bump VERSION to 0.8.0

Terminals answer OSC 10/11/12 color queries but never push changes, so
detect theme flips with a 60 s poll (legacy-tmux fallback for servers
< 3.6). Re-queries palette + default fg/bg, updates the system palette
and re-detects dark/light mode.

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ external player with full transport control — all from your terminal.
 - **Search** across your subscribed shows.
 - **Audio playback** through an external player with full transport control:
   play/pause, next/previous, seek, speed, and per-episode resume progress.
+  When an episode finishes, the next one plays automatically, continuing
+  down the list you started it from (search results, a show, or the Feed).
 - **Themeable** and **remappable keybindings**.
 - Ships as a **standalone compiled binary** — no runtime or install step beyond
   a system audio player.
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ Grab `podtui-<platform>-<arch>.tar.gz` from the latest
 put `podtui` on your `PATH`:
 
 ```bash
-curl -sS -o /tmp/podtui.tar.gz \
+curl -sSL -o /tmp/podtui.tar.gz \
   https://github.com/mikefreno/podtui/releases/latest/download/podtui-linux-x64.tar.gz
 sudo mkdir -p /opt/podtui
 sudo tar -xzf /tmp/podtui.tar.gz -C /opt/podtui --strip-components=1
@@ -208,7 +210,9 @@ entry. Releases are compiled with bunfig autoload disabled
 entirely. If you still hit it, you're on an old release — upgrade.
 
 **No audio — playback is a silent no-op** — PodTui needs **mpv** on your
-`PATH`. Install it (`brew install mpv`, `pacman -S mpv`, …) and relaunch.
+`PATH`. Homebrew and AUR installs pull it in automatically; if you used the
+standalone tarball, install it yourself (`brew install mpv`, `pacman -S mpv`,
+…) and relaunch.
 
 **Homebrew prints a dylib warning** — “load commands do not fit in the header
 … needs `-headerpad`” is benign: the app loads its libraries by path, the

scripts/_hv.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid";
+const { ThemeProvider } = await import("../src/context/ThemeContext");
+const { PaneRow } = await import("../src/components/PaneRow");
+process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = import.meta.dir + "/../.harness/config-home";
+import { mkdtempSync } from "node:fs"; import { tmpdir } from "node:os"; import { join } from "node:path";
+process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "hv-"));
+const setup = (await testRender(
+  () => React.createElement... 
+));

scripts/tui-harness.tsx

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx type "<text>"
  *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx wait <ms>
  *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx resize <w> <h>
+ *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx mouse <x> <y> <down|up|click>
+ *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx mdrag <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2>   # border/seek drag
  *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx frame                        # re-render, no new action
  *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx state [all|nav|audio|feed|app]
  *   bun scripts/tui-harness.tsx actions                      # print action log
@@ -79,7 +81,9 @@ type Action =
 	| { t: "enter" | "escape" | "tab" | "space" | "backspace"; mods?: Mod[] }
 	| { t: "type"; s: string }
 	| { t: "wait"; ms: number }
-	| { t: "resize"; w: number; h: number };
+	| { t: "resize"; w: number; h: number }
+	| { t: "mouse"; kind: "down" | "up" | "click"; x: number; y: number }
+	| { t: "mdrag"; x1: number; y1: number; x2: number; y2: number };
 
 function loadActions(): Action[] {
 	try {
@@ -258,12 +262,32 @@ const BUILDERS: Record<string, (positional: string[]) => Action> = {
 		if (!p[0]) throw new Error("wait requires <ms>");
 		return { t: "wait", ms: parseInt(p[0], 10) || 0 };
 	},
+			
 	resize: (p) => {
 		if (!p[0] || !p[1]) throw new Error("resize requires <w> <h>");
 		return {
 			t: "resize",
-			w: parseInt(p[0], 10) || 100,
-			h: parseInt(p[1], 10) || 30,
+			w: parseInt(p[0], 10) || 0,
+			h: parseInt(p[1], 10) || 0,
+		};
+	},
+	mouse: (p) => {
+		if (!p[0] || !p[1] || !p[2]) throw new Error("mouse requires <x> <y> <down|up|click>");
+		return {
+			t: "mouse",
+			kind: p[2] as "down" | "up" | "click",
+			x: parseInt(p[0], 10),
+			y: parseInt(p[1], 10),
+		};
+	},
+	mdrag: (p) => {
+		if (p.length < 4) throw new Error("mdrag requires <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2>");
+		return {
+			t: "mdrag",
+			x1: parseInt(p[0], 10),
+			y1: parseInt(p[1], 10),
+			x2: parseInt(p[2], 10),
+			y2: parseInt(p[3], 10),
 		};
 	},
 };
@@ -324,8 +348,13 @@ async function execAction(setup: any, a: Action): Promise<void> {
 		case "wait":
 			await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, a.ms));
 			break;
-		case "resize":
-			setup.resize(a.w, a.h);
+		case "mouse":
