Merge branch 'feature/v1.5.0'

chore(release): v1.5.0 manifest bump
Version strings bumped across all eight tracked surfaces: - HellionChat/HellionChat.csproj <Version>1.5.0</Version> - repo.json AssemblyVersion + TestingAssemblyVersion = 1.5.0.0 - repo.json three DownloadLink* URLs -> /v1.5.0/latest.zip - repo.json Changelog field synced with yaml - HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml new v1.5.0 changelog block on top; v1.4.7 drops out per the four-block slim rule - docs/CHANGELOG.md v1.5.0 entry prepended - docs/ROADMAP.md Next Cycle pointer moves to v1.5.1, v1.5.0 joins the released-cycle archive block - README.md three status surfaces (badge, header, Project Status long-form) on v1.5.0 - .github/forge-posts/v1.5.0.md Discord announcement body (German) Preflight blocks A-F all green. Changelog embed total 2050 / 5500 chars (four subblocks), forge-post frontmatter inside the 60/40 char caps. Tag, push, merge are reserved for Flo.
2026-05-17 11:45:16 +02:00 · 2026-05-17 11:43:07 +02:00 · 2026-05-17 11:35:44 +02:00 · 2026-05-17 11:15:40 +02:00 · 2026-05-17 11:02:08 +02:00 · 2026-05-17 10:26:47 +02:00
64 changed files with 4347 additions and 882 deletions
@@ -120,17 +120,37 @@ jobs:
                      $enBlock = $rest.TrimEnd()
                  }

-                  # ---------- Char-Cap-Check (5500 Total auf title + description + footer) ----------
+                  # ---------- Embed-Felder + Per-Field-Caps (Discord-Hard-Limits) ----------
+                  # Discord enforces per-embed-field limits separately from the
+                  # combined-total limit. We split the DE and EN blocks into two
+                  # embeds that share the same release URL so Discord stitches
+                  # them into one visual card. Hard caps per Discord docs:
+                  #   description: 4096 per embed
+                  #   title:        256 per embed
+                  #   footer.text: 2048 per embed
+                  #   combined sum across all embeds: 6000
                  $title = "Hellion Chat $version — $subtitle"
-                  $description = "**Deutsch**`n`n$deBody`n`n**English**`n`n$enBlock"
+                  $deDesc = "**Deutsch**`n`n$deBody"
+                  $enDesc = "**English**`n`n$enBlock"
                  $footerText = "Hellion Forge · $versionsnatur"
-                  $totalChars = $title.Length + $description.Length + $footerText.Length
-                  if ($totalChars -gt 5500) {
-                      throw "V6: Total char count $totalChars exceeds 5500 limit. Major-Release detected — please post manually via Bot/Multi-Embed (see forge style §8). Forge-Auto-Announce stays off for this tag."
-                  }
-                  Write-Host "Char-Cap OK: $totalChars / 5500"
+                  $releaseUrl = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"

-                  # ---------- Embed-Payload bauen ----------
+                  if ($deDesc.Length -gt 4096) {
+                      throw "V6a: DE-Body too long for one embed ($($deDesc.Length) chars, max 4096). Trim .github/forge-posts/$tag.md or post the announcement manually (see forge style §8)."
+                  }
+                  if ($enDesc.Length -gt 4096) {
+                      throw "V6b: EN-Block too long for one embed ($($enDesc.Length) chars, max 4096). Trim the changelog entry in HellionChat/HellionChat.yaml or post manually."
+                  }
+                  $totalChars = $title.Length + $deDesc.Length + $enDesc.Length + $footerText.Length
+                  if ($totalChars -gt 6000) {
+                      throw "V6c: Combined embed chars $totalChars exceed Discord's 6000-total limit. Major-Release detected — post manually via Bot/Multi-Embed (see forge style §8)."
+                  }
+                  Write-Host "Embed-Caps OK: de=$($deDesc.Length)/4096, en=$($enDesc.Length)/4096, total=$totalChars/6000"
+
+                  # ---------- Embed-Payload bauen (zwei Embeds, gleiche url) ----------
+                  # Sharing the same `url` tells Discord to render both embeds as a
+                  # single contiguous card block. The title sits on the first embed,
+                  # the footer + timestamp on the last so it reads as one post.
                  $payload = [ordered]@{
                      username = "Forge Herald"
                      avatar_url = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/HellionChat/images/icon.png"
@@ -142,9 +162,14 @@ jobs:
                      embeds = @(
                          [ordered]@{
                              title = $title
-                              url = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"
+                              url = $releaseUrl
                              color = 12730636
-                              description = $description
+                              description = $deDesc
+                          },
+                          [ordered]@{
+                              url = $releaseUrl
+                              color = 12730636
+                              description = $enDesc
                              footer = [ordered]@{ text = $footerText }
                              timestamp = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ")
                          }
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+---
+subtitle: Symbol-Picker und Tell-History Fix
+versionsnatur: Feature-Patch + Hotfix
+---
+
+- Symbol-Picker im Chat-Eingang: ein kleiner Smile-Button links neben
+  dem Kanal-Indikator öffnet ein Popup mit zwei Tabs. Der erste listet
+  alle 161 FFXIV-PUA-Glyphen (Dalamuds SeIconChar); der zweite trägt
+  97 verifizierte BMP-Symbole (Latin-Marken, Währungen, das ganze
+  griechische Alphabet, Geometrie, Spielkarten, Noten) — jedes davon
+  über `/echo` und `/say` in einer vierrundigen Whitelist-Probe
+  durchgereicht, damit der Channel-Render dem entspricht, was der
+  Picker anzeigt. Klick fügt das Symbol an der Cursor-Position ein,
+  Multi-Insert lässt das Popup offen, eine Recent-Used-Leiste zeigt
+  die letzten sechzehn Picks über beide Tabs. Toggle in Settings →
+  Chat → Nachrichten-Verhalten, Default an.
+- Verlauf in angepinnten Tell-Tabs lädt wieder vollständig: ein
+  versteckter 500-Zeilen-Scan-Cap in PreloadHistory hat das
+  User-Setting `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` überschrieben, wodurch
+  weniger-frequente Tell-Partner ihren Backlog verloren haben sobald
+  die Scan-Schicht mit anderen Chat-Partnern voll lief. Cap ist raus,
+  der Index auf `(Receiver, Date)` hält die Query schnell.
+- Slash-Command-Teardown: /hellion, /hellionView, /hellionDebugger
+  (und im Debug-Build /hellionSeString) sind als private Felder
+  gecached. Plugin-Dispose detached die echte Registrierung, statt
+  mit identischen Args neu zu registrieren — schließt eine latente
+  Wartungs-Falle aus v1.4.9.
+- v1.4.x-Polish-Sweep endet hier. Der ImGuiListClipper-Refactor von
+  der v1.4.10-Reserve-Liste wurde gecancelt, nachdem der Cross-
+  Plattform-Smoke gezeigt hat dass das Scroll-Gummi ein Wine/Linux-
+  Quirk ist — Windows-User haben es nie gesehen. Spike dafür kommt in
+  einem späteren Patch. Nächster Major-Cycle ist v1.5.0 mit der
+  DI-Container-Adoption (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` +
+  `ILogger<T>`) nach dem Lightless-Vorbild.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein
+  Config-Migrations-Aufwand.
@@ -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.
- **FontManager-Fallback robuster**: Atlas-Toolkit-Throws aus kaputten Font-Configs (IO, InvalidOperation, ArgumentException) fallen jetzt zuverlässig auf NotoSansCjkRegular, statt den Atlas-Build mitzureißen. Der Exception-Typ wird im Log mitgegeben für die Diagnose.
- **URL-Validation beim Plugin-Load**: BrandingLinks (5 URLs) und IntegrationLinks (2 URLs) werden via `[ModuleInitializer]` geprüft. Ein Tippfehler bei einer künftigen URL-Rotation wirft jetzt sofort beim Plugin-Load, statt still beim Klick zu scheitern.
- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — Memory-Leak in `Chat.SetChannel`: der native `Utf8String` wird jetzt auch dann freigegeben, wenn der Linkshell-Check den Channel ablehnt (vorher gefangen im early-return).
- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — `Tab.Clone()` Deep-cloned jetzt `UsedChannel` und `TellTarget`. Vorher Reference-Share-Bug: PopOut- und Temp-Tabs mutierten sich gegenseitig.
- **Aktive-Tab-Underline pixel-perfect bei DPI-Scaling**: Die Underline-Pill skaliert jetzt mit `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` und rundet die DrawList-Koordinaten auf physische Pixel. Kein Sub-Pixel-Blur mehr auf 125/150%-Setups.
- **IconButton-Width-Fix**: der manuelle `width - 2 * CellPadding.X`-Subtract verlor den HUD-Scale (Padding skaliert, der raw int nicht). Gemessene Breite läuft jetzt unverändert durch.
- **Test-Isolation für MessageStore**: `Dalamud.Utility.Util`-Surface (IsWine, OpenLink) läuft jetzt durch eine `IPlatformUtil`-Indirektion. MessageStores `IsWine`-Probe ist isoliert testbar in der Build-Suite. Plus: HellionStyle-ChildBgAlpha als Pure-Helper extrahiert, Plugin.SaveConfig kopiert nur Session-Tabs statt der ganzen Tab-Liste, SettingsOverview cached den DrawList einmal pro Frame.
- **Built-in-Theme-Roster**: Crystal Nocturne (Royal Sapphire + Electric Magenta auf Obsidian, von CRYSTALLITE) ersetzt Moonlit Bloom. User mit Moonlit Bloom als aktivem Theme fallen beim ersten Plugin-Load auf Hellion Arctic zurück.
+- **preflight.sh härter**: csharpier-Reflow-Check (Block E) und markdownlint (Block F) laufen jetzt im Pre-Push-Gate,
+  statt erst beim Pre-Merge-Review aufzufallen.
+- **FontManager-Fallback robuster**: Atlas-Toolkit-Throws aus kaputten Font-Configs (IO, InvalidOperation,
+  ArgumentException) fallen jetzt zuverlässig auf NotoSansCjkRegular, statt den Atlas-Build mitzureißen. Der
+  Exception-Typ wird im Log mitgegeben für die Diagnose.
+- **URL-Validation beim Plugin-Load**: BrandingLinks (5 URLs) und IntegrationLinks (2 URLs) werden via
+  `[ModuleInitializer]` geprüft. Ein Tippfehler bei einer künftigen URL-Rotation wirft jetzt sofort beim Plugin-Load,
+  statt still beim Klick zu scheitern.
+- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — Memory-Leak in `Chat.SetChannel`: der native `Utf8String` wird jetzt auch dann
+  freigegeben, wenn der Linkshell-Check den Channel ablehnt (vorher gefangen im early-return).
+- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — `Tab.Clone()` Deep-cloned jetzt `UsedChannel` und `TellTarget`. Vorher
+  Reference-Share-Bug: PopOut- und Temp-Tabs mutierten sich gegenseitig.
+- **Aktive-Tab-Underline pixel-perfect bei DPI-Scaling**: Die Underline-Pill skaliert jetzt mit
+  `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` und rundet die DrawList-Koordinaten auf physische Pixel. Kein Sub-Pixel-Blur mehr auf
+  125/150%-Setups.
+- **IconButton-Width-Fix**: der manuelle `width - 2 * CellPadding.X`-Subtract verlor den HUD-Scale (Padding skaliert,
+  der raw int nicht). Gemessene Breite läuft jetzt unverändert durch.
+- **Test-Isolation für MessageStore**: `Dalamud.Utility.Util`-Surface (IsWine, OpenLink) läuft jetzt durch eine
+  `IPlatformUtil`-Indirektion. MessageStores `IsWine`-Probe ist isoliert testbar in der Build-Suite. Plus:
+  HellionStyle-ChildBgAlpha als Pure-Helper extrahiert, Plugin.SaveConfig kopiert nur Session-Tabs statt der ganzen
+  Tab-Liste, SettingsOverview cached den DrawList einmal pro Frame.
+- **Built-in-Theme-Roster**: Crystal Nocturne (Royal Sapphire + Electric Magenta auf Obsidian, von CRYSTALLITE) ersetzt
+  Moonlit Bloom. User mit Moonlit Bloom als aktivem Theme fallen beim ersten Plugin-Load auf Hellion Arctic zurück.

 Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
@@ -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).
@@ -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.
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+subtitle: Plugin-Load Render Polish
+versionsnatur: Performance-Patch
+---
+
+- First-Frame-HITCH unter 100 ms: der erste Render-Frame des Plugins liegt
+  jetzt bei ~76 ms Median (vorher ~127 ms), die Dalamud-Warnung
+  „UiBuilder(Hellion Chat) > 100ms" beim Plugin-Start ist damit weg.
+  Erreicht durch das Verlagern von sechs nicht-essentiellen Render-
+  Sektionen (Statusleiste, Kanalname-Chunks, Fenster-Bounds-Check,
+  Hinweis-Banner, Autocomplete, Input-Preview) auf den zweiten Frame.
+  Bei 60 fps sieht man die deferred-Sektionen ~17 ms später, was im
+  Atlas-Build-Fenster nach einem Reload unsichtbar bleibt.
+- Slash-Commands zentral registriert: /hellion, /hellionView,
+  /hellionSeString und /hellionDebugger werden jetzt im Plugin-Load zentral
+  registriert statt erst beim ersten Öffnen ihres Ziel-Fensters. Heißt: die
+  Befehle funktionieren ab dem ersten Tick, auch wenn das jeweilige Fenster
+  nie geöffnet wurde. Der „Einstellungen"-Button im Plugin-Manager hängt am
+  selben Pfad.
+- Plugin-Load-Diagnose-Logs als Tripwire: die Profiling-Logs für
+  MessageStore.Connect, MessageStore.Migrate, FilterAllTabs und den
+  Auto-Translate-Warmup bleiben auf Information-Level eingeschaltet. Falls
+  eine zukünftige Änderung die Lade-Zeit wieder über 100 ms drückt, taucht
+  der Mehrverbrauch direkt im /xllog auf, ohne dass jemand erst den
+  Debug-Filter einschalten muss.
+- ChatTwo-IPC-Kompatibilitäts-Layer: HellionChat spiegelt jetzt die
+  komplette ChatTwo-IPC-Surface (`GetChatInputState`,
+  `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+  `Invoke`) zusätzlich zu unseren eigenen `HellionChat.*`-Gates unter
+  dem `ChatTwo.*`-Namensraum. Drittseitige Integrationen die nur auf
+  ChatTwo's IPC reagieren, etwa die Kontextmenü-Hooks von Artisan und
+  AllaganTools, funktionieren damit weiter ohne Code-Änderung auf
+  ihrer Seite. Die Conflict-Detection blockiert das parallele Laden
+  von ChatTwo, daher kein Namensraum-Konflikt im Live-Betrieb.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein Config-Migrations-
+  Aufwand. Nach dem Update läuft das Plugin gegen die bestehende
+  v17-Datenbank weiter.
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+---
+subtitle: DI Foundation und Service-Refactor
+versionsnatur: Architektur-Cycle
+---
+
+- **Architektur-Umbau ohne User-spürbare Verhaltens-Änderung:** der
+  Plugin-Bootstrap wechselt auf einen Generic-Host DI-Container
+  (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) nach dem
+  Lightless-Sync-Muster. 18 Service-Klassen wandern von einem
+  statischen `Plugin.LogProxy`-Locator auf typisierte
+  `ILogger<T>`-Constructor-Injection. `DalamudLogger` brückt
+  `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging` über auf Dalamuds `IPluginLog` —
+  im xllog erscheinen jetzt Service-spezifische Spalten wie
+  `[ MessageManager]` und `[Honori...ervice]`.
+- **Plugin.LogProxy bleibt für die acht Buckets erhalten,** die
+  Constructor-Injection nicht erreicht: Static-Helper (EmoteCache,
+  AutoTranslate, MemoryUtil, WrapperUtil), Dalamud-Reflektion
+  (Configuration), Data-Class mit Massen-Instanziierung (Message)
+  und Instanz-Klassen die nur aus Static-Methods loggen (FontManager,
+  eine GameFunctions-Stelle).
+- **Performance bestätigt durch Cross-Plugin-Baseline:** HellionChat
+  First-Frame-HITCH 77 ms Median, Chat 2 v1.40.2 74 ms Median — kein
+  DI-Penalty gegenüber dem Upstream-Fork-Origin. Lightless und
+  XIVInstantMessenger liegen bei ~7 ms weil sie ihren FontAtlas-Build
+  deferren; das wird das v1.5.1-Item.
+- **User-sichtbarer Bug-Fix nebenbei:** Slash-Command-Einfügen in das
+  Chat-Eingabefeld (Friend-List "/tell"-Action plus Plugin-Inserts
+  von Artisan, AllaganTools und ähnlichen) ersetzt jetzt den
+  vorhandenen Input, statt anzukonkatenieren. Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo
+  upstream `ee7768ac` mit Namespace-Anpassung.
+- **Foundation für die Plugin-Integrations-Wave:** v1.5.7-11
+  (Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, Moodles, ExtraChat, XIVIM
+  Quick-DM) werden ab jetzt strukturell handhabbar — neue Services
+  sind ein `services.AddSingleton<T>` plus ein paar Factory-Lambda-
+  Zeilen, kein Plugin.cs-Anflanschen mehr.
+- Migration v17 unverändert: kein Schema-Bump, kein
+  Config-Migrations-Aufwand.
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ 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;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat;

@@ -18,26 +20,38 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
    private readonly Plugin _plugin;
    private readonly MessageManager _messageManager;
    private readonly MessageStore _store;
+    private readonly ILogger<AutoTellTabsService> _logger;
    private readonly object _tempTabsLock = new();

-    // F2.1: lock-free counter mirrors Config.Tabs.Count(IsTempTab) so the
-    // hot-path getter doesn't contend with HandleTell on every render frame.
-    // Bumped from inside the existing mutation paths so it stays consistent
-    // with the underlying list — see SpawnTempTab, DropOldestTempTab, OnLogout
-    // and ResyncTempTabCounter (used by Plugin.cs snapshot-restore).
-    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/TempTabCounterTests.cs
-    private int _activeTempTabCount;
+    // Hard cap on pinned TempTabs so the sidebar doesn't inflate over years
+    // of usage. Separate pool from AutoTellTabsLimit (15) — pinned tabs live
+    // in their own bucket. A configurable cap is a vault-backlog anchor for
+    // a later cycle if tester feedback demands it.
+    internal const int MaxPinnedTempTabs = 5;

    private bool _initialized;

-    internal AutoTellTabsService(Plugin plugin, MessageManager messageManager, MessageStore store)
+    internal AutoTellTabsService(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        MessageManager messageManager,
+        MessageStore store,
+        ILogger<AutoTellTabsService> logger
+    )
    {
        _plugin = plugin;
        _messageManager = messageManager;
        _store = store;
+        _logger = logger;
    }

-    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 +60,51 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
            return;
        }

-        // Seed the counter from the persisted Tabs list so a config that already
-        // contains TempTabs from a prior session starts in sync. Plugin.cs:168
-        // crash-recovery has already dropped TempTabs by the time we get here,
-        // so the snapshot reflects post-recovery reality.
-        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _activeTempTabCount, Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab));
+        // Pinned tabs come out of the JSON with TellTarget set but
+        // CurrentChannel reset (NonSerialized). Without re-seeding, the chat
+        // input has no tell-target on the active pinned tab, and the
+        // game-side channel hook only repaints CurrentChannel once the user
+        // triggers a /tell or channel switch.
+        RehydratePinnedTabs();

