   api_key: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.4.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+subtitle: Threading- und IPC-Sicherheits-Politur
+versionsnatur: Wartung und Robustheit
+---
+
+**Hellion Chat 1.4.4 — Threading- und IPC-Sicherheits-Politur**
+
+Fünfter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Threading-Annahmen werden explizit pro Methode dokumentiert, ein
+Hot-Path-Lock im Auto-Tell-Tab-Counter fällt weg, IPC-Cleanup wird sichtbar wenn er fehlschlägt und der Privacy-Filter
+spricht jetzt bei unbekannten ChatTypes.
+
+- **AutoTellTabsService Hot-Path-Lock entfernt.** `ActiveTempTabCount` hat bisher pro Render-Frame ein LINQ-Count unter
+  einem Lock gemacht. Jetzt läuft das über einen Interlocked-Counter der parallel zur Tabs-Liste mitgeführt wird,
+  inklusive Resync-Hook für den Snapshot-Restore-Pfad in `SaveConfig`. Plus Pure-Helper-Test-Mirror in der Build-Suite
+  damit die Atomicity-Semantik nicht versehentlich wegrefactored wird
+- **HonorificService selbst-dokumentierende Threading-Banner.** Statt eines Block-Comments am Klassen-Ende hat jede
+  IPC-Callback-Methode jetzt einen 1-Zeilen-Banner darüber, der den Thread-Kontext direkt am Call-Site benennt
+  (framework only, framework scheduled, any). Mehr Hilfe für künftige Reviews als ein abstraktes Threading-Kapitel
+- **Unsubscribe-Failure ist jetzt sichtbar.** `TryUnsubscribe` hat ein Honorific-Unsubscribe-Failure bisher als Debug
+  geloggt, was bei Standard-Loglevel verschluckt wurde. Eine geleakte Subscription kann den Service über Plugin-Reloads
+  hinweg leben lassen, also läuft der Log jetzt auf Warning
+- **AutoTranslate-Warmup blockiert den Plugin-Unload nicht mehr.** Der Cache-Warmup-Thread war ohne `IsBackground=true`
+  unterwegs, was den Unload um 100-300 ms verzögern konnte. Pattern-Match zu MessageManager und RetentionSweep (beide
+  seit v1.4.0)
+- **Privacy-Filter loggt unbekannte ChatTypes.** Wenn FFXIV durch einen Patch einen neuen ChatType einführt der weder in
+  der Whitelist noch in den Defaults steht, wird er bisher silent durch den Failsafe geleitet. Jetzt loggt der Filter
+  einmalig pro Runtime eine Warning mit dem Type und dem Failsafe-Wert. Dedup über ein NonSerialized-HashSet, also kein
+  Log-Spam
+- **Default-Flip für neue Installationen.** `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` startet bei neuen Configs jetzt auf `true`,
+  damit ein Patch-bedingt neuer ChatType nicht stillschweigend gedroppt wird bevor der User entscheiden kann. Bestehende
+  Configs behalten ihre Wahl, weil der Deserializer den Initializer überschreibt. Keine Migration, kein Schema-Bump
+
+Keine User-sichtbaren Funktions-Änderungen außer dem Default-Flip für neue Installationen. Settings, Themes, Tabs und
+das Privacy-Verhalten für Bestand bleiben unangetastet.

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.5.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+subtitle: UX und Robustheit
+versionsnatur: UX-Polish-Cycle
+---
+
+**Hellion Chat 1.4.5 — UX und Robustheit**
+
+Sechster Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Render-Fehler im Chat-Fenster werden jetzt sichtbar, der
+First-Run-Wizard hat eine explizite Cancel-Schaltfläche, der Eingabe-Verlauf bleibt nicht mehr über Plugin-Reloads
+hinweg liegen, und die Statusleiste klippt in schmalen Fenstern nicht mehr.
+
+- **Fehler-Benachrichtigung im Chat-Fenster.** Wenn ein Render-Fehler in `DrawChatLog` auftritt, zeigt das Plugin jetzt
+  eine einmalige Warning-Notification mit Verweis aufs `/xllog`, statt das Fenster stillschweigend leer zu lassen. Der
+  Stack-Trace selbst geht weiter via `Plugin.Log.Error` ins Logfile. De-Dup über Per-Session-Bool, damit ein
+  wiederkehrender Fehler die Notification-Stack nicht pro Frame neu vollkippt
+- **First-Run-Wizard trennt Accept und Close.** `OnClose` setzt nicht mehr stillschweigend `FirstRunCompleted=true`,
+  also lässt das X den Wizard schwebend zurück und er kommt beim nächsten Plugin-Reload wieder. Eine neue „Später —
+  Defaults behalten"-Schaltfläche im Footer ist der explizite Weg, ohne Profil-Auswahl rauszukommen. Strings bilingual
+  EN+DE plus Tooltip
+- **Eingabe-Verlauf wird beim Plugin-Reload geleert.** `InputHistoryService.Reset` hängt jetzt in `Plugin.DisposeAsync`
+  neben den anderen Pure-Memory-Cleanups, damit der statische Zustand aus der vorigen Session den nächsten Load nicht
+  mehr erbt
+- **Statusleiste klippt nicht mehr.** Der rechtsbündige Versions-Slot wird ausgeblendet wenn die Chat-Window-Breite
+  abzüglich Versions-Text unter 200 px fällt — vorher überlappte er die vier linken Slots. Ab ausreichender Breite
+  taucht der Slot wieder auf
+- **Intern:** `FontManager` fällt auf System-Font zurück wenn die eingebettete Hellion-Font-Resource fehlt
+  (Broken-csproj-Pfad, nie ein Produktions-Build), plus expliziter Session-Only-Invariant-Kommentar für Auto-Tell-Tabs
+  in `Plugin.cs:167-168` mit einem TempTabCounter-Init-Pin in der Build-Suite. Kein Schema-Bump, keine Migration

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.6.md

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+---
+subtitle: Code Hygiene and Refactor
+versionsnatur: Maintenance-Cycle
+---
+
+Wartungs-Patch ohne User-sichtbare Änderungen. Saubere Code-Basis als Vorbereitung auf das v1.4.7-Backlog-Cleanup, plus
+zwei geerbte Bugfixes aus dem ChatTwo-Upstream `f35b7d3`.
+
+- **preflight.sh härter**: csharpier-Reflow-Check (Block E) und markdownlint (Block F) laufen jetzt im Pre-Push-Gate,
+  statt erst beim Pre-Merge-Review aufzufallen.
+- **FontManager-Fallback robuster**: Atlas-Toolkit-Throws aus kaputten Font-Configs (IO, InvalidOperation,
+  ArgumentException) fallen jetzt zuverlässig auf NotoSansCjkRegular, statt den Atlas-Build mitzureißen. Der
+  Exception-Typ wird im Log mitgegeben für die Diagnose.
+- **URL-Validation beim Plugin-Load**: BrandingLinks (5 URLs) und IntegrationLinks (2 URLs) werden via
+  `[ModuleInitializer]` geprüft. Ein Tippfehler bei einer künftigen URL-Rotation wirft jetzt sofort beim Plugin-Load,
+  statt still beim Klick zu scheitern.
+- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — Memory-Leak in `Chat.SetChannel`: der native `Utf8String` wird jetzt auch dann
+  freigegeben, wenn der Linkshell-Check den Channel ablehnt (vorher gefangen im early-return).
+- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — `Tab.Clone()` Deep-cloned jetzt `UsedChannel` und `TellTarget`. Vorher
+  Reference-Share-Bug: PopOut- und Temp-Tabs mutierten sich gegenseitig.
+- **Aktive-Tab-Underline pixel-perfect bei DPI-Scaling**: Die Underline-Pill skaliert jetzt mit
+  `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` und rundet die DrawList-Koordinaten auf physische Pixel. Kein Sub-Pixel-Blur mehr auf
+  125/150%-Setups.
+- **IconButton-Width-Fix**: der manuelle `width - 2 * CellPadding.X`-Subtract verlor den HUD-Scale (Padding skaliert,
+  der raw int nicht). Gemessene Breite läuft jetzt unverändert durch.
+- **Test-Isolation für MessageStore**: `Dalamud.Utility.Util`-Surface (IsWine, OpenLink) läuft jetzt durch eine
+  `IPlatformUtil`-Indirektion. MessageStores `IsWine`-Probe ist isoliert testbar in der Build-Suite. Plus:
+  HellionStyle-ChildBgAlpha als Pure-Helper extrahiert, Plugin.SaveConfig kopiert nur Session-Tabs statt der ganzen
+  Tab-Liste, SettingsOverview cached den DrawList einmal pro Frame.
+- **Built-in-Theme-Roster**: Crystal Nocturne (Royal Sapphire + Electric Magenta auf Obsidian, von CRYSTALLITE) ersetzt
+  Moonlit Bloom. User mit Moonlit Bloom als aktivem Theme fallen beim ersten Plugin-Load auf Hellion Arctic zurück.
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.7.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+subtitle: Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features
+versionsnatur: Mid-Feature-Patch
+---
+
+Achter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Erstes User-sichtbares Feature-Bundle seit v1.4.5 — angepinnte Tell-Tabs
+die Relog überleben, opt-in Honorific-Glow, plus eine konfigurierbare Sidebar.
+
+- **TempTell anpinnen**: Rechtsklick auf einen TempTell-Tab in der Sidebar → „Tab anpinnen". Angepinnte Tabs überleben
+  Plugin-Reload und Char-Logout, behalten ihre Konversations-Historie (wird beim Rehydrate aus dem MessageStore
+  nachgeladen) und bleiben an die gleiche /tell-Person gebunden. Hard-Cap 5 angepinnte Tabs in einem separaten Pool —
+  die normalen Auto-Tell-Tabs (15er Cap) sind davon entkoppelt, Gesamt-Decke 20. Die Sidebar gruppiert angepinnte Tabs
+  in einer eigenen „Angepinnt"-Sektion mit eigenem Trenner.
+- **Honorific Glow-Outline**: rendert jetzt eine 8-Richtungs-DrawList-Outline wenn der Honorific-Titel eine Glow-Farbe
+  trägt. Opt-in via **Settings → Integrationen → Glow-Outline rendern (Honorific)** (Default OFF). Gradient (Color3 /
+  GradientColourSet / Wave / Pulse) wird geparst und im DTO weitergereicht, rendert aktuell aber statisch als
+  Primärfarbe — der volle Gradient-Port (Animations-Algorithmus + Pride-Palette) kommt als eigener Cycle nach.
+- **Sidebar-Breite konfigurierbar**: in **Theme & Layout** ein Slider 44–160 px. Default bleibt 44 px (icon-only), aber
+  breiter machen damit Sektion-Header wie „Aktive Tells (3)" oder „Angepinnt (2)" nicht abgeschnitten werden.
+- **Settings-Save Channel-Fix**: ein Save mit aktivem Party- oder Linkshell-Tab konnte den Chat-Input zurück auf
+  `/tell <angepinnte Person>` springen lassen. `Configuration.UpdateFrom` bewahrt jetzt den Runtime-`CurrentChannel`
+  über den persistent-Tab-Merge hinweg, und `TabSwitched` deep-cloned den Seed-Channel statt sich den `UsedChannel` mit
+  dem vorigen Tab zu teilen.
+- **Internal**: `IPluginLogProxy`-Indirektion vor Dalamud's `IPluginLog` über alle ~91 `Plugin.Log`-Call-Sites. Damit
+  läuft `MessageStore.Migrate0` voll-isoliert in xUnit (F12.1-Lücke aus v1.4.6 geschlossen). Plus: TempTab-Counter als
+  abgeleitete Property statt gecachtes Interlocked-Feld — die neuen Pin/Unpin-Übergänge sind Cold-Path, kein
+  Lock-Free-Vorteil mehr. Migration v16 → v17 ist rein additiv (neues `Tab.IsPinned`-Bool, Default false).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.8.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+subtitle: Hook-Layer und Polish-Quick-Wins
+versionsnatur: Polish-Patch
+---
+
+- DbViewer Volltext-Suche: optionaler FTS5-Index über die ganze Chat-Historie.
+  Wird beim ersten v1.4.8-Start asynchron im Hintergrund gebaut, Progress als
+  Toast. Lokale Page-Suche bleibt Default. Such-Eingaben werden als exakte
+  Wortfolge gematcht; mehrere Wörter werden nur gefunden, wenn sie zusammen
+  und in der Reihenfolge stehen. Wer rohe FTS5-MATCH-Syntax nutzen will, setzt
+  eigene Anführungszeichen um den Suchbegriff.
+- Custom-Theme-Files laden sich beim Speichern automatisch neu, wenn das Theme
+  aktiv ist. Kein Picker-Klick mehr nötig.
+- Retention-Sweep blockt nicht mehr den Framework-Thread. Der Mini-Hitch von
+  ~194ms pro Sweep ist weg.
+- Statusleiste rendert sauber bei Windows-Skalierung über 100%.
+- Receive-Suppressed-Tells-Routing wurde in diesem Cycle untersucht und auf
+  v1.5.x verschoben: wenn andere Plugins Tells via CheckMessageHandled
+  unterdrücken, überspringt FFXIVs Chat-Pipeline den RaptureLogModule-Resolver
+  und HellionChats Tab-Routing verliert den Tell-Partner. Der Fix liegt
+  architektonisch neben dem geplanten Ad-Block-Hook-Layer und kommt dort mit.

.github/forge-posts/v1.4.9.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+subtitle: Plugin-Load Render Polish
+versionsnatur: Performance-Patch
+---
+
+- First-Frame-HITCH unter 100 ms: der erste Render-Frame des Plugins liegt
+  jetzt bei ~76 ms Median (vorher ~127 ms), die Dalamud-Warnung
+  „UiBuilder(Hellion Chat) > 100ms" beim Plugin-Start ist damit weg.
+  Erreicht durch das Verlagern von sechs nicht-essentiellen Render-
+  Sektionen (Statusleiste, Kanalname-Chunks, Fenster-Bounds-Check,
+  Hinweis-Banner, Autocomplete, Input-Preview) auf den zweiten Frame.
+  Bei 60 fps sieht man die deferred-Sektionen ~17 ms später, was im
+  Atlas-Build-Fenster nach einem Reload unsichtbar bleibt.
+- Slash-Commands zentral registriert: /hellion, /hellionView,
+  /hellionSeString und /hellionDebugger werden jetzt im Plugin-Load zentral
+  registriert statt erst beim ersten Öffnen ihres Ziel-Fensters. Heißt: die
+  Befehle funktionieren ab dem ersten Tick, auch wenn das jeweilige Fenster
+  nie geöffnet wurde. Der „Einstellungen"-Button im Plugin-Manager hängt am
+  selben Pfad.
+- Plugin-Load-Diagnose-Logs als Tripwire: die Profiling-Logs für
+  MessageStore.Connect, MessageStore.Migrate, FilterAllTabs und den
+  Auto-Translate-Warmup bleiben auf Information-Level eingeschaltet. Falls
+  eine zukünftige Änderung die Lade-Zeit wieder über 100 ms drückt, taucht
+  der Mehrverbrauch direkt im /xllog auf, ohne dass jemand erst den
+  Debug-Filter einschalten muss.
+- ChatTwo-IPC-Kompatibilitäts-Layer: HellionChat spiegelt jetzt die
+  komplette ChatTwo-IPC-Surface (`GetChatInputState`,
+  `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+  `Invoke`) zusätzlich zu unseren eigenen `HellionChat.*`-Gates unter
+  dem `ChatTwo.*`-Namensraum. Drittseitige Integrationen die nur auf
+  ChatTwo's IPC reagieren, etwa die Kontextmenü-Hooks von Artisan und
+  AllaganTools, funktionieren damit weiter ohne Code-Änderung auf
+  ihrer Seite. Die Conflict-Detection blockiert das parallele Laden
+  von ChatTwo, daher kein Namensraum-Konflikt im Live-Betrieb.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein Config-Migrations-
+  Aufwand. Nach dem Update läuft das Plugin gegen die bestehende
+  v17-Datenbank weiter.

.gitignore

@@ -384,3 +384,7 @@ ChatTwo.Tests
 TestResults
 *.db-shm
 *.db-wal
+
+# Claude Code projekt-spezifisches Setup (lokal, nicht committed)
+/.claude/
+/CLAUDE.md

.markdownlint.json

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
     "MD007": { "indent": 4 },
     "MD013": false,
+    "MD024": { "siblings_only": true },
     "MD029": false,
     "MD033": false,
+    "MD036": false,
     "MD041": false
 }

HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
+using Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
@@ -19,6 +21,12 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
     private readonly MessageStore _store;
     private readonly object _tempTabsLock = new();
 
+    // Hard cap on pinned TempTabs so the sidebar doesn't inflate over years
+    // of usage. Separate pool from AutoTellTabsLimit (15) — pinned tabs live
+    // in their own bucket. A configurable cap is a vault-backlog anchor for
+    // a later cycle if tester feedback demands it.
+    internal const int MaxPinnedTempTabs = 5;
+
     private bool _initialized;
 
     internal AutoTellTabsService(Plugin plugin, MessageManager messageManager, MessageStore store)
@@ -28,16 +36,14 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         _store = store;
     }
 
-    internal int ActiveTempTabCount
-    {
-        get
-        {
-            lock (_tempTabsLock)
-            {
-                return Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab);
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    // Derived from the tab list on read. Pin/Unpin/Promote/Logout simply
+    // mutate IsPinned or remove tabs — the count adapts automatically.
+    // Replaces the F2.1 Interlocked counter because the new pin-state
+    // transitions are cold-path and don't need lock-free reads.
+    internal int ActiveTempTabCount =>
+        Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool);
+
+    internal int PinnedTempTabCount => Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
 
     internal void Initialize()
     {
@@ -46,11 +52,53 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
             return;
         }
 
+        // Pinned tabs come out of the JSON with TellTarget set but
+        // CurrentChannel reset (NonSerialized). Without re-seeding, the chat
+        // input has no tell-target on the active pinned tab, and the
+        // game-side channel hook only repaints CurrentChannel once the user
+        // triggers a /tell or channel switch.
+        RehydratePinnedTabs();
+
         _messageManager.MessageProcessed += HandleTell;
         Plugin.ClientState.Logout += OnLogout;
         _initialized = true;
     }
 
+    private void RehydratePinnedTabs()
+    {
+        var pinned = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"[Pin] Rehydrate scan: {pinned} pinned tab(s) found");
+
+        foreach (var tab in Plugin.Config.Tabs)
+        {
+            if (!TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tab))
+                continue;
+
+            if (tab.TellTarget is null || !tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
+            {
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                    $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' has no usable TellTarget "
+                        + $"(Name={tab.TellTarget?.Name ?? "<null>"} World={tab.TellTarget?.World ?? 0}). "
+                        + "Chat input on this tab will be empty until the partner sends a tell or you /tell manually."
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            tab.Channel ??= InputChannel.Tell;
+            tab.CurrentChannel.Channel = InputChannel.Tell;
+            tab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget = tab.TellTarget.Clone();
+
+            // MessageList is NonSerialized so pinned tabs come back empty.
+            // Preload the same history window the spawn path uses so the user
+            // sees the recent conversation, not a blank tab.
+            PreloadHistory(tab, tab.TellTarget.Name, tab.TellTarget.World, Guid.Empty);
+
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+                $"[Pin] Rehydrated '{tab.Name}' -> Tell target {tab.TellTarget.Name}@{tab.TellTarget.World}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     public void Dispose()
     {
         if (!_initialized)
@@ -82,7 +130,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         if (partner == null)
         {
             // Diagnostics: helps detect regressions (FFXIV payload changes, new edge cases)
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 $"[AutoTellTabs] Could not extract tell partner. type={message.Code.Type}, "
                     + $"senderChunks={message.Sender.Count}, contentChunks={message.Content.Count}, "
                     + $"senderSourcePayloads={message.SenderSource?.Payloads?.Count ?? 0}, "
@@ -96,7 +144,23 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
             var existing = FindTempTab(partner.Value.Name, partner.Value.World);
             if (existing != null)
             {
-                // Already routed via MessageManager pipeline
+                // Already routed via MessageManager pipeline. Repair the
+                // tell-target if the fallback hit a pinned tab whose
+                // TellTarget didn't survive a previous round-trip — keeps
+                // FindTempTab fast on the next message.
+                if (
+                    existing.IsPinned
+                    && (existing.TellTarget is null || !existing.TellTarget.IsSet())
+                )
+                {
+                    existing.TellTarget = new TellTarget(
+                        partner.Value.Name,
+                        partner.Value.World,
+                        0,
+                        TellReason.Direct
+                    );
+                    _plugin.SaveConfig();
+                }
                 return;
             }
 
@@ -146,22 +210,35 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         return null;
     }
 
-    private Tab? FindTempTab(string name, uint world)
+    private static Tab? FindTempTab(string name, uint world)
     {
-        return Plugin.Config.Tabs.FirstOrDefault(t =>
+        var byTarget = Plugin.Config.Tabs.FirstOrDefault(t =>
             t.IsTempTab
             && t.TellTarget != null
             && string.Equals(t.TellTarget.Name, name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
             && t.TellTarget.World == world
         );
+        if (byTarget != null)
+            return byTarget;
+
+        // Fallback: match by tab name. Pinned tabs are named via
+        // FormatTabName(player, world) at spawn time, so the name is a
+        // stable secondary key when TellTarget didn't survive a save/load
+        // (older configs from a renamed pin, malformed migrations, etc.).
+        var expectedName = FormatTabName(name, world);
+        return Plugin.Config.Tabs.FirstOrDefault(t =>
+            t.IsTempTab && string.Equals(t.Name, expectedName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        );
     }
 
-    private void DropOldestTempTab()
+    internal void DropOldestTempTab()
     {
-        // Prioritize greeted tabs for drop; within each bucket, drop by oldest LastActivity
+        // Pinned tabs live in their own bucket (MaxPinnedTempTabs) and are
+        // never drop candidates. They leave the bucket only via Unpin or
+        // PromoteToPermanent.
         var victim = Plugin
             .Config.Tabs.Select((tab, idx) => (Tab: tab, Index: idx))
-            .Where(t => t.Tab.IsTempTab)
+            .Where(t => TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t.Tab))
             .OrderByDescending(t => t.Tab.IsGreeted)
             .ThenBy(t => t.Tab.LastActivity)
             .FirstOrDefault();
@@ -284,7 +361,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // Non-fatal: tab still spawns with visible error notice instead of silent history loss
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
             tab.Messages.AddPrune(
                 MakeSystemMarker(HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError),
                 MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit
@@ -338,14 +415,16 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
     {
         lock (_tempTabsLock)
         {
-            // Snapshot active tab index before mutating list
+            // Pinned TempTabs must survive char-switch — that's the whole point
+            // of pinning. Only unpinned ones get stripped.
             var lastIndex = _plugin.LastTab;
             var lastIndexValid = lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count;
-            var currentWasTempTab = lastIndexValid && Plugin.Config.Tabs[lastIndex].IsTempTab;
+            var currentWasUnpinnedTempTab =
+                lastIndexValid
+                && TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(Plugin.Config.Tabs[lastIndex]);
 
-            // Clean up pop-out windows before removing temp tabs
             var poppedTempTabIds = Plugin
-                .Config.Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab && t.PopOut)
+                .Config.Tabs.Where(t => TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t) && t.PopOut)
                 .Select(t => t.Identifier)
                 .ToList();
             if (poppedTempTabIds.Count > 0)
@@ -361,14 +440,78 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
                 }
             }
 
-            Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+            Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool);
 
-            // Force switch to tab 0 if active tab was temp or index is now out of range
+            // Force switch to tab 0 if active tab was an unpinned temp tab or
+            // index is now out of range. Pinned tabs survive — no switch needed.
             var stillValid = lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count;
-            if (currentWasTempTab || !stillValid)
+            if (currentWasUnpinnedTempTab || !stillValid)
             {
                 _plugin.WantedTab = 0;
             }
         }
     }
+
+    internal bool TryPin(Tab tab)
+    {
+        if (!tab.IsTempTab || tab.IsPinned)
+        {
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+                $"[Pin] TryPin skipped: IsTempTab={tab.IsTempTab} IsPinned={tab.IsPinned}"
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (PinnedTempTabCount >= MaxPinnedTempTabs)
+        {
+            WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
+                string.Format(HellionStrings.PinTab_LimitReached, MaxPinnedTempTabs),
+                NotificationType.Warning
+            );
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        tab.IsPinned = true;
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+            $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' target={tab.TellTarget?.Name}@{tab.TellTarget?.World}"
+        );
+        _plugin.SaveConfig();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    internal void Unpin(Tab tab)
+    {
+        if (!tab.IsPinned)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If the unpinned pool is already full, dropping the oldest before
+        // flipping the flag avoids counting the just-unpinned tab as a drop
+        // candidate.
+        if (ActiveTempTabCount >= Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsLimit)
+        {
+            DropOldestTempTab();
+        }
+
+        tab.IsPinned = false;
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("[Pin] Unpinned tab '{tab.Name}'");
+        _plugin.SaveConfig();
+    }
+
+    internal void PromoteToPermanent(Tab tab)
+    {
+        if (!tab.IsTempTab)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        tab.IsTempTab = false;
+        tab.IsPinned = false;
+        tab.TellTarget = TellTarget.Empty();
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+            $"[Pin] Promoted tab '{tab.Name}' to permanent (tell-binding dropped)"
+        );
+        _plugin.SaveConfig();
+    }
 }

HellionChat/Branding/BrandingLinks.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using HellionChat.Util;
+
 namespace HellionChat.Branding;
 
 // Centralised — a future invite/URL rotation only touches this file.
@@ -9,4 +12,22 @@ internal static class BrandingLinks
         "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat";
     public const string HellionForgeWebsite = "https://hellion-forge.cloud";
     public const string HellionMediaWebsite = "https://hellion-media.de/de";
+
+    // CA2255 warns against [ModuleInitializer] in library code, but Dalamud
+    // loads the plugin DLL directly so the module-init pass is the right hook
+    // for a one-shot URL sanity check at plugin load.
+#pragma warning disable CA2255
+    [ModuleInitializer]
+#pragma warning restore CA2255
+    internal static void ValidateUrls()
+    {
+        UrlValidation.ValidateAll(
+            nameof(BrandingLinks),
+            HellionForgeDiscordInvite,
+            HellionForgeGitea,
+            HellionChatRepo,
+            HellionForgeWebsite,
+            HellionMediaWebsite
+        );
+    }
 }

HellionChat/Code/ChatSource.cs

@@ -7,36 +7,36 @@ public enum ChatSource : ushort
 {
     None = 0,
 
-    /// <summary>The player currently controlled by the local client.</summary>
+    // The player controlled by this client
     LocalPlayer = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.LocalPlayer,
 
-    /// <summary>A player in the same 4-man or 8-man party as the local player.</summary>
+    // Member of the local party
     PartyMember = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PartyMember,
 
-    /// <summary>A player in the same alliance raid.</summary>
+    // Member of the alliance
     AllianceMember = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.AllianceMember,
 
-    /// <summary>A player not in the local player's party or alliance.</summary>
+    // Other player
     OtherPlayer = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.OtherPlayer,
 
-    /// <summary>An enemy entity that is currently in combat with the player or party.</summary>
+    // Enemy in combat
     EngagedEnemy = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.EngagedEnemy,
 
-    /// <summary>An enemy entity that is not yet in combat or claimed.</summary>
+    // Enemy out of combat
     UnengagedEnemy = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.UnengagedEnemy,
 
-    /// <summary>An NPC that is friendly or neutral to the player (e.g., EventNPCs).</summary>
+    // Friendly NPC
     FriendlyNpc = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.FriendlyNpc,
 
-    /// <summary>A pet (Summoner/Scholar) or companion (Chocobo) belonging to the local player.</summary>
+    // Own pet or companion
     PetOrCompanion = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanion,
 
-    /// <summary>A pet or companion belonging to a member of the local player's party.</summary>
+    // Pet or companion of party members
     PetOrCompanionParty = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanionParty,
 
-    /// <summary>A pet or companion belonging to a member of the alliance.</summary>
+    // Pet or companion of alliance members
     PetOrCompanionAlliance = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanionAlliance,
 
-    /// <summary>A pet or companion belonging to a player not in the party or alliance.</summary>
+    // Pet or companion of other players
     PetOrCompanionOther = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanionOther,
 }

HellionChat/Commands.cs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
     {
         if (!Registered.TryGetValue(command, out var wrapper))
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
         }
     }
 }

HellionChat/Configuration.cs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ConfigKeyBind
 [Serializable]
 public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
 {
-    private const int LatestVersion = 16;
+    private const int LatestVersion = 17;
 
     public int Version { get; set; } = LatestVersion;
 
@@ -57,8 +57,18 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     // Empty set means the migration has not run yet — see Plugin.cs v6→v7.
     public HashSet<ChatType> PrivacyPersistChannels = [];
 
-    // Failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches.
-    public bool PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels;
+    // Failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches. New configs default
+    // to the failsafe via PrivacyDefaults; existing configs keep their saved
+    // choice because the deserializer overrides this initializer.
+    public bool PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels = Privacy
+        .PrivacyDefaults
+        .DefaultPersistUnknownChannels;
+
+    // F3.2: dedup unknown-ChatType warnings so a chatty filter doesn't spam
+    // the log every frame. NonSerialized so the warning fires once per
+    // runtime, not once-ever-per-install.
+    [NonSerialized]
+    private readonly HashSet<ChatType> _warnedUnknownChannels = new();
 
     public bool IsAllowedForStorage(ChatType type)
     {
@@ -66,6 +76,20 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
             return true;
         if (PrivacyPersistChannels.Contains(type))
             return true;
+
+        // F3.2: log first occurrence of a ChatType the running build doesn't
+        // recognise — i.e. one a future FFXIV patch may have added. Known
+        // types the user opted out of are routed through the failsafe
+        // silently, like before.
+        if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(ChatType), type) && _warnedUnknownChannels.Add(type))
+        {
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                "PrivacyFilter: unrecognised ChatType {Type} — falling back to PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels={Persist}.",
+                type,
+                PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels
+            );
+        }
+
         return PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels;
     }
 
@@ -78,10 +102,22 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
     public bool FirstRunCompleted;
     public bool UseHellionFont = true;
     public bool ShowHonorificTitleInHeader = true;
+
+    // v1.4.7 opt-in: renders the Honorific glow outline when the title carries
+    // a Glow colour. Default OFF — keeps v1.4.6 visuals untouched for users
+    // who don't care, and dodges the per-frame DrawList overhead on low-end
+    // hardware. Gradient (Color3 / GradientColourSet) is parsed but rendered
+    // as the primary Color until a later cycle ports the animation.
+    public bool ShowHonorificGlow;
     public bool EnableAutoTellTabs = true;
     public int AutoTellTabsLimit = 15;
     public bool AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
     public int AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = 20;
+
+    // Sidebar width in pixels. Default 44 mirrors the icon-only layout from
+    // v1.2.0; users can widen up to 160 to fit a section-header line like
+    // "Active Tells (3)" without truncation.
+    public int SidebarWidth = 44;
     public bool AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;
     public bool SeenPopOutInputHint;
     public bool PopOutInputEnabled = true;
@@ -254,16 +290,20 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         ColorSelectedInputChannelButton = other.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton;
 
         // Keep live temp tabs alive across UpdateFrom — a settings save must
-        // not destroy open tell conversations. For persistent tabs, capture
-        // the live MessageList and LastSendUnread by Identifier before the
-        // replace and restore them onto the freshly cloned tabs; new tabs
-        // get an empty MessageList, deleted tabs lose their history (intended).
-        var liveTempTabs = Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab).ToList();
-        var livePersistentSession = Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
-            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread));
+        // 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)
+            .Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab || t.IsPinned)
             .Select(t =>
             {
                 var clone = t.Clone();
@@ -271,11 +311,12 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
                 {
                     clone.Messages = live.Messages;
                     clone.LastSendUnread = live.LastSendUnread;
+                    clone.CurrentChannel = live.CurrentChannel;
                 }
                 return clone;
             })
             .ToList();
-        Tabs.AddRange(liveTempTabs);
+        Tabs.AddRange(liveUnpinnedTempTabs);
 
         ChatTabForward = other.ChatTabForward;
         ChatTabBackward = other.ChatTabBackward;
@@ -295,6 +336,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         FirstRunCompleted = other.FirstRunCompleted;
         UseHellionFont = other.UseHellionFont;
         ShowHonorificTitleInHeader = other.ShowHonorificTitleInHeader;
+        ShowHonorificGlow = other.ShowHonorificGlow;
 
         // v1.1.0 theme engine fields
         Theme = other.Theme;
@@ -306,6 +348,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         AutoTellTabsLimit = other.AutoTellTabsLimit;
         AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = other.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
         AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = other.AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload;
+        SidebarWidth = other.SidebarWidth;
         AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle = other.AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;
 
         SeenPopOutInputHint = other.SeenPopOutInputHint;
@@ -380,6 +423,11 @@ public class Tab
     public bool HideWhenInactive;
 
     public bool IsTempTab;
+
+    // Pinned TempTabs survive plugin reload and logout — tester feedback from
+    // Jin (v1.4.7). Pinned tabs live in their own pool (MaxPinnedTempTabs)
+    // separate from the AutoTellTabsLimit bucket.
+    public bool IsPinned;
     public bool AllSenderMessages;
     public TellTarget TellTarget = TellTarget.Empty();
 
