Release v2.10.3

Align environment documentation order
Update deployment and schema documentation
2026-08-29 01:56:45 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 20:24:10 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 20:22:58 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 20:20:30 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 20:17:45 +01:00 · 2026-08-28 20:12:34 +01:00
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@@ -2,6 +2,152 @@

 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

+## 2.10.3 - 2026-08-28
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed the weather edit preview so the daily forecast is shown initially, the 24-hour forecast is hidden until selected, and the redundant hourly heading is removed.
+- Fixed onboarding cleanup so incomplete pairings are retained for the 15-minute pairing-code lifetime while inactive completed bindings are pruned after 24 hours.
+- Fixed client-name handling so offline names can be reused, active collisions receive numeric suffixes, and reconnecting players resolve duplicate names consistently.
+- Fixed an internal server error when renaming clients by forwarding the available-name resolver to the client command routes.
+- Fixed remote client moves to resolve the paired browser client binding before changing its target screen.
+- Fixed remote player heartbeats to update the central onboarding bindings for active browser clients without treating the physical player registry ID as a client binding.
+- Fixed targeted commands after browser reconnects by falling back to the stable client ID when a transient connection ID is stale.
+- Fixed stale browser command connections remaining active indefinitely when the physical player heartbeat was still healthy.
+- Added periodic playlist polling so remote screens recover from missed refresh commands after bridge reconnects.
+- Added cached playlist snapshots so screens can continue displaying their last known playlist while the bridge or web service is temporarily unavailable.
+- Fixed media synchronization so generated player caches are excluded while remote image caches remain available to players.
+- Fixed weather screen notifications so changes in the fetched data or the current forecast hour trigger a refresh.
+- Fixed player runtime script loading and slide rendering so region modules, transitions, and cached playlists initialize consistently.
+- Fixed command delivery reporting to require acknowledgement from the receiving browser tab.
+- Fixed playlist refresh notifications to target the physical player hosting each screen instead of always targeting the local player.
+
+## 2.10.2 - 2026-08-28
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed the weather forecast preview to show only its first-fetch message until a successful forecast is available.
+- Added persisted onboarding client heartbeats so records inactive for 24 hours can be pruned without relying on player connectivity after the fact.
+
+## 2.10.1 - 2026-08-28
+
+### Added
+
+- Added linear gradient backgrounds to templates, including multiple colours and angle control.
+- Added a visual gradient stop editor with draggable stops, click-to-add support, and stop reordering.
+
+## 2.10.0 - 2026-08-28
+
+### Added
+
+- Added secure kiosk onboarding with QR-first and manual pairing flows.
+- Added browser-specific pairing sessions with expiring pairing codes.
+- Added circular QR presentation and a compatible QR scanner with decoder fallbacks.
+- Added responsive player onboarding and a post-pair option to connect another player.
+- Added stable player identity bindings for paired players and moved-client aliases.
+- Added per-tab client identities backed by browser session storage for commands, pairing, and screen moves.
+- Added RBAC protection for player pairing through the `pairing.allow` permission.
+- Added a dedicated web onboarding workflow for pairing and managing player setup.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Restricted direct screen URLs to the player configured for the requested screen.
+- Added pairing entry points to the dashboard and connected clients workflows.
+- Made pairing QR codes easier to scan by encoding only the short pairing code.
+- Added a mobile-friendly connected clients link after successful pairing.
+- Made connected-client controls and player pairing UI render independently according to their permissions.
+- Added player keyboard feedback for slide navigation, plus `P` pause/unpause and `B` blackout toggles.
+- Removed client identities from onboarding and screen-move URLs; authorized player data now loads after the tab identity handshake.
+- Updated connected-client commands and screen moves to resolve tab and registered-player identities reliably.
+
+## 2.9.0 - 2026-08-28
+
+### Added
+
+- API sources, RSS feeds, and weather locations can be enabled or disabled without deleting their cached data.
+- Added Weather slide regions with current, daily, and hourly placeholders, date/time transforms, and Bootstrap weather icon transforms.
+- Added multiple saved weather locations with provider, coordinate, unit, and refresh settings.
+- Added separate Allow permissions for manually refreshing API sources, RSS feeds, and weather locations.
+
+### Changed
+
+- API, RSS, and Weather refresh jobs now skip disabled sources across scheduled, startup, queued, and manual refresh paths, while re-enabling a source resumes refresh scheduling.
+- Weather placeholders now show all current fields, or all fields for the first daily/hourly entry before the remaining entries in a Show more section.
+- Weather previews, player playback, and slide thumbnails now use cached Weather data and consistent text/icon sizing.
+- API, RSS, and Weather lists now show enabled status and their forms provide action-oriented Enable/Disable controls.
+- Enable/Disable actions on API, RSS, and Weather forms now run asynchronously without reloading unsaved form changes.
+- Weather locations can now be duplicated from the weather list.
+- Startup data-source refreshes now respect each API, RSS, and weather source's configured repull interval.
+- RSS feeds now persist their last collection timestamp.
+- Refreshed the vendored AdminLTE assets to 4.8.5.
+- Added AdminLTE extended palette colours to announcement colour choices and player rendering.
+- Removed Digital Signage Subheading and top padding.
+- API and RSS source saves now preserve cached data without pulling; added explicit manual refresh actions.
+
+## 2.8.7 - 2026-08-22
+
+### Added
+
+- Added configurable JSON POST requests and two-step login-then-token authentication for API sources.
+
+## 2.8.6 - 2026-08-18
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Added live URL validation with inline feedback and explicit HTTP or HTTPS scheme enforcement for URL fields.
+- Prevented Enter in slide editor inputs from implicitly saving the slide.
+- Collapsed nested API response JSON sections by default while keeping the root response visible.
+
+## 2.8.5 - 2026-08-17
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed thumbnail capture timing so video assets are ready before the preview canvas is captured.
+- Replaced unavailable webpage thumbnails with a subdued placeholder while keeping live webpage previews intact.
+
+## 2.8.4 - 2026-08-17
+
+### Added
+
+- Added local caching for API and RSS image placeholders under `player-cache/remote-images` for offline player playback.
+- Added reconciliation of cached remote images so files no longer referenced by slides are removed.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed popup preview authentication for background thumbnail capture.
+- Fixed thumbnails so they use the same popup-preview canvas and resolve API/RSS placeholders, fonts, styles, and cached images correctly.
+- Fixed manual scheduled-task run notifications so they use task-neutral wording.
+
+## 2.8.3 - 2026-08-17
+
+### Added
+
+- Added API, RSS, Timetable, and Time / Date placeholder help panels with shared transform and date-token documentation.
+- Added render-time API and RSS image placeholders with proportional sizing and preview-only bounding boxes.
+
+### Changed
+
+- API and RSS regions now preserve authored content when no data source is selected and remain blank when a selected source has no authored content.
+- Normal WYSIWYG image insertion remains upload-backed and separate from image placeholder transforms.
+
+## 2.8.2 - 2026-08-16
+
+### Changed
+
+- Standardized update audit events on from/to changes and added readable table diffs for nested JSON, arrays, null values, and empty strings.
+- Standardized internal `src/data` imports on the `#src` alias.
+
+## 2.8.1 - 2026-08-16
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Prevented startup and runtime duplicate-key writes from consuming auto-increment values in permission, player, onboarding, settings, and relationship tables.
+- Prevented partial timetable schemas from being incorrectly treated as fully migrated during schema version detection.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Renamed the built-in administrator role key to `super-admin`, while allowing its display name and description to be edited without being overwritten on restart.
+
 ## 2.8.0 - 2026-08-16

 ### Added
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "pulse-signage-player",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.10.3",
  "private": false,
  "description": "Pulse Signage player application bundle",
  "engines": {
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "pulse-signage-web",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.10.3",
  "private": false,
  "description": "Pulse Signage web and bridge application bundle",
  "engines": {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
    "mysql2": "^3.23.3",
    "puppeteer-core": "^25.7.0",
    "sharp": "^0.35.3",
+    "jsqr": "^1.4.0",
    "ws": "^8.21.3"
  }
 }
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-# Shared application settings
+# Container images
 PULSE_SIGNAGE_WEB_IMAGE="git.lzstealth.com/lzstealth/pulse-signage-web:latest"
 PULSE_SIGNAGE_PLAYER_IMAGE="git.lzstealth.com/lzstealth/pulse-signage-player:latest"
+
+# Shared security
 PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET=""

-# Database settings for the web, player, and bridge services
+# Database
 DB_HOST="mysql"
 DB_PORT=3306
 DB_NAME="pulse-signage"
@@ -11,16 +13,19 @@ DB_USER="pulse-signage"
 DB_PASSWORD="signage_password"
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="root_password"

-# Player settings
+# Web application
+WEB_PUBLIC_URL="http://localhost:8080"
+WEB_INTERNAL_URL="http://web:8080"
+
+# Player
 PLAYER_IDENTIFIER="player-local"
 PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL="http://localhost:8081"
 PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL="http://player:8081"

-# Web app bootstrap settings
+# Player bridge
+BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL="http://player-bridge:8090"
+
+# First-run administrator
 DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME="admin"
 DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME="Admin"
-DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password123"
-
-# Bridge settings for the player-bridge service
-WEB_INTERNAL_URL="http://web:8080"
-BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL="http://player-bridge:8090"
+DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD="password123!"
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-# Shared application settings
+# Container image
 PULSE_SIGNAGE_PLAYER_IMAGE="git.lzstealth.com/lzstealth/pulse-signage-player:latest"
+
+# Shared security
 PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET=""

-# Player settings
+# Remote player
 PLAYER_IDENTIFIER="player-remote"
-PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL="http://localhost:8081"
+PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL="http://remote-player.example.com:8081"
 PLAYER_AGENT_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS=5000

-# Remote player connectivity settings
+# Remote bridge connectivity
 BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL="http://player-bridge.example.com:8090"
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This folder contains the Docker Compose definitions for Pulse Signage, including

 - [docker-compose.yml](docker-compose.yml) - full public stack with web, player, player bridge, and MySQL.
 - [.env.example](.env.example) - sample environment values for the public stack.
- [docker-compose.remote.yml](docker-compose.remote.yml) - remote player-only stack for machines that sit behind the player bridge.
+- [docker-compose.remote.yml](docker-compose.remote.yml) - remote player-only stack using a published player image.
 - [.env.remote.example](.env.remote.example) - sample environment values for the remote stack.

 ## Stack Overview
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Key configuration:
 - `DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME`
 - `DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME`
 - `DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD`
- `PASSWORD_HASH_ITERATIONS`

 ### `player`

@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ The screen runtime that renders playlists and receives commands.
 Responsibilities:

 - serves the player UI on port `8081`
- connects to MySQL in local mode
+- connects to MySQL in the public stack
 - connects to the bridge in remote mode through `BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL`
 - registers live connections and accepts control commands

@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ Key configuration:

 - `PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL`
 - `PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL`
- `BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL`
 - `PLAYER_IDENTIFIER`
 - `BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL` in remote mode
 - `PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET`
@@ -115,15 +113,15 @@ Important values:
 - `PULSE_SIGNAGE_WEB_IMAGE` - image to run for the web app and bridge services, typically `.../pulse-signage-web:latest`
 - `PULSE_SIGNAGE_PLAYER_IMAGE` - image to run for the player services, typically `.../pulse-signage-player:latest`
 - `PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET` - long random secret shared by the web, player, and bridge services for authenticated requests
- `PLAYER_IDENTIFIER` - unique local player identifier
 - `DB_*` - MySQL credentials and database name for the stack
+- `MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD` - root password for the local MySQL container
+- `WEB_PUBLIC_URL` - public URL of the web application
+- `WEB_INTERNAL_URL` - internal URL the bridge uses to call the web app directly
+- `PLAYER_IDENTIFIER` - unique local player identifier
 - `PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL` - public URL the player advertises
 - `PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL` - internal URL the web app uses for local player calls
 - `BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL` - bridge URL the web app uses for player snapshot and command forwarding
- `WEB_INTERNAL_URL` - internal URL the bridge uses to call the web app directly
 - `DEFAULT_ADMIN_*` - bootstrap admin account values
- `PASSWORD_HASH_ITERATIONS` - password hashing cost
- `MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD` - root password for the local MySQL container

 ### `.env.remote.example`

@@ -165,20 +163,20 @@ Leave it blank only if you intentionally want to run without request signing in
 | `DB_USER` | web, player, bridge, mysql | Database user. |
 | `DB_PASSWORD` | web, player, bridge, mysql | Database password. |
 | `MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD` | mysql | Root password for the local MySQL container. |
-| `DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME` | web | Bootstrap admin username. |
-| `DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME` | web | Bootstrap admin display name. |
-| `DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD` | web | Bootstrap admin password. |
-| `PASSWORD_HASH_ITERATIONS` | web | Password hashing cost. |
-| `PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL` | web, player | Internal player URL used by the dashboard and player runtime. |
-| `BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL` | web | Bridge URL used by the web app for player snapshot and command forwarding. |
-| `WEB_INTERNAL_URL` | player-bridge | Internal web URL used by the bridge to call the dashboard app directly. |
-| `PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL` | player, remote player | Public URL advertised by the player. |
-| `BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL` | player, remote player | URL of the bridge service. |
-| `PLAYER_IDENTIFIER` | player | Stable player identifier. |
-| `PLAYER_AGENT_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS` | remote player | Delay before reconnecting to the bridge. |
 | `MYSQL_DATABASE` | mysql | Database name used by the local MySQL container. |
 | `MYSQL_USER` | mysql | Database user used by the local MySQL container. |
 | `MYSQL_PASSWORD` | mysql | Database password used by the local MySQL container. |
+| `WEB_PUBLIC_URL` | web, player-bridge | Public URL of the web application. |
+| `WEB_INTERNAL_URL` | player-bridge | Internal web URL used by the bridge to call the dashboard app directly. |
+| `PLAYER_IDENTIFIER` | player | Stable player identifier. |
+| `PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL` | player, remote player | Public URL advertised by the player. |
+| `PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL` | web, player | Internal player URL used by the dashboard and player runtime. |
+| `BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL` | web | Bridge URL used by the web app for player snapshot and command forwarding. |
+| `DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME` | web | Bootstrap admin username. |
+| `DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME` | web | Bootstrap admin display name. |
+| `DEFAULT_ADMIN_PASSWORD` | web | Bootstrap admin password. |
+| `BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL` | remote player | URL of the bridge service. |
+| `PLAYER_AGENT_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS` | remote player | Delay before reconnecting to the bridge. |

 ## Ports

@@ -209,7 +207,7 @@ Remote stack ports:
 Each compose file creates its own named network:

 - `pulse-signage` for the public stack
- `pulse-signage-remote` for remote player deployment.
+- `pulse-signage-remote` for the remote player deployment.

 ## Notes

@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ Each compose file creates its own named network:
 - A remote player must use the same `PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET` as the bridge it connects to.
 - The bridge service is the dashboard-facing command path for connected remote players.
 - The remote player should point `BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL` at the bridge, not at the public web endpoint.
- The `PULSE_SIGNAGE_WEB_IMAGE` and `PULSE_SIGNAGE_PLAYER_IMAGE` tags default to the published `pulse-signage-web` and `pulse-signage-player` repositories with `latest` and `v1.2.3` style tags, but they can be overridden for local builds or custom releases.
+- The `PULSE_SIGNAGE_WEB_IMAGE` and `PULSE_SIGNAGE_PLAYER_IMAGE` tags default to the published `pulse-signage-web` and `pulse-signage-player` repositories with `latest` tags, but they can be overridden for custom releases.

 ## Recommended Setup

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ services:
      - "8081:8081"
    environment:
      PLAYER_IDENTIFIER: ${PLAYER_IDENTIFIER:-player-remote}
-      PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL: ${PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL:-http://localhost:8081}
-      BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL: ${BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL:-}
+      PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL: ${PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL:?PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL must be set to a routable remote-player URL}
+      BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL: ${BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL:?BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL must be set to a routable bridge URL}
      PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET: ${PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET:-}
      PLAYER_AGENT_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS: ${PLAYER_AGENT_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS:-5000}
    volumes:
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ services:
      DB_USER: ${DB_USER:-pulse-signage}
      DB_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-signage_password}
      PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET: ${PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET:-}
+      WEB_PUBLIC_URL: ${WEB_PUBLIC_URL:-http://localhost:8080}
      BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL: ${BRIDGE_INTERNAL_URL:-http://player-bridge:8090}
      DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME: ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_USERNAME:-admin}
      DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME: ${DEFAULT_ADMIN_NAME:-Admin}
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ services:
      PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL: ${PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL:-http://player:8081}
      PLAYER_IDENTIFIER: ${PLAYER_IDENTIFIER:-player-local}
      PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET: ${PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET:-}
+      WEB_PUBLIC_URL: ${WEB_PUBLIC_URL:-http://localhost:8080}
      DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST:-mysql}
      DB_PORT: ${DB_PORT:-3306}
      DB_NAME: ${DB_NAME:-pulse-signage}
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ services:
      - "8090:8090"
    environment:
      WEB_INTERNAL_URL: ${WEB_INTERNAL_URL:-http://web:8080}
+      WEB_PUBLIC_URL: ${WEB_PUBLIC_URL:-http://localhost:8080}
      PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET: ${PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET:-}
      DB_HOST: ${DB_HOST:-mysql}
      DB_PORT: ${DB_PORT:-3306}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Player service base URL: `http://localhost:8081`

 This document covers the player HTTP surface only. The admin dashboard exposes its own routes for screen commands and onboarding management.

-Access note: most player endpoints are unauthenticated because they are meant to run inside a trusted deployment network. Anything that mutates state or writes files should be treated as internal-only unless you add your own auth layer in front of it.
+Access note: most player endpoints are unauthenticated because they are meant to run inside a trusted deployment network. Anything that mutates state or writes files should be treated as internal-only unless you add your own auth layer in front of it. Pairing uses a short-lived random PIN displayed by the kiosk; the PIN is accepted only through the authenticated Web UI pairing flow.

 When `PULSE_SIGNAGE_SHARED_SECRET` is set, the player pages sign same-origin API fetches with `x-pulse-page-auth`, and the web app signs server-to-player requests with `x-pulse-request-timestamp` plus `x-pulse-request-signature`. Page tokens auto-renew before expiry while the page stays active, and signed server requests are only accepted when their timestamp is fresh. If the secret is unset, those checks stay disabled for compatibility.

@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ Returns the player onboarding landing page.
 Access: public within the trusted player deployment.

 ### `GET /onboard`
-Returns the onboarding form page.
-Access: public within the trusted player deployment.
+Redirects to the authenticated Web UI pairing page for compatibility with older QR codes.
+Access: the Web UI pairing page requires a logged-in Web UI session.

 ### `GET /screen/{slug}`
 Returns the rendered player page for a screen.
-Access: public within the trusted player deployment.
+Access: the configured player may load only its persisted paired screen. An unpaired player is redirected to `/`; a different screen slug is rejected. The route is public within the trusted player deployment, but it no longer changes the player's binding.

 ### `GET /api/onboarding/status`
 Returns the persisted onboarding status for a device.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Response fields:

 ### `POST /api/onboarding`
 Binds a device to a screen and client name.
-Access: internal-only. Protect this endpoint if the player service is reachable outside your trusted network.
+Access: internal-only. Browser submissions must go through the authenticated Web UI pairing page. The Web UI resolves the short-lived kiosk PIN to a device ID before forwarding the signed request. Protect this endpoint if the player service is reachable outside your trusted network.

 Accepted request fields:

@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ Tables generally use a numeric auto-increment `id` primary key. The relationship

 ### `c_templates`

- `id`, `name`, `canvas_size_id`, `background_image_path`, `background_color`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`
+- `id`, `name`, `canvas_size_id`, `background_image_path`, `background_color`, `background_gradient`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`
+- `background_gradient` stores normalized linear gradient settings as JSON text, including angle and colour stops.
 - Foreign key:
        - `canvas_size_id` -> `c_canvas_sizes.id` with `ON DELETE SET NULL`

@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ Tables generally use a numeric auto-increment `id` primary key. The relationship

 ### `i_rss_feeds`

- `id`, `name`, `feed_url`, `update_interval_value`, `update_interval_unit`, `item_limit`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`
+- `id`, `name`, `feed_url`, `update_interval_value`, `update_interval_unit`, `item_limit`, `enabled`, `last_pulled_at`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`

 ### `i_rss_feed_items`

@@ -182,7 +183,12 @@ Tables generally use a numeric auto-increment `id` primary key. The relationship

 ### `i_api_sources`

- `id`, `name`, `api_url`, `auth_method`, `auth_username`, `auth_password`, `auth_bearer_token`, `auth_header_name`, `auth_header_value`, `items_path`, `update_interval_value`, `update_interval_unit`, `last_pulled_at`, `last_pull_error`, `last_response_status`, `last_response_content_type`, `last_response_json`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`
+- `id`, `name`, `api_url`, `auth_method`, `auth_username`, `auth_password`, `auth_bearer_token`, `auth_header_name`, `auth_header_value`, `items_path`, `update_interval_value`, `update_interval_unit`, `enabled`, `last_pulled_at`, `last_pull_error`, `last_response_status`, `last_response_content_type`, `last_response_json`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`
+
+### `i_weather_locations`
+
+- `id`, `name`, `location_label`, `latitude`, `longitude`, `timezone`, `provider`, `temperature_unit`, `wind_unit`, `precipitation_unit`, `update_interval_value`, `update_interval_unit`, `enabled`, `last_pulled_at`, `last_pull_error`, `last_response_json`, `created_at`, `created_by`, `modified_at`, `modified_by`
+- Stores configured weather locations and the most recent provider response used for forecast previews and weather regions.

 ### `i_timetable_groups`

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "pulse-signage",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.10.3",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "pulse-signage",
-      "version": "2.8.0",
+      "version": "2.10.3",
      "dependencies": {
        "@sparticuz/chromium": "^149.0.0",
        "animate.css": "^4.1.1",
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
        "express": "^5.2.1",
        "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
        "hls.js": "^1.7.0",
+        "jsqr": "^1.4.0",
        "multer": "^2.2.0",
        "mysql2": "^3.23.3",
        "puppeteer-core": "^25.7.0",
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@
      },
      "devDependencies": {
        "nodemon": "^3.1.10"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=26.0.0"
      }
    },
    "node_modules/@emnapi/runtime": {
@@ -1794,6 +1798,12 @@
      "integrity": "sha512-Ks/IoX00TtClbGQr4TWXemAnktAQvYB7HzcCxDGqEZU6oCmb2INHuOoKxbtR+HFkmYWBKv/dOZtGRiAjDhj92g==",
      "license": "MIT"
    },
+    "node_modules/jsqr": {
+      "version": "1.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsqr/-/jsqr-1.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dxLob7q65Xg2DvstYkRpkYtmKm2sPJ9oFhrhmudT1dZvNFFTlroai3AWSpLey/w5vMcLBXRgOJsbXpdN9HzU/A==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0"
+    },
    "node_modules/long": {
      "version": "5.3.2",
      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/long/-/long-5.3.2.tgz",
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "pulse-signage",
-  "version": "2.8.0",
+  "version": "2.10.3",
  "private": false,
  "description": "Pulse Signage application with MySQL and media storage",
  "engines": {
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
    "express": "^5.2.1",
    "handlebars": "^4.7.8",
    "hls.js": "^1.7.0",
+    "jsqr": "^1.4.0",
    "multer": "^2.2.0",
    "mysql2": "^3.23.3",
    "puppeteer-core": "^25.7.0",
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ if not defined BROWSER_PATH (
  exit /b 1
 )

+set "KIOSK_PROFILE=%LocalAppData%\PulseSignage\kiosk-browser-profile"
+if not exist "!KIOSK_PROFILE!" mkdir "!KIOSK_PROFILE!"
+
 echo Launching !BROWSER_KIND! in kiosk mode: !TARGET_URL!
 if /I "!BROWSER_KIND!"=="firefox" (
-  start "" "!BROWSER_PATH!" -kiosk "!TARGET_URL!"
+  start "" "!BROWSER_PATH!" -no-remote -profile "!KIOSK_PROFILE!" -new-window -kiosk "!TARGET_URL!"
 ) else (
-  start "" "!BROWSER_PATH!" --disable-notifications --kiosk "!TARGET_URL!"
+  start "" "!BROWSER_PATH!" --disable-notifications --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --new-window --kiosk --user-data-dir="!KIOSK_PROFILE!" "!TARGET_URL!"
 )
@@ -35,13 +35,16 @@ else
  exit 1
 fi

+kiosk_profile="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/pulse-signage/kiosk-browser-profile"
+mkdir -p "$kiosk_profile"
+
 echo "Launching ${browser_kind} in kiosk mode: ${target_url}"

 case "$browser_kind" in
  firefox)
-    exec "$browser" -kiosk "$target_url"
+    exec "$browser" -no-remote -profile "$kiosk_profile" -new-window -kiosk "$target_url"
    ;;
  edge|chrome)
-    exec "$browser" --disable-notifications --kiosk "$target_url"
+    exec "$browser" --disable-notifications --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check --new-window --kiosk --user-data-dir="$kiosk_profile" "$target_url"
    ;;
 esac
@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ const data = require('#src/data');
 const player = require('#src/player/render');
 const listQuery = require('#src/web/lib/list-query');
 const { fetchPlaylistCanvasId } = require('#src/web/lib/helpers');
+const { findAvailableClientName } = require('#src/data/client-name-check');

 module.exports = {
  createPool: dbCommon.createPool,
  pruneStaleOnboardingDevices: dbCommon.pruneStaleOnboardingDevices,
+  touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen: dbCommon.touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen,
+  findAvailableClientName: findAvailableClientName,
  ensureSchema: db.ensureSchema,
  bootstrapDatabase: dbBootstrap.bootstrapDatabase,
  slugify: data.slugify,
@@ -82,6 +85,12 @@ module.exports = {
  buildRssFeedPayload: data.buildRssFeedPayload,
  fetchRssFeedItems: data.fetchRssFeedItems,
  replaceRssFeedItems: data.replaceRssFeedItems,
+  fetchWeatherLocationsData: data.fetchWeatherLocationsData,
+  fetchWeatherLocationsPage: data.fetchWeatherLocationsPage,
+  fetchWeatherLocationById: data.fetchWeatherLocationById,
+  fetchWeatherLocationSuggestions: data.fetchWeatherLocationSuggestions,
+  fetchWeatherLocationForecast: data.fetchWeatherLocationForecast,
+  buildWeatherLocationPayload: data.buildWeatherLocationPayload,
  fetchScreenById: data.fetchScreenById,
  fetchScreenEditData: data.fetchScreenEditData,
  fetchScreenPlayerUrls: data.fetchScreenPlayerUrls,
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ async function fetchAdminData(pool) {
  const [playlists] = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, fade_between_slides, skip_unavailable_rtmp, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM c_playlists ORDER BY id DESC');
  const [canvasSizes] = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, width, height, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM c_canvas_sizes ORDER BY width ASC, height ASC, name ASC');
  const [templates] = await pool.query(`
-    SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
+    SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.background_gradient, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
           cs.name AS canvas_size_name, cs.width AS canvas_size_width, cs.height AS canvas_size_height
    FROM c_templates st
    LEFT JOIN c_canvas_sizes cs ON cs.id = st.canvas_size_id
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async function fetchSlidesPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, sortDi

 async function fetchTemplatesPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, sortDirection) {
  const paged = await fetchPagedRows(pool, {
-    selectSql: `SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
+    selectSql: `SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.background_gradient, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
           cs.name AS canvas_size_name, cs.width AS canvas_size_width, cs.height AS canvas_size_height,
        (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM c_template_regions str WHERE str.template_id = st.id) AS region_count,
           (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM c_slides s WHERE s.template_id = st.id) AS slide_count
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Load and expose the announcement icon catalog used by the editor and player.
+
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ const { validateMaxLength } = require('./utils');
 const SHORT_LABEL_MAX_LENGTH = 255;

 const ANNOUNCEMENT_TYPES = ['lower-third', 'fullscreen', 'top-banner'];
-const ANNOUNCEMENT_COLORS = ['primary', 'secondary', 'success', 'info', 'warning', 'danger', 'dark', 'light'];
+const ANNOUNCEMENT_COLORS = [
+  'primary', 'secondary', 'success', 'info', 'warning', 'danger', 'dark', 'light',
+  'orange', 'amber', 'olive', 'teal', 'sky', 'indigo', 'violet', 'fuchsia', 'pink',
+  'navy', 'steel', 'slate', 'graphite', 'midnight'
+];

 function normalizeAnnouncementType(value) {
  const normalized = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ const NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
 const URL_MAX_LENGTH = 1024;
 const AUTH_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
 const ITEMS_PATH_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
+const REQUEST_BODY_MAX_LENGTH = 1000000;
+const TOKEN_URL_MAX_LENGTH = 1024;
+const TOKEN_RESPONSE_PATH_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
+const TOKEN_HEADER_PREFIX_MAX_LENGTH = 64;
+const tokenCache = new Map();

 function normalizeUpdateIntervalUnit(value) {
  const unit = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
@@ -19,7 +24,11 @@ function normalizeUpdateIntervalUnit(value) {

 function normalizeAuthMethod(value) {
  const method = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-  return ['basic', 'bearer', 'api_key_header'].includes(method) ? method : 'none';
+  return ['basic', 'bearer', 'api_key_header', 'token_login'].includes(method) ? method : 'none';
+}
+
+function normalizeRequestMethod(value) {
+  return String(value || '').trim().toUpperCase() === 'POST' ? 'POST' : 'GET';
 }

 function buildAuthHeaders(source) {
@@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ function buildAuthHeaders(source) {

 async function fetchApiSourcesData(pool) {
  const [apiSources] = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT id, name, api_url, auth_method, auth_username, auth_password, auth_bearer_token, auth_header_name, auth_header_value, items_path, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_status, last_response_content_type, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_api_sources ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC'
+    'SELECT id, name, api_url, request_method, request_body_json, auth_method, auth_username, auth_password, auth_bearer_token, auth_header_name, auth_header_value, token_url, token_request_body_json, token_response_path, token_header_name, token_header_prefix, items_path, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_status, last_response_content_type, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_api_sources ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC'
  );

  return { apiSources: apiSources };
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ async function fetchApiSourcesData(pool) {

 async function fetchApiSourcesPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, sortDirection) {
  const paged = await fetchPagedRows(pool, {
-    selectSql: 'SELECT id, name, api_url, auth_method, auth_username, auth_password, auth_bearer_token, auth_header_name, auth_header_value, items_path, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_status, last_response_content_type, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_api_sources ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC',
+    selectSql: 'SELECT id, name, api_url, request_method, request_body_json, auth_method, auth_username, auth_password, auth_bearer_token, auth_header_name, auth_header_value, token_url, token_request_body_json, token_response_path, token_header_name, token_header_prefix, items_path, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_status, last_response_content_type, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_api_sources ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC',
    countSql: 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM i_api_sources',
    searchColumns: ['name', 'api_url', 'last_pull_error'],
    searchTerm: searchTerm,
@@ -82,7 +91,7 @@ async function fetchApiSourcesPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, so

 async function fetchApiSourceById(pool, id) {
  const [rows] = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT id, name, api_url, auth_method, auth_username, auth_password, auth_bearer_token, auth_header_name, auth_header_value, items_path, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_status, last_response_content_type, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_api_sources WHERE id = ?',
+    'SELECT id, name, api_url, request_method, request_body_json, auth_method, auth_username, auth_password, auth_bearer_token, auth_header_name, auth_header_value, token_url, token_request_body_json, token_response_path, token_header_name, token_header_prefix, items_path, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_status, last_response_content_type, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_api_sources WHERE id = ?',
    [id]
  );

@@ -91,13 +100,18 @@ async function fetchApiSourceById(pool, id) {

 async function loadUrlText(urlValue, requestOptions) {
  const extraHeaders = requestOptions && requestOptions.headers ? requestOptions.headers : {};
+  const method = String(requestOptions && requestOptions.method || 'GET').toUpperCase();
+  const body = requestOptions && requestOptions.body !== undefined ? requestOptions.body : undefined;
+  const headers = Object.assign({
+    Accept: 'application/json, text/plain;q=0.9, */*;q=0.8',
+    'User-Agent': 'Pulse Signage API Reader'
+  }, extraHeaders);
  if (typeof fetch === 'function') {
-    const response = await fetch(urlValue, {
-      headers: Object.assign({
-        Accept: 'application/json, text/plain;q=0.9, */*;q=0.8',
-        'User-Agent': 'Pulse Signage API Reader'
-      }, extraHeaders)
-    });
+    const fetchOptions = { method: method, headers: headers };
+    if (body !== undefined && method !== 'GET' && method !== 'HEAD') {
+      fetchOptions.body = body;
+    }
+    const response = await fetch(urlValue, fetchOptions);

    return {
      statusCode: response.status,
@@ -110,12 +124,9 @@ async function loadUrlText(urlValue, requestOptions) {
  return await new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    const url = new URL(urlValue);
    const transport = url.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http;
-    const requestHeaders = Object.assign({
-      Accept: 'application/json, text/plain;q=0.9, */*;q=0.8',
-      'User-Agent': 'Pulse Signage API Reader'
-    }, extraHeaders);
-    const request = transport.get(url, Object.assign({}, requestOptions || {}, {
-      headers: requestHeaders
+    const request = transport.request(url, Object.assign({}, requestOptions || {}, {
+      method: method,
+      headers: headers
    }), function (response) {
      response.setEncoding('utf8');
      let body = '';
@@ -133,15 +144,126 @@ async function loadUrlText(urlValue, requestOptions) {
      response.on('error', reject);
    });

+    if (body !== undefined && method !== 'GET' && method !== 'HEAD') {
+      request.write(body);
+    }
+    request.end();
    request.on('error', reject);
  });
 }

+function parseJsonRequestBody(value, fieldName) {
+  const text = String(value || '').trim();
+  if (!text) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(text);
+  } catch (_error) {
+    const error = new Error(fieldName + ' must contain valid JSON.');
+    error.statusCode = 400;
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+function resolveResponsePath(value, responsePath) {
+  let current = value;
+  String(responsePath || '').split('.').forEach(function (segment) {
+    if (current === undefined || current === null) {
+      current = undefined;
+      return;
+    }
+    current = current[segment];
+  });
+  return current;
+}
+
+function getTokenCacheKey(source) {
+  return JSON.stringify([
+    source && source.id || '',
+    source && (source.token_url || source.tokenUrl) || '',
+    source && (source.token_request_body_json || source.tokenRequestBodyJson) || '',
+    source && (source.token_response_path || source.tokenResponsePath) || 'access_token',
+    source && (source.token_header_name || source.tokenHeaderName) || 'Authorization',
+    source && (source.token_header_prefix || source.tokenHeaderPrefix) || 'Bearer'
+  ]);
+}
+
+function clearCachedToken(source) {
+  tokenCache.delete(getTokenCacheKey(source));
+}
+
+async function fetchLoginToken(source) {
+  const cacheKey = getTokenCacheKey(source);
+  const cached = tokenCache.get(cacheKey);
+  if (cached && cached.expiresAt > Date.now()) {
+    return cached.value;
+  }
+
+  const tokenUrl = source.token_url || source.tokenUrl;
+  const tokenBody = parseJsonRequestBody(source.token_request_body_json || source.tokenRequestBodyJson, 'Login request body');
+  const tokenHeaders = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' };
+  const response = await loadUrlText(tokenUrl, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: tokenHeaders,
+    body: tokenBody === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(tokenBody)
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Unable to obtain API token (${response.statusCode}).`);
+  }
+
+  let parsed;
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(String(response.bodyText || '').trim());
+  } catch (_error) {
+    throw new Error('Token response was not valid JSON.');
+  }
+
+  const tokenPath = source.token_response_path || source.tokenResponsePath || 'access_token';
+  const token = resolveResponsePath(parsed, tokenPath);
+  if (token === undefined || token === null || String(token).trim() === '') {
+    throw new Error('Token response did not contain a token at the configured path.');
+  }
+
+  const expiresIn = Number(parsed && (parsed.expires_in || parsed.expiresIn));
+  const lifetimeMs = Number.isFinite(expiresIn) && expiresIn > 0
+    ? Math.max(30000, expiresIn * 1000 - 60000)
+    : 300000;
+  tokenCache.set(cacheKey, { value: String(token), expiresAt: Date.now() + lifetimeMs });
+  return String(token);
+}
+
+async function buildRequestHeaders(source) {
+  const method = normalizeAuthMethod(source && (source.auth_method || source.authMethod));
+  if (method !== 'token_login') {
+    return buildAuthHeaders(source);
+  }
+
+  const token = await fetchLoginToken(source);
+  const headerName = String(source.token_header_name || source.tokenHeaderName || 'Authorization').trim() || 'Authorization';
+  const prefix = String(source.token_header_prefix || source.tokenHeaderPrefix || 'Bearer').trim();
+  return { [headerName]: prefix ? prefix + ' ' + token : token };
+}
+
 async function fetchApiSourceResponse(apiSource) {
  const source = apiSource && typeof apiSource === 'object' ? apiSource : { api_url: apiSource };
-  const response = await loadUrlText(source.api_url, {
-    headers: buildAuthHeaders(source)
-  });
+  const requestMethod = normalizeRequestMethod(source.request_method || source.requestMethod);
+  const requestBody = parseJsonRequestBody(source.request_body_json || source.requestBodyJson, 'API request body');
+  let response;
+  let tokenRetry = false;
+  do {
+    response = await loadUrlText(source.api_url || source.apiUrl, {
+      method: requestMethod,
+      headers: Object.assign({}, await buildRequestHeaders(source), requestBody === undefined ? {} : { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }),
+      body: requestBody === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(requestBody)
+    });
+    if (response.statusCode === 401 && normalizeAuthMethod(source.auth_method || source.authMethod) === 'token_login' && !tokenRetry) {
+      clearCachedToken(source);
+      tokenRetry = true;
+    } else {
+      break;
+    }
+  } while (true);
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Unable to load API response (${response.statusCode}).`);
  }
@@ -178,11 +300,18 @@ function buildApiSourcePayload(req, existingApiSource) {
  const name = validateMaxLength(req.body.name || fallback.name || '', NAME_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source name');
  const apiUrl = validateMaxLength(req.body.api_url || req.body.apiUrl || fallback.api_url || '', URL_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source URL');
  const authMethod = normalizeAuthMethod(readBodyValue('auth_method', readBodyValue('authMethod', fallback.auth_method || 'none')));
+  const requestMethod = normalizeRequestMethod(readBodyValue('request_method', readBodyValue('requestMethod', fallback.request_method || 'GET')));
+  const requestBodyJson = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('request_body_json', readBodyValue('requestBodyJson', fallback.request_body_json || '')) || '', REQUEST_BODY_MAX_LENGTH, 'API request body');
  const authUsername = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('auth_username', readBodyValue('authUsername', fallback.auth_username || '')) || '', AUTH_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source username');
  const authPassword = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('auth_password', readBodyValue('authPassword', fallback.auth_password || '')) || '', AUTH_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source password');
  const authBearerToken = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('auth_bearer_token', readBodyValue('authBearerToken', fallback.auth_bearer_token || '')) || '', AUTH_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source bearer token');
  const authHeaderName = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('auth_header_name', readBodyValue('authHeaderName', fallback.auth_header_name || 'X-API-Key')) || 'X-API-Key', AUTH_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source header name') || 'X-API-Key';
  const authHeaderValue = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('auth_header_value', readBodyValue('authHeaderValue', fallback.auth_header_value || '')) || '', AUTH_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source header value');
+  const tokenUrl = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('token_url', readBodyValue('tokenUrl', fallback.token_url || '')) || '', TOKEN_URL_MAX_LENGTH, 'API token URL');
+  const tokenRequestBodyJson = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('token_request_body_json', readBodyValue('tokenRequestBodyJson', fallback.token_request_body_json || '')) || '', REQUEST_BODY_MAX_LENGTH, 'Login request body');
+  const tokenResponsePath = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('token_response_path', readBodyValue('tokenResponsePath', fallback.token_response_path || 'access_token')) || 'access_token', TOKEN_RESPONSE_PATH_MAX_LENGTH, 'Token response path');
+  const tokenHeaderName = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('token_header_name', readBodyValue('tokenHeaderName', fallback.token_header_name || 'Authorization')) || 'Authorization', AUTH_MAX_LENGTH, 'Token header name');
+  const tokenHeaderPrefix = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('token_header_prefix', readBodyValue('tokenHeaderPrefix', fallback.token_header_prefix || 'Bearer')) || '', TOKEN_HEADER_PREFIX_MAX_LENGTH, 'Token prefix');
  const itemsPath = validateMaxLength(readBodyValue('items_path', readBodyValue('itemsPath', fallback.items_path || '')) || '', ITEMS_PATH_MAX_LENGTH, 'API source items path');
  const updateIntervalValue = Math.max(1, Number(req.body.update_interval_value || req.body.updateIntervalValue || fallback.update_interval_value || 60));
  const updateIntervalUnit = normalizeUpdateIntervalUnit(req.body.update_interval_unit || req.body.updateIntervalUnit || fallback.update_interval_unit || 'minutes');
@@ -238,15 +367,48 @@ function buildApiSourcePayload(req, existingApiSource) {
    throw error;
  }

+  parseJsonRequestBody(requestBodyJson, 'API request body');
+  parseJsonRequestBody(tokenRequestBodyJson, 'Login request body');
+
+  if (authMethod === 'token_login') {
+    if (!tokenUrl) {
+      const error = new Error('Token login requires a login URL.');
+      error.statusCode = 400;
+      throw error;
+    }
+    try {
+      const tokenParsedUrl = new URL(tokenUrl);
+      if (tokenParsedUrl.protocol !== 'http:' && tokenParsedUrl.protocol !== 'https:') {
+        throw new Error('invalid protocol');
+      }
+    } catch (_error) {
+      const error = new Error('Enter a valid API token URL.');
+      error.statusCode = 400;
+      throw error;
+    }
+    if (!tokenRequestBodyJson) {
+      const error = new Error('Token login requires a JSON request body.');
+      error.statusCode = 400;
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
  return {
    name: name,
    apiUrl: parsedUrl.toString(),
+    requestMethod: requestMethod,
+    requestBodyJson: requestBodyJson,
    authMethod: authMethod,
    authUsername: authUsername,
    authPassword: authPassword,
    authBearerToken: authBearerToken,
    authHeaderName: authHeaderName,
    authHeaderValue: authHeaderValue,
+    tokenUrl: tokenUrl,
+    tokenRequestBodyJson: tokenRequestBodyJson,
+    tokenResponsePath: tokenResponsePath,
+    tokenHeaderName: tokenHeaderName,
+    tokenHeaderPrefix: tokenHeaderPrefix,
    itemsPath: itemsPath,
    updateIntervalValue: Math.floor(updateIntervalValue),
    updateIntervalUnit: updateIntervalUnit
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Application-wide settings defaults and persistence helpers.
+
 const { DEFAULT_ANNOUNCEMENT_ICON_KEYS } = require('./announcement-icons');

 const SETTING_DEFINITIONS = [
@@ -35,11 +37,13 @@ const SETTING_DEFINITIONS = [
  { key: 'announcements.suggested_icons', type: 'string_array', defaultValue: DEFAULT_ANNOUNCEMENT_ICON_KEYS.slice() },
  { key: 'player.default_slide_duration_seconds', type: 'integer', min: 1, defaultValue: 10 },
  { key: 'player.default_fade_between_slides', type: 'boolean', defaultValue: true },
-  { key: 'player.skip_unavailable_rtmp', type: 'boolean', defaultValue: true }
-  ,{ key: 'data-sources.rss_default_interval_value', type: 'integer', min: 1, defaultValue: 60 }
-  ,{ key: 'data-sources.rss_default_interval_unit', type: 'enum', values: ['seconds', 'minutes', 'hours'], defaultValue: 'minutes' }
-  ,{ key: 'data-sources.api_default_interval_value', type: 'integer', min: 1, defaultValue: 60 }
-  ,{ key: 'data-sources.api_default_interval_unit', type: 'enum', values: ['seconds', 'minutes', 'hours'], defaultValue: 'minutes' }
+  { key: 'player.skip_unavailable_rtmp', type: 'boolean', defaultValue: true },
+  { key: 'data-sources.rss_default_interval_value', type: 'integer', min: 1, defaultValue: 60 },
+  { key: 'data-sources.rss_default_interval_unit', type: 'enum', values: ['seconds', 'minutes', 'hours'], defaultValue: 'minutes' },
+  { key: 'data-sources.api_default_interval_value', type: 'integer', min: 1, defaultValue: 60 },
+  { key: 'data-sources.api_default_interval_unit', type: 'enum', values: ['seconds', 'minutes', 'hours'], defaultValue: 'minutes' },
+  { key: 'weather.open_meteo_api_key', type: 'string', defaultValue: '' },
+  { key: 'weather.pirate_weather_api_key', type: 'string', defaultValue: '' }
 ];

 const DEFINITIONS_BY_KEY = new Map(SETTING_DEFINITIONS.map(function (definition) {
@@ -165,11 +169,19 @@ async function saveAppSettings(pool, settings, modifiedBy) {
      if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(inputSettings, definition.key)) {
        continue;
      }
+      await connection.query(
+        `UPDATE o_app_settings
+            SET setting_value = ?, modified_by = ?
+          WHERE setting_key = ?`,
+        [JSON.stringify(normalizedSettings[definition.key]), modifiedBy || null, definition.key]
+      );
      await connection.query(
        `INSERT INTO o_app_settings (setting_key, setting_value, created_by, modified_by)
-         VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
-         ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE setting_value = VALUES(setting_value), modified_by = VALUES(modified_by)`,
-        [definition.key, JSON.stringify(normalizedSettings[definition.key]), modifiedBy || null, modifiedBy || null]
+         SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?
+          WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+            SELECT 1 FROM o_app_settings WHERE setting_key = ?
+          )`,
+        [definition.key, JSON.stringify(normalizedSettings[definition.key]), modifiedBy || null, modifiedBy || null, definition.key]
      );
    }
    if (typeof connection.commit === 'function') {
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Audit event definitions and data access helpers for administrative activity.
+
 const AUDIT_EVENT_CATEGORIES = Object.freeze({
  AUTHENTICATION: 'authentication',
  SECURITY: 'security',
@@ -42,6 +44,21 @@ function normalizeDetails(details) {
  return JSON.stringify(details);
 }

