Merge branch 'feature/v1.4.8'

FullTextSearch + LoadByGuids could stall the draw thread for 100-300 ms
on large databases with a popular search term. The two hot trigger sites
(FTS toggle, search input) now route via TriggerFilterRefresh, which
dispatches the FTS path to Task.Run; the in-memory page-filter path
stays inline because it is sub-ms on the loaded page array.

_ftsFilterSeq is bumped per trigger so a late worker recognises itself
as stale and drops its result instead of overwriting a newer one. The
date/channel and history workers already lived on Task.Run and are
untouched.

Surfaced during the v1.4.8 pre-tag review.

.gitea/workflows/forge-announce.yml

@@ -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
+                  $releaseUrl = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"
-                  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"
 
-                  # ---------- 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")
                           }

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

@@ -3,16 +3,31 @@ 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`.
+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.
+- **preflight.sh härter**: csharpier-Reflow-Check (Block E) und markdownlint (Block F) laufen jetzt im Pre-Push-Gate,
-- **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.
+  statt erst beim Pre-Merge-Review aufzufallen.
-- **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.
+- **FontManager-Fallback robuster**: Atlas-Toolkit-Throws aus kaputten Font-Configs (IO, InvalidOperation,
-- **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).
+  ArgumentException) fallen jetzt zuverlässig auf NotoSansCjkRegular, statt den Atlas-Build mitzureißen. Der
-- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — `Tab.Clone()` Deep-cloned jetzt `UsedChannel` und `TellTarget`. Vorher Reference-Share-Bug: PopOut- und Temp-Tabs mutierten sich gegenseitig.
+  Exception-Typ wird im Log mitgegeben für die Diagnose.
-- **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.
+- **URL-Validation beim Plugin-Load**: BrandingLinks (5 URLs) und IntegrationLinks (2 URLs) werden via
-- **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.
+  `[ModuleInitializer]` geprüft. Ein Tippfehler bei einer künftigen URL-Rotation wirft jetzt sofort beim Plugin-Load,
-- **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.
+  statt still beim Klick zu scheitern.
-- **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.
+- **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.

HellionChat/AutoTellTabsService.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ 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;
@@ -20,13 +21,11 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
     private readonly MessageStore _store;
     private readonly object _tempTabsLock = new();
 
-    // F2.1: lock-free counter mirrors Config.Tabs.Count(IsTempTab) so the
+    // Hard cap on pinned TempTabs so the sidebar doesn't inflate over years
-    // hot-path getter doesn't contend with HandleTell on every render frame.
+    // of usage. Separate pool from AutoTellTabsLimit (15) — pinned tabs live
-    // Bumped from inside the existing mutation paths so it stays consistent
+    // in their own bucket. A configurable cap is a vault-backlog anchor for
-    // with the underlying list — see SpawnTempTab, DropOldestTempTab, OnLogout
+    // a later cycle if tester feedback demands it.
-    // and ResyncTempTabCounter (used by Plugin.cs snapshot-restore).
+    internal const int MaxPinnedTempTabs = 5;
-    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/TempTabCounterTests.cs
-    private int _activeTempTabCount;
 
     private bool _initialized;
 
@@ -37,7 +36,14 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         _store = store;
     }
 
-    internal int ActiveTempTabCount => Volatile.Read(ref _activeTempTabCount);
+    // 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()
     {
@@ -46,23 +52,51 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
             return;
         }
 
-        // Seed the counter from the persisted Tabs list so a config that already
+        // Pinned tabs come out of the JSON with TellTarget set but
-        // contains TempTabs from a prior session starts in sync. Plugin.cs:168
+        // CurrentChannel reset (NonSerialized). Without re-seeding, the chat
-        // crash-recovery has already dropped TempTabs by the time we get here,
+        // input has no tell-target on the active pinned tab, and the
-        // so the snapshot reflects post-recovery reality.
+        // game-side channel hook only repaints CurrentChannel once the user
-        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _activeTempTabCount, Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab));
+        // triggers a /tell or channel switch.
+        RehydratePinnedTabs();
 