+			if (a.kind === "click") await setup.mockMouse.click(a.x, a.y);
+			else if (a.kind === "down") await setup.mockMouse.pressDown(a.x, a.y);
+			else await setup.mockMouse.release(a.x, a.y);
+			break;
+		case "mdrag":
+			await setup.mockMouse.drag(a.x1, a.y1, a.x2, a.y2);
 			break;
 	}
 	await setup.renderOnce();

src/components/EpisodeList.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import { Show } from "solid-js";
 import { format } from "date-fns";
 import type { RGBA } from "@opentui/core";
+import { useTerminalDimensions } from "@opentui/solid";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 import { useScrollIntoView } from "@/hooks/useScrollIntoView";
 import { NF_ICONS } from "@/utils/nerd-fonts";
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ export function EpisodePreview(props: {
 }) {
 	const { theme } = useTheme();
 	const muted = () => theme.muted || theme.text;
+	const dims = useTerminalDimensions();
 	return (
 		<box flexDirection="column" gap={1} padding={1}>
 			<text fg={theme.textPrimary ?? theme.text}>
@@ -208,10 +210,14 @@ export function EpisodePreview(props: {
 				<text fg={muted()}>by {props.author()}</text>
 			</Show>
 			<box height={1} />
-			<text fg={theme.textSecondary}>
-				{props.episode().description?.slice(0, 400) ?? "No description available."}
-				{(props.episode().description?.length ?? 0) > 400 ? "…" : ""}
-			</text>
+			<Show
+				when={props.episode().description}
+				fallback={<text fg={theme.textSecondary}>No description available.</text>}
+			>
+				<scrollbox maxHeight={Math.floor(dims().height * 0.3)}>
+					<text fg={theme.textSecondary}>{props.episode().description}</text>
+				</scrollbox>
+			</Show>
 			<box height={1} />
 			<text fg={muted()}>{props.hint()}</text>
 		</box>
@@ -221,7 +227,6 @@ export function EpisodePreview(props: {
 // ── FetchMorePreview ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 export function FetchMorePreview(props: {
 	isLoadingMore: () => boolean;
-	fetchMoreMode: () => string;
 	/** Manual-mode explanation line ("across all feeds" vs "for this show"). */
 	manualText: () => string;
 }) {
@@ -235,8 +240,6 @@ export function FetchMorePreview(props: {
 			<text fg={muted()}>
 				{props.isLoadingMore()
 					? "Loading the next batch of episodes…"
-					: props.fetchMoreMode() === "auto"
-						? "Auto mode: the next batch loads automatically at the bottom of the list."
 					: props.manualText()}
 			</text>
 			<box height={1} />

src/components/PaneRow.tsx

@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 /**
  * PaneRow — the shared parent | current | preview 3-pane layout primitive.
  *
- * Implements yazi's `mgr.ratio` contract: three columns grow at
- * 20% : 50% : 30% (PANE_RATIO 2:5:3) of the row width via Yoga `flexGrow`,
- * so every list tab renders an identical, layout-stable shell. Columns use
- * `flexBasis={0}` so the ratio is exact regardless of content width — a
- * column's content can never stretch its slot.
+ * Implements yazi's resizable `mgr.ratio` contract: the two borders of the
+ * CENTER (current) column are draggable and resize the neighboring panes.
+ * Split positions live in the shared pane-layout store (`@/stores/pane-layout`)
+ * as fractions of the row width; this component resolves them to pixel
+ * columns, gives each column an explicit width (so the drag strips sit
+ * exactly on the drawn borders), and renders two invisible grab handles over
+ * the border cells.
  *
  * Column semantics (per the yazi depth model):
  *   parent  — the previous-depth list. Renders a muted `—` placeholder and
- *             KEEPS its 20% slot when blank (never collapses to width 0).
- *             Borderless (no left/right/top/bottom edge). Carries the single
- *             header row: the CURRENT column's title renders top-left in the
- *             parent's slot (the panes above current/preview were removed).
- *   current — the current-depth list. The only focusable content column; it
- *             is the ONLY bordered column — left/right edges only, always
- *             muted (no active-border highlight, focused or not).
- *   preview — detail of the hovered item in `current`. Borderless, no header.
+ *             keeps a minimum 15-col slot. Borderless.
+ *   current — the current-depth list. The only focusable content column; the
+ *             ONLY bordered column — left/right edges only, always muted.
+ *   preview — detail of the hovered item in `current`. Borderless.
  *
  * The primitive is purely structural: callers pass their own JSX per column
  * (static elements or accessors) plus the current-column title. Theme colors
  * are resolved internally via `useTheme()`. Only the current column's
- * `<scrollbox>` receives `focused`, so scroll focus follows the cursor (j/k
- * stay in the current pane).
+ * `<scrollbox>` receives `focused`, so scroll focus follows the cursor.