+function buildAuditChanges(previousValues, nextValues) {
+  const previous = previousValues && typeof previousValues === 'object' ? previousValues : {};
+  const next = nextValues && typeof nextValues === 'object' ? nextValues : {};
+  const changes = {};
+  const keys = new Set(Object.keys(previous).concat(Object.keys(next)));
+
+  keys.forEach(function (key) {
+    if (JSON.stringify(previous[key]) !== JSON.stringify(next[key])) {
+      changes[key] = { from: previous[key], to: next[key] };
+    }
+  });
+
+  return changes;
+}
+
 function getRequestMetadata(req) {
  const forwardedAddress = String(req && req.headers && req.headers['x-forwarded-for'] || '').split(',')[0].trim();
  return {
@@ -97,6 +114,7 @@ module.exports = {
  AUDIT_CATEGORY_KEYS,
  AUDIT_CATEGORY_LABELS,
  getRequestMetadata,
+  buildAuditChanges,
  recordAuditEvent,
  recordRequestAuditEvent
 };
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ async function isClientNameAvailable(pool, clientName, excludeDeviceId, liveConn
  const normalizedDeviceId = normalizeDeviceId(excludeDeviceId);
  const live = collectLiveConnections(liveConnections);
  const lowerName = normalizedName.toLowerCase();
+  const liveDeviceIds = new Set(live.map(function (connection) {
+    return normalizeDeviceId(connection && (connection.deviceId || connection.clientId));
+  }).filter(Boolean));

  try {
    if (pool) {
@@ -32,12 +35,13 @@ async function isClientNameAvailable(pool, clientName, excludeDeviceId, liveConn
         WHERE client_name IS NOT NULL
           AND TRIM(client_name) <> ''
           AND LOWER(TRIM(client_name)) = LOWER(TRIM(?))
-           AND device_id <> ?
-         LIMIT 1`,
+           AND device_id <> ?`,
        [normalizedName, normalizedDeviceId]
      );

-      if (deviceRows.length) {
+      if ((deviceRows || []).some(function (row) {
+        return liveDeviceIds.has(normalizeDeviceId(row && row.device_id));
+      })) {
        return false;
      }
    }
@@ -72,6 +76,22 @@ async function isClientNameAvailable(pool, clientName, excludeDeviceId, liveConn
  }
 }

+async function findAvailableClientName(pool, clientName, excludeDeviceId, liveConnections) {
+  const normalizedName = normalizeClientName(clientName);
+  if (!normalizedName) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  for (let suffix = 0; suffix < 1000; suffix += 1) {
+    const candidate = suffix === 0 ? normalizedName : `${normalizedName} (${suffix})`;
+    if (await isClientNameAvailable(pool, candidate, excludeDeviceId, liveConnections)) {
+      return candidate;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return '';
+}
+
 function buildClientNameLockName(clientName) {
  return `ps_client_name_${crypto.createHash('sha1').update(String(clientName || '').trim().toLowerCase()).digest('hex')}`;
 }
@@ -116,5 +136,6 @@ module.exports = {
  normalizeDeviceId: normalizeDeviceId,
  collectLiveConnections: collectLiveConnections,
  isClientNameAvailable: isClientNameAvailable,
+  findAvailableClientName: findAvailableClientName,
  withClientNameReservation: withClientNameReservation
 };
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const { fetchPlaylistById } = require('./playlists');
 const { normalizeDisplayMode, fetchTimetablesData, fetchTimetableGroupsPage, fetchTimetableGroupById, fetchTimetableEntriesByGroupId, buildTimetableGroupPayload } = require('./timetables');
 const { fetchApiSourcesData, fetchApiSourcesPage, fetchApiSourceById, fetchApiSourceResponse, buildApiSourcePayload } = require('./api-sources');
 const { fetchRssFeedsData, fetchRssFeedsPage, fetchRssFeedById, fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId, normalizeRssFeedItem, buildRssFeedPayload, fetchRssFeedItems, replaceRssFeedItems } = require('./rss-feeds');
+const { fetchWeatherLocationsData, fetchWeatherLocationsPage, fetchWeatherLocationById, fetchWeatherLocationSuggestions, fetchWeatherLocationForecast, buildWeatherLocationPayload } = require('./weather');
 const { slugify, uniqueScreenSlug, fetchScreenById, fetchScreenEditData, fetchScreenPlayerUrls, fetchPlayerPublicBaseUrl, fetchScreenPlayerRecord, fetchPlayerRecordByIdentifier } = require('./screens');
 const { fetchPlayerRegistrations } = require('./player-registry');
 const { fetchTemplateById, fetchTemplatesData, extractTemplateRegions, buildTemplatePayload } = require('./templates');
@@ -59,6 +60,12 @@ module.exports = {
  buildRssFeedPayload,
  fetchRssFeedItems,
  replaceRssFeedItems,
+  fetchWeatherLocationsData,
+  fetchWeatherLocationsPage,
+  fetchWeatherLocationById,
+  fetchWeatherLocationSuggestions,
+  fetchWeatherLocationForecast,
+  buildWeatherLocationPayload,
  fetchScreenById,
  fetchScreenEditData,
  fetchScreenPlayerUrls,
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Persistent player registration and heartbeat helpers shared by the web app and bridge.
+
 function normalizeDeviceId(value) {
  return String(value || '')
    .trim()
@@ -92,15 +94,19 @@ async function upsertPlayerRegistration(pool, options) {
    return null;
  }

+  await pool.query(
+    `UPDATE d_players
+        SET public_base_url = ?, internal_base_url = ?, last_seen_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+      WHERE identifier = ?`,
+    [publicBaseUrl || null, internalBaseUrl || null, identifier]
+  );
  await pool.query(
    `INSERT INTO d_players (identifier, public_base_url, internal_base_url, last_seen_at)
-     VALUES (?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
-     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
-       public_base_url = VALUES(public_base_url),
-       internal_base_url = VALUES(internal_base_url),
-       last_seen_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-       modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`,
-    [identifier, publicBaseUrl || null, internalBaseUrl || null]
+     SELECT ?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+      WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM d_players WHERE identifier = ?
+      )`,
+    [identifier, publicBaseUrl || null, internalBaseUrl || null, identifier]
  );

  return resolvePlayerRegistration(pool, identifier);
@@ -115,15 +121,22 @@ async function recordPlayerHeartbeat(pool, options) {
    return null;
  }

+  await pool.query(
+    `UPDATE d_players
+        SET public_base_url = COALESCE(?, public_base_url),
+            internal_base_url = COALESCE(?, internal_base_url),
+            last_seen_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+            modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+      WHERE identifier = ?`,
+    [publicBaseUrl || null, internalBaseUrl || null, identifier]
+  );
  await pool.query(
    `INSERT INTO d_players (identifier, public_base_url, internal_base_url, last_seen_at)
-     VALUES (?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
-     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
-       public_base_url = COALESCE(VALUES(public_base_url), public_base_url),
-       internal_base_url = COALESCE(VALUES(internal_base_url), internal_base_url),
-       last_seen_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
-       modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`,
-    [identifier, publicBaseUrl || null, internalBaseUrl || null]
+     SELECT ?, ?, ?, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+      WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM d_players WHERE identifier = ?
+      )`,
+    [identifier, publicBaseUrl || null, internalBaseUrl || null, identifier]
  );

  return resolvePlayerRegistration(pool, identifier);
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// QR code generation helpers for player onboarding and administrative links.
+
 const path = require('path');
 const QRCodeStyling = require(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'web', 'public', 'vendor', 'qr-code-styling', 'qr-code-styling.js'));
 const QR_PNG_WIDTH = 2048;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function normalizeUpdateIntervalUnit(value) {

 async function fetchRssFeedsData(pool) {
  const [rssFeeds] = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT id, name, feed_url, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, item_limit, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_rss_feeds ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC'
+    'SELECT id, name, feed_url, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, item_limit, last_pulled_at, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_rss_feeds ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC'
  );

  return { rssFeeds: rssFeeds };
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ async function fetchRssFeedsData(pool) {

 async function fetchRssFeedsPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, sortDirection) {
  const paged = await fetchPagedRows(pool, {
-    selectSql: 'SELECT id, name, feed_url, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, item_limit, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_rss_feeds ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC',
+    selectSql: 'SELECT id, name, feed_url, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, item_limit, last_pulled_at, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_rss_feeds ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC',
    countSql: 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM i_rss_feeds',
    searchColumns: ['name', 'feed_url'],
    searchTerm: searchTerm,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ async function fetchRssFeedsPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, sort

 async function fetchRssFeedById(pool, id) {
  const [rows] = await pool.query(
-    'SELECT id, name, feed_url, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, item_limit, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_rss_feeds WHERE id = ?',
+    'SELECT id, name, feed_url, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, item_limit, last_pulled_at, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_rss_feeds WHERE id = ?',
    [id]
  );

@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ async function buildTemplateContent(pool, template, body, filesByField, existing
      content[region.region_key] = {
        type: 'rss',
        value: stripEditorOnlyMarkup(normalizeEditorMarkup(submitted === undefined ? String(current.value || '') : String(submitted || ''))),
-        feed_id: feedId === undefined || feedId === null || feedId === '' ? (current.feed_id || null) : Number(feedId),
+        feed_id: feedId === undefined || feedId === null ? (current.feed_id || null) : (feedId === '' ? null : Number(feedId)),
        item_number: Math.min(itemCount, Number.isFinite(parsedItemNumber) && parsedItemNumber > 0 ? parsedItemNumber : 1),
        variable_name: 'item',
        font_family: style.font_family,
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ async function buildTemplateContent(pool, template, body, filesByField, existing
      content[region.region_key] = {
        type: 'api',
        value: stripEditorOnlyMarkup(normalizeEditorMarkup(submitted === undefined ? String(current.value || '') : String(submitted || ''))),
-        source_id: sourceId === undefined || sourceId === null || sourceId === '' ? (current.source_id || null) : Number(sourceId),
+        source_id: sourceId === undefined || sourceId === null ? (current.source_id || null) : (sourceId === '' ? null : Number(sourceId)),
        item_number: Number.isFinite(parsedItemNumber) && parsedItemNumber > 0 ? parsedItemNumber : 1,
        items_path: itemsPath === undefined || itemsPath === null ? (current.items_path === undefined || current.items_path === null ? '' : String(current.items_path)) : String(itemsPath || '').trim(),
        variable_name: 'item',
@@ -444,7 +444,22 @@ async function buildTemplateContent(pool, template, body, filesByField, existing
        font_size: style.font_size,
        font_color: style.font_color
      };
-    } else if (!['text', 'image', 'video', 'webpage', 'qr-code', 'html', 'rtmp', 'rss', 'api'].includes(String(region.region_type || '').trim())) {
+    } else if (region.region_type === 'weather') {
+      const current = existingContent && existingContent[region.region_key] ? existingContent[region.region_key] : {};
+      const locationId = body[`region_weather_location_id_${region.id}`];
+      const submittedForecastMode = body[`region_weather_forecast_mode_${region.id}`];
+      const forecastMode = ['current', 'hourly'].includes(submittedForecastMode) ? submittedForecastMode : 'daily';
+      const style = getTextRegionStyle(body, region, existingContent);
+      content[region.region_key] = {
+        type: 'weather',
+        value: body[`region_text_${region.id}`] !== undefined ? String(body[`region_text_${region.id}`] || '') : String(current.value || ''),
+        weather_location_id: locationId === undefined || locationId === null ? (current.weather_location_id || null) : (locationId === '' ? null : Number(locationId)),
+        forecast_mode: body[`region_weather_forecast_mode_${region.id}`] === undefined ? (['current', 'hourly'].includes(current.forecast_mode) ? current.forecast_mode : 'daily') : forecastMode,
+        font_family: style.font_family,
+        font_size: style.font_size,
+        font_color: style.font_color
+      };
+    } else if (!['text', 'image', 'video', 'webpage', 'qr-code', 'html', 'rtmp', 'rss', 'api', 'weather'].includes(String(region.region_type || '').trim())) {
      const current = existingContent && existingContent[region.region_key] && typeof existingContent[region.region_key] === 'object' ? existingContent[region.region_key] : {};
      const suffix = '_' + region.id;
      const generic = {};
@@ -14,6 +14,39 @@ function sanitizeBackgroundColor(value) {
  return '#111111';
 }

+function normalizeBackgroundGradient(value) {
+  let gradient = value;
+  if (typeof gradient === 'string') {
+    try {
+      gradient = JSON.parse(gradient);
+    } catch (_error) {
+      gradient = null;
+    }
+  }
+  if (!gradient || typeof gradient !== 'object' || Array.isArray(gradient)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const sourceStops = Array.isArray(gradient.stops) && gradient.stops.length
+    ? gradient.stops
+    : (Array.isArray(gradient.colors) ? gradient.colors.map((color, index, colors) => ({
+      color,
+      position: colors.length > 1 ? Math.round((index / (colors.length - 1)) * 100) : 0
+    })) : []);
+  const stops = sourceStops.slice(0, 12).map((stop) => ({
+    color: sanitizeBackgroundColor(stop && stop.color),
+    position: Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Number.isFinite(Number(stop && stop.position)) ? Number(stop.position) : 0))
+  }));
+  if (stops.length < 2) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const angle = Number(gradient.angle);
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    type: 'linear',
+    stops,
+    angle: Number.isFinite(angle) ? Math.max(0, Math.min(360, angle)) : 90
+  });
+}
+
 function normalizeTemplateRegionType(value) {
  const rawType = String(value || 'text').trim();
  return rawType || 'text';
@@ -106,7 +139,7 @@ function ensureUniqueTemplateRegionNames(regions) {

 async function fetchTemplateById(pool, id) {
  const [templates] = await pool.query(`
-    SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
+    SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.background_gradient, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
           cs.name AS canvas_size_name, cs.width AS canvas_size_width, cs.height AS canvas_size_height
    FROM c_templates st
    LEFT JOIN c_canvas_sizes cs ON cs.id = st.canvas_size_id
@@ -123,7 +156,7 @@ async function fetchTemplateById(pool, id) {

 async function fetchTemplatesData(pool) {
  const [templates] = await pool.query(`
-    SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
+    SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.background_gradient, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
           cs.name AS canvas_size_name, cs.width AS canvas_size_width, cs.height AS canvas_size_height
    FROM c_templates st
    LEFT JOIN c_canvas_sizes cs ON cs.id = st.canvas_size_id
@@ -212,6 +245,10 @@ async function buildTemplatePayload(pool, req, existingTemplate) {
  const backgroundImage = filesByField.background_image;
  const removeBackgroundImage = Boolean(req.body.remove_background_image);
  const backgroundColor = sanitizeBackgroundColor(req.body.background_color || (existingTemplate && existingTemplate.background_color));
+  const submittedBackgroundGradient = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(req.body, 'background_gradient')
+    ? req.body.background_gradient
+    : existingTemplate && existingTemplate.background_gradient;
+  const backgroundGradient = normalizeBackgroundGradient(submittedBackgroundGradient);
  const backgroundImagePath = backgroundImage
    ? `/media/uploads/${backgroundImage.filename}`
    : removeBackgroundImage
@@ -256,6 +293,7 @@ async function buildTemplatePayload(pool, req, existingTemplate) {
    canvasSizeHeight: canvasHeight,
    backgroundImagePath,
    backgroundColor,
+    backgroundGradient,
    regions
  };
 }
@@ -265,5 +303,6 @@ module.exports = {
  fetchTemplatesData,
  extractTemplateRegions,
  buildTemplatePayload,
+  normalizeBackgroundGradient,
  parseJsonSafe
 };
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Convert cached weather snapshots for display without refetching.
+
+function convertTemperature(value, fromUnit, toUnit) {
+  const number = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(number) || fromUnit === toUnit) return value;
+  const converted = toUnit === 'fahrenheit' ? number * 9 / 5 + 32 : (number - 32) * 5 / 9;
+  return Math.round(converted * 10) / 10;
+}
+
+function convertWind(value, fromUnit, toUnit) {
+  const number = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(number) || fromUnit === toUnit) return value;
+  const metresPerSecond = fromUnit === 'mph' ? number * 0.44704 : fromUnit === 'kmh' ? number / 3.6 : number;
+  const converted = toUnit === 'mph' ? metresPerSecond / 0.44704 : toUnit === 'kmh' ? metresPerSecond * 3.6 : metresPerSecond;
+  return Math.round(converted * 10) / 10;
+}
+
+function convertPrecipitation(value, fromUnit, toUnit) {
+  const number = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(number) || fromUnit === toUnit) return value;
+  const converted = toUnit === 'inch' ? number / 25.4 : number * 25.4;
+  return Math.round(converted * 100) / 100;
+}
+
+function temperatureUnitFromLabel(label) {
+  return /f/i.test(String(label || '')) ? 'fahrenheit' : 'celsius';
+}
+
+function windUnitFromLabel(label) {
+  const value = String(label || '').toLowerCase();
+  return value.includes('mph') ? 'mph' : value.includes('m/s') ? 'ms' : 'kmh';
+}
+
+function precipitationUnitFromLabel(label) {
+  return /in/i.test(String(label || '')) ? 'inch' : 'mm';
+}
+
+function convertField(data, fields, converter, fromUnit, toUnit) {
+  fields.forEach(function (field) {
+    if (data[field] === undefined || data[field] === null) return;
+    data[field] = Array.isArray(data[field])
+      ? data[field].map(function (value) { return converter(value, fromUnit, toUnit); })
+      : converter(data[field], fromUnit, toUnit);
+  });
+}
+
+function convertWeatherSnapshot(snapshot, targetUnits) {
+  const source = snapshot && typeof snapshot === 'object' ? snapshot : {};
+  const target = Object.assign({ temperature: 'celsius', wind: 'kmh', precipitation: 'mm' }, targetUnits || {});
+  const result = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(source));
+  const currentUnits = source.current_units || {};
+  const hourlyUnits = source.hourly_units || currentUnits;
+  const dailyUnits = source.daily_units || currentUnits;
+
+  convertField(result.current || {}, ['temperature_2m', 'apparent_temperature'], convertTemperature, temperatureUnitFromLabel(currentUnits.temperature_2m), target.temperature);
+  convertField(result.current || {}, ['wind_speed_10m'], convertWind, windUnitFromLabel(currentUnits.wind_speed_10m), target.wind);
+  convertField(result.current || {}, ['precipitation', 'rain'], convertPrecipitation, precipitationUnitFromLabel(currentUnits.precipitation), target.precipitation);
+  convertField(result.hourly || {}, ['temperature_2m'], convertTemperature, temperatureUnitFromLabel(hourlyUnits.temperature_2m), target.temperature);
+  convertField(result.hourly || {}, ['wind_speed_10m'], convertWind, windUnitFromLabel(hourlyUnits.wind_speed_10m), target.wind);
+  convertField(result.hourly || {}, ['precipitation'], convertPrecipitation, precipitationUnitFromLabel(hourlyUnits.precipitation), target.precipitation);
+  convertField(result.daily || {}, ['temperature_2m_max', 'temperature_2m_min'], convertTemperature, temperatureUnitFromLabel(dailyUnits.temperature_2m_max), target.temperature);
+  convertField(result.daily || {}, ['wind_speed_10m_max'], convertWind, windUnitFromLabel(dailyUnits.wind_speed_10m_max), target.wind);
+  convertField(result.daily || {}, ['precipitation_sum'], convertPrecipitation, precipitationUnitFromLabel(dailyUnits.precipitation_sum), target.precipitation);
+  return result;
+}
+
+module.exports = { convertWeatherSnapshot };
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+// Weather location data access and form normalization.
+
+const { fetchPagedRows, validateMaxLength } = require('./utils');
+const { fetchAppSettings } = require('./app-settings');
+
+const NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
+const LOCATION_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
+const TIMEZONE_MAX_LENGTH = 128;
+const PROVIDERS = ['open-meteo', 'pirate-weather'];
+const TEMPERATURE_UNITS = ['celsius', 'fahrenheit'];
+const WIND_UNITS = ['kmh', 'mph', 'ms'];
+const PRECIPITATION_UNITS = ['mm', 'inch'];
+
+async function fetchWeatherLocationSuggestions(query) {
+  const search = validateMaxLength(query, LOCATION_MAX_LENGTH, 'Location search');
+  if (!search) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch('https://geocoding-api.open-meteo.com/v1/search?name=' + encodeURIComponent(search) + '&count=8&language=en&format=json', {
+    headers: { Accept: 'application/json', 'User-Agent': 'Pulse Signage weather location lookup' }
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error('Weather location lookup failed.');
+  }
+  const data = await response.json();
+  return (Array.isArray(data.results) ? data.results : []).map(function (result) {
+    return {
+      label: [result.name, result.admin1, result.country].filter(Boolean).join(', '),
+      latitude: Number(result.latitude),
+      longitude: Number(result.longitude),
+      timezone: String(result.timezone || '')
+    };
+  }).filter(function (result) {
+    return result.label && Number.isFinite(result.latitude) && Number.isFinite(result.longitude) && result.timezone;
+  });
+}
+
+function normalizeChoice(value, choices, fallback) {
+  const normalized = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  return choices.includes(normalized) ? normalized : fallback;
+}
+
+async function fetchWeatherLocationsPage(pool, page, pageSize, searchTerm, sortKey, sortDirection) {
+  const paged = await fetchPagedRows(pool, {
+    selectSql: 'SELECT id, name, location_label, latitude, longitude, timezone, provider, temperature_unit, wind_unit, precipitation_unit, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, created_at, modified_at FROM i_weather_locations ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC',
+    countSql: 'SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM i_weather_locations',
+    searchColumns: ['name', 'location_label', 'timezone', 'provider'],
+    searchTerm: searchTerm,
+    sortColumns: {
+      name: 'name',
+      location: 'location_label',
+      provider: 'provider',
+      interval: ['update_interval_value', 'update_interval_unit'],
+      last_pulled: 'last_pulled_at',
+      modified: 'modified_at'
+    },
+    sortKey: sortKey,
+    sortDirection: sortDirection,
+    page: page,
+    pageSize: pageSize
+  });
+  return Object.assign({ weatherLocations: paged.rows }, paged);
+}
+
+async function fetchWeatherLocationsData(pool) {
+  const [rows] = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, location_label, latitude, longitude, timezone, provider, temperature_unit, wind_unit, precipitation_unit, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at FROM i_weather_locations ORDER BY modified_at DESC, id DESC');
+  return { weatherLocations: rows };
+}
+
+async function fetchWeatherLocationById(pool, id) {
+  const [rows] = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, location_label, latitude, longitude, timezone, provider, temperature_unit, wind_unit, precipitation_unit, enabled, update_interval_value, update_interval_unit, last_pulled_at, last_pull_error, last_response_json, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM i_weather_locations WHERE id = ?', [id]);
+  return rows[0] || null;
+}
+
+async function fetchWeatherLocationForecast(pool, location) {
+  const source = location || {};
+  const settings = await fetchAppSettings(pool);
+  const latitude = Number(source.latitude);
+  const longitude = Number(source.longitude);
+  const temperatureUnit = source.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? 'fahrenheit' : 'celsius';
+  const windUnit = source.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : source.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'ms' : 'kmh';
+  const precipitationUnit = source.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'inch' : 'mm';
+  let url;
+  let headers = { Accept: 'application/json', 'User-Agent': 'Pulse Signage weather reader' };
+
+  if (source.provider === 'pirate-weather') {
+    const apiKey = String(settings['weather.pirate_weather_api_key'] || '').trim();
+    if (!apiKey) throw new Error('Pirate Weather API key is not configured.');
+    url = 'https://api.pirateweather.net/forecast/' + encodeURIComponent(apiKey) + '/' + latitude + ',' + longitude + '?units=' + (temperatureUnit === 'fahrenheit' ? 'us' : 'si');
+  } else {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({ latitude: String(latitude), longitude: String(longitude), timezone: String(source.timezone || 'auto'), forecast_days: '7', forecast_hours: '24', current: 'temperature_2m,relative_humidity_2m,apparent_temperature,is_day,precipitation,rain,weather_code,wind_speed_10m,wind_direction_10m,uv_index,cloud_cover', hourly: 'temperature_2m,precipitation_probability,precipitation,weather_code,wind_speed_10m,uv_index,cloud_cover', daily: 'weather_code,temperature_2m_max,temperature_2m_min,sunrise,sunset,precipitation_probability_max,precipitation_sum,wind_speed_10m_max,uv_index_max,cloud_cover_mean', temperature_unit: temperatureUnit, wind_speed_unit: windUnit, precipitation_unit: precipitationUnit });
+    const apiKey = String(settings['weather.open_meteo_api_key'] || '').trim();
+    if (apiKey) params.set('apikey', apiKey);
+    url = 'https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?' + params.toString();
+  }
+
+  const response = await fetch(url, { headers: headers });
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Weather provider returned HTTP ' + response.status + '.');
+  const snapshot = await response.json();
+  return { snapshot: snapshot, responseJson: JSON.stringify(snapshot), fetchedAt: new Date() };
+}
+
+function buildWeatherLocationPayload(req, existingLocation) {
+  const body = req && req.body ? req.body : {};
+  const fallback = existingLocation || {};
+  const name = validateMaxLength(body.name || fallback.name || '', NAME_MAX_LENGTH, 'Weather location name');
+  const locationLabel = validateMaxLength(body.location_label || fallback.location_label || '', LOCATION_MAX_LENGTH, 'Location label');
+  const latitude = Number(body.latitude !== undefined ? body.latitude : fallback.latitude);
+  const longitude = Number(body.longitude !== undefined ? body.longitude : fallback.longitude);
+  const timezone = validateMaxLength(body.timezone || fallback.timezone || '', TIMEZONE_MAX_LENGTH, 'Timezone');
+  const provider = normalizeChoice(body.provider || fallback.provider, PROVIDERS, 'open-meteo');
+  const temperatureUnit = normalizeChoice(body.temperature_unit || fallback.temperature_unit, TEMPERATURE_UNITS, 'celsius');
+  const windUnit = normalizeChoice(body.wind_unit || fallback.wind_unit, WIND_UNITS, 'kmh');
+  const precipitationUnit = normalizeChoice(body.precipitation_unit || fallback.precipitation_unit, PRECIPITATION_UNITS, 'mm');
+  const updateIntervalValue = Number(body.update_interval_value || fallback.update_interval_value || 30);
+  const updateIntervalUnit = normalizeChoice(body.update_interval_unit || fallback.update_interval_unit, ['minutes', 'hours'], 'minutes');
+
+  if (!name || !locationLabel || !timezone) {
+    const error = new Error('Name, location label, and timezone are required.');
+    error.statusCode = 400;
+    throw error;
+  }
+  if (!Number.isFinite(latitude) || latitude < -90 || latitude > 90 || !Number.isFinite(longitude) || longitude < -180 || longitude > 180) {
+    const error = new Error('Latitude must be between -90 and 90, and longitude must be between -180 and 180.');
+    error.statusCode = 400;
+    throw error;
+  }
+  if (!Number.isInteger(updateIntervalValue) || updateIntervalValue < 1 || updateIntervalValue > 1440) {
+    const error = new Error('Update interval must be a whole number between 1 and 1440.');
+    error.statusCode = 400;
+    throw error;
+  }
+
+  return { name, locationLabel, latitude, longitude, timezone, provider, temperatureUnit, windUnit, precipitationUnit, updateIntervalValue, updateIntervalUnit };
+}
+
+module.exports = { fetchWeatherLocationsData, fetchWeatherLocationsPage, fetchWeatherLocationById, fetchWeatherLocationSuggestions, fetchWeatherLocationForecast, buildWeatherLocationPayload, PROVIDERS, TEMPERATURE_UNITS, WIND_UNITS, PRECIPITATION_UNITS };
@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@ async function bootstrapDatabase(pool) {
  }

  for (const permission of PERMISSIONS) {
+    await pool.query(
+      `UPDATE a_permissions
+          SET name = ?, section_name = ?, description = ?, modified_by = ?
+        WHERE permission_key = ?`,
+      [permission.name, permission.sectionName, permission.description || null, null, permission.key]
+    );
    await pool.query(
      `INSERT INTO a_permissions (permission_key, name, section_name, description, created_by, modified_by)
-       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-       ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE name = VALUES(name), section_name = VALUES(section_name), description = VALUES(description), modified_by = VALUES(modified_by)` ,
-      [permission.key, permission.name, permission.sectionName, permission.description || null, null, null]
+       SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
+        WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+          SELECT 1 FROM a_permissions WHERE permission_key = ?
+        )`,
+      [permission.key, permission.name, permission.sectionName, permission.description || null, null, null, permission.key]
    );
  }

@@ -35,20 +43,37 @@ async function bootstrapDatabase(pool) {
    );
  }

+  const [legacyRoleRows] = await pool.query('SELECT id FROM a_roles WHERE role_key = ? LIMIT 1', ['administrators']);
+  const [currentRoleRows] = await pool.query('SELECT id FROM a_roles WHERE role_key = ? LIMIT 1', [DEFAULT_ROLE.key]);
+  if (legacyRoleRows.length && !currentRoleRows.length) {
+    await pool.query(
+      `UPDATE a_roles
+          SET role_key = ?, name = ?, description = ?, modified_by = ?
+        WHERE role_key = ?`,
+      [DEFAULT_ROLE.key, DEFAULT_ROLE.name, DEFAULT_ROLE.description || null, null, 'administrators']
+    );
+  }
+
  await pool.query(
    `INSERT INTO a_roles (role_key, name, description, created_by, modified_by)
-     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
-     ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE name = VALUES(name), description = VALUES(description), modified_by = VALUES(modified_by)`,
-    [DEFAULT_ROLE.key, DEFAULT_ROLE.name, DEFAULT_ROLE.description || null, null, null]
+     SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
+      WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM a_roles WHERE role_key = ?
+      )`,
+    [DEFAULT_ROLE.key, DEFAULT_ROLE.name, DEFAULT_ROLE.description || null, null, null, DEFAULT_ROLE.key]
  );

  const [defaultRoleRows] = await pool.query('SELECT id FROM a_roles WHERE role_key = ? LIMIT 1', [DEFAULT_ROLE.key]);
  const defaultRoleId = defaultRoleRows.length ? Number(defaultRoleRows[0].id) : null;
  if (defaultRoleId) {
    await pool.query(
-      `INSERT IGNORE INTO a_role_permissions (role_id, permission_id, created_by, modified_by)
-       SELECT ?, id, NULL, NULL FROM a_permissions`,
-      [defaultRoleId]
+      `INSERT INTO a_role_permissions (role_id, permission_id, created_by, modified_by)
+       SELECT ?, permissions.id, NULL, NULL
+         FROM a_permissions permissions
+         LEFT JOIN a_role_permissions existing
+           ON existing.role_id = ? AND existing.permission_id = permissions.id
+        WHERE existing.id IS NULL`,
+      [defaultRoleId, defaultRoleId]
    );
  }

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Database pool setup and lifecycle maintenance for persisted onboarding devices.
+
 const mysql = require('mysql2/promise');

 function createPool() {
@@ -15,13 +17,34 @@ function createPool() {
 }

 async function pruneStaleOnboardingDevices(pool) {
+  // Uncompleted pairings expire quickly; completed bindings use their persisted heartbeat instead.
  await pool.query(
    `DELETE FROM d_onboarding_devices
-     WHERE modified_at < (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL 1 MINUTE)`
+     WHERE (screen_id IS NULL
+           AND modified_at < (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL 15 MINUTE))
+        OR (last_seen_at IS NOT NULL
+            AND last_seen_at < (CURRENT_TIMESTAMP - INTERVAL 24 HOUR))`
+  );
+}
+
+async function touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen(pool, deviceId) {
+  const deviceIds = (Array.isArray(deviceId) ? deviceId : [deviceId])
+    .map(function (value) { return String(value || '').trim(); })
+    .filter(Boolean);
+  if (!deviceIds.length) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  await pool.query(
+    `UPDATE d_onboarding_devices
+        SET last_seen_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+      WHERE device_id IN (${deviceIds.map(function () { return '?'; }).join(', ')})`,
+    deviceIds
  );
 }

 module.exports = {
  createPool,
-  pruneStaleOnboardingDevices
+  pruneStaleOnboardingDevices,
+  touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen
 };
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Schema initialization, migration execution, and database bootstrap helpers.
+
 const { version: appVersion } = require('#root/package.json');
 const { compareVersions, detectSchemaVersion, getPendingMigrations, recordSchemaVersion, runMigrations } = require('./migrations');

@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ async function ensureSchema(pool, options) {
      canvas_size_id INT NULL,
      background_image_path VARCHAR(512) NULL,
      background_color VARCHAR(32) NULL,
+      background_gradient LONGTEXT NULL,
      created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
      created_by INT NULL,
      modified_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
@@ -203,9 +206,11 @@ async function ensureSchema(pool, options) {
      id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
      name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
      feed_url VARCHAR(1024) NOT NULL,
+      enabled TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
      update_interval_value INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 60,
      update_interval_unit VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'minutes',
      item_limit INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+      last_pulled_at DATETIME NULL,
      created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
      created_by INT NULL,
      modified_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
@@ -233,6 +238,21 @@ async function ensureSchema(pool, options) {
      id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
      name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
      api_url VARCHAR(1024) NOT NULL,
+      request_method VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'GET',
+      request_body_json MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+      auth_method VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'none',
+      auth_username VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+      auth_password MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+      auth_bearer_token MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+      auth_header_name VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+      auth_header_value MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+      token_url VARCHAR(1024) NULL,
+      token_request_body_json MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+      token_response_path VARCHAR(255) NULL DEFAULT 'access_token',
+      token_header_name VARCHAR(255) NULL DEFAULT 'Authorization',
+      token_header_prefix VARCHAR(64) NULL DEFAULT 'Bearer',
+      items_path VARCHAR(255) NULL,
+      enabled TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
      update_interval_value INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 60,
      update_interval_unit VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'minutes',
      last_pulled_at TIMESTAMP NULL,
@@ -247,6 +267,32 @@ async function ensureSchema(pool, options) {
    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
  `);

+  await pool.query(`
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS i_weather_locations (
+      id BIGINT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+      name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+      location_label VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+      latitude DECIMAL(9,6) NOT NULL,
+      longitude DECIMAL(9,6) NOT NULL,
+      timezone VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+      provider VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'open-meteo',
+      temperature_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'celsius',
+      wind_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'kmh',
+      precipitation_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'mm',
+      enabled TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+      update_interval_value INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 30,
+      update_interval_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'minutes',
+      last_pulled_at DATETIME NULL,
+      last_pull_error VARCHAR(1024) NULL,
+      last_response_json MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+      created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+      created_by INT NULL,
+      modified_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+      modified_by INT NULL,
+      INDEX idx_weather_locations_modified_at (modified_at)
+    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+  `);
+
  await pool.query(`
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS i_timetable_groups (
      id INT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
@@ -287,6 +333,7 @@ async function ensureSchema(pool, options) {
      created_by INT NULL,
      modified_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
      modified_by INT NULL,
+      last_seen_at TIMESTAMP NULL,
      CONSTRAINT fk_player_onboarding_devices_screen FOREIGN KEY (screen_id) REFERENCES d_screens(id) ON DELETE SET NULL
    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
  `);
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Ordered database migrations kept independent from the application version.
+
 const { version: appVersion } = require('#root/package.json');
 const TIMETABLE_TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/London';
 const APP_STATE_TABLE = 'o_app_state';
@@ -492,6 +494,73 @@ const VERSIONED_MIGRATIONS = [
            AND permissions.permission_key = 'audit-log.allow'`
      );
    }
+  },
+  {
+    version: '2.8.7',
+    label: 'v2.8.7 API request and token authentication schema',
+    run: async function (pool) {
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'request_method', "VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'GET'", 'api_url');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'request_body_json', 'MEDIUMTEXT NULL', 'request_method');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'token_url', 'VARCHAR(1024) NULL', 'auth_header_value');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'token_request_body_json', 'MEDIUMTEXT NULL', 'token_url');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'token_response_path', "VARCHAR(255) NULL DEFAULT 'access_token'", 'token_request_body_json');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'token_header_name', "VARCHAR(255) NULL DEFAULT 'Authorization'", 'token_response_path');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'token_header_prefix', "VARCHAR(64) NULL DEFAULT 'Bearer'", 'token_header_name');
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    version: '2.8.8',
+    label: 'v2.8.8 weather locations and RSS collection timestamps schema',
+    run: async function (pool) {
+      await pool.query(`
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS i_weather_locations (
+          id BIGINT AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
+          name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+          location_label VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+          latitude DECIMAL(9,6) NOT NULL,
+          longitude DECIMAL(9,6) NOT NULL,
+          timezone VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+          provider VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'open-meteo',
+          temperature_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'celsius',
+          wind_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'kmh',
+          precipitation_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'mm',
+          update_interval_value INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 30,
+          update_interval_unit VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'minutes',
+          last_pulled_at DATETIME NULL,
+          last_pull_error VARCHAR(1024) NULL,
+          last_response_json MEDIUMTEXT NULL,
+          created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+          created_by INT NULL,
+          modified_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+          modified_by INT NULL,
+          INDEX idx_weather_locations_modified_at (modified_at)
+        ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
+      `);
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_rss_feeds', 'last_pulled_at', 'DATETIME NULL', 'item_limit');
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    version: '2.8.9',
+    label: 'v2.8.9 data source enablement schema',
+    run: async function (pool) {
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_api_sources', 'enabled', 'TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1', 'api_url');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_rss_feeds', 'enabled', 'TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1', 'feed_url');
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'i_weather_locations', 'enabled', 'TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1', 'precipitation_unit');
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    version: '2.10.1',
+    label: 'v2.10.1 template background gradient schema',
+    run: async function (pool) {
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'c_templates', 'background_gradient', 'LONGTEXT NULL', 'background_color');
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    version: '2.10.2',
+    label: 'v2.10.2 onboarding client last-seen schema',
+    run: async function (pool) {
+      await ensureColumn(pool, 'd_onboarding_devices', 'last_seen_at', 'TIMESTAMP NULL', 'screen_id');
+    }
  }
 ];

@@ -538,7 +607,7 @@ async function detectSchemaVersion(pool) {
  const scheduleGroupsExists = await tableExists(pool, 'i_schedule_groups');
  const scheduleEntriesExists = await tableExists(pool, 'i_schedule_entries');

-  if ((timetableGroupsExists || timetableEntriesExists) && !scheduleGroupsExists && !scheduleEntriesExists) {
+  if (timetableGroupsExists && timetableEntriesExists && !scheduleGroupsExists && !scheduleEntriesExists) {
    return '2.6.18';
  }

@@ -556,9 +625,14 @@ async function recordSchemaVersion(pool, version) {
    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci`
  );

+  const stateValue = String(version || appVersion || '0.0.0').trim();
  await pool.query(
-    'INSERT INTO ' + APP_STATE_TABLE + ' (state_key, state_value) VALUES (?, ?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE state_value = VALUES(state_value)',
-    [APP_STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION_KEY, String(version || appVersion || '0.0.0').trim()]
+    'UPDATE ' + APP_STATE_TABLE + ' SET state_value = ? WHERE state_key = ?',
+    [stateValue, APP_STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION_KEY]
+  );
+  await pool.query(
+    'INSERT INTO ' + APP_STATE_TABLE + ' (state_key, state_value) SELECT ?, ? WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM ' + APP_STATE_TABLE + ' WHERE state_key = ?)',
+    [APP_STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION_KEY, stateValue, APP_STATE_SCHEMA_VERSION_KEY]
  );
 }

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Thin-client bridge for player registration, snapshots, commands, and heartbeats.
+
 const express = require('express');
 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -8,11 +10,11 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const { verifyRequestAuth, createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
 const { normalizeDeviceId, upsertPlayerRegistration, recordPlayerHeartbeat } = require('#src/data/player-registry');
 const { createPlayerPlaylistService } = require('../player/playlist');
-const { buildThumbnailPreviewData } = require('../player/thumbnail-preview');
 const { commitDeviceBinding, bindPlayerToScreen, getOnboardingStatus, getPlayerPublicBaseUrl } = require('../player/onboarding');
 const { createStyledQrCodeSvg } = require('../data/qr-code');
 const { verifyPageAuthToken } = require('#src/request-auth');

+
 function createThinClientConfig() {
  return {
    port: Number(process.env.THIN_CLIENT_PORT || 8090),
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ async function start() {
  const playerPlaylistService = createPlayerPlaylistService({
    pool: pool,
    common: common,
+    mediaDir: config.mediaDir,
    snapshotDir: path.join(config.mediaDir, 'player-cache', 'screen-playlists')
  });
  app.use(express.json());
@@ -353,6 +356,27 @@ async function start() {
    return socket && socket.playerDeviceId ? String(socket.playerDeviceId).trim() : '';
  }

+  function findPlayerByPairingCode(pairingCode) {
+    const normalizedCode = String(pairingCode || '').trim().toUpperCase();
+    if (!normalizedCode) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    for (const [deviceId, socket] of playerSockets.entries()) {
+      const pairingCodes = socket && Array.isArray(socket.pairingSessions)
+        ? socket.pairingSessions.map(function (entry) { return entry.code; })
+        : (socket && Array.isArray(socket.pairingCodes) ? socket.pairingCodes : [socket && socket.pairingCode]);
+      if (socket && pairingCodes.some(function (code) {
+        return String(code || '').trim().toUpperCase() === normalizedCode;
+      })) {
+        const session = socket.pairingSessions && socket.pairingSessions.find(function (entry) {
+          return String(entry.code || '').trim().toUpperCase() === normalizedCode;
+        });
+        return { deviceId: deviceId, socket: socket, clientId: session && session.clientId ? session.clientId : null, code: normalizedCode };
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
  function removeConnectedPlayerSocket(socket) {
    if (!socket || !socket.playerDeviceId) {
      return false;
@@ -435,7 +459,21 @@ async function start() {

  function storeScreenSnapshot(slug, connections, deviceIds) {
    const key = String(slug || '').trim();
-    const normalizedConnections = Array.isArray(connections) ? connections : [];
+    const normalizedConnections = [];
+    const connectionIndexes = new Map();
+    (Array.isArray(connections) ? connections : []).forEach(function (connection) {
+      const identity = connection && typeof connection === 'object'
+        ? [String(connection.deviceId || '').trim(), String(connection.clientId || '').trim()].join('|')
+        : '';
+      if (!identity || !connectionIndexes.has(identity)) {
+        if (identity) {
+          connectionIndexes.set(identity, normalizedConnections.length);
+        }
+        normalizedConnections.push(connection);
+        return;
+      }
+      normalizedConnections[connectionIndexes.get(identity)] = connection;
+    });
    const normalizedDeviceIds = Array.isArray(deviceIds) ? deviceIds.map(function (value) {
      return normalizeDeviceId(value);
    }).filter(Boolean) : [];
@@ -513,6 +551,21 @@ async function start() {
    };
  }

+  function requireOnboardingAuth(req, res, next) {
+    const token = String(req.headers['x-pulse-page-auth'] || '').trim();
+    const payload = verifyPageAuthToken(token);
+    if (payload && ['onboarding', 'player'].indexOf(String(payload.scope || '').trim()) !== -1) {
+      req.playerPageAuth = payload;
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    if (verifyRequestAuth(req)) {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Onboarding authentication required.' });
+  }
+
  app.get('/api/media/config', requireRequestAuth, function (_req, res) {
    res.json({
      mediaDir: config.mediaDir,
@@ -616,6 +669,16 @@ async function start() {
        }, response && typeof response === 'object' ? response : {});
      }));

+      logBridge('Screen command result', {
+        screenSlug: slug,
+        command: command,
+        connectionId: connectionId || null,
+        targets: targetPlayers.map(function (target) { return target.deviceId; }),
+        results: results.map(function (result) {
+          return { playerIdentifier: result.playerIdentifier, ok: result.ok, status: result.status, error: result.error || null };
+        })
+      });
+
      res.json({
        ok: true,
        screenSlug: slug,
@@ -629,12 +692,45 @@ async function start() {
    }
  });

+  app.post('/api/screens/:slug/announcements/refresh', requireRequestAuth, function (req, res) {
+    const slug = String(req.params.slug || '').trim();
+    if (!slug) {
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Screen slug is required.' });
+    }
+
+    const targetPlayers = Array.from(playerSockets.values()).filter(function (socket) {
+      return socket && socket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN;
+    }).map(function (socket) {
+      return { socket: socket };
+    });
+    let sent = 0;
+    targetPlayers.forEach(function (target) {
+      if (!target || !target.socket || target.socket.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        target.socket.send(JSON.stringify({
+          type: 'command',
+          command: 'announcement-refresh',
+          screenSlug: slug,
+          sentAt: new Date().toISOString()
+        }));
+        sent += 1;
+      } catch (_error) {
+      }
+    });
+
+    return res.json({ ok: true, screenSlug: slug, sent: sent });
+  });
+
  app.get('/api/onboarding/status', async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
-      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId) || getConnectedPlayerDeviceId();
+      const requestedDeviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId);
+      const deviceId = requestedDeviceId;
      const status = await getOnboardingStatus(pool, deviceId);
      res.json({
-        deviceId: normalizeDeviceId(deviceId),
+        deviceId: requestedDeviceId,
        onboarded: Boolean(status && status.screen_id),
        clientName: status ? status.client_name : null,
        screenId: status ? status.screen_id : null,
@@ -647,6 +743,58 @@ async function start() {
    }
  });