         _messageManager.MessageProcessed += HandleTell;
         Plugin.ClientState.Logout += OnLogout;
         _initialized = true;
     }
 
-    // F2.1: callable from outside paths that mutate Config.Tabs directly
+    private void RehydratePinnedTabs()
-    // (Plugin.cs snapshot-restore). Atomically re-pegs the counter to the
-    // live IsTempTab count.
-    internal void ResyncTempTabCounter()
     {
-        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _activeTempTabCount, Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab));
+        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()
@@ -96,7 +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}, "
@@ -110,7 +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;
             }
 
@@ -160,22 +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();
@@ -198,7 +261,6 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         }
 
         Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAt(victim.Index);
-        Interlocked.Decrement(ref _activeTempTabCount);
 
         // Re-anchor active tab to avoid silent switch when tab is dropped
         if (victim.Index <= _plugin.LastTab)
@@ -223,7 +285,6 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
         }
 
         Plugin.Config.Tabs.Add(tab);
-        Interlocked.Increment(ref _activeTempTabCount);
     }
 
     private static Tab BuildTempTab(string playerName, uint worldRowId)
@@ -300,7 +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
@@ -354,14 +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)
@@ -377,15 +440,78 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
                 }
             }
 
-            var removed = Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+            Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool);
-            Interlocked.Add(ref _activeTempTabCount, -removed);
 
-            // 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/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;
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         // silently, like before.
         if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(ChatType), type) && _warnedUnknownChannels.Add(type))
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "PrivacyFilter: unrecognised ChatType {Type} — falling back to PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels={Persist}.",
                 type,
                 PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels
@@ -102,10 +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;
@@ -278,16 +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
+        // not destroy open tell conversations. Pinned TempTabs are persistent
-        // the live MessageList and LastSendUnread by Identifier before the
+        // and come through `other` like regular tabs; unpinned TempTabs are
-        // replace and restore them onto the freshly cloned tabs; new tabs
+        // session-only and held from the local state. For persistent tabs
-        // get an empty MessageList, deleted tabs lose their history (intended).
+        // (incl. pinned), capture live runtime state by Identifier and restore
-        var liveTempTabs = Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab).ToList();
+        // it onto the freshly cloned tabs — CurrentChannel is critical because
-        var livePersistentSession = Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
+        // the user may have switched channel in-game between settings-open
-            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread));
+        // 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();
@@ -295,11 +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;
@@ -319,6 +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;
@@ -330,6 +348,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
         AutoTellTabsLimit = other.AutoTellTabsLimit;
         AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = other.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
         AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = other.AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload;
+        SidebarWidth = other.SidebarWidth;
         AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle = other.AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;
 
         SeenPopOutInputHint = other.SeenPopOutInputHint;
@@ -404,6 +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();
 
@@ -511,6 +535,7 @@ public class Tab
             HideInBattle = HideInBattle,
             HideWhenInactive = HideWhenInactive,
             IsTempTab = IsTempTab,
+            IsPinned = IsPinned,
             AllSenderMessages = AllSenderMessages,
             TellTarget = TellTarget.Clone(),
             IsGreeted = IsGreeted,

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

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class FontManager
         );
         if (stream is null)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 "Hellion font resource missing — falling back to system default font."
             );
             return null;
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class FontManager
             // 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.Log.Warning(
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                 e,
                 $"Configured {slot} font failed to load ({e.GetType().Name}), "
                     + "falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"

HellionChat/GameFunctions/Chat.cs

@@ -236,7 +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");
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ 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");
         }
 
         return 1; // Prevent vanilla chat log from gaining focus
@@ -299,7 +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
@@ -358,7 +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");
             }
         }
 
@@ -408,7 +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");
             }
         }
 
@@ -624,7 +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;

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/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>1.4.6</Version>
+        <Version>1.4.8</Version>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <!-- Use lock file to pin exact versions -->

HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml

@@ -35,6 +35,83 @@ tags:
     - Replacement
     - Privacy
 changelog: |-
+    **v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**
+
+    Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer
+    cluster (DbViewer 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 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
@@ -97,39 +174,4 @@ changelog: |-
 