  *
  * Example:
  *   <PaneRow
@@ -34,11 +31,16 @@
  *   />
  */
 
-import { createMemo, Show } from "solid-js";
+import { createMemo, createSignal, Show } from "solid-js";
 import type { JSX } from "solid-js";
+import { useTerminalDimensions } from "@opentui/solid";
 import type { RGBA, BorderSides } from "@opentui/core";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
-import { PANE_RATIO } from "@/utils/navigation";
+import {
+	MIN_PANE_WIDTH,
+	splitPixels,
+	usePaneLayout,
+} from "@/stores/pane-layout";
 
 // ── Types ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 type PaneContent = JSX.Element | (() => JSX.Element);
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ type PaneLabel = string | (() => string);
 
 export type PaneRowProps = {
 	/** Parent column content (previous-depth list, or null for a muted
-	 *  placeholder — the 1/5 slot is always preserved). */
+	 *  placeholder — a minimum slot is always preserved). */
 	parent?: PaneContent;
 	/** Current column content (the focused list). */
 	current?: PaneContent;
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ function Placeholder(props: { color: () => RGBA }) {
 
 // ── Pane column ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 function Pane(props: {
-	grow: number;
+	width: number;
 	label: () => string;
 	content: () => JSX.Element | undefined;
 	border: boolean | BorderSides[];
@@ -116,8 +118,8 @@ function Pane(props: {
 	return (
 		<box
 			flexDirection="column"
-			flexGrow={props.grow}
-			flexBasis={0}
+			width={props.width}
+			flexShrink={0}
 			height="100%"
 		>
 			{/* ── title row: rendered only when the pane carries a label ────────── */}
@@ -158,6 +160,45 @@ function Pane(props: {
 	);
 }
 
+/** A 1-column invisible grab handle covering exactly one border of the
+ *  current pane. `onBegin` is called on mousedown; subsequent drag/drag-end
+ *  events bubble up the row and drive `usePaneLayout` there. On hover or
+ *  while dragging it overdraws the border with a full-height accent `│`
+ *  line (a bordered box would render as a blocky rectangle instead). */
+function Splitter(props: {
+	left: number;
+	active: boolean;
+	onBegin: () => void;
+}) {
+	const { theme } = useTheme();
+	const dims = useTerminalDimensions();
+	const [hovered, setHovered] = createSignal(false);
+	const highlighted = () => props.active || hovered();
+	return (
+		<box
+			position="absolute"
+			left={props.left}
+			top={0}
+			width={1}
+			height="100%"
+			onMouseDown={(e) => {
+				e.preventDefault?.();
+				props.onBegin();
+			}}
+			onMouseOver={() => setHovered(true)}
+			onMouseOut={() => setHovered(false)}
+		>
+			<Show when={highlighted()}>
+				{/* Draw the accent edge down the full pane height; the box clips
+				 * any excess rows below the row's bottom edge. */}
+				<text fg={theme.primary} selectable={false}>
+					{"│\n".repeat(dims().height)}
+				</text>
+			</Show>
+		</box>
+	);
+}
+
 // ── Row primitive ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 export function PaneRow(props: PaneRowProps) {
 	/** true → the current column's scrollbox is focused (scroll follows cursor). */
@@ -179,20 +220,60 @@ export function PaneRow(props: PaneRowProps) {
 	// 2-pane mode (parent|current) grows the current column to fill the
 	// preview slot. Defaults to 3 (parent|current|preview).
 	const panes = createMemo(() => props.panes ?? 3);
-	const currentGrow = createMemo(() =>
-		panes() === 2
-			? PANE_RATIO.current + PANE_RATIO.preview
-			: PANE_RATIO.current,
-	);
 	const currentBorder = createMemo<boolean | BorderSides[]>(
 		() => props.currentBorder ?? ["left", "right"],
 	);
 
+	// Shared split state + terminal width drive explicit column widths so the
+	// drag strips sit exactly on the drawn borders.
+	const layout = usePaneLayout();
+	const dims = useTerminalDimensions();
+	const width = () => dims().width;
+	const pixels = createMemo(() => splitPixels(width(), layout.splits()));
+	const hasRoom = () =>
+		width() >=
+		MIN_PANE_WIDTH.parent + MIN_PANE_WIDTH.current + MIN_PANE_WIDTH.preview;
+
+	// Column widths in pixels (sum to the row width).
+	const parentWidth = () => pixels().leftPx;
+	const currentWidth = () =>
+		panes() === 2
+			? width() - pixels().leftPx
+			: pixels().rightPx - pixels().leftPx;
+	const previewWidth = () => width() - pixels().rightPx;
+
+	// ── Drag state ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+	// onMouseDown on a Splitter records which border is being dragged; the
+	// row then lives-updates the split from the absolute drag x (bubbled up
+	// from whatever renderable the cursor captures) and commits on release.
+	const [activeSplit, setActiveSplit] = createSignal<"left" | "right" | null>(
+		null,
+	);
+	const beginDrag = (which: "left" | "right") => () => setActiveSplit(which);
+	const handleDrag = (e: { x: number }) => {
+		const which = activeSplit();
+		if (!which) return;
+		if (which === "left") layout.setLeft(e.x, width());
+		else layout.setRight(e.x, width());
+	};
+	const handleDragEnd = () => {
+		if (activeSplit()) layout.commit();
+		setActiveSplit(null);
+	};
+
 	return (
-		<box flexDirection="row" flexGrow={1} width="100%" height="100%">
-			{/* ── parent (20%) — previous-depth list; title row top-left ────────── */}
+		<box
+			flexDirection="row"
+			width="100%"
+			height="100%"
+			flexGrow={1}
+			onMouseDrag={handleDrag}
+			onMouseDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
+			onMouseUp={handleDragEnd}
+		>
+			{/* ── parent — previous-depth list; title row top-left ─────────────── */}
 			<Pane
-				grow={PANE_RATIO.parent}
+				width={parentWidth()}
 				label={currentLabel}
 				content={parentContent}
 				border={false}
@@ -200,22 +281,37 @@ export function PaneRow(props: PaneRowProps) {
 			/>
 			{/* ── current — the focused list; left/right borders only ─────────── */}
 			<Pane
-				grow={currentGrow()}
+				width={currentWidth()}
 				label={() => ""}
 				content={currentContent}
 				border={currentBorder()}
 				scrollFocused={() => focused()}
 			/>
-			{/* ── preview (30%) — hovered-item detail; no border, no header ────── */}
+			{/* ── preview (optional) — hovered-item detail; no border ─────────── */}
 			<Show when={panes() === 3}>
 				<Pane
-					grow={PANE_RATIO.preview}
+					width={previewWidth()}
 					label={() => ""}
 					content={previewContent}
 					border={false}
 					scrollFocused={() => false}
 				/>
 			</Show>
+			{/* ── drag handles over the current pane's borders ───────────────── */}
+					<Show when={hasRoom()}>
+			<Splitter
+				left={pixels().leftPx}
+				active={activeSplit() === "left"}
+				onBegin={beginDrag("left")}
+			/>
+			<Show when={panes() === 3}>
+				<Splitter
+					left={pixels().rightPx - 1}
+					active={activeSplit() === "right"}
+					onBegin={beginDrag("right")}
+				/>
+			</Show>
+		</Show>
 		</box>
 	);
 }

src/components/Shell.tsx

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { useFeedStore } from "@/stores/feed";
 import { useAppStore } from "@/stores/app";
 import { useToast } from "@/ui/toast";
 import { emit, on } from "@/utils/event-bus";
+import { feedForEpisode } from "@/utils/feed-resolve";
 import { LayerGraph } from "@/utils/layer-graph";
 import { TABS } from "@/utils/navigation";
 import { createDispatcher } from "@/utils/dispatch";
@@ -222,9 +223,7 @@ export function Shell() {
 		const ep = audio.currentEpisode();
 		if (!ep) return null;
 		const feeds = feedStore.getFilteredFeeds();
-		const feed =
-			feeds.find((f) => f.podcast.id === ep.podcastId) ??