+  app.get('/api/onboarding/resolve', requireRequestAuth, function (req, res) {
+    const pairing = findPlayerByPairingCode(req.query.pairingCode);
+    if (!pairing) {
+      return res.status(401).json({ error: 'A valid kiosk pairing code is required.' });
+    }
+    res.json({
+      deviceId: pairing.deviceId,
+      clientId: pairing.clientId || null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  app.get('/api/onboarding/url', requireRequestAuth, function (req, res) {
+    const pairing = findPlayerByPairingCode(req.query.pairingCode);
+    if (!pairing) {
+      return res.status(401).json({ error: 'A valid kiosk pairing code is required.' });
+    }
+    const webBaseUrl = String(process.env.WEB_PUBLIC_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
+    if (!webBaseUrl) {
+      return res.status(503).json({ error: 'WEB_PUBLIC_URL is not configured on the bridge.' });
+    }
+    res.json({ url: `${webBaseUrl}/pairing?code=${encodeURIComponent(pairing.code)}` });
+  });
+
+  app.get('/api/onboarding/qr', requireRequestAuth, async function (req, res, next) {
+    try {
+      const pairing = findPlayerByPairingCode(req.query.pairingCode);
+      if (!pairing) {
+        return res.status(401).json({ error: 'A valid kiosk pairing code is required.' });
+      }
+      const webBaseUrl = String(process.env.WEB_PUBLIC_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
+      if (!webBaseUrl) {
+        return res.status(503).json({ error: 'WEB_PUBLIC_URL is not configured on the bridge.' });
+      }
+      const svg = await createStyledQrCodeSvg({
+        value: `${webBaseUrl}/pairing?code=${encodeURIComponent(pairing.code)}`,
+        qr_margin: 20,
+        qr_dots_type: 'dots',
+        qr_dots_color: '#f4f8f5',
+        qr_corners_square_type: 'dot',
+        qr_corners_square_color: '#f4f8f5',
+        qr_corners_dot_type: 'dot',
+        qr_corners_dot_color: '#f0bd70',
+        qr_background_transparent: true
+      });
+      res.set('Content-Type', 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8');
+      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
+      res.send(svg);
+    } catch (error) {
+      next(error);
+    }
+  });
+
  app.get('/api/onboarding/screens', requirePageAuth(['onboarding', 'player']), async function (_req, res, next) {
    try {
      const [rows] = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, slug FROM d_screens ORDER BY name ASC, id ASC');
@@ -656,25 +804,18 @@ async function start() {
    }
  });

-  app.get('/api/onboarding/qr', async function (req, res, next) {
+  app.post('/api/onboarding', express.json(), requireOnboardingAuth, async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
-      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId) || getConnectedPlayerDeviceId();
-      if (!deviceId) {
-        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Device ID is required' });
+      const pairingCode = String(req.body && req.body.pairingCode || '').trim().toUpperCase();
+      const pairing = findPlayerByPairingCode(pairingCode);
+      const clientId = normalizeDeviceId(req.body && req.body.clientId);
+      if (!pairing) {
+        return res.status(401).json({ error: 'A valid kiosk pairing code is required.' });
      }
-      const onboardingUrl = `${getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(req)}/onboard?deviceId=${encodeURIComponent(deviceId)}`;
-      const svg = await createStyledQrCodeSvg({ value: onboardingUrl, qr_margin: 20 });
-      res.set('Content-Type', 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8');
-      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
-      res.send(svg);
-    } catch (error) {
-      next(error);
-    }
-  });
-
-  app.post('/api/onboarding', requirePageAuth(['onboarding', 'player']), express.json(), async function (req, res, next) {
-    try {
-      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.body && req.body.deviceId) || getConnectedPlayerDeviceId();
+      if (!clientId) {
+        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Client ID is required.' });
+      }
+      const deviceId = pairing.deviceId;
      const clientName = String((req.body && req.body.clientName) || '').trim();
      const screenSlug = String((req.body && req.body.screenSlug) || '').trim();
      if (!deviceId) {
@@ -687,8 +828,13 @@ async function start() {
        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Screen is required' });
      }

-      const status = await commitDeviceBinding(pool, deviceId, clientName, screenSlug, null, []);
+      const status = await commitDeviceBinding(pool, clientId, clientName, screenSlug, null, []);
      await bindPlayerToScreen(pool, deviceId, screenSlug);
+      await sendPlayerCommandToSocket(pairing.socket, {
+        command: 'redirect',
+        url: `${String(pairing.socket.publicBaseUrl || getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(req)).replace(/\/$/, '')}/screen/${encodeURIComponent(screenSlug)}`,
+        clientId: clientId
+      });
      res.json({
        deviceId: deviceId,
        clientName: status ? status.client_name : clientName,
@@ -708,6 +854,11 @@ async function start() {

  app.get('/api/screens/:slug/playlist', requirePageAuth(['player']), async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
+      const clientId = String(req.headers['x-pulse-client-id'] || '').trim();
+      const status = await getOnboardingStatus(pool, clientId);
+      if (!clientId || !status || String(status.screen_slug || '').trim() !== String(req.params.slug || '').trim()) {
+        return res.status(403).json({ error: 'This browser tab is not authorized for this screen.' });
+      }
      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
      const data = await playerPlaylistService.buildScreenPlaylist(req.params.slug);
      if (!data.screen) {
@@ -728,6 +879,11 @@ async function start() {

  app.get('/api/screens/:slug/announcement', requirePageAuth(['player']), async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
+      const clientId = String(req.headers['x-pulse-client-id'] || '').trim();
+      const status = await getOnboardingStatus(pool, clientId);
+      if (!clientId || !status || String(status.screen_slug || '').trim() !== String(req.params.slug || '').trim()) {
+        return res.status(403).json({ error: 'This browser tab is not authorized for this screen.' });
+      }
      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
      const announcement = typeof common.fetchActiveAnnouncement === 'function'
        ? await common.fetchActiveAnnouncement(pool, req.params.slug)
@@ -751,48 +907,6 @@ async function start() {
    }
  });

-  app.get('/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/:id/preview', requireRequestAuth, async function (req, res, next) {
-    try {
-      const slide = await common.fetchSlideById(pool, Number(req.params.id));
-      if (!slide) {
-        return res.status(404).send('Slide not found');
-      }
-
-      const data = buildThumbnailPreviewData(slide);
-
-      if (typeof common.fetchRssFeedsData === 'function' && typeof common.fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId === 'function') {
-        const rssData = await common.fetchRssFeedsData(pool);
-        data.rssFeeds = await Promise.all((rssData.rssFeeds || []).map(async function (feed) {
-          const items = await common.fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId(pool, feed.id);
-          return Object.assign({}, feed, {
-            items: items.map(function (item) {
-              return typeof common.normalizeRssFeedItem === 'function' ? common.normalizeRssFeedItem(item) : item;
-            })
-          });
-        }));
-      }
-
-      if (typeof common.fetchApiSourcesData === 'function') {
-        const apiData = await common.fetchApiSourcesData(pool);
-        data.apiSources = (apiData.apiSources || []).map(function (source) {
-          return Object.assign({}, source, {
-            responseJson: typeof common.parseJsonSafe === 'function' ? common.parseJsonSafe(source.last_response_json) : null
-          });
-        });
-      }
-
-      if (typeof common.fetchTimetablesData === 'function') {
-        const timetableData = await common.fetchTimetablesData(pool);
-        data.timetableGroups = Array.isArray(timetableData && timetableData.timetableGroups) ? timetableData.timetableGroups : [];
-      }
-
-      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
-      res.send(common.renderPlayerPage('slide-thumbnail-preview-' + slide.id, data));
-    } catch (error) {
-      next(error);
-    }
-  });
-
  app.post('/api/players/:deviceId/commands', requireRequestAuth, async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.params.deviceId);
@@ -840,6 +954,17 @@ async function start() {
    }

    socket.playerDeviceId = deviceId;
+    socket.pairingSessions = Array.isArray(payload.pairingSessions) ? payload.pairingSessions.map(function (entry) {
+      return {
+        deviceId: normalizeDeviceId(entry && entry.deviceId),
+        clientId: normalizeDeviceId(entry && entry.clientId),
+        code: String(entry && entry.code || '').trim().toUpperCase()
+      };
+    }).filter(function (entry) { return entry.deviceId && entry.code; }) : [];
+    socket.pairingCodes = Array.from(new Set((Array.isArray(payload.pairingCodes) ? payload.pairingCodes : [payload.pairingCode]).map(function (value) {
+      return String(value || '').trim().toUpperCase();
+    }).filter(Boolean)));
+    socket.pairingCode = socket.pairingCodes[0] || '';

    if (messageType === 'snapshot') {
      const slug = String(payload.slug || '').trim();
@@ -847,29 +972,51 @@ async function start() {
        return;
      }

-      setScreenSnapshotSource(slug, deviceId, Array.isArray(payload.connections) ? payload.connections : []);
+      const snapshotPlayerPublicBaseUrl = String(payload.playerPublicBaseUrl || socket.publicBaseUrl || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
+      const connections = Array.isArray(payload.connections) ? payload.connections.map(function (connection) {
+        if (!connection || typeof connection !== 'object' || !snapshotPlayerPublicBaseUrl) {
+          return connection;
+        }
+        return Object.assign({}, connection, { playerPublicBaseUrl: snapshotPlayerPublicBaseUrl });
+      }) : [];
+      setScreenSnapshotSource(slug, deviceId, connections);
      return;
    }

    if (messageType === 'register') {
+      socket.publicBaseUrl = String(payload.publicBaseUrl || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
      const player = await upsertPlayerRegistration(pool, {
        deviceId: deviceId,
        publicBaseUrl: payload.publicBaseUrl,
        internalBaseUrl: payload.internalBaseUrl
      });

+      const previousSocket = playerSockets.get(deviceId);
      playerSockets.set(deviceId, socket);
+      if (previousSocket && previousSocket !== socket && previousSocket.readyState !== WebSocket.CLOSED) {
+        try {
+          previousSocket.close(1000, 'Replaced by a newer player connection.');
+        } catch (_error) {
+        }
+      }
      logBridge(`Player ${formatPlayerConnectionLabel(deviceId)} has connected`);
      socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'registered', ok: true, player: player }));
      return;
    }

    if (messageType === 'heartbeat') {
+      socket.publicBaseUrl = String(payload.publicBaseUrl || socket.publicBaseUrl || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
      const player = await recordPlayerHeartbeat(pool, {
        deviceId: deviceId,
        publicBaseUrl: payload.publicBaseUrl,
        internalBaseUrl: payload.internalBaseUrl
      });
+      if (typeof common.touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen === 'function') {
+        const onboardingClientIds = (Array.isArray(payload.connections) ? payload.connections : []).map(function (connection) {
+          return connection && connection.clientId;
+        });
+        await common.touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen(pool, onboardingClientIds);
+      }

      socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'heartbeat-ack', ok: true, player: player }));
      return;
@@ -927,15 +1074,15 @@ async function start() {
    });

    socket.on('close', function () {
-      clearPlayerSnapshotSources(socket.playerDeviceId);
      if (removeConnectedPlayerSocket(socket)) {
+        clearPlayerSnapshotSources(socket.playerDeviceId);
        logPlayerDisconnect(socket);
      }
    });

    socket.on('error', function () {
-      clearPlayerSnapshotSources(socket.playerDeviceId);
      if (removeConnectedPlayerSocket(socket)) {
+        clearPlayerSnapshotSources(socket.playerDeviceId);
        logPlayerDisconnect(socket);
      }
    });
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Player application bootstrap, media routes, websocket runtime, and onboarding wiring.
+
 const express = require('express');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const http = require('http');
@@ -10,8 +12,10 @@ const { createRtmpStreamService } = require('./player/modules/rtmp-streams');
 const { normalizeDeviceId, registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes, commitDeviceBinding } = require('./player/onboarding');
 const { createOnboardingStore } = require('./player/onboarding/store');
 const { registerPlayerRoutes } = require('./player/routes');
+const { getPlayerRuntimeScripts } = require('./player/render-helpers');
 const { ensureFontLibrary } = require('#src/web/lib/media/font-library');
 const { createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
+const { withClientNameReservation } = require('#src/data/client-name-check');
 const { getConfiguredPlayerIdentifier, recordPlayerHeartbeat } = require('#src/data/player-registry');


@@ -37,6 +41,9 @@ async function start() {
  let lastDisconnectAt = 0;
  let playerPublicBaseUrl = PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL || null;
  let refreshThinClientRegistration = null;
+  let activePairingCode = '';
+  let activePairingCodes = [];
+  let activePairingSessions = [];
  const playerRuntime = createPlayerRuntime({
    pool: pool,
    normalizeDeviceId: normalizeDeviceId,
@@ -49,11 +56,28 @@ async function start() {
        thinClientSocket.send(JSON.stringify({
          type: 'snapshot',
          deviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID,
+          playerPublicBaseUrl: getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(),
          slug: snapshot && snapshot.slug ? String(snapshot.slug).trim() : '',
          connections: Array.isArray(snapshot && snapshot.connections) ? snapshot.connections : []
        }));
      } catch (_error) {
      }
+    },
+    persistClientName: async function (deviceId, clientName) {
+      if (!pool || !deviceId || !clientName) {
+        return;
+      }
+      await withClientNameReservation(pool, clientName, async function () {
+        await pool.query(
+          `UPDATE d_onboarding_devices
+              SET client_name = ?, modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+            WHERE device_id = ?`,
+          [clientName, deviceId]
+        );
+      });
+    },
+    touchClientLastSeen: async function (deviceId) {
+      await common.touchOnboardingDeviceLastSeen(pool, deviceId);
    }
  });
  const playerPlaylistService = isRemotePlayer
@@ -61,6 +85,7 @@ async function start() {
    : createPlayerPlaylistService({
        pool: pool,
        common: common,
+        mediaDir: MEDIA_DIR,
        snapshotDir: path.join(MEDIA_DIR, 'player-cache', 'screen-playlists')
      });
  const rtmpStreamService = createRtmpStreamService({
@@ -261,7 +286,7 @@ async function start() {
          }
          response.ok = true;
        }
-      } else if (['refresh', 'reload', 'redirect', 'pause', 'blackout', 'previous', 'next', 'setclientname'].indexOf(command) !== -1) {
+      } else if (['refresh', 'reload', 'redirect', 'pause', 'blackout', 'previous', 'next', 'setclientname', 'announcement-refresh'].indexOf(command) !== -1) {
        const screenSlug = String(payload.screenSlug || payload.slug || '').trim();
        if (!screenSlug) {
          response.error = 'Screen slug is required.';
@@ -304,7 +329,25 @@ async function start() {
    playerPublicBaseUrl: getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(),
    playerInternalBaseUrl: PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL,
    bridgeBaseUrl: BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL,
-    playerDeviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID
+    playerDeviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID,
+    onPairingCode: function (code, codes) {
+      activePairingCode = String(code || '').trim().toUpperCase();
+      activePairingSessions = Array.isArray(codes) ? codes.map(function (entry) {
+        return { deviceId: String(entry && entry.deviceId || '').trim(), clientId: String(entry && entry.clientId || '').trim(), code: String(entry && entry.code || '').trim().toUpperCase() };
+      }).filter(function (entry) { return entry.deviceId && entry.code; }) : [];
+      activePairingCodes = activePairingSessions.map(function (entry) { return entry.code; });
+      if (typeof refreshThinClientRegistration === 'function') {
+        refreshThinClientRegistration();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+  app.get('/assets/player-script/:name.js', function (req, res) {
+    const script = getPlayerRuntimeScripts().find(function (entry) { return entry[0] === req.params.name; });
+    if (!script) {
+      return res.sendStatus(404);
+    }
+    res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-cache');
+    return res.type('application/javascript').send(script[1]);
  });
  registerPlayerRoutes(app, {
    pool: pool,
@@ -314,6 +357,7 @@ async function start() {
    playerRuntime: playerRuntime,
    playerPlaylistService: playerPlaylistService,
    rtmpStreamService: rtmpStreamService,
+    snapshotDir: path.join(MEDIA_DIR, 'player-cache', 'screen-playlists'),
    playerInternalBaseUrl: PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL,
    bridgeBaseUrl: BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL,
    playerDeviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID,
@@ -374,7 +418,11 @@ async function start() {
          type: 'heartbeat',
          deviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID,
          publicBaseUrl: getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(),
-          internalBaseUrl: PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL
+          internalBaseUrl: PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL,
+          pairingCode: activePairingCode,
+          pairingCodes: activePairingCodes,
+          pairingSessions: activePairingSessions,
+          connections: playerRuntime.snapshotAllConnections()
        }));
      }

@@ -422,6 +470,7 @@ async function start() {
          socket.send(JSON.stringify({
            type: 'snapshot',
            deviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID,
+            playerPublicBaseUrl: getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(),
            slug: String(slug || '').trim(),
            connections: playerRuntime.snapshotConnections(slug)
          }));
@@ -438,7 +487,10 @@ async function start() {
          type: 'register',
          deviceId: PLAYER_DEVICE_ID,
          publicBaseUrl: getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(),
-          internalBaseUrl: PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL
+          internalBaseUrl: PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL,
+          pairingCode: activePairingCode,
+          pairingCodes: activePairingCodes,
+          pairingSessions: activePairingSessions
        }));

        playerRuntime.snapshotSlugs().forEach(function (slug) {
@@ -545,10 +597,6 @@ async function start() {
        console.error(error);
      });

-      if (playerRuntime.snapshotAllConnections().length > 0) {
-        await common.pruneStaleOnboardingDevices(pool);
-      }
-
      await onboardingStore.flushBindings(function (entry) {
        return commitDeviceBinding(
          pool,
@@ -1,20 +1,44 @@
 // Player onboarding routes and signup flow helpers.

 const express = require('express');
-const { isClientNameAvailable, withClientNameReservation } = require('#src/data/client-name-check');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const { findAvailableClientName, withClientNameReservation } = require('#src/data/client-name-check');
 const { createStyledQrCodeSvg } = require('#src/data/qr-code');
-const { getSharedSecret, verifyPageAuthToken, createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
+const { getSharedSecret, verifyPageAuthToken, verifyRequestAuth, createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
 const { resolvePlayerRegistration, upsertPlayerRegistration: upsertPlayerRegistrationRecord } = require('#src/data/player-registry');
 const { isTransientDbError } = require('./store');

 const ONBOARDING_SIGNUP_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 const ONBOARDING_SIGNUP_LIMIT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 8;
+const PAIRING_CODE_LENGTH = 6;
+const PAIRING_CODE_TTL_MS = 15 * 60 * 1000;
+const PAIRING_CODE_ALPHABET = 'ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789';
 const onboardingSignupAttempts = new Map();

 function normalizeDeviceId(value) {
  return String(value || '').trim().replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]/g, '').slice(0, 128);
 }

+function createPairingCode() {
+  const bytes = crypto.randomBytes(PAIRING_CODE_LENGTH);
+  let code = '';
+  for (let index = 0; index < PAIRING_CODE_LENGTH; index += 1) {
+    code += PAIRING_CODE_ALPHABET[bytes[index] % PAIRING_CODE_ALPHABET.length];
+  }
+  return code;
+}
+
+function createPairingSession(deviceId, clientId) {
+  return { deviceId: normalizeDeviceId(deviceId), clientId: normalizeDeviceId(clientId), code: createPairingCode(), expiresAt: Date.now() + PAIRING_CODE_TTL_MS };
+}
+
+function isValidOnboardingPairingCode(pairingSession, pairingCode, now) {
+  const suppliedCode = Buffer.from(String(pairingCode || '').trim().toUpperCase());
+  const expectedCode = Buffer.from(String(pairingSession && pairingSession.code || '').trim());
+  const currentTime = Number(now || Date.now());
+  return Boolean(pairingSession && pairingSession.deviceId && pairingSession.expiresAt > currentTime && suppliedCode.length === expectedCode.length && suppliedCode.length > 0 && crypto.timingSafeEqual(suppliedCode, expectedCode));
+}
+
 function getPublicBaseUrl(req, configuredUrl) {
  const forwardedProto = String(req.headers['x-forwarded-proto'] || '').trim().split(',')[0];
  const protocol = forwardedProto || (req.socket && req.socket.encrypted ? 'https' : 'http');
@@ -120,16 +144,26 @@ async function commitDeviceBinding(pool, deviceId, clientName, screenSlug, isNam
    }
    const screen = screenRows[0];

-    const available = await isClientNameAvailable(pool, normalizedClientName, normalizedDeviceId, liveConnections);
-    if (!available) {
+    const selectedClientName = await findAvailableClientName(pool, normalizedClientName, normalizedDeviceId, liveConnections);
+    if (!selectedClientName) {
      const error = new Error('Client name already exists.');
      error.statusCode = 400;
      throw error;
    }

    await pool.query(
-      'INSERT INTO d_onboarding_devices (device_id, client_name, screen_id) VALUES (?, ?, ?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE client_name = VALUES(client_name), screen_id = VALUES(screen_id), modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
-      [normalizedDeviceId, normalizedClientName, screen.id]
+      `UPDATE d_onboarding_devices
+          SET client_name = ?, screen_id = ?, last_seen_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, modified_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
+        WHERE device_id = ?`,
+      [selectedClientName, screen.id, normalizedDeviceId]
+    );
+    await pool.query(
+      `INSERT INTO d_onboarding_devices (device_id, client_name, screen_id)
+       SELECT ?, ?, ?
+        WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+          SELECT 1 FROM d_onboarding_devices WHERE device_id = ?
+        )`,
+      [normalizedDeviceId, selectedClientName, screen.id, normalizedDeviceId]
    );

    return getOnboardingStatus(pool, normalizedDeviceId);
@@ -207,6 +241,38 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
  const playerPublicUrl = String(options && options.playerPublicBaseUrl || process.env.PLAYER_PUBLIC_URL || process.env.PLAYER_BASE_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
  const bridgeBaseUrl = String(options && options.bridgeBaseUrl || process.env.BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
  const playerDeviceId = normalizeDeviceId(options && options.playerDeviceId);
+  const onPairingCode = options && typeof options.onPairingCode === 'function' ? options.onPairingCode : null;
+  const pairingSessions = new Map();
+
+  function getPairingSession(deviceId, clientId) {
+    const normalizedDeviceId = normalizeDeviceId(deviceId) || playerDeviceId;
+    if (!normalizedDeviceId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const sessionKey = `${normalizedDeviceId}:${normalizeDeviceId(clientId) || 'default'}`;
+    let pairingSession = pairingSessions.get(sessionKey);
+    if (!isValidOnboardingPairingCode(pairingSession, pairingSession && pairingSession.code)) {
+      pairingSession = createPairingSession(normalizedDeviceId, clientId);
+      pairingSessions.set(sessionKey, pairingSession);
+    }
+    if (onPairingCode) {
+      onPairingCode(pairingSession.code, Array.from(pairingSessions.entries()).filter(function (entry) {
+        return isValidOnboardingPairingCode(entry[1], entry[1] && entry[1].code);
+      }).map(function (entry) {
+                return { deviceId: entry[1].deviceId, clientId: entry[1].clientId || null, code: entry[1].code };
+      }));
+    }
+    return pairingSession;
+  }
+
+  function findPairingSession(pairingCode) {
+    for (const [deviceId, pairingSession] of pairingSessions.entries()) {
+      if (isValidOnboardingPairingCode(pairingSession, pairingCode)) {
+        return { deviceId: pairingSession.deviceId, session: pairingSession };
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }

  if (!app || !common) {
    throw new Error('registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes requires app and common.');
@@ -279,15 +345,71 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
    next();
  }

-  app.get('/', function (_req, res) {
+  function requireOnboardingAuth(req, res, next) {
+    if (!sharedSecret) {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    const pageToken = String(req.headers['x-pulse-page-auth'] || '').trim();
+    const pagePayload = verifyPageAuthToken(pageToken);
+    if (pagePayload && String(pagePayload.scope || '').trim() === 'onboarding') {
+      req.playerPageAuth = pagePayload;
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    if (verifyRequestAuth(req)) {
+      return next();
+    }
+
+    return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Onboarding authentication required.' });
+  }
+
+  app.get('/', async function (req, res, next) {
    res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
-    res.send(common.renderPlayerOnboardingLandingPage());
+    try {
+      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query && req.query.clientId);
+      let status = null;
+      if (deviceId) {
+        if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
+          const response = await fetchThinClient(req, '/api/onboarding/status?deviceId=' + encodeURIComponent(deviceId), {
+            method: 'GET'
+          });
+          status = await readJsonResponse(response);
+        } else {
+          status = await getOnboardingStatus(pool, deviceId);
+        }
+      }
+      const screenId = status && (status.screen_id || status.screenId);
+      const screenSlug = status && (status.screen_slug || status.screenSlug);
+      if (screenId && screenSlug) {
+        return res.redirect('/screen/' + encodeURIComponent(screenSlug));
+      }
+      res.send(common.renderPlayerOnboardingLandingPage({ pairingCode: '' }));
+    } catch (error) {
+      next(error);
+    }
  });

  app.get('/onboard', async function (req, res, next) {
    res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
    try {
-      res.send(common.renderPlayerOnboardingFormPage(String(req.query.deviceId || playerDeviceId || '').trim()));
+      const deviceId = playerDeviceId;
+      const onboardingBaseUrl = String(process.env.WEB_PUBLIC_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '') || getPublicBaseUrl(req, playerPublicUrl);
+      const clientId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.clientId);
+      const pairingSession = getPairingSession(deviceId, clientId);
+      const pairingParams = [];
+      if (pairingSession && pairingSession.code) {
+        pairingParams.push(`code=${encodeURIComponent(pairingSession.code)}`);
+      }
+      const pairingQuery = pairingParams.length ? `?${pairingParams.join('&')}` : '';
+      if (bridgeBaseUrl && pairingSession && pairingSession.code) {
+        const response = await fetchThinClient(req, `/api/onboarding/url?pairingCode=${encodeURIComponent(pairingSession.code)}`);
+        const payload = await readJsonResponse(response);
+        if (payload && payload.url) {
+          return res.redirect(String(payload.url));
+        }
+      }
+      return res.redirect(`${onboardingBaseUrl}/pairing${pairingQuery}`);
    } catch (error) {
      next(error);
    }
@@ -305,7 +427,7 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
    next();
  }, async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
-      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId) || playerDeviceId;
+      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId || req.query.clientId);
      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
        const response = await fetchThinClient(req, '/api/onboarding/status?deviceId=' + encodeURIComponent(deviceId || ''), {
          method: 'GET'
@@ -337,6 +459,26 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
    }
  });

+  app.get('/api/onboarding/resolve', requireOnboardingAuth, function (req, res) {
+    const pairingCode = String(req.query.pairingCode || '').trim();
+    const pairing = findPairingSession(pairingCode);
+    if (!pairing) {
+      return res.status(401).json({ error: 'A valid kiosk pairing code is required.' });
+    }
+    res.json({ deviceId: pairing.deviceId, clientId: pairing.session.clientId || null });
+  });
+
+  app.get('/api/onboarding/session', requireOnboardingPageAuth, function (req, res) {
+    const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId) || playerDeviceId;
+    const clientId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.clientId);
+    const pairingSession = getPairingSession(deviceId, clientId);
+    if (!pairingSession) {
+      return res.status(503).json({ error: 'Player identity is unavailable.' });
+    }
+    res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
+    res.json({ deviceId: deviceId, pairingCode: pairingSession.code });
+  });
+
  app.get('/api/onboarding/screens', requireOnboardingPageAuth, async function (_req, res, next) {
    try {
      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
@@ -356,14 +498,40 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
    }
  });

+
  app.get('/api/onboarding/qr', async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.deviceId) || playerDeviceId;
+      const clientId = normalizeDeviceId(req.query.clientId);
      if (!deviceId) {
        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Device ID is required' });
      }
-      const onboardingUrl = `${getPublicBaseUrl(req, playerPublicUrl)}/onboard?deviceId=${encodeURIComponent(deviceId)}`;
-      const svg = await createStyledQrCodeSvg({ value: onboardingUrl, qr_margin: 20 });
+      const pairingSession = getPairingSession(deviceId, clientId);
+      if (!pairingSession) {
+        return res.status(503).json({ error: 'Pairing session is unavailable.' });
+      }
+      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
+        const response = await fetchThinClient(req, `/api/onboarding/qr?pairingCode=${encodeURIComponent(pairingSession.code)}`);
+        if (response && response.ok) {
+          const svg = await response.text();
+          res.set('Content-Type', response.headers.get('content-type') || 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8');
+          res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
+          return res.send(svg);
+        }
+      }
+      const onboardingBaseUrl = String(process.env.WEB_PUBLIC_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '') || getPublicBaseUrl(req, playerPublicUrl);
+      const onboardingUrl = `${onboardingBaseUrl}/pairing?code=${encodeURIComponent(pairingSession.code)}`;
+      const svg = await createStyledQrCodeSvg({
+        value: onboardingUrl,
+        qr_margin: 20,
+        qr_dots_type: 'dots',
+        qr_dots_color: '#f4f8f5',
+        qr_corners_square_type: 'dot',
+        qr_corners_square_color: '#f4f8f5',
+        qr_corners_dot_type: 'dot',
+        qr_corners_dot_color: '#f0bd70',
+        qr_background_transparent: true
+      });
      res.set('Content-Type', 'image/svg+xml; charset=utf-8');
      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store');
      res.send(svg);
@@ -372,20 +540,28 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
    }
  });

-  app.post('/api/onboarding', requireOnboardingPageAuth, express.json(), async function (req, res, next) {
+  app.post('/api/onboarding', express.json(), requireOnboardingAuth, async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
-      const deviceId = normalizeDeviceId(req.body && req.body.deviceId) || playerDeviceId;
+      const deviceId = playerDeviceId;
      const clientName = String((req.body && req.body.clientName) || '').trim();
      const screenSlug = String((req.body && req.body.screenSlug) || '').trim();
+      const pairingCode = String((req.body && req.body.pairingCode) || '').trim();
+      const clientId = normalizeDeviceId(req.body && req.body.clientId);
      const retryAfterSeconds = isOnboardingSignupRateLimited(req, deviceId);
      if (retryAfterSeconds) {
        res.set('Retry-After', String(retryAfterSeconds));
        return res.status(429).json({ error: 'Too many onboarding attempts. Please try again later.' });
      }

+      const pairing = findPairingSession(pairingCode);
+      const pairingSession = pairing && pairing.session;
+      if (!isValidOnboardingPairingCode(pairingSession, pairingCode)) {
+        return res.status(401).json({ error: 'A valid kiosk pairing code is required.' });
+      }
+
      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
        const forwardedBody = Object.assign({}, req.body || {}, {
-          deviceId: deviceId
+          clientId: clientId || null
        });
        const response = await fetch(new URL('/api/onboarding', bridgeBaseUrl).toString(), {
          method: 'POST',
@@ -403,6 +579,10 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
        if (!payload) {
          return res.status(502).json({ error: 'Player bridge returned an invalid response.' });
        }
+        if (response.ok) {
+          pairingSessions.delete(deviceId);
+          res.cookie('pulse-player-client-id', clientId, { path: '/', sameSite: 'lax' });
+        }
        payload.playerUrl = payload && payload.screenSlug ? `${getPublicBaseUrl(req, playerPublicUrl)}/screen/${encodeURIComponent(payload.screenSlug)}` : `${getPublicBaseUrl(req, playerPublicUrl)}/screen/${encodeURIComponent(screenSlug)}`;
        return res.json(payload);
      }
@@ -416,8 +596,12 @@ function registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes(app, options) {
        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Screen is required' });
      }

-      const status = await bindDeviceToScreen(pool, deviceId, clientName, screenSlug, playerRuntime.isClientNameAvailableOnScreen, playerRuntime, onboardingStore);
-      await bindPlayerToScreen(pool, deviceId, screenSlug);
+      if (!clientId) {
+        return res.status(400).json({ error: 'Client ID is required' });
+      }
+      const status = await bindDeviceToScreen(pool, clientId, clientName, screenSlug, playerRuntime.isClientNameAvailableOnScreen, playerRuntime, onboardingStore);
+      pairingSessions.delete(deviceId);
+      res.cookie('pulse-player-client-id', clientId, { path: '/', sameSite: 'lax' });
      res.json({
        deviceId: deviceId,
        clientName: status ? status.client_name : clientName,
@@ -446,5 +630,6 @@ module.exports = {
  upsertPlayerRegistration: upsertPlayerRegistration,
  bindPlayerToScreen: bindPlayerToScreen,
  bindDeviceToScreen: bindDeviceToScreen,
+  isValidOnboardingPairingCode: isValidOnboardingPairingCode,
  registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes: registerPlayerOnboardingRoutes
 };
@@ -65,10 +65,11 @@
      var formData = new FormData(form);
      var clientName = String(formData.get("clientName") || "").trim();
      var screenSlug = String(formData.get("screenSlug") || "").trim();
+      var pairingCode = String(formData.get("pairingCode") || "").trim();
      if (!clientName) { setMessage("Client name is required."); return; }
      if (!screenSlug) { setMessage("Screen is required."); return; }
      setMessage("Saving client...");
-      var payload = { clientName: clientName, screenSlug: screenSlug };
+      var payload = { clientName: clientName, screenSlug: screenSlug, pairingCode: pairingCode };
      if (deviceId) {
        payload.deviceId = deviceId;
      }
@@ -13,23 +13,12 @@
    }
    var screenKey = "pulse-signage-player-screen-slug";
    var qr = document.getElementById("onboarding-qr");
-    var status = document.getElementById("onboarding-status");
-    var localForm = document.getElementById("onboarding-local-form");
-    var localMessage = document.getElementById("onboarding-message");
-    var localScreenSelect = document.getElementById("onboarding-screen-select");
+    var pairingCodeElement = document.getElementById("onboarding-pairing-code");
    var qrPlaceholderSrc = "data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 viewBox=%220 0 320 320%22%3E%3Crect width=%22320%22 height=%22320%22 rx=%2224%22 fill=%22%23ffffff%22/%3E%3Crect x=%2230%22 y=%2230%22 width=%22260%22 height=%22260%22 rx=%2218%22 fill=%22%23f8fafc%22 stroke=%22%23cbd5e1%22 stroke-width=%223%22 stroke-dasharray=%2212 10%22/%3E%3Cpath d=%22M106 118h108M106 156h108M106 194h72%22 stroke=%22%2394a3b8%22 stroke-width=%2214%22 stroke-linecap=%22round%22/%3E%3Ccircle cx=%22128%22 cy=%22248%22 r=%2212%22 fill=%22%2394a3b8%22/%3E%3Ctext x=%22160%22 y=%2278%22 text-anchor=%22middle%22 fill=%22%230f172a%22 font-family=%22Arial,sans-serif%22 font-size=%2224%22 font-weight=%22700%22%3EQR code loading%3C/text%3E%3Ctext x=%22160%22 y=%22266%22 text-anchor=%22middle%22 fill=%22%234b5563%22 font-family=%22Arial,sans-serif%22 font-size=%2214%22%3EPlease wait%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E";
-    function parseResponseError(response) {
-      return response.text().then(function (text) {
-        var fallbackMessage = text && text.trim() ? text.trim() : "Unable to save onboarding.";
-        try {
-          var payload = JSON.parse(text);
-          return payload && payload.error ? payload.error : fallbackMessage;
-        } catch (_error) {
-          return fallbackMessage;
-        }
-      });
-    }
    function getDeviceId() {
+      var configuredDeviceId = document.getElementById("onboarding-shell");
+      configuredDeviceId = configuredDeviceId ? String(configuredDeviceId.getAttribute("data-player-device-id") || "").trim() : "";
+      if (configuredDeviceId) { return configuredDeviceId; }
      var stored = "";
      try { stored = window.sessionStorage.getItem(deviceKey) || ""; } catch (_error) { stored = ""; }
      if (stored) { return stored; }
@@ -37,71 +26,34 @@
      try { window.sessionStorage.setItem(deviceKey, next); } catch (_error2) {}
      return next;
    }
-    function setStatus(message) { if (status) { status.textContent = message; } }
-    function setLocalMessage(message) { if (localMessage) { localMessage.textContent = message || ""; } }
-    function setSelectOptions(select, screens, selectedSlug) {
-      if (!select) { return; }
-      while (select.firstChild) { select.removeChild(select.firstChild); }
-      var placeholder = document.createElement("option");
-      placeholder.value = "";
-      placeholder.textContent = "Select a screen";
-      select.appendChild(placeholder);
-      (Array.isArray(screens) ? screens : []).forEach(function (screen) {
-        var option = document.createElement("option");
-        option.value = String(screen && screen.slug ? screen.slug : "");
-        option.textContent = String(screen && (screen.name || screen.slug) ? (screen.name || screen.slug) : "Screen");
-        if (selectedSlug && String(option.value) === String(selectedSlug)) {
-          option.selected = true;
-        }
-        select.appendChild(option);
-      });
-    }
-    function loadScreens(selectedSlug) {
-      return fetch("/api/onboarding/screens", { cache: "no-store" })
-        .then(function (response) { return response.ok ? response.json() : null; })
-        .then(function (payload) {
-          var screens = payload && Array.isArray(payload.screens) ? payload.screens : [];
-          setSelectOptions(localScreenSelect, screens, selectedSlug);
-          return screens;
-        })
-        .catch(function () { setSelectOptions(localScreenSelect, [], selectedSlug); return []; });
-    }
-    function loadQr(deviceId) {
+    function loadQr(deviceId, clientId) {
      if (!qr) { return; }
      qr.onerror = function () {
        qr.src = qrPlaceholderSrc;
      };
-      qr.src = "/api/onboarding/qr?deviceId=" + encodeURIComponent(deviceId);
+      qr.src = "/api/onboarding/qr?deviceId=" + encodeURIComponent(deviceId) + "&clientId=" + encodeURIComponent(clientId);
    }
-    function submitOnboarding(deviceId, clientName, screenSlug) {
-      return fetch("/api/onboarding", {
-        method: "POST",
-        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", Accept: "application/json" },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ deviceId: deviceId, clientName: clientName, screenSlug: screenSlug })
-      })
-        .then(function (response) {
-          if (response.ok) {
-            return response.json();
-          }
-          return parseResponseError(response).then(function (messageText) {
-            throw new Error(messageText);
-          });
-        })
+    function loadPairingSession(deviceId, clientId) {
+      return fetch("/api/onboarding/session?deviceId=" + encodeURIComponent(deviceId) + "&clientId=" + encodeURIComponent(clientId), { cache: "no-store" })
+        .then(function (response) { return response.ok ? response.json() : null; })
        .then(function (payload) {
-          if (!payload || !payload.screenSlug) { throw new Error("Unable to save onboarding."); }
-          if (payload.clientName) { setSessionStorageItem(clientNameKey, payload.clientName); }
-          if (payload.clientName && payload.screenSlug) { setSessionStorageItem(getClientNameStorageKey(payload.screenSlug), payload.clientName); }
-          try { window.localStorage.setItem(screenKey, payload.screenSlug); } catch (_error) {}
-          setLocalMessage("Onboarding complete.");
-          if (localForm) {
-            Array.prototype.slice.call(localForm.querySelectorAll("input, select, button")).forEach(function (control) {
-              control.disabled = true;
-            });
+          if (payload && payload.pairingCode && pairingCodeElement) {
+            pairingCodeElement.textContent = payload.pairingCode;
          }
-        });
+          return payload;
+        })
+        .catch(function () { return null; });
+    }
+    function getClientId() {
+      var stored = getSessionStorageItem("pulse-signage-player-client-id");
+      if (stored) { return stored; }
+      var next = (window.crypto && window.crypto.randomUUID ? window.crypto.randomUUID() : "client-" + Date.now() + "-" + Math.random().toString(16).slice(2));
+      setSessionStorageItem("pulse-signage-player-client-id", next);
+      return next;
    }
    function redirectIfOnboarded(deviceId) {
-      return fetch("/api/onboarding/status?deviceId=" + encodeURIComponent(deviceId), { cache: "no-store" })
+      var bindingId = getClientId() || deviceId;
+      return fetch("/api/onboarding/status?deviceId=" + encodeURIComponent(bindingId), { cache: "no-store" })
        .then(function (response) { return response.ok ? response.json() : null; })
        .then(function (payload) {
          if (payload && payload.onboarded && payload.screenSlug) {
@@ -115,37 +67,16 @@
        })
        .catch(function () { return false; });
    }
+    var clientId = getClientId();
    var deviceId = getDeviceId();
-    if (localForm) {
-      localForm.addEventListener("submit", function (event) {
-        event.preventDefault();
-        var formData = new FormData(localForm);
-        var clientName = String(formData.get("clientName") || "").trim();
-        var screenSlug = String(formData.get("screenSlug") || "").trim();
-        if (!clientName) { setLocalMessage("Client name is required."); return; }
-        if (!screenSlug) { setLocalMessage("Screen is required."); return; }
-        setLocalMessage("Saving client...");
-        submitOnboarding(deviceId, clientName, screenSlug).catch(function (error) {
-          setLocalMessage(error && error.message ? error.message : "Unable to save onboarding.");
-        });
-      });
-    }
-    loadScreens().then(function () {
-      try {
-        var storedClientName = getSessionStorageItem(clientNameKey) || "";
-        if (storedClientName && localForm) {
-          var clientNameInput = localForm.querySelector("input[name=\"clientName\"]");
-          if (clientNameInput) { clientNameInput.value = storedClientName; }
-        }
-      } catch (_error) {}
-    });
    redirectIfOnboarded(deviceId).then(function (redirected) {
      if (redirected) { return; }
      if (qr && !qr.getAttribute("src")) {
        qr.src = qrPlaceholderSrc;
      }
-      loadQr(deviceId);
-      setStatus("Waiting for onboarding to finish.");
+      loadPairingSession(deviceId, clientId).then(function () {
+          loadQr(deviceId, clientId);
+      });
      window.setInterval(function () { redirectIfOnboarded(deviceId); }, 2000);
    });
  }());
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
      });
    }).then(function (payload) {
      var serverName = payload && payload.clientName ? String(payload.clientName).trim() : '';
-      if (serverName) {
+      if (serverName && !getOnboardingClientName()) {
        applyOnboardingClientName(serverName, null);
      }
      return onboardingClientName || getOnboardingClientName();
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@
    if (window.__pulsePageAuthToken) {
      request.setRequestHeader('x-pulse-page-auth', window.__pulsePageAuthToken);
    }
+    if (typeof getCommandClientId === 'function') {
+      request.setRequestHeader('x-pulse-client-id', getCommandClientId());
+    }
    if (announcementEtag) {
      request.setRequestHeader('If-None-Match', announcementEtag);
    }
@@ -1,41 +1,11 @@
+<!-- Player page bootstrap and browser-side playback lifecycle. -->
+
 <script>
  const slug = {{SLUG_JSON}};
-  const initialData = {{INITIAL_DATA_JSON}};
+  let initialData = {{INITIAL_DATA_JSON}};
  window.slug = slug;
  window.initialData = initialData;
  const app = document.getElementById('app');
-  (function () {
-    var root = window;
-    var registry = root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes && typeof root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes === 'object' ? root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes : {};
-
-    function normalizeType(type) {
-      return String(type || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-    }
-
-    function register(type, definition) {
-      registry[normalizeType(type)] = definition || {};
-      return registry[normalizeType(type)];
-    }
-
-    function get(type) {
-      return registry[normalizeType(type)] || null;
-    }
-
-    function list() {
-      return Object.keys(registry).map(function (type) {
-        return {
-          type: type,
-          definition: registry[type] || {}
-        };
-      });
-    }
-
-    root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes = {
-      register: register,
-      get: get,
-      list: list
-    };
-  }());
  let slides = Array.isArray(initialData && initialData.slides) ? initialData.slides.map(normalizeSlide) : [];
  let currentPlaylistSignature = '';
  let currentPlaylistEtag = '';
@@ -61,6 +31,7 @@
  let viewportRenderTimer = null;
  let refreshRetryTimer = null;
  let refreshRetryDelayMs = 0;
+  let playlistRefreshTimer = null;
  let commandClientId = null;
  let screenWakeLock = null;
  let screenWakeLockRequestPromise = null;
@@ -73,7 +44,7 @@
  let slideExpiresAt = null;
  const slideFadeDurationMs = 560;
  const commandSocketPath = '/ws/screens/' + encodeURIComponent(slug);
-  const commandClientStorageKey = 'pulse-signage-player-client-id:' + slug;
+  const commandClientStorageKey = 'pulse-signage-player-client-id';
  const playlistSnapshotStorageKey = 'pulse-signage-player-playlist-snapshot:' + slug;
  const initialPlaylistSnapshot = loadPlaylistSnapshot();
  let offlineBanner = null;
@@ -102,7 +73,12 @@

  // Render the empty-state message into the player root.
  function renderEmpty(message) {
-    app.innerHTML = '<div class="empty">' + escapeHtml(message) + '</div>';
+    var markup = '<div class="empty">' + escapeHtml(message) + '</div>';
+    if (currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides && typeof renderSlideMarkup === 'function') {
+      renderSlideMarkup(markup, true);
+      return;
+    }
+    app.innerHTML = markup;
  }

  // Announce the player to the command websocket.
@@ -181,10 +157,6 @@
    releaseScreenWakeLock();
  });

-  if (initialPlaylistSnapshot && initialPlaylistSnapshot.slides.length) {
-    applyPlaylistSnapshot(initialPlaylistSnapshot);
-  }
-
  if (slides.length) {
    if (!currentPlaylistSignature) {
      currentPlaylistSignature = getPlaylistRevision(initialData && initialData.slides ? initialData : { slides: slides });
@@ -208,10 +180,19 @@
    showCurrent();
    refresh();
  } else {
+    if (initialPlaylistSnapshot && applyPlaylistSnapshot(initialPlaylistSnapshot)) {
+      currentPlaylistSkipUnavailableRtmp = Boolean(initialPlaylistSnapshot.skipUnavailableRtmp);
+      showCurrent();
+    }
    syncBlackoutState();
    refresh();
  }
  syncOfflineBanner();
  syncScreenWakeLock();
+  playlistRefreshTimer = window.setInterval(function () {
+    if (document.visibilityState !== 'hidden') {
+      refresh();
+    }
+  }, 60 * 1000);
  connectCommandSocket();
 </script>
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Player playlist assembly, snapshot persistence, and playlist revision helpers.

