chore(deps): pin dependencies

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@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
---
-subtitle: Threading- und IPC-Sicherheits-Politur
-versionsnatur: Wartung und Robustheit
---
-
-**Hellion Chat 1.4.4 — Threading- und IPC-Sicherheits-Politur**
-
-Fünfter Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Threading-Annahmen werden explizit pro Methode dokumentiert, ein
-Hot-Path-Lock im Auto-Tell-Tab-Counter fällt weg, IPC-Cleanup wird sichtbar wenn er fehlschlägt und der Privacy-Filter
-spricht jetzt bei unbekannten ChatTypes.
-
- **AutoTellTabsService Hot-Path-Lock entfernt.** `ActiveTempTabCount` hat bisher pro Render-Frame ein LINQ-Count unter
-  einem Lock gemacht. Jetzt läuft das über einen Interlocked-Counter der parallel zur Tabs-Liste mitgeführt wird,
-  inklusive Resync-Hook für den Snapshot-Restore-Pfad in `SaveConfig`. Plus Pure-Helper-Test-Mirror in der Build-Suite
-  damit die Atomicity-Semantik nicht versehentlich wegrefactored wird
- **HonorificService selbst-dokumentierende Threading-Banner.** Statt eines Block-Comments am Klassen-Ende hat jede
-  IPC-Callback-Methode jetzt einen 1-Zeilen-Banner darüber, der den Thread-Kontext direkt am Call-Site benennt
-  (framework only, framework scheduled, any). Mehr Hilfe für künftige Reviews als ein abstraktes Threading-Kapitel
- **Unsubscribe-Failure ist jetzt sichtbar.** `TryUnsubscribe` hat ein Honorific-Unsubscribe-Failure bisher als Debug
-  geloggt, was bei Standard-Loglevel verschluckt wurde. Eine geleakte Subscription kann den Service über Plugin-Reloads
-  hinweg leben lassen, also läuft der Log jetzt auf Warning
- **AutoTranslate-Warmup blockiert den Plugin-Unload nicht mehr.** Der Cache-Warmup-Thread war ohne `IsBackground=true`
-  unterwegs, was den Unload um 100-300 ms verzögern konnte. Pattern-Match zu MessageManager und RetentionSweep (beide
-  seit v1.4.0)
- **Privacy-Filter loggt unbekannte ChatTypes.** Wenn FFXIV durch einen Patch einen neuen ChatType einführt der weder in
-  der Whitelist noch in den Defaults steht, wird er bisher silent durch den Failsafe geleitet. Jetzt loggt der Filter
-  einmalig pro Runtime eine Warning mit dem Type und dem Failsafe-Wert. Dedup über ein NonSerialized-HashSet, also kein
-  Log-Spam
- **Default-Flip für neue Installationen.** `PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels` startet bei neuen Configs jetzt auf `true`,
-  damit ein Patch-bedingt neuer ChatType nicht stillschweigend gedroppt wird bevor der User entscheiden kann. Bestehende
-  Configs behalten ihre Wahl, weil der Deserializer den Initializer überschreibt. Keine Migration, kein Schema-Bump
-
-Keine User-sichtbaren Funktions-Änderungen außer dem Default-Flip für neue Installationen. Settings, Themes, Tabs und
-das Privacy-Verhalten für Bestand bleiben unangetastet.
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---
-subtitle: UX und Robustheit
-versionsnatur: UX-Polish-Cycle
---
-
-**Hellion Chat 1.4.5 — UX und Robustheit**
-
-Sechster Sub-Patch der v1.4.x Polish-Sweep-Serie. Render-Fehler im Chat-Fenster werden jetzt sichtbar, der
-First-Run-Wizard hat eine explizite Cancel-Schaltfläche, der Eingabe-Verlauf bleibt nicht mehr über Plugin-Reloads
-hinweg liegen, und die Statusleiste klippt in schmalen Fenstern nicht mehr.
-
- **Fehler-Benachrichtigung im Chat-Fenster.** Wenn ein Render-Fehler in `DrawChatLog` auftritt, zeigt das Plugin jetzt
-  eine einmalige Warning-Notification mit Verweis aufs `/xllog`, statt das Fenster stillschweigend leer zu lassen. Der
-  Stack-Trace selbst geht weiter via `Plugin.Log.Error` ins Logfile. De-Dup über Per-Session-Bool, damit ein
-  wiederkehrender Fehler die Notification-Stack nicht pro Frame neu vollkippt
- **First-Run-Wizard trennt Accept und Close.** `OnClose` setzt nicht mehr stillschweigend `FirstRunCompleted=true`,
-  also lässt das X den Wizard schwebend zurück und er kommt beim nächsten Plugin-Reload wieder. Eine neue „Später —
-  Defaults behalten"-Schaltfläche im Footer ist der explizite Weg, ohne Profil-Auswahl rauszukommen. Strings bilingual
-  EN+DE plus Tooltip
- **Eingabe-Verlauf wird beim Plugin-Reload geleert.** `InputHistoryService.Reset` hängt jetzt in `Plugin.DisposeAsync`
-  neben den anderen Pure-Memory-Cleanups, damit der statische Zustand aus der vorigen Session den nächsten Load nicht
-  mehr erbt
- **Statusleiste klippt nicht mehr.** Der rechtsbündige Versions-Slot wird ausgeblendet wenn die Chat-Window-Breite
-  abzüglich Versions-Text unter 200 px fällt — vorher überlappte er die vier linken Slots. Ab ausreichender Breite
-  taucht der Slot wieder auf
- **Intern:** `FontManager` fällt auf System-Font zurück wenn die eingebettete Hellion-Font-Resource fehlt
-  (Broken-csproj-Pfad, nie ein Produktions-Build), plus expliziter Session-Only-Invariant-Kommentar für Auto-Tell-Tabs
-  in `Plugin.cs:167-168` mit einem TempTabCounter-Init-Pin in der Build-Suite. Kein Schema-Bump, keine Migration
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---
-subtitle: Code Hygiene and Refactor
-versionsnatur: Maintenance-Cycle
---
-
-Wartungs-Patch ohne User-sichtbare Änderungen. Saubere Code-Basis als Vorbereitung auf das v1.4.7-Backlog-Cleanup, plus
-zwei geerbte Bugfixes aus dem ChatTwo-Upstream `f35b7d3`.
-
- **preflight.sh härter**: csharpier-Reflow-Check (Block E) und markdownlint (Block F) laufen jetzt im Pre-Push-Gate,
-  statt erst beim Pre-Merge-Review aufzufallen.
- **FontManager-Fallback robuster**: Atlas-Toolkit-Throws aus kaputten Font-Configs (IO, InvalidOperation,
-  ArgumentException) fallen jetzt zuverlässig auf NotoSansCjkRegular, statt den Atlas-Build mitzureißen. Der
-  Exception-Typ wird im Log mitgegeben für die Diagnose.
- **URL-Validation beim Plugin-Load**: BrandingLinks (5 URLs) und IntegrationLinks (2 URLs) werden via
-  `[ModuleInitializer]` geprüft. Ein Tippfehler bei einer künftigen URL-Rotation wirft jetzt sofort beim Plugin-Load,
-  statt still beim Klick zu scheitern.
- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — Memory-Leak in `Chat.SetChannel`: der native `Utf8String` wird jetzt auch dann
-  freigegeben, wenn der Linkshell-Check den Channel ablehnt (vorher gefangen im early-return).
- **Cherry-Pick aus ChatTwo `f35b7d3`** — `Tab.Clone()` Deep-cloned jetzt `UsedChannel` und `TellTarget`. Vorher
-  Reference-Share-Bug: PopOut- und Temp-Tabs mutierten sich gegenseitig.
- **Aktive-Tab-Underline pixel-perfect bei DPI-Scaling**: Die Underline-Pill skaliert jetzt mit
-  `ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale` und rundet die DrawList-Koordinaten auf physische Pixel. Kein Sub-Pixel-Blur mehr auf
-  125/150%-Setups.
- **IconButton-Width-Fix**: der manuelle `width - 2 * CellPadding.X`-Subtract verlor den HUD-Scale (Padding skaliert,
-  der raw int nicht). Gemessene Breite läuft jetzt unverändert durch.
- **Test-Isolation für MessageStore**: `Dalamud.Utility.Util`-Surface (IsWine, OpenLink) läuft jetzt durch eine
-  `IPlatformUtil`-Indirektion. MessageStores `IsWine`-Probe ist isoliert testbar in der Build-Suite. Plus:
-  HellionStyle-ChildBgAlpha als Pure-Helper extrahiert, Plugin.SaveConfig kopiert nur Session-Tabs statt der ganzen
-  Tab-Liste, SettingsOverview cached den DrawList einmal pro Frame.
- **Built-in-Theme-Roster**: Crystal Nocturne (Royal Sapphire + Electric Magenta auf Obsidian, von CRYSTALLITE) ersetzt
-  Moonlit Bloom. User mit Moonlit Bloom als aktivem Theme fallen beim ersten Plugin-Load auf Hellion Arctic zurück.
-
-Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---
-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).
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---
-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.
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
---
-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.
@@ -101,16 +101,16 @@ jobs:
                  if ($idx -lt 0) { throw "V5: changelog-Block nicht gefunden in $yamlPath" }
                  $afterMarker = $raw.Substring($idx + $marker.Length)
                  $changelogBody = (($afterMarker -split "`r?`n") | ForEach-Object {
-                      if ($_ -match '^    ') { $_.Substring(4) } else { $_ }
+                      if ($_ -match '^  ') { $_.Substring(2) } else { $_ }
                  }) -join "`n"

-                  $header = "**v$version "
+                  $header = "**Hellion Chat $version"
                  $start = $changelogBody.IndexOf($header)
                  if ($start -lt 0) {
                      throw "V5: No changelog entry for version $version found in $yamlPath. Update the changelog block before tagging."
                  }
                  $rest = $changelogBody.Substring($start)
-                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**v", 1)
+                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**Hellion Chat ", 1)
                  $trailer = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n---")
                  if ($nextHdr -ge 0 -and ($trailer -lt 0 -or $nextHdr -lt $trailer)) {
                      $enBlock = $rest.Substring(0, $nextHdr).TrimEnd()
@@ -120,37 +120,17 @@ jobs:
                      $enBlock = $rest.TrimEnd()
                  }

-                  # ---------- 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
+                  # ---------- Char-Cap-Check (5500 Total auf title + description + footer) ----------
                  $title = "Hellion Chat $version — $subtitle"
-                  $deDesc = "**Deutsch**`n`n$deBody"
-                  $enDesc = "**English**`n`n$enBlock"
+                  $description = "**Deutsch**`n`n$deBody`n`n**English**`n`n$enBlock"
                  $footerText = "Hellion Forge · $versionsnatur"
-                  $releaseUrl = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"
+                  $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"

-                  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.
+                  # ---------- Embed-Payload bauen ----------
                  $payload = [ordered]@{
                      username = "Forge Herald"
                      avatar_url = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/HellionChat/images/icon.png"
@@ -162,14 +142,9 @@ jobs:
                      embeds = @(
                          [ordered]@{
                              title = $title
-                              url = $releaseUrl
+                              url = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/tag/$tag"
                              color = 12730636
-                              description = $deDesc
-                          },
-                          [ordered]@{
-                              url = $releaseUrl
-                              color = 12730636
-                              description = $enDesc
+                              description = $description
                              footer = [ordered]@{ text = $footerText }
                              timestamp = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime().ToString("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.fffZ")
                          }
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ on:
    push:
        tags:
            - "v*"
-    # Manual recovery trigger. Use Gitea's "Run workflow" UI and select the
-    # tag (e.g. v1.4.4) from the Ref dropdown - not main. The Validate tag
-    # ref step below hard-fails if a non-tag ref is selected, because the
-    # release-action reads GITHUB_REF directly and rejects anything that
-    # does not start with refs/tags/.
+    # Manual recovery trigger. Use when a tag was pushed but the auto-run
+    # was missed or failed: `gh workflow run release.yml -f tag=v0.6.1`.
+    # The tag input is validated against the same semver regex as the
+    # auto-trigger before any string interpolation happens.
    workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+            tag:
+                description: "Existing tag to (re)release, e.g. v0.6.1"
+                required: true
+                type: string

 permissions:
    contents: write
@@ -37,21 +41,14 @@ jobs:
        timeout-minutes: 20

        steps:
-            # release-action@main reads GITHUB_REF directly (its action.yml
-            # does not declare a tag_name input). Validate up-front so manual
-            # dispatches from a branch ref fail loud here instead of burning
-            # a full build before the final step errors out with "ref X is
-            # not a tag".
-            - name: Validate tag ref
-              run: |
-                  if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" != refs/tags/v* ]]; then
-                      echo "::error::Release workflow must run on a v*.X.Y tag ref, got ${GITHUB_REF}"
-                      echo "::error::Push a tag, or pick the tag (not main) in the workflow_dispatch Ref dropdown."
-                      exit 1
-                  fi
-
+            # On push:tags, github.ref_name is the tag — checkout default works.
+            # On workflow_dispatch, ref defaults to the branch the action was
+            # invoked from; we need to explicitly check out the tag the user
+            # supplied so the build comes from the tagged commit, not main.
            - name: Checkout
              uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6
+              with:
+                  ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref }}

            - name: Setup .NET 10
              uses: actions/setup-dotnet@c2fa09f4bde5ebb9d1777cf28262a3eb3db3ced7 # v5
@@ -92,11 +89,12 @@ jobs:
            - name: Generate release body
              shell: pwsh
              env:
-                  # github.ref_name is the tag because Validate tag ref above
-                  # already enforced refs/tags/v*. Read via env: so the value
-                  # is a PowerShell variable, not inline shell text, and gets
-                  # re-validated against the semver regex below.
-                  TAG_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+                  # workflow_dispatch carries the user-supplied tag in inputs.tag;
+                  # push:tags carries it in github.ref_name. Either way the value
+                  # is treated as a PowerShell variable (env-var pass), not as
+                  # inline shell text, and validated against the semver regex
+                  # below before any string interpolation.
+                  TAG_NAME: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
              run: |
                  $tag = $env:TAG_NAME
                  if ($tag -notmatch '^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$') {
@@ -113,22 +111,20 @@ jobs:

                  # changelog: is the last top-level key in the manifest, so
                  # everything after the marker is the literal block. Strip the
-                  # 4-space yaml indent (prettier convention) from each line.
+                  # 2-space yaml indent from each line.
                  $afterMarker = $raw.Substring($idx + $marker.Length)
                  $changelogBody = (($afterMarker -split "`r?`n") | ForEach-Object {
-                      if ($_ -match '^    ') { $_.Substring(4) } else { $_ }
+                      if ($_ -match '^  ') { $_.Substring(2) } else { $_ }
                  }) -join "`n"

-                  # Subblock convention: "**vX.Y.Z — <subtitle> (<date>)**"
-                  # matches verify-changelog-sync.sh and slim-rule grep.
-                  $header = "**v$version "
+                  $header = "**Hellion Chat $version"
                  $start = $changelogBody.IndexOf($header)
                  if ($start -lt 0) {
                      throw "No changelog entry for version $version found in $yamlPath. Update the changelog block before tagging a release."
                  }

                  $rest = $changelogBody.Substring($start)
-                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**v", 1)
+                  $nextHdr = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n**Hellion Chat ", 1)
                  $trailer = $rest.IndexOf("`n`n---")

                  if ($nextHdr -ge 0 -and ($trailer -lt 0 -or $nextHdr -lt $trailer)) {
@@ -156,28 +152,19 @@ jobs:
                  Write-Host $body
                  Write-Host "----------------------------------------"

-            # release-action@main only declares files/title/body/pre_release/
-            # draft/api_key/insecure as inputs (see its action.yml). It silently
-            # ignores anything else, including body_path and tag_name. The tag
-            # itself comes from GITHUB_REF, the body must be passed inline via
-            # body:, so we re-emit release-body.md as a step output first.
-            - name: Expose release body for release-action
-              id: body
-              shell: bash
-              run: |
-                  {
-                      echo 'content<<RELEASE_BODY_EOF'
-                      cat release-body.md
-                      echo 'RELEASE_BODY_EOF'
-                  } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
            # Gitea-native release action. Creates the release if the tag has no
-            # release yet, or updates the existing one with latest.zip attached
-            # and the generated body. The auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN on Gitea
-            # Actions has Gitea-API scope and is sufficient for release write.
+            # release yet, or updates the existing one. body_path provides the
+            # generated release body, files attaches latest.zip. The auto-injected
+            # GITHUB_TOKEN on Gitea Actions has Gitea-API scope and is sufficient
+            # for release write.
            - name: Attach to Gitea release
              uses: https://gitea.com/actions/release-action@main
              with:
+                  # Explicit tag_name so the action targets the correct release in
+                  # both push:tags (auto) and workflow_dispatch (manual recovery)
+                  # modes. Without this, dispatch runs would default to the branch
+                  # ref (main) and fail to find the release.
+                  tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
                  files: ${{ steps.locate.outputs.path }}
-                  body: ${{ steps.body.outputs.content }}
+                  body_path: release-body.md
                  api_key: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -384,7 +384,3 @@ ChatTwo.Tests
 TestResults
 *.db-shm
 *.db-wal
-
-# Claude Code projekt-spezifisches Setup (lokal, nicht committed)
-/.claude/
-/CLAUDE.md
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {
    "MD007": { "indent": 4 },
    "MD013": false,
-    "MD024": { "siblings_only": true },
    "MD029": false,
    "MD033": false,
-    "MD036": false,
    "MD041": false
 }
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Threading;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text;
 using Dalamud.Game.Text.SeStringHandling;
-using Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification;
 using HellionChat.Code;
 using HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
@@ -12,8 +10,14 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat;

-// Auto-Tell-Tabs: spawns session-only tabs per /tell partner.
-// Subscribes to MessageManager.MessageProcessed and ClientState.Logout.
+// Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs.
+//
+// Spawns a session-only tab per /tell partner so a club greeter can track
+// multiple parallel conversations without losing context. Subscribes to
+// MessageManager.MessageProcessed for live tells and to ClientState.Logout
+// for the cleanup pass; everything else hangs off these two entry points.
+//
+// See spec: Hellion Chat Auto-Tell-Tabs Spec (Obsidian vault).
 internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
 {
    private readonly Plugin _plugin;
@@ -21,12 +25,6 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
    private readonly MessageStore _store;
    private readonly object _tempTabsLock = new();

-    // Hard cap on pinned TempTabs so the sidebar doesn't inflate over years
-    // of usage. Separate pool from AutoTellTabsLimit (15) — pinned tabs live
-    // in their own bucket. A configurable cap is a vault-backlog anchor for
-    // a later cycle if tester feedback demands it.
-    internal const int MaxPinnedTempTabs = 5;
-
    private bool _initialized;

    internal AutoTellTabsService(Plugin plugin, MessageManager messageManager, MessageStore store)
@@ -36,14 +34,16 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        _store = store;
    }

-    // 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 int ActiveTempTabCount
+    {
+        get
+        {
+            lock (_tempTabsLock)
+            {
+                return Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab);
+            }
+        }
+    }

    internal void Initialize()
    {
@@ -52,53 +52,11 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
            return;
        }

-        // Pinned tabs come out of the JSON with TellTarget set but
-        // CurrentChannel reset (NonSerialized). Without re-seeding, the chat
-        // input has no tell-target on the active pinned tab, and the
-        // game-side channel hook only repaints CurrentChannel once the user
-        // triggers a /tell or channel switch.
-        RehydratePinnedTabs();
-
        _messageManager.MessageProcessed += HandleTell;
        Plugin.ClientState.Logout += OnLogout;
        _initialized = true;
    }

-    private void RehydratePinnedTabs()
-    {
-        var pinned = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"[Pin] Rehydrate scan: {pinned} pinned tab(s) found");
-
-        foreach (var tab in Plugin.Config.Tabs)
-        {
-            if (!TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tab))
-                continue;
-
-            if (tab.TellTarget is null || !tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
-            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
-                    $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' has no usable TellTarget "
-                        + $"(Name={tab.TellTarget?.Name ?? "<null>"} World={tab.TellTarget?.World ?? 0}). "
-                        + "Chat input on this tab will be empty until the partner sends a tell or you /tell manually."
-                );
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            tab.Channel ??= InputChannel.Tell;
-            tab.CurrentChannel.Channel = InputChannel.Tell;
-            tab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget = tab.TellTarget.Clone();
-
-            // MessageList is NonSerialized so pinned tabs come back empty.
-            // Preload the same history window the spawn path uses so the user
-            // sees the recent conversation, not a blank tab.
-            PreloadHistory(tab, tab.TellTarget.Name, tab.TellTarget.World, Guid.Empty);
-
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
-                $"[Pin] Rehydrated '{tab.Name}' -> Tell target {tab.TellTarget.Name}@{tab.TellTarget.World}"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
    public void Dispose()
    {
        if (!_initialized)
@@ -129,8 +87,11 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        var partner = ExtractTellPartner(message);
        if (partner == null)
        {
-            // Diagnostics: helps detect regressions (FFXIV payload changes, new edge cases)
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            // Real message without a player payload — e.g. GM tells, which
+            // we deliberately skip. The diagnostics make future regressions
+            // (FFXIV changing tell payload shape, new edge cases) findable
+            // without having to crank up debug logging at the source.
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(
                $"[AutoTellTabs] Could not extract tell partner. type={message.Code.Type}, "
                    + $"senderChunks={message.Sender.Count}, contentChunks={message.Content.Count}, "
                    + $"senderSourcePayloads={message.SenderSource?.Payloads?.Count ?? 0}, "
@@ -144,23 +105,9 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
            var existing = FindTempTab(partner.Value.Name, partner.Value.World);
            if (existing != null)
            {
-                // 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();
-                }
+                // Tab already exists; Tab.Matches has already routed this
+                // message via the MessageManager pipeline (see Task 2 sender
+                // filter).
                return;
            }

@@ -177,7 +124,10 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
    {
        if (message.Code.Type == ChatType.TellIncoming)
        {
-            // Sender is the partner; check chunks first, then raw SeString as fallback
+            // Incoming tell: the sender is the conversation partner. The
+            // PlayerPayload normally rides on a chunk's Link slot, but for
+            // some tell types FFXIV only puts it in the raw SeString —
+            // fall back to that before giving up.
            var fromSender =
                ChunkUtil.TryGetPlayerPayload(message.Sender)
                ?? ChunkUtil.TryGetPlayerPayload(message.SenderSource);
@@ -188,7 +138,10 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
            return null;
        }

-        // Outgoing tell: check content first, then channels's TellTarget as fallback
+        // Outgoing tell: the local player is the sender, the partner shows
+        // up either as a payload in the content (for tells typed via the
+        // Chat 2 input bar) or as the channel's tracked tell target (set by
+        // the SetContextTellTarget game hook). Same SeString fallback.
        var fromContent =
            ChunkUtil.TryGetPlayerPayload(message.Content)
            ?? ChunkUtil.TryGetPlayerPayload(message.ContentSource)
@@ -210,35 +163,25 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        return null;
    }

-    private static Tab? FindTempTab(string name, uint world)
+    private Tab? FindTempTab(string name, uint world)
    {
-        var byTarget = Plugin.Config.Tabs.FirstOrDefault(t =>
+        return 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)
-        );
    }

-    internal void DropOldestTempTab()
+    private void DropOldestTempTab()
    {
-        // Pinned tabs live in their own bucket (MaxPinnedTempTabs) and are
-        // never drop candidates. They leave the bucket only via Unpin or
-        // PromoteToPermanent.
+        // Greeted tabs are dropped before un-greeted ones (the user said
+        // "I'm done with that conversation"), and within each bucket we
+        // pick the oldest LastActivity. This protects active conversations
+        // and unfinished greetings while still freeing up a slot.
        var victim = Plugin
            .Config.Tabs.Select((tab, idx) => (Tab: tab, Index: idx))
-            .Where(t => TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t.Tab))
+            .Where(t => t.Tab.IsTempTab)
            .OrderByDescending(t => t.Tab.IsGreeted)
            .ThenBy(t => t.Tab.LastActivity)
            .FirstOrDefault();
@@ -248,7 +191,12 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
            return;
        }

-        // Clean up pop-out window if tab is popped out
+        // v0.6.1 — if the victim is currently popped out, tear down the
+        // matching Popout window first. Otherwise the window stays in
+        // PopOutWindows + WindowSystem and renders empty / re-spawns on the
+        // next AddPopOutsToDraw tick. Latent since pop-outs were introduced;
+        // becomes visible with AutoTellTabsOpenAsPopout where dropping a
+        // popped tab is now a routine code path.
        if (victim.Tab.PopOut)
        {
            var popout = _plugin.ChatLogWindow.ActivePopouts.FirstOrDefault(p =>
@@ -262,7 +210,8 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable

        Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAt(victim.Index);

-        // Re-anchor active tab to avoid silent switch when tab is dropped
+        // Re-anchor the active tab so the user does not silently end up on
+        // a different conversation when their tab gets dropped or shifted.
        if (victim.Index <= _plugin.LastTab)
        {
            _plugin.WantedTab = 0;
@@ -273,12 +222,22 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
    {
        var tab = BuildTempTab(partner.Name, partner.World);

-        // Preload history: chronological order with current message already persisted
+        // Preload first so the tab opens with chronological history above
+        // the current message — and so a slow DB query never causes a
+        // visible "empty tab, then history pops in" effect on screen.
+        // The current message is already persisted in the store by the
+        // time MessageProcessed fires (see MessageManager.cs: UpsertMessage
+        // runs before the event), so we have to exclude it explicitly to
+        // avoid the separator landing below the live tell.
        PreloadHistory(tab, partner.Name, partner.World, currentMessage.Id);

        tab.AddMessage(currentMessage, unread: true);

-        // Open as pop-out if configured (set before Tabs.Add for next render-tick)
+        // Hellion Chat v0.6.1 — opt-in: open new /tell tabs directly as a
+        // pop-out window. Set BEFORE Tabs.Add so the next render-tick's
+        // AddPopOutsToDraw() sees PopOut=true and spawns the Popout window
+        // alongside the tab going into the list. No SaveConfig() because
+        // auto-tell tabs are IsTempTab (session-only, never persisted).
        if (Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsOpenAsPopout)
        {
            tab.PopOut = true;
@@ -313,7 +272,9 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        {
            return $"{playerName}@{worldRow.Name}";
        }
-        // Fallback if world lookup misses (rare; only for unseen worlds)
+        // World sheet lookup miss is rare (only for FFXIV worlds Dalamud has
+        // not yet seen). Fall back to the raw RowId so the user still has a
+        // unique, readable label.
        return $"{playerName}@World{worldRowId}";
    }

@@ -327,7 +288,9 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable

        try
        {
-            // Pull one extra row: current message is already in store and would eat a preload slot
+            // Pull one extra row because the live tell that triggered this
+            // spawn is already in the store and would otherwise eat one of
+            // the user's preload-budget slots.
            var history = _store.GetTellHistoryWithSender(
                _messageManager.CurrentContentId,
                senderName,
@@ -342,17 +305,23 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable

            if (historicMessages.Count == 0)
            {
-                // No prior tells; leave tab empty to avoid orphaned "history loaded" marker
+                // No prior tells with this player — leave the tab to start
+                // empty so the user does not see a "history loaded" marker
+                // sitting alone above the very first message.
                return;
            }

-            // History is oldest-first; add in order for chronological display
+            // The history list is already oldest-first, so a plain AddPrune
+            // loop produces the chronological order the user expects to see
+            // when the tab opens.
            foreach (var message in historicMessages)
            {
                tab.Messages.AddPrune(message, MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit);
            }

-            // Separator between history and live tell (sorts after history but before current)
+            // Visible separator between the loaded history and the live
+            // tell that triggered this spawn. Goes in last so it sorts
+            // after the historical messages but before the current one.
            tab.Messages.AddPrune(
                MakeSystemMarker(HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_HistorySeparator),
                MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit
@@ -360,8 +329,10 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            // Non-fatal: tab still spawns with visible error notice instead of silent history loss
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
+            // Non-fatal: the tab still spawns, but the user gets a visible
+            // notice instead of silently missing history. The error logs
+            // once with full stack trace for diagnosis.
+            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "[AutoTellTabs] History preload failed");
            tab.Messages.AddPrune(
                MakeSystemMarker(HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError),
                MessageManager.MessageDisplayLimit
@@ -401,7 +372,9 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable

        lock (_tempTabsLock)
        {
-            // Guard against frame-race: sidebar might render a tab already removed by LRU or logout
+            // Frame-race guard (E5): the sidebar might still render a tab
+            // that has already been removed by LRU drop or logout cleanup.
+            // Silently skip the toggle so we don't mutate stale state.
            if (!Plugin.Config.Tabs.Contains(tab))
            {
                return;
@@ -415,16 +388,20 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
    {
        lock (_tempTabsLock)
        {
-            // Pinned TempTabs must survive char-switch — that's the whole point
-            // of pinning. Only unpinned ones get stripped.
+            // Snapshot whether the active tab is about to be removed, BEFORE
+            // we mutate the list — index lookups would lie to us afterwards.
            var lastIndex = _plugin.LastTab;
            var lastIndexValid = lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count;
-            var currentWasUnpinnedTempTab =
-                lastIndexValid
-                && TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(Plugin.Config.Tabs[lastIndex]);
+            var currentWasTempTab = lastIndexValid && Plugin.Config.Tabs[lastIndex].IsTempTab;

+            // v0.6.1 — symmetric to DropOldestTempTab cleanup: tear down any
+            // popped-out temp tab windows before removing the tabs themselves,
+            // otherwise PopOutWindows + WindowSystem keep ghost entries until
+            // the next plugin reload. Especially relevant once Auto-Pop-Out is
+            // enabled — every logout would otherwise leak as many ghosts as
+            // there were active /tell pop-outs.
            var poppedTempTabIds = Plugin
-                .Config.Tabs.Where(t => TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t) && t.PopOut)
+                .Config.Tabs.Where(t => t.IsTempTab && t.PopOut)
                .Select(t => t.Identifier)
                .ToList();
            if (poppedTempTabIds.Count > 0)
@@ -440,78 +417,16 @@ internal sealed class AutoTellTabsService : IDisposable
                }
            }

-            Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool);
+            Plugin.Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);

-            // 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.
+            // Force a switch to tab 0 if the active tab was a temp tab OR
+            // if drops before the active index pushed LastTab out of range.
+            // Otherwise the user keeps their current persistent tab.
            var stillValid = lastIndex >= 0 && lastIndex < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count;
-            if (currentWasUnpinnedTempTab || !stillValid)
+            if (currentWasTempTab || !stillValid)
            {
                _plugin.WantedTab = 0;
            }
        }
    }
-
-    internal bool TryPin(Tab tab)
-    {
-        if (!tab.IsTempTab || tab.IsPinned)
-        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
-                $"[Pin] TryPin skipped: IsTempTab={tab.IsTempTab} IsPinned={tab.IsPinned}"
-            );
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        if (PinnedTempTabCount >= MaxPinnedTempTabs)
-        {
-            WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
-                string.Format(HellionStrings.PinTab_LimitReached, MaxPinnedTempTabs),
-                NotificationType.Warning
-            );
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        tab.IsPinned = true;
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
-            $"[Pin] Pinned tab '{tab.Name}' target={tab.TellTarget?.Name}@{tab.TellTarget?.World}"
-        );
-        _plugin.SaveConfig();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    internal void Unpin(Tab tab)
-    {
-        if (!tab.IsPinned)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // If the unpinned pool is already full, dropping the oldest before
-        // flipping the flag avoids counting the just-unpinned tab as a drop
-        // candidate.
-        if (ActiveTempTabCount >= Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsLimit)
-        {
-            DropOldestTempTab();
-        }
-
-        tab.IsPinned = false;
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("[Pin] Unpinned tab '{tab.Name}'");
-        _plugin.SaveConfig();
-    }
-
-    internal void PromoteToPermanent(Tab tab)
-    {
-        if (!tab.IsTempTab)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        tab.IsTempTab = false;
-        tab.IsPinned = false;
-        tab.TellTarget = TellTarget.Empty();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
-            $"[Pin] Promoted tab '{tab.Name}' to permanent (tell-binding dropped)"
-        );
-        _plugin.SaveConfig();
-    }
 }
@@ -1,33 +1,11 @@
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using HellionChat.Util;
-
+// HellionChat/Branding/BrandingLinks.cs
 namespace HellionChat.Branding;

-// Centralised — a future invite/URL rotation only touches this file.
+// Centralised so a future invite rotation only touches one file. The same
+// link is currently hard-coded in repo.json, README.md, SUPPORT.md,
+// CONTRIBUTORS.md and HellionChat.yaml — those will be migrated to consume
+// this constant in a separate housekeeping sweep
 internal static class BrandingLinks
 {
    public const string HellionForgeDiscordInvite = "https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR";
-    public const string HellionForgeGitea = "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/Hellion-Forge";
-    public const string HellionChatRepo =
-        "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat";
-    public const string HellionForgeWebsite = "https://hellion-forge.cloud";
-    public const string HellionMediaWebsite = "https://hellion-media.de/de";
-
-    // CA2255 warns against [ModuleInitializer] in library code, but Dalamud
-    // loads the plugin DLL directly so the module-init pass is the right hook
-    // for a one-shot URL sanity check at plugin load.
-#pragma warning disable CA2255
-    [ModuleInitializer]
-#pragma warning restore CA2255
-    internal static void ValidateUrls()
-    {
-        UrlValidation.ValidateAll(
-            nameof(BrandingLinks),
-            HellionForgeDiscordInvite,
-            HellionForgeGitea,
-            HellionChatRepo,
-            HellionForgeWebsite,
-            HellionMediaWebsite
-        );
-    }
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ public abstract class Chunk
            _ => null,
        };

-    // Returns basic text for hashing (content for TextChunk, icon name for IconChunk)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Get some basic text for use in generating hashes.
+    /// </summary>
    internal string StringValue()
    {
        return this switch
@@ -106,6 +108,9 @@ public class TextChunk : Chunk
        Content = content ?? "";
    }

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a new TextChunk with identical styling to this one.
+    /// </summary>
    public TextChunk NewWithStyle(ChunkSource source, Payload? link, string content)
    {
        return new TextChunk(source, link, content)
@@ -117,6 +122,9 @@ public class TextChunk : Chunk
        };
    }

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates a new TextChunk with identical styling to this one.
+    /// </summary>
    public TextChunk NewWithStyle(Chunk chunk, string content)
    {
        return new TextChunk(chunk, content)
@@ -7,36 +7,36 @@ public enum ChatSource : ushort
 {
    None = 0,

-    // The player controlled by this client
+    /// <summary>The player currently controlled by the local client.</summary>
    LocalPlayer = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.LocalPlayer,

-    // Member of the local party
+    /// <summary>A player in the same 4-man or 8-man party as the local player.</summary>
    PartyMember = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PartyMember,

-    // Member of the alliance
+    /// <summary>A player in the same alliance raid.</summary>
    AllianceMember = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.AllianceMember,

-    // Other player
+    /// <summary>A player not in the local player's party or alliance.</summary>
    OtherPlayer = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.OtherPlayer,

-    // Enemy in combat
+    /// <summary>An enemy entity that is currently in combat with the player or party.</summary>
    EngagedEnemy = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.EngagedEnemy,

-    // Enemy out of combat
+    /// <summary>An enemy entity that is not yet in combat or claimed.</summary>
    UnengagedEnemy = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.UnengagedEnemy,

-    // Friendly NPC
+    /// <summary>An NPC that is friendly or neutral to the player (e.g., EventNPCs).</summary>
    FriendlyNpc = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.FriendlyNpc,

-    // Own pet or companion
+    /// <summary>A pet (Summoner/Scholar) or companion (Chocobo) belonging to the local player.</summary>
    PetOrCompanion = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanion,

-    // Pet or companion of party members
+    /// <summary>A pet or companion belonging to a member of the local player's party.</summary>
    PetOrCompanionParty = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanionParty,

-    // Pet or companion of alliance members
+    /// <summary>A pet or companion belonging to a member of the alliance.</summary>
    PetOrCompanionAlliance = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanionAlliance,

-    // Pet or companion of other players
+    /// <summary>A pet or companion belonging to a player not in the party or alliance.</summary>
    PetOrCompanionOther = 1 << XivChatRelationKind.PetOrCompanionOther,
 }
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
    {
        if (!Registered.TryGetValue(command, out var wrapper))
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
+            Plugin.Log.Warning($"Missing registration for command {command}");
            return;
        }

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ internal sealed class Commands : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
+            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Error while executing command {command}");
        }
    }
 }
@@ -34,41 +34,38 @@ public class ConfigKeyBind
 [Serializable]
 public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
 {
-    private const int LatestVersion = 17;
+    private const int LatestVersion = 16;

    public int Version { get; set; } = LatestVersion;

-    // Slug-based; ThemeRegistry resolves the object at runtime.
+    // v1.1.0 — Theme-Engine. Slug-basiert; ThemeRegistry liefert das Objekt.
    public string Theme = "hellion-arctic";

-    // Global window opacity, applied across all themes.
+    // v1.1.0 — Globale Window-Opacity, theme-übergreifend. Migration aus
+    // HellionThemeWindowOpacity beim Bump v13 → v14.
    public float WindowOpacity = 0.85f;

-    // Reserved for future UI toggles; pre-declared to avoid a migration later.
+    // v1.1.0 — Felder für künftige UI-Toggles (v1.2.0 / v1.3.0). Werden
+    // vorab angelegt, damit später keine Migration nötig ist.
    public bool ReduceMotion;

-    // v1.2.1: default flipped false → true. Compact single-line layout is
-    // more readable than the card-rows layout introduced in v1.2.0.
+    // v1.2.1 — Default geflippt von false → true. Card-Rows-Layout aus
+    // v1.2.0 wurde als zu dicht empfunden; Single-Line `[HH:mm] Sender:
+    // Text` ist besser lesbar und platzsparender. Bestand-User mit aktiv
+    // false werden durch die v15→v16-Migration auf den neuen Default
+    // gehoben (Heuristik: wer in v1.2.0 false hatte, hatte den damals
+    // neu eingeführten Default — kaum jemand hat aktiv abgeschaltet).
    public bool UseCompactDensity = true;

-    // Privacy by Default master switch. Set false to restore upstream behaviour.
+    // Hellion Chat — Privacy filter (DSGVO Art. 25 Privacy by Default).
+    // Master-switch defaults to true; set false to restore upstream behavior.
    public bool PrivacyFilterEnabled = true;

    // Empty set means the migration has not run yet — see Plugin.cs v6→v7.
    public HashSet<ChatType> PrivacyPersistChannels = [];

-    // Failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches. New configs default
-    // to the failsafe via PrivacyDefaults; existing configs keep their saved
-    // choice because the deserializer overrides this initializer.
-    public bool PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels = Privacy
-        .PrivacyDefaults
-        .DefaultPersistUnknownChannels;
-
-    // F3.2: dedup unknown-ChatType warnings so a chatty filter doesn't spam
-    // the log every frame. NonSerialized so the warning fires once per
-    // runtime, not once-ever-per-install.
-    [NonSerialized]
-    private readonly HashSet<ChatType> _warnedUnknownChannels = new();
+    // Failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches we don't know about.
+    public bool PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels;

    public bool IsAllowedForStorage(ChatType type)
    {
@@ -76,52 +73,82 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
            return true;
        if (PrivacyPersistChannels.Contains(type))
            return true;
-
-        // F3.2: log first occurrence of a ChatType the running build doesn't
-        // recognise — i.e. one a future FFXIV patch may have added. Known
-        // types the user opted out of are routed through the failsafe
-        // silently, like before.
-        if (!Enum.IsDefined(typeof(ChatType), type) && _warnedUnknownChannels.Add(type))
-        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
-                "PrivacyFilter: unrecognised ChatType {Type} — falling back to PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels={Persist}.",
-                type,
-                PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels
-            );
-        }
-
        return PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels;
    }

-    // Retention master switch defaults to false — plugin will not delete
-    // history until the user explicitly opts in.
+    // Hellion Chat — Message retention (GDPR data minimization, time axis).
+    // Master switch defaults to false; the plugin will not delete history
+    // until the user explicitly opts in.
    public bool RetentionEnabled;
    public int RetentionDefaultDays = 30;
    public Dictionary<ChatType, int> RetentionPerChannelDays = [];
    public DateTimeOffset RetentionLastRunAt = DateTimeOffset.MinValue;
+
+    // Hellion Chat first-run wizard — opens once on a fresh install. Existing
+    // ChatTwo users skip it because the v6→v7 migration sets the flag.
    public bool FirstRunCompleted;
+
+    // Use the bundled Exo 2 font (OFL-1.1) for the regular plugin font
+    // instead of whatever GlobalFontV2.FontId points at. Default ON so a
+    // fresh install gets the Hellion typography out-of-the-box; flip OFF
+    // to fall back to the user's chosen system or Dalamud font.
    public bool UseHellionFont = true;
+
+    // Cycle 1 of the plugin-integration roadmap. When Honorific is installed
+    // and reports a custom title, render it in the chat header above the
+    // message log. Auto-hides regardless when Honorific is missing or the
+    // active title is original/empty, so leaving this on is safe even for
+    // users who don't run Honorific.
    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;
+    // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs. When enabled, an incoming or outgoing
+    // /tell spawns a session-only tab dedicated to that conversation
+    // partner. See spec: Hellion Chat Auto-Tell-Tabs Spec (Obsidian).
    public bool EnableAutoTellTabs = true;
+
+    // Hard cap on simultaneously open auto tell tabs. Range enforced by the
+    // settings slider (1–50). LRU drop favors greeted tabs first.
    public int AutoTellTabsLimit = 15;
+
+    // When true the sidebar shows only a thin separator before the temp
+    // tabs; when false a section header "Active Tells (n)" is rendered.
    public bool AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
+
+    // Number of prior tells to preload from the message store when an
+    // auto tell tab is spawned. Range 0–100; 0 disables preload.
    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;
+    // Show the greeter "marked-as-greeted" toggle button next to each
+    // temp tab and dim the tab name when set. Off by default because the
+    // workflow is specific to club-greeter use cases — most users just
+    // want the auto tabs themselves without the extra UI affordance.
    public bool AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;
+
+    // Hellion Chat — One-Time-Hint-Banner that introduces the v0.6.0 pop-out
+    // input feature. Set to true once the user dismisses the banner from a
+    // pop-out window; never reset after that.
    public bool SeenPopOutInputHint;
+
+    // Hellion Chat — v0.6.0 master switch for the pop-out input bar.
+    // Global on purpose: per-tab makes no sense for Auto-Tell-Tabs which
+    // are session-only and would force the user to re-enable it for every
+    // new conversation. Default flipped to ON in v0.6.1 (was OFF in v0.6.0)
+    // because tester feedback called the manual toggle "umständlich, wirkt
+    // unfertig". v11 → v12 migration applies the same flip to existing users.
    public bool PopOutInputEnabled = true;
+
+    // Hellion Chat — v0.6.1 One-Time-Hint-Banner that introduces the
+    // chat-header pop-out toolbar button and reminds about the pop-out
+    // input default flip. Set to true once the user dismisses the banner
+    // from the main chat window; never reset after that.
    public bool SeenPopOutHeaderHint;
+
+    // Hellion Chat — v0.6.1 opt-in: when true, AutoTellTabsService.SpawnTempTab
+    // sets tab.PopOut = true on every new auto-tell tab so the conversation
+    // pops out as its own window directly. Closing the pop-out returns the
+    // tab to the sidebar via the standard Popout.OnClose() flow. Default OFF
+    // because the existing sidebar workflow is what most users (especially
+    // club greeters tracking many parallel tells) expect by default.
    public bool AutoTellTabsOpenAsPopout;

    public int GetRetentionDays(ChatType type)
@@ -140,7 +167,10 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
    public bool HideInLoadingScreens;
    public bool HideInBattle;