-			feeds.find((f) => f.episodes.some((e) => e.id === ep.id));
+		const feed = feedForEpisode(feeds, ep);
 		return feed
 			? `♪ ${feed.customName || feed.podcast.title} — ${ep.title}`
 			: `♪ ${ep.title}`;

src/context/ThemeContext.tsx

@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ const EMPTY_TERMINAL_COLORS: TerminalColors = {
 /** Cached macOS appearance (dark/light), independent of the terminal. */
 let cachedOsMode: "dark" | "light" | null = null;
 
+/**
+ * How often to re-query the terminal for theme changes (OSC 10/11/12).
+ * Terminals only answer these queries — they never push a color change —
+ * so detection is a slow poll. 60 s keeps CPU cost unmeasurable while
+ * still tracking theme flips within a reasonable delay.
+ */
+const SYSTEM_THEME_POLL_MS = 60_000;
+
 /**
  * Detect the terminal's dark/light mode.
  *
@@ -215,7 +223,12 @@ export const { use: useTheme, provider: ThemeProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       });
     }
 
-    async function resolveSystemTheme() {
+    /**
+     * Query the terminal's colors via OSC (palette + default fg/bg), with a
+     * legacy-tmux fallback for servers < 3.6 that don't forward OSC replies.
+     * Returns null when the terminal cannot answer.
+     */
+    async function queryTerminalColors(): Promise<TerminalColors | null> {
       if (process.env.TMUX) {
         await waitForCapabilities();
       }
@@ -254,6 +267,12 @@ export const { use: useTheme, provider: ThemeProvider } = createSimpleContext({
         }
       }
 
+      return colors;
+    }
+
+    async function resolveSystemTheme() {
+      const colors = await queryTerminalColors();
+
       // ── dark/light mode detection ─────────────────────────────────────────
       // The provider starts with a hardcoded mode (e.g. "dark"); detect the
       // real one from the terminal's background color (OSC 11) or, when that
@@ -299,8 +318,55 @@ export const { use: useTheme, provider: ThemeProvider } = createSimpleContext({
       }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Poll for terminal theme changes: re-query OSC colors, update the
+     * system palette when it differs, and re-detect dark/light mode.
+     * Runs on a slow timer (see SYSTEM_THEME_POLL_MS); most polls change
+     * nothing and only pay the idle query round-trip.
+     */
+    async function pollSystemTheme() {
+      if (!store.ready) return;
+      const colors = await queryTerminalColors();
+      if (!colors) return;
+
+      const current = store.system;
+      const changed =
+        !current ||
+        current.defaultBackground !== colors.defaultBackground ||
+        current.defaultForeground !== colors.defaultForeground ||
+        current.palette.join(",") !== colors.palette.join(",");
+
+      if (changed) {
+        setStore(
+          produce((draft) => {
+            draft.system = colors;
+          }),
+        );
+      }
+
+      // Refresh the OS-appearance fallback only when the terminal cannot
+      // report a background (e.g. tmux without OSC forwarding), so the
+      // common path never spawns a subprocess.
+      if (process.platform === "darwin" && !colors.defaultBackground) {
+        cachedOsMode = null;
+      }
+      const detectedMode = detectSystemMode(colors);
+      if (detectedMode && detectedMode !== store.mode) {
+        setStore("mode", detectedMode);
+        emitThemeModeChanged(detectedMode);
+      }
+    }
+
     onMount(init);
 
+    // Poll the terminal for theme changes (see pollSystemTheme). Registered
+    // once per provider init — SIGUSR2 re-runs the inner `init`, not this
+    // closure, so the timer cannot stack.
+    const pollTimer = setInterval(() => {
+      void pollSystemTheme();
+    }, SYSTEM_THEME_POLL_MS);
+    onCleanup(() => clearInterval(pollTimer));
+
     // Setup SIGUSR2 signal handler for dynamic theme reload
     // This allows external tools to trigger a theme refresh by sending:
     // `kill -USR2 <pid>`

src/context/navigation-store.ts

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  *
  *        parent  |  current  |  preview
  *
- * Layout ratios (20% : 50% : 30% — PANE_RATIO 2:5:3) live in
- * `@/utils/navigation` (PANE_RATIO). This module owns only the *focusable*
- * nav model — which column is focused and where its list cursor lives. The
- * parent/preview columns are always derived, never focused.