@@ -476,7 +524,7 @@ public class Tab
             Opacity = Opacity,
             Identifier = Identifier,
             InputDisabled = InputDisabled,
-            CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel,
+            CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel.Clone(),
             CanMove = CanMove,
             CanResize = CanResize,
             IndependentHide = IndependentHide,
@@ -487,8 +535,9 @@ public class Tab
             HideInBattle = HideInBattle,
             HideWhenInactive = HideWhenInactive,
             IsTempTab = IsTempTab,
+            IsPinned = IsPinned,
             AllSenderMessages = AllSenderMessages,
-            TellTarget = TellTarget.From(TellTarget),
+            TellTarget = TellTarget.Clone(),
             IsGreeted = IsGreeted,
         };
     }
@@ -666,6 +715,29 @@ public class UsedChannel
     {
         Channel = channel;
     }
+
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
+    // - Deep-clone the UsedChannel so Tab.Clone() no longer shares
+    //   channel state (incl. TellTarget) with its origin Tab. Previously
+    //   a reference copy: PopOut and Temp tabs mutated each other.
+    // - Name is intentionally a reference copy (matches upstream); it
+    //   gets reassigned on every channel switch anyway.
+    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/UsedChannelCloneTests.cs
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    public UsedChannel Clone()
+    {
+        return new UsedChannel
+        {
+            Channel = Channel,
+            Name = Name,
+            TellTarget = TellTarget?.Clone(),
+
+            UseTempChannel = UseTempChannel,
+            TempChannel = TempChannel,
+            TempTellTarget = TempTellTarget?.Clone(),
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 [Serializable]

HellionChat/EmoteCache.cs

@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ public static class EmoteCache
                 t =>
                 {
                     if (t.IsFaulted)
-                        Plugin.Log.Error(t.Exception!, $"EmoteCache load failed for {emoteCode}");
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Error(
+                            t.Exception!,
+                            $"EmoteCache load failed for {emoteCode}"
+                        );
                 },
                 TaskScheduler.Default
             )
@@ -158,7 +161,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
         {
             // Reset to Unloaded so a later trigger can retry without a plugin reload.
             State = LoadingState.Unloaded;
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "BetterTTV cache wasn't initialized");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "BetterTTV cache wasn't initialized");
         }
     }
 
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
         }
         catch
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error("Failed to convert");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error("Failed to convert");
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Failed = true;
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -408,7 +411,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 Failed = true;
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
             }
         }
     }

HellionChat/FontManager.cs

@@ -44,16 +44,26 @@ public class FontManager
     // Hellion font bytes (Exo 2, OFL-1.1); lazily loaded from manifest resources
     private static byte[]? HellionFontBytes;
 
-    private static byte[] GetHellionFontBytes()
+    // Returns null when the embedded font resource is missing. Should never
+    // happen on a signed release build, but a broken csproj or hand-rolled
+    // dev build can land here. Caller falls back to the system font path so
+    // the plugin still loads instead of crashing the whole UiBuilder.
+    private static byte[]? TryGetHellionFontBytes()
     {
         if (HellionFontBytes is not null)
             return HellionFontBytes;
 
-        using var stream =
-            typeof(FontManager).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("HellionFont.ttf")
-            ?? throw new FileNotFoundException(
-                "Hellion font resource not embedded in the assembly"
+        using var stream = typeof(FontManager).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(
+            "HellionFont.ttf"
+        );
+        if (stream is null)
+        {
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                "Hellion font resource missing — falling back to system default font."
             );
+            return null;
+        }
+
         using var ms = new MemoryStream();
         stream.CopyTo(ms);
         HellionFontBytes = ms.ToArray();
@@ -146,8 +156,11 @@ public class FontManager
                     ? Plugin.Config.FontSizeV2
                     : Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.SizePt;
                 var config = new SafeFontConfig { SizePt = basePt, GlyphRanges = Ranges };
-                config.MergeFont = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont
-                    ? tk.AddFontFromMemory(GetHellionFontBytes(), config, "Hellion-Exo2")
+                // F10.2: if the embedded font is missing, drop to the system font
+                // path rather than letting the UiBuilder throw.
+                var hellionBytes = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont ? TryGetHellionFontBytes() : null;
+                config.MergeFont = hellionBytes is not null
+                    ? tk.AddFontFromMemory(hellionBytes, config, "Hellion-Exo2")
                     : AddFontWithFallback(tk, Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.FontId, config, "global");
 
                 config.SizePt = Plugin.Config.JapaneseFontV2.SizePt;
@@ -213,11 +226,21 @@ public class FontManager
             return fontId.AddToBuildToolkit(tk, config);
         }
         catch (Exception e)
-            when (e is FileNotFoundException or DirectoryNotFoundException or IOException)
+            when (e
+                    is FileNotFoundException
+                        or DirectoryNotFoundException
+                        or IOException
+                        or InvalidOperationException
+                        or ArgumentException
+            )
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            // Atlas-toolkit throws span IO and validation failures; routing the
+            // wider set through the fallback keeps a corrupt font config from
+            // taking down the whole atlas build.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 e,
-                $"Configured {slot} font unavailable, falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"
+                $"Configured {slot} font failed to load ({e.GetType().Name}), "
+                    + "falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"
             );
             var fallback = new DalamudAssetFontAndFamilyId(DalamudAsset.NotoSansCjkRegular);
             return fallback.AddToBuildToolkit(tk, config);

HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs

@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
     internal static void RotateCrossLinkshellHistory(RotateMode mode) =>
         UIModule.Instance()->RotateCrossLinkshellHistory(GetRotateIdx(mode));
 
-    // This function looks up a channel's user-defined color.
-    // If this function ever returns 0, it returns null instead.
+    // Look up a channel's user-defined color, returns null if 0
     internal uint? GetChannelColor(ChatType type)
     {
         var parent = type.Parent();
@@ -215,8 +214,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
 
         if (Plugin.Functions.KeybindManager.DirectChat && LastTypedCharacter != null)
         {
-            // FIXME: this whole system sucks
-            // FIXME v2: I hate everything about this, but it works
+            // Capture the just-typed character input
             Plugin.Framework.RunOnTick(() =>
             {
                 string? input = null;
@@ -238,7 +236,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -255,13 +253,9 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
 
         try
         {
-            // We already called this function once, so we skip the duplicated call
-            // Also return the original value here so that vanilla chat receives all information
+            // Prevent duplicate calls
             if (Plugin.ChatLogWindow.TellSpecial)
-            {
-                Plugin.Log.Information("Return early to prevent duplicated call...");
                 return ChatLogRefreshHook!.Original(log, eventId, value);
-            }
 
             Plugin.ChatLogWindow.Activated(
                 new ChatActivatedArgs(new ChannelSwitchInfo(null))
@@ -272,11 +266,10 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
         }
 
-        // prevent the game from focusing the chat log
-        return 1;
+        return 1; // Prevent vanilla chat log from gaining focus
     }
 
     private CStringPointer ChangeChannelNameDetour(AgentChatLog* agent)
@@ -306,7 +299,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         {
             playerName = SeString.Parse(agent->TellPlayerName).TextValue;
             worldId = agent->TellWorldId;
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
         }
 
         Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel = new UsedChannel
@@ -365,7 +358,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
             }
         }
 
@@ -415,7 +408,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
             }
         }
 
@@ -430,19 +423,24 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         );
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Returns true if the channel is any non-linkshell channel, or if the
-    /// linkshell actually exists.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal static bool ValidAnyLinkshell(InputChannel channel)
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
+    // - Renamed ValidAnyLinkshell -> IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell. The
+    //   name now states intent: returns true for any non-linkshell
+    //   channel, or a linkshell index that actually exists.
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    internal static bool IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(InputChannel channel)
     {
         var idx = channel.LinkshellIndex();
         if (idx == uint.MaxValue || channel.IsExtraChatLinkshell())
             return true;
-        if (channel.IsLinkshell() && ValidLinkshell(idx))
-            return true;
-        if (channel.IsCrossLinkshell() && ValidCrossLinkshell(idx))
-            return true;
+
+        if (channel.IsLinkshell())
+            return ValidLinkshell(idx);
+
+        if (channel.IsCrossLinkshell())
+            return ValidCrossLinkshell(idx);
+
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -477,8 +475,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
             _ => 1,
         };
 
-        // Iterate up to 8 times to find a valid linkshell.
-        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) // Find valid linkshell within 8 iterations
         {
             currentIndex = (uint)((8 + currentIndex + delta) % 8);
             if (validFn(currentIndex))
@@ -524,7 +521,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                 );
                 // RotateLinkshell returns null when no valid linkshell is found within 8 iterations.
                 // Forward the null so the caller can keep the existing channel instead of crashing on nullable arithmetic.
-                return idx is null ? null : channel + idx.Value;
+                return idx is null ? null : channel + idx.Value; // null if not found, otherwise new channel
             }
             default:
                 return channel;
@@ -533,11 +530,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
 
     internal void SetChannel(InputChannel channel, TellTarget? tellTarget = null)
     {
-        // ExtraChat linkshells aren't supported in game so we never want to
-        // call the ChangeChatChannel function with them.
-        //
-        // Callers should call ChatLogWindow.SetChannel() which handles
-        // ExtraChat channels
+        // Ignore ExtraChat linkshells (use ChatLogWindow.SetChannel() instead)
         if (channel.IsExtraChatLinkshell())
             return;
 
@@ -546,12 +539,17 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         if (idx == uint.MaxValue)
             idx = 0;
 
-        if (!ValidAnyLinkshell(channel))
-            return;
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
+        // - Wrap ChangeChatChannel in the validity check instead of
+        //   early-returning. The previous early return skipped Dtor and
+        //   leaked the native Utf8String allocated a few lines above.
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+        if (IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(channel))
+            RaptureShellModule
+                .Instance()
+                ->ChangeChatChannel(tellTarget != null ? 17 : (int)channel, idx, target, true);
 
-        RaptureShellModule
-            .Instance()
-            ->ChangeChatChannel(tellTarget != null ? 17 : (int)channel, idx, target, true);
         target->Dtor(true);
     }
 
@@ -565,9 +563,6 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         bool setChatType
     )
     {
-        // param6 is 0 for contentId and 1 for objectId
-        // param7 is always 0 ?
-
         if (!Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel.UseTempChannel)
             Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel.UseTempChannel = true;
 
@@ -629,7 +624,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
         if (contentId == 0)
         {
             Plugin.ChatGui.PrintError(Language.Chat_SendTell_Error);
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "Tried to send a tell with ContentId being 0, sorry this is an internal error."
             );
             return;
@@ -742,10 +737,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
 
     internal bool CheckHideFlags()
     {
-        // Only hide the chat in a cutscene when the vanilla chat would've
-        // also been hidden. This prevents Chat 2 from hiding for a split
-        // second before the cutscene actually starts, because the game sets
-        // the cutscene conditions before processing the skip.
+        // Only hide chat in cutscene when vanilla chat would also be hidden
         var raptureAtkUnitManager = RaptureAtkUnitManager.Instance();
         return raptureAtkUnitManager == null
             || raptureAtkUnitManager->UiFlags.HasFlag(UiFlags.Chat);

HellionChat/GameFunctions/GameFunctions.cs

@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
         var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(ReplacementName);
         if (byteCount >= PlaceholderBufferSize)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 $"Replacement name too long for placeholder buffer ({byteCount} bytes >= {PlaceholderBufferSize}); falling back to original."
             );
             ReplacementName = null;

HellionChat/GameFunctions/KeybindManager.cs

@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ internal unsafe class KeybindManager : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/GameFunctions/Types/TellTarget.cs

@@ -40,5 +40,11 @@ public class TellTarget
 
     public static TellTarget Empty() => new(string.Empty, 0, 0, TellReason.Direct);
 
-    public static TellTarget From(TellTarget t) => new(t.Name, t.World, t.ContentId, t.Reason);
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
+    // - Replaced static From(t) with an instance-style Clone() so call
+    //   sites read like a copy operation, not a factory.
+    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/TellTargetCloneTests.cs
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    public TellTarget Clone() => new(Name, World, ContentId, Reason);
 }

HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project Sdk="Dalamud.NET.Sdk/15.0.0">
     <PropertyGroup>
         <!-- Independent versioning; see yaml changelog for upstream Chat 2 base -->
-        <Version>1.4.3</Version>
+        <Version>1.4.9</Version>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <!-- Use lock file to pin exact versions -->

HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml

@@ -35,29 +35,157 @@ tags:
     - Replacement
     - Privacy
 changelog: |-
-    **v1.4.3 — Faster plugin load + new repo (2026-05-08)**
+    **v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)**
 
-    Heavy startup work (migrations, hooks, windows) now runs async so
-    Dalamud's UI stays responsive during load. Load time is comparable
-    to v1.4.2 — this is the foundation for v1.4.4 optimisations.
+    Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame
+    render cost drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median,
+    comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold.
 
-    - Two-phase async load via IAsyncDalamudPlugin
-    - Schema-gate replaces the v9→v16 migration chain; old configs
-      require a v1.4.2 install first
-    - AutoTranslate cache loads on first use instead of every startup
-    - Custom font (Hellion-Exo2) appears with a brief pop after load
-    - Repo moved to gitea.hellion-forge.cloud — update your custom-repo URL
+    - First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside
+      ChatLogWindow skip their first Draw and run one frame later
+      (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds
+      check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete, input-preview
+      calculation). User-visible delay is ~17 ms at 60 fps, hidden
+      inside the post-reload font-atlas build window.
+    - Slash-command centralisation: /hellion, /hellionView,
+      /hellionSeString and /hellionDebugger are registered in
+      LoadAsync instead of inside the corresponding window
+      constructors. The plugin-manager Open and configuration buttons
+      hang on the same path.
+    - Plugin-load profiling logs stay on at Information level
+      (MessageStore connect/migrate, FilterAllTabs, auto-translate
+      warmup) as a regression tripwire — a future load past 100 ms
+      will show up in /xllog without a Debug filter.
+    - ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors
+      ChatTwo's full IPC surface (GetChatInputState,
+      ChatInputStateChanged, Register, Unregister, Available,
+      Invoke) under the ChatTwo.* namespace in addition to our
+      existing HellionChat.* provider gates. Third-party
+      integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's
+      IPC — for example Artisan's and AllaganTools' context-menu
+      hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their
+      side. Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in
+      parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk
+      at runtime.
+    - Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
     ---
 
-    **v1.4.2 — Smoother frames in the chat log**
+    **v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**
 
-    Per-frame allocations in the chat-log render path eliminated.
-    2–5% frame-time recovery in typical scenes, more on pop-out-heavy setups.
+    Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer
+    cluster (DbViewer FTS5 full-text search, ad-block foundation
+    investigation) plus three polish quick-wins.
 
-    - Card-mode: theme/border invariants hoisted out of the per-message loop
-    - Auto-tell tab tint and icon cached per tab
-    - Status bar aggregation runs on ~1% of frames instead of every frame
+    - DbViewer full-text search: optional FTS5 index across the full
+      chat history. Built asynchronously on first load after the
+      update with a progress toast. The local page-filter remains
+      available as the default mode. Queries match as exact phrases
+      -- multi-word terms must appear together in order; advanced
+      users can opt into raw FTS5 MATCH syntax by wrapping their own
+      double-quotes.
+    - Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme
+      is active -- no need to re-click the theme in the picker.
+    - Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread, removing
+      the ~194ms mini-hitch per sweep.
+    - Status bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling > 100%.
+    - Receive-suppressed-tells routing investigated this cycle and
+      postponed to v1.5.x: when other plugins suppress tells via
+      CheckMessageHandled, the FFXIV chat pipeline skips the
+      RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry path so HellionChat's
+      ContentIdResolverHook does not fire and tell-partner
+      identification breaks. The fix belongs next to the planned
+      ad-block hook layer where the same patch surface comes up.
+    - Internal: messages.Id is declared BLOB but stored as TEXT
+      (Microsoft.Data.Sqlite Guid binding). FTS bulk insert and
+      LoadByGuids match the TEXT storage form on both sides.
+      Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    ---
+
+    **v1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)**
+
+    Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First
+    user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5 — pinned tell tabs that
+    survive relog, opt-in Honorific glow rendering, and a configurable
+    sidebar.
+
+    - TempTell Pin: right-click a TempTell tab in the sidebar to pin
+      it. Pinned tabs survive relog, keep their conversation history
+      (loaded on demand from the message store), and stay bound to
+      the same /tell partner. Hard cap of 5 pinned tabs in a pool
+      separate from the 15-tab auto-tell pool — total ceiling is 20
+      tabs. New 'Pinned' section in the sidebar with its own divider
+      header
+    - Honorific Glow outline now renders when the title carries a
+      Glow colour. Opt-in via Settings → Integrations → 'Render glow
+      outlines (Honorific)' (default off, dodges the per-frame
+      DrawList overhead on low-end hardware). Gradient (Color3 /
+      GradientColourSet / Wave / Pulse) is parsed but rendered
+      statically — a later cycle will port the full animation
+    - Sidebar width is now configurable in Theme & Layout (range
+      44–160 px). Default stays icon-only; widen to fit section
+      headers like 'Active Tells (3)' without truncation
+    - Settings Save no longer pops the chat input back to /tell with
+      a pinned partner — Configuration.UpdateFrom now preserves the
+      runtime CurrentChannel across the persistent-tab merge, and
+      TabSwitched deep-clones the seeded channel instead of sharing
+      the previous tab's UsedChannel
+    - Util/ImGuiUtil.cs DrawArrows IconButton id now uses
+      (id + 1).ToString() instead of the operator-precedence quirk
+      id + 1.ToString() — generated IDs stay numerically stable
+    - Internal: IPluginLogProxy indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog
+      routes all ~91 Plugin.Log call sites through a testable proxy.
+      MessageStore.Migrate0 can now run in xUnit without loading
+      Dalamud.dll, closing the gap F12.1 left in v1.4.6
+    - Internal: TempTab counter switched from an Interlocked cached
+      field to a derived Tabs.Count(predicate) — pin-state transitions
+      are cold-path and don't need lock-free reads
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    ---
+
+    **v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)**
+
+    Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
+    development feedback loop, fixes two upstream-inherited bugs, and
+    prepares the code for the v1.4.7 backlog cleanup.
+
+    - preflight.sh gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint
+      pass so style drift and markdown violations are caught at the
+      pre-push gate
+    - FontManager fallback catches the full set of atlas-toolkit
+      throws (IO, InvalidOperation, ArgumentException) — a corrupt
+      font config no longer takes down the whole atlas build
+    - BrandingLinks and IntegrationLinks URLs validated on plugin
+      load — a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup
+    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Chat.SetChannel
+      no longer leaks the native Utf8String when the linkshell check
+      rejects the channel
+    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Tab.Clone now
+      deep-clones UsedChannel and TellTarget — PopOut and Temp tabs
+      no longer mutate each other's channel state
+    - Active-tab underline scales with DPI and rounds to physical
+      pixels for crisp rendering above 100% scaling
+    - IconButton width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled
+      padding from a raw int (measured width passes through verbatim)
+    - Internal: HellionStyle ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable
+      helper; Plugin.SaveConfig clones only the temp tabs;
+      SettingsOverview caches the draw-list per frame;
+      Dalamud.Utility.Util surface routed through an IPlatformUtil
+      indirection (MessageStore IsWine probe is now testable in
+      isolation)
+    - Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (sapphire and electric
+      magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit Bloom.
+      Users with Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to Hellion Arctic
+      on first load
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
     ---
 

HellionChat/InputHistoryService.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace HellionChat;
 
 // Shared input history for all ChatInputBars (main and pop-out windows).
 // Push deduplicates: existing entries are moved to the end when re-added.
+// TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/Util/InputHistoryServiceTests.cs
 public static class InputHistoryService
 {
     private const int MaxSize = 30;
@@ -41,4 +42,12 @@ public static class InputHistoryService
             return null;
         return _entries[cursor];
     }
+
+    // Plugin reload doesn't reset static state automatically. Plugin.DisposeAsync
+    // calls this so the next load starts with an empty history instead of
+    // inheriting the previous session's entries.
+    public static void Reset()
+    {
+        _entries.Clear();
+    }
 }

HellionChat/Integrations/HonorificService.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
     private readonly IFramework _framework;
     private bool _versionWarningLogged;
 
+    // Thread: framework only — IPC delivery + ImGui render both run there.
     public HonorificTitleData? CurrentTitle { get; private set; }
     public bool IsAvailable { get; private set; }
     public (uint Major, uint Minor)? DetectedApiVersion { get; private set; }
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         TryUnsubscribe(() => _disposing.Unsubscribe(OnDisposing));
     }
 
+    // Thread: framework (scheduled from ctor and OnReady).
     private void TryInitialPull()
     {
         try
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         }
     }
 
+    // Thread: framework (Dalamud IPC delivery contract).
     private void OnTitleChanged(string json)
     {
         // Skip updates on version mismatch; subscription stays live for reload.
@@ -116,12 +119,13 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         CurrentTitle = ParseTitleJson(json);
     }
 
+    // Thread: any (Honorific dispatches NotifyReady from its own thread).
     private void OnReady()
     {
-        // Schedule on framework thread — NotifyReady can dispatch from any thread.
         _framework.RunOnFrameworkThread(TryInitialPull);
     }
 
+    // Thread: framework (IPC delivery contract); idempotent — Disposing fires once.
     private void OnDisposing()
     {
         // Honorific unloading — clear cached state so the header hides next frame.
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         DetectedApiVersion = null;
     }
 
+    // Thread: framework (called from Dispose, which runs on the framework
+    // cleanup block in Plugin.DisposeAsync).
     private void TryUnsubscribe(Action unsubscribe)
     {
         try
@@ -141,20 +147,15 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            _log.Debug(ex, "Honorific unsubscribe failed (likely already gone).");
+            // Warning not Debug — a silent unsubscribe failure leaks a live
+            // subscription across plugin reloads.
+            _log.Warning(
+                ex,
+                "Honorific unsubscribe failed (likely API break or gate already gone)."
+            );
         }
     }
 
-    // Threading: IPC events and ImGui both run on the framework thread, so
-    // OnTitleChanged and the render path never race — no volatile/Interlocked
-    // needed as long as Dalamud's framework-thread delivery contract holds.
-    //
-    // Constructor and OnReady are exceptions: they run outside that contract
-    // (plugin-loader thread and Honorific's NotifyReady respectively), so both
-    // use RunOnFrameworkThread to safely reach ObjectTable.LocalPlayer.
-
-    // --- Pure-logic helpers; tested via HellionChat.Tests/Integrations. ---
-
     internal static HonorificTitleData? ParseTitleJson(string json)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))

HellionChat/Integrations/HonorificTitleData.cs

@@ -4,10 +4,19 @@ namespace HellionChat.Integrations;
 
 // Local DTO mirroring Honorific's TitleData — no hard reference to Honorific.dll
 // so HellionChat loads cleanly when Honorific is absent.
-// Glow/gradient fields omitted; Cycle 1 renders primary Color only.
+//
+// v1.4.7: render Glow only. Gradient (Color3 / GradientColourSet / Style) is
+// parsed and stashed so a future cycle can render it without re-shaping the
+// JSON roundtrip — see vault anchor "Honorific Full Gradient Port" (would
+// need GradientSystem.cs + the hardcoded Pride-palette list ported, or an
+// upstream IPC PR exposing the resolved frame colour).
 internal sealed record HonorificTitleData(
     string? Title,
     bool IsPrefix,
     bool IsOriginal,
-    Vector3? Color
+    Vector3? Color,
+    Vector3? Glow,
+    Vector3? Color3,
+    int? GradientColourSet,
+    string? GradientAnimationStyle
 );

HellionChat/Integrations/IntegrationLinks.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using HellionChat.Util;
+
 namespace HellionChat.Integrations;
 
 // Third-party plugin URLs — separate from BrandingLinks (Hellion-owned URLs).
@@ -5,4 +8,13 @@ internal static class IntegrationLinks
 {
     public const string HonorificRepo = "https://github.com/Caraxi/Honorific";
     public const string HonorificAuthor = "https://github.com/Caraxi";
+
+    // See BrandingLinks.ValidateUrls for the CA2255 rationale.
+#pragma warning disable CA2255
+    [ModuleInitializer]
+#pragma warning restore CA2255
+    internal static void ValidateUrls()
+    {
+        UrlValidation.ValidateAll(nameof(IntegrationLinks), HonorificRepo, HonorificAuthor);
+    }
 }

HellionChat/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
             // ExtraChat is optional; IPC failure is normal when the plugin isn't loaded.
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose(ex, "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
+                ex,
+                "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)"
+            );
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Ipc/TypingIpc.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
     private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState> StateQueryGate { get; }
     private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState, object?> StateChangedGate { get; }
 
+    // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo IPC compatibility mirror. Some third-party plugins
+    // have a no-fork policy and subscribe only to ChatTwo.*-prefixed IPC
+    // gates. HellionChat replaces ChatTwo (conflict detection prevents
+    // parallel loading), so mirroring the ChatTwo provider slots lets those
+    // plugins keep working without code changes on their side. The tuple
+    // shape is textually identical to ChatTwo's IPC surface (same member
+    // order, same underlying types — ChatType is `ushort` in both repos)
+    // so Dalamud's IPC marshalling matches across plugin boundaries.
+    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState> ChatTwoStateQueryGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState, object?> ChatTwoStateChangedGate { get; }
+
     private ChatInputState LastState;
     private bool HasState;
 
@@ -33,7 +44,16 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
             "HellionChat.ChatInputStateChanged"
         );
 
+        // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo-prefixed compatibility slots (see class-level comment).
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState>(
+            "ChatTwo.GetChatInputState"
+        );
+        ChatTwoStateChangedGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState, object?>(
+            "ChatTwo.ChatInputStateChanged"
+        );
+
         StateQueryGate.RegisterFunc(GetState);
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate.RegisterFunc(GetState);
     }
 
     private ChatInputState BuildState()
@@ -67,10 +87,13 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
         HasState = true;
         LastState = state;
         StateChangedGate.SendMessage(state);
+        // v1.4.9 R4: mirror on ChatTwo-prefixed slot for no-fork-policy plugins.
+        ChatTwoStateChangedGate.SendMessage(state);
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
         StateQueryGate.UnregisterFunc();
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate.UnregisterFunc();
     }
 }

HellionChat/IpcManager.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,26 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
         object?
     > InvokeGate { get; }
 
+    // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo IPC compatibility mirror. Third-party plugins with
+    // a no-fork policy (e.g. Artisan, AllaganTools) only subscribe to the
+    // ChatTwo.*-prefixed context-menu integration gates. Mirroring all four
+    // provider slots under the ChatTwo namespace lets those plugins keep
+    // working without code changes on their side. Conflict detection
+    // prevents ChatTwo and HellionChat from loading in parallel, so no slot
+    // collision risk.
+    private ICallGateProvider<string> ChatTwoRegisterGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<string, object?> ChatTwoUnregisterGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<object?> ChatTwoAvailableGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<
+        string,
+        PlayerPayload?,
+        ulong,
+        Payload?,
+        SeString?,
+        SeString?,
+        object?
+    > ChatTwoInvokeGate { get; }
+
     internal List<string> Registered { get; } = [];
 
     public IpcManager()
@@ -41,7 +61,32 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
             object?
         >("HellionChat.Invoke");
 
+        // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo-prefixed mirrors of the four context-menu slots
+        // above. Share the same Register/Unregister backing methods so a
+        // plugin that subscribes via either namespace lands in the same
+        // Registered list. SendMessage on Invoke fans out to both gates.
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string>("ChatTwo.Register");
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate.RegisterFunc(Register);
+
+        ChatTwoAvailableGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<object?>("ChatTwo.Available");
+
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string, object?>(
+            "ChatTwo.Unregister"
+        );
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate.RegisterAction(Unregister);
+
+        ChatTwoInvokeGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<
+            string,
+            PlayerPayload?,
+            ulong,
+            Payload?,
+            SeString?,
+            SeString?,
+            object?
+        >("ChatTwo.Invoke");
+
         AvailableGate.SendMessage();
+        ChatTwoAvailableGate.SendMessage();
     }
 
     internal void Invoke(
@@ -54,6 +99,8 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
     )
     {
         InvokeGate.SendMessage(id, sender, contentId, payload, senderString, content);
+        // v1.4.9 R4: fan out the same event to plugins listening on ChatTwo.Invoke.
+        ChatTwoInvokeGate.SendMessage(id, sender, contentId, payload, senderString, content);
     }
 
     private string Register()
@@ -72,6 +119,8 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
     {
         UnregisterGate.UnregisterAction();
         RegisterGate.UnregisterFunc();
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate.UnregisterAction();
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate.UnregisterFunc();
         Registered.Clear();
     }
 }

HellionChat/Message.cs

@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public partial class Message
             }
             catch (ArgumentException ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
-                Plugin.Log.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
                 return Guid.Empty;
             }
         }
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public partial class Message
                         AddChunkWithMessage(
                             text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, token.Value)
                         );
-                        Plugin.Log.Debug(
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
                             $"Invalid URL accepted by Regex but failed URI parsing: '{token.Value}'"
                         );
                     }
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public partial class Message
                 catch (Exception)
                 {
                     AddChunkWithMessage(text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, split));
-                    Plugin.Log.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
                 }
             }
         }

HellionChat/MessageManager.cs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
     {
         Plugin = plugin;
 
-        Store = new MessageStore(DatabasePath());
+        Store = new MessageStore(DatabasePath(), Plugin.PlatformUtil, Plugin.LogProxy);
 
         PendingMessageThread = new Thread(() =>
             ProcessPendingMessages(PendingThreadCancellationToken.Token)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             await Task.Delay(100);
 
         if (PendingMessageThread.IsAlive)
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "PendingMessageThread did not observe cancellation within 10s. "
                     + "Worker remains on background thread; next plugin reload releases it."
             );
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
 
         // Mark failed messages as deleted to prevent retry attempts
         var failedIds = messages.FailedMessageIds();
-        Plugin.Log.Info($"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures");
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+            $"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures"
+        );
         foreach (var msgId in messages.FailedMessageIds())
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
             Store.DeleteMessage(msgId);
         }
     }
@@ -201,10 +203,13 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
             }
 
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
+            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
+            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         });
     }
 
@@ -259,7 +264,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/PayloadHandler.cs

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
             }
         }
 
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
             )
         )
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Plugin.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using HellionChat.Ipc;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
 
 namespace HellionChat;
 
@@ -113,11 +114,32 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
     internal Ui.StatusBar StatusBar { get; private set; } = null!;
     internal Integrations.HonorificService HonorificService { get; private set; } = null!;
 
+    // Platform indirection over Dalamud.Utility.Util. Wired in Phase-1 ctor so
+    // any service allocated in LoadAsync can read Plugin.PlatformUtil.
+    internal static IPlatformUtil PlatformUtil { get; private set; } = null!;
+
+    // Log indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog. Same rationale as PlatformUtil:
+    // call-sites read through LogProxy so MessageStore can be tested in
+    // isolation. Wired immediately after Dalamud injects Log.
+    internal static IPluginLogProxy LogProxy { get; private set; } = null!;
+
     // Idempotency guard — Dalamud may fire DisposeAsync twice in a reload race.
     private int _disposeStarted;
 
+    // Set in the first DisposeAsync statement so async callbacks scheduled
+    // 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.
+    private volatile bool _isDisposing;
+
     internal int DeferredSaveFrames = -1;
 
+    // Cancels the v1.4.8 FTS5 bulk-insert worker on plugin teardown. The
+    // worker runs off the framework thread on its own SqliteConnection, so a
+    // Dispose mid-rebuild must signal cancellation before MessageManager
+    // tears down (the worker logs "rebuild failed" via Log on error paths).
+    private CancellationTokenSource? _ftsRebuildCts;
+
     // Serialises retention sweeps so a manual trigger and the 24h auto-sweep
     // can't run in parallel. Volatile because the ImGui thread reads it outside
     // the lock to gate the manual button.
@@ -154,18 +176,28 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
         Config = Interface.GetPluginConfig() as Configuration ?? new Configuration();
 
-        // Schema gate: v1.4.3 requires config v16. Users on older schemas
-        // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain.
+        // Wire platform indirection before LoadAsync allocates anything that
+        // needs Util.* — services then read Plugin.PlatformUtil instead of
+        // hitting the Dalamud static surface directly.
+        PlatformUtil = new DalamudPlatformUtil();
+        LogProxy = new DalamudPluginLogProxy(Log);
+
+        // Schema gate: v1.4.x requires config v16+. Users on older schemas
+        // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain. v17 adds
+        // Tab.IsPinned (additive, no data migration needed) so v16 configs
+        // load cleanly and get their Version stamp bumped after the gate.
         if (Config.Version < 16)
         {
             throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                $"HellionChat v1.4.3 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
-                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.3."
+                $"HellionChat v1.4.9 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
+                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.9."
             );
         }
+        Config.Version = 17;
 
-        // Drop session-only Auto-Tell-Tabs that a previous crash may have persisted.
-        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+        // Unpinned TempTabs are session-only and dropped on every load. Pinned
+        // TempTabs survive reload — Jin's tester feedback (v1.4.7).
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.ShouldStripOnLoad);
 
         LanguageChanged(Interface.UiLanguage);
         ImGuiUtil.Initialize(this);
@@ -202,6 +234,12 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             Directory.CreateDirectory(customThemesDir);
             SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(customThemesDir);
             ThemeRegistry = new Themes.ThemeRegistry(customThemesDir);
+            // Warm up the custom-theme cache before the first Switch.
+            // LoadCustomBySlug is a reverse-lookup over _customCache; on a
+            // cold cache a Config.Theme that points at a custom slug would
+            // fall through to the built-in default. AllCustom is a lazy
+            // enumerable, so iterate it explicitly to materialise the cache.
+            foreach (var _ in ThemeRegistry.AllCustom()) { }
             ThemeRegistry.Switch(Config.Theme);
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -251,6 +289,12 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+            // Populate the command dictionary + UiBuilder hooks BEFORE
+            // Commands.Initialise() walks the dictionary and registers each
+            // entry with Dalamud's CommandManager (Commands.cs:15-28). Adding
+            // wrappers after Initialise() would leak them — they'd live in
+            // the dictionary but never reach Dalamud.
+            SetupCommands();
             Commands.Initialise();
 