-    // v1.2.1: default flipped false → true for consistency with other hide defaults.
+    // v1.2.1 — Default geflippt false → true. Hellion-UI im NG+-Menü
+    // versteckt zu halten ist konsistent mit den anderen Hide-Defaults
+    // (Cutscenes, Logged-out, UI-Hidden) — UI-out-of-the-way bei Story-
+    // Sequenzen.
    public bool HideInNewGamePlusMenu = true;
    public bool HideWhenInactive;
    public int InactivityHideTimeout = 10;
@@ -156,8 +186,18 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
    public bool NativeItemTooltips = true;
    public bool PrettierTimestamps = true;
    public bool MoreCompactPretty;
+
+    // v1.2.1 — Default geflippt false → true. Wiederholte Zeitstempel
+    // innerhalb derselben Minute lesen sich als Rauschen; ein einziger
+    // Timestamp pro Minute reicht aus um die Konversation zu verorten.
    public bool HideSameTimestamps = true;
    public bool ShowNoviceNetwork;
+
+    // Hellion Chat — vertical sidebar tab layout reads better than the
+    // horizontal tab strip in the company of Auto-Tell-Tabs (a club
+    // greeter typically tracks 5–15 simultaneous conversations). Bestand
+    // users keep their saved value untouched — only fresh installs pick
+    // up the new default.
    public bool SidebarTabView = true;
    public bool PrintChangelog = true;
    public bool OnlyPreviewIf;
@@ -178,10 +218,22 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
    public bool CollapseKeepUniqueLinks;
    public bool PlaySounds = true;
    public bool KeepInputFocus = true;
+
+    // v1.2.1 — Default gesenkt 5000 → 2500. 5000 ist auf Mid-Range-
+    // Hardware bei langen Sessions spürbar langsamer (Card-Layout
+    // re-Layout pro Frame), 2500 deckt eine typische Stunde Chat ab
+    // und bleibt smooth. User die mehr brauchen können bis 10000 hoch.
    public int MaxLinesToRender = 2_500; // 1-10000
+
+    // Default ON to match a German / European 24h locale. The
+    // ChatLogWindow.cs format-flip in v0.5.1 honours this strictly via
+    // CultureInfo.InvariantCulture so the result is consistent across
+    // host locales.
    public bool Use24HourClock = true;
+
    public bool ShowEmotes = true;
    public HashSet<string> BlockedEmotes = [];
+
    public bool FontsEnabled = true;
    public ExtraGlyphRanges ExtraGlyphRanges = 0;
    public float FontSizeV2 = 12.75f;
@@ -206,6 +258,12 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration

    public float TooltipOffset;

+    // v1.2.1 — Default-Chat-Farben sind das Hellion-Brand-Preset. Der
+    // First-Run-Wizard bietet keine Theme-/Preset-Wahl an, daher kriegen
+    // neue User die Hellion-Brand-Farben out-of-the-box (Cyan-Familie für
+    // Standard/Tell, Ember/Warning für laute Channels). Bestand-User mit
+    // leerem ChatColours-Dict werden durch die v15→v16-Migration auf das
+    // Preset gehoben; User die bereits Custom-Farben haben, bleiben.
    public Dictionary<ChatType, uint> ChatColours = BuildDefaultChatColours();

    private static Dictionary<ChatType, uint> BuildDefaultChatColours()
@@ -275,7 +333,9 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
        MaxLinesToRender = other.MaxLinesToRender;
        Use24HourClock = other.Use24HourClock;
        ShowEmotes = other.ShowEmotes;
-        // Deep-copy so settings window edits don't leak into live config before Save.
+        // Deep-copy the set so the live and mutable Configuration instances don't share state
+        // — a HashSet reference assignment would cause edits in the settings window to leak
+        // into the live config before the user clicks Save.
        BlockedEmotes = new HashSet<string>(other.BlockedEmotes);
        FontsEnabled = other.FontsEnabled;
        ItalicEnabled = other.ItalicEnabled;
@@ -289,21 +349,28 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
        ChatColours = other.ChatColours.ToDictionary(entry => entry.Key, entry => entry.Value);
        ColorSelectedInputChannelButton = other.ColorSelectedInputChannelButton;

-        // Keep live temp tabs alive across UpdateFrom — a settings save must
-        // not destroy open tell conversations. Pinned TempTabs are persistent
-        // and come through `other` like regular tabs; unpinned TempTabs are
-        // session-only and held from the local state. For persistent tabs
-        // (incl. pinned), capture live runtime state by Identifier and restore
-        // it onto the freshly cloned tabs — CurrentChannel is critical because
-        // the user may have switched channel in-game between settings-open
-        // and settings-save, and we'd otherwise overwrite that with the
-        // settings-time snapshot.
-        var liveUnpinnedTempTabs = Tabs.Where(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool).ToList();
-        var livePersistentSession = Tabs.Where(t => !TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(t))
-            .ToDictionary(t => t.Identifier, t => (t.Messages, t.LastSendUnread, t.CurrentChannel));
+        // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs are session-only and therefore
+        // never present in a disk-loaded copy. Keep the live temp tabs of
+        // *this* configuration alive across an UpdateFrom so a settings
+        // save (or sidebar-mode toggle) does not silently destroy the
+        // user's open tell conversations.
+        //
+        // For persistent tabs we go through Tab.Clone() which intentionally
+        // does NOT copy the NonSerialized Messages list (avoids shared
+        // mutable state on disk-load). On a settings save that means the
+        // chat history for every persistent tab would be wiped — bug
+        // reported by Flo 2026-05-05. We work around it by capturing the
+        // live MessageList (and LastSendUnread counter) by Identifier
+        // before the replace, then restoring it onto the freshly cloned
+        // tabs whose Identifier survives Tab.Clone(). New tabs added in
+        // settings get a fresh 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));

        Tabs = other
-            .Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab || t.IsPinned)
+            .Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
            .Select(t =>
            {
                var clone = t.Clone();
@@ -311,12 +378,11 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
                {
                    clone.Messages = live.Messages;
                    clone.LastSendUnread = live.LastSendUnread;
-                    clone.CurrentChannel = live.CurrentChannel;
                }
                return clone;
            })
            .ToList();
-        Tabs.AddRange(liveUnpinnedTempTabs);
+        Tabs.AddRange(liveTempTabs);

        ChatTabForward = other.ChatTabForward;
        ChatTabBackward = other.ChatTabBackward;
@@ -336,7 +402,6 @@ 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;
@@ -348,7 +413,6 @@ public class Configuration : IPluginConfiguration
        AutoTellTabsLimit = other.AutoTellTabsLimit;
        AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = other.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
        AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = other.AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload;
-        SidebarWidth = other.SidebarWidth;
        AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle = other.AutoTellTabsShowGreetedToggle;

        SeenPopOutInputHint = other.SeenPopOutInputHint;
@@ -392,7 +456,9 @@ public class Tab
 {
    public string Name = Language.Tab_DefaultName;

-    // Optional FontAwesome glyph name; null falls back to TabIconMapping default.
+    // v1.2.0 — optionaler FontAwesome-Glyph-Name. Null bedeutet:
+    // Default-Mapping aus TabIconMapping greift (basiert auf Tab-Name).
+    // User können hier per Settings → Tabs einen eigenen Glyph setzen.
    public string? Icon = null;

    [Obsolete("Removed in favor of SelectedChannels")]
@@ -423,11 +489,6 @@ 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();

@@ -449,12 +510,15 @@ public class Tab
    [NonSerialized]
    public Guid Identifier = Guid.NewGuid();

-    // Session-only greeted flag for club-greeter workflows.
+    // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs greeted flag. Toggled manually from the
+    // sidebar to mark a tell partner as already greeted in the current
+    // session. NonSerialized because the temp tab itself is session-only.
    [NonSerialized]
    public bool IsGreeted;

-    // Separate validation keys per cache so TellTarget changes don't
-    // cause GetTint and GetIcon to strand each other with stale entries.
+    // v1.4.2 — TabTintCache uses separate validation keys per cache so a
+    // TellTarget change picked up by GetTint can't strand GetIcon (or vice
+    // versa) with a stale entry that looks fresh on the shared key.
    [NonSerialized]
    internal string? _cachedTintTellName;

@@ -476,12 +540,17 @@ public class Tab
    public bool Matches(Message message)
    {
        if (!message.Matches(SelectedChannels, ExtraChatAll, ExtraChatChannels))
+        {
            return false;
+        }

-        // Temp tabs are bound to a single conversation partner — other tells
-        // matching the channel filter must not land here.
+        // Auto-tell temp tabs are bound to a single conversation partner;
+        // every other tell that matches the channel filter must NOT land
+        // here, otherwise all temp tabs would mirror "Tell Exclusive".
        if (IsTempTab && TellTarget?.IsSet() == true)
+        {
            return ChunkUtil.MatchesSender(message, TellTarget.Name, TellTarget.World);
+        }

        return true;
    }
@@ -524,7 +593,7 @@ public class Tab
            Opacity = Opacity,
            Identifier = Identifier,
            InputDisabled = InputDisabled,
-            CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel.Clone(),
+            CurrentChannel = CurrentChannel,
            CanMove = CanMove,
            CanResize = CanResize,
            IndependentHide = IndependentHide,
@@ -535,14 +604,16 @@ public class Tab
            HideInBattle = HideInBattle,
            HideWhenInactive = HideWhenInactive,
            IsTempTab = IsTempTab,
-            IsPinned = IsPinned,
            AllSenderMessages = AllSenderMessages,
-            TellTarget = TellTarget.Clone(),
+            TellTarget = TellTarget.From(TellTarget),
            IsGreeted = IsGreeted,
        };
    }

-    /// Ordered message list with duplicate ID tracking, sorting and mutex protection.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// MessageList provides an ordered list of messages with duplicate ID
+    /// tracking, sorting and mutex protection.
+    /// </summary>
    public class MessageList
    {
        private readonly SemaphoreSlim LockSlim = new(1, 1);
@@ -630,7 +701,10 @@ public class Tab
            }
        }

-        /// Current message count. Lock-per-read is acceptable for 1×/sec status bar polling.
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Aktuelle Anzahl der gespeicherten Messages. Lock-acquire pro Read
+        /// ist OK für 1×/sec Status-Bar-Polling (v1.2.0).
+        /// </summary>
        public int Count
        {
            get
@@ -647,7 +721,9 @@ public class Tab
            }
        }

-        /// Returns an array copy of the message list for usage outside of main thread.
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns an array copy of the message list for usage outside of main thread
+        /// </summary>
        public async Task<Message[]> GetCopy(int millisecondsTimeout = -1)
        {
            await LockSlim.WaitAsync(millisecondsTimeout);
@@ -661,7 +737,10 @@ public class Tab
            }
        }

-        /// Returns a read-only list while holding a reader lock. Use with a using statement.
+        /// <summary>
+        /// GetReadOnly returns a read-only list of messages while holding a
+        /// reader lock. The list should be used with a using statement.
+        /// </summary>
        public RLockedMessageList GetReadOnly(int millisecondsTimeout = -1)
        {
            LockSlim.Wait(millisecondsTimeout);
@@ -715,29 +794,6 @@ public class UsedChannel
    {
        Channel = channel;
    }
-
-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
-    // - Deep-clone the UsedChannel so Tab.Clone() no longer shares
-    //   channel state (incl. TellTarget) with its origin Tab. Previously
-    //   a reference copy: PopOut and Temp tabs mutated each other.
-    // - Name is intentionally a reference copy (matches upstream); it
-    //   gets reassigned on every channel switch anyway.
-    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/UsedChannelCloneTests.cs
-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    public UsedChannel Clone()
-    {
-        return new UsedChannel
-        {
-            Channel = Channel,
-            Name = Name,
-            TellTarget = TellTarget?.Clone(),
-
-            UseTempChannel = UseTempChannel,
-            TempChannel = TempChannel,
-            TempTellTarget = TempTellTarget?.Clone(),
-        };
-    }
 }

 [Serializable]
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
        Done,
    }

-    // All fields below are uninitialised while State != Done.
+    // All of this data is uninitalized while State is not `LoadingState.Done`
    public static LoadingState State = LoadingState.Unloaded;

    private static readonly Dictionary<string, Emote> Cache = new();
@@ -87,11 +87,15 @@ public static class EmoteCache

    public static string[] SortedCodeArray = [];

-    // Cancelled on Dispose to stop in-flight downloads; replaced on re-enable.
+    // Plugin-scoped cancellation source for in-flight emote loads. Dispose
+    // cancels every running download/texture-create so the workers don't
+    // touch a torn-down TextureProvider on plugin reload. Replaced with a
+    // fresh source on the next LoadData() call so a re-enable still works.
    private static CancellationTokenSource Cts = new();
    internal static CancellationToken Token => Cts.Token;

-    // Tracks in-flight loads so Dispose can drain them before teardown.
+    // Drain target for in-flight loads on Dispose; without this an orphan
+    // continuation could still write to a torn-down Texture/Frames field.
    private static readonly ConcurrentBag<Task> PendingLoads = new();

    internal static void TrackLoad(Task loadTask, string emoteCode)
@@ -101,10 +105,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
                t =>
                {
                    if (t.IsFaulted)
-                        Plugin.LogProxy.Error(
-                            t.Exception!,
-                            $"EmoteCache load failed for {emoteCode}"
-                        );
+                        Plugin.Log.Error(t.Exception!, $"EmoteCache load failed for {emoteCode}");
                },
                TaskScheduler.Default
            )
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ public static class EmoteCache
        if (State is not LoadingState.Unloaded)
            return;

-        // Reset CTS if Dispose was called and the plugin is being re-enabled.
+        // Refresh the CTS in case Dispose was called and we're being re-enabled
+        // in the same process (Dalamud /xlplugins toggle).
        if (Cts.IsCancellationRequested)
            Cts = new CancellationTokenSource();

@@ -138,8 +140,11 @@ public static class EmoteCache
                var topList = await top.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(ct);

                var jsonList = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<Top100>>(topList)!;
-                // BetterTTV occasionally returns entries with a null Code;
-                // skip them so a single bad row doesn't break the whole cache.
+                // BetterTTV occasionally returns entries with a null Code; the
+                // upstream code passed those straight into Dictionary.TryAdd
+                // and tripped ArgumentNullException, killing the whole emote
+                // load. Skip them defensively so a single bad row no longer
+                // breaks the cache for everyone else.
                foreach (var emote in jsonList)
                    if (
                        !string.IsNullOrEmpty(emote.Emote.Code)
@@ -155,13 +160,18 @@ public static class EmoteCache
        }
        catch (OperationCanceledException)
        {
-            // Plugin disposed mid-load; State stays on Loading so re-enable can retry.
+            // Plugin disposed while the cache was loading; leave State on
+            // Loading so a subsequent re-enable can re-issue LoadData with
+            // a fresh CTS (handled above).
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            // Reset to Unloaded so a later trigger can retry without a plugin reload.
+            // Reset to Unloaded so a later trigger (e.g. the user reopening
+            // the Emotes tab after the network recovers) can retry. Without
+            // this the State stays on Loading and the early-out at the top
+            // of LoadData blocks every further attempt until plugin reload.
            State = LoadingState.Unloaded;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "BetterTTV cache wasn't initialized");
+            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "BetterTTV cache wasn't initialized");
        }
    }

@@ -217,7 +227,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
        }
        catch
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error("Failed to convert");
+            Plugin.Log.Error("Failed to convert");
            return null;
        }
    }
@@ -238,8 +248,11 @@ public static class EmoteCache

        internal async Task<byte[]> LoadAsync(Emote emote, CancellationToken ct)
        {
-            // Path-traversal guard: resolve and verify the candidate path stays
-            // inside the cache directory before reading or writing.
+            // BetterTTV-supplied Id and ImageType are interpolated straight
+            // into the filename. HTTPS protects the wire, but a compromised
+            // upstream could still hand us "../foo" and write into the
+            // pluginConfigs root (or worse). Resolve the candidate path and
+            // refuse anything that escapes the cache directory.
            var dir = Path.GetFullPath(
                Path.Join(Plugin.Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "EmoteCacheV1")
            );
@@ -307,7 +320,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Failed = true;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
            }
        }

@@ -384,7 +397,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache

                    var delay = frame.Metadata.GetGifMetadata().FrameDelay / 100f;

-                    // Match browser behaviour: anything under 20ms rounds up to 100ms.
+                    // Follows the same pattern as browsers, anything under 0.02s delay will be rounded up to 0.1s
                    if (delay < 0.02f)
                        delay = 0.1f;

@@ -403,7 +416,8 @@ public static class EmoteCache
            }
            catch (OperationCanceledException)
            {
-                // Plugin disposed mid-load; release any partial frames.
+                // Plugin disposed mid-load; partial frames are released by
+                // InnerDispose on the next dispose pass.
                foreach (var f in Frames)
                    f.Texture.Dispose();
                Frames = [];
@@ -411,7 +425,7 @@ public static class EmoteCache
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Failed = true;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"Unable to load {emote.Code} with id {emote.Id}");
            }
        }
    }
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@ internal static class ExportFormatExt
        };
 }

-// Serializes message snapshots to Markdown, JSON, or CSV.
-// Caller handles pre-filtering except sender substring, which requires deserialized SeString.TextValue.
+/// <summary>
+/// Serializes message snapshots into Markdown, JSON, or CSV. The caller is
+/// expected to filter the input enumerable; this class only handles
+/// formatting and writes to the supplied path. Sender substring filtering
+/// happens here because it requires deserialized SeString.TextValue.
+/// </summary>
 internal static class MessageExporter
 {
    internal record FilterDescription(
@@ -96,7 +100,6 @@ internal static class MessageExporter
            var chatType = (ChatType)(ushort)m.Code.Type;
            var sender = m.SenderSource.TextValue.Trim().Trim('<', '>', '[', ']', ':').Trim();
            var content = m.ContentSource.TextValue;
-
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sender))
                w.WriteLine($"**[{localDate:HH:mm}] {chatType}:** {content}");
            else
@@ -129,7 +132,8 @@ internal static class MessageExporter
        FilterDescription filter
    )
    {
-        // Manual JSON to avoid System.Text.Json policy coupling.
+        // Manual JSON to avoid pulling in System.Text.Json policy choices.
+        // Output is a single object with metadata and an array of messages.
        w.Write("{\n  \"exported_at\": \"");
        w.Write(DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToString("O", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
        w.Write("\",\n  \"plugin\": \"Hellion Chat\",\n");
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ internal static class MessageExporter
        FilterDescription filter
    )
    {
-        // Header always written so empty exports remain importable.
+        // Header line always written so empty exports are still importable.
        w.WriteLine("Date,ChatType,ChatTypeName,Sender,Content,Receiver,ContentId");
        var count = 0;
        foreach (var m in messages)
@@ -41,29 +41,24 @@ public class FontManager
        90f,
    ];

-    // Hellion font bytes (Exo 2, OFL-1.1); lazily loaded from manifest resources
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Backing bytes for the bundled Hellion font (Exo 2, OFL-1.1). Lazily
+    /// extracted from the assembly's manifest resources on first use; the
+    /// load happens inside the font atlas build callback so we keep the
+    /// allocation off the plugin constructor's hot path.
+    /// </summary>
    private static byte[]? HellionFontBytes;

-    // Returns null when the embedded font resource is missing. Should never
-    // happen on a signed release build, but a broken csproj or hand-rolled
-    // dev build can land here. Caller falls back to the system font path so
-    // the plugin still loads instead of crashing the whole UiBuilder.
-    private static byte[]? TryGetHellionFontBytes()
+    private static byte[] GetHellionFontBytes()
    {
        if (HellionFontBytes is not null)
            return HellionFontBytes;

-        using var stream = typeof(FontManager).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(
-            "HellionFont.ttf"
+        using var stream =
+            typeof(FontManager).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("HellionFont.ttf")
+            ?? throw new FileNotFoundException(
+                "Hellion font resource not embedded in the assembly"
            );
-        if (stream is null)
-        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
-                "Hellion font resource missing — falling back to system default font."
-            );
-            return null;
-        }
-
        using var ms = new MemoryStream();
        stream.CopyTo(ms);
        HellionFontBytes = ms.ToArray();
@@ -75,9 +70,11 @@ public class FontManager
        ushort[] BuildRange(IReadOnlyList<ushort>? chars, params nint[] ranges)
        {
            var builder = new ImFontGlyphRangesBuilderPtr(ImGuiNative.ImFontGlyphRangesBuilder());
+            // text
            foreach (var range in ranges)
                builder.AddRanges((ushort*)range);

+            // chars
            if (chars != null)
            {
                for (var i = 0; i < chars.Count; i += 2)
@@ -119,7 +116,13 @@ public class FontManager
        JpRange = BuildRange(GlyphRangesJapanese.GlyphRanges);
    }

-    // CPU-bound build offloaded to Task.Run; runs parallel with theme init
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Async wrapper around <see cref="BuildFonts"/> for the Phase-1 LoadAsync
+    /// path. The font-atlas build is CPU-bound, so we offload via Task.Run and
+    /// honour the cancellation token at the scheduling boundary; this lets the
+    /// font build run in parallel with the theme init without blocking the
+    /// loader. Settings-driven manual rebuilds keep using the sync entry point.
+    /// </summary>
    public async Task BuildFontsAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
@@ -151,16 +154,18 @@ public class FontManager
        RegularFont = Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.FontAtlas.NewDelegateFontHandle(e =>
            e.OnPreBuild(tk =>
            {
-                // v1.2.0: UseHellionFont controls font size selection
+                // v1.2.0 — Bei aktiver Hellion-Schrift (Exo 2 ist Variable-Font)
+                // wird die User-Schriftgröße aus FontSizeV2 als SizePt angewendet.
+                // Der Bestand-Pfad nutzt weiter GlobalFontV2.SizePt aus dem
+                // Custom-Font-Stack. Ohne diese Verzweigung war FontSizeV2 bei
+                // UseHellionFont=true wirkungslos, was 4K-User mit größerer
+                // Skalierung blockierte (Settings → Erscheinungsbild → Schriftarten).
                var basePt = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont
                    ? Plugin.Config.FontSizeV2
                    : Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.SizePt;
                var config = new SafeFontConfig { SizePt = basePt, GlyphRanges = Ranges };
-                // F10.2: if the embedded font is missing, drop to the system font
-                // path rather than letting the UiBuilder throw.
-                var hellionBytes = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont ? TryGetHellionFontBytes() : null;
-                config.MergeFont = hellionBytes is not null
-                    ? tk.AddFontFromMemory(hellionBytes, config, "Hellion-Exo2")
+                config.MergeFont = Plugin.Config.UseHellionFont
+                    ? tk.AddFontFromMemory(GetHellionFontBytes(), config, "Hellion-Exo2")
                    : AddFontWithFallback(tk, Plugin.Config.GlobalFontV2.FontId, config, "global");

                config.SizePt = Plugin.Config.JapaneseFontV2.SizePt;
@@ -213,7 +218,13 @@ public class FontManager
        }
    }

-    // Add font with fallback to NotoSansCjkRegular if unavailable
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Try to add a user-configured font to the build toolkit, falling back to
+    /// the bundled NotoSansCjkRegular asset if the configured font isn't
+    /// available on the system. Without this guard a stale SystemFontId
+    /// pointing at a font the user uninstalled or that never existed on
+    /// Linux (e.g. "Crimson Text") tears down the entire font atlas build.
+    /// </summary>
    private static ImFontPtr AddFontWithFallback(
        IFontAtlasBuildToolkitPreBuild tk,
        IFontId fontId,
@@ -226,21 +237,11 @@ public class FontManager
            return fontId.AddToBuildToolkit(tk, config);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
-            when (e
-                    is FileNotFoundException
-                        or DirectoryNotFoundException
-                        or IOException
-                        or InvalidOperationException
-                        or ArgumentException
-            )
+            when (e is FileNotFoundException or DirectoryNotFoundException or IOException)
        {
-            // 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(
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(
                e,
-                $"Configured {slot} font failed to load ({e.GetType().Name}), "
-                    + "falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"
+                $"Configured {slot} font unavailable, falling back to NotoSansCjkRegular"
            );
            var fallback = new DalamudAssetFontAndFamilyId(DalamudAsset.NotoSansCjkRegular);
            return fallback.AddToBuildToolkit(tk, config);
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
    internal static void RotateCrossLinkshellHistory(RotateMode mode) =>
        UIModule.Instance()->RotateCrossLinkshellHistory(GetRotateIdx(mode));

-    // Look up a channel's user-defined color, returns null if 0
+    // This function looks up a channel's user-defined color.
+    // If this function ever returns 0, it returns null instead.
    internal uint? GetChannelColor(ChatType type)
    {
        var parent = type.Parent();
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable

        if (Plugin.Functions.KeybindManager.DirectChat && LastTypedCharacter != null)
        {
-            // Capture the just-typed character input
+            // FIXME: this whole system sucks
+            // FIXME v2: I hate everything about this, but it works
            Plugin.Framework.RunOnTick(() =>
            {
                string? input = null;
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
                }
            });
        }
@@ -253,9 +255,13 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable

        try
        {
-            // Prevent duplicate calls
+            // We already called this function once, so we skip the duplicated call
+            // Also return the original value here so that vanilla chat receives all information
            if (Plugin.ChatLogWindow.TellSpecial)
+            {
+                Plugin.Log.Information("Return early to prevent duplicated call...");
                return ChatLogRefreshHook!.Original(log, eventId, value);
+            }

            Plugin.ChatLogWindow.Activated(
                new ChatActivatedArgs(new ChannelSwitchInfo(null))
@@ -266,10 +272,11 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
        }

-        return 1; // Prevent vanilla chat log from gaining focus
+        // prevent the game from focusing the chat log
+        return 1;
    }

    private CStringPointer ChangeChannelNameDetour(AgentChatLog* agent)
@@ -299,7 +306,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        {
            playerName = SeString.Parse(agent->TellPlayerName).TextValue;
            worldId = agent->TellWorldId;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
+            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Detected tell target '[redacted]'@{worldId}");
        }

        Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel = new UsedChannel
@@ -358,7 +365,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
            }
        }

@@ -408,7 +415,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in chat Activated event");
            }
        }

@@ -423,24 +430,19 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        );
    }

-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
-    // - Renamed ValidAnyLinkshell -> IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell. The
-    //   name now states intent: returns true for any non-linkshell
-    //   channel, or a linkshell index that actually exists.
-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    internal static bool IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(InputChannel channel)
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns true if the channel is any non-linkshell channel, or if the
+    /// linkshell actually exists.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static bool ValidAnyLinkshell(InputChannel channel)
    {
        var idx = channel.LinkshellIndex();
        if (idx == uint.MaxValue || channel.IsExtraChatLinkshell())
            return true;
-
-        if (channel.IsLinkshell())
-            return ValidLinkshell(idx);
-
-        if (channel.IsCrossLinkshell())
-            return ValidCrossLinkshell(idx);
-
+        if (channel.IsLinkshell() && ValidLinkshell(idx))
+            return true;
+        if (channel.IsCrossLinkshell() && ValidCrossLinkshell(idx))
+            return true;
        return false;
    }

@@ -475,7 +477,8 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
            _ => 1,
        };

-        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) // Find valid linkshell within 8 iterations
+        // Iterate up to 8 times to find a valid linkshell.
+        for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++)
        {
            currentIndex = (uint)((8 + currentIndex + delta) % 8);
            if (validFn(currentIndex))
@@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
                );
                // RotateLinkshell returns null when no valid linkshell is found within 8 iterations.
                // Forward the null so the caller can keep the existing channel instead of crashing on nullable arithmetic.
-                return idx is null ? null : channel + idx.Value; // null if not found, otherwise new channel
+                return idx is null ? null : channel + idx.Value;
            }
            default:
                return channel;
@@ -530,7 +533,11 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable

    internal void SetChannel(InputChannel channel, TellTarget? tellTarget = null)
    {
-        // Ignore ExtraChat linkshells (use ChatLogWindow.SetChannel() instead)
+        // ExtraChat linkshells aren't supported in game so we never want to
+        // call the ChangeChatChannel function with them.
+        //
+        // Callers should call ChatLogWindow.SetChannel() which handles
+        // ExtraChat channels
        if (channel.IsExtraChatLinkshell())
            return;

@@ -539,17 +546,12 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        if (idx == uint.MaxValue)
            idx = 0;

-        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-        // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
-        // - Wrap ChangeChatChannel in the validity check instead of
-        //   early-returning. The previous early return skipped Dtor and
-        //   leaked the native Utf8String allocated a few lines above.
-        // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-        if (IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(channel))
+        if (!ValidAnyLinkshell(channel))
+            return;
+
        RaptureShellModule
            .Instance()
            ->ChangeChatChannel(tellTarget != null ? 17 : (int)channel, idx, target, true);
-
        target->Dtor(true);
    }

@@ -563,6 +565,9 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        bool setChatType
    )
    {
+        // param6 is 0 for contentId and 1 for objectId
+        // param7 is always 0 ?
+
        if (!Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel.UseTempChannel)
            Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel.UseTempChannel = true;

@@ -624,7 +629,7 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable
        if (contentId == 0)
        {
            Plugin.ChatGui.PrintError(Language.Chat_SendTell_Error);
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(
                "Tried to send a tell with ContentId being 0, sorry this is an internal error."
            );
            return;
@@ -737,7 +742,10 @@ internal sealed unsafe class Chat : IDisposable

    internal bool CheckHideFlags()
    {
-        // Only hide chat in cutscene when vanilla chat would also be hidden
+        // Only hide the chat in a cutscene when the vanilla chat would've
+        // also been hidden. This prevents Chat 2 from hiding for a split
+        // second before the cutscene actually starts, because the game sets
+        // the cutscene conditions before processing the skip.
        var raptureAtkUnitManager = RaptureAtkUnitManager.Instance();
        return raptureAtkUnitManager == null
            || raptureAtkUnitManager->UiFlags.HasFlag(UiFlags.Chat);
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@ public unsafe class ChatBox
        mes->Dtor(true);
    }

-    public static void SendMessage(string message) => SendMessageUnsafe(ValidateMessage(message));
+    public static void SendMessage(string message)
+    {
+        var bytes = ValidateMessage(message);
+        SendMessageUnsafe(bytes);
+    }

-    // sanitiserOverride allows xUnit to bypass Utf8String->SanitizeString (game memory only).
-    // Returns encoded bytes so SendMessage avoids a second GetBytes call.
+    // Validation split out so the deterministic checks (UTF-8 length, sanitise
+    // round-trip) can run in xUnit without ClientStructs game memory. The
+    // sanitiser is injectable so tests can pin throw behaviour without invoking
+    // Utf8String->SanitizeString, which only resolves in-process. Returns the
+    // already-encoded bytes so SendMessage doesn't pay GetBytes twice.
    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../../Hellion Build test/GameFunctions/ChatBoxTests.cs
    internal static byte[] ValidateMessage(
        string message,
@@ -42,9 +49,11 @@ public unsafe class ChatBox
    private static string SanitiseText(string text)
    {
        var uText = Utf8String.FromString(text);
+
        uText->SanitizeString((AllowedEntities)0x27F);
        var sanitised = uText->ToString();
        uText->Dtor(true);
+
        return sanitised;
    }
 }
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        Chat = new Chat(Plugin);

        Plugin.GameInteropProvider.InitializeFromAttributes(this);
+
        ResolveTextCommandPlaceholderHook?.Enable();
    }

@@ -54,24 +55,36 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
    {
        Chat.Dispose();
        KeybindManager.Dispose();
+
        ResolveTextCommandPlaceholderHook?.Dispose();
+
        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(PlaceholderNamePtr);
    }

-    internal void SendFriendRequest(string name, ushort world) =>
+    internal void SendFriendRequest(string name, ushort world)
+    {
        ListCommand(name, world, "friendlist");
+    }

-    internal void AddToBlacklist(string name, ushort world) => ListCommand(name, world, "blist");
+    internal void AddToBlacklist(string name, ushort world)
+    {
+        ListCommand(name, world, "blist");
+    }

-    internal void AddToMuteList(ulong accountId, ulong contentId, string name, short worldId) =>
+    internal void AddToMuteList(ulong accountId, ulong contentId, string name, short worldId)
+    {
        AgentMutelist.Instance()->Add(accountId, contentId, name, worldId);
+    }

-    internal void AddToTermsList(SeString content) =>
+    internal void AddToTermsList(SeString content)
+    {
        AgentTermFilter.Instance()->OpenNewFilterWindow(content.EncodeWithNullTerminator());
+    }

    private void ListCommand(string name, ushort world, string commandName)
    {
        var worldRow = Sheets.WorldSheet.GetRow(world);
+
        ReplacementName = $"{name}@{worldRow.Name.ToString()}";
        ChatBox.SendMessage($"/{commandName} add {Placeholder}");
    }
@@ -95,6 +108,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
    {
        for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++)
            SetAddonInteractable($"ChatLogPanel_{i}", interactable);
+
        SetAddonInteractable("ChatLog", interactable);
    }

@@ -110,6 +124,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        var agent = AgentItemDetail.Instance();
        var addon = GetAddon<AtkUnitBase>("ItemDetail");

+        // atkStage ain't gonna be null or we have bigger problems
        if (agent == null || addon == null)
            return;

@@ -118,19 +133,23 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        agent->Index = 0;
        agent->Flag1 &= 0xEF;
        agent->ItemId = id;
-
-        // TODO: Revert when CS offset lands in a release build.
+        // agent->Flag2 = 1;
+        // agent->Flag3 = 0;
+        // TODO: Revert whenever CS is merged
        *(byte*)((nint)agent + 0x21A) = 1;
        *(byte*)((nint)agent + 0x21E) = 0;

+        // This just probably needs to be set
        agent->AddonId = addon->Id;
+
+        // Skips early return
        atkStage->TooltipManager.TooltipType |= 2;
        addon->Show(false, 15);
    }

    internal static void CloseItemTooltip()
    {
-        // Hide addon first to suppress the "addon close" sound.
+        // hide addon first to prevent the "addon close" sound
        var addon = GetAddon<AtkUnitBase>("ItemDetail");
        if (addon != null)
            addon->Hide(true, false, 0);
@@ -148,7 +167,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable

    internal static void OpenPartyFinder()
    {
-        // 6.05: 84433A (FF 97 ?? ?? ?? ?? 41 B4 01)
+        // this whole method: 6.05: 84433A (FF 97 ?? ?? ?? ?? 41 B4 01)
        var lfg = AgentLookingForGroup.Instance();
        if (lfg->IsAgentActive())
        {
@@ -169,10 +188,15 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        }
    }

-    internal static bool IsMentor() => PlayerState.Instance()->IsMentor();
+    internal static bool IsMentor()
+    {
+        return PlayerState.Instance()->IsMentor();
+    }

-    internal static InfoProxyCommonList.CharacterData[] GetFriends() =>
-        InfoProxyFriendList.Instance()->CharDataSpan.ToArray();
+    internal static InfoProxyCommonList.CharacterData[] GetFriends()
+    {
+        return InfoProxyFriendList.Instance()->CharDataSpan.ToArray();
+    }

    internal static void OpenQuestLog(RowRef<Quest> quest)
    {
@@ -199,12 +223,20 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        AgentQuestJournal.Instance()->OpenForQuest(questId, 1);
    }

-    internal static void OpenPartyFinder(uint id) =>
+    internal static void OpenPartyFinder(uint id)
+    {
        AgentLookingForGroup.Instance()->OpenListing(id);
+    }

-    internal static void OpenAchievement(uint id) => AgentAchievement.Instance()->OpenById(id);
+    internal static void OpenAchievement(uint id)
+    {
+        AgentAchievement.Instance()->OpenById(id);
+    }

-    internal static bool IsInInstance() => Plugin.Condition[ConditionFlag.BoundByDuty56];
+    internal static bool IsInInstance()
+    {
+        return Plugin.Condition[ConditionFlag.BoundByDuty56];
+    }

    internal static bool TryOpenAdventurerPlate(ulong playerId)
    {
@@ -215,7 +247,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(e, "Unable to open adventurer plate");
            return false;
        }
    }
@@ -223,7 +255,8 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
    internal static void ClickNoviceNetworkButton()
    {
        var agent = AgentChatLog.Instance();
-        var value = new AtkValue { Type = ValueType.Int, Int = 3 }; // case 3
+        // case 3
+        var value = new AtkValue { Type = ValueType.Int, Int = 3 };
        var result = 0;
        var vf0 = *(delegate* unmanaged<AgentChatLog*, int*, AtkValue*, ulong, ulong, int*>*)
            agent->VirtualTable;
@@ -242,8 +275,9 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        byte a4
    )
    {
-        // Hook field is nullable due to the Signature attribute, but will never
-        // be null during normal execution; guard covers the teardown race only.
+        // The detour is only invoked through the hook, so the hook should
+        // never be null here, but the nullable field declaration forces us
+        // to handle the theoretical race during teardown.
        if (ResolveTextCommandPlaceholderHook is null)
            return nint.Zero;

@@ -251,11 +285,13 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable
        if (ReplacementName == null || placeholder != Placeholder)
            return ResolveTextCommandPlaceholderHook.Original(a1, placeholderText, a3, a4);

-        // Guard against a malformed ReplacementName overflowing the 128-byte buffer.
+        // The fixed buffer is 128 bytes; UTF-8 + null-terminator must fit.
+        // FFXIV player names plus an @World suffix should never approach this
+        // limit, but a malformed ReplacementName must not overflow the buffer.
        var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(ReplacementName);
        if (byteCount >= PlaceholderBufferSize)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(
                $"Replacement name too long for placeholder buffer ({byteCount} bytes >= {PlaceholderBufferSize}); falling back to original."
            );
            ReplacementName = null;
@@ -264,6 +300,7 @@ internal unsafe class GameFunctions : IDisposable

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

@@ -40,11 +40,5 @@ public class TellTarget

    public static TellTarget Empty() => new(string.Empty, 0, 0, TellReason.Direct);

-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12)
-    // - Replaced static From(t) with an instance-style Clone() so call
-    //   sites read like a copy operation, not a factory.
-    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/TellTargetCloneTests.cs
-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    public TellTarget Clone() => new(Name, World, ContentId, Reason);
+    public static TellTarget From(TellTarget t) => new(t.Name, t.World, t.ContentId, t.Reason);
 }
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 <Project Sdk="Dalamud.NET.Sdk/15.0.0">
    <PropertyGroup>
-        <!-- Independent versioning; see yaml changelog for upstream Chat 2 base -->
-        <Version>1.4.9</Version>
+        <!-- Hellion Chat versioning runs separately from upstream Chat 2.
+             0.1.0 is our bootstrap release; the underlying Chat 2 base is
+             called out in the yaml changelog so users can see what it
+             derives from. -->
+        <Version>1.4.3</Version>
        <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
        <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-        <!-- Use lock file to pin exact versions -->
+        <!-- Honor packages.lock.json on restore so floating version ranges
+             don't silently drift between machines or CI runs. -->
        <RestorePackagesWithLockFile>true</RestorePackagesWithLockFile>
-        <!-- v1.0.0+: standalone fork, no upstream cherry-pick compatibility -->
+        <!-- v1.0.0 standalone cut — both AssemblyName and RootNamespace
+             are HellionChat. The plugin no longer maintains source-level
+             cherry-pick compatibility with upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo;
+             upstream changes are integrated manually if at all. -->
        <AssemblyName>HellionChat</AssemblyName>
        <RootNamespace>HellionChat</RootNamespace>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
-        <!-- Closed ranges prevent surprise major bumps during lock file regeneration -->
+        <!-- Closed ranges on packages with breaking-change history block a
+             surprise major bump when the lock file is regenerated. The
+             lock file pins the exact version per build; the upper bound
+             keeps the unlock path from drifting across major lines. -->
        <PackageReference Include="MessagePack" Version="[3.1.4, 4.0.0)" />
        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="10.0.7" />
-        <!-- SQLitePCLRaw override for CVE-2025-6965, CVE-2025-7709 (SQLite >= 3.50.3) -->
+        <!-- Override the transitively-referenced native SQLite build to one
+             that ships SQLite >= 3.50.3 (CVE-2025-6965 memory corruption,
+             CVE-2025-7709 fixed in 3.50.x). Microsoft.Data.Sqlite 10.0.7
+             pulls SQLitePCLRaw 2.1.11 which carries the older lib; pinning
+             the lib package directly forces the newer native binary
+             without a major bump on the managed wrapper. -->
        <PackageReference Include="SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3" Version="3.50.3" />
        <PackageReference Include="morelinq" Version="4.4.0" />
        <PackageReference Include="Pidgin" Version="[3.5.1, 4.0.0)" />
@@ -23,7 +38,9 @@
    </ItemGroup>

    <ItemGroup>
-        <!-- Test assembly needs access to internal helpers (not redistributed) -->
+        <!-- Pure-function test suites in HellionChat.Tests need access to
+             the internal helper classes (StringUtil, UriPayload, Tokenizer
+             etc.). Test assembly does not get redistributed. -->
        <InternalsVisibleTo Include="HellionChat.Tests" />
    </ItemGroup>

@@ -42,7 +59,15 @@
        </EmbeddedResource>
    </ItemGroup>

-    <!-- Embedded resources: Hellion font (Exo 2, OFL-1.1) + manifest resource -->
+    <!-- HellionChat — Hellion-specific resource bundle (HellionStrings.resx
+         + HellionStrings.<lang>.resx) is picked up automatically by the SDK
+         default include. Designer.cs is hand-maintained, no auto-gen needed. -->
+
+    <!-- Bundled Hellion font (Exo 2, OFL-1.1). Embedded as a manifest
+         resource with a fixed LogicalName so FontManager can pull the
+         bytes back at runtime via AddFontFromMemory. The OFL license
+         text travels with it inside the assembly to satisfy the
+         "license must be distributed with the font" clause. -->
    <ItemGroup>
        <EmbeddedResource Include="Resources\HellionFont.ttf">
            <LogicalName>HellionFont.ttf</LogicalName>
@@ -55,7 +80,14 @@
        </EmbeddedResource>
    </ItemGroup>

-    <!-- Plugin icon: copy images/* to output for Dalamud discovery -->
+    <!-- Plugin icon. Copy images/* into the build output so Dalamud
+         finds the icon next to the DLL, and let the SDK default
+         DalamudPackager pipeline include the same path in the
+         release ZIP. Earlier we shipped a custom DalamudPackager
+         targets override that explicitly set HandleImages and
+         ImagesPath; that override conflicted with the SDK 15
+         default and the resulting manifest carried no IconUrl.
+         Removed in v0.5.2. -->
    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="images\**">
            <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
@@ -1,26 +1,77 @@
 name: Hellion Chat
-author: Jon Kazama (Hellion Forge)
-punchline: A Hellion Forge plugin — privacy-focused chat replacement for FFXIV, built for EU, US and JP data rules.
+author: JonKazama-Hellion
+punchline: Chat replacement with privacy controls aligned to EU, US and JP rules — based on Chat 2 (EUPL-1.2)
 description: |-
-    Chat replacement for FINAL FANTASY XIV with privacy controls built around
-    EU, US and JP data-protection rules.
+    Hellion Chat is a privacy-focused chat replacement for FINAL FANTASY XIV
+    based on the Chat 2 codebase (EUPL-1.2). One feature is intentionally
+    removed (the optional webinterface) and a stack of privacy controls is
+    added on top. Tabs, channel filters, RGB colours, emotes, screenshot
+    mode, IPC integration and the chat replacement window itself work the
+    same. The webinterface is intentionally not part of Hellion Chat because
+    it serves a different use case from the smaller default footprint this
+    plugin is built around.