 const crypto = require('crypto');
+const { convertWeatherSnapshot } = require('#src/data/weather-units');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const { createStyledQrCodeDataUrl } = require('../data/qr-code');
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
  const pool = options && options.pool ? options.pool : null;
  const common = options && options.common ? options.common : null;
  const snapshotDir = options && options.snapshotDir ? options.snapshotDir : null;
+  const mediaDir = options && options.mediaDir ? path.resolve(String(options.mediaDir)) : null;
+  const remoteImageCacheDir = mediaDir ? path.join(mediaDir, 'player-cache', 'remote-images') : null;

  if (!pool) {
    throw new Error('pool is required');
@@ -61,11 +64,110 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
    return createStyledQrCodeDataUrl(value);
  }

+  function getPlaceholderImageExpressions(value, output) {
+    const expressions = output || [];
+    const source = String(value || '');
+    const pattern = /\{\{\s*([^{}]*?\.image\s*\([^{}]*\)[^{}]*?)\s*\}\}/gi;
+    let match = null;
+    while ((match = pattern.exec(source))) {
+      expressions.push(String(match[1] || '').trim());
+    }
+    return expressions;
+  }
+
+  function resolvePathValue(value, expression) {
+    const parsed = String(expression || '').replace(/\.image\s*\([^)]*\)\s*$/i, '').trim();
+    return parsed.split('.').reduce(function (current, segment) {
+      return current === undefined || current === null ? '' : current[segment];
+    }, value);
+  }
+
+  function getApiItems(responseJson, itemsPath) {
+    let current = responseJson;
+    const pathValue = String(itemsPath || '').trim();
+    if (pathValue) {
+      pathValue.split('.').forEach(function (segment) {
+        current = current === undefined || current === null ? '' : current[segment];
+      });
+      return Array.isArray(current) ? current : [];
+    }
+    if (Array.isArray(responseJson)) return responseJson;
+    if (responseJson && Array.isArray(responseJson.items)) return responseJson.items;
+    if (responseJson && Array.isArray(responseJson.results)) return responseJson.results;
+    if (responseJson && Array.isArray(responseJson.data)) return responseJson.data;
+    return responseJson ? [responseJson] : [];
+  }
+
+  async function cacheRemoteImage(url) {
+    const remoteUrl = String(url || '').trim();
+    if (!remoteImageCacheDir || !/^https?:\/\//i.test(remoteUrl)) return '';
+    const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(remoteUrl).digest('hex');
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(remoteImageCacheDir, { recursive: true });
+    const existing = (await fs.promises.readdir(remoteImageCacheDir)).find(function (name) { return name.startsWith(hash + '.'); });
+    if (existing) return '/media/player-cache/remote-images/' + existing;
+    try {
+      const response = await fetch(remoteUrl, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15000) });
+      if (!response.ok || !String(response.headers.get('content-type') || '').toLowerCase().startsWith('image/')) return '';
+      const bytes = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
+      if (bytes.length > 10 * 1024 * 1024) return '';
+      const contentType = String(response.headers.get('content-type') || '').toLowerCase();
+      const extension = contentType.includes('svg') ? '.svg' : contentType.includes('png') ? '.png' : contentType.includes('webp') ? '.webp' : contentType.includes('gif') ? '.gif' : '.jpg';
+      const fileName = hash + extension;
+      const filePath = path.join(remoteImageCacheDir, fileName);
+      await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, bytes);
+      return '/media/player-cache/remote-images/' + fileName;
+    } catch (_error) {
+      return '';
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function cachePlaceholderImages(slides, rssFeeds, apiSources) {
+    if (!remoteImageCacheDir) return;
+    const usedPaths = new Set();
+    const allSlideRows = await pool.query('SELECT content_json FROM c_slides').then(function (result) { return result[0] || []; });
+    const allContents = allSlideRows.map(function (row) { return common.parseJsonSafe(row.content_json) || {}; });
+    const sourceContent = allContents.concat((slides || []).map(function (slide) { return slide.content || {}; }));
+    const cacheSource = async function (source, item, expressions) {
+      if (!source || !item) return;
+      for (const expression of expressions) {
+        const remoteUrl = String(resolvePathValue(item, expression) || '').trim();
+        const localPath = await cacheRemoteImage(remoteUrl);
+        if (localPath) {
+          source.imageCache = source.imageCache || {};
+          source.imageCache[remoteUrl] = localPath;
+          usedPaths.add(localPath);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    for (const content of sourceContent) {
+      for (const key of Object.keys(content || {})) {
+        const region = content[key];
+        if (!region || typeof region !== 'object') continue;
+        const expressions = getPlaceholderImageExpressions(region.value, []);
+        if (!expressions.length) continue;
+        const itemNumber = Math.max(1, Number(region.item_number || 1)) - 1;
+        if (String(region.type || '').toLowerCase() === 'api') {
+          const source = (apiSources || []).find(function (entry) { return Number(entry.id) === Number(region.source_id); });
+          const items = source ? getApiItems(source.responseJson, region.items_path) : [];
+          await cacheSource(source, items[itemNumber], expressions);
+        }
+        if (String(region.type || '').toLowerCase() === 'rss') {
+          const feed = (rssFeeds || []).find(function (entry) { return Number(entry.id) === Number(region.feed_id); });
+          await cacheSource(feed, feed && feed.items && feed.items[itemNumber], expressions);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    const files = await fs.promises.readdir(remoteImageCacheDir).catch(function () { return []; });
+    await Promise.all(files.filter(function (file) { return !usedPaths.has('/media/player-cache/remote-images/' + file); }).map(function (file) {
+      return fs.promises.unlink(path.join(remoteImageCacheDir, file)).catch(function () {});
+    }));
+  }
+
  async function buildScreenPlaylist(slug) {
    try {
      const [screenRows] = await pool.query('SELECT id, name, slug, playlist_id, created_at, modified_at, created_by, modified_by FROM d_screens WHERE slug = ?', [slug]);
      if (!screenRows.length) {
-        return { screen: null, playlist: null, slides: [], rssFeeds: [], apiSources: [], timetableGroups: [] };
+        return { screen: null, playlist: null, slides: [], rssFeeds: [], apiSources: [], timetableGroups: [], weatherLocations: [] };
      }

      const screen = screenRows[0];
@@ -77,6 +179,7 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
          rssFeeds: [],
          apiSources: [],
          timetableGroups: [],
+          weatherLocations: [],
          revision: getPlaylistRevision(screen, null, [], [], [], [], [], [])
        };
        await writeSnapshot(slug, payloadWithoutPlaylist);
@@ -120,7 +223,7 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
      let regionRows = [];
      if (templateIds.length) {
        [templateRows] = await pool.query(`
-                SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
+                SELECT st.id, st.name, st.canvas_size_id, st.background_image_path, st.background_color, st.background_gradient, st.created_at, st.modified_at,
                 cs.name AS canvas_size_name, cs.width AS canvas_size_width, cs.height AS canvas_size_height, cs.width AS canvas_width, cs.height AS canvas_height
          FROM c_templates st
          LEFT JOIN c_canvas_sizes cs ON cs.id = st.canvas_size_id
@@ -241,8 +344,25 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
        timetableGroups = Array.isArray(timetableData && timetableData.timetableGroups) ? timetableData.timetableGroups : [];
      }

-      const revision = getPlaylistRevision(screen, playlist, slideRows, scheduleRuleRows, templateRows, regionRows, rssFeeds, apiSources, timetableGroups);
-      const payload = { screen: screen, playlist: playlist, slides: slides, rssFeeds: rssFeeds, apiSources: apiSources, timetableGroups: timetableGroups, revision: revision };
+      let weatherLocations = [];
+      if (typeof common.fetchWeatherLocationsData === 'function') {
+        const weatherData = await common.fetchWeatherLocationsData(pool);
+        weatherLocations = (weatherData.weatherLocations || []).map(function (location) {
+          const responseJson = common.parseJsonSafe ? common.parseJsonSafe(location.last_response_json) : null;
+          return Object.assign({}, location, {
+            responseJson: convertWeatherSnapshot(responseJson, {
+              temperature: location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? 'fahrenheit' : 'celsius',
+              wind: location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'ms' : 'kmh',
+              precipitation: location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'inch' : 'mm'
+            })
+          });
+        });
+      }
+
+      await cachePlaceholderImages(slides, rssFeeds, apiSources);
+
+      const revision = getPlaylistRevision(screen, playlist, slideRows, scheduleRuleRows, templateRows, regionRows, rssFeeds, apiSources, timetableGroups, weatherLocations);
+      const payload = { screen: screen, playlist: playlist, slides: slides, rssFeeds: rssFeeds, apiSources: apiSources, timetableGroups: timetableGroups, weatherLocations: weatherLocations, revision: revision };
      await writeSnapshot(slug, payload);
      return payload;
    } catch (error) {
@@ -259,7 +379,7 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
    hash.update('\0');
  }

-  function getPlaylistRevision(screen, playlist, slideRows, scheduleRuleRows, templateRows, regionRows, rssFeeds, apiSources, timetableGroups) {
+  function getPlaylistRevision(screen, playlist, slideRows, scheduleRuleRows, templateRows, regionRows, rssFeeds, apiSources, timetableGroups, weatherLocations) {
    const hash = crypto.createHash('sha1');

    updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, screen && screen.id);
@@ -302,6 +422,8 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
      updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, template.canvas_size_height);
      updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, template.background_image_path);
      updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, template.background_color);
+      updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, template.background_gradient);
+      updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, template.background_gradient);
      updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, template.modified_at);
    });

@@ -323,6 +445,7 @@ function createPlayerPlaylistService(options) {
    updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, JSON.stringify(rssFeeds || []));
    updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, JSON.stringify(apiSources || []));
    updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, JSON.stringify(timetableGroups || []));
+    updatePlaylistRevisionHash(hash, JSON.stringify(weatherLocations || []));

    return hash.digest('hex');
  }
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ body {

 body.onboarding-page {
  background:
-    radial-gradient(circle at top, rgba(82, 144, 255, 0.28), transparent 32%),
-    radial-gradient(circle at bottom right, rgba(34, 197, 94, 0.18), transparent 26%),
-    linear-gradient(160deg, #09111f 0%, #0b1323 52%, #111827 100%);
+    radial-gradient(circle at 78% 20%, rgba(55, 195, 178, 0.16), transparent 28%),
+    radial-gradient(circle at 12% 90%, rgba(237, 177, 89, 0.12), transparent 30%),
+    linear-gradient(145deg, #07131b 0%, #0b2028 58%, #10252a 100%);
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
 }
@@ -22,21 +22,6 @@ body.onboarding-page #app {
  display: none;
 }

-body.thumbnail-preview *,
-body.thumbnail-preview *::before,
-body.thumbnail-preview *::after {
-  animation: none !important;
-  animation-delay: 0s !important;
-  animation-duration: 0s !important;
-  animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
-  transition: none !important;
-}
-
-body.thumbnail-preview .player-announcement-layer,
-body.thumbnail-preview .player-offline-banner {
-  display: none !important;
-}
-
 #app {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
@@ -48,14 +33,43 @@ body.thumbnail-preview .player-offline-banner {
 }

 .onboarding-shell {
-  min-height: 100vh;
+  min-height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
-  padding: clamp(16px, 3vw, 40px);
+  padding: clamp(24px, 5vw, 72px);
  box-sizing: border-box;
 }

+.onboarding-stage {
+  width: min(100%, 1160px);
+}
+
+.onboarding-header {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 14px;
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+
+.onboarding-brand-mark {
+  width: 42px;
+  height: 42px;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  border-radius: 13px;
+  background: #f0bd70;
+  color: #10252a;
+  font-size: 1.45rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+}
+
+.onboarding-label {
+  margin: 3px 0 0;
+  color: #8faeb0;
+  font-size: 0.88rem;
+}
+
 .onboarding-card {
  width: min(100%, 1040px);
  padding: clamp(20px, 3vw, 40px);
@@ -73,14 +87,35 @@ body.thumbnail-preview .player-offline-banner {
  line-height: 1.05;
 }

+.onboarding-stage h1 {
+  max-width: 560px;
+  font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 5rem);
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+}
+
+.onboarding-stage--landing h1 {
+  max-width: 500px;
+  font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 3.6vw, 3.4rem);
+  line-height: 1.08;
+}
+
 .onboarding-kicker {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
-  color: #8ab4ff;
+  color: #f0bd70;
  font-size: 0.82rem;
 }

+.onboarding-step {
+  margin: 0 0 18px;
+  color: #70d0c2;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
 .onboarding-copy {
  margin: 0 0 28px;
  color: #cbd5e1;
@@ -90,36 +125,123 @@ body.thumbnail-preview .player-offline-banner {

 .onboarding-layout {
  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(280px, 1fr) minmax(320px, 1fr);
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(320px, 0.9fr) minmax(320px, 1.1fr);
  gap: clamp(20px, 3vw, 32px);
  align-items: stretch;
 }

+.onboarding-copy-panel {
+  display: flex;
+  grid-column: 1;
+  grid-row: 1;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.onboarding-instructions {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 14px;
+  max-width: 440px;
+  margin: 18px 0 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  list-style: none;
+  counter-reset: setup-step;
+}
+
+.onboarding-instructions li {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 24px 1fr;
+  gap: 10px;
+  color: #b7cccd;
+  font-size: 0.96rem;
+  line-height: 1.35;
+  counter-increment: setup-step;
+}
+
+.onboarding-instructions li::before {
+  content: counter(setup-step);
+  width: 22px;
+  height: 22px;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(112, 208, 194, 0.55);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  color: #70d0c2;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-block {
+  margin-top: 28px;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-label {
+  display: block;
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+  color: #8faeb0;
+  font-size: 0.92rem;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-label strong { color: #f0bd70; }
+
+.onboarding-pin {
+  display: block;
+  color: #f4f8f5;
+  font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 3vw, 2.8rem);
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: 0.18em;
+  line-height: 1;
+}
+
 .onboarding-qr-pane {
  display: grid;
-  gap: 16px;
+  width: min(100%, 420px);
+  grid-column: 2;
+  grid-row: 1;
+  gap: 0;
  align-content: start;
+  justify-self: center;
 }

 .onboarding-qr-frame {
  display: flex;
+  width: min(100%, 420px);
+  aspect-ratio: 1;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
  justify-content: center;
-  padding: 22px;
-  border-radius: 26px;
-  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04);
-  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-self: center;
+  padding: 14px;
+  border-radius: 22px;
+  background: rgba(7, 19, 27, 0.7);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(244, 248, 245, 0.42);
+  box-shadow: 0 24px 64px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
 }

 .onboarding-qr-frame img {
-  width: min(100%, 320px);
+  width: min(100%, 390px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  display: block;
-  background: #fff;
-  border-radius: 18px;
-  padding: 16px;
+  background: transparent;
+  border-radius: 16px;
+  padding: 12px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
 }

+.onboarding-qr-caption {
+  margin: 6px 0 0;
+  color: #8faeb0;
+  font-size: 0.92rem;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.onboarding-brand-title {
+  margin-bottom: 10px;
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+}
+
 .onboarding-form {
  display: grid;
  gap: 14px;
@@ -181,14 +303,14 @@ body.thumbnail-preview .player-offline-banner {
 }

 .onboarding-status {
-  margin-top: 8px;
+  margin-top: clamp(32px, 6vh, 56px);
  min-height: 1.4em;
-  color: #cbd5e1;
+  color: #8faeb0;
  font-size: 0.96rem;
 }

 .onboarding-card--landing .onboarding-status {
-  text-align: center;
+  text-align: left;
 }

@media (max-width: 860px), (orientation: portrait) {
@@ -200,12 +322,45 @@ body.thumbnail-preview .player-offline-banner {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

+  .onboarding-copy-panel,
+  .onboarding-qr-pane {
+    grid-column: 1;
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-copy-panel {
+    grid-row: 1;
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-qr-pane {
+    grid-row: 2;
+  }
+
  .onboarding-card {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .onboarding-qr-frame img {
-    width: min(100%, 280px);
+    width: min(100%, 390px);
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-qr-frame {
+    width: min(100%, 420px);
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-qr-pane {
+    width: min(100%, 420px);
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-stage--landing h1 {
+    font-size: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 3rem);
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-header {
+    margin-bottom: 38px;
+  }
+
+  .onboarding-pin {
+    font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 9vw, 2.8rem);
  }
 }

@@ -239,6 +394,29 @@ body.screen-blackout #app {
  opacity: 0;
 }

+.player-keyboard-feedback {
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 1.5rem;
+  left: 50%;
+  z-index: 10000;
+  padding: 0.65rem 1rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.32);
+  border-radius: 0.4rem;
+  background: rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.88);
+  color: #fff;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  opacity: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -0.5rem);
+  transition: opacity 120ms ease, transform 120ms ease;
+}
+
+.player-keyboard-feedback.is-visible {
+  opacity: 1;
+  transform: translate(-50%, 0);
+}
+
 .player-announcement-layer {
  position: fixed;
  left: 50%;
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@

  function normalizeAnnouncementColor(value) {
    var normalized = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-    if (['primary', 'secondary', 'success', 'info', 'warning', 'danger', 'dark', 'light'].indexOf(normalized) !== -1) {
+    if ([
+      'primary', 'secondary', 'success', 'info', 'warning', 'danger', 'dark', 'light',
+      'orange', 'amber', 'olive', 'teal', 'sky', 'indigo', 'violet', 'fuchsia', 'pink',
+      'navy', 'steel', 'slate', 'graphite', 'midnight'
+    ].indexOf(normalized) !== -1) {
      return normalized;
    }
    return 'primary';
@@ -42,7 +46,21 @@
      warning: { accent: '#ffc107', foreground: '#201400', glow: 'rgba(255, 193, 7, 0.30)' },
      danger: { accent: '#dc3545', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(220, 53, 69, 0.34)' },
      dark: { accent: '#212529', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(33, 37, 41, 0.34)' },
-      light: { accent: '#f8f9fa', foreground: '#1f2937', glow: 'rgba(248, 249, 250, 0.34)' }
+      light: { accent: '#f8f9fa', foreground: '#1f2937', glow: 'rgba(248, 249, 250, 0.34)' },
+      orange: { accent: '#c84e10', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(200, 78, 16, 0.34)' },
+      amber: { accent: '#a56710', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(165, 103, 16, 0.34)' },
+      olive: { accent: '#5f7f0f', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(95, 127, 15, 0.34)' },
+      teal: { accent: '#12827d', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(18, 130, 125, 0.34)' },
+      sky: { accent: '#127caf', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(18, 124, 175, 0.34)' },
+      indigo: { accent: '#6f60ea', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(111, 96, 234, 0.34)' },
+      violet: { accent: '#9553db', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(149, 83, 219, 0.34)' },
+      fuchsia: { accent: '#b347be', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(179, 71, 190, 0.34)' },
+      pink: { accent: '#cd388d', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(205, 56, 141, 0.34)' },
+      navy: { accent: '#1d2d4c', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(29, 45, 76, 0.34)' },
+      steel: { accent: '#3a4860', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(58, 72, 96, 0.34)' },
+      slate: { accent: '#566577', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(86, 101, 119, 0.34)' },
+      graphite: { accent: '#32363c', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(50, 54, 60, 0.34)' },
+      midnight: { accent: '#1e1d2d', foreground: '#ffffff', glow: 'rgba(30, 29, 45, 0.34)' }
    };

    return tokens[colorKey] || tokens.primary;
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function getCurrentViewport() {
 }

 var slideOutroTimers = [];
+var commandHeartbeatTimer = null;

 // Command websocket and player-state helpers.
 // Send the current playback state to the command websocket.
@@ -166,19 +167,11 @@ function getPlayerRegionModules() {
  return window.pulsePlayerRegionTypes.list();
 }

-function isThumbnailPreview() {
-  return Boolean(window.__pulseThumbnailPreview);
-}
-
 function runRegionLifecycle(root, lifecycleName) {
  if (!root) {
    return;
  }

-  if (isThumbnailPreview() && lifecycleName === 'initRegion') {
-    return;
-  }
-
  getPlayerRegionModules().forEach(function (entry) {
    var module = entry && entry.definition ? entry.definition : null;
    if (!module || typeof module[lifecycleName] !== 'function') {
@@ -276,9 +269,7 @@ function renderSlideMarkup(markup, shouldFade) {
      syncRtmpRegions(root);
    }

-    if (!isThumbnailPreview()) {
-      initializeRegionInstances(root);
-    }
+    initializeRegionInstances(root);

    initializeRenderedVideoPlayback(root, delayMs);

@@ -330,13 +321,16 @@ function renderSlideMarkup(markup, shouldFade) {
  }

  var nextShell = document.createElement('div');
-  nextShell.className = 'slide-shell';
+  nextShell.className = 'slide-shell slide-shell-entering';
+  nextShell.style.zIndex = '0';
  nextShell.style.opacity = '0';
  nextShell.innerHTML = markup;

  if (!previousShell || (previousShell.classList && previousShell.classList.contains('empty'))) {
    app.innerHTML = '';
    nextShell.style.opacity = '1';
+    nextShell.classList.remove('slide-shell-entering');
+    nextShell.classList.add('is-visible');
    app.appendChild(nextShell);
    schedulePostRenderSetup(nextShell, slideFadeDurationMs / 2);
    return nextShell;
@@ -345,6 +339,9 @@ function renderSlideMarkup(markup, shouldFade) {
  if (!previousShell.classList.contains('slide-shell')) {
    previousShell.classList.add('slide-shell');
  }
+  previousShell.classList.remove('is-visible');
+  previousShell.classList.add('is-exiting');
+  previousShell.style.zIndex = '1';
  previousShell.style.opacity = '1';
  pauseRenderedVideoPlayback(previousShell, slideFadeDurationMs / 2);

@@ -352,6 +349,8 @@ function renderSlideMarkup(markup, shouldFade) {
  window.requestAnimationFrame(function () {
    nextShell.style.opacity = '1';
    previousShell.style.opacity = '0';
+    nextShell.classList.remove('slide-shell-entering');
+    nextShell.classList.add('is-visible');
    schedulePostRenderSetup(nextShell, slideFadeDurationMs / 2);
  });

@@ -360,7 +359,10 @@ function renderSlideMarkup(markup, shouldFade) {
      previousShell.parentNode.removeChild(previousShell);
    }
    if (nextShell) {
+      nextShell.style.zIndex = '1';
      nextShell.style.opacity = '1';
+      nextShell.classList.remove('slide-shell-entering');
+      nextShell.classList.add('is-visible');
    }
    slideTransitionTimer = null;
  }, slideFadeDurationMs);
@@ -440,6 +442,34 @@ function isEditableTarget(target) {
  return ['INPUT', 'TEXTAREA', 'SELECT', 'OPTION'].indexOf(tagName) !== -1;
 }

+var keyboardFeedbackTimer = null;
+
+function showKeyboardFeedback(message) {
+  if (typeof document === 'undefined' || !document.body) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  var feedback = document.querySelector('.player-keyboard-feedback');
+  if (!feedback) {
+    feedback = document.createElement('div');
+    feedback.className = 'player-keyboard-feedback';
+    feedback.setAttribute('aria-live', 'polite');
+    document.body.appendChild(feedback);
+  }
+
+  feedback.textContent = String(message || '');
+  feedback.classList.remove('is-visible');
+  void feedback.offsetWidth;
+  feedback.classList.add('is-visible');
+  if (keyboardFeedbackTimer) {
+    window.clearTimeout(keyboardFeedbackTimer);
+  }
+  keyboardFeedbackTimer = window.setTimeout(function () {
+    feedback.classList.remove('is-visible');
+    keyboardFeedbackTimer = null;
+  }, 900);
+}
+
 function handlePlayerKeydown(event) {
  if (!event || event.defaultPrevented || event.altKey || event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey) {
    return;
@@ -452,12 +482,28 @@ function handlePlayerKeydown(event) {
  if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft') {
    event.preventDefault();
    navigateSlides(-1);
+    showKeyboardFeedback('Previous slide');
    return;
  }

  if (event.key === 'ArrowRight') {
    event.preventDefault();
    navigateSlides(1);
+    showKeyboardFeedback('Next slide');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (String(event.key || '').toLowerCase() === 'p') {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    setPaused(!isPaused);
+    showKeyboardFeedback(isPaused ? 'Paused' : 'Playing');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (String(event.key || '').toLowerCase() === 'b') {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    setBlackout(!isBlackout);
+    showKeyboardFeedback(isBlackout ? 'Blackout on' : 'Blackout off');
  }
 }

@@ -489,14 +535,32 @@ function handleCommandMessage(rawMessage) {
  } catch (_error) {
    return;
  }
+  if (payload && payload.type === 'client-id-conflict') {
+    handleClientIdConflict();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (payload && payload.type === 'client-name-updated') {
+    if (payload.clientName) {
+      applyOnboardingClientName(payload.clientName, commandSocket);
+    }
+    return;
+  }

  if (!payload || payload.type !== 'command') {
    return;
  }

+  if (payload.requestId && commandSocket && commandSocket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+    commandSocket.send(JSON.stringify({
+      type: 'command-ack',
+      requestId: payload.requestId,
+      ok: true
+    }));
+  }
+
  switch (payload.command) {
    case 'refresh':
-      refresh();
+      refresh(true);
      return;
    case 'setclientname':
      if (payload.clientName) {
@@ -505,7 +569,17 @@ function handleCommandMessage(rawMessage) {
      return;
    case 'redirect':
      if (payload.url) {
-        window.location.replace(String(payload.url));
+        var redirectUrl = String(payload.url);
+        var authorizeMove = payload.moveToken
+          ? fetch('/api/screen-move-authorize', {
+              method: 'POST',
+              headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json' },
+              body: JSON.stringify({ moveToken: String(payload.moveToken) })
+            })
+          : Promise.resolve();
+        authorizeMove.finally(function () {
+          window.location.replace(redirectUrl);
+        });
      }
      return;
    case 'pause':
@@ -541,6 +615,12 @@ function handleCommandMessage(rawMessage) {
  }
 }

+function handleClientIdConflict() {
+  var replacementClientId = regenerateCommandClientId();
+  var onboardingUrl = new URL('/', window.location.origin);
+  window.location.replace(onboardingUrl.toString());
+}
+
 // Retry the command websocket after a disconnect.
 function scheduleCommandReconnect() {
  if (commandReconnectTimer) {
@@ -564,6 +644,12 @@ function connectCommandSocket() {
  commandSocket = socket;

  socket.onopen = function () {
+    if (commandHeartbeatTimer) {
+      window.clearInterval(commandHeartbeatTimer);
+    }
+    commandHeartbeatTimer = window.setInterval(function () {
+      sendCommandState(lastRenderedSlide);
+    }, 60 * 1000);
    if (typeof syncOnboardingClientNameFromServer === 'function') {
      syncOnboardingClientNameFromServer(socket).then(function () {
        sendCommandState(socket);
@@ -577,12 +663,26 @@ function connectCommandSocket() {
    handleCommandMessage(event.data);
  };

-  socket.onclose = function () {
+  socket.onclose = function (event) {
+    if (typeof logDebug === 'function') {
+      logDebug('Command websocket closed.', 'code=' + String(event && event.code || '') + ' reason=' + String(event && event.reason || ''), 'warn');
+    }
+    if (commandHeartbeatTimer) {
+      window.clearInterval(commandHeartbeatTimer);
+      commandHeartbeatTimer = null;
+    }
    commandSocket = null;
+    if (event && event.code === 4009) {
+      handleClientIdConflict();
+      return;
+    }
    scheduleCommandReconnect();
  };

-  socket.onerror = function () {
+  socket.onerror = function (error) {
+    if (typeof logDebug === 'function') {
+      logDebug('Command websocket error.', error && error.message ? String(error.message) : 'Websocket transport error.', 'error');
+    }
    try {
      socket.close();
    } catch (_error) {
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 // Show or hide the offline status banner.
 function setOfflineBannerVisible(visible, message) {
-  if (window.__pulseThumbnailPreview) {
-    return;
-  }
  var normalizedVisible = Boolean(visible);
  var bannerMessage = String(message || 'Offline mode: using cached playlist.').trim();
  if (normalizedVisible) {
@@ -41,9 +38,6 @@ function setOfflineBannerVisible(visible, message) {

 // Update the offline banner based on connectivity or playlist availability.
 function syncOfflineBanner() {
-  if (window.__pulseThumbnailPreview) {
-    return;
-  }
  if (!window.navigator.onLine) {
    setOfflineBannerVisible(true, 'Offline mode: using cached playlist.');
    return;
@@ -63,9 +57,6 @@ function clearRefreshRetry() {

 // Retry playlist refresh with a short backoff while the player is offline.
 function scheduleRefreshRetry() {
-  if (window.__pulseThumbnailPreview) {
-    return;
-  }
  if (refreshRetryTimer) {
    return;
  }
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Render the slide at the requested index within the active set.
-async function renderSlideAtIndex(sourceSlides, targetIndex) {
+async function renderSlideAtIndex(sourceSlides, targetIndex, options) {
  const availableSlides = Array.isArray(sourceSlides) ? sourceSlides : [];
  if (!availableSlides.length) {
    renderEmpty(slides.length ? 'No slides are scheduled for this time.' : 'No slides assigned to this screen yet.');
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function renderSlideAtIndex(sourceSlides, targetIndex) {

  index = currentIndex;
  var markup = buildSlideMarkup(slide);
-  renderSlideMarkup(markup, currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides);
+  renderSlideMarkup(markup, !(options && options.skipFade) && currentPlaylistFadeBetweenSlides);
  if (typeof scheduleSlideMarkupPreload === 'function') {
    scheduleSlideMarkupPreload(availableSlides, currentIndex);
  }
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function applyPendingPlaylistUpdate() {
 }

 // Render the current active slide or the empty state.
-function showCurrent() {
+function showCurrent(options) {
  clearSlideTimer();
  const activeSlides = getCurrentActiveSlides();
  syncWebpagePreloads(activeSlides, index);
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function showCurrent() {
    lastRenderedViewKey = getCurrentRenderKey(activeSlides);
    return;
  }
-  void renderSlideAtIndex(activeSlides, index);
+  void renderSlideAtIndex(activeSlides, index, options);
  lastRenderedViewKey = getCurrentRenderKey(activeSlides);
 }

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function handleRtmpPlaybackFailure(message, options) {
 }

 // Fetch the latest playlist and queue any updates.
-function refresh() {
+function refresh(applyImmediately) {
  var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
  var url = window.location.origin + '/api/screens/' + encodeURIComponent(slug) + '/playlist?ts=' + Date.now();
  request.open('GET', url, true);
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ function refresh() {
  if (window.__pulsePageAuthToken) {
    request.setRequestHeader('x-pulse-page-auth', window.__pulsePageAuthToken);
  }
+  if (typeof getCommandClientId === 'function') {
+    request.setRequestHeader('x-pulse-client-id', getCommandClientId());
+  }
  if (currentPlaylistEtag) {
    request.setRequestHeader('If-None-Match', currentPlaylistEtag);
  }
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ function refresh() {
      return;
    }
    if (request.status === 304) {
+      logDebug('Playlist refresh completed with no changes.');
      markRefreshHealthy();
      setOfflineBannerVisible(false);
      if (lastRenderedSlide && getCurrentActiveSlides().length < 2) {
@@ -172,6 +176,10 @@ function refresh() {
      return;
    }
    if (request.status < 200 || request.status >= 300) {
+      if (request.status === 401 || request.status === 403) {
+        window.location.replace('/');
+        return;
+      }
      setOfflineBannerVisible(true);
      scheduleRefreshRetry();
      logDebug(
@@ -185,19 +193,26 @@ function refresh() {
      const responseEtag = String(request.getResponseHeader('ETag') || '').trim();
      const data = JSON.parse(request.responseText || '{}');
      const nextSignature = getPlaylistRevision(data);
+      logDebug('Playlist refresh completed.', 'Revision: ' + nextSignature);
      const nextSlides = Array.isArray(data.slides) ? data.slides.map(normalizeSlide) : [];
      const nextActiveSlides = getActiveSlidesFrom(nextSlides);
      const nextFadeBetweenSlides = Boolean(data && data.playlist && data.playlist.fade_between_slides);
      const nextSkipUnavailableRtmp = Boolean(data && data.playlist && data.playlist.skip_unavailable_rtmp);
-      if (window.initialData && typeof window.initialData === 'object') {
-        window.initialData.screen = data.screen || window.initialData.screen || null;
-        window.initialData.playlist = data.playlist || null;
-        window.initialData.slides = nextSlides;
-        window.initialData.rssFeeds = Array.isArray(data.rssFeeds) ? data.rssFeeds : [];
-        window.initialData.apiSources = Array.isArray(data.apiSources) ? data.apiSources : [];
-        window.initialData.timetableGroups = Array.isArray(data.timetableGroups) ? data.timetableGroups : [];
-        window.initialData.revision = nextSignature;
+      var refreshedInitialData = Object.assign({},
+        typeof initialData !== 'undefined' && initialData ? initialData : (window.initialData || {}), {
+        screen: data.screen || null,
+        playlist: data.playlist || null,
+        slides: nextSlides,
+        rssFeeds: Array.isArray(data.rssFeeds) ? data.rssFeeds : [],
+        apiSources: Array.isArray(data.apiSources) ? data.apiSources : [],
+        timetableGroups: Array.isArray(data.timetableGroups) ? data.timetableGroups : [],
+        weatherLocations: Array.isArray(data.weatherLocations) ? data.weatherLocations : [],
+        revision: nextSignature
+      });
+      if (typeof initialData !== 'undefined') {
+        initialData = refreshedInitialData;
      }
+      window.initialData = refreshedInitialData;
      savePlaylistSnapshot({
        slides: nextSlides,
        signature: nextSignature,
@@ -241,6 +256,11 @@ function refresh() {
          fadeBetweenSlides: nextFadeBetweenSlides,
          skipUnavailableRtmp: nextSkipUnavailableRtmp
        };
+        if (applyImmediately) {
+          applyPendingPlaylistUpdate();
+          showCurrent();
+          return;
+        }
        if (!isSlideInList(lastRenderedSlide, nextSlides)) {
          applyPendingPlaylistUpdate();
          showCurrent();
@@ -255,6 +275,11 @@ function refresh() {
        fadeBetweenSlides: nextFadeBetweenSlides,
        skipUnavailableRtmp: nextSkipUnavailableRtmp
      };
+      if (applyImmediately) {
+        applyPendingPlaylistUpdate();
+        showCurrent();
+        return;
+      }
      logDebug('Playlist update detected; applying on next slide transition.');
    } catch (_error) {
      logDebug(
@@ -129,10 +129,6 @@ function getSlideMarkupPreloadSlides(sourceSlides, targetIndex) {
 }

 function scheduleSlideMarkupPreload(sourceSlides, targetIndex) {
-  if (window.__pulseThumbnailPreview) {
-    return;
-  }
-
  const preloadSlides = getSlideMarkupPreloadSlides(sourceSlides, targetIndex);
  if (!preloadSlides.length || typeof primeSlideMarkup !== 'function') {
    return;
@@ -211,6 +207,16 @@ function getCommandClientId() {
  return commandClientId;
 }

+function regenerateCommandClientId() {
+  commandClientId = null;
+  try {
+    window.sessionStorage.removeItem(commandClientStorageKey);
+  } catch (_error) {
+    // ignore storage errors
+  }
+  return getCommandClientId();
+}
+
 // Load the most recent playlist snapshot from browser storage.
 function loadPlaylistSnapshot() {
  try {
@@ -226,6 +232,7 @@ function loadPlaylistSnapshot() {
      slides: parsed.slides.map(normalizeSlide),
      signature: String(parsed.signature || ''),
      fadeBetweenSlides: Boolean(parsed.fadeBetweenSlides),
+      skipUnavailableRtmp: Boolean(parsed.skipUnavailableRtmp),
      etag: String(parsed.etag || '')
    };
  } catch (_error) {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function getRegionAnimationPhaseTimingMs(root, phase) {
 }

 function getRegionAnimationPhaseTimings(root, phase) {
-  if (!root || isThumbnailPreview()) {
+  if (!root) {
    return [];
  }

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function getRegionAnimationPhaseTimings(root, phase) {
 }

 function playRegionAnimation(element, phase) {
-  if (!element || isThumbnailPreview()) {
+  if (!element) {
    return;
  }

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function playRegionAnimation(element, phase) {
 }

 function playRegionAnimations(root, phase) {
-  if (!root || isThumbnailPreview()) {
+  if (!root) {
    return;
  }

@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ function sanitizeRichTextAttributes(tagName, attrText) {
    h5: ['class', 'style'],
    h6: ['class', 'style'],
    img: ['src', 'alt', 'title', 'width', 'height', 'class', 'style', 'loading', 'decoding'],
+    i: ['class', 'style', 'aria-hidden'],
    col: ['class', 'style', 'span', 'width'],
    colgroup: ['class', 'style', 'span'],
    li: ['class', 'style'],
@@ -781,6 +782,7 @@ function getTemplateLayout(template) {
    canvasHeight: canvasSize.height,
    background: template.background_image_path ? '<img class="template-background" src="' + escapeHtml(template.background_image_path) + '" alt="" />' : '',
    backgroundColor: template.background_color || '#111111',
+    backgroundGradient: template.background_gradient || '',
    regions: regions
  };

@@ -789,17 +791,31 @@ function getTemplateLayout(template) {
 }

 // Build a dark backdrop style for template and media canvases.
-function buildBackdropStyle(backgroundColor, backgroundImagePath) {
+function buildBackdropStyle(backgroundColor, backgroundImagePath, backgroundGradient) {
  var color = String(backgroundColor || '#111111').trim() || '#111111';
  var style = 'background-color:' + escapeHtml(color) + ';';
+  var gradient = '';
+  try {
+    var gradientData = typeof backgroundGradient === 'string' ? JSON.parse(backgroundGradient) : backgroundGradient;
+    if (gradientData && gradientData.type === 'linear' && ((Array.isArray(gradientData.stops) && gradientData.stops.length >= 2) || (Array.isArray(gradientData.colors) && gradientData.colors.length >= 2))) {
+      var stops = Array.isArray(gradientData.stops) ? gradientData.stops : (gradientData.colors || []).map(function (color, index, colors) { return { color: color, position: colors.length > 1 ? Math.round(index * 100 / (colors.length - 1)) : 0 }; });
+      stops = stops.filter(function (stop) { return stop && /^#[0-9a-fA-F]{3,8}$/.test(String(stop.color || '').trim()); }).slice(0, 12);
+      if (stops.length >= 2) {
+        var angle = Number(gradientData.angle);
+        gradient = 'linear-gradient(' + (Number.isFinite(angle) ? Math.max(0, Math.min(360, angle)) : 90) + 'deg,' + stops.map(function (stop) { return stop.color + ' ' + Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Number(stop.position) || 0)) + '%'; }).join(',') + ')';
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (_error) {
+    gradient = '';
+  }

  if (backgroundImagePath) {
-    style += 'background-image:url("' + escapeHtml(backgroundImagePath) + '");';
-    style += 'background-position:center;background-size:contain;background-repeat:no-repeat;';
+    style += 'background-image:url("' + escapeHtml(backgroundImagePath) + '")' + (gradient ? ',' + gradient : '') + ';';
+    style += 'background-position:center,center;background-size:contain,cover;background-repeat:no-repeat,no-repeat;';
    return style;
  }

-  style += 'background-image:none;background-position:center;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;';
+  style += 'background-image:' + (gradient || 'none') + ';background-position:center;background-size:cover;background-repeat:no-repeat;';
  return style;
 }

@@ -875,7 +891,7 @@ function renderTemplateSlideMarkup(slide) {
      animationConfig: normalizePlayerAnimationConfig(region.animationJson)
    });
  }).join('') : '';
-  const stageStyle = layout ? buildBackdropStyle(layout.backgroundColor || '#111111', template.background_image_path) : '';
+  const stageStyle = layout ? buildBackdropStyle(layout.backgroundColor || '#111111', template.background_image_path, layout.backgroundGradient) : '';
  if (layout) {
    setPlayerCanvasDimensions(layout.canvasWidth, layout.canvasHeight);
  }
@@ -959,7 +975,7 @@ function notifyVideoRegionSourceReady() {
  }
  slideMarkupCache = Object.create(null);
  if (typeof showCurrent === 'function' && slides && slides.length) {
-    showCurrent();
+    showCurrent({ skipFade: true });
  }
 }

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Registry used by the player runtime to discover independently loaded region modules.
+
+(function () {
+  var root = window;
+  var registry = root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes && typeof root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes === 'object' ? root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes : {};
+
+  function normalizeType(type) {
+    return String(type || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  }
+
+  function register(type, definition) {
+    registry[normalizeType(type)] = definition || {};
+    return registry[normalizeType(type)];
+  }
+
+  function get(type) {
+    return registry[normalizeType(type)] || null;
+  }
+
+  function list() {
+    return Object.keys(registry).map(function (type) {
+      return {
+        type: type,
+        definition: registry[type] || {}
+      };
+    });
+  }
+
+  root.pulsePlayerRegionTypes = {
+    register: register,
+    get: get,
+    list: list
+  };
+}());
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function getApiItem(sourceId, itemNumber, itemsPathOverride) {
  return items[index] || null;
 }

-function substituteApiVariables(html, item) {
+function substituteApiVariables(html, item, sourceId) {
  var source = String(html || '');
  return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, expression) {
    if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') {
@@ -67,7 +67,25 @@ function substituteApiVariables(html, item) {
      return '';
    }

-    return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, expression)));
+    var resolved = placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, expression);
+    if (typeof placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression === 'function' && placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression(expression)) {
+      var imageSource = placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved);
+      var source = getApiSourceById(sourceId);
+      imageSource = source && source.imageCache && source.imageCache[imageSource] ? source.imageCache[imageSource] : imageSource;
+      if (!/^(?:https?:\/\/|\/media\/|\/assets\/|\/[^/])/i.test(imageSource)) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      var imageConfig = typeof placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig === 'function' ? placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression) : {};
+      var hasImageBounds = imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height;
+      var imageStyle = hasImageBounds
+        ? 'display:block;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain;'
+        : 'display:block;width:auto;height:auto;' + (imageConfig.width ? 'max-width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;' : '') + (imageConfig.height ? 'max-height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;' : '');
+      var image = '<img src="' + escapeHtml(imageSource) + '" alt="" style="' + imageStyle + '" />';
+      return hasImageBounds
+        ? '<span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-sizing:border-box;width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;">' + image + '</span>'
+        : image;
+    }
+    return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved));
  });
 }

@@ -120,10 +138,8 @@ function renderApiRegion(region, regionContent) {
  var fontSize = sanitizeFontSize(regionContent.font_size || region.fontSize);
  var fontColor = sanitizeTextColor(regionContent.font_color || region.fontColor);
  var item = getApiItem(sourceId, itemNumber, itemsPath);
-  var body = item ? substituteApiVariables(content, item) : '';
-  if (!body && item) {
-    body = getApiPreviewFallback(item);
-  }
+  var hasSource = String(sourceId === undefined || sourceId === null ? '' : sourceId).trim() !== '';
+  var body = hasSource ? (item ? substituteApiVariables(content, item, sourceId) : '') : content;
  var contentStyle = 'width:' + region.pixelWidth + 'px;height:' + region.pixelHeight + 'px;transform:scale(' + region.canvasScale + ');transform-origin:top left;' + (fontFamily ? 'font-family:' + escapeHtml(fontFamily) + ';' : '') + 'font-size:' + fontSize + 'px;color:' + escapeHtml(fontColor) + ';';
  if (!body) {
    return '';
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function buildHtmlDocument(html) {
    return raw;
  }

-  return '<!doctype html><html><head><style>html,body{margin:0;width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;}</style></head><body>' + raw + '</body></html>';
+  return '<!doctype html><html><head><style>html,body{margin:0;width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;}html,body{background:transparent !important;}</style></head><body>' + raw + '</body></html>';
 }

 function renderHtmlRegionContent(value) {
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ function renderHtmlRegionContent(value) {
  if (!html) {
    return '';
  }
-  return '<iframe class="template-region-html-frame" sandbox="" scrolling="no" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml(buildHtmlDocument(html)) + '" title="HTML region" loading="eager" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>';
+  if (/^<!doctype\b/i.test(html) || /^<html\b/i.test(html)) {
+    return '<iframe class="template-region-html-frame" sandbox="" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml(html) + '" title="HTML region" loading="eager" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe>';
+  }
+  return '<div class="template-region-html-content" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;">' + html + '</div>';
 }

 function renderHtmlRegion(region, regionContent) {
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // RSS region helpers for resolving feeds, items, and nested values.

 var registry = window.pulsePlayerRegionTypes;
+var placeholderUtils = window.placeholderUtils || {};

 function getDefaultStyle() {
  return {
@@ -63,14 +64,34 @@ function resolveRssPath(value, path) {
  return current === undefined || current === null ? '' : current;
 }

-function substituteRssVariables(html, item) {
+function substituteRssVariables(html, item, feedId) {
  var source = String(html || '');
-  return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)(?:\.([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+))?\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, tokenName, tokenPath) {
+  return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, expression) {
    if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') {
      return '';
    }
-    var key = tokenPath ? tokenName + '.' + tokenPath : tokenName;
-    return escapeHtml(resolveRssPath(item, key || ''));
+    if (typeof placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression !== 'function' || typeof placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue !== 'function') {
+      return '';
+    }
+    var resolved = placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, expression);
+    if (typeof placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression === 'function' && placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression(expression)) {
+      var imageSource = placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved);
+      var feed = getRssFeedById(feedId);
+      imageSource = feed && feed.imageCache && feed.imageCache[imageSource] ? feed.imageCache[imageSource] : imageSource;
+      if (!/^(?:https?:\/\/|\/media\/|\/assets\/|\/[^/])/i.test(imageSource)) {
+        return '';
+      }
+      var imageConfig = typeof placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig === 'function' ? placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression) : {};
+      var hasImageBounds = imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height;
+      var imageStyle = hasImageBounds
+        ? 'display:block;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain;'
+        : 'display:block;width:auto;height:auto;' + (imageConfig.width ? 'max-width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;' : '') + (imageConfig.height ? 'max-height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;' : '');
+      var image = '<img src="' + escapeHtml(imageSource) + '" alt="" style="' + imageStyle + '" />';
+      return hasImageBounds
+        ? '<span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-sizing:border-box;width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;">' + image + '</span>'
+        : image;
+    }
+    return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved));
  });
 }