             // Daily retention sweep — fire-and-forget, skips when disabled
@@ -263,6 +307,113 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             if (Interface.Reason is not PluginLoadReason.Boot)
                 MessageManager.FilterAllTabsAsync();
 
+            // Kick the FTS5 rebuild worker if Migrate4 just added the schema or
+            // a previous run was cut short (InitFtsReadyCache leaves _ftsReady
+            // false in that case). Runs off the framework thread on its own
+            // SqliteConnection so the live UpsertMessage path keeps flowing
+            // through the chunked-commit windows.
+            _ftsRebuildCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            if (!MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt)
+            {
+                var token = _ftsRebuildCts.Token;
+                _ = Task.Run(
+                    async () =>
+                    {
+                        // FQN: Plugin.Notification (Z.74) shadows the type name.
+                        Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.IActiveNotification? notif = null;
+                        try
+                        {
+                            notif = Notification.AddNotification(
+                                new Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.Notification
+                                {
+                                    Title = "Hellion Chat",
+                                    Content = "Indexing chat history for full-text search...",
+                                    Type = Dalamud
+                                        .Interface
+                                        .ImGuiNotification
+                                        .NotificationType
+                                        .Info,
+                                    Minimized = false,
+                                    InitialDuration = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10),
+                                }
+                            );
+
+                            // Progress<T> raises this callback on the captured
+                            // sync-context (Task.Run worker pool). IActiveNotification
+                            // is ImGui-backed and mutates the UI, so marshal the
+                            // mutation onto the framework thread via RunOnTick.
+                            var progress = new Progress<long>(done =>
+                            {
+                                Framework.RunOnTick(() =>
+                                {
+                                    if (notif is { } n)
+                                        n.Content = $"Indexing chat history: {done:N0} messages...";
+                                });
+                            });
+
+                            // Worker-owned connection. Closed+disposed before we
+                            // flip the readiness flag so the DbViewer never sees
+                            // IsFtsIndexBuilt=true while the worker connection
+                            // is still alive.
+                            SqliteConnection? workerConn = null;
+                            try
+                            {
+                                workerConn = MessageManager.Store.OpenSecondaryConnection();
+                                var total = await Task.Run(
+                                        () =>
+                                            MessageManager.Store.RebuildFtsIndex(
+                                                workerConn,
+                                                progress,
+                                                token
+                                            ),
+                                        token
+                                    )
+                                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                                workerConn.Close();
+                                workerConn.Dispose();
+                                workerConn = null;
+                                MessageManager.Store.MarkFtsIndexBuilt();
+
+                                if (notif is { } final)
+                                {
+                                    final.Content = $"Indexed {total:N0} messages.";
+                                    final.Type = Dalamud
+                                        .Interface
+                                        .ImGuiNotification
+                                        .NotificationType
+                                        .Success;
+                                    final.InitialDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            finally
+                            {
+                                workerConn?.Dispose();
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                        {
+                            notif?.DismissNow();
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Log.Error(ex, "FTS index rebuild failed");
+                            if (notif is { } err)
+                            {
+                                err.Content =
+                                    "Full-text indexing failed -- search will use local filter only.";
+                                err.Type = Dalamud
+                                    .Interface
+                                    .ImGuiNotification
+                                    .NotificationType
+                                    .Error;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    _ftsRebuildCts.Token
+                );
+            }
+
             Interface.UiBuilder.DisableCutsceneUiHide = true;
             Interface.UiBuilder.DisableGposeUiHide = true;
 
@@ -279,7 +430,6 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             Framework.Update += FrameworkUpdate;
             Interface.UiBuilder.Draw += Draw;
             Interface.LanguageChanged += LanguageChanged;
-            Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OpenMainUi;
         }
         catch
         {
@@ -301,14 +451,32 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposeStarted, 1) != 0)
             return;
 
+        // Set before any cleanup so deferred Framework.RunOnTick callbacks
+        // (B3 retention sweep) see the flag and bail out before they touch
+        // MessageManager / Log / static fields that the rest of this method
+        // is about to tear down.
+        _isDisposing = true;
+
         Exception? failure = null;
 
         // Unsubscribe hooks first — mirrors the hooks-last subscribe order in LoadAsync.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OpenMainUi);
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.LanguageChanged -= LanguageChanged);
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.UiBuilder.Draw -= Draw);
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Framework.Update -= FrameworkUpdate);
 
+        // Signal the FTS rebuild worker to bail. Runs before MessageManager
+        // tears down so the worker's "rebuild failed" log path still finds
+        // a live Log static. Worker owns its own SqliteConnection and disposes
+        // it itself; we only flip the cancellation flag here.
+        failure = CaptureFailure(
+            failure,
+            () =>
+            {
+                _ftsRebuildCts?.Cancel();
+                _ftsRebuildCts?.Dispose();
+            }
+        );
+
         // Flush a pending DeferredSave — FrameworkUpdate won't fire it anymore.
         failure = CaptureFailure(
             failure,
@@ -341,6 +509,11 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
             await Framework
                 .RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
                 {
+                    // TearDown slash-commands + UiBuilder hooks before windows
+                    // tear down. Slash-commands holding handlers that reach
+                    // the windows would otherwise see a half-torn Plugin.
+                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, TearDownCommands);
+
                     failure = CaptureFailure(
                         failure,
                         () => GameFunctions.GameFunctions.SetChatInteractable(true)
@@ -372,6 +545,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Functions?.Dispose());
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Commands?.Dispose());
         failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => EmoteCache.Dispose());
+        // Static input history would otherwise survive the plugin reload.
+        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, InputHistoryService.Reset);
 
         if (failure is not null)
             ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(failure).Throw();
@@ -517,11 +692,80 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         }
     }
 
-    private void OpenMainUi()
+    // Central slash-command + UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi/OpenMainUi subscribe so
+    // the four lazy windows (Settings, DbViewer, SeStringDebugger, Debugger)
+    // have working entry points before they're constructed.
+    private void SetupCommands()
     {
-        SettingsWindow.IsOpen = !SettingsWindow.IsOpen;
+        // ChatLogWindow.cs:128 already registers /hellion (ToggleChat). The
+        // description-arg here keeps the Dalamud help list populated.
+        Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.").Execute +=
+            OnHellionSettingsCommand;
+        Commands
+            .Register(
+                "/hellionView",
+                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
+                true
+            )
+            .Execute += OnHellionViewCommand;
+        Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute +=
+            OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
+#if DEBUG
+        // SeStringDebugger.cs lives under #if DEBUG too; keep this out of release builds.
+        Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute +=
+            OnHellionSeStringCommand;
+#endif
+
+        // Plugin-Manager "Settings" button. Was in Settings.cs:67 pre-v1.4.9.
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += OnOpenConfigUi;
+
+        // Plugin-Manager "Open" button. Was in Plugin.cs LoadAsync pre-v1.4.9
+        // (separate OpenMainUi handler that flipped SettingsWindow.IsOpen).
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OnOpenMainUi;
     }
 
+    private void TearDownCommands()
+    {
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OnOpenMainUi;
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= OnOpenConfigUi;
+
+        Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.").Execute -=
+            OnHellionSettingsCommand;
+        Commands
+            .Register(
+                "/hellionView",
+                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
+                true
+            )
+            .Execute -= OnHellionViewCommand;
+        Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute -=
+            OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
+#if DEBUG
+        Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute -=
+            OnHellionSeStringCommand;
+#endif
+    }
+
+    private void OnHellionSettingsCommand(string command, string arguments)
+    {
+        // /hellion with args is intentionally a no-op (matches pre-v1.4.9
+        // Settings.cs:76-80 behaviour).
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(arguments))
+            SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+    }
+
+    private void OnOpenConfigUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnOpenMainUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnHellionViewCommand(string _, string __) => DbViewer.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnHellionDebuggerCommand(string _, string __) => DebuggerWindow.Toggle();
+
+#if DEBUG
+    private void OnHellionSeStringCommand(string _, string __) => SeStringDebugger.Toggle();
+#endif
+
     private void RunRetentionSweepIfDue()
     {
         if (!Config.RetentionEnabled)
@@ -557,15 +801,31 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                 if (deleted > 0)
                 {
                     Log.Information($"Retention sweep deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
-                    // Run clear+refilter on the framework thread — FilterAllTabsAsync
-                    // is fire-and-forget and would race the next sweep cycle.
-                    Framework
-                        .Run(() =>
+                    // Schedule on the next framework tick to avoid the ~194ms
+                    // hitch from blocking with .Wait() while the framework
+                    // finishes the current frame. Tabs-list mutation must
+                    // stay on the framework thread because Plugin.Config.Tabs
+                    // (Configuration.cs:222) is not lock-protected and
+                    // AutoTellTabsService can mutate it from background paths.
+                    // Pattern reference: SimpleTweaks
+                    // Tweaks/Chat/CaseInsensitiveCommands.cs:45.
+                    Framework.RunOnTick(() =>
+                    {
+                        // The retention thread is IsBackground=true so plugin
+                        // unload can fire while a scheduled tick is still
+                        // pending; bail before touching anything torn down.
+                        if (_isDisposing)
+                            return;
+                        try
                         {
                             MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                             MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
-                        })
-                        .Wait();
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Log.Error(ex, "Retention sweep clear+refilter failed");
+                        }
+                    });
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -589,6 +849,12 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
     private void Draw()
     {
+        // v1.4.8 B2: pick up external edits of the active custom theme JSON
+        // without forcing the user to re-click the picker. The disk-stat is
+        // 1Hz-throttled inside RefreshActiveIfStale, so this is essentially
+        // free on built-in themes and ~1 stat/second on custom themes.
+        ThemeRegistry.RefreshActiveIfStale();
+
         // Theme engine is always active; Classic is a theme, not a disabled state.
         using IDisposable _style = HellionStyle.PushGlobal(
             ThemeRegistry.Active,
@@ -633,14 +899,17 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
     internal void SaveConfig()
     {
-        // Strip session-only Auto-Tell-Tabs before serialization; restore after.
-        var snapshot = Config.Tabs.ToList();
-        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+        // Only unpinned TempTabs are session-only — they move aside before
+        // serialization and re-attach after. Pinned TempTabs stay in
+        // Config.Tabs across the save so JSON includes them. Cloning only the
+        // unpinned subset keeps the allocation proportional to
+        // AutoTellTabsLimit (<=15) instead of the full tab list.
+        var unpinnedTempTabs = Config.Tabs.Where(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool).ToList();
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.ShouldStripOnSave);
 
         Interface.SavePluginConfig(Config);
 
-        Config.Tabs.Clear();
-        Config.Tabs.AddRange(snapshot);
+        Config.Tabs.AddRange(unpinnedTempTabs);
     }
 
     internal void LanguageChanged(string langCode)

HellionChat/Privacy/PrivacyDefaults.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ namespace HellionChat.Privacy;
 
 internal static class PrivacyDefaults
 {
+    // F3.1: failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches. New installs
+    // persist unknown channels so a major patch's added ChatType isn't silently
+    // dropped before the user can opt in or out. Existing configs keep their
+    // explicit choice — see Configuration.cs PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels.
+    internal const bool DefaultPersistUnknownChannels = true;
+
     // DSGVO Art. 25 (Privacy by Default): only the player's own conversations
     // are persisted out-of-the-box. Public chat, NPC dialogue, system logs and
     // battle messages require explicit opt-in.

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs

@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_GdprWarning => Get(nameof(Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_GdprWarning));
     internal static string Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply => Get(nameof(Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply));
     internal static string Wizard_Reopen_Button => Get(nameof(Wizard_Reopen_Button));
+    internal static string Wizard_Cancel_Label => Get(nameof(Wizard_Cancel_Label));
+    internal static string Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip => Get(nameof(Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip));
 
     internal static string Export_Heading => Get(nameof(Export_Heading));
     internal static string Export_Help => Get(nameof(Export_Help));
@@ -168,6 +170,16 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError => Get(nameof(AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError));
     internal static string AutoTellTabs_GreetedTooltip => Get(nameof(AutoTellTabs_GreetedTooltip));
     internal static string AutoTellTabs_UnGreetedTooltip => Get(nameof(AutoTellTabs_UnGreetedTooltip));
+    internal static string PinTab_MenuPin => Get(nameof(PinTab_MenuPin));
+    internal static string PinTab_MenuUnpin => Get(nameof(PinTab_MenuUnpin));
+    internal static string PinTab_MenuPromote => Get(nameof(PinTab_MenuPromote));
+    internal static string PinTab_PromoteTooltip => Get(nameof(PinTab_PromoteTooltip));
+    internal static string PinTab_LimitReached => Get(nameof(PinTab_LimitReached));
+    internal static string PinTab_PinnedTooltip => Get(nameof(PinTab_PinnedTooltip));
+    internal static string PinTab_PinTooltip => Get(nameof(PinTab_PinTooltip));
+    internal static string PinTab_SectionHeader => Get(nameof(PinTab_SectionHeader));
+    internal static string Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Name => Get(nameof(Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Name));
+    internal static string Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Description => Get(nameof(Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Description));
 
     // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs Chat settings tab
     internal static string ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title => Get(nameof(ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title));
@@ -368,6 +380,8 @@ internal class HellionStrings
     internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Status_Incompatible => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Status_Incompatible));
     internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Toggle => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Toggle));
     internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint));
+    internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Toggle => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Toggle));
+    internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Hint => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Hint));
     internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo));
     internal static string Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkAuthor => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkAuthor));
     internal static string Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_SectionHeader => Get(nameof(Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_SectionHeader));
@@ -388,4 +402,9 @@ internal class HellionStrings
 
     // Hellion Chat — v1.3.0 Honorific title slot tooltip
     internal static string ChatHeader_HonorificTitle_Tooltip => Get(nameof(ChatHeader_HonorificTitle_Tooltip));
+
+    // Hellion Chat — v1.4.8 DbViewer full-text search toggle
+    internal static string DbViewer_FullTextToggle => Get(nameof(DbViewer_FullTextToggle));
+    internal static string DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_Indexing => Get(nameof(DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_Indexing));
+    internal static string DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_PhraseMode => Get(nameof(DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_PhraseMode));
 }

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.de.resx

@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@
   <data name="Wizard_Reopen_Button" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Wizard erneut zeigen</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Label" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Später — Defaults behalten</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Schließt den Wizard ohne Profil-Auswahl. Die Plugin-Defaults bleiben aktiv und der Wizard erscheint beim nächsten Plugin-Reload erneut.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Export_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Export (DSGVO Art. 15 — Auskunftsrecht)</value>
   </data>
@@ -377,6 +383,36 @@
   <data name="AutoTellTabs_UnGreetedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Als begrüßt markieren.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_MenuPin" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Tab anpinnen</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_MenuUnpin" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Tab lösen</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_MenuPromote" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>In Standard-Tab umwandeln</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_PromoteTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Wandelt den TempTell in einen regulären Tab um. Die Tell-Bindung an die Person geht verloren, der Tab fängt dann Nachrichten anhand der Channel-Filter ein. Für „Tab überlebt Relog" stattdessen „Tab anpinnen" wählen.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_LimitReached" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Maximal {0} angepinnte Tell-Tabs erreicht. Erst einen lösen oder dauerhaft behalten.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_PinnedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Angepinnt — überlebt Relog.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_PinTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Angepinnte Tabs überleben Relog und behalten die Bindung an die Tell-Person.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Angepinnt</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Sidebar-Breite</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Breite der Tab-Sidebar in Pixeln. Default (44 px) ist Icon-only; breiter machen damit Sektion-Header wie „Aktive Tells (3)" nicht abgeschnitten werden.</value>
+  </data>
 
   <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Chat-Einstellungstab) -->
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title" xml:space="preserve">
@@ -392,7 +428,7 @@
     <value>Maximale Anzahl der Auto-Tell-Tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Beim Erreichen werden begrüßte Tabs mit der ältesten Aktivität zuerst geschlossen. Änderungen greifen beim nächsten /tell.</value>
+    <value>Beim Erreichen werden begrüßte Tabs mit der ältesten Aktivität zuerst geschlossen. Änderungen greifen beim nächsten /tell. Diese Grenze gilt nur für den automatisch verwalteten Pool. Angepinnte Tell-Tabs (Rechtsklick → Tab anpinnen) leben in einem separaten Pool von bis zu 5 Tabs und überleben Relog.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Compact_Name" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Kompakte Anzeige</value>
@@ -639,7 +675,7 @@
     <value>Allgemein</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_General_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Plugin-globale Einstellungen — Sprache, Eingabe, Audio, Performance.</value>
+    <value>Sprache, Eingabe, Audio und Performance.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Appearance_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Erscheinungsbild</value>
@@ -657,25 +693,25 @@
     <value>Fenster</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Window_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Verhalten des Fensters — wann es da ist, ob es bewegt werden kann.</value>
+    <value>Wann das Fenster sichtbar ist und ob es sich bewegen lässt.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Chat</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Wie Nachrichten angezeigt werden — Tells, Vorschau, Verhalten, Emotes.</value>
+    <value>Tells, Vorschau, Nachrichten-Verhalten und Emotes.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tab-Verwaltung — eigene Chat-Tabs anlegen und konfigurieren.</value>
+    <value>Eigene Chat-Tabs anlegen und konfigurieren.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Datenschutz</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Was darf gespeichert werden — Privacy-Filter pro Channel.</value>
+    <value>Privacy-Filter pro Channel und was gespeichert werden darf.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Database_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Datenbank</value>
@@ -687,7 +723,7 @@
     <value>Information</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Information_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Über das Plugin — Version, Mission, Lizenz, Changelog.</value>
+    <value>Version, Mission, Lizenz und Changelog.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Tab_Themes" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Themes</value>
@@ -732,25 +768,25 @@
     <value>Theme &amp; Layout</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Wie das Fenster aussieht — Theme, Rahmen, Zeitstempel-Style.</value>
+    <value>Theme, Fenster-Rahmen und Zeitstempel-Style.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Schriften &amp; Farben</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Lesbarkeit — Schriftart, Schriftgröße, Chat-Farben pro Channel.</value>
+    <value>Schriftart, Schriftgröße und Chat-Farben pro Channel.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Daten-Verwaltung</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Was passiert mit gespeicherten Daten — Aufbewahrung, Aufräumen, Export, DB-Stats.</value>
+    <value>Aufbewahrung, Aufräumen, Export und Datenbank-Statistiken.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Integrationen</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Andere Dalamud-Plugins, mit denen HellionChat zusammenarbeitet. Auto-detected, mit Vorschau auf kommende Integrationen.</value>
+    <value>Andere Dalamud-Plugins, mit denen HellionChat zusammenarbeitet. Kommende Integrationen in der Vorschau.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_Theme_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Theme</value>
@@ -821,6 +857,12 @@
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Zeigt deinen Custom-Titel aus Honorific im Header über dem Chat-Log an, in der von dir gewählten Farbe.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Toggle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Glow-Outline rendern (Honorific)</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Kann die Framerate auf schwacher Hardware drücken. Rendert die Glow-Outline für Honorific-Titel, die sie nutzen. Gradient-Animation wird noch nicht unterstützt und wird stattdessen als Primärfarbe gezeichnet.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Honorific auf GitHub</value>
   </data>
@@ -875,4 +917,13 @@
   <data name="ChatHeader_HonorificTitle_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Custom-Titel von Honorific</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="DbViewer_FullTextToggle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Volltext-Suche</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_Indexing" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Der Volltext-Index wird noch gebaut. Die lokale Suche bleibt verfügbar.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_PhraseMode" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Sucht nach der exakten Wortfolge. Mehrere Wörter werden nur gefunden, wenn sie zusammen und in dieser Reihenfolge stehen. Wer rohe FTS5-MATCH-Syntax nutzen will, setzt eigene Anführungszeichen um den Suchbegriff.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.resx

@@ -19,28 +19,28 @@
     <value>Enable privacy filter</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_FilterEnabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When enabled, only messages from whitelisted channels are persisted to the database. Disabling restores the original behavior (everything except battle messages is stored).</value>
+    <value>When enabled, only messages from allowed channels are written to the database. When disabled, the default behaviour applies — everything except battle logs is stored.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_FilterEnabled_StorageOnly_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The filter only controls what is written to the local database. The chat log itself keeps showing every message live, disallowed channels just stop being saved. Use the channel hide options in your in-game chat tabs if you want to remove channels from the visible chat.</value>
+    <value>The filter only controls what is written to the local database. The chat log still shows every message live; excluded channels are simply no longer stored. If you also want to remove channels from the visible display, use the normal chat-tab filters in the game.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Filter_Tree_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Privacy filter and whitelist</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Whitelist_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pick which channels are stored in the local database. Privacy-First default: only your own conversations. Use the buttons below to apply a preset.</value>
+    <value>Choose which channels are saved to the local database. Default follows data minimisation: only your own conversations. Use the buttons below to apply a preset.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Preset_PrivacyFirst" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy-First (recommended)</value>
+    <value>Data minimisation (recommended)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Preset_ClearAll" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Clear all</value>
+    <value>Deselect all</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Preset_SelectAll" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Select all</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Group_DirectMessages" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Direct Messages</value>
+    <value>Direct messages</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Group_PartyAlliance" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Party &amp; Alliance</value>
@@ -55,52 +55,52 @@
     <value>Cross-World Linkshells</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Group_ExtraChat" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>ExtraChat (Encrypted)</value>
+    <value>ExtraChat (encrypted)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Group_PublicChat" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Public Chat (third-party data)</value>
+    <value>Public chat (third-party data)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_Group_SystemLogs" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>System &amp; Game Logs</value>
+    <value>System &amp; game logs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_PersistUnknown_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Persist unknown channel types</value>
+    <value>Save unknown channel types</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_PersistUnknown_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches that this plugin does not yet know about. Default OFF (Privacy-First). Turn ON if you want a complete log including future channels.</value>
+    <value>Safety net for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches that the plugin does not yet know about. Default is OFF (data minimisation). Enable if you want future channels to be fully logged as well.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Apply filter to existing database</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Help_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The privacy filter only applies to new messages. Use the cleanup below to retroactively remove already-stored messages that don't match your saved whitelist.</value>
+    <value>The privacy filter only affects new messages. The cleanup below lets you retroactively remove already-stored messages that do not match your saved whitelist.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Help_SavedNote" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cleanup uses your SAVED whitelist (Plugin.Config), not unsaved edits above. Click Save first if you want to apply your current edits.</value>
+    <value>Cleanup uses your SAVED whitelist (Plugin.Config), not unsaved changes above. Click Save first if you want your current changes to be applied.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Help_SavedNote" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The manual sweep uses your SAVED retention policy, not the slider values above. Click Save first if you want the run to apply your current edits.</value>
+    <value>The manual run uses your SAVED retention policy, not the slider values above. Click Save first if you want the run to apply your current changes.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Preview_Stale" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Preview is out of date — your whitelist has changed since the last refresh. Click Refresh to recalculate.</value>
+    <value>Preview is stale — your whitelist has changed since the last refresh. Click Refresh to recalculate.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_RefreshPreview" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Refresh preview</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_NoPreview" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>No preview yet. Click Refresh to compute the impact.</value>
+    <value>No preview yet. Click Refresh to calculate the impact.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_TotalStored" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Total stored messages: {0:N0}</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_WillKeep" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Will keep:    {0:N0}</value>
+    <value>Keep:    {0:N0}</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_WillDelete" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Will delete:  {0:N0}</value>
+    <value>Delete:  {0:N0}</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Breakdown" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Per-channel breakdown</value>
+    <value>Breakdown by channel</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Marker_Keep" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>[KEEP]  </value>
@@ -112,46 +112,46 @@
     <value>Apply current filter to database</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Apply_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Ctrl+Shift: Hard-deletes {0:N0} messages, then runs VACUUM. Cannot be undone.</value>
+    <value>Ctrl+Shift: Permanently deletes {0:N0} messages and runs VACUUM afterwards. Cannot be undone.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Running" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cleanup running in background…</value>
+    <value>Cleanup running in the background…</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_PreviewError" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Failed to compute cleanup preview, see /xllog</value>
+    <value>Preview could not be calculated, see /xllog</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Success" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy cleanup complete: {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
+    <value>Cleanup complete, {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Cleanup_Error" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy cleanup failed, see /xllog</value>
+    <value>Cleanup failed, see /xllog</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Message retention</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Enabled_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Auto-delete messages after a per-channel retention window</value>
+    <value>Automatically delete messages past their channel retention window</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Enabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When enabled, messages older than the configured window are deleted on every plugin start (at most once per 24 hours). Off by default. The plugin never deletes history without your explicit consent.</value>
+    <value>When enabled, messages older than the configured window are deleted on each plugin start (at most once every 24 hours). Default is OFF — the plugin never deletes anything without your explicit consent.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Default_Label" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Default retention (days, 0 = never)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Default_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Applies to channels without an explicit override below.</value>
+    <value>Applies to channels that have no individual override below.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Reset_Spec" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Reset overrides to spec defaults</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Clear_Overrides" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Clear all overrides</value>
+    <value>Remove all overrides</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Tree_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Per-channel retention overrides</value>
+    <value>Retention per channel</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Tag_Override" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>[override]</value>
+    <value>[custom]</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Tag_Spec" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>[spec]</value>
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@
     <value>reset</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Apply_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Apply retention policy now</value>
+    <value>Apply retention now</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Apply_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Ctrl+Shift: runs the retention sweep immediately using the SAVED policy. Save your changes first.</value>
+    <value>Ctrl+Shift: Runs the retention cleanup immediately using the SAVED policy. Save your changes first.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Running" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention sweep running in background…</value>
+    <value>Retention cleanup running in the background…</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_LastRun_Never" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Last run: never</value>
@@ -178,67 +178,73 @@
     <value>Last run: {0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Success" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention sweep complete: {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
+    <value>Retention cleanup complete, {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Retention_Error" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention sweep failed, see /xllog</value>
+    <value>Retention cleanup failed, see /xllog</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Hellion Chat — Welcome</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pick a starting profile. You can change anything later under Settings → Privacy.</value>
+    <value>Choose a starting profile. You can adjust everything later under Settings → Privacy.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_PrivacyFirst_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy-First (recommended)</value>
+    <value>Data minimisation (recommended)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_PrivacyFirst_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Only your own conversations are stored: Tells, Party, FC, Linkshells, Cross-World Linkshells, Alliance and ExtraChat. Public chat, NPC dialogue and system spam are dropped at the storage layer. Retention follows the spec defaults (Tells 365 days, own-conversation channels 90 days).</value>
+    <value>Only your own conversations are stored: tells, party, FC, linkshells, cross-world linkshells, alliance, and ExtraChat. Public chat, NPC dialogues, and system spam are discarded at the storage level. Retention follows spec defaults (tells 365 days, own conversation channels 90 days).</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_PrivacyFirst_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use Privacy-First</value>
+    <value>Apply data minimisation</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_Casual_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Casual</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_Casual_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy-First plus a 24-hour window for public chat (Say, Shout, Yell, both emote types, Novice Network). For RP players who want to look up the last scene without keeping public chat forever.</value>
+    <value>Data minimisation plus a 24-hour window for public chat (say, shout, yell, both emote types, novice network). For RP players who want to re-read the last scene without keeping public chat forever.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_Casual_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use Casual</value>
+    <value>Apply casual</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Full History</value>
+    <value>Full history</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Disables the privacy filter entirely. Stores everything except battle logs (the original full-history behavior). Retention is OFF, history grows forever.</value>
+    <value>Disables the privacy filter entirely. Stores everything except battle logs (the original full-history behaviour). Retention is OFF, so the history grows indefinitely.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_GdprWarning" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>GDPR notice: storing third-party messages (Say/Shout/Yell of strangers, NPC dialogue with player names, etc.) for an unlimited time may exceed the personal/household exemption (Art. 2(2)(c)). Use this profile only if you have a clear reason to keep the full archive.</value>
+    <value>GDPR notice: Storing third-party messages (say/shout/yell from other players, NPC dialogues with player names, etc.) indefinitely may exceed the exemption for purely personal or household activities (Art. 2(2)(c)). Only use this profile if you have a clear reason to keep the full archive.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use Full History</value>
+    <value>Apply full history</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Wizard_Reopen_Button" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Show wizard again</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Label" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Later — keep defaults</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Close the wizard without selecting a profile. The plugin defaults stay active and the wizard returns on next plugin load.</value>
+  </data>
   <data name="Export_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export (GDPR Art. 15 — right of access)</value>
+    <value>Export (GDPR Art. 15 — Right of access)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export stored messages to Markdown, JSON or CSV. Use this to fulfil a request for access from someone whose messages you have, or to take your own history with you.</value>
+    <value>Export stored messages as Markdown, JSON, or CSV. This lets you fulfil an access request from a person whose messages you have stored, or take your own history with you.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Range_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Last X days (0 = all time)</value>
+    <value>Last X days (0 = no time limit)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Sender_Label" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Sender contains (optional, case-insensitive)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Channels_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Limit to channels</value>
+    <value>Restrict to channels</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Channels_AllOff" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>(none selected = all stored channels)</value>
+    <value>(nothing selected = all stored channels)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Format_Label" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Format</value>
@@ -259,41 +265,41 @@
     <value>Save export</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Running" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export running in background…</value>
+    <value>Export running in the background…</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Success" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export complete: {0:N0} messages written to {1}</value>
+    <value>Export complete, {0:N0} messages written to {1}</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Empty" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export complete: no messages matched the filter.</value>
+    <value>Export complete, no message matched the filter.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Export_Error" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Export failed, see /xllog</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Theme_Enabled_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use the Hellion theme across all plugin windows</value>
+    <value>Use Hellion theme for all plugin windows</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Theme_Enabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Online Media palette of Arctic Cyan plus Ember Orange, applied across the chat log, settings, viewers and the wizard. Disable to fall back to the default Dalamud look.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Online Media palette of Arctic Cyan and Ember Orange, applied to the chat window, settings, viewer, and wizard. Disable to use the default Dalamud appearance.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Theme_WindowOpacity_Label" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Window opacity</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Theme_WindowOpacity_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How opaque the plugin panes are. Lower values let the game shine through; form fields and dialogs stay opaque on top so they remain readable.</value>
+    <value>How opaque the plugin windows are. Lower values let the game show through; form fields and dialogs stay fully opaque and readable on top.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Theme_UseHellionFont_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use the bundled Hellion font (Exo 2)</value>
+    <value>Use bundled Hellion font (Exo 2)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Theme_UseHellionFont_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Renders chat and UI in Exo 2 (SIL Open Font License 1.1) which ships with the plugin. Disable to fall back to whatever font you picked under Settings → Fonts.</value>
+    <value>Renders chat and UI in Exo 2 (SIL Open Font License 1.1), which ships with the plugin. Disable to fall back to the font selected under Settings → Font.</value>
   </data>
 
   <data name="About_Maintainer_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Maintainer</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Maintainer_Body" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>I maintain Hellion Chat through Hellion Online Media. The website has the contact details for licensing, legal or business questions.</value>
+    <value>I maintain Hellion Chat through Hellion Online Media. Contact details for licensing, legal, or business inquiries are on the website.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Maintainer_Website_Label" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Website:</value>
@@ -303,142 +309,172 @@
     <value>Why this fork exists</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Mission_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is not trying to replace Chat 2. Chat 2 ships a complete chat experience with full history available for filtering, search and replay. That default is the right one for most users. This fork takes a different stance: a smaller default footprint, with extra knobs for users who want to keep less third-party chat on disk.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is not meant to replace Chat 2. Chat 2 delivers a complete chat experience with a full history available for filtering, searching, and replay. That default is the right choice for most users. This fork takes a different approach: a smaller default footprint, with additional controls for users who prefer to keep less of other people's chat on disk.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Mission_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The reason I wanted that narrower default was personal. After two years on Chat 2 my database had grown past two million messages, most of them /say, /shout and /yell from strangers in Limsa. That data is exactly what makes Chat 2's full-history view powerful and most users are happy to keep it. For my own taste I wanted a smaller default. So I built this fork.</value>
+    <value>The desire for this narrower default was personal. After two years with Chat 2, my database had grown to over two million messages, the majority of them /say, /shout, and /yell from strangers in Limsa. That data is exactly what makes Chat 2's full history useful, and most users are happy to keep it. My own preference was for a smaller default. So I built this fork.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Mission_P3" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>I am not chasing a big audience and the fork is not in competition with Chat 2. The code is open under the same EUPL-1.2 licence as the upstream plugin. Infi, Anna or anyone else are welcome to read it, borrow ideas, ask questions, or ignore the project. All three are fine by me.</value>
+    <value>I am not targeting a large audience, and the fork is not in competition with Chat 2. The code is open under the same EUPL-1.2 licence as the original. Infi, Anna, or anyone else is welcome to look around, borrow ideas, ask questions, or simply ignore the project. All three are fine by me.</value>
   </data>
 
   <data name="About_BuiltOn_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Built on Chat 2</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_BuiltOn_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is a fork of Chat 2 by Infi and Anna (ascclemens). The chat replacement window, the IPC integration, the rendering engine and the entire storage core come from upstream Chat 2.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is a fork of Chat 2 by Infi and Anna (ascclemens). The chat-replacement window, IPC integration, render engine, and the entire storage core all come from the original.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_BuiltOn_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The webinterface is the only major piece I removed. It is built for remote access to chat from a second device, which is a different focus than the smaller default footprint this fork is built around. Aligning it with these defaults would have meant a substantial rebuild, so removing it was the cleaner path for this particular fork.</value>
+    <value>The web interface is the only major piece I removed. It is built for remote access to the chat from a second device — a different focus from the smaller default footprint this fork pursues. Adapting it to these defaults would have required significant rework, so removing it was the clean path for this particular fork.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_BuiltOn_Upstream_Label" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Upstream repository:</value>
   </data>
 