     ---
 
-    **v1.4.4 — 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, and the privacy filter speaks up when an unknown ChatType
-    shows up.
-
-    - AutoTellTabs hot-path getter uses an Interlocked counter
-      instead of taking the lock on every read
-    - Honorific integration: per-method threading banners, plus
-      Warning-level log on unsubscribe failure
-    - AutoTranslate warmup thread marked IsBackground so plugin
-      unload doesn't wait for it
-    - PrivacyFilter logs once per unknown ChatType so a future
-      patch's added channel doesn't drop off the radar
-    - New installs persist unknown channels by default; existing
-      configs keep their explicit choice
-
-    ---
-
-    **v1.4.3 — Faster plugin load + new repo (2026-05-08)**
-
-    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.
-
-    - 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
-
-    ---
-
     Full history: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases

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/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/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.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
-                Plugin.Log.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"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(), Plugin.PlatformUtil);
+        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 +203,10 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
             }
 
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         });
     }
 
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -117,11 +118,28 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
     // 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.
@@ -162,21 +180,24 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         // 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
+        // Schema gate: v1.4.x requires config v16+. Users on older schemas
-        // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain.
+        // 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 v1.4.6 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
+                $"HellionChat v1.4.8 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
-                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.6."
+                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.8."
             );
         }
+        Config.Version = 17;
 
-        // Session-only tabs are stripped on every load; AutoTellTabsService.Initialize
+        // Unpinned TempTabs are session-only and dropped on every load. Pinned
-        // then re-pegs TempTabCounter from the stripped list, not the pre-strip snapshot.
+        // TempTabs survive reload — Jin's tester feedback (v1.4.7).
-        // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/TempTabCounterTests.cs
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.ShouldStripOnLoad);
-        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
 
         LanguageChanged(Interface.UiLanguage);
         ImGuiUtil.Initialize(this);
@@ -213,6 +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();
@@ -274,6 +301,113 @@ 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;
 
@@ -312,6 +446,12 @@ 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.
@@ -320,6 +460,19 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
         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,
@@ -570,15 +723,31 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                 if (deleted > 0)
                 {
                     Log.Information($"Retention sweep deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
-                    // Run clear+refilter on the framework thread — FilterAllTabsAsync
+                    // Schedule on the next framework tick to avoid the ~194ms
-                    // is fire-and-forget and would race the next sweep cycle.
+                    // hitch from blocking with .Wait() while the framework
-                    Framework
+                    // finishes the current frame. Tabs-list mutation must
-                        .Run(() =>
+                    // 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
                 {
@@ -602,6 +771,12 @@ 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,
@@ -646,21 +821,17 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
 
     internal void SaveConfig()
     {
-        // Session-only Auto-Tell-Tabs aren't persisted, so they move aside
+        // Only unpinned TempTabs are session-only — they move aside before
-        // before serialization and re-attach after. Cloning only the temp
+        // serialization and re-attach after. Pinned TempTabs stay in
-        // subset keeps the allocation proportional to AutoTellTabsLimit
+        // Config.Tabs across the save so JSON includes them. Cloning only the
-        // (<=15) instead of the full tab list.
+        // unpinned subset keeps the allocation proportional to
-        var tempTabs = Config.Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab).ToList();
+        // AutoTellTabsLimit (<=15) instead of the full tab list.
-        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+        var unpinnedTempTabs = Config.Tabs.Where(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool).ToList();
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.ShouldStripOnSave);
 
         Interface.SavePluginConfig(Config);
 
-        Config.Tabs.AddRange(tempTabs);
+        Config.Tabs.AddRange(unpinnedTempTabs);
-
-        // F2.1: the mid-step RemoveAll bypasses AutoTellTabsService, so
-        // re-peg the counter. Null-conditional because SaveConfig can fire
-        // before Phase-2 init.
-        AutoTellTabsService?.ResyncTempTabCounter();
     }
 
     internal void LanguageChanged(string langCode)

HellionChat/Resources/HellionStrings.Designer.cs

@@ -170,6 +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));
@@ -370,6 +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));
@@ -390,4 +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

@@ -383,6 +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">
@@ -398,7 +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>
@@ -827,6 +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>
@@ -881,4 +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

