diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Info.plist b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Info.plist
index 15712f4..66f21c2 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Info.plist
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Info.plist
@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@
 	<string></string>
 	<key>NSSupportsLiveActivities</key>
 	<true/>
+	<!-- The `nucleic://` deep-link scheme the Live Activity taps through on: `nucleic://session/<id>`
+	     opens a waiting session; `nucleic://sessions` surfaces the sessions list. Handled by
+	     `.onOpenURL` → `RemoteStore.handleDeepLink`. -->
+	<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
+	<array>
+		<dict>
+			<key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
+			<string>Editor</string>
+			<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
+			<string>com.nucleic.remote</string>
+			<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
+			<array>
+				<string>nucleic</string>
+			</array>
+		</dict>
+	</array>
 	<!-- Export compliance: the app ships a Noise-Protocol secure channel (X25519 /
 	     ChaCha20-Poly1305 / SHA-256 via CryptoKit). App Store Connect's export-compliance
 	     questionnaire classified this as EXEMPT (standard algorithms / mass-market, no
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
index 55d18b7..55838f1 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/LiveActivityManager.swift
@@ -11,8 +11,23 @@ final class LiveActivityManager {
     static let shared = LiveActivityManager()
     private init() {}
 
+    /// How many sessions the detail rows show. The glance stays a glance — the counts and churn
+    /// still summarize everything, this just bounds the per-session list.
+    private static let maxLines = 3
+
     private var activity: Activity<NucleicSessionAttributes>?
 
+    /// The last content we pushed. Updates that don't change it are skipped so we don't spend
+    /// ActivityKit's update budget on no-ops — `sync` fires on every host message (dashboard,
+    /// connectivity, pong, diff ticks…), most of which leave the aggregate identical. Burning the
+    /// budget on those is exactly what makes a *real* change land late and the glance read stale.
+    private var lastState: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState?
+    /// The newest state waiting to be applied, and the single task draining it. Coalescing to the
+    /// latest through one serial task means the newest data always wins — firing an unstructured
+    /// `Task` per `sync` let a later update lose a race to an earlier one and freeze the glance.
+    private var pendingState: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState?
+    private var updateTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+
     /// Reconcile the Activity with the current session set.
     func sync(hostName: String, sessions: [WireSessionSummary]) {
         guard ActivityAuthorizationInfo().areActivitiesEnabled else { return }
@@ -25,32 +40,79 @@ final class LiveActivityManager {
             return
         }
 
-        // The most urgent session headlines: the top waiter, else the freshest runner.
-        let top = needsYou.max { $0.updatedAt < $1.updatedAt }
-            ?? running.max { $0.updatedAt < $1.updatedAt }
+        // Everything in flight or waiting on the user, attention-first (approvals, then waiting
+        // input, then running), freshest within a rank. This is both the detail-row source and
+        // the set the aggregate churn/approval totals sum over.
+        let active = live
+            .filter {
+                $0.status == .running || $0.status == .provisioning
+                    || $0.status.needsYou($0.disposition)
+            }
+            .sorted { lhs, rhs in
+                let l = StatusStyle.sortRank(lhs), r = StatusStyle.sortRank(rhs)
+                return l == r ? lhs.updatedAt > rhs.updatedAt : l < r
+            }
+
+        let approvals = active.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.pendingApprovalCount }
+        let files = active.reduce(0) { $0 + ($1.diffStat?.filesChanged ?? 0) }
+        let added = active.reduce(0) { $0 + ($1.diffStat?.added ?? 0) }
+        let removed = active.reduce(0) { $0 + ($1.diffStat?.removed ?? 0) }
+        let lines = active.prefix(Self.maxLines).map(Self.line(for:))
+
         let state = NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState(
             runningCount: running.count,
             needsYouCount: needsYou.count,
-            topTitle: top?.title,
-            topNeedsYou: top.map { $0.status.needsYou($0.disposition) } ?? false)
+            approvalCount: approvals,
+            filesChanged: files,
+            linesAdded: added,
+            linesRemoved: removed,
+            lines: Array(lines))
 
-        if let activity {
-            Task { await activity.update(ActivityContent(state: state, staleDate: nil)) }
-        } else {
-            // Recover an Activity that survived an app relaunch before starting a new one.
+        push(state, hostName: hostName)
+    }
+
+    /// Apply `state` to the Activity — deduped against the last push and coalesced through one
+    /// serial task so the newest state always wins.
+    private func push(_ state: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState, hostName: String) {
+        guard state != lastState else { return }
+        lastState = state
+
+        guard let activity else {
+            // Recover an Activity that survived an app relaunch before starting a new one; the
+            // recovered one still needs the fresh state, so fall through to the update pipeline.
             if let existing = Activity<NucleicSessionAttributes>.activities.first {
                 activity = existing
-                Task { await existing.update(ActivityContent(state: state, staleDate: nil)) }
-                return
+                enqueue(state)
+            } else {
+                activity = try? Activity.request(
+                    attributes: NucleicSessionAttributes(hostName: hostName),
+                    content: ActivityContent(state: state, staleDate: nil))
             }
-            activity = try? Activity.request(
-                attributes: NucleicSessionAttributes(hostName: hostName),
-                content: ActivityContent(state: state, staleDate: nil))
+            return
+        }
+        enqueue(state)
+    }
+
+    /// Hand the newest state to the serial drainer (starting it if idle).
+    private func enqueue(_ state: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState) {
+        pendingState = state
+        guard updateTask == nil else { return }  // the running drainer will pick this up
+        updateTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+            while let next = self.pendingState {
+                self.pendingState = nil
+                await self.activity?.update(ActivityContent(state: next, staleDate: nil))
+            }
+            self.updateTask = nil
         }
     }
 