        _messageManager.MessageProcessed += HandleTell;
        Plugin.ClientState.Logout += OnLogout;
        _initialized = true;
    }

-    // F2.1: callable from outside paths that mutate Config.Tabs directly
-    // (Plugin.cs snapshot-restore). Atomically re-pegs the counter to the
-    // live IsTempTab count.
-    internal void ResyncTempTabCounter()
+    private void RehydratePinnedTabs()
    {
-        Interlocked.Exchange(ref _activeTempTabCount, Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab));
+        var pinned = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
+        _logger.LogDebug($"[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())
+            {
+                _logger.LogWarning(
+                    $"[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);
+
+            _logger.LogDebug(
+                $"[Pin] Rehydrated '{tab.Name}' -> Tell target {tab.TellTarget.Name}@{tab.TellTarget.World}"
+            );
+        }
    }

    public void Dispose()
@@ -96,7 +138,7 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        if (partner == null)
        {
            // Diagnostics: helps detect regressions (FFXIV payload changes, new edge cases)
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                $"[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 +152,23 @@ 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 +218,35 @@ 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 +269,6 @@ 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 +293,6 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        }

        Plugin.Config.Tabs.Add(tab);
-        Interlocked.Increment(ref _activeTempTabCount);
    }

    private static Tab BuildTempTab(string playerName, uint worldRowId)
@@ -300,7 +369,7 @@ 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");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
            tab.Messages.AddPrune(
                MakeSystemMarker(HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError),
                MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit
@@ -354,14 +423,16 @@ 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 +448,76 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
                }
            }

-            var removed = Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
-            Interlocked.Add(ref _activeTempTabCount, -removed);
+            Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool);

-            // Force switch to tab 0 if active tab was temp or index is now out of range
+            // Force switch to tab 0 if active tab was an unpinned temp tab or
+            // index is now out of range. Pinned tabs survive — no switch needed.
            var stillValid = lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count;
-            if (currentWasTempTab || !stillValid)
+            if (currentWasUnpinnedTempTab || !stillValid)
            {
                _plugin.WantedTab = 0;
            }
        }
    }
+
+    internal bool TryPin(Tab tab)
+    {
+        if (!tab.IsTempTab || tab.IsPinned)
+        {
+            _logger.LogDebug(
+                $"[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;
+        _logger.LogDebug(
+            $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' target={tab.TellTarget?.Name}@{tab.TellTarget?.World}"
+        );
+        _plugin.SaveConfig();
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    internal void Unpin(Tab tab)
+    {
+        if (!tab.IsPinned)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If the unpinned pool is already full, dropping the oldest before
+        // flipping the flag avoids counting the just-unpinned tab as a drop
+        // candidate.
+        if (ActiveTempTabCount >= Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsLimit)
+        {
+            DropOldestTempTab();
+        }
+
+        tab.IsPinned = false;
+        _logger.LogDebug("[Pin] Unpinned tab '{TabName}'", tab.Name);
+        _plugin.SaveConfig();
+    }
+
+    internal void PromoteToPermanent(Tab tab)
+    {
+        if (!tab.IsTempTab)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        tab.IsTempTab = false;
+        tab.IsPinned = false;
+        tab.TellTarget = TellTarget.Empty();
+        _logger.LogDebug($"[Pin] Promoted tab '{tab.Name}' to permanent (tell-binding dropped)");
+        _plugin.SaveConfig();
+    }
 }
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 using Dalamud.Game.Command;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat;

 internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
 {
    private readonly Dictionary<string, CommandWrapper> Registered = [];
+    private readonly ILogger<Commands> _logger;
+
+    public Commands(ILogger<Commands> logger)
+    {
+        _logger = logger;
+    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
    {
        if (!Registered.TryGetValue(command, out var wrapper))
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
+            _logger.LogWarning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
            return;
        }

@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
        }
    }
 }
@@ -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;
@@ -164,6 +176,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
    public bool SortAutoTranslate;
    public bool CollapseDuplicateMessages;
    public bool CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
+    public bool SymbolPickerEnabled = true;
    public bool PlaySounds = true;
    public bool KeepInputFocus = true;
    public int MaxLinesToRender = 2_500; // 1-10000
@@ -258,6 +271,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
        SortAutoTranslate = other.SortAutoTranslate;
        CollapseDuplicateMessages = other.CollapseDuplicateMessages;
        CollapseKeepUniqueLinks = other.CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
+        SymbolPickerEnabled = other.SymbolPickerEnabled;
        PlaySounds = other.PlaySounds;
        KeepInputFocus = other.KeepInputFocus;
        MaxLinesToRender = other.MaxLinesToRender;
@@ -278,16 +292,20 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
        ColorSelectedInputChannelButton = other.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton;

        // Keep live temp tabs alive across UpdateFrom — a settings save must
-        // not destroy open tell conversations. For persistent tabs, capture
-        // the live MessageList and LastSendUnread by Identifier before the
-        // replace and restore them onto the freshly cloned tabs; new tabs
-        // get an empty MessageList, deleted tabs lose their history (intended).
-        var liveTempTabs = Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab).ToList();
-        var livePersistentSession = Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
-            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread));
+        // not destroy open tell conversations. Pinned TempTabs are persistent
+        // and come through `other` like regular tabs; unpinned TempTabs are
+        // session-only and held from the local state. For persistent tabs
+        // (incl. pinned), capture live runtime state by Identifier and restore
+        // it onto the freshly cloned tabs — CurrentChannel is critical because
+        // the user may have switched channel in-game between settings-open
+        // and settings-save, and we'd otherwise overwrite that with the
+        // settings-time snapshot.
+        var liveUnpinnedTempTabs = Tabs.Where(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool).ToList();
+        var livePersistentSession = Tabs.Where(t => !TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t))
+            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread, t.CurrentChannel));

        Tabs = other
-            .Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
+            .Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab || t.IsPinned)
            .Select(t =>
            {
                var clone = t.Clone();
@@ -295,11 +313,12 @@ 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 +338,7 @@ 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 +350,7 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
        AutoTellTabsLimit = other.AutoTellTabsLimit;
        AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = other.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
        AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = other.AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload;
+        SidebarWidth = other.SidebarWidth;
        AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle = other.AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;

        SeenPopOutInputHint = other.SeenPopOutInputHint;
@@ -404,6 +425,11 @@ 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 +537,7 @@ public class Tab
            HideInBattle = HideInBattle,
            HideWhenInactive = HideWhenInactive,
            IsTempTab = IsTempTab,
+            IsPinned = IsPinned,
            AllSenderMessages = AllSenderMessages,
            TellTarget = TellTarget.Clone(),
            IsGreeted = IsGreeted,
@@ -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}");
            }
        }
    }
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ using Dalamud.Interface.Utility;

 namespace HellionChat;

+// Two LogProxy sites live in static methods (TryGetHellionFontBytes,
+// AddFontWithFallback); a ctor-injected ILogger would not be reachable
+// from those scopes, so the class stays on Plugin.LogProxy.
 public class FontManager
 {
    internal IFontHandle Axis = null!;
@@ -58,7 +61,7 @@ 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;
@@ -234,10 +237,10 @@ public class FontManager
                        or ArgumentException
            )
        {
-            // 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(
+            // Atlas-toolkit throws span IO and validation failures; routing
+            // the wider set through the fallback keeps a corrupt font config
+            // from taking down the whole atlas build.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
                e,
                $"Configured {slot} font failed to load ({e.GetType().Name}), "
                    + "falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using InteropGenerator.Runtime;
 using Lumina.Text.ReadOnly;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ValueType = FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI.AtkValueType;

 namespace HellionChat.GameFunctions;
@@ -98,9 +99,12 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
    private long LastPlayerNameDisplayTypeRefresh;
    private PlayerNameDisplayType CurrentPlayerNameDisplayType = PlayerNameDisplayType.FullName;

-    public Chat(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<Chat> _logger;
+
+    public Chat(Plugin plugin, ILogger<Chat> logger)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
        Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);

        ChatLogRefreshHook?.Enable();
@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
                }
            });
        }
@@ -266,7 +270,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
        }

        return 1; // Prevent vanilla chat log from gaining focus
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        {
            playerName = SeString.Parse(agent->TellPlayerName).TextValue;
            worldId = agent->TellWorldId;
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
+            _logger.LogDebug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
        }

        Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel = new UsedChannel
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
            }
        }

@@ -408,7 +412,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
            }
        }

@@ -624,7 +628,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        if (contentId == 0)
        {
            Plugin.ChatGui.PrintError(Language.Chat_SendTell_Error);
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                "Tried to send a tell with ContentId being 0, sorry this is an internal error."
            );
            return;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.UI.Info;
 using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI;
 using Lumina.Excel;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ValueType = FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Component.GUI.AtkValueType;

 namespace HellionChat.GameFunctions;
@@ -37,14 +38,20 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
    #endregion

    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<GameFunctions> _logger;
    internal KeybindManager KeybindManager { get; }
    internal Chat Chat { get; }

-    internal GameFunctions(Plugin plugin)
+    internal GameFunctions(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        ILogger<GameFunctions> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
-        KeybindManager = new KeybindManager(plugin);
-        Chat = new Chat(Plugin);
+        _logger = logger;
+        KeybindManager = new KeybindManager(plugin, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<KeybindManager>());
+        Chat = new Chat(Plugin, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Chat>());

        Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);
        ResolveTextCommandPlaceholderHook?.Enable();
@@ -215,7 +222,8 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
+            // Static method, no instance _logger reachable here.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
            return false;
        }
    }
@@ -255,7 +263,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(ReplacementName);
        if (byteCount >= PlaceholderBufferSize)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                $"Replacement name too long for placeholder buffer ({byteCount} bytes >= {PlaceholderBufferSize}); falling back to original."
            );
            ReplacementName = null;
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using FFXIVClientStructs.FFXIV.Client.UI;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using ModifierFlag = HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types.ModifierFlag;

 namespace HellionChat.GameFunctions;
@@ -306,9 +307,12 @@ internal unsafe class KeybindManager : IDisposable
        // VirtualKey.OEM_CLEAR,
    };

-    internal KeybindManager(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<KeybindManager> _logger;
+
+    internal KeybindManager(Plugin plugin, ILogger<KeybindManager> logger)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
        Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);

        // Handle keybinds from the game on every tick.
@@ -507,7 +511,7 @@ internal unsafe class KeybindManager : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
        }
    }

@@ -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>1.5.0</Version>
        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
        <!-- Use lock file to pin exact versions -->
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@
        <!-- Closed ranges prevent surprise major bumps during lock file regeneration -->
        <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="[3.1.4, 4.0.0)" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.7" />
+        <!-- v1.5.0 DI-container foundation; matches Lightless pin (Hosting 10.0.7) -->
+        <PackageReference
+            Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection"
+            Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)"
+        />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging" Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options" Version="[10.0.7, 11.0.0)" />
        <!-- SQLitePCLRaw override for CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-7709 (SQLite >= 3.50.3) -->
        <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3" Version="3.50.3" />
        <PackageReference Include="morelinq" Version="4.4.0" />
@@ -35,100 +35,167 @@ tags:
    - Replacement
    - Privacy
 changelog: |-
-    **v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)**
+    **v1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)**

-    Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
-    development feedback loop, fixes two upstream-inherited bugs, and
-    prepares the code for the v1.4.7 backlog cleanup.
+    Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a
+    generic-host DI container (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting +
+    IServiceCollection) modelled on Lightless Sync. Service logging
+    moves from a static Plugin.LogProxy locator to typed
+    Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T> via constructor injection,
+    bridged over Dalamud's IPluginLog by a custom DalamudLogger trio.

-    - preflight.sh gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint
-      pass so style drift and markdown violations are caught at the
-      pre-push gate
-    - FontManager fallback catches the full set of atlas-toolkit
-      throws (IO, InvalidOperation, ArgumentException) — a corrupt
-      font config no longer takes down the whole atlas build
-    - BrandingLinks and IntegrationLinks URLs validated on plugin
-      load — a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup
-    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Chat.SetChannel
-      no longer leaks the native Utf8String when the linkshell check
-      rejects the channel
-    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Tab.Clone now
-      deep-clones UsedChannel and TellTarget — PopOut and Temp tabs
-      no longer mutate each other's channel state
-    - Active-tab underline scales with DPI and rounds to physical
-      pixels for crisp rendering above 100% scaling
-    - IconButton width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled
-      padding from a raw int (measured width passes through verbatim)
-    - Internal: HellionStyle ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable
-      helper; Plugin.SaveConfig clones only the temp tabs;
-      SettingsOverview caches the draw-list per frame;
-      Dalamud.Utility.Util surface routed through an IPlatformUtil
-      indirection (MessageStore IsWine probe is now testable in
-      isolation)
-    - Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (sapphire and electric
-      magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit Bloom.
-      Users with Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to Hellion Arctic
-      on first load
+    What changes under the hood:
+
+    - 18 instance-class services migrate to ILogger<T> via constructor
+      injection across four slices: data layer (MessageStore,
+      MessageManager, AutoTellTabsService), IPC and integrations
+      (HonorificService, IpcManager, TypingIpc, ExtraChat, the three
+      GameFunctions classes), UI window layer (ChatLogWindow,
+      DbViewer, Popout, three settings tabs), and root (Commands,
+      ThemeRegistry, PayloadHandler).
+    - Plugin.LogProxy stays in place for the eight buckets ctor
+      injection cannot reach: static helpers (EmoteCache,
+      AutoTranslate, MemoryUtil, WrapperUtil), Dalamud-reflected
+      types (Configuration), the Message data class, and instance
+      classes that only log from static methods (FontManager, one
+      GameFunctions site).
+    - Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the
+      pre-cycle 1013. The new Phase-1 host build and Plugin.X bridge
+      wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations
+      that previously lived in LoadAsync.
+    - Cross-plugin baseline confirms no performance penalty against
+      Chat 2: HellionChat first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2
+      74 ms median. Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit around
+      7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past Finished
+      loading — that pattern is the v1.5.1 follow-up.
+
+    User-visible:
+
+    - Slash-command insert fix: pasting a slash command into the
+      chat input (Friend List "/tell" action, plugin-driven inserts
+      from Artisan, AllaganTools etc.) now replaces the existing
+      input instead of concatenating. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo
+      upstream ee7768ac with namespace adaptation.
+
+    Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).

    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

    ---

-    **v1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (2026-05-12)**
+    **v1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (2026-05-16)**

-    Sixth 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.
+    Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series.
+    Symbol picker for the chat input, a tell-history reload fix for
+    users with many active partners, and a closing cleanup sweep
+    before v1.5.0 picks up the DI-container adoption.

-    - Chat window draw errors now show a one-shot notification instead
-      of failing silently — stack trace stays in /xllog
-    - 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
-    - InputHistoryService clears on plugin dispose so the previous
-      session's typed commands don't bleed into the next load
-    - Status bar hides the version slot when the chat window is too
-      narrow to fit all five slots without overlap
-    - Internal: explicit session-only Auto-Tell-Tab invariant in
-      Plugin.cs plus a pinning test in the Build-Suite
-    - Internal: FontManager falls back to the system font if the
-      embedded Hellion font resource is missing — logs a Warning
+    - Symbol picker: a small smile-icon button left of the channel
+      indicator opens a popup with two tabs. The first lists all 161
+      FFXIV PUA glyphs (Dalamud's SeIconChar enum); the second
+      carries 97 server-verified BMP symbols (latin marks, currency,
+      the full Greek alphabet, geometric shapes, suits, notes) —
+      every one of them round-tripped through /echo and /say in a
+      four-round probe so the in-channel render matches what the
+      picker shows. Click drops the glyph at the caret, multi-insert
+      keeps the popup open, and a recent-used strip floats the last
+      sixteen picks across both tabs. Toggle in Settings → Chat →
+      Message behaviour, default on.
+    - Pinned auto-tell tabs reload their full history again: a
+      hidden 500-row scan cap in PreloadHistory used to override the
+      user-configurable AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload setting, so
+      less-frequent pinned partners (rare /tell sessions in an
+      otherwise busy week) lost their backlog. The cap is removed;
+      the (Receiver, Date) index keeps SQL fast, the client-side
+      loop still respects your setting as the upper bound.
+    - Slash-command teardown: /hellion, /hellionView,
+      /hellionDebugger (and #if DEBUG /hellionSeString) wrappers are
+      now cached as private fields. Plugin teardown detaches the
+      live registration instead of re-Register'ing with identical
+      args — closes a latent maintenance hazard from v1.4.9.
+    - v1.4.x polish-sweep wraps up here. The ImGuiListClipper render
+      refactor that was on the v1.4.10 reserve list got dropped
+      after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll rubber-band is a
+      Wine / Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows
+      users never saw it. It will get its own platform-targeted
+      spike in a later patch. Next major cycle is v1.5.0 with the
+      DI-container adoption (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting +
+      ILogger<T>) modelled on Lightless.
+    - Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

    ---

-    **v1.4.4 — Threading and IPC safety polish (2026-05-12)**
+    **v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)**

-    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.
+    Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame
+    render cost drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median,
+    comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold.

-    - 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
+    - First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside
+      ChatLogWindow skip their first Draw and run one frame later
+      (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds
+      check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete, input-preview
+      calculation). User-visible delay is ~17 ms at 60 fps, hidden
+      inside the post-reload font-atlas build window.
+    - Slash-command centralisation: /hellion, /hellionView,
+      /hellionSeString and /hellionDebugger are registered in
+      LoadAsync instead of inside the corresponding window
+      constructors. The plugin-manager Open and configuration buttons
+      hang on the same path.
+    - Plugin-load profiling logs stay on at Information level
+      (MessageStore connect/migrate, FilterAllTabs, auto-translate
+      warmup) as a regression tripwire — a future load past 100 ms
+      will show up in /xllog without a Debug filter.
+    - ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors
+      ChatTwo's full IPC surface (GetChatInputState,
+      ChatInputStateChanged, Register, Unregister, Available,
+      Invoke) under the ChatTwo.* namespace in addition to our
+      existing HellionChat.* provider gates. Third-party
+      integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's
+      IPC — for example Artisan's and AllaganTools' context-menu
+      hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their
+      side. Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in
+      parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk
+      at runtime.
+    - Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).

    ---

-    **v1.4.3 — Faster plugin load + new repo (2026-05-08)**
+    **v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**

-    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.
+    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.

-    - 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
+    - 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).

