Merge pull request #15 from michaelmcgary2008/claude/dashboard-round-2026-09

Dashboard round: themes, admin ⓘ and group toggles, switches, add-tile fix, Timers overhaul, PCO service timing

.claude/launch.json

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "start",
+      "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
+      "runtimeArgs": [
+        "run",
+        "start"
+      ],
+      "port": 3000
+    }
+  ]
+}

.gitignore

@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ config/layouts/
 
 # compiled per-machine, source sits next to it
 modules/propresenter-timers/ltc-capture
+
+# the launcher's build output, and its cache of the Node runtime it embeds
+launcher/macos/build/
+launcher/macos/.cache/

CLAUDE.md

@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@
 Modular production dashboard web app for Waters Church, developed in this repo.
 The app lives at the repo root and is built: zero-dependency Node server
 (`server.js`, Node 18+), dashboard shell client in `public/`, admin page at
-`/admin`, modules in `modules/`. Runtime state (module config, named layouts)
+`/admin`, modules in `modules/`, and a native macOS menu-bar launcher in
-is written to a per-machine data directory outside the checkout
+`launcher/macos/` (Swift, no dependencies — the shipped macOS app: it carries
-(`PRODDASH_DATA_DIR` overrides; see README "Where settings are kept") — never
+the server and its own Node runtime, supervises them, and owns the macOS
-add code that writes runtime state into the repo folder. [SPEC.md](SPEC.md) was the authority for the
+permissions modules declare; see its README). Runtime state (module
-initial build; [README.md](README.md) has run/configure/use instructions.
+config, named layouts) is written to a per-machine data directory outside the
+checkout (`PRODDASH_DATA_DIR` overrides; see README "Where settings are
+kept") — never add code that writes runtime state into the repo folder.
+[SPEC.md](SPEC.md) was the authority for the initial build;
+[README.md](README.md) has run/configure/use instructions.
 
 ## Building a new module — read docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md first
 

README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,27 @@ and a clear degraded state, then recover on their own.
 
 ## Run it
 
+### macOS — the app
+
+Open the disk image and drag **ProdDash** to Applications. That's the whole
+installation: the app carries the dashboard and its own Node runtime, so
+nothing else has to be installed and nothing can be missing. It lives in the
+menu bar, starts and stops the server, can open at login, and holds the
+permissions the modules need — the microphone the LTC listener reads, and
+local network access for ProdCom and ProPresenter. macOS grants those to the
+app that owns the process, so a server started any other way (over SSH, from
+a launchd job) simply doesn't have them, and an LTC input goes silently to
+zeroes.
+
+Build the disk image from a checkout with
+[launcher/macos](launcher/macos)/`build.sh`:
+
+```bash
+cd launcher/macos && ./build.sh --dmg
+```
+
+### Anywhere else, or from a checkout
+
 Requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) 18 or newer.
 
 ```bash
@@ -67,14 +88,18 @@ it at startup (`Settings : …`).
 
 The directory holds `modules.json` (module config), `layouts/` (named
 layouts) and `modules/` (modules installed from the admin page), all written
-by the app itself. It may also hold a `proddash.json`
+by the app itself. Installed from the macOS app, it also holds `app/` — the
+copy of ProdDash that actually runs, laid down from inside the app bundle on
+first launch and updated in place from then on (nothing may write inside a
+signed .app, and ProdDash updates itself). It may also hold a `proddash.json`
 with this machine's shell settings — the same keys as the checked-in
 [config/proddash.json](config/proddash.json), which supplies the defaults:
 
 | Key | Meaning |
 | --- | --- |
-| `port` | Port ProdDash serves on (default `24500`) |
+| `port` | Port ProdDash serves on (default `24500`). The macOS launcher writes this one, so the port it is set to holds however ProdDash is started. |
 | `adminPasscode` | If set, the admin page asks for this shared passcode. Leave `""` for none — it's a plain-HTTP LAN tool. |
+| `theme` | The dashboard palette: `booth` (default), `harbor`, `graphite`, `ember` or `daylight`. The admin page's **Theme** section writes this one — see [Themes](#themes). |
 
 Environment variables override both files: `PORT`, `PRODDASH_PASSCODE`, and
 `PRODDASH_DATA_DIR` to put the data directory somewhere else (a relative path
@@ -87,6 +112,22 @@ so and falls back to the app's `config/` folder.
 directory, so nothing has to be re-entered. The old files are left in place and
 ignored from then on.
 
+### Themes
+
+The whole dashboard — every tile, on every browser — draws with one palette,
+chosen in the admin page's **Theme** section and switched live: pick a swatch
+and open dashboards change without a reload. Five presets ship: **Booth**
+(the default dark, mint accent), **Harbor** (deep navy, cyan), **Graphite**
+(neutral charcoal, electric blue), **Ember** (warm broadcast black, orange)
+and **Daylight**, a light palette for a front-of-house desk in daytime. Each
+keeps the status colours apart — the accent is never near the danger red or
+the warning amber — and muted text readable in a dark booth. The choice is
+stored as `theme` in the data directory's `proddash.json` (table above), so
+it holds across restarts and updates; a browser remembers the last theme it
+saw and applies it before the server answers, so nothing flashes. Modules
+style with the shell's colour variables, which is why they follow; a colour
+set on a tile itself (a PCO Plan header colour, say) is deliberately kept.
+
 ## Installing modules and updating
 
 Everything below happens in the **admin page**; ProdDash talks to its GitHub
@@ -168,8 +209,10 @@ below. Nothing is installed without someone clicking.
 
 - **ProdCom** — live transcript stream with in-place updates of in-progress
   speech, channel colors, per-tile channel visibility toggles and group
-  presets, timestamps, text size and jump-to-latest in the title bar.
+  presets, timestamps, text size, a top-down / bottom-up direction toggle
+  and jump-to-latest in the title bar.
   Admin config: ProdCom server (host : port), API key.
+  Tile settings: channel icons, direction and timestamps.
 - **ProPresenter** — what's live and what's next, with slide progress,
   driven by the shared `propresenter-core` client (ProPresenter 7/20).
   Admin config: ProPresenter endpoint (host : port), password.

docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ the app); its settings are kept for a later reinstall.
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "proddash": ">=1.1.0",
   "description": "One line shown in the Add-tile picker and the admin page",
+  "permissions": [
+    { "kind": "microphone", "reason": "Why this module needs it, in one line" }
+  ],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",
@@ -88,12 +91,14 @@ the app); its settings are kept for a later reinstall.
 | `version` | yes | Your module's version (`x.y.z`). Bump it on every change — the admin page offers updates when the repo's copy is newer than the installed one. |
 | `proddash` | yes | The ProdDash versions this module works with: `">=1.1.0"`, `"^1.1.0"`, `">=1.1.0 <2.0.0"`, or `"*"`. A module whose requirement the running shell doesn't meet is listed in the admin page but never loaded, and can't be installed from the catalog. |
 | `description` | no | Shown in the admin page / picker. |
+| `permissions` | no | What macOS must allow before this module can work — see **Permissions macOS has to grant**. Ignored by the shell; read by the macOS launcher. |
+| `provides` | no | Capabilities other modules can consume — `["timers"]` today. Forwarded in `/api/modules` so a consumer can find you. See **Working with other modules**. |
 | `client` | yes | Client entry file, loaded as an ES module. |
 | `server` | no | Server entry file (CommonJS), loaded with `require()`. |
 | `style` | no | A stylesheet the shell injects once per module. |
 | `minSize`, `defaultSize` | no | Tile size in grid cells (12 columns wide; rows are ~72 px). Defaults: min 1×1, default 4×3. |
 | `configSchema` | no | **Admin config** — server-wide settings (URLs, ports, keys) edited once at `/admin` for everyone. |
-| `instanceSchema` | no | **Per-tile settings** — chosen in each tile's gear menu and stored with that browser's layout (filters, text sizes, display options). |
+| `instanceSchema` | no | **Per-tile settings** — chosen in each tile's gear menu and stored with that browser's layout (filters, text sizes, display options). They apply as they are changed, so keep them to display choices. |
 | `tiles` | no | Fixed multi-tile list for client-only modules; server modules export a dynamic `tiles()` instead. See **Presenting multiple tiles**. |
 
 Both schemas map field names to specs:
@@ -111,8 +116,13 @@ Both schemas map field names to specs:
 }
 ```
 
-`boolean` renders as a checkbox; `switch` is the same true/false value shown
+`boolean` and `switch` are the same true/false value. In a tile's gear popover
-as a toggle (use it for a feature on/off that other fields depend on).
+both render as a switch; in the admin page `switch` is the toggle and
+`boolean` the plainer checkbox (use `switch` for a feature on/off that other
+fields depend on). **Label a switch with the noun of what it turns on** —
+"Seconds", "Top bar", "Section headers" — never "Show seconds": on means
+shown or enabled, off means hidden or disabled, and the label shouldn't say
+so twice.
 `color` renders a swatch picker and stores a `#rrggbb` string (give it a hex
 default; the tile applies it as a CSS custom property — see `pco-plan`).
 
@@ -137,7 +147,15 @@ the group name:
   still empty. Omit it and the group is a plain, always-open block.
 - `columns`: 2–4 lays the group's fields out in a grid — the way to keep a
   long checklist of booleans compact.
-- `help`: a line of guidance at the top of the group.
+- `help`: guidance for the whole group. The admin page shows it as an
+  ⓘ beside the group title (click or hover to read), so a group can carry a
+  paragraph without pushing its fields down the page. Say where a value comes
+  from, not what a field is.
+- `toggle`: the key of a `switch` field in this group. It renders in the
+  group's title row, at the right, as the group's on/off; the rest of the group
+  dims while it is off, and the field is not repeated in the body. This is how
+  an integration is disabled without unmounting the module — ProPresenter
+  timers, say, on a Sunday when ProPresenter isn't running.
 
 `help` on a field puts one line of guidance under its control — allowed
 placeholders, where a value comes from. Keep labels short and put the
@@ -207,6 +225,38 @@ Admin config lives in `modules.json` inside the server's data directory
 survives updates of the app folder). Per-tile settings live inside each
 browser's layout.
 
+### Permissions macOS has to grant
+
+Some things a module does need the operating system's permission, not just
+configuration: reading an audio input, reaching gear on the local network.
+macOS grants those to the **application that owns the process**, which for
+ProdDash is the macOS launcher (`launcher/macos`) — the server is its child,
+so the prompts are asked, and remembered, in ProdDash's name. A server
+started over SSH or from a bare launchd job has no such owner, and the
+permission is silently absent rather than refused: an LTC input reads as
+endless zeroes, a local host simply never answers.
+
+Declare what you need, and why, so the launcher's Permissions tab can list
+it and ask for it before a service rather than during one:
+
+```json
+"permissions": [
+  { "kind": "microphone",    "reason": "Decoding SMPTE LTC timecode from an audio input on this machine" },
+  { "kind": "local-network", "reason": "Reaching ProPresenter on this network" }
+]
+```
+
+| `kind` | When to declare it |
+| --- | --- |
+| `microphone` | The module reads an audio input (`ltc-capture` and anything like it). |
+| `local-network` | The module talks to gear on this building's network. Not needed for services out on the internet — Planning Center, say. |
+
+`reason` is one line, shown to the operator as-is when they hover the
+permission; modules giving the same reason are listed together. A bare `"permissions": ["microphone"]` works when
+the standing explanation is enough. A `kind` the launcher doesn't manage is
+still listed, so nothing goes unmentioned — the shell itself ignores the key
+entirely, and other platforms ignore it too.
+
 ## Client entry (`client.js`)
 
 An ES module whose **default export is a factory**. The shell calls it once
@@ -305,10 +355,13 @@ own in `stop()` anyway.
 - **Any number of instances.** Two transcript tiles with different filters
   is a feature. Keep all state inside `create()`'s closure — no module-level
   mutable state in `client.js`.
-- **Remounts are routine.** When the user edits the tile's gear settings the
+- **Remounts are routine.** Gear settings apply as the user changes them —
-  shell calls `stop()` and starts a fresh instance. When admin config
+  there is no Apply button — so each change calls `stop()` and starts a fresh
-  changes, the shell calls your `onConfigChange(cfg)` if you export one,
+  instance (typing is debounced, and an unchanged value remounts nothing).
-  otherwise it remounts you. Either way you must come back cleanly.
+  Starting cheaply matters: hold connections and timers in the closure and
+  tear them down in `stop()`. When admin config changes, the shell calls your
+  `onConfigChange(cfg)` if you export one, otherwise it remounts you. Either
+  way you must come back cleanly.
 - **The tile can be removed at any moment.** `stop()` is your only notice.
 
 ### Rules for the client
@@ -324,9 +377,15 @@ own in `stop()` anyway.
 
 2. **Style with the shell's CSS variables — no hardcoded colors.** The
    palette: `--bg` (page), `--panel` (tile), `--border`, `--text`,
-   `--muted`, `--accent`, `--danger`, `--warn`. Derive tints with
+   `--muted`, `--accent`, `--accent-text` (text that sits on the accent —
+   dark on most themes, white where the accent is deep), `--danger`,
+   `--warn`. Derive tints with
    `color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 20%, transparent)`. This is what makes
-   every module look native on the dark, high-contrast booth theme.
+   every module look native — and what makes the dashboard's **themes**
+   (Admin → Theme) reach into every tile: a theme swaps those variables and
+   nothing else. A colour a tile is configured with (a `color` instance
+   setting, applied as a custom property on the tile) is set closer than the
+   theme and wins over it, by design.
 