     /// End the Activity (all idle, or unpaired).
     func end() {
+        updateTask?.cancel()
+        updateTask = nil
+        pendingState = nil
+        lastState = nil
         guard let activity else { return }
         self.activity = nil
         Task {
@@ -59,4 +121,58 @@ final class LiveActivityManager {
                 dismissalPolicy: .immediate)
         }
     }
+
+    // MARK: - Projection
+
+    /// Project a wire summary into the widget's self-contained row model.
+    private static func line(for s: WireSessionSummary) -> NucleicSessionAttributes.SessionLine {
+        NucleicSessionAttributes.SessionLine(
+            id: s.sessionID.rawValue,
+            title: s.title.isEmpty ? s.projectName : s.title,
+            project: s.projectName,
+            backend: backend(s.backend),
+            kind: kind(for: s),
+            detail: detail(for: s))
+    }
+
+    private static func kind(for s: WireSessionSummary) -> NucleicSessionAttributes.Kind {
+        switch s.status {
+        case .awaitingApproval: .approval
+        case .running: .running
+        case .provisioning: .provisioning
+        case .awaitingInput: s.disposition == .completed ? .done : .needsInput
+        case .idle: .idle
+        case .finished: .done
+        case .interrupted, .error: .error
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static func backend(_ id: BackendID) -> NucleicSessionAttributes.Backend {
+        switch id {
+        case .claudeCode: .claude
+        case .codex, .codexExec: .codex
+        case .grok: .grok
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The compact right-aligned status for a row: the actionable ask wins (approvals, then
+    /// "waiting on you"), else the worktree churn, else what the agent is up to.
+    private static func detail(for s: WireSessionSummary) -> String {
+        if s.status == .awaitingApproval || s.pendingApprovalCount > 0 {
+            let n = max(s.pendingApprovalCount, 1)
+            return "\(n) to approve"
+        }
+        if s.status == .awaitingInput, s.disposition != .completed {
+            return "Waiting on you"
+        }
+        if let d = s.diffStat, d.filesChanged > 0 {
+            return "\(d.filesChanged) file\(d.filesChanged == 1 ? "" : "s")  +\(d.added) −\(d.removed)"
+        }
+        switch s.status {
+        case .provisioning: return "Starting…"
+        case .running: return "Working…"
+        case .awaitingInput: return "Done"
+        default: return StatusStyle.label(s.status, disposition: s.disposition)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
index 967cbbf..1523236 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/HostConnection.swift
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ final class HostConnection {
         var wireError: (WireError) -> Void = { _ in }
         /// A pairing handshake succeeded — persist the pinned host record.
         var didPair: (PairedHost) -> Void = { _ in }
+        /// The mesh roster changed (mesh "join"): a Mac was learned or revoked via gossip — the
+        /// registry was updated, so (re)connect to every paired Mac and drop any that left.
+        var meshRosterChanged: () -> Void = {}
         /// The embedded Tailscale node's status changed (for Settings).
         var tailnetStatus: (String?, URL?) -> Void = { _, _ in }
     }
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ final class HostConnection {
 
     private let identity: DeviceIdentity
     private let discovery: LANDiscovery
+    private let pathMonitor: NetworkPathMonitor
 
     // MARK: Connection machine (moved from RemoteStore, one per host)
 
@@ -99,12 +103,14 @@ final class HostConnection {
 
     init(
         hostID: String, hostName: String,
-        identity: DeviceIdentity, discovery: LANDiscovery, callbacks: Callbacks
+        identity: DeviceIdentity, discovery: LANDiscovery, pathMonitor: NetworkPathMonitor,
+        callbacks: Callbacks
     ) {
         self.hostID = hostID
         self.hostName = hostName
         self.identity = identity
         self.discovery = discovery
+        self.pathMonitor = pathMonitor
         self.callbacks = callbacks
     }
 
@@ -171,13 +177,50 @@ final class HostConnection {
         callbacks.didUpdate()
     }
 
+    /// Translate a gossiped mesh member (mesh "join") into a pinnable/dialable `PairedHost`. The
+    /// member carries the host static key + last-known addresses — everything IK reconnect needs.
+    /// No relay token yet (the phone never directly paired this Mac); it's adopted from the host's
+    /// `relayMembership` push after the first LAN/tailnet contact, so first contact needs one of
+    /// those paths.
+    static func pairedHost(from member: MeshMember) -> PairedHost {
+        let (lanHost, lanPort) = splitHostPort(member.addresses?.lanHint)
+        let tailnetHost = member.addresses?.tailnet
+        let hasTailnet = !(tailnetHost?.isEmpty ?? true)
+        return PairedHost(
+            deviceID: IdentityStore.deviceID(),
+            hostName: member.label,
+            hostStaticKey: member.staticPublicKey,
+            fingerprint: member.staticPublicKey.fingerprintHex,
+            lanHost: lanHost, lanPort: lanPort,
+            transport: (hasTailnet ? SyncTransportHint.tailnet : .lan).rawValue,
+            tailnetHost: hasTailnet ? tailnetHost : nil,
+            // The sync port on a tailnet is fixed protocol-wide (SyncTransportSetting.tailnetPort);
+            // a gossiped address carries only the IP.
+            tailnetPort: hasTailnet ? 43_753 : nil,
+            relayRoomID: member.addresses?.relayRoomID,
+            relayMembershipToken: nil, relayURL: nil)
+    }
+
+    /// Split a "host:port" hint (last-colon split so a bracketed IPv6 host survives).
+    private static func splitHostPort(_ hint: String?) -> (String?, UInt16?) {
+        guard let hint, let colon = hint.lastIndex(of: ":"),
+              let port = UInt16(hint[hint.index(after: colon)...]) else { return (nil, nil) }
+        var host = String(hint[..<colon])
+        if host.hasPrefix("["), host.hasSuffix("]") { host = String(host.dropFirst().dropLast()) }
+        return (host.isEmpty ? nil : host, port)
+    }
+
     private func buildCandidates(
         fingerprint: String?, lanHost: String?, lanPort: UInt16?,
         tailnet: (host: String?, port: UInt16?)?,
         relay: (membershipToken: String?, url: String?)? = nil
     ) -> [TransportAttempt] {
         var candidates: [TransportAttempt] = []
-        if let endpoint = discovery.endpoint(forFingerprint: fingerprint, lanHost: lanHost, lanPort: lanPort) {
+        // Only offer LAN when the device actually has a LAN-capable path (Wi-Fi/wired). On cellular
+        // the pinned `lanHost:lanPort` is unreachable, so including it here would just burn the
+        // connect timeout before falling through — skip it and dial tailnet/relay immediately.
+        if pathMonitor.canUseLAN,
+           let endpoint = discovery.endpoint(forFingerprint: fingerprint, lanHost: lanHost, lanPort: lanPort) {
             candidates.append(.lan(endpoint))
         }
         if let tailnet, let host = tailnet.host, let port = tailnet.port, TailnetSupport.isBuiltIn {
@@ -280,7 +323,10 @@ final class HostConnection {
             channel: channel, identity: identity, hostStaticKey: hostStaticKey,
             mode: mode, deviceID: deviceID,
             deviceLabel: UIDevice.current.name, pushToken: PushRegistrar.shared.tokenHex,
-            releaseChannel: BuildInfo.current.channel.releaseChannel)
+            releaseChannel: BuildInfo.current.channel.releaseChannel,
+            // Mesh "join": advertise roster gossip so a host pushes its group view — the phone
+            // then auto-learns and connects to every Mac in the mesh, not just the one it scanned.
+            clientCaps: WireClientCapabilities(mesh: 1, canSyncRoster: true))
         self.client = client
         consume(client, pairingPayload: pairingPayload)
     }
@@ -421,9 +467,37 @@ final class HostConnection {
         case .peerList(let peers):
             meshPeers = peers
             callbacks.didUpdate()
+        case .meshRoster(let push):
+            // Mesh "join": the host gossiped its group view. Auto-learn every Mac member into the
+            // paired-hosts registry (so the multiplexer connects to all of them), and drop any the
+            // group revoked. Phone members are ignored — a phone doesn't dial other phones.
+            var changed = false
+            for member in push.members where member.kind == .mac || member.capabilities.canHost {
+                // A mac deviceID is `sha256(staticPublicKey)`; reject a forged (id, key) pair.
+                guard DeviceIdentity.hostID(ofStaticKey: member.staticPublicKey) == member.deviceID
+                else { continue }
+                let fingerprint = member.staticPublicKey.fingerprintHex
+                guard fingerprint != self.hostID else { continue }  // that's the Mac we're on
+                if IdentityStore.pairedHost(id: fingerprint) == nil { changed = true }
+                IdentityStore.mergePairedHost(Self.pairedHost(from: member))
+            }
+            for tombstone in push.tombstones {
+                // fingerprint = first 16 hex of the hostID (sha256 prefix), the registry key.
+                let fingerprint = String(tombstone.deviceID.prefix(16))
+                if IdentityStore.pairedHost(id: fingerprint) != nil {
+                    IdentityStore.removePairedHost(id: fingerprint)
+                    changed = true
+                }
+            }
+            if changed { callbacks.meshRosterChanged() }
         case .transferAccept, .transferReject, .transferReady, .transferCommitted, .transferChunkAck:
             // Session-transfer replies (mesh P5) only reach a *source* Mac; a phone is never one.
             break
+        case .transcriptChunk, .transcriptFetchComplete, .transcriptUnavailable:
+            // Full-transcript fetch replies (mesh sync) only arrive in response to a
+            // `fetchTranscript` this device sent. A phone pulls full history on demand via a
+            // dedicated fetch path (not this subscribe stream), so nothing to do here yet.
+            break
         case .relayMembership(let membership):
             // The host issued/refreshed this device's relay credential (mesh P2). Persist it
             // in place (no reordering — this can arrive from a non-active Mac) so the relay
@@ -476,6 +550,27 @@ final class HostConnection {
         Task { await client.send(msg) }
     }
 