@@ -383,6 +383,36 @@
   <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">
@@ -398,7 +428,7 @@
     <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 closed first. Changes take effect 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>
@@ -827,6 +857,12 @@
   <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint" xml:space="preserve">
     <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>
   </data>
@@ -881,4 +917,13 @@
   <data name="ChatHeader_HonorificTitle_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
     <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/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
@@ -13,6 +20,15 @@ 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).
@@ -48,7 +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;
 
@@ -59,12 +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);
+        if (_builtIns.TryGetValue(slug, out var builtin))
-        // Defensive — ensures any future theme source always gets a populated cache.
+        {
-        theme.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+            _active = builtin;
-        _active = theme;
+            _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.
@@ -77,18 +153,30 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
         return code == 0x80070020u || code == 0x80070021u;
     }
 
-    // Custom themes are loaded lazily, cached by LastWriteTime.
+    // Slug -> Theme lookup with the source path as an out-param so the
-    // A changed JSON is reloaded on the next lookup.
+    // Switch path can remember which file backs the active custom theme.
-    private Theme? LoadCustomBySlug(string slug)
+    // 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())
+        foreach (var kvp in _customCache)
-            if (string.Equals(theme.Slug, slug, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
-                return theme;
+            if (string.Equals(kvp.Value.Theme.Slug, slug, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                sourcePath = kvp.Key;
+                return kvp.Value.Theme;
+            }
+        }
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -118,7 +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

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                 || !GameFunctions.Chat.IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(targetChannel.Value)
             )
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Warning(
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                     $"Channel was set to an invalid value '{targetChannel}', ignoring"
                 );
                 return;
@@ -331,11 +331,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         {
             case "hide":
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.User;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
                 break;
             case "show":
                 CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
                 break;
             case "toggle":
                 CurrentHideState = CurrentHideState switch
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                     HideState.None => HideState.User,
                     _ => CurrentHideState,
                 };
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -419,8 +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.
+        // StatusBar.Height now bakes in its own DPI-aware 2px spacer, so the
-        height -= StatusBar.Height + 2;
+        // window reservation is just Height -- no extra +2 (v1.4.8 B1).
+        height -= StatusBar.Height;
 
         return height;
     }
@@ -441,11 +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);
     }
@@ -469,14 +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
@@ -489,7 +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");
             }
         }
 
@@ -500,7 +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;
         }
 
@@ -508,14 +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 (
@@ -633,7 +647,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         }
         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(
@@ -1608,7 +1622,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
         }
     }
 
@@ -1673,6 +1687,30 @@ 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;
@@ -1685,7 +1723,8 @@ 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();
@@ -1704,23 +1743,42 @@ 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;
@@ -1809,9 +1867,12 @@ 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())
                         );
                     }
 
@@ -1871,11 +1932,35 @@ 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);
@@ -1999,10 +2084,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
             ImGui.TextUnformatted(FontAwesomeIcon.Crown.ToIconString());
         }
         ImGui.SameLine(0f, gapAfterCrown);
-        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, titleColor))
+        DrawHonorificTitleText(rendered, titleColor, title.Glow);
-        {
-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(rendered);
-        }
         ImGui.EndGroup();
 
         if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
@@ -2013,6 +2095,35 @@ 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()
     {
@@ -2059,7 +2170,7 @@ 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();
         }
@@ -2124,10 +2235,52 @@ 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 = [];
 
@@ -2672,7 +2825,7 @@ 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 = "";
@@ -233,6 +244,24 @@ 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 +272,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                 30
             )
         )
-            Filtered = Filter(Messages);
+            TriggerFilterRefresh();
 
         // Third row
 
@@ -307,7 +336,7 @@ 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 +476,53 @@ 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 +641,7 @@ 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/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/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/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

HellionChat/Ui/SettingsTabs/ThemeAndLayout.cs

@@ -90,7 +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}");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -250,6 +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,
+// Bottom status bar. Slots left to right: channel indicator, privacy badge,
-// privacy badge, counts, tells (hidden at 0), version (right-aligned).
+// counts, tells (hidden at 0), version (right-aligned). Updates at 1Hz;
-// Updates at 1Hz; format strings are cached between updates.
+// 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.