+ * Pane sizes are user-resizable (draggable borders in `PaneRow`).
+ * This module owns only the *focusable* nav model — which column is focused
+ * and where its list cursor lives. The parent/preview columns are always
+ * derived, never focused.
  *
  * The tab list is the app's ROOT and participates in the same pane flow as
  * any other pane. View renders at most three panes, `UP | CURRENT | PREVIEW`:

src/hooks/useAudio.ts

@@ -55,10 +55,16 @@ import {
 	saveLastPlayerSync,
 } from "../utils/app-persistence";
 import type { Episode, Progress } from "../types/episode";
-import type { Feed } from "../types/feed";
-import { useAudioNavStore, AudioSource } from "../stores/audio-nav";
+import { feedForEpisode } from "../utils/feed-resolve";
+import { useAudioNavStore } from "../stores/audio-nav";
 import { useDownloadStore } from "../stores/download";
 import { useFeedStore } from "../stores/feed";
+import { useSearchStore } from "../stores/search";
+import {
+	nextStep,
+	prevStep,
+	queueForSource,
+} from "../utils/audio-queue";
 
 export interface AudioControls {
 	// Signals (reactive getters)
@@ -180,8 +186,10 @@ const PAUSE_WATCH_TICKS = 7;
 
 /** The player process died while we believed playback was live — track
  *  ended (mpv quits at EOF) or the process crashed. Persist the final
- *  position and stop polling. */
-function finalizeTrackEnd(): void {
+ *  position and stop polling. `autoAdvance` is true only when the track
+ *  reached its natural end with the player still alive and no stream error
+ *  — the signal to keep the queue going. */
+function finalizeTrackEnd(autoAdvance: boolean): void {
 	setIsPlaying(false);
 	stopPolling();
 	const ep = currentEpisode();
@@ -189,6 +197,12 @@ function finalizeTrackEnd(): void {
 		const progressStore = useProgressStore();
 		progressStore.update(ep.id, position(), duration(), speed());
 	}
+	if (autoAdvance) {
+		// The episode finished: play the next one from the source that
+		// started it (search results / show / feed). No-op at the end of
+		// the list or when the episode isn't in the source list anymore.
+		void next().catch(() => {});
+	}
 }
 
 /** mpv paused itself OUTSIDE PodTUI — system sleep/lock, AirPod removal,
@@ -235,7 +249,12 @@ function startPolling(): void {
 				// and reports pause=true there, which would otherwise be
 				// mistaken for an external pause and never finalize.
 				if (!backend.isPlaying()) {
-					finalizeTrackEnd();
+					// Natural EOF (player alive, no stream error) auto-advances
+					// to the next episode; a crashed/killed daemon or a failed
+					// stream must not start the next episode on its own.
+					finalizeTrackEnd(
+						backend.isAlive() && !backend.getPlaybackError(),
+					);
 					return;
 				}
 
@@ -270,7 +289,7 @@ function startPolling(): void {
 				// still alive: a dead player while we thought we were paused
 				// means the track ended (mpv quits at EOF) or it crashed.
 				if (!backend.isAlive()) {
-					finalizeTrackEnd();
+					finalizeTrackEnd(false);
 					return;
 				}
 				const paused = await backend.getPauseState();
@@ -335,21 +354,51 @@ async function play(episode: Episode): Promise<void> {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	try {
 	const appStore = useAppStore();
 	const progressStore = useProgressStore();
 	const storeSpeed = appStore.state().settings.playbackSpeed;
 	const vol = volume();
 	const spd = storeSpeed || speed();
 
-		const feedStore = useFeedStore();
-		const feed = feedStore.feeds().find((f) => f.podcast.id === episode.podcastId);
+	const feed = feedForEpisode(useFeedStore().feeds(), episode);
 	const podcastTitle = feed?.customName || feed?.podcast.title || "";
 	// Play the downloaded file when present (offline + no network stalls);
 	// otherwise stream. Cover resolves to the feed art, falling back to the
 	// episode's own image (feeds added by URL may lack a channel cover).
 	const downloadStore = useDownloadStore();
 	const url = downloadStore.getDownloadedFilePath(episode.id) ?? episode.audioUrl;
+
+	// Resume from saved progress if available and not completed
+	const savedProgress = progressStore.get(episode.id);
+	let startPos = 0;
+	if (savedProgress && !progressStore.isCompleted(episode.id)) {
+		startPos = savedProgress.position;
+	}
+
+	// Present the new episode in the UI IMMEDIATELY, before the backend load
+	// (cover fetch + loadfile can take a few hundred ms): the player tab,
+	// status bar, and OS Now Playing must not keep showing the previous
+	// episode during the swap. The previous track's poll is stopped so it
+	// can't attribute its position/progress to the new episode; polling
+	// restarts once the backend is actually playing. Mirrors load()'s
+	// synchronous presentation.