+    /// The device's network path changed (Wi-Fi ⇄ cellular, joined/left a network). React now rather
+    /// than waiting for a zombie LAN socket to time out or the reconnect backoff to elapse — this is
+    /// what makes the transport switch feel immediate. Only reconnect-managed hosts (a pinned host)
+    /// re-plan here; a host mid-pairing runs its own one-shot candidate chain.
+    func networkPathChanged() {
+        guard let host = pinnedHost else { return }
+        // Using (or dialing) LAN but LAN is no longer reachable → the socket is dead in all but name.
+        // Drop it and re-plan now; `buildCandidates` skips LAN and dials tailnet/relay.
+        if activeTransport == .lan, !pathMonitor.canUseLAN {
+            reconnectAttempts = 0
+            reconnect(to: host)
+            return
+        }
+        // Offline/reconnecting and the network just came back or changed → retry immediately instead
+        // of sitting out the remaining backoff.
+        if !connectivity.isLive, pathMonitor.isSatisfied {
+            reconnectAttempts = 0
+            reconnect(to: host)
+        }
+    }
+
     private func scheduleRetry(host: PairedHost?) {
         guard let host else { return }
         reconnectAttempts += 1
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/IdentityStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/IdentityStore.swift
index ecfbe49..fa26ed4 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/IdentityStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/IdentityStore.swift
@@ -112,6 +112,26 @@ enum IdentityStore {
         savePairedHosts(pairedHosts().filter { $0.fingerprint != hostID })
     }
 
+    /// Merge a Mac learned via mesh roster gossip (mesh "join"): append it if new, else refresh its
+    /// hints **in place** — unlike `upsertPairedHost`, this must NOT reorder (which would hijack the
+    /// active host) and must not clobber a relay token or our established device id with the
+    /// gossiped nils.
+    static func mergePairedHost(_ host: PairedHost) {
+        var hosts = pairedHosts()
+        if let index = hosts.firstIndex(where: { $0.fingerprint == host.fingerprint }) {
+            var merged = host
+            let existing = hosts[index]
+            merged.deviceID = existing.deviceID  // keep our established id for this host
+            merged.relayMembershipToken = host.relayMembershipToken ?? existing.relayMembershipToken
+            merged.relayRoomID = host.relayRoomID ?? existing.relayRoomID
+            merged.relayURL = host.relayURL ?? existing.relayURL
+            hosts[index] = merged
+        } else {
+            hosts.append(host)
+        }
+        savePairedHosts(hosts)
+    }
+
     /// Mutate one host's record **in place**, preserving registry order — unlike
     /// `upsertPairedHost`, this must not make the host active (it backs background
     /// refreshes like the relay-membership push, which can arrive from a non-active Mac).
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index cd398ce..6c4f67b 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     /// `RootView` switches to the Sessions tab; `SessionsView` pushes it and clears.
     @Published var pendingRoute: SessionID?
 
+    /// A request to surface the sessions list itself, no specific session — the Live Activity's
+    /// "work running, nothing waiting" tap. Compact jumps to the Sessions tab; the iPad split
+    /// reveals its sidebar (which always lists sessions). One-shot: the shell clears it.
+    @Published var pendingSessionsList = false
+
     /// Whether the app is foreground-active (scene phase), mirrored here so the store can
     /// decide which transitions deserve a notification.
     private(set) var isActive = true
@@ -95,6 +100,19 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     /// Route to a session from a notification tap (deep link).
     func route(to sessionID: SessionID) { pendingRoute = sessionID }
 
+    /// Ask the shell to show the sessions list (no specific session opened).
+    func showSessionsList() { pendingSessionsList = true }
+
+    /// Follow a `nucleic://` deep link — the Live Activity tap. A session waiting on the user
+    /// opens straight into that session; the plain sessions link just surfaces the list.
+    func handleDeepLink(_ url: URL) {
+        switch NucleicDeepLink.route(for: url) {
+        case .session(let id): route(to: SessionID(rawValue: id))
+        case .sessionsList: showSessionsList()
+        case .none: break
+        }
+    }
+
     /// An Allow/Deny straight from a notification action (UX_IOS §5.1). Requires a live
     /// channel; if the socket dropped while backgrounded, reconnect and send once ready —
     /// but only briefly (a stale queued approval must never fire minutes later; see
@@ -159,6 +177,9 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
 
     private let identity = IdentityStore.loadOrCreateIdentity()
     let discovery = LANDiscovery()
+    /// Proactive network-path awareness (shared across every host connection): flips transports the
+    /// instant Wi-Fi drops or returns, instead of waiting for a dead LAN socket to time out.
+    let pathMonitor = NetworkPathMonitor()
     /// One live connection per paired Mac (mesh P3 multiplexer). All connected at once; the flat
     /// `sessions`/`connectivity`/`capabilities`/… above mirror the *active* one (`activeHostID`), so
     /// switching hosts is instant (no reconnect). Empty in demo mode (demo seeds state directly).
@@ -262,10 +283,29 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
 
     func onAppear() {
         if demoMode { seedDemo(); return }
+        // Re-plan every connection the moment the network path changes (left Wi-Fi, joined a
+        // network, cellular⇄Wi-Fi) — the proactive half of "immediate switchover".
+        pathMonitor.onChange = { [weak self] in self?.handlePathChange() }
+        pathMonitor.start()
         discovery.start()
         if isPaired { reconnect() }
     }
 