@@ -83,17 +104,8 @@ function renderRssRegion(region, regionContent) {
  var fontSize = sanitizeFontSize(regionContent.font_size || region.fontSize || defaultStyle.font_size);
  var fontColor = sanitizeTextColor(regionContent.font_color || region.fontColor || defaultStyle.font_color);
  var item = getRssFeedItem(feedId, itemNumber);
-  var body = item ? substituteRssVariables(content, item) : '';
-  if (!body && item) {
-    var summaryParts = [];
-    if (item.title) {
-      summaryParts.push('<h3>' + escapeHtml(item.title) + '</h3>');
-    }
-    if (item.description) {
-      summaryParts.push('<div>' + sanitizeRichText(item.description) + '</div>');
-    }
-    body = summaryParts.join('');
-  }
+  var hasFeed = String(feedId === undefined || feedId === null ? '' : feedId).trim() !== '';
+  var body = hasFeed ? (item ? substituteRssVariables(content, item, feedId) : '') : content;
  var contentStyle = 'width:' + region.pixelWidth + 'px;height:' + region.pixelHeight + 'px;transform:scale(' + region.canvasScale + ');transform-origin:top left;' + (fontFamily ? 'font-family:' + escapeHtml(fontFamily) + ';' : '') + 'font-size:' + fontSize + 'px;color:' + escapeHtml(fontColor) + ';';
  if (!body) {
    return '';
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// RTMP region markup and playback lifecycle hooks.
+
 var registry = window.pulsePlayerRegionTypes;

 function renderRtmpRegion(region, regionContent) {
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Weather region rendering for live playback.
+
+var weatherRegistry = window.pulsePlayerRegionTypes;
+var weatherPlaceholderUtils = window.placeholderUtils || {};
+
+function weatherIconForCode(code) {
+  var value = Number(code);
+  if (value === 0) return 'bi-sun';
+  if (value <= 3) return 'bi-cloud-sun';
+  if (value <= 48) return 'bi-cloud-fog';
+  if (value <= 67 || value > 77 && value <= 82) return 'bi-cloud-rain';
+  if (value <= 77) return 'bi-cloud-snow';
+  return 'bi-cloud-lightning-rain';
+}
+
+function getWeatherLocation(locationId) {
+  var locations = Array.isArray(initialData && initialData.weatherLocations) ? initialData.weatherLocations : [];
+  return locations.find(function (location) { return Number(location.id) === Number(locationId); }) || null;
+}
+
+function normalizeWeatherExpression(expression) {
+  var value = String(expression || '').trim();
+  var currentAliases = { temp: 'current.temperature_2m', temp_unit: 'current.temperature_unit', feels_like: 'current.apparent_temperature', humidity: 'current.relative_humidity_2m', code: 'current.weather_code', wind: 'current.wind_speed_10m', wind_unit: 'current.wind_speed_unit', precip: 'current.precipitation', precip_unit: 'current.precipitation_unit', uv_index: 'current.uv_index', cloud_cover: 'current.cloud_cover', icon: 'current.weather_code.icon' };
+  var globalAliases = { temp_unit: 'temperature_unit', wind_unit: 'wind_speed_unit', precip_unit: 'precipitation_unit' };
+  if (globalAliases[value]) return globalAliases[value];
+  var currentField = value.replace(/^current\./, '');
+  var currentMatch = currentField.match(/^([^.()]+)((?:\(.*\))|(?:\..*))?$/);
+  if (currentMatch && currentAliases[currentMatch[1]]) return currentAliases[currentMatch[1]] + (currentMatch[2] || '');
+  var indexed = value.match(/^(daily|hourly)\.(\d+)\.(.+)$/);
+  if (!indexed) return value;
+  var fieldMatch = indexed[3].match(/^([^.()]+)((?:\(.*\))|(?:\..*))?$/);
+  var field = fieldMatch ? fieldMatch[1] : indexed[3];
+  var aliases = indexed[1] === 'daily' ? { time: 'time', code: 'weather_code', temp_max: 'temperature_2m_max', temp_min: 'temperature_2m_min', precip: 'precipitation_sum', wind: 'wind_speed_10m_max', uv_index: 'uv_index_max', cloud_cover: 'cloud_cover_mean', sunrise: 'sunrise', sunset: 'sunset', icon: 'weather_code' } : { time: 'time', code: 'weather_code', temp: 'temperature_2m', precip: 'precipitation', wind: 'wind_speed_10m', uv_index: 'uv_index', cloud_cover: 'cloud_cover', icon: 'weather_code' };
+  if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(aliases, field)) return value;
+  return field === 'icon' ? indexed[1] + '.' + aliases[field] + '.' + indexed[2] + '.icon' + (fieldMatch[2] || '') : indexed[1] + '.' + aliases[field] + '.' + indexed[2] + (fieldMatch[2] || '');
+}
+
+function withWeatherUnits(snapshot, location) {
+  var data = Object.assign({}, snapshot, { location_label: location.location_label || '', name: location.name || '', timezone: location.timezone || '', temp_unit: location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? '°F' : '°C', wind_unit: location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'm/s' : 'km/h', precip_unit: location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'in' : 'mm' });
+  var temperatureUnit = location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? '°F' : '°C';
+  var windUnit = location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'm/s' : 'km/h';
+  var precipitationUnit = location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'in' : 'mm';
+  data.current = Object.assign({}, snapshot.current || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit, wind_speed_unit: windUnit, precipitation_unit: precipitationUnit });
+  data.daily = Object.assign({}, snapshot.daily || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit });
+  data.hourly = Object.assign({}, snapshot.hourly || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit });
+  return data;
+}
+
+function substituteWeatherVariables(html, value) {
+  return String(html || '').replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, expression) {
+    if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || typeof weatherPlaceholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression !== 'function' || typeof weatherPlaceholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue !== 'function') return '';
+    var rawExpression = String(expression).trim();
+    var normalizedExpression = normalizeWeatherExpression(rawExpression);
+    var iconMatch = normalizedExpression.match(/^(?:current\.weather_code|daily\.weather_code\.\d+|hourly\.weather_code\.\d+)\.icon(?:\((\d+)(?:\s*,\s*(\d+))?\))?$/);
+    if (iconMatch) {
+      var codeExpression = normalizedExpression.replace(/\.icon(?:\(.*\))?$/, '');
+      var width = iconMatch[1] ? Math.max(1, Math.min(1000, Number(iconMatch[1]))) : 0;
+      var height = iconMatch[2] ? Math.max(1, Math.min(1000, Number(iconMatch[2]))) : width;
+      var style = width ? ' style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;font-size:' + width + 'px;line-height:' + height + 'px;width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;"' : '';
+        var weatherCode = weatherPlaceholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(value, codeExpression, { timeZone: value.timezone });
+        var icon = '<i class="bi ' + weatherIconForCode(weatherCode) + '"' + style + ' aria-hidden="true"></i>';
+        return width ? '<span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-sizing:border-box;width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;">' + icon + '</span>' : icon;
+    }
+    return escapeHtml(weatherPlaceholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(weatherPlaceholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(value, normalizeWeatherExpression(expression), { timeZone: value.timezone })));
+  });
+}
+
+function renderWeatherRegion(region, regionContent) {
+  var location = getWeatherLocation(regionContent && regionContent.weather_location_id);
+  var snapshot = location && location.responseJson && typeof location.responseJson === 'object' ? location.responseJson : null;
+  var width = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.pixelWidth) || 1));
+  var height = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.pixelHeight) || 1));
+  var scale = Number(region && region.canvasScale) || 1;
+  var style = 'width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;transform:scale(' + scale + ');transform-origin:top left;overflow:hidden;';
+  if (!location || !snapshot) return '<div class="template-region weather" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div style="' + style + '"></div></div>';
+  var current = snapshot.current || {};
+  var value = String(regionContent && regionContent.value || '');
+  if (value) {
+    var weatherData = withWeatherUnits(snapshot, location);
+    var fontSize = Math.max(8, Number(regionContent && regionContent.font_size || region && (region.font_size || region.fontSize) || 32) || 32);
+    return '<div class="template-region weather" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div style="' + style + 'font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:' + fontSize + 'px;line-height:1.5;">' + renderEditorJsContent(substituteWeatherVariables(value, weatherData)) + '</div></div>';
+  }
+  var daily = snapshot.daily || {};
+  var days = (daily.time || []).slice(0, 7).map(function (day, index) {
+    return '<div class="weather-region-day"><strong>' + escapeHtml(index === 0 ? 'Today' : String(day).slice(5)) + '</strong><i class="bi ' + weatherIconForCode(daily.weather_code && daily.weather_code[index]) + '"></i><span>' + escapeHtml(daily.temperature_2m_max && daily.temperature_2m_max[index] !== undefined ? daily.temperature_2m_max[index] + '°' : '-') + '</span></div>';
+  }).join('');
+  return '<div class="template-region weather" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div style="' + style + 'padding:3%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;"><div><div style="font-size:.8em;opacity:.72;">' + escapeHtml(location.location_label || location.name) + '</div><strong style="font-size:2em;">' + escapeHtml(current.temperature_2m === undefined ? '-' : current.temperature_2m) + '°</strong></div><i class="bi ' + weatherIconForCode(current.weather_code) + '" style="font-size:3em;"></i></div><div style="display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(7,minmax(0,1fr));gap:.35em;margin-top:1em;">' + days + '</div></div></div>';
+}
+
+weatherRegistry.register('weather', { renderRegion: renderWeatherRegion });
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Assemble player HTML and inline runtime scripts from the server-side templates.
+
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const announcementIcons = require('#src/data/announcement-icons');
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ function sanitizeRichTextAttributes(tagName, attrText) {
    h4: ['class', 'style'],
    h5: ['class', 'style'],
    h6: ['class', 'style'],
+    i: ['class', 'style', 'aria-hidden'],
    img: ['src', 'alt', 'title', 'width', 'height', 'class', 'style', 'loading', 'decoding'],
    col: ['class', 'style', 'span', 'width'],
    colgroup: ['class', 'style', 'span'],
@@ -426,7 +429,7 @@ function getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesScript() {
 function getAnnouncementIconsDataScript() {
  return [
    '(function () {',
-    '  window.pulseAnnouncementIconKeys = ' + safeJsonForScript(announcementIcons.ANNOUNCEMENT_ICON_KEYS) + ';',
+    '  window.pulseAnnouncementIconKeys = ' + safeJsonForScript(announcementIcons.ANNOUNCEMENT_ICON_CATALOG_KEYS) + ';',
    '  window.pulseAnnouncementDefaultIconKey = ' + safeJsonForScript(announcementIcons.DEFAULT_ANNOUNCEMENT_ICON) + ';',
    '}());'
  ].join('\n');
@@ -522,6 +525,32 @@ function getPlayerOnboardingFormScript() {
  return loadTemplate(playerOnboardingFormScriptPath, playerOnboardingFormScriptCache || (playerOnboardingFormScriptCache = {}));
 }

+function getPlayerRuntimeScripts() {
+  function getScriptBody(value) {
+    return String(value || '')
+      .replace(/^\s*<script(?:\s[^>]*)?>/i, '')
+      .replace(/<\/script>\s*$/i, '')
+      .trim();
+  }
+
+  return [
+    ['region-registry', fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'js', 'player-region-registry.js'), 'utf8').trim()],
+    ['placeholder-utils', fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'web', 'public', 'js', 'shared', 'placeholder-utils.js'), 'utf8').trim()],
+    ['qr-code-svg', fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'web', 'public', 'js', 'shared', 'qr-code-svg.js'), 'utf8').trim()],
+    ['client-name', getScriptBody(getPlayerClientNameScript()())],
+    ['offline', getScriptBody(getPlayerPageOfflineScript()())],
+    ['playlist', getScriptBody(getPlayerPagePlaylistScript()())],
+    ['commands', getScriptBody(getPlayerPageCommandsScript()())],
+    ['rendering', getScriptBody(getPlayerPageRenderingScript()())],
+    ['playback', getScriptBody(getPlayerPagePlaybackScript()())],
+    ['announcement-icons', getAnnouncementIconsDataScript()],
+    ['announcement-data', getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesDataScript()],
+    ['announcement-templates', getScriptBody(getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesScript())]
+  ].concat(getPlayerRegionScriptPaths().map(function (filePath, index) {
+    return ['region-' + index, fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8').trim()];
+  })).filter(function (entry) { return entry[1]; });
+}
+
 module.exports = {
  mediaKind: mediaKind,
  escapeHtml: escapeHtml,
@@ -555,5 +584,6 @@ module.exports = {
  getPlayerPageScript: getPlayerPageScript,
  getPlayerRegionScripts: getPlayerRegionScripts,
  getPlayerOnboardingLandingScript: getPlayerOnboardingLandingScript,
-  getPlayerOnboardingFormScript: getPlayerOnboardingFormScript
+  getPlayerOnboardingFormScript: getPlayerOnboardingFormScript,
+  getPlayerRuntimeScripts: getPlayerRuntimeScripts
 };
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@

 const Handlebars = require('handlebars');
 const path = require('path');
-const { mediaKind, safeJsonForScript, getPlayerPageTemplate, getPlayerClientNameScript, getPlayerPageOfflineScript, getPlayerPagePlaylistScript, getPlayerPageCommandsScript, getPlayerPageRenderingScript, getPlayerPagePlaybackScript, getAnnouncementIconsDataScript, getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesDataScript, getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesScript, getPlayerPageAnnouncementsScript, getPlayerPageScript, getPlayerRegionScripts, getPlayerOnboardingLandingScript, getPlayerOnboardingFormScript } = require('./render-helpers');
-const { createThumbnailPreviewBootstrapScript } = require('./thumbnail-preview');
+const { mediaKind, safeJsonForScript, getPlayerPageTemplate, getPlayerPageAnnouncementsScript, getPlayerPageScript, getPlayerOnboardingLandingScript, getPlayerOnboardingFormScript, getPlayerRuntimeScripts } = require('./render-helpers');
 const { createPageAuthBundle, createPageFetchAuthScript } = require('#src/request-auth');
 const { getFontStylesheetHref } = require('#src/web/lib/media/font-library');

@@ -36,34 +35,31 @@ function getPlayerServiceWorkerRegistrationScript() {
  ].join('');
 }

-function renderOnboardingLandingBody() {
+function renderOnboardingLandingBody(options) {
+  const onboardingCode = String(options && options.pairingCode || '').trim();
+  const deviceId = String(options && options.deviceId || '').trim();
  return [
-    '<main class="onboarding-shell">',
-    '  <section class="onboarding-card onboarding-card--landing">',
-    '    <p class="onboarding-kicker">Pulse Signage</p>',
-    '    <h1>Onboard this player</h1>',
-    '    <p class="onboarding-copy">Choose an existing screen, name the client, and either scan the QR code or finish right here with a keyboard and mouse.</p>',
+    '    <main id="onboarding-shell" class="onboarding-shell">',
+    '  <section class="onboarding-stage onboarding-stage--landing">',
    '    <div class="onboarding-layout">',
    '      <div class="onboarding-qr-pane">',
    '        <div class="onboarding-qr-frame">',
    '          <img id="onboarding-qr" alt="Onboarding QR code" src="data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22 viewBox=%220 0 320 320%22%3E%3Crect width=%22320%22 height=%22320%22 rx=%2224%22 fill=%22%23ffffff%22/%3E%3Crect x=%2230%22 y=%2230%22 width=%22260%22 height=%22260%22 rx=%2218%22 fill=%22%23f8fafc%22 stroke=%22%23cbd5e1%22 stroke-width=%223%22 stroke-dasharray=%2212 10%22/%3E%3Cpath d=%22M106 118h108M106 156h108M106 194h72%22 stroke=%22%2394a3b8%22 stroke-width=%2214%22 stroke-linecap=%22round%22/%3E%3Ccircle cx=%22128%22 cy=%22248%22 r=%2212%22 fill=%22%2394a3b8%22/%3E%3Ctext x=%22160%22 y=%2278%22 text-anchor=%22middle%22 fill=%22%230f172a%22 font-family=%22Arial,sans-serif%22 font-size=%2224%22 font-weight=%22700%22%3EQR code loading%3C/text%3E%3Ctext x=%22160%22 y=%22266%22 text-anchor=%22middle%22 fill=%22%234b5563%22 font-family=%22Arial,sans-serif%22 font-size=%2214%22%3EPlease wait%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E" />',
    '        </div>',
-    '        <div id="onboarding-status" class="onboarding-status">Preparing onboarding link...</div>',
+    '        <p class="onboarding-qr-caption">Scan this QR code with your phone</p>',
+    '      </div>',
+    '      <div class="onboarding-copy-panel">',
+    '        <p class="onboarding-kicker onboarding-brand-title">Pulse Signage</p>',
+    '        <h1>Quickly set up with your phone</h1>',
+    '        <ol class="onboarding-instructions">',
+    '          <li>Open the camera and scan the QR code.</li>',
+    '          <li>Log in to Pulse Signage and choose a screen.</li>',
+    '        </ol>',
+    '        <div class="onboarding-pin-block">',
+    '          <span class="onboarding-pin-label">Pairing Code</span>',
+    '          <strong id="onboarding-pairing-code" class="onboarding-pin">' + Handlebars.escapeExpression(onboardingCode || 'Loading...') + '</strong>',
+    '        </div>',
    '      </div>',
-    '      <form id="onboarding-local-form" class="onboarding-form onboarding-form--local">',
-    '        <label>',
-    '          <span>Client name</span>',
-    '          <input name="clientName" type="text" maxlength="255" required placeholder="Lobby player" autocomplete="off" />',
-    '        </label>',
-    '        <label>',
-    '          <span>Screen</span>',
-    '          <select name="screenSlug" id="onboarding-screen-select" required>',
-    '            <option value="">Loading screens...</option>',
-    '          </select>',
-    '        </label>',
-    '        <button type="submit">Save client</button>',
-    '        <div id="onboarding-message" class="onboarding-status"></div>',
-    '      </form>',
    '    </div>',
    '  </section>',
    '</main>'
@@ -79,6 +75,10 @@ function renderOnboardingFormBody(deviceId) {
    '    <p class="onboarding-copy">Pick an existing screen and give this player a friendly name that will persist after refreshes.</p>',
    '    <form id="onboarding-form" class="onboarding-form">',
    '      <label>',
+    '        <span>Pairing code</span>',
+    '        <input name="pairingCode" type="text" inputmode="numeric" pattern="[0-9]{6}" maxlength="6" required autocomplete="one-time-code" placeholder="Enter the code shown on the kiosk" />',
+    '      </label>',
+    '      <label>',
    '        <span>Client name</span>',
    '        <input name="clientName" type="text" maxlength="255" required placeholder="Lobby player" />',
    '      </label>',
@@ -109,40 +109,36 @@ function renderOnboardingFormScript(deviceId) {
 }

 function renderPlayerPage(slug, initialData) {
-  const onboardingScript = getPlayerClientNameScript()();
-  const offlineScript = getPlayerPageOfflineScript()();
-  const playlistScript = getPlayerPagePlaylistScript()();
-  const commandScript = getPlayerPageCommandsScript()();
-  const renderingScript = getPlayerPageRenderingScript()();
-  const playbackScript = getPlayerPagePlaybackScript()();
  const serviceWorkerScript = getPlayerServiceWorkerRegistrationScript();
  const template = getPlayerPageTemplate();
  const hlsScriptTag = '<script src="/assets/vendor/hls.min.js"></script>';
  const pageAuthToken = createPageAuthBundle({ scope: 'player', slug: String(slug || '').trim() });
  const fontStylesheetHref = getFontStylesheetHref(PLAYER_MEDIA_DIR);
-  const bodyClass = [initialData && initialData.thumbnailPreview ? 'thumbnail-preview' : '', ''].join(' ').trim();
-  const script = getPlayerPageScript()({
+  const bootstrapScript = getPlayerPageScript()({
    SLUG_JSON: new Handlebars.SafeString(JSON.stringify(slug)),
    INITIAL_DATA_JSON: new Handlebars.SafeString(safeJsonForScript(initialData || null)),
-    REGION_SCRIPTS: new Handlebars.SafeString(getPlayerRegionScripts())
+    REGION_SCRIPTS: ''
  });
+  const runtimeScriptTags = getPlayerRuntimeScripts().map(function (entry) {
+    return '<script src="/assets/player-script/' + encodeURIComponent(entry[0]) + '.js"></script>';
+  }).join('');

  return renderPage(template, {
    title: 'Screen ' + slug,
-    bodyClass: bodyClass,
+    bodyClass: '',
    body: '<div id="app"><div class="empty">Loading screen...</div></div>',
    stylesheets: fontStylesheetHref ? [fontStylesheetHref] : [],
-    script: createPageFetchAuthScript(pageAuthToken, '/ws/screens/' + encodeURIComponent(slug || '')) + hlsScriptTag + serviceWorkerScript + createThumbnailPreviewBootstrapScript(initialData) + '<script>' + offlineScript + '</script>' + '<script>' + playlistScript + '</script>' + '<script>' + commandScript + '</script>' + '<script>' + renderingScript + '</script>' + '<script>' + playbackScript + '</script>' + '<script>' + getAnnouncementIconsDataScript() + '</script>' + '<script>' + getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesDataScript() + '</script>' + '<script>' + getPlayerAnnouncementTemplatesScript() + '</script>' + onboardingScript + script + '<script>' + getPlayerPageAnnouncementsScript()() + '</script>'
+    script: createPageFetchAuthScript(pageAuthToken, '/ws/screens/' + encodeURIComponent(slug || '')) + hlsScriptTag + serviceWorkerScript + runtimeScriptTags + bootstrapScript + '<script>' + getPlayerPageAnnouncementsScript()() + '</script>'
  });
 }

-function renderPlayerOnboardingLandingPage() {
+function renderPlayerOnboardingLandingPage(options) {
  const pageAuthToken = createPageAuthBundle({ scope: 'onboarding' });
  const fontStylesheetHref = getFontStylesheetHref(PLAYER_MEDIA_DIR);
  return renderPage(getPlayerPageTemplate(), {
    title: 'Onboard player',
    bodyClass: 'onboarding-page',
-    body: renderOnboardingLandingBody(),
+    body: renderOnboardingLandingBody(options),
    stylesheets: fontStylesheetHref ? [fontStylesheetHref] : [],
    script: createPageFetchAuthScript(pageAuthToken) + getPlayerServiceWorkerRegistrationScript() + renderOnboardingLandingScript()
  });
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const express = require('express');
 const path = require('path');
 const { getSharedSecret, createPageAuthBundle, verifyPageAuthToken, verifyRequestAuth, createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
 const { getPlayerPublicBaseUrl } = require('./onboarding');
-const { buildThumbnailPreviewData } = require('./thumbnail-preview');

 const TRANSIENT_DB_ERROR_CODES = ['ECONNREFUSED', 'ECONNRESET', 'ETIMEDOUT', 'EPIPE', 'ENOTFOUND', 'PROTOCOL_CONNECTION_LOST', 'POOL_CLOSED', 'ERR_POOL_CLOSED'];

@@ -24,6 +23,23 @@ function isBridgeFetchError(error) {
  ));
 }

+function getRequestClientId(req) {
+  const headerClientId = String(req && req.headers && req.headers['x-pulse-client-id'] || '').trim();
+  if (headerClientId) {
+    return headerClientId;
+  }
+  const queryClientId = String(req && req.query && req.query.clientId || '').trim();
+  if (queryClientId) {
+    return queryClientId;
+  }
+  const cookieHeader = String(req && req.headers && req.headers.cookie || '');
+  const cookie = cookieHeader.split(';').map(function (part) {
+    const separator = part.indexOf('=');
+    return separator === -1 ? null : [part.slice(0, separator).trim(), part.slice(separator + 1).trim()];
+  }).filter(Boolean).find(function (entry) { return entry[0] === 'pulse-player-client-id'; });
+  return cookie ? decodeURIComponent(cookie[1]) : '';
+}
+
 function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
  const pool = options && options.pool ? options.pool : null;
  const common = options && options.common ? options.common : null;
@@ -35,6 +51,7 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
  const playerInternalUrl = String(options && options.playerInternalBaseUrl || process.env.PLAYER_INTERNAL_URL || process.env.PLAYER_BASE_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
  const bridgeBaseUrl = String(options && options.bridgeBaseUrl || process.env.BRIDGE_PUBLIC_URL || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
  const playerDeviceId = String(options && options.playerDeviceId || '').trim() || null;
+  const snapshotDir = options && options.snapshotDir ? path.resolve(String(options.snapshotDir)) : null;
  const onPlayerPublicBaseUrl = typeof options.onPlayerPublicBaseUrl === 'function' ? options.onPlayerPublicBaseUrl : null;

  if (!app || !common || !mediaDir || !assetDir || !playerRuntime || !rtmpStreamService) {
@@ -62,11 +79,20 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
      body: body
    }));

-    if (req.headers['x-pulse-page-auth']) {
-      headers['x-pulse-page-auth'] = String(req.headers['x-pulse-page-auth']).trim();
+    const requestHeaders = req && req.headers ? req.headers : {};
+    if (requestHeaders['x-pulse-page-auth']) {
+      headers['x-pulse-page-auth'] = String(requestHeaders['x-pulse-page-auth']).trim();
    }
-    if (req.headers['if-none-match']) {
-      headers['if-none-match'] = String(req.headers['if-none-match']).trim();
+    if (requestHeaders['if-none-match']) {
+      headers['if-none-match'] = String(requestHeaders['if-none-match']).trim();
+    }
+    if (requestHeaders['x-pulse-client-id']) {
+      headers['x-pulse-client-id'] = String(requestHeaders['x-pulse-client-id']).trim();
+    } else {
+      const clientId = getRequestClientId(req);
+      if (clientId) {
+        headers['x-pulse-client-id'] = clientId;
+      }
    }
    if (requestOptions.contentType) {
      headers['content-type'] = requestOptions.contentType;
@@ -96,6 +122,76 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
    }
  }

+  async function getBoundScreenSlug(req) {
+    if (!playerDeviceId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const clientId = String(req.query && req.query.clientId || '').trim();
+    if (!clientId) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const bindingId = clientId;
+
+    if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
+      const response = await fetchBridge(req, '/api/onboarding/status?deviceId=' + encodeURIComponent(bindingId), {
+        method: 'GET'
+      });
+      const status = await readJsonResponse(response);
+      return status && status.screenSlug ? String(status.screenSlug).trim() : null;
+    }
+
+    const [rows] = await pool.query(
+      `SELECT s.slug
+         FROM d_onboarding_devices d
+         JOIN d_screens s ON s.id = d.screen_id
+        WHERE d.device_id = ?`,
+      [bindingId]
+    );
+    return rows[0] && rows[0].slug ? String(rows[0].slug).trim() : null;
+  }
+
+  async function isClientAuthorizedForScreen(req, requestedSlug) {
+    const clientId = getRequestClientId(req);
+    if (!clientId) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    const boundSlug = await getBoundScreenSlug({ query: { clientId: clientId } });
+    return boundSlug === String(requestedSlug || '').trim();
+  }
+
+  function isAuthorizedScreenMove(req, requestedSlug) {
+    const queryToken = String(req.query && req.query.moveToken || '').trim();
+    const cookieHeader = String(req.headers && req.headers.cookie || '');
+    const cookieToken = cookieHeader.split(';').map(function (part) {
+      const separator = part.indexOf('=');
+      return separator === -1 ? null : [part.slice(0, separator).trim(), part.slice(separator + 1).trim()];
+    }).filter(Boolean).find(function (entry) { return entry[0] === 'pulse-screen-move'; });
+    const token = queryToken || (cookieToken ? decodeURIComponent(cookieToken[1]) : '');
+    if (!token) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const payload = verifyPageAuthToken(token);
+    return Boolean(payload
+      && String(payload.scope || '').trim() === 'screen-move'
+      && String(payload.playerId || '').trim() === String(playerDeviceId || '').trim()
+      && String(payload.screenSlug || '').trim() === String(requestedSlug || '').trim());
+  }
+
+  app.post('/api/screen-move-authorize', express.json(), function (req, res) {
+    const token = String(req.body && req.body.moveToken || '').trim();
+    const payload = verifyPageAuthToken(token);
+    if (!payload
+      || String(payload.scope || '').trim() !== 'screen-move'
+      || String(payload.playerId || '').trim() !== String(playerDeviceId || '').trim()) {
+      return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Invalid screen move authorization.' });
+    }
+
+    res.setHeader('Set-Cookie', `pulse-screen-move=${encodeURIComponent(token)}; Max-Age=60; Path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax`);
+    return res.json({ ok: true });
+  });
+
  function requirePageAuth(allowedScopes) {
    return function (req, res, next) {
      if (!sharedSecret) {
@@ -145,6 +241,32 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
    return resolvedFilePath;
  }

+  function getSnapshotFilePath(slug) {
+    const normalizedSlug = String(slug || '').trim();
+    return snapshotDir && normalizedSlug ? path.join(snapshotDir, `${normalizedSlug}.json`) : null;
+  }
+
+  async function readPlaylistSnapshot(slug) {
+    const filePath = getSnapshotFilePath(slug);
+    if (!filePath) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, 'utf8'));
+    } catch (_error) {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function writePlaylistSnapshot(slug, payload) {
+    const filePath = getSnapshotFilePath(slug);
+    if (!filePath || !payload) {
+      return;
+    }
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(path.dirname(filePath), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2), 'utf8');
+  }
+
  app.use('/assets', express.static(assetDir));
  app.use('/assets/adminlte/bootstrap-icons', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'web', 'public', 'adminlte', 'bootstrap-icons')));
  app.use('/media', express.static(mediaDir));
@@ -296,8 +418,8 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
    }
  });

-  app.get('/screen/:slug', function (req, res) {
-    if (onPlayerPublicBaseUrl) {
+  app.get('/screen/:slug', async function (req, res, next) {
+    if (onPlayerPublicBaseUrl && !bridgeBaseUrl) {
      try {
        onPlayerPublicBaseUrl(getPlayerPublicBaseUrl(req, null));
      } catch (_error) {
@@ -313,34 +435,31 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
        headers: pageAuthToken ? { 'x-pulse-page-auth': pageAuthToken } : {}
      }).then(async function (response) {
        if (!response || response.status >= 400) {
+          const snapshot = await readPlaylistSnapshot(req.params.slug);
          res.set('X-Player-Offline', '1');
-          return res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, null));
+          return res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, snapshot));
        }
        const data = await readJsonResponse(response);
        if (!data) {
+          const snapshot = await readPlaylistSnapshot(req.params.slug);
          res.set('X-Player-Offline', '1');
-          return res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, null));
+          return res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, snapshot));
        }
-        res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, data));
-      }).catch(function (error) {
+        await writePlaylistSnapshot(req.params.slug, data);
+        res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, null));
+      }).catch(async function (error) {
        if (!isBridgeFetchError(error)) {
          console.error(error);
        }
+        const snapshot = await readPlaylistSnapshot(req.params.slug);
        res.set('X-Player-Offline', '1');
-        res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, null));
+        res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, snapshot));
      });
      return;
    }

-    const { bindPlayerToScreen } = require('./onboarding');
-    if (playerDeviceId) {
-      void bindPlayerToScreen(pool, playerDeviceId, req.params.slug)
-        .catch(function (error) {
-          console.error(error);
-        });
-    }
    playerPlaylistService.buildScreenPlaylist(req.params.slug).then(function (data) {
-      res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, data));
+      res.send(common.renderPlayerPage(req.params.slug, null));
    }).catch(function (error) {
      console.error(error);
      res.set('X-Player-Offline', '1');
@@ -348,69 +467,23 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
    });
  });

-  app.get('/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/:id/preview', requireRequestAuth, async function (req, res, next) {
-    try {
-      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
-        const response = await fetchBridge(req, '/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/' + encodeURIComponent(req.params.id) + '/preview', {
-          method: 'GET'
-        });
-        if (!response) {
-          return res.status(502).send('Thin client unavailable');
-        }
-        res.status(response.status);
-        res.set('Cache-Control', response.headers.get('cache-control') || 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
-        res.type(response.headers.get('content-type') || 'text/html; charset=utf-8');
-        return res.send(await response.text());
-      }
-
-      const slide = await common.fetchSlideById(pool, Number(req.params.id));
-      if (!slide) {
-        return res.status(404).send('Slide not found');
-      }
-
-      const data = buildThumbnailPreviewData(slide);
-
-      if (typeof common.fetchRssFeedsData === 'function' && typeof common.fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId === 'function') {
-        const rssData = await common.fetchRssFeedsData(pool);
-        data.rssFeeds = await Promise.all((rssData.rssFeeds || []).map(async function (feed) {
-          const items = await common.fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId(pool, feed.id);
-          return Object.assign({}, feed, {
-            items: items.map(function (item) {
-              return typeof common.normalizeRssFeedItem === 'function' ? common.normalizeRssFeedItem(item) : item;
-            })
-          });
-        }));
-      }
-
-      if (typeof common.fetchApiSourcesData === 'function') {
-        const apiData = await common.fetchApiSourcesData(pool);
-        data.apiSources = (apiData.apiSources || []).map(function (source) {
-          return Object.assign({}, source, {
-            responseJson: typeof common.parseJsonSafe === 'function' ? common.parseJsonSafe(source.last_response_json) : null
-          });
-        });
-      }
-
-      if (typeof common.fetchTimetablesData === 'function') {
-        const timetableData = await common.fetchTimetablesData(pool);
-        data.timetableGroups = Array.isArray(timetableData && timetableData.timetableGroups) ? timetableData.timetableGroups : [];
-      }
-
-      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
-      res.send(common.renderPlayerPage('slide-thumbnail-preview-' + slide.id, data));
-    } catch (error) {
-      next(error);
-    }
-  });
-
  app.get('/api/screens/:slug/playlist', requirePageAuth(['player']), async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
+      if (playerDeviceId && !(await isClientAuthorizedForScreen(req, req.params.slug))) {
+        return res.status(403).json({ error: 'This browser tab is not authorized for this screen.' });
+      }
      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
        const response = await fetchBridge(req, '/api/screens/' + encodeURIComponent(req.params.slug) + '/playlist', {
          method: 'GET'
        });
        if (!response) {
-          return res.status(502).json({ error: 'Thin client unavailable.' });
+          const snapshot = await readPlaylistSnapshot(req.params.slug);
+          if (!snapshot) {
+            return res.status(502).json({ error: 'Thin client unavailable.' });
+          }
+          res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
+          res.set('ETag', '"' + String(snapshot.revision || '') + '"');
+          return res.json(snapshot);
        }
        res.status(response.status);
        const etag = response.headers.get('etag');
@@ -425,7 +498,12 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {
          return res.end();
        }
        res.type(response.headers.get('content-type') || 'application/json');
-        return res.send(await response.text());
+        const responseText = await response.text();
+        try {
+          await writePlaylistSnapshot(req.params.slug, JSON.parse(responseText));
+        } catch (_error) {
+        }
+        return res.send(responseText);
      }

      res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate');
@@ -448,6 +526,9 @@ function registerPlayerRoutes(app, options) {

  app.get('/api/screens/:slug/announcement', requirePageAuth(['player']), async function (req, res, next) {
    try {
+      if (playerDeviceId && !(await isClientAuthorizedForScreen(req, req.params.slug))) {
+        return res.status(403).json({ error: 'This browser tab is not authorized for this screen.' });
+      }
      if (bridgeBaseUrl) {
        const response = await fetchBridge(req, '/api/screens/' + encodeURIComponent(req.params.slug) + '/announcement', {
          method: 'GET'
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 const crypto = require('crypto');
 const { WebSocketServer, WebSocket } = require('ws');
-const { isClientNameAvailable } = require('#src/data/client-name-check');
+const { findAvailableClientName, isClientNameAvailable } = require('#src/data/client-name-check');
 const { verifyPageAuthToken, verifyRequestAuth } = require('#src/request-auth');
 const PAGE_AUTH_COOKIE_NAME = 'pulse_page_auth';

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function normalizePlayerPublicBaseUrl(pageUrl) {
 function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
  const pool = options && options.pool ? options.pool : null;
  const notifySnapshot = typeof options.notifySnapshot === 'function' ? options.notifySnapshot : null;
+  const persistClientName = typeof options.persistClientName === 'function' ? options.persistClientName : null;
+  const touchClientLastSeen = typeof options.touchClientLastSeen === 'function' ? options.touchClientLastSeen : null;
  const normalizeDeviceId = typeof options.normalizeDeviceId === 'function'
    ? options.normalizeDeviceId
    : function (value) {
@@ -30,7 +32,26 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
  const connectionsBySlug = new Map();
  const dashboardListenersBySlug = new Map();
  const announcementListenersBySlug = new Map();
+  const pendingCommandAcks = new Map();
  const wss = new WebSocketServer({ noServer: true });
+  const staleConnectionMs = Number(options && options.staleConnectionMs) > 0
+    ? Number(options.staleConnectionMs)
+    : 3 * 60 * 1000;
+
+  function hasActiveClientId(clientId, currentConnection) {
+    const normalizedClientId = String(clientId || '').trim();
+    if (!normalizedClientId) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    for (const connections of connectionsBySlug.values()) {
+      for (const connection of connections.values()) {
+        if (connection !== currentConnection && String(connection.clientId || '').trim() === normalizedClientId) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }

  function normalizeClientIp(value) {
    const ip = String(value || '').trim();
@@ -165,6 +186,57 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
    }
  }

+  function removeStaleConnections() {
+    const cutoff = Date.now() - staleConnectionMs;
+    for (const [slug, bucket] of connectionsBySlug.entries()) {
+      for (const [connectionId, connection] of bucket.entries()) {
+        if (connection.lastSeenAt && connection.lastSeenAt.getTime() > cutoff) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        removeConnection(slug, connectionId);
+        try {
+          connection.socket.close(1000, 'Connection heartbeat expired.');
+        } catch (_error) {
+        }
+        broadcastConnectionSnapshot(slug);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const staleConnectionSweep = setInterval(removeStaleConnections, Math.min(staleConnectionMs, 60 * 1000));
+  if (typeof staleConnectionSweep.unref === 'function') {
+    staleConnectionSweep.unref();
+  }
+
+  function checkWebsocketHealth() {
+    for (const [slug, bucket] of connectionsBySlug.entries()) {
+      for (const [connectionId, connection] of bucket.entries()) {
+        if (!connection.isAlive) {
+          removeConnection(slug, connectionId);
+          try {
+            connection.socket.terminate();
+          } catch (_error) {
+          }
+          broadcastConnectionSnapshot(slug);
+          continue;
+        }
+
+        connection.isAlive = false;
+        try {
+          connection.socket.ping();
+        } catch (_error) {
+          removeConnection(slug, connectionId);
+          broadcastConnectionSnapshot(slug);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const websocketHealthCheck = setInterval(checkWebsocketHealth, 30 * 1000);
+  if (typeof websocketHealthCheck.unref === 'function') {
+    websocketHealthCheck.unref();
+  }
+
  function getDashboardListenerBucket(slug) {
    const key = String(slug || '').trim();
    if (!key) {
@@ -355,7 +427,10 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
      return 0;
    }

-    const target = bucket.get(String(connectionId || '').trim());
+    const normalizedConnectionId = String(connectionId || '').trim();
+    const target = bucket.get(normalizedConnectionId) || Array.from(bucket.values()).find(function (connection) {
+      return String(connection && connection.clientId || '').trim() === normalizedConnectionId;
+    });
    if (!target || target.socket.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) {
      return 0;
    }
@@ -367,8 +442,28 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
    payload.targetConnectionId = target.id;
    payload.sentAt = new Date().toISOString();

+    const requestId = String(payload.requestId || '').trim();
+    if (!requestId) {
+      target.socket.send(JSON.stringify(payload));
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    const acknowledgement = new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      const timeout = setTimeout(function () {
+        pendingCommandAcks.delete(requestId);
+        resolve(0);
+      }, 5000);
+      pendingCommandAcks.set(requestId, {
+        connection: target,
+        resolve: function (acknowledged) {
+          clearTimeout(timeout);
+          pendingCommandAcks.delete(requestId);
+          resolve(acknowledged ? 1 : 0);
+        }
+      });
+    });
    target.socket.send(JSON.stringify(payload));
-    return 1;
+    return await acknowledgement;
  }

  async function broadcastCommand(slug, commandOrPayload) {
@@ -512,6 +607,7 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
      connectedAt: new Date(),
      lastSeenAt: new Date()
    };
+    connection.isAlive = true;
    const bucket = getConnectionBucket(slug);

    if (!bucket) {
@@ -521,7 +617,11 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {

    bucket.set(connectionId, connection);

-    socket.on('message', function (rawMessage) {
+    socket.on('pong', function () {
+      connection.isAlive = true;
+    });
+
+    socket.on('message', async function (rawMessage) {
      connection.lastSeenAt = new Date();
      let payload = null;
      try {
@@ -531,15 +631,48 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
      }

      if (!payload || payload.type !== 'state') {
+        if (payload && payload.type === 'command-ack') {
+          const requestId = String(payload.requestId || '').trim();
+          const pendingAck = pendingCommandAcks.get(requestId);
+          if (pendingAck && pendingAck.connection === connection) {
+            pendingAck.resolve(payload.ok !== false);
+          }
+        }
        return;
      }

-      connection.clientId = payload.clientId ? String(payload.clientId).trim() : connection.clientId;
+      const nextClientId = payload.clientId ? String(payload.clientId).trim() : connection.clientId;
+      if (nextClientId && hasActiveClientId(nextClientId, connection)) {
+        socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'client-id-conflict' }));
+        socket.close(4009, 'Client ID is already in use.');
+        return;
+      }
+      connection.clientId = nextClientId;
      connection.clientName = payload.clientName ? String(payload.clientName).trim() : connection.clientName;
      connection.deviceId = payload.deviceId ? normalizeDeviceId(payload.deviceId) || connection.deviceId : connection.deviceId;
      if (!connection.clientName && connection.clientId) {
        connection.clientName = connection.clientId;
      }
+      if (connection.clientName) {
+        const connectionIdentity = connection.deviceId || connection.clientId;
+        const selectedClientName = await findAvailableClientName(pool, connection.clientName, connectionIdentity, snapshotAllConnections());
+        if (selectedClientName && selectedClientName !== connection.clientName) {
+          connection.clientName = selectedClientName;
+          if (persistClientName) {
+            await persistClientName(connection.deviceId, selectedClientName);
+          }
+          if (socket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+            socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'client-name-updated', clientName: selectedClientName }));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (touchClientLastSeen) {
+        try {
+          await touchClientLastSeen(connection.clientId);
+        } catch (_error) {
+          // A heartbeat failure must not interrupt playback or websocket state.
+        }
+      }
      connection.userAgent = payload.userAgent ? String(payload.userAgent).trim() : connection.userAgent;
      connection.viewport = payload.viewport && typeof payload.viewport === 'object' ? payload.viewport : connection.viewport;
      connection.page = payload.page ? String(payload.page).trim() : connection.page;
@@ -560,12 +693,24 @@ function createPlayerRuntime(options) {
      broadcastConnectionSnapshot(slug);
    });

-    socket.on('close', function () {
+    socket.on('close', function (code, reason) {
+      pendingCommandAcks.forEach(function (pendingAck, requestId) {
+        if (pendingAck.connection === connection) {
+          pendingAck.resolve(false);
+          pendingCommandAcks.delete(requestId);
+        }
+      });
      removeConnection(slug, connectionId);
      broadcastConnectionSnapshot(slug);
    });

    socket.on('error', function () {
+      pendingCommandAcks.forEach(function (pendingAck, requestId) {
+        if (pendingAck.connection === connection) {
+          pendingAck.resolve(false);
+          pendingCommandAcks.delete(requestId);
+        }
+      });
      removeConnection(slug, connectionId);
      broadcastConnectionSnapshot(slug);
    });
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// Thumbnail preview data and bootstrap script helpers for slide thumbnails.
-
-function buildThumbnailPreviewData(slide) {
-  return {
-    thumbnailPreview: true,
-    screen: {
-      id: slide.id,
-      name: slide.title,
-      slug: 'slide-thumbnail-preview-' + slide.id,
-      playlist_id: null
-    },
-    playlist: {
-      fade_between_slides: false
-    },
-    slides: [slide],
-    rssFeeds: [],
-    apiSources: [],
-    timetableGroups: [],
-    revision: String(slide.modified_at || slide.id || Date.now())
-  };
-}
-
-function createThumbnailPreviewBootstrapScript(initialData) {
-  return initialData && initialData.thumbnailPreview ? '<script>window.__pulseThumbnailPreview = true;</script>' : '';
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  buildThumbnailPreviewData: buildThumbnailPreviewData,
-  createThumbnailPreviewBootstrapScript: createThumbnailPreviewBootstrapScript
-};
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ const PERMISSION_SECTIONS = [
          { key: 'read', name: 'Read', description: 'View connected player clients and live status.' },
          { key: 'allow', name: 'Allow', description: 'Use the connected client command buttons.' }
        ]
+      },
+      {
+        key: 'pairing',
+        order: 30,
+        name: 'Player pairing',
+        permissions: [
+          { key: 'allow', name: 'Allow', description: 'Pair players with screen groups.' }
+        ]
      }
    ]
  },
@@ -109,6 +117,7 @@ const PERMISSION_SECTIONS = [
          { key: 'read', name: 'Read', description: 'View configured RSS feeds.' },
          { key: 'create', name: 'Create', description: 'Create new RSS feeds.' },
          { key: 'update', name: 'Update', description: 'Update RSS feeds.' },
+          { key: 'allow', name: 'Allow', description: 'Manually refresh RSS feeds.' },
          { key: 'delete', name: 'Delete', description: 'Delete RSS feeds.' }
        ]
      },
@@ -120,6 +129,7 @@ const PERMISSION_SECTIONS = [
          { key: 'read', name: 'Read', description: 'View configured API sources.' },
          { key: 'create', name: 'Create', description: 'Create new API sources.' },
          { key: 'update', name: 'Update', description: 'Update API sources.' },
+          { key: 'allow', name: 'Allow', description: 'Manually refresh API sources.' },
          { key: 'delete', name: 'Delete', description: 'Delete API sources.' }
        ]
      },
@@ -133,6 +143,18 @@ const PERMISSION_SECTIONS = [
          { key: 'update', name: 'Update', description: 'Update timetable groups and entries.' },
          { key: 'delete', name: 'Delete', description: 'Delete timetable groups.' }
        ]
+      },
+      {
+        key: 'weather',
+        order: 40,
+        name: 'Weather locations',
+        permissions: [
+          { key: 'read', name: 'Read', description: 'View configured weather locations.' },
+          { key: 'create', name: 'Create', description: 'Create new weather locations.' },
+          { key: 'update', name: 'Update', description: 'Update weather locations.' },
+          { key: 'allow', name: 'Allow', description: 'Manually refresh weather locations.' },
+          { key: 'delete', name: 'Delete', description: 'Delete weather locations.' }
+        ]
      }
    ]
  },
@@ -236,8 +258,8 @@ const PERMISSIONS = PERMISSION_SECTIONS.flatMap(function (section, sectionIndex)
 });

 const DEFAULT_ROLE = {
-  key: 'administrators',
-  name: 'Administrators',
+  key: 'super-admin',
+  name: 'Super Admin',
  description: 'Full access to the admin interface.'
 };