-    By default only your own conversations are stored. Public chat, NPC
-    dialogue and system messages stay out of the database unless you opt in.
-    Retention windows are configurable per channel, history can be wiped
-    retroactively, and everything can be exported on demand.
+    On top of that, Hellion Chat adds privacy and data-handling controls
+    designed to align with the modern data protection rules that apply
+    across the EU, the United States and Japan. By default only your own
+    conversations are stored; messages from strangers, NPCs and system
+    spam stay out of the database. Retention windows are configurable per
+    channel, history can be wiped retroactively, and stored data can be
+    exported on demand.
+
+    Key privacy and data-handling features:

-    Features:
    - Channel whitelist with a Privacy-First default
    - Per-channel retention with a daily background sweep
-    - Retroactive cleanup (Ctrl+Shift confirm)
+    - Retroactive cleanup with a Ctrl+Shift confirm
    - Export to Markdown, JSON or CSV
-    - First-run wizard with three preset profiles
-    - Bilingual UI (EN/DE) with live language switching
-    - Own config and database — no shared state with other plugins
+    - First-run wizard with three preset profiles (Privacy-First, Casual,
+      Full History)
+    - Bilingual UI (English and German) with live language switching
+    - Independent plugin state — own config file and database directory,
+      so Hellion Chat does not share state with upstream Chat 2

-    Based on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna (EUPL-1.2).
-    Support: https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR
+    v1.3.0 First plugin integration cycle. Honorific custom titles
+    are shown in the chat header above the message log, with auto-detect
+    and silent fallback when Honorific is not installed.
+
+    v1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes. Plugin reload and shutdown
+    are cleaner: SQLite no longer leans on GC pressure to release
+    its file, worker threads are explicitly background, deferred
+    config saves no longer get lost mid-disable, and pre-v13 config
+    backups carry the user's custom theme opacity into the v14 schema
+    instead of falling back to the default.
+
+    v1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance plus a tenth built-in.
+    HellionStyle.PushGlobal reads pre-computed ABGR values from a
+    per-theme cache instead of converting RGBA per slot per frame
+    (~13 % render-time recovery in typical scenes). Custom-theme
+    hot-reload survives transient file locks (editor mid-save
+    keeps the last-known-good snapshot). Synthwave Sunset joins
+    as the tenth built-in theme — Hot Magenta + Cyan on midnight
+    violet, 80s neon-grid vibes.
+
+    v1.4.2 — ChatLog Frame-Hot-Path. Three per-frame allocation
+    patterns gone from the chat-log render path: card-mode borders
+    hoist invariants out of the per-message loop, auto-tell tab
+    tint and icon get a per-tab cache, and the status bar gates
+    its tab aggregation behind the same one-second cache it uses
+    for the format strings.
+
+    v1.4.3 — Plugin-Load Async-Init plus Repo-Cutover. Plugin
+    migrated to Dalamud's IAsyncDalamudPlugin so the heavy work
+    (migrations, service allocations, window construction, hook
+    subscription) runs in LoadAsync without blocking Dalamud's
+    UI. Schema-gate replaces the v9 → v16 migration chain;
+    configs on schema v16+ load directly. Custom-repo URL moves
+    to gitea.hellion-forge.cloud, the GitHub repo stays as a
+    frozen v1.4.2 snapshot.
+
+    Based on Chat 2 by Infi and Anna, licensed under EUPL-1.2.
+
+    Modding & support: join the Hellion Forge Discord at
+    https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR — community for Hellion Chat and
+    other Hellion Online Media plugins/tools.
 repo_url: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat
 accepts_feedback: true
 icon_url: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/raw/branch/main/HellionChat/images/icon.png
@@ -35,158 +86,136 @@ tags:
    - Replacement
    - Privacy
 changelog: |-
-    **v1.4.9 — Plugin-Load Render Polish (2026-05-15)**
+    **Hellion Chat 1.4.3 — Plugin-Load Async-Init + Repo-Cutover (2026-05-08)**

-    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.
+    Plugin lifecycle migrated to Dalamud's `IAsyncDalamudPlugin`
+    API. The constructor now does only the bootstrap-essentials
+    (config load, language init, conflict detection); migrations,
+    service allocations, window construction and hook subscription
+    move to LoadAsync. Dalamud can keep its UI responsive while the
+    heavy work runs.

-    - 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).
+    - IAsyncDalamudPlugin two-phase load with per-line CaptureFailure
+      in DisposeAsync (mirrors LightlessSync's pattern); idempotency
+      guard protects against reload races
+    - Schema-gate replaces the v9 → v16 migration chain. Configs
+      on schema v16+ load directly; older configs trigger an
+      "install v1.4.2 first" error so the historic migration
+      path stays intact
+    - AutoTranslate.PreloadCache moved off the load path. First
+      use may have a sub-second hitch instead of every-load; the
+      upstream chose differently, we accept first-use latency
+    - FontManager.BuildFonts is called sync at the start of
+      LoadAsync; Dalamud rebuilds the font atlas on its own
+      pipeline so the custom Hellion-Exo2 font appears with a
+      brief font-pop after load (matches ChatTwo's behaviour)
+    - Custom-repo URL moved to gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/
+      JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat. GitHub repo stays as a
+      frozen v1.4.2 snapshot; new releases ship from Gitea.
+      Existing testers need to update the custom-repo URL once
+    - Plugin-load time in this release sits at ~3.7 s median
+      (5 reloads), comparable to v1.4.2. Async migration is
+      foundational for v1.4.4 Lazy-Init optimisations rather
+      than an immediate user-perceived win
+
+    Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    **Hellion Chat 1.4.2 — ChatLog Frame-Hot-Path**
+
+    Third sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Per-frame
+    allocations from the chat-log render path eliminated.
+
+    - DrawMessages card-mode hoists theme/drawList/winLeft/winRight/
+      borderColorAbgr out of the per-message loop. About 500
+      redundant calls per frame at 100 visible messages, multiplied
+      by every pop-out window
+    - Auto-tell tab tint and icon use a per-tab cache. Hash
+      computation and string allocation only happen when the tell
+      target name or world drifts. AutoTellTabTint stays a pure
+      hash helper; cache lives in a thin TabTintCache wrapper
+    - Status bar gates its tab aggregation behind the same
+      one-second cache it already used for the format strings.
+      LINQ Sum and Count replaced with a single foreach pass
+      that runs on roughly 1% of frames
+
+    Realistic frame-time recovery: 2-5% in typical scenes, more
+    on pop-out-heavy setups because the card-border hoist scales
+    per window.
+
+    Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    **Hellion Chat 1.4.1 — Theme Engine Performance**
+
+    Second sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Heap
+    pressure from the theme engine's per-frame render path
+    removed, plus a tenth built-in theme and hardening for
+    the custom-theme hot-reload.
+
+    - Theme records carry a pre-computed ABGR-packed cache
+      for every color slot; cache is filled when the theme
+      is registered and refreshed defensively on every
+      Switch()
+    - HellionStyle.PushGlobal reads ABGR values from the
+      cache instead of calling ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr per
+      slot per frame; ~13 % render-time recovery measured
+      in typical scenes (plan estimate was 2–6 %, real
+      ~10–15 %)
+    - ThemeRegistry custom-theme reload distinguishes a
+      recoverable file lock (editor mid-save) from a
+      permanent IO failure; locked themes keep their
+      last-known-good snapshot and retry on the next
+      lookup instead of dropping out of the picker
+    - New built-in: Synthwave Sunset — Hot Magenta + Cyan
+      on midnight violet, 80s neon-grid vibes; tenth theme
+      in the picker
+    - Author credits refreshed: brand themes are credited
+      as "Hellion Forge"; Mint Grove and Forge Merchantman
+      now credited to Carla Beleandis as a community thanks
+
+    No schema bump, no user-visible behaviour change other
+    than smoother frames on GC-sensitive setups and one
+    additional colour option.
+
+    Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR
+
+    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
+
+    **Hellion Chat 1.4.0 — Critical Lifecycle Fixes**
+
+    First sub-patch of the v1.4.x Polish Sweep series. Seven
+    known lifecycle and race bugs eliminated before any
+    performance refactor sits on top.
+
+    - MessageStore disposal no longer triggers GC.Collect
+      globally; Pooling=false on the SQLite connection means
+      there's nothing left to clean up by hand
+    - PendingMessage and RetentionSweep worker threads are
+      explicitly marked IsBackground=true so the plugin domain
+      can unload during XIVLauncher reload without waiting
+      for them
+    - EmoteCache image and gif loaders moved from async-void
+      to async Task with a shared task tracker, draining
+      on Dispose so an in-flight load can no longer write
+      to a disposed EmoteImages entry
+    - DisposeAsync 10s timeout now warns loudly instead of
+      silently leaving the worker behind
+    - Plugin.Dispose flushes any pending DeferredSaveFrames
+      before tearing services down, so settings changes
+      made in the last few frames before disable are no
+      longer lost
+    - The v13→v14 config migration now reads the pre-v13
+      backup and carries HellionThemeWindowOpacity into the
+      new WindowOpacity field instead of falling back to
+      the default 0.85
+
+    Modding & support: join Hellion Forge — https://discord.gg/X9V7Kcv5gR

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

    ---

-    **v1.4.8 — Hook-Layer and Polish Quick-Wins (2026-05-14)**
-
-    Ninth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. Hook-layer
-    cluster (DbViewer FTS5 full-text search, ad-block foundation
-    investigation) plus three polish quick-wins.
-
-    - DbViewer full-text search: optional FTS5 index across the full
-      chat history. Built asynchronously on first load after the
-      update with a progress toast. The local page-filter remains
-      available as the default mode. Queries match as exact phrases
-      -- multi-word terms must appear together in order; advanced
-      users can opt into raw FTS5 MATCH syntax by wrapping their own
-      double-quotes.
-    - Custom theme files now auto-reload when edited while the theme
-      is active -- no need to re-click the theme in the picker.
-    - Retention sweep no longer blocks the framework thread, removing
-      the ~194ms mini-hitch per sweep.
-    - Status bar renders correctly at Windows display scaling > 100%.
-    - Receive-suppressed-tells routing investigated this cycle and
-      postponed to v1.5.x: when other plugins suppress tells via
-      CheckMessageHandled, the FFXIV chat pipeline skips the
-      RaptureLogModule.AddMsgSourceEntry path so HellionChat's
-      ContentIdResolverHook does not fire and tell-partner
-      identification breaks. The fix belongs next to the planned
-      ad-block hook layer where the same patch surface comes up.
-    - Internal: messages.Id is declared BLOB but stored as TEXT
-      (Microsoft.Data.Sqlite Guid binding). FTS bulk insert and
-      LoadByGuids match the TEXT storage form on both sides.
-      Migration v17 stays (no schema bump).
-
-    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
-
-    ---
-
-    **v1.4.7 — Backlog Cleanup and Mid-Features (2026-05-13)**
-
-    Eighth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish-sweep series. First
-    user-visible feature bundle since v1.4.5 — pinned tell tabs that
-    survive relog, opt-in Honorific glow rendering, and a configurable
-    sidebar.
-
-    - TempTell Pin: right-click a TempTell tab in the sidebar to pin
-      it. Pinned tabs survive relog, keep their conversation history
-      (loaded on demand from the message store), and stay bound to
-      the same /tell partner. Hard cap of 5 pinned tabs in a pool
-      separate from the 15-tab auto-tell pool — total ceiling is 20
-      tabs. New 'Pinned' section in the sidebar with its own divider
-      header
-    - Honorific Glow outline now renders when the title carries a
-      Glow colour. Opt-in via Settings → Integrations → 'Render glow
-      outlines (Honorific)' (default off, dodges the per-frame
-      DrawList overhead on low-end hardware). Gradient (Color3 /
-      GradientColourSet / Wave / Pulse) is parsed but rendered
-      statically — a later cycle will port the full animation
-    - Sidebar width is now configurable in Theme & Layout (range
-      44–160 px). Default stays icon-only; widen to fit section
-      headers like 'Active Tells (3)' without truncation
-    - Settings Save no longer pops the chat input back to /tell with
-      a pinned partner — Configuration.UpdateFrom now preserves the
-      runtime CurrentChannel across the persistent-tab merge, and
-      TabSwitched deep-clones the seeded channel instead of sharing
-      the previous tab's UsedChannel
-    - Util/ImGuiUtil.cs DrawArrows IconButton id now uses
-      (id + 1).ToString() instead of the operator-precedence quirk
-      id + 1.ToString() — generated IDs stay numerically stable
-    - Internal: IPluginLogProxy indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog
-      routes all ~91 Plugin.Log call sites through a testable proxy.
-      MessageStore.Migrate0 can now run in xUnit without loading
-      Dalamud.dll, closing the gap F12.1 left in v1.4.6
-    - Internal: TempTab counter switched from an Interlocked cached
-      field to a derived Tabs.Count(predicate) — pin-state transitions
-      are cold-path and don't need lock-free reads
-
-    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
-
-    ---
-
-    **v1.4.6 — Code Hygiene and Refactor (2026-05-12)**
-
-    Maintenance patch. No user-visible behaviour changes; tightens the
-    development feedback loop, fixes two upstream-inherited bugs, and
-    prepares the code for the v1.4.7 backlog cleanup.
-
-    - preflight.sh gains a csharpier reflow check and a markdownlint
-      pass so style drift and markdown violations are caught at the
-      pre-push gate
-    - FontManager fallback catches the full set of atlas-toolkit
-      throws (IO, InvalidOperation, ArgumentException) — a corrupt
-      font config no longer takes down the whole atlas build
-    - BrandingLinks and IntegrationLinks URLs validated on plugin
-      load — a typo in a future URL rotation now throws at startup
-    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Chat.SetChannel
-      no longer leaks the native Utf8String when the linkshell check
-      rejects the channel
-    - Cherry-picked from ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3: Tab.Clone now
-      deep-clones UsedChannel and TellTarget — PopOut and Temp tabs
-      no longer mutate each other's channel state
-    - Active-tab underline scales with DPI and rounds to physical
-      pixels for crisp rendering above 100% scaling
-    - IconButton width parameter no longer subtracts HUD-scaled
-      padding from a raw int (measured width passes through verbatim)
-    - Internal: HellionStyle ChildBgAlpha extracted to a testable
-      helper; Plugin.SaveConfig clones only the temp tabs;
-      SettingsOverview caches the draw-list per frame;
-      Dalamud.Utility.Util surface routed through an IPlatformUtil
-      indirection (MessageStore IsWine probe is now testable in
-      isolation)
-    - Built-in themes: Crystal Nocturne (sapphire and electric
-      magenta over obsidian, by CRYSTALLITE) replaces Moonlit Bloom.
-      Users with Moonlit Bloom selected fall back to Hellion Arctic
-      on first load
-
-    Based on Chat 2 1.35.3 (upstream Infiziert90/ChatTwo, EUPL-1.2).
-
-    ---
-
-    Full history: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases
+    Earlier history: https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;

 namespace HellionChat;

-// Shared input history for all ChatInputBars (main and pop-out windows).
-// Push deduplicates: existing entries are moved to the end when re-added.
-// TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/Util/InputHistoryServiceTests.cs
+// Hellion Chat — v0.6.0 shared input history. Replaces the embedded
+// ChatLogWindow.InputBacklog so that pop-out windows with their own
+// ChatInputBar can navigate the same Up/Down history as the main window.
+// Index semantics are kept identical to the v0.5.x InputBacklog:
+//   index 0          = oldest entry
+//   index Count - 1  = newest entry
+// Push performs move-to-newest deduplication: existing entries are
+// removed before the new one is appended at the end.
 public static class InputHistoryService
 {
    private const int MaxSize = 30;
@@ -21,7 +26,8 @@ public static class InputHistoryService

        var trimmed = entry.Trim();

-        // Move-to-newest: remove existing entry before adding at the end
+        // Move-to-newest: existing entries are removed before the append
+        // so the same line typed twice does not occupy two history slots.
        for (var i = 0; i < _entries.Count; i++)
        {
            if (_entries[i] == trimmed)
@@ -42,12 +48,4 @@ public static class InputHistoryService
            return null;
        return _entries[cursor];
    }
-
-    // Plugin reload doesn't reset static state automatically. Plugin.DisposeAsync
-    // calls this so the next load starts with an empty history instead of
-    // inheriting the previous session's entries.
-    public static void Reset()
-    {
-        _entries.Clear();
-    }
 }
@@ -6,17 +6,25 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;

 namespace HellionChat.Integrations;

-// Newtonsoft.Json is used here for IPC compatibility with Honorific, which
-// serialises TitleData with it. It's a transitive Dalamud dependency — no
-// new NuGet entry needed. The rest of HellionChat uses System.Text.Json.
+// We pull Newtonsoft.Json into this single file for IPC compatibility:
+// Honorific serialises its TitleData with Newtonsoft (see
+// Honorific-master/IpcProvider.cs:9 and CustomTitle.cs:12). Using the
+// same library guarantees identical handling of System.Numerics.Vector3?
+// and the enum fields we ignore. Newtonsoft is a transitive dependency
+// via Dalamud, so no new NuGet entry is needed. The rest of HellionChat
+// keeps using System.Text.Json.
 internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
 {
    private const string IpcNamespace = "Honorific";

-    // Major version of the Honorific IPC contract we're built against.
+    // Major version of the Honorific IPC contract HellionChat is built against.
+    // Used both by the runtime compatibility check and by the settings tab when
+    // it tells the user which major version we expected, so the literal lives
+    // in exactly one place.
    internal const uint ExpectedApiMajor = 3;

-    // IPC gates — kept as fields so Dispose can unsubscribe the same instances.
+    // IPC gates we subscribe to. Keep them as fields so Dispose can
+    // unsubscribe the same instances we subscribed in the constructor.
    private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<(uint, uint)> _apiVersion;
    private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<string> _getLocalCharacterTitle;
    private readonly ICallGateSubscriber<string, object> _localCharacterTitleChanged;
@@ -27,7 +35,6 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
    private readonly IFramework _framework;
    private bool _versionWarningLogged;

-    // Thread: framework only — IPC delivery + ImGui render both run there.
    public HonorificTitleData? CurrentTitle { get; private set; }
    public bool IsAvailable { get; private set; }
    public (uint Major, uint Minor)? DetectedApiVersion { get; private set; }
@@ -41,11 +48,23 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
        _framework = framework;
        _log = log;

-        // Gate objects are cached per-name by Dalamud and safe to register
-        // before Honorific loads — they just won't fire until it does.
-        // Initial pull is scheduled on the framework thread because plugin
-        // constructors run on the loader thread, and Honorific's IPC handlers
-        // read ObjectTable.LocalPlayer which throws off the framework thread.
+        // Dalamud caches gate objects per-name for the lifetime of the
+        // plugin interface, so we can register subscribers even when
+        // Honorific isn't loaded yet — the gate just won't fire. Calling
+        // InvokeFunc before Honorific is up will throw, which is why the
+        // initial pull below is wrapped in try-catch.
+        //
+        // Thread-context: plugin constructors run on Dalamud's plugin-loader
+        // thread, NOT the framework thread. Honorific's IPC handlers read
+        // ObjectTable.LocalPlayer (Honorific IpcProvider.cs:61), which throws
+        // "Not on main thread!" outside the framework thread. If Honorific is
+        // already loaded when HellionChat starts, a synchronous InvokeFunc
+        // here would surface that exception, the broad catch below would
+        // mark IsAvailable=false, and OnTitleChanged's `if (!IsAvailable)`
+        // gate would block every subsequent title update. We therefore
+        // schedule the initial pull onto the framework thread via
+        // IFramework.RunOnFrameworkThread so the IPC call sees the right
+        // thread context.
        _apiVersion = pluginInterface.GetIpcSubscriber<(uint, uint)>($"{IpcNamespace}.ApiVersion");
        _getLocalCharacterTitle = pluginInterface.GetIpcSubscriber<string>(
            $"{IpcNamespace}.GetLocalCharacterTitle"
@@ -65,14 +84,16 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable

    public void Dispose()
    {
-        // Wrap each unsubscribe — a missing gate must not block the others.
-        // Leaking a subscription keeps this service alive across plugin reloads.
+        // Honorific may already be gone by the time we dispose. Wrap each
+        // unsubscribe so a missing gate doesn't prevent the others from
+        // unsubscribing — leaking even one subscription leaves a callback
+        // alive that captures `this`, which keeps the whole service alive
+        // and breaks plugin reload.
        TryUnsubscribe(() => _localCharacterTitleChanged.Unsubscribe(OnTitleChanged));
        TryUnsubscribe(() => _ready.Unsubscribe(OnReady));
        TryUnsubscribe(() => _disposing.Unsubscribe(OnDisposing));
    }

-    // Thread: framework (scheduled from ctor and OnReady).
    private void TryInitialPull()
    {
        try
@@ -98,47 +119,68 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable

            IsAvailable = true;
            _versionWarningLogged = false;
+            // Pull the current title once at startup; from here on we rely
+            // on LocalCharacterTitleChanged events.
            var json = _getLocalCharacterTitle.InvokeFunc();
            CurrentTitle = ParseTitleJson(json);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            // Honorific not installed or not yet initialised — Ready will retry.
+            // Honorific isn't installed or hasn't initialised yet. The Ready
+            // event will give us a second chance later. Log at Debug so
+            // users without Honorific don't see noise on every reload.
            _log.Debug(ex, "Honorific not available at HellionChat startup; awaiting Ready.");
            IsAvailable = false;
            CurrentTitle = null;
        }
    }

-    // Thread: framework (Dalamud IPC delivery contract).
+    // Honorific fires LocalCharacterTitleChanged through its nameplate hook
+    // (Honorific-master/Plugin.cs:665), which means we get title updates on
+    // character switches automatically as soon as the new character is
+    // rendered. While the user is in the character-select menu, HellionChat's
+    // window is hidden by default via HideWhenNotLoggedIn (Configuration.cs:152),
+    // so the stale-title window between logout and login isn't user-visible.
    private void OnTitleChanged(string json)
    {
-        // Skip updates on version mismatch; subscription stays live for reload.
+        // Don't update cached state when we've already decided we can't trust
+        // Honorific (e.g. version mismatch). Subscription stays live in case a
+        // compatible Honorific reloads, in which case Ready triggers TryInitialPull
+        // and sets IsAvailable back to true.
        if (!IsAvailable)
            return;
        CurrentTitle = ParseTitleJson(json);
    }

-    // Thread: any (Honorific dispatches NotifyReady from its own thread).
    private void OnReady()
    {
+        // Honorific loaded after HellionChat; redo the version check and
+        // initial pull. Idempotent on purpose — Honorific can fire Ready
+        // more than once across reloads.
+        //
+        // Honorific's NotifyReady may dispatch from any thread, and
+        // TryInitialPull eventually calls IPC handlers that read
+        // ObjectTable.LocalPlayer — same "Not on main thread!" hazard as
+        // the constructor path. Schedule onto the framework thread.
        _framework.RunOnFrameworkThread(TryInitialPull);
    }

-    // Thread: framework (IPC delivery contract); idempotent — Disposing fires once.
    private void OnDisposing()
    {
-        // Honorific unloading — clear cached state so the header hides next frame.
-        // Subscriptions stay registered in case Honorific reloads.
-        // CurrentTitle is already nulled by OnTitleChanged before this fires,
-        // re-clearing here is belt-and-braces.
+        // Honorific is unloading. Drop our cached state so the header
+        // hides on the next frame; subscriptions stay registered because
+        // the gates may come back later (Honorific reload).
+        //
+        // Race-note: Honorific's NotifyDisposing calls ChangedLocalCharacterTitle(null)
+        // BEFORE SendMessage on the Disposing gate (IpcProvider.cs:109-111),
+        // so OnTitleChanged is expected to fire first and already null out
+        // CurrentTitle. We re-clear here as belt-and-braces; should the
+        // ordering ever flip, ShouldRenderSlot would still gate on IsAvailable.
        CurrentTitle = null;
        IsAvailable = false;
        DetectedApiVersion = null;
    }

-    // Thread: framework (called from Dispose, which runs on the framework
-    // cleanup block in Plugin.DisposeAsync).
    private void TryUnsubscribe(Action unsubscribe)
    {
        try
@@ -147,15 +189,33 @@ internal sealed class HonorificService : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            // Warning not Debug — a silent unsubscribe failure leaks a live
-            // subscription across plugin reloads.
-            _log.Warning(
-                ex,
-                "Honorific unsubscribe failed (likely API break or gate already gone)."
-            );
+            _log.Debug(ex, "Honorific unsubscribe failed (likely already gone).");
        }
    }

+    // Threading note: Dalamud fires IPC events on the framework thread and
+    // ImGui renders on the framework thread, so OnTitleChanged and the
+    // render path that reads CurrentTitle never race — OnTitleChanged is
+    // safe to keep direct (no RunOnFrameworkThread wrap needed) because
+    // LocalCharacterTitleChanged delivery is framework-thread by Dalamud
+    // contract. If a future change moves either side onto a worker thread,
+    // switch to volatile/Interlocked for the CurrentTitle field.
+    //
+    // The constructor's initial pull and OnReady, on the other hand, are
+    // explicitly scheduled via IFramework.RunOnFrameworkThread because
+    // they run outside that contract: the constructor executes on the
+    // plugin-loader thread, and Honorific's NotifyReady can dispatch from
+    // any thread. Both call paths eventually invoke IPC handlers that read
+    // ObjectTable.LocalPlayer, which throws "Not on main thread!" off the
+    // framework thread — see the constructor comment block for context.
+    //
+    // Divergence from ChatTwo/Ipc/ExtraChat.cs: that file uses `volatile`
+    // on its state fields out of caution. We don't, because the framework-
+    // thread delivery is the documented Dalamud contract. If the two files
+    // ever need to share a threading audit, this is the place to revisit.
+
+    // --- Pure-logic helpers below; tested via HellionChat.Tests/Integrations. ---
+
    internal static HonorificTitleData? ParseTitleJson(string json)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
@@ -2,21 +2,16 @@ using System.Numerics;

 namespace HellionChat.Integrations;

-// Local DTO mirroring Honorific's TitleData — no hard reference to Honorific.dll
-// so HellionChat loads cleanly when Honorific is absent.
-//
-// 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).
+// Local DTO mirroring Honorific's TitleData shape. We replicate the structure
+// instead of referencing Honorific.dll because a hard build-time dependency
+// would couple the two assemblies and break HellionChat at load time when
+// Honorific is missing. Glow, Color3, GradientColourSet and GradientAnimationStyle
+// are intentionally omitted — Cycle 1 renders text in the primary Color only;
+// the "Honorific Full Fidelity" backlog item adds them later as a pure
+// extension that won't break this DTO's existing consumers.
 internal sealed record HonorificTitleData(
    string? Title,
    bool IsPrefix,
    bool IsOriginal,
-    Vector3? Color,
-    Vector3? Glow,
-    Vector3? Color3,
-    int? GradientColourSet,
-    string? GradientAnimationStyle
+    Vector3? Color
 );
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using HellionChat.Util;
-
 namespace HellionChat.Integrations;

-// Third-party plugin URLs — separate from BrandingLinks (Hellion-owned URLs).
+// External URLs for the third-party plugins HellionChat integrates with.
+// Kept separate from BrandingLinks (which is for Hellion-owned URLs) so
+// future cycles can extend this file with maintainer attribution links
+// for Moodles, NotificationMaster, ExtraChat, etc. without polluting the
+// brand-links class.
 internal static class IntegrationLinks
 {
    public const string HonorificRepo = "https://github.com/Caraxi/Honorific";
    public const string HonorificAuthor = "https://github.com/Caraxi";
-
-    // See BrandingLinks.ValidateUrls for the CA2255 rationale.
-#pragma warning disable CA2255
-    [ModuleInitializer]
-#pragma warning restore CA2255
-    internal static void ValidateUrls()
-    {
-        UrlValidation.ValidateAll(nameof(IntegrationLinks), HonorificRepo, HonorificAuthor);
-    }
 }
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable

    internal (string, uint)? ChannelOverride { get; set; }

-    // volatile: IPC callbacks fire on a Dalamud thread while ImGui reads these.
-    // Reference assignment is atomic on x64, but the barrier ensures visibility
-    // across threads (especially Mono/Wine). See AUDIT-2026-05-05 [SEC-01].
+    // Volatile reference: IPC callbacks (OnChannelCommandColours/OnChannelNames) fire on a
+    // Dalamud-dispatcher thread while the ImGui thread reads the IReadOnlyDictionary projections.
+    // Reference assignment is atomic on x64, but the JIT (especially Mono on Wine/Linux) needs
+    // the volatile barrier to guarantee visibility across threads. See AUDIT-2026-05-05 [SEC-01].
    private volatile Dictionary<string, uint> ChannelCommandColoursInternal = new();
    internal IReadOnlyDictionary<string, uint> ChannelCommandColours =>
        ChannelCommandColoursInternal;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
        OverrideChannelGate.Subscribe(OnOverrideChannel);
        ChannelCommandColoursGate.Subscribe(OnChannelCommandColours);
        ChannelNamesGate.Subscribe(OnChannelNames);
-
        try
        {
            ChannelCommandColoursInternal = ChannelCommandColoursGate.InvokeFunc(null!);
@@ -61,11 +61,8 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            // ExtraChat is optional; IPC failure is normal when the plugin isn't loaded.
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
-                ex,
-                "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)"
-            );
+            // ExtraChat is optional; missing IPC peer is normal when the plugin isn't loaded.
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose(ex, "ExtraChat IPC initial state query failed (peer not loaded?)");
        }
    }

@@ -78,11 +75,22 @@ public sealed class ExtraChat : IDisposable

    private void OnOverrideChannel(OverrideInfo info)
    {
-        ChannelOverride = info.Channel == null ? null : (info.Channel, info.Rgba);
+        if (info.Channel == null)
+        {
+            ChannelOverride = null;
+            return;
        }

-    private void OnChannelCommandColours(Dictionary<string, uint> obj) =>
-        ChannelCommandColoursInternal = obj;
+        ChannelOverride = (info.Channel, info.Rgba);
+    }

-    private void OnChannelNames(Dictionary<Guid, string> obj) => ChannelNamesInternal = obj;
+    private void OnChannelCommandColours(Dictionary<string, uint> obj)
+    {
+        ChannelCommandColoursInternal = obj;
+    }
+
+    private void OnChannelNames(Dictionary<Guid, string> obj)
+    {
+        ChannelNamesInternal = obj;
+    }
 }
@@ -19,17 +19,6 @@ 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;

@@ -44,16 +33,7 @@ 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()
@@ -87,13 +67,10 @@ 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();
    }
 }
@@ -19,26 +19,6 @@ 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()
@@ -61,32 +41,7 @@ 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(
@@ -99,8 +54,6 @@ 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()
@@ -119,8 +72,6 @@ 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.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Byte Array: ${string.Join(", ", data[4..^1])}");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed to parse extra chat channel GUID");
+                Plugin.Log.Error($"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.LogProxy.Debug(
+                        Plugin.Log.Debug(
                            $"Invalid URL accepted by Regex but failed URI parsing: '{token.Value}'"
                        );
                    }
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ public partial class Message
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    AddChunkWithMessage(text.NewWithStyle(chunk.Source, chunk.Link, split));
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
+                    Plugin.Log.Debug($"Failed to parse the text param: '{split}'");
                }
            }
        }
@@ -27,7 +27,16 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
    private Dictionary<ChatType, NameFormatting> Formats { get; } = [];
    private ulong LastContentId { get; set; }

-    // PendingSync (main thread) → PendingAsync (worker thread); LinkedList for O(1) Last access
+    // Messages go into the PendingSync queue first, which will be consumed one
+    // at a time in the main thread. This is to delay the async processing until
+    // after we've received the content ID from the ContentIdResolver hook.
+    //
+    // After that, the message is enqueued in the PendingAsync queue, which will
+    // be consumed in a separate thread and perform more processing (emotes,
+    // URLs) as well as inserting the message into the database.
+    // LinkedList instead of Queue: ContentIdResolver hits PendingSync.Last
+    // every hook call. Queue<T>.Last() is the LINQ extension and walks the
+    // whole queue (O(n)); LinkedList<T>.Last is an O(1) node reference.
    private LinkedList<PendingMessage> PendingSync { get; } = [];
    private ConcurrentQueue<PendingMessage> PendingAsync { get; } = [];
    private readonly Thread PendingMessageThread;
@@ -44,16 +53,21 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
        }
    }

-    // Auto-Tell-Tabs hook: fires after a message is processed and stored, allowing
-    // AutoTellTabsService to spawn or refresh temp tabs without coupling.
+    // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs hook. Fires after a fully processed
+    // message has been routed to all matching persistent tabs and stored
+    // in the database. The AutoTellTabsService subscribes to spawn or
+    // refresh temp tabs without having to wedge itself into ProcessMessage
+    // directly.
    public event Action<Message>? MessageProcessed;

    internal unsafe MessageManager(Plugin plugin)
    {
        Plugin = plugin;

-        Store = new MessageStore(DatabasePath(), Plugin.PlatformUtil, Plugin.LogProxy);
+        Store = new MessageStore(DatabasePath());

+        // IsBackground so a stuck worker never blocks plugin unload.
+        // Cooperative cancel via PendingThreadCancellationToken first, background flag is the safety net.
        PendingMessageThread = new Thread(() =>
            ProcessPendingMessages(PendingThreadCancellationToken.Token)
        )
@@ -91,11 +105,14 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
            await Task.Delay(100);

        if (PendingMessageThread.IsAlive)
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(
                "PendingMessageThread did not observe cancellation within 10s. "
-                    + "Worker remains on background thread; next plugin reload releases it."
+                    + "Worker remains on a background thread; next plugin reload releases it. "
+                    + "If this recurs, file a bug with /xllog after the previous reload."
            );

+        // CTS owns an unmanaged WaitHandle; dispose even if the worker is
+        // alive — it checks IsCancellationRequested via the linked token.
        PendingThreadCancellationToken.Dispose();

        Store.Dispose();
@@ -137,7 +154,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
+                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error processing pending message");
                }
            }
            else
@@ -149,7 +166,12 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable

    internal void ClearAllTabs()
    {
-        // TempTabs are session-only (not persisted); exclude them to preserve Tell history
+        // Hellion Chat — TempTabs haben keine DB-Persistenz (session-only,
+        // direkt vom AutoTellTabsService befüllt). Ein Clear+Refilter würde
+        // sie leer hinterlassen weil FilterAllTabs nichts aus der DB
+        // findet — Tells sind oft durch Privacy-Filter blockiert oder
+        // schlicht session-flüchtig. TempTabs vom Clear-Pfad ausschließen
+        // damit Settings-Save den Tell-Verlauf nicht zerstört.
        foreach (var tab in Plugin.Config.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab))
            tab.Clear();
    }
@@ -162,7 +184,12 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable

        using var messages = Store.GetMostRecentMessages(CurrentContentId, since);

-        // TempTabs are excluded; they maintain live state from AutoTellTabsService
+        // We store the pending messages to be added to the chat log in a
+        // temporary list, and apply them all at once after filtering.
+        // TempTabs werden ausgeschlossen — sie bleiben live-state aus dem
+        // AutoTellTabsService, ein DB-Refilter würde sie nur partial
+        // wiederherstellen falls Tells in DB liegen, oder leer lassen wenn
+        // Privacy-Filter sie blockiert hat.
        var pendingTabs = Plugin
            .Config.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab)
            .Select(tab => (tab, new List<Message>()))
@@ -171,7 +198,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
        foreach (var (_, pendingMessages) in pendingTabs.Where(ptab => ptab.Item1.Matches(message)))
            pendingMessages.Add(message);

-        // Apply messages to chat log all at once.
+        // Apply the messages to the chat log in one go.
        foreach (var (tab, pendingMessages) in pendingTabs)
            tab.Messages.AddSortPrune(pendingMessages, MessageDisplayLimit);

@@ -180,14 +207,13 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable

        WrapperUtil.AddNotification(Language.LoadMessages_Error, NotificationType.Error);

-        // Mark failed messages as deleted to prevent retry attempts
+        // Mark the failed messages as deleted so we don't try to load them
+        // again.
        var failedIds = messages.FailedMessageIds();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
-            $"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures"
-        );
+        Plugin.Log.Info($"Marking {failedIds.Count} messages as deleted due to parse failures");
        foreach (var msgId in messages.FailedMessageIds())
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
+            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Marking message '{msgId}' as deleted due to parse failure");
            Store.DeleteMessage(msgId);
        }
    }
@@ -203,13 +229,10 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in FilterAllTabs");
            }

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

@@ -233,10 +256,16 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
        // Update colour codes.
        GlobalParametersCache.Refresh();

-        // Delay to next tick to get content ID from ContentIdResolver hook
+        // We delay messages to be handed off to the async processing thread
+        // in the next tick, otherwise we can't get the content ID from the hook
+        // below.
        PendingSync.AddLast(pendingMessage);
    }

+    // This hook is called immediately after receiving a message with the
+    // message's content ID. If multiple messages are received in the same tick,
+    // this will be called for each message immediately after ChatMessage is
+    // called for each message.
    private unsafe void ContentIdResolver(
        RaptureLogModule* agent,
        ulong contentId,
@@ -264,7 +293,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
+            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error in ContentIdResolver");
        }
    }

@@ -379,7 +408,7 @@ internal class MessageManager : IAsyncDisposable
        var after = formats
            .GetRange(firstStringParam + 1, secondStringParam - firstStringParam)
            .Where(payload => payload.Type == ReadOnlySePayloadType.Text)
-            .Select(text => Encoding.UTF8.GetString(text.Body.Span));
+            .Select(text => Encoding.UTF8.GetString(text.Body.Span)); // Can't use `ToString()` as it defaults to macro

        var nameFormatting = NameFormatting.Of(string.Join("", before), string.Join("", after));
        Formats[type] = nameFormatting;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public sealed class PayloadHandler
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error executing integration");
            }
        }

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

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

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ using HellionChat.Ipc;
 using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Ui;
 using HellionChat.Util;
-using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;

 namespace HellionChat;

@@ -91,8 +90,10 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

    public readonly WindowSystem WindowSystem = new(PluginName);

-    // Phase-2 services are constructed in LoadAsync; null! shape is kept
-    // consistent across all properties for clarity.
+    // v1.4.3: properties moved from { get; } to { get; private set; } = null!;
+    // because LoadAsync now owns construction of the Phase-2 services.
+    // Phase-1 services use the same shape for consistency, even though
+    // they're still allocated in the ctor.
    public SettingsWindow SettingsWindow { get; private set; } = null!;
    public ChatLogWindow ChatLogWindow { get; private set; } = null!;
    public DbViewer DbViewer { get; private set; } = null!;
@@ -114,41 +115,27 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
    internal Ui.StatusBar StatusBar { get; private set; } = null!;
    internal Integrations.HonorificService HonorificService { get; private set; } = null!;

-    // Platform indirection over Dalamud.Utility.Util. Wired in Phase-1 ctor so
-    // any service allocated in LoadAsync can read Plugin.PlatformUtil.
-    internal static IPlatformUtil PlatformUtil { get; private set; } = null!;
-
-    // Log indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog. Same rationale as PlatformUtil:
-    // call-sites read through LogProxy so MessageStore can be tested in
-    // isolation. Wired immediately after Dalamud injects Log.
-    internal static IPluginLogProxy LogProxy { get; private set; } = null!;
-
-    // Idempotency guard — Dalamud may fire DisposeAsync twice in a reload race.
+    // (B3) Lightless idempotency guard — Dalamud may fire DisposeAsync twice
+    // in a reload race; second call short-circuits.
    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.
+    // Serialises retention sweeps. The 24h auto-sweep on plugin load and
+    // the manual button in the Privacy tab both run on background threads;
+    // without this gate, hitting the manual button moments after a fresh
+    // plugin start would launch two sweeps in parallel and the second one
+    // would just re-do work the first one already finished. The lock guards
+    // the flag — the flag check itself bails before we touch the database.
+    // Volatile because the ImGui thread reads the flag outside the lock to
+    // gate the manual button; without it the JIT may cache the value in a
+    // register and miss the background-thread update.
    internal readonly object RetentionSweepLock = new();
    internal volatile bool RetentionSweepRunning;

    internal DateTime GameStarted { get; }

-    // Tab management lives here rather than in ChatLogWindow for access reasons.
+    // Tab management needs to happen outside the chatlog window class for access reasons
    internal int LastTab { get; set; }
    internal int? WantedTab { get; set; }
    internal Tab CurrentTab
@@ -162,47 +149,52 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

    public Plugin()
    {
-        // Phase-1 ctor: bootstrap-essentials only (conflict gate, config load,
-        // language + ImGui init). All service/window allocation lives in LoadAsync.
+        // Phase-1 ctor stays minimal: bootstrap-essentials only (conflict
+        // gate, config load, language + ImGui init, WindowSystem skeleton).
+        // Schema migrations and every service / window allocation moved to
+        // LoadAsync so the sync ctor returns fast. On failure here nothing
+        // is initialized yet, so just throw — there is nothing to clean up.