 3. **No external network calls from the client.** Browsers talk only to
    ProdDash. Anything upstream (your device, service, API) goes through your
@@ -346,7 +405,7 @@ ethos; Node 18+ so global `fetch` is available). Exports either or both of:
 
 ```js
 module.exports = {
-  init({ config, log }) {
+  init({ config, log, shell }) {
     // Called on startup / re-init, BEFORE routes(). Start your upstream
     // connection here. Return a handle:
     return {
@@ -355,7 +414,7 @@ module.exports = {
     };
   },
 
-  routes({ config, log }) {
+  routes({ config, log, shell }) {
     // Route table, mounted under /api/modules/<id>/
     return {
       'GET /state':     (req, res) => { … },
@@ -371,6 +430,9 @@ module.exports = {
 - `config` is your admin config: `configSchema` defaults overlaid with what
   the admin page saved — **including password fields**.
 - `log(...)` prefixes output with your module id.
+- `shell.port` is the port ProdDash is serving on — what you need to read
+  another module's routes over loopback (`http://127.0.0.1:${shell.port}/api/
+  modules/<id>/…`). Never guess it.
 - Handlers get plain Node `(req, res)`. On a prefix route, `req.wildcard` is
   the matched remainder (leading `/` included) and `req.search` is the query
   string (with `?`, or `''`) — so a proxy rebuilds the upstream path as
@@ -457,6 +519,71 @@ per-client `res.write` in try/catch (drop the client on failure). The
 `propresenter-now-next` module is the reference implementation of this
 pattern.
 
+## Working with other modules
+
+Modules don't import each other. When one needs what another knows, it reads
+that module's **own server routes over loopback**, exactly as a browser would:
+`http://127.0.0.1:${shell.port}/api/modules/<id>/…`. The PCO Plan module
+follows ProPresenter this way — it reads `propresenter-now-next`'s `/stream`
+rather than talking to ProPresenter a second time. A consumer must survive the
+provider being disabled, uninstalled, or restarting mid-service (404s and
+dropped connections are normal; retry with backoff and say so in `health()`).
+
+### Offering timers to the Timers module
+
+The Timers module shows timers from anywhere: ProPresenter, LTC, its own
+clock, and any module that offers some. A module offers timers by:
+
+1. Declaring it — `"provides": ["timers"]` in `module.json`. The shell
+   forwards `provides` in `/api/modules`, which is how the Timers module finds
+   providers without a list anyone maintains.
+2. Serving `GET /timers` from its server routes, returning a snapshot:
+
+```json
+{
+  "source": "pco-plan",
+  "label": "PCO Plan",
+  "updatedAt": 1757800000000,
+  "timers": [
+    {
+      "id": "service",
+      "label": "Service",
+      "kind": "elapsed",
+      "state": "running",
+      "startedAt": 1757799000000,
+      "elapsedMs": 1000000,
+      "remainingMs": null,
+      "targetMs": 4500000,
+      "status": { "text": "Welcome & Announcements", "tone": "ok" },
+      "detail": "Item 3 of 12"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+| Field | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `source`, `label` | Your module id, and the heading the Timers module puts over your timers. |
+| `updatedAt` | ms since epoch when this snapshot was taken. Every duration below is *as of this instant*. |
+| `id` | Stable within your module — the Timers module keys tile settings (shown/hidden, colours) on `source` + `id`. |
+| `kind` | `elapsed` (counts up), `countdown` (counts down to zero), `clock` (a time of day; put the ISO time in `status.text`). |
+| `state` | `running`, `paused`, `stopped` (finished; value frozen), `idle` (exists, hasn't started — a timer that will start at 11:00). |
+| `startedAt` | ms epoch when it last started running; the consumer extrapolates from here, so a running timer never needs a fast poll. |
+| `elapsedMs`, `remainingMs` | The values at `updatedAt`; `null` when not meaningful for the kind. |
+| `targetMs` | Planned length (elapsed) or full length (countdown), or `null`. Lets the consumer colour overruns. |
+| `status` | Optional one-liner the consumer shows beside the time — the current item, "ahead 1:20". `tone`: `ok`, `warn`, `danger`, `muted`. |
+| `detail` | Optional second line. |
+
+The consumer derives the displayed time locally from `startedAt`/`elapsedMs`
+and its own clock, so a snapshot every couple of seconds is plenty — `/timers`
+must be cheap to answer (serve from state you already hold; never call
+upstream to answer it). Optionally also serve `GET /timers/stream` as SSE
+(`event: timers`, `data:` the same object, on every change plus a heartbeat
+comment every 15 s); the consumer uses the stream when it exists and polls
+`/timers` otherwise. Only offer timers a production tech would want on a
+wall — the Timers module lets them hide any of them per tile, but every entry
+you add is a decision someone has to make.
+
 ## Complete minimal example
 
 A working clock — copy-paste this as your starter. (A slightly fancier

launcher/macos/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+# ProdDash for macOS
+
+The Mac application: a menu-bar app that carries the dashboard, its own Node
+runtime, and the permissions its modules need. Installing it is dragging
+**ProdDash** to Applications — nothing else has to be present on the machine,
+and nothing can go missing from under it.
+
+Build it with `./build.sh`. The app is native Swift with no dependencies of
+its own; the Node it ships is fetched from nodejs.org at build time and
+checksum-verified.
+
+## What's in the bundle
+
+```
+ProdDash.app/Contents/
+  MacOS/ProdDash            the launcher (Swift, ~1 MB)
+  Resources/node/bin/node   the Node runtime ProdDash runs on
+  Resources/app/            server.js, public/, modules/ — ProdDash itself
+```
+
+Everything mutable lives outside, in `~/Library/Application Support/ProdDash`:
+module config, layouts, modules installed from the admin page — and `app/`,
+the copy of ProdDash that actually runs.
+
+**Why a copy, when the bundle already has one.** ProdDash updates itself: the
+admin page's **Update now** downloads a new version and writes it over the app
+folder. Nothing may write inside a signed `.app` without breaking its
+signature, so the bundle carries a read-only baseline and the data directory
+carries the copy that runs. Both routes to a new version work, and they don't
+fight: installing a newer `.app` replaces the copy, while a copy that has
+already updated itself past the bundle is left alone.
+
+## Why it exists
+
+**Permissions.** macOS grants privacy permissions to the *application* that
+owns a process, and a child inherits its parent's identity. Started from here,
+node — and the Timers module's `ltc-capture` — belong to this app bundle, so
+the microphone and local-network prompts are asked, and remembered, as
+ProdDash. Started over SSH or from a bare launchd job there is nobody to ask:
+the permission is silently absent rather than refused, which is the "endless
+zeroes, no error" failure `ltc-listener.js` warns about.
+
+**Supervision.** The shell was built for this: with `PRODDASH_LAUNCHER=1` it
+exits **75** instead of respawning itself when the admin page applies an
+update, which the launcher reads as "start me again" rather than as a fault.
+A crash gets a backed-off restart (1s, 2s, 5s, 10s); four in two minutes stops
+the cycle rather than spinning forever.
+
+## Build
+
+```bash
+./build.sh                 # build/ProdDash.app — the whole application
+./build.sh --dmg           # …and build/ProdDash-<version>-arm64.dmg
+./build.sh --install       # …and copy it to /Applications
+./build.sh --run           # …and open it
+./build.sh --notarize      # with --dmg: notarise and staple (Developer ID)
+./build.sh --dev           # launcher only: no Node, no server — runs against
+                           # the checkout. Seconds, for work on the launcher.
+```
+
+Needs the Xcode command line tools (`xcode-select --install`) and macOS 13 or
+newer. The first build downloads Node (~50 MB) into `.cache/` and reuses it.
+A full build takes about ten seconds and produces a 117 MB app, 43 MB
+compressed in the disk image.
+
+Builds for **Apple Silicon**. To change that, or to move to a newer Node, edit
+`ARCH` and `NODE_VERSION` at the top of `build.sh` — the download is verified
+against nodejs.org's published checksums either way.
+
+The app icon is built from `public/icons/icon-512.png`, so ProdDash's own icon
+is the app's icon. A module's native helper is compiled during the build
+(`<name>.swift` beside a module's files becomes `<name>`), so the Mac running
+ProdDash never needs a compiler.
+
+## Signing
+
+`build.sh` uses a **Developer ID Application** certificate when one is
+installed, and signs ad-hoc when none is — which is fine on your own Macs, but
+another Mac will refuse the app until someone approves it under System
+Settings → Privacy & Security.
+
+To sign properly you need the Apple Developer Program (paid) and a Developer
+ID certificate — note this is not the same as the "Apple Development"
+certificate Xcode creates for you:
+
+1. Xcode → Settings → Accounts → your team → **Manage Certificates** →
+   **+** → **Developer ID Application**. (Requires Account Holder or Admin
+   on the team.) `security find-identity -v -p codesigning` should then
+   list a `Developer ID Application: …` identity.
+2. Store notarisation credentials once, with an app-specific password from
+   [appleid.apple.com](https://appleid.apple.com):
+
+   ```bash
+   xcrun notarytool store-credentials proddash --apple-id you@example.com --team-id TEAMID
+   ```
+
+3. `./build.sh --notarize`
+
+Then the disk image opens by double-click on any Mac, with no warnings.
+`CODESIGN_IDENTITY` overrides the certificate; `NOTARY_PROFILE` overrides the
+keychain profile name.
+
+## Using it
+
+The menu-bar icon is ProdDash's 2×2 tile mark; the accent tile is lit green
+while the server runs, amber mid-move, red when something needs a person, and
+hollow when it is stopped. Its menu has the whole app in it:
+
+- **Open Dashboard** / **Open Admin** — the running server, in a browser.
+- **Start / Stop / Restart ProdDash**.
+- **Launcher…** — the window below.
+- **Open at Login** — a login item, through the modern `SMAppService` API.
+- **Quit ProdDash** — stops the server too, and asks first while it is
+  running.
+
+The window has the status, both addresses the dashboard answers on, and three
+tabs:
+
+- **Log** — everything the server prints, plus what the launcher did and why.
+  Also written to `~/Library/Logs/ProdDash/proddash-<date>.log`, kept a week.
+- **Settings** — the port, and how it starts (at login, server on open,
+  restart on crash, open a browser, show this window). It also shows which
+  copy of ProdDash is running, which node, and where settings are kept.
+- **Permissions** — one line per permission: a status dot, its name, and the
+  one thing you can do about it. See below.
+
+### Port
+
+The port belongs to ProdDash, not to the launcher, so it is written to
+`proddash.json` in the data directory — the file the server already reads.
+Set it here and ProdDash keeps that port however it is started next. Changing
+it while the server runs restarts it.
+
+### Permissions
+
+What appears is what the installed modules declare in their manifests
+(`"permissions": [ … ]` — see
+[docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md](../../docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md)); hover a row to see which
+module asked, and why.
+
+- **Microphone** — asked for directly, with the status macOS reports.
+- **Local Network** — macOS has no API that reports whether this was granted,
+  so **Check Access** asks the network instead: it browses for Bonjour
+  services (which is what raises the prompt) and tries every upstream the
+  admin page is pointed at. Nothing answering, when the gear is on, means
+  macOS is withholding access.
+- **Notifications** — the launcher's own, so a server that stops while nobody
+  is watching still reaches someone. Turn them off for ProdDash in System
+  Settings if you'd rather not have them.
+
+On first run the launcher asks for what the modules declare, while someone is
+still at the keyboard, rather than halfway through a service.
+
+## Details worth knowing
+
+- **One instance.** Opening a second copy raises the first one's window.
+- **Port already in use.** If something already holds the port, the launcher
+  asks before doing anything. When that something answers like ProdDash — an
+  SSH-started copy, say, with no microphone access — it offers to take the
+  port over.
+- **Stopping is thorough.** The server is spawned into its own process group,
+  so stopping it also stops anything it started. An orphaned `ltc-capture`
+  would otherwise hold an audio device until someone found it in Activity
+  Monitor.
+- **Signals.** `killall ProdDash`, a logout or a shutdown stops the server
+  first rather than leaving node running.
+- **Nothing is required outside the app.** A development build (`--dev`)
+  carries no server and no Node, and runs the checkout it was built in with
+  whatever node is on the machine — Settings → ProdDash folder points it
+  somewhere else.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+| What you see | What it means |
+| --- | --- |
+| "ProdDash can't be opened because Apple cannot check it" | The app is ad-hoc signed. System Settings → Privacy & Security → **Open Anyway**, once. Signing it properly (above) removes this. |
+| "ProdDash stopped 4 times in two minutes" | The server is failing on startup — the Log tab has its own error. |
+| LTC shows no signal | Permissions tab → Microphone. If it says granted and the input is still silent, the server may be an older copy started outside the app — Stop, then Start. |
+| Nothing on the network answers | Permissions tab → **Check Access**. |
+| A development build says it can't find ProdDash | `--dev` builds need a checkout: Settings → ProdDash folder. |

launcher/macos/Resources/Info.plist

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>CFBundleName</key>
+	<string>ProdDash</string>
+	<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
+	<string>ProdDash</string>
+	<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>
+	<string>ProdDash</string>
+	<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
+	<string>org.waterschurch.proddash</string>
+	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
+	<string>APPL</string>
+	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
+	<string>1.0.0</string>
+	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
+	<string>1.0.0</string>
+	<key>ProdDashLauncherVersion</key>
+	<string>1.0.0</string>
+	<key>CFBundleIconFile</key>
+	<string>AppIcon</string>
+	<key>LSApplicationCategoryType</key>
+	<string>public.app-category.utilities</string>
+	<key>LSMinimumSystemVersion</key>
+	<string>13.0</string>
+	<!-- Menu-bar app: no Dock icon, no app menu. -->
+	<key>LSUIElement</key>
+	<true/>
+	<key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key>
+	<true/>
+	<!-- The prompts this app exists to own. macOS shows these sentences
+	     verbatim, so they say what ProdDash does with each permission. -->
+	<key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
+	<string>ProdDash reads an audio input on this Mac to decode SMPTE LTC timecode for the Timers module.</string>
+	<key>NSLocalNetworkUsageDescription</key>
+	<string>ProdDash connects to production gear on this network — ProdCom, ProPresenter and anything else its modules are pointed at.</string>
+	<key>NSBonjourServices</key>
+	<array>
+		<string>_http._tcp</string>
+	</array>
+</dict>
+</plist>

launcher/macos/Resources/ProdDash.entitlements

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<!-- The launcher asks for microphone access on the modules' behalf; under
+	     the hardened runtime that needs saying out loud. -->
+	<key>com.apple.security.device.audio-input</key>
+	<true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>

launcher/macos/Resources/helper.entitlements

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<!-- Module helpers that read an audio input — ltc-capture, and anything
+	     like it a later module ships. -->
+	<key>com.apple.security.device.audio-input</key>
+	<true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>

launcher/macos/Resources/node.entitlements

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<!-- V8 compiles JavaScript as it runs; without these the hardened runtime
+	     kills node on its first optimisation. -->
+	<key>com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit</key>
+	<true/>
+	<key>com.apple.security.cs.allow-unsigned-executable-memory</key>
+	<true/>
+	<!-- A module may ship a native addon that nobody signed with our identity. -->
+	<key>com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation</key>
+	<true/>
+</dict>
+</plist>

launcher/macos/Sources/AppDelegate.swift

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+import AppKit
+import Combine
+
+/**
+ The launcher itself: one status-bar item, one window, one server.
+
+ It is an accessory app (no Dock icon, no app menu), so everything it can do
+ is reachable from the menu-bar menu — including quitting, which stops the
+ server with it.
+ */
+final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
+
+    /// The launcher's own version. The app's CFBundleShortVersionString is
+    /// ProdDash's, because the app *is* ProdDash now.
+    static var version: String {
+        Bundle.main.infoDictionary?["ProdDashLauncherVersion"] as? String ?? "dev"
+    }
+    /// Sent by a second copy of the launcher so the first one shows itself.
+    static let showNotification = Notification.Name("org.waterschurch.proddash.launcher.show")
+
+    let settings = LauncherSettings()
+    let permissions = PermissionsModel()
+    lazy var server = ServerController(settings: settings)
+
+    private var statusItem: NSStatusItem?
+    private var windowController: LauncherWindowController?
+    private var cancellables = Set<AnyCancellable>()
+    private var appearanceObserver: NSKeyValueObservation?
+    private var signalSources: [DispatchSourceSignal] = []
+
+    // MARK: - Lifecycle
+
+    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) {
+        guard !handOffToRunningInstance() else { return }
+
+        LogStore.shared.launcher("ProdDash Launcher \(Self.version)")
+        setUpStatusItem()
+
+        server.onPortBusy = { [weak self] port, isProdDash, reply in
+            self?.askAboutBusyPort(port, isProdDash: isProdDash, reply: reply)
+        }
+        // Any change in the server's state re-draws the icon; the menu rebuilds
+        // itself when it opens.
+        server.objectWillChange
+            .receive(on: RunLoop.main)
+            .sink { [weak self] _ in self?.updateStatusItem() }
+            .store(in: &cancellables)
+
+        DistributedNotificationCenter.default().addObserver(
+            self, selector: #selector(showWindow), name: Self.showNotification, object: nil)
+
+        catchShutdownSignals()
+        permissions.refresh(root: server.rootURL, dataDir: server.dataDir)
+        updateStatusItem()
+
+        let firstRun = !settings.hasRunBefore
+        settings.hasRunBefore = true
+
+        if settings.showWindowAtLaunch || firstRun { showWindow() }
+        if settings.startServerAtLaunch { server.start() }
+
+        // Owning the permissions means asking for them at a sensible moment —
+        // now, with someone at the keyboard — rather than halfway through a
+        // service when a module first reaches for the microphone.
+        if firstRun { requestDeclaredPermissions() }
+    }
+
+    /// Something else is quitting us — a logout, a restart, `osascript … quit`.
+    /// Stop the server first, but never let that wedge a logout: the backstop
+    /// leaves anyway if the reply hasn't gone out in time.
+    func applicationShouldTerminate(_ sender: NSApplication) -> NSApplication.TerminateReply {
+        guard server.state.isBusy else { return .terminateNow }
+        LogStore.shared.launcher("quitting — stopping ProdDash first")
+        server.stop()
+        replyWhenStopped(within: 36)
+        DispatchQueue.global().asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 12) { exit(0) }
+        return .terminateLater
+    }
+
+    /// Waiting here with a Timer would hang the quit outright: while the app
+    /// sits on `.terminateLater` the run loop is not in its default mode, so a
+    /// scheduled timer never fires.
+    private func replyWhenStopped(within ticks: Int) {
+        guard server.state.isBusy, ticks > 0 else {
+            return NSApp.reply(toApplicationShouldTerminate: true)
+        }
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.25) { [weak self] in
+            self?.replyWhenStopped(within: ticks - 1)
+        }
+    }
+
+    func applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState(_ app: NSApplication) -> Bool { true }
+
+    /// A Cocoa app doesn't run its normal quit path when something sends it a
+    /// signal — `killall`, a logout, a stop from a terminal. Without this the
+    /// launcher would vanish and leave node (and its audio capture) running.
+    private func catchShutdownSignals() {
+        for number in [SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGHUP] {
+            signal(number, SIG_IGN)
+            let source = DispatchSource.makeSignalSource(signal: number, queue: .main)
+            source.setEventHandler { [weak self] in
+                LogStore.shared.launcher("signal \(number) — stopping ProdDash and quitting")
+                self?.server.stop()
+                self?.exitOnceStopped(within: 32)
+            }
+            source.resume()
+            signalSources.append(source)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func exitOnceStopped(within ticks: Int) {
+        guard server.state.isBusy, ticks > 0 else { exit(0) }
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.25) { [weak self] in
+            self?.exitOnceStopped(within: ticks - 1)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A second launch just shows the copy that is already running.
+    private func handOffToRunningInstance() -> Bool {
+        guard let id = Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier else { return false }
+        let mine = ProcessInfo.processInfo.processIdentifier
+        let others = NSRunningApplication.runningApplications(withBundleIdentifier: id)
+            .filter { $0.processIdentifier != mine }
+        guard !others.isEmpty else { return false }
+        DistributedNotificationCenter.default().post(name: Self.showNotification, object: nil)
+        NSApp.terminate(nil)
+        return true
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Status item
+
+    private func setUpStatusItem() {
+        let item = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: NSStatusItem.variableLength)
+        let menu = NSMenu()
+        menu.delegate = self
+        menu.autoenablesItems = false
+        item.menu = menu
+        statusItem = item
+        // The glyph is drawn, not templated, so it has to be redrawn when the
+        // menu bar switches between light and dark.
+        appearanceObserver = item.button?.observe(\.effectiveAppearance) { [weak self] _, _ in
+            DispatchQueue.main.async { self?.updateStatusItem() }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func updateStatusItem() {
+        guard let button = statusItem?.button else { return }
+        button.image = StatusIcon.image(for: server.state, healthy: server.healthy)
+        button.toolTip = "ProdDash — \(server.state.label)"
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Menu
+
+    func menuNeedsUpdate(_ menu: NSMenu) {
+        menu.removeAllItems()
+
+        let version = server.shellVersion.isEmpty ? "" : " \(server.shellVersion)"
+        menu.addItem(disabled("ProdDash\(version) — \(server.state.label)"))
+        switch server.state {
+        case .running:
+            menu.addItem(disabled("localhost:\(server.port)"))
+        case .failed(let why):
+            menu.addItem(disabled(why.prefix(60) + (why.count > 60 ? "…" : "")))
+        default:
+            if !server.message.isEmpty { menu.addItem(disabled(String(server.message.prefix(60)))) }
+        }
+
+        menu.addItem(.separator())
+        let dashboard = item("Open Dashboard", #selector(openDashboard), key: "d")
+        dashboard.isEnabled = server.state == .running
+        menu.addItem(dashboard)
+        let admin = item("Open Admin", #selector(openAdmin), key: "a")
+        admin.isEnabled = server.state == .running
+        menu.addItem(admin)
+
+        menu.addItem(.separator())
+        switch server.state {
+        case .running, .starting:
+            menu.addItem(item("Stop ProdDash", #selector(toggleServer)))
+        case .stopping:
+            menu.addItem(disabled("Stopping…"))
+        case .stopped, .failed:
+            menu.addItem(item("Start ProdDash", #selector(toggleServer)))
+        }
+        let restart = item("Restart ProdDash", #selector(restartServer))
+        restart.isEnabled = server.state == .running || server.state == .starting
+        menu.addItem(restart)
+
+        menu.addItem(.separator())
+        menu.addItem(item("Launcher…", #selector(showWindow), key: ","))
+        let login = item("Open at Login", #selector(toggleLoginItem))
+        login.state = LoginItem.isEnabled ? .on : .off
+        menu.addItem(login)
+
+        menu.addItem(.separator())
+        menu.addItem(item("Quit ProdDash", #selector(quit), key: "q"))
+    }
+
+    private func item(_ title: String, _ action: Selector, key: String = "") -> NSMenuItem {
+        let item = NSMenuItem(title: title, action: action, keyEquivalent: key)
+        item.target = self
+        item.isEnabled = true
+        return item
+    }
+
+    private func disabled(_ title: any StringProtocol) -> NSMenuItem {
+        let item = NSMenuItem(title: String(title), action: nil, keyEquivalent: "")
+        item.isEnabled = false
+        return item
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Actions
+
+    @objc private func openDashboard() { server.openDashboard() }
+    @objc private func openAdmin() { server.openAdmin() }
+    @objc private func toggleServer() { server.toggle() }
+    @objc private func restartServer() { server.restart() }
+
+    @objc func showWindow() {
+        if windowController == nil {
+            windowController = LauncherWindowController(delegate: self)
+        }
+        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+        windowController?.showWindow(nil)
+        windowController?.window?.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
+    }
+
+    /// Close the window but stay in the menu bar.
+    func hideWindow() {
+        windowController?.window?.orderOut(nil)
+    }
+
+    @objc private func toggleLoginItem() {
+        let turningOn = !LoginItem.isEnabled
+        if let error = LoginItem.set(turningOn) {
+            present(alert: "Couldn't change the login item", detail: error)
+            return
+        }
+        LogStore.shared.launcher("open at login: \(turningOn ? "on" : "off")")
+        if turningOn && LoginItem.needsApproval {
+            present(alert: "Approve ProdDash in Login Items",
+                    detail: "macOS needs you to allow ProdDash under System Settings → General → Login Items.",
+                    openSettings: true)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A modal run started while the menu is still closing doesn't reliably
+    /// appear — let the menu finish first, then ask.
+    @objc func quit() {
+        DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in self?.confirmThenQuit() }
+    }
+
+    private func confirmThenQuit() {
+        // A booth machine shouldn't lose its dashboard to a stray click.
+        if server.state == .running || server.state == .starting {
+            let alert = NSAlert()
+            alert.messageText = "Quit ProdDash?"
+            alert.informativeText = "The server stops with the launcher, and every dashboard on the network goes dark."
+            alert.addButton(withTitle: "Quit")
+            alert.addButton(withTitle: "Cancel")
+            alert.alertStyle = .warning
+            NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+            guard alert.runModal() == .alertFirstButtonReturn else { return }
+        }
+        // Deliberately not NSApp.terminate: begun here, while the alert's modal
+        // session is still unwinding, it leaves AppKit wedged with the main
+        // queue unserviced — the server stops and the app never finishes
+        // quitting. Stopping is our own job anyway, so do it and leave.
+        DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { exit(0) }
+            LogStore.shared.launcher("quitting — stopping ProdDash first")
+            self.server.stop()
+            self.exitOnceStopped(within: 36)
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Prompts
+
+    /// Something already holds the port. If it answers like ProdDash, offer the
+    /// same hand-over Start ProdDash.command does — that other copy was very
+    /// likely started over SSH and has no microphone access.
+    private func askAboutBusyPort(_ port: Int, isProdDash: Bool, reply: @escaping (Bool) -> Void) {
+        let alert = NSAlert()
+        if isProdDash {
+            alert.messageText = "ProdDash is already running on port \(port)"
+            alert.informativeText = "It was started outside this launcher — over SSH or from Start ProdDash.command "
+                + "— so it has no microphone access and this app can't watch over it. Take it over?"
+            alert.addButton(withTitle: "Take Over")
+        } else {
+            alert.messageText = "Port \(port) is already in use"
+            alert.informativeText = "Another app is listening on port \(port). Stop that app, or give ProdDash a "
+                + "different port under Settings. Stopping whatever holds it anyway is rarely what you want."
+            alert.addButton(withTitle: "Stop It Anyway")
+        }
+        alert.addButton(withTitle: "Cancel")
+        alert.alertStyle = isProdDash ? .informational : .warning
+        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+        reply(alert.runModal() == .alertFirstButtonReturn)
+    }
+
+    /// Ask for what the installed modules actually declare they need.
+    func requestDeclaredPermissions() {
+        permissions.refresh(root: server.rootURL, dataDir: server.dataDir)
+        for need in permissions.needs {
+            switch need.kind {
+            case .microphone:
+                if permissions.microphone == .notDetermined { permissions.requestMicrophone() }
+            case .localNetwork:
+                permissions.checkLocalNetwork(root: server.rootURL, dataDir: server.dataDir)
+            case .other:
+                break
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Deferred for the same reason the quit confirmation is: a modal run
+    /// started while the menu is still closing doesn't reliably appear.
+    private func present(alert title: String, detail: String, openSettings: Bool = false) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in
+            self?.runAlert(title: title, detail: detail, openSettings: openSettings)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func runAlert(title: String, detail: String, openSettings: Bool) {
+        let alert = NSAlert()
+        alert.messageText = title
+        alert.informativeText = detail
+        alert.addButton(withTitle: openSettings ? "Open System Settings" : "OK")
+        if openSettings { alert.addButton(withTitle: "Later") }
+        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+        if alert.runModal() == .alertFirstButtonReturn && openSettings {
+            LoginItem.openSystemSettings()
+        }
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/ChildProcess.swift

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+import Foundation
+
+/**
+ The ProdDash server process, spawned into its OWN process group.
+
+ Why not Foundation's `Process`: the server starts children of its own — the
+ Timers module runs `ltc-capture`, which holds an audio input device open. If
+ the launcher force-kills only node, that capture tool is orphaned and keeps
+ the device (and the microphone indicator) until someone hunts it down in
+ Activity Monitor. `posix_spawn` with POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP makes the server a
+ process-group leader, so `kill(-pid, …)` reaches the whole tree.
+
+ Output arrives line by line on the main queue; `onExit` fires once, also on
+ main, with the exit code and whether a signal killed it.
+ */
+final class ChildProcess {
+
+    /// A spawn that never got off the ground, with something an operator can act on.
+    struct SpawnError: LocalizedError {
+        let message: String
+        var errorDescription: String? { message }
+    }
+
+    let pid: pid_t
+    /// What we ran, for the log.
+    let commandLine: String
+
+    /// Held for the life of the child: a FileHandle's readability handler does
+    /// not retain it, so letting these go closes the pipes and the output
+    /// silently stops.
+    private let outPipe: Pipe
+    private let errPipe: Pipe
+    private var exitSource: DispatchSourceProcess?
+    private var terminated = false
+
+    private init(pid: pid_t, commandLine: String, outPipe: Pipe, errPipe: Pipe) {
+        self.pid = pid
+        self.commandLine = commandLine
+        self.outPipe = outPipe
+        self.errPipe = errPipe
+    }
+
+    deinit { releasePipes() }
+
+    // MARK: - Spawning
+
+    static func run(executable: String,
+                    arguments: [String],
+                    directory: String,
+                    environment: [String: String],
+                    onLine: @escaping (String, Bool) -> Void,
+                    onExit: @escaping (Int32, Bool) -> Void) throws -> ChildProcess {
+
+        let outPipe = Pipe()
+        let errPipe = Pipe()
+
+        var actions: posix_spawn_file_actions_t?
+        posix_spawn_file_actions_init(&actions)
+        defer { posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(&actions) }
+        // The server never reads stdin; /dev/null keeps a stray read from blocking it.
+        posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen(&actions, 0, "/dev/null", O_RDONLY, 0)
+        posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&actions, outPipe.fileHandleForWriting.fileDescriptor, 1)
+        posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(&actions, errPipe.fileHandleForWriting.fileDescriptor, 2)
+        posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np(&actions, directory)
+
+        var attr: posix_spawnattr_t?
+        posix_spawnattr_init(&attr)
+        defer { posix_spawnattr_destroy(&attr) }
+        // SETPGROUP + pgroup 0: the child leads its own group (see the note above).
+        // CLOEXEC_DEFAULT: nothing but the three descriptors above is inherited.
+        posix_spawnattr_setflags(&attr, Int16(POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP | POSIX_SPAWN_CLOEXEC_DEFAULT))
+        posix_spawnattr_setpgroup(&attr, 0)
+
+        let argv: [UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>?] = ([executable] + arguments).map { strdup($0) } + [nil]
+        let envp: [UnsafeMutablePointer<CChar>?] = environment
+            .map { strdup("\($0.key)=\($0.value)") } + [nil]
+        defer {
+            for p in argv where p != nil { free(p) }
+            for p in envp where p != nil { free(p) }
+        }
+
+        var pid: pid_t = 0
+        let rc = posix_spawn(&pid, executable, &actions, &attr, argv, envp)
+        guard rc == 0 else {
+            outPipe.closeBothEnds()
+            errPipe.closeBothEnds()
+            throw SpawnError(message: "could not start \(executable): \(String(cString: strerror(rc))) (\(rc))")
+        }
+
+        let child = ChildProcess(pid: pid,
+                                 commandLine: ([executable] + arguments).joined(separator: " "),
+                                 outPipe: outPipe, errPipe: errPipe)
+
+        // Our copies of the write ends must go, or the reads never see EOF.
+        try? outPipe.fileHandleForWriting.close()
+        try? errPipe.fileHandleForWriting.close()
+        child.pump(outPipe.fileHandleForReading, isError: false, onLine: onLine)
+        child.pump(errPipe.fileHandleForReading, isError: true, onLine: onLine)
+
+        let source = DispatchSource.makeProcessSource(identifier: pid, eventMask: .exit, queue: .main)
+        source.setEventHandler { [weak child] in
+            var status: Int32 = 0
+            waitpid(pid, &status, 0)
+            child?.exitSource?.cancel()
+            child?.exitSource = nil
+            // Give the last lines a moment to arrive before letting the pipes go.
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.5) { child?.releasePipes() }
+            // Low 7 bits hold the signal that killed it; 0 means a normal exit.
+            let signal = status & 0x7f
+            if signal == 0 {
+                onExit((status >> 8) & 0xff, false)
+            } else {
+                onExit(signal, true)
+            }
+        }
+        child.exitSource = source
+        source.resume()
+        return child
+    }
+
+    /// Deliver whole lines on the main queue; partial trailing text waits for the rest.
+    private func pump(_ handle: FileHandle, isError: Bool, onLine: @escaping (String, Bool) -> Void) {
+        var buffer = Data()
+        handle.readabilityHandler = { file in
+            let chunk = file.availableData
+            if chunk.isEmpty {                       // EOF — the child closed this end
+                file.readabilityHandler = nil
+                if !buffer.isEmpty, let tail = String(data: buffer, encoding: .utf8) {
+                    DispatchQueue.main.async { onLine(tail, isError) }
+                }
+                try? file.close()
+                return
+            }
+            buffer.append(chunk)
+            var lines: [String] = []
+            while let nl = buffer.firstIndex(of: 0x0a) {
+                let raw = buffer.subdata(in: buffer.startIndex..<nl)
+                buffer.removeSubrange(buffer.startIndex...nl)
+                lines.append(String(data: raw, encoding: .utf8) ?? "")
+            }
+            if lines.isEmpty { return }
+            DispatchQueue.main.async { for line in lines { onLine(line, isError) } }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func releasePipes() {
+        for handle in [outPipe.fileHandleForReading, errPipe.fileHandleForReading] {
+            handle.readabilityHandler = nil
+            try? handle.close()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Stopping
+
+    var isAlive: Bool { kill(pid, 0) == 0 }
+
+    /// SIGTERM to the whole group. The server unmounts its modules and exits
+    /// within ~1.5 s; `forceKill()` is the backstop if it doesn't.
+    func terminate() {
+        guard !terminated else { return }
+        terminated = true
+        signalGroup(SIGTERM)
+    }
+
+    func forceKill() {
+        signalGroup(SIGKILL)
+    }
+
+    private func signalGroup(_ sig: Int32) {
+        // Only address the group when the child really leads one — otherwise a
+        // negative pid could reach processes that are none of our business.
+        if getpgid(pid) == pid {
+            kill(-pid, sig)
+        } else {
+            kill(pid, sig)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private extension Pipe {
+    func closeBothEnds() {
+        try? fileHandleForReading.close()
+        try? fileHandleForWriting.close()
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/LauncherConfig.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,322 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/**
+ Where things are, and which settings belong to whom.
+
+ Two kinds of setting live in this app, and they are deliberately kept apart:
+
+ * **ProdDash settings** (the port) belong to ProdDash, so they are written
+   where ProdDash already looks for them — `proddash.json` in the per-machine
+   data directory. Start the server any other way (`Start ProdDash.command`,
+   a terminal) and it still comes up on the port set here.
+ * **Launcher settings** (auto-start, restart-on-crash, where the checkout
+   lives) belong to this app and live in its own preferences.
+
+ The data-directory and port rules mirror server.js exactly — if that file's
+ `resolveDataDir` / `PORT` logic changes, change it here too.
+ */
+enum ProdDash {
+
+    // MARK: - Data directory (mirrors server.js resolveDataDir)
+
+    /// `PRODDASH_DATA_DIR` if the environment sets one (relative paths resolve
+    /// against the checkout, as in server.js), else the per-machine default.
+    static func dataDir(root: URL?) -> URL {
+        let fromEnv = (ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["PRODDASH_DATA_DIR"] ?? "")
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        if !fromEnv.isEmpty {
+            if fromEnv.hasPrefix("/") { return URL(fileURLWithPath: fromEnv) }
+            if let root { return root.appendingPathComponent(fromEnv).standardizedFileURL }