+    /// A network-path change: tell each host connection to re-plan its transport now.
+    private func handlePathChange() {
+        guard !demoMode else { return }
+        for conn in connections.values { conn.networkPathChanged() }
+    }
+
+    /// Returning to the foreground: the network may have changed while the app was suspended (and
+    /// path/keepalive callbacks were frozen). Re-read the path and re-dial anything not live so the
+    /// transport is correct by the time the UI is on screen, rather than after a backoff.
+    func onForeground() {
+        guard !demoMode, isPaired else { return }
+        pathMonitor.refresh()
+        reconnect()
+    }
+
     private func seedDemo() {
         connectivity = .connected(.lan)
         hostName = "Andrew's Mac"
@@ -436,7 +476,7 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     private func makeConnection(hostID: String, hostName: String) -> HostConnection {
         HostConnection(
             hostID: hostID, hostName: hostName, identity: identity, discovery: discovery,
-            callbacks: callbacks(for: hostID))
+            pathMonitor: pathMonitor, callbacks: callbacks(for: hostID))
     }
 
     /// The callbacks one `HostConnection` uses to drive shared/aggregate state. `hostID` is captured
@@ -490,6 +530,11 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
             IdentityStore.savePairedHost(host)
             self.activeHostID = host.fingerprint
         }
+        cb.meshRosterChanged = { [weak self] in
+            // Mesh "join": a Mac was learned or revoked via gossip. Reconnect to every paired Mac
+            // (connecting the newcomer) and drop any that left — without switching the active host.
+            self?.reconnect()
+        }
         cb.tailnetStatus = { [weak self] status, loginURL in
             self?.tailnetStatus = status
             self?.tailnetLoginURL = loginURL
@@ -842,7 +887,7 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
         case .setSessionShipBranch(let id, let branch):
             demoUpdateSession(id) { $0.demoCopy(shipBranch: .some(branch)) }
         case .hello, .listSessions, .listDashboard, .subscribe, .unsubscribe,
-             .ping, .cancelQueuedMessage, .fetchDiff, .listPeers, .addressUpdate,
+             .ping, .cancelQueuedMessage, .fetchDiff, .listPeers, .addressUpdate, .meshRoster,
              // Session transfer (mesh P5) is a Mac↔Mac flow — the phone never originates these,
              // and demo has no peer Macs, so they're inert here.
              .transferOffer, .transferChunk, .transferCommit, .transferCancel:
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NWFrameChannel.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NWFrameChannel.swift
index ce62ed0..3130d05 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NWFrameChannel.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NWFrameChannel.swift
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ final class NWFrameChannel: FrameChannel, @unchecked Sendable {
     }
 
     init(endpoint: NWEndpoint) {
-        let params = NWParameters.tcp
+        // Short TCP keepalive so a silently-dead LAN link (Wi-Fi dropped, Mac left the subnet) is
+        // detected in ~15s instead of the OS default of minutes — the belt to the path-monitor's
+        // braces for the case where a path still exists but the route to the Mac is gone.
+        let tcp = NWProtocolTCP.Options()
+        tcp.enableKeepalive = true
+        tcp.keepaliveIdle = 5
+        tcp.keepaliveInterval = 5
+        tcp.keepaliveCount = 2
+        let params = NWParameters(tls: nil, tcp: tcp)
         params.includePeerToPeer = true
         connection = NWConnection(to: endpoint, using: params)
         peerDescription = "\(endpoint)"
@@ -39,6 +47,13 @@ final class NWFrameChannel: FrameChannel, @unchecked Sendable {
         connection.stateUpdateHandler = { [weak self] state in
             switch state {
             case .ready: self?.markReady(); self?.onReady?()
+            case .waiting(let error):
+                // No usable path right now (Wi-Fi dropped, host unreachable). NWConnection would sit
+                // in `.waiting` indefinitely, holding the transport hostage — the core of the "still
+                // on LAN after leaving Wi-Fi" stall. Fail fast so the store falls straight through to
+                // tailnet/relay. (Healthy connections go setup→preparing→ready and never hit this;
+                // the connect-timeout guard covers a wrong-network socket that stays `.preparing`.)
+                self?.onFailed?("waiting: \(error)"); self?.continuation.finish()
             case .failed(let error): self?.onFailed?("\(error)"); self?.continuation.finish()
             case .cancelled: self?.continuation.finish()
             default: break
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NetworkPathMonitor.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NetworkPathMonitor.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fef5172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Net/NetworkPathMonitor.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import Foundation
+import Network
+
+/// Watches the device's network path (Wi‑Fi ⇄ cellular ⇄ offline) so the app can switch transports
+/// the instant the link changes, instead of waiting for a dead LAN socket to time out. This is the
+/// missing proactive signal behind the "iOS sticks on LAN after leaving Wi‑Fi" stall: the phone's
+/// pinned `lanHost:lanPort` is only reachable over Wi‑Fi/wired, so on cellular the LAN candidate is a
+/// guaranteed stall. `HostConnection` skips LAN when `canUseLAN` is false and re‑plans on `onChange`.
+@MainActor
+final class NetworkPathMonitor: ObservableObject {
+    /// True when a LAN‑capable path (Wi‑Fi or wired Ethernet) is available — the only paths on which
+    /// the pinned `lanHost:lanPort` could resolve. Cellular‑only ⇒ false, so the LAN candidate is
+    /// dropped and we dial tailnet/relay straight away. Defaults optimistic so a not‑yet‑started
+    /// monitor never spuriously suppresses LAN.
+    @Published private(set) var canUseLAN = true
+    /// True when any network path is available at all (used to decide whether an immediate reconnect
+    /// is even worth attempting).
+    @Published private(set) var isSatisfied = true
+
+    /// Fired on the main actor whenever a *relevant* aspect of the path changed — LAN availability or
+    /// overall reachability. The cue for connections to re‑plan their transport immediately rather
+    /// than waiting out a reconnect backoff.
+    var onChange: (() -> Void)?
+
+    private let monitor = NWPathMonitor()
+    private let queue = DispatchQueue(label: "nucleic.remote.path")
+    private var started = false
+
+    func start() {
+        guard !started else { return }
+        started = true
+        monitor.pathUpdateHandler = { [weak self] path in
+            Task { @MainActor in self?.apply(path) }
+        }
+        monitor.start(queue: queue)
+    }
+
+    /// Re‑read the current path synchronously — used on foreground, where an update that landed while
+    /// the app was suspended may not have been redelivered yet.
+    func refresh() { apply(monitor.currentPath) }
+
+    private func apply(_ path: NWPath) {
+        let lan = path.status == .satisfied
+            && (path.usesInterfaceType(.wifi) || path.usesInterfaceType(.wiredEthernet))
+        let satisfied = path.status == .satisfied
+        let changed = lan != canUseLAN || satisfied != isSatisfied
+        canUseLAN = lan
+        isSatisfied = satisfied
+        if changed { onChange?() }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Notifications.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Notifications.swift
index f79d70f..fa8ef92 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Notifications.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Notifications.swift
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ final class NotificationRouter: NSObject {
 