-        // Block load if upstream Chat 2 is active — prevents IPC collisions
-        // and double-replacement of the in-game chat window.
+        // Refuse to start if upstream Chat 2 is loaded — prevents IPC
+        // channel collisions and double-replacement of the in-game chat
+        // window. Throwing here makes Dalamud abort the load cleanly with
+        // our localized message instead of crashing FFXIV mid-frame.
        ChatTwoConflictDetector.ThrowIfChatTwoIsLoaded(Interface);

        GameStarted = Process.GetCurrentProcess().StartTime.ToUniversalTime();

-        // Migrate config + database from upstream ChatTwo on first start.
+        // Hellion Chat: take over config + database from upstream ChatTwo
+        // before Dalamud loads our plugin config. Idempotent: only acts on
+        // the first start where the legacy paths exist and ours don't.
        MigrateFromChatTwoLayout();

        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();
-        LogProxy = new DalamudPluginLogProxy(Log);
-
-        // Schema gate: v1.4.x requires config v16+. Users on older schemas
-        // must install v1.4.2 first to run the migration chain. v17 adds
-        // Tab.IsPinned (additive, no data migration needed) so v16 configs
-        // load cleanly and get their Version stamp bumped after the gate.
+        // Schema-gate: v1.4.3 only supports config schema v16. Older configs
+        // went through their migrations in v1.2.1 (v15→v16) and earlier; users
+        // who skipped past those releases need to install v1.4.2 first to run
+        // the migration chain, then upgrade to v1.4.3.
        if (Config.Version < 16)
        {
            throw new InvalidOperationException(
-                $"HellionChat v1.4.9 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
-                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.9."
+                $"HellionChat v1.4.3 requires config schema v16, got v{Config.Version}. "
+                    + "Please install v1.4.2 first to migrate the configuration, then upgrade to v1.4.3."
            );
        }
-        Config.Version = 17;

-        // 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);
+        // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs Defense-in-Depth. SaveConfig
+        // already strips temp tabs before persistence, but a previous
+        // crash or external write could have left them in the JSON.
+        // Drop them on load to guarantee the session-only invariant.
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);

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

        DeferredSaveFrames = -1;
+
+        // WindowSystem skeleton is initialised by the readonly field above —
+        // no AddWindow yet; window construction lives in LoadAsync.
    }

    public async Task LoadAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -211,8 +203,14 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

        try
        {
-            // Default tab layout on fresh install. Tells are handled by
-            // Auto-Tell-Tabs; Novice Network has no preset tab by design.
+            // Hellion v1.0.0 default tab layout. Five thematically separated
+            // tabs: General catches the immediate-surroundings public chat
+            // (Say/Yell/Shout) only; System absorbs the rest of the technical
+            // and gameplay-event noise; FreeCompany, Group and Linkshell each
+            // own their respective channel set. Tells are not in a static
+            // tab anymore — Auto-Tell-Tabs spawns dedicated per-conversation
+            // tabs on demand. Novice-Network gets no preset tab; users who
+            // want it can add HellionBeginner from Settings → Tabs.
            if (Config.Tabs.Count == 0)
            {
                Config.Tabs.Add(TabsUtil.VanillaGeneral);
@@ -224,29 +222,32 @@ 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).
+            // Sync allocation + handle registration. BuildFonts() registers
+            // IFontHandles with Dalamud's UiBuilder.FontAtlas — registration
+            // itself is non-blocking (handles stored, lambdas queued). Dalamud
+            // rebuilds the atlas on its own pipeline a few frames later; first
+            // frames render with the default font until the rebuild lands and
+            // ImGui switches to Hellion-Exo2 / NotoSans (visible "font-pop").
+            // Mirrors ChatTwo Plugin.cs:152.
            FontManager = new FontManager();
            FontManager.BuildFonts();

-            // ThemeRegistry must be wired before the first Draw tick.
+            // Theme init stays sync on the LoadAsync continuation — cheap,
+            // and Active is read every Draw frame, so the registry must be
+            // wired before the first hook fires.
            var customThemesDir = Path.Combine(Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
            Directory.CreateDirectory(customThemesDir);
            SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(customThemesDir);
            ThemeRegistry = new Themes.ThemeRegistry(customThemesDir);
-            // Warm up the custom-theme cache before the first Switch.
-            // LoadCustomBySlug is a reverse-lookup over _customCache; on a
-            // cold cache a Config.Theme that points at a custom slug would
-            // fall through to the built-in default. AllCustom is a lazy
-            // enumerable, so iterate it explicitly to materialise the cache.
-            foreach (var _ in ThemeRegistry.AllCustom()) { }
            ThemeRegistry.Switch(Config.Theme);

            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

-            // Service allocations — order encodes dependencies.
-            // HonorificService registers IPC subscribers early to catch
-            // Ready/Disposing events from the first frame.
+            // Service allocations: order encodes dependencies. Commands is
+            // alloc-only here; Initialise() runs after windows exist so the
+            // slash-commands can toggle their visibility. HonorificService
+            // registers IPC subscribers up-front so Ready/Disposing events
+            // are caught from the very first frame.
            FileDialogManager = new FileDialogManager();
            Commands = new Commands();
            Functions = new GameFunctions.GameFunctions(this);
@@ -257,6 +258,9 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            StatusBar = new Ui.StatusBar();
            MessageManager = new MessageManager(this);

+            // Auto-Tell-Tabs subscribes to MessageManager.MessageProcessed for
+            // live tells and to ClientState.Logout for cleanup; needs the live
+            // store handed in at construction.
            AutoTellTabsService = new AutoTellTabsService(
                this,
                MessageManager,
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            );
            AutoTellTabsService.Initialize();

+            // SelfTest steps poll Active per frame and need the registry wired.
            SelfTestRegistry.RegisterTestSteps([new SelfTests.ThemeSwitchSelfTestStep(this)]);

            ChatLogWindow = new ChatLogWindow(this);
@@ -284,155 +289,57 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            WindowSystem.AddWindow(DebuggerWindow);
            WindowSystem.AddWindow(FirstRunWizard);

+            // Open the wizard on a fresh install. Existing ChatTwo users have
+            // FirstRunCompleted set to true by the v6→v7 migration above.
            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();
+            // let all the other components register, then initialize commands
            Commands.Initialise();

-            // Daily retention sweep — fire-and-forget, skips when disabled
-            // or already ran within the past 24 hours.
+            // Daily retention sweep, fire-and-forget. Skips itself when
+            // disabled or when it already ran within the past 24 hours.
            RunRetentionSweepIfDue();

            if (Config.ShowEmotes)
-                _ = EmoteCache.LoadData();
+                _ = EmoteCache.LoadData(); // Fire-and-forget, exceptions caught inside

            if (Interface.Reason is not PluginLoadReason.Boot)
                MessageManager.FilterAllTabsAsync();

-            // Kick the FTS5 rebuild worker if Migrate4 just added the schema or
-            // a previous run was cut short (InitFtsReadyCache leaves _ftsReady
-            // false in that case). Runs off the framework thread on its own
-            // SqliteConnection so the live UpsertMessage path keeps flowing
-            // through the chunked-commit windows.
-            _ftsRebuildCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
-            if (!MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt)
-            {
-                var token = _ftsRebuildCts.Token;
-                _ = Task.Run(
-                    async () =>
-                    {
-                        // FQN: Plugin.Notification (Z.74) shadows the type name.
-                        Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.IActiveNotification? notif = null;
-                        try
-                        {
-                            notif = Notification.AddNotification(
-                                new Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.Notification
-                                {
-                                    Title = "Hellion Chat",
-                                    Content = "Indexing chat history for full-text search...",
-                                    Type = Dalamud
-                                        .Interface
-                                        .ImGuiNotification
-                                        .NotificationType
-                                        .Info,
-                                    Minimized = false,
-                                    InitialDuration = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(10),
-                                }
-                            );
-
-                            // Progress<T> raises this callback on the captured
-                            // sync-context (Task.Run worker pool). IActiveNotification
-                            // is ImGui-backed and mutates the UI, so marshal the
-                            // mutation onto the framework thread via RunOnTick.
-                            var progress = new Progress<long>(done =>
-                            {
-                                Framework.RunOnTick(() =>
-                                {
-                                    if (notif is { } n)
-                                        n.Content = $"Indexing chat history: {done:N0} messages...";
-                                });
-                            });
-
-                            // Worker-owned connection. Closed+disposed before we
-                            // flip the readiness flag so the DbViewer never sees
-                            // IsFtsIndexBuilt=true while the worker connection
-                            // is still alive.
-                            SqliteConnection? workerConn = null;
-                            try
-                            {
-                                workerConn = MessageManager.Store.OpenSecondaryConnection();
-                                var total = await Task.Run(
-                                        () =>
-                                            MessageManager.Store.RebuildFtsIndex(
-                                                workerConn,
-                                                progress,
-                                                token
-                                            ),
-                                        token
-                                    )
-                                    .ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                                workerConn.Close();
-                                workerConn.Dispose();
-                                workerConn = null;
-                                MessageManager.Store.MarkFtsIndexBuilt();
-
-                                if (notif is { } final)
-                                {
-                                    final.Content = $"Indexed {total:N0} messages.";
-                                    final.Type = Dalamud
-                                        .Interface
-                                        .ImGuiNotification
-                                        .NotificationType
-                                        .Success;
-                                    final.InitialDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
-                                }
-                            }
-                            finally
-                            {
-                                workerConn?.Dispose();
-                            }
-                        }
-                        catch (OperationCanceledException)
-                        {
-                            notif?.DismissNow();
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
-                        {
-                            Log.Error(ex, "FTS index rebuild failed");
-                            if (notif is { } err)
-                            {
-                                err.Content =
-                                    "Full-text indexing failed -- search will use local filter only.";
-                                err.Type = Dalamud
-                                    .Interface
-                                    .ImGuiNotification
-                                    .NotificationType
-                                    .Error;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    },
-                    _ftsRebuildCts.Token
-                );
-            }
-
            Interface.UiBuilder.DisableCutsceneUiHide = true;
            Interface.UiBuilder.DisableGposeUiHide = true;

 #if !DEBUG
-            // Fire-and-forget — first auto-translate use may have a sub-second
-            // hitch if the cache hasn't filled yet, but avoids blocking load.
+            // Fire-and-forget on a worker thread. The first auto-translate use of
+            // a session may have a sub-second hitch if the cache hasn't filled yet,
+            // but that's preferable to making every user wait ~300 ms during
+            // plugin load for a cache they may never touch. ChatTwo (upstream)
+            // does this sync; we trade load-time for first-use latency.
            _ = Task.Run(AutoTranslate.PreloadCache, cancellationToken);
 #endif

            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

-            // Hooks last — all services and windows must be live before
-            // the first Draw / FrameworkUpdate tick fires.
+            // (B1) Hooks last: every service and window must be live before
+            // Dalamud fires our first Draw / FrameworkUpdate tick. Anything
+            // earlier risks rendering against null FontManager / ThemeRegistry.
            Framework.Update += FrameworkUpdate;
            Interface.UiBuilder.Draw += Draw;
            Interface.LanguageChanged += LanguageChanged;
+            // Hellion Chat — surface a "main UI" entry point so Dalamud's
+            // plugin list shows the Open-Plugin button. Settings is the
+            // most useful landing place; OpenConfigUi is already wired to
+            // the same toggle inside SettingsWindow.
+            Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OpenMainUi;
        }
        catch
        {
+            // Mirror the v1.4.0 load-failure recovery: hand off to DisposeAsync
+            // so partially-built services are torn down. Swallow the cleanup
+            // exception so the original load failure stays the visible cause.
            try
            {
                await DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -444,40 +351,28 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        }
    }

+    // Suppressing this warning because DisposeAsync may run after a partial
+    // LoadAsync, so some properties may not be initialized.
    [SuppressMessage("ReSharper", "ConditionalAccessQualifierIsNonNullableAccordingToAPIContract")]
    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
    {
-        // Idempotency guard — second call short-circuits on reload race.
+        // (B3) Idempotency guard — Dalamud may reload-race us; second
+        // call short-circuits so we don't double-dispose services.
        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.
+        // Hooks unsubscribe FIRST so no Draw / FrameworkUpdate / LanguageChanged
+        // tick can fire while we're tearing services down. 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.
+        // v1.4.0 F5.3 — flush a pending DeferredSave before service teardown,
+        // since FrameworkUpdate just got unsubscribed and won't fire it.
        failure = CaptureFailure(
            failure,
            () =>
@@ -490,10 +385,13 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            }
        );

-        // Unsubscribe AutoTellTabs before MessageManager goes away.
+        // Auto-Tell-Tabs unsubscribes from MessageProcessed before MessageManager
+        // goes away. Pure-memory cleanup, no framework-thread requirement.
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => AutoTellTabsService?.Dispose());

-        // MessageManager has its own async dispose path (DB flush, thread shutdown).
+        // v1.4.0 F6.2 — MessageManager has its own async dispose path
+        // (DB flush, pending-message thread shutdown). Run it before the
+        // framework-block so the worker threads are quiesced first.
        if (MessageManager is not null)
        {
            failure = await CaptureFailureAsync(
@@ -503,29 +401,36 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                .ConfigureAwait(false);
        }

-        // Game-function / IPC / window cleanup must run on the framework thread.
+        // (B4) Game-Function / IPC / UI-Window cleanup MUST run on the
+        // framework thread. WindowSystem mutations and IPC subscriber
+        // disposes touch Dalamud state that's only safe from the framework.
+        // Worker-thread DisposeAsync would race the next Draw tick.
+        // Per-line CaptureFailure so a single throw can't strand the lines
+        // behind it; mirrors Lightless DisposeFrameworkBoundServicesAsync.
        try
        {
            await Framework
                .RunOnFrameworkThread(() =>
                {
-                    // TearDown slash-commands + UiBuilder hooks before windows
-                    // tear down. Slash-commands holding handlers that reach
-                    // the windows would otherwise see a half-torn Plugin.
-                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, TearDownCommands);
-
+                    // Game-Functions first — other services may still query
+                    // chat-interactable state during their Dispose.
                    failure = CaptureFailure(
                        failure,
                        () => GameFunctions.GameFunctions.SetChatInteractable(true)
                    );

-                    // IPC subscribers before windows — prevents a final IPC event
-                    // from reaching a half-torn ChatLogWindow.
+                    // IPC subscribers — dispose before windows so any final
+                    // event firing from the IPC source can't reach a half-torn
+                    // ChatLogWindow.
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => HonorificService?.Dispose());
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => TypingIpc?.Dispose());
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => ExtraChat?.Dispose());
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Ipc?.Dispose());

+                    // Windows — RemoveAllWindows first, then per-window Dispose.
+                    // Order matches the pre-v1.4.3 Dispose body byte-for-byte.
+                    // CommandHelpWindow and FirstRunWizard don't implement
+                    // IDisposable; their resources are reclaimed via WindowSystem.
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => WindowSystem?.RemoveAllWindows());
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => ChatLogWindow?.Dispose());
                    failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => DbViewer?.Dispose());
@@ -541,19 +446,19 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            failure ??= ex;
        }

-        // Pure-memory cleanups — no Framework / UI / IPC touch.
+        // Pure-memory cleanups — no Framework / UI / IPC touch, so they
+        // run on whatever thread DisposeAsync resumes on.
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Functions?.Dispose());
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => Commands?.Dispose());
        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, () => EmoteCache.Dispose());
-        // Static input history would otherwise survive the plugin reload.
-        failure = CaptureFailure(failure, InputHistoryService.Reset);

        if (failure is not null)
            ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(failure).Throw();
    }

-    // Run cleanup actions individually so a single failure doesn't strand
-    // the remaining teardown steps.
+    // Lightless-pattern capture helpers: run cleanup, remember the FIRST
+    // exception, keep going. Without these one mid-teardown failure would
+    // skip every cleanup behind it and leave services half-torn.
    private static Exception? CaptureFailure(Exception? failure, Action action)
    {
        try
@@ -594,6 +499,9 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        var ourConfigFile = Path.Combine(pluginConfigsDir, "HellionChat.json");
        var ourConfigDir = Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName;

+        // Track whether anything legitimately blocked us. The most common
+        // cause is upstream Chat 2 still being loaded — its SQLite handle
+        // keeps chat-sqlite.db locked and File.Move throws IOException.
        var lockedBlocker = false;

        try
@@ -615,6 +523,13 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            lockedBlocker = true;
        }

+        // The plugin's ConfigDirectory may already exist on first load
+        // (Dalamud creates it), so check at the file level instead of
+        // skipping when the directory is present. Move every legacy
+        // entry whose target name is not occupied yet, then remove the
+        // source dir if it ends up empty. Each move is wrapped on its
+        // own so a single locked file (the SQLite db while ChatTwo still
+        // runs) does not abandon the rest of the migration.
        if (!Directory.Exists(legacyConfigDir))
            return;

@@ -622,8 +537,6 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(ourConfigDir);

-            // Move each file individually so a single locked file (e.g. the
-            // SQLite db while ChatTwo is still loaded) doesn't abort the rest.
            foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(legacyConfigDir))
            {
                var target = Path.Combine(ourConfigDir, Path.GetFileName(file));
@@ -677,6 +590,9 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

        if (lockedBlocker)
        {
+            // Surface the most common cause to the user as a notification
+            // so they don't think Hellion Chat lost their history when in
+            // fact upstream Chat 2 was still holding the database file.
            Notification.AddNotification(
                new Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.Notification
                {
@@ -692,80 +608,15 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        }
    }

-    // 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()
+    private void OpenMainUi()
    {
-        // ChatLogWindow.cs:128 already registers /hellion (ToggleChat). The
-        // description-arg here keeps the Dalamud help list populated.
-        Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.").Execute +=
-            OnHellionSettingsCommand;
-        Commands
-            .Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute += OnHellionViewCommand;
-        Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute +=
-            OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
-#if DEBUG
-        // SeStringDebugger.cs lives under #if DEBUG too; keep this out of release builds.
-        Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute +=
-            OnHellionSeStringCommand;
-#endif
-
-        // Plugin-Manager "Settings" button. Was in Settings.cs:67 pre-v1.4.9.
-        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi += OnOpenConfigUi;
-
-        // Plugin-Manager "Open" button. Was in Plugin.cs LoadAsync pre-v1.4.9
-        // (separate OpenMainUi handler that flipped SettingsWindow.IsOpen).
-        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi += OnOpenMainUi;
+        // Settings is the most useful landing surface — same target as the
+        // Configure button. SettingsWindow.Toggle is internal and already
+        // wired to OpenConfigUi, so re-using IsOpen keeps both entry points
+        // behaviourally identical.
+        SettingsWindow.IsOpen = !SettingsWindow.IsOpen;
    }

-    private void TearDownCommands()
-    {
-        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenMainUi -= OnOpenMainUi;
-        Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= OnOpenConfigUi;
-
-        Commands.Register("/hellion", "Perform various actions with Hellion Chat.").Execute -=
-            OnHellionSettingsCommand;
-        Commands
-            .Register(
-                "/hellionView",
-                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
-                true
-            )
-            .Execute -= OnHellionViewCommand;
-        Commands.Register("/hellionDebugger", showInHelp: false).Execute -=
-            OnHellionDebuggerCommand;
-#if DEBUG
-        Commands.Register("/hellionSeString", showInHelp: false).Execute -=
-            OnHellionSeStringCommand;
-#endif
-    }
-
-    private void OnHellionSettingsCommand(string command, string arguments)
-    {
-        // /hellion with args is intentionally a no-op (matches pre-v1.4.9
-        // Settings.cs:76-80 behaviour).
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(arguments))
-            SettingsWindow.Toggle();
-    }
-
-    private void OnOpenConfigUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
-
-    private void OnOpenMainUi() => SettingsWindow.Toggle();
-
-    private void OnHellionViewCommand(string _, string __) => DbViewer.Toggle();
-
-    private void OnHellionDebuggerCommand(string _, string __) => DebuggerWindow.Toggle();
-
-#if DEBUG
-    private void OnHellionSeStringCommand(string _, string __) => SeStringDebugger.Toggle();
-#endif
-
    private void RunRetentionSweepIfDue()
    {
        if (!Config.RetentionEnabled)
@@ -773,7 +624,8 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        if (DateTimeOffset.UtcNow - Config.RetentionLastRunAt < TimeSpan.FromHours(24))
            return;

-        // Snapshot the policy so the user can edit settings while the sweep runs.
+        // Snapshot the policy so the user can edit settings while we run.
+        // Spec defaults form the baseline; explicit user overrides win.
        var policy = new Dictionary<int, int>();
        foreach (var (type, days) in Privacy.PrivacyDefaults.DefaultRetentionDays)
            policy[(int)(ushort)type] = days;
@@ -781,10 +633,16 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            policy[(int)(ushort)type] = days;
        var defaultDays = Config.RetentionDefaultDays;

-        // IsBackground = true so a stuck sweep never blocks plugin unload.
+        // IsBackground = true for the same reason as PendingMessageThread:
+        // a stuck sweep must never block plugin unload. RunRetentionSweepIfDue
+        // guards the run-frequency, and the sweep itself uses the framework's
+        // cooperative cancellation pattern. The background flag is the safety
+        // net if the sweep ever takes longer than expected.
        new Thread(() =>
        {
-            // Bail early if a manual sweep is already in flight.
+            // Bail out cheaply if a manual sweep is already in flight; the
+            // lock around the actual work would queue us up otherwise and
+            // we would just re-do whatever the manual run already did.
            lock (RetentionSweepLock)
            {
                if (RetentionSweepRunning)
@@ -801,31 +659,18 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                if (deleted > 0)
                {
                    Log.Information($"Retention sweep deleted {deleted} expired messages.");
-                    // 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
+                    // Run the clear+refilter synchronously on the framework thread.
+                    // Earlier this called FilterAllTabsAsync(), which is fire-and-forget
+                    // — the .Wait() here would return as soon as the inner Task.Run was
+                    // dispatched, racing the next sweep cycle against the still-running
+                    // filter pass. See AUDIT-2026-05-05 [QUAL-02].
+                    Framework
+                        .Run(() =>
                        {
                            MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                            MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
-                        }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
-                        {
-                            Log.Error(ex, "Retention sweep clear+refilter failed");
-                        }
-                    });
+                        })
+                        .Wait();
                }
                else
                {
@@ -849,13 +694,9 @@ 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.
+        // Theme-Engine ist ab v14 immer aktiv; Klassik ist jetzt ein eigenes
+        // Theme statt einem deaktivierten Hellion-Theme. Active wird einmal
+        // pro Frame aus der Registry gelesen.
        using IDisposable _style = HellionStyle.PushGlobal(
            ThemeRegistry.Active,
            Config.WindowOpacity
@@ -870,7 +711,9 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
            return;
        }

-        // Hide all plugin windows while the New Game+ menu is open.
+        // v1.0.2 — global skip while the New Game+ menu (QuestRedo addon) is
+        // open. Hides every plugin window in one shot (chat log, pop-outs,
+        // settings, db viewer, etc.), matching the LoadingScreens pattern.
        if (
            Config.HideInNewGamePlusMenu
            && GameFunctions.GameFunctions.IsAddonInteractable(
@@ -899,17 +742,17 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin

    internal void SaveConfig()
    {
-        // 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);
+        // Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs are session-only. Strip them out
+        // before serialization so a crash mid-session can never persist
+        // them. We snapshot the full tab list first and restore it after
+        // the save, preserving the user's order and open conversations.
+        var snapshot = Config.Tabs.ToList();
+        Config.Tabs.RemoveAll(t => t.IsTempTab);

        Interface.SavePluginConfig(Config);

-        Config.Tabs.AddRange(unpinnedTempTabs);
+        Config.Tabs.Clear();
+        Config.Tabs.AddRange(snapshot);
    }

    internal void LanguageChanged(string langCode)
@@ -951,8 +794,9 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
        Condition[ConditionFlag.OccupiedInCutSceneEvent]
        || Condition[ConditionFlag.WatchingCutscene78];

-    // Seeds example-theme.json into the themes dir on first run.
-    // Skipped if any custom JSON already exists.
+    // v1.1.0 — wenn der themes/-Ordner leer ist, schreiben wir die embedded
+    // example-theme.json als Vorlage rein. Bestehende User-Customs werden
+    // nicht angefasst (existing JSONs lassen den Block überspringen).
    private static void SeedExampleThemeIfEmpty(string dir)
    {
        if (Directory.EnumerateFiles(dir, "*.json").Any())
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@ namespace HellionChat.Privacy;

 internal static class PrivacyDefaults
 {
-    // F3.1: failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches. New installs
-    // persist unknown channels so a major patch's added ChatType isn't silently
-    // dropped before the user can opt in or out. Existing configs keep their
-    // explicit choice — see Configuration.cs PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels.
-    internal const bool DefaultPersistUnknownChannels = true;
-
-    // DSGVO Art. 25 (Privacy by Default): only the player's own conversations
-    // are persisted out-of-the-box. Public chat, NPC dialogue, system logs and
-    // battle messages require explicit opt-in.
+    // Privacy-First default whitelist (DSGVO Art. 25 - Privacy by Default).
+    // Only the player's own conversations are persisted out-of-the-box.
+    // Public chat (Say/Shout/Yell), Novice Network, NPC dialogue, system
+    // logs and battle messages are NOT persisted unless the user opts in.
    internal static readonly IReadOnlySet<ChatType> PrivacyFirstWhitelist = new HashSet<ChatType>
    {
        ChatType.TellIncoming,
@@ -47,8 +42,10 @@ internal static class PrivacyDefaults
        ChatType.ExtraChatLinkshell8,
    };

-    // Per-channel retention in days. Unlisted channels fall back to
-    // Configuration.RetentionDefaultDays. Tells: 365, everything else: 90.
+    // Default retention windows per channel (in days). Channels not listed
+    // here fall back to Configuration.RetentionDefaultDays. Reflects the
+    // design spec: Tells 365, own-conversation channels 90, everything else
+    // shorter via the global default.
    internal static readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<ChatType, int> DefaultRetentionDays =
        new Dictionary<ChatType, int>
        {
@@ -89,9 +86,10 @@ internal static class PrivacyDefaults
            [ChatType.ExtraChatLinkshell8] = 90,
        };

-    // Casual: Privacy-First + public chat (Say/Shout/Yell, emotes, Novice
-    // Network) with a 1-day window so recent RP/trade is searchable but
-    // third-party data doesn't accumulate.
+    // Casual profile = Privacy-First plus public chat (Say/Shout/Yell, both
+    // emote types, Novice Network), kept for a short 24-hour window so the
+    // last RP scene or shout trade is still searchable but third-party data
+    // doesn't accumulate forever.
    internal static readonly IReadOnlySet<ChatType> CasualWhitelist = new HashSet<ChatType>(
        PrivacyFirstWhitelist
    )
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Resources;

-// Built-in colour presets applied via Settings UI → ChatColours.
-// Battle-channel types are intentionally excluded to preserve combat-log tuning.
+// Hellion Chat — v0.6.0 built-in colour presets for the ChatColours
+// settings section. Read-only static data; users apply a preset via the
+// settings UI which overwrites Configuration.ChatColours immediately.
+// Battle-channel types are intentionally NOT covered by the stylistic
+// presets so that combat-log tuning the user has done stays intact.
 public sealed record ChatColourPreset(
    string DisplayName,
    string LocalizationKey,
@@ -66,7 +69,9 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
        };
    }

-    // Mirrors ChatTypeExt.DefaultColor; channels without a default are skipped.
+    // The Default preset spiegelt 1:1 die Werte aus ChatTypeExt.DefaultColor.
+    // Channels ohne Default-Wert (return null) werden ausgelassen — wer sie
+    // anwenden will, behält seine aktuelle Farbe.
    private static IReadOnlyDictionary<ChatType, uint> BuildDefault()
    {
        var dict = new Dictionary<ChatType, uint>();
@@ -178,22 +183,33 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
        };
    }

-    // Hellion brand preset — Arctic Cyan + Ember Orange palette.
-    // Cyan family for Standard/Tell, Ember/Warning for loud channels,
-    // Status colours for Linkshells, darker variants for CrossLinkshells.
+    // Hellion brand preset — Arctic Cyan + Ember Orange palette aus
+    // /mnt/ssd-fast/Projekte/hellion-media/hellion-media-website/BRANDING.md
+    // (Schema-Stand 2026-04-16). Channels sind über das ganze Brand-Spektrum
+    // verteilt damit jede Zeile auf einen Glance unterscheidbar ist:
+    // Cyan-Familie für Standard/Tell, Ember + Warning für laute Channels,
+    // Status-Farben (Success, Danger) für Linkshells. CrossLinkshells
+    // nutzen die dunkleren/sattersten Varianten derselben Hue-Familien.
    private static IReadOnlyDictionary<ChatType, uint> BuildHellion()
    {
        return new Dictionary<ChatType, uint>
        {
+            // Standard / Tell — Cyan-Familie (Brand-Primary)
            [ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(77, 217, 232), // Cyan-light #4DD9E8
            [ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(0, 190, 210), // Brand Cyan #00BED2
            [ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(0, 151, 167), // Cyan-dark #0097A7
+
+            // Laute Channels — Ember/Warning
            [ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(240, 173, 78), // Warning #F0AD4E
            [ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(249, 115, 22), // Brand Ember #F97316
+
+            // Gruppen-Channels — Success/Ember-dark/Cyan
            [ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(92, 184, 92), // Success #5CB85C
            [ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(232, 93, 4), // Ember-dark #E85D04
            [ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(0, 190, 210), // Brand Cyan
            [ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(77, 217, 232), // Cyan-light
+
+            // Linkshells 1-8 — über das ganze Brand-Spektrum verteilt
            [ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(251, 146, 60), // Ember-light #FB923C
            [ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(240, 173, 78), // Warning
            [ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(92, 184, 92), // Success
@@ -202,6 +218,8 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
            [ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(0, 151, 167), // Cyan-dark
            [ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(249, 115, 22), // Brand Ember
            [ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(217, 83, 79), // Danger #D9534F
+
+            // CrossWorld-Linkshells 1-8 — dunklere/sattersere Varianten
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell1] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(232, 93, 4), // Ember-dark
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell2] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(200, 140, 50), // Warning-dark
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell3] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(60, 140, 60), // Success-dark
@@ -213,20 +231,31 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
        };
    }

-    // Night Blue — cool nautical theme, deep navy without purple.
+    // Bonus preset — Night Blue, KAZAMA-Stimmungs-Theme aus
+    // /mnt/HDD-Data1/Obsidian/Vault/Systeme/KAZAMA/Theming/Night Blue + Indigo Violet Themes.md
+    // Klassisch, kühl, technisch — Marineblau-Tiefe ohne Lila-Anteil.
+    // Bewusst NICHT als Brand-Preset markiert (Vault-Boundary): die KAZAMA-Themes
+    // sind persönliche Stimmungs-Themes, nicht Teil des Hellion-Brand-Systems.
    private static IReadOnlyDictionary<ChatType, uint> BuildNightBlue()
    {
        return new Dictionary<ChatType, uint>
        {
+            // Standard / Tell — Royal Blue Akzent-Familie
            [ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(230, 237, 247), // text-primary
            [ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(106, 176, 255), // akzent-hot
            [ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(74, 144, 226), // akzent-primary
+
+            // Laute Channels — Warning/Danger Status-Töne
            [ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 184, 74), // warning
            [ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 92, 122), // danger
+
+            // Gruppen — Success/Akzent-Variations
            [ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(61, 220, 151), // success
            [ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 144, 100), // warm-orange-light
            [ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(74, 144, 226), // akzent-primary
            [ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(140, 160, 191), // text-dim
+
+            // Linkshells 1-8 — über Spektrum verteilt
            [ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 184, 74),
            [ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 144, 100),
            [ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 220, 130),
@@ -235,6 +264,8 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
            [ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(100, 200, 220),
            [ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(106, 176, 255),
            [ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(140, 160, 191),
+
+            // CrossWorld-Linkshells — gedämpfte Variants
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell1] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(200, 130, 50),
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell2] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(220, 110, 80),
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell3] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(200, 180, 60),
@@ -246,20 +277,30 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
        };
    }

-    // Indigo Violet — warm-mystic theme, deep indigo with violet accent.
+    // Bonus preset — Indigo Violet, KAZAMA-Stimmungs-Theme aus demselben
+    // Vault-Doc. Warm-mystisch, "Galaxy/Glitter/Nordlicht" — tiefes Indigo
+    // mit kräftigem Violet-Akzent. Persönlicher Favorit (siehe Vault).
+    // Auch nicht als Brand-Preset (siehe NightBlue-Note oben).
    private static IReadOnlyDictionary<ChatType, uint> BuildIndigoViolet()
    {
        return new Dictionary<ChatType, uint>
        {
-            [ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(240, 230, 255), // text-primary
+            // Standard / Tell — Royal Violet Akzent-Familie
+            [ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(240, 230, 255), // text-primary (light lavender)
            [ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(176, 124, 255), // akzent-hot
            [ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(139, 77, 222), // akzent-primary
+
+            // Laute Channels — geteilt mit Night Blue (Status-Farben)
            [ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 184, 74),
            [ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 92, 122),
+
+            // Gruppen
            [ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(61, 220, 151),
            [ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 144, 100),
            [ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(139, 77, 222), // akzent-primary
            [ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(168, 144, 208), // text-dim
+
+            // Linkshells 1-8
            [ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 184, 74),
            [ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 144, 100),
            [ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(255, 220, 130),
@@ -268,6 +309,8 @@ public static class ChatColourPresets
            [ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(139, 77, 222),
            [ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(130, 90, 200),
            [ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(168, 144, 208),
+
+            // CrossWorld-Linkshells
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell1] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(200, 130, 50),
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell2] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(220, 110, 80),
            [ChatType.CrossLinkshell3] = ColourUtil.ComponentsToRgba(200, 180, 60),
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ internal class HellionStrings
    internal static string Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_GdprWarning => Get(nameof(Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_GdprWarning));
    internal static string Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply => Get(nameof(Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply));
    internal static string Wizard_Reopen_Button => Get(nameof(Wizard_Reopen_Button));
-    internal static string Wizard_Cancel_Label => Get(nameof(Wizard_Cancel_Label));
-    internal static string Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip => Get(nameof(Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip));

    internal static string Export_Heading => Get(nameof(Export_Heading));
    internal static string Export_Help => Get(nameof(Export_Help));
@@ -170,16 +168,6 @@ 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));
@@ -380,8 +368,6 @@ 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));
@@ -402,9 +388,4 @@ 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));
 }
@@ -222,12 +222,6 @@
  <data name="Wizard_Reopen_Button" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Wizard erneut zeigen</value>
  </data>
-  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Später — Defaults behalten</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Schließt den Wizard ohne Profil-Auswahl. Die Plugin-Defaults bleiben aktiv und der Wizard erscheint beim nächsten Plugin-Reload erneut.</value>
-  </data>
  <data name="Export_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Export (DSGVO Art. 15 — Auskunftsrecht)</value>
  </data>
@@ -383,36 +377,6 @@
  <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">
@@ -428,7 +392,7 @@
    <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. 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>
+    <value>Beim Erreichen werden begrüßte Tabs mit der ältesten Aktivität zuerst geschlossen. Änderungen greifen beim nächsten /tell.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Compact_Name" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Kompakte Anzeige</value>
@@ -675,7 +639,7 @@
    <value>Allgemein</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_General_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Sprache, Eingabe, Audio und Performance.</value>
+    <value>Plugin-globale Einstellungen — Sprache, Eingabe, Audio, Performance.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Appearance_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Erscheinungsbild</value>
@@ -693,25 +657,25 @@
    <value>Fenster</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Window_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Wann das Fenster sichtbar ist und ob es sich bewegen lässt.</value>
+    <value>Verhalten des Fensters — wann es da ist, ob es bewegt werden kann.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Chat</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tells, Vorschau, Nachrichten-Verhalten und Emotes.</value>
+    <value>Wie Nachrichten angezeigt werden — Tells, Vorschau, Verhalten, Emotes.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Eigene Chat-Tabs anlegen und konfigurieren.</value>
+    <value>Tab-Verwaltung — eigene Chat-Tabs anlegen und konfigurieren.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Datenschutz</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy-Filter pro Channel und was gespeichert werden darf.</value>
+    <value>Was darf gespeichert werden — Privacy-Filter pro Channel.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Database_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Datenbank</value>
@@ -723,7 +687,7 @@
    <value>Information</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Information_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Version, Mission, Lizenz und Changelog.</value>
+    <value>Über das Plugin — Version, Mission, Lizenz, Changelog.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Tab_Themes" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Themes</value>
@@ -768,25 +732,25 @@
    <value>Theme &amp; Layout</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Theme, Fenster-Rahmen und Zeitstempel-Style.</value>
+    <value>Wie das Fenster aussieht — Theme, Rahmen, Zeitstempel-Style.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Schriften &amp; Farben</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Schriftart, Schriftgröße und Chat-Farben pro Channel.</value>
+    <value>Lesbarkeit — Schriftart, Schriftgröße, Chat-Farben pro Channel.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Daten-Verwaltung</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Aufbewahrung, Aufräumen, Export und Datenbank-Statistiken.</value>
+    <value>Was passiert mit gespeicherten Daten — Aufbewahrung, Aufräumen, Export, DB-Stats.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Integrationen</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Andere Dalamud-Plugins, mit denen HellionChat zusammenarbeitet. Kommende Integrationen in der Vorschau.</value>
+    <value>Andere Dalamud-Plugins, mit denen HellionChat zusammenarbeitet. Auto-detected, mit Vorschau auf kommende Integrationen.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_Theme_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Theme</value>
@@ -857,12 +821,6 @@
  <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>
@@ -917,13 +875,4 @@
  <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>
@@ -19,28 +19,28 @@
    <value>Enable privacy filter</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_FilterEnabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When enabled, only messages from allowed channels are written to the database. When disabled, the default behaviour applies — everything except battle logs is stored.</value>
+    <value>When enabled, only messages from whitelisted channels are persisted to the database. Disabling restores the original behavior (everything except battle messages is stored).</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_FilterEnabled_StorageOnly_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The filter only controls what is written to the local database. The chat log still shows every message live; excluded channels are simply no longer stored. If you also want to remove channels from the visible display, use the normal chat-tab filters in the game.</value>
+    <value>The filter only controls what is written to the local database. The chat log itself keeps showing every message live, disallowed channels just stop being saved. Use the channel hide options in your in-game chat tabs if you want to remove channels from the visible chat.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Filter_Tree_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Privacy filter and whitelist</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Whitelist_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Choose which channels are saved to the local database. Default follows data minimisation: only your own conversations. Use the buttons below to apply a preset.</value>
+    <value>Pick which channels are stored in the local database. Privacy-First default: only your own conversations. Use the buttons below to apply a preset.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Preset_PrivacyFirst" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Data minimisation (recommended)</value>
+    <value>Privacy-First (recommended)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Preset_ClearAll" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Deselect all</value>
+    <value>Clear all</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Preset_SelectAll" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Select all</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Group_DirectMessages" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Direct messages</value>
+    <value>Direct Messages</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Group_PartyAlliance" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Party &amp; Alliance</value>
@@ -55,52 +55,52 @@
    <value>Cross-World Linkshells</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Group_ExtraChat" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>ExtraChat (encrypted)</value>
+    <value>ExtraChat (Encrypted)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Group_PublicChat" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Public chat (third-party data)</value>
+    <value>Public Chat (third-party data)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_Group_SystemLogs" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>System &amp; game logs</value>
+    <value>System &amp; Game Logs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_PersistUnknown_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Save unknown channel types</value>
+    <value>Persist unknown channel types</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_PersistUnknown_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Safety net for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches that the plugin does not yet know about. Default is OFF (data minimisation). Enable if you want future channels to be fully logged as well.</value>
+    <value>Failsafe for ChatTypes added by future FFXIV patches that this plugin does not yet know about. Default OFF (Privacy-First). Turn ON if you want a complete log including future channels.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Apply filter to existing database</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Help_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The privacy filter only affects new messages. The cleanup below lets you retroactively remove already-stored messages that do not match your saved whitelist.</value>
+    <value>The privacy filter only applies to new messages. Use the cleanup below to retroactively remove already-stored messages that don't match your saved whitelist.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Help_SavedNote" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cleanup uses your SAVED whitelist (Plugin.Config), not unsaved changes above. Click Save first if you want your current changes to be applied.</value>
+    <value>Cleanup uses your SAVED whitelist (Plugin.Config), not unsaved edits above. Click Save first if you want to apply your current edits.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Help_SavedNote" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The manual run uses your SAVED retention policy, not the slider values above. Click Save first if you want the run to apply your current changes.</value>
+    <value>The manual sweep uses your SAVED retention policy, not the slider values above. Click Save first if you want the run to apply your current edits.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Preview_Stale" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Preview is stale — your whitelist has changed since the last refresh. Click Refresh to recalculate.</value>
+    <value>Preview is out of date — your whitelist has changed since the last refresh. Click Refresh to recalculate.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_RefreshPreview" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Refresh preview</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_NoPreview" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>No preview yet. Click Refresh to calculate the impact.</value>
+    <value>No preview yet. Click Refresh to compute the impact.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_TotalStored" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Total stored messages: {0:N0}</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_WillKeep" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Keep:    {0:N0}</value>
+    <value>Will keep:    {0:N0}</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_WillDelete" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Delete:  {0:N0}</value>
+    <value>Will delete:  {0:N0}</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Breakdown" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Breakdown by channel</value>
+    <value>Per-channel breakdown</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Marker_Keep" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>[KEEP]  </value>
@@ -112,46 +112,46 @@
    <value>Apply current filter to database</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Apply_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Ctrl+Shift: Permanently deletes {0:N0} messages and runs VACUUM afterwards. Cannot be undone.</value>
+    <value>Ctrl+Shift: Hard-deletes {0:N0} messages, then runs VACUUM. Cannot be undone.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Running" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cleanup running in the background…</value>
+    <value>Cleanup running in background…</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_PreviewError" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Preview could not be calculated, see /xllog</value>
+    <value>Failed to compute cleanup preview, see /xllog</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Success" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cleanup complete, {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
+    <value>Privacy cleanup complete: {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Cleanup_Error" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Cleanup failed, see /xllog</value>
+    <value>Privacy cleanup failed, see /xllog</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Message retention</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Enabled_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Automatically delete messages past their channel retention window</value>
+    <value>Auto-delete messages after a per-channel retention window</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Enabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When enabled, messages older than the configured window are deleted on each plugin start (at most once every 24 hours). Default is OFF — the plugin never deletes anything without your explicit consent.</value>
+    <value>When enabled, messages older than the configured window are deleted on every plugin start (at most once per 24 hours). Off by default. The plugin never deletes history without your explicit consent.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Default_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Default retention (days, 0 = never)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Default_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Applies to channels that have no individual override below.</value>
+    <value>Applies to channels without an explicit override below.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Reset_Spec" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Reset overrides to spec defaults</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Clear_Overrides" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Remove all overrides</value>
+    <value>Clear all overrides</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Tree_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention per channel</value>
+    <value>Per-channel retention overrides</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Tag_Override" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>[custom]</value>
+    <value>[override]</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Tag_Spec" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>[spec]</value>
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@
    <value>reset</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Apply_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Apply retention now</value>
+    <value>Apply retention policy now</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Apply_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Ctrl+Shift: Runs the retention cleanup immediately using the SAVED policy. Save your changes first.</value>
+    <value>Ctrl+Shift: runs the retention sweep immediately using the SAVED policy. Save your changes first.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Running" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention cleanup running in the background…</value>
+    <value>Retention sweep running in background…</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_LastRun_Never" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Last run: never</value>
@@ -178,73 +178,67 @@
    <value>Last run: {0:yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm}</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Success" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention cleanup complete, {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
+    <value>Retention sweep complete: {0:N0} messages removed.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Retention_Error" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention cleanup failed, see /xllog</value>
+    <value>Retention sweep failed, see /xllog</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Hellion Chat — Welcome</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Choose a starting profile. You can adjust everything later under Settings → Privacy.</value>
+    <value>Pick a starting profile. You can change anything later under Settings → Privacy.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_PrivacyFirst_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Data minimisation (recommended)</value>
+    <value>Privacy-First (recommended)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_PrivacyFirst_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Only your own conversations are stored: tells, party, FC, linkshells, cross-world linkshells, alliance, and ExtraChat. Public chat, NPC dialogues, and system spam are discarded at the storage level. Retention follows spec defaults (tells 365 days, own conversation channels 90 days).</value>
+    <value>Only your own conversations are stored: Tells, Party, FC, Linkshells, Cross-World Linkshells, Alliance and ExtraChat. Public chat, NPC dialogue and system spam are dropped at the storage layer. Retention follows the spec defaults (Tells 365 days, own-conversation channels 90 days).</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_PrivacyFirst_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Apply data minimisation</value>
+    <value>Use Privacy-First</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_Casual_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Casual</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_Casual_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Data minimisation plus a 24-hour window for public chat (say, shout, yell, both emote types, novice network). For RP players who want to re-read the last scene without keeping public chat forever.</value>
+    <value>Privacy-First plus a 24-hour window for public chat (Say, Shout, Yell, both emote types, Novice Network). For RP players who want to look up the last scene without keeping public chat forever.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_Casual_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Apply casual</value>
+    <value>Use Casual</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Full history</value>
+    <value>Full History</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Disables the privacy filter entirely. Stores everything except battle logs (the original full-history behaviour). Retention is OFF, so the history grows indefinitely.</value>
+    <value>Disables the privacy filter entirely. Stores everything except battle logs (the original full-history behavior). Retention is OFF, history grows forever.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_GdprWarning" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>GDPR notice: Storing third-party messages (say/shout/yell from other players, NPC dialogues with player names, etc.) indefinitely may exceed the exemption for purely personal or household activities (Art. 2(2)(c)). Only use this profile if you have a clear reason to keep the full archive.</value>
+    <value>GDPR notice: storing third-party messages (Say/Shout/Yell of strangers, NPC dialogue with player names, etc.) for an unlimited time may exceed the personal/household exemption (Art. 2(2)(c)). Use this profile only if you have a clear reason to keep the full archive.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Apply full history</value>
+    <value>Use Full History</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Wizard_Reopen_Button" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Show wizard again</value>
  </data>
-  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Later — keep defaults</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Close the wizard without selecting a profile. The plugin defaults stay active and the wizard returns on next plugin load.</value>
-  </data>
  <data name="Export_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export (GDPR Art. 15 — Right of access)</value>
+    <value>Export (GDPR Art. 15 — right of access)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export stored messages as Markdown, JSON, or CSV. This lets you fulfil an access request from a person whose messages you have stored, or take your own history with you.</value>
+    <value>Export stored messages to Markdown, JSON or CSV. Use this to fulfil a request for access from someone whose messages you have, or to take your own history with you.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Range_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Last X days (0 = no time limit)</value>
+    <value>Last X days (0 = all time)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Sender_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Sender contains (optional, case-insensitive)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Channels_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Restrict to channels</value>
+    <value>Limit to channels</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Channels_AllOff" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>(nothing selected = all stored channels)</value>
+    <value>(none selected = all stored channels)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Format_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Format</value>
@@ -265,41 +259,41 @@
    <value>Save export</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Running" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export running in the background…</value>
+    <value>Export running in background…</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Success" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export complete, {0:N0} messages written to {1}</value>
+    <value>Export complete: {0:N0} messages written to {1}</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Empty" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export complete, no message matched the filter.</value>
+    <value>Export complete: no messages matched the filter.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Export_Error" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Export failed, see /xllog</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Theme_Enabled_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use Hellion theme for all plugin windows</value>
+    <value>Use the Hellion theme across all plugin windows</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Theme_Enabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Online Media palette of Arctic Cyan and Ember Orange, applied to the chat window, settings, viewer, and wizard. Disable to use the default Dalamud appearance.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Online Media palette of Arctic Cyan plus Ember Orange, applied across the chat log, settings, viewers and the wizard. Disable to fall back to the default Dalamud look.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Theme_WindowOpacity_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Window opacity</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Theme_WindowOpacity_Help" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How opaque the plugin windows are. Lower values let the game show through; form fields and dialogs stay fully opaque and readable on top.</value>
+    <value>How opaque the plugin panes are. Lower values let the game shine through; form fields and dialogs stay opaque on top so they remain readable.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Theme_UseHellionFont_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Use bundled Hellion font (Exo 2)</value>
+    <value>Use the bundled Hellion font (Exo 2)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Theme_UseHellionFont_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Renders chat and UI in Exo 2 (SIL Open Font License 1.1), which ships with the plugin. Disable to fall back to the font selected under Settings → Font.</value>
+    <value>Renders chat and UI in Exo 2 (SIL Open Font License 1.1) which ships with the plugin. Disable to fall back to whatever font you picked under Settings → Fonts.</value>
  </data>