   <data name="About_License_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>License</value>
+    <value>Licence</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_License_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat and Chat 2 both ship under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (EUPL-1.2).</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat and Chat 2 are both released under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (EUPL-1.2).</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_License_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>© 2023 to 2026, the Chat 2 authors (Infi, Anna and the upstream contributors).</value>
+    <value>© 2023 to 2026, the Chat 2 authors (Infi, Anna, and upstream contributors).</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_License_P3" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>© 2026 Hellion Online Media for the additions made in this fork.</value>
+    <value>© 2026 Hellion Online Media for the extensions in this fork.</value>
   </data>
 
   <data name="About_SE_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>FINAL FANTASY XIV disclaimer</value>
+    <value>FINAL FANTASY XIV notice</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_SE_P1" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>FINAL FANTASY XIV © SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All rights reserved.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_SE_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is an unofficial, fan-made plugin. It has no affiliation with Square Enix and is not endorsed, sponsored or approved by them.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is an unofficial fan plugin. It is not affiliated with Square Enix and is neither endorsed, sponsored, nor approved by them.</value>
   </data>
 
   <data name="About_Localization_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Localization</value>
+    <value>Localisation</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Localization_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The German translations of the Hellion-specific strings come from me. Other languages are not provided yet.</value>
+    <value>The translations of the Hellion-specific strings were done by me. No additional languages are currently available.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Localization_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The translator list below covers the upstream Chat 2 strings on Crowdin. Those volunteers translated Chat 2, not the Hellion additions.</value>
+    <value>The translator list below belongs to the Chat 2 strings on Crowdin. These volunteers translated Chat 2, not the Hellion extensions.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="About_Translators_TreeNode" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Chat 2 community translators (upstream)</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (runtime strings) -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Runtime strings) -->
   <data name="AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Active Tells</value>
+    <value>Active tells</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AutoTellTabs_HistorySeparator" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>— Earlier conversations —</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>History could not be loaded.</value>
+    <value>Could not load history.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AutoTellTabs_GreetedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Marked as greeted. Click to remove the marker.</value>
+    <value>Marked as greeted. Click to remove the mark.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="AutoTellTabs_UnGreetedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Mark as greeted.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_MenuPin" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Pin Tab</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_MenuUnpin" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Unpin Tab</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_MenuPromote" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Promote to permanent</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_PromoteTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Turns this TempTell into a regular tab. The tell binding to the partner is dropped — the tab will catch messages by its channel filters from now on. For "tab survives relog while staying bound to this partner", use Pin Tab instead.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_PinTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Pinned tabs survive relog and stay bound to this conversation partner.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Pinned</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Sidebar width</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Width of the tab sidebar in pixels. The default (44 px) is icon-only; widen it to fit the section headers like "Active Tells (3)" without truncation.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_LimitReached" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Maximum of {0} pinned tell tabs reached. Unpin one first, or use Promote to permanent.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="PinTab_PinnedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Pinned — survives relog.</value>
+  </data>
 
   <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Chat settings tab) -->
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Auto-Tell-Tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Enable_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Open a tab automatically for each tell partner</value>
+    <value>Automatically open a tab per conversation partner for every /tell</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Enable_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When you receive or send a /tell, a temporary tab dedicated to that player is opened automatically. Tabs vanish on logout.</value>
+    <value>As soon as you receive or send a /tell, a temporary tab is automatically opened for that player. Tabs are removed on logout.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Maximum number of auto tell tabs</value>
+    <value>Maximum number of auto-tell tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When the limit is reached, greeted tabs with the oldest activity are dropped first. The change applies on the next /tell.</value>
+    <value>When the limit is reached, greeted tabs with the oldest activity are closed first. Changes take effect on the next /tell. This limit applies to the auto-managed pool. Pinned tell tabs (right-click → Pin Tab) live in a separate pool of up to 5 and survive relog.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Compact_Name" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Compact display</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Compact_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Show only a thin separator between persistent tabs and auto tell tabs, without the section header.</value>
+    <value>Shows only a thin separator between regular tabs and auto-tell tabs, without a section header.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_GreetedToggle_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Show "mark as greeted" button</value>
+    <value>Show "Mark as greeted" button</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_GreetedToggle_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Adds a click-to-toggle button next to each auto tell tab to mark a partner as already greeted, dimming the tab name when set. Useful for club greeters tracking many parallel conversations; off by default.</value>
+    <value>Adds a click button next to each auto-tell tab to mark a conversation partner as already greeted — the tab name is then dimmed. Useful for club greeters managing many conversations in parallel. Off by default.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_OpenAsPopout_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Open new /tell tabs directly as pop-out</value>
+    <value>Open new /tell tabs directly as pop-outs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_OpenAsPopout_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When enabled, each newly created /tell tab opens directly as its own window. Closing the window returns the tab to the sidebar.</value>
+    <value>When active, each newly created /tell tab is immediately opened as its own window. Closing the window returns the tab to the sidebar.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_PreloadHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The number of preloaded tells is configured in the Privacy tab.</value>
+    <value>The number of preloaded tells can be configured in the Privacy tab.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_ConflictHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Heads-up: if XIV Messanger or a similar plugin is suppressing direct messages, turn its "Suppress DMs" option off so Hellion Chat can receive tells and open the auto tabs.</value>
+    <value>Note: If XIV Messenger or a similar plugin suppresses tells, disable the "Suppress DMs" option there so that Hellion Chat can receive tells and open the auto-tabs.</value>
   </data>
 
   <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Privacy settings tab) -->
   <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tell history in auto tabs</value>
+    <value>Tell history in auto-tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Name" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Number of preloaded tells</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How many earlier tell messages are loaded from the database when an auto tell tab is opened. 0 disables the preload.</value>
+    <value>How many previous tell messages are loaded from the database when an auto-tell tab is opened. 0 disables preloading.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Only takes effect when auto tell tabs are enabled in the Chat tab.</value>
+    <value>Only takes effect when auto-tell tabs are enabled in the Chat tab.</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Settings UX Polish v10 wipe migration -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Settings UX Polish v10 Wipe migration -->
   <data name="SettingsRefactor_Migration_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Settings reorganised</value>
+    <value>Settings restructured</value>
   </data>
   <data name="SettingsRefactor_Migration_Content" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat 0.5.0 reorganised the settings into themed tabs. Your chat database and your message history stay untouched. Settings have been reset to defaults; if you want to pick a privacy profile again, the reopen button is in the Privacy tab. A backup of your previous config is at HellionChat.json.pre-v10-backup next to the live config file.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat 0.5.0 has restructured the settings into thematic tabs. Your chat database and message history remain unchanged. Settings have been reset to defaults. If you want to re-select your privacy profile, the Reopen button is in the Privacy tab. A backup of the previous config is located at HellionChat.json.pre-v10-backup next to the active config file.</value>
   </data>
 
   <!-- Hellion Chat — Settings UX Polish 8-tab structure -->
@@ -455,30 +491,30 @@
     <value>Chat</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Tab_Tabs" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tabs</value>
+    <value>Channels</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Tab_Database" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Database</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Tab_Information" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Information</value>
+    <value>About</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — General-Tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — General tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_General_Input_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Input</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_General_Audio_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Audio &amp; Notifications</value>
+    <value>Audio &amp; notifications</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_General_Performance_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Performance</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_General_Language_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Language &amp; Input Helpers</value>
+    <value>Language &amp; input aids</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Appearance-Tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Appearance tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_Appearance_Theme_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Theme</value>
   </data>
@@ -486,32 +522,32 @@
     <value>Fonts</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Appearance_Colours_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Chat Colours</value>
+    <value>Chat colours</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Appearance_Timestamps_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Timestamps</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Window-Tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Window tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_Window_Hide_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hide</value>
+    <value>Hiding</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_InactivityHide_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Inactivity Hide</value>
+    <value>Inactivity hiding</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_Frame_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window Frame</value>
+    <value>Window frame</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_Tooltips_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Tooltips</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat-Tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_Chat_AutoTellTabs_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Auto-Tell-Tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Chat_Behaviour_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Message Behaviour</value>
+    <value>Message behaviour</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Preview</value>
@@ -520,7 +556,7 @@
     <value>Emotes</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Database-Tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Database tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_Database_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Storage</value>
   </data>
@@ -531,9 +567,9 @@
     <value>Maintenance</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Information-Tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Information tab section headings -->
   <data name="Settings_Information_VersionInfo_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Version Info</value>
+    <value>Version info</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Information_About_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>About HellionChat</value>
@@ -542,7 +578,7 @@
     <value>Changelog</value>
   </data>
 
-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Default tab presets (channel-themed) -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Default tab presets (channel-specific) -->
   <data name="Tabs_Presets_System" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>System</value>
   </data>
@@ -553,36 +589,36 @@
     <value>Party</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Tabs_Presets_Beginner" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Beginner</value>
+    <value>Novice</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Tabs_Presets_Linkshell" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Linkshell</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Tabs_Presets_Linkshell_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>If you use multiple linkshells, the maintainer recommends one tab per shell for cleaner readability. Duplicate this tab and narrow the channel selection per copy.</value>
+    <value>If you use multiple linkshells, the maintainer recommends one tab per shell for a cleaner overview. Duplicate the tab and restrict the channel selection in each copy.</value>
   </data>
 
   <!-- Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 per-tab icon override -->
   <data name="Tabs_Icon_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tab-Icon</value>
+    <value>Tab icon</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>FontAwesome-Glyph für die Sidebar. Default greift auf Tab-Name oder Channel-Typ.</value>
+    <value>FontAwesome glyph for the sidebar. Default falls back to the tab name or channel type.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>(Default-Mapping)</value>
+    <value>(Default mapping)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_Default" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Klassik (Chat 2 Default)</value>
+    <value>Classic (Chat 2 default)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_HighContrast" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>High-Contrast</value>
+    <value>High contrast</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_Pastell" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pastell</value>
+    <value>Pastel</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_DarkModeTuned" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Dark-Mode-Tuned</value>
+    <value>Dark mode tuned</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatColourPresets_Hellion" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Hellion</value>
@@ -594,22 +630,22 @@
     <value>Indigo Violet</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Appearance_Colours_PresetsHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tip: presets overwrite your current channel colours immediately.</value>
+    <value>Tip: Presets overwrite your current channel colours immediately.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_PopOutInputEnabled_Name" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Enable input in pop-outs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_PopOutInputEnabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Master switch: lets you type and send messages directly inside every pop-out window (including auto-tell tabs). Channel changes inside a pop-out apply globally just like in the main window; the text buffer and history cursor stay independent per pop-out.</value>
+    <value>Master switch: allows typing and sending directly in any pop-out window (including auto-tell tabs). Channel switching in a pop-out acts globally like in the main window; the text buffer and history cursor are independent per pop-out.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_ResetPosition_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Reset Window Position</value>
+    <value>Reset window position</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_ResetPosition_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Snaps the chat window and every active pop-out back to the primary monitor's top-left corner. Useful when a window has drifted off-screen after a display layout change (monitor disconnected, resolution changed). The plugin also runs an automatic bounds check once per session — this button is the manual backup if anything still ends up unreachable.</value>
+    <value>Moves the chat window and all active pop-outs back to the top-left corner of the primary monitor. Useful when a window has ended up outside the visible area after a display layout change (monitor disconnected, resolution changed). The plugin also performs an automatic bounds check once per session; this button is the manual escape hatch if something still ends up unreachable.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Popout_v060_HintText" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>New in v0.6.0: you can type directly inside pop-out windows. Toggle the master switch in the window settings to enable it.</value>
+    <value>New in v0.6.0: You can now type directly in pop-outs. Enable the master switch in the Window settings.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Popout_v060_HintAck" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Got it</value>
@@ -618,19 +654,19 @@
     <value>Open window settings</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Hint_v061_PopOutHeader_Body" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>You can open any chat tab as its own window. Click the window icon in the top right or right-click the tab. New in v0.6.1: pop-out input is enabled by default (can be turned off under Settings → Window).</value>
+    <value>You can open any chat tab as its own window. Click the window icon in the top right or right-click the tab. New in v0.6.1: pop-out input is active by default (can be disabled under Settings → Window).</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Hint_v061_PopOutHeader_Ack" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Got it</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Hint_v061_PopOutHeader_OpenSettings" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Open Settings</value>
+    <value>Open settings</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatTwoConflictTitle" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Hellion Chat cannot start while Chat 2 is loaded.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatTwoConflictBody" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is a standalone fork of Chat 2. Both plugins replace the same in-game chat window and would conflict at runtime if loaded together.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is a standalone fork of Chat 2. Both plugins replace the same chat window in the game and would conflict at runtime.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatTwoConflictAction" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Disable Chat 2 in /xlplugins, then re-enable Hellion Chat.</value>
@@ -639,7 +675,7 @@
     <value>General</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_General_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Plugin-wide settings — language, input, audio, performance.</value>
+    <value>Language, input, audio, and performance.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Appearance_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Appearance</value>
@@ -657,25 +693,25 @@
     <value>Window</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Window_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window behaviour — when it shows, whether it can move.</value>
+    <value>When the window is visible and whether it can be moved.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Chat</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How messages are displayed — tells, preview, behaviour, emotes.</value>
+    <value>Tells, preview, message behaviour, and emotes.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Tabs</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tab management — create and configure your own chat tabs.</value>
+    <value>Create and configure custom chat tabs.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Privacy</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>What's allowed to be stored — privacy filter per channel.</value>
+    <value>Privacy filter per channel and what may be stored.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Database_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Database</value>
@@ -687,7 +723,7 @@
     <value>Information</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Information_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>About the plugin — version, mission, license, changelog.</value>
+    <value>Version, mission, licence, and changelog.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Tab_Themes" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Themes</value>
@@ -705,16 +741,16 @@
     <value>Open themes folder</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Themes_ExportActive" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export active...</value>
+    <value>Export active…</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>This theme suggests its own chat channel colours.</value>
+    <value>This theme suggests its own channel colours.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Apply</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Keep current</value>
+    <value>Keep</value>
   </data>
   <data name="StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Privacy-First</value>
@@ -723,55 +759,55 @@
     <value>Open</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Compact Density</value>
+    <value>Compact density</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Schaltet das Message-Layout vom Card-Row-Default zurück auf einzeilige `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` Zeilen.</value>
+    <value>Switches the message layout from the card-row default back to single-line `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` rows.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Theme &amp; Layout</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How the window looks — theme, frame, timestamp style.</value>
+    <value>Theme, window frame, and timestamp style.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Fonts &amp; Colours</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Readability — font, font size, per-channel chat colours.</value>
+    <value>Font, font size, and chat colours per channel.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Data Management</value>
+    <value>Data management</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>What happens to stored data — retention, cleanup, export, DB stats.</value>
+    <value>Retention, cleanup, export, and database statistics.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Integrations</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Other Dalamud plugins HellionChat reacts to. Auto-detected, with a "coming soon" preview of upcoming integrations.</value>
+    <value>Other Dalamud plugins that HellionChat works with. Upcoming integrations in preview.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_Theme_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Theme</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_WindowStyle_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window Style</value>
+    <value>Window style</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_TimestampStyle_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Timestamp Style</value>
+    <value>Timestamp style</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_WindowOpacity_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window Transparency</value>
+    <value>Window transparency</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_WindowOpacity_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How transparent the window background is. Lower values let the game show through more. Tip: Dalamud's per-window menu (Hamburger in the title bar) gives you per-window overrides for opacity, background blur, click-through and pinning — those override this slider for that window.</value>
+    <value>How transparent the window background is. Lower values let more of the game show through. Tip: Dalamud's per-window menu (hamburger in the title bar) offers per-window overrides for opacity, background blur, click-through, and pinning — those take precedence over this slider for the respective window.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_FontsAndColours_Fonts_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Fonts</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_FontsAndColours_Colours_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Chat Colours</value>
+    <value>Chat colours</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_DataManagement_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Storage</value>
@@ -786,22 +822,22 @@
     <value>Export</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_DataManagement_DbViewer_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Database Viewer</value>
+    <value>Database viewer</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_DataManagement_Advanced_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Advanced (Shift+Click to open)</value>
+    <value>Advanced (Shift+click to open)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Window_Frame_Behaviour_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Behaviour</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Migration_v16_OverrideStyle_Toast" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat 1.2.1 reorganised the Settings menu and removed the legacy "Style override" option (made obsolete by the Themes system in 1.1.0). Your other settings are unchanged. Window opacity was migrated to Theme &amp; Layout. A backup of your previous config is at pluginConfigs/HellionChat.json.pre-v16-backup next to the live HellionChat.json.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat 1.2.1 has reorganised the settings menu and removed the old "Override style" option (superseded by the theme system from 1.1.0). Your remaining settings are unchanged. Window transparency has been migrated to "Theme &amp; Layout". A backup of the previous config is located at pluginConfigs/HellionChat.json.pre-v16-backup next to the active HellionChat.json.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Tab_Integrations" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Integrations</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Plugin integrations let HellionChat react to other installed Dalamud plugins. Each integration auto-detects its target and silently disables itself when the target plugin is not present.</value>
+    <value>Plugin integrations let HellionChat work together with other installed Dalamud plugins. Each integration automatically detects its target and silently disables itself when the target plugin is missing.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Honorific</value>
@@ -813,13 +849,19 @@
     <value>Not installed</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Status_Incompatible" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Incompatible API version ({0} expected, {1}.{2} detected)</value>
+    <value>Incompatible API version ({0} expected, {1}.{2} found)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Toggle" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Show Honorific title in chat header</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Displays your custom title from Honorific in the header above the chat log, in your chosen colour.</value>
+    <value>Shows your custom title from Honorific in the header above the chat log, in the colour you have chosen.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Toggle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Render glow outlines (Honorific)</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>May reduce frame rate on low-end hardware. Renders glow outlines for Honorific titles that use them. Gradient animation is not yet supported and will render as the primary colour.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Honorific on GitHub</value>
@@ -831,48 +873,57 @@
     <value>Coming soon</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>These integrations are on the roadmap. The settings for each appear automatically once the underlying plugin is wired up.</value>
+    <value>These integrations are on the roadmap. The settings will appear automatically once the respective plugin is connected.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ContextMenu_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Context menu actions</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ContextMenu_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Right-click a name in chat to jump to PlayerTrack, open the Lodestone profile, or compose a DM in one click.</value>
+    <value>Right-click a name in chat: jump to PlayerTrack, open the Lodestone profile, or compose a DM with one click.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Notifications_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Smart notifications (NotificationMaster)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Notifications_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Route mentions and DMs through NotificationMaster for system toasts, taskbar flash, and per-channel sounds.</value>
+    <value>Mentions and DMs via NotificationMaster: system toasts, taskbar flash, and per-channel sounds.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_RPStatus_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>RP status block (Moodles · LightlessClient)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_RPStatus_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Show Moodles status icons and pair-badges inline next to chat names for richer roleplay context.</value>
+    <value>Show Moodles status icons and pair badges directly next to chat names for more roleplay context.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ExtraChat_Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>ExtraChat channels</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ExtraChat_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Host end-to-end-encrypted cross-datacenter linkshells natively in HellionChat.</value>
+    <value>Host end-to-end encrypted cross-datacenter linkshells natively in HellionChat.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_QuickDM_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Quick DM button (XIVInstantMessenger)</value>
+    <value>Quick-DM button (XIVInstantMessenger)</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_QuickDM_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>One-click DM compose without leaving the chat window.</value>
+    <value>Quick DM access directly from the chat window, one click.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Got an idea?</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_Body" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Got an idea for a plugin integration that's not on this list? Hop on the Hellion Forge Discord and tell me. Community input drives the roadmap.</value>
+    <value>Got an idea for a plugin integration that is not on the list? Come to the Hellion Forge Discord and write to me. Community input shapes the roadmap.</value>
   </data>
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_LinkLabel" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Open Hellion Forge</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ChatHeader_HonorificTitle_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Honorific custom title</value>
+    <value>Custom title from Honorific</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="DbViewer_FullTextToggle" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Full-text search</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_Indexing" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>The full-text index is still being built. The local filter remains available.</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_PhraseMode" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Searches for the exact phrase. Multi-word queries match only when the words appear together in order. To use raw FTS5 MATCH syntax, wrap your term in double quotes yourself.</value>
   </data>
 </root>

HellionChat/Themes/Builtin/CrystalNocturne.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+using HellionChat.Util;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;
+
+internal static class CrystalNocturne
+{
+    public const string Slug = "crystal-nocturne";
+
+    public static Theme Build() =>
+        new(
+            Slug: Slug,
+            Name: "Crystal Nocturne",
+            Author: "CRYSTALLITE",
+            Description: "Royal sapphire and electric magenta over obsidian — a nocturne for the crystal-lit dance floor.",
+            Colors: new ThemeColors(
+                PrimaryDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#1D4ED8"),
+                Primary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6"),
+                PrimaryLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
+                PrimaryGlow: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F699"),
+                AccentDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A21CAF"),
+                Accent: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D946EF"),
+                AccentLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
+                Identity: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6"),
+                WindowBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#08070F"),
+                ChildBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#11101F"),
+                FrameBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#1C1A33"),
+                Surface: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#262340"),
+                SurfaceHover: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#332D55"),
+                Border: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D946EF55"),
+                TextPrimary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F5F3FF"),
+                TextMuted: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A5A0C0"),
+                TextDim: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#4B4763"),
+                StatusSuccess: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#10B981"),
+                StatusDanger: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F43F5E"),
+                StatusWarning: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FACC15"),
+                StatusInfo: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6")
+            ),
+            Layout: new ThemeLayout(
+                WindowRounding: 2f,
+                ChildRounding: 1f,
+                PopupRounding: 2f,
+                FrameRounding: 1f,
+                GrabRounding: 1f,
+                TabRounding: 1f,
+                ScrollbarRounding: 2f,
+                WindowBorderSize: 1f,
+                FrameBorderSize: 1f
+            ),
+            Typography: new ThemeTypography(),
+            IsBuiltIn: true,
+            ChatColors: new ThemeChatColors(
+                new Dictionary<HellionChat.Code.ChatType, uint>
+                {
+                    // Crystal Nocturne — sapphire-blue identity for party/team channels,
+                    // accent-magenta for tells, with mint/peach accents on linkshells
+                    // so the eight LS slots stay individually distinguishable on the
+                    // dark obsidian background.
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F5F3FF"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FACC15"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A8C8E8"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#10B981"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CrossParty] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#10B981"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FACC15"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell4] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell5] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A5A0C0"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D946EF"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CustomEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.StandardEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Echo] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A5A0C0"),
+                }
+            )
+        );
+}

HellionChat/Themes/Builtin/MoonlitBloom.cs

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-using HellionChat.Util;
-
-namespace HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;
-
-internal static class MoonlitBloom
-{
-    public const string Slug = "moonlit-bloom";
-
-    public static Theme Build() =>
-        new(
-            Slug: Slug,
-            Name: "Moonlit Bloom",
-            Author: "Hellion Forge",
-            Description: "Bloom Magenta + Soft Sage auf Deep Violet Night.",
-            Colors: new ThemeColors(
-                PrimaryDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#C957D0"),
-                Primary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E8"),
-                PrimaryLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
-                PrimaryGlow: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E899"),
-                AccentDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#7AAC5C"),
-                Accent: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9CCB7C"),
-                AccentLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#B6E297"),
-                Identity: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E8"),
-                WindowBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#0E0C1F"),
-                ChildBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#15122B"),
-                FrameBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#1F1A38"),
-                Surface: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#28224A"),
-                SurfaceHover: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#332B5B"),
-                Border: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E844"),
-                TextPrimary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#ECE6F5"),
-                TextMuted: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9A8BB0"),
-                TextDim: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#554B6E"),
-                StatusSuccess: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#7AAC5C"),
-                StatusDanger: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E85C6A"),
-                StatusWarning: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B590"),
-                StatusInfo: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#6278FF")
-            ),
-            Layout: new ThemeLayout(
-                WindowRounding: 6f,
-                ChildRounding: 5f,
-                PopupRounding: 5f,
-                FrameRounding: 4f,
-                GrabRounding: 4f,
-                TabRounding: 4f,
-                ScrollbarRounding: 4f,
-                WindowBorderSize: 1f,
-                FrameBorderSize: 1f
-            ),
-            Typography: new ThemeTypography(),
-            IsBuiltIn: true,
-            ChatColors: new ThemeChatColors(
-                new Dictionary<HellionChat.Code.ChatType, uint>
-                {
-                    // Moonlit Bloom — Bloom-Magenta-Tönung. Sage-Drift in NoviceNetwork
-                    // und Linkshell4. Tell-Pink-Identität bleibt sichtbar.
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#ECE6F5"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0D080"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F09A60"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A0B0F0"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A8C8E8"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9CCB7C"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CrossParty] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A0B0F0"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9CCB7C"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0BC92"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0D080"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell4] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#B6E297"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell5] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A0B0F0"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#C098D8"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B0E8"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CustomEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B590"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.StandardEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B590"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Echo] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9A8BB0"),
-                }
-            )
-        );
-}

HellionChat/Themes/ThemeRegistry.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
 {
     public const string DefaultSlug = HellionArctic.Slug;
 
+    // 1Hz throttle for the v1.4.8 B2 auto-refresh-on-active path. The
+    // Plugin.Draw hook calls RefreshActiveIfStale every frame, but the
+    // actual File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc disk-stat only runs once per second
+    // -- 60fps would otherwise mean 3600 stats/min on the same path (more
+    // on Wine). Same idiom as the StatusBar 1Hz cache.
+    private const long ActiveStampPollIntervalMs = 1000;
+
     private readonly Dictionary<string, Theme> _builtIns;
     private readonly Dictionary<string, (Theme Theme, DateTime Stamp)> _customCache = new(
         StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
@@ -13,19 +20,32 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
     private readonly string? _customThemesDir;
     private Theme _active;
 
+    // v1.4.8 B2: source path of the currently active custom theme. Captured
+    // at Switch() time so RefreshActiveIfStale does not have to reconstruct
+    // a filename from the slug -- custom theme filenames are not required
+    // to match the slug they declare in the JSON body. Null when the active
+    // theme is built-in or no custom-themes directory is configured.
+    private string? _activeCustomPath;
+    private long _lastActiveStampCheckMs = -ActiveStampPollIntervalMs;
+    private DateTime _lastActiveStamp = DateTime.MinValue;
+
     public ThemeRegistry(string? customThemesDir = null)
     {
+        // Insertion order drives the Theme-Picker grid layout (3 columns).
+        // Row 1: blue family. Row 2: purple to magenta family.
+        // Row 3: green / warm / classic. Row 4: Synthwave Sunset as a
+        // retro bonus on its own line.
         _builtIns = new Dictionary<string, Theme>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
         {
             { HellionArctic.Slug, HellionArctic.Build() },
             { HellionSpectrum.Slug, HellionSpectrum.Build() },
-            { Chat2Classic.Slug, Chat2Classic.Build() },
-            { EventHorizon.Slug, EventHorizon.Build() },
-            { MoonlitBloom.Slug, MoonlitBloom.Build() },
             { NightBlue.Slug, NightBlue.Build() },
+            { EventHorizon.Slug, EventHorizon.Build() },
             { IndigoViolet.Slug, IndigoViolet.Build() },
-            { ForgeMerchantman.Slug, ForgeMerchantman.Build() },
+            { CrystalNocturne.Slug, CrystalNocturne.Build() },
             { MintGrove.Slug, MintGrove.Build() },
+            { ForgeMerchantman.Slug, ForgeMerchantman.Build() },
+            { Chat2Classic.Slug, Chat2Classic.Build() },
             { SynthwaveSunset.Slug, SynthwaveSunset.Build() },
         };
 
@@ -44,7 +64,9 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
         if (_builtIns.TryGetValue(slug, out var b))
             return b;
 
-        var custom = LoadCustomBySlug(slug);
+        // Discard the source path here; Switch is the only call-site that
+        // needs to remember it for the auto-refresh hook.
+        var custom = LoadCustomBySlug(slug, out _);
         if (custom != null)
             return custom;
 
@@ -55,12 +77,70 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
 
     public IEnumerable<Theme> AllCustom() => RefreshCustomCache();
 
+    // Built-in-first to match Get(slug)'s lookup order. A user theme JSON
+    // that declares the same slug as a built-in is ignored deliberately --
+    // having Switch prefer custom and Get prefer built-in would produce
+    // a state where _active and Get(_active.Slug) disagree.
     public void Switch(string slug)
     {
-        var theme = Get(slug);
-        // Defensive — ensures any future theme source always gets a populated cache.
-        theme.RecomputeAbgrCache();
-        _active = theme;
+        if (_builtIns.TryGetValue(slug, out var builtin))
+        {
+            _active = builtin;
+            _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+            _activeCustomPath = null;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var customTheme = LoadCustomBySlug(slug, out var customPath);
+        if (customTheme is not null)
+        {
+            _active = customTheme;
+            // Defensive — ensures any future theme source always gets a populated cache.
+            _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+            _activeCustomPath = customPath;
+            // Force a first-tick reload-check after the switch so the stamp
+            // baseline is established on the next RefreshActiveIfStale call.
+            _lastActiveStamp = DateTime.MinValue;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Fallback: neither built-in nor custom matched. Drop to default
+        // and clear the active custom path so RefreshActiveIfStale stays idle.
+        _active = _builtIns[DefaultSlug];
+        _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+        _activeCustomPath = null;
+    }
+
+    // 1Hz-throttled disk-stat on the currently active custom theme file.
+    // When the file's LastWriteTime moves forward (editor save), reload the
+    // theme via Get() so the user sees the edit immediately without
+    // re-selecting in the picker. Built-in themes short-circuit; custom
+    // themes without an _activeCustomPath (e.g. Switch fell to default)
+    // short-circuit too.
+    public void RefreshActiveIfStale()
+    {
+        var now = Environment.TickCount64;
+        if (now - _lastActiveStampCheckMs < ActiveStampPollIntervalMs)
+            return;
+        _lastActiveStampCheckMs = now;
+
+        if (_active.IsBuiltIn)
+            return;
+
+        var path = _activeCustomPath;
+        if (path is null || !File.Exists(path))
+            return;
+
+        var stamp = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path);
+        if (!ThemeStampDiff.IsStale(_lastActiveStamp, stamp))
+            return;
+        _lastActiveStamp = stamp;
+
+        // Get() re-runs RefreshCustomCache which picks up the new content
+        // (the cache keys by path + LastWriteTime, so a mtime bump invalidates).
+        // RecomputeAbgrCache happens inside RefreshCustomCache on cache miss.
+        var reloaded = Get(_active.Slug);
+        _active = reloaded;
     }
 
     // 0x80070020 = SHARING_VIOLATION, 0x80070021 = LOCK_VIOLATION.
@@ -73,18 +153,30 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
         return code == 0x80070020u || code == 0x80070021u;
     }
 
-    // Custom themes are loaded lazily, cached by LastWriteTime.
-    // A changed JSON is reloaded on the next lookup.
-    private Theme? LoadCustomBySlug(string slug)
+    // Slug -> Theme lookup with the source path as an out-param so the
+    // Switch path can remember which file backs the active custom theme.
+    // Pure reverse-lookup over the existing _customCache: that cache is
+    // already Path -> (Theme, Stamp), so iterating it costs nothing,
+    // avoids a re-parse of every JSON, and keeps the parse logic (and
+    // the recoverable-file-lock recovery) confined to RefreshCustomCache.
+    // The cache must be warm before this runs; Plugin.LoadAsync triggers
+    // a one-time warm-up via AllCustom() before the first Switch call.
+    private Theme? LoadCustomBySlug(string slug, out string? sourcePath)
     {
+        sourcePath = null;
         if (_customThemesDir is null)
             return null;
         if (!Directory.Exists(_customThemesDir))
             return null;
 
-        foreach (var theme in RefreshCustomCache())
-            if (string.Equals(theme.Slug, slug, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                return theme;
+        foreach (var kvp in _customCache)
+        {
+            if (string.Equals(kvp.Value.Theme.Slug, slug, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                sourcePath = kvp.Key;
+                return kvp.Value.Theme;
+            }
+        }
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +206,7 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
                 catch (Exception ex) when (IsRecoverableFileLock(ex))
                 {
                     // Editor mid-save: keep last known good, retry on next refresh.
-                    Plugin.Log.Debug(
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
                         $"Custom theme {Path.GetFileName(path)} is locked, keeping last known good"
                     );
                     if (cached.Theme is not null)

HellionChat/Themes/ThemeStampDiff.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Themes;
+
+// Pure stale-check for the v1.4.8 B2 theme-auto-refresh-on-active path.
+// Lives in a free helper class so the Build-Suite can exercise the diff
+// rules without instantiating ThemeRegistry (which touches the Dalamud
+// log proxy and the filesystem). The rules:
+// - DateTime.MinValue on the current stat means we could not read the
+//   file -- hold the last known good (return false).
+// - Equal stamps mean no change since we last saw it.
+// - Any other difference, including the first observation where lastSeen
+//   is MinValue, counts as stale and triggers a reload.
+internal static class ThemeStampDiff
+{
+    public static bool IsStale(System.DateTime lastSeen, System.DateTime current)
+    {
+        if (current == System.DateTime.MinValue)
+            return false;
+        return current != lastSeen;
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Ui/ChatLogWindow.cs

@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
     private bool PlayedClosingSound = true;
     private bool DrewThisFrame;
 
+    // One-shot guard so a recurring draw failure doesn't spam the
+    // notification stack frame-by-frame. Resets only on next plugin reload.
+    private bool NotifiedDrawFailure;
+
     private long FrameTime; // set every frame
     internal long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;
 
@@ -268,9 +272,12 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                 }
             }
 
-            if (targetChannel == null || !GameFunctions.Chat.ValidAnyLinkshell(targetChannel.Value))
+            if (
+                targetChannel == null
+                || !GameFunctions.Chat.IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(targetChannel.Value)
+            )
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Warning(
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                     $"Channel was set to an invalid value '{targetChannel}', ignoring"
                 );
                 return;
@@ -324,11 +331,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             case "hide":
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.User;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
                 break;
             case "show":
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
                 break;
             case "toggle":
                 CurrentHideState = CurrentHideState switch
@@ -338,7 +345,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                     HideState.None => HideState.User,
                     _ => CurrentHideState,
                 };
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -412,8 +419,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         // The hint banner renders before this block so ImGui already accounts for it.
         height -= ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();
 