+	stopPolling();
+	setCurrentEpisode(episode);
+	setIsPlaying(false);
+	startedPlayback = false;
+	setPosition(startPos);
+	setSpeed(spd);
+	if (episode.duration) setDuration(episode.duration);
+	const media = useMediaRegistry();
+	media.setNowPlaying({
+		title: episode.title,
+		artist: podcastTitle || episode.podcastId,
+		duration: episode.duration,
+	});
+	media.setPlaybackState(false);
+	if (startPos > 0) media.setPosition(startPos);
+
+	try {
 		// Cover art only applies at file LOAD (the runtime video-add fallback
 		// never becomes an albumart track), so a cold-cache play must wait for
 		// the fetch or play artless. Serve the disk cache synchronously; on a
@@ -360,13 +409,6 @@ async function play(episode: Episode): Promise<void> {
 			"bounded",
 		);
 
-		// Resume from saved progress if available and not completed
-		const savedProgress = progressStore.get(episode.id);
-		let startPos = 0;
-		if (savedProgress && !progressStore.isCompleted(episode.id)) {
-			startPos = savedProgress.position;
-		}
-
 		await b.play(url, {
 			volume: vol,
 			speed: spd,
@@ -375,10 +417,8 @@ async function play(episode: Episode): Promise<void> {
 			coverArtPath: coverArtPath ?? undefined,
 		});
 
-		setCurrentEpisode(episode);
 		setIsPlaying(true);
 		setPosition(startPos);
-		setSpeed(spd);
 		if (episode.duration) setDuration(episode.duration);
 		startedPlayback = true;
 
@@ -387,12 +427,6 @@ async function play(episode: Episode): Promise<void> {
 		saveLastPlayerToFile({ episodeId: episode.id, timestamp: new Date() });
 
 		// Register with platform media controls
-		const media = useMediaRegistry();
-		media.setNowPlaying({
-			title: episode.title,
-			artist: podcastTitle || episode.podcastId,
-			duration: episode.duration,
-		});
 		media.setPlaybackState(true);
 		if (startPos > 0) media.setPosition(startPos);
 
@@ -434,8 +468,7 @@ async function load(episode: Episode): Promise<void> {
 	setSpeed(storeSpeed || speed());
 
 	// Surface the loaded-but-paused track to the OS media controls.
-	const feedStore = useFeedStore();
-	const feed = feedStore.feeds().find((f) => f.podcast.id === episode.podcastId);
+	const feed = feedForEpisode(useFeedStore().feeds(), episode);
 	const podcastTitle = feed?.customName || feed?.podcast.title || "";
 	const media = useMediaRegistry();
 	media.setNowPlaying({
@@ -654,10 +687,7 @@ async function switchBackend(name: BackendName): Promise<void> {
 	// Resume playback if we were playing
 	if (wasPlaying && ep && ep.audioUrl) {
 		try {
-			const feedStore = useFeedStore();
-			const feed = feedStore
-				.feeds()
-				.find((f) => f.podcast.id === ep.podcastId);
+			const feed = feedForEpisode(useFeedStore().feeds(), ep);
 			const podcastTitle = feed?.customName || feed?.podcast.title || "";
 			const url =
 				useDownloadStore().getDownloadedFilePath(ep.id) ?? ep.audioUrl;
@@ -728,6 +758,60 @@ export async function restoreLastSession(): Promise<void> {
  * Returns a singleton — all components share the same playback state.
  * Registers event bus listeners and cleans them up with onCleanup.
  */
+
+// ── Episode queue navigation ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+// `next`/`prev` (and the end-of-episode auto-advance in finalizeTrackEnd)
+// move within the ordered list of the source that STARTED the current
+// episode: the Feed's chronological list, the current show's episodes, or
+// the search results (see utils/audio-queue). Module-level so
+// finalizeTrackEnd can auto-advance without a mounted hook owner.
+
+const audioNav = useAudioNavStore();
+
+/** The ordered playable episodes for the source that started playback. */
+function queueForCurrentSource(): Episode[] {
+	const feedStore = useFeedStore();
+	return queueForSource(
+		audioNav.getSource(),
+		audioNav.getPodcastId(),
+		feedStore.feeds(),
+		feedStore.getAllEpisodesChronological(),
+		useSearchStore().results(),
+	);
+}
+
+async function next(): Promise<void> {
+	const current = currentEpisode();
+	if (!current) return;
+	const step = nextStep(queueForCurrentSource(), current.id);
+	// A duplicated queue entry (same episode id twice) must not make
+	// "next" replay the CURRENT episode — that would reload it from
+	// saved progress and audibly repeat already-played audio.
+	if (!step || step.episode.id === current.id) return;
+	await play(step.episode);
+	audioNav.next(step.index);
+}
+
+async function prev(): Promise<void> {
+	const current = currentEpisode();
+	if (!current) return;
+
+	// Standard transport behavior: past 30s in, "prev" restarts the current
+	// episode; before that it steps back within the source queue.