    ---

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+using Dalamud.Plugin;
+using HellionChat.Ipc;
+using HellionChat.Themes;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Hosting;
+
+// Adapter shells around IHostedService so the host triggers each service's
+// existing init method without touching the service class itself. Empty
+// adapters still earn their place: registering them forces an eager resolve
+// at Build, which runs the service ctor (IPC subscribe etc.) right then
+// instead of lazily on first GetRequiredService.
+
+internal sealed class FontManagerInitHostedService(FontManager fontManager) : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        fontManager.BuildFonts();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class ThemeRegistryInitHostedService(ThemeRegistry registry) : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // Materialise the lazy AllCustom enumerable so the slug lookup hits a
+        // warm cache; otherwise the first Switch falls through to the built-in
+        // default when Config.Theme points at a custom slug.
+        foreach (var _ in registry.AllCustom()) { }
+        registry.Switch(Plugin.Config.Theme);
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+// IPC subscribers do their wiring in the ctor, so StartAsync stays empty —
+// the registration alone forces an eager resolve which runs that wiring.
+
+internal sealed class IpcManagerInitHostedService(IpcManager ipc) : IHostedService
+{
+    private readonly IpcManager _ipc = ipc;
+
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class TypingIpcInitHostedService(TypingIpc typingIpc) : IHostedService
+{
+    private readonly TypingIpc _typingIpc = typingIpc;
+
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class ExtraChatInitHostedService(ExtraChat extraChat) : IHostedService
+{
+    private readonly ExtraChat _extraChat = extraChat;
+
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class MessageManagerInitHostedService(
+    IDalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface,
+    MessageManager manager
+) : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // FilterAllTabsAsync rebuilds the per-tab view from the message store;
+        // on Boot, tabs come up empty and the first chat events fill them, so
+        // we skip the rebuild to avoid a pointless full-history scan.
+        if (pluginInterface.Reason is not PluginLoadReason.Boot)
+            manager.FilterAllTabsAsync();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
+
+internal sealed class AutoTellTabsServiceInitHostedService(AutoTellTabsService service)
+    : IHostedService
+{
+    public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        service.Initialize();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.CompletedTask;
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+using System.Text;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+
+internal sealed class DalamudLogger : ILogger
+{
+    private readonly string _name;
+    private readonly IPluginLog _pluginLog;
+
+    public DalamudLogger(string name, IPluginLog pluginLog)
+    {
+        _name = name;
+        _pluginLog = pluginLog;
+    }
+
+    IDisposable? ILogger.BeginScope<TState>(TState state) => default!;
+
+    // Filtering happens in Dalamud's /xllog. Letting every level through keeps
+    // the HellionChat side stateless; if we ever want a per-plugin floor we add
+    // a Config.LogLevel and tighten this method.
+    public bool IsEnabled(LogLevel logLevel) => true;
+
+    public void Log<TState>(
+        LogLevel logLevel,
+        EventId eventId,
+        TState state,
+        Exception? exception,
+        Func<TState, Exception?, string> formatter
+    )
+    {
+        if (!IsEnabled(logLevel))
+            return;
+
+        // U+200B between the bracket and the level is a quiet provenance
+        // marker; byte-distinguishable from any 1:1 port of this format.
+        if ((int)logLevel <= (int)LogLevel.Information)
+        {
+            _pluginLog.Information($"[{_name}]{{{(int)logLevel}}} {state}");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.Append($"[{_name}]{{{(int)logLevel}}} {state} {exception?.Message}");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(exception?.StackTrace))
+            sb.AppendLine(exception.StackTrace);
+
+        var inner = exception?.InnerException;
+        while (inner != null)
+        {
+            sb.AppendLine($"InnerException {inner}: {inner.Message}");
+            sb.AppendLine(inner.StackTrace);
+            inner = inner.InnerException;
+        }
+
+        if (logLevel == LogLevel.Warning)
+            _pluginLog.Warning(sb.ToString());
+        else if (logLevel == LogLevel.Error)
+            _pluginLog.Error(sb.ToString());
+        else
+            _pluginLog.Fatal(sb.ToString());
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Text;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+
+[ProviderAlias("Dalamud")]
+public sealed class DalamudLoggingProvider : ILoggerProvider
+{
+    // Hellion Forge Bronze (#C2410C). Mixed into the bootstrap fingerprint.
+    private const string HellionMarker = "HellionForgeBronzeC2410C";
+
+    private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, DalamudLogger> _loggers = new(
+        StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
+    );
+
+    private readonly IPluginLog _pluginLog;
+
+    public DalamudLoggingProvider(IPluginLog pluginLog)
+    {
+        _pluginLog = pluginLog;
+        EmitBootstrapBanner();
+    }
+
+    // One-shot per plugin load. Intentionally visible in xllog so uncredited
+    // ports of the DalamudLogger trio keep announcing their origin.
+    private void EmitBootstrapBanner()
+    {
+        var version =
+            typeof(DalamudLoggingProvider).Assembly.GetName().Version?.ToString() ?? "0.0.0";
+        var fingerprint = ComputeFingerprint(version);
+        _pluginLog.Information(
+            $"HellionChat DI-Logger bootstrap v{version} fingerprint={fingerprint}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static string ComputeFingerprint(string version)
+    {
+        var seed = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"{HellionMarker}-{version}");
+        var hash = SHA256.HashData(seed);
+        var sb = new StringBuilder(8);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+            sb.Append(hash[i].ToString("x2"));
+        return sb.ToString();
+    }
+
+    public ILogger CreateLogger(string categoryName)
+    {
+        // Category-name normalisation mirrors Lightless: take the leaf type
+        // name, then either ellipsis-trim long ones or left-pad short ones to
+        // 15 chars so the xllog column stays aligned across services.
+        var catName = categoryName.Split(".", StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).Last();
+        if (catName.Length > 15)
+            catName = string.Concat(
+                catName.AsSpan(0, 6),
+                "...",
+                catName.AsSpan(catName.Length - 6, 6)
+            );
+        else
+            catName = catName.PadLeft(15);
+
+        return _loggers.GetOrAdd(catName, name => new DalamudLogger(name, _pluginLog));
+    }
+
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        _loggers.Clear();
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+
+public static class DalamudLoggingProviderExtensions
+{
+    public static ILoggingBuilder AddDalamudLogging(
+        this ILoggingBuilder builder,
+        IPluginLog pluginLog
+    )
+    {
+        builder.ClearProviders();
+        builder.Services.TryAddEnumerable(
+            ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<ILoggerProvider, DalamudLoggingProvider>(
+                _ => new DalamudLoggingProvider(pluginLog)
+            )
+        );
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using Dalamud.Plugin;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;

 namespace HellionChat.Integrations;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
    private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<object> _ready;
    private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<object> _disposing;

-    private readonly IPluginLog _log;
+    private readonly ILogger<HonorificService> _logger;
    private readonly IFramework _framework;
    private bool _versionWarningLogged;

@@ -34,12 +35,12 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable

    public HonorificService(
        IDalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface,
-        IPluginLog log,
+        ILogger<HonorificService> logger,
        IFramework framework
    )
    {
        _framework = framework;
-        _log = log;
+        _logger = logger;

        // Gate objects are cached per-name by Dalamud and safe to register
        // before Honorific loads — they just won't fire until it does.
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
            {
                if (!_versionWarningLogged)
                {
-                    _log.Warning(
+                    _logger.LogWarning(
                        "Honorific API version mismatch — expected major 3, "
                            + "found {Major}.{Minor}. Disabling Honorific integration.",
                        version.Item1,
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // Honorific not installed or not yet initialised — Ready will retry.
-            _log.Debug(ex, "Honorific not available at HellionChat startup; awaiting Ready.");
+            _logger.LogDebug(ex, "Honorific not available at HellionChat startup; awaiting Ready.");
            IsAvailable = false;
            CurrentTitle = null;
        }
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
        {
            // Warning not Debug — a silent unsubscribe failure leaks a live
            // subscription across plugin reloads.
-            _log.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                ex,
                "Honorific unsubscribe failed (likely API break or gate already gone)."
            );
@@ -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
 );
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ipc;

 public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
 {
+    private readonly ILogger<ExtraChat> _logger;
+
 #pragma warning disable CS0649 // Assigned through IPC
    [Serializable]
    private struct OverrideInfo
@@ -36,8 +39,9 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
    private volatile Dictionary<Guid, string> ChannelNamesInternal = new();
    internal IReadOnlyDictionary<Guid, string> ChannelNames => ChannelNamesInternal;

-    internal ExtraChat()
+    internal ExtraChat(ILogger<ExtraChat> logger)
    {
+        _logger = logger;
        OverrideChannelGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcSubscriber<OverrideInfo, object>(
            "ExtraChat.OverrideChannelColour"
        );
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ 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?)");
+            _logger.LogTrace(ex, "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)");
        }
    }

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
 using HellionChat.Code;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ipc;

@@ -19,12 +20,26 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState> StateQueryGate { get; }
    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState, object?> StateChangedGate { get; }

+    // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo IPC compatibility mirror. Some third-party plugins
+    // have a no-fork policy and subscribe only to ChatTwo.*-prefixed IPC
+    // gates. HellionChat replaces ChatTwo (conflict detection prevents
+    // parallel loading), so mirroring the ChatTwo provider slots lets those
+    // plugins keep working without code changes on their side. The tuple
+    // shape is textually identical to ChatTwo's IPC surface (same member
+    // order, same underlying types — ChatType is `ushort` in both repos)
+    // so Dalamud's IPC marshalling matches across plugin boundaries.
+    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState> ChatTwoStateQueryGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<ChatInputState, object?> ChatTwoStateChangedGate { get; }
+
    private ChatInputState LastState;
    private bool HasState;

-    internal TypingIpc(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<TypingIpc> _logger;
+
+    internal TypingIpc(Plugin plugin, ILogger<TypingIpc> logger)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;

        StateQueryGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState>(
            "HellionChat.GetChatInputState"
@@ -33,7 +48,16 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
            "HellionChat.ChatInputStateChanged"
        );

+        // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo-prefixed compatibility slots (see class-level comment).
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState>(
+            "ChatTwo.GetChatInputState"
+        );
+        ChatTwoStateChangedGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<ChatInputState, object?>(
+            "ChatTwo.ChatInputStateChanged"
+        );
+
        StateQueryGate.RegisterFunc(GetState);
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate.RegisterFunc(GetState);
    }

    private ChatInputState BuildState()
@@ -67,10 +91,13 @@ internal sealed class TypingIpc : IDisposable
        HasState = true;
        LastState = state;
        StateChangedGate.SendMessage(state);
+        // v1.4.9 R4: mirror on ChatTwo-prefixed slot for no-fork-policy plugins.
+        ChatTwoStateChangedGate.SendMessage(state);
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        StateQueryGate.UnregisterFunc();
+        ChatTwoStateQueryGate.UnregisterFunc();
    }
 }
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling.Payloads;
 using Dalamud.Plugin.Ipc;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat;

 internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
 {
+    private readonly ILogger<IpcManager> _logger;
+
    private ICallGateProvider<string> RegisterGate { get; }
    private ICallGateProvider<string, object?> UnregisterGate { get; }
    private ICallGateProvider<object?> AvailableGate { get; }
@@ -19,10 +22,31 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
        object?
    > InvokeGate { get; }

+    // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo IPC compatibility mirror. Third-party plugins with
+    // a no-fork policy (e.g. Artisan, AllaganTools) only subscribe to the
+    // ChatTwo.*-prefixed context-menu integration gates. Mirroring all four
+    // provider slots under the ChatTwo namespace lets those plugins keep
+    // working without code changes on their side. Conflict detection
+    // prevents ChatTwo and HellionChat from loading in parallel, so no slot
+    // collision risk.
+    private ICallGateProvider<string> ChatTwoRegisterGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<string, object?> ChatTwoUnregisterGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<object?> ChatTwoAvailableGate { get; }
+    private ICallGateProvider<
+        string,
+        PlayerPayload?,
+        ulong,
+        Payload?,
+        SeString?,
+        SeString?,
+        object?
+    > ChatTwoInvokeGate { get; }
+
    internal List<string> Registered { get; } = [];

-    public IpcManager()
+    public IpcManager(ILogger<IpcManager> logger)
    {
+        _logger = logger;
        RegisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string>("HellionChat.Register");
        RegisterGate.RegisterFunc(Register);

@@ -41,7 +65,32 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
            object?
        >("HellionChat.Invoke");

+        // v1.4.9 R4: ChatTwo-prefixed mirrors of the four context-menu slots
+        // above. Share the same Register/Unregister backing methods so a
+        // plugin that subscribes via either namespace lands in the same
+        // Registered list. SendMessage on Invoke fans out to both gates.
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string>("ChatTwo.Register");
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate.RegisterFunc(Register);
+
+        ChatTwoAvailableGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<object?>("ChatTwo.Available");
+
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<string, object?>(
+            "ChatTwo.Unregister"
+        );
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate.RegisterAction(Unregister);
+
+        ChatTwoInvokeGate = Plugin.Interface.GetIpcProvider<
+            string,
+            PlayerPayload?,
+            ulong,
+            Payload?,
+            SeString?,
+            SeString?,
+            object?
+        >("ChatTwo.Invoke");
+
        AvailableGate.SendMessage();
+        ChatTwoAvailableGate.SendMessage();
    }

    internal void Invoke(
@@ -54,6 +103,8 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
    )
    {
        InvokeGate.SendMessage(id, sender, contentId, payload, senderString, content);
+        // v1.4.9 R4: fan out the same event to plugins listening on ChatTwo.Invoke.
+        ChatTwoInvokeGate.SendMessage(id, sender, contentId, payload, senderString, content);
    }

    private string Register()
@@ -72,6 +123,8 @@ internal sealed class IpcManager : IDisposable
    {
        UnregisterGate.UnregisterAction();
        RegisterGate.UnregisterFunc();
+        ChatTwoUnregisterGate.UnregisterAction();
+        ChatTwoRegisterGate.UnregisterFunc();
        Registered.Clear();
    }
 }
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public partial class Message
            }
            catch (ArgumentException ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
-                Plugin.Log.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
                return Guid.Empty;
            }
        }
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public partial class Message
                        AddChunkWithMessage(
                            text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, token.Value)
                        );
-                        Plugin.Log.Debug(
+                        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
                            $"Invalid URL accepted by Regex but failed URI parsing: '{token.Value}'"
                        );
                    }
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public partial class Message
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    AddChunkWithMessage(text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, split));
-                    Plugin.Log.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
+                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
                }
            }
        }
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Text.Expressions;
 using Lumina.Text.Payloads;
 using Lumina.Text.ReadOnly;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat;

@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
    internal const int MessageDisplayLimit = 10_000;

    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<MessageManager> _logger;
    internal MessageStore Store { get; }

    private Dictionary<ChatType, NameFormatting> Formats { get; } = [];
@@ -48,11 +50,21 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
    // AutoTellTabsService to spawn or refresh temp tabs without coupling.
    public event Action<Message>? MessageProcessed;

-    internal unsafe MessageManager(Plugin plugin)
+    internal unsafe MessageManager(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        ILogger<MessageManager> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;

-        Store = new MessageStore(DatabasePath(), Plugin.PlatformUtil);
+        Store = new MessageStore(
+            DatabasePath(),
+            Plugin.PlatformUtil,
+            loggerFactory.CreateLogger<MessageStore>(),
+            loggerFactory
+        );

        PendingMessageThread = new Thread(() =>
            ProcessPendingMessages(PendingThreadCancellationToken.Token)
@@ -91,7 +103,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
            await Task.Delay(100);

        if (PendingMessageThread.IsAlive)
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(
+            _logger.LogWarning(
                "PendingMessageThread did not observe cancellation within 10s. "
                    + "Worker remains on background thread; next plugin reload releases it."
            );
@@ -137,7 +149,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Error processing pending message");
                }
            }
            else
@@ -182,10 +194,12 @@ 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");
+        _logger.LogInformation(
+            $"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures"
+        );
        foreach (var msgId in messages.FailedMessageIds())
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
+            _logger.LogDebug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
            Store.DeleteMessage(msgId);
        }
    }
@@ -201,10 +215,13 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
            }

-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
+            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
+            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
+            _logger.LogInformation($"FilterAllTabs took {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
        });
    }

@@ -259,7 +276,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
        }
    }

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Action = System.Action;
 using ChatTwoPartyFinderPayload = HellionChat.Util.PartyFinderPayload;
 using DalamudPartyFinderPayload = Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling.Payloads.PartyFinderPayload;
@@ -40,9 +41,12 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler

    private const uint PopupSfx = 1;

-    internal PayloadHandler(ChatLogWindow logWindow)
+    private readonly ILogger<PayloadHandler> _logger;
+
+    internal PayloadHandler(ChatLogWindow logWindow, ILogger<PayloadHandler> logger)
    {
        LogWindow = logWindow;
+        _logger = logger;
    }

    internal void Draw()
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Error executing integration");
            }
        }

@@ -535,7 +539,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
            )
        )
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
+            _logger.LogWarning("Could not find DalamudLinkHandlers");
            return;
        }

@@ -546,7 +550,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error executing DalamudLinkPayload handler");
        }
    }

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ using HellionChat.Ipc;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;

 namespace HellionChat;

@@ -117,11 +120,42 @@ 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!;
+
+    // Nullable so DisposeAsync stays safe if Host-build throws before the
+    // fields get assigned — Dalamud fires DisposeAsync regardless.
+    private readonly IHost? _host;
+    private readonly PluginLifecycle? _lifecycle;
+
+    // Wrapper cached so TearDown can detach the live instance instead of
+    // re-registering with identical args (v1.4.9 ISSUE-1 cleanup).
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionSettingsCmd;
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionViewCmd;
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionDebuggerCmd;
+#if DEBUG
+    private CommandWrapper? _hellionSeStringCmd;
+#endif
+
    // 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.
@@ -158,30 +192,99 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

        Config = Interface.GetPluginConfig() as Configuration ?? new Configuration();

-        // Wire platform indirection before LoadAsync allocates anything that
-        // needs Util.* — services then read Plugin.PlatformUtil instead of
-        // hitting the Dalamud static surface directly.
-        PlatformUtil = new DalamudPlatformUtil();
+        // PlatformUtil and LogProxy are filled from the DI container in
+        // Phase-1 below (`_host.Services.GetRequiredService<IPlatformUtil>()`
+        // and the LogProxy equivalent). Phase-0 helpers that run before that
+        // point (MigrateFromChatTwoLayout, LanguageChanged, ImGuiUtil.Initialize)
+        // do not touch either static, so the brief null-window is safe.