  <data name="About_Maintainer_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Maintainer</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Maintainer_Body" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>I maintain Hellion Chat through Hellion Online Media. Contact details for licensing, legal, or business inquiries are on the website.</value>
+    <value>I maintain Hellion Chat through Hellion Online Media. The website has the contact details for licensing, legal or business questions.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Maintainer_Website_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Website:</value>
@@ -309,172 +303,142 @@
    <value>Why this fork exists</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Mission_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is not meant to replace Chat 2. Chat 2 delivers a complete chat experience with a full history available for filtering, searching, and replay. That default is the right choice for most users. This fork takes a different approach: a smaller default footprint, with additional controls for users who prefer to keep less of other people's chat on disk.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is not trying to replace Chat 2. Chat 2 ships a complete chat experience with full history available for filtering, search and replay. That default is the right one for most users. This fork takes a different stance: a smaller default footprint, with extra knobs for users who want to keep less third-party chat on disk.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Mission_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The desire for this narrower default was personal. After two years with Chat 2, my database had grown to over two million messages, the majority of them /say, /shout, and /yell from strangers in Limsa. That data is exactly what makes Chat 2's full history useful, and most users are happy to keep it. My own preference was for a smaller default. So I built this fork.</value>
+    <value>The reason I wanted that narrower default was personal. After two years on Chat 2 my database had grown past two million messages, most of them /say, /shout and /yell from strangers in Limsa. That data is exactly what makes Chat 2's full-history view powerful and most users are happy to keep it. For my own taste I wanted a smaller default. So I built this fork.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Mission_P3" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>I am not targeting a large audience, and the fork is not in competition with Chat 2. The code is open under the same EUPL-1.2 licence as the original. Infi, Anna, or anyone else is welcome to look around, borrow ideas, ask questions, or simply ignore the project. All three are fine by me.</value>
+    <value>I am not chasing a big audience and the fork is not in competition with Chat 2. The code is open under the same EUPL-1.2 licence as the upstream plugin. Infi, Anna or anyone else are welcome to read it, borrow ideas, ask questions, or ignore the project. All three are fine by me.</value>
  </data>

  <data name="About_BuiltOn_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Built on Chat 2</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_BuiltOn_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is a fork of Chat 2 by Infi and Anna (ascclemens). The chat-replacement window, IPC integration, render engine, and the entire storage core all come from the original.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is a fork of Chat 2 by Infi and Anna (ascclemens). The chat replacement window, the IPC integration, the rendering engine and the entire storage core come from upstream Chat 2.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_BuiltOn_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The web interface is the only major piece I removed. It is built for remote access to the chat from a second device — a different focus from the smaller default footprint this fork pursues. Adapting it to these defaults would have required significant rework, so removing it was the clean path for this particular fork.</value>
+    <value>The webinterface is the only major piece I removed. It is built for remote access to chat from a second device, which is a different focus than the smaller default footprint this fork is built around. Aligning it with these defaults would have meant a substantial rebuild, so removing it was the cleaner path for this particular fork.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_BuiltOn_Upstream_Label" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Upstream repository:</value>
  </data>

  <data name="About_License_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Licence</value>
+    <value>License</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_License_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat and Chat 2 are both released under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (EUPL-1.2).</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat and Chat 2 both ship under the European Union Public Licence v1.2 (EUPL-1.2).</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_License_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>© 2023 to 2026, the Chat 2 authors (Infi, Anna, and upstream contributors).</value>
+    <value>© 2023 to 2026, the Chat 2 authors (Infi, Anna and the upstream contributors).</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_License_P3" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>© 2026 Hellion Online Media for the extensions in this fork.</value>
+    <value>© 2026 Hellion Online Media for the additions made in this fork.</value>
  </data>

  <data name="About_SE_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>FINAL FANTASY XIV notice</value>
+    <value>FINAL FANTASY XIV disclaimer</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_SE_P1" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>FINAL FANTASY XIV © SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All rights reserved.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_SE_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is an unofficial fan plugin. It is not affiliated with Square Enix and is neither endorsed, sponsored, nor approved by them.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is an unofficial, fan-made plugin. It has no affiliation with Square Enix and is not endorsed, sponsored or approved by them.</value>
  </data>

  <data name="About_Localization_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Localisation</value>
+    <value>Localization</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Localization_P1" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The translations of the Hellion-specific strings were done by me. No additional languages are currently available.</value>
+    <value>The German translations of the Hellion-specific strings come from me. Other languages are not provided yet.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Localization_P2" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The translator list below belongs to the Chat 2 strings on Crowdin. These volunteers translated Chat 2, not the Hellion extensions.</value>
+    <value>The translator list below covers the upstream Chat 2 strings on Crowdin. Those volunteers translated Chat 2, not the Hellion additions.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="About_Translators_TreeNode" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Chat 2 community translators (upstream)</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Runtime strings) -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (runtime strings) -->
  <data name="AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Active tells</value>
+    <value>Active Tells</value>
  </data>
  <data name="AutoTellTabs_HistorySeparator" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>— Earlier conversations —</value>
  </data>
  <data name="AutoTellTabs_HistoryLoadError" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Could not load history.</value>
+    <value>History could not be loaded.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="AutoTellTabs_GreetedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Marked as greeted. Click to remove the mark.</value>
+    <value>Marked as greeted. Click to remove the marker.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="AutoTellTabs_UnGreetedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Mark as greeted.</value>
  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_MenuPin" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pin Tab</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_MenuUnpin" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Unpin Tab</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_MenuPromote" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Promote to permanent</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_PromoteTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Turns this TempTell into a regular tab. The tell binding to the partner is dropped — the tab will catch messages by its channel filters from now on. For "tab survives relog while staying bound to this partner", use Pin Tab instead.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_PinTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pinned tabs survive relog and stay bound to this conversation partner.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pinned</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Sidebar width</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_SidebarWidth_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Width of the tab sidebar in pixels. The default (44 px) is icon-only; widen it to fit the section headers like "Active Tells (3)" without truncation.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_LimitReached" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Maximum of {0} pinned tell tabs reached. Unpin one first, or use Promote to permanent.</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="PinTab_PinnedTooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pinned — survives relog.</value>
-  </data>

  <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Chat settings tab) -->
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Auto-Tell-Tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Enable_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Automatically open a tab per conversation partner for every /tell</value>
+    <value>Open a tab automatically for each tell partner</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Enable_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>As soon as you receive or send a /tell, a temporary tab is automatically opened for that player. Tabs are removed on logout.</value>
+    <value>When you receive or send a /tell, a temporary tab dedicated to that player is opened automatically. Tabs vanish on logout.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Maximum number of auto-tell tabs</value>
+    <value>Maximum number of auto tell tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When the limit is reached, greeted tabs with the oldest activity are 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>
+    <value>When the limit is reached, greeted tabs with the oldest activity are dropped first. The change applies on the next /tell.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Compact_Name" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Compact display</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Compact_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Shows only a thin separator between regular tabs and auto-tell tabs, without a section header.</value>
+    <value>Show only a thin separator between persistent tabs and auto tell tabs, without the section header.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_GreetedToggle_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Show "Mark as greeted" button</value>
+    <value>Show "mark as greeted" button</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_GreetedToggle_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Adds a click button next to each auto-tell tab to mark a conversation partner as already greeted — the tab name is then dimmed. Useful for club greeters managing many conversations in parallel. Off by default.</value>
+    <value>Adds a click-to-toggle button next to each auto tell tab to mark a partner as already greeted, dimming the tab name when set. Useful for club greeters tracking many parallel conversations; off by default.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_OpenAsPopout_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Open new /tell tabs directly as pop-outs</value>
+    <value>Open new /tell tabs directly as pop-out</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_OpenAsPopout_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When active, each newly created /tell tab is immediately opened as its own window. Closing the window returns the tab to the sidebar.</value>
+    <value>When enabled, each newly created /tell tab opens directly as its own window. Closing the window returns the tab to the sidebar.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_PreloadHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>The number of preloaded tells can be configured in the Privacy tab.</value>
+    <value>The number of preloaded tells is configured in the Privacy tab.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_ConflictHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Note: If XIV Messenger or a similar plugin suppresses tells, disable the "Suppress DMs" option there so that Hellion Chat can receive tells and open the auto-tabs.</value>
+    <value>Heads-up: if XIV Messanger or a similar plugin is suppressing direct messages, turn its "Suppress DMs" option off so Hellion Chat can receive tells and open the auto tabs.</value>
  </data>

  <!-- Hellion Chat — Auto-Tell-Tabs (Privacy settings tab) -->
  <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Section_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tell history in auto-tabs</value>
+    <value>Tell history in auto tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Name" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Number of preloaded tells</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How many previous tell messages are loaded from the database when an auto-tell tab is opened. 0 disables preloading.</value>
+    <value>How many earlier tell messages are loaded from the database when an auto tell tab is opened. 0 disables the preload.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Only takes effect when auto-tell tabs are enabled in the Chat tab.</value>
+    <value>Only takes effect when auto tell tabs are enabled in the Chat tab.</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Settings UX Polish v10 Wipe migration -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Settings UX Polish v10 wipe migration -->
  <data name="SettingsRefactor_Migration_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Settings restructured</value>
+    <value>Settings reorganised</value>
  </data>
  <data name="SettingsRefactor_Migration_Content" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat 0.5.0 has restructured the settings into thematic tabs. Your chat database and message history remain unchanged. Settings have been reset to defaults. If you want to re-select your privacy profile, the Reopen button is in the Privacy tab. A backup of the previous config is located at HellionChat.json.pre-v10-backup next to the active config file.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat 0.5.0 reorganised the settings into themed tabs. Your chat database and your message history stay untouched. Settings have been reset to defaults; if you want to pick a privacy profile again, the reopen button is in the Privacy tab. A backup of your previous config is at HellionChat.json.pre-v10-backup next to the live config file.</value>
  </data>

  <!-- Hellion Chat — Settings UX Polish 8-tab structure -->
@@ -491,30 +455,30 @@
    <value>Chat</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Tab_Tabs" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Channels</value>
+    <value>Tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Tab_Database" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Database</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Tab_Information" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>About</value>
+    <value>Information</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — General tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — General-Tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_General_Input_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Input</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_General_Audio_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Audio &amp; notifications</value>
+    <value>Audio &amp; Notifications</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_General_Performance_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Performance</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_General_Language_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Language &amp; input aids</value>
+    <value>Language &amp; Input Helpers</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Appearance tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Appearance-Tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_Appearance_Theme_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Theme</value>
  </data>
@@ -522,32 +486,32 @@
    <value>Fonts</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Appearance_Colours_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Chat colours</value>
+    <value>Chat Colours</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Appearance_Timestamps_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Timestamps</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Window tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Window-Tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_Window_Hide_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hiding</value>
+    <value>Hide</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_InactivityHide_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Inactivity hiding</value>
+    <value>Inactivity Hide</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_Frame_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window frame</value>
+    <value>Window Frame</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_Tooltips_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Tooltips</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Chat-Tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_Chat_AutoTellTabs_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Auto-Tell-Tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Chat_Behaviour_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Message behaviour</value>
+    <value>Message Behaviour</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Preview</value>
@@ -556,7 +520,7 @@
    <value>Emotes</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Database tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Database-Tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_Database_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Storage</value>
  </data>
@@ -567,9 +531,9 @@
    <value>Maintenance</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Information tab section headings -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Information-Tab section headings -->
  <data name="Settings_Information_VersionInfo_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Version info</value>
+    <value>Version Info</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Information_About_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>About HellionChat</value>
@@ -578,7 +542,7 @@
    <value>Changelog</value>
  </data>

-  <!-- Hellion Chat — Default tab presets (channel-specific) -->
+  <!-- Hellion Chat — Default tab presets (channel-themed) -->
  <data name="Tabs_Presets_System" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>System</value>
  </data>
@@ -589,36 +553,36 @@
    <value>Party</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Tabs_Presets_Beginner" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Novice</value>
+    <value>Beginner</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Tabs_Presets_Linkshell" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Linkshell</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Tabs_Presets_Linkshell_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>If you use multiple linkshells, the maintainer recommends one tab per shell for a cleaner overview. Duplicate the tab and restrict the channel selection in each copy.</value>
+    <value>If you use multiple linkshells, the maintainer recommends one tab per shell for cleaner readability. Duplicate this tab and narrow the channel selection per copy.</value>
  </data>

  <!-- Hellion Chat — v1.2.0 per-tab icon override -->
  <data name="Tabs_Icon_Label" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tab icon</value>
+    <value>Tab-Icon</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>FontAwesome glyph for the sidebar. Default falls back to the tab name or channel type.</value>
+    <value>FontAwesome-Glyph für die Sidebar. Default greift auf Tab-Name oder Channel-Typ.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>(Default mapping)</value>
+    <value>(Default-Mapping)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatColourPresets_Default" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Classic (Chat 2 default)</value>
+    <value>Klassik (Chat 2 Default)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatColourPresets_HighContrast" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>High contrast</value>
+    <value>High-Contrast</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatColourPresets_Pastell" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Pastel</value>
+    <value>Pastell</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatColourPresets_DarkModeTuned" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Dark mode tuned</value>
+    <value>Dark-Mode-Tuned</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatColourPresets_Hellion" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Hellion</value>
@@ -630,22 +594,22 @@
    <value>Indigo Violet</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Appearance_Colours_PresetsHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tip: Presets overwrite your current channel colours immediately.</value>
+    <value>Tip: presets overwrite your current channel colours immediately.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_PopOutInputEnabled_Name" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Enable input in pop-outs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_PopOutInputEnabled_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Master switch: allows typing and sending directly in any pop-out window (including auto-tell tabs). Channel switching in a pop-out acts globally like in the main window; the text buffer and history cursor are independent per pop-out.</value>
+    <value>Master switch: lets you type and send messages directly inside every pop-out window (including auto-tell tabs). Channel changes inside a pop-out apply globally just like in the main window; the text buffer and history cursor stay independent per pop-out.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_ResetPosition_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Reset window position</value>
+    <value>Reset Window Position</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_ResetPosition_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Moves the chat window and all active pop-outs back to the top-left corner of the primary monitor. Useful when a window has ended up outside the visible area after a display layout change (monitor disconnected, resolution changed). The plugin also performs an automatic bounds check once per session; this button is the manual escape hatch if something still ends up unreachable.</value>
+    <value>Snaps the chat window and every active pop-out back to the primary monitor's top-left corner. Useful when a window has drifted off-screen after a display layout change (monitor disconnected, resolution changed). The plugin also runs an automatic bounds check once per session — this button is the manual backup if anything still ends up unreachable.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Popout_v060_HintText" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>New in v0.6.0: You can now type directly in pop-outs. Enable the master switch in the Window settings.</value>
+    <value>New in v0.6.0: you can type directly inside pop-out windows. Toggle the master switch in the window settings to enable it.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Popout_v060_HintAck" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Got it</value>
@@ -654,19 +618,19 @@
    <value>Open window settings</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Hint_v061_PopOutHeader_Body" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>You can open any chat tab as its own window. Click the window icon in the top right or right-click the tab. New in v0.6.1: pop-out input is active by default (can be disabled under Settings → Window).</value>
+    <value>You can open any chat tab as its own window. Click the window icon in the top right or right-click the tab. New in v0.6.1: pop-out input is enabled by default (can be turned off under Settings → Window).</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Hint_v061_PopOutHeader_Ack" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Got it</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Hint_v061_PopOutHeader_OpenSettings" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Open settings</value>
+    <value>Open Settings</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatTwoConflictTitle" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Hellion Chat cannot start while Chat 2 is loaded.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatTwoConflictBody" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat is a standalone fork of Chat 2. Both plugins replace the same chat window in the game and would conflict at runtime.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat is a standalone fork of Chat 2. Both plugins replace the same in-game chat window and would conflict at runtime if loaded together.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatTwoConflictAction" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Disable Chat 2 in /xlplugins, then re-enable Hellion Chat.</value>
@@ -675,7 +639,7 @@
    <value>General</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_General_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Language, input, audio, and performance.</value>
+    <value>Plugin-wide settings — language, input, audio, performance.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Appearance_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Appearance</value>
@@ -693,25 +657,25 @@
    <value>Window</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Window_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>When the window is visible and whether it can be moved.</value>
+    <value>Window behaviour — when it shows, whether it can move.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Chat</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Tells, preview, message behaviour, and emotes.</value>
+    <value>How messages are displayed — tells, preview, behaviour, emotes.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Tabs</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Create and configure custom chat tabs.</value>
+    <value>Tab management — create and configure your own chat tabs.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Privacy</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Privacy filter per channel and what may be stored.</value>
+    <value>What's allowed to be stored — privacy filter per channel.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Database_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Database</value>
@@ -723,7 +687,7 @@
    <value>Information</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Information_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Version, mission, licence, and changelog.</value>
+    <value>About the plugin — version, mission, license, changelog.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Tab_Themes" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Themes</value>
@@ -741,16 +705,16 @@
    <value>Open themes folder</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Themes_ExportActive" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Export active…</value>
+    <value>Export active...</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Hint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>This theme suggests its own channel colours.</value>
+    <value>This theme suggests its own chat channel colours.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Apply" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Apply</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Keep</value>
+    <value>Keep current</value>
  </data>
  <data name="StatusBar_Privacy_Enabled" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Privacy-First</value>
@@ -759,55 +723,55 @@
    <value>Open</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Compact density</value>
+    <value>Compact Density</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Appearance_UseCompactDensity_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Switches the message layout from the card-row default back to single-line `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` rows.</value>
+    <value>Schaltet das Message-Layout vom Card-Row-Default zurück auf einzeilige `[HH:mm] Sender: Text` Zeilen.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Theme &amp; Layout</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Theme, window frame, and timestamp style.</value>
+    <value>How the window looks — theme, frame, timestamp style.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Fonts &amp; Colours</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Font, font size, and chat colours per channel.</value>
+    <value>Readability — font, font size, per-channel chat colours.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Data management</value>
+    <value>Data Management</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Retention, cleanup, export, and database statistics.</value>
+    <value>What happens to stored data — retention, cleanup, export, DB stats.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Integrations</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Other Dalamud plugins that HellionChat works with. Upcoming integrations in preview.</value>
+    <value>Other Dalamud plugins HellionChat reacts to. Auto-detected, with a "coming soon" preview of upcoming integrations.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_Theme_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Theme</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_WindowStyle_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window style</value>
+    <value>Window Style</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_TimestampStyle_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Timestamp style</value>
+    <value>Timestamp Style</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_WindowOpacity_Name" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Window transparency</value>
+    <value>Window Transparency</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_ThemeAndLayout_WindowOpacity_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>How transparent the window background is. Lower values let more of the game show through. Tip: Dalamud's per-window menu (hamburger in the title bar) offers per-window overrides for opacity, background blur, click-through, and pinning — those take precedence over this slider for the respective window.</value>
+    <value>How transparent the window background is. Lower values let the game show through more. Tip: Dalamud's per-window menu (Hamburger in the title bar) gives you per-window overrides for opacity, background blur, click-through and pinning — those override this slider for that window.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_FontsAndColours_Fonts_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Fonts</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_FontsAndColours_Colours_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Chat colours</value>
+    <value>Chat Colours</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_DataManagement_Storage_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Storage</value>
@@ -822,22 +786,22 @@
    <value>Export</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_DataManagement_DbViewer_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Database viewer</value>
+    <value>Database Viewer</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_DataManagement_Advanced_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Advanced (Shift+click to open)</value>
+    <value>Advanced (Shift+Click to open)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Window_Frame_Behaviour_Heading" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Behaviour</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Migration_v16_OverrideStyle_Toast" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Hellion Chat 1.2.1 has reorganised the settings menu and removed the old "Override style" option (superseded by the theme system from 1.1.0). Your remaining settings are unchanged. Window transparency has been migrated to "Theme &amp; Layout". A backup of the previous config is located at pluginConfigs/HellionChat.json.pre-v16-backup next to the active HellionChat.json.</value>
+    <value>Hellion Chat 1.2.1 reorganised the Settings menu and removed the legacy "Style override" option (made obsolete by the Themes system in 1.1.0). Your other settings are unchanged. Window opacity was migrated to Theme &amp; Layout. A backup of your previous config is at pluginConfigs/HellionChat.json.pre-v16-backup next to the live HellionChat.json.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Tab_Integrations" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Integrations</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Plugin integrations let HellionChat work together with other installed Dalamud plugins. Each integration automatically detects its target and silently disables itself when the target plugin is missing.</value>
+    <value>Plugin integrations let HellionChat react to other installed Dalamud plugins. Each integration auto-detects its target and silently disables itself when the target plugin is not present.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Honorific</value>
@@ -849,19 +813,13 @@
    <value>Not installed</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Status_Incompatible" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Incompatible API version ({0} expected, {1}.{2} found)</value>
+    <value>Incompatible API version ({0} expected, {1}.{2} detected)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Toggle" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Show Honorific title in chat header</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_ToggleHint" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>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>
+    <value>Displays your custom title from Honorific in the header above the chat log, in your chosen colour.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Honorific on GitHub</value>
@@ -873,57 +831,48 @@
    <value>Coming soon</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Intro" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>These integrations are on the roadmap. The settings will appear automatically once the respective plugin is connected.</value>
+    <value>These integrations are on the roadmap. The settings for each appear automatically once the underlying plugin is wired up.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ContextMenu_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Context menu actions</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ContextMenu_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Right-click a name in chat: jump to PlayerTrack, open the Lodestone profile, or compose a DM with one click.</value>
+    <value>Right-click a name in chat to jump to PlayerTrack, open the Lodestone profile, or compose a DM in one click.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Notifications_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Smart notifications (NotificationMaster)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Notifications_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Mentions and DMs via NotificationMaster: system toasts, taskbar flash, and per-channel sounds.</value>
+    <value>Route mentions and DMs through NotificationMaster for system toasts, taskbar flash, and per-channel sounds.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_RPStatus_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>RP status block (Moodles · LightlessClient)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_RPStatus_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Show Moodles status icons and pair badges directly next to chat names for more roleplay context.</value>
+    <value>Show Moodles status icons and pair-badges inline next to chat names for richer roleplay context.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ExtraChat_Title" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>ExtraChat channels</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ExtraChat_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Host end-to-end encrypted cross-datacenter linkshells natively in HellionChat.</value>
+    <value>Host end-to-end-encrypted cross-datacenter linkshells natively in HellionChat.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_QuickDM_Title" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Quick-DM button (XIVInstantMessenger)</value>
+    <value>Quick DM button (XIVInstantMessenger)</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_QuickDM_Description" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Quick DM access directly from the chat window, one click.</value>
+    <value>One-click DM compose without leaving the chat window.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_SectionHeader" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Got an idea?</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_Body" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Got an idea for a plugin integration that is not on the list? Come to the Hellion Forge Discord and write to me. Community input shapes the roadmap.</value>
+    <value>Got an idea for a plugin integration that's not on this list? Hop on the Hellion Forge Discord and tell me. Community input drives the roadmap.</value>
  </data>
  <data name="Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_LinkLabel" xml:space="preserve">
    <value>Open Hellion Forge</value>
  </data>
  <data name="ChatHeader_HonorificTitle_Tooltip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>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>
+    <value>Honorific custom title</value>
  </data>
 </root>
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ using HellionChat.Themes;

 namespace HellionChat.SelfTests;

-// Validates the runtime theme-switch contract: polls ThemeRegistry.Active
-// per frame until the slug moves away and back, then sanity-checks that
-// the ABGR cache was recomputed on switch.
+// Validates the runtime theme-switch contract from the user side. The
+// caller toggles the active theme via Settings -> Theme & Layout, the
+// step polls ThemeRegistry.Active per frame and only passes once the
+// slug has moved away from the initial value and back. The ABGR cache
+// is sanity-checked on every frame: a freshly switched theme must carry
+// a populated cache, otherwise Switch() forgot the recompute and the UI
+// would still draw, just with all-transparent slots.
 internal sealed class ThemeSwitchSelfTestStep : ISelfTestStep
 {
    private readonly Plugin plugin;
@@ -69,8 +73,9 @@ internal sealed class ThemeSwitchSelfTestStep : ISelfTestStep
        this.switchedAway = false;
    }

-    // Any non-zero slot confirms the cache was recomputed — no reference
-    // comparison since custom themes can share slot values with built-ins.
+    // Any non-zero slot proves the cache was actually recomputed for the
+    // current theme. We don't compare against a reference, because custom
+    // themes can legitimately share slot values with a built-in.
    private static bool HasPopulatedCache(Theme theme)
    {
        var cache = theme.AbgrCache;
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-using HellionChat.Util;
-
-namespace HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;
-
-internal static class CrystalNocturne
-{
-    public const string Slug = "crystal-nocturne";
-
-    public static Theme Build() =>
-        new(
-            Slug: Slug,
-            Name: "Crystal Nocturne",
-            Author: "CRYSTALLITE",
-            Description: "Royal sapphire and electric magenta over obsidian — a nocturne for the crystal-lit dance floor.",
-            Colors: new ThemeColors(
-                PrimaryDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#1D4ED8"),
-                Primary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6"),
-                PrimaryLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
-                PrimaryGlow: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F699"),
-                AccentDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A21CAF"),
-                Accent: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D946EF"),
-                AccentLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
-                Identity: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6"),
-                WindowBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#08070F"),
-                ChildBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#11101F"),
-                FrameBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#1C1A33"),
-                Surface: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#262340"),
-                SurfaceHover: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#332D55"),
-                Border: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D946EF55"),
-                TextPrimary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F5F3FF"),
-                TextMuted: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A5A0C0"),
-                TextDim: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#4B4763"),
-                StatusSuccess: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#10B981"),
-                StatusDanger: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F43F5E"),
-                StatusWarning: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FACC15"),
-                StatusInfo: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6")
-            ),
-            Layout: new ThemeLayout(
-                WindowRounding: 2f,
-                ChildRounding: 1f,
-                PopupRounding: 2f,
-                FrameRounding: 1f,
-                GrabRounding: 1f,
-                TabRounding: 1f,
-                ScrollbarRounding: 2f,
-                WindowBorderSize: 1f,
-                FrameBorderSize: 1f
-            ),
-            Typography: new ThemeTypography(),
-            IsBuiltIn: true,
-            ChatColors: new ThemeChatColors(
-                new Dictionary<HellionChat.Code.ChatType, uint>
-                {
-                    // Crystal Nocturne — sapphire-blue identity for party/team channels,
-                    // accent-magenta for tells, with mint/peach accents on linkshells
-                    // so the eight LS slots stay individually distinguishable on the
-                    // dark obsidian background.
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F5F3FF"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FACC15"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A8C8E8"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#10B981"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CrossParty] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#10B981"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FACC15"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0ABFC"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell4] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#93C5FD"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell5] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A5A0C0"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D946EF"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#3B82F6"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CustomEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.StandardEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
-                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Echo] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A5A0C0"),
-                }
-            )
-        );
-}
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;

-// Deuteran/Protan-safe palette with preserved channel identity.
+// Hellion Spectrum: Deuteran/Protan-safe channel colours.
+// Palette derived from Bang Wong, "Points of view: Color blindness",
+// Nature Methods 8, 441 (2011). Channel identity (Tell pink, Yell yellow,
+// Shout orange, Party blue, FC green) is preserved per Channel-Identity-
+// Rule in docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md; tones are chosen so every channel
+// stays distinguishable under red-green colour-vision deficiency.
 internal static class HellionSpectrum
 {
    public const string Slug = "hellion-spectrum";
@@ -52,6 +57,9 @@ internal static class HellionSpectrum
            ChatColors: new ThemeChatColors(
                new Dictionary<HellionChat.Code.ChatType, uint>
                {
+                    // Hellion Spectrum — Wong/Okabe-Ito tones within FFXIV channel
+                    // identity. FC pulled slightly greener than vanilla cyan-teal so
+                    // Party-blue and FC-green stay separable under deuteran sim.
                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#FFFFFF"),
                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0E442"),
                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#D55E00"),
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+using HellionChat.Util;
+
+namespace HellionChat.Themes.Builtin;
+
+internal static class MoonlitBloom
+{
+    public const string Slug = "moonlit-bloom";
+
+    public static Theme Build() =>
+        new(
+            Slug: Slug,
+            Name: "Moonlit Bloom",
+            Author: "Hellion Forge",
+            Description: "Bloom Magenta + Soft Sage auf Deep Violet Night.",
+            Colors: new ThemeColors(
+                PrimaryDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#C957D0"),
+                Primary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E8"),
+                PrimaryLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
+                PrimaryGlow: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E899"),
+                AccentDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#7AAC5C"),
+                Accent: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9CCB7C"),
+                AccentLight: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#B6E297"),
+                Identity: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E8"),
+                WindowBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#0E0C1F"),
+                ChildBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#15122B"),
+                FrameBg: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#1F1A38"),
+                Surface: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#28224A"),
+                SurfaceHover: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#332B5B"),
+                Border: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E374E844"),
+                TextPrimary: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#ECE6F5"),
+                TextMuted: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9A8BB0"),
+                TextDim: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#554B6E"),
+                StatusSuccess: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#7AAC5C"),
+                StatusDanger: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E85C6A"),
+                StatusWarning: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B590"),
+                StatusInfo: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#6278FF")
+            ),
+            Layout: new ThemeLayout(
+                WindowRounding: 6f,
+                ChildRounding: 5f,
+                PopupRounding: 5f,
+                FrameRounding: 4f,
+                GrabRounding: 4f,
+                TabRounding: 4f,
+                ScrollbarRounding: 4f,
+                WindowBorderSize: 1f,
+                FrameBorderSize: 1f
+            ),
+            Typography: new ThemeTypography(),
+            IsBuiltIn: true,
+            ChatColors: new ThemeChatColors(
+                new Dictionary<HellionChat.Code.ChatType, uint>
+                {
+                    // Moonlit Bloom — Bloom-Magenta-Tönung. Sage-Drift in NoviceNetwork
+                    // und Linkshell4. Tell-Pink-Identität bleibt sichtbar.
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Say] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#ECE6F5"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Yell] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0D080"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Shout] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F09A60"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellIncoming] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.TellOutgoing] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Party] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A0B0F0"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Alliance] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0B090"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.FreeCompany] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A8C8E8"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.NoviceNetwork] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9CCB7C"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CrossParty] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A0B0F0"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell1] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9CCB7C"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell2] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0BC92"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell3] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#F0D080"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell4] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#B6E297"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell5] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#A0B0F0"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell6] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#C098D8"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell7] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#EF8AF4"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Linkshell8] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B0E8"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.CustomEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B590"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.StandardEmote] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#E8B590"),
+                    [HellionChat.Code.ChatType.Echo] = ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#9A8BB0"),
+                }
+            )
+        );
+}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ internal static class SynthwaveSunset
        new(
            Slug: Slug,
            Name: "Synthwave Sunset",
-            Author: "Zoe Moon",
+            Author: "Hellion Forge",
            Description: "Hot Magenta + Cyan on midnight violet. 80s neon-grid vibes for late-night raids.",
            Colors: new ThemeColors(
                PrimaryDark: ColourUtil.HexToRgba("#C71585"),
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ using HellionChat.Code;

 namespace HellionChat.Themes;

-// Optional per-theme chat colours applied to Configuration.ChatColours on user request.
-// Themes without this leave channel colours untouched.
+// Optional pro Theme. Wenn ein Theme ChatColors mitliefert, kann der
+// User sie per Klick im Themes-Tab auf Configuration.ChatColours anwenden.
+// Ein Theme ohne ChatColors (z.B. chat2-classic) lässt die User-Channel-
+// Farben unverändert.
 public sealed record ThemeChatColors(IReadOnlyDictionary<ChatType, uint> Channels);
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace HellionChat.Themes;

-// Colour values as 0xRRGGBBAA — RgbaToAbgr handles the byte-swap for ImGui.
+// Color-Werte als 0xRRGGBBAA, RgbaToAbgr handled den Byte-Swap zu ImGui.
 public sealed record ThemeColors(
    uint PrimaryDark,
    uint Primary,
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ internal static class ThemeJsonLoader
        var dict = new Dictionary<HellionChat.Code.ChatType, uint>();
        foreach (var prop in el.EnumerateObject())
        {
-            // Property name is the ChatType name (e.g. "Say", "Tell"), value is hex like theme colours.
-            // Unknown channel names are silently skipped for forward-compat with future SE channels.
+            // Property-Name ist der ChatType-Name als String (z.B. "Say", "Tell"),
+            // Value ist Hex wie bei den Theme-Colors. Unbekannte Channel-Names
+            // werden still übersprungen — Forward-Compat falls SE neue Channels
+            // einführt.
            if (
                !Enum.TryParse<HellionChat.Code.ChatType>(
                    prop.Name,
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace HellionChat.Themes;

-// Layout values mirror the ImGuiStyleVar slots pushed by HellionStyle.
+// Layout-Werte spiegeln die ImGuiStyleVar-Slots, die HellionStyle pusht.
 public sealed record ThemeLayout(
    float WindowRounding,
    float ChildRounding,
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
 {
    public const string DefaultSlug = HellionArctic.Slug;

-    // 1Hz throttle for the v1.4.8 B2 auto-refresh-on-active path. The
-    // Plugin.Draw hook calls RefreshActiveIfStale every frame, but the
-    // actual File.GetLastWriteTimeUtc disk-stat only runs once per second
-    // -- 60fps would otherwise mean 3600 stats/min on the same path (more
-    // on Wine). Same idiom as the StatusBar 1Hz cache.
-    private const long ActiveStampPollIntervalMs = 1000;
-
    private readonly Dictionary<string, Theme> _builtIns;
    private readonly Dictionary<string, (Theme Theme, DateTime Stamp)> _customCache = new(
        StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
@@ -20,36 +13,23 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
    private readonly string? _customThemesDir;
    private Theme _active;

-    // v1.4.8 B2: source path of the currently active custom theme. Captured
-    // at Switch() time so RefreshActiveIfStale does not have to reconstruct
-    // a filename from the slug -- custom theme filenames are not required
-    // to match the slug they declare in the JSON body. Null when the active
-    // theme is built-in or no custom-themes directory is configured.
-    private string? _activeCustomPath;
-    private long _lastActiveStampCheckMs = -ActiveStampPollIntervalMs;
-    private DateTime _lastActiveStamp = DateTime.MinValue;
-
    public ThemeRegistry(string? customThemesDir = null)
    {
-        // Insertion order drives the Theme-Picker grid layout (3 columns).
-        // Row 1: blue family. Row 2: purple to magenta family.
-        // Row 3: green / warm / classic. Row 4: Synthwave Sunset as a
-        // retro bonus on its own line.
        _builtIns = new Dictionary<string, Theme>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
        {
            { HellionArctic.Slug, HellionArctic.Build() },
            { HellionSpectrum.Slug, HellionSpectrum.Build() },
-            { NightBlue.Slug, NightBlue.Build() },
-            { EventHorizon.Slug, EventHorizon.Build() },
-            { IndigoViolet.Slug, IndigoViolet.Build() },
-            { CrystalNocturne.Slug, CrystalNocturne.Build() },
-            { MintGrove.Slug, MintGrove.Build() },
-            { ForgeMerchantman.Slug, ForgeMerchantman.Build() },
            { Chat2Classic.Slug, Chat2Classic.Build() },
+            { EventHorizon.Slug, EventHorizon.Build() },
+            { MoonlitBloom.Slug, MoonlitBloom.Build() },
+            { NightBlue.Slug, NightBlue.Build() },
+            { IndigoViolet.Slug, IndigoViolet.Build() },
+            { ForgeMerchantman.Slug, ForgeMerchantman.Build() },
+            { MintGrove.Slug, MintGrove.Build() },
            { SynthwaveSunset.Slug, SynthwaveSunset.Build() },
        };

-        // Centralised so Build() factories stay free of cache plumbing.
+        // Centralised so the ten .Build() factories stay free of cache plumbing.
        foreach (var theme in _builtIns.Values)
            theme.RecomputeAbgrCache();

@@ -64,9 +44,7 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
        if (_builtIns.TryGetValue(slug, out var b))
            return b;

-        // 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 _);
+        var custom = LoadCustomBySlug(slug);
        if (custom != null)
            return custom;

@@ -77,74 +55,17 @@ 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)
    {
-        if (_builtIns.TryGetValue(slug, out var builtin))
-        {
-            _active = builtin;
-            _active.RecomputeAbgrCache();
-            _activeCustomPath = null;
-            return;
+        var theme = Get(slug);
+        // Defensive — idempotent and cheap, so any future theme source
+        // that forgets the cache fill still ends up with a populated one.
+        theme.RecomputeAbgrCache();
+        _active = theme;
    }

-        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.
-    // Other IO failures are permanent — theme is dropped instead of retried.
+    // 0x80070020 = SHARING_VIOLATION, 0x80070021 = LOCK_VIOLATION. Other
+    // IO failures are permanent and get the theme dropped instead of retried.
    internal static bool IsRecoverableFileLock(Exception? ex)
    {
        if (ex is not IOException io)
@@ -153,30 +74,19 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
        return code == 0x80070020u || code == 0x80070021u;
    }

-    // 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)
+    // Custom-Themes werden lazy aus dem Verzeichnis geladen, Cache mit
+    // LastWriteTime-Token. Eine geänderte JSON wird beim nächsten Lookup
+    // neu eingelesen.
+    private Theme? LoadCustomBySlug(string slug)
    {
-        sourcePath = null;
        if (_customThemesDir is null)
            return null;
        if (!Directory.Exists(_customThemesDir))
            return null;

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

@@ -205,8 +115,9 @@ public sealed class ThemeRegistry
                }
                catch (Exception ex) when (IsRecoverableFileLock(ex))
                {
-                    // Editor mid-save: keep last known good, retry on next refresh.
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
+                    // Editor mid-save: keep the cached snapshot, leave the stamp
+                    // alone so the next refresh retries automatically.
+                    Plugin.Log.Debug(
                        $"Custom theme {Path.GetFileName(path)} is locked, keeping last known good"
                    );
                    if (cached.Theme is not null)
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-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;
-    }
-}
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 namespace HellionChat.Themes;

-// Optional per-theme; reserved as an extension point for future theme slots.
+// Optional pro Theme. v1.1.0 nutzt das nicht aktiv; ist als Erweiterungspunkt
+// für zukünftige Theme-Slots vorbereitet.
 public sealed record ThemeTypography(
    float? OverrideGlobalFontSizePt = null,
    float? OverrideSymbolsFontSizePt = null
@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// Deterministic hash-based color and icon tinting for Auto-Tell sidebar tabs.
-// Same tell partner (name+world) always produces the same color and icon across
-// sessions. Pure string logic, no Dalamud dependency — testable without game refs.
+/// <summary>
+/// Hash-Color-Tinting für Auto-Tell-Tabs in der Sidebar (v1.2.0).
+/// Differenziert Tells visuell ohne dass User pro Tab manuell ein
+/// Custom-Icon setzen muss. Gleicher Tell-Partner (Name+World) liefert
+/// konsistent dieselbe Farbe über Sessions hinweg.
+///
+/// Kuratierte 12-Farb-Palette aus dem Hellion-Theme-Pool: alle saturiert
+/// mid-bright, lesbar gegen Dark-Theme-Backgrounds. Bei realistischen
+/// 1-5 parallelen Tells ist Kollisions-Wahrscheinlichkeit gering.
+///
+/// Reine String-Logik (kein Dalamud-Dep) — testbar im HellionChat.Tests-
+/// Projekt das ohne Dalamud-Reference baut.
+/// </summary>
 internal static class AutoTellTabTint
 {
-    // Fallback for invalid input (empty name or world=0). White matches
-    // TextPrimary default so the sidebar stays visually consistent.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fallback bei ungültigem Input (leerer Name, World=0). Standard-
+    /// Text-Color (weiß) — passt mit existierendem TextPrimary-Default
+    /// zusammen, sodass die Sidebar visuell konsistent bleibt.
+    /// </summary>
    public const uint Fallback = 0xFFFFFFFFu;

-    // 12 saturated mid-bright colors from the built-in theme pool, readable
-    // on dark backgrounds. Collision risk is low at realistic 1-5 active tells.
-    // RGBA format, matching ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr convention.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// 12 saturierte mid-bright Farben aus den 5 Built-In-Themes
+    /// (Hellion-Arctic, Chat2-Klassik, Event-Horizon, Moonlit-Bloom,
+    /// Mint-Grove). Reihenfolge ist deterministisch — Hash-Index wählt
+    /// Farbe per Modulo. RGBA-Format (passt zu ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr-
+    /// Konvention im restlichen Code).
+    /// </summary>
    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<uint> Palette = new uint[]
    {
        0x00BED2FFu, // Arctic Cyan
@@ -28,19 +45,30 @@ internal static class AutoTellTabTint
        0xE85D04FFu, // Deep Ember
    };

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Liefert eine konsistente Tint-Color für einen Tell-Partner.
+    /// Hash basiert auf "Name@World" — Cross-World-Namen kollidieren
+    /// nur bei Hash-Bucket-Kollision, nicht durch Identitäts-Annahme.
+    /// </summary>
    public static uint For(string name, uint world)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) || world == 0)
            return Fallback;

-        // Mask to positive range so modulo always yields a valid index.
+        // GetHashCode kann negativ sein; Bitmaske auf positive Range
+        // damit Modulo-Division immer einen validen Index liefert.
        var key = $"{name}@{world}";
        var hash = (uint)(key.GetHashCode() & 0x7FFFFFFF);
        return Palette[(int)(hash % Palette.Count)];
    }