HellionChat/Util/AutoTranslate.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
         {
             var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             AllEntries();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
         })
         {
             IsBackground = true,
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
             }
         }
 

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/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/ImGuiUtil.cs

@@ -583,7 +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/MemoryUtil.cs

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

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/WrapperUtil.cs

@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ public static class WrapperUtil
     {
         try
         {
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"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);
         }
     }

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-v1.4.6-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
+[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.4.8-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 1.4.6** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
+**Version 1.4.8** — 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
@@ -286,20 +286,19 @@ An optional submission to the Dalamud main plugin repo (in addition to the custo
 
 ## Project Status
 
-**Version 1.4.6** — Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the development feedback loop and
+**Version 1.4.8** — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins. The Database Viewer now has an optional FTS5 full-text search
-pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint pass at
+across the entire chat history. Toggle "Full-text search" next to the search bar; the index is built asynchronously on
-the pre-push gate. `FontManager`'s font-fallback catch-filter now covers `InvalidOperationException` and
+first run after the update with a progress toast, and the toggle stays disabled until the build completes. Multi-word
-`ArgumentException` on top of the IO triad, so a corrupted font config no longer takes down the atlas build.
+terms match as exact phrases by default; power users can opt into raw FTS5 `MATCH` syntax by wrapping their own
-`BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` URLs validate themselves on plugin load — a typo in a future URL rotation throws
+double-quotes. Custom theme files auto-reload when edited while the theme is active — save the JSON in your editor and
-at startup instead of failing silently when a user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream
+the live render picks up the change within a second, no picker click. Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework
-`f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel, and
+thread (`Framework.Run(...).Wait()` replaced by `Framework.RunOnTick(...)`), removing the ~194 ms hitch per sweep. Status
-`Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget` (the previous reference copy let PopOut and Temp tabs mutate
+bar height is now derived from `GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the bar renders correctly at
-each other's channel state). The active-tab underline pill scales with DPI and rounds to physical pixels for crisp
+Windows display scaling above 100 %. Receive-suppressed-tells routing is postponed to v1.5.x; the investigation in this
-rendering above 100 % DPI. Internal items: `HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper,
+cycle showed that the FFXIV `ContentIdResolverHook` does not fire when other plugins suppress tells via
-`Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame,
+`CheckMessageHandled`, which means tell-partner identification breaks for AutoTellTab routing — the fix lives next to
-`Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is
+the planned ad-block hook layer where the same `RaptureLogModule` patch surface comes up anyway. Migration v17 stays
-now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no migration. Seventh sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of
+(no schema bump). Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of 2026-05-14).
-2026-05-12).
 
 Hellion Chat is a standalone plugin, no longer a fork in the repository sense. Fully completed:
 

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,74 @@ to the release pages for details.
 
 ---
 
+## 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
@@ -20,8 +88,8 @@ upstream-inherited bugs from ChatTwo `f35b7d3`, and prepares the code for the v1
   `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 the existing IO triad. The warning log carries the exception type name, so the diagnostic path knows which class of
-  of atlas-toolkit throw triggered the NotoSansCjkRegular fallback
+  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
@@ -47,10 +115,10 @@ upstream-inherited bugs from ChatTwo `f35b7d3`, and prepares the code for the v1
   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
+- Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (royal sapphire and electric magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit
-  Moonlit Bloom in the built-in roster. Users who had Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to the default Hellion Arctic
+  Bloom in the built-in roster. Users who had Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to the default Hellion Arctic on the
-  on the first plugin load; an existing custom JSON copy of Moonlit Bloom under `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/`
+  first plugin load; an existing custom JSON copy of Moonlit Bloom under `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/` keeps
-  keeps working unchanged
+  working unchanged
 
 Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>
 

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -10,32 +10,69 @@ the plugin's privacy-first scope during brainstorming.
 