         // Low/medium-risk approvals resolve straight from the banner (UX_IOS §5.1);
         // Allow requires device auth so a pocket-tap can't grant. High-risk approvals use
-        // the action-less category — they must open the app (Face ID gate on the card).
+        // the action-less category — they must open the app and be answered on the card.
         let allow = UNNotificationAction(
             identifier: Self.allowAction, title: "Allow",
             options: [.authenticationRequired])
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteApp.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteApp.swift
index 267c7c1..3546d9a 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteApp.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteApp.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ struct NucleicRemoteApp: App {
         WindowGroup {
             RootView()
                 .environmentObject(store)
+                // A Live Activity tap arrives as a `nucleic://` deep link: open the waiting
+                // session, or surface the sessions list when work is only running.
+                .onOpenURL { store.handleDeepLink($0) }
                 .onAppear {
                     store.onAppear()
                     // Notification categories + delegate must be in place before any
@@ -28,7 +31,12 @@ struct NucleicRemoteApp: App {
                 // activity flag current so it only notifies for background transitions.
                 .onChange(of: scenePhase) { _, phase in
                     store.setScenePhaseActive(phase == .active)
-                    if phase == .active { Task { await HeartbeatReporter.reportIfDue() } }
+                    if phase == .active {
+                        // Re-plan transports immediately on foreground — the network may have
+                        // changed while suspended, so don't wait for a dead socket to notice.
+                        store.onForeground()
+                        Task { await HeartbeatReporter.reportIfDue() }
+                    }
                 }
         }
     }
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift
index 0e64aba..8c32dd6 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/AdaptiveRootView.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ struct CompactRootView: View {
         .onChange(of: store.pendingRoute) { _, route in
             if route != nil { tab = 1 }
         }
+        // A Live Activity tap with work running but nothing waiting: show the Sessions list.
+        .onChange(of: store.pendingSessionsList) { _, show in
+            if show { tab = 1; store.pendingSessionsList = false }
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +96,13 @@ struct SplitRootView: View {
             selection = .session(route)
             store.pendingRoute = nil
         }
+        // A Live Activity tap with work running but nothing waiting: reveal the sidebar, which
+        // always lists the live sessions (the regular-width analogue of the Sessions tab).
+        .onChange(of: store.pendingSessionsList) { _, show in
+            guard show else { return }
+            columnVisibility = .all
+            store.pendingSessionsList = false
+        }
         .onAppear {
             // Offline UI previews (NUCLEIC_DEMO): open straight into one session.
             if let raw = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment["NUCLEIC_DEMO_SESSION"], !raw.isEmpty {
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ApprovalCardView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ApprovalCardView.swift
index 0926b72..a9c7cbc 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ApprovalCardView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/ApprovalCardView.swift
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 import SwiftUI
-import LocalAuthentication
 import NucleicProtocol
 
 /// The defining interaction (UX_IOS §5): answer an approval. High-risk (destructive/network)
-/// requires Face ID/Touch ID before Allow is enabled — deliberate friction mirroring the Mac.
-/// First-responder-wins: if the Mac (or another phone) answers first, the host's
-/// `approvalResolved` removes this card.
+/// still routes through the app (never the notification banner) so approval is a deliberate,
+/// in-context tap. First-responder-wins: if the Mac (or another phone) answers first, the
+/// host's `approvalResolved` removes this card.
 struct ApprovalCardView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var store: RemoteStore
     let approval: ApprovalRequest
 
-    @State private var biometricPassed = false
-    @State private var authError: String?
     @State private var showAlwaysMenu = false
 
-    private var requiresBiometric: Bool { approval.risk.isHigh }
-    private var allowEnabled: Bool {
-        store.connectivity.isLive && (!requiresBiometric || biometricPassed)
-    }
+    private var allowEnabled: Bool { store.connectivity.isLive }
 
     var body: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 10) {
@@ -51,18 +45,6 @@ struct ApprovalCardView: View {
                 ApprovalDetailBox(text: approval.input.approvalDetail)
             }
 
-            if requiresBiometric && !biometricPassed {
-                Button {
-                    authenticate()
-                } label: {
-                    Label("Face ID required to allow", systemImage: "faceid").font(.caption)
-                }
-                .buttonStyle(.bordered)
-            }
-            if let authError {
-                Text(authError).font(.caption2).foregroundStyle(.red)
-            }
-
             HStack(spacing: 10) {
                 Button(role: .destructive) {
                     store.respond(approval, .deny(reason: nil))
@@ -101,7 +83,6 @@ struct ApprovalCardView: View {
         }
         .padding()
         .background(.thinMaterial, in: RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 14))
-        .onChange(of: approval.id) { _, _ in biometricPassed = false; authError = nil }
     }
 