-    // 7 visually distinct FA glyphs that make sense in a tell context.
-    // Excludes cog/comment/users — those read as system or group tabs.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tell-spezifischer Icon-Pool. 7 visuell distinkte FontAwesome-Glyphen
+    /// die im Tell-Kontext sinnvoll wirken (envelope = Tell-Default, star/
+    /// heart/bell = personalisiert, bookmark/flag/fire = markiert/wichtig).
+    /// Bewusst kein cog/comment/users — die wären für System-/Group-Tabs
+    /// reserviert und würden im Tell-Bereich verwirrend wirken.
+    /// </summary>
    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> IconPool = new[]
    {
        "envelope",
@@ -52,17 +80,26 @@ internal static class AutoTellTabTint
        "fire",
    };

-    // "envelope" matches the tell context better than the old hardcoded "clock".
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Fallback-Icon bei ungültigem Input. "envelope" passt semantisch zum
+    /// Tell-Kontext besser als das alte hardcoded "clock".
+    /// </summary>
    public const string IconFallback = "envelope";

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Liefert ein konsistentes Icon-Glyph für einen Tell-Partner.
+    /// Nutzt einen anderen Hash-Bias als For() (Color), damit Icon und
+    /// Color unabhängig variieren — gibt 7 × 12 = 84 distinct Combinations.
+    /// </summary>
    public static string IconFor(string name, uint world)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(name) || world == 0)
            return IconFallback;

-        // Reversed key ("world@name") gives icon and color independent variation
-        // so the same tell partner doesn't always get the same color+icon pair.
-        // 7 icons x 12 colors = 84 distinct combinations.
+        // Anderer Hash-Bias als For() (verschiedene Modulo-Basis): wir
+        // nutzen "world@name" statt "name@world" damit Icon und Color
+        // nicht synchron variieren. Ohne Bias-Trennung würden alle Tells
+        // mit derselben Color auch dasselbe Icon haben.
        var key = $"{world}@{name}";
        var hash = (uint)(key.GetHashCode() & 0x7FFFFFFF);
        return IconPool[(int)(hash % IconPool.Count)];
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// Input bar component for pop-out windows. Render() is a stub — the main
-// window input layer stays in ChatLogWindow to avoid a high-risk extract.
-// RenderCompact() is the only v0.6.0 deliverable; Render() can be filled
-// in a later cycle if needed.
+// Hellion Chat — v0.6.0 input bar component for pop-out windows.
+//
+// Pragmatischer Refactor-Scope: Render() ist ein leerer Marker-Stub für
+// das Hauptfenster — der bestehende Input-Layer in ChatLogWindow bleibt
+// unangetastet, weil ein 400-Zeilen-Extract aus einem 1926-Zeilen-File
+// das v0.6.0-Risiko unverhältnismäßig erhöhen würde. Pop-Outs nutzen
+// ausschließlich RenderCompact(), das ist der ganze v0.6.0-Mehrwert.
+// Sollte das Hauptfenster selber später eine Compact-Variante brauchen
+// (oder das große Extract sich aus anderem Grund lohnen), kann Render()
+// in einem späteren Cycle gefüllt werden.
 public sealed class ChatInputBar
 {
    private readonly Plugin _plugin;
@@ -29,17 +35,22 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar
    public InputState State => _state;
    public bool IsFocused { get; private set; }

-    // Stub — main window input is handled in ChatLogWindow.
+    // Stub. v0.6.0 belässt den Hauptfenster-Input wie er ist.
    public void Render() { }

-    // Compact layout for pop-out windows: channel icon button left, text
-    // input right. Auto-translate is intentionally excluded — the upstream
-    // popup isn't instanciable per window without a larger refactor, and
-    // typical pop-out use cases rarely need it. Can be added later if
-    // tester feedback warrants it.
+    // Compact rendering for pop-out windows.
    //
-    // Channel switching is global via Plugin.Functions.Chat (FFXIV API).
-    // Text buffer and history cursor are independent per pop-out.
+    // v0.6.0 Compact-Layout: Channel-Icon-Button links (Background-Farbe
+    // aus ChatColours), Text-Input rechts daneben. Auto-Translate-Picker
+    // ist bewusst NICHT im Compact-Mode (Spec-Abweichung Layout D → A).
+    // Rechtfertigung: das Hauptfenster-Auto-Complete-Popup ist nicht ohne
+    // grossen Refactor pro Window instanzierbar; typische Pop-Out-Use-Cases
+    // (FC-Greeter, Club-Hostess) brauchen Auto-Translate selten dort.
+    // Eigene Compact-Auto-Complete-Implementation kann ein späterer
+    // Cycle nachreichen wenn Tester-Feedback das verlangt.
+    //
+    // Channel-Switch wirkt via Plugin.Functions.Chat global (FFXIV-API).
+    // Pro Pop-Out unabhängig bleiben Text-Buffer und History-Cursor.
    public void RenderCompact()
    {
        var tab = _activeTabAccessor();
@@ -53,15 +64,18 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar

    private void DrawCompactInput(Tab tab)
    {
+        // Input takes the whole remaining width — no auto-translate button
+        // reserved on the right side in v0.6.0 (see RenderCompact comment).
        var inputWidth = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;
        if (inputWidth < 60f)
            inputWidth = 60f;

        ImGui.SetNextItemWidth(inputWidth);

-        // CallbackHistory wires Up/Down navigation to InputHistoryService.
-        // Submit detected via IsItemDeactivated + Enter, not EnterReturnsTrue
-        // (matches ChatLogWindow behavior).
+        // CallbackHistory wires up Up/Down navigation against the shared
+        // InputHistoryService. Submit is detected the same way the main
+        // window does it: via IsItemDeactivated + Enter, NOT EnterReturnsTrue
+        // (matching v0.5.x ChatLogWindow.cs behavior).
        const ImGuiInputTextFlags flags = ImGuiInputTextFlags.CallbackHistory;
        ImGui.InputText(
            $"##chat-compact-input-{tab.Identifier}",
@@ -86,8 +100,9 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar
    private void SubmitCompact(Tab tab) =>
        CompactInputSubmitter.TrySubmit(_state, tab, _host.SendChatBoxFromExternal);

-    // History navigation callback. Cursor math delegated to
-    // CompactInputHistoryNavigator; ImGui buffer splice stays here.
+    // History-navigation callback for the compact input. Cursor math is
+    // delegated to CompactInputHistoryNavigator; only the ImGui buffer
+    // splice stays here because it needs the live callback data.
    // TEST-MIRROR: ../_Helpers/CompactInputHistoryNavigator.cs
    private int CompactCallback(scoped ref ImGuiInputTextCallbackData data)
    {
@@ -133,7 +148,7 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar
        var v3 = ColourUtil.RgbaToVector3(rgba);
        var bg = new Vector4(v3.X, v3.Y, v3.Z, 1f);

-        // Black foreground on bright backgrounds, white on dark.
+        // Compute readable foreground — black on bright, white on dark
        var luminance = 0.2126f * v3.X + 0.7152f * v3.Y + 0.0722f * v3.Z;
        var fg = luminance > 0.55f ? new Vector4(0f, 0f, 0f, 1f) : new Vector4(1f, 1f, 1f, 1f);

@@ -145,7 +160,8 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, bg))
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, fg))
        {
-            // Single-letter glyph as a quick visual cue until a proper icon font lands.
+            // Single-letter glyph derived from the channel — quick visual cue
+            // until we have a proper icon font available in the compact bar.
            var label = ChannelGlyph(inputType);
            if (
                ImGui.Button($"{label}##chan-compact", new Vector2(buttonSize, buttonSize))
@@ -155,9 +171,13 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar
        }

        if (tab.Channel is not null && ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+        {
            ImGui.SetTooltip(Resources.Language.ChatLog_SwitcherDisabled);
+        }
        else if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
+        {
            ImGui.SetTooltip(inputType.Name());
+        }

        using (var popup = ImRaii.Popup(popupId))
        {
@@ -201,12 +221,17 @@ public sealed class ChatInputBar
            _ => "?",
        };

-    // Forwards a tab-cycle keybind delta to the host (single source of truth).
-    public void HandleKeybindForward(int delta) => _host.ChangeTabDelta(delta);
+    // Forwards a tab-cycle keybind delta to the host so all windows
+    // navigate the same active-tab pointer (single source of truth).
+    public void HandleKeybindForward(int delta)
+    {
+        _host.ChangeTabDelta(delta);
+    }
 }

-// Per-window input state. Each ChatInputBar owns one so pop-outs and the
-// main window keep independent buffers and history cursors.
+// Per-window input state. Each ChatInputBar instance owns one of these
+// so pop-outs and the main window keep independent buffers and channels
+// (State-Sync-Entscheidung A in the v0.6.0 spec).
 public sealed class InputState
 {
    public string Buffer = string.Empty;
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
    private int ActivatePos = -1;
    internal string Chat = string.Empty;

-    // Input history extracted into InputHistoryService so pop-out windows share
-    // the same Up/Down history. Cursor stays window-local (independent navigation).
+    // Hellion Chat — v0.6.0 input history was extracted into
+    // InputHistoryService so pop-out windows with their own ChatInputBar
+    // share the same Up/Down history with the main window. The cursor
+    // stays window-local because each window navigates independently.
    private int InputBacklogIdx = -1;
    public bool TellSpecial;
    private readonly Stopwatch LastResize = new();
@@ -72,8 +74,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
    public Vector2 LastWindowPos { get; private set; } = Vector2.Zero;
    public Vector2 LastWindowSize { get; private set; } = Vector2.Zero;

-    // Guards against off-screen positions after a display layout change.
-    // One-shot bounds check on first draw; manual reset button bypasses it.
+    // Window position recovery: guards against off-screen positions after a
+    // display layout change (monitor disconnected, resolution changed). On
+    // the first draw after plugin load we run a one-shot bounds check to see
+    // whether the stored position still overlaps any visible viewport area.
+    // The manual reset button in the settings forces the position regardless.
    private bool DidOnLoadBoundsCheck;
    internal bool RequestPositionReset { get; set; }

@@ -90,10 +95,6 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
    private bool PlayedClosingSound = true;
    private bool DrewThisFrame;

-    // One-shot guard so a recurring draw failure doesn't spam the
-    // notification stack frame-by-frame. Resets only on next plugin reload.
-    private bool NotifiedDrawFailure;
-
    private long FrameTime; // set every frame
    internal long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;

@@ -111,7 +112,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        IsOpen = true;
        RespectCloseHotkey = false;
        DisableWindowSounds = true;
-        // AllowBackgroundBlur is set centrally in Plugin.Setup after AddWindow.
+        // AllowBackgroundBlur wird nach AddWindow zentral in Plugin.Setup
+        // für alle registrierten Windows gesetzt — keine Per-Window-Logik
+        // hier nötig.

        PayloadHandler = new PayloadHandler(this);
        HandlerLender = new Lender<PayloadHandler>(() => new PayloadHandler(this));
@@ -119,8 +122,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        SetUpTextCommandChannels();
        SetUpAllCommands();

-        // Cache wrapper instances so Dispose can detach the same event objects
-        // without going through Register() again.
+        // Cache the registered wrapper instances so Dispose can detach the same
+        // event objects the constructor attached to, without going through
+        // Register() again (which would re-create the wrapper if the command
+        // happened to be missing from the dictionary).
        _clearHellionCommand = Plugin.Commands.Register(
            "/clearhellion",
            "Clear the Hellion Chat log"
@@ -272,12 +277,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                }
            }

-            if (
-                targetChannel == null
-                || !GameFunctions.Chat.IsChannelOrExistingLinkshell(targetChannel.Value)
-            )
+            if (targetChannel == null || !GameFunctions.Chat.ValidAnyLinkshell(targetChannel.Value))
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                Plugin.Log.Warning(
                    $"Channel was set to an invalid value '{targetChannel}', ignoring"
                );
                return;
@@ -331,11 +333,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        {
            case "hide":
                CurrentHideState = HideState.User;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
+                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → User (chat hide command)");
                break;
            case "show":
                CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
+                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: → None (chat show command)");
                break;
            case "toggle":
                CurrentHideState = CurrentHideState switch
@@ -345,7 +347,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                    HideState.None => HideState.User,
                    _ => CurrentHideState,
                };
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
+                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: → {CurrentHideState} (chat toggle command)");
                break;
        }
    }
@@ -395,10 +397,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        }
    }

-    // Delegates to InputHistoryService so pop-out ChatInputBar instances share
-    // history. Deduplication lives inside the service.
    private void AddBacklog(string message)
    {
+        // v0.6.0 — delegates to the shared InputHistoryService so pop-out
+        // ChatInputBar instances see the same history. Move-to-newest
+        // deduplication lives inside the service.
        InputHistoryService.Push(message);
    }

@@ -414,14 +417,16 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        if (Plugin.Config.PreviewPosition is PreviewPosition.Inside)
            height -= Plugin.InputPreview.PreviewHeight;

-        // Header toolbar height is not subtracted by GetContentRegionAvail automatically
-        // (it renders outside the normal layout path), so we subtract it explicitly.
-        // The hint banner renders before this block so ImGui already accounts for it.
+        // Hellion Chat v0.6.1 — Header-Toolbar rendert auf Window-Ebene über
+        // einem horizontalen Layout-Pfad und wird von GetContentRegionAvail
+        // hier drin NICHT automatisch berücksichtigt, daher expliziter Abzug.
+        // Banner dagegen rendert in DrawChatLog VOR diesem ganzen Block und
+        // ImGui zieht seine Höhe automatisch von GetContentRegionAvail ab,
+        // weil der Cursor schon weiter unten steht — kein eigener Abzug.
        height -= ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();

-        // 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;
+        // v1.2.0 — Status-Bar am Window-Boden reserviert 22 px + 2 px Spacing.
+        height -= StatusBar.Height + 2;

        return height;
    }
@@ -442,24 +447,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

    private void TabSwitched(Tab newTab, Tab previousTab)
    {
-        // 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.
+        // Use the fixed channel if set by the user, or set it to the current tabs channel if this tab wasn't accessed before
        if (newTab.Channel is not null)
-        {
            newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel = newTab.Channel.Value;
-        }
        else if (newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel is InputChannel.Invalid)
-        {
-            newTab.CurrentChannel = previousTab.CurrentChannel.Clone();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug(
-                $"[Tab] '{newTab.Name}' seeded channel from '{previousTab.Name}' "
-                    + $"(Channel={newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel}, TellTarget={newTab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget?.ToTargetString() ?? "null"})"
-            );
-        }
+            newTab.CurrentChannel = previousTab.CurrentChannel;

        SetChannel(newTab.CurrentChannel.Channel);
    }
@@ -483,14 +475,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        if (Plugin.Config.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: None → Battle");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: None → Battle");
        }

        // If the chat is hidden because of battle, we reset it here
        if (CurrentHideState is HideState.Battle && !Plugin.InBattle)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: Battle → None");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: Battle → None");
        }

        // if the chat has no hide state and in a cutscene, set the hide state to cutscene
@@ -503,7 +495,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            if (Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
            {
                CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: None → Cutscene");
+                Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: None → Cutscene");
            }
        }

@@ -514,7 +506,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            && !Plugin.GposeActive
        )
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"HideState: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)");
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
        }

@@ -522,14 +514,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)");
        }

        // if the user hid the chat and is now activating chat, reset the hide state
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose("HideState: User → None (activate)");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose("HideState: User → None (activate)");
        }

        if (
@@ -636,15 +628,6 @@ 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;
@@ -652,39 +635,15 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        {
            DrawChatLog();
            AddPopOutsToDraw();
-
-            // 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.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
-            if (!NotifiedDrawFailure)
-            {
-                Plugin.Notification.AddNotification(
-                    new Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.Notification
-                    {
-                        Title = "Hellion Chat",
-                        Content = "A drawing error occurred. Check /xllog for details.",
-                        Type = Dalamud.Interface.ImGuiNotification.NotificationType.Warning,
-                        InitialDuration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
-                    }
-                );
-                NotifiedDrawFailure = true;
-            }
+            Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Error drawing Chat Log window");
            // Prevent recurring draw failures from constantly trying to grab
            // input focus, which breaks every other ImGui window.
            Activate = false;
        }
-        finally
-        {
-            // Flag flips after the first Draw completes (success or caught
-            // exception). Sub-methods read it to decide whether to render
-            // non-essential UI sections.
-            _firstFrameDone = true;
-        }
    }

    private static bool IsChatMode =>
@@ -700,14 +659,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        LastWindowSize = currentSize;
        LastWindowPos = ImGui.GetWindowPos();

-        // 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)
-        {
-            // Manual reset snaps unconditionally; on-load check only fires when the
-            // stored position has no overlap with any visible viewport.
+        // Window position recovery. Manual reset takes precedence and snaps
+        // the window to the safe default unconditionally; the one-shot
+        // on-load check only fires when the persisted position has no
+        // overlap with any visible viewport area.
        if (RequestPositionReset)
        {
            RequestPositionReset = false;
@@ -719,7 +674,6 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            DidOnLoadBoundsCheck = true;
            EnsureWindowOnScreen("on-load");
        }
-        }

        if (resized)
            LastResize.Restart();
@@ -727,16 +681,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        LastViewport = ImGui.GetWindowViewport().Handle;
        WasDocked = ImGui.IsWindowDocked();

-        // 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)
+        if (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.
-        // 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)
+        // Hellion Chat v0.6.1 — render the one-time hint banner first so it
+        // sits above the tab area / sidebar in full window width. ImGui's
+        // GetContentRegionAvail subtracts its height automatically because the
+        // cursor advances past it before the message log calls
+        // GetRemainingHeightForMessageLog, so we don't track the height here.
        DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded();

        if (Plugin.Config.SidebarTabView)
@@ -761,7 +713,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            DrawChannelName(activeTab);
        }

-        // inputColour computed up front so the channel selector button can share it.
+        // v1.0.2 — compute inputColour up front so the channel selector button
+        // can also tint with it (existing input-text push remains below).
        var inputType = activeTab.CurrentChannel.UseTempChannel
            ? activeTab.CurrentChannel.TempChannel.ToChatType()
            : activeTab.CurrentChannel.Channel.ToChatType();
@@ -970,10 +923,6 @@ 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.
-        // 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);
    }

@@ -1025,16 +974,6 @@ 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;
@@ -1093,8 +1032,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            }
            else
            {
-                // ExtraChat channel names aren't available over IPC by index,
-                // so we skip the name lookup and show the short form instead.
+                // We cannot lookup ExtraChat channel names from index over
+                // IPC so we just don't show the name if it's the tabs channel.
+                //
+                // We don't call channel.ToChatType().Name() as it has the
+                // long name as used in the settings window.
                channelNameChunks =
                [
                    new TextChunk(
@@ -1180,8 +1122,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            Plugin.CurrentTab.CurrentChannel.TempTellTarget = null;
        }

-        // ExtraChat linkshell channel switch: call the prefix command through the
-        // game chat because ExtraChat only registers stub handlers in Dalamud.
+        // Instead of calling SetChannel(), we ask the ExtraChat plugin to set a
+        // channel override by just calling the command directly.
        if (channel.Value.IsExtraChatLinkshell())
        {
            // Check that the command is registered in Dalamud so the game code
@@ -1227,8 +1169,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        ];
    }

-    // Pop-out windows route submission here. The main Chat buffer is briefly
-    // used as a vehicle for SendChatBox and restored afterwards.
+    // v0.6.0 — pop-out windows route submission through this wrapper.
+    // The main-window Chat buffer is briefly used as a vehicle for
+    // SendChatBox (which reads it directly) and restored afterwards so
+    // the main window does not visibly lose any half-typed input.
    internal void SendChatBoxFromExternal(Tab tab, string text)
    {
        var saved = Chat;
@@ -1273,7 +1217,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                        ?? activeTab.CurrentChannel.TellTarget;
                if (target != null)
                {
-                    // ContentId 0: can't send directly, so format as /tell and let the game handle it.
+                    // ContentId 0 is a case where we can't directly send messages, so we send a /tell formatted message and let the game handle it
                    if (target.ContentId == 0)
                    {
                        trimmed = $"/tell {target.ToTargetString()} {trimmed}";
@@ -1439,8 +1383,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            var maxLines = Plugin.Config.MaxLinesToRender;
            var startLine = messages.Count > maxLines ? messages.Count - maxLines : 0;

-            // Card-mode pre-loop: theme/drawList/winLeft/winRight/border are invariant
-            // per DrawMessages call; only cursorY moves per row.
+            // Card-mode pre-loop hoist: theme/drawList/winLeft/winRight/border
+            // are invariant per DrawMessages call; only cursorY moves per row.
            var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
            var drawList = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
            var winLeft = ImGui.GetWindowPos().X;
@@ -1597,9 +1541,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

                var lineWidth = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().X;

-                // v1.2.0 card mode: sender on its own line in channel color, then body,
-                // then a subtle border as a card separator.
-                // Compact mode: sender + space + content on one line via SameLine.
+                // v1.2.0 — Card-Rows als Default, Compact-Density als Opt-Out.
+                // Card-Mode: Sender-Header in Channel-Color auf eigener Zeile,
+                // dann Body, dann subtile Border-Bottom als Card-Trenner.
+                // Compact-Mode: bisheriges Verhalten — Sender + Space + Content
+                // auf einer Zeile via SameLine.
                var useCard = !Plugin.Config.UseCompactDensity;
                if (useCard)
                {
@@ -1612,7 +1558,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                        {
                            DrawChunks(message.Sender, true, handler, lineWidth);
                        }
-                        // No SameLine — body renders on its own line.
+                        // KEIN SameLine — Body landet auf eigener Zeile.
                    }

                    // We need to draw something otherwise the item visibility check below won't work.
@@ -1626,7 +1572,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                    else
                        DrawChunks(message.Content, true, handler, lineWidth);

-                    // Border bottom as card separator. Alpha reduced to 0x33 for subtlety.
+                    // Subtile Border-Bottom als Card-Trenner. Border-Farbe mit
+                    // reduzierter Alpha (RGBA → 0x33) für dezente Trennung.
                    {
                        var rowEndY = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().Y;
                        drawList.AddLine(
@@ -1668,7 +1615,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
+            Plugin.Log.Warning(ex, "Error drawing chat log");
        }
    }

@@ -1699,22 +1646,19 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            if (!tabItem.Success)
                continue;

-            // Active-tab underline pill (2px accent). No native ImGui underline API,
-            // so we use a direct DrawList pass. Pill height scales with GlobalScale
-            // and all coordinates round to physical pixels so the line stays crisp
-            // on 125/150% DPI setups instead of bleeding into a sub-pixel blur.
+            // v1.2.0 — Active-Tab-Underline-Pill (2 px Akzent statt Background-Fill).
+            // Bewusst direkt nach TabItem-Setup; GetItemRectMin/Max referenziert noch
+            // das Tab. ImGui hat keine native Underline-API, daher direkter DrawList-Pass.
            {
                var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
                var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
                var max = ImGui.GetItemRectMax();
-                var pillHeight = MathF.Max(1f, MathF.Round(2f * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale));
-                var yBottom = MathF.Round(max.Y);
-                var yTop = yBottom - pillHeight;
+                const float pillHeight = 2f;
                ImGui
                    .GetWindowDrawList()
                    .AddRectFilled(
-                        new Vector2(MathF.Round(min.X), yTop),
-                        new Vector2(MathF.Round(max.X), yBottom),
+                        new Vector2(min.X, max.Y - pillHeight),
+                        new Vector2(max.X, max.Y),
                        ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.Accent)
                    );
            }
@@ -1733,34 +1677,10 @@ 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;
-        // Sidebar fixed at 44px, no resize.
+        // v1.2.0 — Sidebar fix 44 px, kein Resize. Mehr Platz fürs Chat-Log.
        using var tabTable = ImRaii.Table(
            "tabs-table",
            2,
@@ -1769,62 +1689,51 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        if (!tabTable.Success)
            return;

-        var sidebarWidth = Math.Clamp(Plugin.Config.SidebarWidth, 44, 160);
-        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("tabs", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthFixed, sidebarWidth);
+        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("tabs", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthFixed, 44f);
        ImGui.TableSetupColumn("chat", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthStretch, 1);

        ImGui.TableNextColumn();

        var hasTabSwitched = false;
        var childHeight = GetRemainingHeightForMessageLog();
-        // Sidebar child without ChildBg tint to avoid a colored block above the
-        // header toolbar area. Vertical separation is handled by BordersInnerV.
+        // v1.2.0 — Sidebar-Child ohne Theme-ChildBg, sonst füllt das
+        // bläuliche Frame-Rect auch den oberen HeaderToolbar-Padding-Bereich
+        // aus (sieht aus wie ein angeschnittener Block oberhalb der Buttons).
+        // Vertikale Trennung zur Message-Spalte bleibt durch BordersInnerV
+        // der Tab-Table erhalten.
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ChildBg, 0u))
        using (var child = ImRaii.Child("##chat2-tab-sidebar", new Vector2(-1, childHeight)))
        {
            if (child)
            {
-                // Top padding mirrors the HeaderToolbar height so sidebar buttons
-                // align with the message log start.
+                // v1.2.0 — Top-Padding spiegelt die HeaderToolbar-Höhe der
+                // rechten Spalte (DrawChatHeaderToolbar wird dort als erstes
+                // gerendert, eine Frame-Zeile + ItemSpacing). Ohne diesen
+                // Padding würden die Sidebar-Buttons oben am Window-Top
+                // kleben, während die Messages erst unter der Toolbar
+                // beginnen — vertikales Mismatch.
                ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing()));

                var previousTab = Plugin.CurrentTab;
-                // 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;
+                // Hellion Chat — auto-tell-tabs section divider rendered
+                // exactly once before the first temp tab, with a live unit
+                // counter pulled directly from the tab list.
                var tempTabHeaderRendered = false;
-                var pinnedCount = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool);
-                var unpinnedTempCount = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(
-                    TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool
-                );
+                var tempTabCount = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count(t => t.IsTempTab);

-                foreach (var tabI in renderOrder)
+                for (var tabI = 0; tabI < Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count; tabI++)
                {
                    var tab = Plugin.Config.Tabs[tabI];
                    if (tab.PopOut)
                        continue;

-                    if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tab) && !pinnedHeaderRendered)
+                    if (tab.IsTempTab && !tempTabHeaderRendered)
                    {
                        ImGui.Separator();
                        if (!Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay)
                        {
                            ImGui.TextDisabled(
-                                $"{HellionStrings.PinTab_SectionHeader} ({pinnedCount})"
-                            );
-                        }
-                        pinnedHeaderRendered = true;
-                    }
-                    else if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(tab) && !tempTabHeaderRendered)
-                    {
-                        ImGui.Separator();
-                        if (!Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay)
-                        {
-                            ImGui.TextDisabled(
-                                $"{HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader} ({unpinnedTempCount})"
+                                $"{HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader} ({tempTabCount})"
                            );
                        }
                        tempTabHeaderRendered = true;
@@ -1843,8 +1752,11 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

                    if (showGreetedAffordance)
                    {
-                        // Greeted toggle left of the selectable to keep click areas separate.
-                        // Compact padding keeps the icon next to the tab name.
+                        // Greeted toggle sits left of the selectable so the
+                        // click areas stay separate. The icon also doubles
+                        // as the visual "I'm done with this person" cue.
+                        // Compact frame padding keeps the icon dezent next
+                        // to the tab name instead of a chunky button block.
                        var greetedIcon = tab.IsGreeted
                            ? FontAwesomeIcon.CheckCircle
                            : FontAwesomeIcon.Check;
@@ -1872,8 +1784,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                        ImGui.SameLine();
                    }

-                    // Icon-only sidebar with tooltip on hover. Active tab gets accent color;
-                    // greeted tabs are dimmed; tell tabs get a hash-based tint.
+                    // v1.2.0 — Icon-only Sidebar mit Tooltip beim Hover.
+                    // Active-Tab kriegt Akzent-Color am Icon, Greeted-Tabs
+                    // werden auf TextDim gedimmt (löst den alten Header-
+                    // Dim-Trick ab, da wir keine Selectable mehr nutzen).
                    var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
                    var icon = TabIconMapping.Resolve(tab);
                    uint iconColor;
@@ -1887,8 +1801,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                    }
                    else if (tab.IsTempTab && tab.TellTarget != null && tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
                    {
-                        // Hash-based color tint differentiates parallel Auto-Tell tabs
-                        // without requiring manual icon assignment per tab.
+                        // v1.2.0 — Hash-Color-Tint differenziert parallele Auto-Tell-Tabs
+                        // visuell ohne dass User pro Tab manuell ein Custom-Icon setzen muss.
                        iconColor = TabTintCache.GetTint(tab);
                    }
                    else
@@ -1913,19 +1827,17 @@ 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(sidebarWidth - 8f, ImGui.GetFrameHeight())
+                            new Vector2(36f, ImGui.GetFrameHeight())
                        );
                    }

                    if (isCurrentTab)
                    {
-                        // Vertical accent pill on the left window edge, 3px wide, half tab height,
-                        // vertically centered. Direct DrawList pass, no native ImGui API for this.
+                        // v1.2.0 — Vertikale Akzent-Pill an der linken Window-Kante.
+                        // 3 px breit, halbe Tab-Höhe, vertikal zentriert. ImGui hat keine
+                        // native Pill-API, daher direkter DrawList-Pass.
                        var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
                        var max = ImGui.GetItemRectMax();
                        const float pillWidth = 3f;
@@ -1941,8 +1853,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                            ); // leichter Rounding
                    }

-                    // Unread dot top-right of the icon. Active tabs have Unread=0 by convention
-                    // so the dot never conflicts with the active pill.
+                    // v1.2.0 — Unread-Dot oben rechts am Icon. Sichtbar ohne Hover, damit
+                    // User Tabs mit ungelesenen Messages sofort erkennt. Aktive Tabs haben
+                    // per Konvention Unread = 0 (LastTab-Branch in ChatLogWindow), daher
+                    // kollidiert der Dot nicht mit der Active-Pill.
                    if (!isCurrentTab && tab.UnreadMode != UnreadMode.None && tab.Unread > 0)
                    {
                        var min = ImGui.GetItemRectMin();
@@ -1954,7 +1868,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
                            min.Y + dotRadius + dotPadding
                        );

-                        // Sin-based 2s pulse: alpha oscillates 60-100%. Skipped when ReduceMotion is on.
+                        // v1.2.0 — Sanfter Pulse-Effekt: Alpha schwankt zwischen 60% und
+                        // 100% mit ~2-Sekunden-Cycle (subtil, nicht hektisch).
+                        // Plugin.Config.ReduceMotion (Field seit v1.1.0) skipt den Pulse
+                        // und rendert statisch — Default ist Animation an.
                        var dotColor = theme.Colors.StatusDanger;
                        if (!Plugin.Config.ReduceMotion)
                        {
@@ -1978,35 +1895,11 @@ 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);
@@ -2048,8 +1941,14 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        Plugin.WantedTab = null;
    }

-    // DrawChatHeaderToolbar: renders the pop-out button for the active tab.
-    // v1.3.0 also renders the optional Honorific title slot left of it.
+    // Hellion Chat v0.6.1 — visible pop-out trigger right above the message
+    // log so users discover the feature without having to right-click the tab.
+    // Renders only for the active tab in the main ChatLogWindow; pop-out
+    // windows have their own render path and skip this toolbar.
+    //
+    // Hellion Chat v1.3.0 also renders the optional Honorific title slot
+    // left of the pop-out button, when HonorificService reports an active
+    // custom title and the user has ShowHonorificTitleInHeader enabled.
    private void DrawChatHeaderToolbar(Tab tab)
    {
        DrawHonorificTitleSlot();
@@ -2074,9 +1973,16 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        }
    }

-    // Title rendered first so DrawPopOutButton can anchor flush right via
-    // GetContentRegionAvail. Call order in DrawChatHeaderToolbar matters.
-    // SameLine keeps both on the same toolbar row.
+    // Renders the Honorific custom title to the left of the pop-out button,
+    // wrapped in guillemets to match how the game itself displays titles.
+    // We lay out the title first, then DrawPopOutButton uses
+    // GetContentRegionAvail to anchor itself flush right, which is why the
+    // call order in DrawChatHeaderToolbar matters: title first, button second.
+    //
+    // The slot stays on the same line as the pop-out button so the chat
+    // log doesn't lose vertical space; we use ImGui.SameLine after our
+    // text so the cursor X is still on the toolbar row when the pop-out
+    // button takes over.
    private void DrawHonorificTitleSlot()
    {
        var service = Plugin.HonorificService;
@@ -2122,7 +2028,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window

        var theme = Plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;

-        // Group so IsItemHovered covers both the crown icon and the title text.
+        // Group so the tooltip's IsItemHovered check fires for hover anywhere
+        // on the crown-plus-title pair, not just one of the two.
        ImGui.BeginGroup();
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextMuted)))
        using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
@@ -2130,7 +2037,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(FontAwesomeIcon.Crown.ToIconString());
        }
        ImGui.SameLine(0f, gapAfterCrown);
-        DrawHonorificTitleText(rendered, titleColor, title.Glow);
+        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, titleColor))
+        {
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(rendered);
+        }
        ImGui.EndGroup();

        if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
@@ -2141,36 +2051,11 @@ 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.
+    // Hellion Chat v0.6.1 — One-Time-Hint-Banner introducing the chat header
+    // pop-out toolbar button and the right-click pathway. Reuses the visual
+    // pattern from Popout.cs DrawHintBannerIfNeeded so users see a familiar
+    // dismiss-affordance. Returns the vertical space the banner consumed
+    // (0 when not shown) so the message log can shrink accordingly.
    private float DrawV061HintBannerIfNeeded()
    {
        if (Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutHeaderHint)
@@ -2185,7 +2070,10 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        var bg = new System.Numerics.Vector4(0.16f, 0.20f, 0.28f, 1f);
        var dismiss = false;
        var openSettings = false;
-        // RAII style stack so an early return can never leave ImGui unbalanced.
+        // RAII for the style stack so an early return in this block
+        // (or a later refactor that introduces one) can never leave the
+        // ImGui style stack unbalanced. Matches the convention used
+        // elsewhere in this file.
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ChildBg, bg))
        using (ImRaii.PushStyle(ImGuiStyleVar.FrameBorderSize, 1f))
        using (
@@ -2216,7 +2104,7 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        {
            Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutHeaderHint = true;
            Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
+            Plugin.Log.Debug("v0.6.1 pop-out header hint dismissed");
            if (openSettings)
                Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
        }
@@ -2281,57 +2169,17 @@ 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 = [];

-    // Live enumeration of active Popout windows for KeybindManager tab-cycle forwarding.
-    // Filters on IsOpen to skip closed-but-registered popouts.
+    // v0.6.0 — live enumeration of all active Popout windows so the
+    // KeybindManager can find a focused ChatInputBar to forward tab-cycle
+    // keybinds to. Filter on IsOpen prevents touching closed-but-still-
+    // registered popouts.
    internal IEnumerable<Popout> ActivePopouts =>
        Plugin.WindowSystem.Windows.OfType<Popout>().Where(p => p.IsOpen);

@@ -2504,7 +2352,8 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        }
        finally
        {
-            // Destroy frees the unmanaged ImGuiListClipper allocated above; without it the block leaks per render.
+            // ImGuiListClipperPtr wraps an unmanaged ImGuiListClipper allocated above.
+            // Without Destroy() the unmanaged block leaks per autocomplete render.
            clipper.Destroy();
        }
    }
@@ -2838,8 +2687,9 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        return $"Player {hashCode:X8}";
    }

-    // Snap threshold: minimum window overlap with a visible viewport before
-    // we consider it off-screen.
+    // Snap threshold in pixels: at least this much of the window must overlap
+    // a visible viewport so the user can still grab the first tab header.
+    // Below the threshold the window is considered off-screen.
    private const int OnScreenMinOverlapX = 100;
    private const int OnScreenMinOverlapY = 40;

@@ -2871,11 +2721,13 @@ public sealed class ChatLogWindow : Window
        var viewport = ImGui.GetMainViewport();
        var safePos = viewport.WorkPos + SafeDefaultOffset;
        Position = safePos;
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+        Plugin.Log.Info(
            $"[Window-Recovery] {source}: snapping main window from {LastWindowPos} (size {LastWindowSize}) to {safePos}."
        );

-        // Pop-outs don't persist across sessions so they can never end up off-screen
-        // after a reload. Only the main window needs explicit recovery.
+        // Pop-outs are intentionally non-persistent (cleared on plugin reload),
+        // so an off-screen pop-out can never survive a session boundary. The
+        // main window above is the only persistence target that needs an
+        // explicit recovery path.
    }
 }
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 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;
@@ -34,21 +33,11 @@ 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 = "";
@@ -93,13 +82,29 @@ 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()
    {
-        // Slash-command tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
+        Plugin
+            .Commands.Register(
+                "/hellionView",
+                "Get access to your message history, with simple filter options.",
+                true
+            )
+            .Execute -= Toggle;
    }

+    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
+
    public override void Draw()
    {
        var totalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling((double)Count / RowPerPage);
@@ -206,6 +211,13 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
        if (ImGui.IsItemHovered(ImGuiHoveredFlags.AllowWhenDisabled))
            ImGui.SetTooltip(Language.Export_Txt_Tooltip);

+        // Hellion Chat: the JSON export button used to dump the database in
+        // the upstream webinterface's wire format. With the webinterface
+        // removed there is no consumer for that format any more, so the
+        // button is dropped. The Privacy tab's MessageExporter covers the
+        // same ground (Markdown / JSON / CSV) with channel and date filters
+        // and is the supported way to get history out of the plugin.
+
        var width = 350 * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale;
        var loadingIndicator = IsProcessing && ProcessingStart < Environment.TickCount64;

@@ -228,24 +240,6 @@ 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 (
@@ -256,7 +250,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                30
            )
        )
-            TriggerFilterRefresh();
+            Filtered = Filter(Messages);

        // Third row

@@ -320,7 +314,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
+                    Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed reading messages from database");
                }
                finally
                {
@@ -460,53 +454,11 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
        }
    }

-    // FTS path hits SQLite per keystroke -- dispatch to a worker, drop stale
-    // results via _ftsFilterSeq. Page-filter path is in-memory LINQ, stays
-    // inline.
-    private void TriggerFilterRefresh()
-    {
-        if (!UseFullTextSearch || !Plugin.MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt)
-        {
-            Filtered = Filter(Messages);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        var snapshot = Messages;
-        var mySeq = Interlocked.Increment(ref _ftsFilterSeq);
-        Task.Run(() =>
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var result = Filter(snapshot);
-                if (Interlocked.Read(ref _ftsFilterSeq) == mySeq)
-                    Filtered = result;
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "FTS filter worker failed");
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
    private ConcurrentStack<Message> Filter(Message[] messages)
    {
        if (SimpleSearchTerm == "")
            return new ConcurrentStack<Message>(messages.Reverse().OrderByDescending(m => m.Date));

-        // Full-text mode bypasses the page-bounded messages array and queries
-        // the FTS5 index across the whole DB. IsFtsIndexBuilt re-check guards
-        // against the (rare) case of the toggle being on while the index is
-        // mid-rebuild -- ImRaii.Disabled prevents the user from flipping it,
-        // but a Dispose-and-reopen during indexing could leave UseFullTextSearch
-        // true while ftsReady flipped back to false; the local fallback below
-        // still serves the page.
-        if (UseFullTextSearch && Plugin.MessageManager.Store.IsFtsIndexBuilt)
-        {
-            var guidHits = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.FullTextSearch(SimpleSearchTerm);
-            var resolved = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.LoadByGuids(guidHits);
-            return new ConcurrentStack<Message>(resolved.OrderByDescending(m => m.Date));
-        }
-
        return new ConcurrentStack<Message>(
            messages
                .Reverse()
@@ -625,7 +577,7 @@ public class DbViewer : Window
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, "Failed creating txt backup");

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

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

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

+    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
+
    public override unsafe void Draw()
    {
        var agent = (nint)AgentItemDetail.Instance();
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window

    public override void OnClose()
    {
-        // OnClose fires on explicit X-click and on plugin dispose. We never
-        // implicitly accept the defaults here — the explicit "Later" button
-        // does that. If the user hasn't picked a profile yet, the wizard
-        // reopens on the next plugin load.
+        // Closing the wizard without picking anything = the user accepts
+        // whatever defaults are already in place. Mark as complete so we
+        // don't pester them again on the next launch.
+        if (!Plugin.Config.FirstRunCompleted)
+        {
+            Plugin.Config.FirstRunCompleted = true;
+            Plugin.SaveConfig();
+        }
    }

    public override void Draw()
@@ -45,12 +49,7 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window

        var avail = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail();
        var cardWidth = (avail.X - ImGui.GetStyle().ItemSpacing.X * 2) / 3f;
-        // Reserve room for the footer separator + cancel button below the cards.
-        var footerReserve =
-            ImGui.GetStyle().ItemSpacing.Y * 3
-            + ImGui.GetTextLineHeight()
-            + ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing();
-        var cardHeight = avail.Y - footerReserve;
+        var cardHeight = avail.Y - ImGui.GetTextLineHeightWithSpacing();

        DrawCard(
            "privacy-first",
@@ -88,20 +87,6 @@ public sealed class FirstRunWizard : Window
            HellionStrings.Wizard_Profile_FullHistory_Apply,
            ApplyFullHistory
        );
-
-        ImGui.Spacing();
-        ImGui.Separator();
-        ImGui.Spacing();
-
-        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Wizard_Cancel_Label))
-        {
-            Plugin.Config.FirstRunCompleted = true;
-            Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            IsOpen = false;
-        }
-
-        if (ImGui.IsItemHovered())
-            ImGuiUtil.Tooltip(HellionStrings.Wizard_Cancel_Tooltip);
    }

    private void DrawCard(
@@ -5,12 +5,18 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// Theme-driven ImGui style override. PushGlobal is pushed once per frame
-// in Plugin.Draw and drives every Hellion-rendered window.
+/// <summary>
+/// ImGui style override for Hellion Chat. v1.1.0 ist die Engine
+/// theme-getrieben: PushGlobal nimmt eine Theme-Instance + Window-
+/// Opacity, die gesamten Color- und Style-Slots werden aus dem Theme
+/// gelesen statt aus einer fixen Konstanten-Tabelle.
+/// </summary>
 internal static class HellionStyle
 {
-    // Local color stack for the active theme. Use inside a
-    // `using var _ = HellionStyle.Push(theme);` block.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Local color stack auf Basis des aktiven Themes. Cheap. Use inside a
+    /// `using var _ = HellionStyle.Push(theme);` block.
+    /// </summary>
    internal static IDisposable Push(Theme theme)
    {
        var a = theme.AbgrCache;
@@ -31,8 +37,13 @@ internal static class HellionStyle
        return stack;
    }

-    // Global color and style stack pushed once per frame.
-    // windowOpacity: window background alpha (0.5-1.0).
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Global color and style-variable stack pushed once per frame in
+    /// Plugin.Draw. Drives every Hellion-rendered window from the active
+    /// theme's palette and layout values.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="theme">Active theme from ThemeRegistry.</param>
+    /// <param name="windowOpacity">Window background alpha (0.5–1.0).</param>
    internal static IDisposable PushGlobal(Theme theme, float windowOpacity = 1.0f)
    {
        var c = theme.Colors;
@@ -43,10 +54,17 @@ internal static class HellionStyle
        var alphaByte = (uint)Math.Clamp((int)(windowOpacity * 255f), 0x55, 0xFF);
        var windowBgWithAlpha = (c.WindowBg & 0xFFFFFF00u) | alphaByte;