 ---
 
-## Next Cycle (v1.4.7)
+## Next Cycle (v1.4.9)
 
-**Backlog Cleanup.** Roll up the remaining audit items deferred from v1.4.0–v1.4.6 and the new entries surfaced during
+**Plugin-Load Render Polish.** Erststart-Frame-Hitch (~110 ms UiBuilder) and the related Font-Atlas + Auto-Translate
-v1.4.6 (notably the `Plugin.Log` indirection that would unlock fully isolated `MessageStore` construction tests, plus
+warmup costs surface every load and are reproducible in `/xlstats`. The cycle also unblocks the lazy-window refactor
-follow-up scope hinted at in the ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 cherry-picks). Scope is consolidated during brainstorm.
+sketched in `feedback_lazy_window_dalamud` and the slash-command centralisation that comes with it.
 
 ---
 
+## 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
+Seventh sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Maintenance patch — no user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
-the development feedback loop and pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier
+development feedback loop and pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier reflow
-reflow check (Block E) and a markdownlint pass (Block F), so style drift and markdown violations are blocked at the
+check (Block E) and a markdownlint pass (Block F), so style drift and markdown violations are blocked at the pre-push
-pre-push gate. `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now spans `InvalidOperationException` and
+gate. `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now spans `InvalidOperationException` and `ArgumentException` on
-`ArgumentException` on top of the existing IO triad, with the exception type name in the warning log so the
+top of the existing IO triad, with the exception type name in the warning log so the diagnostic path can see which
-diagnostic path can see which atlas-toolkit throw triggered the fallback. `BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` run a
+atlas-toolkit throw triggered the fallback. `BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` run a `[ModuleInitializer]` URL
-`[ModuleInitializer]` URL validation pass on plugin load; a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup
+validation pass on plugin load; a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup instead of failing silently when a
-instead of failing silently when a user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`:
+user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the
-`Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel (rename to
+native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel (rename to `IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` plus
-`IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` plus wrap-not-return), and `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget`
+wrap-not-return), and `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget` (the previous reference copy let PopOut
-(the previous reference copy let PopOut and Temp tabs mutate each other's channel state). The `ChatLogWindow`
+and Temp tabs mutate each other's channel state). The `ChatLogWindow` active-tab underline pill scales with
-active-tab underline pill scales with `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering
+`ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering above 100 % DPI. Internal items:
-above 100 % DPI. Internal items: `HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper, `Plugin.SaveConfig`
+`HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper, `Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset in the
-clones only the temp-tab subset in the snapshot path, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame,
+snapshot path, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame, `Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through
-`Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe
+an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no
-is now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no migration.
+migration.
 