@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ async function start() {
    playerInternalBaseUrl: webConfig.playerInternalUrl,
    bridgeInternalBaseUrl: webConfig.bridgeInternalUrl
  });
-  const notifyPlayerScreens = createNotifyPlayerScreens(playerActionService.forwardPlayerCommand);
+  const notifyPlayerScreens = createNotifyPlayerScreens(
+    playerActionService.forwardPlayerCommand,
+    playerActionService.getScreenConnections,
+    playerActionService.forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl,
+    playerActionService.resolvePlayerBaseUrlForPublicUrl
+  );

  // Centralized dashboard/player bootstrap.
  const webBootstrap = createWebBootstrap({
@@ -163,7 +168,9 @@ async function start() {
    broadcastDashboardState: broadcastDashboardState,
    dataSourceTasks: dataSourceTasks,
    playerActionService: playerActionService,
+    playerInternalBaseUrl: webConfig.playerInternalUrl,
    isClientNameAvailable: isClientNameAvailable,
+    findAvailableClientName: common.findAvailableClientName,
    withClientNameReservation: withClientNameReservation,
    requirePermission: function (permissionKey, options) {
      return createRequirePermission(permissionKey, Object.assign({ setAuthMessageCookie: setAuthMessageCookie }, options));
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ function registerPartials(Handlebars, viewsRoot) {
  Handlebars.registerPartial('signage/templates/animation-advanced-modal', fs.readFileSync(path.join(viewsRoot, 'signage', 'templates', 'animation-advanced-modal.hbs'), 'utf8'));
  Handlebars.registerPartial('data-sources/api-sources/form', fs.readFileSync(path.join(viewsRoot, 'data-sources', 'api-sources', 'form.hbs'), 'utf8'));
  Handlebars.registerPartial('data-sources/rss-feeds/form', fs.readFileSync(path.join(viewsRoot, 'data-sources', 'rss-feeds', 'form.hbs'), 'utf8'));
+  Handlebars.registerPartial('data-sources/weather/preview', fs.readFileSync(path.join(viewsRoot, 'data-sources', 'weather', 'preview.hbs'), 'utf8'));
+  Handlebars.registerPartial('data-sources/weather/forecast-preview', fs.readFileSync(path.join(viewsRoot, 'data-sources', 'weather', 'forecast-preview.hbs'), 'utf8'));
 }

 // One entry point keeps Handlebars bootstrap centralized.
@@ -236,7 +236,14 @@ async function syncUserRoles(pool, userId, roleIds) {

  await pool.query('DELETE FROM a_user_roles WHERE user_id = ?', [userId]);
  for (const roleId of uniqueRoleIds) {
-    await pool.query('INSERT IGNORE INTO a_user_roles (user_id, role_id, created_by, modified_by) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)', [userId, roleId, null, null]);
+    await pool.query(
+      `INSERT INTO a_user_roles (user_id, role_id, created_by, modified_by)
+       SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?
+        WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+          SELECT 1 FROM a_user_roles WHERE user_id = ? AND role_id = ?
+        )`,
+      [userId, roleId, null, null, userId, roleId]
+    );
  }
 }

@@ -249,7 +256,14 @@ async function syncRoleUsers(pool, roleId, userIds) {

  await pool.query('DELETE FROM a_user_roles WHERE role_id = ?', [roleId]);
  for (const userId of uniqueUserIds) {
-    await pool.query('INSERT IGNORE INTO a_user_roles (user_id, role_id, created_by, modified_by) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)', [userId, roleId, null, null]);
+    await pool.query(
+      `INSERT INTO a_user_roles (user_id, role_id, created_by, modified_by)
+       SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?
+        WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+          SELECT 1 FROM a_user_roles WHERE user_id = ? AND role_id = ?
+        )`,
+      [userId, roleId, null, null, userId, roleId]
+    );
  }
 }

@@ -268,7 +282,15 @@ async function syncRolePermissions(pool, roleId, permissionKeys) {

  await pool.query('DELETE FROM a_role_permissions WHERE role_id = ?', [roleId]);
  for (const permissionRow of permissionRows) {
-    await pool.query('INSERT IGNORE INTO a_role_permissions (role_id, permission_id, created_by, modified_by) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)', [roleId, Number(permissionRow.id), null, null]);
+    const permissionId = Number(permissionRow.id);
+    await pool.query(
+      `INSERT INTO a_role_permissions (role_id, permission_id, created_by, modified_by)
+       SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?
+        WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+          SELECT 1 FROM a_role_permissions WHERE role_id = ? AND permission_id = ?
+        )`,
+      [roleId, permissionId, null, null, roleId, permissionId]
+    );
  }
 }

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed } = require('../../data-source-refresh');
+const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed, refreshWeatherLocation } = require('../../data-source-refresh');

 const TASK = {
  taskType: 'data-source-refresh'
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function registerDataSourceRefreshTask(options) {
      if (!apiSource) {
        throw new Error('API source not found.');
      }
+      if (apiSource.enabled === 0 || apiSource.enabled === false) return { skipped: true, reason: 'disabled' };
      return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, Number(payload.actorId) || null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
    }

@@ -32,9 +33,19 @@ function registerDataSourceRefreshTask(options) {
      if (!rssFeed) {
        throw new Error('RSS feed not found.');
      }
+      if (rssFeed.enabled === 0 || rssFeed.enabled === false) return { skipped: true, reason: 'disabled' };
      return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, Number(payload.actorId) || null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
    }

+    if (sourceType === 'weather-location') {
+      const location = await common.fetchWeatherLocationById(pool, sourceId);
+      if (!location) {
+        throw new Error('Weather location not found.');
+      }
+      if (location.enabled === 0 || location.enabled === false) return { skipped: true, reason: 'disabled' };
+      return refreshWeatherLocation(pool, common, location, Number(payload.actorId) || null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
+    }
+
    throw new Error('Unsupported data source refresh task.');
  });
 }
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const TASK = {
 };

 const { normalizeIntervalMs } = require('../queue');
-const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed } = require('../../data-source-refresh');
+const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed, refreshWeatherLocation } = require('../../data-source-refresh');

 function registerRecurringDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
  const pool = options && options.pool;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function registerRecurringDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
  return (async function () {
    const apiSourcesData = await common.fetchApiSourcesData(pool);
    (apiSourcesData.apiSources || []).forEach(function (apiSource) {
+      if (apiSource.enabled === 0 || apiSource.enabled === false) return;
      backgroundTaskQueue.registerRecurringTask({
        key: 'api-source-refresh:' + Number(apiSource.id),
        title: 'API source refresh',
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ function registerRecurringDataSourceRefreshes(options) {

    const rssFeedsData = await common.fetchRssFeedsData(pool);
    (rssFeedsData.rssFeeds || []).forEach(function (rssFeed) {
+      if (rssFeed.enabled === 0 || rssFeed.enabled === false) return;
      backgroundTaskQueue.registerRecurringTask({
        key: 'rss-feed-refresh:' + Number(rssFeed.id),
        title: 'RSS feed refresh',
@@ -56,6 +58,19 @@ function registerRecurringDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
        }
      });
    });
+
+    const weatherLocationsData = await common.fetchWeatherLocationsData(pool);
+    (weatherLocationsData.weatherLocations || []).forEach(function (location) {
+      if (location.enabled === 0 || location.enabled === false) return;
+      backgroundTaskQueue.registerRecurringTask({
+        key: 'weather-location-refresh:' + Number(location.id),
+        title: 'Weather location refresh',
+        category: TASK.category,
+        intervalMs: normalizeIntervalMs(location.update_interval_value, location.update_interval_unit),
+        metadata: { sourceType: 'weather-location', sourceId: Number(location.id), sourceName: location.name },
+        run: function () { return refreshWeatherLocation(pool, common, location.id, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens); }
+      });
+    });
  })();
 }

@@ -73,7 +88,7 @@ function createDataSourceTaskService(options) {
  }

  function buildRecurringTitle(sourceType) {
-    return sourceType === 'rss-feed' ? 'RSS feed refresh' : 'API source refresh';
+    return sourceType === 'rss-feed' ? 'RSS feed refresh' : sourceType === 'weather-location' ? 'Weather location refresh' : 'API source refresh';
  }

  function registerRecurringRefresh(sourceType, id, name, intervalValue, intervalUnit, run) {
@@ -122,6 +137,10 @@ function createDataSourceTaskService(options) {
    return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
  }

+  async function refreshWeatherLocationInBackground(locationId, actorId) {
+    return refreshWeatherLocation(pool, common, locationId, actorId, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
+  }
+
  return {
    formatRecurringKey: formatRecurringKey,
    buildRecurringTitle: buildRecurringTitle,
@@ -129,7 +148,8 @@ function createDataSourceTaskService(options) {
    removeRecurringRefresh: removeRecurringRefresh,
    getTaskStatusById: getTaskStatusById,
    refreshApiSourceInBackground: refreshApiSourceInBackground,
-    refreshRssFeedInBackground: refreshRssFeedInBackground
+    refreshRssFeedInBackground: refreshRssFeedInBackground,
+    refreshWeatherLocationInBackground: refreshWeatherLocationInBackground
  };
 }

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const TASK = {
  title: 'Onboarding device prune',
  category: 'cleanup',
  trigger: 'scheduled recurring task, hourly',
-  purpose: 'remove stale onboarding device bindings that have been idle for more than one minute.',
+  purpose: 'remove unbound onboarding devices that have been idle for more than one minute.',
  taskType: 'recurring-run',
  intervalMs: 60 * 60 * 1000
 };
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed } = require('../../data-source-refresh');
+const { refreshApiSource, refreshRssFeed, refreshWeatherLocation } = require('../../data-source-refresh');
+const { normalizeIntervalMs } = require('../queue');

 const TASK = {
  key: 'startup-data-source-refresh',
@@ -26,23 +27,52 @@ function scheduleStartupDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
    };
  }

+  function shouldRefreshAtStartup(source) {
+    const lastPulledAt = source && source.last_pulled_at ? new Date(source.last_pulled_at).getTime() : NaN;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(lastPulledAt)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    const intervalMs = normalizeIntervalMs(source.update_interval_value, source.update_interval_unit);
+    return Date.now() - lastPulledAt >= intervalMs;
+  }
+
  return (async function () {
    const apiSourcesData = await common.fetchApiSourcesData(pool);
    const rssFeedsData = await common.fetchRssFeedsData(pool);
+    const weatherLocationsData = await common.fetchWeatherLocationsData(pool);
    const startupSources = [];

    (apiSourcesData.apiSources || []).forEach(function (apiSource) {
+      if (apiSource.enabled === 0 || apiSource.enabled === false) return;
+      if (!shouldRefreshAtStartup(apiSource)) {
+        return;
+      }
      startupSources.push(buildStartupSource('api-source', apiSource.id, apiSource.name, function () {
        return refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSource, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
      }));
    });

    (rssFeedsData.rssFeeds || []).forEach(function (rssFeed) {
+      if (rssFeed.enabled === 0 || rssFeed.enabled === false) return;
+      if (!shouldRefreshAtStartup(rssFeed)) {
+        return;
+      }
      startupSources.push(buildStartupSource('rss-feed', rssFeed.id, rssFeed.name, function () {
        return refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeed.id, rssFeed.feed_url, rssFeed.item_limit, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
      }));
    });

+    (weatherLocationsData.weatherLocations || []).forEach(function (location) {
+      if (location.enabled === 0 || location.enabled === false) return;
+      if (!shouldRefreshAtStartup(location)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      startupSources.push(buildStartupSource('weather-location', location.id, location.name, function () {
+        return refreshWeatherLocation(pool, common, location, null, options.notifyPlayerScreens);
+      }));
+    });
+
    // Stagger startup refreshes to avoid a burst against the DB/player.
    startupSources.forEach(function (source, index) {
      const startupDelayMs = index * staggerMs;
@@ -50,7 +80,7 @@ function scheduleStartupDataSourceRefreshes(options) {
      setTimeout(function () {
        backgroundTaskQueue.enqueueTask({
          key: TASK.key + ':' + source.type + ':' + source.id + ':' + Date.now(),
-          title: source.type === 'rss-feed' ? 'RSS feed refresh' : 'API source refresh',
+          title: source.type === 'rss-feed' ? 'RSS feed refresh' : source.type === 'weather-location' ? 'Weather location refresh' : 'API source refresh',
          category: TASK.category,
          taskType: 'data-source-refresh',
          metadata: {
@@ -25,7 +25,17 @@ function enrichScreensWithConnections(screens, connectionsBySlug, onboardingName
 function buildClientRows(screens, connectionsBySlug, onboardingNameBySlug, onboardingNameByDeviceId, playerIdentifierByBaseUrl, formatDashboardDate) {
  return (screens || []).flatMap(function (screen) {
    const connectionState = connectionsBySlug[screen.slug] || { count: 0, connections: [] };
-    return (connectionState.connections || []).map(function (connection) {
+    const seenClientKeys = new Set();
+    return (connectionState.connections || []).filter(function (connection) {
+      const deviceId = String(connection && connection.deviceId || '').trim();
+      const clientId = String(connection && connection.clientId || '').trim();
+      const key = deviceId && clientId ? `${deviceId}:${clientId}` : String(connection && connection.id || '').trim();
+      if (seenClientKeys.has(key)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      seenClientKeys.add(key);
+      return true;
+    }).map(function (connection) {
      const deviceId = String(connection.deviceId || '').trim();
      const playerBaseUrl = normalizePlayerBaseUrl(connection.playerPublicBaseUrl);
      return Object.assign({}, connection, {
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Refresh data sources and notify only the screens whose rendered data changed.
+
 async function getAffectedScreenSlugs(connection, common, slideMatchKey, sourceId) {
  const [slideRows] = await connection.query('SELECT id, content_json FROM c_slides WHERE content_json IS NOT NULL');
  const slideIds = [];
@@ -106,6 +108,24 @@ function hasApiSourceChanged(apiSource, responseDetails) {
  return normalizeSnapshotValue(apiSource && apiSource.last_response_json) !== normalizeSnapshotValue(responseDetails && responseDetails.responseJson);
 }

+function isDifferentHour(previousPulledAt, currentPulledAt) {
+  const previous = new Date(previousPulledAt);
+  const current = new Date(currentPulledAt);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(previous.getTime())) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return previous.getFullYear() !== current.getFullYear()
+    || previous.getMonth() !== current.getMonth()
+    || previous.getDate() !== current.getDate()
+    || previous.getHours() !== current.getHours();
+}
+
+function hasWeatherLocationChanged(location, responseDetails, refreshedAt) {
+  return normalizeSnapshotValue(location && location.last_response_json) !== normalizeSnapshotValue(responseDetails && responseDetails.responseJson)
+    || isDifferentHour(location && location.last_pulled_at, refreshedAt);
+}
+
 async function refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceOrId, actorId, notifyPlayerScreens) {
  const connection = await pool.getConnection();
  try {
@@ -153,6 +173,47 @@ async function refreshApiSource(pool, common, apiSourceOrId, actorId, notifyPlay
  }
 }

+async function refreshWeatherLocation(pool, common, weatherLocationOrId, actorId, notifyPlayerScreens) {
+  const connection = await pool.getConnection();
+  try {
+    const location = weatherLocationOrId && typeof weatherLocationOrId === 'object'
+      ? weatherLocationOrId
+      : await common.fetchWeatherLocationById(pool, Number(weatherLocationOrId));
+    if (!location) throw new Error('Weather location not found.');
+
+    let result = null;
+    let pullError = '';
+    try {
+      result = await common.fetchWeatherLocationForecast(pool, location);
+    } catch (error) {
+      pullError = String(error && error.message ? error.message : 'Unable to load weather forecast.');
+    }
+
+    const refreshedAt = new Date();
+    await connection.beginTransaction();
+    await connection.query(
+      'UPDATE i_weather_locations SET last_pulled_at = ?, last_pull_error = ?, last_response_json = COALESCE(?, last_response_json), modified_by = ? WHERE id = ?',
+      [refreshedAt, pullError || null, result ? result.responseJson : null, actorId, location.id]
+    );
+    await connection.commit();
+
+    if (pullError) {
+      console.error('[data-source-refresh] Weather location refresh completed with an error for location ' + location.id + ': ' + pullError);
+    } else if (hasWeatherLocationChanged(location, result, refreshedAt) && typeof notifyPlayerScreens === 'function') {
+      try {
+        await notifyAffectedScreens(connection, common, notifyPlayerScreens, 'weather_location_id', location.id);
+      } catch (notifyError) {
+        console.warn('[data-source-refresh] Unable to notify players after weather refresh ' + location.id + ':', notifyError);
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    try { await connection.rollback(); } catch (_rollbackError) { }
+    throw error;
+  } finally {
+    connection.release();
+  }
+}
+
 async function refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actorId, notifyPlayerScreens) {
  const connection = await pool.getConnection();
  try {
@@ -170,6 +231,10 @@ async function refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actor
    if (typeof common.replaceRssFeedItems === 'function') {
      await common.replaceRssFeedItems(connection, rssFeedId, updatedItems);
    }
+    await connection.query(
+      'UPDATE i_rss_feeds SET last_pulled_at = ? WHERE id = ?',
+      [new Date(), rssFeedId]
+    );
    await connection.commit();

    if (!pullError && rssFeedChanged) {
@@ -197,5 +262,6 @@ async function refreshRssFeed(pool, common, rssFeedId, feedUrl, itemLimit, actor

 module.exports = {
  refreshApiSource: refreshApiSource,
-  refreshRssFeed: refreshRssFeed
+  refreshRssFeed: refreshRssFeed,
+  refreshWeatherLocation: refreshWeatherLocation
 };
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl) {

  if (regionType === 'html') {
    const html = String(rawValue || '').trim();
-    return html
-      ? '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-html-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><iframe sandbox="" allowtransparency="true" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml('<!doctype html><html><head><style>html,body{margin:0;width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;}</style></head><body>' + html + '</body></html>') + '" title="' + escapeHtml(region.label || region.region_key || 'html') + '" loading="eager" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>'
-      : '';
+    if (!html) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    if (/^<!doctype\b/i.test(html) || /^<html\b/i.test(html)) {
+      return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-html-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><iframe sandbox="" allowtransparency="true" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml(html) + '" title="' + escapeHtml(region.label || region.region_key || 'html') + '" loading="eager" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>';
+    }
+    return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-html-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div class="slide-preview-html-content" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;">' + html + '</div></div>';
  }

  if (regionType === 'rtmp') {
@@ -182,6 +186,7 @@ function buildThumbnailPreviewPayload(slide, options) {
    canvasWidth: canvasSize.width,
    canvasHeight: canvasSize.height,
    backgroundColor: template && template.background_color ? String(template.background_color) : '#111111',
+    backgroundGradient: template && template.background_gradient ? String(template.background_gradient) : '',
    backgroundImagePath: template && template.background_image_path ? String(template.background_image_path) : '',
    fontStylesheetHref: String(options && options.fontStylesheetHref || '').trim(),
    html: buildThumbnailPreviewMarkup(slide, options && options.baseUrl)
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@

 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const vm = require('vm');
 const {
  escapeHtml,
  mediaKind,
@@ -10,7 +12,14 @@ const {
  sanitizeFontSize,
  sanitizeTextColor
 } = require('#src/player/render-helpers');
-const { createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
+const { createRequestAuthHeaders, createPageAuthToken } = require('#src/request-auth');
+const { convertWeatherSnapshot } = require('#src/data/weather-units');
+
+const placeholderUtils = (() => {
+  const sandbox = { window: {} };
+  vm.runInNewContext(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'public', 'js', 'shared', 'placeholder-utils.js'), 'utf8'), sandbox);
+  return sandbox.window.placeholderUtils || {};
+})();

 const SYSTEM_CHROMIUM_PATHS = [
  process.env.PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH,
@@ -124,11 +133,86 @@ function hasVisibleContent(html) {
  return Boolean(raw.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '').trim());
 }

-function buildTextRegionMarkup(region, regionContent) {
+function resolvePlaceholderPath(value, expression) {
+  const pathValue = String(expression || '').replace(/\.image\s*\([^)]*\)\s*$/i, '').trim();
+  return pathValue.split('.').reduce(function (current, segment) {
+    return current === undefined || current === null ? '' : current[segment];
+  }, value);
+}
+
+function getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression) {
+  const match = String(expression || '').match(/\.image\s*\(\s*([0-9]+)?\s*,?\s*([0-9]+)?\s*\)/i);
+  return {
+    width: match && match[1] ? Number(match[1]) : 0,
+    height: match && match[2] ? Number(match[2]) : 0
+  };
+}
+
+function normalizeWeatherExpression(expression) {
+  const value = String(expression || '').trim();
+  const currentAliases = { temp: 'current.temperature_2m', feels_like: 'current.apparent_temperature', humidity: 'current.relative_humidity_2m', wind: 'current.wind_speed_10m', precip: 'current.precipitation', uv_index: 'current.uv_index', cloud_cover: 'current.cloud_cover', icon: 'current.weather_code.icon' };
+  const globalAliases = { temp_unit: 'temperature_unit', wind_unit: 'wind_speed_unit', precip_unit: 'precipitation_unit' };
+  if (globalAliases[value]) return globalAliases[value];
+  const currentField = value.replace(/^current\./, '').match(/^([^.()]+)((?:\(.*\))|(?:\..*))?$/);
+  if (currentField && currentAliases[currentField[1]]) return currentAliases[currentField[1]] + (currentField[2] || '');
+  const indexed = value.match(/^(daily|hourly)\.(\d+)\.(.+)$/);
+  if (!indexed) return value;
+  const fieldMatch = indexed[3].match(/^([^.()]+)((?:\(.*\))|(?:\..*))?$/);
+  const field = fieldMatch ? fieldMatch[1] : indexed[3];
+  const aliases = indexed[1] === 'daily' ? { time: 'time', temp_max: 'temperature_2m_max', temp_min: 'temperature_2m_min', precip: 'precipitation_sum', wind: 'wind_speed_10m_max', uv_index: 'uv_index_max', cloud_cover: 'cloud_cover_mean', sunrise: 'sunrise', sunset: 'sunset', icon: 'weather_code' } : { time: 'time', temp: 'temperature_2m', precip: 'precipitation', wind: 'wind_speed_10m', uv_index: 'uv_index', cloud_cover: 'cloud_cover', icon: 'weather_code' };
+  if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(aliases, field)) return value;
+  return field === 'icon' ? indexed[1] + '.' + aliases[field] + '.' + indexed[2] + '.icon' + (fieldMatch[2] || '') : indexed[1] + '.' + aliases[field] + '.' + indexed[2] + (fieldMatch[2] || '');
+}
+
+function weatherIconForCode(code) {
+  const value = Number(code);
+  if (value === 0) return 'bi-sun';
+  if (value <= 3) return 'bi-cloud-sun';
+  if (value <= 48) return 'bi-cloud-fog';
+  if (value <= 67 || value > 77 && value <= 82) return 'bi-cloud-rain';
+  if (value <= 77) return 'bi-cloud-snow';
+  return 'bi-cloud-lightning-rain';
+}
+
+function substitutePlaceholders(html, regionContent, options) {
+  const source = String(html || '');
+  const type = String(regionContent && regionContent.type || '').trim().toLowerCase();
+  const item = options && typeof options.getItem === 'function' ? options.getItem(type, regionContent) : null;
+  if (!item) return source;
+  return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/gi, function (_match, expression) {
+    const weatherExpression = type === 'weather' ? normalizeWeatherExpression(expression) : expression;
+    const resolved = typeof placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression === 'function'
+      ? placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, weatherExpression, { timeZone: item.timezone })
+      : resolvePlaceholderPath(item, expression);
+    if (type === 'weather' && /(?:^|\.)weather_code\.\d+\.icon(?:\(|$)|^current\.weather_code\.icon/.test(weatherExpression)) {
+      const codeExpression = weatherExpression.replace(/\.icon(?:\(.*\))?$/, '');
+      const iconSize = String(expression).match(/\.icon\(\s*(\d+)(?:\s*,\s*(\d+))?\s*\)$/);
+      const width = iconSize ? Number(iconSize[1]) : 0;
+      const height = iconSize && iconSize[2] ? Number(iconSize[2]) : width;
+      const sizeStyle = width ? ' style="display:inline-block;width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;font-size:' + width + 'px;line-height:' + height + 'px;"' : '';
+      return '<i class="bi ' + weatherIconForCode(placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, codeExpression)) + '"' + sizeStyle + ' aria-hidden="true"></i>';
+    }
+    const value = typeof placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue === 'function' ? placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved) : String(resolved || '');
+    if (typeof placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression !== 'function' || !placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression(expression)) {
+      return escapeHtml(value);
+    }
+    const remoteUrl = String(value || '').trim();
+    if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(remoteUrl)) return '';
+    const imageConfig = typeof placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig === 'function' ? placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression) : getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression);
+    const cacheFile = options && typeof options.getCachedImagePath === 'function' ? options.getCachedImagePath(remoteUrl) : '';
+    const imageUrl = cacheFile || remoteUrl;
+    const style = imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height
+      ? 'display:block;width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;object-fit:contain;'
+      : 'display:block;max-width:' + (imageConfig.width || 100) + 'px;max-height:' + (imageConfig.height || 100) + 'px;width:auto;height:auto;';
+    return '<img src="' + escapeHtml(resolveAssetUrl(options && options.baseUrl, imageUrl)) + '" alt="" style="' + style + '" />';
+  });
+}
+
+function buildTextRegionMarkup(region, regionContent, options) {
  const fontFamily = sanitizeFontFamily(regionContent.font_family || region.font_family);
  const fontSize = sanitizeFontSize(regionContent.font_size || region.font_size);
  const fontColor = sanitizeTextColor(regionContent.font_color || region.font_color);
-  const renderedBody = renderEditorJsContent(regionContent.value || '');
+  const renderedBody = renderEditorJsContent(substitutePlaceholders(regionContent.value || '', regionContent, options));
  if (!hasVisibleContent(renderedBody)) {
    return '';
  }
@@ -136,7 +220,7 @@ function buildTextRegionMarkup(region, regionContent) {
  return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-text-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div class="slide-preview-text-content" style="width:' + region.pixelWidth + 'px;height:' + region.pixelHeight + 'px;overflow:hidden;' + (fontFamily ? 'font-family:' + escapeHtml(fontFamily) + ';' : '') + 'font-size:' + fontSize + 'px;color:' + escapeHtml(fontColor || '#000000') + ';">' + renderedBody + '</div></div>';
 }

-function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl) {
+function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl, options) {
  const regionType = String(regionContent.type || region.region_type || 'text').trim().toLowerCase();
  const rawValue = normalizeRenderableValue(regionContent && regionContent.value !== undefined ? regionContent.value : '');

@@ -155,10 +239,7 @@ function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl) {
  }

  if (regionType === 'webpage') {
-    const src = resolveAssetUrl(baseUrl, rawValue);
-    return src
-      ? '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-webpage-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><iframe src="' + escapeHtml(src) + '" title="' + escapeHtml(region.label || region.region_key || 'webpage') + '" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="no-referrer" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:#fff;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>'
-      : '';
+    return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-webpage-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div class="slide-preview-webpage-placeholder" style="width:100%;height:100%;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.08);backdrop-filter:blur(8px);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(8px);border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.14);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgba(255,255,255,0.72);font-size:24px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;">Webpage preview unavailable</div></div>';
  }

  if (regionType === 'qr-code') {
@@ -172,9 +253,13 @@ function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl) {

  if (regionType === 'html') {
    const html = String(rawValue || '').trim();
-    return html
-      ? '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-html-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><iframe sandbox="" allowtransparency="true" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml('<!doctype html><html><head><style>html,body{margin:0;width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;}</style></head><body>' + html + '</body></html>') + '" title="' + escapeHtml(region.label || region.region_key || 'html') + '" loading="eager" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>'
-      : '';
+    if (!html) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    if (/^<!doctype\b/i.test(html) || /^<html\b/i.test(html)) {
+      return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-html-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><iframe sandbox="" allowtransparency="true" srcdoc="' + escapeHtml(html) + '" title="' + escapeHtml(region.label || region.region_key || 'html') + '" loading="eager" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;height:100%;border:0;display:block;background:transparent;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></div>';
+    }
+    return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-html-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div class="slide-preview-html-content" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;">' + html + '</div></div>';
  }

  if (regionType === 'rtmp') {
@@ -182,7 +267,7 @@ function buildRegionInnerHtml(region, regionContent, baseUrl) {
    return '<div class="slide-preview-region slide-preview-rtmp-region" style="' + region.baseStyle + '"><div class="slide-preview-rtmp-placeholder">' + escapeHtml(label) + '</div></div>';
  }

-  return buildTextRegionMarkup(region, regionContent);
+  return buildTextRegionMarkup(region, regionContent, Object.assign({}, options, { baseUrl: baseUrl }));
 }

 async function loadChromium() {
@@ -199,7 +284,7 @@ function loadSharp() {
  return require('sharp');
 }

-function buildThumbnailPreviewMarkup(slide, baseUrl) {
+function buildThumbnailPreviewMarkup(slide, baseUrl, options) {
  const template = slide && slide.template ? slide.template : null;
  if (!template) {
    return '';
@@ -214,7 +299,7 @@ function buildThumbnailPreviewMarkup(slide, baseUrl) {
      pixelWidth: Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.width || 0) || 1)),
      pixelHeight: Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.height || 0) || 1))
    });
-    return buildRegionInnerHtml(previewRegion, regionContent, normalizedBaseUrl);
+    return buildRegionInnerHtml(previewRegion, regionContent, normalizedBaseUrl, options);
  }).join('');
 }

@@ -226,9 +311,10 @@ function buildThumbnailPreviewPayload(slide, options) {
    canvasWidth: canvasSize.width,
    canvasHeight: canvasSize.height,
    backgroundColor: template && template.background_color ? String(template.background_color) : '#111111',
+    backgroundGradient: template && template.background_gradient ? String(template.background_gradient) : '',
    backgroundImagePath: template && template.background_image_path ? String(template.background_image_path) : '',
    fontStylesheetHref: String(options && options.fontStylesheetHref || '').trim(),
-    html: buildThumbnailPreviewMarkup(slide, options && options.baseUrl)
+    html: buildThumbnailPreviewMarkup(slide, options && options.baseUrl, options)
  };
 }

@@ -253,8 +339,7 @@ async function launchBrowser() {
      args: [
        '--no-sandbox',
        '--disable-setuid-sandbox',
-        '--disable-dev-shm-usage',
-        '--disable-gpu'
+        '--disable-dev-shm-usage'
      ],
      defaultViewport: { width: 1920, height: 1080, deviceScaleFactor: 1 },
      executablePath: executablePath,
@@ -291,6 +376,74 @@ async function captureSlideThumbnail(options) {
    throw new Error('Slide not found.');
  }

+  const rssFeedsData = typeof common.fetchRssFeedsData === 'function' ? await common.fetchRssFeedsData(pool) : { rssFeeds: [] };
+  const rssFeeds = await Promise.all((rssFeedsData.rssFeeds || []).map(async function (feed) {
+    const items = typeof common.fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId === 'function' ? await common.fetchRssFeedItemsByFeedId(pool, feed.id) : [];
+    return Object.assign({}, feed, { items: items });
+  }));
+  const apiSourcesData = typeof common.fetchApiSourcesData === 'function' ? await common.fetchApiSourcesData(pool) : { apiSources: [] };
+  const apiSources = (apiSourcesData.apiSources || []).map(function (source) {
+    return Object.assign({}, source, { responseJson: common.parseJsonSafe ? common.parseJsonSafe(source.last_response_json) : null });
+  });
+  const weatherLocationsData = typeof common.fetchWeatherLocationsData === 'function' ? await common.fetchWeatherLocationsData(pool) : { weatherLocations: [] };
+  const weatherLocations = (weatherLocationsData.weatherLocations || []).map(function (location) {
+    let snapshot = null;
+    try {
+      snapshot = JSON.parse(location.last_response_json || '');
+    } catch (_error) {
+      snapshot = null;
+    }
+    if (!snapshot || typeof snapshot !== 'object') return null;
+    const temperatureUnit = location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? '°F' : '°C';
+    const windUnit = location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'm/s' : 'km/h';
+    const precipitationUnit = location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'in' : 'mm';
+    const data = Object.assign({}, convertWeatherSnapshot(snapshot, { temperature: location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? 'fahrenheit' : 'celsius', wind: location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'ms' : 'kmh', precipitation: location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'inch' : 'mm' }), { location_label: location.location_label || '', name: location.name || '', timezone: location.timezone || '', temp_unit: temperatureUnit, wind_unit: windUnit, precip_unit: precipitationUnit });
+    data.current = Object.assign({}, data.current || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit, wind_speed_unit: windUnit, precipitation_unit: precipitationUnit });
+    data.daily = Object.assign({}, data.daily || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit });
+    return { id: location.id, data: data };
+  }).filter(Boolean);
+
+  function getApiItems(source) {
+    const response = source && source.responseJson;
+    const itemsPath = String(source && source.items_path || '').trim();
+    if (itemsPath) {
+      const selected = itemsPath.split('.').reduce(function (current, segment) {
+        return current === undefined || current === null ? '' : current[segment];
+      }, response);
+      return Array.isArray(selected) ? selected : [];
+    }
+    if (Array.isArray(response)) return response;
+    if (response && Array.isArray(response.items)) return response.items;
+    if (response && Array.isArray(response.results)) return response.results;
+    if (response && Array.isArray(response.data)) return response.data;
+    return response ? [response] : [];
+  }
+
+  function getThumbnailItem(type, regionContent) {
+    const index = Math.max(0, Math.max(1, Number(regionContent && regionContent.item_number || 1)) - 1);
+    if (type === 'api') {
+      const source = apiSources.find(function (entry) { return Number(entry.id) === Number(regionContent.source_id); });
+      return getApiItems(source)[index] || null;
+    }
+    if (type === 'rss') {
+      const feed = rssFeeds.find(function (entry) { return Number(entry.id) === Number(regionContent.feed_id); });
+      return feed && Array.isArray(feed.items) ? feed.items[index] || null : null;
+    }
+    if (type === 'weather') {
+      const location = weatherLocations.find(function (entry) { return Number(entry.id) === Number(regionContent.weather_location_id); });
+      return location ? location.data : null;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  function getCachedImagePath(remoteUrl) {
+    const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(String(remoteUrl || '')).digest('hex');
+    const cacheDir = path.join(mediaDir, 'player-cache', 'remote-images');
+    const candidates = ['.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif', '.webp', '.svg'];
+    const candidate = candidates.map(function (extension) { return path.join(cacheDir, hash + extension); }).find(function (filePath) { return fs.existsSync(filePath); });
+    return candidate ? '/media/player-cache/remote-images/' + path.basename(candidate) : '';
+  }
+
  const thumbnailDir = path.join(mediaDir, 'thumbnails');
  const thumbnailRelativePath = String(slide.thumbnail_path || '').trim() || '/media/thumbnails/slides/slide-' + slide.id + '.png';
  const filePath = path.join(mediaDir, thumbnailRelativePath.replace(/^\/+media\//, ''));
@@ -306,14 +459,9 @@ async function captureSlideThumbnail(options) {
    }, { timeout: 30000 });

    await page.waitForFunction(function () {
-      var canvas = document.querySelector('#popup-preview-canvas');
-      if (!canvas) {
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      var images = Array.prototype.slice.call(canvas.querySelectorAll('img'));
-      return images.every(function (image) {
-        return image.complete && typeof image.naturalWidth === 'number';
+      var videos = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('#popup-preview-canvas video'));
+      return videos.every(function (video) {
+        return video.readyState >= 2;
      });
    }, { timeout: 30000 });

@@ -322,17 +470,13 @@ async function captureSlideThumbnail(options) {
        try {
          await document.fonts.ready;
        } catch (_error) {
-          // Ignore font readiness failures and fall back to the rendered frame.
+          return null;
        }
      }
    });

-    await page.evaluate(function () {
-      return new Promise(function (resolve) {
-        window.requestAnimationFrame(function () {
-          window.requestAnimationFrame(resolve);
-        });
-      });
+    await new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      setTimeout(resolve, 1000);
    });
  }

@@ -340,28 +484,49 @@ async function captureSlideThumbnail(options) {
  try {
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    try {
-      const previewPath = '/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/' + slide.id + '/popup-preview';
+      const previewPath = '/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/' + encodeURIComponent(String(slide.id)) + '/popup-preview';
      const previewUrl = baseUrl + previewPath;
-      const previewPayload = buildThumbnailPreviewPayload(slide, {
-        baseUrl: baseUrl,
-        fontStylesheetHref: options && options.fontStylesheetHref ? options.fontStylesheetHref : ''
+      const canvasSize = getThumbnailCanvasSize(slide);
+      await page.setViewport({
+        width: Math.max(1, Number(canvasSize.width || PLAYER_VIEWPORT.width)),
+        height: Math.max(1, Number(canvasSize.height || PLAYER_VIEWPORT.height)),
+        deviceScaleFactor: 1
      });
-        await page.setViewport({
-          width: Math.max(1, Number(previewPayload.canvasWidth || PLAYER_VIEWPORT.width)),
-          height: Math.max(1, Number(previewPayload.canvasHeight || PLAYER_VIEWPORT.height)),
-          deviceScaleFactor: 1
-        });
-      await page.setExtraHTTPHeaders(createRequestAuthHeaders({
+      await page.setExtraHTTPHeaders(Object.assign({}, createRequestAuthHeaders({
        method: 'GET',
        pathname: previewPath
+      }), {
+        'x-pulse-page-auth': createPageAuthToken({ scope: 'thumbnail-preview', slideId: slide.id })
      }));
-      await page.goto(previewUrl, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: 30000 });
+      const previewResponse = await page.goto(previewUrl, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: 30000 });
+      if (!previewResponse || previewResponse.status() >= 400) {
+        throw new Error('Popup preview returned HTTP ' + (previewResponse ? previewResponse.status() : 'no response') + '.');
+      }
      await waitForThumbnailRender(page);
      const canvas = await page.$('#popup-preview-canvas');
      if (!canvas) {
        throw new Error('Popup preview did not produce a slide canvas.');
      }
-      await canvas.screenshot({ path: fullSizePath });
+      await page.evaluate(function () {
+        var canvasElement = document.querySelector('#popup-preview-canvas');
+        if (canvasElement) {
+          canvasElement.style.transform = 'none';
+          canvasElement.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
+        }
+      });
+      const canvasBounds = await canvas.boundingBox();
+      if (!canvasBounds) {
+        throw new Error('Popup preview canvas has no screenshot bounds.');
+      }
+      await page.screenshot({
+        path: fullSizePath,
+        clip: {
+          x: Math.max(0, canvasBounds.x),
+          y: Math.max(0, canvasBounds.y),
+          width: Math.max(1, canvasBounds.width),
+          height: Math.max(1, canvasBounds.height)
+        }
+      });
    } finally {
      await page.close().catch(function () {
        return null;
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ function createUploadSyncService(options) {
      }

      const filePath = resolveUploadFilePath(uploadDir, uploadPath);
+      if (String(uploadPath || '').startsWith('/media/player-cache/')) {
+        continue;
+      }
      try {
        await fs.promises.unlink(filePath);
      } catch (error) {
@@ -441,7 +444,11 @@ function createUploadSyncService(options) {
          continue;
        }

-        uploadPaths.push('/media/uploads/' + nextRelativePath.replace(/\\/g, '/'));
+        const normalizedRelativePath = nextRelativePath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
+        if (normalizedRelativePath.startsWith('player-cache/') && !normalizedRelativePath.startsWith('player-cache/remote-images/')) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        uploadPaths.push((normalizedRelativePath.startsWith('player-cache/') ? '/media/' : '/media/uploads/') + normalizedRelativePath);
      }
    }

@@ -926,6 +933,12 @@ function createUploadSyncService(options) {
        });
      });
      const fontLibraryOperations = collectFontLibrarySyncOperations(uploadDir);
+      const generatedCachePaths = await collectUploadPathsFromDirectory(uploadDir);
+      generatedCachePaths.filter(function (uploadPath) {
+        return String(uploadPath || '').startsWith('/media/player-cache/remote-images/');
+      }).forEach(function (uploadPath) {
+        uploadRefs.add(uploadPath);
+      });
      Array.from(uploadRefs).forEach(function (uploadPath) {
        queuePlayerUploadSync({
          type: 'put',
@@ -953,8 +966,12 @@ function createUploadSyncService(options) {
    if (mode === 'playlist') {
      const operation = normalizePlaylistUploadSyncOperation(taskPayload.operation || taskPayload);

-      if (operation.nextUploadRefs.length) {
-        await syncUploadRefsToPlayer(operation.nextUploadRefs, operation.localUploadDir, taskPayload.playerIdentifier, taskPayload.playerInternalBaseUrl);
+      const generatedCachePaths = await collectUploadPathsFromDirectory(operation.localUploadDir);
+      const nextUploadRefs = operation.nextUploadRefs.concat(generatedCachePaths.filter(function (uploadPath) {
+        return String(uploadPath || '').startsWith('/media/player-cache/remote-images/');
+      }));
+      if (nextUploadRefs.length) {
+        await syncUploadRefsToPlayer(nextUploadRefs, operation.localUploadDir, taskPayload.playerIdentifier, taskPayload.playerInternalBaseUrl);
      }

      if (operation.previousUploadRefs.length) {
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-function createNotifyPlayerScreens(forwardPlayerCommand) {
+// Route screen refresh commands to the physical player hosting each screen.
+
+function createNotifyPlayerScreens(forwardPlayerCommand, getScreenConnections, forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl, resolvePlayerBaseUrl) {
  if (typeof forwardPlayerCommand !== 'function') {
    throw new Error('createNotifyPlayerScreens requires a player command sender.');
  }
@@ -12,12 +14,29 @@ function createNotifyPlayerScreens(forwardPlayerCommand) {
      return Promise.resolve(0);
    }

-    return Promise.allSettled(uniqueSlugs.map(function (slug) {
+    return Promise.allSettled(uniqueSlugs.map(async function (slug) {
+      // A screen may have connections on multiple players after a remote move or reconnect.
+      if (typeof getScreenConnections === 'function' && typeof forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl === 'function') {
+        const screenState = await getScreenConnections(slug);
+        const connections = Array.isArray(screenState && screenState.connections) ? screenState.connections : [];
+        const playerBaseUrls = Array.from(new Set(connections.map(function (connection) {
+          return String(connection && connection.playerPublicBaseUrl || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '');
+        }).filter(Boolean)));
+        if (playerBaseUrls.length) {
+          const resolvedPlayerBaseUrls = typeof resolvePlayerBaseUrl === 'function'
+            ? await Promise.all(playerBaseUrls.map(function (playerBaseUrl) { return resolvePlayerBaseUrl(playerBaseUrl); }))
+            : playerBaseUrls;
+          return Promise.all(resolvedPlayerBaseUrls.filter(Boolean).map(function (playerBaseUrl) {
+            return forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl(playerBaseUrl, slug, commandOrPayload || 'refresh');
+          }));
+        }
+      }
      return forwardPlayerCommand(slug, commandOrPayload || 'refresh');
    })).then(function (results) {
-      return results.filter(function (result) {
-        return result.status === 'fulfilled';
+      const successful = results.filter(function (result) {
+        return result.status === 'fulfilled' && (!result.value || result.value.ok !== false);
      }).length;
+      return successful;
    });
  };
 }
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Commands and synchronization actions forwarded from the web app to players.
+
 const { createRequestAuthHeaders } = require('#src/request-auth');
 const { getConfiguredPlayerIdentifier } = require('#src/data/player-registry');

@@ -215,36 +217,77 @@ function createPlayerActionService(options) {
    return forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl(resolvedPlayerInternalBaseUrl, slug, commandOrPayload, connectionId);
  }