-        // Status bar at the window bottom reserves 22px + 2px spacing.
-        height -= StatusBar.Height + 2;
+        // StatusBar.Height now bakes in its own DPI-aware 2px spacer, so the
+        // window reservation is just Height -- no extra +2 (v1.4.8 B1).
+        height -= StatusBar.Height;
 
         return height;
     }
@@ -434,11 +442,24 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
 
     private void TabSwitched(Tab newTab, Tab previousTab)
     {
-        // Use the fixed channel if set by the user, or set it to the current tabs channel if this tab wasn't accessed before
+        // Use the fixed channel if set by the user. Otherwise, if the new tab
+        // has no channel state yet (fresh from JSON, never selected this
+        // session), seed from the previous tab — but deep-clone so we don't
+        // share TellTarget with the previous tab. Without the clone, a later
+        // /tell on the new tab would mutate the pinned tab's TellTarget and
+        // the Party/Linkshell channel would pop back to the pinned tell-mark.
         if (newTab.Channel is not null)
+        {
             newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel = newTab.Channel.Value;
+        }
         else if (newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel is InputChannel.Invalid)
-            newTab.CurrentChannel = previousTab.CurrentChannel;
+        {
+            newTab.CurrentChannel = previousTab.CurrentChannel.Clone();
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+                $"[Tab] '{newTab.Name}' seeded channel from '{previousTab.Name}' "
+                    + $"(Channel={newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel}, TellTarget={newTab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget?.ToTargetString() ?? "null"})"
+            );
+        }
 
         SetChannel(newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel);
     }
@@ -462,14 +483,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         if (Plugin.Config.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: None → Battle");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: None → Battle");
         }
 
         // If the chat is hidden because of battle, we reset it here
         if (CurrentHideState is HideState.Battle && !Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: Battle → None");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: Battle → None");
         }
 
         // if the chat has no hide state and in a cutscene, set the hide state to cutscene
@@ -482,7 +503,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             if (Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
             {
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: None → Cutscene");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: None → Cutscene");
             }
         }
 
@@ -493,7 +514,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             && !Plugin.GposeActive
         )
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
         }
 
@@ -501,14 +522,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
         }
 
         // if the user hid the chat and is now activating chat, reset the hide state
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: User → None (activate)");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: User → None (activate)");
         }
 
         if (
@@ -615,6 +636,15 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         IsOpen = true;
     }
 
+    // v1.4.9 R2: defer non-essential rendering on the first Draw call so the
+    // plugin-load stays under Dalamud's 100ms HITCH warning threshold. First-
+    // frame ImGui layout cost on a populated ChatLog ~127ms — deferring six
+    // non-essential sections (StatusBar, ChannelName chunks, PositionReset/
+    // BoundsCheck, HintBanner, AutoComplete, InputPreview.CalculatePreview)
+    // shaves ~33ms down to ~94ms. User sees the deferred sections one frame
+    // (~17ms at 60fps) late, invisible inside the post-reload Atlas-Build.
+    private bool _firstFrameDone;
+
     public override void Draw()
     {
         DrewThisFrame = true;
@@ -622,15 +652,39 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             DrawChatLog();
             AddPopOutsToDraw();
-            DrawAutoComplete();
+
+            // v1.4.9 R2: AutoComplete renders nothing until the user starts
+            // typing a command — safe to skip on the first frame. ~6ms.
+            if (_firstFrameDone)
+                DrawAutoComplete();
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
+            if (!NotifiedDrawFailure)
+            {
+                Plugin.Notification.AddNotification(
+                    new Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.Notification
+                    {
+                        Title = "Hellion Chat",
+                        Content = "A drawing error occurred. Check /xllog for details.",
+                        Type = Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.NotificationType.Warning,
+                        InitialDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+                    }
+                );
+                NotifiedDrawFailure = true;
+            }
             // Prevent recurring draw failures from constantly trying to grab
             // input focus, which breaks every other ImGui window.
             Activate = false;
         }
+        finally
+        {
+            // Flag flips after the first Draw completes (success or caught
+            // exception). Sub-methods read it to decide whether to render
+            // non-essential UI sections.
+            _firstFrameDone = true;
+        }
     }
 
     private static bool IsChatMode =>
@@ -646,18 +700,25 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         LastWindowSize = currentSize;
         LastWindowPos = ImGui.GetWindowPos();
 
-        // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
-        // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
-        if (RequestPositionReset)
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip the bounds-check chain on the first frame. The
+        // EnsureWindowOnScreen viewport iteration is ~10ms first-frame and
+        // not user-visible — frame 1 catches the same check before the
+        // user notices a mispositioned window.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
         {
-            RequestPositionReset = false;
-            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
-            ApplySafeDefaultPosition("manual-reset");
-        }
-        else if (!DidOnLoadBoundsCheck)
-        {
-            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
-            EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
+            // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
+            // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
+            if (RequestPositionReset)
+            {
+                RequestPositionReset = false;
+                DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+                ApplySafeDefaultPosition("manual-reset");
+            }
+            else if (!DidOnLoadBoundsCheck)
+            {
+                DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+                EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
+            }
         }
 
         if (resized)
@@ -666,12 +727,17 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         LastViewport = ImGui.GetWindowViewport().Handle;
         WasDocked = ImGui.IsWindowDocked();
 
-        if (IsChatMode && Plugin.InputPreview.IsDrawable)
+        // v1.4.9 R2: CalculatePreview triggers InputPreview's first-frame
+        // lazy init (~3-5ms). User-typing-driven, safe to defer one frame.
+        if (_firstFrameDone && IsChatMode && Plugin.InputPreview.IsDrawable)
             Plugin.InputPreview.CalculatePreview();
 
         // Render the hint banner first so it sits above the tab area at full
         // window width. ImGui accounts for its height automatically.
-        DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip on first frame (~3-5ms layout cost). The banner
+        // is a v0.6.1 migration notice that returns the same result frame 1.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
+            DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();
 
         if (Plugin.Config.SidebarTabView)
             DrawTabSidebar();
@@ -904,7 +970,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
 
         // v1.2.0 — Bottom-Status-Bar. Letzter Render-Step in DrawChatLog,
         // damit alle Zeilen-Operationen davor keine Layout-Sprünge auslösen.
-        Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip on the first frame; ~12ms of first-frame layout
+        // cost. User sees the StatusBar 1 frame (~17ms at 60fps) later
+        // which is hidden inside the post-reload Atlas-Build window.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
+            Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
     }
 
     internal Dictionary<string, InputChannel> GetValidChannels()
@@ -955,6 +1025,16 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
 
     private void DrawChannelName(Tab activeTab)
     {
+        // v1.4.9 R2: plain-text fallback on the first frame. ReadChannelName
+        // builds SeString chunks and DrawChunks runs SeString-Renderer layout
+        // — together ~18ms first-frame. Frame 1 renders the real chunks; the
+        // user sees the tab name for ~17ms during the post-reload window.
+        if (!_firstFrameDone)
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(activeTab.Name);
+            return;
+        }
+
         var currentChannel = ReadChannelName(activeTab);
         if (!currentChannel.SequenceEqual(PreviousChannel))
             PreviousChannel = currentChannel;
@@ -1588,7 +1668,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
         }
     }
 
@@ -1620,17 +1700,21 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                 continue;
 
             // Active-tab underline pill (2px accent). No native ImGui underline API,
-            // so we use a direct DrawList pass.
+            // so we use a direct DrawList pass. Pill height scales with GlobalScale
+            // and all coordinates round to physical pixels so the line stays crisp
+            // on 125/150% DPI setups instead of bleeding into a sub-pixel blur.
             {
                 var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
                 var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
                 var max = ImGui.GetItemRectMax();
-                const float pillHeight = 2f;
+                var pillHeight = MathF.Max(1f, MathF.Round(2f * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale));
+                var yBottom = MathF.Round(max.Y);
+                var yTop = yBottom - pillHeight;
                 ImGui
                     .GetWindowDrawList()
                     .AddRectFilled(
-                        new Vector2(min.X, max.Y - pillHeight),
-                        new Vector2(max.X, max.Y),
+                        new Vector2(MathF.Round(min.X), yTop),
+                        new Vector2(MathF.Round(max.X), yBottom),
                         ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.Accent)
                     );
             }
@@ -1649,6 +1733,30 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         Plugin.WantedTab = null;
     }
 
+    // Sidebar render order: persistent tabs in their original Plugin.Config.Tabs
+    // position, then pinned TempTabs, then unpinned TempTabs. Returns indices
+    // into Plugin.Config.Tabs so tabI in the loop body still mirrors the real
+    // list position (LastTab / WantedTab stay consistent).
+    private static List<int> BuildSidebarRenderOrder()
+    {
+        var tabs = Plugin.Config.Tabs;
+        var persistent = new List<int>(tabs.Count);
+        var pinned = new List<int>();
+        var unpinned = new List<int>();
+        for (var i = 0; i < tabs.Count; i++)
+        {
+            if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tabs[i]))
+                pinned.Add(i);
+            else if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(tabs[i]))
+                unpinned.Add(i);
+            else
+                persistent.Add(i);
+        }
+        persistent.AddRange(pinned);
+        persistent.AddRange(unpinned);
+        return persistent;
+    }
+
     private void DrawTabSidebar()
     {
         var currentTab = -1;
@@ -1661,7 +1769,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         if (!tabTable.Success)
             return;
 
-        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("tabs", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthFixed, 44f);
+        var sidebarWidth = Math.Clamp(Plugin.Config.SidebarWidth, 44, 160);
+        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("tabs", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthFixed, sidebarWidth);
         ImGui.TableSetupColumn("chat", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthStretch, 1);
 
         ImGui.TableNextColumn();
@@ -1680,23 +1789,42 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                 ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing()));
 
                 var previousTab = Plugin.CurrentTab;
-                // Divider rendered once before the first temp tab with a live unit counter.
+                // Render order: persistent → pinned TempTabs → unpinned TempTabs.
+                // Underlying Plugin.Config.Tabs order is untouched (tabI mirrors
+                // the real list index), only the display sequence groups by
+                // section so each section can carry its own divider header.
+                var renderOrder = BuildSidebarRenderOrder();
+                var pinnedHeaderRendered = false;
                 var tempTabHeaderRendered = false;
-                var tempTabCount = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab);
+                var pinnedCount = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
+                var unpinnedTempCount = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(
+                    TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool
+                );
 
-                for (var tabI = 0; tabI < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count; tabI++)
+                foreach (var tabI in renderOrder)
                 {
                     var tab = Plugin.Config.Tabs[tabI];
                     if (tab.PopOut)
                         continue;
 
-                    if (tab.IsTempTab && !tempTabHeaderRendered)
+                    if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tab) && !pinnedHeaderRendered)
                     {
                         ImGui.Separator();
                         if (!Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay)
                         {
                             ImGui.TextDisabled(
-                                $"{HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader} ({tempTabCount})"
+                                $"{HellionStrings.PinTab_SectionHeader} ({pinnedCount})"
+                            );
+                        }
+                        pinnedHeaderRendered = true;
+                    }
+                    else if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(tab) && !tempTabHeaderRendered)
+                    {
+                        ImGui.Separator();
+                        if (!Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay)
+                        {
+                            ImGui.TextDisabled(
+                                $"{HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader} ({unpinnedTempCount})"
                             );
                         }
                         tempTabHeaderRendered = true;
@@ -1785,9 +1913,12 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                     using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(iconColor)))
                     using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
                     {
+                        // Button stretches with the configured sidebar width so a
+                        // user-widened sidebar feels intentional, not a 36px icon
+                        // floating in empty space.
                         clicked = ImGui.Button(
                             $"{icon.ToIconString()}##sidebar-tab-{tabI}",
-                            new Vector2(36f, ImGui.GetFrameHeight())
+                            new Vector2(sidebarWidth - 8f, ImGui.GetFrameHeight())
                         );
                     }
 
@@ -1847,11 +1978,35 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                             );
                     }
 
+                    // Pin indicator: subtle thumbtack glyph top-left of the icon.
+                    // Muted colour because the "Pinned" section header already
+                    // groups these tabs visually — this is just a per-tab
+                    // confirmation glyph, not the primary discoverability cue.
+                    if (tab.IsPinned)
+                    {
+                        var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
+                        const float pinPadding = 1f;
+                        var pinPos = new Vector2(min.X + pinPadding, min.Y + pinPadding);
+                        var pinColor = theme.Colors.TextMuted;
+                        // Dim further so the glyph reads as a hint, not a badge.
+                        var pinAbgr = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(pinColor) & 0x77FFFFFFu;
+                        using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
+                        {
+                            ImGui
+                                .GetWindowDrawList()
+                                .AddText(pinPos, pinAbgr, FontAwesomeIcon.Thumbtack.ToIconString());
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     // Tooltip mit Tab-Name + Unread-Counter beim Hover.
                     if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
                     {
                         using var tt = ImRaii.Tooltip();
                         ImGui.TextUnformatted($"{tab.Name}{unread}");
+                        if (tab.IsPinned)
+                        {
+                            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.PinTab_PinnedTooltip);
+                        }
                     }
 
                     DrawTabContextMenu(tab, tabI);
@@ -1975,10 +2130,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             ImGui.TextUnformatted(FontAwesomeIcon.Crown.ToIconString());
         }
         ImGui.SameLine(0f, gapAfterCrown);
-        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, titleColor))
-        {
-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(rendered);
-        }
+        DrawHonorificTitleText(rendered, titleColor, title.Glow);
         ImGui.EndGroup();
 
         if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
@@ -1989,6 +2141,35 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         ImGui.SameLine();
     }
 
+    // Renders the title text, optionally with a glow outline pre-pass. Glow is
+    // drawn at 8 cardinal offsets (±1 px) in the glow colour at reduced alpha,
+    // then the primary text on top. The pre-pass uses the window draw list so
+    // it composites correctly with the regular ImGui text that follows.
+    private void DrawHonorificTitleText(string rendered, Vector4 titleColor, Vector3? glow)
+    {
+        if (Plugin.Config.ShowHonorificGlow && glow is { } g)
+        {
+            var pos = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos();
+            var glowColor = new Vector4(g.X, g.Y, g.Z, 0.4f);
+            var glowAbgr = ImGui.ColorConvertFloat4ToU32(glowColor);
+            var drawList = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
+            for (var dy = -1; dy <= 1; dy++)
+            {
+                for (var dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++)
+                {
+                    if (dx == 0 && dy == 0)
+                        continue;
+                    drawList.AddText(new Vector2(pos.X + dx, pos.Y + dy), glowAbgr, rendered);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, titleColor))
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(rendered);
+        }
+    }
+
     // One-time hint banner for the pop-out header button and right-click pathway.
     private float DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded()
     {
@@ -2035,7 +2216,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutHeaderHint = true;
             Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
             if (openSettings)
                 Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
         }
@@ -2100,10 +2281,52 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             anyChanged = true;
         }
 
+        if (tab.IsTempTab)
+        {
+            ImGui.Separator();
+            DrawPinControls(tab);
+        }
+
         if (anyChanged)
             Plugin.SaveConfig();
     }
 
+    private void DrawPinControls(Tab tab)
+    {
+        var svc = Plugin.AutoTellTabsService;
+        if (svc == null)
+            return;
+
+        if (tab.IsPinned)
+        {
+            if (ImGui.MenuItem(HellionStrings.PinTab_MenuUnpin))
+            {
+                svc.Unpin(tab);
+                ImGui.CloseCurrentPopup();
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var atCap = svc.PinnedTempTabCount >= AutoTellTabsService.MaxPinnedTempTabs;
+            if (ImGui.MenuItem(HellionStrings.PinTab_MenuPin, enabled: !atCap))
+            {
+                if (svc.TryPin(tab))
+                    ImGui.CloseCurrentPopup();
+            }
+            if (ImGui.IsItemHovered(ImGuiHoveredFlags.AllowWhenDisabled))
+            {
+                ImGui.SetTooltip(
+                    atCap
+                        ? string.Format(
+                            HellionStrings.PinTab_LimitReached,
+                            AutoTellTabsService.MaxPinnedTempTabs
+                        )
+                        : HellionStrings.PinTab_PinTooltip
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     internal readonly List<bool> PopOutDocked = [];
     internal readonly HashSet<Guid> PopOutWindows = [];
 
@@ -2648,7 +2871,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         var viewport = ImGui.GetMainViewport();
         var safePos = viewport.WorkPos + SafeDefaultOffset;
         Position = safePos;
-        Plugin.Log.Info(
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
             $"[Window-Recovery] {source}: snapping main window from {LastWindowPos} (size {LastWindowSize}) to {safePos}."
         );
 

HellionChat/Ui/DbViewer.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Numerics;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
 using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling.Payloads;
 using Dalamud.Interface;
@@ -33,11 +34,21 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
 
     private int CurrentPage = 1;
     private string SimpleSearchTerm = "";
+
+    // v1.4.8 H2: opt-in full-text search across the whole DB via FTS5.
+    // Transient UI state (per-session), not persisted -- users opt in fresh
+    // every time so they always see the page-filter as the default mode.
+    private bool UseFullTextSearch;
+
     private bool OnlyCurrentCharacter = true;
     private readonly Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)> SelectedChannels;
 
     private bool IsProcessing;
     private long ProcessingStart = Environment.TickCount64;
+
+    // Bumped per trigger so a late worker drops itself instead of overwriting
+    // a newer result.
+    private long _ftsFilterSeq;
     private (DateTime Min, DateTime Max, int Page, bool Local, int ChannelCount) LastProcessed;
 
     private string MinDateString = "";
@@ -82,29 +93,13 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
 
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute += Toggle;
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute -= Toggle;
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
     }
 
-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
     public override void Draw()
     {
         var totalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)Count / RowPerPage);
@@ -233,6 +228,24 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
             tooltipRight: Language.Page_ArrowRight_Tooltip
         );
 
+        // Full-text search toggle (v1.4.8 H2). IsFtsIndexBuilt is a cached
+        // volatile bool in MessageStore -- single field read per frame, no
+        // SELECT count(*). ImRaii.Disabled blocks any click while the index
+        // is still being built, so no defensive force-off branch needed
+        // inside the if-body. UseFullTextSearch is transient UI state, so we
+        // do not call SaveConfig here.
+        var ftsReady = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt;
+        using (ImRaii.Disabled(!ftsReady))
+        {
+            if (ImGui.Checkbox(HellionStrings.DbViewer_FullTextToggle, ref UseFullTextSearch))
+                TriggerFilterRefresh();
+        }
+        ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(
+            ftsReady
+                ? HellionStrings.DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_PhraseMode
+                : HellionStrings.DbViewer_FullTextToggle_Hint_Indexing
+        );
+
         ImGui.SameLine(ImGui.GetContentRegionMax().X - width);
         ImGui.SetNextItemWidth(width);
         if (
@@ -243,7 +256,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                 30
             )
         )
-            Filtered = Filter(Messages);
+            TriggerFilterRefresh();
 
         // Third row
 
@@ -307,7 +320,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
                 }
                 finally
                 {
@@ -447,11 +460,53 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
         }
     }
 
+    // FTS path hits SQLite per keystroke -- dispatch to a worker, drop stale
+    // results via _ftsFilterSeq. Page-filter path is in-memory LINQ, stays
+    // inline.
+    private void TriggerFilterRefresh()
+    {
+        if (!UseFullTextSearch || !Plugin.MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt)
+        {
+            Filtered = Filter(Messages);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var snapshot = Messages;
+        var mySeq = Interlocked.Increment(ref _ftsFilterSeq);
+        Task.Run(() =>
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                var result = Filter(snapshot);
+                if (Interlocked.Read(ref _ftsFilterSeq) == mySeq)
+                    Filtered = result;
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "FTS filter worker failed");
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     private ConcurrentStack<Message> Filter(Message[] messages)
     {
         if (SimpleSearchTerm == "")
             return new ConcurrentStack<Message>(messages.Reverse().OrderByDescending(m => m.Date));
 
+        // Full-text mode bypasses the page-bounded messages array and queries
+        // the FTS5 index across the whole DB. IsFtsIndexBuilt re-check guards
+        // against the (rare) case of the toggle being on while the index is
+        // mid-rebuild -- ImRaii.Disabled prevents the user from flipping it,
+        // but a Dispose-and-reopen during indexing could leave UseFullTextSearch
+        // true while ftsReady flipped back to false; the local fallback below
+        // still serves the page.
+        if (UseFullTextSearch && Plugin.MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt)
+        {
+            var guidHits = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.FullTextSearch(SimpleSearchTerm);
+            var resolved = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.LoadByGuids(guidHits);
+            return new ConcurrentStack<Message>(resolved.OrderByDescending(m => m.Date));
+        }
+
         return new ConcurrentStack<Message>(
             messages
                 .Reverse()
@@ -570,7 +625,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");
 
                 Notification.Content = "Error ...";
                 Notification.Type = NotificationType.Error;

HellionChat/Ui/Debugger.cs

@@ -28,17 +28,13 @@ public class DebuggerWindow : Window, IDisposable
 
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute += Toggle;
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute -= Toggle;
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
     }
 
-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
     public override unsafe void Draw()
     {
         var agent = (nint)AgentItemDetail.Instance();

HellionChat/Ui/FirstRunWizard.cs

@@ -30,14 +30,10 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
 
     public override void OnClose()
     {
-        // Closing the wizard without picking anything = the user accepts
-        // whatever defaults are already in place. Mark as complete so we
-        // don't pester them again on the next launch.
-        if (!Plugin.Config.FirstRunCompleted)
-        {
-            Plugin.Config.FirstRunCompleted = true;
-            Plugin.SaveConfig();
-        }
+        // OnClose fires on explicit X-click and on plugin dispose. We never
+        // implicitly accept the defaults here — the explicit "Later" button
+        // does that. If the user hasn't picked a profile yet, the wizard
+        // reopens on the next plugin load.
     }
 
     public override void Draw()
@@ -49,7 +45,12 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
 
         var avail = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail();
         var cardWidth = (avail.X - ImGui.GetStyle().ItemSpacing.X * 2) / 3f;
-        var cardHeight = avail.Y - ImGui.GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing();
+        // Reserve room for the footer separator + cancel button below the cards.
+        var footerReserve =
+            ImGui.GetStyle().ItemSpacing.Y * 3
+            + ImGui.GetTextLineHeight()
+            + ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();
+        var cardHeight = avail.Y - footerReserve;
 
         DrawCard(
             "privacy-first",
@@ -87,6 +88,20 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
             HellionStrings.Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply,
             ApplyFullHistory
         );
+
+        ImGui.Spacing();
+        ImGui.Separator();
+        ImGui.Spacing();
+
+        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Wizard_Cancel_Label))
+        {
+            Plugin.Config.FirstRunCompleted = true;
+            Plugin.SaveConfig();
+            IsOpen = false;
+        }
+
+        if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+            ImGuiUtil.Tooltip(HellionStrings.Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip);
     }
 
     private void DrawCard(

HellionChat/Ui/HellionStyle.cs

@@ -43,13 +43,10 @@ internal static class HellionStyle
         var alphaByte = (uint)Math.Clamp((int)(windowOpacity * 255f), 0x55, 0xFF);
         var windowBgWithAlpha = (c.WindowBg & 0xFFFFFF00u) | alphaByte;
 
-        // ChildBg alpha: child areas rendered inside ChatLogWindow would
-        // multiply their alpha with WindowBg, making 50% opacity appear
-        // ~75% solid. At full opacity the theme's alpha is preserved; below
-        // it ChildBg goes fully transparent so only WindowBg sets the final
-        // coverage.
-        var childBgAlpha = windowOpacity >= 0.999f ? (c.ChildBg & 0xFFu) : 0u;
-        var childBgWithAlpha = (c.ChildBg & 0xFFFFFF00u) | childBgAlpha;
+        // ChildBg alpha resolution lives in HellionStyleHelpers so the
+        // threshold logic can be covered by a pure-helper test in the
+        // build suite.
+        var childBgWithAlpha = HellionStyleHelpers.ResolveChildBgAlpha(c.ChildBg, windowOpacity);
 
         // Layout
         stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowRounding, l.WindowRounding);

HellionChat/Ui/HellionStyleHelpers.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+internal static class HellionStyleHelpers
+{
+    // Child surfaces are drawn over WindowBg, so at partial window opacity
+    // the theme's own ChildBg alpha would double-multiply and read too solid.
+    // Above ~full opacity we preserve the theme alpha; below it we wipe to 0
+    // so WindowBg alone carries the coverage. The 0.999f threshold is a
+    // float-imprecision guard around the user-facing 100% slider value.
+    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/HellionStyleHelpersTests.cs
+    public static uint ResolveChildBgAlpha(uint themeChildBgRgba, float windowOpacity)
+    {
+        var alphaPreserved = windowOpacity >= 0.999f;
+        var childBgAlpha = alphaPreserved ? (themeChildBgRgba & 0xFFu) : 0u;
+        return (themeChildBgRgba & 0xFFFFFF00u) | childBgAlpha;
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Ui/Popout.cs

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         {
             Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutInputHint = true;
             ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
             if (openSettings)
                 ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
         }
@@ -214,13 +214,13 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         if (Tab.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
         }
 
         if (CurrentHideState is HideState.Battle && !Plugin.InBattle)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
         }
 
         if (
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
             if (ChatLogWindow.Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
             {
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
             }
         }
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
             && !Plugin.GposeActive
         )
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
                 $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: {CurrentHideState} -> None (cutscene/gpose ended)"
             );
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
                 $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Cutscene -> CutsceneOverride (user activate)"
             );
         }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
         if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
         {
             CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
         }
 
         return CurrentHideState is HideState.Cutscene or HideState.User or HideState.Battle

HellionChat/Ui/SeStringDebugger.cs

@@ -29,21 +29,13 @@ public class SeStringDebugger : Window
 
         RespectCloseHotkey = false;
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-#if DEBUG
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute += Toggle;
-#endif
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-#if DEBUG
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute -= Toggle;
-#endif
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
     }
 
-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
     public override void Draw()
     {
         if (Plugin.MessageManager.LastMessage.Sender == null)

HellionChat/Ui/Settings.cs

@@ -60,23 +60,11 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
         DisableWindowSounds = true;
 
         Initialise();
-
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.")
-            .Execute += Command;
-        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += Toggle;
     }
 
     public void Dispose()
     {
-        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= Toggle;
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellion").Execute -= Command;
-    }
-
-    private void Command(string command, string args)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(args))
-            Toggle();
+        // Slash-command + OpenConfigUi tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
     }
 
     private void Initialise()
@@ -199,12 +187,12 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
             );
 
             if (ImGui.Button(buttonLabel2))
-                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/infiii");
+                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/infiii");
 
             ImGui.SameLine();
 
             if (ImGui.Button(buttonLabel))
-                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/lojewalo");
+                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/lojewalo");
         }
 
         if (!save)
@@ -254,12 +242,9 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
         Initialise();
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Returns true if any setting that influences message filtering changed
-    /// between Plugin.Config and the Mutable working copy. Gates the heavy
-    /// ClearAllTabs+FilterAllTabsAsync cycle on Save so cosmetic changes
-    /// don't wipe in-session chat history.
-    /// </summary>
+    // Returns true if any filter-relevant setting changed between Plugin.Config
+    // and the Mutable copy. Gates Clear+Refilter on Save so cosmetic changes
+    // don't wipe in-session chat history.
     private bool HasFilterRelevantChanges()
     {
         if (Mutable.PrivacyFilterEnabled != Plugin.Config.PrivacyFilterEnabled)

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsOverview.cs

@@ -12,43 +12,59 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
     private readonly SettingsWindow _window;
 
     // Card order matches the Tabs index in SettingsWindow 1:1.
-    private static readonly (FontAwesomeIcon Icon, string TitleKey, string SubtextKey)[] CardDefs =
-    [
-        (FontAwesomeIcon.SlidersH, "Settings_Card_General_Title", "Settings_Card_General_Subtext"),
-        (
-            FontAwesomeIcon.Palette,
-            "Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title",
-            "Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext"
-        ),
-        (
-            FontAwesomeIcon.Font,
-            "Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title",
-            "Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext"
-        ),
-        (
-            FontAwesomeIcon.WindowMaximize,
-            "Settings_Card_Window_Title",
-            "Settings_Card_Window_Subtext"
-        ),
-        (FontAwesomeIcon.Comments, "Settings_Card_Chat_Title", "Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext"),
-        (FontAwesomeIcon.FolderTree, "Settings_Card_Tabs_Title", "Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext"),
-        (FontAwesomeIcon.ShieldAlt, "Settings_Card_Privacy_Title", "Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext"),
-        (
-            FontAwesomeIcon.Database,
-            "Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title",
-            "Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext"
-        ),
-        (
-            FontAwesomeIcon.Plug,
-            "Settings_Card_Integrations_Title",
-            "Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext"
-        ),
-        (
-            FontAwesomeIcon.InfoCircle,
-            "Settings_Card_Information_Title",
-            "Settings_Card_Information_Subtext"
-        ),
-    ];
+    private static (FontAwesomeIcon Icon, string Title, string Subtext)[] BuildCardDefs() =>
+        [
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.SlidersH,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_General_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_General_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.Palette,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.Font,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.WindowMaximize,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Window_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Window_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.Comments,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Chat_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.FolderTree,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Tabs_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.ShieldAlt,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Privacy_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.Database,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.Plug,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Integrations_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext
+            ),
+            (
+                FontAwesomeIcon.InfoCircle,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Information_Title,
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Information_Subtext
+            ),
+        ];
 
     public SettingsOverview(SettingsWindow window)
     {
@@ -63,14 +79,15 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
         // 110f accommodates two-line subtexts; wrap width is matched in DrawCard.
         var cardHeight = 110f;
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < CardDefs.Length; i++)
+        // One draw-list lookup per frame instead of one per card.
+        var drawList = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
+        var cardDefs = BuildCardDefs();
+        for (var i = 0; i < cardDefs.Length; i++)
         {
-            var (icon, titleKey, subtextKey) = CardDefs[i];
-            var title = HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString(titleKey) ?? titleKey;
-            var subtext = HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString(subtextKey) ?? subtextKey;
-            DrawCard(i, icon, title, subtext, cardWidth, cardHeight);
+            var (icon, title, subtext) = cardDefs[i];
+            DrawCard(i, icon, title, subtext, cardWidth, cardHeight, drawList);
 
-            if ((i + 1) % columns != 0 && i != CardDefs.Length - 1)
+            if ((i + 1) % columns != 0 && i != cardDefs.Length - 1)
                 ImGui.SameLine();
         }
     }
@@ -81,7 +98,8 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
         string title,
         string subtext,
         float w,
-        float h
+        float h,
+        ImDrawListPtr drawList
     )
     {
         // BeginGroup makes the card a single layout item so SameLine works
@@ -93,8 +111,7 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
         var hovered = ImGui.IsItemHovered();
         var bgColor = hovered ? 0xFF22303Fu : 0xFF1A2538u;
 
-        var draw = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
-        draw.AddRectFilled(cursorBefore, cursorBefore + new Vector2(w, h), bgColor, 4f);
+        drawList.AddRectFilled(cursorBefore, cursorBefore + new Vector2(w, h), bgColor, 4f);
 
         var iconPos = cursorBefore + new Vector2(16f, 12f);
         var titlePos = cursorBefore + new Vector2(16f, 40f);
@@ -105,15 +122,15 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
 
         using (_window.Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
         {
-            draw.AddText(iconPos, titleColor, icon.ToIconString());
+            drawList.AddText(iconPos, titleColor, icon.ToIconString());
         }
 
-        draw.AddText(titlePos, titleColor, title);
+        drawList.AddText(titlePos, titleColor, title);
 
         // Subtext wraps at card inner width (16px padding each side) via DrawList
         // to avoid expanding the group bounds and breaking SameLine in the card row.
         var subtextWrapWidth = w - 32f;
-        draw.AddText(
+        drawList.AddText(
             ImGui.GetFont(),
             ImGui.GetFontSize(),
             subtextPos,

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/DataManagement.cs

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
-                        Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Unable to delete old database");
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Unable to delete old database");
                         WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                             Language.Options_Database_Old_Delete_Error,
                             NotificationType.Error
@@ -391,7 +391,9 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 Plugin.Config.RetentionLastRunAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                 Plugin.SaveConfig();
 
-                Plugin.Log.Information($"Manual retention run deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Information(
+                    $"Manual retention run deleted {deleted} expired messages."
+                );
 
                 if (deleted > 0)
                 {
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                             .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                     )
                     {
-                        Plugin.Log.Warning(
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                             "Retention sweep: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
                         );
                     }
@@ -418,7 +420,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Manual retention run failed");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Manual retention run failed");
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Retention_Error, NotificationType.Error);
             }
             finally
@@ -566,7 +568,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
             WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                 HellionStrings.Cleanup_PreviewError,
                 NotificationType.Error
@@ -587,7 +589,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             try
             {
                 var deleted = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.CleanupRetainOnly(allowed);
-                Plugin.Log.Information($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");
 
                 if (
                     !Plugin
@@ -599,7 +601,9 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                         .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                 )
                 {
-                    Plugin.Log.Warning("Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s.");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                        "Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
+                    );
                 }
 
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
@@ -609,7 +613,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Cleanup_Error, NotificationType.Error);
             }
             finally
@@ -769,7 +773,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Export failed");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Export failed");
                 WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Export_Error, NotificationType.Error);
             }
             finally
@@ -849,7 +853,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 )
             )
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Warning("Clearing messages from database");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning("Clearing messages from database");
                 Plugin.MessageManager.Store.ClearMessages();
                 Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
 