 ## v1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (released 2026-05-12)
 

repo.json

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "Author": "Jon Kazama (Hellion Forge)",
         "Name": "Hellion Chat",
         "InternalName": "HellionChat",
-        "AssemblyVersion": "1.4.6.0",
+        "AssemblyVersion": "1.4.8.0",
         "Description": "A Hellion Forge plugin — privacy-focused chat replacement for FINAL FANTASY XIV, built for EU, US and JP data rules.\n\nBy default only your own conversations are stored. Public chat, NPC dialogue, system messages and battle logs are discarded at the storage layer unless you opt in. Retention windows are configurable per channel, history can be wiped retroactively, and everything can be exported on demand.\n\nFeatures:\n- Channel whitelist with a Privacy-First default\n- Per-channel retention with a daily background sweep\n- Retroactive cleanup with preview and Ctrl+Shift confirm\n- Export to Markdown, JSON or CSV\n- First-run wizard with three profiles: Privacy-First, Casual, Full History\n- Bilingual UI (EN/DE) with live language switching\n- Own config and database — no shared state with other plugins\n\nBased on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna (EUPL-1.2).\nSupport: https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR",
         "ApplicableVersion": "any",
         "RepoUrl": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat",
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
         "CanUnloadAsync": false,
         "LoadPriority": 0,
         "Punchline": "A Hellion Forge plugin. Privacy-first chat for FFXIV, built to stay out of your way.",
-        "Changelog": "**v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)**\n\nMaintenance 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.\n\n- preflight.sh gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint pass so style drift and markdown violations are caught at the pre-push gate\n- 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\n- BrandingLinks and IntegrationLinks URLs validated on plugin load — a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup\n- Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Chat.SetChannel no longer leaks the native Utf8String when the linkshell check rejects the channel\n- 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\n- Active-tab underline scales with DPI and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering above 100% scaling\n- IconButton width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled padding from a raw int (measured width passes through verbatim)\n- 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)\n- 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\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (2026-05-12)**\n\nSixth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Chat-log draw failures surface as a notification, the first-run wizard has an explicit Later option, the input history clears on plugin reload, and the status bar version slot stops clipping in narrow windows.\n\n- Chat window draw errors now show a one-shot notification instead of failing silently — stack trace stays in /xllog\n- First-run wizard: explicit \"Later — keep defaults\" button. Closing the X no longer silently accepts the defaults; the wizard reopens on the next plugin load if nothing was picked\n- InputHistoryService clears on plugin dispose so the previous session's typed commands don't bleed into the next load\n- Status bar hides the version slot when the chat window is too narrow to fit all five slots without overlap\n- Internal: explicit session-only Auto-Tell-Tab invariant in Plugin.cs plus a pinning test in the Build-Suite\n- Internal: FontManager falls back to the system font if the embedded Hellion font resource is missing — logs a Warning\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.4 — Threading and IPC safety polish (2026-05-12)**\n\nFifth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Threading assumptions are documented per-method, a hot-path lock falls away, and the privacy filter speaks up when an unknown ChatType shows up.\n\n- AutoTellTabs hot-path getter uses an Interlocked counter instead of taking the lock on every read\n- Honorific integration: per-method threading banners, plus Warning-level log on unsubscribe failure\n- AutoTranslate warmup thread marked IsBackground so plugin unload doesn't wait for it\n- PrivacyFilter logs once per unknown ChatType so a future patch's added channel doesn't drop off the radar\n- New installs persist unknown channels by default; existing configs keep their explicit choice\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.3 — Faster plugin load + new repo (2026-05-08)**\n\nHeavy 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.\n\n- Two-phase async load via IAsyncDalamudPlugin\n- Schema-gate replaces the v9→v16 migration chain; old configs require a v1.4.2 install first\n- AutoTranslate cache loads on first use instead of every startup\n- Custom font (Hellion-Exo2) appears with a brief pop after load\n- Repo moved to gitea.hellion-forge.cloud — update your custom-repo URL\n\n---\n\nFull history: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases",
+        "Changelog": "**v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**\n\nNinth 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.\n\n- 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.\n- Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme is active -- no need to re-click the theme in the picker.\n- Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread, removing the ~194ms mini-hitch per sweep.\n- Status bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling > 100%.\n- 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.\n- 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).\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)**\n\nEighth 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.\n\n- 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 'Angepinnt' / 'Pinned' section in the sidebar with its own divider header\n- 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\n- Sidebar width is now configurable in Theme & Layout (range 44–160 px). Default stays icon-only; widen to fit section headers like 'Aktive Tells (3)' without truncation\n- 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\n- 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\n- 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\n- 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\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)**\n\nMaintenance 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.\n\n- preflight.sh gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint pass so style drift and markdown violations are caught at the pre-push gate\n- 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\n- BrandingLinks and IntegrationLinks URLs validated on plugin load — a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup\n- Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Chat.SetChannel no longer leaks the native Utf8String when the linkshell check rejects the channel\n- 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\n- Active-tab underline scales with DPI and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering above 100% scaling\n- IconButton width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled padding from a raw int (measured width pasLine truncated
         "AcceptsFeedback": true,
-        "DownloadLinkInstall": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.6/latest.zip",
+        "DownloadLinkInstall": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.8/latest.zip",
-        "DownloadLinkUpdate": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.6/latest.zip",
+        "DownloadLinkUpdate": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.8/latest.zip",
-        "DownloadLinkTesting": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.6/latest.zip",
+        "DownloadLinkTesting": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.8/latest.zip",
-        "TestingAssemblyVersion": "1.4.6.0",
+        "TestingAssemblyVersion": "1.4.8.0",
         "IconUrl": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/HellionChat/images/icon.png",
         "ImageUrls": [
             "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/HellionChat/images/chatWindow.png",