     private func alwaysLabel(_ scope: AlwaysScope) -> String {
@@ -111,23 +92,6 @@ struct ApprovalCardView: View {
         case .toolNameWithPattern: "\(approval.toolName) matching this pattern"
         }
     }
-
-    private func authenticate() {
-        let context = LAContext()
-        var error: NSError?
-        guard context.canEvaluatePolicy(.deviceOwnerAuthenticationWithBiometrics, error: &error) else {
-            authError = "Biometrics unavailable"; return
-        }
-        context.evaluatePolicy(
-            .deviceOwnerAuthenticationWithBiometrics,
-            localizedReason: "Approve a \(approval.risk.label) action"
-        ) { success, evalError in
-            Task { @MainActor in
-                if success { biometricPassed = true; authError = nil }
-                else { authError = evalError?.localizedDescription ?? "Authentication failed" }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 /// The full content of an approval, wrapped and selectable. The box sizes to its
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift
index 8840575..920cd8f 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 // the active Mac unpairs the live connection; removing another just forgets it.
                 let pairedHosts = IdentityStore.pairedHosts()
                 if !pairedHosts.isEmpty {
-                    Section("Paired Macs") {
+                    Section("Mesh") {
                         ForEach(pairedHosts, id: \.fingerprint) { host in
                             let isActive = host.fingerprint == pairedHosts.last?.fingerprint
                             HStack(spacing: 10) {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                     Button {
                         showScanner = true
                     } label: {
-                        Label("Pair with a Mac", systemImage: "qrcode.viewfinder")
+                        Label("Join a Mac's group", systemImage: "qrcode.viewfinder")
                     }
                     Button {
                         showManualPair = true
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ struct PairingIntroView: View {
     var body: some View {
         VStack(spacing: 24) {
             Image(systemName: "qrcode.viewfinder").font(.system(size: 72)).foregroundStyle(.tint)
-            Text("Pair with your Mac").font(.title2.weight(.semibold))
-            Text("On your Mac, open Nucleic ▸ Settings ▸ Add device to show a QR code, then scan it here — or enter the pairing code beneath it manually.")
+            Text("Join your Mac's group").font(.title2.weight(.semibold))
+            Text("On your Mac, open Nucleic ▸ Settings ▸ Add device to show a QR code, then scan it here — or enter the join code beneath it manually. Scanning any Mac in the group connects you to all of them.")
                 .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
                 .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 32)
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ struct ManualPairingView: View {
                         .focused($fieldFocused)
                         .onChange(of: code) { error = nil }
                 } header: {
-                    Text("Pairing code")
+                    Text("Join code")
                 } footer: {
-                    Text("On your Mac, open Nucleic ▸ Settings ▸ Add device and copy the pairing link shown beneath the QR code, then paste it here.")
+                    Text("On your Mac, open Nucleic ▸ Settings ▸ Add device and copy the join link shown beneath the QR code, then paste it here.")
                 }
                 if let error {
                     Label(error, systemImage: "exclamationmark.triangle.fill")
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ struct ManualPairingView: View {
                 Button {
                     submit()
                 } label: {
-                    Label("Pair", systemImage: "link").frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+                    Label("Join", systemImage: "link").frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
                 }
                 .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
                 .disabled(code.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty)
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteWidgets/SessionLiveActivity.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteWidgets/SessionLiveActivity.swift
index 1abe857..1d74750 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteWidgets/SessionLiveActivity.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemoteWidgets/SessionLiveActivity.swift
@@ -2,125 +2,252 @@ import ActivityKit
 import SwiftUI
 import WidgetKit
 
-/// Lock-screen / Dynamic Island rendering of the aggregate session Activity (UX_IOS §5.3):
-/// glance = running count + needs-you count + the most urgent session; tap opens the app
-/// (straight to the approval, via the notification-style route). Self-contained colors — the
-/// extension doesn't link the app's Theme, so the two palette constants it needs live here
-/// (the same teal/amber/blue as `Palette`).
+/// Lock-screen / Dynamic Island rendering of the aggregate session Activity (UX_IOS §5.3).
+/// The glance answers "what is Nucleic doing right now?": headline counts (running / waiting /
+/// approvals), the total churn in flight, and the most urgent sessions with their state and diff.
+/// Tapping opens the app (straight to the approval, via the notification-style route).
+///
+/// Self-contained colors/glyphs — the extension doesn't link the app's `Theme`, so the small
+/// palette + glyph maps it needs live here (the same teal/amber/blue/green as `Palette`).
 struct SessionLiveActivity: Widget {
     var body: some WidgetConfiguration {
         ActivityConfiguration(for: NucleicSessionAttributes.self) { context in
-            // Lock screen banner.
             LockScreenView(state: context.state, hostName: context.attributes.hostName)
+                .widgetURL(context.state.tapURL)
                 .activityBackgroundTint(Color.black.opacity(0.55))
                 .activitySystemActionForegroundColor(.white)
         } dynamicIsland: { context in
-            DynamicIsland {
+            let state = context.state
+            return DynamicIsland {
                 DynamicIslandExpandedRegion(.leading) {
-                    Label("\(context.state.runningCount)", systemImage: "circle.lefthalf.filled")
-                        .font(.headline)
-                        .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.active)
+                    CountBadge(
+                        systemImage: "circle.lefthalf.filled",
+                        count: state.runningCount, tint: ActivityPalette.active)
                 }
                 DynamicIslandExpandedRegion(.trailing) {
-                    if context.state.needsYouCount > 0 {
-                        Label("\(context.state.needsYouCount)", systemImage: "exclamationmark.triangle.fill")
-                            .font(.headline)
-                            .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.attention)
+                    if state.approvalCount > 0 {
+                        CountBadge(
+                            systemImage: "exclamationmark.shield.fill",
+                            count: state.approvalCount, tint: ActivityPalette.attention)
+                    } else if state.needsYouCount > 0 {
+                        CountBadge(
+                            systemImage: "bubble.left.fill",
+                            count: state.needsYouCount, tint: ActivityPalette.accent)
                     } else {
                         Label("0", systemImage: "checkmark.circle")
-                            .font(.headline)
-                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                            .font(.headline).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                     }
                 }
                 DynamicIslandExpandedRegion(.bottom) {
-                    if let title = context.state.topTitle {
-                        HStack(spacing: 6) {
-                            Image(systemName: context.state.topNeedsYou
-                                ? "exclamationmark.triangle.fill" : "circle.lefthalf.filled")
-                                .foregroundStyle(context.state.topNeedsYou
-                                    ? ActivityPalette.attention : ActivityPalette.active)
-                            Text(title).font(.subheadline.weight(.medium)).lineLimit(1)
-                            Spacer()
-                            Text(statusLine(context.state))
-                                .font(.caption).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 5) {
+                        ForEach(state.lines.prefix(2)) { line in
+                            SessionRow(line: line)
+                        }
+                        if state.hasChurn {
+                            ChurnLine(state: state).padding(.top, 1)
                         }
-                    } else {
-                        Text(statusLine(context.state))
-                            .font(.caption).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                     }
                 }
             } compactLeading: {
-                Image(systemName: "circle.lefthalf.filled")
-                    .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.active)
+                Image(systemName: state.needsAttention
+                    ? ActivityPalette.glyph(.approval) : ActivityPalette.glyph(.running))
+                    .foregroundStyle(state.needsAttention
+                        ? ActivityPalette.attention : ActivityPalette.active)
             } compactTrailing: {
-                if context.state.needsYouCount > 0 {
-                    Text("\(context.state.needsYouCount)")
-                        .font(.caption2.bold())
-                        .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.attention)
-                } else {
-                    Text("\(context.state.runningCount)")
-                        .font(.caption2.bold())
-                        .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.active)
-                }
+                Text("\(state.needsAttention ? max(state.approvalCount, state.needsYouCount) : state.runningCount)")
+                    .font(.caption2.bold())
+                    .foregroundStyle(state.needsAttention ? ActivityPalette.attention : ActivityPalette.active)
             } minimal: {
-                Image(systemName: context.state.needsYouCount > 0
-                    ? "exclamationmark.triangle.fill" : "circle.lefthalf.filled")
-                    .foregroundStyle(context.state.needsYouCount > 0
+                Image(systemName: state.needsAttention
+                    ? ActivityPalette.glyph(.approval) : ActivityPalette.glyph(.running))
+                    .foregroundStyle(state.needsAttention
                         ? ActivityPalette.attention : ActivityPalette.active)
             }
+            // The compact/minimal presentations tap through to the same target as the lock
+            // screen: a waiting session opens itself; otherwise the sessions list.
+            .widgetURL(state.tapURL)
         }
     }
-
-    private func statusLine(_ state: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState) -> String {
-        var parts: [String] = []
-        if state.runningCount > 0 { parts.append("\(state.runningCount) running") }
-        if state.needsYouCount > 0 { parts.append("\(state.needsYouCount) need you") }
-        return parts.isEmpty ? "Idle" : parts.joined(separator: " · ")
-    }
 }
 