+        }
+        return FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
+            .appendingPathComponent("Library/Application Support/ProdDash")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - What the app carries
+
+    /**
+     A shipped ProdDash lives read-only inside the app bundle and runs from a
+     copy in the data directory.
+
+     The copy isn't ceremony: ProdDash updates itself in place — the admin
+     page's "Update now" writes a fresh download over the app folder — and
+     nothing may write inside a signed .app without breaking its signature.
+     So the bundle carries the baseline, the data directory carries the copy
+     that actually runs, and both routes to a new version keep working: drop
+     in a newer .app, or press Update now.
+
+     A development build ships no payload and falls through to the checkout it
+     was built in.
+     */
+    static func bundledPayload() -> URL? {
+        guard let resources = Bundle.main.resourceURL else { return nil }
+        let payload = resources.appendingPathComponent("app")
+        return isRoot(payload) ? payload : nil
+    }
+
+    /// The Node the app carries, so nothing depends on what this Mac happens
+    /// to have installed — or on it staying installed.
+    static func bundledNode() -> URL? {
+        guard let resources = Bundle.main.resourceURL else { return nil }
+        let node = resources.appendingPathComponent("node/bin/node")
+        return FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: node.path) ? node : nil
+    }
+
+    static func workingCopy(dataDir: URL) -> URL { dataDir.appendingPathComponent("app") }
+
+    /**
+     Put the bundled ProdDash in place: when there is no copy yet, or when the
+     app carries a newer one than the copy — someone installed a new .app. A
+     copy that has updated itself *past* the bundle is left alone, so a new
+     install never drags a running system backwards.
+     */
+    @discardableResult
+    static func seedWorkingCopy(dataDir: URL, log: (String) -> Void) -> URL? {
+        guard let payload = bundledPayload() else { return nil }
+        let working = workingCopy(dataDir: dataDir)
+        let shipped = shellVersion(root: payload)
+        if isRoot(working) {
+            let installed = shellVersion(root: working)
+            guard compareVersions(shipped, installed) > 0 else { return working }
+            log("this app carries ProdDash \(shipped) — replacing the \(installed) copy it runs")
+        } else {
+            log("first run — installing ProdDash \(shipped)")
+        }
+
+        let fm = FileManager.default
+        let previous = working.appendingPathExtension("previous")
+        do {
+            try fm.createDirectory(at: dataDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+            try? fm.removeItem(at: previous)
+            if fm.fileExists(atPath: working.path) { try fm.moveItem(at: working, to: previous) }
+            try fm.copyItem(at: payload, to: working)
+            makeWritable(working)
+            try? fm.removeItem(at: previous)
+            return working
+        } catch {
+            log("could not install the bundled ProdDash: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+            // Put back whatever was working before rather than leaving nothing.
+            if !fm.fileExists(atPath: working.path), fm.fileExists(atPath: previous.path) {
+                try? fm.moveItem(at: previous, to: working)
+            }
+            return isRoot(working) ? working : nil
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Files copied out of a bundle can arrive read-only, and this copy is
+    /// exactly where ProdDash writes its own updates.
+    private static func makeWritable(_ root: URL) {
+        let fm = FileManager.default
+        var targets = [root]
+        if let walker = fm.enumerator(at: root, includingPropertiesForKeys: nil) {
+            for case let url as URL in walker { targets.append(url) }
+        }
+        for url in targets {
+            guard let mode = (try? fm.attributesOfItem(atPath: url.path))?[.posixPermissions] as? NSNumber
+            else { continue }
+            let writable = mode.uint16Value | 0o200
+            if writable != mode.uint16Value {
+                try? fm.setAttributes([.posixPermissions: NSNumber(value: writable)], ofItemAtPath: url.path)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Finding the checkout
+
+    /// A folder is ProdDash if it has the two files the server cannot run without.
+    static func isRoot(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
+        let fm = FileManager.default
+        return fm.fileExists(atPath: url.appendingPathComponent("server.js").path)
+            && fm.fileExists(atPath: url.appendingPathComponent("public/index.html").path)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     Find the ProdDash folder: the one the operator chose, else the checkout
+     this .app was built inside (the app usually sits in `launcher/macos/build`),
+     else the handful of places people actually keep it.
+     */
+    static func findRoot(preferred: String?, dataDir: URL) -> URL? {
+        if let preferred, !preferred.isEmpty {
+            let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: preferred).standardizedFileURL
+            if isRoot(url) { return url }
+        }
+        if let env = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["PRODDASH_ROOT"], !env.isEmpty {
+            let url = URL(fileURLWithPath: env).standardizedFileURL
+            if isRoot(url) { return url }
+        }
+        // A shipped app runs the copy it installed; only a development build
+        // (no payload) goes looking for a checkout.
+        if bundledPayload() != nil {
+            let working = workingCopy(dataDir: dataDir)
+            if isRoot(working) { return working }
+        }
+        var up = Bundle.main.bundleURL.standardizedFileURL
+        for _ in 0..<6 {
+            up.deleteLastPathComponent()
+            if up.path == "/" { break }
+            if isRoot(up) { return up }
+        }
+        let home = FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
+        var candidates = [
+            home.appendingPathComponent("Apps/ProdDash"),
+            home.appendingPathComponent("ProdDash"),
+            home.appendingPathComponent("Documents/ProdDash"),
+            URL(fileURLWithPath: "/Applications/ProdDash"),
+            URL(fileURLWithPath: "/Users/Shared/ProdDash"),
+        ]
+        // …and next to the app itself, for a "ProdDash Launcher.app beside the folder" layout.
+        candidates.append(Bundle.main.bundleURL.deletingLastPathComponent()
+            .appendingPathComponent("ProdDash"))
+        return candidates.first(where: isRoot)?.standardizedFileURL
+    }
+
+    /// The shell's version, straight from the checkout's package.json.
+    static func shellVersion(root: URL) -> String {
+        guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: root.appendingPathComponent("package.json")),
+              let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any],
+              let version = json["version"] as? String else { return "" }
+        return version
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Finding node
+
+    /// Everywhere a Mac plausibly keeps node, in the order worth trying.
+    static func findNode(root: URL?, preferred: String?) -> URL? {
+        var tries: [URL] = []
+        if let preferred, !preferred.isEmpty { tries.append(URL(fileURLWithPath: preferred)) }
+        // What the app carries, so a shipped ProdDash needs nothing installed.
+        if let bundled = bundledNode() { tries.append(bundled) }
+        // The runtime a production machine ships with — same preference as Start ProdDash.command.
+        if let root { tries.append(root.appendingPathComponent("runtime/bin/node")) }
+        tries += ["/opt/homebrew/bin/node", "/usr/local/bin/node", "/opt/local/bin/node", "/usr/bin/node"]
+            .map { URL(fileURLWithPath: $0) }
+        let home = FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
+        tries += newestNodeUnder(home.appendingPathComponent(".nvm/versions/node"))
+        tries += [home.appendingPathComponent(".volta/bin/node")]
+        if let found = tries.first(where: isExecutable) { return found }
+        // Last resort: ask a login shell, which is where a fancier version
+        // manager (asdf, fnm, mise) puts node on the PATH.
+        if let fromShell = loginShellNode(), isExecutable(fromShell) { return fromShell }
+        return nil
+    }
+
+    private static func isExecutable(_ url: URL) -> Bool {
+        FileManager.default.isExecutableFile(atPath: url.path)
+    }
+
+    private static func newestNodeUnder(_ dir: URL) -> [URL] {
+        guard let names = try? FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: dir.path) else { return [] }
+        return names.sorted { compareVersions($0, $1) > 0 }
+            .map { dir.appendingPathComponent($0).appendingPathComponent("bin/node") }
+    }
+
+    private static func loginShellNode() -> URL? {
+        let shell = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["SHELL"] ?? "/bin/zsh"
+        let task = Process()
+        task.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: shell)
+        task.arguments = ["-lc", "command -v node"]
+        let pipe = Pipe()
+        task.standardOutput = pipe
+        task.standardError = FileHandle.nullDevice
+        do { try task.run() } catch { return nil }
+        let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
+        task.waitUntilExit()
+        let path = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)?
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+        return path.hasPrefix("/") ? URL(fileURLWithPath: path) : nil
+    }
+
+    /// `node -v`, so the window can say which runtime is about to be used.
+    static func nodeVersion(_ node: URL) -> String {
+        let task = Process()
+        task.executableURL = node
+        task.arguments = ["-v"]
+        let pipe = Pipe()
+        task.standardOutput = pipe
+        task.standardError = FileHandle.nullDevice
+        do { try task.run() } catch { return "" }
+        let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
+        task.waitUntilExit()
+        return String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) ?? ""
+    }
+
+    /// node 18 is the floor the server's package.json declares.
+    static func nodeIsTooOld(_ version: String) -> Bool {
+        let major = Int(version.dropFirst(version.hasPrefix("v") ? 1 : 0)
+            .prefix(while: { $0.isNumber })) ?? 0
+        return major > 0 && major < 18
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - The port (mirrors server.js: PORT env, then data dir, then checkout, then 24500)
+
+    static let defaultPort = 24500
+
+    static func port(root: URL?, dataDir: URL) -> Int {
+        if let fromFile = jsonNumber(at: dataDir.appendingPathComponent("proddash.json"), key: "port") {
+            return fromFile
+        }
+        if let root, let fromRepo = jsonNumber(at: root.appendingPathComponent("config/proddash.json"), key: "port") {
+            return fromRepo
+        }
+        return defaultPort
+    }
+
+    /**
+     Write the port into the data directory's proddash.json, preserving every
+     other key (the admin passcode lives in the same file). The launcher also
+     passes PORT to the server it starts, so this write is what keeps a start
+     by any other means on the same port.
+     */
+    static func setPort(_ port: Int, dataDir: URL) throws {
+        let file = dataDir.appendingPathComponent("proddash.json")
+        var object: [String: Any] = [:]
+        if let data = try? Data(contentsOf: file),
+           let existing = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any] {
+            object = existing
+        }
+        object["port"] = port
+        try FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: dataDir, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+        let data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: object, options: [.prettyPrinted, .sortedKeys])
+        // Same atomic-ish write the server uses: never leave a half-written config.
+        let tmp = file.appendingPathExtension("tmp")
+        try Data((inHouseStyle(data) + "\n").utf8).write(to: tmp)
+        _ = try FileManager.default.replaceItemAt(file, withItemAt: tmp)
+    }
+
+    /// Foundation writes `"port" : 24500`; the server writes `"port": 24500`.
+    /// This file is read and hand-edited by people — keep one house style.
+    private static func inHouseStyle(_ json: Data) -> String {
+        (String(data: json, encoding: .utf8) ?? "")
+            .split(separator: "\n", omittingEmptySubsequences: false)
+            .map { line in
+                guard line.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).hasPrefix("\""),
+                      let colon = line.range(of: "\" : ") else { return String(line) }
+                return line.replacingCharacters(in: colon, with: "\": ")
+            }
+            .joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+
+    static func isValidPort(_ port: Int) -> Bool { port >= 1 && port <= 65535 }
+
+    private static func jsonNumber(at url: URL, key: String) -> Int? {
+        guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url),
+              let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any],
+              let value = json[key] as? NSNumber else { return nil }
+        let port = value.intValue
+        return isValidPort(port) ? port : nil
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Misc
+
+    /// "1.10.0" > "1.9.0" — the numeric comparison version strings deserve.
+    static func compareVersions(_ a: String, _ b: String) -> Int {
+        let lhs = a.split(separator: ".").map { Int($0.prefix(while: \.isNumber)) ?? 0 }
+        let rhs = b.split(separator: ".").map { Int($0.prefix(while: \.isNumber)) ?? 0 }
+        for i in 0..<max(lhs.count, rhs.count) {
+            let l = i < lhs.count ? lhs[i] : 0
+            let r = i < rhs.count ? rhs[i] : 0
+            if l != r { return l < r ? -1 : 1 }
+        }
+        return 0
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/LauncherSettings.swift

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+import Foundation
+
+/// The launcher's own preferences — everything that is about *running* ProdDash
+/// rather than about ProdDash itself. (The port is not here: it belongs to
+/// ProdDash and is written to its proddash.json — see LauncherConfig.)
+final class LauncherSettings: ObservableObject {
+
+    private let defaults = UserDefaults.standard
+
+    @Published var rootPath: String { didSet { defaults.set(rootPath, forKey: "rootPath") } }
+    @Published var nodePath: String { didSet { defaults.set(nodePath, forKey: "nodePath") } }
+    /// Start the server as soon as the launcher opens (so a login item brings the
+    /// whole dashboard up by itself).
+    @Published var startServerAtLaunch: Bool { didSet { defaults.set(startServerAtLaunch, forKey: "startServerAtLaunch") } }
+    /// Bring the server back if it dies on its own. Backs off, and gives up
+    /// after a burst of fast crashes rather than looping forever.
+    @Published var restartOnCrash: Bool { didSet { defaults.set(restartOnCrash, forKey: "restartOnCrash") } }
+    /// Open the dashboard in a browser whenever the server comes up.
+    @Published var openDashboardOnStart: Bool { didSet { defaults.set(openDashboardOnStart, forKey: "openDashboardOnStart") } }
+    /// Show this window at launch. Off means the launcher starts straight into
+    /// the menu bar (Companion's "start minimised").
+    @Published var showWindowAtLaunch: Bool { didSet { defaults.set(showWindowAtLaunch, forKey: "showWindowAtLaunch") } }
+
+    init() {
+        defaults.register(defaults: [
+            "startServerAtLaunch": true,
+            "restartOnCrash": true,
+            "openDashboardOnStart": false,
+            "showWindowAtLaunch": true,
+        ])
+        rootPath = defaults.string(forKey: "rootPath") ?? ""
+        nodePath = defaults.string(forKey: "nodePath") ?? ""
+        startServerAtLaunch = defaults.bool(forKey: "startServerAtLaunch")
+        restartOnCrash = defaults.bool(forKey: "restartOnCrash")
+        openDashboardOnStart = defaults.bool(forKey: "openDashboardOnStart")
+        showWindowAtLaunch = defaults.bool(forKey: "showWindowAtLaunch")
+    }
+
+    /// False until the launcher has run once — used to open the window (and ask
+    /// for the permissions ProdDash needs) the first time only.
+    var hasRunBefore: Bool {
+        get { defaults.bool(forKey: "hasRunBefore") }
+        set { defaults.set(newValue, forKey: "hasRunBefore") }
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/LauncherView.swift

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+import AVFoundation
+import AppKit
+import SwiftUI
+import UserNotifications
+
+/**
+ The launcher window: what ProdDash is doing at the top, and the three things
+ an operator ever needs underneath — what it is saying (Log), how it runs
+ (Settings), and what macOS is letting it do (Permissions).
+ */
+struct LauncherView: View {
+
+    @ObservedObject var server: ServerController
+    @ObservedObject var settings: LauncherSettings
+    @ObservedObject var permissions: PermissionsModel
+    let onHide: () -> Void
+    let onQuit: () -> Void
+
+    private enum Tab: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
+        case log = "Log", settings = "Settings", permissions = "Permissions"
+        var id: String { rawValue }
+    }
+    @State private var tab: Tab = .log
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            header
+            Divider()
+            addresses
+            Divider()
+            Picker("", selection: $tab) {
+                ForEach(Tab.allCases) { Text($0.rawValue).tag($0) }
+            }
+            .pickerStyle(.segmented)
+            .labelsHidden()
+            .padding(.horizontal, 16)
+            .padding(.vertical, 10)
+
+            Group {
+                switch tab {
+                case .log:
+                    LogPane()
+                case .settings:
+                    SettingsPane(server: server, settings: settings)
+                case .permissions:
+                    PermissionsPane(server: server, permissions: permissions)
+                }
+            }
+            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
+
+            Divider()
+            footer
+        }
+        .frame(minWidth: 540, idealWidth: 580, maxWidth: .infinity,
+               minHeight: 520, idealHeight: 740, maxHeight: .infinity)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Header
+
+    private var header: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 14) {
+            Image(nsImage: NSApp.applicationIconImage)
+                .resizable()
+                .frame(width: 46, height: 46)
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 3) {
+                Text("ProdDash").font(.system(size: 19, weight: .semibold))
+                Text(subtitle).font(.callout).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            }
+            Spacer()
+            VStack(alignment: .trailing, spacing: 5) {
+                StatusPill(state: server.state, healthy: server.healthy)
+                if !server.message.isEmpty {
+                    Text(server.message)
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                        .multilineTextAlignment(.trailing)
+                        .frame(maxWidth: 260, alignment: .trailing)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 16)
+        .padding(.top, 22)
+        .padding(.bottom, 14)
+    }
+
+    private var subtitle: String {
+        var parts: [String] = []
+        if !server.shellVersion.isEmpty { parts.append("v\(server.shellVersion)") }
+        if !server.nodeVersion.isEmpty { parts.append("node \(server.nodeVersion)") }
+        return parts.joined(separator: "  ·  ")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Addresses and the controls that matter
+
+    private var addresses: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
+            if server.state == .running {
+                AddressRow(label: "This Mac", url: server.localURL.isEmpty
+                           ? "http://localhost:\(server.port)" : server.localURL)
+                ForEach(server.networkURLs, id: \.self) { url in
+                    AddressRow(label: "Network", url: url)
+                }
+            } else {
+                Text("Not serving. ProdDash will come up on port " + String(server.port) + ".")
+                    .font(.callout)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            }
+
+            HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                switch server.state {
+                case .running, .starting:
+                    Button("Stop") { server.stop() }
+                case .stopping:
+                    Button("Stopping…") {}.disabled(true)
+                case .stopped, .failed:
+                    Button("Start") { server.start() }.keyboardShortcut(.defaultAction)
+                }
+                Button("Restart") { server.restart() }
+                    .disabled(server.state != .running && server.state != .starting)
+                Spacer()
+                Button("Open Dashboard") { server.openDashboard() }
+                    .disabled(server.state != .running)
+                Button("Admin") { server.openAdmin() }
+                    .disabled(server.state != .running)
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 16)
+        .padding(.vertical, 14)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Footer
+
+    private var footer: some View {
+        HStack {
+            Button("Hide") { onHide() }
+                .help("Closes this window; ProdDash keeps running in the menu bar.")
+            Spacer()
+            Text("Launcher \(AppDelegate.version)")
+                .font(.caption)
+                .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+            Spacer()
+            Button("Quit ProdDash") { onQuit() }
+                .help("Stops the server and quits the launcher.")
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 16)
+        .padding(.vertical, 12)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Pieces
+
+private struct StatusPill: View {
+    let state: ServerState
+    let healthy: Bool
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 7) {
+            Circle()
+                .fill(Color(nsColor: StatusIcon.color(for: state, healthy: healthy)))
+                .frame(width: 9, height: 9)
+            Text(state == .running && !healthy ? "Running (not answering)" : state.label)
+                .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .medium))
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 11)
+        .padding(.vertical, 5)
+        .background(Color(nsColor: .quaternaryLabelColor).opacity(0.5), in: Capsule())
+    }
+}
+
+private struct AddressRow: View {
+    let label: String
+    let url: String
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 10) {
+            Text(label)
+                .font(.caption)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .frame(width: 58, alignment: .leading)
+            Text(url)
+                .font(.system(.callout, design: .monospaced))
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+            Button {
+                NSPasteboard.general.clearContents()
+                NSPasteboard.general.setString(url, forType: .string)
+            } label: {
+                Image(systemName: "doc.on.doc")
+            }
+            .buttonStyle(.borderless)
+            .help("Copy this address")
+            Spacer()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Log
+
+private struct LogPane: View {
+    @ObservedObject private var log = LogStore.shared
+    @State private var follow = true
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            ScrollViewReader { proxy in
+                ScrollView {
+                    LazyVStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
+                        ForEach(log.lines) { line in
+                            Text(line.text)
+                                .font(.system(size: 11, design: .monospaced))
+                                .foregroundStyle(color(for: line.kind))
+                                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+                                .id(line.id)
+                        }
+                        Color.clear.frame(height: 1).id("bottom")
+                    }
+                    .padding(10)
+                }
+                .background(Color(nsColor: .textBackgroundColor))
+                .onChange(of: log.lines.count) { _ in
+                    guard follow else { return }
+                    withAnimation(.none) { proxy.scrollTo("bottom", anchor: .bottom) }
+                }
+                .onAppear { proxy.scrollTo("bottom", anchor: .bottom) }
+            }
+            HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                Toggle("Follow", isOn: $follow).toggleStyle(.checkbox)
+                Spacer()
+                Button("Copy") {
+                    NSPasteboard.general.clearContents()
+                    NSPasteboard.general.setString(log.plainText, forType: .string)
+                }
+                Button("Reveal Log File") {
+                    NSWorkspace.shared.activateFileViewerSelecting([log.currentFile])
+                }
+                Button("Clear") { log.clear() }
+            }
+            .padding(.horizontal, 16)
+            .padding(.vertical, 10)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func color(for kind: LogStore.Kind) -> Color {
+        switch kind {
+        case .launcher: return .accentColor
+        case .err: return .orange
+        case .out: return .primary
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Settings
+
+private struct SettingsPane: View {
+    @ObservedObject var server: ServerController
+    @ObservedObject var settings: LauncherSettings
+
+    @State private var portText = ""
+    @State private var loginItemOn = LoginItem.isEnabled
+    @State private var loginNeedsApproval = LoginItem.needsApproval
+
+    var body: some View {
+        Form {
+            Section("Network") {
+                HStack {
+                    TextField("Port", text: $portText)
+                        .frame(width: 90)
+                        .onSubmit(applyPort)
+                    Button("Apply", action: applyPort)
+                        .disabled(Int(portText) == server.port || Int(portText) == nil)
+                    Spacer()
+                }
+            }
+
+            Section("Startup") {
+                Toggle("Open ProdDash at login", isOn: Binding(
+                    get: { loginItemOn },
+                    set: { setLoginItem($0) }))
+                if loginNeedsApproval {
+                    HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                        Text("macOS is holding this until you allow it.")
+                            .font(.caption).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                        Button("Open Login Items") { LoginItem.openSystemSettings() }
+                            .controlSize(.small)
+                    }
+                }
+                Toggle("Start the server when the launcher opens", isOn: $settings.startServerAtLaunch)
+                Toggle("Restart the server if it stops unexpectedly", isOn: $settings.restartOnCrash)
+                Toggle("Open the dashboard in a browser when the server starts", isOn: $settings.openDashboardOnStart)
+                Toggle("Show this window at launch", isOn: $settings.showWindowAtLaunch)
+            }
+
+            Section("Where things are") {
+                PathRow(title: "ProdDash folder",
+                        value: server.rootURL?.path ?? "Not found — choose it",
+                        missing: server.rootURL == nil) {
+                    chooseFolder()
+                }
+                PathRow(title: "Node.js",
+                        value: server.nodeURL.map { "\($0.path)  \(server.nodeVersion)" } ?? "Not found",
+                        missing: server.nodeURL == nil, action: nil)
+                PathRow(title: "Settings", value: server.settingsDir.isEmpty
+                        ? server.dataDir.path : server.settingsDir, missing: false, action: nil)
+            }
+        }
+        .formStyle(.grouped)
+        .onAppear { portText = String(server.port) }
+        .onChange(of: server.port) { newValue in portText = String(newValue) }
+    }
+
+    private func applyPort() {
+        guard let port = Int(portText) else {
+            portText = String(server.port)
+            return
+        }
+        server.applyPort(port)
+        portText = String(server.port)
+    }
+
+    private func setLoginItem(_ on: Bool) {
+        if let error = LoginItem.set(on) {
+            LogStore.shared.launcher("couldn't change the login item: \(error)")
+        }
+        loginItemOn = LoginItem.isEnabled
+        loginNeedsApproval = LoginItem.needsApproval
+    }
+
+    private func chooseFolder() {
+        let panel = NSOpenPanel()
+        panel.canChooseDirectories = true
+        panel.canChooseFiles = false
+        panel.message = "Choose the ProdDash folder — the one with server.js in it."
+        panel.prompt = "Choose"
+        guard panel.runModal() == .OK, let url = panel.url else { return }
+        guard ProdDash.isRoot(url) else {
+            let alert = NSAlert()
+            alert.messageText = "That isn't a ProdDash folder"
+            alert.informativeText = "Pick the folder that contains server.js and public/."
+            alert.runModal()
+            return
+        }
+        settings.rootPath = url.path
+        server.refreshEnvironment()
+    }
+
+}
+
+private struct PathRow: View {
+    let title: String
+    let value: String
+    let missing: Bool
+    var action: (() -> Void)?
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline) {
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
+                Text(title)
+                Text(value)
+                    .font(.caption)
+                    .foregroundStyle(missing ? Color.orange : Color.secondary)
+                    .textSelection(.enabled)
+                    .lineLimit(2)
+                    .truncationMode(.middle)
+            }
+            Spacer()
+            if let action {
+                Button("Choose…", action: action).controlSize(.small)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/LauncherWindow.swift

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+import AppKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+/// The launcher's one window. Closing it leaves the app in the menu bar —
+/// the same "Hide, don't Quit" habit Companion's launcher asks for.
+final class LauncherWindowController: NSWindowController {
+
+    convenience init(delegate: AppDelegate) {
+        let view = LauncherView(server: delegate.server,
+                                settings: delegate.settings,
+                                permissions: delegate.permissions,
+                                onHide: { [weak delegate] in delegate?.hideWindow() },
+                                onQuit: { [weak delegate] in delegate?.quit() })
+        let window = NSWindow(
+            contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 580, height: 740),
+            styleMask: [.titled, .closable, .miniaturizable, .resizable, .fullSizeContentView],
+            backing: .buffered, defer: false)
+        window.title = "ProdDash"
+        window.titlebarAppearsTransparent = true
+        window.isMovableByWindowBackground = true
+        window.contentView = NSHostingView(rootView: view)
+        window.center()
+        window.setFrameAutosaveName("ProdDashLauncherWindow")
+        self.init(window: window)
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/LogStore.swift

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+import Foundation
+
+/**
+ Everything the server prints, plus what the launcher did and why.
+
+ Kept twice over: the last few hundred lines in memory for the window's Log
+ tab, and a dated file under ~/Library/Logs/ProdDash so a problem from last
+ Sunday can still be read on Tuesday. Files older than a week are removed on
+ startup — the same retention Companion's launcher keeps.
+ */
+final class LogStore: ObservableObject {
+
+    enum Kind { case launcher, out, err }
+
+    struct Line: Identifiable {
+        let id = UUID()
+        let at: Date
+        let text: String
+        let kind: Kind
+    }
+
+    static let shared = LogStore()
+
+    /// Enough to cover a start-up and a fault, not enough to bloat the window.
+    private let capacity = 800
+    private let retentionDays = 7
+
+    @Published private(set) var lines: [Line] = []
+
+    private let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "org.waterschurch.proddash.launcher.log")
+    private var handle: FileHandle?
+    private var handleDay: String = ""
+
+    private lazy var directory: URL = FileManager.default.homeDirectoryForCurrentUser
+        .appendingPathComponent("Library/Logs/ProdDash")
+
+    private init() {
+        queue.async { [weak self] in self?.pruneOldFiles() }
+    }
+
+    /// The launcher's own voice in the log — start/stop decisions, failures.
+    func launcher(_ text: String) { append(text, kind: .launcher) }
+
+    func append(_ text: String, kind: Kind) {
+        let line = Line(at: Date(), text: text, kind: kind)
+        if Thread.isMainThread {
+            store(line)
+        } else {
+            DispatchQueue.main.async { self.store(line) }
+        }
+        queue.async { [weak self] in self?.write(line) }
+    }
+
+    private func store(_ line: Line) {
+        lines.append(line)
+        if lines.count > capacity { lines.removeFirst(lines.count - capacity) }
+    }
+
+    func clear() {
+        lines.removeAll()
+    }
+
+    /// Today's file, for "Reveal in Finder".
+    var currentFile: URL { directory.appendingPathComponent("proddash-\(Self.dayFormatter.string(from: Date())).log") }
+
+    var plainText: String {
+        lines.map { "\(Self.timeFormatter.string(from: $0.at))  \($0.text)" }.joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - File
+
+    private func write(_ line: Line) {
+        let day = Self.dayFormatter.string(from: line.at)
+        if handle == nil || handleDay != day {
+            try? handle?.close()
+            handle = nil
+            handleDay = day
+            let file = directory.appendingPathComponent("proddash-\(day).log")
+            try? FileManager.default.createDirectory(at: directory, withIntermediateDirectories: true)
+            if !FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: file.path) {
+                FileManager.default.createFile(atPath: file.path, contents: nil)
+            }
+            handle = try? FileHandle(forWritingTo: file)
+            _ = try? handle?.seekToEnd()
+        }
+        let prefix = line.kind == .launcher ? "[launcher] " : ""
+        let text = "\(Self.stampFormatter.string(from: line.at)) \(prefix)\(line.text)\n"
+        try? handle?.write(contentsOf: Data(text.utf8))
+    }
+
+    private func pruneOldFiles() {
+        let cutoff = Date().addingTimeInterval(-Double(retentionDays) * 86400)
+        guard let files = try? FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(
+            at: directory, includingPropertiesForKeys: [.contentModificationDateKey]) else { return }
+        for file in files where file.lastPathComponent.hasPrefix("proddash-") {
+            let modified = (try? file.resourceValues(forKeys: [.contentModificationDateKey]))?.contentModificationDate
+            if let modified, modified < cutoff { try? FileManager.default.removeItem(at: file) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static let dayFormatter: DateFormatter = {
+        let f = DateFormatter()
+        f.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
+        return f
+    }()
+
+    private static let timeFormatter: DateFormatter = {
+        let f = DateFormatter()
+        f.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
+        return f
+    }()
+
+    private static let stampFormatter: DateFormatter = {
+        let f = DateFormatter()
+        f.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
+        return f
+    }()
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/Net.swift

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+import Foundation
+import Network
+
+/**
+ Small connection probes, used for two jobs:
+
+ * is something already listening on ProdDash's port (a server started over
+   SSH or from the .command file, which the launcher offers to take over), and
+ * can this machine actually reach the gear the modules are configured for —
+   which on macOS 15+ is the only practical way to tell whether the Local
+   Network permission was granted, because there is no API that reports it.
+
+ Network.framework rather than a bare socket on purpose: a blocked local
+ network connection surfaces here as a plain unreachable/timeout instead of a
+ silent hang.
+ */
+enum Net {
+
+    enum Probe: Equatable {
+        case open                 // something accepted the connection
+        case refused              // nothing listening, but the host answered
+        case unreachable          // no route — or macOS is withholding local network access
+        case timedOut
+        case failed(String)
+
+        var isReachableHost: Bool { self == .open || self == .refused }
+    }
+
+    /// Probe host:port, calling back on the main queue exactly once.
+    static func probe(host: String, port: UInt16, timeout: TimeInterval = 2.0,
+                      completion: @escaping (Probe) -> Void) {
+        guard let nwPort = NWEndpoint.Port(rawValue: port) else {
+            return DispatchQueue.main.async { completion(.failed("invalid port")) }
+        }
+        let tcp = NWProtocolTCP.Options()
+        tcp.connectionTimeout = max(1, Int(timeout))
+        tcp.noDelay = true
+        let connection = NWConnection(host: NWEndpoint.Host(host), port: nwPort,
+                                      using: NWParameters(tls: nil, tcp: tcp))
+
+        var settled = false
+        let finish: (Probe) -> Void = { result in
+            guard !settled else { return }
+            settled = true
+            connection.cancel()
+            DispatchQueue.main.async { completion(result) }
+        }
+
+        connection.stateUpdateHandler = { state in
+            switch state {
+            case .ready:
+                finish(.open)
+            case .waiting(let error):
+                // "waiting" means it would keep retrying — for a probe that is the answer.
+                finish(map(error))
+            case .failed(let error):
+                finish(map(error))
+            case .cancelled:
+                finish(.failed("cancelled"))
+            default:
+                break
+            }
+        }
+        connection.start(queue: .global(qos: .utility))
+        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + timeout) { finish(.timedOut) }
+    }
+
+    /// Blocking form, for preflight on a background queue. Never call it on main.
+    static func probeSync(host: String, port: UInt16, timeout: TimeInterval = 2.0) -> Probe {
+        let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
+        var result: Probe = .timedOut
+        probe(host: host, port: port, timeout: timeout) { outcome in
+            result = outcome
+            semaphore.signal()
+        }
+        _ = semaphore.wait(timeout: .now() + timeout + 1.0)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private static func map(_ error: NWError) -> Probe {
+        if case .posix(let code) = error {
+            switch code {
+            case .ECONNREFUSED: return .refused
+            case .EHOSTUNREACH, .ENETUNREACH, .EHOSTDOWN, .ENETDOWN: return .unreachable
+            case .ETIMEDOUT: return .timedOut
+            default: return .failed(String(describing: code))
+            }
+        }
+        return .failed(error.localizedDescription)
+    }
+
+    /// Is this address on this building's network (so the Local Network
+    /// permission applies) rather than out on the internet?
+    static func isLocalAddress(_ host: String) -> Bool {
+        let name = host.lowercased()
+        if name == "localhost" || name.hasSuffix(".local") || name.hasSuffix(".lan") { return true }
+        let parts = name.split(separator: ".").map(String.init)
+        guard parts.count == 4, let a = Int(parts[0]), let b = Int(parts[1]),
+              parts.allSatisfy({ Int($0) != nil }) else {
+            // A bare hostname with no dots is a LAN name; anything else is the internet.
+            return !name.contains(".")
+        }
+        if a == 10 || a == 127 { return true }
+        if a == 192 && b == 168 { return true }