@@ -907,7 +911,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 
     private void InsertMessages(int count)
     {
-        Plugin.Log.Info($"Inserting {count} messages due to user request");
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Info($"Inserting {count} messages due to user request");
 
         var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
         var playerName = Plugin.PlayerState.CharacterName;
@@ -952,7 +956,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 
         var elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
         stopwatch.Stop();
-        Plugin.Log.Info(
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
             $"Crafted {count} messages in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
         );
 
@@ -962,7 +966,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 
         elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
         stopwatch.Stop();
-        Plugin.Log.Info(
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
             $"Upserted {count} messages in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
         );
 
@@ -973,7 +977,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                 elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                 stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.Log.Info(
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
                     $"Cleared {Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count} tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                 );
             })
@@ -986,7 +990,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                 Plugin.MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
                 elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                 stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.Log.Info(
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
                     $"Fetched and filtered all tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                 );
             })

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/FontsAndColours.cs

@@ -312,6 +312,6 @@ internal sealed class FontsAndColours : ISettingsTab
         }
         Plugin.SaveConfig();
         GlobalParametersCache.Refresh();
-        Plugin.Log.Debug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
     }
 }

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/Information.cs

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
             ImGui.TextUnformatted(Language.Options_About_Github_Issues);
             ImGui.SameLine();
             if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ExternalLinkAlt, "githubIssues"))
-                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(
+                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(
                     "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/issues"
                 );
         }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
             ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.About_Maintainer_Website_Label);
             ImGui.SameLine();
             if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ExternalLinkAlt, "hellionMedia"))
-                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://hellion-media.de");
+                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://hellion-media.de");
 
             ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(10.0f);
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
             ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.About_BuiltOn_Upstream_Label);
             ImGui.SameLine();
             if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ExternalLinkAlt, "chatTwoUpstream"))
-                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo");
+                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo");
 
             ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(10.0f);
 

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/Integrations.cs

@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab
             {
                 ImGui.TextWrapped(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint);
             }
+
+            if (
+                ImGui.Checkbox(
+                    HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Toggle,
+                    ref Mutable.ShowHonorificGlow
+                )
+            )
+            {
+                Plugin.SaveConfig();
+            }
+            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Glow_Hint);
         }
 
         // Honorific has no LICENSE in its repo so we link upstream and author
@@ -79,12 +90,12 @@ internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab
         ImGui.Spacing();
         if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo))
         {
-            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificRepo);
+            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificRepo);
         }
         ImGui.SameLine();
         if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkAuthor))
         {
-            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificAuthor);
+            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificAuthor);
         }
     }
 
@@ -193,7 +204,7 @@ internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab
 
         if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_LinkLabel))
         {
-            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(BrandingLinks.HellionForgeDiscordInvite);
+            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(BrandingLinks.HellionForgeDiscordInvite);
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/ThemeAndLayout.cs

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
             var registry = Plugin.ThemeRegistry;
             var active = registry.Get(Mutable.Theme);
 
-            var activeLabelTemplate =
-                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_Active") ?? "Active: {0}";
-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(string.Format(activeLabelTemplate, active.Name));
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(
+                string.Format(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_Active, active.Name)
+            );
             using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, 0xFF8FA3B5u))
                 ImGui.TextUnformatted(active.Author);
 
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
             ImGui.Separator();
             ImGui.Spacing();
 
-            var builtInsLabel =
-                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_BuiltIns")
-                ?? "Built-in themes";
-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(builtInsLabel);
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_BuiltIns);
             ImGui.Spacing();
             DrawThemeGrid(registry.AllBuiltIns(), active.Slug);
 
@@ -68,10 +65,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                 ImGui.Spacing();
                 ImGui.Separator();
                 ImGui.Spacing();
-                var customLabel =
-                    HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_Custom")
-                    ?? "Custom themes";
-                ImGui.TextUnformatted(customLabel);
+                ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_Custom);
                 ImGui.Spacing();
                 DrawThemeGrid(customs, active.Slug);
             }
@@ -80,21 +74,15 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
             ImGui.Separator();
             ImGui.Spacing();
 
-            var openFolderLabel =
-                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_OpenFolder")
-                ?? "Open themes folder";
-            if (ImGui.Button(openFolderLabel))
+            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_OpenFolder))
             {
                 var dir = Path.Combine(Plugin.Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
-                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(dir);
+                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(dir);
             }
 
             ImGui.SameLine();
-            var exportLabel =
-                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ExportActive")
-                ?? "Export active...";
-            if (ImGui.Button(exportLabel))
+            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ExportActive))
             {
                 var dir = Path.Combine(Plugin.Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
@@ -102,7 +90,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                 var path = Path.Combine(dir, fileName);
                 var json = ThemeJsonWriter.Serialize(active);
                 File.WriteAllText(path, json);
-                Plugin.Log.Information($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -206,25 +194,19 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
         draw.AddRectFilled(origin, origin + new Vector2(width, height), bgFill, 4f);
         draw.AddRect(origin, origin + new Vector2(width, height), border, 4f, ImDrawFlags.None, 1f);
 
-        var hint =
-            HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Hint")
-            ?? "This theme suggests its own chat channel colours.";
-        var applyLabel =
-            HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Apply")
-            ?? "Apply";
-        var keepLabel =
-            HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep")
-            ?? "Keep current";
-
         var textColor = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(active.Colors.TextPrimary);
-        draw.AddText(origin + new Vector2(12f, 10f), textColor, hint);
+        draw.AddText(
+            origin + new Vector2(12f, 10f),
+            textColor,
+            HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Hint
+        );
 
         using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Button, active.Colors.Primary))
         using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonHovered, active.Colors.PrimaryLight))
         using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, active.Colors.PrimaryDark))
         {
             ImGui.SetCursorScreenPos(origin + new Vector2(12f, 32f));
-            if (ImGui.Button(applyLabel))
+            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Apply))
             {
                 foreach (var kvp in themeChatColors.Channels)
                     Mutable.ChatColours[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
@@ -233,7 +215,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
         }
 
         ImGui.SameLine();
-        if (ImGui.Button(keepLabel))
+        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep))
         {
             _applyDismissedFor = active.Slug;
         }
@@ -268,6 +250,26 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                 string.Format(Language.Options_SidebarTabView_Description, Plugin.PluginName)
             );
 
+            if (Mutable.SidebarTabView)
+            {
+                var sidebarWidth = Mutable.SidebarWidth;
+                if (
+                    ImGui.SliderInt(
+                        HellionStrings.Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Name,
+                        ref sidebarWidth,
+                        44,
+                        160,
+                        $"{sidebarWidth} px"
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    Mutable.SidebarWidth = sidebarWidth;
+                }
+                ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(
+                    HellionStrings.Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Description
+                );
+            }
+
             ImGui.Spacing();
             ImGui.Separator();
             ImGui.Spacing();

HellionChat/Ui/StatusBar.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Globalization;
 using System.Numerics;
 using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Interface;
+using Dalamud.Interface.Utility;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
@@ -9,12 +10,20 @@ using HellionChat.Util;
 
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;
 
-// Bottom status bar, 22px tall. Slots left to right: channel indicator,
-// privacy badge, counts, tells (hidden at 0), version (right-aligned).
-// Updates at 1Hz; format strings are cached between updates.
+// Bottom status bar. Slots left to right: channel indicator, privacy badge,
+// counts, tells (hidden at 0), version (right-aligned). Updates at 1Hz;
+// format strings are cached between updates.
 internal sealed class StatusBar
 {
-    public const float Height = 22f;
+    // DPI-aware bar height. The previous fixed 22px constant clipped on
+    // Windows display-scaling >100% because ImGui renders the font bigger
+    // than the reservation. GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing scales with the
+    // current ImGui font; the 2px spacer is GlobalScale-rounded to stay
+    // on integer pixel boundaries (same idiom as v1.4.6 F7.2 underline-pill
+    // in ChatLogWindow.cs:1639-1653).
+    public static float Height =>
+        ImGui.GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing() + MathF.Round(2f * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale);
+
     private const long UpdateIntervalMs = 1000;
 
     // Initially outdated so the first frame always computes fresh.
@@ -144,14 +153,20 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
             ImGui.TextUnformatted(_cachedTellsText);
         }
 
-        // Slot 5: version, right-aligned, muted
+        // Slot 5: version, right-aligned, muted. Hidden when the window is
+        // too narrow to fit all five slots — the other four need ~200 px
+        // before the version text starts clipping into them.
         var versionText = $"v{Plugin.Interface.Manifest.AssemblyVersion} · Hellion";
         var versionWidth = ImGui.CalcTextSize(versionText).X;
         var contentRegionMax = ImGui.GetContentRegionMax().X;
-        ImGui.SameLine(contentRegionMax - versionWidth);
-        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextMuted)))
+        const float MinOtherSlotsWidth = 200f;
+        if (contentRegionMax - versionWidth > MinOtherSlotsWidth)
         {
-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(versionText);
+            ImGui.SameLine(contentRegionMax - versionWidth);
+            using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextMuted)))
+            {
+                ImGui.TextUnformatted(versionText);
+            }
         }
     }
 

HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs

@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
     private static readonly Dictionary<ClientLanguage, List<AutoTranslateEntry>> Entries = new();
     private static readonly HashSet<(uint, uint)> ValidEntries = [];
 
-    // Serializes all reads and writes against Entries / ValidEntries.
-    // PreloadCache spawns a worker thread that fills both, while the main
-    // thread reads them via Matching / ReplaceWithPayload / StartsWithCommand
-    // — without this lock the HashSet/Dictionary access is undefined.
+    // Serialises all reads/writes against Entries and ValidEntries.
+    // PreloadCache fills both from a worker thread while the main thread
+    // reads via Matching/ReplaceWithPayload/StartsWithCommand.
     private static readonly object EntriesLock = new();
 
     private static Parser<char, (string name, Maybe<IEnumerable<ISelectorPart>> selector)> Parser()
@@ -54,21 +53,27 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
         return Map((name, sel) => (name, sel), sheetName, selector.Optional());
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Preloads auto-translate entries into the cache for the current game
-    /// language. Without this, the first message will take a long time to send
-    /// (which causes a hitch in the main thread).
-    ///
-    /// This spawns a new thread.
-    /// </summary>
+    // Warms the auto-translate cache on a background thread so the first
+    // message send doesn't hitch the main thread. IsBackground keeps plugin
+    // unload non-blocking even if the warmup is still in flight.
     internal static void PreloadCache()
     {
-        new Thread(() =>
+        var thread = new Thread(() =>
         {
             var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             AllEntries();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
-        }).Start();
+            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
+            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
+            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Information(
+                $"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms"
+            );
+        })
+        {
+            IsBackground = true,
+            Name = "HellionChat-AutoTranslate-Warmup",
+        };
+        thread.Start();
     }
 
     private static List<AutoTranslateEntry> AllEntries()
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
             {
                 if (lookup is not ("" or "@"))
                 {
-                    // SE added whitespace to the newest additions, but ParseOrThrow doesn't see them as valid
+                    // SE added whitespace to newer entries; strip it before parsing.
                     lookup = lookup.Replace(" ", "");
 
                     var (sheetName, selector) = parser.ParseOrThrow(lookup);
@@ -144,19 +149,13 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
                         columns.Add(0);
 
                     if (rows.Count == 0)
-                        // We can't use an "index from end" (like `^0`) here because
-                        // we're iterating over integers, not an array directly.
-                        // Previously, we were setting `0..^0` which caused these
-                        // sheets to be completely skipped due to this bug.
-                        // See below.
+                        // Can't use index-from-end here because we iterate over integers,
+                        // not an array directly. `0..^0` would silently skip the sheet.
                         rows.Add(..Index.FromStart((int)sheet.GetRowAt(sheet.Count - 1).RowId + 1));
 
                     foreach (var range in rows)
                     {
-                        // We iterate over the range by numerical values here, so
-                        // we can't use an "index from end" otherwise nothing will
-                        // happen.
-                        // See above.
+                        // Integer iteration -- can't use index-from-end (see above).
                         for (var i = range.Start.Value; i < range.End.Value; i++)
                         {
                             if (!sheet.TryGetRow((uint)i, out var rowParser))
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
         if (bytes.Length <= search.Length)
             return;
 
-        // populate the list of valid entries
         bool needBuild;
         lock (EntriesLock)
             needBuild = ValidEntries.Count == 0;
@@ -308,9 +306,8 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
                 start = -1;
             }
 
-            // Pure managed comparison via Span avoids the msvcrt.dll P/Invoke,
-            // which is fragile under Wine and triggered an extra managed-to-
-            // unmanaged copy per check.
+            // Span comparison avoids the msvcrt.dll P/Invoke which is fragile
+            // under Wine and caused an extra managed-to-unmanaged copy per check.
             if (
                 i + search.Length < bytes.Length
                 && bytes.AsSpan(i, search.Length).SequenceEqual(search)
@@ -325,7 +322,6 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
         if (bytes.Length <= search.Length)
             return false;
 
-        // populate the list of valid entries
         bool needBuild;
         lock (EntriesLock)
             needBuild = ValidEntries.Count == 0;

HellionChat/Util/DalamudPlatformUtil.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+internal sealed class DalamudPlatformUtil : IPlatformUtil
+{
+    public DalamudPlatformUtil()
+    {
+        // Util.IsWine probes the host process and never changes for the
+        // lifetime of a plugin instance, so we cache it once at ctor.
+        // Mirrors LightlessSync/Services/DalamudUtilService:154.
+        IsWine = Dalamud.Utility.Util.IsWine();
+    }
+
+    public bool IsWine { get; }
+
+    public void OpenLink(string url) => Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(url);
+}

HellionChat/Util/DalamudPluginLogProxy.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+using System;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+internal sealed class DalamudPluginLogProxy : IPluginLogProxy
+{
+    private readonly IPluginLog _log;
+
+    public DalamudPluginLogProxy(IPluginLog log) => _log = log;
+
+    public void Verbose(string message) => _log.Verbose(message);
+
+    public void Verbose(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Verbose(exception, message);
+
+    public void Verbose(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Verbose(messageTemplate, values);
+
+    public void Debug(string message) => _log.Debug(message);
+
+    public void Debug(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Debug(exception, message);
+
+    public void Debug(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Debug(messageTemplate, values);
+
+    public void Information(string message) => _log.Information(message);
+
+    public void Information(Exception exception, string message) =>
+        _log.Information(exception, message);
+
+    public void Information(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Information(messageTemplate, values);
+
+    public void Info(string message) => _log.Info(message);
+
+    public void Info(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Info(exception, message);
+
+    public void Info(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Info(messageTemplate, values);
+
+    public void Warning(string message) => _log.Warning(message);
+
+    public void Warning(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Warning(exception, message);
+
+    public void Warning(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Warning(messageTemplate, values);
+
+    public void Error(string message) => _log.Error(message);
+
+    public void Error(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Error(exception, message);
+
+    public void Error(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Error(messageTemplate, values);
+
+    public void Fatal(string message) => _log.Fatal(message);
+
+    public void Fatal(Exception exception, string message) => _log.Fatal(exception, message);
+
+    public void Fatal(string messageTemplate, params object[] values) =>
+        _log.Fatal(messageTemplate, values);
+}

HellionChat/Util/GlobalParametersCache.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ public static class GlobalParametersCache
 
     public static int GetValue(int index)
     {
-        // Capture the array reference once so the bounds check and the
-        // indexed read operate on the same instance, even if Refresh
-        // reassigns Cache between the two operations.
+        // Capture the array reference once so bounds check and read operate
+        // on the same instance if Refresh reassigns Cache between the two.
         var cache = Cache;
         if (index < 0 || index >= cache.Length)
             return 0;
@@ -20,12 +19,7 @@ public static class GlobalParametersCache
         return cache[index];
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Refresh the cache of global parameters from RaptureTextModule.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// This should be called in the main thread when updates are necessary.
-    /// </remarks>
+    // Refreshes the cache from RaptureTextModule. Must be called on the main thread.
     public static unsafe void Refresh()
     {
         if (!ThreadSafety.IsMainThread)

HellionChat/Util/IPlatformUtil.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+// Indirection over Dalamud.Utility.Util's static surface so services can be
+// constructed in an isolated xUnit AppDomain without loading Dalamud.dll.
+// Production wiring lives in DalamudPlatformUtil; tests substitute a fake.
+internal interface IPlatformUtil
+{
+    bool IsWine { get; }
+
+    void OpenLink(string url);
+}

HellionChat/Util/IPluginLogProxy.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+// Indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog so MessageStore can be constructed
+// in an isolated xUnit AppDomain without loading Dalamud.dll — same pattern
+// as IPlatformUtil from F12.1. A later DI-container cycle (v1.5.x) may
+// replace this with Microsoft.Extensions.Logging's ILogger<T>.
+internal interface IPluginLogProxy
+{
+    void Verbose(string message);
+    void Verbose(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Verbose(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+
+    void Debug(string message);
+    void Debug(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Debug(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+
+    void Information(string message);
+    void Information(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Information(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+
+    // IPluginLog exposes Info as a distinct method (short alias of
+    // Information) — both are present so call-sites stay drop-in.
+    void Info(string message);
+    void Info(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Info(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+
+    void Warning(string message);
+    void Warning(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Warning(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+
+    void Error(string message);
+    void Error(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Error(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+
+    void Fatal(string message);
+    void Fatal(Exception exception, string message);
+    void Fatal(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
+}

HellionChat/Util/IconUtil.cs

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
     private readonly ReadOnlySpan<byte> Span;
     private readonly bool DirectLookup;
 
-    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GfdFileView"/> struct.</summary>
-    /// <param name="span">The data.</param>
+    // span: raw .gfd file bytes
     public GfdFileView(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
     {
         Span = span;
@@ -27,18 +26,13 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
             DirectLookup &= i + 1 == entries[i].Id;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Gets the header.</summary>
     private ref readonly GfdHeader Header => ref MemoryMarshal.AsRef<GfdHeader>(Span);
 
-    /// <summary>Gets the entries.</summary>
     private ReadOnlySpan<GfdEntry> Entries =>
         MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, GfdEntry>(Span[sizeof(GfdHeader)..]);
 
-    /// <summary>Attempts to get an entry.</summary>
-    /// <param name="iconId">The icon ID.</param>
-    /// <param name="entry">The entry.</param>
-    /// <param name="followRedirect">Whether to follow redirects.</param>
-    /// <returns><c>true</c> if found.</returns>
+    // Returns true if the entry was found.
+    // followRedirect: whether to chase redirect chains.
     public bool TryGetEntry(uint iconId, out GfdEntry entry, bool followRedirect = true)
     {
         if (iconId == 0)
@@ -50,9 +44,8 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
         var entries = Entries;
         if (DirectLookup)
         {
-            // Resolve redirects on the direct-lookup path too — the binary-search
-            // path follows them, and skipping them here was inconsistent for
-            // contiguous ID sets.
+            // Follow redirects on the direct-lookup path for consistency with
+            // the binary-search path.
             var visited = 0;
             while (iconId <= entries.Length)
             {
@@ -107,49 +100,28 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
         return false;
     }
 
-    /// <summary>Header of a .gfd file.</summary>
+    // .gfd file header
     [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
     public struct GfdHeader
     {
-        /// <summary>Signature: "gftd0100".</summary>
-        public fixed byte Signature[8];
-
-        /// <summary>Number of entries.</summary>
+        public fixed byte Signature[8]; // "gftd0100"
         public int Count;
-
-        /// <summary>Unused/unknown.</summary>
         public fixed byte Padding[4];
     }
 
-    /// <summary>An entry of a .gfd file.</summary>
+    // .gfd file entry -- one icon slot
     [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 0x10)]
     public struct GfdEntry
     {
-        /// <summary>ID of the entry.</summary>
         public ushort Id;
-
-        /// <summary>The left offset of the entry.</summary>
         public ushort Left;
-
-        /// <summary>The top offset of the entry.</summary>
         public ushort Top;
-
-        /// <summary>The width of the entry.</summary>
         public ushort Width;
-
-        /// <summary>The height of the entry.</summary>
         public ushort Height;
-
-        /// <summary>Unknown/unused.</summary>
         public ushort Unk0A;
-
-        /// <summary>The redirected entry, maybe.</summary>
-        public ushort Redirect;
-
-        /// <summary>Unknown/unused.</summary>
+        public ushort Redirect; // non-zero = redirects to another entry
         public ushort Unk0E;
 
-        /// <summary>Gets a value indicating whether this entry is effectively empty.</summary>
         public bool IsEmpty => Width == 0 || Height == 0;
     }
 }

HellionChat/Util/ImGuiUtil.cs

@@ -254,6 +254,17 @@ internal static class ImGuiUtil
         return end;
     }
 
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Inspired by ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12).
+    // Upstream dropped the width parameter (no callers there); we keep
+    // it because two ChatLogWindow header buttons size themselves to
+    // match the ChannelIcon button's frame. The actual bug is the
+    // manual size = width - 2 * CellPadding.X subtraction: CellPadding
+    // scales with HUD scale, the raw int does not, so the button
+    // shrank under high HUD scales. ImGui.Button already handles its
+    // own frame padding internally — pass the measured width straight
+    // through.
+    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
     internal static bool IconButton(
         FontAwesomeIcon icon,
         string? id = null,
@@ -268,10 +279,7 @@ internal static class ImGuiUtil
         bool ret;
         using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
         {
-            var size = Vector2.Zero;
-            if (width > 0)
-                size.X = width - 2 * ImGui.GetStyle().CellPadding.X;
-
+            var size = width > 0 ? new Vector2(width, 0f) : Vector2.Zero;
             ret = ImGui.Button(label, size);
         }
 
@@ -575,7 +583,9 @@ internal static class ImGuiUtil
 
         using (ImRaii.Disabled(isMax))
         {
-            if (IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ArrowRight, id + 1.ToString()))
+            // Parentheses pin the operator precedence: without them this resolves as
+            // id.ToString() + "1" (e.g. "01" instead of "1").
+            if (IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ArrowRight, (id + 1).ToString()))
                 selected++;
         }
 

HellionChat/Util/MathUtil.cs

@@ -31,18 +31,10 @@ public static class MathUtil
         public override string ToString() => $"X: {X} Y: {Y} Width: {Width} Height: {Height}";
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Checks if two rectangles overlap at any point.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="a"></param>
-    /// <param name="b"></param>
-    /// <returns>True if overlapping</returns>
+    // Standard AABB overlap test. Inclusive on both axes to catch shared
+    // edges and identical rectangles (previous ValueInRange approach missed these).
     public static bool HasOverlap(this Rectangle a, Rectangle b)
     {
-        // Standard AABB overlap test: two rectangles overlap iff they
-        // overlap on both axes. The previous nested ValueInRange approach
-        // used strict inequalities at both ends, which dropped identical
-        // rectangles and shared-edge cases as false negatives.
         return a.X < b.X + b.Width
             && a.X + a.Width > b.X
             && a.Y < b.Y + b.Height

HellionChat/Util/MemoryUtil.cs

@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public static class MemoryUtil
                 str.Append(' ');
         }
 
-        Plugin.Log.Information(str.ToString());
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Information(str.ToString());
     }
 }

HellionChat/Util/Payloads.cs

@@ -13,15 +13,10 @@ internal class PartyFinderPayload : Payload
         Id = id;
     }
 
-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
-    {
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
 
-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
-    {
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
         throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
 }
 
 internal class AchievementPayload : Payload
@@ -35,15 +30,10 @@ internal class AchievementPayload : Payload
         Id = id;
     }
 
-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
-    {
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
 
-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
-    {
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
         throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
 }
 
 internal class UriPayload(Uri uri) : Payload
@@ -55,20 +45,14 @@ internal class UriPayload(Uri uri) : Payload
     private const string DefaultScheme = "https";
     private static readonly string[] ExpectedSchemes = ["http", "https"];
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Create a URIPayload from a raw URI string. If the URI does not have a
-    /// scheme, it will default to https://.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <exception cref="UriFormatException">
-    /// If the URI is invalid, or if the scheme is not supported.
-    /// </exception>
+    // Parses a raw URI string. Defaults to https:// if no scheme is present.
+    // Throws UriFormatException for empty input or unsupported schemes.
     public static UriPayload ResolveUri(string rawUri)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(rawUri);
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rawUri))
             throw new UriFormatException("URI cannot be empty or whitespace.");
 
-        // Check for an expected scheme '://', if not add 'https://'
         if (ExpectedSchemes.Any(scheme => rawUri.StartsWith($"{scheme}://")))
             return new UriPayload(new Uri(rawUri));
 
@@ -78,15 +62,10 @@ internal class UriPayload(Uri uri) : Payload
         return new UriPayload(new Uri($"{DefaultScheme}://{rawUri}"));
     }
 
-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
-    {
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
         throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
 
-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
-    {
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
 }
 
 internal class EmotePayload : Payload
@@ -95,18 +74,10 @@ internal class EmotePayload : Payload
 
     public string Code = string.Empty;
 
-    public static EmotePayload ResolveEmote(string code)
-    {
-        return new EmotePayload { Code = code };
-    }
+    public static EmotePayload ResolveEmote(string code) => new EmotePayload { Code = code };
 
-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
-    {
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
         throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
 
-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
-    {
-        throw new NotImplementedException();
-    }
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
 }

HellionChat/Util/TabLifecycleHelpers.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+// Pure predicates for the TempTab pin lifecycle. Extracted from the strip
+// sites in Plugin.cs and Configuration.cs so they stay in lockstep — a
+// load-time strip that disagrees with the save-time strip is exactly how
+// pinned tabs would silently fall out of the JSON.
+internal static class TabLifecycleHelpers
+{
+    public static bool IsInUnpinnedPool(Tab t) => t.IsTempTab && !t.IsPinned;
+
+    public static bool IsInPinnedPool(Tab t) => t.IsTempTab && t.IsPinned;
+
+    public static bool ShouldStripOnLoad(Tab t) => IsInUnpinnedPool(t);
+
+    public static bool ShouldStripOnSave(Tab t) => IsInUnpinnedPool(t);
+}

HellionChat/Util/TabsUtil.cs

@@ -14,12 +14,8 @@ public static class TabsUtil
         return channels;
     }
 
-    // Hellion-tuned General preset (v1.0.0 — sharpened defaults).
-    // Public-chat-only, the bare three channels you encounter in open
-    // world. Group/FC/Linkshell traffic moves to dedicated tabs, gameplay
-    // events (loot, crafting, gathering, NPC dialogue, PF pings) move to
-    // the System tab where they belong — keeps the General view focused
-    // on actual conversation in the immediate surroundings.
+    // Public-chat-only: Say, Yell, Shout. Group/FC/Linkshell and gameplay
+    // events live in their own tabs to keep General focused on open-world chat.
     public static Tab VanillaGeneral =>
         new()
         {
@@ -55,11 +51,8 @@ public static class TabsUtil
             AllSenderMessages = true,
         };
 
-    // Hellion default-tab presets used by the v10 wipe migration. Names are
-    // kept in HellionStrings (EN+DE) instead of Language.* so the upstream
-    // resource files stay untouched. Channel selections cover the channels
-    // a typical Eorzea raider uses without forcing the user to hand-tick
-    // each box on first start.
+    // Hellion tab presets. Names live in HellionStrings (EN+DE) so upstream
+    // resource files stay untouched.
     public static Tab HellionFreeCompany =>
         new()
         {
@@ -88,10 +81,8 @@ public static class TabsUtil
                 [ChatType.LootNotice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.LootRoll] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
             },
-            // No automatic input-channel switch; the Gruppe tab is a read
-            // surface that pulls in Party, CrossParty, Alliance and PvpTeam
-            // together. Auto-routing /party into this tab would surprise the
-            // user when they actually wanted /alliance or /pvpteam.
+            // No input-channel switch: Party pulls in multiple channel types
+            // and auto-routing /party would surprise users wanting /alliance or /pvpteam.
         };
 
     public static Tab HellionBeginner =>
@@ -112,7 +103,7 @@ public static class TabsUtil
             Name = HellionStrings.Tabs_Presets_System,
             SelectedChannels = new Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)>
             {
-                // Plain system noise
+                // System noise
                 [ChatType.Debug] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.Urgent] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.Notice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
@@ -122,7 +113,7 @@ public static class TabsUtil
                 [ChatType.GatheringSystem] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.NoviceNetworkSystem] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.BattleSystem] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
-                // Login / logout / announcement noise
+                // Login/logout/announcement noise
                 [ChatType.NpcAnnouncement] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.FreeCompanyAnnouncement] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.FreeCompanyLoginLogout] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
@@ -130,7 +121,7 @@ public static class TabsUtil
                 [ChatType.PvpTeamLoginLogout] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.RetainerSale] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.PeriodicRecruitmentNotification] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
-                // Gameplay-event streams (moved out of General in v1.0.0)
+                // Gameplay event streams
                 [ChatType.NpcDialogue] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.LootNotice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                 [ChatType.LootRoll] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),

HellionChat/Util/Tokenizer.cs

@@ -135,18 +135,8 @@ public static class Tokenizer
         public int Precedence { get; set; }
     }
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// URLRegex returns a regex object that matches URLs like:
-    /// - https://example.com
-    /// - http://example.com
-    /// - www.example.com
-    /// - https://sub.example.com
-    /// - example.com
-    /// - sub.example.com
-    ///
-    /// It matches URLs with www. or https:// prefix, and also matches URLs
-    /// without a prefix on specific TLDs.
-    /// </summary>
+    // Matches URLs with http(s):// or www. prefix, and bare domains on known TLDs.
+    // Examples: https://example.com, www.sub.example.com, example.com
     private static readonly Regex UrlRegex = new(
         @"(?<URL>((https?:\/\/|www\.)[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*|([a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\.(com|net|org|co|io|app)))(:[\d]{1,5})?(\/[^\s]*)?)",
         RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture

HellionChat/Util/UrlValidation.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+internal static class UrlValidation
+{
+    // Used by BrandingLinks/IntegrationLinks at module init. A typo in a URL
+    // rotation throws loudly at plugin load instead of silently failing when
+    // a user clicks the broken button.
+    public static void ValidateAll(string source, params string[] urls)
+    {
+        foreach (var url in urls)
+        {
+            if (
+                !Uri.TryCreate(url, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri)
+                || (uri.Scheme is not "https" and not "http")
+            )
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{source} contains malformed URL: {url}");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

HellionChat/Util/WrapperUtil.cs

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ public static class WrapperUtil
     {
         try
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
-            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(uri.ToString());
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
+            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(uri.ToString());
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Error($"Error opening URI: {ex}");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Error opening URI: {ex}");
             AddNotification(Language.Context_OpenInBrowserError, NotificationType.Error);
         }
     }

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@@ -1,110 +1,110 @@
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-          "Microsoft.NET.StringTools": "17.11.4"
+    "version": 1,
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README.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Build](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/actions/workflows/build.yml)
 [![License: EUPL-1.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-EUPL--1.2-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
-[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.4.3-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
+[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.4.9-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
 [![Dalamud API](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dalamud-API_15-purple)](https://github.com/goatcorp/Dalamud)
 [![.NET](https://img.shields.io/badge/.NET-10.0-512BD4)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/)
 [![FFXIV](https://img.shields.io/badge/FFXIV-Dawntrail-c3a37f)](https://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <img src="docs/images/hellion-forge.png" alt="Hellion Forge" width="180" />
 </p>
 
-**Version 1.4.3** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
+**Version 1.4.9** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
 [Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) (EUPL-1.2).
 
 Hellion Chat is a privacy-first plugin built on the Chat 2 foundation. The majority of the engine comes from Chat 2
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Hellion Chat is developed under **Hellion Forge**, the specialized modding and p
 #### Custom Themes (v1.1.0)
 
 HellionChat ships a theme engine with ten built-in themes (Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum, Chat 2 Classic, Event
-Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Synthwave Sunset) and a JSON-based
+Horizon, Crystal Nocturne, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Synthwave Sunset) and a JSON-based
 authoring format for custom themes. Schema and step-by-step guide in
 [`docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md`](docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md). Hellion Spectrum is Deuteranopia/Protanopia-safe (red-green color
 blindness) based on the Wong/Okabe-Ito palette.
@@ -286,14 +286,24 @@ An optional submission to the Dalamud main plugin repo (in addition to the custo
 
 ## Project Status
 
-**Version 1.4.3** — Plugin-load async init plus repo cutover: the plugin has been migrated to Dalamud's
-`IAsyncDalamudPlugin` API. The constructor now handles only bootstrap essentials (config load, language init, conflict
-detection); migrations, service allocations, window construction, and hook subscriptions move into `LoadAsync`, allowing
-Dalamud to keep the UI responsive during heavy lifting. A schema gate replaces the v9 → v16 migration chain; configs at
-schema v16+ load directly, older configs trigger an "install v1.4.2 first" error message. Custom repo URL migrated to
-`gitea.hellion-forge.cloud`; the GitHub repo remains as a frozen v1.4.2 snapshot. Plugin load time is ~3.7 s median (5
-reloads), comparable to v1.4.2 — the async migration is the foundation for v1.4.4 lazy-init optimizations, not a direct
-user-facing win. Fourth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of 2026-05-08).
+**Version 1.4.9** — Plugin-Load Render Polish. First-frame render cost is now well under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH
+warning threshold (~76 ms median, down from ~127 ms). The gain comes from deferring six non-essential rendering
+sections on the very first Draw — bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds check, hint
+banner, autocomplete and input-preview calculation — so the initial ImGui layout cost is spread between frame 0
+and frame 1 instead of all hitting at once. At 60 fps the user sees those sections one frame (~17 ms) later, which
+is invisible inside the post-reload font-atlas build window. Slash commands `/hellion`, `/hellionView`,
+`/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` are now registered centrally during plugin load so they work before
+their target window is opened the first time. The configuration-button entry in Dalamud's plugin manager hangs on
+the same path. Three plugin-load profiling logs (auto-translate warm-up, message-store connect, tab filter) stay
+on at Information level as a regression tripwire — if a future change pushes the load past 100 ms again, the cost
+is right there in `/xllog`. The release also ships a ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors
+ChatTwo's full IPC surface (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+`Invoke`) under the `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates, so
+third-party integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC (Artisan's and AllaganTools' context-
+menu hooks are the practical examples) keep working without requiring a code change on their side. Conflict
+detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk at
+runtime. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of
+2026-05-15).
 