+	const NAV_START_THRESHOLD = 30;
+	const currentPos = position();
+	const currentDur = duration();
+	if (currentPos > NAV_START_THRESHOLD && currentDur > 0) {
+		await seek(NAV_START_THRESHOLD);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const step = prevStep(queueForCurrentSource(), current.id);
+	if (!step) return;
+	await play(step.episode);
+	audioNav.prev(step.index);
+}
+
 export function useAudio(): AudioControls {
 	// Initialize backend on first use
 	ensureBackend();
@@ -793,80 +877,6 @@ export function useAudio(): AudioControls {
 		await doSetSpeed(next);
 	});
 
-	const audioNav = useAudioNavStore();
-	const feedStore = useFeedStore();
-
-	async function prev(): Promise<void> {
-		const current = currentEpisode();
-		if (!current) return;
-
-		const currentPos = position();
-		const currentDur = duration();
-
-		const NAV_START_THRESHOLD = 30;
-
-		if (currentPos > NAV_START_THRESHOLD && currentDur > 0) {
-			await seek(NAV_START_THRESHOLD);
-		} else {
-			const source = audioNav.getSource();
-			let episodes: Array<{ episode: Episode; feed: Feed }> = [];
-
-			if (source === AudioSource.FEED) {
-				episodes = feedStore.getAllEpisodesChronological();
-			} else if (source === AudioSource.MY_SHOWS) {
-				const podcastId = audioNav.getPodcastId();
-				if (!podcastId) return;
-
-				const feed = feedStore
-					.getFilteredFeeds()
-					.find((f) => f.podcast.id === podcastId);
-				if (!feed) return;
-
-				episodes = feed.episodes.map((ep) => ({ episode: ep, feed }));
-			}
-
-			const currentIndex = audioNav.getCurrentIndex();
-			const newIndex = Math.max(0, currentIndex - 1);
-
-			if (newIndex < episodes.length && episodes[newIndex]) {
-				const { episode } = episodes[newIndex];
-				await play(episode);
-				audioNav.prev(newIndex);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	async function next(): Promise<void> {
-		const current = currentEpisode();
-		if (!current) return;
-
-		const source = audioNav.getSource();
-		let episodes: Array<{ episode: Episode; feed: Feed }> = [];
-
-		if (source === AudioSource.FEED) {
-			episodes = feedStore.getAllEpisodesChronological();
-		} else if (source === AudioSource.MY_SHOWS) {
-			const podcastId = audioNav.getPodcastId();
-			if (!podcastId) return;
-
-			const feed = feedStore
-				.getFilteredFeeds()
-				.find((f) => f.podcast.id === podcastId);
-			if (!feed) return;
-
-			episodes = feed.episodes.map((ep) => ({ episode: ep, feed }));
-		}
-
-		const currentIndex = audioNav.getCurrentIndex();
-		const newIndex = Math.min(episodes.length - 1, currentIndex + 1);
-
-		if (newIndex >= 0 && episodes[newIndex]) {
-			const { episode } = episodes[newIndex];
-			await play(episode);
-			audioNav.next(newIndex);
-		}
-	}
-
 	onCleanup(() => {
 		refCount--;
 		unsubPlay();

src/index.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import { onCleanup } from "solid-js";
+import { setupTerminalRecovery } from "./utils/terminal-recovery";
+import { installNestedScrollBehavior } from "./utils/nested-scroll";
 import type { Feed } from "./types/feed"
 import type { Episode } from "./types/episode"
 
-const VERSION = "0.7.0";
+const VERSION = "0.8.0";
 
 interface CliArgs {
 	version: boolean;
@@ -234,10 +237,13 @@ if (cliArgs.query !== null || cliArgs.play !== null) {
 		const { NavigationProvider } = await import("./context/NavigationContext");
 		const { DialogProvider } = await import("./ui/dialog");
 		const { CommandProvider } = await import("./ui/command");
+		// Nested scroll sections favor the innermost one under the cursor.
+		installNestedScrollBehavior();
 
 		function RendererSetup(props: { children: unknown }) {
 			const renderer = useRenderer();
 			renderer.disableStdoutInterception();
+			onCleanup(setupTerminalRecovery(renderer));
 			return props.children;
 		}
 

src/pages/Feed/FeedPage.tsx

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import { createMemo, createEffect, For, Show, onMount, onCleanup } from "solid-js";
 import { useFeedStore } from "@/stores/feed";
 import { useDownloadStore } from "@/stores/download";
-import { useAppStore } from "@/stores/app";
 import { prefetchCoverArt } from "@/utils/cover-art";
 import { DownloadStatus } from "@/types/episode";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
@@ -86,10 +85,7 @@ function FeedPage() {
 
 	// ── Fetch More ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	// A "[Fetch More]" row at the bottom of the list advances every feed's
-	// loaded window by 50 episodes. manual mode: Enter on the row. auto mode:
-	// reaching the bottom row fetches automatically (see the effect below).
-	const app = useAppStore();
-	const fetchMoreMode = () => app.state().preferences.fetchMoreMode ?? "auto";
+	// loaded window by 50 episodes. Enter on the row to load the next batch.
 	const showFetchMore = () => feedStore.hasMoreAcrossAll();
 	const rowCount = () => episodes().length + (showFetchMore() ? 1 : 0);
 	const focus = () => nav.depthFocus(0);
@@ -137,16 +133,6 @@ function FeedPage() {
 	};
 	onMount(ensureFocus);
 
-	// Auto mode: reaching the bottom row loads the next batch. Guarded by
-	// isLoadingMore so concurrent loads never stack.
-	createEffect(() => {
-		if (fetchMoreMode() !== "auto") return;
-		if (!showFetchMore()) return;
-		if (feedStore.isLoadingMore()) return;
-		if (focusedRow() < rowCount() - 1) return;
-		feedStore.loadMoreAllFeeds().catch(() => {});
-	});
-
 	onMount(() => {
 		nav.registerResolver(
 			`${nav.activeTab()}:${DEPTH_CENTER_PANE}`,
@@ -337,7 +323,6 @@ function FeedPage() {
 			<Show when={focusedOnMore()}>
 				<FetchMorePreview
 					isLoadingMore={() => feedStore.isLoadingMore()}
-					fetchMoreMode={fetchMoreMode}
 					manualText={() =>
 						"Load the next batch of older episodes across all feeds (Enter)."