+        if a == 172 && (16...31).contains(b) { return true }
+        if a == 169 && b == 254 { return true }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    /// PIDs listening on a TCP port, so a stray ProdDash can be handed over.
+    static func listenerPIDs(port: Int) -> [pid_t] {
+        let task = Process()
+        task.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/sbin/lsof")
+        task.arguments = ["-t", "-iTCP:\(port)", "-sTCP:LISTEN"]
+        let pipe = Pipe()
+        task.standardOutput = pipe
+        task.standardError = FileHandle.nullDevice
+        do { try task.run() } catch { return [] }
+        let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
+        task.waitUntilExit()
+        return (String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "")
+            .split(whereSeparator: \.isNewline)
+            .compactMap { pid_t($0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)) }
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/Permissions.swift

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+import AVFoundation
+import Foundation
+import Network
+import UserNotifications
+
+/**
+ The permissions ProdDash's modules need, and this app's job of holding them.
+
+ A module can say what it needs in its manifest, which is how this pane knows
+ to mention the microphone at all:
+
+     "permissions": [
+       { "kind": "microphone", "reason": "Decoding LTC timecode from an audio input" }
+     ]
+
+ The shell ignores the key; only the launcher reads it. A bare
+ `"permissions": ["microphone"]` works too, and a kind this launcher doesn't
+ manage is still listed — better to name it than to pretend it isn't needed.
+ */
+enum PermissionKind: Hashable {
+    case microphone
+    case localNetwork
+    case other(String)
+
+    init(raw: String) {
+        switch raw.lowercased().replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "-")
+            .replacingOccurrences(of: "_", with: "-") {
+        case "microphone", "audio-input", "mic": self = .microphone
+        case "local-network", "localnetwork", "lan": self = .localNetwork
+        case let other: self = .other(other)
+        }
+    }
+
+    var id: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .microphone: return "microphone"
+        case .localNetwork: return "local-network"
+        case .other(let raw): return raw
+        }
+    }
+
+    var title: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .microphone: return "Microphone"
+        case .localNetwork: return "Local Network"
+        case .other(let raw): return raw.capitalized
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Every module that needs LTC needs the same thing; this is the standing
+    /// explanation when a module doesn't give its own.
+    var defaultReason: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .microphone:
+            return "Reading an audio input on this machine."
+        case .localNetwork:
+            return "Reaching production gear on this network."
+        case .other:
+            return "Required by a module."
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Why one set of modules needs a permission. Modules that give the same
+/// reason are listed together, so three modules reaching the same network
+/// don't produce three near-identical lines.
+struct PermissionClaim: Identifiable, Equatable {
+    let reason: String
+    var modules: [String]
+    var id: String { reason }
+
+    var askedBy: String { modules.joined(separator: ", ") }
+}
+
+/// One permission, and everyone who asked for it.
+struct ModuleNeed: Identifiable, Equatable {
+    let kind: PermissionKind
+    var claims: [PermissionClaim] = []
+    var id: String { kind.id }
+
+    var modules: [String] {
+        var seen: [String] = []
+        for claim in claims where !claim.modules.isEmpty {
+            for module in claim.modules where !seen.contains(module) { seen.append(module) }
+        }
+        return seen
+    }
+}
+
+/// A configured upstream and whether this machine can reach it.
+struct HostCheck: Identifiable {
+    let id = UUID()
+    let module: String
+    let host: String
+    let port: Int
+    var result: Net.Probe?
+
+    var label: String { "\(host):\(port)" }
+}
+
+final class PermissionsModel: ObservableObject {
+
+    @Published private(set) var needs: [ModuleNeed] = []
+    @Published private(set) var microphone: AVAuthorizationStatus = .notDetermined
+    @Published private(set) var notifications: UNAuthorizationStatus = .notDetermined
+    @Published private(set) var hostChecks: [HostCheck] = []
+    @Published private(set) var checking = false
+
+    private var browser: NWBrowser?
+
+    // MARK: - Status
+
+    func refresh(root: URL?, dataDir: URL) {
+        let status = AVCaptureDevice.authorizationStatus(for: .audio)
+        if status != microphone { microphone = status }
+        Notifier.shared.refreshStatus { [weak self] status in
+            if status != self?.notifications { self?.notifications = status }
+        }
+        let scanned = Self.scanModules(root: root, dataDir: dataDir)
+        if scanned != needs { needs = scanned }
+        if hostChecks.isEmpty {
+            let hosts = Self.configuredLocalHosts(root: root, dataDir: dataDir)
+            if !hosts.isEmpty { hostChecks = hosts }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func requestMicrophone() {
+        guard microphone == .notDetermined else {
+            return SystemSettings.open(SystemSettings.microphone)
+        }
+        AVCaptureDevice.requestAccess(for: .audio) { [weak self] _ in
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                self?.microphone = AVCaptureDevice.authorizationStatus(for: .audio)
+                LogStore.shared.launcher("microphone access: \(self?.microphone.description ?? "?")")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func requestNotifications() {
+        guard notifications == .notDetermined else {
+            return SystemSettings.open(SystemSettings.notifications)
+        }
+        Notifier.shared.requestAuthorization { [weak self] _ in
+            Notifier.shared.refreshStatus { status in self?.notifications = status }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Local network
+
+    /**
+     macOS never reports whether local network access was granted, so this
+     does the only thing that actually answers the question: touch the network
+     the way the modules do — a Bonjour browse (which is what raises the
+     prompt) and a connection attempt to each configured upstream — then say
+     what the results mean.
+     */
+    func checkLocalNetwork(root: URL?, dataDir: URL) {
+        guard !checking else { return }
+        var checks = Self.configuredLocalHosts(root: root, dataDir: dataDir)
+        checking = true
+        for index in checks.indices { checks[index].result = nil }
+        hostChecks = checks
+        startBonjourBrowse()
+
+        guard !checks.isEmpty else {
+            // Nothing configured yet: the browse alone still raises the prompt.
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2.5) { [weak self] in
+                self?.checking = false
+                LogStore.shared.launcher("local network check: nothing configured to try yet")
+            }
+            return
+        }
+
+        let group = DispatchGroup()
+        for (index, check) in checks.enumerated() {
+            group.enter()
+            Net.probe(host: check.host, port: UInt16(check.port), timeout: 3) { [weak self] result in
+                self?.hostChecks[index].result = result
+                group.leave()
+            }
+        }
+        group.notify(queue: .main) { [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            self.checking = false
+            self.stopBonjourBrowse()
+            let results = self.hostChecks.compactMap(\.result)
+            let answered = results.filter(\.isReachableHost).count
+            let verdict: String
+            if answered == results.count {
+                verdict = "every configured host answered"
+            } else if answered == 0 {
+                verdict = "nothing answered — if the gear is on, macOS is withholding local network access"
+            } else {
+                verdict = "\(answered) of \(results.count) hosts answered"
+            }
+            LogStore.shared.launcher("local network check: \(verdict)")
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Browsing for Bonjour services is what makes macOS raise the local
+    /// network prompt; the results themselves don't matter here.
+    private func startBonjourBrowse() {
+        stopBonjourBrowse()
+        let browser = NWBrowser(for: .bonjour(type: "_http._tcp", domain: nil), using: .tcp)
+        browser.start(queue: .global(qos: .utility))
+        self.browser = browser
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 6) { [weak self] in self?.stopBonjourBrowse() }
+    }
+
+    private func stopBonjourBrowse() {
+        browser?.cancel()
+        browser = nil
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Reading the modules
+
+    /// Manifests from both places the shell looks: the checkout and the
+    /// modules installed from the admin page.
+    private static func moduleManifests(root: URL?, dataDir: URL) -> [(id: String, name: String, json: [String: Any])] {
+        var found: [String: (String, [String: Any])] = [:]
+        for base in [root?.appendingPathComponent("modules"), dataDir.appendingPathComponent("modules")].compactMap({ $0 }) {
+            let dirs = (try? FileManager.default.contentsOfDirectory(atPath: base.path)) ?? []
+            for dir in dirs where !dir.hasPrefix(".") {
+                let file = base.appendingPathComponent(dir).appendingPathComponent("module.json")
+                guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: file),
+                      let json = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any] else { continue }
+                found[dir] = (json["name"] as? String ?? dir, json)
+            }
+        }
+        return found.map { (id: $0.key, name: $0.value.0, json: $0.value.1) }
+            .sorted { $0.name.localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare($1.name) == .orderedAscending }
+    }
+
+    static func scanModules(root: URL?, dataDir: URL) -> [ModuleNeed] {
+        var byKind: [PermissionKind: ModuleNeed] = [:]
+        for module in moduleManifests(root: root, dataDir: dataDir) {
+            guard let raw = module.json["permissions"] as? [Any] else { continue }
+            for entry in raw {
+                var kind: PermissionKind?
+                var reason = ""
+                if let name = entry as? String {
+                    kind = PermissionKind(raw: name)
+                } else if let object = entry as? [String: Any], let name = object["kind"] as? String {
+                    kind = PermissionKind(raw: name)
+                    reason = (object["reason"] as? String ?? "").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+                }
+                guard let kind else { continue }
+                var need = byKind[kind] ?? ModuleNeed(kind: kind)
+                let text = reason.isEmpty ? kind.defaultReason : reason
+                if let index = need.claims.firstIndex(where: { $0.reason == text }) {
+                    if !need.claims[index].modules.contains(module.name) {
+                        need.claims[index].modules.append(module.name)
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    need.claims.append(PermissionClaim(reason: text, modules: [module.name]))
+                }
+                byKind[kind] = need
+            }
+        }
+        // Stable order: the two the launcher manages first, then anything else.
+        let order: [PermissionKind] = [.microphone, .localNetwork]
+        return byKind.values.sorted {
+            let a = order.firstIndex(of: $0.kind) ?? order.count
+            let b = order.firstIndex(of: $1.kind) ?? order.count
+            return a == b ? $0.kind.title < $1.kind.title : a < b
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     The upstreams the admin page has been pointed at, pulled out of the
+     module config the server writes (modules.json). Endpoint settings are
+     `{ host, port }` objects and URLs are strings — both shapes appear, and
+     both are worth testing, so this walks the config rather than knowing any
+     particular module's key names.
+     */
+    static func configuredLocalHosts(root: URL?, dataDir: URL) -> [HostCheck] {
+        guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: dataDir.appendingPathComponent("modules.json")),
+              let config = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any] else { return [] }
+        let names = Dictionary(uniqueKeysWithValues: moduleManifests(root: root, dataDir: dataDir).map { ($0.id, $0.name) })
+        var checks: [HostCheck] = []
+        var seen = Set<String>()
+
+        func consider(_ host: String, _ port: Int, module: String) {
+            let host = host.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+            guard !host.isEmpty, Net.isLocalAddress(host), host != "localhost", host != "127.0.0.1" else { return }
+            let key = "\(host):\(port)"
+            guard !seen.contains(key) else { return }
+            seen.insert(key)
+            checks.append(HostCheck(module: module, host: host, port: port))
+        }
+
+        func walk(_ value: Any, module: String) {
+            if let object = value as? [String: Any] {
+                if let host = object["host"] as? String {
+                    consider(host, (object["port"] as? NSNumber)?.intValue ?? 80, module: module)
+                }
+                for nested in object.values { walk(nested, module: module) }
+            } else if let list = value as? [Any] {
+                for nested in list { walk(nested, module: module) }
+            } else if let text = value as? String, text.contains("://"),
+                      let parts = URLComponents(string: text), let host = parts.host {
+                consider(host, parts.port ?? (parts.scheme == "https" ? 443 : 80), module: module)
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (id, entry) in config {
+            guard let entry = entry as? [String: Any], let moduleConfig = entry["config"] else { continue }
+            walk(moduleConfig, module: names[id] ?? id)
+        }
+        return checks.sorted { $0.module < $1.module }
+    }
+}
+
+extension AVAuthorizationStatus {
+    var description: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .authorized: return "granted"
+        case .denied: return "denied"
+        case .restricted: return "restricted"
+        case .notDetermined: return "not asked yet"
+        @unknown default: return "unknown"
+        }
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/PermissionsPane.swift

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+import AVFoundation
+import SwiftUI
+import UserNotifications
+
+/**
+ The permissions pane: one line per permission — a status dot, its name, and
+ the one thing you can do about it.
+
+ What appears here is what the installed modules declare in their manifests,
+ so the list matches what is actually installed. Each row's tooltip carries
+ the modules' own reasons; the row itself stays out of the way.
+ */
+struct PermissionsPane: View {
+
+    @ObservedObject var server: ServerController
+    @ObservedObject var permissions: PermissionsModel
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            Form {
+                Section {
+                    if permissions.needs.isEmpty {
+                        Text("No installed module declares a permission.")
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    }
+                    ForEach(permissions.needs) { need in
+                        row(for: need)
+                    }
+                    notifications
+                }
+            }
+            .formStyle(.grouped)
+
+            Button("Re-check") {
+                permissions.refresh(root: server.rootURL, dataDir: server.dataDir)
+            }
+            .padding(.bottom, 14)
+        }
+        .onAppear { permissions.refresh(root: server.rootURL, dataDir: server.dataDir) }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Rows
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private func row(for need: ModuleNeed) -> some View {
+        switch need.kind {
+        case .microphone:
+            PermissionRow(title: need.kind.title,
+                          tone: microphoneTone,
+                          help: help(for: need),
+                          actionTitle: microphoneActionTitle,
+                          action: microphoneActionTitle == nil ? nil : { requestMicrophone() })
+
+        case .localNetwork:
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 7) {
+                PermissionRow(title: need.kind.title,
+                              tone: localNetworkTone,
+                              help: help(for: need),
+                              busy: permissions.checking,
+                              actionTitle: "Check Access",
+                              action: { permissions.checkLocalNetwork(root: server.rootURL, dataDir: server.dataDir) })
+                if !results.isEmpty { hostResults }
+            }
+
+        case .other:
+            PermissionRow(title: need.kind.title,
+                          tone: .unknown,
+                          help: "The launcher doesn't manage this one — grant it in System Settings.\n"
+                              + help(for: need),
+                          actionTitle: "Open System Settings",
+                          action: { SystemSettings.open(SystemSettings.privacy) })
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var notifications: some View {
+        PermissionRow(title: "Notifications",
+                      tone: notificationTone,
+                      help: "Tells you when ProdDash stops on its own.",
+                      actionTitle: notificationActionTitle,
+                      action: notificationActionTitle == nil ? nil : { permissions.requestNotifications() })
+    }
+
+    /// What the modules said, for the tooltip — one line per distinct reason.
+    private func help(for need: ModuleNeed) -> String {
+        need.claims
+            .map { $0.modules.isEmpty ? $0.reason : "\($0.reason) — \($0.askedBy)" }
+            .joined(separator: "\n")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Local network results
+
+    private var results: [Net.Probe] { permissions.hostChecks.compactMap(\.result) }
+
+    private var hostResults: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+            ForEach(permissions.hostChecks) { check in
+                HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                    Circle()
+                        .fill(tone(for: check.result).color)
+                        .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
+                    Text(check.label)
+                        .font(.system(.caption, design: .monospaced))
+                    Spacer()
+                    Text(describe(check.result))
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                }
+            }
+            if !results.isEmpty, !results.contains(where: \.isReachableHost) {
+                // Only when everything failed, because that is the shape a
+                // withheld permission takes.
+                HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                    Text("Nothing answered.")
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    Button("Open System Settings") { SystemSettings.open(SystemSettings.localNetwork) }
+                        .buttonStyle(.link)
+                        .controlSize(.small)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(.leading, 17)
+    }
+
+    private func describe(_ result: Net.Probe?) -> String {
+        switch result {
+        case .none:            return "—"
+        case .open:            return "answered"
+        case .refused:         return "reachable"
+        case .unreachable:     return "no route"
+        case .timedOut:        return "no answer"
+        case .failed(let why): return why
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func tone(for result: Net.Probe?) -> Tone {
+        guard let result else { return .unknown }
+        return result.isReachableHost ? .good : .bad
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Status and actions
+
+    private func requestMicrophone() {
+        permissions.requestMicrophone()
+    }
+
+    private var microphoneTone: Tone {
+        switch permissions.microphone {
+        case .authorized: return .good
+        case .denied, .restricted: return .bad
+        default: return .unknown
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var microphoneActionTitle: String? {
+        switch permissions.microphone {
+        case .authorized: return nil
+        case .notDetermined: return "Allow"
+        default: return "Open System Settings"
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Anything answering means the permission is there; only a clean sweep of
+    /// failures points at macOS withholding it.
+    private var localNetworkTone: Tone {
+        guard !results.isEmpty else { return .unknown }
+        return results.contains(where: \.isReachableHost) ? .good : .bad
+    }
+
+    private var notificationTone: Tone {
+        switch permissions.notifications {
+        case .authorized, .provisional, .ephemeral: return .good
+        case .denied: return .bad
+        default: return .unknown
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var notificationActionTitle: String? {
+        switch permissions.notifications {
+        case .authorized, .provisional, .ephemeral: return nil
+        case .notDetermined: return "Enable"
+        default: return "Open System Settings"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Pieces
+
+enum Tone {
+    case good, bad, unknown
+
+    var color: Color {
+        switch self {
+        case .good: return Color(nsColor: StatusIcon.accent)
+        case .bad: return Color(nsColor: StatusIcon.danger)
+        case .unknown: return .secondary
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Said out loud for anyone who can't see the dot.
+    var word: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .good: return "allowed"
+        case .bad: return "not allowed"
+        case .unknown: return "not checked"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private struct PermissionRow: View {
+    let title: String
+    let tone: Tone
+    let help: String
+    var busy = false
+    var actionTitle: String?
+    var action: (() -> Void)?
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 9) {
+            Circle()
+                .fill(tone.color)
+                .frame(width: 8, height: 8)
+                .accessibilityHidden(true)          // the name carries the status instead
+            Text(title)
+                .accessibilityLabel("\(title): \(tone.word)")
+            Spacer()
+            if busy { ProgressView().controlSize(.small) }
+            if let actionTitle, let action {
+                Button(actionTitle, action: action).disabled(busy)
+            }
+        }
+        .help(help)
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/ServerController.swift

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+import AppKit
+import Foundation
+
+enum ServerState: Equatable {
+    case stopped
+    case starting
+    case running
+    case stopping
+    case failed(String)
+
+    var isBusy: Bool { self == .starting || self == .running || self == .stopping }
+
+    var label: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .stopped:  return "Stopped"
+        case .starting: return "Starting…"
+        case .running:  return "Running"
+        case .stopping: return "Stopping…"
+        case .failed:   return "Problem"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ Starts, stops and watches over the ProdDash server.
+
+ The shell was built for this: it takes `PRODDASH_LAUNCHER=1` to mean "someone
+ is supervising me", and then exits **75** instead of respawning itself when
+ the admin page applies an update — so a 75 here is a restart request, not a
+ fault. Anything else unexpected is a crash: it gets a backed-off restart, and
+ a burst of fast crashes stops the cycle rather than looping forever.
+
+ Starting the server from this app is also what gives the modules their
+ permissions. macOS hands a child process the *responsible process* of its
+ parent, so node — and the `ltc-capture` tool the Timers module runs — inherit
+ this app bundle's identity, and the microphone and local-network prompts are
+ asked, and remembered, in ProdDash's name. A server started over SSH or from
+ a bare launchd job has no such identity, which is why its LTC input is
+ silently all zeros.
+ */
+final class ServerController: ObservableObject {
+
+    @Published private(set) var state: ServerState = .stopped
+    /// One line under the status pill: why it stopped, what to fix.
+    @Published private(set) var message = ""
+    @Published private(set) var port: Int = ProdDash.defaultPort
+    @Published private(set) var shellVersion = ""
+    @Published private(set) var localURL = ""
+    @Published private(set) var networkURLs: [String] = []
+    @Published private(set) var settingsDir = ""
+    /// The server answered /api/modules — listening, not merely alive.
+    @Published private(set) var healthy = false
+    @Published private(set) var rootURL: URL?
+    @Published private(set) var nodeURL: URL?
+    @Published private(set) var nodeVersion = ""
+
+    /// Asked when the port is already taken: (port, looks like ProdDash, reply).
+    var onPortBusy: ((Int, Bool, @escaping (Bool) -> Void) -> Void)?
+
+    private let settings: LauncherSettings
+    private let log = LogStore.shared
+
+    private var child: ChildProcess?
+    private var intentionalStop = false
+    private var restartAfterExit = false
+    private var startedAt: Date?
+    private var crashTimes: [Date] = []
+    private var pendingRestart: DispatchWorkItem?
+    private var healthTimer: Timer?
+    private var healthMisses = 0
+    private var openedDashboardThisRun = false
+    /// The most recent line that reads like a reason, shown with a failure.
+    private var lastProblemLine = ""
+
+    init(settings: LauncherSettings) {
+        self.settings = settings
+        refreshEnvironment()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Environment
+
+    /// Re-resolve the checkout, the node binary and the port. Cheap, and run
+    /// again before every start so a folder fixed in Settings takes effect.
+    func refreshEnvironment() {
+        // A shipped app installs (or re-installs) its copy of ProdDash before
+        // going looking for one. An explicitly chosen folder skips all that.
+        let base = ProdDash.dataDir(root: nil)
+        if settings.rootPath.isEmpty {
+            ProdDash.seedWorkingCopy(dataDir: base) { [log] message in log.launcher(message) }
+        }
+        let root = ProdDash.findRoot(preferred: settings.rootPath, dataDir: base)
+        rootURL = root
+        let node = ProdDash.findNode(root: root, preferred: settings.nodePath)
+        if node?.path != nodeURL?.path {
+            nodeURL = node
+            nodeVersion = node.map(ProdDash.nodeVersion) ?? ""
+        }
+        if let root {
+            let version = ProdDash.shellVersion(root: root)
+            if !version.isEmpty { shellVersion = version }
+        }
+        if !state.isBusy {
+            port = ProdDash.port(root: root, dataDir: dataDir)
+        }
+    }
+
+    var dataDir: URL { ProdDash.dataDir(root: rootURL) }
+    var dashboardURL: URL { URL(string: "http://localhost:\(port)/")! }
+    var adminURL: URL { URL(string: "http://localhost:\(port)/admin")! }
+
+    // MARK: - Start
+
+    func start() {
+        guard !state.isBusy else { return }
+        pendingRestart?.cancel()
+        pendingRestart = nil
+        refreshEnvironment()
+
+        guard let root = rootURL else {
+            return fail("Can't find the ProdDash folder. Choose it under Settings.")
+        }
+        guard let node = nodeURL else {
+            return fail("Node.js 18 or newer isn't installed. Install it from nodejs.org, or set the path under Settings.")
+        }
+        if ProdDash.nodeIsTooOld(nodeVersion) {
+            return fail("This machine's node is \(nodeVersion) — ProdDash needs 18 or newer.")
+        }
+
+        state = .starting
+        message = ""
+        localURL = ""
+        networkURLs = []
+        healthy = false
+        healthMisses = 0
+        openedDashboardThisRun = false
+        lastProblemLine = ""
+
+        let port = self.port
+        // The port probe and the "is that ProdDash?" request both block; keep
+        // them off the main queue so the window stays live.
+        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInitiated).async { [weak self] in
+            let busy = Net.probeSync(host: "127.0.0.1", port: UInt16(port), timeout: 1.0) == .open
+            let isProdDash = busy && Self.respondsAsProdDash(port: port)
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                guard let self, self.state == .starting else { return }
+                guard busy else { return self.spawn(root: root, node: node, port: port) }
+                guard let ask = self.onPortBusy else {
+                    return self.fail("Port \(port) is already in use.")
+                }
+                ask(port, isProdDash) { takeOver in
+                    guard takeOver else {
+                        self.state = .stopped
+                        self.message = "Port \(port) is already in use."
+                        return
+                    }
+                    self.takeOverPort(port)
+                    self.spawn(root: root, node: node, port: port)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func spawn(root: URL, node: URL, port: Int) {
+        var env = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
+        env["PRODDASH_LAUNCHER"] = "1"       // "someone is supervising me" — see the note above
+        env["PORT"] = String(port)
+        // A GUI app inherits almost no PATH. Put node's own folder first, and
+        // keep the usual system ones so the Timers module can still find swiftc
+        // when it needs to build its capture tool.
+        let base = env["PATH"] ?? "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin"
+        env["PATH"] = node.deletingLastPathComponent().path + ":" + base + ":/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin"
+
+        log.launcher("starting: \(node.path) server.js  (in \(root.path), port \(port))")
+        do {
+            child = try ChildProcess.run(
+                executable: node.path,
+                arguments: ["server.js"],
+                directory: root.path,
+                environment: env,
+                onLine: { [weak self] line, isError in self?.handleOutput(line, isError: isError) },
+                onExit: { [weak self] code, bySignal in self?.handleExit(code: code, bySignal: bySignal) })
+            intentionalStop = false
+            startedAt = Date()
+            startHealthPolling()
+        } catch {
+            fail(error.localizedDescription)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Hand the port over from a ProdDash somebody started another way. The
+    /// server we are about to start waits for the port to free up on its own.
+    private func takeOverPort(_ port: Int) {
+        let pids = Net.listenerPIDs(port: port)
+        guard !pids.isEmpty else { return }
+        log.launcher("taking port \(port) over from pid \(pids.map(String.init).joined(separator: ", "))")
+        for pid in pids { kill(pid, SIGTERM) }
+        Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: 0.6)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Stop / restart
+
+    func stop() {
+        pendingRestart?.cancel()
+        pendingRestart = nil
+        guard let child else {
+            state = .stopped
+            return
+        }
+        intentionalStop = true
+        state = .stopping
+        message = ""
+        log.launcher("stopping ProdDash")
+        child.terminate()
+        let pid = child.pid
+        // The server closes in about a second and a half; this is the backstop.
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 8) { [weak self] in
+            guard let self, let current = self.child, current.pid == pid, current.isAlive else { return }
+            self.log.launcher("ProdDash didn't stop on its own after 8s — forcing it")
+            current.forceKill()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func restart() {
+        guard child != nil else { return start() }
+        restartAfterExit = true
+        stop()
+    }
+
+    func toggle() {
+        switch state {
+        case .running, .starting: stop()
+        case .stopped, .failed:   start()
+        case .stopping:           break
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func scheduleRestart(after seconds: TimeInterval) {
+        let work = DispatchWorkItem { [weak self] in self?.start() }
+        pendingRestart = work
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + seconds, execute: work)
+    }
+
+    private func fail(_ reason: String) {
+        state = .failed(reason)
+        message = reason
+        log.launcher(reason)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Child output
+
+    private func handleOutput(_ line: String, isError: Bool) {
+        log.append(line, kind: isError ? .err : .out)
+        if line.contains("cannot start") || line.contains("Error:") || line.contains("EADDRINUSE") {
+            lastProblemLine = line.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        }
+        parseBanner(line)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     The server prints a short banner once it is listening:
+
+         ProdDash 1.3.0
+           Local       : http://localhost:24500
+           Network     : http://10.0.1.42:24500
+           Modules     : clock, prodcom-transcript, …
+           Settings    : /Users/booth/Library/Application Support/ProdDash
+
+     Reading it is how the launcher learns it is really up (before the health
+     poll gets there) and what to show in the window.
+     */
+    private func parseBanner(_ line: String) {
+        let text = line.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        if text.hasPrefix("ProdDash "), text.dropFirst(9).first?.isNumber == true {
+            shellVersion = String(text.dropFirst(9)).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+            if state == .starting {
+                state = .running
+                message = ""
+                log.launcher("ProdDash \(shellVersion) is up on port \(port)")
+                if settings.openDashboardOnStart { openDashboard() }
+                openedDashboardThisRun = true
+            }
+            return
+        }
+        guard let colon = text.firstIndex(of: ":") else { return }
+        let field = text[text.startIndex..<colon].trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        let value = text[text.index(after: colon)...].trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        switch field {
+        case "Local":    localURL = value
+        case "Network":  if !networkURLs.contains(value) { networkURLs.append(value) }
+        case "Settings": settingsDir = value
+        default: break
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Exit
+
+    private func handleExit(code: Int32, bySignal: Bool) {
+        stopHealthPolling()
+        child = nil
+        healthy = false
+        let ranFor = startedAt.map { Date().timeIntervalSince($0) } ?? 0
+        if ranFor > 60 { crashTimes.removeAll() }   // a long healthy run clears the slate
+
+        if restartAfterExit {
+            restartAfterExit = false
+            state = .stopped
+            start()
+            return
+        }
+        if intentionalStop {
+            state = .stopped
+            message = "Stopped."
+            log.launcher("ProdDash stopped")
+            return
+        }
+        // 75 is the shell's "start me again" — the admin page applied an update.
+        if !bySignal && code == 75 {
+            log.launcher("ProdDash applied an update and asked to be restarted")
+            state = .stopped
+            message = "Restarting to apply an update…"
+            start()
+            return
+        }
+
+        let how = bySignal ? "was killed by signal \(code)" : "exited with code \(code)"
+        let detail = lastProblemLine.isEmpty ? "" : " — \(lastProblemLine)"
+        crashTimes.append(Date())
+        crashTimes = crashTimes.filter { Date().timeIntervalSince($0) < 120 }
+
+        guard settings.restartOnCrash, crashTimes.count < 4 else {
+            let why = settings.restartOnCrash
+                ? "ProdDash stopped \(crashTimes.count) times in two minutes — leaving it stopped."
+                : "ProdDash \(how)."
+            let last = lastProblemLine.isEmpty ? "" : " Last message: \(lastProblemLine)"
+            fail(why + last)
+            Notifier.shared.post(title: "ProdDash stopped", body: why)
+            return
+        }
+        let delay = [1.0, 2.0, 5.0, 10.0][min(crashTimes.count - 1, 3)]
+        state = .stopped
+        message = "ProdDash \(how) — restarting…"
+        log.launcher("ProdDash \(how)\(detail); restarting in \(Int(delay))s")
+        Notifier.shared.post(title: "ProdDash stopped", body: "It \(how)\(detail). Restarting…")
+        scheduleRestart(after: delay)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Health
+
+    private func startHealthPolling() {
+        healthTimer?.invalidate()
+        let timer = Timer(timeInterval: 3, repeats: true) { [weak self] _ in self?.pollHealth() }
+        RunLoop.main.add(timer, forMode: .common)
+        healthTimer = timer
+    }
+
+    private func stopHealthPolling() {
+        healthTimer?.invalidate()
+        healthTimer = nil
+    }
+
+    private func pollHealth() {
+        let port = self.port
+        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async { [weak self] in
+            let ok = Self.respondsAsProdDash(port: port)
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                guard let self, self.child != nil else { return }
+                if ok {
+                    self.healthMisses = 0
+                    self.healthy = true
+                    if self.state == .starting {
+                        self.state = .running
+                        if self.settings.openDashboardOnStart, !self.openedDashboardThisRun {
+                            self.openedDashboardThisRun = true
+                            self.openDashboard()
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    self.healthMisses += 1
+                    if self.healthMisses >= 2 { self.healthy = false }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Does something on this port answer ProdDash's own unauthenticated
+    /// module list? Blocking — background queues only.
+    static func respondsAsProdDash(port: Int) -> Bool {
+        guard let url = URL(string: "http://127.0.0.1:\(port)/api/modules") else { return false }
+        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
+        request.timeoutInterval = 2
+        request.httpMethod = "GET"
+        let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0)
+        var ok = false
+        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, _ in
+            defer { semaphore.signal() }
+            guard let http = response as? HTTPURLResponse, http.statusCode == 200,
+                  let data, let body = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else { return }
+            ok = body.contains("\"modules\"")
+        }.resume()
+        _ = semaphore.wait(timeout: .now() + 3)
+        return ok
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Settings ProdDash owns
+
+    /// Write the port where ProdDash reads it, then restart if it is running.
+    func applyPort(_ newPort: Int) {
+        guard ProdDash.isValidPort(newPort) else {
+            message = "\(newPort) isn't a usable port number."
+            return
+        }
+        guard newPort != port else { return }
+        do {
+            try ProdDash.setPort(newPort, dataDir: dataDir)
+            port = newPort
+            log.launcher("port set to \(newPort)")
+            if child != nil { restart() }
+        } catch {
+            message = "Couldn't save the port: \(error.localizedDescription)"
+            log.launcher(message)
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Opening things
+
+    func openDashboard() { NSWorkspace.shared.open(dashboardURL) }
+    func openAdmin() { NSWorkspace.shared.open(adminURL) }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/StatusIcon.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import AppKit
+
+/**
+ The menu-bar glyph: ProdDash's own icon — a 2×2 grid of tiles — with the