+// MARK: - Lock screen
+
 private struct LockScreenView: View {
     let state: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState
     let hostName: String
 
     var body: some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 12) {
-            Image(systemName: state.needsYouCount > 0
-                ? "exclamationmark.triangle.fill" : "circle.lefthalf.filled")
-                .font(.title2)
-                .foregroundStyle(state.needsYouCount > 0
-                    ? ActivityPalette.attention : ActivityPalette.active)
-            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
-                if let title = state.topTitle {
-                    Text(title).font(.headline).lineLimit(1)
-                }
-                HStack(spacing: 4) {
-                    if state.runningCount > 0 {
-                        Text("\(state.runningCount) running").foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.active)
-                    }
-                    if state.runningCount > 0 && state.needsYouCount > 0 { Text("·") }
-                    if state.needsYouCount > 0 {
-                        Text("\(state.needsYouCount) waiting for you")
-                            .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.attention)
-                    }
-                    if state.runningCount == 0 && state.needsYouCount == 0 {
-                        Text("Idle").foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-                    }
-                }
-                .font(.subheadline)
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+            // Header: brand + host, and the headline counts.
+            HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                Image(systemName: "hexagon.fill")
+                    .font(.footnote)
+                    .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.active)
+                Text(hostName)
+                    .font(.caption.weight(.semibold))
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                Spacer(minLength: 8)
+                CountChips(state: state)
+            }
+
+            // The most urgent sessions — what's actually happening.
+            ForEach(state.lines.prefix(3)) { line in
+                SessionRow(line: line)
+            }
+
+            // Aggregate churn footer — how much work is in flight right now.
+            if state.hasChurn {
+                Divider().overlay(Color.white.opacity(0.12))
+                ChurnLine(state: state)
             }
-            Spacer()
-            Text(hostName)
-                .font(.caption2).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-                .lineLimit(1)
         }
         .padding(14)
         .foregroundStyle(.white)
     }
 }
 
-/// The two categorical colors the Activity needs — same constants as the app's `Palette`.
+// MARK: - Shared pieces
+
+/// One session: state glyph + title + "project · Backend" + a right-aligned status/diff.
+private struct SessionRow: View {
+    let line: NucleicSessionAttributes.SessionLine
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 8) {
+            Image(systemName: ActivityPalette.glyph(line.kind))
+                .font(.footnote)
+                .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.color(line.kind))
+                .frame(width: 16)
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 1) {
+                Text(line.title)
+                    .font(.subheadline.weight(.medium))
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                    Text(line.project)
+                    Text("·").foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    Text(line.backend.label)
+                        .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.backendColor(line.backend))
+                }
+                .font(.caption2)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .lineLimit(1)
+            }
+            Spacer(minLength: 6)
+            Text(line.detail)
+                .font(.caption2.weight(.medium))
+                .monospacedDigit()
+                .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.color(line.kind))
+                .lineLimit(1)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Headline count chips: running (blue), waiting (teal), approvals (amber). Only nonzero show.
+private struct CountChips: View {
+    let state: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 10) {
+            if state.runningCount > 0 {
+                chip("circle.lefthalf.filled", state.runningCount, ActivityPalette.active)
+            }
+            if state.needsYouCount > 0 {
+                chip("bubble.left.fill", state.needsYouCount, ActivityPalette.accent)
+            }
+            if state.approvalCount > 0 {
+                chip("exclamationmark.shield.fill", state.approvalCount, ActivityPalette.attention)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func chip(_ systemImage: String, _ count: Int, _ tint: Color) -> some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 3) {
+            Image(systemName: systemImage).font(.caption2)
+            Text("\(count)").font(.caption.weight(.semibold)).monospacedDigit()
+        }
+        .foregroundStyle(tint)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Aggregate worktree churn: "N files  +A  −R".
+private struct ChurnLine: View {
+    let state: NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 6) {
+            Image(systemName: "chevron.left.forwardslash.chevron.right")
+                .font(.caption2)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            Text("\(state.filesChanged) file\(state.filesChanged == 1 ? "" : "s") changed")
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            Text("+\(state.linesAdded)")
+                .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.added)
+            Text("−\(state.linesRemoved)")
+                .foregroundStyle(ActivityPalette.removed)
+        }
+        .font(.caption2.weight(.medium))
+        .monospacedDigit()
+        .lineLimit(1)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Dynamic Island expanded leading/trailing count badge.
+private struct CountBadge: View {
+    let systemImage: String
+    let count: Int
+    let tint: Color
+
+    var body: some View {
+        Label("\(count)", systemImage: systemImage)
+            .font(.headline)
+            .monospacedDigit()
+            .foregroundStyle(tint)
+    }
+}
+
+/// The categorical colors + glyphs the Activity needs — the same semantics as the app's
+/// `Palette.status` / `StatusStyle.symbol`, re-declared because the widget extension can't link
+/// the app's `Theme`.
 private enum ActivityPalette {
     static let active = Color(red: 0.20, green: 0.55, blue: 0.95)     // running blue
-    static let attention = Color(red: 1.00, green: 0.65, blue: 0.15)  // needs-you amber
+    static let attention = Color(red: 1.00, green: 0.65, blue: 0.15)  // approval amber
+    static let accent = Color(red: 0.16, green: 0.72, blue: 0.68)     // needs-input teal
+    static let success = Color(red: 0.30, green: 0.78, blue: 0.45)    // done green
+    static let danger = Color(red: 0.92, green: 0.34, blue: 0.34)     // error red
+    static let neutral = Color.secondary
+    static let added = Color(red: 0.30, green: 0.78, blue: 0.45)
+    static let removed = Color(red: 0.92, green: 0.34, blue: 0.34)
+
+    static func glyph(_ kind: NucleicSessionAttributes.Kind) -> String {
+        switch kind {
+        case .running: "circle.lefthalf.filled"
+        case .provisioning: "circle.dotted"
+        case .approval: "exclamationmark.triangle.fill"
+        case .needsInput: "bubble.left.fill"
+        case .done: "checkmark.circle.fill"
+        case .error: "xmark.octagon.fill"
+        case .idle: "circle"
+        }
+    }
+
+    static func color(_ kind: NucleicSessionAttributes.Kind) -> Color {
+        switch kind {
+        case .running: active
+        case .provisioning: neutral
+        case .approval: attention
+        case .needsInput: accent
+        case .done: success
+        case .error: danger
+        case .idle: neutral
+        }
+    }
+
+    static func backendColor(_ backend: NucleicSessionAttributes.Backend) -> Color {
+        switch backend {
+        case .claude: Color(red: 0.85, green: 0.52, blue: 0.30)   // Anthropic clay
+        case .codex: Color(red: 0.45, green: 0.72, blue: 0.55)    // OpenAI green
+        case .grok: Color(red: 0.55, green: 0.58, blue: 0.66)     // xAI graphite
+        case .other: Color.secondary
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/README.md b/NucleicRemote/README.md
index c0f9968..9c4657b 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/README.md
+++ b/NucleicRemote/README.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ All wire/crypto logic is shared with the Mac via the **`NucleicProtocol`** Swift
 - **State** — `RemoteStore` (`ObservableObject`) is the single on-device UI state, a pure
   projection of the host. Identity + pinned host live in `IdentityStore` (Keychain + UserDefaults).
 - **UI** — SwiftUI: `SessionsView` (attention-first list), `SessionDetailView`
-  (transcript/diff + status-driven action area), `ApprovalCardView` (Face ID gate on
-  high-risk), `PairingScannerView` (QR), `SettingsView`.
+  (transcript/diff + status-driven action area), `ApprovalCardView` (approve/deny,
+  high-risk answered in-app), `PairingScannerView` (QR), `SettingsView`.
 