-        // Schema gate: v1.4.x requires config v16. Users on older schemas
-        // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain.
+        // Schema gate: v1.4.x requires config v16+. Users on older schemas
+        // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain. v17 adds
+        // Tab.IsPinned (additive, no data migration needed) so v16 configs
+        // load cleanly and get their Version stamp bumped after the gate.
        if (Config.Version < 16)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                $"HellionChat v1.4.6 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
-                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.6."
+                $"HellionChat v1.4.10 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
+                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.10."
            );
        }
+        Config.Version = 17;

-        // Session-only tabs are stripped on every load; AutoTellTabsService.Initialize
-        // then re-pegs TempTabCounter from the stripped list, not the pre-strip snapshot.
-        // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/TempTabCounterTests.cs
-        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+        // Unpinned TempTabs are session-only and dropped on every load. Pinned
+        // TempTabs survive reload — Jin's tester feedback (v1.4.7).
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.ShouldStripOnLoad);

        LanguageChanged(Interface.UiLanguage);
        ImGuiUtil.Initialize(this);

        DeferredSaveFrames = -1;
+
+        // Custom themes dir + seed run before the container builds so the
+        // ThemeRegistry factory lambda finds the directory ready.
+        var customThemesDir = Path.Combine(Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(customThemesDir);
+        SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(customThemesDir);
+
+        // Phase-1: build the host synchronously (the schema gate must clear
+        // before services allocate; Lightless' deferred build would invert
+        // that order) and pull singletons into the Plugin.X surface.
+        var dependencies = new PluginHostDependencies(
+            Interface,
+            Log,
+            ChatGui,
+            ClientState,
+            CommandManager,
+            Condition,
+            DataManager,
+            Framework,
+            GameGui,
+            KeyState,
+            ObjectTable,
+            PartyList,
+            TargetManager,
+            TextureProvider,
+            GameInteropProvider,
+            GameConfig,
+            Notification,
+            AddonLifecycle,
+            PlayerState,
+            Evaluator,
+            SelfTestRegistry
+        );
+
+        _host = PluginHostFactory.Build(this, dependencies);
+        _lifecycle = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<PluginLifecycle>();
+        _lifecycle.Host = _host;
+
+        // Plugin.X static bridge - filled from the container so DI-aware code
+        // and the ~93 Plugin.X consumer sites read the same instances.
+        PlatformUtil = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IPlatformUtil>();
+        LogProxy = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IPluginLogProxy>();
+        FileDialogManager = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<FileDialogManager>();
+
+        // Resolve order matters: block-B services first so the windows can
+        // read Plugin.MessageManager etc. from their own ctors without NREs.
+        FontManager = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<FontManager>();
+        ThemeRegistry = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Themes.ThemeRegistry>();
+        Commands = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Commands>();
+        Functions = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<GameFunctions.GameFunctions>();
+        Ipc = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<IpcManager>();
+        TypingIpc = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<TypingIpc>();
+        ExtraChat = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<ExtraChat>();
+        HonorificService = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Integrations.HonorificService>();
+        StatusBar = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<Ui.StatusBar>();
+        MessageManager = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<MessageManager>();
+        AutoTellTabsService = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<AutoTellTabsService>();
+
+        ChatLogWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<ChatLogWindow>();
+        SettingsWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<SettingsWindow>();
+        DbViewer = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<DbViewer>();
+        InputPreview = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<InputPreview>();
+        CommandHelpWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<CommandHelpWindow>();
+        SeStringDebugger = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<SeStringDebugger>();
+        DebuggerWindow = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<DebuggerWindow>();
+        FirstRunWizard = _host.Services.GetRequiredService<FirstRunWizard>();
    }

    public async Task LoadAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -203,65 +306,28 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

-            // BuildFonts registers handles with Dalamud's FontAtlas; the atlas
-            // rebuilds async a few frames later (visible "font-pop" on first load).
-            FontManager = new FontManager();
-            FontManager.BuildFonts();
-
-            // ThemeRegistry must be wired before the first Draw tick.
-            var customThemesDir = Path.Combine(Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
-            Directory.CreateDirectory(customThemesDir);
-            SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(customThemesDir);
-            ThemeRegistry = new Themes.ThemeRegistry(customThemesDir);
-            ThemeRegistry.Switch(Config.Theme);
-
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-            // Service allocations — order encodes dependencies.
-            // HonorificService registers IPC subscribers early to catch
-            // Ready/Disposing events from the first frame.
-            FileDialogManager = new FileDialogManager();
-            Commands = new Commands();
-            Functions = new GameFunctions.GameFunctions(this);
-            Ipc = new IpcManager();
-            TypingIpc = new TypingIpc(this);
-            ExtraChat = new ExtraChat();
-            HonorificService = new Integrations.HonorificService(Interface, Log, Framework);
-            StatusBar = new Ui.StatusBar();
-            MessageManager = new MessageManager(this);
-
-            AutoTellTabsService = new AutoTellTabsService(
-                this,
-                MessageManager,
-                MessageManager.Store
-            );
-            AutoTellTabsService.Initialize();
+            // Container drives service init now: Host.StartAsync triggers the
+            // IHostedService adapters (FontManager.BuildFonts, ThemeRegistry
+            // cache warmup + Switch, IPC eager-resolve, MessageManager
+            // FilterAllTabsAsync, AutoTellTabsService.Initialize). Window
+            // registration with WindowSystem runs on the framework thread
+            // inside PluginLifecycle.LoadAsync after StartAsync returns.
+            if (_lifecycle is not null)
+                await _lifecycle.LoadAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

            SelfTestRegistry.RegisterTestSteps([new SelfTests.ThemeSwitchSelfTestStep(this)]);

-            ChatLogWindow = new ChatLogWindow(this);
-            SettingsWindow = new SettingsWindow(this);
-            DbViewer = new DbViewer(this);
-            InputPreview = new InputPreview(ChatLogWindow);
-            CommandHelpWindow = new CommandHelpWindow(ChatLogWindow);
-            SeStringDebugger = new SeStringDebugger(this);
-            DebuggerWindow = new DebuggerWindow(this);
-            FirstRunWizard = new FirstRunWizard(this);
-
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(ChatLogWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(SettingsWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(DbViewer);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(InputPreview);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(CommandHelpWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(SeStringDebugger);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(DebuggerWindow);
-            WindowSystem.AddWindow(FirstRunWizard);
-
            if (!Config.FirstRunCompleted)
                FirstRunWizard.IsOpen = true;

            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

+            // Populate the command dictionary + UiBuilder hooks BEFORE
+            // Commands.Initialise() walks the dictionary and registers each
+            // entry with Dalamud's CommandManager (Commands.cs:15-28). Adding
+            // wrappers after Initialise() would leak them — they'd live in
+            // the dictionary but never reach Dalamud.
+            SetupCommands();
            Commands.Initialise();

            // Daily retention sweep — fire-and-forget, skips when disabled
@@ -271,8 +337,115 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            if (Config.ShowEmotes)
                _ = EmoteCache.LoadData();

-            if (Interface.Reason is not PluginLoadReason.Boot)
-                MessageManager.FilterAllTabsAsync();
+            // FilterAllTabsAsync now runs from MessageManagerInitHostedService
+            // during Host.StartAsync (same Reason-not-Boot guard there).
+
+            // 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;
@@ -290,7 +463,6 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            Framework.Update += FrameworkUpdate;
            Interface.UiBuilder.Draw += Draw;
            Interface.LanguageChanged += LanguageChanged;
-            Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OpenMainUi;
        }
        catch
        {
@@ -312,14 +484,32 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposeStarted, 1) != 0)
            return;

+        // Set before any cleanup so deferred Framework.RunOnTick callbacks
+        // (B3 retention sweep) see the flag and bail out before they touch
+        // MessageManager / Log / static fields that the rest of this method
+        // is about to tear down.
+        _isDisposing = true;
+
        Exception? failure = null;

        // Unsubscribe hooks first — mirrors the hooks-last subscribe order in LoadAsync.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OpenMainUi);
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.LanguageChanged -= LanguageChanged);
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Interface.UiBuilder.Draw -= Draw);
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Framework.Update -= FrameworkUpdate);

+        // Signal the FTS rebuild worker to bail. Runs before MessageManager
+        // tears down so the worker's "rebuild failed" log path still finds
+        // a live Log static. Worker owns its own SqliteConnection and disposes
+        // it itself; we only flip the cancellation flag here.
+        failure = CaptureFailure(
+            failure,
+            () =>
+            {
+                _ftsRebuildCts?.Cancel();
+                _ftsRebuildCts?.Dispose();
+            }
+        );
+
        // Flush a pending DeferredSave — FrameworkUpdate won't fire it anymore.
        failure = CaptureFailure(
            failure,
@@ -333,44 +523,18 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            }
        );

-        // Unsubscribe AutoTellTabs before MessageManager goes away.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => AutoTellTabsService?.Dispose());
-
-        // MessageManager has its own async dispose path (DB flush, thread shutdown).
-        if (MessageManager is not null)
-        {
-            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(
-                    failure,
-                    () => MessageManager.DisposeAsync().AsTask()
-                )
-                .ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
-
-        // Game-function / IPC / window cleanup must run on the framework thread.
+        // Framework-thread cleanup the container does not reach.
        try
        {
            await Framework
                .RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
                {
+                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, TearDownCommands);
                    failure = CaptureFailure(
                        failure,
                        () => GameFunctions.GameFunctions.SetChatInteractable(true)
                    );
-
-                    // IPC subscribers before windows — prevents a final IPC event
-                    // from reaching a half-torn ChatLogWindow.
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => HonorificService?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => TypingIpc?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => ExtraChat?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Ipc?.Dispose());
-
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => WindowSystem?.RemoveAllWindows());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => ChatLogWindow?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => DbViewer?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => InputPreview?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => SettingsWindow?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => DebuggerWindow?.Dispose());
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => SeStringDebugger?.Dispose());
                })
                .ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
@@ -379,11 +543,17 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            failure ??= ex;
        }

-        // Pure-memory cleanups — no Framework / UI / IPC touch.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Functions?.Dispose());
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Commands?.Dispose());
+        // Container disposes services + windows on the framework thread.
+        // MessageManager.DisposeAsync is not idempotent, so we let the
+        // container do it once instead of double-disposing.
+        if (_lifecycle is not null)
+        {
+            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(failure, () => _lifecycle.DisposeAsync().AsTask())
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
+        // Static-class cleanups the container has no handle on.
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => EmoteCache.Dispose());
-        // Static input history would otherwise survive the plugin reload.
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, InputHistoryService.Reset);

        if (failure is not null)
@@ -530,11 +700,95 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        }
    }

-    private void OpenMainUi()
+    // Central slash-command + UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi/OpenMainUi subscribe so
+    // the four lazy windows (Settings, DbViewer, SeStringDebugger, Debugger)
+    // have working entry points before they're constructed.
+    private void SetupCommands()
    {
-        SettingsWindow.IsOpen = !SettingsWindow.IsOpen;
+        // ChatLogWindow.cs:128 already registers /hellion (ToggleChat). The
+        // description-arg here keeps the Dalamud help list populated.
+        _hellionSettingsCmd = Commands.Register(
+            "/hellion",
+            "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat."
+        );
+        _hellionSettingsCmd.Execute += OnHellionSettingsCommand;
+
+        _hellionViewCmd = Commands.Register(
+            "/hellionView",
+            "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
+            true
+        );
+        _hellionViewCmd.Execute += OnHellionViewCommand;
+
+        _hellionDebuggerCmd = Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false);
+        _hellionDebuggerCmd.Execute += OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
+#if DEBUG
+        // SeStringDebugger.cs lives under #if DEBUG too; keep this out of release builds.
+        _hellionSeStringCmd = Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false);
+        _hellionSeStringCmd.Execute += OnHellionSeStringCommand;
+#endif
+
+        // Plugin-Manager "Settings" button. Was in Settings.cs:67 pre-v1.4.9.
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += OnOpenConfigUi;
+
+        // Plugin-Manager "Open" button. Was in Plugin.cs LoadAsync pre-v1.4.9
+        // (separate OpenMainUi handler that flipped SettingsWindow.IsOpen).
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OnOpenMainUi;
    }

+    private void TearDownCommands()
+    {
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OnOpenMainUi;
+        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= OnOpenConfigUi;
+
+        // Null-tolerant detaches: TearDownCommands can run from the LoadAsync
+        // failure path (Plugin.cs CaptureFailure) before SetupCommands finished.
+        if (_hellionSettingsCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionSettingsCmd.Execute -= OnHellionSettingsCommand;
+            _hellionSettingsCmd = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_hellionViewCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionViewCmd.Execute -= OnHellionViewCommand;
+            _hellionViewCmd = null;
+        }
+
+        if (_hellionDebuggerCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionDebuggerCmd.Execute -= OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
+            _hellionDebuggerCmd = null;
+        }
+#if DEBUG
+        if (_hellionSeStringCmd is not null)
+        {
+            _hellionSeStringCmd.Execute -= OnHellionSeStringCommand;
+            _hellionSeStringCmd = null;
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+
+    private void OnHellionSettingsCommand(string command, string arguments)
+    {
+        // /hellion with args is intentionally a no-op (matches pre-v1.4.9
+        // Settings.cs:76-80 behaviour).
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(arguments))
+            SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+    }
+
+    private void OnOpenConfigUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnOpenMainUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnHellionViewCommand(string _, string __) => DbViewer.Toggle();
+
+    private void OnHellionDebuggerCommand(string _, string __) => DebuggerWindow.Toggle();
+
+#if DEBUG
+    private void OnHellionSeStringCommand(string _, string __) => SeStringDebugger.Toggle();
+#endif
+
    private void RunRetentionSweepIfDue()
    {
        if (!Config.RetentionEnabled)
@@ -570,15 +824,31 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                if (deleted > 0)
                {
                    Log.Information($"Retention sweep deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
-                    // Run clear+refilter on the framework thread — FilterAllTabsAsync
-                    // is fire-and-forget and would race the next sweep cycle.
-                    Framework
-                        .Run(() =>
+                    // Schedule on the next framework tick to avoid the ~194ms
+                    // hitch from blocking with .Wait() while the framework
+                    // finishes the current frame. Tabs-list mutation must
+                    // stay on the framework thread because Plugin.Config.Tabs
+                    // (Configuration.cs:222) is not lock-protected and
+                    // AutoTellTabsService can mutate it from background paths.
+                    // Pattern reference: SimpleTweaks
+                    // Tweaks/Chat/CaseInsensitiveCommands.cs:45.
+                    Framework.RunOnTick(() =>
+                    {
+                        // The retention thread is IsBackground=true so plugin
+                        // unload can fire while a scheduled tick is still
+                        // pending; bail before touching anything torn down.
+                        if (_isDisposing)
+                            return;
+                        try
                        {
                            MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                            MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
-                        })
-                        .Wait();
+                        }
+                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        {
+                            Log.Error(ex, "Retention sweep clear+refilter failed");
+                        }
+                    });
                }
                else
                {
@@ -602,6 +872,12 @@ 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 +922,17 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

    internal void SaveConfig()
    {
-        // Session-only Auto-Tell-Tabs aren't persisted, so they move aside
-        // before serialization and re-attach after. Cloning only the temp
-        // subset keeps the allocation proportional to AutoTellTabsLimit
-        // (<=15) instead of the full tab list.
-        var tempTabs = Config.Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab).ToList();
-        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);
+        // Only unpinned TempTabs are session-only — they move aside before
+        // serialization and re-attach after. Pinned TempTabs stay in
+        // Config.Tabs across the save so JSON includes them. Cloning only the
+        // unpinned subset keeps the allocation proportional to
+        // AutoTellTabsLimit (<=15) instead of the full tab list.
+        var unpinnedTempTabs = Config.Tabs.Where(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool).ToList();
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.ShouldStripOnSave);

        Interface.SavePluginConfig(Config);

-        Config.Tabs.AddRange(tempTabs);
-
-        // 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();
+        Config.Tabs.AddRange(unpinnedTempTabs);
    }

    internal void LanguageChanged(string langCode)
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+using Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiFileDialog;
+using Dalamud.Plugin;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using HellionChat.Infrastructure.Hosting;
+using HellionChat.Infrastructure.Logging;
+using HellionChat.Ipc;
+using HellionChat.Themes;
+using HellionChat.Ui;
+using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace HellionChat;
+
+// Builds the generic-host DI container that drives v1.5.0+. The factory is
+// invoked synchronously from Plugin.ctor (after the schema gate clears) so the
+// container exists before PluginLifecycle.LoadAsync runs. See plan §1 for the
+// deliberate divergence from Lightless' deferred Func-delegate pattern.
+internal static class PluginHostFactory
+{
+    public static IHost Build(Plugin plugin, PluginHostDependencies dependencies)
+    {
+        return new HostBuilder()
+            .UseContentRoot(dependencies.PluginInterface.ConfigDirectory.FullName)
+            .ConfigureLogging(logging =>
+            {
+                logging.ClearProviders();
+                logging.AddDalamudLogging(dependencies.PluginLog);
+                logging.SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Trace);
+            })
+            .ConfigureServices(services => ConfigureServices(services, plugin, dependencies))
+            .Build();
+    }
+
+    private static void ConfigureServices(
+        IServiceCollection services,
+        Plugin plugin,
+        PluginHostDependencies dependencies
+    )
+    {
+        // Block A — Dalamud services (21 [PluginService] singletons).
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PluginInterface);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PluginLog);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.ChatGui);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.ClientState);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.CommandManager);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Condition);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.DataManager);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Framework);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.GameGui);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.KeyState);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.ObjectTable);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PartyList);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.TargetManager);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.TextureProvider);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.GameInteropProvider);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.GameConfig);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Notification);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.AddonLifecycle);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.PlayerState);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.Evaluator);
+        services.AddSingleton(dependencies.SelfTestRegistry);
+
+        // Self-references: Plugin and its WindowSystem already exist.
+        services.AddSingleton(plugin);
+        services.AddSingleton(plugin.WindowSystem);
+        services.AddSingleton<PluginLifecycle>();
+
+        // Block B — HellionChat singletons. Factory lambdas because most
+        // classes are internal-sealed and the default activator only sees
+        // public ctors.
+        services.AddSingleton<IPlatformUtil>(_ => new DalamudPlatformUtil());
+        services.AddSingleton<IPluginLogProxy>(sp => new DalamudPluginLogProxy(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IPluginLog>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton<FileDialogManager>(_ => new FileDialogManager());
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new Commands(sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Commands>>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(_ => new FontManager());
+        services.AddSingleton(_ => new StatusBar());
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new IpcManager(sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<IpcManager>>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new ExtraChat(sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ExtraChat>>()));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new ThemeRegistry(
+            Path.Combine(
+                sp.GetRequiredService<IDalamudPluginInterface>().ConfigDirectory.FullName,
+                "themes"
+            ),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ThemeRegistry>>()
+        ));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new GameFunctions.GameFunctions(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<GameFunctions.GameFunctions>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new TypingIpc(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<TypingIpc>>()
+        ));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new Integrations.HonorificService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IDalamudPluginInterface>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<Integrations.HonorificService>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IFramework>()
+        ));
+
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new MessageManager(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<MessageManager>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+
+        // MessageStore is allocated inside MessageManager.ctor; a separate
+        // container singleton would double-construct the SQLite handle.
+        services.AddSingleton(sp =>
+        {
+            var pluginRef = sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>();
+            var manager = sp.GetRequiredService<MessageManager>();
+            return new AutoTellTabsService(
+                pluginRef,
+                manager,
+                manager.Store,
+                sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<AutoTellTabsService>>()
+            );
+        });
+
+        // Block C — Windows. WindowSystem.AddWindow is called from
+        // PluginLifecycle.LoadAsync on the framework thread.
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new ChatLogWindow(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ChatLogWindow>>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new SettingsWindow(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new DbViewer(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ILogger<DbViewer>>()
+        ));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new InputPreview(sp.GetRequiredService<ChatLogWindow>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new CommandHelpWindow(sp.GetRequiredService<ChatLogWindow>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new SeStringDebugger(sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new DebuggerWindow(sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>()));
+        services.AddSingleton(sp => new FirstRunWizard(sp.GetRequiredService<Plugin>()));
+
+        // Hosted-service adapters: thin wrappers around the existing init
+        // methods so the service class bodies stay unchanged.
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new FontManagerInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<FontManager>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new ThemeRegistryInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ThemeRegistry>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new IpcManagerInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IpcManager>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new TypingIpcInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<TypingIpc>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new ExtraChatInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<ExtraChat>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new MessageManagerInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<IDalamudPluginInterface>(),
+            sp.GetRequiredService<MessageManager>()
+        ));
+        services.AddHostedService(sp => new AutoTellTabsServiceInitHostedService(
+            sp.GetRequiredService<AutoTellTabsService>()
+        ));
+    }
+}
+
+internal sealed record PluginHostDependencies(
+    IDalamudPluginInterface PluginInterface,
+    IPluginLog PluginLog,
+    IChatGui ChatGui,
+    IClientState ClientState,
+    ICommandManager CommandManager,
+    ICondition Condition,
+    IDataManager DataManager,
+    IFramework Framework,
+    IGameGui GameGui,
+    IKeyState KeyState,
+    IObjectTable ObjectTable,
+    IPartyList PartyList,
+    ITargetManager TargetManager,
+    ITextureProvider TextureProvider,
+    IGameInteropProvider GameInteropProvider,
+    IGameConfig GameConfig,
+    INotificationManager Notification,
+    IAddonLifecycle AddonLifecycle,
+    IPlayerState PlayerState,
+    ISeStringEvaluator Evaluator,
+    ISelfTestRegistry SelfTestRegistry
+);
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.Services;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace HellionChat;
+
+// Orchestrates Host.StartAsync / StopAsync and the framework-thread dispose.
+// Plugin.ctor builds the host and assigns it via the Host property, so
+// PluginLifecycle never constructs the host itself.
+internal sealed class PluginLifecycle : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private readonly IFramework _framework;
+    private readonly Plugin _plugin;
+
+    private int _disposeStarted;
+    private bool _hostStartRequested;
+
+    public PluginLifecycle(IFramework framework, Plugin plugin)
+    {
+        _framework = framework;
+        _plugin = plugin;
+    }
+
+    // Plugin.ctor fills this immediately after PluginHostFactory.Build and
+    // before invoking LoadAsync; LoadAsync may NRE-suppress on Host! safely.
+    public IHost? Host { get; set; }
+
+    public async Task LoadAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+        try
+        {
+            _hostStartRequested = true;
+            await Host!.StartAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            // WindowSystem.AddWindow mutates an internal List<>; v1.4.9 Stage-2
+            // verified the list is non-thread-safe, so we marshal the entire
+            // registration block to the framework thread.
+            await _framework
+                .RunOnFrameworkThread(() => RegisterWindows(_plugin))
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                await DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Swallow secondary dispose failure so the original load throw wins.
+            }
+
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void RegisterWindows(Plugin plugin)
+    {
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.ChatLogWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.SettingsWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.DbViewer);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.InputPreview);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.CommandHelpWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.SeStringDebugger);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.DebuggerWindow);
+        plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(plugin.FirstRunWizard);
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        // Idempotency guard — Dalamud may fire DisposeAsync twice in a reload race.
+        if (Interlocked.Exchange(ref _disposeStarted, 1) != 0)
+            return;
+
+        Exception? failure = null;
+
+        if (_hostStartRequested && Host is not null)
+            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(failure, () => Host.StopAsync())
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        failure = await DisposeHostOnFrameworkThreadAsync(failure).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        ThrowIfFailed(failure);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<Exception?> DisposeHostOnFrameworkThreadAsync(Exception? failure)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await _framework
+                .RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
+                {
+                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Host?.Dispose());
+                })
+                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            failure ??= ex;
+        }
+
+        return failure;
+    }
+
+    private static Exception? CaptureFailure(Exception? failure, Action action)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            action();
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            failure ??= ex;
+        }
+
+        return failure;
+    }
+
+    private static async ValueTask<Exception?> CaptureFailureAsync(
+        Exception? failure,
+        Func<Task> action
+    )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            await action().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            failure ??= ex;
+        }
+
+        return failure;
+    }
+
+    private static void ThrowIfFailed(Exception? failure)
+    {
+        if (failure is not null)
+            ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(failure).Throw();
+    }
+}
@@ -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));
@@ -260,6 +270,10 @@ internal class HellionStrings
    internal static string Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading));
    internal static string Settings_Chat_Emotes_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_Emotes_Heading));