+ accent tile carrying the state, exactly as the app icon does. Filled and
+ green while it serves; hollow and dim when stopped; amber mid-move; red when
+ something needs a person.
+
+ Drawn rather than templated because a template image can only be one colour.
+ The outline uses `labelColor`, so it follows a light or dark menu bar; the
+ status item redraws it when the appearance changes.
+ */
+enum StatusIcon {
+
+    static let accent = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.18, green: 0.90, blue: 0.60, alpha: 1)   // #2ee59a, the shell's --accent
+    static let warn   = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.94, green: 0.71, blue: 0.16, alpha: 1)   // #f0b429
+    static let danger = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.96, green: 0.26, blue: 0.24, alpha: 1)   // #f4433c
+
+    static func color(for state: ServerState, healthy: Bool) -> NSColor {
+        switch state {
+        case .running:  return healthy ? accent : warn
+        case .starting, .stopping: return warn
+        case .failed:   return danger
+        case .stopped:  return NSColor.secondaryLabelColor
+        }
+    }
+
+    static func image(for state: ServerState, healthy: Bool) -> NSImage {
+        let side: CGFloat = 18
+        let fill: NSColor? = {
+            switch state {
+            case .stopped: return nil            // nothing lit: plainly off
+            default: return color(for: state, healthy: healthy)
+            }
+        }()
+
+        let image = NSImage(size: NSSize(width: side, height: side), flipped: false) { _ in
+            let inset: CGFloat = 1.5
+            let gap: CGFloat = 1.6
+            let tile = (side - inset * 2 - gap) / 2
+            let outline = NSColor.labelColor.withAlphaComponent(state == .stopped ? 0.55 : 0.9)
+
+            for row in 0..<2 {
+                for column in 0..<2 {
+                    let rect = NSRect(x: inset + CGFloat(column) * (tile + gap),
+                                      y: inset + CGFloat(row) * (tile + gap),
+                                      width: tile, height: tile)
+                    // Bottom-right is the accent tile, as on the app icon.
+                    let isAccent = (row == 0 && column == 1)
+                    let path = NSBezierPath(roundedRect: rect.insetBy(dx: 0.6, dy: 0.6), xRadius: 2, yRadius: 2)
+                    if isAccent, let fill {
+                        fill.setFill()
+                        path.fill()
+                    } else {
+                        outline.setStroke()
+                        path.lineWidth = 1.3
+                        path.stroke()
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return true
+        }
+        image.isTemplate = false
+        image.accessibilityDescription = "ProdDash — \(state.label)"
+        return image
+    }
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/SystemIntegration.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import AppKit
+import Foundation
+import ServiceManagement
+import UserNotifications
+
+/// Notifications about the server, for a booth machine nobody is watching.
+/// Quiet by design: only a stop nobody asked for is worth interrupting anyone.
+final class Notifier {
+
+    static let shared = Notifier()
+
+    private var authorized = false
+    private var asked = false
+
+    private var available: Bool { Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier != nil }
+
+    private init() {}
+
+    /// Ask once, when the operator turns the setting on.
+    func requestAuthorization(_ completion: ((Bool) -> Void)? = nil) {
+        guard available else { return completion?(false) ?? () }
+        asked = true
+        UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .sound]) { granted, _ in
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                self.authorized = granted
+                completion?(granted)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    func refreshStatus(_ completion: @escaping (UNAuthorizationStatus) -> Void) {
+        guard available else { return completion(.denied) }
+        UNUserNotificationCenter.current().getNotificationSettings { settings in
+            DispatchQueue.main.async {
+                self.authorized = settings.authorizationStatus == .authorized
+                completion(settings.authorizationStatus)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Posting never asks for permission: a prompt that appears because
+    /// something just failed, unattended, is the worst possible moment for it.
+    /// It is asked for from the Permissions tab; until then this does nothing.
+    func post(title: String, body: String) {
+        guard available, authorized else { return }
+        let content = UNMutableNotificationContent()
+        content.title = title
+        content.body = body
+        let request = UNNotificationRequest(identifier: UUID().uuidString, content: content, trigger: nil)
+        UNUserNotificationCenter.current().add(request)
+    }
+}
+
+/// "Open ProdDash at login", through the modern (macOS 13+) login-item API.
+/// The operator may still have to approve it in System Settings — hence
+/// `needsApproval`, which the window surfaces rather than silently failing.
+enum LoginItem {
+
+    static var isEnabled: Bool { SMAppService.mainApp.status == .enabled }
+    static var needsApproval: Bool { SMAppService.mainApp.status == .requiresApproval }
+
+    @discardableResult
+    static func set(_ enabled: Bool) -> String? {
+        do {
+            if enabled {
+                if SMAppService.mainApp.status != .enabled { try SMAppService.mainApp.register() }
+            } else {
+                if SMAppService.mainApp.status == .enabled { try SMAppService.mainApp.unregister() }
+            }
+            return nil
+        } catch {
+            return error.localizedDescription
+        }
+    }
+
+    static func openSystemSettings() {
+        SMAppService.openSystemSettingsLoginItems()
+    }
+}
+
+enum SystemSettings {
+    /// Deep links into the Privacy & Security panes. Opening the app itself is
+    /// the fallback when a pane identifier stops working on a later macOS.
+    static func open(_ pane: String) {
+        guard let url = URL(string: pane) else { return }
+        if !NSWorkspace.shared.open(url) {
+            NSWorkspace.shared.open(URL(fileURLWithPath: "/System/Applications/System Settings.app"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    static let microphone = "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_Microphone"
+    static let localNetwork = "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_LocalNetwork"
+    static let notifications = "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Notifications-Settings.extension"
+    static let privacy = "x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy"
+}

launcher/macos/Sources/main.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import AppKit
+
+// ProdDash Launcher — a menu-bar app, so no Dock icon and no app menu
+// (LSUIElement in Info.plist says the same thing to Launch Services).
+let delegate = AppDelegate()
+let application = NSApplication.shared
+application.delegate = delegate
+application.setActivationPolicy(.accessory)
+application.run()

launcher/macos/build.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+# Build ProdDash.app — the whole application: launcher, server and its own
+# Node runtime, with nothing to install first.
+#
+#   ./build.sh                 build/ProdDash.app, self-contained
+#   ./build.sh --dmg           …and build/ProdDash-<version>-arm64.dmg
+#   ./build.sh --install       …and copy it to /Applications
+#   ./build.sh --run           …and launch it
+#   ./build.sh --notarize      with --dmg: notarise and staple (needs a
+#                              Developer ID and a notarytool keychain profile)
+#   ./build.sh --dev           launcher only — no Node, no server payload, so
+#                              it runs against the checkout. Seconds, not
+#                              minutes, while working on the launcher itself.
+#
+# Signing: a "Developer ID Application" certificate is used when one is
+# installed (override with CODESIGN_IDENTITY). Without one the app is signed
+# ad-hoc, which is fine on your own Macs but makes another Mac ask before it
+# will open the app.
+#
+# Needs the Xcode command line tools. Everything else it fetches or builds.
+set -e -u
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+APP_NAME="ProdDash"
+BUNDLE_ID="org.waterschurch.proddash"
+LAUNCHER_VERSION="1.0.0"
+# The Node the app ships. Bump it here; the download is checksum-verified
+# against nodejs.org's own SHASUMS256.txt and cached in .cache/.
+NODE_VERSION="v24.21.0"
+ARCH="arm64"
+DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="13.0"
+
+REPO_ROOT="../.."
+OUT_DIR="build"
+CACHE_DIR=".cache"
+APP="$OUT_DIR/$APP_NAME.app"
+CONTENTS="$APP/Contents"
+PAYLOAD="$CONTENTS/Resources/app"
+
+DEV=0
+INSTALL=0
+RUN=0
+MAKE_DMG=0
+NOTARIZE=0
+
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    --dev) DEV=1 ;;
+    --install) INSTALL=1 ;;
+    --run) RUN=1 ;;
+    --dmg) MAKE_DMG=1 ;;
+    --notarize) NOTARIZE=1; MAKE_DMG=1 ;;
+    -h|--help) sed -n '2,22p' "$0"; exit 0 ;;
+    *) echo "build.sh: unknown option $1" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
+
+command -v swiftc >/dev/null || {
+  echo "build.sh: swiftc not found — install the Xcode command line tools:" >&2
+  echo "          xcode-select --install" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# The product's version is ProdDash's own; the launcher keeps its own number
+# for when something is wrong with the launcher rather than the dashboard.
+VERSION=$(sed -n 's/.*"version" *: *"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' "$REPO_ROOT/package.json" | head -1)
+[[ -n "$VERSION" ]] || { echo "build.sh: can't read the version from package.json" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "ProdDash $VERSION (launcher $LAUNCHER_VERSION) — building for $ARCH"
+
+rm -rf "$OUT_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$CONTENTS/MacOS" "$CONTENTS/Resources"
+
+# ── the launcher ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+echo "  compiling the launcher"
+swiftc -O -whole-module-optimization \
+  -target "$ARCH-apple-macos$DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" \
+  -module-name ProdDashLauncher \
+  -o "$CONTENTS/MacOS/$APP_NAME" \
+  Sources/*.swift
+
+cp Resources/Info.plist "$CONTENTS/Info.plist"
+/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleShortVersionString $VERSION" "$CONTENTS/Info.plist" >/dev/null
+/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :CFBundleVersion $VERSION" "$CONTENTS/Info.plist" >/dev/null
+/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :ProdDashLauncherVersion $LAUNCHER_VERSION" "$CONTENTS/Info.plist" >/dev/null
+printf 'APPL????' > "$CONTENTS/PkgInfo"
+
+SOURCE_ICON="$REPO_ROOT/public/icons/icon-512.png"
+if [[ -f "$SOURCE_ICON" ]]; then
+  echo "  building the icon"
+  ICONSET="$OUT_DIR/AppIcon.iconset"
+  mkdir -p "$ICONSET"
+  for size in 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024; do
+    sips -z $size $size "$SOURCE_ICON" --out "$ICONSET/icon_${size}x${size}.png" >/dev/null 2>&1
+  done
+  mv "$ICONSET/icon_32x32.png"     "$ICONSET/icon_16x16@2x.png"
+  cp "$ICONSET/icon_64x64.png"     "$ICONSET/icon_32x32@2x.png"
+  mv "$ICONSET/icon_64x64.png"     "$ICONSET/icon_32x32.png"
+  cp "$ICONSET/icon_256x256.png"   "$ICONSET/icon_128x128@2x.png"
+  cp "$ICONSET/icon_512x512.png"   "$ICONSET/icon_256x256@2x.png"
+  mv "$ICONSET/icon_1024x1024.png" "$ICONSET/icon_512x512@2x.png"
+  iconutil -c icns "$ICONSET" -o "$CONTENTS/Resources/AppIcon.icns"
+  rm -rf "$ICONSET"
+fi
+
+# ── the server, and the Node that runs it ────────────────────────────────
+if [[ $DEV -eq 0 ]]; then
+  TARBALL="node-$NODE_VERSION-darwin-$ARCH.tar.gz"
+  mkdir -p "$CACHE_DIR"
+  if [[ ! -f "$CACHE_DIR/$TARBALL" ]]; then
+    echo "  fetching Node $NODE_VERSION (~50 MB, cached for next time)"
+    curl -fsSL --retry 3 -o "$CACHE_DIR/$TARBALL.part" "https://nodejs.org/dist/$NODE_VERSION/$TARBALL"
+    mv "$CACHE_DIR/$TARBALL.part" "$CACHE_DIR/$TARBALL"
+  fi
+  SUMS="$CACHE_DIR/SHASUMS256-$NODE_VERSION.txt"
+  [[ -f "$SUMS" ]] || curl -fsSL --retry 3 -o "$SUMS" "https://nodejs.org/dist/$NODE_VERSION/SHASUMS256.txt"
+  # This binary is about to be signed with your name on it — check it every build.
+  WANT=$(awk -v f="$TARBALL" '$2 == f {print $1}' "$SUMS")
+  GOT=$(shasum -a 256 "$CACHE_DIR/$TARBALL" | awk '{print $1}')
+  if [[ -z "$WANT" || "$WANT" != "$GOT" ]]; then
+    echo "build.sh: $TARBALL does not match nodejs.org's checksum — refusing to ship it" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "  embedding Node $NODE_VERSION"
+  mkdir -p "$CONTENTS/Resources/node/bin"
+  tar -xzf "$CACHE_DIR/$TARBALL" -C "$CONTENTS/Resources/node/bin" --strip-components 2 \
+    "node-$NODE_VERSION-darwin-$ARCH/bin/node"
+
+  echo "  embedding ProdDash $VERSION"
+  mkdir -p "$PAYLOAD/config"
+  cp "$REPO_ROOT/server.js" "$REPO_ROOT/package.json" "$PAYLOAD/"
+  cp -R "$REPO_ROOT/public" "$REPO_ROOT/modules" "$PAYLOAD/"
+  # Only the checked-in defaults: config/ also holds this machine's own
+  # modules.json and layouts when ProdDash has ever run from the checkout.
+  cp "$REPO_ROOT/config/proddash.json" "$PAYLOAD/config/"
+  find "$PAYLOAD" -name '.DS_Store' -delete
+
+  # A module's native helper is built here, so the Mac running ProdDash needs
+  # no compiler: <name>.swift beside a module's files becomes <name>.
+  for source in "$PAYLOAD"/modules/*/*.swift; do
+    [[ -e "$source" ]] || continue
+    helper="${source%.swift}"
+    echo "  compiling $(basename "$(dirname "$source")")/$(basename "$helper")"
+    swiftc -O -target "$ARCH-apple-macos$DEPLOYMENT_TARGET" -o "$helper" "$source"
+  done
+fi
+
+# ── signing ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+IDENTITY="${CODESIGN_IDENTITY:-}"
+if [[ -z "$IDENTITY" ]]; then
+  IDENTITY=$(security find-identity -v -p codesigning 2>/dev/null \
+    | awk -F'"' '/Developer ID Application/ {print $2; exit}')
+fi
+if [[ -n "$IDENTITY" ]]; then
+  echo "  signing as $IDENTITY"
+  SIGN=(--force --sign "$IDENTITY" --options runtime --timestamp)
+else
+  echo "  signing ad-hoc (no Developer ID installed — other Macs will ask before opening it)"
+  IDENTITY="-"
+  SIGN=(--force --sign -)
+fi
+
+# Nested code first, outermost last, or the outer signature seals a lie.
+if [[ -f "$CONTENTS/Resources/node/bin/node" ]]; then
+  codesign "${SIGN[@]}" --entitlements Resources/node.entitlements "$CONTENTS/Resources/node/bin/node"
+fi
+if [[ $DEV -eq 0 ]]; then
+  for helper in "$PAYLOAD"/modules/*/*; do
+    # A compiled helper is the extensionless executable beside a module's
+    # sources — test the name, not the path, which has dots all over it.
+    name=$(basename "$helper")
+    [[ -f "$helper" && -x "$helper" && "$name" != *.* ]] || continue
+    echo "  signing $name"
+    codesign "${SIGN[@]}" --entitlements Resources/helper.entitlements "$helper"
+  done
+fi
+codesign "${SIGN[@]}" --entitlements Resources/ProdDash.entitlements --identifier "$BUNDLE_ID" "$APP"
+codesign --verify --deep --strict "$APP" && echo "  signature verifies"
+
+SIZE=$(du -sh "$APP" | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "built $APP ($SIZE)"
+
+# ── disk image ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+if [[ $MAKE_DMG -eq 1 ]]; then
+  DMG="$OUT_DIR/$APP_NAME-$VERSION-$ARCH.dmg"
+  STAGE="$OUT_DIR/dmg"
+  rm -rf "$STAGE"
+  mkdir -p "$STAGE"
+  cp -R "$APP" "$STAGE/"
+  ln -s /Applications "$STAGE/Applications"     # drag-to-install, the usual way
+  hdiutil create -volname "$APP_NAME $VERSION" -srcfolder "$STAGE" \
+    -ov -format UDZO -quiet "$DMG"
+  rm -rf "$STAGE"
+  [[ "$IDENTITY" == "-" ]] || codesign --force --sign "$IDENTITY" --timestamp "$DMG"
+  echo "built $DMG ($(du -sh "$DMG" | awk '{print $1}'))"
+
+  if [[ $NOTARIZE -eq 1 ]]; then
+    if [[ "$IDENTITY" == "-" ]]; then
+      echo "build.sh: can't notarise an ad-hoc signed app — a Developer ID is required" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    PROFILE="${NOTARY_PROFILE:-proddash}"
+    echo "  notarising as keychain profile \"$PROFILE\" (a few minutes)"
+    xcrun notarytool submit "$DMG" --keychain-profile "$PROFILE" --wait
+    xcrun stapler staple "$DMG"
+    echo "  notarised and stapled — this opens anywhere with no warning"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ $INSTALL -eq 1 ]]; then
+  DEST="/Applications/$APP_NAME.app"
+  osascript -e "tell application \"$APP_NAME\" to quit" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  sleep 1
+  rm -rf "$DEST"
+  cp -R "$APP" "$DEST"
+  echo "installed $DEST"
+  APP="$DEST"
+fi
+
+[[ $RUN -eq 1 ]] && open "$APP"
+exit 0

modules/clock/module.json

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {
   "id": "clock",
   "name": "Clock",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.1.0",
-  "description": "Big booth clock — the smallest possible ProdDash module",
   "client": "client.js",
   "style": "style.css",
   "minSize": { "w": 2, "h": 1 },
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@
         { "value": "12h", "label": "12-hour" }
       ]
     },
-    "showSeconds": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Show seconds", "default": true },
+    "showSeconds": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Seconds", "default": true },
-    "showDate": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Show date", "default": false }
+    "showDate": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Date", "default": false }
   }
 }

modules/pco-plan/client.js

@@ -209,17 +209,27 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     renderClock();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The header clock follows the service the server says owns the clock
+   * (state.service: idle → running → stopped, by schedule or by the admin's
+   * ProPresenter document cues): a countdown before it, the running time
+   * while it runs (with ahead/behind when following ProPresenter), the final
+   * time once it has ended.
+   */
   function renderClock() {
     const plan = state?.plan;
     const live = state?.live || {};
+    const svc = state?.service || {};
     clockLabelEl.textContent = '';
     clockValueEl.textContent = '';
     clockValueEl.className = 'pp-clock-value';
     if (!plan || headEl.hidden) return;
     const now = serverNow();
-    if (on('showRunningClock') && live.following && live.serviceStartedAt) {
+    const startedAt = svc.startedAt || live.serviceStartedAt || 0;
+    if (on('showRunningClock') && svc.phase === 'running' && startedAt) {
       clockLabelEl.textContent = 'Running';
-      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtDur((now - live.serviceStartedAt) / 1000);
+      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtDur((now - startedAt) / 1000);
+      if (live.following) {
         // Ahead of / behind the plan: elapsed minus what the completed items were planned to take.
         const done = state.items.filter((it) => live.history?.[it.id]?.endedAt);
         const planned = done.reduce((sum, it) => sum + (it.length || 0), 0);
@@ -229,16 +239,25 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
           clockLabelEl.textContent = `Running · ${drift > 0 ? 'behind' : 'ahead'} ${fmtDur(Math.abs(drift))}`;
           clockValueEl.classList.add(drift > 0 ? 'is-behind' : 'is-ahead');
         }
+      }
       return;
     }
-    if (on('showCountdown') && plan.serviceStartsAt && plan.serviceStartsAt > now) {
+    if (on('showRunningClock') && svc.phase === 'stopped' && startedAt && svc.endedAt) {
+      clockLabelEl.textContent = 'Ended';
+      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtDur((svc.endedAt - startedAt) / 1000);
+      return;
+    }
+    const startsAt = svc.startsAt || plan.serviceStartsAt || 0;
+    if (on('showCountdown') && startsAt > now) {
       clockLabelEl.textContent = 'Starts in';
-      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtDur((plan.serviceStartsAt - now) / 1000);
+      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtDur((startsAt - now) / 1000);
       return;
     }
-    if (on('showRunningClock') && plan.serviceStartsAt) {
+    if (on('showRunningClock') && startsAt) {
-      clockLabelEl.textContent = 'Since start';
+      // Past the scheduled start and not started: waiting for the admin's
-      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtDur((now - plan.serviceStartsAt) / 1000);
+      // start document to go live in ProPresenter (or its failsafe).
+      clockLabelEl.textContent = 'Scheduled';
+      clockValueEl.textContent = fmtClock(startsAt);
     }
   }
 

modules/pco-plan/matching.js

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Title matching for the PCO Plan module — the one answer to "is this
+ * ProPresenter document that Planning Center thing?", used twice:
+ *
+ *   - mapping the document ProPresenter has live to a plan item (the
+ *     highlight and the item runtimes), and
+ *   - recognising the documents an admin picked as the service start / end
+ *     cues (see service-timing.js).
+ *
+ * A ProPresenter name and a Planning Center title rarely agree letter for
+ * letter ("This Is The Day - [ Full ]" vs "This Is The Day"), so both sides
+ * are tidied the way propresenter-core.cleanItemName does (tags in brackets,
+ * leading date codes and dash separators dropped), lower-cased, stripped of
+ * punctuation and compared:
+ *
+ *   1.00  identical after tidying     "Post-Service Loop"  ≈ "Post Service Loop"
+ *   0.85  one contains the other      "Welcome"            ≈ "Welcome & Announcements"
+ *   Dice  2·shared words ÷ all words  "Pre Service Loop"   vs "Post Service Loop" → 0.67
+ *
+ * Filler words ("the", "of", "and"…) are ignored. The thresholds:
+ *
+ *   MATCH_THRESHOLD   0.6   plan items — two of three words is enough, because
+ *                           the item that scores best *and* is next in the
+ *                           plan wins, so a near miss lands on the right row.
+ *   TRIGGER_THRESHOLD 0.75  service cues — a cue starts or freezes the service
+ *                           clock, so one wrong word must not fire it: the
+ *                           pre-service loop (0.67 against "Post Service Loop")
+ *                           stays a non-match, while a renamed
+ *                           "Post-Service Loop", a tagged "Post Service Loop
+ *                           [Full]" (1.0) or a shortened "Post Service" (0.85)
+ *                           still trigger.
+ */
+
+const MATCH_THRESHOLD = 0.6;
+const TRIGGER_THRESHOLD = 0.75;
+
+/** Same title tidying as propresenter-core.cleanItemName (drops [tags], date codes). */
+function cleanTitle(raw) {
+  const original = String(raw || '').trim();
+  let s = original;
+  s = s.replace(/[[({][^\])}]*[\])}]/g, ' ');
+  s = s.replace(/^\s*\d{6,8}\b[\s\-–—:.]*/, '');
+  s = s.replace(/\s[-–—]+\s/g, ' ');
+  s = s.replace(/^[\s\-–—:.]+|[\s\-–—:.]+$/g, '');
+  s = s.replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ').trim();
+  return s || original;
+}
+
+function normalize(raw) {
+  return cleanTitle(raw)
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/&/g, ' and ')
+    .replace(/[’'`]/g, '')
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+}
+
+const STOPWORDS = new Set(['the', 'a', 'an', 'of', 'and', 'to', 'in', 'is', 'my', 'your', 'our']);
+function tokens(norm) {
+  return new Set(norm.split(' ').filter((t) => t && !STOPWORDS.has(t)));
+}
+
+/** 0..1 similarity between two titles. */
+function similarity(a, b) {
+  const na = normalize(a);
+  const nb = normalize(b);
+  if (!na || !nb) return 0;
+  if (na === nb) return 1;
+  if (na.length >= 4 && nb.length >= 4 && (na.includes(nb) || nb.includes(na))) return 0.85;
+  const ta = tokens(na);
+  const tb = tokens(nb);
+  if (!ta.size || !tb.size) return 0;
+  let common = 0;
+  for (const t of ta) if (tb.has(t)) common += 1;
+  return (2 * common) / (ta.size + tb.size); // Dice coefficient
+}
+
+/** Does a live ProPresenter document count as the cue document an admin picked? */
+function isCue(liveName, cueDocument) {
+  return Boolean(cueDocument) && similarity(liveName, cueDocument) >= TRIGGER_THRESHOLD;
+}
+
+module.exports = { MATCH_THRESHOLD, TRIGGER_THRESHOLD, cleanTitle, normalize, similarity, isCue };

modules/pco-plan/module.json

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 {
   "id": "pco-plan",
   "name": "PCO Plan",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
-  "proddash": ">=1.3.0",
+  "proddash": ">=1.4.0",
-  "description": "Order of service from Planning Center Services, following ProPresenter live",
+  "description": "Order of service from Planning Center Services",
+  "provides": ["timers"],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",
@@ -12,13 +13,16 @@
   "configGroups": {
     "Planning Center credentials": {
       "collapsed": "whenSet",
-      "help": "Create a Personal Access Token at api.planningcenteronline.com (Application ID + Secret), or paste an OAuth 2.0 access token instead. Saved secrets never reach browsers."
+      "help": "Create a Personal Access Token at api.planningcenteronline.com and paste its Client ID + Secret here, or paste an OAuth 2.0 access token instead. Saved secrets never reach browsers."
+    },
+    "Service timing": {
+      "help": "Each service in the plan takes its turn owning the service clock: the next one takes over Pre-roll minutes before its scheduled start, and the elapsed clock, item timing and countdown start afresh for it. A service starts at its scheduled time — or, with document triggers on, the moment the chosen Start document goes live in ProPresenter (falling back to the schedule after the start failsafe) — and ends when the End document goes live, or when the next service takes over. The document lists hold what ProPresenter has shown or listed since ProdDash started plus what is saved here; names are matched loosely, so a renamed \"Post-Service Loop\" still counts."
     }
   },
   "configSchema": {
     "appId": {
       "type": "string",
-      "label": "Application ID",
+      "label": "Client ID",
       "default": "",
       "group": "Planning Center credentials"
     },
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@
     },
     "accessToken": {
       "type": "password",
-      "label": "OAuth 2.0 access token (instead of Application ID + Secret)",
+      "label": "OAuth 2.0 access token (instead of Client ID + Secret)",
       "default": "",
       "group": "Planning Center credentials"
     },
@@ -38,8 +42,7 @@
       "type": "select",
       "label": "Service type",
       "default": "",
-      "optionsRoute": "/service-types",
+      "optionsRoute": "/service-types"
-      "help": "Your Planning Center Services folders appear as groups in this list; pick the service type whose plans the tiles follow. Save the credentials first if the list is empty."
     },
     "planId": {
       "type": "select",
@@ -47,18 +50,67 @@
       "default": "",
       "options": [{ "value": "", "label": "Automatic — today's plan, else the next upcoming" }],
       "optionsRoute": "/plans",
-      "optionsDependsOn": "serviceTypeId",
+      "optionsDependsOn": "serviceTypeId"
-      "help": "Leave on Automatic for services. Pin a specific plan for rehearsals or to review a past service."
     },
     "pollSeconds": {
       "type": "number",
-      "label": "Re-read the plan every N seconds",
+      "label": "Refresh Interval (s)",
       "default": 30
     },
     "followProPresenter": {
       "type": "switch",
-      "label": "Follow the ProPresenter module's live item to highlight the current plan item and time it",
+      "label": "Follow ProPresenter Module",
       "default": true
+    },
+    "preRollMinutes": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "label": "Pre-roll (min)",
+      "default": 30,
+      "group": "Service timing",
+      "help": "How long before a service's scheduled start the clock, item timing and countdown switch to it."
+    },
+    "useDocumentTriggers": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "ProPresenter document triggers",
+      "default": false,
+      "group": "Service timing"
+    },
+    "serviceStartTrigger": {
+      "type": "select",
+      "label": "Service start",
+      "default": "schedule",
+      "group": "Service timing",
+      "showWhen": "useDocumentTriggers",
+      "options": [
+        { "value": "schedule", "label": "Scheduled service time" },
+        { "value": "document", "label": "ProPresenter document" }
+      ]
+    },
+    "serviceStartDocument": {
+      "type": "select",
+      "label": "Start document",
+      "default": "",
+      "group": "Service timing",
+      "showWhen": "useDocumentTriggers",
+      "optionsRoute": "/documents",
+      "help": "The document that goes live as the service begins."
+    },
+    "startGraceMinutes": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "label": "Start failsafe (min)",
+      "default": 10,
+      "group": "Service timing",
+      "showWhen": "useDocumentTriggers",
+      "help": "Without the start document this long after the scheduled start, the service counts from the scheduled start anyway."
+    },
+    "serviceEndDocument": {
+      "type": "select",
+      "label": "End document",
+      "default": "",
+      "group": "Service timing",
+      "showWhen": "useDocumentTriggers",
+      "optionsRoute": "/documents",
+      "help": "The document that goes live as the service ends; it freezes the service clock."
     }
   },
   "instanceGroups": {
@@ -72,7 +124,7 @@
     "Show / hide": {
       "collapsed": true,
       "columns": 3,
-      "help": "Untick anything this tile should not show."
+      "help": "Switch off anything this tile should not show."
     }
   },
   "instanceSchema": {

modules/pco-plan/service-timing.js

@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Service timing for the PCO Plan module — pure functions, no I/O, no
+ * timers. server.js feeds them the plan's service times, the documents
+ * ProPresenter puts live and the clock; service-timing.test.js calls them
+ * directly. Two questions are answered here:
+ *
+ *   1. Which of a plan's services owns the clock right now?   → serviceWindows / selectService
+ *   2. When does that service count as started, and as ended? → advance
+ *
+ * ── Service windows ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ *
+ * A plan can have several services (plan_times of type "service": 9:00 and
+ * 11:00, say). Only ONE owns the service-elapsed clock, the current-item
+ * timing and the countdown at any moment, and moving into the next
+ * service's window resets all three. Each service's window runs from the
+ * end of the previous one to a boundary the next service's pre-roll sets:
+ *
+ *   boundary(i → i+1) = min( start[i+1],
+ *                            max( start[i+1] − preRoll, endOf[i] ) )
+ *
+ *   endOf[i] = the moment service i ended (its end cue fired), else its
+ *              scheduled end (plan_time ends_at, else start + the planned
+ *              length of the "during" items, else 90 min).
+ *
+ * In words: the next service takes over `preRoll` before its scheduled
+ * start (30 min by default; admin "Pre-roll"), but never before the current
+ * one has ended or was due to end, and never later than its own start. A
+ * service still running at the boundary is stopped there — that is the
+ * "next service's start" failsafe the end cue has. The first window opens at
+ * the beginning of time (before 9:00 the day belongs to the 9:00 service:
+ * countdown running, service idle); the last window never closes — the last
+ * service stays "stopped" until the plan itself changes (the next day's plan
+ * takes over through the plan picker). The last service also has a failsafe
+ * end: its scheduled end + LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS.
+ *
+ * ── Start and end of a service ─────────────────────────────────────────
+ *
+ * phase: idle → running → stopped, never backwards within one window.
+ *
+ *   start, schedule mode  (default)  at the scheduled start; startedAt = it.
+ *   start, document mode             when the start document goes live
+ *                                    (edge: it has to *become* live, from
+ *                                    pre-roll before the scheduled start
+ *                                    onwards — a rehearsal an hour earlier
+ *                                    that shows the same document is not the
+ *                                    service). Failsafe: if the document has
+ *                                    not gone live by start + grace (admin
+ *                                    "Start failsafe", 10 min default), the
+ *                                    service starts anyway, counting from
+ *                                    the scheduled start — the best estimate
+ *                                    of when it really began.
+ *   end, document                    when the end document goes live while
+ *                                    the service is running (an end document
+ *                                    live before the start — the previous
+ *                                    service's loop — is ignored). Failsafe
+ *                                    either way: the window boundary (see
+ *                                    above), or, for the last service, its
+ *                                    scheduled end + LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS.
+ *
+ * Cue documents are matched with matching.isCue (TRIGGER_THRESHOLD, see
+ * matching.js for the tolerance), so "Post-Service Loop" still ends the
+ * service when ProPresenter calls it "Post Service Loop".
+ */
+
+const { similarity, TRIGGER_THRESHOLD } = require('./matching');
+
+const MINUTE = 60000;
+/** How long before a service's scheduled start the timers switch to it (admin "Pre-roll"). */
+const DEFAULT_PRE_ROLL_MS = 30 * MINUTE;
+/** Document mode: start by the schedule anyway this long after the scheduled start (admin "Start failsafe"). */
+const DEFAULT_START_GRACE_MS = 10 * MINUTE;
+/** The last service of a plan is stopped this long after its scheduled end if nothing ended it. */
+const LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS = 60 * MINUTE;
+/** A service with no end time and no planned item lengths is assumed this long. */
+const DEFAULT_SERVICE_LENGTH_MS = 90 * MINUTE;
+
+/** The plan times that are services (every timed one when none is typed "service"), earliest first. */
+function serviceTimes(planTimes) {
+  const list = Array.isArray(planTimes) ? planTimes.filter((t) => t && Number(t.startsAt) > 0) : [];
+  const services = list.filter((t) => t.timeType === 'service');
+  return (services.length ? services : list).slice().sort((a, b) => a.startsAt - b.startsAt);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The window each service owns (see the file comment).
+ *
+ * @param {Array}  planTimes        [{ id, name, timeType, startsAt, endsAt }] (ms epochs)
+ * @param {object} [opts]
+ * @param {number} [opts.preRollMs] how early the next service may take over (default 30 min)
+ * @param {number} [opts.plannedMs] planned length of the service — for services without ends_at
+ * @param {object} [opts.endedAt]   { [serviceId]: ms } services already ended by their cue
+ * @returns {Array<{ id, name, index, count, startsAt, endsAt, windowFrom, windowUntil, cueFrom, failsafeEndAt, isLast }>}
+ */
+function serviceWindows(planTimes, opts = {}) {
+  const preRoll = Number.isFinite(opts.preRollMs) ? Math.max(0, opts.preRollMs) : DEFAULT_PRE_ROLL_MS;
+  const planned = Number(opts.plannedMs) > 0 ? Number(opts.plannedMs) : 0;
+  const ended = opts.endedAt && typeof opts.endedAt === 'object' ? opts.endedAt : {};
+  const services = serviceTimes(planTimes);
+  const windows = services.map((svc, i) => {
+    const scheduledEnd = svc.endsAt > svc.startsAt ? svc.endsAt : svc.startsAt + (planned || DEFAULT_SERVICE_LENGTH_MS);
+    const endOf = Number(ended[svc.id]) > 0 ? Number(ended[svc.id]) : scheduledEnd;
+    const next = services[i + 1];
+    const windowUntil = next ? Math.min(next.startsAt, Math.max(next.startsAt - preRoll, endOf)) : Infinity;
+    return {
+      id: String(svc.id),
+      name: String(svc.name || ''),
+      index: i,
+      count: services.length,
+      startsAt: svc.startsAt,
+      endsAt: scheduledEnd,
+      windowFrom: -Infinity, // filled in below
+      windowUntil,
+      cueFrom: svc.startsAt - preRoll, // a start document counts from here on
+      failsafeEndAt: next ? windowUntil : scheduledEnd + LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS,
+      isLast: !next,
+    };
+  });
+  for (let i = 1; i < windows.length; i += 1) windows[i].windowFrom = windows[i - 1].windowUntil;
+  return windows;
+}
+
+/** The window that holds `now` — null only when there are no services. */
+function selectService(windows, now) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(windows) || !windows.length) return null;
+  return windows.find((w) => now >= w.windowFrom && now < w.windowUntil) || windows[windows.length - 1];
+}
+
+/** Timing state for a service that has just come into its window. */
+function freshService(window) {
+  return {
+    id: window ? String(window.id) : '',
+    phase: window ? 'idle' : 'none',
+    startedAt: 0,
+    endedAt: 0,
+    startTrigger: '', // 'schedule' | 'document' | 'failsafe'
+    endTrigger: '',   // 'document' | 'next-service' | 'plan-end'
+    cue: '',          // the document that started / ended it
+  };
+}
+
+function fmtTime(ms) {
+  return new Date(ms).toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Move a service's timing on by a clock tick or by a document going live.
+ * Pure: returns a new state and a one-line description of what happened
+ * (for the log), or `changed: false`.
+ *
+ * @param {object} svc       state from freshService(window) / a previous advance()
+ * @param {object} window    from serviceWindows()
+ * @param {object} opts      { startMode: 'schedule'|'document', startDocument, endDocument, startGraceMs }
+ * @param {number} now       ms epoch
+ * @param {string} [cue]     the document that just went live (omit on a plain tick)
+ * @returns {{ svc: object, changed: boolean, event: string }}
+ */
+function advance(svc, window, opts, now, cue) {
+  const o = opts || {};
+  const grace = Number.isFinite(o.startGraceMs) ? Math.max(0, o.startGraceMs) : DEFAULT_START_GRACE_MS;
+  const cueName = String(cue || '').trim();
+  const same = { svc, changed: false, event: '' };
+  if (!svc || !window || svc.id !== String(window.id)) return same;
+  const at = fmtTime(window.startsAt);
+
+  if (svc.phase === 'idle') {
+    const documentMode = o.startMode === 'document' && o.startDocument;
+    if (documentMode) {
+      if (cueName && now >= window.cueFrom) {
+        const score = similarity(cueName, o.startDocument);
+        if (score >= TRIGGER_THRESHOLD) {
+          return {
+            svc: { ...svc, phase: 'running', startedAt: now, startTrigger: 'document', cue: cueName },
+            changed: true,
+            event: `started at ${fmtTime(now)} — "${cueName}" went live (start document "${o.startDocument}", match ${score.toFixed(2)})`,
+          };
+        }
+      }
+      if (now >= window.startsAt + grace) {
+        return {
+          svc: { ...svc, phase: 'running', startedAt: window.startsAt, startTrigger: 'failsafe' },
+          changed: true,
+          event: `started (failsafe) — the start document "${o.startDocument}" did not go live within ${Math.round(grace / MINUTE)} min of ${at}; counting from ${at}`,
+        };
+      }
+      return same;
+    }
+    if (now >= window.startsAt) {
+      return {
+        svc: { ...svc, phase: 'running', startedAt: window.startsAt, startTrigger: 'schedule' },
+        changed: true,
+        event: `started — scheduled ${at}`,
+      };
+    }
+    return same;
+  }
+
+  if (svc.phase === 'running') {
+    if (o.endDocument && cueName) {
+      const score = similarity(cueName, o.endDocument);
+      if (score >= TRIGGER_THRESHOLD) {
+        return {
+          svc: { ...svc, phase: 'stopped', endedAt: now, endTrigger: 'document', cue: cueName },
+          changed: true,
+          event: `ended at ${fmtTime(now)} — "${cueName}" went live (end document "${o.endDocument}", match ${score.toFixed(2)})`,
+        };
+      }
+    }
+    if (now >= window.failsafeEndAt) {
+      const endedAt = Math.min(now, window.failsafeEndAt);
+      return {
+        svc: { ...svc, phase: 'stopped', endedAt, endTrigger: window.isLast ? 'plan-end' : 'next-service' },
+        changed: true,
+        event: window.isLast
+          ? `stopped (failsafe) — ${Math.round(LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS / MINUTE)} min past its scheduled end ${fmtTime(window.endsAt)}`
+          : `stopped (failsafe) — the next service's window opened at ${fmtTime(endedAt)}`,
+      };
+    }
+    return same;
+  }
+
+  return same;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  MINUTE,
+  DEFAULT_PRE_ROLL_MS,