 Hellion Chat is a standalone plugin, no longer a fork in the repository sense. Fully completed:
 

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,13 +1,225 @@
 # Changelog — Hellion Chat
 
-Alle nutzersichtbaren Änderungen an Hellion Chat. Das Format orientiert sich an
-[Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/de/1.0.0/), die Version-Nummern folgen
-[Semantischer Versionierung](https://semver.org/lang/de/).
+All user-facing changes to Hellion Chat. Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
+version numbers follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
-Detaillierte Release-Notes pro Version stehen direkt am
-[Gitea-Release](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases) und im Plugin-Changelog-Block
-(`HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml` → `changelog:`). Diese Datei fasst die Releases als Überblick zusammen und verlinkt für
-Details auf die Release-Pages.
+Detailed release notes per version are available directly on the
+[Gitea Release page](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases) and in the plugin
+changelog block (`HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml` → `changelog:`). This file summarises releases as an overview and links
+to the release pages for details.
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)
+
+Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame render cost drops from ~127 ms median down to
+~76 ms median — comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold. The remaining ~13 ms gap to ChatTwo
+upstream (~63 ms median) is the cost of HellionChat-only features (sidebar tab view, custom status bar,
+Honorific integration).
+
+- First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside `ChatLogWindow` skip their first Draw and run
+  one frame later. Covered sections are the bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds
+  check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete and input-preview calculation. At 60 fps the user sees those sections
+  ~17 ms after plugin reload — invisible inside the ~2.5 s font-atlas build window every reload runs through
+  anyway. Frame 1 stays well under 100 ms too (~40 ms), so no secondary HITCH warning appears.
+- Slash-command centralisation: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` are now
+  registered during `LoadAsync` instead of inside the corresponding window constructors. The commands work
+  before their target window is opened the first time, and Dalamud's plugin-manager configuration / open
+  buttons (`UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi`) hang on the same path.
+- Plugin-load profiling logs stay on: `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`, `FilterAllTabs` and the
+  auto-translate warm-up timing log are now Information level rather than Debug. They serve as a tripwire so a
+  future regression past 100 ms shows up directly in `/xllog` without re-enabling Debug.
+- ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface
+  (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`, `Invoke`) under the
+  `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates. Third-party
+  integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC — for example Artisan's and AllaganTools'
+  context-menu hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their side. Conflict detection
+  prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk at
+  runtime.
+- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+- Internal: hypothesis-triage during the R2 cycle falsified three of the four candidate root causes
+  (font-atlas sync, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render). Actual cause is `DrawList` setup
+  cost distributed across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow (5-20 ms each). The six selective defers
+  above are the pragmatic fix — a clean structural rewrite would belong in the v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)
+
+Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer cluster (FTS5 full-text search, ad-block foundation
+investigation) plus three polish quick-wins.
+
+- DbViewer full-text search: optional FTS5 index across the full chat history. Built asynchronously on first run after
+  the update with a progress toast (UI stays responsive, the toggle is disabled until the build completes). The local
+  page-filter remains the default mode. Multi-word queries match as exact phrases; power users can opt into raw FTS5
+  `MATCH` syntax by wrapping their own double-quotes around the term.
+- Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme is active. Save the JSON in your editor and the live
+  render picks up the change within a second — no need to re-click the theme in the picker. Disk-stat is throttled to
+  1 Hz so per-frame cost stays free.
+- Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread. `Framework.Run(...).Wait()` is replaced by
+  `Framework.RunOnTick(...)`, which removes the ~194 ms hitch the sweep used to add per run.
+- Status bar height is derived from `GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the bar renders
+  correctly at Windows display scaling above 100 %. Linux/Wayland default of 100 % is unaffected.
+- Receive-suppressed-tells routing was investigated this cycle and **postponed to v1.5.x**. When other plugins suppress
+  tells via `CheckMessageHandled`, FFXIV's chat pipeline skips the `RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry` path, which means
+  HellionChat's `ContentIdResolverHook` does not fire and tell-partner identification breaks for AutoTellTab routing.
+  The proper fix sits next to the planned ad-block hook layer (`RaptureLogModule.ShowMiniTalkPlayer` and friends) where
+  the same patch surface comes up anyway.
+- Internal: storage form of `messages.Id` clarified (declared BLOB but Microsoft.Data.Sqlite stores Guid parameters as
+  TEXT). FTS bulk insert and `LoadByGuids` join now match the TEXT storage form on both sides. Migration v17 stays
+  (no schema bump).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)
+
+Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5 — pinned tell tabs
+that survive relog, opt-in Honorific glow rendering, a configurable sidebar, plus a Settings-Save channel-preservation
+fix surfaced during smoke testing.
+
+- TempTell Pin: right-click a TempTell tab in the sidebar and choose "Pin Tab" / "Tab anpinnen". Pinned tabs survive
+  plugin reload and character logout, keep their conversation history (loaded on demand from the message store on
+  rehydrate), and stay bound to the same `/tell` partner. Hard cap of 5 pinned tabs in a pool separate from the 15-tab
+  auto-tell pool — total ceiling is 20 tabs. The sidebar groups pinned tabs into their own section with a divider header
+- Honorific glow outlines now render via an 8-direction DrawList pre-pass when the title carries a Glow colour. Opt-in
+  via **Settings → Integrations → Render glow outlines (Honorific)** (default off). Honorific's gradient surface
+  (`Color3`, `GradientColourSet`, `GradientAnimationStyle`) is parsed and stashed for a later cycle but renders as the
+  primary colour until then — the v1.4.7 DTO already mirrors all four extra fields so the JSON roundtrip doesn't
+  silent-drop them
+- Sidebar width configurable in **Theme & Layout** (44–160 px, default 44 stays icon-only). The icon button stretches
+  with the configured width so a widened sidebar looks intentional, not a 36 px icon floating in empty space
+- `Configuration.UpdateFrom` now preserves the runtime `CurrentChannel` across the persistent-tab merge alongside
+  `Messages` and `LastSendUnread`. `TabSwitched` deep-clones the seeded channel from the previous tab instead of sharing
+  the same `UsedChannel` instance. Together these fix a regression where Settings-Save on a Party or Linkshell tab
+  popped the chat input back to `/tell <pinned-partner>` on the next interaction
+- `Util/ImGuiUtil.cs` `DrawArrows` IconButton id uses `(id + 1).ToString()` with explicit parentheses instead of the
+  operator-precedence quirk `id + 1.ToString()` (which resolved to `id.ToString() + "1"`). Single live caller is
+  `Ui/DbViewer.cs:227` page-navigation
+- Internal: `IPluginLogProxy` indirection over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` routes all ~91 `Plugin.Log` call sites through a
+  testable proxy. `MessageStore.Migrate0` can now run in xUnit without loading `Dalamud.dll`, closing the gap F12.1 left
+  in v1.4.6. Production wrapper `DalamudPluginLogProxy` and Build-Suite `FakePluginLogProxy` mirror the full
+  `IPluginLog` surface (`Verbose`/`Debug`/`Information`/`Info`/`Warning`/`Error`/`Fatal`) with single-string,
+  `Exception+string`, and `params object[]` overloads
+- Internal: TempTab counter switched from an `Interlocked` cached field to a derived `Tabs.Count(predicate)`. Pin-state
+  transitions (TryPin / Unpin / Promote) are cold-path and don't need lock-free reads; counter mutation surface dropped
+  from 5 to 0 sites. Build-Suite floor 688 → 710 (+22)
+- Schema bump v16 → v17 is additive: new `Tab.IsPinned` bool, default false. Existing v16 configs load cleanly and get
+  their `Version` stamp bumped after the gate check
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)
+
+Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the development feedback loop, fixes two
+upstream-inherited bugs from ChatTwo `f35b7d3`, and prepares the code for the v1.4.7 backlog cleanup.
+
+- `scripts/preflight.sh` gains Block E (`dotnet csharpier check`) and Block F (`markdownlint-cli2`) so reflow drift and
+  markdown violations are caught at the pre-push gate. `.markdownlint.json` adds `MD024 siblings_only` and disables
+  `MD036` so the bilingual forge-post bold-emphasis headings pass linting; the `.claude/` directory is excluded from the
+  scan
+- `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now covers `InvalidOperationException` and `ArgumentException` on top
+  of the existing IO triad. The warning log carries the exception type name, so the diagnostic path knows which class of
+  atlas-toolkit throw triggered the NotoSansCjkRegular fallback
+- `BrandingLinks` (5 URLs) and `Integrations/IntegrationLinks` (2 URLs) validate themselves on first module load via
+  `[ModuleInitializer]` + a shared `UrlValidation.ValidateAll` helper. A malformed URL now throws
+  `InvalidOperationException` at plugin load with the source class and the broken URL in the message
+- Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the native `Utf8String` when the
+  linkshell check rejects the channel. The validity check is now wrapped around the `ChangeChatChannel` call instead of
+  short-circuiting before `Dtor`. `ValidAnyLinkshell` is renamed to `IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` and the
+  `ChatLogWindow` call-site follows the rename
+- Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget`. The old
+  `CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel` was a reference copy, so PopOut and Temp tabs mutated each other's channel state
+  (incl. tell target). `TellTarget.From(t)` static factory is replaced with an instance `Clone()`; `UsedChannel.Clone()`
+  is new and runs deep-clone on both TellTarget references
+- `ChatLogWindow` active-tab underline pill now scales with `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds its DrawList
+  coordinates to physical pixels via `MathF.Round`, so the 2 px line stays crisp on 125 % and 150 % DPI setups instead
+  of bleeding into a sub-pixel blur
+- `ImGuiUtil.IconButton` width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled `CellPadding.X * 2` from the raw `int` width.
+  `ImGui.Button` handles its own frame padding internally, so the measured `buttonWidth` now passes through verbatim
+  (inspired-by upstream `f35b7d3`, but our two call-sites need the parameter, so the param itself stays)
+- Internal: `HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha threshold logic extracted to `HellionStyleHelpers.ResolveChildBgAlpha` with a
+  build-suite mirror test that pins the 0.999f cutoff. `Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset in the
+  pre-serialization snapshot instead of the full tab list. `SettingsOverview` caches `ImGui.GetWindowDrawList()` once
+  per frame and passes the pointer down to `DrawCard`
+- Internal: `Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface (`IsWine`, `OpenLink`) routed through a new `IPlatformUtil`
+  indirection. `MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is now reachable from the xUnit AppDomain via a `FakePlatformUtil`
+  fixture (full isolated MessageStore construction still pending — `Plugin.Log.Information` in `Migrate0` is a separate
+  Dalamud-static surface, slated for v1.4.7)
+- Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (royal sapphire and electric magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit
+  Bloom in the built-in roster. Users who had Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to the default Hellion Arctic on the
+  first plugin load; an existing custom JSON copy of Moonlit Bloom under `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/` keeps
+  working unchanged
+
+Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (2026-05-12)
+
+Sixth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. User-visible robustness fixes plus two doc/test polish items from the
+audit backlog. No schema bump, no migration.
+
+- `ChatLogWindow.Draw` now surfaces a one-shot warning notification when the draw path throws. The stack trace still
+  goes to `/xllog` via `Plugin.Log.Error`; the notification is suppressed for the rest of the plugin session so a
+  recurring failure can't spam the notification stack frame-by-frame. Pattern-match to the existing `Plugin.cs:505-516`
+  migration-blocker notification
+- `FirstRunWizard` splits accept from close. `OnClose` no longer silently sets `FirstRunCompleted`, so closing the X
+  leaves the wizard pending and it reopens on the next plugin load. A new footer "Later — keep defaults" button is the
+  explicit path to dismiss without picking a profile. Bilingual strings (EN + DE) plus a tooltip
+- `InputHistoryService.Reset` is wired into `Plugin.DisposeAsync` alongside the existing pure-memory cleanups. Static
+  state used to survive a plugin reload — the next load now starts with an empty history
+- `FontManager.GetHellionFontBytes` becomes `TryGetHellionFontBytes` with a nullable return. On miss (broken csproj,
+  hand-rolled dev build) the caller falls back to the system-font path that `UseHellionFont=false` already uses, plus a
+  `Plugin.Log.Warning`. The whole UiBuilder no longer throws if the embedded font resource is absent
+- `Plugin.cs:167-168` gets a 4-line reasoning comment around the session-only `RemoveAll(IsTempTab)`: tells are usually
+  privacy-filtered, resurrecting an empty crashed-session tab would trigger DB reconstruction on the next load.
+  `TempTabCounter.InitFromList` mirrors the post-strip semantic in the Build-Suite with a pinning test
+- `StatusBar.cs` drops the version slot when the chat window's content width minus the version text is below 200 px. The
+  right-aligned version used to clip into the four left-side slots in narrow windows
+
+Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.4 — Threading and IPC Safety Polish (2026-05-12)
+
+Fifth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Threading assumptions are documented per-method, a hot-path lock
+falls away in `AutoTellTabsService`, IPC-cleanup failures become visible, and the privacy filter now speaks up when an
+unknown ChatType shows up.
+
+- `AutoTellTabsService.ActiveTempTabCount` switches from a lock-protected LINQ `Count` to an `Interlocked` counter kept
+  in sync with `Config.Tabs` from inside the existing mutation paths. `Initialize()` seeds the counter from the
+  persisted Tabs list, and `SaveConfig`'s snapshot-restore path calls a new `ResyncTempTabCounter()` so the mid-step
+  `RemoveAll` doesn't leave the counter drifting. Pure-helper test mirror lives in the Build-Suite repo
+- `HonorificService` per-method threading banners replace the block comment at the bottom of the file. Each IPC callback
+  (`TryInitialPull`, `OnTitleChanged`, `OnReady`, `OnDisposing`, `TryUnsubscribe`) and the `CurrentTitle` field carry a
+  one-line `// Thread:` annotation so the framework-thread invariant is visible at the call site
+- `TryUnsubscribe` log-level upgraded from `Debug` to `Warning`. A silent unsubscribe failure leaks a live subscription
+  across plugin reloads, which is exactly the kind of issue that should not be at Debug
+- `AutoTranslate.PreloadCache` thread now has `IsBackground = true` and a thread name. Without `IsBackground` the warmup
+  blocks plugin unload (typically 100-300 ms). Pattern-match to `MessageManager` (F6.1) and `Plugin.RetentionSweep`
+  (F9.3), both since v1.4.0
+- `Configuration.IsAllowedForStorage` adds a one-line `Plugin.Log.Warning` for the first occurrence of any ChatType that
+  isn't in `PrivacyPersistChannels`. Dedup via a `NonSerialized` `HashSet<ChatType>`, so the warning fires once per
+  runtime — not once per frame, not once per install. Failsafe routing through `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` is
+  unchanged
+- `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` field default flipped from `false` to `true` for new installs via a constant in
+  `PrivacyDefaults`. Existing configs keep their explicit choice — the deserializer overrides the initializer. No schema
+  bump, no migration, no first-run banner
+
+Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
 ---
 
@@ -40,8 +252,8 @@ Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
 Third sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Per-frame allocations from the chat-log render path eliminated.
 
-- `DrawMessages` card-mode hoists `theme`/`drawList`/`winLeft`/ `winRight`/`borderColorAbgr` out of the per-message
-  loop. About 500 redundant calls per frame at 100 visible messages, multiplied by every pop-out window
+- `DrawMessages` card-mode hoists `theme`/`drawList`/`winLeft`/`winRight`/`borderColorAbgr` out of the per-message loop.
+  About 500 redundant calls per frame at 100 visible messages, multiplied by every pop-out window
 - Auto-tell tab tint and icon use a per-tab cache. Hash computation and string allocation only happen when the tell
   target name or world drifts. `AutoTellTabTint` stays a pure hash helper; cache lives in a thin `TabTintCache` wrapper
 - Status bar gates its tab aggregation behind the same one-second cache it already used for the format strings. LINQ
@@ -105,7 +317,7 @@ Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
 ---
 
-## Hellion Chat 1.3.0 - Plugin Integrations: Honorific
+## Hellion Chat 1.3.0 — Plugin Integrations: Honorific
 
 First step on the plugin-integration roadmap. HellionChat now listens to Honorific and shows your custom title in the
 chat header. The slot auto-hides when Honorific is not installed, when no custom title is active, or when you are using
@@ -118,7 +330,7 @@ the original FFXIV title.
 - Maintainer attribution buttons for Honorific repo and Caraxi
 - New service-class pattern under HellionChat/Integrations/
 
-Modding and support: join Hellion Forge - <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
+Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
 
 Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
@@ -177,7 +389,7 @@ Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 
 ## v1.2.0 — Layout Refresh (2026-05-05)
 
-### 1.2.0 Added
+### Added
 
 - Sidebar tab modernization: icon-only at fixed 44 px, tooltip on hover, vertical accent pill for active tab
 - Top tabs: accent underline pill replaces background fill on active tab
@@ -190,12 +402,12 @@ Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 - Unread indicator: pulsing red dot in the top-right corner of any sidebar tab icon with unread messages, 2-second
   sine-wave pulse, respects `Configuration.ReduceMotion`
 
-### 1.2.0 Changed
+### Changed
 
 - Migration v14 → v15: deprecated Configuration fields `HellionThemeEnabled` and `HellionThemeWindowOpacity` removed
 - Appearance settings cleaned: legacy theme-engine bindings replaced by Themes tab (introduced in v1.1.0)
 
-### 1.2.0 Fixed
+### Fixed
 
 - Settings save no longer wipes chat history by default — the heavy `ClearAllTabs + FilterAllTabsAsync` cycle now only
   runs when a filter-relevant setting actually changed (Privacy filter, persisted channels, per-tab channel selection).
@@ -206,75 +418,78 @@ Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
 - Sidebar child window no longer paints the top padding area with its frame background
 - Status bar version slot (`vX.Y.Z · Hellion`) no longer clips its rightmost character
 
-### 1.2.0 Notes
+### Notes
 
 - Polish phase (animations, theme crossfade, header quick-picker) follows in v1.3.0
 - Top-Tab icon prefixes were considered but dropped: Dalamud's default font atlas does not include FontAwesome
   codepoints, so mixed-font in a single TabItem label renders as tofu. Underline pill alone is the v1.2.0 visual
   treatment for top tabs. Resolution would require Font-Atlas merge at FontManager level — out of scope.
 
+---
+
 ## [1.1.0] — 2026-05-05 — Theme Foundation
 
-Erster großer UI-Cycle nach v1.0.0. Theme-Engine, fünf Built-In-Themes, Custom-Themes via JSON, Settings-Card-Grid.
+First major UI cycle after v1.0.0. Theme engine, five built-in themes, custom themes via JSON, settings card grid.
 
-### Hinzugefügt
+### Added
 
-- **Theme-Engine** mit fünf Built-In-Themes: Hellion Arctic (Default), Chat 2 Klassik, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom,
+- **Theme engine** with five built-in themes: Hellion Arctic (default), Chat 2 Classic, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom,
   Mint Grove.
-- **Settings → Themes** mit Mini-Mockup-Preview pro Theme. Klick auf eine Card switcht sofort das ganze Plugin (Chat,
-  Settings, Pop-Out).
-- **Custom-Themes via JSON** in `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/`. Beim ersten Start wird `example-theme.json` als
-  Vorlage abgelegt.
-- **Optional Theme-Chat-Channel-Colors**: Themes können eigene Channel-Farben mitliefern. Beim Switch erscheint ein
-  Banner mit _Übernehmen / Behalten_ — nie automatisch.
-- **Settings-Card-Grid**: neue Übersicht beim Öffnen, Card-Klick führt in die Detail-Ansicht der Section. Breadcrumb +
-  ESC führen zurück.
-- **`docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md`** als Anleitung zum Schreiben eigener Themes, mit Hellion-Forge-Branding.
+- **Settings → Themes** with mini mockup preview per theme. Clicking a card instantly switches the entire plugin (chat,
+  settings, pop-outs).
+- **Custom themes via JSON** in `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/`. On first start, `example-theme.json` is placed
+  there as a template.
+- **Optional theme chat channel colours**: themes can ship their own channel colours. On switch, a banner appears with
+  _Apply / Keep current_ — never applied automatically.
+- **Settings card grid**: new overview on open, clicking a card navigates into the section's detail view. Breadcrumb +
+  ESC navigate back.
+- **`docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md`** as a guide for writing custom themes, with Hellion Forge branding.
 
-### Geändert
+### Changed
 
-- **Plugin-Icon** auf Hellion Forge Hammer (vorher ChatTwo-Derivat).
-- **Settings-Detail-View** verwendet die volle Breite — die zweite Tab-Liste links ist weg, weil die Card-Übersicht den
-  Wechsel übernimmt.
-- **`HellionStyle.PushGlobal`** ist jetzt theme-driven (`PushGlobal(theme, opacity)`) statt const-palette-driven.
-- **Configuration v13 → v14**: alle User landen auf `hellion-arctic`. Wer den Upstream-Look will, wählt `chat2-classic`
-  in Settings → Themes.
+- **Plugin icon** updated to Hellion Forge hammer (previously a ChatTwo derivative).
+- **Settings detail view** uses the full width — the second tab list on the left is gone because the card overview
+  handles navigation.
+- **`HellionStyle.PushGlobal`** is now theme-driven (`PushGlobal(theme, opacity)`) instead of const-palette-driven.
+- **Configuration v13 → v14**: all users land on `hellion-arctic`. Those who prefer the upstream look can select
+  `chat2-classic` in Settings → Themes.
 
-### Veraltet
+### Deprecated
 
-- `Configuration.HellionThemeEnabled` und `HellionThemeWindowOpacity` bleiben für ein Release lesbar als Safety-Net,
-  werden aber nicht mehr ausgewertet. Entfernung geplant in v1.2.0.
+- `Configuration.HellionThemeEnabled` and `HellionThemeWindowOpacity` remain readable for one release as a safety net
+  but are no longer evaluated. Removal planned for v1.2.0.
 
-### Sicherheit
+### Security
 
-- Custom-Theme-JSON-Loader prüft `schemaVersion`, Pflichtfelder und Hex-Format. Ungültige Themes werden mit Warning
-  übersprungen, das Plugin lädt mit Built-Ins weiter.
+- Custom theme JSON loader validates `schemaVersion`, required fields and hex format. Invalid themes are skipped with a
+  warning; the plugin continues loading with built-ins.
 
-### Intern
+### Internal
 
-- 51 lokale Unit-Tests (Theme-Records, Registry, JSON-Round-Trip, Sanity pro Built-In-Theme). Tests sind gitignored.
+- 51 local unit tests (theme records, registry, JSON round-trip, sanity per built-in theme). Tests are gitignored.
 
 ---
 
-## [1.0.3] — 2026-05-04 — Polish patch
+## [1.0.3] — 2026-05-04 — Polish Patch
 
-Vier kleine Polish-Items aus dem Backlog gebündelt:
+Four small polish items from the backlog bundled together:
 
-- **Hide bei New Game+ Menü**: Optionaler globaler Toggle der Hellion Chat (und alle weiteren Plugin-Fenster wie
-  Settings, DB-Viewer, Pop-Outs) ausblendet, solange das NG+-Menü offen ist. Settings → Fenster → Rahmen, Default aus.
-  Skipt analog zum bestehenden LoadingScreens-Pattern den gesamten `WindowSystem.Draw()`-Pfad.
-- **Channel-Selector-Färbung**: Optionales Tinting des Channel-Auswahl-Knopfs (Comment-Icon) neben dem Eingabefeld in
-  der aktuellen Channel-Farbe. Settings → Aussehen → Chat-Farben, Default an. Konsistent zur bestehenden
-  Eingabetext-Färbung, ExtraChat-Override wird übernommen.
-- **(De)Buff-Icon Aspect-Ratio-Fix**: `PayloadHandler.InlineIcon` quetschte alle Hover-Icons auf 32×32. Status-Icons mit
-  nicht-quadratischen Dimensionen (Debuffs mit Pfeil-Indikator) sind jetzt aspekt-erhaltend geshrinkt. Eigenständige
-  Float-Math-Implementierung mit Zero-Size-Guard statt Cherry-Pick aus dem offenen ChatTwo PR #157 (der hatte eine
-  int-Division-Falle).
-- **HideState-Logging-Sweep**: Alle HideState-Transitions (Battle/Cutscene/User/Override plus die Pop-Out-Spiegelung)
-  loggen sich auf Verbose-Level. Aus by default, Aktivierung via `/xllog set HellionChat verbose` für
-  Bug-Report-Diagnose.
+- **Hide on New Game+ menu**: optional global toggle that hides Hellion Chat (and all other plugin windows such as
+  Settings, DB Viewer, pop-outs) while the NG+ menu is open. Settings → Window → Frame, default off. Skips the entire
+  `WindowSystem.Draw()` path analogous to the existing LoadingScreens pattern.
+- **Channel selector colouring**: optional tinting of the channel-select button (comment icon) next to the input field
+  in the current channel colour. Settings → Appearance → Chat Colours, default on. Consistent with the existing input
+  text colouring; ExtraChat override is carried over.
+- **(De)buff icon aspect-ratio fix**: `PayloadHandler.InlineIcon` was squashing all hover icons to 32×32. Status icons
+  with non-square dimensions (debuffs with an arrow indicator) are now shrunk aspect-preserving. Standalone float-math
+  implementation with zero-size guard instead of a cherry-pick from the open ChatTwo PR #157 (which had an int-division
+  trap).
+- **HideState logging sweep**: all HideState transitions (Battle/Cutscene/User/Override plus pop-out mirroring) log at
+  verbose level. Off by default; enable via `/xllog set HellionChat verbose` for bug-report diagnostics.
 
-[Release-Notes 1.0.3](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.3)
+[Release Notes 1.0.3](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.3)
+
+---
 
 ## [1.0.1] — 2026-05-04 — Window Position Recovery
 
@@ -287,61 +502,71 @@ Bundled housekeeping since v1.0.0: documentation restructured into `docs/`, stal
 cleaned up, Pidgin parser library bumped from 3.3.0 to 3.5.1, GitHub Actions bumps for `actions/setup-dotnet` (4 → 5)
 and `github/codeql-action` (3 → 4).
 
-[Release-Notes 1.0.1](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.1)
+[Release Notes 1.0.1](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.1)
+
+---
 
 ## [1.0.0] — 2026-05-03 — Standalone Major Release
 
-Erste vollständig eigenständige Version. Code-Namespace, IPC-Kanäle und Source-Tree-Struktur wurden auf `HellionChat.*`
-konsolidiert. Plugin verweigert den Start bei aktivem Upstream Chat 2 (bilinguale Konflikt-Meldung). SQLite-Native auf
-3.50.3 gepinnt (CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-7709). Tab-Layout-Default für neue Installationen und für User auf
-Config-Version 12 oder älter neu strukturiert (5 thematische Tabs statt 6+ kitchen-sink). Sweep aus Critical- und
-Major-Findings aus dem Codebase-Audit eingearbeitet.
+First fully independent release. Code namespace, IPC channels and source tree structure consolidated under
+`HellionChat.*`. Plugin refuses to start alongside an active upstream Chat 2 (bilingual conflict message). SQLite native
+pinned to 3.50.3 (CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-7709). Tab layout default for new installs and users on config version 12 or
+older restructured (5 thematic tabs instead of 6+ kitchen-sink). Sweep of critical and major findings from the codebase
+audit incorporated.
 
-[Release-Notes 1.0.0](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
+[Release Notes 1.0.0](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
+
+---
 
 ## [0.6.1] — 2026-05-03 — Pop-Out Discoverability & /tell Auto-Pop-Out
 
-Pop-Out-Button im Chat-Header sichtbar, einmaliger Hint-Banner für die Pop-Out-Funktionalität. Neue Einstellung "Neue
-/tell-Tabs direkt als Pop-Out öffnen". Pop-Out-Input ist jetzt standardmäßig aktiv. Bugfixes: Ghost-Windows bei LRU-Drop
-/ Logout, Dead-Zone unter dem Input-Bar bei aktivem Hint-Banner.
+Pop-out button visible in the chat header, one-time hint banner for the pop-out feature. New setting "Open new /tell
+tabs directly as pop-out". Pop-out input is now active by default. Bug fixes: ghost windows on LRU-drop / logout, dead
+zone below the input bar when the hint banner is active.
 
-[Release-Notes 0.6.1](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.6.1)
+[Release Notes 0.6.1](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.6.1)
+
+---
 
 ## [0.6.0] — 2026-05-03 — UX Polish: Pop-Out Input + Colour Presets
 
-Zwei opt-in UX-Features. Pop-Out-Fenster bekommen optional eine kompakte Eingabe-Bar mit channel-farbigem Icon-Button
-und unabhängigem Text-Buffer pro Pop-Out. Sieben Built-in-Color-Presets (Klassik, High-Contrast, Pastell,
-Dark-Mode-Tuned, Hellion, Night Blue, Indigo Violet) zum One-Click-Apply. Konfigurations-Migration v10 → v11.
+Two opt-in UX features. Pop-out windows optionally get a compact input bar with a channel-coloured icon button and an
+independent text buffer per pop-out. Seven built-in colour presets (Classic, High Contrast, Pastel, Dark Mode Tuned,
+Hellion, Night Blue, Indigo Violet) for one-click apply. Configuration migration v10 → v11.
 
-[Release-Notes 0.6.0](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.6.0)
+[Release Notes 0.6.0](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.6.0)
+
+---
 
 ## [0.5.4] — 2026-05-02 — WrapText Hardening
 
-`ImGuiUtil.WrapText` von Pointer-Arithmetik auf Span- und Index-basierten Control-Flow umgestellt. Schließt das
-wiederkehrende CodeQL-Critical-Alert "unvalidated local pointer arithmetic" dauerhaft. Keine nutzersichtbare
-Verhaltensänderung — Word-Wrap-Output ist byte-identisch zu 0.5.3.
+`ImGuiUtil.WrapText` rewritten from pointer arithmetic to Span- and index-based control flow. Permanently closes the
+recurring CodeQL critical alert "unvalidated local pointer arithmetic". No user-visible behaviour change — word-wrap
+output is byte-identical to 0.5.3.
 
-[Release-Notes 0.5.4](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.5.4)
+[Release Notes 0.5.4](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.5.4)
+
+---
 
 ## [0.5.3] — 2026-05-02 — Pointer Arithmetic Hardening
 
-Erster Anlauf zur Schließung des CodeQL-Critical-Alerts in `ImGuiUtil.WrapText`. Encoded-Byte-Buffer-Length wird vor der
-Pointer-Arithmetik via `GetByteCount` validiert.
+First attempt at closing the CodeQL critical alert in `ImGuiUtil.WrapText`. Encoded byte buffer length is validated via
+`GetByteCount` before pointer arithmetic.
 
-[Release-Notes 0.5.3](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.5.3)
+[Release Notes 0.5.3](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/v0.5.3)
 
 ---
 
-## Frühere Versionen
+## Earlier Versions
 
-Releases vor 0.5.3 (Bootstrap-Phase 0.1.0 bis 0.5.2) sind direkt am GitHub-Release-Stream einsehbar:
+Releases before 0.5.3 (bootstrap phase 0.1.0 to 0.5.2) are available directly on the Gitea release stream:
 
-[Alle Releases](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases)
+[All Releases](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases)
 
 ---
 
-## Pflege-Hinweis
+## Maintenance Note
 
-Die Source-of-Truth für den nutzersichtbaren Changelog ist der `changelog:`-Block in `HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml`.
-`repo.json` und der GitHub-Release-Body werden daraus gespeist. Diese Datei (`docs/CHANGELOG.md`) ist eine kuratierte
-Zusammenfassung mit Verweis auf die Release-Pages und wird beim Versions-Bump manuell ergänzt.
+The source of truth for the user-facing changelog is the `changelog:` block in `HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml`.
+`repo.json` and the GitHub release body are fed from there. This file (`docs/CHANGELOG.md`) is a curated summary with
+links to the release pages and is updated manually on each version bump.

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -1,174 +1,283 @@
 # Hellion Chat — Roadmap
 
-Geplante Arbeit nach dem v1.0.0 Standalone-Cut. Diese Liste ist absichtlich grob: konkrete Specs, Größenschätzungen und
-Repro-Steps liegen im internen Backlog. Tracking nach außen läuft über
-[Gitea Issues](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/issues) mit dem `roadmap`-Label, sobald
-ein Item für einen Cycle eingeplant ist.
+Planned work after the v1.0.0 standalone cut. This list is intentionally high-level: concrete specs, size estimates and
+repro steps live in the internal backlog. External tracking runs via
+[Gitea Issues](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/issues) with the `roadmap` label once an
+item is scheduled for a cycle.
 
-Reihenfolge ist Priorität, nicht Garantie. Items können sich verschieben oder ganz wegfallen wenn sie sich beim
-Brainstorm als nicht passend zur Privacy-First-Schnittmenge des Plugins erweisen.
+Order reflects priority, not a guarantee. Items may shift or be dropped entirely if they turn out to be a poor fit for
+the plugin's privacy-first scope during brainstorming.
 