+    // Hellion Chat — Chat-Tab SymbolPicker
+    internal static string Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name));
+    internal static string Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description => Get(nameof(Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description));
+
    // Hellion Chat — Database-Tab section headings
    internal static string Settings_Database_Storage_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Database_Storage_Heading));
    internal static string Settings_Database_Viewer_Heading => Get(nameof(Settings_Database_Viewer_Heading));
@@ -370,6 +384,8 @@ 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 +406,9 @@ 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));
 }
@@ -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>
@@ -526,6 +556,14 @@
    <value>Emotes</value>
  </data>

+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat-Tab SymbolPicker -->
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Symbol-Picker-Button neben dem Chat-Eingang anzeigen</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Fügt einen kleinen Button links neben dem Kanal-Indikator ein. Klick öffnet ein Popup mit FFXIV-Glyphen und einer kuratierten Symbol-Liste. Ausschalten für eine schlankere Eingabezeile.</value>
+  </data>
+
  <!-- Hellion Chat — Sektions-Überschriften des Database-Tabs -->
  <data name="Settings_Database_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Speicherung</value>
@@ -827,6 +865,12 @@
  <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 +925,13 @@
  <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>
@@ -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>
@@ -526,6 +556,14 @@
    <value>Emotes</value>
  </data>

+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat tab SymbolPicker -->
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Show symbol-picker button next to chat input</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Adds a small button left of the channel indicator that opens a popup with FFXIV icons and a curated symbol list. Disable if you prefer a leaner input bar.</value>
+  </data>
+
  <!-- Hellion Chat — Database tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_Database_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Storage</value>
@@ -827,6 +865,12 @@
  <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 +925,13 @@
  <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>
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 using HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Themes;

 public sealed class ThemeRegistry
 {
+    private readonly ILogger<ThemeRegistry>? _logger;
+
    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
@@ -13,8 +23,18 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
    private readonly string? _customThemesDir;
    private Theme _active;

-    public ThemeRegistry(string? customThemesDir = null)
+    // 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, ILogger<ThemeRegistry>? logger = null)
    {
+        _logger = logger;
        // Insertion order drives the Theme-Picker grid layout (3 columns).
        // Row 1: blue family. Row 2: purple to magenta family.
        // Row 3: green / warm / classic. Row 4: Synthwave Sunset as a
@@ -48,7 +68,9 @@ 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 +81,70 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry

    public IEnumerable<Theme> AllCustom() => RefreshCustomCache();

+    // Built-in-first to match Get(slug)'s lookup order. A user theme JSON
+    // that declares the same slug as a built-in is ignored deliberately --
+    // having Switch prefer custom and Get prefer built-in would produce
+    // a state where _active and Get(_active.Slug) disagree.
    public void Switch(string slug)
    {
-        var theme = Get(slug);
-        // Defensive — ensures any future theme source always gets a populated cache.
-        theme.RecomputeAbgrCache();
-        _active = theme;
+        if (_builtIns.TryGetValue(slug, out var builtin))
+        {
+            _active = builtin;
+            _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+            _activeCustomPath = null;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var customTheme = LoadCustomBySlug(slug, out var customPath);
+        if (customTheme is not null)
+        {
+            _active = customTheme;
+            // Defensive — ensures any future theme source always gets a populated cache.
+            _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+            _activeCustomPath = customPath;
+            // Force a first-tick reload-check after the switch so the stamp
+            // baseline is established on the next RefreshActiveIfStale call.
+            _lastActiveStamp = DateTime.MinValue;
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Fallback: neither built-in nor custom matched. Drop to default
+        // and clear the active custom path so RefreshActiveIfStale stays idle.
+        _active = _builtIns[DefaultSlug];
+        _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+        _activeCustomPath = null;
+    }
+
+    // 1Hz-throttled disk-stat on the currently active custom theme file.
+    // When the file's LastWriteTime moves forward (editor save), reload the
+    // theme via Get() so the user sees the edit immediately without
+    // re-selecting in the picker. Built-in themes short-circuit; custom
+    // themes without an _activeCustomPath (e.g. Switch fell to default)
+    // short-circuit too.
+    public void RefreshActiveIfStale()
+    {
+        var now = Environment.TickCount64;
+        if (now - _lastActiveStampCheckMs < ActiveStampPollIntervalMs)
+            return;
+        _lastActiveStampCheckMs = now;
+
+        if (_active.IsBuiltIn)
+            return;
+
+        var path = _activeCustomPath;
+        if (path is null || !File.Exists(path))
+            return;
+
+        var stamp = File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc(path);
+        if (!ThemeStampDiff.IsStale(_lastActiveStamp, stamp))
+            return;
+        _lastActiveStamp = stamp;
+
+        // Get() re-runs RefreshCustomCache which picks up the new content
+        // (the cache keys by path + LastWriteTime, so a mtime bump invalidates).
+        // RecomputeAbgrCache happens inside RefreshCustomCache on cache miss.
+        var reloaded = Get(_active.Slug);
+        _active = reloaded;
    }

    // 0x80070020 = SHARING_VIOLATION, 0x80070021 = LOCK_VIOLATION.
@@ -77,18 +157,30 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
        return code == 0x80070020u || code == 0x80070021u;
    }

-    // Custom themes are loaded lazily, cached by LastWriteTime.
-    // A changed JSON is reloaded on the next lookup.
-    private Theme? LoadCustomBySlug(string slug)
+    // Slug -> Theme lookup with the source path as an out-param so the
+    // Switch path can remember which file backs the active custom theme.
+    // Pure reverse-lookup over the existing _customCache: that cache is
+    // already Path -> (Theme, Stamp), so iterating it costs nothing,
+    // avoids a re-parse of every JSON, and keeps the parse logic (and
+    // the recoverable-file-lock recovery) confined to RefreshCustomCache.
+    // The cache must be warm before this runs; Plugin.LoadAsync triggers
+    // a one-time warm-up via AllCustom() before the first Switch call.
+    private Theme? LoadCustomBySlug(string slug, out string? sourcePath)
    {
+        sourcePath = null;
        if (_customThemesDir is null)
            return null;
        if (!Directory.Exists(_customThemesDir))
            return null;

-        foreach (var theme in RefreshCustomCache())
-            if (string.Equals(theme.Slug, slug, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                return theme;
+        foreach (var kvp in _customCache)
+        {
+            if (string.Equals(kvp.Value.Theme.Slug, slug, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                sourcePath = kvp.Key;
+                return kvp.Value.Theme;
+            }
+        }
        return null;
    }

@@ -118,7 +210,7 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
                catch (Exception ex) when (IsRecoverableFileLock(ex))
                {
                    // Editor mid-save: keep last known good, retry on next refresh.
-                    Plugin.Log.Debug(
+                    _logger?.LogDebug(
                        $"Custom theme {Path.GetFileName(path)} is locked, keeping last known good"
                    );
                    if (cached.Theme is not null)
@@ -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;
+    }
+}
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Excel.Sheets;
 using Lumina.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

    private readonly CommandWrapper _clearHellionCommand;
    private readonly CommandWrapper _hellionCommand;
+    private readonly SymbolPicker _symbolPicker;

    internal bool ScreenshotMode;
    private string Salt { get; }
@@ -97,10 +99,19 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
    private long FrameTime; // set every frame
    internal long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;

-    internal ChatLogWindow(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<ChatLogWindow> _logger;
+    private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
+
+    internal ChatLogWindow(
+        Plugin plugin,
+        ILogger<ChatLogWindow> logger,
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory
+    )
        : base($"{Plugin.PluginName}###chat2")
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
+        _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
        Salt = new Random().Next().ToString();

        Size = new Vector2(500, 250);
@@ -113,8 +124,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        DisableWindowSounds = true;
        // AllowBackgroundBlur is set centrally in Plugin.Setup after AddWindow.

-        PayloadHandler = new PayloadHandler(this);
-        HandlerLender = new Lender<PayloadHandler>(() => new PayloadHandler(this));
+        PayloadHandler = new PayloadHandler(this, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<PayloadHandler>());
+        HandlerLender = new Lender<PayloadHandler>(() =>
+            new PayloadHandler(this, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<PayloadHandler>())
+        );

        SetUpTextCommandChannels();
        SetUpAllCommands();
@@ -129,6 +142,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        _clearHellionCommand.Execute += ClearLog;
        _hellionCommand.Execute += ToggleChat;

+        _symbolPicker = new SymbolPicker();
+
        Plugin.ClientState.Login += Login;
        Plugin.ClientState.Logout += Logout;

@@ -189,11 +204,28 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            return;
        }

+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
+        // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream ee7768ac (Infiziert90, 2026-05-16)
+        // - Replace the chat input when args.AddIfNotPresent / args.Input starts
+        //   with a slash. Vanilla actions like the Friend List "/tell" entry and
+        //   other plugins push slash commands through these args; appending them
+        //   to existing text would produce inputs like "test/tell user@world".
+        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
        if (args.AddIfNotPresent != null && !Chat.Contains(args.AddIfNotPresent))
-            Chat += args.AddIfNotPresent;
+        {
+            if (args.AddIfNotPresent.StartsWith('/'))
+                Chat = args.AddIfNotPresent;
+            else
+                Chat += args.AddIfNotPresent;
+        }

        if (args.Input != null)
-            Chat += args.Input;
+        {
+            if (args.Input.StartsWith('/'))
+                Chat = args.Input;
+            else
+                Chat += args.Input;
+        }

        var (info, reason, target) = (args.ChannelSwitchInfo, args.TellReason, args.TellTarget);

@@ -277,7 +309,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                || !GameFunctions.Chat.IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(targetChannel.Value)
            )
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Warning(
+                _logger.LogWarning(
                    $"Channel was set to an invalid value '{targetChannel}', ignoring"
                );
                return;
@@ -331,11 +363,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        {
            case "hide":
                CurrentHideState = HideState.User;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
+                _logger.LogTrace("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
                break;
            case "show":
                CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
+                _logger.LogTrace("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
                break;
            case "toggle":
                CurrentHideState = CurrentHideState switch
@@ -345,7 +377,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                    HideState.None => HideState.User,
                    _ => CurrentHideState,
                };
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
+                _logger.LogTrace($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
                break;
        }
    }
@@ -419,8 +451,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        // The hint banner renders before this block so ImGui already accounts for it.
        height -= ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();

-        // Status bar at the window bottom reserves 22px + 2px spacing.
-        height -= StatusBar.Height + 2;
+        // StatusBar.Height now bakes in its own DPI-aware 2px spacer, so the
+        // window reservation is just Height -- no extra +2 (v1.4.8 B1).
+        height -= StatusBar.Height;

        return height;
    }
@@ -441,11 +474,24 @@ 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();
+            _logger.LogDebug(
+                $"[Tab] '{newTab.Name}' seeded channel from '{previousTab.Name}' "
+                    + $"(Channel={newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel}, TellTarget={newTab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget?.ToTargetString() ?? "null"})"
+            );
+        }

        SetChannel(newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel);
    }
@@ -469,14 +515,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        if (Plugin.Config.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: None → Battle");
+            _logger.LogTrace("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");
+            _logger.LogTrace("HideState: Battle → None");
        }

        // if the chat has no hide state and in a cutscene, set the hide state to cutscene
@@ -489,7 +535,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            if (Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
            {
                CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: None → Cutscene");
+                _logger.LogTrace("HideState: None → Cutscene");
            }
        }

@@ -500,7 +546,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            && !Plugin.GposeActive
        )
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
        }

@@ -508,14 +554,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
+            _logger.LogTrace("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)");
+            _logger.LogTrace("HideState: User → None (activate)");
        }

        if (
@@ -622,6 +668,15 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        IsOpen = true;
    }

+    // v1.4.9 R2: defer non-essential rendering on the first Draw call so the
+    // plugin-load stays under Dalamud's 100ms HITCH warning threshold. First-
+    // frame ImGui layout cost on a populated ChatLog ~127ms — deferring six
+    // non-essential sections (StatusBar, ChannelName chunks, PositionReset/
+    // BoundsCheck, HintBanner, AutoComplete, InputPreview.CalculatePreview)
+    // shaves ~33ms down to ~94ms. User sees the deferred sections one frame
+    // (~17ms at 60fps) late, invisible inside the post-reload Atlas-Build.
+    private bool _firstFrameDone;
+
    public override void Draw()
    {
        DrewThisFrame = true;
@@ -629,11 +684,15 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        {
            DrawChatLog();
            AddPopOutsToDraw();
-            DrawAutoComplete();
+
+            // v1.4.9 R2: AutoComplete renders nothing until the user starts
+            // typing a command — safe to skip on the first frame. ~6ms.
+            if (_firstFrameDone)
+                DrawAutoComplete();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
+            _logger.LogError(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
            if (!NotifiedDrawFailure)
            {
                Plugin.Notification.AddNotification(
@@ -651,6 +710,13 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            // input focus, which breaks every other ImGui window.
            Activate = false;
        }
+        finally
+        {
+            // Flag flips after the first Draw completes (success or caught
+            // exception). Sub-methods read it to decide whether to render
+            // non-essential UI sections.
+            _firstFrameDone = true;
+        }
    }

    private static bool IsChatMode =>
@@ -666,18 +732,25 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        LastWindowSize = currentSize;
        LastWindowPos = ImGui.GetWindowPos();

-        // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
-        // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
-        if (RequestPositionReset)
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip the bounds-check chain on the first frame. The
+        // EnsureWindowOnScreen viewport iteration is ~10ms first-frame and
+        // not user-visible — frame 1 catches the same check before the
+        // user notices a mispositioned window.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
        {
-            RequestPositionReset = false;
-            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
-            ApplySafeDefaultPosition("manual-reset");
-        }
-        else if (!DidOnLoadBoundsCheck)
-        {
-            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
-            EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
+            // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
+            // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
+            if (RequestPositionReset)
+            {
+                RequestPositionReset = false;
+                DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+                ApplySafeDefaultPosition("manual-reset");
+            }
+            else if (!DidOnLoadBoundsCheck)
+            {
+                DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
+                EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
+            }
        }

        if (resized)
@@ -686,12 +759,17 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        LastViewport = ImGui.GetWindowViewport().Handle;
        WasDocked = ImGui.IsWindowDocked();

-        if (IsChatMode && Plugin.InputPreview.IsDrawable)
+        // v1.4.9 R2: CalculatePreview triggers InputPreview's first-frame
+        // lazy init (~3-5ms). User-typing-driven, safe to defer one frame.
+        if (_firstFrameDone && IsChatMode && Plugin.InputPreview.IsDrawable)
            Plugin.InputPreview.CalculatePreview();

        // Render the hint banner first so it sits above the tab area at full
        // window width. ImGui accounts for its height automatically.
-        DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip on first frame (~3-5ms layout cost). The banner
+        // is a v0.6.1 migration notice that returns the same result frame 1.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
+            DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();

        if (Plugin.Config.SidebarTabView)
            DrawTabSidebar();
@@ -746,6 +824,40 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        )
            inputColour = ecColour;

+        // Symbol-picker trigger sits left of the channel indicator. ImRaii.Popup
+        // inside DrawAndConsume pins to the last rendered item, so the call MUST
+        // run immediately after this IconButton — placing it after the channel
+        // picker below would pin the popup under the wrong widget.
+        if (Plugin.Config.SymbolPickerEnabled)
+        {
+            if (
+                ImGuiUtil.IconButton(
+                    FontAwesomeIcon.Smile,
+                    "symbol-picker-trigger",
+                    "Insert symbol or FFXIV icon"
+                )
+            )
+            {
+                _symbolPicker.OpenPopup();
+            }
+        }
+        // DrawAndConsume runs unconditionally; with the button hidden the popup
+        // can't open, so the call is a no-op. Splice path stays outside the
+        // guard for the same reason.
+        var insertedSymbol = _symbolPicker.DrawAndConsume();
+        if (insertedSymbol is not null)
+        {
+            // Same cursor-aware splice idiom as the AutoComplete commit path at
+            // ChatLogWindow.cs:2487-2493. Clamp because CursorPos can drift if
+            // the user mutates Chat while the popup is open.
+            var pos = Math.Clamp(CursorPos, 0, Chat.Length);
+            Chat = Chat[..pos] + insertedSymbol + Chat[pos..];
+            Activate = true;
+            ActivatePos = pos + insertedSymbol.Length;
+        }
+        if (Plugin.Config.SymbolPickerEnabled)
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+
        var beforeIcon = ImGui.GetCursorPos();

        var tintSelector = Plugin.Config.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton && inputColour.HasValue;
@@ -924,7 +1036,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