+  async function resolvePlayerBaseUrlForPublicUrl(playerPublicBaseUrl) {
+    const normalizedPublicBaseUrl = normalizeBaseUrl(playerPublicBaseUrl);
+    if (!normalizedPublicBaseUrl) {
+      return '';
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const players = await fetchPlayerRegistrations(pool);
+      const matchedPlayer = (Array.isArray(players) ? players : []).find(function (player) {
+        return normalizeBaseUrl(player && player.public_base_url) === normalizedPublicBaseUrl;
+      });
+      const registeredInternalBaseUrl = normalizeBaseUrl(matchedPlayer && matchedPlayer.internal_base_url);
+      if (registeredInternalBaseUrl) {
+        return registeredInternalBaseUrl;
+      }
+    } catch (_error) {
+    }
+
+    if (isLocalLikeBaseUrl(normalizedPublicBaseUrl) && configuredPlayerInternalBaseUrl) {
+      return configuredPlayerInternalBaseUrl;
+    }
+
+    return normalizedPublicBaseUrl;
+  }
+
  async function forwardAnnouncementRefresh(slug) {
-    const authHeaders = createRequestAuthHeaders({
-      method: 'POST',
-      pathname: `/api/screens/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}/announcements/refresh`,
-      body: { command: 'announcement-refresh' }
-    });
    const resolvedPlayerInternalBaseUrl = await getPlayerInternalBaseUrl();
-    if (!resolvedPlayerInternalBaseUrl) {
+    const targetBaseUrls = Array.from(new Set([
+      resolvedPlayerInternalBaseUrl,
+      configuredBridgeInternalBaseUrl
+    ].map(normalizeBaseUrl).filter(Boolean)));
+    if (!targetBaseUrls.length) {
      throw new Error('Unable to resolve the player internal base URL.');
    }

-    const response = await fetch(`${resolvedPlayerInternalBaseUrl}/api/screens/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}/announcements/refresh`, {
-      method: 'POST',
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-        Accept: 'application/json',
-        ...authHeaders
-      },
-      body: JSON.stringify({ command: 'announcement-refresh' })
-    });
+    const results = await Promise.allSettled(targetBaseUrls.map(async function (targetBaseUrl) {
+      const authHeaders = createRequestAuthHeaders({
+        method: 'POST',
+        pathname: `/api/screens/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}/announcements/refresh`,
+        body: { command: 'announcement-refresh' }
+      });
+      const response = await fetch(`${targetBaseUrl}/api/screens/${encodeURIComponent(slug)}/announcements/refresh`, {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+          Accept: 'application/json',
+          ...authHeaders
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ command: 'announcement-refresh' })
+      });

-    if (!response.ok) {
-      const errorText = await response.text().catch(function () { return ''; });
-      const error = new Error(errorText || `Unable to refresh announcements for player ${slug}.`);
-      error.statusCode = response.status;
-      throw error;
+      if (!response.ok) {
+        const errorText = await response.text().catch(function () { return ''; });
+        const error = new Error(errorText || `Unable to refresh announcements for player ${slug}.`);
+        error.statusCode = response.status;
+        throw error;
+      }
+
+      return response.json().catch(function () {
+        return { ok: true };
+      });
+    }));
+    const successfulResults = results.filter(function (result) {
+      return result.status === 'fulfilled';
+    });
+    if (!successfulResults.length) {
+      throw (results[0] && results[0].reason) || new Error(`Unable to refresh announcements for player ${slug}.`);
    }

-    return response.json().catch(function () {
-      return { ok: true };
+    return successfulResults.map(function (result) {
+      return result.value;
    });
  }

@@ -351,6 +394,7 @@ function createPlayerActionService(options) {

  return {
    forwardPlayerCommand: forwardPlayerCommand,
+    resolvePlayerBaseUrlForPublicUrl: resolvePlayerBaseUrlForPublicUrl,
    forwardAnnouncementRefresh: forwardAnnouncementRefresh,
    getScreenConnections: getScreenConnections,
    forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl: forwardPlayerCommandToBaseUrl,
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
+// Load and normalize browser region scripts for server-rendered player pages.
+
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');

 const PUBLIC_JS_ROOT = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', 'js');
 const REGION_ROOT_DIR = path.join(PUBLIC_JS_ROOT, 'regions');
 const REGION_TYPE_DIR = path.join(REGION_ROOT_DIR, 'type');
-const REGION_CORE_SCRIPTS = ['js/shared/placeholder-utils.js', 'js/shared/placeholder-chips.js', 'js/shared/time-date-placeholders.js', 'js/regions/region-utils.js', 'js/regions/region-types.js'];
+const REGION_CORE_SCRIPTS = ['js/shared/placeholder-utils.js', 'js/shared/placeholder-chips.js', 'js/shared/placeholder-info.js', 'js/shared/time-date-placeholders.js', 'js/regions/region-utils.js', 'js/regions/region-types.js'];

 function withAssetVersion(scriptPath, assetVersion) {
  if (!assetVersion) {
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Start background services, scheduled tasks, and web application dependencies.
+
 async function initializeWebServer(options) {
  const common = options && options.common;
  const pool = options && options.pool;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = function registerMiddleware(app, deps) {
  });

  app.use(function (req, res, next) {
-    if (req.path === '/' || req.path === '/login' || req.path === '/logout' || req.path.indexOf('/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/') === 0 || req.path === '/api/internal/sync/player-media' || req.path === '/api/internal/sync/player-font') {
+    if (req.path === '/' || req.path === '/login' || req.path === '/logout' || req.path === '/slides/popup-preview' || req.path.indexOf('/api/internal/slide-thumbnails/') === 0 || req.path === '/api/internal/sync/player-media' || req.path === '/api/internal/sync/player-font') {
      return next();
    }

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ module.exports = {
  renderRssFeedsPage: require(routePath('data-sources', 'rss-feeds', 'list')),
  renderRssFeedAddPage: require(routePath('data-sources', 'rss-feeds', 'add')),
  renderRssFeedEditPage: require(routePath('data-sources', 'rss-feeds', 'edit')),
+  renderWeatherLocationsPage: require(routePath('data-sources', 'weather', 'list')),
+  renderWeatherLocationAddPage: require(routePath('data-sources', 'weather', 'add')),
+  renderWeatherLocationEditPage: require(routePath('data-sources', 'weather', 'edit')),
  renderScreensPage: require(routePath('signage', 'screens', 'list')),
  renderScreenFormPage: require(routePath('signage', 'screens', 'add')),
  renderScreenEditPage: require(routePath('signage', 'screens', 'edit')),
@@ -255,6 +255,39 @@
 .template-preview-card .btn-group {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
+.audit-change-list {
+  display: grid;
+  padding: 0.08rem 0.3rem;
+  border-radius: 0.2rem;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+  min-width: 18rem;
+}
+.audit-change-row {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(8rem, 0.7fr) minmax(5rem, 1fr) auto minmax(5rem, 1fr);
+  background: var(--bs-danger-bg-subtle);
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+}
+  background: var(--bs-success-bg-subtle);
+.audit-change-to {
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+.audit-change-from {
+  color: var(--bs-danger-text-emphasis);
+}
+.audit-change-to {
+  color: var(--bs-success-text-emphasis);
+}
+.audit-change-from del,
+.audit-change-to ins {
+  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
+}
+.audit-change-arrow {
+  color: var(--bs-secondary-color);
+}
  gap: 0.5rem;
 }

@@ -860,6 +893,103 @@
  background: var(--bs-tertiary-bg);
 }

+.onboarding-pairing-card > .card-header {
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pairing-card .card-body {
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pairing-card.is-pairing .card-body > :not(.onboarding-pairing-progress) {
+  opacity: 0.55;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pairing-progress {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  color: var(--bs-primary);
+}
+
+.onboarding-pairing-card > .card-footer {
+  padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
+  .onboarding-client-list-link {
+    flex-basis: 100%;
+    text-align: center;
+  }
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-inputs {
+  display: flex;
+  width: fit-content;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  margin-inline: auto;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-inputs .form-control {
+  flex: 1 1 0;
+  width: auto;
+  min-width: 0;
+  max-width: 3.5rem;
+  height: 3.5rem;
+  padding: 0.25rem;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  border-radius: 0;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-inputs .form-control + .form-control {
+  margin-left: -1px;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-inputs .form-control:first-child {
+  border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius) 0 0 var(--bs-border-radius);
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-inputs .form-control:last-child {
+  border-radius: 0 var(--bs-border-radius) var(--bs-border-radius) 0;
+}
+
+.onboarding-pin-inputs .form-control:focus {
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 1;
+}
+
+.onboarding-scanner {
+  position: fixed;
+  z-index: 1050;
+  inset: 0;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.68);
+}
+
+.onboarding-scanner-panel {
+  width: min(100%, 32rem);
+  padding: 1rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--bs-border-color);
+  border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius-lg);
+  background: var(--bs-body-bg);
+  box-shadow: var(--bs-box-shadow-lg);
+}
+
+.onboarding-scanner-video {
+  display: block;
+  width: 100%;
+  aspect-ratio: 1;
+  object-fit: cover;
+  border-radius: var(--bs-border-radius);
+  background: #000;
+}
+
 .timetable-entries-table-shell {
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom-left-radius: calc(var(--bs-border-radius) - 1px);
@@ -1081,11 +1211,15 @@

 .screen-command-panel {
  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.2fr) minmax(0, 0.8fr);
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.2fr) minmax(0, 0.8fr) minmax(12rem, 0.7fr);
  gap: 1rem;
  align-items: start;
 }

+.screen-command-panel-pairing-only {
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
+}
+
 .screen-command-panel-left {
  display: grid;
  gap: 0.85rem;
@@ -1128,6 +1262,28 @@
  line-height: 1.35;
 }

+.screen-command-pairing {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.65rem;
+  align-content: start;
+  padding: 0.9rem 0 0.9rem 1rem;
+  border-left: 1px solid var(--bs-border-color);
+}
+
+.screen-command-pairing > div {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.screen-command-pairing .btn {
+  justify-self: start;
+}
+
+.screen-command-panel-pairing-only .screen-command-pairing {
+  padding-left: 0;
+  border-left: 0;
+}
+
 .screen-command-pill {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
@@ -1173,6 +1329,11 @@
    border-left: 0;
  }

+  .screen-command-pairing {
+    padding: 0;
+    border-left: 0;
+  }
+
  .screen-command-actions {
    justify-content: stretch;
  }
@@ -2350,6 +2511,11 @@ html[data-bs-theme='dark'] .template-field-card .tox .tox-collection {
  margin-bottom: 0;
 }

+.template-field-card .form-label,
+.region-item .form-label {
+  margin-bottom: 0.35rem;
+}
+
 .template-field-card .form-control,
 .template-field-card .form-select,
 .template-field-card textarea,
@@ -2391,7 +2557,7 @@ html[data-bs-theme='dark'] .template-field-card .tox .tox-collection {

 .announcement-color-picker__grid {
  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(8, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(5.5rem, 1fr));
  gap: 0.375rem;
 }

@@ -2500,6 +2666,13 @@ html[data-bs-theme='dark'] .template-field-card .tox .tox-collection {
  text-transform: uppercase;
 }

+.api-region-placeholder-title-help {
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+  text-transform: none;
+}
+
 .api-region-sample-accordion {
  padding: 0.85rem 1rem 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
@@ -3234,4 +3407,94 @@ table.table thead th.sort-desc .table-sort-indicator {
  .card-body.table-responsive > table.table > thead th {
    position: static;
  }
+}
+
+.weather-preview-card {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+
+.weather-preview-card-body {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+}
+
+.weather-preview-card-footer {
+  min-height: 3.5rem;
+}
+
+.weather-preview-icon {
+  font-size: 4rem;
+  color: #e0a11a;
+}
+
+.weather-preview-forecast-icon {
+  display: block;
+  font-size: 2rem;
+  color: #e0a11a;
+  margin: 1rem 0 0.65rem;
+}
+
+.weather-daily-forecast {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+.weather-daily-forecast > * {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+@media (min-width: 768px) {
+  .weather-daily-forecast {
+    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  }
+}
+
+@media (min-width: 992px) {
+  .weather-daily-forecast {
+    grid-template-columns: repeat(7, minmax(0, 1fr));
+  }
+}
+
+.weather-preview-hourly-item {
+  width: 7.5rem;
+}
+
+.gradient-stop-bar {
+  position: relative;
+  height: 2.25rem;
+  padding: 0.45rem 0;
+  cursor: crosshair;
+}
+
+.gradient-stop-bar-track {
+  height: 1.35rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--bs-border-color);
+  border-radius: 0.35rem;
+  background: var(--bs-secondary-bg);
+}
+
+.gradient-stop-bar-handles {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0 0.25rem;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.gradient-stop-handle {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0.1rem;
+  width: 1rem;
+  height: 2rem;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 2px solid var(--bs-body-bg);
+  border-radius: 0.35rem;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px var(--bs-body-color);
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  cursor: grab;
+  pointer-events: auto;
+  touch-action: none;
+}
+
+.gradient-stop-handle:active {
+  cursor: grabbing;
 }
@@ -77,6 +77,28 @@
    });
  }

+  function updateDataSourceToggle(form, response) {
+    var toggleButton = document.querySelector('button[form="' + form.id + '"][data-async-data-source-toggle]');
+    if (!toggleButton) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var willEnable = toggleButton.getAttribute('data-enabled') !== 'true';
+    toggleButton.setAttribute('data-enabled', willEnable ? 'true' : 'false');
+    toggleButton.className = toggleButton.className.replace(/btn-(danger|success)/g, willEnable ? 'btn-danger' : 'btn-success');
+    toggleButton.innerHTML = '<i class="bi ' + (willEnable ? 'bi-pause-fill' : 'bi-play-fill') + ' me-1" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + (willEnable ? 'Disable' : 'Enable');
+
+    var message = '';
+    try {
+      message = new URL(response.url, window.location.href).searchParams.get('message') || '';
+    } catch (_error) {
+      message = '';
+    }
+    if (typeof showToast === 'function') {
+      showToast(message || (willEnable ? 'Data source enabled.' : 'Data source disabled.'), 'success');
+    }
+  }
+
  function initDeleteButtons() {
    document.addEventListener('click', function (event) {
      var deleteButton = event.target.closest('[data-delete-action-url]');
@@ -641,6 +663,11 @@
          return;
        }

+        if (/^\/data-sources\/(?:api-sources|rss-feeds|weather)\/\d+$/.test(actionPath)) {
+          updateDataSourceToggle(form, response);
+          return;
+        }
+
        if (shouldReloadAfterSuccess && response && response.ok) {
          window.location.reload();
          return;
@@ -799,6 +826,28 @@
        return;
      }

+      var refreshButton = target.closest('[data-manual-refresh-url]');
+      if (refreshButton) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        if (refreshButton.disabled) {
+          return;
+        }
+        refreshButton.disabled = true;
+        fetch(refreshButton.getAttribute('data-manual-refresh-url'), {
+          method: 'POST',
+          credentials: 'same-origin',
+          headers: { 'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest' }
+        }).then(function (response) {
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error('Refresh failed');
+          }
+          window.location.assign(response.url);
+        }).catch(function () {
+          refreshButton.disabled = false;
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
      var button = target.closest('button[name="save_action"], button[name="action"]');
      if (!button) {
        return;
@@ -886,7 +935,7 @@
    var summaryLabel = isRoot ? (isArray ? 'Array' : 'Object') : String(key);
    var summaryMeta = isArray ? '[' + value.length + ']' : '{' + Object.keys(value).length + '}';
    return '' +
-      '<details class="json-tree-node" open>' +
+      '<details class="json-tree-node"' + (isRoot ? ' open' : '') + '>' +
        '<summary><span class="json-tree-key">' + escapeHtml(summaryLabel) + '</span><span class="mx-1">:</span><span class="text-body-secondary">' + escapeHtml(summaryMeta) + '</span></summary>' +
        '<div class="ms-3 ps-3 border-start">' + entries + '</div>' +
      '</details>';
@@ -920,8 +969,11 @@
      }

      if (typeof rawJson !== 'string' || !rawJson.trim()) {
-        if (button) {
-          button.classList.add('d-none');
+        if (collapseButton) {
+          collapseButton.classList.add('d-none');
+        }
+        if (expandButton) {
+          expandButton.classList.add('d-none');
        }
        return;
      }
@@ -930,8 +982,11 @@
      try {
        parsedJson = JSON.parse(rawJson);
      } catch (_error) {
-        if (button) {
-          button.classList.add('d-none');
+        if (collapseButton) {
+          collapseButton.classList.add('d-none');
+        }
+        if (expandButton) {
+          expandButton.classList.add('d-none');
        }
        return;
      }
@@ -945,26 +1000,30 @@
          detail.open = expanded;
        });

-        if (collapseButton) {
-          collapseButton.disabled = !details.length || !expanded;
-        }
-        if (expandButton) {
-          expandButton.disabled = !details.length || expanded;
-        }
+        syncButtons();
      }

      function syncButtons() {
+        var details = output.querySelectorAll('details');
+        var allExpanded = details.length > 0 && Array.prototype.every.call(details, function (detail) { return detail.open; });
+        var allCollapsed = details.length > 0 && Array.prototype.every.call(details, function (detail) { return !detail.open; });
        if (collapseButton) {
-          collapseButton.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'false');
+          collapseButton.disabled = !details.length || allCollapsed;
+          collapseButton.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(allCollapsed));
        }
        if (expandButton) {
-          expandButton.setAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+          expandButton.disabled = !details.length || allExpanded;
+          expandButton.setAttribute('aria-pressed', String(allExpanded));
        }
      }

      output.innerHTML = formattedTree;
+      setAllSectionsExpanded(false);
+      var rootDetails = output.querySelector('details');
+      if (rootDetails) {
+        rootDetails.open = true;
+      }
      syncButtons();
-      setAllSectionsExpanded(true);

      if (collapseButton) {
        collapseButton.addEventListener('click', function () {
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  var setButtonVariant = webUiHelpers.setButtonVariant;
  var normalizeDisplayIp = webUiHelpers.normalizeDisplayIp;
  var LIST_PAGE_SIZE = 25;
+  var CLIENT_ROW_REMOVAL_DELAY_MS = 1000;
  var latestDashboardState = null;
+  var pendingClientRowRemovals = {};

  function getClientSearchInput() {
    var table = document.getElementById('dashboard-clients-table');
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
  function getSelectedScreenClients(state) {
    var select = getScreenCommandSelect();
    var selectedSlug = select ? String(select.value || '').trim() : '';
-    var clients = Array.isArray(state && state.clients) ? state.clients : [];
+    var clients = state && Array.isArray(state.clients) ? state.clients : [];

    if (!selectedSlug || selectedSlug === '__all__') {
      return clients;
@@ -276,6 +278,21 @@
      return compareClientSortValues(leftValue, rightValue);
    }

+    function compareClientNames(leftValue, rightValue) {
+      var leftName = String(leftValue || '').trim();
+      var rightName = String(rightValue || '').trim();
+      if (!leftName && !rightName) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      if (!leftName) {
+        return 1;
+      }
+      if (!rightName) {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      return leftName.localeCompare(rightName, undefined, { sensitivity: 'base', numeric: true });
+    }
+
    var sortKeys = accessors[normalizedSortKey]
      ? [normalizedSortKey]
      : ['client'];
@@ -283,7 +300,9 @@
    return (Array.isArray(clients) ? clients.slice() : []).sort(function (leftClient, rightClient) {
      for (var index = 0; index < sortKeys.length; index += 1) {
        var sortKeyName = sortKeys[index];
-        var comparison = compareValues(accessors[sortKeyName](leftClient), accessors[sortKeyName](rightClient));
+        var comparison = sortKeyName === 'client'
+          ? compareClientNames(accessors[sortKeyName](leftClient), accessors[sortKeyName](rightClient))
+          : compareValues(accessors[sortKeyName](leftClient), accessors[sortKeyName](rightClient));

        if (comparison !== 0) {
          return index === 0 && normalizedDirection === 'desc' ? comparison * -1 : comparison;
@@ -317,15 +336,16 @@
    var blackoutButtonLabel = blackout ? 'Restore client' : 'Blackout client';
    var blackoutButtonText = blackout ? 'Restore' : 'Blackout';
    var reloadConfirmMessage = 'Reloading will restart the player page. Continue?';
+    var commandTargetId = client.clientId || client.id || '';

    return [
      '<div class="actions justify-content-end">',
-      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-confirm-message="' + escapeHtml(reloadConfirmMessage) + '" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="reload" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(client.id) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger" data-action="reload" aria-label="Reload client" title="Reload client"><i class="bi bi-arrow-repeat" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></form>',
+      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-confirm-message="' + escapeHtml(reloadConfirmMessage) + '" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="reload" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(commandTargetId) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger" data-action="reload" aria-label="Reload client" title="Reload client"><i class="bi bi-arrow-repeat" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></form>',
      '<button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger" data-action="move-screen" aria-label="Move client to another screen" title="Move client to another screen"><i class="bi bi-display" aria-hidden="true"></i></button>',
-      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="previous" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(client.id) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-warning" data-action="previous" aria-label="Previous slide" title="Previous slide"><i class="bi bi-skip-backward-fill" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></form>',
-      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="next" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(client.id) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-warning" data-action="next" aria-label="Next slide" title="Next slide"><i class="bi bi-skip-forward-fill" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></form>',
-      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="pause" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(client.id) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="' + pauseButtonClass + '" data-action="pause" aria-label="' + pauseButtonLabel + '" title="' + pauseButtonLabel + '"><i class="bi ' + pauseButtonIcon + ' me-1" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + pauseButtonText + '</button></form>',
-      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="blackout" /><input type="hidden" name="blackout" value="' + (blackout ? 'false' : 'true') + '" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(client.id) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="' + blackoutButtonClass + '" data-action="blackout" aria-label="' + blackoutButtonLabel + '" title="' + blackoutButtonLabel + '"><i class="bi ' + blackoutButtonIcon + ' me-1" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + blackoutButtonText + '</button></form>',
+      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="previous" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(commandTargetId) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-warning" data-action="previous" aria-label="Previous slide" title="Previous slide"><i class="bi bi-skip-backward-fill" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></form>',
+      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="next" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(commandTargetId) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-warning" data-action="next" aria-label="Next slide" title="Next slide"><i class="bi bi-skip-forward-fill" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></form>',
+      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="pause" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(commandTargetId) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="' + pauseButtonClass + '" data-action="pause" aria-label="' + pauseButtonLabel + '" title="' + pauseButtonLabel + '"><i class="bi ' + pauseButtonIcon + ' me-1" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + pauseButtonText + '</button></form>',
+      '<form method="post" action="/clients/' + encodeURIComponent(client.screen_slug) + '/commands" class="d-inline-block m-0" data-async-command><input type="hidden" name="command" value="blackout" /><input type="hidden" name="blackout" value="' + (blackout ? 'false' : 'true') + '" /><input type="hidden" name="connectionId" value="' + escapeHtml(commandTargetId) + '" /><input type="hidden" name="playerBaseUrl" value="' + escapeHtml(client.player_url || '') + '" /><button type="submit" class="' + blackoutButtonClass + '" data-action="blackout" aria-label="' + blackoutButtonLabel + '" title="' + blackoutButtonLabel + '"><i class="bi ' + blackoutButtonIcon + ' me-1" aria-hidden="true"></i>' + blackoutButtonText + '</button></form>',
      '</div>'
    ].join('');
  }
@@ -336,7 +356,7 @@
      form: document.getElementById('client-move-screen-form'),
      targetSelect: document.getElementById('client-move-screen-target'),
      connectionInput: document.querySelector('[data-client-move-connection-id]'),
-      deviceInput: document.querySelector('[data-client-move-device-id]'),
+      clientIdInput: document.querySelector('[data-client-move-client-id]'),
      clientNameInput: document.querySelector('[data-client-move-client-name]'),
      playerBaseUrlInput: document.querySelector('[data-client-move-player-base-url]')
    };
@@ -349,8 +369,8 @@
    }

    var currentScreenSlug = String(row.getAttribute('data-client-screen-slug') || '').trim();
-    var connectionId = String(row.getAttribute('data-client-id') || '').trim();
-    var deviceId = String(row.getAttribute('data-client-device-id') || '').trim();
+    var connectionId = String(row.getAttribute('data-client-client-id') || row.getAttribute('data-client-id') || '').trim();
+    var clientId = String(row.getAttribute('data-client-client-id') || '').trim();
    var playerBaseUrl = String(row.getAttribute('data-client-player-base-url') || '').trim();
    var clientNameCell = row.querySelector('td[data-label="Client"] > div');
    var clientName = String(clientNameCell && clientNameCell.textContent || '').trim();
@@ -367,8 +387,8 @@
    if (elements.connectionInput) {
      elements.connectionInput.value = connectionId;
    }
-    if (elements.deviceInput) {
-      elements.deviceInput.value = deviceId;
+    if (elements.clientIdInput) {
+      elements.clientIdInput.value = clientId;
    }
    if (elements.clientNameInput) {
      elements.clientNameInput.value = clientName;
@@ -409,7 +429,7 @@
      }
      var connectionInput = pauseForm.querySelector('input[name="connectionId"]');
      if (connectionInput) {
-        connectionInput.value = client.id || '';
+        connectionInput.value = client.clientId || client.id || '';
      }
      var playerBaseUrlInput = pauseForm.querySelector('input[name="playerBaseUrl"]');
      if (playerBaseUrlInput) {
@@ -428,7 +448,7 @@
      if (reloadForm) {
        var reloadInput = reloadForm.querySelector('input[name="connectionId"]');
        if (reloadInput) {
-          reloadInput.value = client.id || '';
+          reloadInput.value = client.clientId || client.id || '';
        }
        var reloadPlayerBaseUrlInput = reloadForm.querySelector('input[name="playerBaseUrl"]');
        if (reloadPlayerBaseUrlInput) {
@@ -464,7 +484,7 @@
      }
      var blackoutConnectionInput = blackoutForm.querySelector('input[name="connectionId"]');
      if (blackoutConnectionInput) {
-        blackoutConnectionInput.value = client.id || '';
+        blackoutConnectionInput.value = client.clientId || client.id || '';
      }
      var blackoutPlayerBaseUrlInput = blackoutForm.querySelector('input[name="playerBaseUrl"]');
      if (blackoutPlayerBaseUrlInput) {
@@ -489,7 +509,7 @@
      }
      var previousConnectionInput = previousForm.querySelector('input[name="connectionId"]');
      if (previousConnectionInput) {
-        previousConnectionInput.value = client.id || '';
+        previousConnectionInput.value = client.clientId || client.id || '';
      }
      var previousPlayerBaseUrlInput = previousForm.querySelector('input[name="playerBaseUrl"]');
      if (previousPlayerBaseUrlInput) {
@@ -514,7 +534,7 @@
      }
      var nextConnectionInput = nextForm.querySelector('input[name="connectionId"]');
      if (nextConnectionInput) {
-        nextConnectionInput.value = client.id || '';
+        nextConnectionInput.value = client.clientId || client.id || '';
      }
      var nextPlayerBaseUrlInput = nextForm.querySelector('input[name="playerBaseUrl"]');
      if (nextPlayerBaseUrlInput) {
@@ -687,11 +707,6 @@
      && typeof tbody.removeChild === 'function'
      && typeof document.createElement === 'function';

-    if (!visibleClients.length) {
-      tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="' + (hasActionsColumn ? '7' : '6') + '" class="empty">No connected clients yet.</td></tr>';
-      return;
-    }
-
    if (!canPatchRows) {
      tbody.innerHTML = visibleClients.map(function (client) {
        return renderClientRow(client, hasActionsColumn);
@@ -704,8 +719,32 @@
      existingRows[String(row.getAttribute('data-client-key') || '').trim()] = row;
    });

+    var visibleRowKeys = {};
+    visibleClients.forEach(function (client) {
+      visibleRowKeys[String(getClientRowKey(client) || '').trim()] = true;
+    });
+
+    function getClientIdentity(client) {
+      return [
+        String(client && (client.client_name || client.name || '') || '').trim().toLowerCase(),
+        String(client && (client.player_url || client.playerPublicBaseUrl || '') || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '').toLowerCase()
+      ].join('|');
+    }
+
+    var visibleClientIdentities = {};
+    visibleClients.forEach(function (client) {
+      var identity = getClientIdentity(client);
+      if (identity !== '|') {
+        visibleClientIdentities[identity] = true;
+      }
+    });
+
    var nextRows = visibleClients.map(function (client) {
      var rowKey = String(getClientRowKey(client) || '').trim();
+      if (pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey]) {
+        clearTimeout(pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey]);
+        delete pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey];
+      }
      var row = existingRows[rowKey] || null;

      if (!row) {
@@ -719,6 +758,44 @@
      return Boolean(row);
    });

+    Object.keys(existingRows).forEach(function (rowKey) {
+      if (visibleRowKeys[rowKey]) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var existingRow = existingRows[rowKey];
+      var existingNameCell = existingRow.querySelector('td[data-label="Client"] > div');
+      var existingIdentity = [
+        String(existingNameCell && existingNameCell.textContent || '').trim().toLowerCase(),
+        String(existingRow.getAttribute('data-client-player-base-url') || '').trim().replace(/\/$/, '').toLowerCase()
+      ].join('|');
+      if (existingIdentity !== '|' && visibleClientIdentities[existingIdentity]) {
+        if (pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey]) {
+          clearTimeout(pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey]);
+          delete pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey];
+        }
+        if (existingRow.parentNode === tbody) {
+          tbody.removeChild(existingRow);
+        }
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey]) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey] = setTimeout(function () {
+        delete pendingClientRowRemovals[rowKey];
+        var row = existingRows[rowKey];
+        if (row && row.parentNode === tbody && !visibleRowKeys[rowKey]) {
+          tbody.removeChild(row);
+        }
+        if (!tbody.querySelector('tr[data-client-key]')) {
+          tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="' + (hasActionsColumn ? '7' : '6') + '" class="empty">No connected clients yet.</td></tr>';
+        }
+      }, CLIENT_ROW_REMOVAL_DELAY_MS);
+    });
+
    nextRows.forEach(function (row, index) {
      var referenceNode = tbody.children[index] || null;
      if (referenceNode !== row) {
@@ -726,8 +803,8 @@
      }
    });

-    while (tbody.children.length > nextRows.length) {
-      tbody.removeChild(tbody.lastElementChild);
+    if (!visibleClients.length && !tbody.querySelector('tr[data-client-key]')) {
+      tbody.innerHTML = '<tr><td colspan="' + (hasActionsColumn ? '7' : '6') + '" class="empty">No connected clients yet.</td></tr>';
    }

  }
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
  var panels = Array.prototype.slice.call(form.querySelectorAll('[data-api-source-auth-panel]'));
  var bearerTokenInput = form.querySelector('[data-api-source-bearer-token-input]');
  var bearerTokenToggle = form.querySelector('[data-api-source-bearer-token-toggle]');
+  var requestMethodSelect = form.querySelector('[data-api-source-request-method]');
+  var requestSection = form.querySelector('[data-api-source-request-section]');
+  var requestBodyInput = form.querySelector('[data-api-source-request-body]');

  function updateBearerTokenToggle() {
    if (!bearerTokenInput || !bearerTokenToggle) {
@@ -47,14 +50,28 @@
    });
  }

+  function updateRequestBodyVisibility() {
+    if (!requestMethodSelect || !requestSection || !requestBodyInput) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var isPost = String(requestMethodSelect.value || 'GET').toUpperCase() === 'POST';
+    requestSection.hidden = !isPost;
+  }
+
  if (methodSelect) {
    methodSelect.addEventListener('change', updatePanels);
  }

+  if (requestMethodSelect) {
+    requestMethodSelect.addEventListener('change', updateRequestBodyVisibility);
+  }
+
  if (bearerTokenToggle && bearerTokenInput) {
    bearerTokenToggle.addEventListener('click', toggleBearerTokenVisibility);
    updateBearerTokenToggle();
  }

  updatePanels();
+  updateRequestBodyVisibility();
 }());
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+  var label = document.getElementById('weather-label');
+  var results = document.getElementById('weather-location-results');
+  var latitude = document.getElementById('weather-latitude');
+  var longitude = document.getElementById('weather-longitude');
+  var latitudeValue = document.getElementById('weather-latitude-value');
+  var longitudeValue = document.getElementById('weather-longitude-value');
+  var timezone = document.getElementById('weather-timezone');
+  var manualCoordinates = document.getElementById('weather-manual-coordinates');
+  var timer;
+  var requestId = 0;
+
+  if (!label || !results || !latitude || !longitude || !timezone) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  function clearResults() {
+    results.replaceChildren();
+    results.classList.add('d-none');
+  }
+
+  function selectResult(result) {
+    label.value = result.label;
+    latitude.value = result.latitude;
+    longitude.value = result.longitude;
+    timezone.value = result.timezone;
+    latitudeValue.value = result.latitude;
+    longitudeValue.value = result.longitude;
+    latitude.disabled = true;
+    longitude.disabled = true;
+    latitude.removeAttribute('name');
+    longitude.removeAttribute('name');
+    latitudeValue.name = 'latitude';
+    longitudeValue.name = 'longitude';
+    manualCoordinates.classList.remove('d-none');
+    clearResults();
+  }
+
+  function enableManualCoordinates() {
+    latitude.disabled = false;
+    longitude.disabled = false;
+    latitude.name = 'latitude';
+    longitude.name = 'longitude';
+    latitudeValue.removeAttribute('name');
+    longitudeValue.removeAttribute('name');
+    manualCoordinates.classList.add('d-none');
+  }
+
+  function renderResults(items) {
+    results.replaceChildren();
+    if (!items.length) {
+      clearResults();
+      return;
+    }
+    items.forEach(function (item) {
+      var button = document.createElement('button');
+      button.type = 'button';
+      button.className = 'list-group-item list-group-item-action';
+      button.textContent = item.label;
+      button.addEventListener('click', function () { selectResult(item); });
+      results.appendChild(button);
+    });
+    results.classList.remove('d-none');
+  }
+
+  label.addEventListener('input', function () {
+    enableManualCoordinates();
+    window.clearTimeout(timer);
+    var query = label.value.trim();
+    if (query.length < 2) {
+      clearResults();
+      return;
+    }
+    timer = window.setTimeout(function () {
+      var currentRequestId = ++requestId;
+      fetch('/data-sources/weather/geocode?q=' + encodeURIComponent(query), { credentials: 'same-origin' })
+        .then(function (response) { if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Lookup failed'); return response.json(); })
+        .then(function (data) { if (currentRequestId === requestId) renderResults(data.results || []); })
+        .catch(function () { if (currentRequestId === requestId) clearResults(); });
+    }, 300);
+  });
+
+  manualCoordinates.addEventListener('click', enableManualCoordinates);
+
+  if (latitude.value && longitude.value) {
+    selectResult({ label: label.value, latitude: latitude.value, longitude: longitude.value, timezone: timezone.value });
+  }
+
+  var refreshButton = document.querySelector('[data-weather-refresh-url]');
+  if (refreshButton) {
+    refreshButton.addEventListener('click', function () {
+      refreshButton.disabled = true;
+      fetch(refreshButton.getAttribute('data-weather-refresh-url'), { method: 'POST', credentials: 'same-origin', headers: { 'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest' } })
+        .then(function (response) {
+          if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Refresh failed');
+          window.location.assign(response.url);
+        })
+        .catch(function () { refreshButton.disabled = false; });
+    });
+  }
+
+  var forecastButtons = document.querySelectorAll('[data-weather-forecast-mode]');
+  var dailyForecast = document.getElementById('weather-daily-forecast');
+  var hourlyForecast = document.getElementById('weather-hourly-forecast');
+  forecastButtons.forEach(function (button) {
+    button.addEventListener('click', function () {
+      var hourly = button.getAttribute('data-weather-forecast-mode') === 'hourly';
+      dailyForecast.classList.toggle('d-none', hourly);
+      hourlyForecast.classList.toggle('d-none', !hourly);
+      forecastButtons.forEach(function (item) {
+        var selected = item === button;
+        item.classList.toggle('btn-primary', selected);
+        item.classList.toggle('btn-outline-secondary', !selected);
+        item.setAttribute('aria-pressed', selected ? 'true' : 'false');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  document.addEventListener('click', function (event) {
+    if (!results.contains(event.target) && event.target !== label) {
+      clearResults();
+    }
+  });
+}());
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+(function () {
+  var form = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-form');
+  var pairingCard = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-card');
+  var pairingProgress = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-progress');
+  var message = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-message');
+  var codeInputsContainer = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-code-inputs');
+  var codeField = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-code');
+  var clientIdField = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-client-id');
+  var anotherButton = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-another');
+  var anotherButtonLabel = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-another-label');
+  var manualButton = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-manual');
+  var connectButton = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-connect');
+  var clientListButton = document.getElementById('onboarding-pair-client-list');
+  var scanner = document.getElementById('onboarding-scanner');
+  var scannerVideo = document.getElementById('onboarding-scanner-video');
+  var scannerCapture = document.getElementById('onboarding-scanner-capture');
+  var scannerClose = document.getElementById('onboarding-scanner-close');
+  var scannerMessage = document.getElementById('onboarding-scanner-message');
+  var scannerDebugOutput = document.getElementById('onboarding-scanner-debug');
+  var scannerDebug = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get('scanner-debug') === '1';
+  if (!form || !message) {
+    return;
+  }
+  function getClientId() {
+    var storageKey = 'pulse-signage-player-client-id';
+    var clientId = clientIdField ? String(clientIdField.value || '').trim() : '';
+    if (!clientId) {
+      try { clientId = String(window.sessionStorage.getItem(storageKey) || '').trim(); } catch (_error) {}
+    }
+    if (!clientId) {
+      clientId = window.crypto && typeof window.crypto.randomUUID === 'function'
+        ? window.crypto.randomUUID()
+        : 'client-' + Date.now().toString(36) + '-' + Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 12);
+      try { window.sessionStorage.setItem(storageKey, clientId); } catch (_error) {}
+    }
+    if (clientIdField) { clientIdField.value = clientId; }
+    return clientId;
+  }
+  getClientId();
+  function traceScanner(value) {
+    if (!scannerDebug || !scannerDebugOutput) { return; }
+    scannerDebugOutput.classList.remove('d-none');
+    var lines = (scannerDebugOutput.textContent ? scannerDebugOutput.textContent.split('\n') : []).filter(Boolean);
+    lines.push(new Date().toISOString().slice(11, 19) + ' ' + value);
+    scannerDebugOutput.textContent = lines.slice(-8).join('\n');
+  }
+
+  var codeInputs = codeInputsContainer ? Array.prototype.slice.call(codeInputsContainer.querySelectorAll('[data-pairing-code-input]')) : [];
+  function normalizeCode(value) {
+    return String(value || '').replace(/[^a-z0-9]/gi, '').toUpperCase().slice(0, codeInputs.length);
+  }
+  function syncCodeField() {
+    if (codeField) {
+      codeField.value = codeInputs.map(function (input) { return input.value; }).join('').toUpperCase();
+    }
+  }
+  function setCode(value, startIndex) {
+    var normalized = normalizeCode(value);
+    var index = startIndex || 0;
+    normalized.split('').forEach(function (character) {
+      if (index < codeInputs.length) {
+        codeInputs[index].value = character;
+        index += 1;
+      }
+    });
+    syncCodeField();
+    if (index < codeInputs.length) {
+      codeInputs[index].focus();
+    } else if (codeInputs.length) {
+      codeInputs[codeInputs.length - 1].focus();
+    }
+  }
+  var scannerStream = null;
+  var scannerFrame = null;
+  var scannerLastDecodeAt = 0;
+  var scannerCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  var scannerWorkCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+  var scannerDecodeCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+
+  function decodeQrCanvas(canvas) {
+    if (typeof window.jsQR !== 'function') { return null; }
+    var workCanvas = canvas;
+    var maximumDimension = 1024;
+    if (Math.max(canvas.width, canvas.height) > maximumDimension) {
+      var scale = maximumDimension / Math.max(canvas.width, canvas.height);
+      scannerWorkCanvas.width = Math.round(canvas.width * scale);
+      scannerWorkCanvas.height = Math.round(canvas.height * scale);
+      scannerWorkCanvas.getContext('2d').drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, scannerWorkCanvas.width, scannerWorkCanvas.height);
+      workCanvas = scannerWorkCanvas;
+    }
+    var context = workCanvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });
+    var imageData = context.getImageData(0, 0, workCanvas.width, workCanvas.height);
+    var result = window.jsQR(imageData.data, workCanvas.width, workCanvas.height, { inversionAttempts: 'attemptBoth' });
+    if (result) { return result; }
+
+    scannerDecodeCanvas.width = workCanvas.width;
+    scannerDecodeCanvas.height = workCanvas.height;
+    var decodeContext = scannerDecodeCanvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });
+    var source = new Uint8ClampedArray(imageData.data);
+    var cleaned = new Uint8ClampedArray(source.length);
+    for (var cleanY = 0; cleanY < workCanvas.height; cleanY += 1) {
+      for (var cleanX = 0; cleanX < workCanvas.width; cleanX += 1) {
+        var cleanSamples = [];
+        for (var cleanOffsetY = -1; cleanOffsetY <= 1; cleanOffsetY += 1) {
+          for (var cleanOffsetX = -1; cleanOffsetX <= 1; cleanOffsetX += 1) {
+            var cleanSampleX = Math.max(0, Math.min(workCanvas.width - 1, cleanX + cleanOffsetX));
+            var cleanSampleY = Math.max(0, Math.min(workCanvas.height - 1, cleanY + cleanOffsetY));
+            cleanSamples.push(source[(cleanSampleY * workCanvas.width + cleanSampleX) * 4]);
+          }
+        }
+        cleanSamples.sort(function (left, right) { return left - right; });
+        var cleanIndex = (cleanY * workCanvas.width + cleanX) * 4;
+        cleaned[cleanIndex] = cleaned[cleanIndex + 1] = cleaned[cleanIndex + 2] = cleanSamples[4];
+        cleaned[cleanIndex + 3] = 255;
+      }
+    }
+    source = cleaned;
+    var expanded = decodeContext.createImageData(workCanvas.width, workCanvas.height);
+    var radius = Math.max(3, Math.round(workCanvas.width / 205));
+    for (var y = 0; y < workCanvas.height; y += 1) {
+      for (var x = 0; x < workCanvas.width; x += 1) {
+        var samples = [];
+        for (var offsetY = -radius; offsetY <= radius; offsetY += 2) {
+          for (var offsetX = -radius; offsetX <= radius; offsetX += 2) {
+            var sampleX = Math.max(0, Math.min(workCanvas.width - 1, x + offsetX));
+            var sampleY = Math.max(0, Math.min(workCanvas.height - 1, y + offsetY));
+            samples.push(source[(sampleY * workCanvas.width + sampleX) * 4]);
+          }
+        }
+        var maximum = Math.max.apply(null, samples);
+        var index = (y * workCanvas.width + x) * 4;
+        expanded.data[index] = maximum;
+        expanded.data[index + 1] = maximum;
+        expanded.data[index + 2] = maximum;
+        expanded.data[index + 3] = 255;
+      }
+    }
+    decodeContext.putImageData(expanded, 0, 0);
+    return window.jsQR(expanded.data, workCanvas.width, workCanvas.height, { inversionAttempts: 'attemptBoth' });
+  }
+  function closeScanner() {
+    if (scannerFrame) { window.cancelAnimationFrame(scannerFrame); scannerFrame = null; }
+    if (scannerStream) {
+      scannerStream.getTracks().forEach(function (track) { track.stop(); });
+      scannerStream = null;
+    }
+    if (scannerVideo) {
+      scannerVideo.srcObject = null;
+      scannerVideo.classList.remove('d-none');
+    }
+    if (scannerCapture) { scannerCapture.value = ''; }
+    if (scanner) {
+      scanner.classList.add('d-none');
+      scanner.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+    }
+  }
+  function resetPairingForm() {
+    form.reset();
+    codeInputsContainer.setAttribute('data-pairing-code', '');
+    codeInputs.forEach(function (input) { input.value = ''; input.disabled = false; });
+    if (codeField) { codeField.value = ''; }
+    Array.prototype.slice.call(form.elements).forEach(function (element) {
+      if (element !== anotherButton && element !== manualButton) { element.disabled = false; }
+    });
+    if (connectButton) { connectButton.classList.remove('d-none'); }
+    if (clientListButton) { clientListButton.classList.add('d-none'); }
+    if (pairingCard) { pairingCard.classList.remove('is-pairing'); }
+    if (pairingProgress) { pairingProgress.classList.add('d-none'); }
+    message.className = 'alert d-none';
+    message.textContent = '';
+    if (anotherButton) {
+      anotherButton.classList.remove('btn-secondary');
+      anotherButton.classList.add('btn-outline-secondary');
+      anotherButton.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Scan player QR code');
+      anotherButton.setAttribute('title', 'Scan player QR code');
+    }
+    if (anotherButtonLabel) { anotherButtonLabel.classList.add('d-none'); }
+    if (manualButton) { manualButton.classList.add('d-none'); }
+  }
+  function codeFromScan(rawValue) {
+    try {
+      var scannedUrl = new URL(String(rawValue || ''), window.location.origin);
+      if (scannedUrl.pathname === '/pairing') {
+        return normalizeCode(scannedUrl.searchParams.get('code'));
+      }
+    } catch (_error) {}
+    return normalizeCode(rawValue);
+  }
+  function applyScannedCode(rawValue) {
+    var code = codeFromScan(rawValue);
+    if (code.length !== codeInputs.length) {
+      scannerMessage.textContent = 'That QR code is not a Pulse Signage pairing code.';
+      return false;
+    }
+    closeScanner();
+    resetPairingForm();
+    setCode(code, 0);
+    return true;
+  }
+  function scanFrame() {
+    if (!scannerVideo || !scannerStream) { return; }
+    if (Date.now() - scannerLastDecodeAt < 400) {
+      scannerFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(scanFrame);
+      return;
+    }
+    scannerLastDecodeAt = Date.now();
+    if (!window.BarcodeDetector && typeof window.jsQR === 'function') {
+      var width = scannerVideo.videoWidth;
+      var height = scannerVideo.videoHeight;
+      if (width && height) {
+        traceScanner('frame ' + width + 'x' + height);
+        scannerCanvas.width = width;
+        scannerCanvas.height = height;
+        var context = scannerCanvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });
+        context.drawImage(scannerVideo, 0, 0, width, height);
+        var result = decodeQrCanvas(scannerCanvas);
+        traceScanner(result ? 'decoded' : 'no QR');
+        if (result && applyScannedCode(result.data)) { return; }
+        scannerFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(scanFrame);
+        return;
+      }
+      scannerFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(scanFrame);
+      return;
+    }
+    scannerVideo.__pairingBarcodeDetector.detect(scannerVideo).then(function (barcodes) {
+      if (barcodes.length) {
+        if (applyScannedCode(barcodes[0].rawValue)) { return; }
+      }
+      scannerFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(scanFrame);
+    }).catch(function () {
+      scannerFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(scanFrame);
+    });
+  }
+  function openScanner() {
+    if (!scanner || !scannerVideo || (!window.BarcodeDetector && typeof window.jsQR !== 'function')) {
+      message.className = 'alert alert-warning';
+      message.textContent = 'Camera scanning is not supported by this browser.';
+      return;
+    }
+    scannerMessage.textContent = 'Point your camera at the player QR code.';
+    traceScanner('open BarcodeDetector=' + Boolean(window.BarcodeDetector) + ' jsQR=' + (typeof window.jsQR === 'function'));
+    scannerVideo.classList.remove('d-none');
+    scanner.classList.remove('d-none');
+    scanner.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'false');
+    if (window.BarcodeDetector) {
+      scannerVideo.__pairingBarcodeDetector = new window.BarcodeDetector({ formats: ['qr_code'] });
+    }
+    if (!navigator.mediaDevices || !navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
+      traceScanner('getUserMedia unavailable');
+      scannerVideo.classList.add('d-none');
+      scannerMessage.textContent = 'Use the camera to capture the player QR code.';
+      if (scannerCapture) { scannerCapture.click(); }
+      return;
+    }
+    navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
+      video: {
+        facingMode: { ideal: 'environment' },
+        width: { ideal: 1280 },
+        height: { ideal: 720 },
+        focusMode: { ideal: 'continuous' }
+      },
+      audio: false
+    }).then(function (stream) {
+      scannerStream = stream;
+      traceScanner('stream opened');
+      traceScanner(JSON.stringify(stream.getVideoTracks()[0].getSettings ? stream.getVideoTracks()[0].getSettings() : {}));
+      scannerVideo.srcObject = stream;
+      return scannerVideo.play();
+    }).then(function () {
+      scannerFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(scanFrame);
+    }).catch(function () {
+      traceScanner('stream failed');
+      scannerVideo.classList.add('d-none');
+      scannerMessage.textContent = 'Use the camera to capture the player QR code.';
+      if (scannerCapture) { scannerCapture.click(); }
+    });
+  }
+  if (codeInputs.length) {
+    setCode(codeInputsContainer.getAttribute('data-pairing-code'), 0);
+    codeInputs.forEach(function (input, index) {
+      input.addEventListener('input', function () {
+        var value = normalizeCode(input.value);
+        input.value = value.slice(0, 1);
+        if (value.length > 1) {
+          setCode(value, index);
+        } else {
+          syncCodeField();
+          if (input.value && index < codeInputs.length - 1) {
+            codeInputs[index + 1].focus();
+          }
+        }
+      });
+      input.addEventListener('paste', function (event) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        setCode(event.clipboardData ? event.clipboardData.getData('text') : '', index);
+      });
+      input.addEventListener('keydown', function (event) {
+        if (event.key === 'Backspace' && !input.value && index > 0) {
+          codeInputs[index - 1].focus();
+          codeInputs[index - 1].value = '';
+          syncCodeField();
+        } else if (event.key === 'ArrowLeft' && index > 0) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          codeInputs[index - 1].focus();
+        } else if (event.key === 'ArrowRight' && index < codeInputs.length - 1) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          codeInputs[index + 1].focus();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  form.addEventListener('submit', function (event) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    getClientId();
+    syncCodeField();
+    if (!codeField || codeField.value.length !== codeInputs.length) {
+      message.className = 'alert alert-warning';
+      message.textContent = 'Enter the complete six-character pairing code.';
+      var firstEmptyInput = codeInputs.filter(function (input) { return !input.value; })[0] || codeInputs[0];
+      if (firstEmptyInput) { firstEmptyInput.focus(); }
+      return;
+    }
+    message.className = 'alert alert-info';
+    message.textContent = 'Pairing player...';
+    var pairingBody = new URLSearchParams(new FormData(form)).toString();
+    if (pairingCard) { pairingCard.classList.add('is-pairing'); }
+    if (pairingProgress) { pairingProgress.classList.remove('d-none'); }
+    Array.prototype.slice.call(form.elements).forEach(function (element) {
+      if (element !== anotherButton && element !== manualButton) { element.disabled = true; }
+    });
+    fetch(form.action, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8' },
+      body: pairingBody
+    }).then(function (response) {
+      return response.text().then(function (text) {
+        var payload = null;
+        try { payload = JSON.parse(text); } catch (_error) {}
+        if (!response.ok) {
+          throw new Error(payload && payload.error ? payload.error : 'Unable to pair player.');
+        }
+        if (payload && payload.queued) {
+          message.className = 'alert alert-info';
+          message.textContent = 'Pairing is still being completed. Keep this page open and wait for confirmation.';
+          return;
+        }
+        message.className = 'alert alert-success';
+        message.textContent = 'Pairing saved. The player is loading your screen.';
+        if (pairingCard) { pairingCard.classList.remove('is-pairing'); }
+        if (pairingProgress) { pairingProgress.classList.add('d-none'); }
+        Array.prototype.slice.call(form.elements).forEach(function (element) {
+          if (element !== anotherButton && element !== manualButton) { element.disabled = true; }
+        });
+        if (connectButton) { connectButton.classList.add('d-none'); }
+        if (clientListButton) { clientListButton.classList.remove('d-none'); }
+        if (anotherButton) {
+          anotherButton.classList.remove('d-none');
+          anotherButton.classList.remove('btn-outline-secondary');
+          anotherButton.classList.add('btn-secondary');
+          anotherButton.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Pair another screen');
+          anotherButton.setAttribute('title', 'Pair another screen');
+        }
+        if (anotherButtonLabel) { anotherButtonLabel.classList.remove('d-none'); }
+        if (manualButton) { manualButton.classList.remove('d-none'); }
+      });
+    }).catch(function (error) {
+      if (pairingCard) { pairingCard.classList.remove('is-pairing'); }
+      if (pairingProgress) { pairingProgress.classList.add('d-none'); }
+      Array.prototype.slice.call(form.elements).forEach(function (element) {
+        if (element !== anotherButton && element !== manualButton) { element.disabled = false; }
+      });
+      message.className = 'alert alert-danger';
+      message.textContent = error && error.message ? error.message : 'Unable to pair player.';
+    });
+  });
+
+  if (anotherButton) { anotherButton.addEventListener('click', openScanner); }
+  if (manualButton) {
+    manualButton.addEventListener('click', function () {
+      resetPairingForm();
+      if (codeInputs[0]) { codeInputs[0].focus(); }
+    });
+  }
+  if (scannerClose) { scannerClose.addEventListener('click', closeScanner); }
+  if (scannerCapture) {
+    scannerCapture.addEventListener('change', function () {
+      var file = scannerCapture.files && scannerCapture.files[0];
+      if (!file) { return; }
+      scannerMessage.textContent = 'Reading QR code...';
+      var image = new Image();
+      image.onload = function () {
+        if (window.BarcodeDetector) {
+          new window.BarcodeDetector({ formats: ['qr_code'] }).detect(image).then(function (barcodes) {
+            if (!barcodes.length || !applyScannedCode(barcodes[0].rawValue)) {
+              scannerMessage.textContent = 'Could not find a Pulse Signage QR code in that image.';
+            }
+          }).catch(function () {
+            scannerMessage.textContent = 'Could not read that QR image. Try again.';
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+        try {
+          var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+          canvas.width = image.naturalWidth;
+          canvas.height = image.naturalHeight;
+          var context = canvas.getContext('2d', { willReadFrequently: true });
+          context.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
+          var result = decodeQrCanvas(canvas);
+          if (!result || !applyScannedCode(result.data)) {
+            scannerMessage.textContent = 'Could not find a Pulse Signage QR code in that image.';
+          }
+        } catch (_error) {
+          scannerMessage.textContent = 'Could not read that QR image. Try again.';
+        }
+      };
+      image.onerror = function () {
+        scannerMessage.textContent = 'Could not read that QR image. Try again.';
+      };
+      var reader = new FileReader();
+      reader.onload = function () { image.src = reader.result; };
+      reader.onerror = function () { scannerMessage.textContent = 'Could not read that QR image. Try again.'; };
+      reader.readAsDataURL(file);
+    });
+  }
+  if (scanner) {
+    scanner.addEventListener('click', function (event) {
+      if (event.target === scanner) { closeScanner(); }
+    });
+  }
+}());
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
      h4: ['class', 'style'],
      h5: ['class', 'style'],
      h6: ['class', 'style'],
+      i: ['class', 'style', 'aria-hidden'],
      img: ['src', 'alt', 'title', 'width', 'height', 'class', 'style', 'loading', 'decoding'],
      col: ['class', 'style', 'span', 'width'],
      colgroup: ['class', 'style', 'span'],
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@
      h4: ['class', 'style'],
      h5: ['class', 'style'],
      h6: ['class', 'style'],
+      i: ['class', 'style', 'aria-hidden'],
      li: ['class', 'style'],
      ol: ['class', 'style', 'start'],
      p: ['class', 'style'],
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
    };
  }