-        // ChildBg alpha resolution lives in HellionStyleHelpers so the
-        // threshold logic can be covered by a pure-helper test in the
-        // build suite.
-        var childBgWithAlpha = HellionStyleHelpers.ResolveChildBgAlpha(c.ChildBg, windowOpacity);
+        // ChildBg-Alpha: Sub-Bereiche (Tab-Sidebar, Message-Area, Input-Bar)
+        // werden im ChatLog-Window als BeginChild gezeichnet. Würde der ChildBg
+        // mit dem gleichen Alpha wie WindowBg gerendert, multiplizieren sich
+        // die Layer (1 - (1-α)² Deckung), und 50 % WindowOpacity kommt mit
+        // 75 % Deckung im Child-Bereich an — das Fenster wirkt solider als der
+        // Slider verspricht. Bei voller Opacity bleibt der Theme-Akzent
+        // erhalten (Theme-eigene Alpha-Komponente, i.d.R. FF); sobald der User
+        // Transparenz zieht, wird ChildBg vollständig durchsichtig damit nur
+        // der WindowBg-Layer die finale Deckung bestimmt.
+        var childBgAlpha = windowOpacity >= 0.999f ? (c.ChildBg & 0xFFu) : 0u;
+        var childBgWithAlpha = (c.ChildBg & 0xFFFFFF00u) | childBgAlpha;

        // Layout
        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowRounding, l.WindowRounding);
@@ -59,8 +77,8 @@ internal static class HellionStyle
        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.WindowBorderSize, l.WindowBorderSize);
        stack.PushStyleVar(ImGuiStyleVar.FrameBorderSize, l.FrameBorderSize);

-        // Surfaces — WindowBg/ChildBg use opacity-modulated values (RGBA path);
-        // everything else reads from the pre-computed ABGR cache.
+        // Surfaces — WindowBg/ChildBg use the per-push opacity-modulated value,
+        // so they go through the RGBA path; everything else reads from cache.
        stack.PushColor(ImGuiCol.WindowBg, windowBgWithAlpha);
        stack.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ChildBg, childBgWithAlpha);
        stack.PushColorAbgr(ImGuiCol.PopupBg, a.ChildBg);
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-namespace HellionChat.Ui;
-
-internal static class HellionStyleHelpers
-{
-    // Child surfaces are drawn over WindowBg, so at partial window opacity
-    // the theme's own ChildBg alpha would double-multiply and read too solid.
-    // Above ~full opacity we preserve the theme alpha; below it we wipe to 0
-    // so WindowBg alone carries the coverage. The 0.999f threshold is a
-    // float-imprecision guard around the user-facing 100% slider value.
-    // TEST-MIRROR: ../../Hellion Build test/_Helpers/HellionStyleHelpersTests.cs
-    public static uint ResolveChildBgAlpha(uint themeChildBgRgba, float windowOpacity)
-    {
-        var alphaPreserved = windowOpacity >= 0.999f;
-        var childBgAlpha = alphaPreserved ? (themeChildBgRgba & 0xFFu) : 0u;
-        return (themeChildBgRgba & 0xFFFFFF00u) | childBgAlpha;
-    }
-}
@@ -12,15 +12,19 @@ internal class Popout : Window
    private readonly Tab Tab;
    private readonly int Idx;

-    private long FrameTime;
+    private long FrameTime; // set every frame
    private long LastActivityTime = Environment.TickCount64;

-    // Optional input bar inside the pop-out. Lazy-allocated when enabled,
-    // torn down on toggle-off (buffer discarded intentionally).
+    // v0.6.0 — optional input bar inside the pop-out window. Lazy-allocated
+    // when the user enables Tab.PopOutInputEnabled and torn down when the
+    // toggle is turned off (independent text buffer is intentionally
+    // discarded — see v0.6.0 spec edge-case P1).
    public ChatInputBar? InputBar { get; private set; }
    public bool HasFocusedInputBar => InputBar?.IsFocused ?? false;

-    // Exposed so AutoTellTabsService can locate this window during LRU eviction.
+    // Hellion Chat — v0.6.1 expose just the tab identifier (not the whole Tab
+    // reference) so AutoTellTabsService.DropOldestTempTab can locate the
+    // matching pop-out window when an LRU temp tab gets evicted.
    internal Guid TabIdentifier => Tab.Identifier;

    public Popout(ChatLogWindow chatLogWindow, Tab tab, int idx)
@@ -36,9 +40,12 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        IsOpen = true;
        RespectCloseHotkey = false;
        DisableWindowSounds = true;
-        // AllowBackgroundBlur is intentionally off: Dalamud blurs the entire
-        // tab container, not just this window, which would affect adjacent plugins.
-        // Users can enable blur per-window via the Dalamud hamburger menu.
+        // v1.2.1 — KEIN AllowBackgroundBlur. Pop-Outs werden vom User häufig
+        // im Dalamud-Tab-Container mit anderen Plugin-Windows kombiniert; in
+        // dem Render-Pfad blurt Dalamud den gesamten Container, nicht nur
+        // das Pop-Out — würde die Tab-Bar oben und benachbarte Plugins
+        // mitziehen. Wer Blur in Pop-Outs will, kann ihn via Dalamud-
+        // Hamburger-Menü pro Window selbst aktivieren.
    }

    public override void PreOpenCheck()
@@ -63,6 +70,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
            return true;
        }

+        // Activity in the tab, this popout window, or the main chat log window.
        var lastActivityTime = Math.Max(Tab.LastActivity, LastActivityTime);
        lastActivityTime = Math.Max(lastActivityTime, ChatLogWindow.LastActivityTime);
        return FrameTime - lastActivityTime <= 1000 * Plugin.Config.InactivityHideTimeout;
@@ -70,8 +78,10 @@ internal class Popout : Window

    public override void PreDraw()
    {
-        // Theme engine pushes the active theme globally in Plugin.Draw;
-        // pop-outs draw consistently without per-window overrides.
+        // Hellion Chat v1.1.0+ — Theme-Engine ist Source-of-Truth, kein
+        // zusätzlicher Dalamud-StyleModel-Override mehr pro Window. Plugin.Draw
+        // pusht das aktive Hellion-Theme global; Pop-Out zeichnet sich damit
+        // konsistent zum Haupt-Chat-Window.
        Flags = ImGuiWindowFlags.None;
        if (!Plugin.Config.ShowPopOutTitleBar)
            Flags |= ImGuiWindowFlags.NoTitleBar;
@@ -82,10 +92,19 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        if (!Tab.CanResize)
            Flags |= ImGuiWindowFlags.NoResize;

-        // Guard against Idx pointing past the end if PopOutDocked was resized mid-frame.
+        // Idx may point past the end if PopOutDocked was resized (e.g., a tab
+        // dropped) between the AddPopOutsToDraw() snapshot and this frame.
+        // Guard the read so we don't index into stale state.
        if (Idx >= 0 && Idx < ChatLogWindow.PopOutDocked.Count && !ChatLogWindow.PopOutDocked[Idx])
        {
-            BgAlpha = Tab.IndependentOpacity ? Tab.Opacity / 100f : Plugin.Config.WindowOpacity;
+            if (Tab.IndependentOpacity)
+            {
+                BgAlpha = Tab.Opacity / 100f;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                BgAlpha = Plugin.Config.WindowOpacity;
+            }
        }
    }

@@ -99,15 +118,24 @@ internal class Popout : Window
            ImGui.Separator();
        }

+        // v0.6.0 — one-time hint banner explaining the new pop-out input
+        // feature. Shown once per user; "Got it" or "Open settings"
+        // dismisses it and persists the flag.
        var hintBannerHeight = DrawHintBannerIfNeeded();

-        // Toggle-OFF resets InputBar so the next toggle-ON starts with a fresh buffer.
+        // v0.6.0 — pop-out optional input bar. Reserve height first so the
+        // message log draws into the right region; only shown when the
+        // global master switch is on. Toggle-OFF resets InputBar so the
+        // next toggle-ON gives a fresh buffer (no stale text persists).
        var inputEnabled = Plugin.Config.PopOutInputEnabled;
        if (!inputEnabled && InputBar != null)
+        {
            InputBar = null;
-
+        }
        if (inputEnabled)
+        {
            InputBar ??= new ChatInputBar(ChatLogWindow.Plugin, ChatLogWindow, () => Tab);
+        }

        var inputBarHeight = inputEnabled
            ? ImGui.GetFrameHeightWithSpacing() + ImGui.GetStyle().ItemSpacing.Y
@@ -127,7 +155,8 @@ internal class Popout : Window
            LastActivityTime = FrameTime;
    }

-    // Returns the vertical space consumed by the banner (0 when not shown).
+    // Returns the vertical space the banner consumed (0 when not shown)
+    // so the message log can shrink accordingly.
    private float DrawHintBannerIfNeeded()
    {
        if (Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutInputHint)
@@ -175,7 +204,7 @@ internal class Popout : Window
        {
            Plugin.Config.SeenPopOutInputHint = true;
            ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SaveConfig();
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
+            Plugin.Log.Debug("Pop-Out input hint dismissed");
            if (openSettings)
                ChatLogWindow.Plugin.SettingsWindow.Toggle();
        }
@@ -211,18 +240,21 @@ internal class Popout : Window

    private bool HideStateCheck()
    {
+        // if the chat has no hide state set, and the player has entered battle, we hide chat if they have configured it
        if (Tab.HideInBattle && CurrentHideState == HideState.None && Plugin.InBattle)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.Battle;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Battle");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: 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.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle -> None");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Battle → None");
        }

+        // if the chat has no hide state and in a cutscene, set the hide state to cutscene
        if (
            Tab.HideDuringCutscenes
            && CurrentHideState == HideState.None
@@ -232,34 +264,37 @@ internal class Popout : Window
            if (ChatLogWindow.Plugin.Functions.Chat.CheckHideFlags())
            {
                CurrentHideState = HideState.Cutscene;
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None -> Cutscene");
+                Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: None → Cutscene");
            }
        }

+        // if the chat is hidden because of a cutscene and no longer in a cutscene, set the hide state to none
        if (
            CurrentHideState is HideState.Cutscene or HideState.CutsceneOverride
            && !Plugin.CutsceneActive
            && !Plugin.GposeActive
        )
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
-                $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: {CurrentHideState} -> None (cutscene/gpose ended)"
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose(
+                $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: {CurrentHideState} → None (cutscene/gpose ended)"
            );
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
        }

+        // if the chat is hidden because of a cutscene and the chat has been activated, show chat
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.Cutscene && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.CutsceneOverride;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose(
-                $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Cutscene -> CutsceneOverride (user activate)"
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose(
+                $"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: Cutscene → CutsceneOverride (user activate)"
            );
        }

+        // if the user hid the chat and is now activating chat, reset the hide state
        if (CurrentHideState == HideState.User && ChatLogWindow.Activate)
        {
            CurrentHideState = HideState.None;
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User -> None (activate)");
+            Plugin.Log.Verbose($"Popout HideState [{Tab.Name}]: User → None (activate)");
        }

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

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

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

+    private void Toggle(string _, string __) => Toggle();
+
    public override void Draw()
    {
        if (Plugin.MessageManager.LastMessage.Sender == null)
@@ -60,11 +60,23 @@ 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()
    {
-        // Slash-command + OpenConfigUi tear-down moved to Plugin.TearDownCommands.
+        Plugin.Interface.UiBuilder.OpenConfigUi -= Toggle;
+        Plugin.Commands.Register("/hellion").Execute -= Command;
+    }
+
+    private void Command(string command, string args)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(args))
+            Toggle();
    }

    private void Initialise()
@@ -80,8 +92,10 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
            View = SettingsView.Overview;
        }

-        // ESC in Detail view returns to Overview. Window focus check is
-        // required so ESC doesn't fire when the user targets a different window.
+        // ESC im Detail-View kehrt zur Overview zurück. Window-Focus-Check ist
+        // Pflicht — sonst triggert ESC auch wenn der User ein anderes Fenster
+        // fokussiert hat und ESC fürs Game-Menü drückt (Codebase-Pattern siehe
+        // Util/SearchSelector.cs:37).
        if (
            View == SettingsView.Detail
            && ImGui.IsWindowFocused(ImGuiFocusedFlags.RootAndChildWindows)
@@ -114,13 +128,13 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window

    private void DrawDetail()
    {
-        // Breadcrumb header -- accent cyan, clickable, returns to Overview.
+        // Breadcrumb-Header — Akzent-Cyan, klickbar, führt zurück zur Overview
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, 0xFF00BED2u))
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Button, 0u))
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonHovered, 0x33FFFFFFu))
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, 0x55FFFFFFu))
        {
-            if (ImGui.SmallButton("<- Settings"))
+            if (ImGui.SmallButton("← Settings"))
            {
                View = SettingsView.Overview;
                return;
@@ -135,8 +149,11 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
        ImGui.Separator();
        ImGui.Spacing();

-        // Section content fills full width. Navigation back to another
-        // section goes via the breadcrumb or ESC.
+        // Section-Content in voller Breite. Die Tab-Liste links ist überholt:
+        // der User ist bereits über die Card-Übersicht navigiert, eine zweite
+        // Tab-Liste daneben würde nur den Vanilla-Look zurückbringen. Falls
+        // der User in eine andere Section will, geht er zurück zur Overview
+        // (Breadcrumb / ESC).
        var style = ImGui.GetStyle();
        var height =
            ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail().Y
@@ -165,7 +182,9 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
        ImGui.SameLine();

        if (ImGui.Button(Language.Settings_Discard))
+        {
            IsOpen = false;
+        }

        const string buttonLabel = "Anna's Ko-fi";
        const string buttonLabel2 = "Infi's Ko-fi";
@@ -187,17 +206,18 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
            );

            if (ImGui.Button(buttonLabel2))
-                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/infiii");
+                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/infiii");

            ImGui.SameLine();

            if (ImGui.Button(buttonLabel))
-                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/lojewalo");
+                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://ko-fi.com/lojewalo");
        }

        if (!save)
            return;

+        // calculate all conditions before updating config
        var hideChanged = !Mutable.HideChat && Mutable.HideChat != Plugin.Config.HideChat;
        var languageChanged = Mutable.LanguageOverride != Plugin.Config.LanguageOverride;
        var fontChanged =
@@ -210,16 +230,18 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
            Math.Abs(Mutable.SymbolsFontSizeV2 - Plugin.Config.SymbolsFontSizeV2) > 0.001
            || Math.Abs(Mutable.FontSizeV2 - Plugin.Config.FontSizeV2) > 0.001;
        var italicStateChanged = Mutable.ItalicEnabled != Plugin.Config.ItalicEnabled;
-
-        // Only refilter when filter-relevant settings changed. Clear+Refilter
-        // reloads from the DB and silently drops in-session messages that
-        // weren't persisted (Privacy-First blocks most channels). Cosmetic
-        // changes (theme, icons, layout) skip the cycle.
+        // v1.2.0 — Refilter only if a filter-relevant setting actually
+        // changed. The Clear+Refilter cycle reloads messages from the DB,
+        // which silently wipes any in-session message that wasn't
+        // persisted (Privacy-First config blocks most channels from DB).
+        // Cosmetic changes (theme, tab icons, layout flags) trigger no
+        // refilter — chat history stays intact.
        var filtersChanged = HasFilterRelevantChanges();

        Plugin.Config.UpdateFrom(Mutable, true);

-        // Defer save by 60 frames to avoid committing changes that cause a crash.
+        // save after 60 frames have passed, which should hopefully not
+        // commit any changes that cause a crash
        Plugin.DeferredSaveFrames = 60;
        if (filtersChanged)
        {
@@ -237,16 +259,24 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
            GameFunctions.GameFunctions.SetChatInteractable(true);

        if (Plugin.Config.ShowEmotes)
-            _ = EmoteCache.LoadData();
+            _ = EmoteCache.LoadData(); // Fire-and-forget intentional, exceptions are caught inside

        Initialise();
    }

-    // Returns true if any filter-relevant setting changed between Plugin.Config
-    // and the Mutable copy. Gates Clear+Refilter on Save so cosmetic changes
-    // don't wipe in-session chat history.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// v1.2.0 — Detects whether any setting that influences message
+    /// filtering changed between Plugin.Config and the Mutable working
+    /// copy. Used to gate the heavy ClearAllTabs+FilterAllTabsAsync cycle
+    /// in Save: cosmetic changes (theme, tab icons, layout flags) do not
+    /// touch the chat log, only filter-relevant changes do. Without this
+    /// gate, every settings save wipes the chat history of any channel
+    /// the Privacy filter blocks from being persisted to the DB —
+    /// reported by Flo from in-game testing 2026-05-05/06.
+    /// </summary>
    private bool HasFilterRelevantChanges()
    {
+        // Top-level privacy controls.
        if (Mutable.PrivacyFilterEnabled != Plugin.Config.PrivacyFilterEnabled)
            return true;
        if (Mutable.PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels != Plugin.Config.PrivacyPersistUnknownChannels)
@@ -255,23 +285,27 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
            return true;

        // FilterIncludePreviousSessions changes the GetMostRecentMessages
-        // window and is filter-relevant even outside the Privacy block.
+        // window in MessageManager.FilterAllTabs and is therefore filter-
+        // relevant even though it lives outside the Privacy block.
        if (Mutable.FilterIncludePreviousSessions != Plugin.Config.FilterIncludePreviousSessions)
            return true;

-        // Compare persistent tabs only -- TempTabs are never refiltered.
+        // Per-tab channel selection. Compare persistent tabs only —
+        // TempTabs are session-only and never refiltered anyway.
        var origPersistent = Plugin.Config.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).ToList();
        var newPersistent = Mutable.Tabs.Where(t => !t.IsTempTab).ToList();

        if (origPersistent.Count != newPersistent.Count)
-            return true;
+            return true; // add or delete

        for (var i = 0; i < origPersistent.Count; i++)
        {
            var orig = origPersistent[i];
            var neu = newPersistent[i];

-            // Identifier mismatch means reorder or slot swap -- treat as filter-relevant.
+            // Identifier mismatch at the same index means reorder or
+            // a slot got swapped — treat as filter-relevant so the new
+            // channel-selection layout actually applies.
            if (orig.Identifier != neu.Identifier)
                return true;

@@ -280,6 +314,8 @@ public sealed class SettingsWindow : Dalamud.Interface.Windowing.Window
            if (!orig.ExtraChatChannels.SetEquals(neu.ExtraChatChannels))
                return true;

+            // SelectedChannels is a Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)>
+            // — value-tuple equality already does the right thing per-pair.
            if (orig.SelectedChannels.Count != neu.SelectedChannels.Count)
                return true;
            foreach (var pair in orig.SelectedChannels)
@@ -11,58 +11,46 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
 {
    private readonly SettingsWindow _window;

-    // Card order matches the Tabs index in SettingsWindow 1:1.
-    private static (FontAwesomeIcon Icon, string Title, string Subtext)[] BuildCardDefs() =>
+    // Card-Reihenfolge entspricht 1:1 dem Tabs-Index in SettingsWindow.
+    // v1.2.1: Cards thematisch re-sortiert. Theme & Layout vereint Theme-
+    // Picker + Frame-Style + Timestamps; Fonts & Colours vereint Schriften
+    // + Chat-Farben; Data Management vereint Storage + Retention + Cleanup
+    // + Export + DB-Viewer + Advanced.
+    private static readonly (FontAwesomeIcon Icon, string TitleKey, string SubtextKey)[] CardDefs =
    [
-            (
-                FontAwesomeIcon.SlidersH,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_General_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_General_Subtext
-            ),
+        (FontAwesomeIcon.SlidersH, "Settings_Card_General_Title", "Settings_Card_General_Subtext"),
        (
            FontAwesomeIcon.Palette,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext
+            "Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Title",
+            "Settings_Card_ThemeAndLayout_Subtext"
        ),
        (
            FontAwesomeIcon.Font,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext
+            "Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Title",
+            "Settings_Card_FontsAndColours_Subtext"
        ),
        (
            FontAwesomeIcon.WindowMaximize,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Window_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Window_Subtext
-            ),
-            (
-                FontAwesomeIcon.Comments,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Chat_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext
-            ),
-            (
-                FontAwesomeIcon.FolderTree,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Tabs_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext
-            ),
-            (
-                FontAwesomeIcon.ShieldAlt,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Privacy_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext
+            "Settings_Card_Window_Title",
+            "Settings_Card_Window_Subtext"
        ),
+        (FontAwesomeIcon.Comments, "Settings_Card_Chat_Title", "Settings_Card_Chat_Subtext"),
+        (FontAwesomeIcon.FolderTree, "Settings_Card_Tabs_Title", "Settings_Card_Tabs_Subtext"),
+        (FontAwesomeIcon.ShieldAlt, "Settings_Card_Privacy_Title", "Settings_Card_Privacy_Subtext"),
        (
            FontAwesomeIcon.Database,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext
+            "Settings_Card_DataManagement_Title",
+            "Settings_Card_DataManagement_Subtext"
        ),
        (
            FontAwesomeIcon.Plug,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Integrations_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext
+            "Settings_Card_Integrations_Title",
+            "Settings_Card_Integrations_Subtext"
        ),
        (
            FontAwesomeIcon.InfoCircle,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Information_Title,
-                HellionStrings.Settings_Card_Information_Subtext
+            "Settings_Card_Information_Title",
+            "Settings_Card_Information_Subtext"
        ),
    ];

@@ -76,18 +64,19 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
        var avail = ImGui.GetContentRegionAvail();
        var columns = avail.X >= 700f ? 3 : 2;
        var cardWidth = (avail.X - (columns - 1) * 8f) / columns;
-        // 110f accommodates two-line subtexts; wrap width is matched in DrawCard.
+        // v1.2.1 — Subtexte wrappen jetzt auf zwei Zeilen, daher 110f statt der
+        // v1.1.0-Höhe 96f. Wrap-Breite + Y-Position der Subtext-Zeile sind in
+        // DrawCard auf den Card-Innenrand abgestimmt.
        var cardHeight = 110f;

-        // One draw-list lookup per frame instead of one per card.
-        var drawList = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
-        var cardDefs = BuildCardDefs();
-        for (var i = 0; i < cardDefs.Length; i++)
+        for (var i = 0; i < CardDefs.Length; i++)
        {
-            var (icon, title, subtext) = cardDefs[i];
-            DrawCard(i, icon, title, subtext, cardWidth, cardHeight, drawList);
+            var (icon, titleKey, subtextKey) = CardDefs[i];
+            var title = HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString(titleKey) ?? titleKey;
+            var subtext = HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString(subtextKey) ?? subtextKey;
+            DrawCard(i, icon, title, subtext, cardWidth, cardHeight);

-            if ((i + 1) % columns != 0 && i != cardDefs.Length - 1)
+            if ((i + 1) % columns != 0 && i != CardDefs.Length - 1)
                ImGui.SameLine();
        }
    }
@@ -98,12 +87,12 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
        string title,
        string subtext,
        float w,
-        float h,
-        ImDrawListPtr drawList
+        float h
    )
    {
-        // BeginGroup makes the card a single layout item so SameLine works
-        // in the caller loop -- without it ImGui tracks each child separately.
+        // BeginGroup macht den Card-Bereich zu einem einzelnen ImGui-Layout-Item.
+        // Damit funktioniert SameLine() im Caller-Loop — sonst tracked ImGui die
+        // einzelnen InvisibleButton/Text-Items separat und das Wrapping bricht.
        ImGui.BeginGroup();

        var cursorBefore = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos();
@@ -111,8 +100,12 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
        var hovered = ImGui.IsItemHovered();
        var bgColor = hovered ? 0xFF22303Fu : 0xFF1A2538u;

-        drawList.AddRectFilled(cursorBefore, cursorBefore + new Vector2(w, h), bgColor, 4f);
+        var draw = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
+        draw.AddRectFilled(cursorBefore, cursorBefore + new Vector2(w, h), bgColor, 4f);

+        // Inhalts-Overlay: Icon + Title via DrawList (kein Wrap nötig). Subtext
+        // läuft über ImGui-Cursor + PushTextWrapPos damit der Text bei
+        // Card-Innenbreite umbricht statt rechts geclippt zu werden.
        var iconPos = cursorBefore + new Vector2(16f, 12f);
        var titlePos = cursorBefore + new Vector2(16f, 40f);
        var subtextPos = cursorBefore + new Vector2(16f, 62f);
@@ -122,15 +115,17 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview

        using (_window.Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
        {
-            drawList.AddText(iconPos, titleColor, icon.ToIconString());
+            draw.AddText(iconPos, titleColor, icon.ToIconString());
        }

-        drawList.AddText(titlePos, titleColor, title);
+        draw.AddText(titlePos, titleColor, title);

-        // Subtext wraps at card inner width (16px padding each side) via DrawList
-        // to avoid expanding the group bounds and breaking SameLine in the card row.
+        // Subtext mit Wrap auf Card-Innenbreite (16 px Padding links + rechts).
+        // Cursor-basiertes TextUnformatted würde die ImGui-Group-Bounds
+        // erweitern und das SameLine-Wrapping in der Card-Reihe brechen, daher
+        // bleibt der Subtext bewusst beim DrawList-Overlay-Pattern.
        var subtextWrapWidth = w - 32f;
-        drawList.AddText(
+        draw.AddText(
            ImGui.GetFont(),
            ImGui.GetFontSize(),
            subtextPos,
@@ -142,6 +137,8 @@ internal sealed class SettingsOverview
        ImGui.EndGroup();

        if (clicked)
+        {
            _window.OpenSection(index);
        }
+    }
 }
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

-// Four sections: Auto-Tell Tabs, Behaviour, Preview, Emotes.
+// Chat-Tab — vier eigenständige Sektionen: Auto-Tell-Tabs, Behaviour,
+// Preview, Emotes. Der Emotes-Block ist 1:1 aus der Bestand-Datei
+// Emote.cs übernommen; die Datei wird in Plan-Task 11 (Settings UX
+// Polish v0.5.0) entfernt, sobald alle Tabs migriert sind.
 internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
 {
    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
@@ -19,8 +22,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab

    private SearchSelector.SelectorPopupOptions WordPopupOptions;

-    // Tracks which EmoteCache state WordPopupOptions was built for so we
-    // don't refill every frame when FilteredSheet is empty.
+    // Snapshot of EmoteCache.State for which we last built WordPopupOptions.
+    // Without this, an empty FilteredSheet (e.g., the user blocked every emote)
+    // would trigger a refill every frame the settings tab is open.
    private EmoteCache.LoadingState? WordPopupOptionsBuiltFor;

    internal Chat(Plugin plugin, Configuration mutable)
@@ -32,13 +36,15 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
        WordPopupOptionsBuiltFor = EmoteCache.State;
    }

-    private SearchSelector.SelectorPopupOptions RefillSheet() =>
-        new SearchSelector.SelectorPopupOptions
+    private SearchSelector.SelectorPopupOptions RefillSheet()
+    {
+        return new SearchSelector.SelectorPopupOptions
        {
            FilteredSheet = EmoteCache
                .SortedCodeArray.Where(w => !Mutable.BlockedEmotes.Contains(w))
                .ToArray(),
        };
+    }

    public void Draw(bool changed)
    {
@@ -55,7 +61,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
    {
        using var tree = ImRaii.TreeNode(HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_AutoTellTabs_Heading);
        if (!tree.Success)
+        {
            return;
+        }

        using (ImRaii.PushIndent(ImGui.GetStyle().IndentSpacing, false))
        {
@@ -68,7 +76,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.SetNextItemWidth(200f * ImGuiHelpers.GlobalScale);
            var limit = Mutable.AutoTellTabsLimit;
            if (ImGui.SliderInt(HellionStrings.ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Name, ref limit, 1, 50))
+            {
                Mutable.AutoTellTabsLimit = limit;
+            }
            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.ChatLog_AutoTellTabs_Limit_Description);

            ImGui.Checkbox(
@@ -109,7 +119,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                    100
                )
            )
+            {
                Mutable.AutoTellTabsHistoryPreload = preload;
+            }
            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Privacy_AutoTellTabs_Preload_Description);

            ImGui.Spacing();
@@ -121,7 +133,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
    {
        using var tree = ImRaii.TreeNode(HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_Behaviour_Heading);
        if (!tree.Success)
+        {
            return;
+        }

        using (ImRaii.PushIndent(ImGui.GetStyle().IndentSpacing, false))
        {
@@ -146,7 +160,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
    {
        using var tree = ImRaii.TreeNode(HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_Preview_Heading);
        if (!tree.Success)
+        {
            return;
+        }

        using (ImRaii.PushIndent(ImGui.GetStyle().IndentSpacing, false))
        {
@@ -162,10 +178,12 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                    foreach (var position in Enum.GetValues<PreviewPosition>())
                    {
                        if (ImGui.Selectable(position.Name(), Mutable.PreviewPosition == position))
+                        {
                            Mutable.PreviewPosition = position;
                        }
                    }
                }
+            }
            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_Preview_Description);

            if (
@@ -175,7 +193,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                    ref Mutable.PreviewMinimum
                )
            )
+            {
                Mutable.PreviewMinimum = Math.Clamp(Mutable.PreviewMinimum, 1, 250);
+            }

            ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_PreviewOnlyIf_Name, ref Mutable.OnlyPreviewIf);
            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(Language.Options_PreviewOnlyIf_Description);
@@ -186,7 +206,9 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
    {
        using var tree = ImRaii.TreeNode(HellionStrings.Settings_Chat_Emotes_Heading);
        if (!tree.Success)
+        {
            return;
+        }

        using (ImRaii.PushIndent(ImGui.GetStyle().IndentSpacing, false))
        {
@@ -211,13 +233,17 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
            using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
                ImGui.Button(FontAwesomeIcon.Plus.ToIconString(), new Vector2(buttonWidth, 0));

-            // OpenPopup on click because SelectorPopup uses ContextPopupItem
-            // which only triggers on right-click by default.
+            // Open the selector popup on left-click; SelectorPopup uses
+            // ImRaii.ContextPopupItem internally which only opens on right-
+            // click otherwise — without this OpenPopup the button looked
+            // active but the popup never appeared on a normal click.
            if (ImGui.IsItemClicked())
                ImGui.OpenPopup("WordAddPopup");

            if (SearchSelector.SelectorPopup("WordAddPopup", out var newWord, WordPopupOptions))
+            {
                Mutable.BlockedEmotes.Add(newWord);
+            }

            using (
                var table = ImRaii.Table(
@@ -231,9 +257,11 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                {
                    ImGui.TableSetupColumn(Language.Options_Emote_EmoteTable);
                    ImGui.TableSetupColumn("##Del", ImGuiTableColumnFlags.WidthStretch, 0.07f);
+
                    ImGui.TableHeadersRow();

-                    foreach (var word in Mutable.BlockedEmotes.ToArray())
+                    var copiedList = Mutable.BlockedEmotes.ToArray();
+                    foreach (var word in copiedList)
                    {
                        ImGui.TableNextColumn();
                        ImGui.TextUnformatted(word);
@@ -246,10 +274,12 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
                                !ImGui.GetIO().KeyCtrl
                            )
                        )
+                        {
                            Mutable.BlockedEmotes.Remove(word);
                        }
                    }
                }
+            }

            ImGui.Spacing();
            ImGui.Separator();
@@ -259,14 +289,17 @@ internal sealed class Chat : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.Spacing();

            if (EmoteCache.State is EmoteCache.LoadingState.Done)
+            {
                ImGui.TextColored(ImGuiColors.HealerGreen, Language.Options_Emote_Ready);
+            }
            else
+            {
                ImGui.TextColored(ImGuiColors.DPSRed, Language.Options_Emote_NotReady);
+            }

            ImGui.TextUnformatted(
                $"{Language.Options_Emote_Loaded} {EmoteCache.SortedCodeArray.Length}"
            );
-
            using (
                var emoteTable = ImRaii.Table(
                    "##LoadedEmotes",
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
-                        Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Unable to delete old database");
+                        Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Unable to delete old database");
                        WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                            Language.Options_Database_Old_Delete_Error,
                            NotificationType.Error
@@ -391,9 +391,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                Plugin.Config.RetentionLastRunAt = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
                Plugin.SaveConfig();

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

                if (deleted > 0)
                {
@@ -407,7 +405,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                            .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                    )
                    {
-                        Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
+                        Plugin.Log.Warning(
                            "Retention sweep: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
                        );
                    }
@@ -420,7 +418,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Manual retention run failed");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Manual retention run failed");
                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Retention_Error, NotificationType.Error);
            }
            finally
@@ -568,7 +566,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
+            Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Failed to compute cleanup preview");
            WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
                HellionStrings.Cleanup_PreviewError,
                NotificationType.Error
@@ -589,7 +587,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            try
            {
                var deleted = Plugin.MessageManager.Store.CleanupRetainOnly(allowed);
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");
+                Plugin.Log.Information($"Privacy cleanup: deleted {deleted} messages");

                if (
                    !Plugin
@@ -601,9 +599,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                        .Wait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))
                )
                {
-                    Plugin.LogProxy.Warning(
-                        "Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s."
-                    );
+                    Plugin.Log.Warning("Privacy cleanup: framework refresh timed out after 5s.");
                }

                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(
@@ -613,7 +609,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Privacy cleanup failed");
                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Cleanup_Error, NotificationType.Error);
            }
            finally
@@ -773,7 +769,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(e, "Export failed");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(e, "Export failed");
                WrapperUtil.AddNotification(HellionStrings.Export_Error, NotificationType.Error);
            }
            finally
@@ -853,7 +849,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                )
            )
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Warning("Clearing messages from database");
+                Plugin.Log.Warning("Clearing messages from database");
                Plugin.MessageManager.Store.ClearMessages();
                Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();

@@ -911,7 +907,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab

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

        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
        var playerName = Plugin.PlayerState.CharacterName;
@@ -956,7 +952,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab

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

@@ -966,7 +962,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab

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

@@ -977,7 +973,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                Plugin.MessageManager.ClearAllTabs();
                elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+                Plugin.Log.Info(
                    $"Cleared {Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count} tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                );
            })
@@ -990,7 +986,7 @@ internal sealed class DataManagement : ISettingsTab
                Plugin.MessageManager.FilterAllTabs();
                elapsedTicks = stopwatch.ElapsedTicks;
                stopwatch.Stop();
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Info(
+                Plugin.Log.Info(
                    $"Fetched and filtered all tabs in {elapsedTicks} ticks ({elapsedTicks / TimeSpan.TicksPerMillisecond}ms)"
                );
            })
@@ -312,6 +312,6 @@ internal sealed class FontsAndColours : ISettingsTab
        }
        Plugin.SaveConfig();
        GlobalParametersCache.Refresh();
-        Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
+        Plugin.Log.Debug($"Applied chat colour preset: {preset.DisplayName}");
    }
 }
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

-// Combines the former About and Changelog tabs into three collapsible sections.
+// Information-Tab vereint die früheren About- und Changelog-Tabs in
+// drei kollabierbaren Sektionen. Der About-Inhalt ist 1:1 aus About.cs
+// übernommen, die Changelog-Render-Logik aus Changelog.cs.
 internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
 {
    private Configuration Mutable { get; }
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(Language.Options_About_Github_Issues);
            ImGui.SameLine();
            if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ExternalLinkAlt, "githubIssues"))
-                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(
+                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(
                    "https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/issues"
                );
        }
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.About_Maintainer_Website_Label);
            ImGui.SameLine();
            if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ExternalLinkAlt, "hellionMedia"))
-                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://hellion-media.de");
+                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://hellion-media.de");

            ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(10.0f);

@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ internal sealed class Information : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.About_BuiltOn_Upstream_Label);
            ImGui.SameLine();
            if (ImGuiUtil.IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ExternalLinkAlt, "chatTwoUpstream"))
-                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink("https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo");
+                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink("https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo");

            ImGuiHelpers.ScaledDummy(10.0f);

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

-// Added in v1.3.0. Each future integration cycle adds a section above
-// the "Coming soon" block and removes its stub item.
+// First settings tab introduced in v1.3.0 (Plugin Integrations Cycle 1).
+// Designed to grow organically: each future cycle adds a new section above
+// the "Coming soon" block and removes the corresponding stub item.
 internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab
 {
    private Plugin Plugin { get; }
@@ -47,9 +48,11 @@ internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab
        DrawHonorificStatus();
        ImGui.Spacing();

-        // Toggle works regardless of detection state: "show when available,
-        // hide otherwise". Disabling it when Honorific is missing would force
-        // the user to retoggle on every reload.
+        // The toggle is enabled regardless of detection state — leaving it
+        // on means "render when available, hide otherwise". Disabling the
+        // toggle when Honorific is missing would force the user to retoggle
+        // it every time Honorific is reloaded, which is worse UX than the
+        // silent auto-hide.
        if (
            ImGui.Checkbox(
                HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_Toggle,
@@ -71,31 +74,22 @@ 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
-        // instead of bundling assets. Text labels because FA Brands isn't
-        // guaranteed in Dalamud's font set.
+        // Maintainer attribution. Honorific has no LICENSE in its repo so we
+        // can't bundle its assets, but linking to the upstream and the
+        // author's profile is the polite minimum. Plain ImGui buttons keep
+        // the visual weight modest, the FontAwesome Brands subset is not
+        // guaranteed in Dalamud's font set so we use text labels.
        ImGui.Spacing();
        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkRepo))
        {
-            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificRepo);
+            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificRepo);
        }
        ImGui.SameLine();
        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_Honorific_LinkAuthor))
        {
-            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificAuthor);
+            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(IntegrationLinks.HonorificAuthor);
        }
    }

@@ -153,7 +147,9 @@ internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab
        ImGui.TextWrapped(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_Intro);
        ImGui.Spacing();

-        // Each integration cycle removes its stub here and adds a full section above.
+        // Static list maintained in code (not Configuration). Each cycle
+        // that lands a real integration removes its stub here and adds a
+        // full section above the Coming Soon block.
        DrawComingSoonItem(
            HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ContextMenu_Title,
            HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_ComingSoon_ContextMenu_Description
@@ -204,7 +200,7 @@ internal sealed class Integrations : ISettingsTab

        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Integrations_GotAnIdea_LinkLabel))
        {
-            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(BrandingLinks.HellionForgeDiscordInvite);
+            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(BrandingLinks.HellionForgeDiscordInvite);
        }
    }

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ internal sealed class Privacy : ISettingsTab
        Mutable = mutable;
    }

-    // (HeadingKey, ChatType list). Heading resolved per-frame for live language switching.
+    // (HeadingKey lookup, ChatType list). Heading is resolved per-frame so
+    // a runtime LanguageChanged call updates the labels immediately.
    private static readonly (Func<string> Heading, ChatType[] Types)[] Groups =
    [
        (
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ internal sealed class Tabs : ISettingsTab
                ImGuiInputTextFlags.EnterReturnsTrue
            );

-            // Per-tab icon override added in v1.2.0. Falls back to default mapping if unset.
+            // v1.2.0 — Per-Tab Icon-Override. Default-Mapping greift falls nichts gesetzt.
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_Label);
            ImGui.SameLine();
            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_HelpMarker);
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ internal sealed class Tabs : ISettingsTab
            {
                if (combo.Success)
                {
-                    // First option clears the icon and lets the default mapping take over.
+                    // Erste Option: Default (löscht Icon, lässt Mapping greifen).
                    if (
                        ImGui.Selectable(
                            HellionStrings.Tabs_Icon_DefaultOption,
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ internal sealed class Tabs : ISettingsTab

                    ImGui.Separator();

-                    // Options sourced from TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions (single source of truth).
+                    // Pool-Optionen aus TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions (Single-Source-of-Truth).
                    foreach (var option in TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions)
                    {
                        var isSelected = string.Equals(
@@ -305,8 +305,10 @@ internal sealed class Tabs : ISettingsTab

                        ImGui.SameLine();

-                        // Guard against an empty worlds list (character switch or sheet not yet populated)
-                        // to avoid an out-of-bounds crash on worlds[selectedWorld].
+                        // Guard against an empty worlds list — can happen briefly
+                        // when switching characters or if the datacenter sheet
+                        // has not yet populated. Without the guard the indexed
+                        // access into worlds[selectedWorld] would crash.
                        if (worlds.Count == 0)
                        {
                            ImGui.TextDisabled("(no worlds available)");
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
            var registry = Plugin.ThemeRegistry;
            var active = registry.Get(Mutable.Theme);

-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(
-                string.Format(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_Active, active.Name)
-            );
+            var activeLabelTemplate =
+                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_Active") ?? "Active: {0}";
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(string.Format(activeLabelTemplate, active.Name));
            using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, 0xFF8FA3B5u))
                ImGui.TextUnformatted(active.Author);

@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.Separator();
            ImGui.Spacing();

-            ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_BuiltIns);
+            var builtInsLabel =
+                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_BuiltIns")
+                ?? "Built-in themes";
+            ImGui.TextUnformatted(builtInsLabel);
            ImGui.Spacing();
            DrawThemeGrid(registry.AllBuiltIns(), active.Slug);

@@ -65,7 +68,10 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                ImGui.Spacing();
                ImGui.Separator();
                ImGui.Spacing();
-                ImGui.TextUnformatted(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_Custom);
+                var customLabel =
+                    HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_Custom")
+                    ?? "Custom themes";
+                ImGui.TextUnformatted(customLabel);
                ImGui.Spacing();
                DrawThemeGrid(customs, active.Slug);
            }
@@ -74,15 +80,21 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.Separator();
            ImGui.Spacing();

-            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_OpenFolder))
+            var openFolderLabel =
+                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_OpenFolder")
+                ?? "Open themes folder";
+            if (ImGui.Button(openFolderLabel))
            {
                var dir = Path.Combine(Plugin.Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
                Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
-                Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(dir);
+                Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(dir);
            }

            ImGui.SameLine();
-            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ExportActive))
+            var exportLabel =
+                HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ExportActive")
+                ?? "Export active...";
+            if (ImGui.Button(exportLabel))
            {
                var dir = Path.Combine(Plugin.Interface.ConfigDirectory.FullName, "themes");
                Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
@@ -90,7 +102,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
                var path = Path.Combine(dir, fileName);
                var json = ThemeJsonWriter.Serialize(active);
                File.WriteAllText(path, json);
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Information($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
+                Plugin.Log.Information($"Exported active theme '{active.Slug}' to {path}");
            }
        }
    }
@@ -194,19 +206,25 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
        draw.AddRectFilled(origin, origin + new Vector2(width, height), bgFill, 4f);
        draw.AddRect(origin, origin + new Vector2(width, height), border, 4f, ImDrawFlags.None, 1f);

+        var hint =
+            HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Hint")
+            ?? "This theme suggests its own chat channel colours.";
+        var applyLabel =
+            HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Apply")
+            ?? "Apply";
+        var keepLabel =
+            HellionStrings.ResourceManager.GetString("Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep")
+            ?? "Keep current";
+
        var textColor = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(active.Colors.TextPrimary);
-        draw.AddText(
-            origin + new Vector2(12f, 10f),
-            textColor,
-            HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Hint
-        );
+        draw.AddText(origin + new Vector2(12f, 10f), textColor, hint);

        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Button, active.Colors.Primary))
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonHovered, active.Colors.PrimaryLight))
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.ButtonActive, active.Colors.PrimaryDark))
        {
            ImGui.SetCursorScreenPos(origin + new Vector2(12f, 32f));
-            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Apply))
+            if (ImGui.Button(applyLabel))
            {
                foreach (var kvp in themeChatColors.Channels)
                    Mutable.ChatColours[kvp.Key] = kvp.Value;
@@ -215,7 +233,7 @@ internal sealed class ThemeAndLayout : ISettingsTab
        }

        ImGui.SameLine();
-        if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Themes_ApplyChatColors_Keep))
+        if (ImGui.Button(keepLabel))
        {
            _applyDismissedFor = active.Slug;
        }
@@ -250,32 +268,13 @@ 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();