+  DEFAULT_START_GRACE_MS,
+  LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS,
+  DEFAULT_SERVICE_LENGTH_MS,
+  serviceTimes,
+  serviceWindows,
+  selectService,
+  freshService,
+  advance,
+  fmtTime,
+};

modules/pco-plan/service-timing.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for the PCO Plan module's pure service-timing logic.
+ *
+ *   node modules/pco-plan/service-timing.test.js
+ *
+ * Plain Node, no dependencies; exits non-zero on the first failure. Times are
+ * built for a two-service Sunday (9:00 and 11:00, 75 min each, 30 min
+ * pre-roll) so the expectations read like the day would.
+ */
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { similarity, isCue, MATCH_THRESHOLD, TRIGGER_THRESHOLD } = require('./matching');
+const {
+  MINUTE,
+  LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS,
+  serviceWindows,
+  selectService,
+  freshService,
+  advance,
+} = require('./service-timing');
+
+const DAY = new Date(2026, 8, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0).getTime(); // a local midnight
+const at = (h, m = 0) => DAY + (h * 60 + m) * MINUTE;
+const hm = (ms) => new Date(ms).toLocaleTimeString([], { hour: 'numeric', minute: '2-digit' });
+
+const PLAN_TIMES = [
+  { id: 'r', name: 'Rehearsal', timeType: 'rehearsal', startsAt: at(8, 0), endsAt: at(8, 45) },
+  { id: 's1', name: 'First Service', timeType: 'service', startsAt: at(9, 0), endsAt: at(10, 15) },
+  { id: 's2', name: 'Second Service', timeType: 'service', startsAt: at(11, 0), endsAt: at(12, 15) },
+];
+const PRE_ROLL = 30 * MINUTE;
+const OPTS = { preRollMs: PRE_ROLL };
+
+let passed = 0;
+function test(name, fn) {
+  try {
+    fn();
+    passed += 1;
+    console.log(`  ok   ${name}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(`  FAIL ${name}\n       ${err.message}`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    throw err;
+  }
+}
+
+console.log('service windows');
+
+test('rehearsal is not a service; windows are contiguous and ordered', () => {
+  const w = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(w.map((x) => x.id), ['s1', 's2']);
+  assert.strictEqual(w[0].windowFrom, -Infinity);
+  assert.strictEqual(w[0].windowUntil, w[1].windowFrom);
+  assert.strictEqual(w[1].windowUntil, Infinity);
+  assert.strictEqual(w[0].count, 2);
+});
+
+test('the boundary is 30 min before the next start once the first was due to end', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  // 10:15 scheduled end, 11:00 − 30 = 10:30 → boundary 10:30
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(w1.windowUntil), hm(at(10, 30)));
+  assert.strictEqual(w1.failsafeEndAt, w1.windowUntil, 'first service failsafe-stops at the boundary');
+});
+
+test('a pre-roll larger than the gap waits for the scheduled end, never passes the next start', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, { preRollMs: 60 * MINUTE });
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(w1.windowUntil), hm(at(10, 15)), 'max(10:00, 10:15)');
+  const [tight] = serviceWindows(
+    [
+      { id: 'a', timeType: 'service', startsAt: at(9, 0), endsAt: at(10, 30) },
+      { id: 'b', timeType: 'service', startsAt: at(10, 0), endsAt: at(11, 0) },
+    ],
+    OPTS
+  );
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(tight.windowUntil), hm(at(10, 0)), 'capped at the next start');
+});
+
+test('an early actual end lets the next window open at pre-roll', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, { preRollMs: 60 * MINUTE, endedAt: { s1: at(10, 5) } });
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(w1.windowUntil), hm(at(10, 5)), 'ended at 10:05 inside the 10:00 pre-roll → flips at 10:05');
+  const [w1b] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, { preRollMs: PRE_ROLL, endedAt: { s1: at(10, 5) } });
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(w1b.windowUntil), hm(at(10, 30)), 'ended at 10:05 before the 10:30 pre-roll → flips at 10:30');
+});
+
+test('a service without ends_at gets the planned length, else 90 min', () => {
+  const [w] = serviceWindows([{ id: 'x', timeType: 'service', startsAt: at(9, 0), endsAt: 0 }], { plannedMs: 70 * MINUTE });
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(w.endsAt), hm(at(10, 10)));
+  const [w90] = serviceWindows([{ id: 'x', timeType: 'service', startsAt: at(9, 0), endsAt: 0 }], {});
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(w90.endsAt), hm(at(10, 30)));
+  assert.strictEqual(w90.failsafeEndAt, w90.endsAt + LAST_SERVICE_OVERRUN_MS);
+});
+
+test('selectService: 8:50 → 9:00, 9:30 → 9:00, 10:55 → 11:00, 11:05 → 11:00', () => {
+  const w = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(8, 50)).id, 's1');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(9, 30)).id, 's1');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(10, 29)).id, 's1', 'still the first service until the 10:30 boundary');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(10, 55)).id, 's2');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(11, 5)).id, 's2');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(6, 0)).id, 's1', 'the morning belongs to the first service');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService(w, at(15, 0)).id, 's2', 'the afternoon stays with the last service');
+  assert.strictEqual(selectService([], at(9, 0)), null);
+});
+
+console.log('service start');
+
+const SCHEDULE = { startMode: 'schedule', startDocument: '', endDocument: '', startGraceMs: 10 * MINUTE };
+const DOCUMENT = {
+  startMode: 'document',
+  startDocument: 'Welcome & Announcements',
+  endDocument: 'Post Service Loop',
+  startGraceMs: 10 * MINUTE,
+};
+
+test('schedule mode: idle before 9:00, running from 9:00 counting from 9:00; documents ignored', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  let s = freshService(w1);
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, SCHEDULE, at(8, 59), 'Welcome').changed, false, 'a document is not a cue in schedule mode');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, SCHEDULE, at(8, 59)).changed, false);
+  const out = advance(s, w1, SCHEDULE, at(9, 0, 30));
+  assert.strictEqual(out.changed, true);
+  s = out.svc;
+  assert.strictEqual(s.phase, 'running');
+  assert.strictEqual(s.startedAt, at(9, 0), 'counts from the scheduled start, not the tick that noticed');
+  assert.strictEqual(s.startTrigger, 'schedule');
+});
+
+test('document mode: the start document going live starts the service at that moment', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const s = freshService(w1);
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 0, 30)).changed, false, 'the scheduled time alone does not start it');
+  const out = advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(8, 58), 'Welcome and Announcements [Full]');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.changed, true, 'a renamed / tagged start document still counts');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.phase, 'running');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.startedAt, at(8, 58), 'an early start is the real start');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.startTrigger, 'document');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 1), 'Post Service Loop').changed, false, 'the end document does not start an idle service');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 1), 'Goodness of God').changed, false, 'an unrelated document does nothing');
+});
+
+test('document mode: the start document is only a cue from pre-roll before the start', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const s = freshService(w1);
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(8, 0), 'Welcome & Announcements').changed, false, 'rehearsal at 8:00 shows it — not the service');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(8, 30), 'Welcome & Announcements').changed, true, 'from 8:30 it counts');
+});
+
+test('document mode: failsafe at start + grace counts from the scheduled start', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const s = freshService(w1);
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 9, 59)).changed, false);
+  const out = advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 10));
+  assert.strictEqual(out.changed, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.phase, 'running');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.startedAt, at(9, 0));
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.startTrigger, 'failsafe');
+  assert.match(out.event, /failsafe/);
+});
+
+test('document mode: a cue and the failsafe in the same tick — the cue wins', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const out = advance(freshService(w1), w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 12), 'Welcome & Announcements');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.startTrigger, 'document');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.startedAt, at(9, 12));
+});
+
+console.log('service end');
+
+test('the end document freezes a running service; a second start document is ignored', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  let s = advance(freshService(w1), w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 0), 'Welcome & Announcements').svc;
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 40), 'Welcome & Announcements').changed, false, 'shown again mid-service: nothing');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(9, 40), 'Pre Service Loop').changed, false, 'the PRE-service loop must not end it (0.67 < 0.75)');
+  const out = advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(10, 12), 'Post-Service Loop');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.changed, true, 'a hyphenated end document still counts');
+  s = out.svc;
+  assert.strictEqual(s.phase, 'stopped');
+  assert.strictEqual(s.endedAt, at(10, 12));
+  assert.strictEqual(s.endTrigger, 'document');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(10, 20), 'Welcome & Announcements').changed, false, 'stopped stays stopped');
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, DOCUMENT, at(10, 45)).changed, false);
+});
+
+test('failsafe: a service still running when the next window opens stops at the boundary', () => {
+  const [w1] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const s = advance(freshService(w1), w1, SCHEDULE, at(9, 0)).svc;
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w1, SCHEDULE, at(10, 29)).changed, false, 'running past its 10:15 end is allowed');
+  const out = advance(s, w1, SCHEDULE, at(10, 31));
+  assert.strictEqual(out.changed, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.phase, 'stopped');
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(out.svc.endedAt), hm(at(10, 30)), 'frozen at the boundary, not at the tick');
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.endTrigger, 'next-service');
+});
+
+test('failsafe: the last service stops an hour after its scheduled end', () => {
+  const [, w2] = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const s = advance(freshService(w2), w2, SCHEDULE, at(11, 0)).svc;
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s, w2, SCHEDULE, at(13, 14)).changed, false);
+  const out = advance(s, w2, SCHEDULE, at(13, 15));
+  assert.strictEqual(out.changed, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.phase, 'stopped');
+  assert.strictEqual(hm(out.svc.endedAt), hm(at(13, 15)));
+  assert.strictEqual(out.svc.endTrigger, 'plan-end');
+});
+
+test('the end document does not stop a service in the wrong window', () => {
+  const w = serviceWindows(PLAN_TIMES, OPTS);
+  const s1 = advance(freshService(w[0]), w[0], DOCUMENT, at(9, 0), 'Welcome & Announcements').svc;
+  assert.strictEqual(advance(s1, w[1], DOCUMENT, at(10, 40), 'Post Service Loop').changed, false, 'state and window must belong together');
+});
+
+console.log('matching');
+
+test('plan items: 0.6 — two of three words; cues: 0.75 — pre/post loops stay apart', () => {
+  assert.strictEqual(MATCH_THRESHOLD, 0.6);
+  assert.strictEqual(TRIGGER_THRESHOLD, 0.75);
+  assert.strictEqual(similarity('Post-Service Loop', 'Post Service Loop'), 1);
+  assert.strictEqual(similarity('Post Service Loop [Full]', 'Post Service Loop'), 1);
+  assert.strictEqual(similarity('Post Service', 'Post Service Loop'), 0.85);
+  assert.ok(Math.abs(similarity('Pre Service Loop', 'Post Service Loop') - 2 / 3) < 0.001);
+  assert.strictEqual(isCue('Pre Service Loop', 'Post Service Loop'), false);
+  assert.strictEqual(isCue('Post-Service Loop', 'Post Service Loop'), true);
+  assert.strictEqual(isCue('Welcome', 'Welcome & Announcements'), true);
+  assert.strictEqual(isCue('Anything', ''), false);
+});
+
+console.log(`\n${passed} tests passed`);

modules/prodcom-transcript/client.js

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
    Ported from prodcom-listener/public/app.js into the ProdDash module
    contract: everything lives inside the tile's root, per-tile state
-   (hidden channels, timestamps, text size) persists in instance settings,
+   (hidden channels, channel icons, timestamps, text size, flow direction)
-   and all network traffic goes through moduleApi (the module's server
+   persists in instance settings, and all network traffic goes through
-   proxy at /prodcom/*). */
+   moduleApi (the module's server proxy at /prodcom/*). */
 
 export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   /* ── per-instance state ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   const channels = new Map(); // channelId -> {name, color}
   const groups = new Map();   // groupId -> {name, channelIds}
   const entryEls = new Map(); // entryId -> element
-  let pinnedToBottom = true;
+  let pinnedToLatest = true;
   let hiddenChannels = new Set(moduleApi.instanceSettings.hiddenChannels || []);
   let stream = null;          // moduleApi.sse handle
   let bootTimer = null;
@@ -40,10 +40,14 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   const CLOCK_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9"/><path d="M12 7v5l3 2"/></svg>';
   const JUMP_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M12 4v11"/><path d="m7 10 5 5 5-5"/><path d="M5 20h14"/></svg>';
   const CLEAR_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" aria-hidden="true"><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="9"/><path d="m9 9 6 6M15 9l-6 6"/></svg>';
+  const CHANNELS_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M4 5h16l-6 7.4V19l-4 2v-8.6z"/></svg>';
+  // arrow shows where new messages land: down = oldest first, up = newest first
+  const FLOW_DOWN_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6 4v14"/><path d="m3 15 3 3 3-3"/><path d="M12 5h8"/><path d="M12 12h8"/><path d="M12 19h6"/></svg>';
+  const FLOW_UP_SVG = '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M6 20V6"/><path d="m3 9 3-3 3 3"/><path d="M12 5h8"/><path d="M12 12h8"/><path d="M12 19h6"/></svg>';
 
   let channelMenuEl = null; // the open menu's element (filled on each open)
   const channelsMenu = moduleApi.header.addMenu({
-    label: 'Channels ▾',
+    icon: CHANNELS_SVG,
     title: 'Choose visible channels',
     build(menu) {
       menu.classList.add('pt-menu');
@@ -52,6 +56,11 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     },
   });
   channelsMenu.button.classList.add('pt-channels-btn');
+  // the icon carries the label; a count rides alongside it while filtering
+  const channelCountEl = document.createElement('span');
+  channelCountEl.className = 'pt-count';
+  channelCountEl.hidden = true;
+  channelsMenu.button.appendChild(channelCountEl);
 
   let timeBtn = null;
   timeBtn = moduleApi.header.addButton({
@@ -71,13 +80,24 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   moduleApi.header.addButton({ label: 'A−', title: 'Smaller text', onClick: () => bumpTextSize(-2) });
   moduleApi.header.addButton({ label: 'A+', title: 'Larger text', onClick: () => bumpTextSize(2) });
 
+  // icon and tooltip track the current direction — applyInstanceSettings sets both
+  const flowBtn = moduleApi.header.addButton({
+    icon: FLOW_DOWN_SVG,
+    onClick() {
+      moduleApi.saveInstanceSettings({ newestFirst: !moduleApi.instanceSettings.newestFirst });
+      applyInstanceSettings();
+      // the two directions have opposite "latest" ends — follow the flip
+      if (pinnedToLatest) scrollToLatest();
+    },
+  });
+
   moduleApi.header.addButton({
     icon: JUMP_SVG,
     title: 'Jump to latest',
     onClick() {
-      pinnedToBottom = true;
+      pinnedToLatest = true;
       jumpBtn.hidden = true;
-      scrollToBottom();
+      scrollToLatest();
     },
   });
 
@@ -93,25 +113,20 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     const size = Math.min(48, Math.max(10, Number(s.textSize) || 15));
     wrap.style.setProperty('--pt-size', size + 'px');
     wrap.classList.toggle('show-times', Boolean(s.showTimes));
+    wrap.classList.toggle('hide-avatars', s.showAvatars === false);
     timeBtn?.classList.toggle('active', Boolean(s.showTimes));
+
+    const up = newestFirst();
+    wrap.classList.toggle('newest-first', up);
+    flowBtn.innerHTML = up ? FLOW_UP_SVG : FLOW_DOWN_SVG;
+    flowBtn.classList.toggle('active', up);
+    flowBtn.title = up
+      ? 'Newest at top — click for newest at bottom'
+      : 'Newest at bottom — click for newest at top';
+    jumpBtn.textContent = (up ? '↑' : '↓') + ' New messages';
   }
   applyInstanceSettings();
 
-  /* ── channel filter (instance setting) ──────────────────────────── */
-
-  function channelFilter() {
-    return String(moduleApi.instanceSettings.channel || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-  }
-
-  /** Entry hidden by the hard per-tile filter (settings.channel)? */
-  function filteredOut(channelId, channelName) {
-    const want = channelFilter();
-    if (!want) return false;
-    const known = channels.get(channelId);
-    const name = ((known && known.name) || channelName || '').toLowerCase();
-    return name !== want && String(channelId).toLowerCase() !== want;
-  }
-
   /* ── channel visibility toggles ─────────────────────────────────── */
 
   function persistHidden() {
@@ -119,9 +134,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
   }
 
   function applyFilter(el) {
-    const hidden = hiddenChannels.has(el.dataset.channelId)
+    el.classList.toggle('hidden-by-filter', hiddenChannels.has(el.dataset.channelId));
-      || filteredOut(el.dataset.channelId, el.dataset.channelName);
-    el.classList.toggle('hidden-by-filter', hidden);
   }
 
   function toggleChannel(id) {
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     persistHidden();
     rebuildChannelMenu();
     entryEls.forEach((el) => applyFilter(el));
-    if (pinnedToBottom) scrollToBottom();
+    if (pinnedToLatest) scrollToLatest();
   }
 
   /** Show exactly this group's channels, hide the rest */
@@ -139,7 +152,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     persistHidden();
     rebuildChannelMenu();
     entryEls.forEach((el) => applyFilter(el));
-    if (pinnedToBottom) scrollToBottom();
+    if (pinnedToLatest) scrollToLatest();
   }
 
   function groupIsActive(g) {
@@ -150,18 +163,24 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
     );
   }
 
-  function updateChannelsLabel() {
+  /* The button is an icon, so the "some channels are hidden" state shows as
+     an accent tint plus a compact count beside it. */
+  function updateChannelsButton() {
     let visibleCount = 0;
     for (const id of channels.keys()) {
       if (!hiddenChannels.has(id)) visibleCount++;
     }
-    channelsMenu.setLabel(visibleCount === channels.size
+    const filtering = channels.size > 0 && visibleCount !== channels.size;
-      ? 'Channels ▾'
+    channelCountEl.textContent = filtering ? `${visibleCount}/${channels.size}` : '';
-      : `Channels (${visibleCount}/${channels.size}) ▾`);
+    channelCountEl.hidden = !filtering;
+    channelsMenu.button.classList.toggle('active', filtering);
+    channelsMenu.button.title = filtering
+      ? `Channels — showing ${visibleCount} of ${channels.size}`
+      : 'Choose visible channels';
   }
 
   function rebuildChannelMenu() {
-    updateChannelsLabel();
+    updateChannelsButton();
     const channelMenu = channelMenuEl;
     if (!channelMenu) return; // menu not opened yet — the label is enough
     channelMenu.innerHTML = '';
@@ -225,25 +244,33 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
 
   /* ── scrolling ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
+  /** Newest entry at the top (bottom-up) instead of at the bottom? */
+  function newestFirst() {
+    return Boolean(moduleApi.instanceSettings.newestFirst);
+  }
+
   streamEl.addEventListener('scroll', () => {
-    const nearBottom = streamEl.scrollHeight - streamEl.scrollTop - streamEl.clientHeight < 60;
+    const near = newestFirst()
-    pinnedToBottom = nearBottom;
+      ? streamEl.scrollTop < 60
-    if (nearBottom) jumpBtn.hidden = true;
+      : streamEl.scrollHeight - streamEl.scrollTop - streamEl.clientHeight < 60;
+    pinnedToLatest = near;
+    if (near) jumpBtn.hidden = true;
   });
 
   jumpBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    pinnedToBottom = true;
+    pinnedToLatest = true;
     jumpBtn.hidden = true;
-    scrollToBottom();
+    scrollToLatest();
   });
 
-  function scrollToBottom() {
+  /** The latest entry is at the top when flipped, at the bottom otherwise. */
-    streamEl.scrollTop = streamEl.scrollHeight;
+  function scrollToLatest() {
+    streamEl.scrollTop = newestFirst() ? 0 : streamEl.scrollHeight;
   }
 
   function afterInsert(el) {
     if (el.classList.contains('hidden-by-filter')) return;
-    if (pinnedToBottom) scrollToBottom();
+    if (pinnedToLatest) scrollToLatest();
     else jumpBtn.hidden = false;
   }
 
@@ -272,7 +299,6 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
       el = document.createElement('div');
       el.className = 'pt-entry';
       el.dataset.channelId = entry.channelId || '';
-      el.dataset.channelName = entry.channelName || '';
       const info = channelInfo(entry);
       el.style.setProperty('--ch', info.color);
 
@@ -314,7 +340,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
       afterInsert(el);
     } else {
       updateEntryEl(el, entry);
-      if (pinnedToBottom && !el.classList.contains('hidden-by-filter')) scrollToBottom();
+      if (pinnedToLatest && !el.classList.contains('hidden-by-filter')) scrollToLatest();
     }
   }
 
@@ -430,7 +456,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
       bootTimer = setTimeout(boot, 5000);
       return;
     }
-    scrollToBottom();
+    scrollToLatest();
     connect();
   }
 
@@ -445,7 +471,7 @@ export default function create({ root, moduleApi }) {
       root.innerHTML = ''; // header controls are removed by the shell
     },
     onResize() {
-      if (pinnedToBottom) scrollToBottom();
+      if (pinnedToLatest) scrollToLatest();
     },
   };
 }

modules/prodcom-transcript/module.json

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   "id": "prodcom-transcript",
   "name": "ProdCom",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.1.0",
   "description": "Live ProdCom transcript stream",
+  "permissions": [
+    { "kind": "local-network", "reason": "Reaching the ProdCom API on this network" }
+  ],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",
@@ -22,15 +25,15 @@
     }
   },
   "instanceSchema": {
-    "channel": {
+    "showAvatars": {
-      "type": "string",
+      "type": "boolean",
-      "label": "Channel filter (channel name; empty = all)",
+      "label": "Show channel icons",
-      "default": ""
+      "default": true
     },
-    "textSize": {
+    "newestFirst": {
-      "type": "number",
+      "type": "boolean",
-      "label": "Text size (px)",
+      "label": "Newest first (transcript reads bottom-up)",
-      "default": 15
+      "default": false
     },
     "showTimes": {
       "type": "boolean",

modules/prodcom-transcript/style.css

@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
+/* ── channels button ──
+   Icon-only; the count appears next to it while some channels are hidden. */
+
+[data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-channels-btn { gap: 3px; }
+[data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-count {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+[data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-count[hidden] { display: none; }
+
 /* ── channels menu ──
    The menu container is created and positioned by the shell (.tile-menu);
    it lives inside the tile, so [data-module] scoping still applies. */
@@ -113,6 +124,7 @@
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ch, var(--muted)) 17%, transparent);
 }
 [data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-entry .avatar svg { width: 66%; height: 66%; display: block; }
+[data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .hide-avatars .pt-entry .avatar { display: none; }
 
 [data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-entry .body { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
 
@@ -143,6 +155,12 @@
 
 [data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-entry.hidden-by-filter { display: none; }
 
+/* bottom-up: newest entry at the top, the stream reading upwards */
+[data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .newest-first .pt-entries {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column-reverse;
+}
+
 /* ── jump-to-latest ── */
 
 [data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-jump {
@@ -163,3 +181,9 @@
   box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
 }
 [data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .pt-jump[hidden] { display: none; }
+
+/* flipped, "latest" is the top of the stream — so is the pill */
+[data-module="prodcom-transcript"] .newest-first .pt-jump {
+  top: 12px;
+  bottom: auto;
+}

modules/propresenter-now-next/module.json

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
   "id": "propresenter-now-next",
   "name": "ProPresenter",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "proddash": ">=1.1.0",
   "description": "What is live in ProPresenter and what comes next",
+  "permissions": [
+    { "kind": "local-network", "reason": "Reaching ProPresenter on this network" }
+  ],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",

modules/propresenter-timers/module.json

@@ -1,15 +1,40 @@
 {
   "id": "propresenter-timers",
   "name": "Timers",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
-  "proddash": ">=1.2.0",
+  "proddash": ">=1.4.0",
-  "description": "Live ProPresenter timers and LTC timecode",
+  "description": "Timers, Clocks, and LTC From configured Modules",
+  "provides": ["timers"],
+  "permissions": [
+    { "kind": "microphone", "reason": "Decoding SMPTE LTC timecode from an audio input on this machine" },
+    { "kind": "local-network", "reason": "Reaching ProPresenter on this network" }
+  ],
   "client": "client.js",
   "server": "server.js",
   "style": "style.css",
   "minSize": { "w": 2, "h": 1 },
-  "defaultSize": { "w": 4, "h": 2 },
+  "defaultSize": { "w": 4, "h": 3 },
+  "configGroups": {
+    "ProPresenter": {
+      "toggle": "ppEnabled",
+      "help": "The timers configured in ProPresenter, read over its network API. Enable the network in ProPresenter's Preferences › Network and enter the host and port shown there. Switch it off on a day ProPresenter isn't running and nothing is polled."
+    },
+    "LTC Timecode": {
+      "toggle": "ltcEnabled",
+      "help": "SMPTE LTC decoded from an audio input on this machine, shown as a running timecode. Pick the device and the channel the timecode arrives on; macOS has to grant ProdDash the microphone (see the launcher's Permissions)."
+    },
+    "PCO Plan": {
+      "toggle": "pcoEnabled",
+      "help": "Timers the PCO Plan module offers — service elapsed, current item, countdown to service — appear here under a PCO Plan heading when that module is installed and configured. Nothing to set up on this side."
+    }
+  },
   "configSchema": {
+    "ppEnabled": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "ProPresenter timers",
+      "group": "ProPresenter",
+      "default": true
+    },
     "propresenter": {
       "type": "endpoint",
       "label": "ProPresenter",
@@ -18,13 +43,14 @@
     },
     "password": {
       "type": "password",
-      "label": "API password (only if set in ProPresenter)",
+      "label": "API password",
       "group": "ProPresenter",
-      "default": ""
+      "default": "",
+      "help": "Only if a password is set in ProPresenter's network preferences."
     },
     "ltcEnabled": {
       "type": "switch",
-      "label": "LTC listener — decode timecode from an audio input on this machine",
+      "label": "LTC timecode",
       "group": "LTC Timecode",
       "default": false
     },
@@ -38,10 +64,17 @@
     },
     "ltcChannel": {
       "type": "number",
-      "label": "Channel on that device (1-based)",
+      "label": "Channel",
       "group": "LTC Timecode",
       "showWhen": "ltcEnabled",
-      "default": 1
+      "default": 1,
+      "help": "The channel on that device carrying the timecode, counted from 1."
+    },
+    "pcoEnabled": {
+      "type": "switch",
+      "label": "PCO Plan timers",
+      "group": "PCO Plan",
+      "default": true
     },
     "timerFont": {
       "type": "select",
@@ -53,5 +86,38 @@
         { "value": "monospace", "label": "Monospace — steadier changing digits" }
       ]
     }
+  },
+  "instanceGroups": {
+    "Show": { "collapsed": false, "columns": 2 },
+    "Clock": { "collapsed": false },
+    "Colours": {
+      "collapsed": true,
+      "columns": 2,
+      "help": "The time's colour per state. Left at the default, a colour follows the dashboard theme; one you change here wins over it."
+    }
+  },
+  "instanceSchema": {
+    "showClock": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Clock", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
+    "showProPresenter": { "type": "boolean", "label": "ProPresenter timers", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
+    "showLtc": { "type": "boolean", "label": "LTC timecode", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
+    "showModules": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Module timers", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
+    "showHeadings": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Source headings", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
+    "showStatus": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Status lines", "default": true, "group": "Show" },
+    "clockFormat": {
+      "type": "select",
+      "label": "Clock format",
+      "default": "24h",
+      "group": "Clock",
+      "options": [
+        { "value": "24h", "label": "24-hour" },
+        { "value": "12h", "label": "12-hour" }
+      ]
+    },
+    "clockSeconds": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Seconds", "default": true, "group": "Clock" },
+    "clockDate": { "type": "boolean", "label": "Date", "default": false, "group": "Clock" },
+    "runningColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Running", "default": "#2ee59a", "group": "Colours" },
+    "warningColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Warning", "default": "#f0b429", "group": "Colours" },
+    "overrunColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Overrun", "default": "#f4433c", "group": "Colours" },
+    "idleColor": { "type": "color", "label": "Idle", "default": "#8b98a5", "group": "Colours" }
   }
 }

modules/propresenter-timers/style.css

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-/* ProPresenter Timers module — scoped to its tiles, shell variables only.
+/* Timers module — scoped to its tiles, shell variables only.
-   The API exposes no per-timer color, so a card's color IS its state:
+   A card's colour IS its state: running / warning / overrun / idle. The four
-   accent = running, muted = stopped, warn = complete, danger = overrun.
+   tones are custom properties on the tile root: they default to the shell's
-   Overrun must be unmistakable at a distance — danger fill + pulse. */
+   palette (so a dashboard theme reaches them) and the tile's own colour
+   settings, when changed, are set inline on .tm-wrap and win — the
+   documented mechanism. Overrun must be unmistakable across the room:
+   danger fill + pulse. */
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-wrap {
-  --tm-time-size: 32px;
+  --tm-ok: var(--accent);
-  --tm-ltc-size: 26px;
+  --tm-warn: var(--warn);
+  --tm-danger: var(--danger);
+  --tm-muted: var(--muted);
   --tm-meta-size: 11px;
   position: absolute;
   inset: 0;
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@
   -webkit-user-select: none;
 }
 
-/* ── degraded-state banner (feed lost / ProPresenter unreachable) ── */
+/* ── degraded-state banner (the ProdDash feed itself is down) ── */
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-banner {
   flex: none;
@@ -30,12 +35,11 @@
 }
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-banner[hidden] { display: none; }
 
-/* Values still on screen while the feed is down are stale — say so visually.
+/* Values still on screen while their source is down are stale — say so
-   Per-card, because the reader-fed LTC card is not stale when only
+   visually, per group: the LTC card keeps ticking when only ProPresenter
-   ProPresenter is unreachable; it dims only when the ProdDash feed itself
+   is unreachable. When the ProdDash feed is down everything is old. */
-   is down (is-feed-down) and everything on screen really is old. */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-group.is-stale .tm-card,
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-wrap.is-stale .tm-card { opacity: 0.45; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-wrap.is-feed-down .tm-card { opacity: 0.45; }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-wrap.is-stale:not(.is-feed-down) .tm-card-ltc.src-reader { opacity: 1; }
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-hint {
   flex: 1;
@@ -49,7 +53,69 @@
 }
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-hint[hidden] { display: none; }
 
-/* ── card grid (column count set by client.js fit()) ── */
+/* ── source groups: heading + card grid (column count set by fit()) ── */
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-groups {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-height: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: var(--tm-gap, 8px);
+  padding: var(--tm-pad, 10px);
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-groups[hidden] { display: none; }
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-group {
+  min-height: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  flex: 1 1 0;
+}
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-head {
+  flex: none;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 8px;
+  min-width: 0;
+  margin: 0 2px 4px;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  line-height: 16px;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-head[hidden] { display: none; }
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-title {
+  flex: none;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+/* The source's own word while it isn't OK ("Unreachable at …"). */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-note {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-group.is-down .tm-note { color: var(--tm-warn); }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-group.is-stale .tm-note { color: var(--tm-danger); }
+
+/* Headings off: a source in trouble, or with nothing to show, still says so. */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-empty {
+  flex: none;
+  padding: 2px 4px;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-empty[hidden] { display: none; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-group.is-down .tm-empty { color: var(--tm-warn); }
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-grid {
   flex: 1;
@@ -57,16 +123,16 @@
   display: grid;
   grid-auto-rows: 1fr;
   gap: var(--tm-gap, 8px);
-  padding: var(--tm-pad, 10px);
 }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-grid[hidden] { display: none; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-grid:empty { display: none; }
 
-/* Compact cards (short tiles): the state line goes, its color stays.
+/* Compact cards (short tiles) and "Status lines" off: the lines under the
-   The one exception is the LTC card with no timecode API behind it —
+   digits go, the colour stays. A note that explains a missing value (no
-   that message must never be hidden. */
+   LTC input, a solo timer no longer offered) must never be hidden. */
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-compact .tm-card .tm-state { display: none; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-compact .tm-status:not(.is-note),
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-compact .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-unavailable .tm-state { display: block; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-compact .tm-detail,
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-compact .tm-card.is-missing .tm-state { display: block; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-nostatus .tm-status:not(.is-note),
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-nostatus .tm-detail { display: none; }
 
 /* ── one timer card ── */
 
@@ -98,13 +164,20 @@
   text-transform: uppercase;
   color: var(--muted);
   white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+/* The label is its own box so a long name ends in an ellipsis (a flex
+   container's bare text won't). */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-label {
+  min-width: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-time {
   flex: none;
-  font-size: var(--tm-time-size);
+  font-size: 32px; /* fit() sets the real size per card */
   font-weight: 700;
   font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
   letter-spacing: 0.02em;
@@ -113,14 +186,14 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-/* Admin "Timer font: Monospace" — steadier digits as the numbers change.
+/* Admin "Timer font: Monospace" — steadier digits as the numbers change. */
-   Applies to timer and LTC values alike (both are .tm-time). */
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-mono .tm-time {
   font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", "Menlo", "Cascadia Mono", "Consolas", monospace;
   letter-spacing: 0;
 }
 
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-state {
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status,
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-detail {
   flex: none;
   max-width: 100%;
   font-size: var(--tm-meta-size);
@@ -132,102 +205,98 @@
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status[hidden],
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-detail[hidden] { display: none; }
 
-/* ── state looks ── */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-detail {
-
+  font-weight: 600;
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-running {
+  letter-spacing: 0.04em;
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 55%, var(--border));
+  text-transform: none;
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 10%, transparent);
+  opacity: 0.85;
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-running .tm-time { color: var(--accent); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-running .tm-state { color: var(--accent); }
-
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-stopped .tm-time { color: var(--muted); }
-
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-complete {
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--warn) 55%, var(--border));
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--warn) 10%, transparent);
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-complete .tm-time { color: var(--warn); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-complete .tm-state { color: var(--warn); }
-
-/* A solo tile whose timer was deleted in ProPresenter. */
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-missing { border-style: dashed; }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-missing .tm-time { color: var(--muted); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-missing .tm-state { color: var(--warn); }
-
-/* Overrun: readable across the room even on a wall display. */
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-overrun {
-  border-color: var(--danger);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--danger) 22%, transparent);
-  animation: tm-overrun-pulse 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-overrun .tm-time { color: var(--danger); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-overrun .tm-state {
-  color: var(--danger);
-  font-weight: 800;
 }
 
-@keyframes tm-overrun-pulse {
+/* A provider's status line carries its own tone ("ahead 1:20" in green). */
-  50% { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--danger) 38%, transparent); }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status[data-tone="ok"] { color: var(--tm-ok); }