 ## Build & run
 
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/Shared/SessionActivityAttributes.swift b/NucleicRemote/Shared/SessionActivityAttributes.swift
index 467eed3..281d720 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/Shared/SessionActivityAttributes.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/Shared/SessionActivityAttributes.swift
@@ -2,21 +2,126 @@ import ActivityKit
 import Foundation
 
 /// The one aggregate Live Activity (UX_IOS §5.3, aggregate per §11.4 — a single Activity
-/// respects iOS's budget better than one per session): "N running, M waiting" plus the most
-/// urgent session's title. Shared between the app (which starts/updates it) and the widget
-/// extension (which renders it).
+/// respects iOS's budget better than one per session). It answers "what is Nucleic doing right
+/// now?" at a glance: the headline counts (running / waiting / approvals), the total churn in
+/// flight, and a few of the most urgent sessions with their state and diff. Shared between the
+/// app (which starts/updates it) and the widget extension (which renders it).
+///
+/// Deliberately free of `NucleicProtocol` types — the widget extension links only this file, so
+/// the state carries plain value types and its own small `Backend`/`Kind` enums rather than the
+/// wire `BackendID`/`SessionStatus`.
 struct NucleicSessionAttributes: ActivityAttributes {
+    /// The agent behind a session — drives a row's provider tag/tint.
+    enum Backend: String, Codable, Hashable {
+        case claude, codex, grok, other
+
+        var label: String {
+            switch self {
+            case .claude: "Claude"
+            case .codex: "Codex"
+            case .grok: "Grok"
+            case .other: "Agent"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A session's live state, collapsed to what the glance needs — drives each row's glyph/tint.
+    enum Kind: String, Codable, Hashable {
+        case running        // agent actively working a turn
+        case provisioning   // worktree/setup spinning up
+        case approval       // blocked on a human approval decision (loudest)
+        case needsInput     // turn ended asking the user something
+        case done           // turn finished its work; nothing required
+        case error          // errored / interrupted
+        case idle           // created, not yet working
+    }
+
+    /// One agent session surfaced in the activity's detail rows.
+    struct SessionLine: Codable, Hashable, Identifiable {
+        var id: String
+        /// The session's title (falls back to the project name upstream).
+        var title: String
+        /// Project the session belongs to.
+        var project: String
+        var backend: Backend
+        var kind: Kind
+        /// A compact right-aligned status: its diff ("3 files +42 −7"), "2 to approve",
+        /// "Waiting on you", "Working…", etc.
+        var detail: String
+    }
+
     struct ContentState: Codable, Hashable {
         /// Sessions actively working a turn.
         var runningCount: Int
         /// Sessions blocked on the user (approval or next prompt) — the loud number.
         var needsYouCount: Int
-        /// The most urgent session's title: the top waiting one, else the busiest running.
-        var topTitle: String?
-        /// Whether `topTitle` is waiting on the user (amber) vs just running (blue).
-        var topNeedsYou: Bool
+        /// Total individual approval decisions waiting across all sessions — the "act now" count.
+        var approvalCount: Int
+        /// Aggregate worktree churn across the active sessions.
+        var filesChanged: Int
+        var linesAdded: Int
+        var linesRemoved: Int
+        /// The most urgent sessions, attention-first (capped, typically ≤3): the detail rows.
+        var lines: [SessionLine]
+
+        /// The single most urgent session (drives the compact/minimal regions).
+        var top: SessionLine? { lines.first }
+        /// Whether anything needs the user (waiting session or a pending approval).
+        var needsAttention: Bool { needsYouCount > 0 || approvalCount > 0 }
+        /// Whether any worktree has uncommitted changes to summarize.
+        var hasChurn: Bool { filesChanged > 0 }
     }
 
     /// The paired Mac's name (static for the Activity's lifetime).
     var hostName: String
 }
+
+extension NucleicSessionAttributes.ContentState {
+    /// Where a tap on the whole activity should go (UX_IOS §5.3): a session waiting on the user
+    /// opens straight into that session; otherwise (work running, nothing waiting) the sessions
+    /// list. `lines` is attention-first, so any waiting session is `lines.first` — and always in
+    /// the capped list, since waiting outranks running in the sort.
+    var tapURL: URL? {
+        if let waiting = lines.first(where: { $0.kind == .approval || $0.kind == .needsInput }) {
+            return NucleicDeepLink.session(waiting.id)
+        }
+        return NucleicDeepLink.sessionsList
+    }
+}
+
+/// The `nucleic://` deep links the Live Activity emits and the app consumes. Kept in the shared
+/// file so the widget that *builds* a URL and the app that *parses* one can't drift.
+enum NucleicDeepLink {
+    static let scheme = "nucleic"
+
+    /// Open a specific session's detail: `nucleic://session/<id>`.
+    static func session(_ id: String) -> URL? {
+        var c = URLComponents()
+        c.scheme = scheme
+        c.host = "session"
+        c.path = "/\(id)"
+        return c.url
+    }
+
+    /// Surface the sessions list, no specific session: `nucleic://sessions`.
+    static var sessionsList: URL? { URL(string: "\(scheme)://sessions") }
+
+    /// What an incoming link asks the app to do.
+    enum Route: Equatable {
+        case session(String)
+        case sessionsList
+    }
+
+    static func route(for url: URL) -> Route? {
+        guard url.scheme == scheme else { return nil }
+        switch url.host {
+        case "session":
+            let id = url.path.trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "/"))
+            return id.isEmpty ? nil : .session(id)
+        case "sessions":
+            return .sessionsList
+        default:
+            return nil
+        }
+    }
+}