-            // Slider range 50-100% maps to 0.5-1.0 internally. Floor at 50% prevents
-            // accidentally hiding the chat background (v1.2.0 bug at WindowAlpha=0).
+            // Slider 50–100 % UX-Range; intern 0.5–1.0 als WindowOpacity-Float.
+            // Untere Schwelle 50 % verhindert versehentliches Komplett-Wegblenden
+            // des Chat-Hintergrunds (war v1.2.0 Bug bei WindowAlpha=0).
            var opacityPercent = Mutable.WindowOpacity * 100f;
            if (
                ImGuiUtil.DragFloatVertical(
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@ namespace HellionChat.Ui.SettingsTabs;

 internal static class ThemeMockup
 {
-    // Mini chat window mockup drawn directly into the WindowDrawList.
-    // No textures, no per-frame allocations — pure AddRectFilled/AddText.
+    // Zeichnet ein Mini-Chat-Window-Mockup mit den Theme-Werten direkt
+    // ins WindowDrawList. Keine Texture, keine Allocation pro Frame —
+    // alles via DrawList.AddRectFilled / AddText.
    public static void Draw(Vector2 origin, Vector2 size, Theme theme)
    {
        var draw = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
        var c = theme.Colors;

-        // Window background
+        // Window-Bg
        draw.AddRectFilled(
            origin,
            origin + size,
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ internal static class ThemeMockup
            theme.Layout.WindowRounding
        );

-        // Title bar
+        // Title-Bar
        var titleHeight = 14f;
        draw.AddRectFilled(
            origin,
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ internal static class ThemeMockup
            theme.Layout.WindowRounding
        );

-        // Tab bar (3 tabs)
+        // Tab-Bar — 3 Mini-Tabs
        var tabY = origin.Y + titleHeight + 4f;
        var tabHeight = 12f;
        for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ internal static class ThemeMockup
                theme.Layout.TabRounding
            );

-            if (i == 0) // active pill
+            if (i == 0) // Active-Pill
            {
                draw.AddRectFilled(
                    new Vector2(tabX, tabY + tabHeight - 2f),
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ internal static class ThemeMockup
            }
        }

-        // Message card row
+        // Card-Row mit Mock-Sender + Text
        var rowY = tabY + tabHeight + 6f;
        var rowHeight = 18f;
        draw.AddRectFilled(
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ internal static class ThemeMockup
            2f
        );

-        // Accent button (bottom right)
+        // Akzent-Button rechts unten
        var btnW = 28f;
        var btnH = 10f;
        var btnX = origin.X + size.X - btnW - 6f;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ internal static class ThemeMockup
            theme.Layout.FrameRounding
        );

-        // Mockup border
+        // Border um das gesamte Mockup
        draw.AddRect(
            origin,
            origin + size,
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ internal sealed class Window : ISettingsTab
                1,
                10
            );
-            // Floor at 2 seconds to prevent self-soft-lock.
+            // Untergrenze von 2 Sekunden gegen Selbst-Soft-Lock.
            Mutable.InactivityHideTimeout = Math.Max(2, Mutable.InactivityHideTimeout);

            using (ImRaii.Disabled(Mutable.HideInBattle))
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ internal sealed class Window : ISettingsTab
            ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_CanMove_Name, ref Mutable.CanMove);
            ImGui.Checkbox(Language.Options_CanResize_Name, ref Mutable.CanResize);

+            // v0.6.0 — global master switch for the pop-out input bar.
            ImGui.Checkbox(
                HellionStrings.Settings_Window_PopOutInputEnabled_Name,
                ref Mutable.PopOutInputEnabled
@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ internal sealed class Window : ISettingsTab

            ImGui.Spacing();

-            // Fallback for off-screen windows after a display layout change.
+            // Manual escape hatch for off-screen windows. The plugin already
+            // runs an automatic bounds check once per session, but a button
+            // is the user-friendly fallback after a display layout change.
            if (ImGui.Button(HellionStrings.Settings_Window_ResetPosition_Name))
                Plugin.ChatLogWindow.RequestPositionReset = true;
            ImGuiUtil.HelpMarker(HellionStrings.Settings_Window_ResetPosition_Description);
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ 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;
@@ -10,31 +9,32 @@ using HellionChat.Util;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// 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.
+/// <summary>
+/// Bottom-Status-Bar (v1.2.0). Fix 22 px hoch, BorderTop als Trenner.
+/// Slots links → rechts: Channel-Indicator (Color-Dot + Channel-Name),
+/// Privacy-Badge (Lock-Icon + Privacy-Label), Counts (Tabs + Msgs),
+/// Tells (Auto-Tell-Counter, hidden bei 0), Version (rechtsbündig, muted).
+///
+/// Update-Frequenz: 1×/Sekunde. Format-Strings werden zwischen Updates
+/// gecached, damit kein Per-Frame-Format-Allocation entsteht.
+/// </summary>
 internal sealed class StatusBar
 {
-    // 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);
-
+    public const float Height = 22f;
    private const long UpdateIntervalMs = 1000;

-    // Initially outdated so the first frame always computes fresh.
+    // Cache-State — initial outdated, damit der erste Frame frisch berechnet.
    private long _lastUpdateMs = -UpdateIntervalMs;
    private string _cachedCountsText = string.Empty;
    private string _cachedTellsText = string.Empty;

-    // Pure string logic, testable without ImGui init.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reine String-Logik — testbar ohne ImGui-Init.
+    /// </summary>
    public static string FormatCounts(int tabs, int messages)
    {
-        // InvariantCulture so locale doesn't affect the format (e.g. de_DE "1,2k").
+        // InvariantCulture: User-System-Locale darf das Format nicht
+        // verändern (de_DE würde sonst "1,2k" statt "1.2k" liefern).
        var msgPart =
            messages >= 1000
                ? string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:0.0}k msg", messages / 1000.0)
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
        return $"{tabsPart} · {msgPart}";
    }

-    // Pure string logic, testable without ImGui init. Returns empty string at 0 tells.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reine String-Logik — testbar ohne ImGui-Init.
+    /// 0 Tells → Leerstring (Slot wird ausgeblendet).
+    /// </summary>
    public static string FormatTells(int count)
    {
        if (count <= 0)
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
        return $"{count} {(count == 1 ? "tell" : "tells")}";
    }

-    // Single-pass replacement for a LINQ Sum+Count pair. Pure helper for unit testing.
+    // Single-pass replacement for the LINQ Sum+Count pair in Draw. Pure
+    // helper so a future LINQ regression gets pinned by xUnit.
    internal static (int messages, int tells) AggregateForStatusBar(IList<Tab> tabs)
    {
        int messages = 0,
@@ -65,7 +69,10 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
        return (messages, tells);
    }

-    // Test hook to verify cache logic without a real time source.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Test-Hook: Cache-Logic ohne reale Time-Source verifizieren.
+    /// Nicht für Production-Render.
+    /// </summary>
    internal (string counts, string tells) SnapshotForTest(
        long now,
        int tabs,
@@ -86,18 +93,24 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
        _lastUpdateMs = now;
    }

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Render-Pfad. Aufrufer pusht bereits den HellionStyle/Theme;
+    /// wir lesen nur die aktiven Theme-Farben und zeichnen.
+    /// </summary>
    public void Draw(Plugin plugin)
    {
        var theme = plugin.ThemeRegistry.Active;
        var now = Environment.TickCount64;

+        // Outer gate keeps the foreach out of the hot path 99% of frames.
+        // UpdateCacheIfDue runs the same check internally — idempotent.
        if (now - _lastUpdateMs >= UpdateIntervalMs)
        {
            var (messages, tells) = AggregateForStatusBar(Plugin.Config.Tabs);
            UpdateCacheIfDue(now, Plugin.Config.Tabs.Count, messages, tells);
        }

-        // Border top via DrawList -- ImGui.Separator has too much padding.
+        // BorderTop als Trenner — DrawList-Line, ImGui-Separator hat zu viel Padding.
        var cursorY = ImGui.GetCursorScreenPos().Y;
        var winLeft = ImGui.GetWindowPos().X;
        var winRight = winLeft + ImGui.GetWindowSize().X;
@@ -110,9 +123,9 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
                1f
            );

-        ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, 2));
+        ImGui.Dummy(new Vector2(0, 2)); // BorderTop-Spacing

-        // Slot 1: active channel indicator
+        // Slot 1: Active-Channel-Indicator
        var inputCh = plugin.CurrentTab?.CurrentChannel?.Channel ?? InputChannel.Invalid;
        var hasChannel = inputCh != InputChannel.Invalid;
        var chatType = inputCh.ToChatType();
@@ -124,7 +137,7 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
        ImGui.SameLine();
        ImGui.TextUnformatted(channelName);

-        // Slot 2: privacy badge
+        // Slot 2: Privacy-Badge — abgeleitet aus PrivacyFilterEnabled.
        ImGui.SameLine();
        DrawSeparator();
        ImGui.SameLine();
@@ -138,13 +151,13 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
            : HellionStrings.StatusBar_Privacy_Open;
        ImGui.TextUnformatted(privacyLabel);

-        // Slot 3: counts
+        // Slot 3: Counts
        ImGui.SameLine();
        DrawSeparator();
        ImGui.SameLine();
        ImGui.TextUnformatted(_cachedCountsText);

-        // Slot 4: tells (hidden at 0)
+        // Slot 4: Tells (nur wenn > 0)
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_cachedTellsText))
        {
            ImGui.SameLine();
@@ -153,22 +166,16 @@ internal sealed class StatusBar
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(_cachedTellsText);
        }

-        // Slot 5: version, right-aligned, muted. Hidden when the window is
-        // too narrow to fit all five slots — the other four need ~200 px
-        // before the version text starts clipping into them.
+        // Slot 5: Version (rechtsbündig, muted)
        var versionText = $"v{Plugin.Interface.Manifest.AssemblyVersion} · Hellion";
        var versionWidth = ImGui.CalcTextSize(versionText).X;
        var contentRegionMax = ImGui.GetContentRegionMax().X;
-        const float MinOtherSlotsWidth = 200f;
-        if (contentRegionMax - versionWidth > MinOtherSlotsWidth)
-        {
        ImGui.SameLine(contentRegionMax - versionWidth);
        using (ImRaii.PushColor(ImGuiCol.Text, ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextMuted)))
        {
            ImGui.TextUnformatted(versionText);
        }
    }
-    }

    private static void DrawDot(uint rgba)
    {
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// Pure string resolver logic with no Dalamud dependency, kept in its own
-// file so tests (HellionChat.Tests, no Dalamud reference) can call it directly.
-// Used in the settings UI glyph picker and indirectly via TabIconMapping.Resolve.
+/// <summary>
+/// Reine String-Resolver-Logik ohne Dalamud-Dependency. Bewusst in
+/// eigener Datei (Dependency-Boundary auf File-Level sichtbar), damit
+/// Tests (HellionChat.Tests, Microsoft.NET.Sdk ohne Dalamud-Reference)
+/// sie aufrufen können, ohne dass die JIT beim Methodenaufruf die
+/// Dalamud-Assembly laden muss.
+///
+/// Wird im Settings-UI (T7) für die Glyph-Picker-Combobox und im
+/// Render-Code indirekt über <see cref="TabIconMapping.Resolve(Tab)"/>
+/// verwendet.
+/// </summary>
 internal static class TabIconGlyphResolver
 {
-    // Single source of truth for the glyph set; order matches the settings combobox.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Picker-Options-Pool — Single Source of Truth für das Glyph-Set.
+    /// Reihenfolge ist die UI-Reihenfolge im Settings-Tab Icon-Combobox.
+    /// </summary>
    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> PickerOptions =
    [
        "comment",
@@ -25,13 +36,20 @@ internal static class TabIconGlyphResolver
        "fire",
    ];

-    // Derived from PickerOptions -- never maintain this manually.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Glyph-Set, das überhaupt als Override akzeptiert wird. Aus
+    /// <see cref="PickerOptions"/> abgeleitet — KnownGlyphs nie
+    /// manuell pflegen.
+    /// </summary>
    private static readonly HashSet<string> KnownGlyphs = new(
        PickerOptions,
        StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
    );

-    // Tab.Name is localised, so we match against a pool of DE/EN synonyms.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tab-Name → Default-Glyph-Name. Tab.Name wird per Lokalisierung
+    /// gesetzt; wir matchen daher gegen einen Pool aus DE/EN-Synonymen.
+    /// </summary>
    private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> NameDefaults = new(
        StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
    )
@@ -51,11 +69,18 @@ internal static class TabIconGlyphResolver
        ["tell"] = "envelope",
    };

-    // Resolves the glyph name for a tab. Priority order:
-    // 1. Tab.Icon override (if set): known glyph -> use it, unknown -> "hashtag"
-    // 2. Auto-tell tab -> autoTellGlyph if provided, else "clock"
-    // 3. Name default lookup
-    // 4. Fallback "hashtag"
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Test-Surface: Glyph-Name-Resolver ohne Dalamud-Dependency.
+    /// Reihenfolge:
+    /// 1. Tab.Icon-Override (falls gesetzt und nicht nur Whitespace):
+    ///    a) bekannter Glyph → diesen Glyph
+    ///    b) unbekannter Glyph → harter Fallback "hashtag" (User hat
+    ///       bewusst etwas gesetzt, also überstimmt das die Defaults)
+    /// 2. Auto-Tell-Tab → <paramref name="autoTellGlyph"/> falls
+    ///    übergeben, sonst "clock".
+    /// 3. Tab-Name-Default (<see cref="NameDefaults"/>-Lookup)
+    /// 4. Fallback "hashtag"
+    /// </summary>
    public static string ResolveGlyphName(Tab tab, string? autoTellGlyph = null)
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tab.Icon))
@@ -2,14 +2,31 @@ using Dalamud.Interface;

 namespace HellionChat.Ui;

-// Default icon mapping for tabs, used in top-tabs (icon prefix) and sidebar (icon-only with tooltip).
-// Users can override per tab via Settings -> Tabs -> Tab.Icon.
-// Pure string resolver logic lives in TabIconGlyphResolver (no Dalamud dependency) for testability.
+/// <summary>
+/// Default-Icon-Mapping für Tabs. v1.2.0 Layout-Refresh nutzt das
+/// in Top-Tabs (Icon-Prefix) und Sidebar (Icon-only mit Tooltip).
+/// User können in Settings → Tabs per Tab.Icon-Override eigene
+/// FontAwesome-Glyphen setzen.
+///
+/// Diese Klasse ist Dalamud-abhängig (FontAwesomeIcon-Enum). Die
+/// reine String-Resolver-Logik liegt bewusst in
+/// <see cref="TabIconGlyphResolver"/> (eigene Datei, ohne
+/// Dalamud-Imports), damit Tests sie ohne Dalamud-Reference aufrufen
+/// können.
+/// </summary>
 internal static class TabIconMapping
 {
-    // Glyph name -> FontAwesomeIcon lookup for production resolve.
-    // Every key must also exist in TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions.
-    // A missing key silently falls back to FontAwesomeIcon.Hashtag (degraded, no crash).
+    /// <summary>
+    /// FontAwesome-Glyph-Name → Icon-Enum-Lookup. Wird für die
+    /// Production-Resolve-API benötigt.
+    ///
+    /// INVARIANTE: Jeder Key in <see cref="GlyphLookup"/> muss auch in
+    /// <see cref="TabIconGlyphResolver.PickerOptions"/> stehen. Wird
+    /// ein Glyph zu PickerOptions hinzugefügt, aber nicht hier, fällt
+    /// die Override-Auflösung still auf <see cref="FontAwesomeIcon.Hashtag"/>
+    /// zurück (degraded, kein Crash). Build-Time-Enforcement ist nicht
+    /// möglich, weil PickerOptions ohne Dalamud-Reference auskommt.
+    /// </summary>
    private static readonly Dictionary<string, FontAwesomeIcon> GlyphLookup = new(
        StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase
    )
@@ -31,13 +48,23 @@ internal static class TabIconMapping
        ["fire"] = FontAwesomeIcon.Fire,
    };

-    // Resolves the icon for a tab. Auto-tell tabs get a per-partner hashed icon
-    // from the tell pool so parallel tells differ by glyph shape, not just colour.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Production-Surface: liefert das Icon für einen Tab. Wrapper um
+    /// <see cref="TabIconGlyphResolver.ResolveGlyphName(Tab)"/> plus
+    /// Enum-Lookup. Wird von Render-Code (T3, T5) verwendet.
+    /// </summary>
    public static FontAwesomeIcon Resolve(Tab tab)
    {
+        // v1.2.0 — Auto-Tell-Tabs bekommen ein per-Partner gehashtes
+        // Icon aus dem Tell-Pool. Damit unterscheiden sich parallele
+        // Tells nicht nur über die Color (For), sondern auch über die
+        // Glyph-Form. Berechnung bleibt hier (Dalamud-bound), weil
+        // TellTarget Dalamud-Imports hat.
        string? autoTellGlyph = null;
        if (tab.IsTempTab && tab.TellTarget != null && tab.TellTarget.IsSet())
+        {
            autoTellGlyph = TabTintCache.GetIcon(tab);
+        }

        var glyph = TabIconGlyphResolver.ResolveGlyphName(tab, autoTellGlyph);
        return GlyphLookup.TryGetValue(glyph, out var icon) ? icon : FontAwesomeIcon.Hashtag;
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
    private static readonly Dictionary<ClientLanguage, List<AutoTranslateEntry>> Entries = new();
    private static readonly HashSet<(uint, uint)> ValidEntries = [];

-    // Serialises all reads/writes against Entries and ValidEntries.
-    // PreloadCache fills both from a worker thread while the main thread
-    // reads via Matching/ReplaceWithPayload/StartsWithCommand.
+    // Serializes all reads and writes against Entries / ValidEntries.
+    // PreloadCache spawns a worker thread that fills both, while the main
+    // thread reads them via Matching / ReplaceWithPayload / StartsWithCommand
+    // — without this lock the HashSet/Dictionary access is undefined.
    private static readonly object EntriesLock = new();

    private static Parser<char, (string name, Maybe<IEnumerable<ISelectorPart>> selector)> Parser()
@@ -53,27 +54,21 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
        return Map((name, sel) => (name, sel), sheetName, selector.Optional());
    }

-    // Warms the auto-translate cache on a background thread so the first
-    // message send doesn't hitch the main thread. IsBackground keeps plugin
-    // unload non-blocking even if the warmup is still in flight.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Preloads auto-translate entries into the cache for the current game
+    /// language. Without this, the first message will take a long time to send
+    /// (which causes a hitch in the main thread).
+    ///
+    /// This spawns a new thread.
+    /// </summary>
    internal static void PreloadCache()
    {
-        var thread = new Thread(() =>
+        new Thread(() =>
        {
            var sw = Stopwatch.StartNew();
            AllEntries();
-            // v1.4.9 R3 profiling: Information so the xllog tail surfaces this
-            // without a Debug filter. Belt-and-suspenders for future plugin-load
-            // regressions; remains in place after Sub-Task 3.4 Befund.
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Information(
-                $"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms"
-            );
-        })
-        {
-            IsBackground = true,
-            Name = "HellionChat-AutoTranslate-Warmup",
-        };
-        thread.Start();
+            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Warming up auto-translate took {sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+        }).Start();
    }

    private static List<AutoTranslateEntry> AllEntries()
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
            {
                if (lookup is not ("" or "@"))
                {
-                    // SE added whitespace to newer entries; strip it before parsing.
+                    // SE added whitespace to the newest additions, but ParseOrThrow doesn't see them as valid
                    lookup = lookup.Replace(" ", "");

                    var (sheetName, selector) = parser.ParseOrThrow(lookup);
@@ -149,13 +144,19 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
                        columns.Add(0);

                    if (rows.Count == 0)
-                        // Can't use index-from-end here because we iterate over integers,
-                        // not an array directly. `0..^0` would silently skip the sheet.
+                        // We can't use an "index from end" (like `^0`) here because
+                        // we're iterating over integers, not an array directly.
+                        // Previously, we were setting `0..^0` which caused these
+                        // sheets to be completely skipped due to this bug.
+                        // See below.
                        rows.Add(..Index.FromStart((int)sheet.GetRowAt(sheet.Count - 1).RowId + 1));

                    foreach (var range in rows)
                    {
-                        // Integer iteration -- can't use index-from-end (see above).
+                        // We iterate over the range by numerical values here, so
+                        // we can't use an "index from end" otherwise nothing will
+                        // happen.
+                        // See above.
                        for (var i = range.Start.Value; i < range.End.Value; i++)
                        {
                            if (!sheet.TryGetRow((uint)i, out var rowParser))
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                Plugin.LogProxy.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
+                Plugin.Log.Error(ex, $"failed to translate: {lookup}");
            }
        }

@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
        if (bytes.Length <= search.Length)
            return;

+        // populate the list of valid entries
        bool needBuild;
        lock (EntriesLock)
            needBuild = ValidEntries.Count == 0;
@@ -306,8 +308,9 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
                start = -1;
            }

-            // Span comparison avoids the msvcrt.dll P/Invoke which is fragile
-            // under Wine and caused an extra managed-to-unmanaged copy per check.
+            // Pure managed comparison via Span avoids the msvcrt.dll P/Invoke,
+            // which is fragile under Wine and triggered an extra managed-to-
+            // unmanaged copy per check.
            if (
                i + search.Length < bytes.Length
                && bytes.AsSpan(i, search.Length).SequenceEqual(search)
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ internal static class AutoTranslate
        if (bytes.Length <= search.Length)
            return false;

+        // populate the list of valid entries
        bool needBuild;
        lock (EntriesLock)
            needBuild = ValidEntries.Count == 0;
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-namespace HellionChat.Util;
-
-internal sealed class DalamudPlatformUtil : IPlatformUtil
-{
-    public DalamudPlatformUtil()
-    {
-        // Util.IsWine probes the host process and never changes for the
-        // lifetime of a plugin instance, so we cache it once at ctor.
-        // Mirrors LightlessSync/Services/DalamudUtilService:154.
-        IsWine = Dalamud.Utility.Util.IsWine();
-    }
-
-    public bool IsWine { get; }
-
-    public void OpenLink(string url) => Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(url);
-}
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-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);
-}
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ public static class GlobalParametersCache

    public static int GetValue(int index)
    {
-        // Capture the array reference once so bounds check and read operate
-        // on the same instance if Refresh reassigns Cache between the two.
+        // Capture the array reference once so the bounds check and the
+        // indexed read operate on the same instance, even if Refresh
+        // reassigns Cache between the two operations.
        var cache = Cache;
        if (index < 0 || index >= cache.Length)
            return 0;
@@ -19,7 +20,12 @@ public static class GlobalParametersCache
        return cache[index];
    }

-    // Refreshes the cache from RaptureTextModule. Must be called on the main thread.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Refresh the cache of global parameters from RaptureTextModule.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This should be called in the main thread when updates are necessary.
+    /// </remarks>
    public static unsafe void Refresh()
    {
        if (!ThreadSafety.IsMainThread)
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-namespace HellionChat.Util;
-
-// Indirection over Dalamud.Utility.Util's static surface so services can be
-// constructed in an isolated xUnit AppDomain without loading Dalamud.dll.
-// Production wiring lives in DalamudPlatformUtil; tests substitute a fake.
-internal interface IPlatformUtil
-{
-    bool IsWine { get; }
-
-    void OpenLink(string url);
-}
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-
-namespace HellionChat.Util;
-
-// Indirection over Dalamud's IPluginLog so MessageStore can be constructed
-// in an isolated xUnit AppDomain without loading Dalamud.dll — same pattern
-// as IPlatformUtil from F12.1. A later DI-container cycle (v1.5.x) may
-// replace this with Microsoft.Extensions.Logging's ILogger<T>.
-internal interface IPluginLogProxy
-{
-    void Verbose(string message);
-    void Verbose(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Verbose(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-
-    void Debug(string message);
-    void Debug(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Debug(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-
-    void Information(string message);
-    void Information(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Information(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-
-    // IPluginLog exposes Info as a distinct method (short alias of
-    // Information) — both are present so call-sites stay drop-in.
-    void Info(string message);
-    void Info(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Info(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-
-    void Warning(string message);
-    void Warning(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Warning(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-
-    void Error(string message);
-    void Error(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Error(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-
-    void Fatal(string message);
-    void Fatal(Exception exception, string message);
-    void Fatal(string messageTemplate, params object[] values);
-}
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
    private readonly ReadOnlySpan<byte> Span;
    private readonly bool DirectLookup;

-    // span: raw .gfd file bytes
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GfdFileView"/> struct.</summary>
+    /// <param name="span">The data.</param>
    public GfdFileView(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
    {
        Span = span;
@@ -26,13 +27,18 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
            DirectLookup &= i + 1 == entries[i].Id;
    }

+    /// <summary>Gets the header.</summary>
    private ref readonly GfdHeader Header => ref MemoryMarshal.AsRef<GfdHeader>(Span);

+    /// <summary>Gets the entries.</summary>
    private ReadOnlySpan<GfdEntry> Entries =>
        MemoryMarshal.Cast<byte, GfdEntry>(Span[sizeof(GfdHeader)..]);

-    // Returns true if the entry was found.
-    // followRedirect: whether to chase redirect chains.
+    /// <summary>Attempts to get an entry.</summary>
+    /// <param name="iconId">The icon ID.</param>
+    /// <param name="entry">The entry.</param>
+    /// <param name="followRedirect">Whether to follow redirects.</param>
+    /// <returns><c>true</c> if found.</returns>
    public bool TryGetEntry(uint iconId, out GfdEntry entry, bool followRedirect = true)
    {
        if (iconId == 0)
@@ -44,8 +50,9 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
        var entries = Entries;
        if (DirectLookup)
        {
-            // Follow redirects on the direct-lookup path for consistency with
-            // the binary-search path.
+            // Resolve redirects on the direct-lookup path too — the binary-search
+            // path follows them, and skipping them here was inconsistent for
+            // contiguous ID sets.
            var visited = 0;
            while (iconId <= entries.Length)
            {
@@ -100,28 +107,49 @@ public readonly unsafe ref struct GfdFileView
        return false;
    }

-    // .gfd file header
+    /// <summary>Header of a .gfd file.</summary>
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    public struct GfdHeader
    {
-        public fixed byte Signature[8]; // "gftd0100"
+        /// <summary>Signature: "gftd0100".</summary>
+        public fixed byte Signature[8];
+
+        /// <summary>Number of entries.</summary>
        public int Count;
+
+        /// <summary>Unused/unknown.</summary>
        public fixed byte Padding[4];
    }

-    // .gfd file entry -- one icon slot
+    /// <summary>An entry of a .gfd file.</summary>
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 0x10)]
    public struct GfdEntry
    {
+        /// <summary>ID of the entry.</summary>
        public ushort Id;
+
+        /// <summary>The left offset of the entry.</summary>
        public ushort Left;
+
+        /// <summary>The top offset of the entry.</summary>
        public ushort Top;
+
+        /// <summary>The width of the entry.</summary>
        public ushort Width;
+
+        /// <summary>The height of the entry.</summary>
        public ushort Height;
+
+        /// <summary>Unknown/unused.</summary>
        public ushort Unk0A;
-        public ushort Redirect; // non-zero = redirects to another entry
+
+        /// <summary>The redirected entry, maybe.</summary>
+        public ushort Redirect;
+
+        /// <summary>Unknown/unused.</summary>
        public ushort Unk0E;

+        /// <summary>Gets a value indicating whether this entry is effectively empty.</summary>
        public bool IsEmpty => Width == 0 || Height == 0;
    }
 }
@@ -254,17 +254,6 @@ internal static class ImGuiUtil
        return end;
    }

-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Inspired by ChatTwo upstream f35b7d3 (Infiziert90, 2026-05-12).
-    // Upstream dropped the width parameter (no callers there); we keep
-    // it because two ChatLogWindow header buttons size themselves to
-    // match the ChannelIcon button's frame. The actual bug is the
-    // manual size = width - 2 * CellPadding.X subtraction: CellPadding
-    // scales with HUD scale, the raw int does not, so the button
-    // shrank under high HUD scales. ImGui.Button already handles its
-    // own frame padding internally — pass the measured width straight
-    // through.
-    // ---------------------------------------------------------------
    internal static bool IconButton(
        FontAwesomeIcon icon,
        string? id = null,
@@ -279,7 +268,10 @@ internal static class ImGuiUtil
        bool ret;
        using (Plugin.FontManager.FontAwesome.Push())
        {
-            var size = width > 0 ? new Vector2(width, 0f) : Vector2.Zero;
+            var size = Vector2.Zero;
+            if (width > 0)
+                size.X = width - 2 * ImGui.GetStyle().CellPadding.X;
+
            ret = ImGui.Button(label, size);
        }

@@ -583,9 +575,7 @@ internal static class ImGuiUtil

        using (ImRaii.Disabled(isMax))
        {
-            // 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()))
+            if (IconButton(FontAwesomeIcon.ArrowRight, id + 1.ToString()))
                selected++;
        }

@@ -31,10 +31,18 @@ public static class MathUtil
        public override string ToString() => $"X: {X} Y: {Y} Width: {Width} Height: {Height}";
    }

-    // Standard AABB overlap test. Inclusive on both axes to catch shared
-    // edges and identical rectangles (previous ValueInRange approach missed these).
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Checks if two rectangles overlap at any point.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="a"></param>
+    /// <param name="b"></param>
+    /// <returns>True if overlapping</returns>
    public static bool HasOverlap(this Rectangle a, Rectangle b)
    {
+        // Standard AABB overlap test: two rectangles overlap iff they
+        // overlap on both axes. The previous nested ValueInRange approach
+        // used strict inequalities at both ends, which dropped identical
+        // rectangles and shared-edge cases as false negatives.
        return a.X < b.X + b.Width
            && a.X + a.Width > b.X
            && a.Y < b.Y + b.Height
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ public static class MemoryUtil
                str.Append(' ');
        }

-        Plugin.LogProxy.Information(str.ToString());
+        Plugin.Log.Information(str.ToString());
    }
 }
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ internal class PartyFinderPayload : Payload
        Id = id;
    }

-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
-
-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
+    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
 }

 internal class AchievementPayload : Payload
@@ -30,10 +35,15 @@ internal class AchievementPayload : Payload
        Id = id;
    }

-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
-
-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
+    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
+
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
 }

 internal class UriPayload(Uri uri) : Payload
@@ -45,14 +55,20 @@ internal class UriPayload(Uri uri) : Payload
    private const string DefaultScheme = "https";
    private static readonly string[] ExpectedSchemes = ["http", "https"];

-    // Parses a raw URI string. Defaults to https:// if no scheme is present.
-    // Throws UriFormatException for empty input or unsupported schemes.
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Create a URIPayload from a raw URI string. If the URI does not have a
+    /// scheme, it will default to https://.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <exception cref="UriFormatException">
+    /// If the URI is invalid, or if the scheme is not supported.
+    /// </exception>
    public static UriPayload ResolveUri(string rawUri)
    {
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(rawUri);
        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rawUri))
            throw new UriFormatException("URI cannot be empty or whitespace.");

+        // Check for an expected scheme '://', if not add 'https://'
        if (ExpectedSchemes.Any(scheme => rawUri.StartsWith($"{scheme}://")))
            return new UriPayload(new Uri(rawUri));

@@ -62,10 +78,15 @@ internal class UriPayload(Uri uri) : Payload
        return new UriPayload(new Uri($"{DefaultScheme}://{rawUri}"));
    }

-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
+    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }

-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
 }

 internal class EmotePayload : Payload
@@ -74,10 +95,18 @@ internal class EmotePayload : Payload

    public string Code = string.Empty;

-    public static EmotePayload ResolveEmote(string code) => new EmotePayload { Code = code };
+    public static EmotePayload ResolveEmote(string code)
+    {
+        return new EmotePayload { Code = code };
+    }

-    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream) =>
+    protected override void DecodeImpl(BinaryReader reader, long endOfStream)
+    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }

-    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl() => throw new NotImplementedException();
+    protected override byte[] EncodeImpl()
+    {
+        throw new NotImplementedException();
+    }
 }
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-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);
-}
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ public static class TabsUtil
        return channels;
    }

-    // Public-chat-only: Say, Yell, Shout. Group/FC/Linkshell and gameplay
-    // events live in their own tabs to keep General focused on open-world chat.
+    // Hellion-tuned General preset (v1.0.0 — sharpened defaults).
+    // Public-chat-only, the bare three channels you encounter in open
+    // world. Group/FC/Linkshell traffic moves to dedicated tabs, gameplay
+    // events (loot, crafting, gathering, NPC dialogue, PF pings) move to
+    // the System tab where they belong — keeps the General view focused
+    // on actual conversation in the immediate surroundings.
    public static Tab VanillaGeneral =>
        new()
        {
@@ -51,8 +55,11 @@ public static class TabsUtil
            AllSenderMessages = true,
        };

-    // Hellion tab presets. Names live in HellionStrings (EN+DE) so upstream
-    // resource files stay untouched.
+    // Hellion default-tab presets used by the v10 wipe migration. Names are
+    // kept in HellionStrings (EN+DE) instead of Language.* so the upstream
+    // resource files stay untouched. Channel selections cover the channels
+    // a typical Eorzea raider uses without forcing the user to hand-tick
+    // each box on first start.
    public static Tab HellionFreeCompany =>
        new()
        {
@@ -81,8 +88,10 @@ public static class TabsUtil
                [ChatType.LootNotice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.LootRoll] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
            },
-            // No input-channel switch: Party pulls in multiple channel types
-            // and auto-routing /party would surprise users wanting /alliance or /pvpteam.
+            // No automatic input-channel switch; the Gruppe tab is a read
+            // surface that pulls in Party, CrossParty, Alliance and PvpTeam
+            // together. Auto-routing /party into this tab would surprise the
+            // user when they actually wanted /alliance or /pvpteam.
        };

    public static Tab HellionBeginner =>
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ public static class TabsUtil
            Name = HellionStrings.Tabs_Presets_System,
            SelectedChannels = new Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)>
            {
-                // System noise
+                // Plain system noise
                [ChatType.Debug] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.Urgent] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.Notice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
@@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ public static class TabsUtil
                [ChatType.GatheringSystem] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.NoviceNetworkSystem] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.BattleSystem] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
-                // Login/logout/announcement noise
+                // Login / logout / announcement noise
                [ChatType.NpcAnnouncement] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.FreeCompanyAnnouncement] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.FreeCompanyLoginLogout] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ public static class TabsUtil
                [ChatType.PvpTeamLoginLogout] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.RetainerSale] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.PeriodicRecruitmentNotification] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
-                // Gameplay event streams
+                // Gameplay-event streams (moved out of General in v1.0.0)
                [ChatType.NpcDialogue] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.LootNotice] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
                [ChatType.LootRoll] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
@@ -135,8 +135,18 @@ public static class Tokenizer
        public int Precedence { get; set; }
    }

-    // Matches URLs with http(s):// or www. prefix, and bare domains on known TLDs.
-    // Examples: https://example.com, www.sub.example.com, example.com
+    /// <summary>
+    /// URLRegex returns a regex object that matches URLs like:
+    /// - https://example.com
+    /// - http://example.com
+    /// - www.example.com
+    /// - https://sub.example.com
+    /// - example.com
+    /// - sub.example.com
+    ///
+    /// It matches URLs with www. or https:// prefix, and also matches URLs
+    /// without a prefix on specific TLDs.
+    /// </summary>
    private static readonly Regex UrlRegex = new(
        @"(?<URL>((https?:\/\/|www\.)[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*|([a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\.(com|net|org|co|io|app)))(:[\d]{1,5})?(\/[^\s]*)?)",
        RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-namespace HellionChat.Util;
-
-internal static class UrlValidation
-{
-    // Used by BrandingLinks/IntegrationLinks at module init. A typo in a URL
-    // rotation throws loudly at plugin load instead of silently failing when
-    // a user clicks the broken button.
-    public static void ValidateAll(string source, params string[] urls)
-    {
-        foreach (var url in urls)
-        {
-            if (
-                !Uri.TryCreate(url, UriKind.Absolute, out var uri)
-                || (uri.Scheme is not "https" and not "http")
-            )
-            {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"{source} contains malformed URL: {url}");
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ public static class WrapperUtil
    {
        try
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
-            Plugin.PlatformUtil.OpenLink(uri.ToString());
+            Plugin.Log.Debug($"Opening URI {uri} in default browser");
+            Dalamud.Utility.Util.OpenLink(uri.ToString());
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
-            Plugin.LogProxy.Error($"Error opening URI: {ex}");
+            Plugin.Log.Error($"Error opening URI: {ex}");
            AddNotification(Language.Context_OpenInBrowserError, NotificationType.Error);
        }
    }
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@ using System;

 namespace HellionChat._Helpers;

-// Extracted history-navigation cursor math from CompactCallback to allow unit
-// testing without ImGuiInputTextCallbackData (DeleteChars/InsertChars).
-// Buffer mutation stays at the call site; only the cursor/replacement decision lives here.
+// Pure-helper mirror of the compact pop-out history-navigation cursor
+// math. The original CompactCallback was tangled with ImGuiInputTextCallbackData
+// (DeleteChars/InsertChars), which can't be exercised in xUnit. The
+// ImGui buffer mutation stays at the call site; only the deterministic
+// cursor-and-replacement decision lives here.
 //
 // Index semantics match InputHistoryService:
 //   index 0          = oldest entry
-//   index Count-1  = newest entry
-//   cursor == -1   = not browsing history
-//
-// replacement == null: caller must NOT touch the buffer (cursor unchanged).
-// replacement != null: write it to the buffer (including "" to clear it).
+//   index Count - 1  = newest entry
+//   cursor == -1     = "not browsing history"
 //
 // TEST-MIRROR: ../../../Hellion Build test/Ui/CompactInputHistoryNavigatorTests.cs
 public static class CompactInputHistoryNavigator
@@ -23,6 +22,9 @@ public static class CompactInputHistoryNavigator
        Down,
    }

+    // replacement == null means: caller must NOT touch the buffer. This
+    // distinguishes "cursor unchanged, leave the user's typing alone"
+    // from "cursor moved to an empty slot, clear the buffer".
    public static (int cursor, string? replacement) Navigate(
        Direction direction,
        int currentCursor,
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ public static class CompactInputHistoryNavigator
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(push);
        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(getByCursor);

+        var prev = currentCursor;
        var next = currentCursor;

        switch (direction)
@@ -43,7 +46,8 @@ public static class CompactInputHistoryNavigator
            case Direction.Up:
                if (currentCursor == -1)
                {
-                    // Stash current input so the user can recover it after browsing.
+                    // First Up press from a fresh buffer: stash whatever
+                    // the user typed so they can recover it after browsing.
                    var offset = 0;
                    if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(currentBuffer))
                    {
@@ -53,9 +57,10 @@ public static class CompactInputHistoryNavigator
                    next = getCount() - 1 - offset;
                }
                else if (currentCursor > 0)
+                {
                    next--;
+                }
                break;
-
            case Direction.Down:
                if (currentCursor != -1)
                {
@@ -66,9 +71,10 @@ public static class CompactInputHistoryNavigator
                break;
        }

-        if (next == currentCursor)
+        if (prev == next)
            return (next, null);

-        return (next, getByCursor(next) ?? string.Empty);
+        var replacement = getByCursor(next) ?? string.Empty;
+        return (next, replacement);
    }
 }
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ using HellionChat.Ui;

 namespace HellionChat._Helpers;

-// Extracted submit logic from ChatInputBar.SubmitCompact to allow unit testing
-// without a sealed ChatLogWindow dependency.
+// Pure-helper mirror of the compact pop-out submit flow. ChatInputBar's
+// SubmitCompact used to inline this against a sealed ChatLogWindow, which
+// blocks Moq-based isolation. Lifting the deterministic part into a POCO
+// keeps the production call site a one-liner while letting xUnit assert
+// the buffer/cursor reset and the sender contract directly.
 // TEST-MIRROR: ../../../Hellion Build test/Ui/CompactInputSubmitterTests.cs
 public static class CompactInputSubmitter
 {
@@ -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-v1.4.9-brightgreen)](https://gitea.hellion-forge.cloud/JonKazama-Hellion/HellionChat/releases/latest)
+[![Latest release](https://img.shields.io/badge/release-v1.4.3-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 1.4.9** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
+**Version 1.4.3** — Privacy-first chat plugin for FINAL FANTASY XIV / Dalamud, built on
 [Chat 2](https://github.com/Infiziert90/ChatTwo) (EUPL-1.2).

 Hellion Chat is a privacy-first plugin built on the Chat 2 foundation. The majority of the engine comes from Chat 2
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Hellion Chat is developed under **Hellion Forge**, the specialized modding and p
 #### Custom Themes (v1.1.0)

 HellionChat ships a theme engine with ten built-in themes (Hellion Arctic, Hellion Spectrum, Chat 2 Classic, Event
-Horizon, Crystal Nocturne, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Synthwave Sunset) and a JSON-based
+Horizon, Moonlit Bloom, Mint Grove, Night Blue, Indigo Violet, Forge Merchantman, Synthwave Sunset) and a JSON-based
 authoring format for custom themes. Schema and step-by-step guide in
 [`docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md`](docs/THEME-AUTHORING.md). Hellion Spectrum is Deuteranopia/Protanopia-safe (red-green color
 blindness) based on the Wong/Okabe-Ito palette.
@@ -286,24 +286,14 @@ An optional submission to the Dalamud main plugin repo (in addition to the custo

 ## Project Status

-**Version 1.4.9** — Plugin-Load Render Polish. First-frame render cost is now well under Dalamud's 100 ms HITCH
-warning threshold (~76 ms median, down from ~127 ms). The gain comes from deferring six non-essential rendering
-sections on the very first Draw — bottom status bar, channel-name SeString chunks, window bounds check, hint
-banner, autocomplete and input-preview calculation — so the initial ImGui layout cost is spread between frame 0
-and frame 1 instead of all hitting at once. At 60 fps the user sees those sections one frame (~17 ms) later, which
-is invisible inside the post-reload font-atlas build window. Slash commands `/hellion`, `/hellionView`,
-`/hellionSeString` and `/hellionDebugger` are now registered centrally during plugin load so they work before
-their target window is opened the first time. The configuration-button entry in Dalamud's plugin manager hangs on
-the same path. Three plugin-load profiling logs (auto-translate warm-up, message-store connect, tab filter) stay
-on at Information level as a regression tripwire — if a future change pushes the load past 100 ms again, the cost
-is right there in `/xllog`. The release also ships a ChatTwo IPC compatibility layer: HellionChat now mirrors
-ChatTwo's full IPC surface (`GetChatInputState`, `ChatInputStateChanged`, `Register`, `Unregister`, `Available`,
-`Invoke`) under the `ChatTwo.*` namespace in addition to our existing `HellionChat.*` provider gates, so
-third-party integrations that historically only subscribe to ChatTwo's IPC (Artisan's and AllaganTools' context-
-menu hooks are the practical examples) keep working without requiring a code change on their side. Conflict
-detection prevents ChatTwo from loading in parallel with HellionChat, so there is no slot-collision risk at
-runtime. Migration v17 stays (no schema bump). Tenth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of
-2026-05-15).
+**Version 1.4.3** — Plugin-load async init plus repo cutover: the plugin has been migrated to Dalamud's
+`IAsyncDalamudPlugin` API. The constructor now handles only bootstrap essentials (config load, language init, conflict
+detection); migrations, service allocations, window construction, and hook subscriptions move into `LoadAsync`, allowing
+Dalamud to keep the UI responsive during heavy lifting. A schema gate replaces the v9 → v16 migration chain; configs at
+schema v16+ load directly, older configs trigger an "install v1.4.2 first" error message. Custom repo URL migrated to
+`gitea.hellion-forge.cloud`; the GitHub repo remains as a frozen v1.4.2 snapshot. Plugin load time is ~3.7 s median (5
+reloads), comparable to v1.4.2 — the async migration is the foundation for v1.4.4 lazy-init optimizations, not a direct
+user-facing win. Fourth sub-patch of the v1.4.x polish sweep series (as of 2026-05-08).

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

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