        // v1.2.0 — Bottom-Status-Bar. Letzter Render-Step in DrawChatLog,
        // damit alle Zeilen-Operationen davor keine Layout-Sprünge auslösen.
-        Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
+        // v1.4.9 R2: skip on the first frame; ~12ms of first-frame layout
+        // cost. User sees the StatusBar 1 frame (~17ms at 60fps) later
+        // which is hidden inside the post-reload Atlas-Build window.
+        if (_firstFrameDone)
+            Plugin.StatusBar.Draw(Plugin);
    }

    internal Dictionary<string, InputChannel> GetValidChannels()
@@ -975,6 +1091,16 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

    private void DrawChannelName(Tab activeTab)
    {
+        // v1.4.9 R2: plain-text fallback on the first frame. ReadChannelName
+        // builds SeString chunks and DrawChunks runs SeString-Renderer layout
+        // — together ~18ms first-frame. Frame 1 renders the real chunks; the
+        // user sees the tab name for ~17ms during the post-reload window.
+        if (!_firstFrameDone)
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(activeTab.Name);
+            return;
+        }
+
        var currentChannel = ReadChannelName(activeTab);
        if (!currentChannel.SequenceEqual(PreviousChannel))
            PreviousChannel = currentChannel;
@@ -1608,7 +1734,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
        }
    }

@@ -1673,6 +1799,30 @@ 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 +1835,8 @@ 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 +1855,42 @@ 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 +1979,12 @@ 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 +2044,35 @@ 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 +2196,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(FontAwesomeIcon.Crown.ToIconString());
        }
        ImGui.SameLine(0f, gapAfterCrown);
-        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, titleColor))
-        {
-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(rendered);
-        }
+        DrawHonorificTitleText(rendered, titleColor, title.Glow);
        ImGui.EndGroup();

        if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
@@ -2013,6 +2207,35 @@ 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 +2282,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        {
            Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutHeaderHint = true;
            Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
+            _logger.LogDebug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
            if (openSettings)
                Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
        }
@@ -2124,10 +2347,52 @@ 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 = [];

@@ -2155,7 +2420,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            if (PopOutWindows.Contains(tab.Identifier))
                continue;

-            var window = new Popout(this, tab, i);
+            var window = new Popout(this, tab, i, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<Popout>());

            Plugin.WindowSystem.AddWindow(window);
            PopOutWindows.Add(tab.Identifier);
@@ -2672,7 +2937,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        var viewport = ImGui.GetMainViewport();
        var safePos = viewport.WorkPos + SafeDefaultOffset;
        Position = safePos;
-        Plugin.Log.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
            $"[Window-Recovery] {source}: snapping main window from {LastWindowPos} (size {LastWindowSize}) to {safePos}."
        );

@@ -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;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
 using Lumina.Data.Files;
 using Lumina.Text.ReadOnly;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using MoreLinq;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;
@@ -33,11 +35,21 @@ 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 = "";
@@ -56,10 +68,13 @@ public class DbViewer : Window

    private bool NeedsScrollReset;

-    public DbViewer(Plugin plugin)
+    private readonly ILogger<DbViewer> _logger;
+
+    public DbViewer(Plugin plugin, ILogger<DbViewer> logger)
        : base("DBViewer###chat2-dbviewer")
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
+        _logger = logger;
        SelectedChannels = TabsUtil.MostlyPlayer;

        DateFormat = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern;
@@ -82,29 +97,13 @@ public class DbViewer : Window

        RespectCloseHotkey = false;
        DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute += Toggle;
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute -= Toggle;
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
    }

-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
    public override void Draw()
    {
        var totalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)Count / RowPerPage);
@@ -233,6 +232,24 @@ 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 +260,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                30
            )
        )
-            Filtered = Filter(Messages);
+            TriggerFilterRefresh();

        // Third row

@@ -307,7 +324,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
-                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
+                    _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
                }
                finally
                {
@@ -447,11 +464,53 @@ 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)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError(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 +629,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");
+                _logger.LogError(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");

                Notification.Content = "Error ...";
                Notification.Type = NotificationType.Error;
@@ -28,17 +28,13 @@ public class DebuggerWindow : Window, IDisposable

        RespectCloseHotkey = false;
        DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute += Toggle;
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute -= Toggle;
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
    }

-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
    public override unsafe void Draw()
    {
        var agent = (nint)AgentItemDetail.Instance();
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Style;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Windowing;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
    private readonly ChatLogWindow ChatLogWindow;
    private readonly Tab Tab;
    private readonly int Idx;
+    private readonly ILogger<Popout> _logger;

    private long FrameTime;
    private long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;
@@ -23,12 +25,13 @@ internal class Popout : Window
    // Exposed so AutoTellTabsService can locate this window during LRU eviction.
    internal Guid TabIdentifier => Tab.Identifier;

-    public Popout(ChatLogWindow chatLogWindow, Tab tab, int idx)
+    public Popout(ChatLogWindow chatLogWindow, Tab tab, int idx, ILogger<Popout> logger)
        : base($"{tab.Name}##popout")
    {
        ChatLogWindow = chatLogWindow;
        Tab = tab;
        Idx = idx;
+        _logger = logger;

        Size = new Vector2(350, 350);
        SizeCondition = ImGuiCond.FirstUseEver;
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        {
            Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutInputHint = true;
            ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
+            _logger.LogDebug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
            if (openSettings)
                ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
        }
@@ -214,13 +217,13 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        if (Tab.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
        }

        if (CurrentHideState is HideState.Battle && !Plugin.InBattle)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
        }

        if (
@@ -232,7 +235,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
            if (ChatLogWindow.Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
            {
                CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
+                _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
            }
        }

@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
            && !Plugin.GposeActive
        )
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose(
+            _logger.LogTrace(
                $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: {CurrentHideState} -> None (cutscene/gpose ended)"
            );
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
@@ -251,7 +254,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose(
+            _logger.LogTrace(
                $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Cutscene -> CutsceneOverride (user activate)"
            );
        }
@@ -259,7 +262,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
+            _logger.LogTrace($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
        }

        return CurrentHideState is HideState.Cutscene or HideState.User or HideState.Battle
@@ -29,21 +29,13 @@ public class SeStringDebugger : Window

        RespectCloseHotkey = false;
        DisableWindowSounds = true;
-
-#if DEBUG
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute += Toggle;
-#endif
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
-#if DEBUG
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute -= Toggle;
-#endif
+        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
    }

-    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
-
    public override void Draw()
    {
        if (Plugin.MessageManager.LastMessage.Sender == null)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using Dalamud.Utility;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
    private SettingsView View = SettingsView.Overview;
    private readonly SettingsOverview Overview;

-    internal SettingsWindow(Plugin plugin)
+    internal SettingsWindow(Plugin plugin, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
        : base($"{Language.Settings_Title.Format(Plugin.PluginName)}###chat2-settings")
    {
        Flags = ImGuiWindowFlags.NoScrollbar | ImGuiWindowFlags.NoScrollWithMouse;
@@ -45,13 +46,13 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
        Tabs =
        [
            new General(Plugin, Mutable),
-            new ThemeAndLayout(Plugin, Mutable),
-            new FontsAndColours(Plugin, Mutable),
+            new ThemeAndLayout(Plugin, Mutable, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<ThemeAndLayout>()),
+            new FontsAndColours(Plugin, Mutable, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<FontsAndColours>()),
            new SettingsTabs.Window(Plugin, Mutable),
            new Chat(Plugin, Mutable),
            new SettingsTabs.Tabs(Plugin, Mutable),
            new SettingsTabs.Privacy(Plugin, Mutable),
-            new DataManagement(Plugin, Mutable),
+            new DataManagement(Plugin, Mutable, loggerFactory.CreateLogger<DataManagement>()),
            new SettingsTabs.Integrations(Plugin, Mutable),
            new Information(Mutable),
        ];
@@ -60,23 +61,11 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
        DisableWindowSounds = true;

        Initialise();
-
-        Plugin
-            .Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.")
-            .Execute += Command;
-        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += Toggle;
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
-        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= Toggle;
-        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellion").Execute -= Command;
-    }
-
-    private void Command(string command, string args)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(args))
-            Toggle();
+        // Slash-command + OpenConfigUi tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
    }

    private void Initialise()
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                );
                ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_CollapseDuplicateMsgUniqueLink_Description);
            }
+
+            ImGui.Checkbox(
+                HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Name,
+                ref Mutable.SymbolPickerEnabled
+            );
+            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_SymbolPicker_Enable_Description);
        }
    }

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using HellionChat.Export;
 using HellionChat.Privacy;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
 {
    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
    private Configuration Mutable { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<DataManagement> _logger;

    public string Name =>
        HellionStrings.Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title + "###tabs-datamanagement";
@@ -136,10 +138,11 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
        ),
    ];

-    internal DataManagement(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
+    internal DataManagement(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable, ILogger<DataManagement> logger)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
        Mutable = mutable;
+        _logger = logger;
    }

    public void Draw(bool changed)
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
-                        Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Unable to delete old database");
+                        _logger.LogError(e, "Unable to delete old database");
                        WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                            Language.Options_Database_Old_Delete_Error,
                            NotificationType.Error
@@ -391,7 +394,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                Plugin.Config.RetentionLastRunAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                Plugin.SaveConfig();

-                Plugin.Log.Information($"Manual retention run deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Manual retention run deleted {deleted} expired messages.");

                if (deleted > 0)
                {
@@ -405,7 +408,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                            .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                    )
                    {
-                        Plugin.Log.Warning(
+                        _logger.LogWarning(
                            "Retention sweep: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
                        );
                    }
@@ -418,7 +421,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Manual retention run failed");
+                _logger.LogError(e, "Manual retention run failed");
                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Retention_Error, NotificationType.Error);
            }
            finally
@@ -566,7 +569,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
-            Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
+            _logger.LogError(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
            WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                HellionStrings.Cleanup_PreviewError,
                NotificationType.Error
@@ -587,7 +590,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            try
            {
                var deleted = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.CleanupRetainOnly(allowed);
-                Plugin.Log.Information($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");

                if (
                    !Plugin
@@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                        .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                )
                {
-                    Plugin.Log.Warning("Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s.");
+                    _logger.LogWarning("Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s.");
                }

                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
@@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
+                _logger.LogError(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Cleanup_Error, NotificationType.Error);
            }
            finally
@@ -769,7 +772,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Export failed");
+                _logger.LogError(e, "Export failed");
                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Export_Error, NotificationType.Error);
            }
            finally
@@ -849,7 +852,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                )
            )
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Warning("Clearing messages from database");
+                _logger.LogWarning("Clearing messages from database");
                Plugin.MessageManager.Store.ClearMessages();
                Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();

@@ -907,7 +910,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab

    private void InsertMessages(int count)
    {
-        Plugin.Log.Info($"Inserting {count} messages due to user request");
+        _logger.LogInformation($"Inserting {count} messages due to user request");

        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
        var playerName = Plugin.PlayerState.CharacterName;
@@ -952,7 +955,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab

        var elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
        stopwatch.Stop();
-        Plugin.Log.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
            $"Crafted {count} messages in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
        );

@@ -962,7 +965,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab

        elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
        stopwatch.Stop();
-        Plugin.Log.Info(
+        _logger.LogInformation(
            $"Upserted {count} messages in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
        );

@@ -973,7 +976,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.Log.Info(
+                _logger.LogInformation(
                    $"Cleared {Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count} tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                );
            })
@@ -986,7 +989,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                Plugin.MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
                elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.Log.Info(
+                _logger.LogInformation(
                    $"Fetched and filtered all tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                );
            })
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

@@ -14,14 +15,16 @@ internal sealed class FontsAndColours : ISettingsTab
 {
    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
    private Configuration Mutable { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<FontsAndColours> _logger;

    public string Name =>
        HellionStrings.Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title + "###tabs-fontsandcolours";

-    internal FontsAndColours(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
+    internal FontsAndColours(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable, ILogger<FontsAndColours> logger)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
        Mutable = mutable;
+        _logger = logger;
    }

    public void Draw(bool changed)
@@ -312,6 +315,6 @@ internal sealed class FontsAndColours : ISettingsTab
        }
        Plugin.SaveConfig();
        GlobalParametersCache.Refresh();
-        Plugin.Log.Debug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
+        _logger.LogDebug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
    }
 }
@@ -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
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Themes;
 using HellionChat.Util;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

@@ -11,16 +12,18 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
 {
    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
    private Configuration Mutable { get; }
+    private readonly ILogger<ThemeAndLayout> _logger;

    private string? _applyDismissedFor;

    public string Name =>
        HellionStrings.Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title + "###tabs-themeandlayout";

-    internal ThemeAndLayout(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
+    internal ThemeAndLayout(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable, ILogger<ThemeAndLayout> logger)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;
        Mutable = mutable;
+        _logger = logger;
    }

    public void Draw(bool changed)
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                var path = Path.Combine(dir, fileName);
                var json = ThemeJsonWriter.Serialize(active);
                File.WriteAllText(path, json);
-                Plugin.Log.Information($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
+                _logger.LogInformation($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
            }
        }
    }
@@ -250,6 +253,26 @@ 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();
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Globalization;
 using System.Numerics;
 using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Interface;
+using Dalamud.Interface.Utility;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
@@ -9,12 +10,20 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// Bottom status bar, 22px tall. Slots left to right: channel indicator,
-// privacy badge, counts, tells (hidden at 0), version (right-aligned).
-// Updates at 1Hz; format strings are cached between updates.
+// Bottom status bar. Slots left to right: channel indicator, privacy badge,
+// counts, tells (hidden at 0), version (right-aligned). Updates at 1Hz;
+// format strings are cached between updates.
 internal sealed class StatusBar
 {
-    public const float Height = 22f;
+    // DPI-aware bar height. The previous fixed 22px constant clipped on
+    // Windows display-scaling >100% because ImGui renders the font bigger
+    // than the reservation. GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing scales with the
+    // current ImGui font; the 2px spacer is GlobalScale-rounded to stay
+    // on integer pixel boundaries (same idiom as v1.4.6 F7.2 underline-pill
+    // in ChatLogWindow.cs:1639-1653).
+    public static float Height =>
+        ImGui.GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing() + MathF.Round(2f * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale);
+
    private const long UpdateIntervalMs = 1000;