 ---
 
-## Nächster Cycle (v1.4.4)
+## Next Cycle (v1.4.10)
 
-**Window-Lazy-Open + Render-Init-Cost-Optimisation** — die in v1.4.3 gelegte IAsyncDalamudPlugin-Foundation jetzt für
-die echten User- spürbaren Wins nutzen. Window-Konstruktion erst beim ersten Open, Render-Path-Init-Kosten in den ersten
-Frames runter. Konkrete Kandidaten und Größenschätzungen werden im v1.4.4-Brainstorm konsolidiert.
+**Render Clipper, Symbol-Picker and Final-Cleanup.** Reserve items inherited from the v1.4.9 plan that did not need to
+land in the HITCH-cut: an `ImGuiListClipper` for variable-height messages in `DrawMessages` (the OtterGui `ImGuiClip.cs`
+wrapper is the idiom anchor), a Symbol Picker popup for the chat input (`imgui_demo.cpp` Popups & Modal Windows section
+is the pattern reference), plus the carry-over from v1.4.9: structural First-Frame-Layout rewrite if the v1.4.9 selective
+defers turn out to be too narrow once user-side regressions surface. Lazy-Window-Init naive is **not** in scope — the
+v1.4.9 Stage-2 diagnose falsified that path (`WindowSystem.windows` is non-thread-safe, Game-Freeze under reload stress,
+no measurable HITCH delta). A clean DI-container adoption (Lightless `PluginHostFactory` pattern) belongs in v1.5.x and
+will revisit the question with the right threading model.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (released 2026-05-15)
+
+Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. First-frame HITCH drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median (4-reload
+sample), comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms warning threshold. Mechanism: a single `_firstFrameDone` flag inside
+`ChatLogWindow` defers six non-essential rendering sections (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window
+bounds check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete, input-preview calculation) from frame 0 to frame 1. User sees those
+sections ~17 ms (60 fps) later, invisible inside the ~2.5 s font-atlas build window after every reload. Slash-command
+registration moved from individual window constructors to a central `SetupCommands` / `TearDownCommands` pair in
+`Plugin.cs` — `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` work before their target windows are
+opened the first time, and Dalamud's plugin-manager `OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi` buttons hang on the same path.
+Plugin-load profiling logs (auto-translate warmup, `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`, `FilterAllTabs`) stay
+on at Information level as a regression tripwire. The release also ships a ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat
+mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+`Invoke`) under the `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates, so third-party
+integrations that only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC (Artisan, AllaganTools) keep working without a code change on their
+side. Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel, so there is no slot-collision risk at runtime.
+Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). Hypothesis-triage falsified
+three of four candidate root causes (font-atlas sync fallback, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render via
+lazy-init) — actual cost distributes evenly across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow, so structural rewrite is
+deferred to v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
+
+## v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (released 2026-05-14)
+
+Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Database Viewer gains an optional FTS5 full-text search across the
+full chat history, built asynchronously on first run after the update with a progress toast; the local page-filter
+remains the default mode. Custom theme files auto-reload when edited while the theme is active (1 Hz disk-stat throttle,
+so per-frame cost is free). Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread — `Framework.Run(...).Wait()` is
+replaced by `Framework.RunOnTick(...)`, removing the ~194 ms hitch per sweep. Status-bar height is now derived from
+`GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling above
+100 %. Receive-suppressed-tells routing was investigated and **postponed to v1.5.x**: when other plugins suppress tells
+via `CheckMessageHandled`, FFXIV's chat-pipeline skips the `RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry` path, which means the
+`ContentIdResolverHook` does not fire and tell-partner identification breaks. The fix belongs next to the planned ad-block
+hook layer where the same patch surface comes up anyway. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). H3 leaves a foundation
+note in the Vault (`Projekte/FFXIV/Hellion Chat/v1.5.x Ad-Block Foundation.md`) covering the NoSoliciting filter +
+bubble-layer hook pattern as a ready-made template for the v1.5.x cycle.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (released 2026-05-13)
+
+Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. First user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5. TempTell tabs can
+now be pinned via right-click; pinned tabs survive plugin reload and character logout, keep their conversation history
+(loaded on demand from the message store on rehydrate), and stay bound to the same `/tell` partner. A hard cap of 5
+pinned tabs lives in a pool separate from the 15-tab auto-tell pool, total ceiling 20. The sidebar groups pinned tabs
+into their own section with a divider header, and the sidebar width itself is now configurable in **Theme & Layout**
+between 44 and 160 px. Honorific glow outlines render when the title carries a Glow colour, opt-in via **Settings →
+Integrations → Render glow outlines (Honorific)** (default off). Honorific's gradient (Color3 / GradientColourSet / Wave
+/ Pulse) is parsed but rendered statically — a later cycle will port the full animation algorithm or land an upstream
+IPC PR for the resolved frame colour. `Configuration.UpdateFrom` now preserves the runtime `CurrentChannel` across the
+persistent-tab merge, and `TabSwitched` deep-clones the seeded channel instead of sharing the previous tab's
+`UsedChannel` — together they fix a Settings-Save regression where the chat input could pop back to
+`/tell <pinned-partner>` after touching settings on a Party or Linkshell tab. Internal items: `IPluginLogProxy`
+indirection over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` routes all ~91 `Plugin.Log` call sites through a testable proxy, closing the
+F12.1 test-isolation gap (`MessageStore.Migrate0` runs in xUnit now). TempTab counter switched from `Interlocked` cached
+field to derived `Tabs.Count(predicate)`. Migration v16 → v17 is additive (new `Tab.IsPinned` flag). Build-Suite floor
+688 → 710 (+22 tests across Pin-lifecycle predicates, pool limits, Tab.Clone roundtrip, MessageStore Migrate0
+construction, and Honorific TitleData JSON roundtrip).
+
+## v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (released 2026-05-12)
+
+Seventh sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Maintenance patch — no user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
+development feedback loop and pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier reflow
+check (Block E) and a markdownlint pass (Block F), so style drift and markdown violations are blocked at the pre-push
+gate. `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now spans `InvalidOperationException` and `ArgumentException` on
+top of the existing IO triad, with the exception type name in the warning log so the diagnostic path can see which
+atlas-toolkit throw triggered the fallback. `BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` run a `[ModuleInitializer]` URL
+validation pass on plugin load; a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup instead of failing silently when a
+user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the
+native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel (rename to `IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` plus
+wrap-not-return), and `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget` (the previous reference copy let PopOut
+and Temp tabs mutate each other's channel state). The `ChatLogWindow` active-tab underline pill scales with
+`ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering above 100 % DPI. Internal items:
+`HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper, `Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset in the
+snapshot path, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame, `Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through
+an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no
+migration.
+
+## v1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (released 2026-05-12)
+
+Sixth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. User-visible robustness polish plus two doc/test polish items from
+the audit backlog. Chat-log draw failures now surface as a one-shot notification instead of failing silently. The
+first-run wizard splits accept from close: `OnClose` no longer silently sets `FirstRunCompleted`, and a new footer
+"Later — keep defaults" button is the explicit path to dismiss without picking a profile. `InputHistoryService` clears
+on plugin dispose so the previous session's typed commands don't bleed into the next load. `FontManager` falls back to
+the system font path if the embedded Hellion font resource is missing (broken-csproj / dev-build only). The status bar
+hides the version slot when the chat window is too narrow to fit all five slots without overlap. Plus
+`Plugin.cs:167-168` gains an explicit session-only Auto-Tell-Tab invariant comment with a `TempTabCounter.InitFromList`
+pin in the Build-Suite. No schema bump, no migration.
+
+## v1.4.4 — Threading and IPC Safety Polish (released 2026-05-12)
+
+Fifth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. `AutoTellTabsService.ActiveTempTabCount` switches from a
+lock-protected LINQ `Count` to an `Interlocked` counter kept in sync from inside the existing mutation paths;
+`Initialize()` seeds from the persisted Tabs list and `SaveConfig`'s snapshot-restore path calls a new
+`ResyncTempTabCounter()` after the mid-step `RemoveAll`. `HonorificService` carries per-method threading banners and
+`TryUnsubscribe`'s log level moves from Debug to Warning. `AutoTranslate.PreloadCache` is marked `IsBackground = true`
+so plugin unload no longer waits for it. `Configuration.IsAllowedForStorage` logs once per unknown ChatType via a
+`NonSerialized` `HashSet`, and `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` default flips to `true` for new installs. No schema bump,
+no migration.
 
 ## v1.4.3 — Plugin-Load Async-Init + Repo-Cutover (released 2026-05-08)
 
-Vierter und größter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Plugin auf Dalamud's IAsyncDalamudPlugin-API migriert: der
-Konstruktor übernimmt nur noch Bootstrap-Essentials (Config-Load, Language-Init, Conflict-Detection), Migrationen,
-Service-Allokationen, Window- Konstruktion und Hook-Subscription wandern in LoadAsync. Schema- Gate ersetzt die v9 → v16
-Migrations-Kette; Configs auf Schema v16+ laden direkt, ältere Configs triggern eine "install v1.4.2
-first"-Fehlermeldung. AutoTranslate.PreloadCache vom Load-Pfad runter. FontManager.BuildFonts läuft sync am Start von
-LoadAsync, Dalamud baut den Font-Atlas auf seiner eigenen Pipeline. Custom-Repo-URL auf `gitea.hellion-forge.cloud`
-cut-over, das GitHub-Repo bleibt als eingefrorener v1.4.2-Snapshot stehen. Plugin-Load-Zeit liegt bei ~3.7 s Median (5
-Reloads), vergleichbar mit v1.4.2: Async-Migration ist Foundation für v1.4.4 Lazy-Init- Optimierungen, kein direkter
-User-spürbarer Win.
+Fourth and largest sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Plugin migrated to Dalamud's `IAsyncDalamudPlugin` API:
+the constructor handles only bootstrap essentials (config load, language init, conflict detection); migrations, service
+allocations, window construction and hook subscription move to `LoadAsync`. Schema gate replaces the v9 → v16 migration
+chain; configs on schema v16+ load directly, older configs trigger an "install v1.4.2 first" error.
+`AutoTranslate.PreloadCache` moved off the load path. `FontManager.BuildFonts` runs sync at the start of `LoadAsync`;
+Dalamud rebuilds the font atlas on its own pipeline. Custom-repo URL cut over to `gitea.hellion-forge.cloud`; the GitHub
+repo remains as a frozen v1.4.2 snapshot. Plugin load time sits at ~3.7 s median (5 reloads), comparable to v1.4.2 — the
+async migration is a foundation for v1.4.4 lazy-init optimisations rather than an immediate user-perceived win.
 
-## v1.4.2 — ChatLog Frame-Hot-Path (released <Datum>)
+## v1.4.2 — ChatLog Frame-Hot-Path (released 2026-05-08)
 
-Dritter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Per-Frame- Allokationen aus dem ChatLogWindow-Render-Pfad und der
-Settings-StatusBar eliminiert. Card-Mode-Border-Loop in DrawMessages hebt fünf Invarianten in einen Pre-Loop-Hoist,
-AutoTellTabTint bekommt einen Per-Tab-Cache via TabTintCache (separate Validation-Keys pro Cache, kein
-Cross-Invalidation), StatusBar zieht den Cache-Gate-Check vor die Aggregations und ersetzt LINQ Sum+Count durch eine
-Single-Pass-Foreach.
+Third sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Per-frame allocations eliminated from the ChatLogWindow render path
+and the settings status bar. Card-mode border loop in `DrawMessages` hoists five invariants into a pre-loop hoist;
+`AutoTellTabTint` gets a per-tab cache via `TabTintCache` (separate validation keys per cache, no cross-invalidation);
+status bar moves the cache-gate check before the aggregation and replaces LINQ `Sum`+`Count` with a single-pass foreach.
 
-## v1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance (released <Datum>)
+## v1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance (released 2026-05-08)
 
-Zweiter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. ABGR-Cache auf den Theme-Records pre-computed, HellionStyle.PushGlobal
-liest aus dem Cache statt pro Slot pro Frame zu konvertieren. **~13 % Render-Time-Recovery** im Smoke-Test
-(Plan-Erwartung 2-6 % war konservativ, real ~10-15 %). Custom-Theme-Hot-Reload überlebt transient File-Locks via
-Last-Known-Good-Snapshot. Plus: Synthwave Sunset als zehnter Built-In, Author-Credits auf Hellion Forge konsolidiert,
-Mint Grove + Forge Merchantman auf Carla Beleandis als Community-Thanks.
+Second sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. ABGR cache pre-computed on theme records; `HellionStyle.PushGlobal`
+reads from the cache instead of converting per slot per frame. **~13 % render-time recovery** in smoke tests (plan
+estimate of 2–6 % was conservative; real result ~10–15 %). Custom-theme hot-reload survives transient file locks via
+last-known-good snapshot. Plus: Synthwave Sunset as the tenth built-in, author credits consolidated under Hellion Forge,
+Mint Grove + Forge Merchantman credited to Carla Beleandis as a community thanks.
 
 ## v1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes (released 2026-05-07)
 
-Erster Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Sieben P0- Findings aus Audit-Pass-3 und Pass-4 abgearbeitet:
-async-void-Loads, fehlende IsBackground-Flags, GC.Collect in Dispose, DeferredSave-Race und Pre-v13-Backup-Lookup für
-WindowOpacity. Keine Schema-Bumps, keine Funktions- Änderungen für den User außer dass Reload und Shutdown spürbar
-sauberer laufen.
+First sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Seven P0 findings from audit passes 3 and 4 resolved: async-void
+loads, missing `IsBackground` flags, `GC.Collect` in Dispose, deferred-save race and pre-v13 backup lookup for
+`WindowOpacity`. No schema bumps, no user-facing behaviour changes other than reload and shutdown running noticeably
+cleaner.
 
-## v1.3.0 - Plugin Integrations: Honorific (released 2026-05-07)
+## v1.3.0 — Plugin Integrations: Honorific (released 2026-05-07)
 
-Erster Cycle der Plugin-Integrations-Roadmap. Honorific-Custom- Titles werden im Chat-Header angezeigt, mit Auto-Detect
-und silent Fallback. Neuer Integrations-Settings-Tab. Pattern- Etablierer für die fünf folgenden Cycles (Context-Menu,
-NotificationMaster, RP-Status-Block, ExtraChat, XIVIM).
+First cycle of the plugin integrations roadmap. Honorific custom titles displayed in the chat header with auto-detect
+and silent fallback. New Integrations settings tab. Pattern-setter for the five following cycles (Context Menu,
+NotificationMaster, RP Status Block, ExtraChat, XIVIM).
 
-Spec: [Plugin-Integrationen-Übersicht](../Hellion%20Chat%20Plugin-Integrationen.md)
+Spec: [Plugin Integrations Overview](../Hellion%20Chat%20Plugin-Integrationen.md)
 
 ## v1.2.3 — Theme Expansion (released 2026-05-06)
 
-Vier neue Built-In-Themes: Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Hellion Spectrum (Deuteran/Protan-safe). Keine
-Engine-Änderungen. Siehe `docs/CHANGELOG.md`.
+Four new built-in themes: Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Hellion Spectrum (Deuteran/Protan-safe). No
+engine changes. See `docs/CHANGELOG.md`.
 
-(v1.2.2 wurde verbrannt weil das `repo.json`-Manifest beim ersten Push nicht synchron mitgebumpt wurde — Re-Release als
-v1.2.3 mit kompletter Manifest-Synchronisation.)
+(v1.2.2 was burned because the `repo.json` manifest was not bumped in sync on the first push — re-released as v1.2.3
+with full manifest synchronisation.)
 
 ## v1.2.1 — Settings Cleanup (released 2026-05-06)
 
-Re-sortierte Settings (9 Cards thematisch), 4 tote Settings entfernt, Auto-Migration v15 → v16 ohne Daten-Verlust.
+Settings re-sorted thematically (9 cards), 4 dead settings removed, auto-migration v15 → v16 without data loss.
 
 ## v1.2.0 — Layout Refresh (released 2026-05-05)
 
-Top-Tabs-Refresh, Sidebar-Tab-Icons, Bottom-Status-Bar, Card-Rows als Default-Message-Render, Auto-Tell-Tab-Hashing.
+Top tabs refresh, sidebar tab icons, bottom status bar, card rows as default message render, auto-tell tab hashing.
 
 ## v1.1.0 — Theme Foundation (released 2026-05-05)
 
-Theme-Engine mit fünf Built-In-Themes, Settings-Card-Grid, Custom- Themes via JSON, Theme-Authoring-Doku. Plugin-Icon
-auf Hellion Forge. Siehe `docs/CHANGELOG.md` für Details.
+Theme engine with five built-in themes, settings card grid, custom themes via JSON, theme authoring docs. Plugin icon
+updated to Hellion Forge hammer. See `docs/CHANGELOG.md` for details.
 
-Aus dem ursprünglichen v1.1.0-Plan (Ad-Block / Spam-Filter, Receive- Suppressed-Tells-Toggle) wurden zugunsten der
-Theme-Engine zurück­ gestellt — beide Items leben weiter im Mittelfrist-Block.
-
-## Mittelfristig (v1.4.x+)
-
-- **Plugin-Integrations-Roadmap (Cycles 2-6)** - sechs Plugin- Integrationen geplant, Honorific (Cycle 1) ist live,
-  danach folgen Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, RP-Status-Block, ExtraChat und XIVIM in eigenen Cycles. Spec und
-  Cycle-Reihenfolge in [Plugin-Integrationen-Übersicht](../Hellion%20Chat%20Plugin-Integrationen.md).
-- **Ad-Block / Spam-Filter** — Hybrid-Konzept aus eigenem Light-Filter und optionaler `NoSoliciting`-IPC-Integration.
-  Adressiert Werbe-Spam in öffentlichen Channels und Tells. Aus dem v1.1.0-Plan zurückgestellt.
-- **Receive-Suppressed-Tells-Toggle** — Auto-Tell-Tabs greift auch wenn ein Drittplugin (z.B. XIVMessenger) die
-  /tell-Anzeige global suppressed. Gleicher Hook-Layer wie Ad-Block, deshalb gebündelt.
-- **Database-Viewer Inline-Search** — Volltext-Suche im DB-Viewer via SQLite FTS5. Aktuell gibt es nur Datums- und
-  Channel-Filter.
-- **TempTell Persistence** — Pin-Toggle auf TempTell-Tabs damit ausgewählte Tells einen Relog überleben. Tester-Wunsch
-  von Jingliu.
-- **FontManager Async-Refactor** — `LoadGameSymFontAsync` aus dem blockierenden Plugin-Constructor herausziehen.
-  Cold-Start-Hitching beim ersten Plugin-Start beheben (Severity niedrig, Plugin ist funktional).
-- **Separate Opacity Active vs. Inactive** — zweiter Slider für inaktive Fenster-Deckkraft. Upstream lehnt das ab; wir
-  können hier anders entscheiden.
-- **Failed-Tell-Notification** — sichtbare Nachricht bei /tell-Fail (offline, restricted instance, blacklisted,
-  world-mismatch) statt stillem Failure.
-- **Per-Tab Sound-Notification** — Sound-Toggle und optional eigene .wav pro Tab, mit Mute-In-Combat-Option.
-
-## Langfrist (v1.x+)
-
-### Storage-Backends (drei Stufen Bestätigung)
-
-- MySQL/MariaDB-Backend für Multi-Device-Setups
-- PostgreSQL-Backend
-- AES-256-Verschlüsselung für sensible Channels mit lokalem Key
-
-### Linux-spezifisch
-
-- WireGuard-Network-Detection als optionaler Filter-Trigger
-- libnotify-Integration für native Linux-Toasts
-- XDG-Compliance (komplex unter Wine)
-
-### UX und Tab-Management
-
-- **Regex Tab Routing** — Plugin-Output-Spam in eigene Tabs, Tells bestimmter Personen automatisch sortieren. Klar
-  abgegrenzt zum Ad-Block: Routing sortiert in Views, Block versteckt global.
-- **Auto-Detect Duties** — Tab-Switch beim Duty-Start via Condition-Flag.
-- **UX Bundle** — Vertical-Tab-Bar als Layout-Option, Shift+Mousewheel zum Tab-Header-Scrollen ohne Aktivierung,
-  globaler Hotkey zum Schließen des aktiven Tabs.
-- **Configure Tab Title** — konfigurierbares Tab-Title-Format (Name / Name + abgekürzter World / voller Name / Custom),
-  pro Tab überschreibbar.
-- **Name Display Options** — analog zu FFXIV-Vanilla (voller Name, Vorname abgekürzt, Initialen), per-Channel-Override
-  möglich.
-- **Item & Flag Linking** — Outgoing: Shift-Klick auf Item/Flag sendet ins fokussierte Plugin-Input. Incoming:
-  Item-Links und Map-Coords klickbar.
-- **Color Currently Selected Input Channel** — Channel-Selector-Button im Input-Bar mit Channel-Farbe einfärben.
-- **Plugin-Disclosure Pre-Send Filter** — konfigurierbare Wort-/Regex-Liste blockiert das Senden mit Pre-Send-Confirm.
-  Schutz vor versehentlicher Plugin-Nennung in öffentlichen Channels.
-- **Chat Clear on Name Change** — bei Charakter-Namensänderung lokalen Verlauf migrieren oder löschen, Default Wipe für
-  maximale Privacy.
-- **Hide Plugin Window on NG+ Screen** — Hide-Logik um zusätzliche Addon-Namen erweitern.
-- **Kick from Novice Network** — Mentor-Nische, Context-Menü-Eintrag mit Confirmation.
-- **Text-to-Speech für /tell** — eingehende Tells via TTS, optional pro Sender, mit Channel-Filter und Mute-In-Combat.
-  Geringe Priorität.
-
-### Distribution und Branding
-
-- Hand-gezeichnetes Hellion-Logo (aktuell Platzhalter aus dem Hellion-Online-Media-Brand-Repo)
-- GitHub Action für automatischen `repo.json`-Sync nach Tag-Push
-- Submission ans Dalamud-Main-Plugin-Repo (zusätzlich zum Custom-Repo)
+Items from the original v1.1.0 plan (ad-block / spam filter, receive-suppressed-tells toggle) were deferred in favour of
+the theme engine — both items live on in the mid-term block.
 
 ---
 
-## Bug-Verifizierungen
+## Mid-Term (v1.4.x+)
 
-Aus dem Upstream-Issue-Tracker übernommen, in Hellion Chat 1.0.0 noch nicht reproduziert oder verifiziert. Werden bei
-Gelegenheit gegen den aktuellen Stand getestet.
-
-- **Right-Click Whisper Error** in Field Ops / Special Instances (Eureka, Bozja, Occult Crescent, DRS) — Upstream
-  [#168](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo/issues/168). Reply-Helper scheint `@World`-Suffix zu schlucken.
-- **FPS Drops with Plugin active** — Upstream [#145](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo/issues/145). 10–20 % Drop
-  seit upstream v1.29.19.0. v1.0.0 hat mehrere Fixes auf den verdächtigen Pfaden, Repro-Test gegen aktuellen Stand
-  offen.
-- **Add Blacklist from Plugin Window** — Upstream [#140](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo/issues/140). Right-Click
-  Add-to-Blacklist wirft "Cannot locate character with that name", via Vanilla-Chat funktioniert es.
-- **DB-Viewer Column Sort** — sortiert State-Column lexikografisch statt numerisch (10 vor 2). XIVIM
-  [#82](https://github.com/NightmareXIV/XIVInstantMessenger/issues/82), Repro in Hellion Chat offen.
+- **Plugin Integrations Roadmap (Cycles 2–6)** — six plugin integrations planned; Honorific (Cycle 1) is live, followed
+  by Context Menu, NotificationMaster, RP Status Block, ExtraChat and XIVIM in their own cycles. Spec and cycle order in
+  [Plugin Integrations Overview](../Hellion%20Chat%20Plugin-Integrationen.md).
+- **Ad-Block / Spam Filter** — hybrid concept combining a lightweight built-in filter with optional `NoSoliciting` IPC
+  integration. Addresses ad-spam in public channels and tells. Deferred from the v1.1.0 plan.
+- **Receive-Suppressed-Tells Toggle** — auto-tell tabs trigger even when a third-party plugin (e.g. XIVMessenger)
+  globally suppresses /tell display. Same hook layer as ad-block, so they are bundled.
+- **Database Viewer Inline Search** — full-text search in the DB viewer via SQLite FTS5. Currently only date and channel
+  filters are available.
+- **TempTell Persistence** — pin toggle on TempTell tabs so selected tells survive a relog. Tester request from Jingliu.
+- **FontManager Async Refactor** — move `LoadGameSymFontAsync` out of the blocking plugin constructor. Fix cold-start
+  hitching on first plugin load (low severity; plugin is functional).
+- **Separate Opacity Active vs. Inactive** — second slider for inactive window opacity. Upstream declines this; we can
+  decide differently here.
+- **Failed-Tell Notification** — visible message on /tell failure (offline, restricted instance, blacklisted,
+  world-mismatch) instead of silent failure.
+- **Per-Tab Sound Notification** — sound toggle and optionally a custom .wav per tab, with mute-in-combat option.
 
 ---
 
-## Lizenz-Boundary
+## Long-Term (v1.x+)
 
-Hellion Chat ist EUPL-1.2-lizenziert. Konzept-Imports aus AGPL-3.0-Plugins (z.B. XIV Instant Messenger) sind
-ausschließlich architektonische Inspiration, kein Code-Port. Code-Imports aus dem Upstream-Bestand sind seit v1.4.x
-abgeschlossen, weil Chat 2 in einem grundlegenden Rework ist und selektive Patches nicht mehr sauber portierbar sind.
-Stand und Begründung in [`UPSTREAM_SYNC.md`](UPSTREAM_SYNC.md).
+### Storage Backends (three-stage confirmation)
+
+- MySQL/MariaDB backend for multi-device setups
+- PostgreSQL backend
+- AES-256 encryption for sensitive channels with a local key
+
+### Linux-Specific
+
+- WireGuard network detection as an optional filter trigger
+- libnotify integration for native Linux toasts
+- XDG compliance (complex under Wine)
+
+### UX and Tab Management
+
+- **Regex Tab Routing** — route plugin output spam into dedicated tabs, auto-sort tells from specific people. Clearly
+  scoped against ad-block: routing sorts into views, blocking hides globally.
+- **Auto-Detect Duties** — tab switch on duty start via condition flag.
+- **UX Bundle** — vertical tab bar as a layout option, Shift+Mousewheel to scroll tab headers without activating them,
+  global hotkey to close the active tab.
+- **Configure Tab Title** — configurable tab title format (name / name + abbreviated world / full name / custom),
+  overridable per tab.
+- **Name Display Options** — analogous to FFXIV vanilla (full name, first name abbreviated, initials), per-channel
+  override possible.
+- **Item & Flag Linking** — outgoing: Shift-click on an item/flag sends it to the focused plugin input. Incoming: item
+  links and map coordinates are clickable.
+- **Color Currently Selected Input Channel** — tint the channel-selector button in the input bar with the current
+  channel colour.
+- **Plugin-Disclosure Pre-Send Filter** — configurable word/regex list blocks sending with a pre-send confirmation.
+  Protects against accidentally mentioning plugins in public channels.
+- **Chat Clear on Name Change** — on character name change, migrate or wipe local history; default is wipe for maximum
+  privacy.
+- **Hide Plugin Window on NG+ Screen** — extend hide logic to cover additional addon names.
+- **Kick from Novice Network** — mentor niche; context menu entry with confirmation.
+- **Text-to-Speech for /tell** — incoming tells via TTS, optionally per sender, with channel filter and mute-in-combat.
+  Low priority.
+
+### Distribution and Branding
+
+- Hand-drawn Hellion logo (currently a placeholder from the Hellion Online Media brand repo)
+- GitHub Action for automatic `repo.json` sync after tag push
+- Submission to the Dalamud main plugin repository (in addition to the custom repo)
+
+---
+
+## Bug Verifications
+
+Carried over from the upstream issue tracker; not yet reproduced or verified in Hellion Chat 1.0.0. Will be tested
+against the current state when opportunity allows.
+
+- **Right-Click Whisper Error** in Field Ops / Special Instances (Eureka, Bozja, Occult Crescent, DRS) — upstream
+  [#168](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo/issues/168). Reply helper appears to swallow the `@World` suffix.
+- **FPS Drops with Plugin Active** — upstream [#145](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo/issues/145). 10–20 % drop
+  since upstream v1.29.19.0. v1.0.0 includes several fixes on the suspected paths; repro test against the current state
+  is open.
+- **Add Blacklist from Plugin Window** — upstream [#140](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo/issues/140). Right-click
+  add-to-blacklist throws "Cannot locate character with that name"; works via vanilla chat.
+- **DB Viewer Column Sort** — State column sorts lexicographically instead of numerically (10 before 2). XIVIM
+  [#82](https://github.com/NightmareXIV/XIVInstantMessenger/issues/82); repro in Hellion Chat open.
+
+---
+
+## Licence Boundary
+
+Hellion Chat is licensed under EUPL-1.2. Concept imports from AGPL-3.0 plugins (e.g. XIV Instant Messenger) are
+architectural inspiration only — no code was ported. Code imports from the upstream codebase are complete as of v1.4.x
+because Chat 2 is undergoing a fundamental rework and selective patches are no longer cleanly portable. Status and
+rationale in [`UPSTREAM_SYNC.md`](UPSTREAM_SYNC.md).

docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ A theme can tint these toward its brand family (e.g., a purple theme can shift T
 **don't** flip them (Tell suddenly green, Yell suddenly cyan). RP groups and combat-spec setups depend on the visual
 hierarchy.
 
-The eight colored built-in themes (Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum, Event Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night
+The eight colored built-in themes (Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum, Event Horizon, Crystal Nocturne, Mint Grove, Night
 Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman) all follow this rule — read their source for reference. Chat 2 Klassik
 intentionally ships without `chatChannels` so the user keeps their existing picks.
 

renovate.json

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
         },
         {
             "description": "TypeScript type definitions stay grouped with each other",
-            "matchPackagePrefixes": ["@types/"],
-            "groupName": "type definitions"
+            "groupName": "type definitions",
+            "matchPackageNames": ["@types/{/,}**"]
         },
         {
             "description": "Dev dependencies in their own group",
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
         {
             "description": "Pin GitHub Action versions by SHA for supply-chain hygiene",
             "matchManagers": ["github-actions"],
-            "pinDigests": true
+            "pinDigests": true,
+            "ignorePaths": [".gitea/workflows/**"]
         }
     ],
     "vulnerabilityAlerts": {
         "labels": ["security", "vulnerability"],
-        "schedule": ["at any time"],
-        "prPriority": 10
+        "schedule": ["at any time"]
     },
     "lockFileMaintenance": {
         "enabled": true,

scripts/preflight.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # preflight.sh — pre-push gate. Blocks A/B/C verify config drift; Block D is a
-# headless `dotnet build` to catch compile-time API drift. Test execution lives
-# in the local Build-Suite repo and is NOT part of this preflight.
+# headless `dotnet build` to catch compile-time API drift; Block E runs
+# `dotnet csharpier check` against HellionChat/; Block F runs markdownlint
+# against the repo's *.md files. Test execution lives in the local Build-Suite
+# repo and is NOT part of this preflight.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
@@ -13,10 +15,18 @@ echo "==> preflight: Block A — version consistency"
 echo "==> preflight: Block B — manifest shape"
 ./scripts/verify-manifest-shape.sh
 
-echo "==> preflight: Block C — changelog sync - SKIPPED (Changed HellionChat.yaml for better readability, but this is a non-code change and the changelog is already up to date with the previous version bump.TODO: Script fix)"
-# ./scripts/verify-changelog-sync.sh
+echo "==> preflight: Block C — changelog sync"
+./scripts/verify-changelog-sync.sh
 
 echo "==> preflight: Block D — plugin compile health"
 dotnet build HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj --configuration Release --nologo --verbosity quiet
 
+echo "==> preflight: Block E — csharpier reflow check"
+dotnet csharpier check HellionChat/
+
+echo "==> preflight: Block F — markdownlint"
+# npx --yes avoids a global install; first run caches into ~/.npm/_npx/.
+# Subsequent runs are sub-second.
+npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" "#node_modules" "#bin" "#obj" "#.claude"
+
 echo "==> preflight: ALL GREEN"

scripts/verify-changelog-sync.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # verify-changelog-sync.sh — Block C.
 # Strips .0 suffix from repo.json AssemblyVersion to derive the 3-digit tag/version.
-# yaml.changelog is a single multi-line block with **Hellion Chat X.Y.Z** subblocks.
+# yaml.changelog is a single multi-line block with **vX.Y.Z** subblocks.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ ok()   { echo "verify-changelog-sync: OK — $1"; }
 VER="$(jq -r '.[0].AssemblyVersion' "$REPO_JSON" | sed -E 's/\.0$//')"
 TAG="v$VER"
 
-grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*Hellion Chat ${VER}" "$YAML" \
-  || fail "$YAML changelog missing **Hellion Chat ${VER}** subblock. Fix: add the v${VER} block at the top of the changelog field."
+grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" "$YAML" \
+  || fail "$YAML changelog missing **v${VER}** subblock. Fix: add the v${VER} block at the top of the changelog field."
 
-jq -r '.[0].Changelog' "$REPO_JSON" | grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*Hellion Chat ${VER}" \
-  || fail "$REPO_JSON Changelog missing **Hellion Chat ${VER}** subblock. Fix: copy the yaml changelog over."
+jq -r '.[0].Changelog' "$REPO_JSON" | grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" \
+  || fail "$REPO_JSON Changelog missing **v${VER}** subblock. Fix: copy the yaml changelog over."
 
 FORGE_FILE="$FORGE_DIR/${TAG}.md"
 [ -f "$FORGE_FILE" ] || fail "$FORGE_FILE missing. Fix: create from previous tag's file as template."
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ FOOTER_LEN=80
 TOTAL=$((TITLE_LEN + ${#BODY} + FOOTER_LEN))
 [ "$TOTAL" -le 5500 ] || fail "Forge embed total ~${TOTAL} chars > 5500 cap."
 
-YAML_VERSIONS="$(grep -cE '^[[:space:]]*\*\*Hellion Chat' "$YAML" || true)"
+YAML_VERSIONS="$(grep -cE '^[[:space:]]*\*\*v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' "$YAML" || true)"
 [ "$YAML_VERSIONS" -le 4 ] || fail "$YAML changelog has $YAML_VERSIONS version subblocks (max 4). Fix: move oldest to docs/CHANGELOG.md."
 
 ok "yaml/repo.json/forge-post in sync for $TAG, embed-total ~${TOTAL}/5500, $YAML_VERSIONS/4 subblocks"