-}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status[data-tone="warn"] { color: var(--tm-warn); }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status[data-tone="danger"] { color: var(--tm-danger); }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status[data-tone="muted"] { color: var(--tm-muted); }
 
-/* ── the LTC card: visually its own thing ── */
+/* Explanatory notes read as sentences, not badges. */
-
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-status.is-note {
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc {
-  border-style: dashed;
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc .tm-time {
-  font-size: var(--tm-ltc-size);
-}
-
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-ltc-badge {
-  flex: none;
-  padding: 0.15em 0.55em;
-  border-radius: 5px;
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 24%, transparent);
-  color: var(--text);
-  font-size: 0.95em;
-  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
-}
-
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-receiving {
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 55%, var(--border));
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 10%, transparent);
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-receiving .tm-time { color: var(--accent); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-receiving .tm-state { color: var(--accent); }
-
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-nosignal {
-  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--warn) 55%, var(--border));
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-nosignal .tm-time { color: var(--muted); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-nosignal .tm-state {
-  color: var(--warn);
-  animation: tm-nosignal-blink 1.6s steps(2) infinite;
-}
-
-@keyframes tm-nosignal-blink { 50% { opacity: 0.35; } }
-
-/* LTC ceased mid-show: hold the last frame, quietly — no alarm colors,
-   stopping the clock is usually somebody doing their job. */
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-stopped .tm-time { color: var(--muted); }
-
-/* No timecode API on this ProPresenter: say so, quietly. */
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-unavailable .tm-time { color: var(--muted); }
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc.is-ltc-unavailable .tm-state {
   text-transform: none;
   letter-spacing: 0.02em;
   white-space: normal;
   text-align: center;
 }
 
+/* ── state looks (feedbacks) ── */
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-ok {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-ok) 55%, var(--border));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-ok) 10%, transparent);
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-ok .tm-time { color: var(--tm-ok); }
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-warn {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-warn) 55%, var(--border));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-warn) 10%, transparent);
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-warn .tm-time { color: var(--tm-warn); }
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-muted .tm-time { color: var(--tm-muted); }
+
+/* The wall clock is information, not a state — plain text colour. */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-plain .tm-time { color: var(--text); }
+
+/* Overrun: readable across the room even on a wall display. */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-danger {
+  border-color: var(--tm-danger);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-danger) 22%, transparent);
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-danger .tm-time { color: var(--tm-danger); }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-overrun {
+  animation: tm-overrun-pulse 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-overrun .tm-status { font-weight: 800; }
+
+@keyframes tm-overrun-pulse {
+  50% { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-danger) 38%, transparent); }
+}
+
+/* A solo tile whose timer is no longer offered. */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-missing { border-style: dashed; }
+
+/* ── the LTC card: visually its own thing ── */
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card-ltc { border-style: dashed; }
+
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-ltc-badge {
+  flex: none;
+  padding: 0.15em 0.55em;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-ok) 24%, transparent);
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-size: 0.95em;
+  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
+}
+
+/* No signal: muted digits, a blinking warning line. */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-nosignal {
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tm-warn) 55%, var(--border));
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-card.is-nosignal .tm-status {
+  animation: tm-nosignal-blink 1.6s steps(2) infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes tm-nosignal-blink { 50% { opacity: 0.35; } }
+
 /* ── the "Timers ▾" menu (container styled/positioned by the shell) ── */
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: 8px;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 14px;
   width: 100%;
   padding: 6px 9px;
   background: none;
@@ -241,16 +310,41 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item:hover { background: var(--border); }
-
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item .check {
-  width: 14px;
-  flex: none;
-  color: var(--accent);
-  font-weight: 700;
-  visibility: hidden;
-}
-[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item.on .check { visibility: visible; }
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item .name { font-weight: 600; }
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item:not(.on) .name { color: var(--muted); }
+
+/* A small switch: off = hollow pill, on = filled with the accent. (The menu
+   hangs off the tile's title bar, outside .tm-wrap, so the tile's own colour
+   properties don't reach it — the shell's palette does.) */
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-switch {
+  flex: none;
+  position: relative;
+  width: 26px;
+  height: 14px;
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--muted) 25%, transparent);
+  transition: background 0.15s ease, border-color 0.15s ease;
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-switch::after {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 1px;
+  left: 1px;
+  width: 10px;
+  height: 10px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--text);
+  transition: transform 0.15s ease;
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item.on .tm-switch {
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+  background: var(--accent);
+}
+[data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-item.on .tm-switch::after {
+  transform: translateX(12px);
+  background: var(--bg);
+}
 
 [data-module="propresenter-timers"] .tm-menu-note {
   padding: 6px 9px;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "proddash",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Modular production dashboard for Waters Church — zero-dependency Node server + vanilla client",
   "license": "UNLICENSED",

public/admin/admin.css

@@ -94,6 +94,35 @@ body { overflow: auto; }
 }
 .module-health.error { color: var(--danger); }
 
+/* a module card's own status line ("polling timers on 10.3.11.20:1025",
+   "no ProPresenter host configured"): a readout, so it sits in a bordered
+   monospace box a shade lighter than the card; ok / connecting / error
+   show as the text (and border) colour, the box itself never changes */
+.module-status {
+  display: inline-block;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin-top: 8px;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 5%, var(--panel));
+  font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace;
+  font-size: 11.5px;
+  line-height: 1.45;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+.module-status:empty { display: none; }
+.module-status.ok { color: var(--text); }
+.module-status.connecting {
+  color: var(--warn);
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--warn) 40%, var(--border));
+}
+.module-status.error {
+  color: var(--danger);
+  border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--danger) 40%, var(--border));
+}
+
 .module-mount-error {
   margin-top: 8px;
   padding: 8px 10px;
@@ -121,6 +150,10 @@ body { overflow: auto; }
   border-radius: 9px;
 }
 .field-group-title {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 7px;
+  position: relative; /* the ⓘ popover hangs off this row */
   font-size: 11px;
   font-weight: 700;
   text-transform: uppercase;
@@ -128,8 +161,82 @@ body { overflow: auto; }
   color: var(--muted);
   margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
+.field-group-name { min-width: 0; }
 .field-group .field:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
 
+/* group help (configGroups[name].help): an ⓘ beside the title. Hover or
+   focus peeks at the text; a click pins it open until the next click. */
+.group-info { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; }
+.group-info-btn {
+  width: 16px;
+  height: 16px;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  border: 1px solid var(--muted);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font: italic 700 10px/1 ui-serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
+  text-transform: none;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+  cursor: help;
+}
+.group-info-btn:hover,
+.group-info.is-open .group-info-btn { color: var(--text); border-color: var(--text); }
+.group-info-btn:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 1px; }
+.group-info-pop {
+  display: none;
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 0;
+  top: calc(100% + 6px);
+  z-index: 5;
+  max-width: min(440px, 100%);
+  padding: 8px 10px;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--text) 6%, var(--panel));
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+  text-transform: none;
+  white-space: normal;
+  cursor: auto;
+}
+/* keeps the popover open while the pointer crosses the gap down to it */
+.group-info-pop::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; top: -8px; height: 8px; }
+.group-info:hover .group-info-pop,
+.group-info-btn:focus-visible + .group-info-pop,
+.group-info.is-open .group-info-pop { display: block; }
+
+/* group toggle (configGroups[name].toggle): the named switch sits at the
+   right of the title row as the group's on/off; the body dims while it is
+   off but stays editable */
+.field-group-toggle {
+  margin-left: auto;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex: none;
+}
+.field-group-toggle .field {
+  margin: 0;
+  max-width: none;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+  text-transform: none;
+  color: var(--text);
+}
+.field-group-toggle .field.switch-field { flex-direction: row-reverse; gap: 8px; }
+.field-group-toggle .field.switch-field .switch-label { font-size: 12px; }
+.field-group-toggle .field.check { flex-direction: row-reverse; gap: 8px; }
+.field-group.is-off > .field-group-body { opacity: 0.45; transition: opacity 0.15s; }
+.field-group.has-toggle > .field-group-body { transition: opacity 0.15s; }
+
 /* collapsible groups (manifest configGroups[name].collapsed) */
 details.field-group > summary.field-group-title {
   cursor: pointer;
@@ -160,18 +267,16 @@ details.field-group > summary.field-group-title:hover { color: var(--text); }
   gap: 4px 16px;
 }
 .field-group-body.is-columns .field { margin-bottom: 4px; max-width: none; }
-.field-group-body.is-columns .field-group-help { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
 @media (max-width: 560px) { .field-group-body.is-columns { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } }
 
-.field-group-help,
+/* one line of guidance under a control (field `help`) */
 .field-help {
   display: block;
   font-size: 11.5px;
   line-height: 1.45;
   color: var(--muted);
+  margin-top: 2px;
 }
-.field-group-help { margin: -4px 0 8px; }
-.field-help { margin-top: 2px; }
 .field-help code { font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace; }
 
 /* showWhen: a hidden dependent field must actually collapse — `.field`'s
@@ -190,12 +295,19 @@ details.field-group > summary.field-group-title:hover { color: var(--text); }
 }
 .field.switch-field .switch-label { font-size: 13px; }
 
+/* the card's one action row: status on the left, Configure / Apply on the right */
 .module-actions {
   display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
+  align-items: flex-end;   /* the button stays bottom-right when a readout wraps */
   gap: 10px;
-  margin-top: 4px;
+  margin-top: 10px;
 }
+.module-name.is-toggle { cursor: pointer; }
+.module-name.is-toggle:hover,
+.module-name.is-toggle:focus-visible { color: var(--accent); outline: none; }
+.module-actions .admin-status { flex: 1; margin-top: 0; }
+.module-actions .module-status { flex: 0 1 auto; min-width: 0; margin-top: 0; }
+.module-actions .btn { flex: none; margin-left: auto; }
 
 .admin-status { min-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; color: var(--muted); margin-top: 8px; }
 .admin-status.error { color: var(--danger); }
@@ -312,3 +424,69 @@ a.btn { text-decoration: none; }
 .catalog-title { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
 .catalog-row .module-desc { margin: 4px 0 2px; }
 .catalog-row .module-health { margin-top: 2px; }
+
+/* ── theme ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* one swatch per preset: a miniature dashboard (page, a tile on it, the
+   accent as a status dot) and the name; the current one wears the accent */
+.theme-swatches {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(116px, 1fr));
+  gap: 10px;
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
+}
+.theme-swatch {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 7px;
+  padding: 8px;
+  background: var(--panel);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  color: var(--text);
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-align: left;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.theme-swatch:hover { border-color: var(--muted); }
+.theme-swatch:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
+.theme-swatch.is-current { border-color: var(--accent); box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--accent); }
+.theme-preview {
+  position: relative;
+  display: block;
+  height: 46px;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  background: var(--sw-bg);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--sw-panel) 60%, var(--sw-accent));
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.theme-preview::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 8px; right: 8px; top: 10px; bottom: 8px;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  background: var(--sw-panel);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--sw-panel) 75%, var(--sw-accent));
+}
+.theme-preview::after {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 14px; top: 16px;
+  width: 8px; height: 8px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--sw-accent);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 6px var(--sw-accent);
+}
+.theme-name { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; }
+.theme-swatch.is-current .theme-name::after {
+  content: "current";
+  margin-left: auto;
+  font-size: 9.5px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+#theme-status { margin-top: 4px; }

public/admin/admin.js

@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const updateStatus = document.getElementById('update-status');
 const updateBtn = document.getElementById('update-btn');
 const updateChanges = document.getElementById('update-changes');
 const shellVersionEl = document.getElementById('shell-version');
+const themeSection = document.getElementById('theme-section');
+const themeSwatches = document.getElementById('theme-swatches');
+const themeStatus = document.getElementById('theme-status');
 
 /** The shell version the page loaded with — the update flow watches it change. */
 let shellVersion = '';
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ function showLogin() {
   availableSection.hidden = true;
   layoutsSection.hidden = true;
   updateCard.hidden = true;
+  themeSection.hidden = true;
   passcodeInput.focus();
 }
 
@@ -277,6 +281,99 @@ function groupHasValues(fields, mod) {
   });
 }
 
+/* ── group title row: the ⓘ and the group toggle ────────────────────── */
+
+let groupInfoSeq = 0;
+
+function closeGroupInfos(except) {
+  for (const open of document.querySelectorAll('.group-info.is-open')) {
+    if (open === except) continue;
+    open.classList.remove('is-open');
+    open.querySelector('.group-info-btn')?.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * configGroups[name].help as an ⓘ beside the group title: click toggles a
+ * small popover with the text (hover and keyboard focus show it too), so a
+ * group can carry a paragraph without pushing its fields down the page. A
+ * real button, labelled, so it works from the keyboard; inside a <summary>
+ * it must never fold the group.
+ */
+function groupInfo(groupName, text) {
+  const wrap = document.createElement('span');
+  wrap.className = 'group-info';
+  const btn = document.createElement('button');
+  btn.type = 'button';
+  btn.className = 'group-info-btn';
+  btn.textContent = 'i';
+  btn.setAttribute('aria-label', `About ${groupName}`);
+  btn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+  const pop = document.createElement('span');
+  pop.className = 'group-info-pop';
+  pop.id = `group-info-${++groupInfoSeq}`;
+  pop.setAttribute('role', 'note');
+  pop.textContent = text;
+  btn.setAttribute('aria-describedby', pop.id);
+  wrap.append(btn, pop);
+  const setOpen = (open) => {
+    wrap.classList.toggle('is-open', open);
+    btn.setAttribute('aria-expanded', open ? 'true' : 'false');
+  };
+  btn.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault(); // a click in a <summary> would otherwise fold the group
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    const open = !wrap.classList.contains('is-open');
+    closeGroupInfos(wrap);
+    setOpen(open);
+  });
+  pop.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+  });
+  wrap.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+    // Enter / Space activate the button (a click); they must not reach a
+    // <summary> above as well. Escape closes and hands focus back.
+    if (e.key === ' ' || e.key === 'Enter') e.stopPropagation();
+    if (e.key === 'Escape' && wrap.classList.contains('is-open')) {
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      setOpen(false);
+      btn.focus();
+    }
+  });
+  return wrap;
+}
+
+// A click anywhere else, or Escape, closes an open popover.
+document.addEventListener('pointerdown', (e) => {
+  if (!(e.target instanceof Element) || !e.target.closest('.group-info')) closeGroupInfos();
+});
+document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+  if (e.key === 'Escape') closeGroupInfos();
+});
+
+/**
+ * configGroups[name].toggle: the named switch/boolean field is the group's
+ * on/off. It moves into the title row, right-aligned, and the body dims
+ * while it is off (fields stay editable). The field itself is untouched —
+ * it is still read on save and still drives showWhen dependents.
+ */
+function mountGroupToggle(group, field, control) {
+  const slot = document.createElement('span');
+  slot.className = 'field-group-toggle';
+  slot.appendChild(field);
+  // Inside a <summary>, flipping the switch must not fold the group.
+  slot.addEventListener('click', (e) => e.stopPropagation());
+  slot.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+    if (e.key === ' ' || e.key === 'Enter') e.stopPropagation();
+  });
+  group.title.appendChild(slot);
+  group.el.classList.add('has-toggle');
+  const sync = () => group.el.classList.toggle('is-off', !control.checked);
+  control.addEventListener('change', sync);
+  sync();
+}
+
 function buildModuleCard(mod) {
   const card = document.createElement('section');
   card.className = 'admin-card';
@@ -351,8 +448,11 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
   desc.textContent = mod.description;
   card.appendChild(desc);
 
+  // The module's own words about its upstream ("polling timers on
+  // 10.3.11.20:1025") — a readout, so it sits in a bordered monospace box
+  // and the state (ok / connecting / error) is its text colour.
   const healthEl = document.createElement('div');
-  healthEl.className = 'module-health ' + (healthClass(mod) === 'error' ? 'error' : '');
+  healthEl.className = 'module-status ' + healthClass(mod);
   healthEl.textContent = healthText(mod);
   card.appendChild(healthEl);
 
@@ -395,7 +495,9 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
     const collapsibles = []; // { el, meta, fields } groups that fold
     // Fields render in schema order; a `group` starts a labeled subsection
     // and consecutive same-group fields share it. The manifest's optional
-    // `configGroups[name]` adds { collapsed, columns, help } for that group.
+    // `configGroups[name]` adds { collapsed, columns, help, toggle } for
+    // that group: help is an ⓘ beside the title, toggle names the switch
+    // that is the group's on/off and lives in the title row.
     const groupMeta = mod.configGroups && typeof mod.configGroups === 'object' ? mod.configGroups : {};
     let groupName = null;
     let container = form;
@@ -412,7 +514,11 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
           group.className = 'field-group';
           const title = document.createElement(folds ? 'summary' : 'div');
           title.className = 'field-group-title';
-          title.textContent = g;
+          const titleName = document.createElement('span');
+          titleName.className = 'field-group-name';
+          titleName.textContent = g;
+          title.appendChild(titleName);
+          if (meta.help) title.appendChild(groupInfo(g, String(meta.help)));
           group.appendChild(title);
           const body = document.createElement('div');
           body.className = 'field-group-body';
@@ -421,16 +527,16 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
             body.classList.add('is-columns');
             body.style.setProperty('--cols', String(cols));
           }
-          if (meta.help) {
-            const help = document.createElement('div');
-            help.className = 'field-group-help';
-            help.textContent = meta.help;
-            body.appendChild(help);
-          }
           group.appendChild(body);
           form.appendChild(group);
           container = body;
-          currentGroup = { el: group, meta, fields: [] };
+          currentGroup = {
+            el: group,
+            title,
+            meta,
+            fields: [],
+            toggleKey: typeof meta.toggle === 'string' ? meta.toggle : '',
+          };
           if (folds) collapsibles.push(currentGroup);
         } else {
           container = form;
@@ -444,8 +550,14 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
       else if (refetch) reloaders.push(() => refetch());
       if (spec?.showWhen) dependents.push({ field, when: spec.showWhen });
       if (currentGroup) currentGroup.fields.push({ key, spec });
+      if (currentGroup && control && key === currentGroup.toggleKey) {
+        // The group's on/off: title row, not the body (never both). A
+        // toggle naming a non-boolean field is ignored and renders normally.
+        mountGroupToggle(currentGroup, field, control);
+      } else {
         container.appendChild(field);
       }
+    }
     // A field with showWhen:"K" is visible only while K's toggle is on.
     for (const dep of dependents) {
       const ctl = controls.get(dep.when);
@@ -473,26 +585,52 @@ function buildModuleCard(mod) {
     const actions = document.createElement('div');
     actions.className = 'module-actions';
     const save = document.createElement('button');
-    save.className = 'btn primary';
-    save.textContent = 'Save & re-init';
     const status = document.createElement('span');
     status.className = 'admin-status';
-    actions.append(save, status);
+    actions.append(status, save);
-    form.appendChild(actions);
+    // A card is a status line until someone wants to change something: the
+    // form starts folded, and the row at the bottom holds one button that
+    // does both jobs — "Configure" opens the form and becomes "Apply", which
+    // saves without closing it. The name is the other way in and out.
     card.appendChild(form);
+    card.appendChild(actions);
+    const openKey = 'proddash:admin:open:' + mod.id;
+    const setOpen = (open) => {
+      form.hidden = !open;
+      status.hidden = !open;
+      save.textContent = open ? 'Apply' : 'Configure';
+      save.className = open ? 'btn primary' : 'btn';
+      // Folded, the readout shares the bottom row with Configure instead of
+      // taking a line of its own; open, it goes back above the form.
+      if (open) card.insertBefore(healthEl, mountError);
+      else actions.insertBefore(healthEl, status);
+      try { sessionStorage.setItem(openKey, open ? '1' : '0'); } catch { /* fine */ }
+    };
+    let wasOpen = false;
+    try { wasOpen = sessionStorage.getItem(openKey) === '1'; } catch { /* fine */ }
+    setOpen(wasOpen);
+    name.classList.add('is-toggle');
+    name.title = 'Show or hide this module\'s settings';
+    name.tabIndex = 0;
+    name.setAttribute('role', 'button');
+    name.addEventListener('click', () => setOpen(form.hidden));
+    name.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+      if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') { e.preventDefault(); setOpen(form.hidden); }
+    });
 
     save.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+      if (form.hidden) return setOpen(true);
       const config = {};
       for (const [key, read] of readers) config[key] = read();
       save.disabled = true;
-      status.textContent = 'Saving…';
+      status.textContent = 'Applying…';
       status.className = 'admin-status';
       try {
         await api(`/api/admin/modules/${encodeURIComponent(mod.id)}/config`, {
           method: 'PUT',
           body: JSON.stringify({ config }),
         });
-        status.textContent = 'Saved — module re-initialised. Open tiles reconnect on their own.';
+        status.textContent = 'Applied — module re-initialised. Open tiles reconnect on their own.';
         status.className = 'admin-status ok';
         refreshStatus();
         // What the module can list may have changed (credentials just
@@ -531,7 +669,7 @@ async function refreshStatus() {
     if (!els) continue;
     els.dot.className = 'dot ' + healthClass(mod);
     els.healthEl.textContent = healthText(mod);
-    els.healthEl.className = 'module-health ' + (healthClass(mod) === 'error' ? 'error' : '');
+    els.healthEl.className = 'module-status ' + healthClass(mod);
     if (!mod.incompatible) {
       els.mountError.hidden = !mod.mountError;
       els.mountError.textContent = mod.mountError ? `Failed to start: ${mod.mountError}` : '';
@@ -543,7 +681,7 @@ async function refreshStatus() {
   }
 }
 
-/* ── named layouts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* ── saved layouts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 async function loadLayouts() {
   let body;
@@ -559,7 +697,7 @@ async function loadLayouts() {
   if (!layouts.length) {
     const none = document.createElement('div');
     none.className = 'layouts-empty';
-    none.textContent = 'No named layouts saved yet. Save one from the dashboard’s Layout menu.';
+    none.textContent = 'No layouts saved yet. Save one from the dashboard’s Layout menu.';
     layoutsList.appendChild(none);
     return;
   }
@@ -640,10 +778,133 @@ async function loadState() {
   for (const mod of state.modules || []) {
     modulesList.appendChild(buildModuleCard(mod));
   }
+  loadTheme();
   loadLayouts();
   loadCatalog(false);
 }
 
+/* ── theme ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* The dashboard palette is a server-wide choice. The server lists the
+   presets (GET /api/theme — public, dashboards need it too) and the admin
+   page shows them as swatches; picking one POSTs it, applies it here at
+   once, and the server's `theme` shell event switches every open dashboard
+   — and any other admin page — live. The palettes themselves are
+   html[data-theme="…"] variable sets in the shell's style.css, which this
+   page shares, so the admin page follows its own choice. */
+
+const LS_THEME = 'proddash:theme';
+let themeList = [];
+let currentTheme = '';
+
+function applyTheme(id) {
+  const theme = String(id || '');
+  if (!/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,31}$/.test(theme)) return;
+  document.documentElement.dataset.theme = theme;
+  try { localStorage.setItem(LS_THEME, theme); } catch { /* private mode — fine */ }
+}
+
+// The last-known theme first (shared with the dashboard, same origin), so
+// the page doesn't flash the default palette before the server answers.
+try { applyTheme(localStorage.getItem(LS_THEME)); } catch { /* fine */ }
+
+function themeName(id) {
+  return themeList.find((t) => t.id === id)?.name || id;
+}
+
+function renderThemes() {
+  themeSwatches.innerHTML = '';
+  for (const t of themeList) {
+    const current = t.id === currentTheme;
+    const btn = document.createElement('button');
+    btn.type = 'button';
+    btn.className = 'theme-swatch' + (current ? ' is-current' : '');
+    btn.setAttribute('role', 'radio');
+    btn.setAttribute('aria-checked', current ? 'true' : 'false');
+    btn.title = current ? `${t.name} — the current theme` : `Switch every dashboard to ${t.name}`;
+    const preview = document.createElement('span');
+    preview.className = 'theme-preview';
+    preview.style.setProperty('--sw-bg', String(t.colors?.bg || '#000'));
+    preview.style.setProperty('--sw-panel', String(t.colors?.panel || '#222'));
+    preview.style.setProperty('--sw-accent', String(t.colors?.accent || '#fff'));
+    const name = document.createElement('span');
+    name.className = 'theme-name';
+    name.textContent = t.name;
+    btn.append(preview, name);
+    btn.addEventListener('click', () => chooseTheme(t.id));
+    themeSwatches.appendChild(btn);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fetch the server's theme and list. Applied to this page either way (the
+ * endpoint is public, so even the login card wears the right palette); the
+ * swatch section itself is only revealed for an unlocked page.
+ */
+async function loadTheme(reveal = true) {
+  let body;
+  try {
+    body = await api('/api/theme');
+  } catch {
+    if (reveal) themeSection.hidden = true; // a server without themes — nothing to offer
+    return;
+  }
+  themeList = Array.isArray(body.themes) ? body.themes.filter((t) => t && t.id && t.name) : [];
+  currentTheme = String(body.theme || '');
+  applyTheme(currentTheme);
+  renderThemes();
+  if (reveal) themeSection.hidden = !themeList.length;
+}
+
+loadTheme(false);
+
+async function chooseTheme(id) {
+  if (id === currentTheme) return;
+  const previous = currentTheme;
+  currentTheme = id;
+  applyTheme(id); // at once, here — the server's event confirms it everywhere else
+  renderThemes();
+  themeStatus.textContent = '';
+  themeStatus.className = 'admin-status';
+  try {
+    await api('/api/admin/theme', { method: 'POST', body: JSON.stringify({ theme: id }) });
+    themeStatus.textContent = `${themeName(id)} — every open dashboard switched.`;
+    themeStatus.className = 'admin-status ok';
+  } catch (e) {
+    currentTheme = previous;
+    applyTheme(previous);
+    renderThemes();
+    themeStatus.textContent = e.message;
+    themeStatus.className = 'admin-status error';
+    if (e.authRequired) showLogin();
+  }
+}
+
+// Follow a theme change made elsewhere (another admin page) live.
+let themeEvents = null;
+let themeEventsRetry = null;
+
+function subscribeThemeEvents() {
+  try { themeEvents?.close(); } catch { /* not open */ }
+  themeEvents = new EventSource('/api/events');
+  themeEvents.addEventListener('theme', (e) => {
+    let theme = '';
+    try { theme = String(JSON.parse(e.data).theme || ''); } catch { return; }
+    if (!theme || theme === currentTheme) return;
+    currentTheme = theme;
+    applyTheme(theme);
+    renderThemes();
+  });
+  themeEvents.onerror = () => {
+    if (themeEvents.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) {
+      clearTimeout(themeEventsRetry);
+      themeEventsRetry = setTimeout(subscribeThemeEvents, 4000);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+subscribeThemeEvents();
+
 /* ── the repo: available modules, module updates, shell update ──────── */
 
 function fmtTime(ms) {

public/admin/index.html

@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@
       <div class="admin-status" id="update-status"></div>
     </section>
 
+    <section id="theme-section" hidden>
+      <h1 class="admin-h1">Theme</h1>
+      <div class="theme-swatches" id="theme-swatches" role="radiogroup" aria-label="Theme"></div>
+      <div class="admin-status" id="theme-status"></div>
+    </section>
+
     <section id="modules-section" hidden>
       <h1 class="admin-h1">Modules</h1>
-      <p class="admin-copy">Server-wide settings, shared by every dashboard. Saving re-initialises the
-        module immediately — open tiles reconnect on their own. Per-tile options (filters, text size)
-        live in each tile's gear menu instead.</p>
       <p class="admin-copy admin-storage" id="storage-note" hidden>Saved on the server at
         <code id="storage-path"></code> — outside the app folder, so updating ProdDash keeps them.</p>
       <div id="modules-list"></div>
@@ -51,9 +54,6 @@
 
     <section id="available-section" hidden>
       <h1 class="admin-h1">Available modules</h1>
-      <p class="admin-copy">Modules in the ProdDash repo that aren't installed here. Installing downloads the module
-        into the server's data directory — no restart, nothing written into the app folder. A module that needs a
-        newer ProdDash can't be installed until the shell is updated.</p>
       <div class="catalog-toolbar">
         <button class="btn small" id="catalog-refresh">Check again</button>
         <span class="admin-status" id="catalog-status"></span>
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@
     </section>
 
     <section id="layouts-section" hidden>
-      <h1 class="admin-h1">Named layouts</h1>
+      <h1 class="admin-h1">Saved layouts</h1>
-      <p class="admin-copy">Layouts saved to the server from the dashboard's Layout menu. Loading one
-        copies it into that browser; deleting one here does not touch any browser's current layout.</p>
       <div id="layouts-list"></div>
     </section>
   </main>

public/index.html

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
   <header id="topbar">
-    <!-- invisible twin of the logo: holds its place in the bar; the real logo is the handle below -->
+    <span id="brand">Prod<span class="accent">Dash</span></span>
-    <span id="brand" class="brand-spacer" aria-hidden="true">Prod<span class="accent">Dash</span></span>
 
     <span class="spacer"></span>
 
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@
     </a>
   </header>
 
-  <button id="topbar-notch" title="Hide / show the menu bar" aria-label="Hide or show the menu bar">Prod<span class="accent">Dash</span></button>
+  <button id="topbar-notch" title="Hide / show the menu bar" aria-label="Hide or show the menu bar"></button>
 
   <main id="gridwrap">
     <div id="grid">

public/shell.js

@@ -71,12 +71,34 @@ function promptModal({ title, placeholder = '', value = '', okLabel = 'Save' })
 
 /* ── dropdown menus ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
+/* A menu opens the moment its button is clicked, drawn from what the page
+   already knows; whatever its rebuild has to fetch is slotted in when it
+   lands. It used to open only once the rebuild had finished, which made the
+   ＋ picker hostage to a network round trip — one that never completes when
+   the tiles' streams hold every connection the browser allows (see the
+   shared-stream pool below). rebuild(menu, stillOpen) may be async;
+   stillOpen() says whether the open it was started for is still current,
+   so a late fetch can't repaint a menu that has since closed or reopened. */
 function wireDropdown(btnId, menuId, rebuild) {
   const btn = document.getElementById(btnId);
   const menu = document.getElementById(menuId);
-  btn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
+  let generation = 0;
-    if (menu.hidden) await rebuild(menu);
+  btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    menu.hidden = !menu.hidden;
+    if (!menu.hidden) {
+      menu.hidden = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    const gen = ++generation;
+    const stillOpen = () => gen === generation && !menu.hidden;
+    menu.hidden = false;
+    // Whatever the rebuild does, the menu is on screen; a failure (now or
+    // later) leaves its previous contents rather than an invisible menu.
+    const failed = (err) => console.error(`[shell] ${menuId} could not be rebuilt:`, err);
+    try {
+      Promise.resolve(rebuild(menu, stillOpen)).catch(failed);
+    } catch (err) {
+      failed(err);
+    }
   });
   document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
     if (!menu.hidden && !e.target.closest('#' + btnId) && !e.target.closest('#' + menuId)) {
@@ -106,11 +128,22 @@ function menuItem(label, onClick, { sub = '', danger = false } = {}) {
 
 let registry = new Map(); // module id -> manifest from GET /api/modules
 
+/** fetch that gives up after `ms`. A request the browser has queued behind
+    held connections would otherwise pend forever, and so would anything
+    awaiting it. */
+function fetchWithTimeout(url, ms, opts = {}) {
+  const ctl = new AbortController();
+  const timer = setTimeout(() => ctl.abort(), ms);
+  return fetch(url, { ...opts, signal: ctl.signal }).finally(() => clearTimeout(timer));
+}
+
 /** Refresh the enabled-module list. On failure the last known list is kept
     (the server may just be restarting mid-service). Returns true on success. */
 async function loadRegistry() {
   try {
-    const res = await fetch('/api/modules');
+    // Slow modules' tiles() are cut off server-side at 2 s, so a healthy
+    // answer is well inside this.
+    const res = await fetchWithTimeout('/api/modules', 8000);
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error('modules ' + res.status);
     const body = await res.json();
     registry = new Map((body.modules || []).map((m) => [m.id, m]));
@@ -288,11 +321,24 @@ function buildTile(tile) {
   notch.title = 'Hide / show the title bar';
   notch.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
     e.stopPropagation();
+    // In fullscreen the bars are all folded away for watching; the notch
+    // peeks one open for a moment without touching what this tile saved.
+    if (document.body.classList.contains('fullscreen')) {
+      peekHead(tile, el, !el.classList.contains('head-peek'));
+      return;
+    }
     tile.headHidden = !tile.headHidden;
     el.classList.toggle('head-hidden', tile.headHidden);
     saveLayout();
   });
 
+  // A peeked title bar stays while the pointer is on its tile, and starts
+  // counting down as soon as it leaves.
+  el.addEventListener('pointerenter', () => clearPeekTimer(tile.id));
+  el.addEventListener('pointerleave', () => {
+    if (el.classList.contains('head-peek')) schedulePeekHide(tile.id, el);
+  });
+
   el.append(head, body, resize, resizeLeft, resizeBottom, notch);
   el.classList.toggle('head-hidden', Boolean(tile.headHidden));
   grid.appendChild(el);
@@ -518,13 +564,22 @@ function notifyResize(tile) {
 /* ── seam dividers between adjacent tiles ───────────────────────────── */
 
 /* Wherever two tiles share a vertical edge, a divider sits on the seam.
-   Dragging its pill moves the shared edge, trading width between the two
+   Dragging one moves that column boundary wherever it appears: every pair of
-   tiles — their combined span never changes, so nothing else can collide
+   tiles meeting at the same x, in every row, moves with it, so a column of
-   except via the explicit check below (a third tile can sit behind the
+   tiles keeps its edge as one line rather than drifting row by row. Hovering
-   seam for part of its height). */
+   a seam lights up the others that travel with it.
+
+   Each pair trades width within its own span — the pair's combined span never
+   changes — so nothing else can collide except via the explicit check below
+   (a third tile can sit behind the seam for part of its height). A row where
+   one tile simply spans the boundary has no seam there and stays put. */
+
+/** Live dividers, so a drag can reposition all of them as the tiles move. */
+const dividers = [];
 
 function rebuildDividers() {
   grid.querySelectorAll('.tile-divider').forEach((el) => el.remove());
+  dividers.length = 0;
   for (const L of tiles) {
     for (const R of tiles) {
       if (L === R || L.x + L.w !== R.x) continue;
@@ -536,10 +591,24 @@ function rebuildDividers() {
   }
 }
 
+/** Every pair of tiles that meets at this column boundary, in any row. */
+function seamPairsAt(boundary) {
+  const pairs = [];