-  function substituteVariables(html, item) {
+  function substituteVariables(html, item, options) {
    var source = String(html || '');
    return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, expression) {
      if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') {
@@ -105,7 +105,23 @@
        return '';
      }

-      return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, expression)));
+      var resolved = placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, expression);
+      if (typeof placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression === 'function' && placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression(expression)) {
+        var imageSource = placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved);
+        if (!/^(?:https?:\/\/|\/media\/|\/assets\/|\/[^/])/i.test(imageSource)) {
+          return '';
+        }
+        var imageConfig = typeof placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig === 'function' ? placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression) : {};
+        var imageStyle = options && options.preview && imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height
+          ? 'display:block;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain;'
+          : 'display:block;width:auto;height:auto;' + (imageConfig.width ? 'max-width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;' : '') + (imageConfig.height ? 'max-height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;' : '');
+        var image = '<img src="' + escapeHtml(imageSource) + '" alt="" style="' + imageStyle + '" />';
+        if (options && options.preview && imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height) {
+          return '<span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-sizing:border-box;width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;border:1px dashed rgba(120,120,120,.75);">' + image + '</span>';
+        }
+        return image;
+      }
+      return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved));
    });
  }

@@ -136,6 +152,24 @@
    return summary.join('');
  }

+  function renderTransformInfo(regionId) {
+    var offcanvasId = 'api-placeholder-info-' + regionId;
+    return '' +
+      '<button type="button" class="btn btn-link btn-sm p-0 text-decoration-none" data-bs-toggle="offcanvas" data-bs-target="#' + offcanvasId + '" aria-controls="' + offcanvasId + '">More info</button>' +
+      '<div class="offcanvas offcanvas-end fw-normal" tabindex="-1" id="' + offcanvasId + '" aria-labelledby="' + offcanvasId + '-label">' +
+        '<div class="offcanvas-header">' +
+          '<h2 class="offcanvas-title fs-5" id="' + offcanvasId + '-label">API placeholder transforms</h2>' +
+          '<button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="offcanvas" aria-label="Close"></button>' +
+        '</div>' +
+        '<div class="offcanvas-body">' +
+          '<p class="small text-body-secondary">Placeholders read values from the selected API item. Nested fields use dots.</p>' +
+          (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderTextTransforms() : '') +
+          (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderDateFormatTokens() : '') +
+          (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderImageTransform() : '') +
+        '</div>' +
+      '</div>';
+  }
+
  function normalizeRenderableValue(value) {
    if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
      if (value.value !== undefined) {
@@ -170,11 +204,8 @@
    var fontSize = sanitizeFontSize(regionContent.font_size || region.fontSize);
    var fontColor = sanitizeTextColor(regionContent.font_color || region.fontColor);
    var item = getItem(sourceId, itemNumber, sources, itemsPath);
-    var body = item ? substituteVariables(content, item) : '';
-
-    if (!body && item) {
-      body = getPreviewFallback(item);
-    }
+    var hasSource = String(sourceId === undefined || sourceId === null ? '' : sourceId).trim() !== '';
+    var body = hasSource ? (item ? substituteVariables(content, item, { preview: true }) : '') : content;

    body = String(body || '')
      .replace(/<pre[^>]*class="[^"]*api-region-sample-preview[^"]*"[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/pre>/gi, '')
@@ -239,7 +270,7 @@
          '<input type="hidden" name="region_font_size_' + region.id + '" value="' + escapeHtml(context.fontSize || '') + '" />' +
          '<input type="hidden" name="region_text_' + region.id + '" value="' + escapeHtml(current.value !== undefined ? current.value : '') + '" />' +
          '<div class="api-region-placeholder-section">' +
-            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title">Available placeholders</div>' +
+            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title api-region-placeholder-title-help d-flex align-items-center gap-2">Available placeholders ' + renderTransformInfo(region.id) + '</div>' +
            '<div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2" data-placeholder-chips>' + ((placeholderFields.length && window.placeholderChips && typeof window.placeholderChips.renderChips === 'function') ? window.placeholderChips.renderChips(placeholderFields) : placeholderChips || '<span class="muted slide-image-file">No JSON fields available.</span>') + '</div>' +
          '</div>' +
          '<details class="api-region-sample-accordion" data-api-sample-data-accordion>' +
@@ -290,7 +321,7 @@
          return fallbackValue;
        }
      }())),
-      source_id: (card.querySelector('select[name="region_api_source_id_' + region.id + '"]') || {}).value || current.source_id,
+      source_id: card.querySelector('select[name="region_api_source_id_' + region.id + '"]') ? card.querySelector('select[name="region_api_source_id_' + region.id + '"]').value : current.source_id,
      item_number: (card.querySelector('input[name="region_api_item_number_' + region.id + '"]') || {}).value || current.item_number,
      items_path: card.querySelector('input[name="region_api_items_path_' + region.id + '"]') ? (card.querySelector('input[name="region_api_items_path_' + region.id + '"]') || {}).value : current.items_path
    } : current;
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@
        '</div>' +
        '<div class="card-body p-3 d-grid gap-2">' +
          '<label class="form-label mb-1" for="region_qr_code_' + region.id + '">URL</label>' +
-          '<input id="region_qr_code_' + region.id + '" type="url" name="region_qr_code_' + region.id + '" class="form-control" value="' + escapeHtml(current) + '" placeholder="https://example.com" />' +
+          '<input id="region_qr_code_' + region.id + '" type="url" name="region_qr_code_' + region.id + '" class="form-control" value="' + escapeHtml(current) + '" placeholder="https://example.com" required />' +
          '<textarea name="region_qr_svg_' + region.id + '" class="visually-hidden" hidden>' + escapeHtml(currentSvg) + '</textarea>' +
          '<input type="hidden" name="region_qr_preview_' + region.id + '" value="' + escapeHtml(String(context.qr_preview || '')) + '" />' +
          '<div class="card card-outline card-secondary overflow-hidden mt-2">' +
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 (function () {
  var registry = window.pulseRegionTypes;
  var utils = window.pulseRegionUtils || {};
+  var placeholderUtils = window.placeholderUtils || {};
  var DEFAULT_STYLE = {
    font_family: 'Arial',
    font_size: 32,
@@ -114,14 +115,32 @@
    return current === undefined || current === null ? '' : current;
  }

-  function substituteVariables(html, item) {
+  function substituteVariables(html, item, options) {
    var source = String(html || '');
-    return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)(?:\.([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+))?\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, tokenName, tokenPath) {
+    return source.replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, expression) {
      if (!item || typeof item !== 'object') {
        return '';
      }
-      var key = tokenPath ? tokenName + '.' + tokenPath : tokenName;
-      return escapeHtml(resolvePath(item, key || ''));
+      if (typeof placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression !== 'function' || typeof placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue !== 'function') {
+        return '';
+      }
+      var resolved = placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(item, expression);
+      if (typeof placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression === 'function' && placeholderUtils.isImagePlaceholderExpression(expression)) {
+        var imageSource = placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved);
+        if (!/^(?:https?:\/\/|\/media\/|\/assets\/|\/[^/])/i.test(imageSource)) {
+          return '';
+        }
+        var imageConfig = typeof placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig === 'function' ? placeholderUtils.getImagePlaceholderConfig(expression) : {};
+        var imageStyle = options && options.preview && imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height
+          ? 'display:block;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:contain;'
+          : 'display:block;width:auto;height:auto;' + (imageConfig.width ? 'max-width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;' : '') + (imageConfig.height ? 'max-height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;' : '');
+        var image = '<img src="' + escapeHtml(imageSource) + '" alt="" style="' + imageStyle + '" />';
+        if (options && options.preview && imageConfig.width && imageConfig.height) {
+          return '<span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-sizing:border-box;width:' + imageConfig.width + 'px;height:' + imageConfig.height + 'px;border:1px dashed rgba(120,120,120,.75);">' + image + '</span>';
+        }
+        return image;
+      }
+      return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(resolved));
    });
  }

@@ -186,18 +205,8 @@
    var fontSize = sanitizeFontSize(regionContent.font_size || region.fontSize || defaultStyle.font_size);
    var fontColor = sanitizeTextColor(regionContent.font_color || region.fontColor || defaultStyle.font_color);
    var item = getItem(feedId, itemNumber, feeds);
-    var body = item ? substituteVariables(content, item) : '';
-
-    if (!body && item) {
-      var summaryParts = [];
-      if (item.title) {
-        summaryParts.push('<h3>' + escapeHtml(item.title) + '</h3>');
-      }
-      if (item.description) {
-        summaryParts.push('<div>' + sanitizePreviewHtml(item.description) + '</div>');
-      }
-      body = summaryParts.join('');
-    }
+    var hasFeed = String(feedId === undefined || feedId === null ? '' : feedId).trim() !== '';
+    var body = hasFeed ? (item ? substituteVariables(content, item, { preview: true }) : '') : content;

    if (!body) {
      return '';
@@ -206,6 +215,21 @@
    return renderedBody ? '<div class="template-region rss" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;font-family:' + escapeHtml(fontFamily) + ';font-size:' + fontSize + 'px;color:' + escapeHtml(fontColor) + ';"><div class="template-region-text-scale" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;">' + renderedBody + '</div></div>' : '';
  }

+  function renderPlaceholderInfo(regionId) {
+    if (!window.placeholderInfo) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    return window.placeholderInfo.render(regionId, 'RSS placeholder transforms',
+      '<p class="small text-body-secondary">Placeholders read values from the selected RSS entry. Use the available field chips as the starting point for your message.</p>' +
+      '<h3 class="fs-6 mt-4 fw-normal">Placeholder paths</h3>' +
+      '<p class="small">Nested values use dots. Missing values render as empty text.</p>' +
+      (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderTextTransforms() : '') +
+      '<h3 class="fs-6 mt-4 fw-normal">Date formatting</h3>' +
+      '<p class="small">Use <code>format("MMM D, YYYY")</code> with date fields. Use <code>tz()</code> for a short timezone name and <code>tz_long()</code> for the full timezone name.</p>' +
+      (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderDateFormatTokens() : '') +
+      (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderImageTransform() : ''));
+  }
+
  function renderEditorCard(context) {
    var region = context.region;
    var current = context.current || {};
@@ -221,7 +245,7 @@
            '<span class="chip">RSS</span>' +
          '</div>' +
        '</div>' +
-        '<div class="card-body p-3 d-grid gap-3 pb-0">' +
+        '<div class="card-body p-3 d-grid gap-3">' +
          '<div class="d-flex justify-content-end">' +
            '<div class="btn-group btn-group-sm template-editor-size-controls" role="group" aria-label="Editor size controls">' +
              '<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" data-editor-size-action="decrease" aria-label="Decrease editor size">-</button>' +
@@ -247,9 +271,8 @@
          '<input type="hidden" name="region_font_size_' + region.id + '" value="' + escapeHtml(context.fontSize || '') + '" />' +
          '<input type="hidden" name="region_text_' + region.id + '" value="' + escapeHtml(current.value !== undefined ? current.value : '') + '" />' +
          '<div class="api-region-placeholder-section">' +
-            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title">Available placeholders</div>' +
+            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title api-region-placeholder-title-help d-flex align-items-center gap-2">Available placeholders ' + renderPlaceholderInfo(region.id) + '</div>' +
            '<div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2" data-placeholder-chips>' + (placeholderChips || '<span class="muted slide-image-file">No RSS fields available.</span>') + '</div>' +
-            '<div class="text-body-secondary small mt-1">Placeholder values support transforms, for example <code>{{title.upper()}}</code>, <code>{{title.title()}}</code>, <code>{{title.lower()}}</code>, or <code>{{publishedAt.format("MMM D, YYYY")}}</code>.</div>' +
          '</div>' +
        '</div>' +
      '</div>';
@@ -291,7 +314,7 @@
          return fallbackValue;
        }
      }())),
-      feed_id: (card.querySelector('select[name="region_rss_feed_id_' + region.id + '"]') || {}).value || current.feed_id,
+      feed_id: card.querySelector('select[name="region_rss_feed_id_' + region.id + '"]') ? card.querySelector('select[name="region_rss_feed_id_' + region.id + '"]').value : current.feed_id,
      item_number: (card.querySelector('input[name="region_rss_item_number_' + region.id + '"]') || {}).value || current.item_number
    } : current;

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
    }

    var style = styleOrContext && styleOrContext.style ? styleOrContext.style : styleOrContext || {};
-    var fontFamily = style && style.font_family ? 'font-family:' + escapeHtml(style.font_family) + ';' : '';
-    var color = style && style.font_color ? 'color:' + escapeHtml(style.font_color) + ';' : '';
-    var fontSize = style && style.font_size ? 'font-size:' + Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(style.font_size))) + 'px;' : '';
+    var fontFamily = 'font-family:' + escapeHtml(style && style.font_family || DEFAULT_STYLE.font_family) + ';';
+    var color = 'color:' + escapeHtml(style && style.font_color || DEFAULT_STYLE.font_color) + ';';
+    var fontSize = 'font-size:' + Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(style && style.font_size || DEFAULT_STYLE.font_size))) + 'px;';
    var width = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.width ? region.width : 0) || 1));
    var height = Math.max(1, Math.round(Number(region && region.height ? region.height : 0) || 1));
    var wrapperStyle = 'width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;overflow:hidden;line-height:1.5;' + fontFamily + fontSize + color;
@@ -286,6 +286,19 @@
    return renderTimeDatePlaceholderChips();
  }

+  function renderPlaceholderInfo(regionId) {
+    if (!window.placeholderInfo) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    var placeholders = window.timeDatePlaceholders && typeof window.timeDatePlaceholders.getTokens === 'function'
+      ? window.timeDatePlaceholders.getTokens()
+      : [];
+    var table = '<div class="table-responsive"><table class="table table-sm align-middle mb-0"><thead><tr><th>Placeholder</th><th>Output</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody>' + placeholders.map(function (item) {
+      return '<tr><td><code>{{' + escapeHtml(item.token) + '}}</code></td><td>' + escapeHtml(item.output) + '</td><td>' + escapeHtml(item.description) + '</td></tr>';
+    }).join('') + '</tbody></table></div>';
+    return window.placeholderInfo.render(regionId, 'Time and date placeholders', table);
+  }
+
  function renderEditorCard(context) {
    var region = context.region;
    var current = context.current || {};
@@ -317,9 +330,8 @@
            '<datalist id="region_time_date_timezones_' + region.id + '">' + buildTimezoneOptionsMarkup(timeZone) + '</datalist>' +
          '</div>' +
          '<div>' +
-            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title mb-2">Available placeholders</div>' +
+            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title api-region-placeholder-title-help d-flex align-items-center gap-2 mb-2">Available placeholders ' + renderPlaceholderInfo(region.id) + '</div>' +
            '<div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2">' + renderPlaceholderChips() + '</div>' +
-            '<div class="text-body-secondary small mt-1">Placeholder values support transforms, for example <code>{{title.upper()}}</code>, <code>{{title.title()}}</code>, or <code>{{title.lower()}}</code>.</div>' +
          '</div>' +
        '</div>' +
      '</div>';
@@ -240,6 +240,21 @@
    };
  }

+  function renderPlaceholderInfo(regionId) {
+    if (!window.placeholderInfo) {
+      return '';
+    }
+    var body = '<p class="small text-body-secondary">Placeholders read fields from the selected timetable entries. The selected group and display mode determine which entries and fields are available.</p>' +
+      '<h3 class="fs-6 mt-4 fw-normal">Placeholder paths</h3>' +
+      '<p class="small">Use the available field chips. Nested values use dots, and missing values render as empty text.</p>' +
+      window.placeholderInfo.renderTextTransforms() +
+      '<h3 class="fs-6 mt-4 fw-normal">Date and time formatting</h3>' +
+      '<p class="small">Use <code>format("MMM D, YYYY h:mm A")</code> with date fields. Use <code>tz()</code> for a short timezone name and <code>tz_long()</code> for the full timezone name.</p>' +
+      window.placeholderInfo.renderDateFormatTokens() +
+      '';
+    return window.placeholderInfo.render(regionId, 'Timetable placeholder transforms', body);
+  }
+
  function renderEditorCard(context) {
    var region = context.region;
    var current = context.current || {};
@@ -298,14 +313,8 @@
          '</div>' +
          '<div class="text-body-secondary small">Use the selected group and display mode to choose which timetable entry fields are available.</div>' +
          '<div class="api-region-placeholder-section schedule-placeholder-section" data-schedule-placeholder-chips>' +
-            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title">Available placeholders</div>' +
+            '<div class="api-region-placeholder-title api-region-placeholder-title-help d-flex align-items-center gap-2">Available placeholders ' + renderPlaceholderInfo(region.id) + '</div>' +
            '<div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2">' + renderSchedulePlaceholderChips(currentGroup, currentEntries) + '</div>' +
-            '<div class="text-body-secondary small mt-1">Placeholder values support transforms, for example <code>{{title.upper()}}</code>, <code>{{title.title()}}</code>, <code>{{title.lower()}}</code>, <code>{{start.format("MMM D, YYYY h:mm A")}}</code>, <code>{{start.tz()}}</code> for the short zone name, or <code>{{start.tz_long()}}</code> for the full IANA zone name.</div>' +
-            '<details class="mt-2">' +
-              '<summary class="small text-body-secondary">Supported date format tokens</summary>' +
-              '<div class="mt-2">' + renderScheduleFormatTokenTable() + '</div>' +
-              '<div class="text-body-secondary small mt-1">Use these tokens inside <code>.format(...)</code>; for example <code>{{start.format("MMM D, YYYY h:mm A")}}</code>.</div>' +
-            '</details>' +
          '</div>' +
          '</div>' +
        '</div>' +
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+// Weather region helpers for editor previews and defaults.
+
+(function () {
+  var registry = window.pulseRegionTypes;
+  var utils = window.pulseRegionUtils || {};
+  var placeholderUtils = window.placeholderUtils || {};
+
+  function escapeHtml(value) {
+    return utils.escapeHtml ? utils.escapeHtml(value) : String(value == null ? '' : value).replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;').replace(/'/g, '&#39;');
+  }
+
+  function getLocationById(locationId, locations) {
+    return (Array.isArray(locations) ? locations : []).find(function (location) {
+      return Number(location.id) === Number(locationId);
+    }) || null;
+  }
+
+  function iconForCode(code) {
+    var value = Number(code);
+    if (!Number.isFinite(value)) return 'bi-cloud';
+    if (value === 0) return 'bi-sun';
+    if (value <= 3) return 'bi-cloud-sun';
+    if (value <= 48) return 'bi-cloud-fog';
+    if (value <= 67 || value > 77 && value <= 82) return 'bi-cloud-rain';
+    if (value <= 77) return 'bi-cloud-snow';
+    return 'bi-cloud-lightning-rain';
+  }
+
+  function conditionForCode(code) {
+    var value = Number(code);
+    if (value === 0) return 'Clear sky';
+    if (value <= 3) return 'Partly cloudy';
+    if (value <= 48) return 'Foggy';
+    if (value <= 67) return 'Rain';
+    if (value <= 77) return 'Snow';
+    if (value <= 82) return 'Showers';
+    return 'Thunderstorm';
+  }
+
+  function getSnapshot(location) {
+    return location && location.responseJson && typeof location.responseJson === 'object' ? location.responseJson : null;
+  }
+
+  function getDefaultStyle() {
+    return { font_family: 'Arial', font_size: 32, font_color: '#000000' };
+  }
+
+  function getPlaceholderFields(forecastMode) {
+    var fields = ['location_label', 'name', 'temp_unit', 'wind_unit', 'precip_unit'];
+    if (forecastMode === 'current') {
+      return fields.concat(['current.temp', 'current.feels_like', 'current.humidity', 'current.wind', 'current.precip', 'current.uv_index', 'current.cloud_cover', 'current.icon']);
+    }
+    var prefix = forecastMode === 'hourly' ? 'hourly' : 'daily';
+    var fieldsByMode = forecastMode === 'hourly' ? ['time', 'code', 'temp', 'precip', 'wind', 'uv_index', 'cloud_cover'] : ['time', 'code', 'temp_max', 'temp_min', 'precip', 'wind', 'uv_index', 'cloud_cover', 'sunrise', 'sunset'];
+    var count = forecastMode === 'hourly' ? 24 : 7;
+    for (var index = 0; index < count; index += 1) {
+      fieldsByMode.forEach(function (field) { fields.push(prefix + '.' + index + '.' + field); });
+      fields.push(prefix + '.' + index + '.icon');
+    }
+    return fields;
+  }
+
+  function renderLimitedPlaceholderChips(fields, visibleCount) {
+    if (visibleCount >= fields.length) return fields.map(function (field) {
+      return window.placeholderChips && typeof window.placeholderChips.renderChip === 'function'
+        ? window.placeholderChips.renderChip(field)
+        : '<span class="chip">{{' + escapeHtml(field) + '}}</span>';
+    }).join('');
+    var visibleFields = fields.slice(0, visibleCount);
+    var overflowFields = fields.slice(visibleFields.length);
+    var renderChip = function (field) {
+      return window.placeholderChips && typeof window.placeholderChips.renderChip === 'function'
+        ? window.placeholderChips.renderChip(field)
+        : '<span class="chip">{{' + escapeHtml(field) + '}}</span>';
+    };
+    var visibleMarkup = visibleFields.map(renderChip).join('');
+    if (!overflowFields.length) return visibleMarkup;
+    return visibleMarkup + '<details class="w-100 mt-1" data-placeholder-chips-more><summary class="small text-body-secondary">Show ' + escapeHtml(overflowFields.length) + ' more fields</summary><div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2 mt-1">' + overflowFields.map(renderChip).join('') + '</div></details>';
+  }
+
+  function normalizeWeatherExpression(expression) {
+    var value = String(expression || '').trim();
+    var currentAliases = {
+      temp: 'current.temperature_2m', temp_unit: 'current.temperature_unit', feels_like: 'current.apparent_temperature', humidity: 'current.relative_humidity_2m', code: 'current.weather_code', wind: 'current.wind_speed_10m', wind_unit: 'current.wind_speed_unit', precip: 'current.precipitation', precip_unit: 'current.precipitation_unit', uv_index: 'current.uv_index', cloud_cover: 'current.cloud_cover', icon: 'current.weather_code.icon'
+    };
+    var globalAliases = { temp_unit: 'temperature_unit', wind_unit: 'wind_speed_unit', precip_unit: 'precipitation_unit' };
+    if (globalAliases[value]) return globalAliases[value];
+    var currentField = value.replace(/^current\./, '').match(/^([^.()]+)((?:\(.*\))|(?:\..*))?$/);
+    if (currentField && currentAliases[currentField[1]]) return currentAliases[currentField[1]] + (currentField[2] || '');
+    var indexed = value.match(/^(daily|hourly)\.(\d+)\.(.+)$/);
+    if (!indexed) return value;
+    var prefix = indexed[1];
+    var index = indexed[2];
+    var fieldMatch = indexed[3].match(/^([^.()]+)((?:\(.*\))|(?:\..*))?$/);
+    var field = fieldMatch ? fieldMatch[1] : indexed[3];
+    var aliases = prefix === 'daily' ? { time: 'time', code: 'weather_code', temp_max: 'temperature_2m_max', temp_min: 'temperature_2m_min', precip: 'precipitation_sum', wind: 'wind_speed_10m_max', uv_index: 'uv_index_max', cloud_cover: 'cloud_cover_mean', sunrise: 'sunrise', sunset: 'sunset', icon: 'weather_code' } : { time: 'time', code: 'weather_code', temp: 'temperature_2m', precip: 'precipitation', wind: 'wind_speed_10m', uv_index: 'uv_index', cloud_cover: 'cloud_cover', icon: 'weather_code' };
+    if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(aliases, field)) return value;
+    return field === 'icon' ? prefix + '.' + aliases[field] + '.' + index + '.icon' + (fieldMatch[2] || '') : prefix + '.' + aliases[field] + '.' + index + (fieldMatch[2] || '');
+  }
+
+  function withWeatherUnits(snapshot, location) {
+    var data = Object.assign({}, snapshot, { location_label: location.location_label || '', name: location.name || '', timezone: location.timezone || '', temp_unit: location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? '°F' : '°C', wind_unit: location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'm/s' : 'km/h', precip_unit: location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'in' : 'mm' });
+    var temperatureUnit = location.temperature_unit === 'fahrenheit' ? '°F' : '°C';
+    var windUnit = location.wind_unit === 'mph' ? 'mph' : location.wind_unit === 'ms' ? 'm/s' : 'km/h';
+    var precipitationUnit = location.precipitation_unit === 'inch' ? 'in' : 'mm';
+    data.current = Object.assign({}, snapshot.current || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit, wind_speed_unit: windUnit, precipitation_unit: precipitationUnit });
+    data.daily = Object.assign({}, snapshot.daily || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit });
+    data.hourly = Object.assign({}, snapshot.hourly || {}, { temperature_unit: temperatureUnit });
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  function substituteVariables(html, value) {
+    return String(html || '').replace(/\{\{\s*([^{}]+?)\s*\}\}/g, function (_match, expression) {
+      if (!value || typeof value !== 'object' || typeof placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression !== 'function' || typeof placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue !== 'function') return '';
+      var rawExpression = String(expression).trim();
+      var normalizedExpression = normalizeWeatherExpression(rawExpression);
+      var iconMatch = normalizedExpression.match(/^(?:current\.weather_code|daily\.weather_code\.\d+|hourly\.weather_code\.\d+)\.icon(?:\((\d+)(?:\s*,\s*(\d+))?\))?$/);
+      if (iconMatch) {
+        var codeExpression = normalizedExpression.replace(/\.icon(?:\(.*\))?$/, '');
+        var sizeExpression = rawExpression.match(/\.icon\((\d+)(?:\s*,\s*(\d+))?\)$/);
+        var weatherCode = placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(value, codeExpression, { timeZone: value.timezone });
+        var width = sizeExpression ? Math.max(1, Math.min(1000, Number(sizeExpression[1]))) : 0;
+        var height = sizeExpression && sizeExpression[2] ? Math.max(1, Math.min(1000, Number(sizeExpression[2]))) : width;
+        var style = width ? ' style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;font-size:' + width + 'px;line-height:' + height + 'px;width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;"' : '';
+        var icon = '<i class="bi ' + iconForCode(weatherCode) + '"' + style + ' aria-hidden="true"></i>';
+        return width ? '<span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;box-sizing:border-box;width:' + width + 'px;height:' + height + 'px;border:1px dashed rgba(120,120,120,.75);">' + icon + '</span>' : icon;
+      }
+      return escapeHtml(placeholderUtils.formatPlaceholderValue(placeholderUtils.resolvePlaceholderExpression(value, normalizeWeatherExpression(expression), { timeZone: value.timezone })));
+    });
+  }
+
+  function renderTransformInfo(regionId) {
+    var offcanvasId = 'weather-placeholder-info-' + regionId;
+    return '<button type="button" class="btn btn-link btn-sm p-0 text-decoration-none" data-bs-toggle="offcanvas" data-bs-target="#' + offcanvasId + '" aria-controls="' + offcanvasId + '">More info</button>' +
+      '<div class="offcanvas offcanvas-end fw-normal" tabindex="-1" id="' + offcanvasId + '" aria-labelledby="' + offcanvasId + '-label">' +
+        '<div class="offcanvas-header"><h2 class="offcanvas-title fs-5" id="' + offcanvasId + '-label">Weather placeholder transforms</h2><button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="offcanvas" aria-label="Close"></button></div>' +
+        '<div class="offcanvas-body"><p class="small text-body-secondary">Placeholders read values from the selected weather snapshot. Nested fields use dots.</p>' +
+          '<h3 class="h6 mt-3">Weather icons</h3><p class="small text-body-secondary">Use the icon property to insert a Bootstrap weather icon. Add width and height in pixels when sizing is needed.</p><ul class="small"><li><code>{{current.icon}}</code></li><li><code>{{current.icon(48,48)}}</code></li><li><code>{{daily.0.icon(32,24)}}</code></li></ul>' +
+          (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderTextTransforms() : '') +
+          (window.placeholderInfo ? window.placeholderInfo.renderDateFormatTokens() : '') +
+        '</div>' +
+      '</div>';
+  }
+
+  function renderPreview(region, content, context) {
+    var locations = context && context.weatherLocations ? context.weatherLocations : [];
+    var location = getLocationById(content && content.weather_location_id, locations);
+    var snapshot = getSnapshot(location);
+    var value = String(content && content.value || '');
+    if (!location || !snapshot) return '<div class="template-region weather"><div class="slide-preview-placeholder">Select a weather location with cached data</div></div>';
+    var weatherData = withWeatherUnits(snapshot, location);
+    if (value) {
+      var fontSize = Math.max(8, Number(content && content.font_size || region && (region.font_size || region.fontSize) || 32) || 32);
+      return '<div class="template-region weather" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;font-family:Arial;font-size:' + fontSize + 'px;line-height:1.5;color:#000000;"><div class="template-region-text-scale" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;">' + (utils.sanitizePreviewHtml ? utils.sanitizePreviewHtml(substituteVariables(value, weatherData)) : substituteVariables(value, weatherData)) + '</div></div>';
+    }
+    var current = snapshot.current || {};
+    var daily = snapshot.daily || {};
+    var code = current.weather_code;
+    var days = (daily.time || []).slice(0, 7).map(function (day, index) {
+      return '<div class="weather-region-day"><strong>' + escapeHtml(index === 0 ? 'Today' : String(day).slice(5)) + '</strong><i class="bi ' + iconForCode(daily.weather_code && daily.weather_code[index]) + '"></i><span>' + escapeHtml(daily.temperature_2m_max && daily.temperature_2m_max[index] !== undefined ? daily.temperature_2m_max[index] + '°' : '-') + '</span></div>';
+    }).join('');
+    return '<div class="template-region weather" style="width:100%;height:100%;overflow:hidden;padding:3%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;"><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;"><div><div style="font-size:.8em;opacity:.72;">' + escapeHtml(location.location_label || location.name) + '</div><strong style="font-size:2em;">' + escapeHtml(current.temperature_2m === undefined ? '-' : current.temperature_2m) + '°</strong><div>' + escapeHtml(conditionForCode(code)) + '</div></div><i class="bi ' + iconForCode(code) + '" style="font-size:3em;"></i></div><div style="display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(7,minmax(0,1fr));gap:.35em;margin-top:1em;">' + days + '</div></div>';
+  }
+
+  function renderEditorCard(context) {
+    var region = context.region;
+    var current = context.current || {};
+    var locations = Array.isArray(context.weatherLocations) ? context.weatherLocations : [];
+    var options = locations.map(function (location) {
+      return '<option value="' + escapeHtml(location.id) + '"' + (Number(location.id) === Number(current.weather_location_id) ? ' selected' : '') + '>' + escapeHtml(location.name || location.location_label || ('Location ' + location.id)) + '</option>';
+    }).join('');
+    var currentValue = current.value !== undefined ? current.value : current.text !== undefined ? current.text : '';
+    var forecastMode = ['current', 'hourly'].includes(current.forecast_mode) ? current.forecast_mode : 'daily';
+    var placeholderFields = getPlaceholderFields(forecastMode);
+    var visiblePlaceholderCount = forecastMode === 'current' ? placeholderFields.length : 5 + (forecastMode === 'hourly' ? 8 : 11);
+    var chips = renderLimitedPlaceholderChips(placeholderFields, visiblePlaceholderCount);
+      return '<div class="card card-outline card-secondary admin-form-card template-field-card mb-3" data-region-id="' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '"><div class="card-header template-field-head"><strong>' + escapeHtml(region.label) + '</strong><div class="template-field-actions"><span class="chip">Weather</span></div></div><div class="card-body p-3 d-grid gap-3"><div class="d-flex justify-content-end"><div class="btn-group btn-group-sm template-editor-size-controls" role="group" aria-label="Editor size controls"><button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" data-editor-size-action="decrease" aria-label="Decrease editor size">-</button><button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" data-editor-size-action="increase" aria-label="Increase editor size">+</button></div></div><div class="editor-holder" data-region-id="' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '"><textarea class="editor-source" rows="10">' + escapeHtml(currentValue) + '</textarea></div><div class="row g-3 align-items-end"><div class="col-12 col-md-8"><label class="form-label" for="region_weather_location_id_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '">Weather location</label><select id="region_weather_location_id_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '" name="region_weather_location_id_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '" class="form-select"><option value="">Select a location</option>' + options + '</select></div><div class="col-12 col-md-4"><label class="form-label" for="region_weather_forecast_mode_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '">Forecast</label><select id="region_weather_forecast_mode_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '" name="region_weather_forecast_mode_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '" class="form-select"><option value="current"' + (forecastMode === 'current' ? ' selected' : '') + '>Current</option><option value="daily"' + (forecastMode === 'daily' ? ' selected' : '') + '>7 days</option><option value="hourly"' + (forecastMode === 'hourly' ? ' selected' : '') + '>24 hour</option></select></div></div><input type="hidden" name="region_text_' + escapeHtml(region.id) + '" value="' + escapeHtml(currentValue) + '" /><div class="api-region-placeholder-section"><div class="api-region-placeholder-title api-region-placeholder-title-help d-flex align-items-center gap-2">Available placeholders ' + renderTransformInfo(region.id) + '</div><div class="d-flex flex-wrap gap-2" data-placeholder-chips>' + chips + '</div></div></div></div>';
+  }
+
+  document.addEventListener('change', function (event) {
+    var target = event.target;
+    if (!target || !target.matches || !target.matches('select[name^="region_weather_forecast_mode_"]')) return;
+    var card = target.closest('[data-region-id]');
+    var chipContainer = card && card.querySelector('[data-placeholder-chips]');
+    if (!chipContainer || !window.placeholderChips || typeof window.placeholderChips.renderChips !== 'function') return;
+    var forecastMode = target.value === 'hourly' ? 'hourly' : target.value === 'current' ? 'current' : 'daily';
+    var placeholderFields = getPlaceholderFields(forecastMode);
+    var visiblePlaceholderCount = forecastMode === 'current' ? placeholderFields.length : 5 + (forecastMode === 'hourly' ? 8 : 11);
+    chipContainer.innerHTML = renderLimitedPlaceholderChips(placeholderFields, visiblePlaceholderCount);
+  });
+
+  function buildEditorCardContext(context) {
+    return { region: context.region, current: context.current || {}, weatherLocations: context.weatherLocations || [] };
+  }
+
+  function buildPreviewRenderContext(region, card, existingContent, locations) {
+    var current = existingContent[region.region_key] || {};
+    var input = card && card.querySelector('select[name="region_weather_location_id_' + region.id + '"]');
+    var modeInput = card && card.querySelector('select[name="region_weather_forecast_mode_' + region.id + '"]');
+    var textInput = card && card.querySelector('input[name="region_text_' + region.id + '"]');
+    var textArea = card && card.querySelector('textarea.editor-source');
+    return { value: textInput ? textInput.value : textArea ? textArea.value : current.value || '', weather_location_id: input ? input.value : current.weather_location_id, forecast_mode: modeInput ? modeInput.value : current.forecast_mode || 'daily', weatherLocations: locations || [] };
+  }
+
+  registry.register('weather', { label: 'Weather', getDefaultStyle: getDefaultStyle, getDefaultRegionSize: function () { return { width: 720, height: 260 }; }, renderPreview: renderPreview, renderEditorCard: renderEditorCard, buildEditorCardContext: buildEditorCardContext, buildPreviewRenderContext: buildPreviewRenderContext });
+}());
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
      headerActions: '<span class="chip">Webpage</span>',
      bodyHtml: '' +
        '<div class="input-group flex-nowrap">' +
-          '<input type="url" name="region_webpage_' + region.id + '" class="form-control" value="' + escapeHtml(current) + '" placeholder="https://example.com" />' +
+          '<input type="url" name="region_webpage_' + region.id + '" class="form-control" value="' + escapeHtml(current) + '" placeholder="https://example.com" required />' +
          '<button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary text-nowrap" data-webpage-preview-update data-region-id="' + region.id + '">Update</button>' +
        '</div>'
    });
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (function () {
-  if (window.location.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '') !== '/settings/tasks-background' && window.location.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '') !== '/settings/tasks-scheduled') {
+  var normalizedPathname = window.location.pathname.replace(/\/$/, '');
+  if (normalizedPathname !== '/settings/tasks-background' && normalizedPathname !== '/settings/tasks-scheduled') {
    return;
  }

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