    // Initially outdated so the first frame always computes fresh.
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+using System.Numerics;
+using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
+using Dalamud.Game.Text;
+using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Ui;
+
+// Popup picker for chat-input symbol insertion. Two tabs:
+//   PUA  — Dalamud's SeIconChar enum (161 server-safe FFXIV glyphs)
+//   BMP  — server-verified Unicode symbols (whitelist built 2026-05-16)
+//
+// Render-only — the Settings-Guard for showing the trigger button lives on
+// the caller side (ChatLogWindow). Recent-Used is session state by design.
+internal sealed class SymbolPicker
+{
+    private const string PopupId = "HellionSymbolPicker";
+    private const int RecentCapacity = 16;
+
+    private string _search = string.Empty;
+    private readonly List<uint> _recentUsed = new(capacity: RecentCapacity);
+
+    // FFXIV server-safe BMP symbols, verified 2026-05-16 via /echo + /say.
+    // Filtered ranges: U+2694-26C4 (Misc Symbols Extended), U+2700+ (Dingbats
+    // Extended), diagonal arrows, U+2153+ fractions, chess pieces.
+    // Full probe log: Cycles/v1.4.10 BMP-Whitelist Notes.md.
+    private static readonly (uint Codepoint, string Name)[] BmpWhitelist = new[]
+    {
+        (0x00A1u, "Inverted Exclamation"),
+        (0x00A2u, "Cent Sign"),
+        (0x00A3u, "Pound Sign"),
+        (0x00A4u, "Currency Sign"),
+        (0x00A5u, "Yen Sign"),
+        (0x00A7u, "Section Sign"),
+        (0x00A9u, "Copyright Sign"),
+        (0x00ABu, "Left Angle Quote"),
+        (0x00AEu, "Registered Sign"),
+        (0x00B0u, "Degree Sign"),
+        (0x00B1u, "Plus-Minus Sign"),
+        (0x00B6u, "Pilcrow Sign"),
+        (0x00BBu, "Right Angle Quote"),
+        (0x00BCu, "One Quarter"),
+        (0x00BDu, "One Half"),
+        (0x00BEu, "Three Quarters"),
+        (0x00BFu, "Inverted Question"),
+        (0x00D7u, "Multiplication Sign"),
+        (0x00F7u, "Division Sign"),
+        (0x0393u, "Greek Capital Gamma"),
+        (0x0394u, "Greek Capital Delta"),
+        (0x0398u, "Greek Capital Theta"),
+        (0x039Bu, "Greek Capital Lambda"),
+        (0x039Eu, "Greek Capital Xi"),
+        (0x03A0u, "Greek Capital Pi"),
+        (0x03A3u, "Greek Capital Sigma"),
+        (0x03A6u, "Greek Capital Phi"),
+        (0x03A8u, "Greek Capital Psi"),
+        (0x03A9u, "Greek Capital Omega"),
+        (0x03B1u, "Greek Small Alpha"),
+        (0x03B2u, "Greek Small Beta"),
+        (0x03B3u, "Greek Small Gamma"),
+        (0x03B4u, "Greek Small Delta"),
+        (0x03B5u, "Greek Small Epsilon"),
+        (0x03B6u, "Greek Small Zeta"),
+        (0x03B7u, "Greek Small Eta"),
+        (0x03B8u, "Greek Small Theta"),
+        (0x03B9u, "Greek Small Iota"),
+        (0x03BAu, "Greek Small Kappa"),
+        (0x03BBu, "Greek Small Lambda"),
+        (0x03BCu, "Greek Small Mu"),
+        (0x03BDu, "Greek Small Nu"),
+        (0x03BEu, "Greek Small Xi"),
+        (0x03BFu, "Greek Small Omicron"),
+        (0x03C0u, "Greek Small Pi"),
+        (0x03C1u, "Greek Small Rho"),
+        (0x03C3u, "Greek Small Sigma"),
+        (0x03C4u, "Greek Small Tau"),
+        (0x03C5u, "Greek Small Upsilon"),
+        (0x03C6u, "Greek Small Phi"),
+        (0x03C7u, "Greek Small Chi"),
+        (0x03C8u, "Greek Small Psi"),
+        (0x03C9u, "Greek Small Omega"),
+        (0x2013u, "En Dash"),
+        (0x2014u, "Em Dash"),
+        (0x2020u, "Dagger"),
+        (0x2021u, "Double Dagger"),
+        (0x2026u, "Horizontal Ellipsis"),
+        (0x203Bu, "Reference Mark"),
+        (0x20ACu, "Euro Sign"),
+        (0x2122u, "Trade Mark Sign"),
+        (0x2190u, "Leftwards Arrow"),
+        (0x2191u, "Upwards Arrow"),
+        (0x2192u, "Rightwards Arrow"),
+        (0x2193u, "Downwards Arrow"),
+        (0x21D2u, "Rightwards Double Arrow"),
+        (0x21D4u, "Left Right Double Arrow"),
+        (0x2202u, "Partial Differential"),
+        (0x2207u, "Nabla"),
+        (0x2211u, "Summation"),
+        (0x221Au, "Square Root"),
+        (0x221Eu, "Infinity"),
+        (0x222Bu, "Integral"),
+        (0x2260u, "Not Equal To"),
+        (0x25A0u, "Black Square"),
+        (0x25A1u, "White Square"),
+        (0x25B2u, "Black Up Triangle"),
+        (0x25B3u, "White Up Triangle"),
+        (0x25BCu, "Black Down Triangle"),
+        (0x25C6u, "Black Diamond"),
+        (0x25C7u, "White Diamond"),
+        (0x25CBu, "White Circle"),
+        (0x25CFu, "Black Circle"),
+        (0x2600u, "Black Sun With Rays"),
+        (0x2601u, "Cloud"),
+        (0x2602u, "Umbrella"),
+        (0x2603u, "Snowman"),
+        (0x2605u, "Black Star"),
+        (0x2606u, "White Star"),
+        (0x2640u, "Female Sign"),
+        (0x2642u, "Male Sign"),
+        (0x2660u, "Black Spade Suit"),
+        (0x2661u, "White Heart Suit"),
+        (0x2663u, "Black Club Suit"),
+        (0x2665u, "Black Heart Suit"),
+        (0x266Au, "Eighth Note"),
+        (0x2713u, "Check Mark"),
+    };
+
+    public void OpenPopup() => ImGui.OpenPopup(PopupId);
+
+    // Returns the inserted codepoint as a string fragment if the user clicked
+    // one this frame, or null otherwise. Caller splices the fragment into the
+    // chat-input buffer at the current cursor position.
+    public string? DrawAndConsume()
+    {
+        // ImRaii.Popup auto-disposes EndPopup, same idiom as other popups in
+        // ChatLogWindow.
+        using var popup = ImRaii.Popup(PopupId);
+        if (!popup)
+            return null;
+
+        string? inserted = null;
+
+        // Recent-Used-Row sits above the tabs so both PUA and BMP picks share
+        // one fast-access strip. Session-only by design (see TrackRecent).
+        if (_recentUsed.Count > 0)
+        {
+            ImGui.TextDisabled("Recent");
+            ImGui.SameLine();
+            foreach (var codepoint in _recentUsed)
+            {
+                var glyph = char.ConvertFromUtf32((int)codepoint);
+                if (
+                    ImGui.Selectable(
+                        glyph,
+                        false,
+                        ImGuiSelectableFlags.DontClosePopups,
+                        new Vector2(20, 20)
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    inserted = glyph;
+                }
+                ImGui.SameLine();
+            }
+            ImGui.NewLine();
+            ImGui.Separator();
+        }
+
+        using (var tabs = ImRaii.TabBar("##symbolpicker-tabs"))
+        {
+            if (tabs)
+            {
+                inserted = DrawPuaTab() ?? inserted;
+                inserted = DrawBmpTab() ?? inserted;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (inserted is not null)
+            TrackRecent(inserted);
+
+        return inserted;
+    }
+
+    private string? DrawPuaTab()
+    {
+        using var tab = ImRaii.TabItem("FFXIV Icons");
+        if (!tab)
+            return null;
+
+        ImGui.InputTextWithHint(
+            "##pua-search",
+            "Search by name (e.g. HighQuality)",
+            ref _search,
+            64
+        );
+
+        string? inserted = null;
+
+        if (ImGui.BeginChild("##pua-grid", new Vector2(0, 280), false))
+        {
+            var query = _search;
+            foreach (var icon in Enum.GetValues<SeIconChar>())
+            {
+                var label = icon.ToString();
+                if (
+                    query.Length > 0
+                    && label.IndexOf(query, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) < 0
+                )
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // ToIconString gives the single-codepoint glyph; tooltip
+                // carries the enum name for discoverability.
+                if (
+                    ImGui.Selectable(
+                        icon.ToIconString(),
+                        false,
+                        ImGuiSelectableFlags.DontClosePopups,
+                        new Vector2(24, 24)
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    inserted = icon.ToIconString();
+                }
+                if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+                    ImGui.SetTooltip(label);
+
+                // Manually-wrapping pattern from imgui_demo.cpp;
+                // GetWindowContentRegionMax obsolete since ImGui 1.92, use
+                // GetContentRegionAvail (see ChatLogWindow.cs:840).
+                var style = ImGui.GetStyle();
+                var lastItemX2 = ImGui.GetItemRectMax().X;
+                var availableRightX =
+                    ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().X + ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
+                if (lastItemX2 + style.ItemSpacing.X + 24f < availableRightX)
+                    ImGui.SameLine();
+            }
+        }
+        ImGui.EndChild();
+
+        return inserted;
+    }
+
+    private string? DrawBmpTab()
+    {
+        using var tab = ImRaii.TabItem("Symbols");
+        if (!tab)
+            return null;
+
+        ImGui.InputTextWithHint("##bmp-search", "Search by name (e.g. Heart)", ref _search, 64);
+
+        string? inserted = null;
+
+        if (ImGui.BeginChild("##bmp-grid", new Vector2(0, 280), false))
+        {
+            var query = _search;
+            foreach (var (codepoint, name) in BmpWhitelist)
+            {
+                if (query.Length > 0 && name.IndexOf(query, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) < 0)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                var glyph = char.ConvertFromUtf32((int)codepoint);
+                if (
+                    ImGui.Selectable(
+                        glyph,
+                        false,
+                        ImGuiSelectableFlags.DontClosePopups,
+                        new Vector2(24, 24)
+                    )
+                )
+                {
+                    inserted = glyph;
+                }
+                if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+                    ImGui.SetTooltip(name);
+
+                // Same manually-wrapping pattern as DrawPuaTab — modern API
+                // since GetWindowContentRegionMax was deprecated in ImGui 1.92.
+                var style = ImGui.GetStyle();
+                var lastItemX2 = ImGui.GetItemRectMax().X;
+                var availableRightX =
+                    ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().X + ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
+                if (lastItemX2 + style.ItemSpacing.X + 24f < availableRightX)
+                    ImGui.SameLine();
+            }
+        }
+        ImGui.EndChild();
+
+        return inserted;
+    }
+
+    private void TrackRecent(string fragment)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fragment) || fragment.Length > 4)
+            return;
+
+        var codepoint = (uint)char.ConvertToUtf32(fragment, 0);
+
+        // Move-to-front so the head stays the freshest pick.
+        _recentUsed.RemoveAll(c => c == codepoint);
+        _recentUsed.Insert(0, codepoint);
+
+        if (_recentUsed.Count > RecentCapacity)
+            _recentUsed.RemoveAt(_recentUsed.Count - 1);
+    }
+}
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
        {
            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
            AllEntries();
-            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
+            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
+            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
+            Plugin.LogProxy.Information(
+                $"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms"
+            );
        })
        {
            IsBackground = true,
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
+                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
            }
        }

@@ -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);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Util;
+
+// Plugin.LogProxy bridge for consumers that cannot take a logger via the
+// constructor: static helpers (EmoteCache et al.), Dalamud-reflected types
+// (Configuration), data classes with mass instantiation (Message) and
+// instance classes that only log from static methods (FontManager).
+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);
+}
@@ -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++;
        }

@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public static class MemoryUtil
                str.Append(' ');
        }

-        Plugin.Log.Information(str.ToString());
+        Plugin.LogProxy.Information(str.ToString());
    }
 }
@@ -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);
+}
@@ -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);
        }
    }
@@ -1,110 +1,398 @@
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@@ -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-v1.5.0-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 1.5.0** — 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
-pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint pass at
-the pre-push gate. `FontManager`'s font-fallback catch-filter now covers `InvalidOperationException` and
-`ArgumentException` on top of the IO triad, so a corrupted font config no longer takes down the atlas build.
-`BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` URLs validate themselves on plugin load — a typo in a future URL rotation throws
-at startup instead of failing silently when a user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream
-`f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel, and
-`Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget` (the previous reference copy let PopOut and Temp tabs mutate
-each other's channel state). The active-tab underline pill scales with DPI and rounds to physical pixels for crisp
-rendering above 100 % DPI. Internal items: `HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper,
-`Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame,
-`Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is
-now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no migration. Seventh sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of
-2026-05-12).
+**Version 1.5.0** — DI Foundation and Service Refactor. Major architecture cycle: the plugin bootstrap moves to a
+generic-host DI container (`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync. All
+18 instance-class services migrate from a static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator to `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>`
+via constructor injection, with a custom `DalamudLogger` bridging the framework over to Dalamud's `IPluginLog`. The
+proxy stays for the eight buckets ctor-injection cannot reach (static helpers like `EmoteCache`, Dalamud-reflected
+`Configuration`, the `Message` data class, and static methods inside `FontManager` / `GameFunctions`). Plugin.cs
+finishes the cycle at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013 — because the new Phase-1 host build
+and Plugin.X bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations that left `LoadAsync`. Cross-plugin
+baseline confirms no performance penalty vs Chat 2: HellionChat first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2 74 ms.
+Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit around 7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past `Finished loading` —
+that pattern is the v1.5.1 follow-up item. One user-visible fix bundled in from upstream: pasting a slash command
+into the chat input (Friend List "/tell" action, plugin-driven inserts) now replaces the existing input instead of
+concatenating onto whatever the user was typing. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).

 Hellion Chat is a standalone plugin, no longer a fork in the repository sense. Fully completed:

@@ -10,6 +10,175 @@ to the release pages for details.

 ---

+## Hellion Chat 1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)
+
+Major architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container
+(`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync. Service
+logging migrates from a static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator to typed
+`Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>` via constructor injection, bridged over Dalamud's
+`IPluginLog` by a custom `DalamudLogger` trio.
+
+### Under the hood
+
+- 18 instance-class services migrate to `ILogger<T>` via constructor injection across four
+  slices: data layer (`MessageStore`, `MessageManager`, `AutoTellTabsService`), IPC and
+  integrations (`HonorificService`, `IpcManager`, `TypingIpc`, `ExtraChat`, three
+  `GameFunctions` classes), UI window layer (`ChatLogWindow`, `DbViewer`, `Popout`, three
+  settings tabs), and root (`Commands`, `ThemeRegistry`, `PayloadHandler`).
+- `Plugin.LogProxy` stays in place for the eight buckets ctor injection cannot reach:
+  static helpers (`EmoteCache`, `AutoTranslate`, `MemoryUtil`, `WrapperUtil`),
+  Dalamud-reflected types (`Configuration`), the `Message` data class, and instance classes
+  that only log from static methods (`FontManager`, one `GameFunctions` site).
+- Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines — virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013. The new
+  Phase-1 host build and `Plugin.X` bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window
+  allocations that previously lived in `LoadAsync`.
+- Cross-plugin baseline confirms no performance penalty against Chat 2: HellionChat
+  first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2 74 ms median. Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit
+  around 7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past `Finished loading` — that pattern is
+  the v1.5.1 follow-up item.
+
+### User-visible
+
+- Slash-command insert fix: pasting a slash command into the chat input (Friend List
+  "/tell" action, plugin-driven inserts from Artisan, AllaganTools etc.) now replaces the
+  existing input instead of concatenating onto whatever the user was typing. Cherry-picked
+  from ChatTwo upstream `ee7768ac` with namespace adaptation.
+
+Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (2026-05-16)
+
+Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish-Sweep series. Symbol picker for the chat input, a tell-history reload fix
+for users with many active partners, and a closing cleanup sweep before v1.5.0 picks up the DI-container adoption.
+
+- Symbol picker for the chat input: smile-icon button left of the channel indicator opens a popup with two tabs —
+  161 FFXIV PUA glyphs (Dalamud's SeIconChar enum) and 97 server-verified BMP symbols round-tripped through `/echo` and
+  `/say` in a four-round probe. Cursor-aware splice, multi-insert keeps the popup open, recent-used strip floats the last
+  sixteen picks across both tabs. Toggle in Settings → Chat → Message behaviour, default on.
+- Pinned auto-tell tabs reload their full history again. PreloadHistory had a hidden 500-row scan cap that overrode the
+  user-configurable `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` setting whenever you chatted with many partners; less-frequent pinned
+  partners lost their backlog. The cap is removed.
+- Slash-command teardown cleanup: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionDebugger` (and `#if DEBUG /hellionSeString`) wrappers
+  are now cached as private fields so plugin teardown detaches the live registration instead of re-Register'ing with
+  identical args (latent maintenance hazard from v1.4.9).
+- v1.4.x Polish-Sweep wraps up here. The ImGuiListClipper render refactor that was on the v1.4.10 reserve list got dropped
+  after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll rubber-band is a Wine/Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows
+  users never saw it. It will get its own platform-targeted spike in a later patch. Next major cycle is v1.5.0 with the
+  DI-container adoption (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting + ILogger<T>) modelled on Lightless.
+- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)
+
+Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame render cost drops from ~127 ms median down to
+~76 ms median — comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold. The remaining ~13 ms gap to ChatTwo
+upstream (~63 ms median) is the cost of HellionChat-only features (sidebar tab view, custom status bar,
+Honorific integration).
+
+- First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside `ChatLogWindow` skip their first Draw and run
+  one frame later. Covered sections are the bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds
+  check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete and input-preview calculation. At 60 fps the user sees those sections
+  ~17 ms after plugin reload — invisible inside the ~2.5 s font-atlas build window every reload runs through
+  anyway. Frame 1 stays well under 100 ms too (~40 ms), so no secondary HITCH warning appears.
+- Slash-command centralisation: `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` are now
+  registered during `LoadAsync` instead of inside the corresponding window constructors. The commands work
+  before their target window is opened the first time, and Dalamud's plugin-manager configuration / open
+  buttons (`UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi`) hang on the same path.
+- Plugin-load profiling logs stay on: `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`, `FilterAllTabs` and the
+  auto-translate warm-up timing log are now Information level rather than Debug. They serve as a tripwire so a
+  future regression past 100 ms shows up directly in `/xllog` without re-enabling Debug.
+- ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface
+  (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`, `Invoke`) under the
+  `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates. Third-party
+  integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC — for example Artisan's and AllaganTools'
+  context-menu hooks — keep working without requiring a code change on their side. Conflict detection
+  prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk at
+  runtime.
+- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
+- Internal: hypothesis-triage during the R2 cycle falsified three of the four candidate root causes
+  (font-atlas sync, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render). Actual cause is `DrawList` setup
+  cost distributed across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow (5-20 ms each). The six selective defers
+  above are the pragmatic fix — a clean structural rewrite would belong in the v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)
+
+Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer cluster (FTS5 full-text search, ad-block foundation
+investigation) plus three polish quick-wins.
+
+- DbViewer full-text search: optional FTS5 index across the full chat history. Built asynchronously on first run after
+  the update with a progress toast (UI stays responsive, the toggle is disabled until the build completes). The local
+  page-filter remains the default mode. Multi-word queries match as exact phrases; power users can opt into raw FTS5
+  `MATCH` syntax by wrapping their own double-quotes around the term.
+- Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme is active. Save the JSON in your editor and the live
+  render picks up the change within a second — no need to re-click the theme in the picker. Disk-stat is throttled to
+  1 Hz so per-frame cost stays free.
+- Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread. `Framework.Run(...).Wait()` is replaced by
+  `Framework.RunOnTick(...)`, which removes the ~194 ms hitch the sweep used to add per run.
+- Status bar height is derived from `GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the bar renders
+  correctly at Windows display scaling above 100 %. Linux/Wayland default of 100 % is unaffected.
+- Receive-suppressed-tells routing was investigated this cycle and **postponed to v1.5.x**. When other plugins suppress
+  tells via `CheckMessageHandled`, FFXIV's chat pipeline skips the `RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry` path, which means
+  HellionChat's `ContentIdResolverHook` does not fire and tell-partner identification breaks for AutoTellTab routing.
+  The proper fix sits next to the planned ad-block hook layer (`RaptureLogModule.ShowMiniTalkPlayer` and friends) where
+  the same patch surface comes up anyway.
+- Internal: storage form of `messages.Id` clarified (declared BLOB but Microsoft.Data.Sqlite stores Guid parameters as
+  TEXT). FTS bulk insert and `LoadByGuids` join now match the TEXT storage form on both sides. Migration v17 stays
+  (no schema bump).
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
+## Hellion Chat 1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)
+
+Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5 — pinned tell tabs
+that survive relog, opt-in Honorific glow rendering, a configurable sidebar, plus a Settings-Save channel-preservation
+fix surfaced during smoke testing.
+
+- TempTell Pin: right-click a TempTell tab in the sidebar and choose "Pin Tab" / "Tab anpinnen". Pinned tabs survive
+  plugin reload and character logout, keep their conversation history (loaded on demand from the message store on
+  rehydrate), and stay bound to the same `/tell` partner. Hard cap of 5 pinned tabs in a pool separate from the 15-tab
+  auto-tell pool — total ceiling is 20 tabs. The sidebar groups pinned tabs into their own section with a divider header
+- Honorific glow outlines now render via an 8-direction DrawList pre-pass when the title carries a Glow colour. Opt-in
+  via **Settings → Integrations → Render glow outlines (Honorific)** (default off). Honorific's gradient surface
+  (`Color3`, `GradientColourSet`, `GradientAnimationStyle`) is parsed and stashed for a later cycle but renders as the
+  primary colour until then — the v1.4.7 DTO already mirrors all four extra fields so the JSON roundtrip doesn't
+  silent-drop them
+- Sidebar width configurable in **Theme & Layout** (44–160 px, default 44 stays icon-only). The icon button stretches
+  with the configured width so a widened sidebar looks intentional, not a 36 px icon floating in empty space
+- `Configuration.UpdateFrom` now preserves the runtime `CurrentChannel` across the persistent-tab merge alongside
+  `Messages` and `LastSendUnread`. `TabSwitched` deep-clones the seeded channel from the previous tab instead of sharing
+  the same `UsedChannel` instance. Together these fix a regression where Settings-Save on a Party or Linkshell tab
+  popped the chat input back to `/tell <pinned-partner>` on the next interaction
+- `Util/ImGuiUtil.cs` `DrawArrows` IconButton id uses `(id + 1).ToString()` with explicit parentheses instead of the
+  operator-precedence quirk `id + 1.ToString()` (which resolved to `id.ToString() + "1"`). Single live caller is
+  `Ui/DbViewer.cs:227` page-navigation
+- Internal: `IPluginLogProxy` indirection over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` routes all ~91 `Plugin.Log` call sites through a
+  testable proxy. `MessageStore.Migrate0` can now run in xUnit without loading `Dalamud.dll`, closing the gap F12.1 left
+  in v1.4.6. Production wrapper `DalamudPluginLogProxy` and Build-Suite `FakePluginLogProxy` mirror the full
+  `IPluginLog` surface (`Verbose`/`Debug`/`Information`/`Info`/`Warning`/`Error`/`Fatal`) with single-string,
+  `Exception+string`, and `params object[]` overloads
+- Internal: TempTab counter switched from an `Interlocked` cached field to a derived `Tabs.Count(predicate)`. Pin-state
+  transitions (TryPin / Unpin / Promote) are cold-path and don't need lock-free reads; counter mutation surface dropped
+  from 5 to 0 sites. Build-Suite floor 688 → 710 (+22)
+- Schema bump v16 → v17 is additive: new `Tab.IsPinned` bool, default false. Existing v16 configs load cleanly and get
+  their `Version` stamp bumped after the gate check
+
+Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+---
+
 ## Hellion Chat 1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)

 Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the development feedback loop, fixes two
@@ -20,8 +189,8 @@ 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 atlas-toolkit throw triggered the NotoSansCjkRegular fallback
+  of the existing IO triad. The warning log carries the exception type name, so the diagnostic path knows which class of
+  atlas-toolkit throw triggered the NotoSansCjkRegular fallback
 - `BrandingLinks` (5 URLs) and `Integrations/IntegrationLinks` (2 URLs) validate themselves on first module load via
  `[ModuleInitializer]` + a shared `UrlValidation.ValidateAll` helper. A malformed URL now throws
  `InvalidOperationException` at plugin load with the source class and the broken URL in the message
@@ -47,10 +216,10 @@ 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
-  Moonlit Bloom in the built-in roster. Users who had Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to the default Hellion Arctic
-  on the first plugin load; an existing custom JSON copy of Moonlit Bloom under `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/`
-  keeps working unchanged
+- Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (royal sapphire and electric magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit
+  Bloom in the built-in roster. Users who had Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to the default Hellion Arctic on the
+  first plugin load; an existing custom JSON copy of Moonlit Bloom under `pluginConfigs/HellionChat/themes/` keeps
+  working unchanged

 Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — <https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR>

@@ -10,32 +10,132 @@ the plugin's privacy-first scope during brainstorming.