+  for (const L of tiles) {
+    if (L.x + L.w !== boundary) continue;
+    for (const R of tiles) {
+      if (R === L || R.x !== boundary) continue;
+      if (Math.min(L.y + L.h, R.y + R.h) <= Math.max(L.y, R.y)) continue;
+      pairs.push({ L, R });
+    }
+  }
+  return pairs;
+}
+
 function buildDivider(L, R, top, bottom) {
   const el = document.createElement('div');
   el.className = 'tile-divider';
-  el.title = 'Drag to resize';
+  el.title = 'Drag to resize this column';
 
   const place = () => {
     const m = cellMetrics();
@@ -550,43 +619,72 @@ function buildDivider(L, R, top, bottom) {
   };
   place();
 
+  const boundary = () => L.x + L.w;
+  const groupEls = () => dividers.filter((d) => d.boundary() === boundary()).map((d) => d.el);
+  const unlink = () => { for (const d of dividers) d.el.classList.remove('linked'); };
+
+  // Before anything is dragged, show which seams travel with this one.
+  el.addEventListener('pointerenter', () => {
+    if (document.body.classList.contains('fullscreen')) return;
+    for (const other of groupEls()) other.classList.add('linked');
+  });
+  el.addEventListener('pointerleave', unlink);
+
   el.addEventListener('pointerdown', (ev) => {
     if (ev.button !== 0 && ev.pointerType === 'mouse') return;
     if (document.body.classList.contains('fullscreen')) return;
     ev.preventDefault();
     closeSettingsPopovers();
     el.setPointerCapture(ev.pointerId);
-    el.classList.add('active');
+
     const m = cellMetrics();
     const sx = ev.clientX;
-    const startBoundary = L.x + L.w;
+    const startBoundary = boundary();
-    const rightEdge = R.x + R.w; // fixed for the whole drag
+    // Every row that has a seam here moves with it. Each pair's outer edges
-    const minB = L.x + minSizeOf(L).w;
+    // are fixed for the whole drag, so each row only trades width internally.
-    const maxB = rightEdge - minSizeOf(R).w;
+    const parts = seamPairsAt(startBoundary).map(({ L: a, R: b }) => ({
+      L: a, R: b, leftX: a.x, rightEdge: b.x + b.w,
+    }));
+    if (!parts.length) return;
+    const moving = parts.flatMap((p) => [p.L.id, p.R.id]);
+    // The whole column stops at whichever row runs out of room first.
+    const minB = Math.max(...parts.map((p) => p.leftX + minSizeOf(p.L).w));
+    const maxB = Math.min(...parts.map((p) => p.rightEdge - minSizeOf(p.R).w));
+    const group = groupEls();
+    for (const other of group) other.classList.add('active');
     let changed = false;
 
     const onMove = (e) => {
       const b = Math.max(minB, Math.min(maxB,
         startBoundary + Math.round((e.clientX - sx) / (m.cw + m.gap))));
-      if (b === L.x + L.w) return;
+      if (b === boundary()) return;
-      const candL = { x: L.x, y: L.y, w: b - L.x, h: L.h };
+      const next = parts.map((p) => ({
-      const candR = { x: b, y: R.y, w: rightEdge - b, h: R.h };
+        p,
-      if (!isFreeExcept(candL, [L.id, R.id]) || !isFreeExcept(candR, [L.id, R.id])) return;
+        candL: { x: p.leftX, y: p.L.y, w: b - p.leftX, h: p.L.h },
-      L.w = candL.w;
+        candR: { x: b, y: p.R.y, w: p.rightEdge - b, h: p.R.h },
-      R.x = candR.x;
+      }));
-      R.w = candR.w;
+      // All rows move or none do — a column edge that bends is worse than one
-      applyRect(L);
+      // that won't budge.
-      applyRect(R);
+      if (next.some(({ candL, candR }) =>
-      notifyResize(L);
+        !isFreeExcept(candL, moving) || !isFreeExcept(candR, moving))) return;
-      notifyResize(R);
+      for (const { p, candL, candR } of next) {
-      place();
+        p.L.w = candL.w;
+        p.R.x = candR.x;
+        p.R.w = candR.w;
+        applyRect(p.L);
+        applyRect(p.R);
+        notifyResize(p.L);
+        notifyResize(p.R);
+      }
+      for (const d of dividers) d.place();
       changed = true;
     };
     const onUp = () => {
       el.removeEventListener('pointermove', onMove);
       el.removeEventListener('pointerup', onUp);
       el.removeEventListener('pointercancel', onUp);
-      el.classList.remove('active');
+      for (const other of group) other.classList.remove('active');
+      unlink();
       if (changed) saveLayout();
       rebuildDividers(); // adjacencies may have changed
     };
@@ -595,6 +693,7 @@ function buildDivider(L, R, top, bottom) {
     el.addEventListener('pointercancel', onUp);
   });
 
+  dividers.push({ el, place, boundary });
   grid.appendChild(el);
 }
 
@@ -634,6 +733,7 @@ function addTile(moduleId, entry = null) {
 function removeTile(id) {
   const idx = tiles.findIndex((t) => t.id === id);
   if (idx < 0) return;
+  clearPeekTimer(id);
   unmountModule(tiles[idx]);
   tiles.splice(idx, 1);
   const entry = tileEls.get(id);
@@ -686,6 +786,84 @@ function tileMessage(entry, text) {
   entry.body.appendChild(msg);
 }
 
+/* ── shared event streams ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* Browsers allow about six HTTP/1.1 connections to one host, and an open
+   EventSource holds one of them for as long as it lives. One stream per
+   tile plus the shell's own /api/events reaches that ceiling at five or six
+   tiles, and from then on every further request — the ＋ picker's module
+   list, a new tile's /state, its stream — sits in the browser's queue
+   waiting for a connection that is never handed back. So tiles that ask
+   for the same stream share one connection: the pool keeps one EventSource
+   per URL, fans its events out to every subscriber, and reconnects it (on
+   the same 3-second timer the per-tile version used) while anyone is still
+   listening. A tile joining an already-open stream is told `open` straight
+   away, so its backfill runs exactly as if the connection were its own. */
+
+const ssePool = new Map(); // url -> shared source
+
+function sseSubscribe(url, handlers = {}) {
+  let shared = ssePool.get(url);
+  if (!shared) {
+    shared = { subs: new Set(), es: null, retryTimer: null, names: new Set() };
+    const fanOut = (kind, e) => {
+      for (const sub of [...shared.subs]) {
+        const fn = kind === 'event' ? sub.handlers.events?.[e.type] : sub.handlers[kind];
+        try { fn?.(e); } catch (err) { console.error('[shell] stream handler failed:', err); }
+      }
+    };
+    shared.listen = (name) => shared.es.addEventListener(name, (e) => fanOut('event', e));
+    shared.connect = () => {
+      clearTimeout(shared.retryTimer);
+      shared.retryTimer = null;
+      try { shared.es?.close(); } catch { /* already closed */ }
+      const es = new EventSource(url);
+      shared.es = es;
+      es.onopen = (e) => fanOut('open', e);
+      es.onmessage = (e) => fanOut('message', e);
+      es.onerror = (e) => {
+        fanOut('error', e);
+        // EventSource retries transient drops itself but gives up for good on
+        // a completed non-SSE response (a 502 while the upstream is down).
+        if (es.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED && shared.subs.size) {
+          clearTimeout(shared.retryTimer);
+          shared.retryTimer = setTimeout(shared.connect, 3000);
+        }
+      };
+      for (const name of shared.names) shared.listen(name);
+    };
+    ssePool.set(url, shared);
+  }
+
+  const sub = { handlers };
+  shared.subs.add(sub);
+  for (const name of Object.keys(handlers.events || {})) {
+    if (shared.names.has(name)) continue;
+    shared.names.add(name);
+    if (shared.es) shared.listen(name);
+  }
+  if (!shared.es || shared.es.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) {
+    // first subscriber, or the stream had given up while nobody listened
+    shared.connect();
+  } else if (shared.es.readyState === EventSource.OPEN) {
+    // Joining mid-flight: report the open the way a fresh connection would
+    // have, a moment later, so the caller's own setup finishes first.
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (!shared.subs.has(sub)) return;
+      try { handlers.open?.(new Event('open')); } catch (err) { console.error('[shell] stream handler failed:', err); }
+    }, 0);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    close() {
+      if (!shared.subs.delete(sub) || shared.subs.size) return;
+      clearTimeout(shared.retryTimer);
+      try { shared.es?.close(); } catch { /* already closed */ }
+      ssePool.delete(url);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 /**
  * The API handed to each module instance — the whole surface a module may
  * touch outside its root element. See docs/MODULE-GUIDE.md.
@@ -731,40 +909,17 @@ function buildModuleApi(tile, man, entry) {
     },
 
     /**
-     * EventSource scoped the same way, with auto-reconnect: EventSource
+     * EventSource scoped the same way, with auto-reconnect: a stream that
-     * retries transient drops itself but gives up for good when a retry gets
+     * gives up (a 502 while the upstream is down) is recreated on a timer
-     * a completed non-SSE response (a 502 while the upstream is down), so a
+     * until it works again. Tiles asking for the same stream share one
-     * closed stream is recreated on a timer until it works again.
+     * connection — see the pool above; a module sees no difference.
      * handlers: { open(e), error(e), message(e), events: { name: fn } }
      */
     sse(subPath, handlers = {}) {
-      const url = '/api/modules/' + man.id + subPath;
+      const shared = sseSubscribe('/api/modules/' + man.id + subPath, handlers);
-      let es = null;
-      let retryTimer = null;
-      let closed = false;
-      const connect = () => {
-        if (closed) return;
-        try { es?.close(); } catch { /* already closed */ }
-        es = new EventSource(url);
-        if (handlers.open) es.onopen = handlers.open;
-        if (handlers.message) es.onmessage = handlers.message;
-        for (const [name, fn] of Object.entries(handlers.events || {})) {
-          es.addEventListener(name, fn);
-        }
-        es.onerror = (e) => {
-          try { handlers.error?.(e); } catch { /* module's problem */ }
-          if (es.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) {
-            clearTimeout(retryTimer);
-            retryTimer = setTimeout(connect, 3000);
-          }
-        };
-      };
-      connect();
       const handle = {
         close() {
-          closed = true;
+          shared.close();
-          clearTimeout(retryTimer);
-          try { es?.close(); } catch { /* already closed */ }
           sseHandles.delete(handle);
         },
       };
@@ -928,7 +1083,10 @@ function colorHex(value, fallback) {
 }
 
 function closeSettingsPopovers() {
-  document.querySelectorAll('.tile-settings').forEach((p) => p.remove());
+  document.querySelectorAll('.tile-settings').forEach((p) => {
+    p._cleanup?.();
+    p.remove();
+  });
 }
 
 function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
@@ -942,6 +1100,34 @@ function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
   pop.className = 'tile-settings';
   const inputs = new Map();
 
+  /* These are display choices — a text size, a filter, a colour — so they
+     apply as they are changed and save with the layout. There is nothing to
+     confirm, so there is no Apply. Typing is debounced because applying
+     means remounting the module, which shouldn't happen per keystroke. */
+  let applyTimer = null;
+  const commit = (delay) => {
+    clearTimeout(applyTimer);
+    applyTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      applyTimer = null;
+      // Only when something really moved: a text field fires `input` and then
+      // `change` on the way out, and a module shouldn't be torn down twice
+      // over for one edit.
+      let changed = false;
+      for (const [key, read] of inputs) {
+        const value = read();
+        if (tile.settings[key] === value) continue;
+        tile.settings[key] = value;
+        changed = true;
+      }
+      if (!changed) return;
+      saveLayout();
+      remountTile(tile);
+    }, delay);
+  };
+  const live = (input, event = 'change', delay = 0) => {
+    input.addEventListener(event, () => commit(delay));
+  };
+
   // Fields render in schema order; a field's `group` starts a labeled
   // subsection that consecutive same-group fields share, and the manifest's
   // optional `instanceGroups[name]` adds { collapsed, columns, help } —
@@ -990,15 +1176,28 @@ function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
       }
     }
 
+    const isSwitch = type === 'boolean' || type === 'switch';
     const field = document.createElement('label');
-    field.className = 'field' + (type === 'boolean' ? ' check' : '');
+    field.className = 'field' + (isSwitch ? ' check' : '');
 
-    if (type === 'boolean') {
+    if (isSwitch) {
+      // A switch: on is shown/enabled, off is hidden/disabled — the label
+      // names what it turns on. A real checkbox stays underneath (keyboard,
+      // label clicks and `change` all keep working); the track is the look.
+      const text = document.createElement('span');
+      text.className = 'check-label';
+      text.textContent = label;
+      const toggle = document.createElement('span');
+      toggle.className = 'switch';
       const input = document.createElement('input');
       input.type = 'checkbox';
       input.checked = Boolean(current);
-      field.append(input, document.createTextNode(label));
+      const track = document.createElement('span');
+      track.className = 'track';
+      toggle.append(input, track);
+      field.append(text, toggle);
       inputs.set(key, () => input.checked);
+      live(input);
     } else if (type === 'select' && Array.isArray(spec.options)) {
       const span = document.createElement('span');
       span.textContent = label;
@@ -1012,6 +1211,7 @@ function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
       select.value = String(current ?? '');
       field.append(span, select);
       inputs.set(key, () => select.value);
+      live(select);
     } else if (type === 'color') {
       // A swatch picker; the value is always a #rrggbb string.
       field.classList.add('color-field');
@@ -1022,6 +1222,7 @@ function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
       input.value = colorHex(current, colorHex(spec?.default, '#2ee59a'));
       field.append(span, input);
       inputs.set(key, () => input.value);
+      live(input, 'input', 150);   // dragging the picker fires continuously
     } else {
       const span = document.createElement('span');
       span.textContent = label;
@@ -1030,6 +1231,8 @@ function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
       input.value = current === undefined || current === null ? '' : String(current);
       field.append(span, input);
       inputs.set(key, () => (type === 'number' ? Number(input.value) : input.value));
+      live(input, 'input', 400);   // mid-word is not the moment to remount
+      live(input, 'change');       // …but blur or Enter is
     }
     if (spec?.help) {
       const help = document.createElement('small');
@@ -1040,26 +1243,17 @@ function toggleSettingsPopover(tile, el) {
     container.appendChild(field);
   }
 
-  const actions = document.createElement('div');
+  // Nothing to press: click away, press Escape, or click the gear again.
-  actions.className = 'actions';
+  // (The gear's own click stops propagating, so it toggles rather than
-  actions.style.display = 'flex';
+  // closing and reopening.)
-  actions.style.justifyContent = 'flex-end';
+  const closeOnClick = (e) => { if (!pop.contains(e.target)) closeSettingsPopovers(); };
-  actions.style.gap = '8px';
+  const closeOnEscape = (e) => { if (e.key === 'Escape') closeSettingsPopovers(); };
-  const cancel = document.createElement('button');
+  pop._cleanup = () => {
-  cancel.className = 'btn';
+    document.removeEventListener('click', closeOnClick);
-  cancel.textContent = 'Cancel';
+    document.removeEventListener('keydown', closeOnEscape);
-  cancel.addEventListener('click', () => pop.remove());
+  };
-  const apply = document.createElement('button');
+  document.addEventListener('click', closeOnClick);
-  apply.className = 'btn primary';
+  document.addEventListener('keydown', closeOnEscape);
-  apply.textContent = 'Apply';
-  apply.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    for (const [key, read] of inputs) tile.settings[key] = read();
-    pop.remove();
-    saveLayout();
-    remountTile(tile);
-  });
-  actions.append(cancel, apply);
-  pop.appendChild(actions);
 
   pop.addEventListener('pointerdown', (e) => e.stopPropagation());
   el.appendChild(pop);
@@ -1088,8 +1282,21 @@ function renderLayout(list) {
 
 /* ── menus ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
-wireDropdown('add-btn', 'add-menu', async (menu) => {
+/* What the ＋ picker shows, as a string: repainting a menu the user is
-  await loadRegistry();
+   already pointing at is only worth it when something in it changed. */
+function addMenuSignature() {
+  return JSON.stringify([...registry.values()].map((m) => [m.id, m.name, m.description, m.tiles]));
+}
+
+wireDropdown('add-btn', 'add-menu', async (menu, stillOpen) => {
+  // Painted from the list already in hand, then refreshed: a module's tile
+  // list is live data, and Admin may have enabled or disabled something.
+  const shown = addMenuSignature();
+  renderAddMenu(menu);
+  if (await loadRegistry() && stillOpen() && addMenuSignature() !== shown) renderAddMenu(menu);
+});
+
+function renderAddMenu(menu) {
   menu.innerHTML = '';
   const manifests = [...registry.values()];
   if (!manifests.length) {
@@ -1121,9 +1328,9 @@ wireDropdown('add-btn', 'add-menu', async (menu) => {
       }, { sub: man.description || '' }));
     }
   }
-});
+}
 
-wireDropdown('layout-btn', 'layout-menu', async (menu) => {
+wireDropdown('layout-btn', 'layout-menu', async (menu, stillOpen) => {
   menu.innerHTML = '';
 
   menu.appendChild(menuItem('Save as named layout…', async () => {
@@ -1156,19 +1363,29 @@ wireDropdown('layout-btn', 'layout-menu', async (menu) => {
   divider.className = 'menu-divider';
   menu.appendChild(divider);
 
-  // named layouts stored on the server
+  const reset = menuItem('Reset layout', () => {
+    menu.hidden = true;
+    renderLayout([]);
+    saveLayout();
+    toast('Layout cleared');
+  }, { danger: true, sub: 'Remove every tile from this browser' });
+  menu.appendChild(reset);
+
+  // Named layouts stored on the server slot in above Reset once they
+  // arrive; until then (or if they never do) the menu is already usable.
   let layouts = [];
   try {
-    const res = await fetch('/api/layouts');
+    const res = await fetchWithTimeout('/api/layouts', 8000);
     if (res.ok) layouts = (await res.json()).layouts || [];
   } catch { /* server briefly away — the menu just shows none */ }
-  if (layouts.length) {
+  if (!layouts.length || !stillOpen()) return;
+  const block = document.createDocumentFragment();
   const title = document.createElement('div');
   title.className = 'menu-title';
   title.textContent = 'Load from server';
-    menu.appendChild(title);
+  block.appendChild(title);
   for (const l of layouts) {
-      menu.appendChild(menuItem(l.name, async () => {
+    block.appendChild(menuItem(l.name, async () => {
       menu.hidden = true;
       try {
         const res = await fetch('/api/layouts/' + encodeURIComponent(l.name));
@@ -1184,15 +1401,8 @@ wireDropdown('layout-btn', 'layout-menu', async (menu) => {
       }
     }, { sub: `${l.tiles} tile${l.tiles === 1 ? '' : 's'}` }));
   }
-    menu.appendChild(divider.cloneNode());
+  block.appendChild(divider.cloneNode());
-  }
+  menu.insertBefore(block, reset);
-
-  menu.appendChild(menuItem('Reset layout', () => {
-    menu.hidden = true;
-    renderLayout([]);
-    saveLayout();
-    toast('Layout cleared');
-  }, { danger: true, sub: 'Remove every tile from this browser' }));
 });
 
 /* ── menu bar show/hide (notch, like the tile title bars) ───────────── */
@@ -1222,6 +1432,41 @@ try {
   if (localStorage.getItem(LS_MENU) === '1') setMenuHidden(true, { persist: false });
 } catch { /* fine */ }
 
+/* ── fullscreen: peeking at a tile's title bar ──────────────────────── */
+
+/** How long a peeked title bar stays after the pointer leaves its tile. */
+const PEEK_HIDE_MS = 10000;
+const peekTimers = new Map();   // tile id → timeout
+
+function clearPeekTimer(id) {
+  const timer = peekTimers.get(id);
+  if (timer === undefined) return;
+  clearTimeout(timer);
+  peekTimers.delete(id);
+}
+
+function schedulePeekHide(id, el) {
+  clearPeekTimer(id);
+  peekTimers.set(id, setTimeout(() => {
+    peekTimers.delete(id);
+    el.classList.remove('head-peek');
+  }, PEEK_HIDE_MS));
+}
+
+function peekHead(tile, el, on) {
+  el.classList.toggle('head-peek', on);
+  clearPeekTimer(tile.id);
+  // Opened from a click the pointer is on the tile, so the countdown waits
+  // for it to leave — unless it already has (a keyboard or touch open).
+  if (on && !el.matches(':hover')) schedulePeekHide(tile.id, el);
+}
+
+/** Back to a plain screen: no peeks left open, no timers left running. */
+function clearPeeks() {
+  for (const id of [...peekTimers.keys()]) clearPeekTimer(id);
+  document.querySelectorAll('.tile.head-peek').forEach((el) => el.classList.remove('head-peek'));
+}
+
 /* ── fullscreen: auto-fit the layout to the screen ──────────────────── */
 
 /* Fullscreen is a viewing mode. The occupied columns stretch proportionally
@@ -1355,6 +1600,7 @@ document.addEventListener('fullscreenchange', () => {
     requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(applyFullscreenFit));
   } else {
     setMenuHidden(menuHiddenBeforeFs, { persist: false });
+    clearPeeks();
     clearFullscreenFit();
   }
 });
@@ -1381,6 +1627,7 @@ function subscribeEvents() {
   try { eventsSource?.close(); } catch { /* not open */ }
   eventsSource = new EventSource('/api/events');
   eventsSource.addEventListener('modules-changed', () => handleModulesChanged());
+  eventsSource.addEventListener('theme', handleThemeEvent);
   eventsSource.onerror = () => {
     if (eventsSource.readyState === EventSource.CLOSED) {
       clearTimeout(eventsRetry);
@@ -1417,6 +1664,43 @@ async function handleModulesChanged() {
   }
 }
 
+/* ── theme ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* The dashboard's palette is a server-wide choice (Admin → Theme). Five
+   preset variable sets live in style.css as html[data-theme="…"]; applying
+   one is setting that attribute. The last-known theme goes on synchronously
+   from localStorage so a reload never flashes the default palette, then the
+   server's answer (GET /api/theme) wins, and a `theme` shell event on
+   /api/events switches every open dashboard the moment an admin picks
+   another. Modules style with the shell variables, so they follow; a colour
+   a tile is configured with is set on the tile itself and stays as chosen. */
+
+const LS_THEME = 'proddash:theme';
+
+function applyTheme(id) {
+  const theme = String(id || '');
+  if (!/^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{0,31}$/.test(theme)) return;
+  document.documentElement.dataset.theme = theme;
+  try { localStorage.setItem(LS_THEME, theme); } catch { /* private mode — fine */ }
+}
+
+/** `theme` shell event from /api/events (wired in subscribeEvents). */
+function handleThemeEvent(e) {
+  try {
+    applyTheme(JSON.parse(e.data).theme);
+  } catch { /* a malformed frame changes nothing */ }
+}
+
+function initTheme() {
+  try { applyTheme(localStorage.getItem(LS_THEME)); } catch { /* fine */ }
+  fetch('/api/theme', { cache: 'no-store' })
+    .then((res) => (res.ok ? res.json() : null))
+    .then((body) => { if (body?.theme) applyTheme(body.theme); })
+    .catch(() => { /* offline: the remembered theme stands */ });
+}
+
+initTheme();
+
 /* ── boot ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 
 async function boot() {

public/style.css

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   --text: #e6edf3;
   --muted: #8b98a5;
   --accent: #2ee59a;
+  --accent-text: #06281a; /* text that sits on --accent (buttons, badges) */
   --danger: #f4433c;
   --warn: #f0b429;
   /* grid geometry (shell.js reads these) */
@@ -54,57 +55,43 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar {
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
-/* The menubar's show/hide handle IS the logo: a translucent accent pill
+/* The bar's show/hide handle: a small accent lip on its bottom edge, the
-   wrapped around "ProdDash" at the left of the bar, "Dash" cut out in the
+   same idea as a tile's notch. It sits at the left — never screen-centre,
-   background colour. It sits at the left — never screen-centre, where a
+   where a tile's own (centred) tab lands once both bars are hidden — and
-   tile's own (centred) tab lands once both bars are hidden. When the bar
+   grows under the pointer so it is easy to hit without being loud at rest.
-   hides, the pill shrinks to a slim lip at the very top edge, clear of a
+   It used to be the ProdDash wordmark on a pill hanging past the bar, which
-   top-row tile's status dot and title. */
+   read as a step cut out of the bar, and animating its font-size on the way
-.brand-spacer { visibility: hidden; }
+   out was the jerkiest thing on the page in Safari. Everything here moves by
-
+   transform, opacity and its own fixed size: no text metrics, no reflow. */
 #topbar-notch {
   position: fixed;
-  /* a tab hung from the top of the bar: square top, rounded bottom, hanging
-     8px past the bar's bottom edge; the logo sits centred in the bar part */
   top: 0;
-  left: 2px; /* the logo text starts at the bar's 12px padding; the tab adds 10px each side */
+  left: 10px;
-  height: calc(var(--topbar-h, 46px) + 8px);
+  width: 28px;
-  min-width: 60px;
+  height: 5px;
-  padding: 0 10px;
+  padding: 0;
-  font: inherit;
-  font-weight: 800;
-  font-size: 15px;
-  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
-  line-height: var(--topbar-h, 46px);
-  color: var(--text);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 45%, transparent);
   border: none;
-  border-radius: 0 0 12px 12px;
+  border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
+  background: var(--accent);
+  opacity: 0.5;
   cursor: pointer;
   z-index: 60;
-  transition: height 0.22s ease, line-height 0.22s ease, font-size 0.22s ease, background 0.15s ease;
+  /* Glued to the bar's bottom edge: --topbar-h is the bar's live height, so
+     the lip rides the bar's own collapse instead of running a second,
+     competing animation against it. */
+  transform: translateY(var(--topbar-h, 46px));
+  transition: width 0.16s ease, height 0.16s ease,
+              opacity 0.16s ease, border-radius 0.16s ease;
 }
-#topbar-notch .accent { color: var(--bg); } /* the cutout */
+#topbar-notch:hover,
-#topbar-notch:hover { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 68%, transparent); }
+#topbar-notch:focus-visible {
-/* bar hidden: the text folds away and the tab becomes a lip at the top edge */
+  width: 60px;
-body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch {
   height: 10px;
-  line-height: 10px;
+  opacity: 1;
-  font-size: 0;
+  border-radius: 0 0 8px 8px;
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 55%, transparent);
-}
-body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch:hover { background: var(--accent); }
-body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch::after {
-  content: "";
-  display: block;
-  width: 20px;
-  height: 3px;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-  position: relative;
-  top: 3px;
-  border-radius: 999px;
-  background: var(--bg);
 }
+/* With the bar collapsed --topbar-h is 0, so the lip ends up at the very top
+   edge without a rule of its own. */
 
 #brand {
   font-weight: 800;
@@ -387,6 +374,22 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch::after {
 }
 .tile-notch:hover::after { background: var(--text); }
 
+/* Fullscreen is for watching, not arranging: every title bar folds away, and
+   a tile's own hidden/shown preference is left untouched for when the screen
+   comes back. The notch still peeks one open, and it folds back once the
+   pointer has been off that tile for a while (PEEK_HIDE_MS in shell.js). */
+body.fullscreen .tile:not(.head-peek) .tile-head {
+  height: 0;
+  border-bottom-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+body.fullscreen .tile:not(.head-peek) .tile-notch { top: 0; }
+body.fullscreen .tile.head-peek .tile-head {
+  height: 32px;
+  border-bottom-width: 1px;
+}
+body.fullscreen .tile.head-peek .tile-notch { top: 32px; }
+
 .tile-body {
   flex: 1;
   position: relative;
@@ -433,8 +436,9 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch::after {
   border-radius: 0 0 0 3px;
 }
 
-/* bottom-edge pill: drag to move the tile's bottom edge (height only);
+/* bottom edge: drag to move the tile's bottom edge (height only). Drawn as
-   sits between the two corner handles */
+   the same 2px line as the corner handles it sits between, on the same
+   4px inset, so the three read as one set of marks along the bottom. */
 .tile-resize-bottom {
   position: absolute;
   left: 24px;
@@ -447,6 +451,7 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch::after {
   justify-content: center;
   cursor: ns-resize;
   touch-action: none;
+  color: var(--muted);
   opacity: 0;
   transition: opacity 0.15s ease;
 }
@@ -454,17 +459,13 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch::after {
   content: "";
   width: 44px;
   max-width: 60%;
-  height: 5px;
+  height: 0;
-  margin-bottom: 2px;
+  margin-bottom: 4px;
-  border-radius: 999px;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid currentColor;
-  background: var(--muted);
-  transition: background 0.15s ease;
 }
 .tile:hover .tile-resize-bottom { opacity: 0.6; }
 .tile .tile-resize-bottom:hover,
-.tile.resizing .tile-resize-bottom { opacity: 1; }
+.tile.resizing .tile-resize-bottom { opacity: 1; color: var(--text); }
-.tile .tile-resize-bottom:hover::after,
-.tile.resizing .tile-resize-bottom::after { background: var(--text); }
 
 /* ── seam divider between adjacent tiles ───────────────────────────── */
 
@@ -494,7 +495,8 @@ body.menu-hidden #topbar-notch::after {
   transition: opacity 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease;
 }
 
-.tile-divider:hover::after { opacity: 0.7; }
+.tile-divider:hover::after,
+.tile-divider.linked::after { opacity: 0.7; }
 .tile-divider.active::after { opacity: 1; background: var(--text); }
 
 /* Hide the pills while a tile itself is being moved or corner-resized —
@@ -588,12 +590,15 @@ body.fullscreen #grid { padding-bottom: 0; }
 .tile-settings details.field-group[open] > summary.field-group-title::before { transform: rotate(90deg); }
 .tile-settings details.field-group[open] > summary.field-group-title { margin-bottom: 8px; }
 .tile-settings .field-group .field:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+/* Settings apply as they change, so nothing sits under the last field — its
+   bottom margin would only pad the popover's own padding a second time. */
+.tile-settings > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
 .tile-settings .field-group-body.is-columns {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: repeat(var(--cols, 2), minmax(0, 1fr));
-  gap: 3px 14px;
+  gap: 6px 14px; /* the grid gap is the whole row spacing: no per-field margin */
 }
-.tile-settings .field-group-body.is-columns .field { margin-bottom: 3px; }
+.tile-settings .field-group-body.is-columns .field { margin-bottom: 0; }
 .tile-settings .field-group-body.is-columns .field-group-help { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
 @container (max-width: 420px) {
   .tile-settings .field-group-body.is-columns { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
@@ -635,14 +640,64 @@ body.fullscreen #grid { padding-bottom: 0; }
   outline: none;
   border-color: var(--accent);
 }
+/* boolean / switch settings: label on the left, switch on the right (help,
+   when there is any, wraps under both) */
 .field.check {
   flex-direction: row;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: 8px;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 4px 10px;
   color: var(--text);
   cursor: pointer;
 }
-.field.check input { width: 15px; height: 15px; accent-color: var(--accent); }
+.field.check .check-label { flex: 1 1 0; min-width: 0; }
+.field.check .field-help { flex-basis: 100%; }
+
+/* The switch: the admin page's module switch, same track, knob and colours,
+   so a toggle reads the same on both surfaces. On = shown/enabled (accent),
+   off = hidden/disabled (border track, muted knob). The real checkbox lies
+   invisibly over the track — still focusable, so Tab reaches it and Space
+   flips it — and the label around it makes the text clickable too. */
+.switch {
+  position: relative;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.switch input {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  margin: 0;
+  opacity: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+.switch .track {
+  display: block;
+  position: relative;
+  width: 34px;
+  height: 19px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: var(--border);
+  transition: background 0.2s;
+}
+.switch .track::after {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 2px;
+  left: 2px;
+  width: 15px;
+  height: 15px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--muted);
+  transition: transform 0.2s, background 0.2s;
+}
+.switch input:checked + .track { background: var(--accent); }
+.switch input:checked + .track::after { transform: translateX(15px); background: var(--bg); }
+.switch input:focus-visible + .track { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 2px; }
 
 /* color fields: label on the left, swatch on the right */
 .field.color-field {
@@ -708,7 +763,7 @@ body.fullscreen #grid { padding-bottom: 0; }
 .btn.primary {
   background: var(--accent);
   border-color: var(--accent);
-  color: #06281a;
+  color: var(--accent-text);
   font-weight: 600;
 }
 
@@ -755,3 +810,64 @@ body.fullscreen #grid { padding-bottom: 0; }
 @media (max-width: 560px) {
   #topbar { padding: 0 8px; gap: 6px; }
 }
+
+/* ── themes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* Preset palettes, chosen in Admin → Theme and applied by shell.js (and the
+   admin page) as html[data-theme="…"]. Each swaps exactly the eight palette
+   variables the module guide names — nothing else — so every module and
+   every shell element follows, and a colour a tile is configured with (set
+   on the tile itself) still wins. The :root block at the top of this file is
+   "booth", the default; the list of ids and names lives in server.js
+   (GET /api/theme). All four are booth-grade: high contrast, the accent
+   nowhere near the danger red or the warning amber, muted still readable. */
+
+/* Harbor — deep navy, cyan accent */
+html[data-theme="harbor"] {
+  --bg: #06101f;
+  --panel: #0c1a30;
+  --border: #1a2b48;
+  --text: #e6eefb;
+  --muted: #8ea4c8;
+  --accent: #2ad4ee;
+  --danger: #ff5a5f;
+  --warn: #f7b53b;
+}
+
+/* Graphite — neutral charcoal, electric-blue accent */
+html[data-theme="graphite"] {
+  --bg: #0f1012;
+  --panel: #17191d;
+  --border: #2a2d33;
+  --text: #f0f2f4;
+  --muted: #9ca3ad;
+  --accent: #6cb4ff;
+  --danger: #ff4d4f;
+  --warn: #ffb224;
+}
+
+/* Ember — warm broadcast black, orange accent (danger stays a cool red,
+   warn a pale yellow, so the three status colours never blur) */
+html[data-theme="ember"] {
+  --bg: #120c0a;
+  --panel: #1d1411;
+  --border: #35251e;
+  --text: #f6ede6;
+  --muted: #b39b8c;
+  --accent: #ff8f3a;
+  --danger: #f03247;
+  --warn: #ffd86b;
+}
+
+/* Daylight — the light one, for a front-of-house desk in daytime */
+html[data-theme="daylight"] {
+  --bg: #eef1f5;
+  --panel: #ffffff;
+  --border: #cfd6e0;
+  --text: #14181f;
+  --muted: #5b6675;
+  --accent: #0b8a5f;
+  --accent-text: #ffffff; /* dark text drowns on this accent */
+  --danger: #d1242f;
+  --warn: #b26a00;
+}

server.js

@@ -373,14 +373,17 @@ function mountModule(id) {
     // Re-require fresh config on every (re)mount; the module code itself stays cached.
     const mod = require(serverPath);
     const config = effectiveConfig(id);
+    // What a module needs to reach the rest of ProdDash — another module's
+    // routes over loopback, chiefly — without guessing.
+    const shell = { port: PORT };
     if (typeof mod.init === 'function') {
-      entry.handle = mod.init({ config, log }) || null;
+      entry.handle = mod.init({ config, log, shell }) || null;
     }
     if (typeof mod.routes === 'function') {
-      entry.routes = parseRouteTable(mod.routes({ config, log }));
+      entry.routes = parseRouteTable(mod.routes({ config, log, shell }));
     }
     if (typeof mod.tiles === 'function') {
-      entry.tiles = () => mod.tiles({ config, log });
+      entry.tiles = () => mod.tiles({ config, log, shell });
     }
     log('mounted' + (entry.routes.length ? ` (${entry.routes.length} routes)` : ''));
   } catch (err) {
@@ -510,6 +513,8 @@ async function clientManifest(id) {
     instanceSchema: man.instanceSchema || {},
     instanceGroups: man.instanceGroups && typeof man.instanceGroups === 'object' ? man.instanceGroups : {},
     hasServer: Boolean(man.server),
+    // capabilities other modules consume ("timers") — see the module guide
+    provides: Array.isArray(man.provides) ? man.provides.map(String) : [],
     config: clientConfig(id),
     tiles: await moduleTiles(id),
   };
@@ -541,6 +546,60 @@ setInterval(() => {
   }
 }, 25000).unref();
 
+/* ── themes ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+
+/* Preset palettes for the whole dashboard, chosen in Admin → Theme. The
+   variable sets themselves live in public/style.css (html[data-theme="…"]);
+   this list is the one authority on ids and names, and carries the three
+   colours the admin page previews a theme with. The choice is a shell
+   setting — `theme` in the data directory's proddash.json — and reaches open
+   dashboards live as a `theme` shell event. */
+const THEMES = [
+  { id: 'booth',    name: 'Booth',    colors: { bg: '#0b0e12', panel: '#131920', accent: '#2ee59a' } },
+  { id: 'harbor',   name: 'Harbor',   colors: { bg: '#06101f', panel: '#0c1a30', accent: '#2ad4ee' } },
+  { id: 'graphite', name: 'Graphite', colors: { bg: '#0f1012', panel: '#17191d', accent: '#6cb4ff' } },
+  { id: 'ember',    name: 'Ember',    colors: { bg: '#120c0a', panel: '#1d1411', accent: '#ff8f3a' } },
+  { id: 'daylight', name: 'Daylight', colors: { bg: '#eef1f5', panel: '#ffffff', accent: '#0b8a5f' } },
+];
+const DEFAULT_THEME = THEMES[0].id;
+
+function themeExists(id) {
+  return THEMES.some((t) => t.id === id);
+}
+
+let currentTheme = themeExists(shellConfig.theme) ? shellConfig.theme : DEFAULT_THEME;
+
+/** What GET /api/theme returns — public, since dashboards need it before anyone logs in. */
+function themeView() {
+  return {
+    theme: currentTheme,
+    themes: THEMES.map((t) => ({ id: t.id, name: t.name, colors: { ...t.colors } })),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Persist the theme into this machine's proddash.json (every other key there
+ * — port, adminPasscode, repo… — is kept), remember it, and tell every open
+ * dashboard and admin page. Throws an httpError for an unknown id or an
+ * unreadable settings file; the route turns that into the response.
+ */
+function setTheme(id) {
+  if (!themeExists(id)) throw httpError(400, `Unknown theme "${id}".`);
+  const file = path.join(DATA_DIR, 'proddash.json');
+  let existing = {};
+  if (fs.existsSync(file)) {
+    existing = readJson(file, null);
+    if (!existing || typeof existing !== 'object' || Array.isArray(existing)) {
+      throw httpError(500, `${file} is not a JSON object — fix it by hand before changing the theme.`);
+    }
+  }
+  writeJson(file, { ...existing, theme: id });
+  currentTheme = id;
+  shellConfig.theme = id;
+  broadcastShellEvent('theme', { theme: id });
+  return themeView();
+}
+
 /* ── the repo: module catalog and shell updates ──────────────────────── */
 
 /* The admin page installs modules from, and updates the shell against, the
@@ -1109,6 +1168,22 @@ async function handleAdminApi(req, res, urlPath) {
     return sendJson(res, 200, { ok: true, module: adminModuleView(id) });
   }
 
+  /* — theme: { "theme": "<id>" }, validated against THEMES — */
+  if (urlPath === '/api/admin/theme' && req.method === 'POST') {
+    if (refuseAdminWrite(req, res)) return;
+    let body = {};
+    try {
+      body = JSON.parse((await readBody(req)) || '{}');
+    } catch {
+      return sendJson(res, 400, { error: 'Malformed request.' });
+    }
+    try {
+      return sendJson(res, 200, { ok: true, ...setTheme(String(body.theme ?? '')) });
+    } catch (err) {
+      return sendJson(res, err.status || 500, { error: err.message || String(err) });
+    }
+  }
+
   sendJson(res, 404, { error: 'Unknown admin endpoint.' });
 }
 
@@ -1352,6 +1427,11 @@ function handleRequest(req, res) {
     return;
   }
 
+  /* — theme: public (dashboards need it without a passcode); changed via POST /api/admin/theme — */
+  if (urlPath === '/api/theme' && req.method === 'GET') {
+    return sendJson(res, 200, themeView());
+  }
+
   /* — shell events: open dashboards learn about admin changes live — */
   if (urlPath === '/api/events' && req.method === 'GET') {
     res.writeHead(200, {