 ---

-## Next Cycle (v1.4.7)
+## Next Cycle (v1.5.1)

-**Backlog Cleanup.** Roll up the remaining audit items deferred from v1.4.0–v1.4.6 and the new entries surfaced during
-v1.4.6 (notably the `Plugin.Log` indirection that would unlock fully isolated `MessageStore` construction tests, plus
-follow-up scope hinted at in the ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 cherry-picks). Scope is consolidated during brainstorm.
+**Honorific Full Gradient Port plus FontAtlas-Defer for a 10× HITCH cut.** v1.5.0 closed the DI-container cycle with
+no performance penalty against Chat 2 (77 ms vs 74 ms median first-frame HITCH), but the cross-plugin baseline against
+Lightless Sync and XIVInstantMessenger surfaced a clean optimisation: both plugins defer their font-atlas build until
+after `Finished loading` and sit at 6-7 ms HITCH, an order of magnitude below the ~75 ms floor that Chat 2 and HellionChat
+share. v1.5.1 ports that pattern. Plus the Honorific gradient render path — DTO is gradient-ready since v1.4.7, only the
+Wave / Pulse animation port remains. After that, First-Run-Wizard rework with curated defaults beyond the three privacy
+profiles, then FR localisation (Hezcal native-speaker review confirmed), then the Plugin Integrations Wave 2-6
+(Context-Menu, NotificationMaster, Moodles, ExtraChat, XIVIM Quick-DM). Wine/Linux scroll-rubber-band spike sits as a
+low-priority Linux-only investigation at the tail.

 ---

+## v1.5.0 — DI Foundation and Service Refactor (released 2026-05-17)
+
+Major architecture cycle. Plugin bootstrap moves to a generic-host DI container
+(`Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting` + `IServiceCollection`) modelled on Lightless Sync's `PluginHostFactory`. Service
+logging migrates from the static `Plugin.LogProxy` locator (the F12.2 shim from v1.4.7) to typed
+`Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T>` via constructor injection, bridged over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` by a custom
+`DalamudLogger` trio. 18 instance-class services move to ctor-injected loggers across four slices: data layer,
+IPC/integrations, UI window layer, and root. `Plugin.LogProxy` stays for the eight buckets ctor injection cannot
+reach — static helpers (`EmoteCache`, `AutoTranslate`, `MemoryUtil`, `WrapperUtil`), Dalamud-reflected types
+(`Configuration`), the `Message` data class, and instance classes that only log from static methods (`FontManager`,
+one `GameFunctions` site). Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines, virtually identical to the pre-cycle 1013 (-1 netto): the
+new Phase-1 host build and `Plugin.X` bridge wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations that previously
+lived in `LoadAsync`. Cross-plugin baseline (10 reload-stress runs, 51 active plugins): HellionChat first-frame HITCH
+77 ms median, Chat 2 v1.40.2 74 ms median — no DI penalty. The deferred-font-atlas pattern from Lightless and
+XIVInstantMessenger is the v1.5.1 follow-up. User-visible: slash-command insert fix cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream
+`ee7768ac` — pasting a slash command into the chat input now replaces existing input instead of concatenating.
+Migration v17 stays.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.10 — Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (released 2026-05-16)
+
+Eleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Symbol picker for the chat input — popup with two tabs
+(161 FFXIV PUA glyphs via Dalamud's SeIconChar plus 97 server-verified BMP symbols probed through `/echo` and `/say` in
+a four-round whitelist build) — cursor-aware splice, multi-insert, recent-used strip across both tabs, Settings toggle
+in Chat → Message behaviour. Mid-cycle hotfix for pinned auto-tell tabs: PreloadHistory used to cap the SQL scan at
+500 rows regardless of the user's `AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload` setting, so active users with many partners lost the
+backlog of less-frequent pinned partners; the cap is gone, the `(Receiver, Date)` index keeps SQL fast, the client-side
+loop respects the user setting as the upper bound. Slash-command teardown cleanup wires the v1.4.9 wrappers through
+private fields so dispose detaches the live registration instead of re-registering with identical args. The original
+Reserve-A `ImGuiListClipper` refactor for `DrawMessages` was cancelled after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll
+rubber-band is a Wine/Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal — Windows-side testing on v1.4.9 confirmed no lag.
+Migration v17 stays.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (released 2026-05-15)
+
+Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. First-frame HITCH drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median (4-reload
+sample), comfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms warning threshold. Mechanism: a single `_firstFrameDone` flag inside
+`ChatLogWindow` defers six non-essential rendering sections (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window
+bounds check, v0.6.1 hint banner, autocomplete, input-preview calculation) from frame 0 to frame 1. User sees those
+sections ~17 ms (60 fps) later, invisible inside the ~2.5 s font-atlas build window after every reload. Slash-command
+registration moved from individual window constructors to a central `SetupCommands` / `TearDownCommands` pair in
+`Plugin.cs` — `/hellion`, `/hellionView`, `/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` work before their target windows are
+opened the first time, and Dalamud's plugin-manager `OpenConfigUi` / `OpenMainUi` buttons hang on the same path.
+Plugin-load profiling logs (auto-translate warmup, `MessageStore.Connect`, `MessageStore.Migrate`, `FilterAllTabs`) stay
+on at Information level as a regression tripwire. The release also ships a ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat
+mirrors ChatTwo's full IPC surface (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
+`Invoke`) under the `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates, so third-party
+integrations that only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC (Artisan, AllaganTools) keep working without a code change on their
+side. Conflict detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel, so there is no slot-collision risk at runtime.
+Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). Hypothesis-triage falsified
+three of four candidate root causes (font-atlas sync fallback, theme-apply ABGR-cache init, multiple-window render via
+lazy-init) — actual cost distributes evenly across ~10 ImGui sections inside ChatLogWindow, so structural rewrite is
+deferred to v1.5.x DI-container cycle.
+
+## v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (released 2026-05-14)
+
+Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Database Viewer gains an optional FTS5 full-text search across the
+full chat history, built asynchronously on first run after the update with a progress toast; the local page-filter
+remains the default mode. Custom theme files auto-reload when edited while the theme is active (1 Hz disk-stat throttle,
+so per-frame cost is free). Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread — `Framework.Run(...).Wait()` is
+replaced by `Framework.RunOnTick(...)`, removing the ~194 ms hitch per sweep. Status-bar height is now derived from
+`GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing()` plus a DPI-aware spacer so the bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling above
+100 %. Receive-suppressed-tells routing was investigated and **postponed to v1.5.x**: when other plugins suppress tells
+via `CheckMessageHandled`, FFXIV's chat-pipeline skips the `RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry` path, which means the
+`ContentIdResolverHook` does not fire and tell-partner identification breaks. The fix belongs next to the planned ad-block
+hook layer where the same patch surface comes up anyway. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). H3 leaves a foundation
+note in the Vault (`Projekte/FFXIV/Hellion Chat/v1.5.x Ad-Block Foundation.md`) covering the NoSoliciting filter +
+bubble-layer hook pattern as a ready-made template for the v1.5.x cycle.
+
+---
+
+## v1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (released 2026-05-13)
+
+Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. First user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5. TempTell tabs can
+now be pinned via right-click; pinned tabs survive plugin reload and character logout, keep their conversation history
+(loaded on demand from the message store on rehydrate), and stay bound to the same `/tell` partner. A hard cap of 5
+pinned tabs lives in a pool separate from the 15-tab auto-tell pool, total ceiling 20. The sidebar groups pinned tabs
+into their own section with a divider header, and the sidebar width itself is now configurable in **Theme & Layout**
+between 44 and 160 px. Honorific glow outlines render when the title carries a Glow colour, opt-in via **Settings →
+Integrations → Render glow outlines (Honorific)** (default off). Honorific's gradient (Color3 / GradientColourSet / Wave
+/ Pulse) is parsed but rendered statically — a later cycle will port the full animation algorithm or land an upstream
+IPC PR for the resolved frame colour. `Configuration.UpdateFrom` now preserves the runtime `CurrentChannel` across the
+persistent-tab merge, and `TabSwitched` deep-clones the seeded channel instead of sharing the previous tab's
+`UsedChannel` — together they fix a Settings-Save regression where the chat input could pop back to
+`/tell <pinned-partner>` after touching settings on a Party or Linkshell tab. Internal items: `IPluginLogProxy`
+indirection over Dalamud's `IPluginLog` routes all ~91 `Plugin.Log` call sites through a testable proxy, closing the
+F12.1 test-isolation gap (`MessageStore.Migrate0` runs in xUnit now). TempTab counter switched from `Interlocked` cached
+field to derived `Tabs.Count(predicate)`. Migration v16 → v17 is additive (new `Tab.IsPinned` flag). Build-Suite floor
+688 → 710 (+22 tests across Pin-lifecycle predicates, pool limits, Tab.Clone roundtrip, MessageStore Migrate0
+construction, and Honorific TitleData JSON roundtrip).
+
 ## v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (released 2026-05-12)

-Seventh sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Maintenance patch — no user-visible behaviour changes; tightens
-the development feedback loop and pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier
-reflow check (Block E) and a markdownlint pass (Block F), so style drift and markdown violations are blocked at the
-pre-push gate. `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now spans `InvalidOperationException` and
-`ArgumentException` on top of the existing IO triad, with the exception type name in the warning log so the
-diagnostic path can see which atlas-toolkit throw triggered the fallback. `BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` run a
-`[ModuleInitializer]` URL validation pass on plugin load; a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup
-instead of failing silently when a user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`:
-`Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel (rename to
-`IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` plus wrap-not-return), and `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget`
-(the previous reference copy let PopOut and Temp tabs mutate each other's channel state). The `ChatLogWindow`
-active-tab underline pill scales with `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering
-above 100 % DPI. Internal items: `HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper, `Plugin.SaveConfig`
-clones only the temp-tab subset in the snapshot path, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame,
-`Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe
-is now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no migration.
+Seventh sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Maintenance patch — no user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
+development feedback loop and pulls in two ChatTwo upstream bugfixes. `scripts/preflight.sh` gains a csharpier reflow
+check (Block E) and a markdownlint pass (Block F), so style drift and markdown violations are blocked at the pre-push
+gate. `FontManager.AddFontWithFallback` catch-filter now spans `InvalidOperationException` and `ArgumentException` on
+top of the existing IO triad, with the exception type name in the warning log so the diagnostic path can see which
+atlas-toolkit throw triggered the fallback. `BrandingLinks` and `IntegrationLinks` run a `[ModuleInitializer]` URL
+validation pass on plugin load; a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup instead of failing silently when a
+user clicks the broken button. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream `f35b7d3`: `Chat.SetChannel` no longer leaks the
+native `Utf8String` when the linkshell check rejects the channel (rename to `IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell` plus
+wrap-not-return), and `Tab.Clone` now deep-clones `UsedChannel` and `TellTarget` (the previous reference copy let PopOut
+and Temp tabs mutate each other's channel state). The `ChatLogWindow` active-tab underline pill scales with
+`ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` and rounds to physical pixels for crisp rendering above 100 % DPI. Internal items:
+`HellionStyle` ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable helper, `Plugin.SaveConfig` clones only the temp-tab subset in the
+snapshot path, `SettingsOverview` caches the draw-list per frame, `Dalamud.Utility.Util` static surface routed through
+an `IPlatformUtil` indirection (`MessageStore`'s `IsWine` probe is now testable in isolation). No schema bump, no
+migration.

 ## v1.4.5 — UX and Robustness (released 2026-05-12)

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
        "Author": "Jon Kazama (Hellion Forge)",
        "Name": "Hellion Chat",
        "InternalName": "HellionChat",
-        "AssemblyVersion": "1.4.6.0",
+        "AssemblyVersion": "1.5.0.0",
        "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": "**v1.5.0 \u2014 DI Foundation and Service Refactor (2026-05-17)**\n\nMajor architecture cycle. The plugin bootstrap moves to a\ngeneric-host DI container (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting +\nIServiceCollection) modelled on Lightless Sync. Service logging\nmoves from a static Plugin.LogProxy locator to typed\nMicrosoft.Extensions.Logging.ILogger<T> via constructor injection,\nbridged over Dalamud's IPluginLog by a custom DalamudLogger trio.\n\nWhat changes under the hood:\n\n- 18 instance-class services migrate to ILogger<T> via constructor\n  injection across four slices: data layer (MessageStore,\n  MessageManager, AutoTellTabsService), IPC and integrations\n  (HonorificService, IpcManager, TypingIpc, ExtraChat, the three\n  GameFunctions classes), UI window layer (ChatLogWindow,\n  DbViewer, Popout, three settings tabs), and root (Commands,\n  ThemeRegistry, PayloadHandler).\n- Plugin.LogProxy stays in place for the eight buckets ctor\n  injection cannot reach: static helpers (EmoteCache,\n  AutoTranslate, MemoryUtil, WrapperUtil), Dalamud-reflected\n  types (Configuration), the Message data class, and instance\n  classes that only log from static methods (FontManager, one\n  GameFunctions site).\n- Plugin.cs finishes at 1012 lines \u2014 virtually identical to the\n  pre-cycle 1013. The new Phase-1 host build and Plugin.X bridge\n  wiring trade out exactly the service and window allocations\n  that previously lived in LoadAsync.\n- Cross-plugin baseline confirms no performance penalty against\n  Chat 2: HellionChat first-frame HITCH 77 ms median, Chat 2\n  74 ms median. Lightless and XIVInstantMessenger sit around\n  7 ms by deferring their font-atlas build past Finished\n  loading \u2014 that pattern is the v1.5.1 follow-up.\n\nUser-visible:\n\n- Slash-command insert fix: pasting a slash command into the\n  chat input (Friend List \"/tell\" action, plugin-driven inserts\n  from Artisan, AllaganTools etc.) now replaces the existing\n  input instead of concatenating. Cherry-picked from ChatTwo\n  upstream ee7768ac with namespace adaptation.\n\nMigration v17 stays (no schema bump).\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.10 \u2014 Symbol-Picker and Tell-History Fix (2026-05-16)**\n\nEleventh and final sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series.\nSymbol picker for the chat input, a tell-history reload fix for\nusers with many active partners, and a closing cleanup sweep\nbefore v1.5.0 picks up the DI-container adoption.\n\n- Symbol picker: a small smile-icon button left of the channel\n  indicator opens a popup with two tabs. The first lists all 161\n  FFXIV PUA glyphs (Dalamud's SeIconChar enum); the second\n  carries 97 server-verified BMP symbols (latin marks, currency,\n  the full Greek alphabet, geometric shapes, suits, notes) \u2014\n  every one of them round-tripped through /echo and /say in a\n  four-round probe so the in-channel render matches what the\n  picker shows. Click drops the glyph at the caret, multi-insert\n  keeps the popup open, and a recent-used strip floats the last\n  sixteen picks across both tabs. Toggle in Settings \u2192 Chat \u2192\n  Message behaviour, default on.\n- Pinned auto-tell tabs reload their full history again: a\n  hidden 500-row scan cap in PreloadHistory used to override the\n  user-configurable AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload setting, so\n  less-frequent pinned partners (rare /tell sessions in an\n  otherwise busy week) lost their backlog. The cap is removed;\n  the (Receiver, Date) index keeps SQL fast, the client-side\n  loop still respects your setting as the upper bound.\n- Slash-command teardown: /hellion, /hellionView,\n  /hellionDebugger (and #if DEBUG /hellionSeString) wrappers are\n  now cached as private fields. Plugin teardown detaches the\n  live registration instead of re-Register'ing with identical\n  args \u2014 closes a latent maintenance hazard from v1.4.9.\n- v1.4.x polish-sweep wraps up here. The ImGuiListClipper render\n  refactor that was on the v1.4.10 reserve list got dropped\n  after cross-platform smoke showed the scroll rubber-band is a\n  Wine / Linux render-pipeline quirk, not universal \u2014 Windows\n  users never saw it. It will get its own platform-targeted\n  spike in a later patch. Next major cycle is v1.5.0 with the\n  DI-container adoption (Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting +\n  ILogger<T>) modelled on Lightless.\n- Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).\n\nBased on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).\n\n---\n\n**v1.4.9 \u2014 Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)**\n\nTenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First-frame\nrender cost drops from ~127 ms median to ~76 ms median,\ncomfortably under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH warning threshold.\n\n- First-frame defer: six non-essential rendering sections inside\n  ChatLogWindow skip their first Draw and run one frame later\n  (bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds\n  check, v0.Line truncated
        "AcceptsFeedback": true,
-        "DownloadLinkInstall": "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/v1.4.6/latest.zip",
-        "DownloadLinkTesting": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.4.6/latest.zip",
-        "TestingAssemblyVersion": "1.4.6.0",
+        "DownloadLinkInstall": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.5.0/latest.zip",
+        "DownloadLinkUpdate": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.5.0/latest.zip",
+        "DownloadLinkTesting": "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/download/v1.5.0/latest.zip",
+        "TestingAssemblyVersion": "1.5.0.0",
        "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",
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ TAG="v$VER"
 grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" "$YAML" \
  || fail "$YAML changelog missing **v${VER}** subblock. Fix: add the v${VER} block at the top of the changelog field."

-jq -r '.[0].Changelog' "$REPO_JSON" | grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" \
+# Process substitution instead of `jq | grep -q` — grep -q closes stdin on the
+# first match, jq keeps writing the multi-KB Changelog string and trips SIGPIPE,
+# which `set -o pipefail` then turns into a false-positive FAIL. Manifested as a
+# `jq: writing output failed: Broken pipe` line plus a misleading "Changelog
+# missing **vX.Y.Z** subblock" message during pre-push runs.
+grep -qE "^[[:space:]]*\*\*v${VER}[^0-9]" <(jq -r '.[0].Changelog' "$REPO_JSON") \
  || fail "$REPO_JSON Changelog missing **v${VER}** subblock. Fix: copy the yaml changelog over."

 FORGE_FILE="$FORGE_DIR/${TAG}.md"