 					}

src/pages/MyShows/MyShowsPage.tsx

@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@
  *   depth 1 (current) — episodes of the drilled show. Parent pane = shows.
  *   preview            — detail of the hovered item in the current column.
  *
- * Depth 1 ends with a "[Fetch More]" row (same preference-driven behavior
- * as the Feed tab) that loads the next batch of episodes for that show.
+ * Depth 0's shows list and depth 1's episode list both end with a
+ * "[Fetch More]" row that loads the next batch of episodes — depth 0 for
+ * every subscribed show, depth 1 for the drilled show.
  *
  * Renders entirely through `<PaneRow>`; no bespoke 3-column flexbox JSX
  * remains. `l`/Enter drills in (show → episodes); `h` pops a depth (noop at
  * 0). j/k move only within the current column.
  */
 
-import { createMemo, createEffect, For, Show, onMount, onCleanup } from "solid-js";
+import { createMemo, For, Show, onMount, onCleanup } from "solid-js";
 import type { RGBA } from "@opentui/core";
 import { useFeedStore } from "@/stores/feed";
 import { useDownloadStore } from "@/stores/download";
@@ -269,20 +270,35 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 	// entry drops out the moment the user subscribes to its show.
 	const unsubs = () => downloadStore.getUnsubscribedDownloads();
 
-	const depth0Count = () => shows().length + unsubs().length;
-
+	/** True while some subscribed show has more episodes to load — shows the
+	 *  depth-0 "[Fetch More]" row. */
+	const showLoadMore = () => feedStore.hasMoreAcrossAll();
+	const depth0Count = () =>
+		shows().length + unsubs().length + (showLoadMore() ? 1 : 0);
+	const focusedRow0 = () =>
+		depth0Count() === 0 ? 0 : Math.min(focus(0), depth0Count() - 1);
+	/** True while the depth-0 cursor sits on the "[Fetch More]" row. */
+	const focusedOnMore0 = () =>
+		showLoadMore() && focusedRow0() === shows().length + unsubs().length;
 	const focusedShowIdx = () =>
-		shows().length === 0 ? 0 : Math.min(focus(0), shows().length - 1);
+		focusedOnMore0()
+			? -1
+			: Math.min(focusedRow0(), Math.max(shows().length - 1, 0));
 	/** True when the depth-0 cursor sits on an unsubscribed-show download
 	 *  row (past the shows list). */
 	const focusedOnUnsub = () =>
-		depth() === 0 && focus(0) >= shows().length && unsubs().length > 0;
+		!focusedOnMore0() &&
+		depth() === 0 &&
+		focusedRow0() >= shows().length &&
+		unsubs().length > 0;
 	const focusedUnsub = (): DownloadedEpisode | undefined => {
 		if (!focusedOnUnsub()) return undefined;
-		return unsubs()[Math.min(focus(0) - shows().length, unsubs().length - 1)];
+		return unsubs()[
+			Math.min(focusedRow0() - shows().length, unsubs().length - 1)
+		];
 	};
 	const selectedShow = (): Feed | undefined => {
-		if (focusedOnUnsub()) return undefined;
+		if (focusedOnUnsub() || focusedOnMore0()) return undefined;
 		return shows()[focusedShowIdx()];
 	};
 
@@ -300,10 +316,7 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 	// ── Fetch More ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	// A "[Fetch More]" row at the bottom of a drilled show's episode list
 	// advances that show's loaded window by 50 episodes — the per-show
-	// counterpart to the Feed page's row (which loads every feed). manual
-	// mode: Enter on the row. auto mode: reaching the bottom row fetches
-	// automatically (see the effect below).
-	const fetchMoreMode = () => app.state().preferences.fetchMoreMode ?? "auto";
+	// counterpart to the Feed page's row (which loads every feed).
 	const showFetchMore = () =>
 		depth() >= 1 &&
 		!!drilledShowId() &&
@@ -366,17 +379,6 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 		});
 	});
 
-	// Auto mode: reaching the bottom of a drilled show's list loads its next
-	// batch. Guarded by isLoadingMore so concurrent loads never stack.
-	createEffect(() => {
-		if (depth() < 1) return;
-		if (fetchMoreMode() !== "auto") return;
-		if (!showFetchMore()) return;
-		if (feedStore.isLoadingMore()) return;
-		if (focusedRow() < rowCount() - 1) return;
-		feedStore.loadMoreEpisodes(drilledShowId()).catch(() => {});
-	});
-
 	// ── helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	const downloadLabel = (id: string) => {
 		switch (downloadStore.getDownloadStatus(id)) {
@@ -431,6 +433,10 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 	// ── drill / open ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 	function open() {
 		if (depth() === 0) {
+			if (focusedOnMore0()) {
+				feedStore.loadMoreAllFeeds().catch(() => {});
+				return;
+			}
 			const d = focusedUnsub();
 			if (d) {
 				playUnsubscribedDownload(d);
@@ -639,7 +645,7 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 								<UnsubscribedRow
 									d={d}
 									index={() => shows().length + index()}
-									focused={() => nav.depthFocus(0)}
+									focused={focusedRow0}
 									active={isActive}
 									marker={marker}
 									downloadLabel={() => downloadLabel(d.episodeId)}
@@ -652,6 +658,21 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 							)}
 						</For>
 					</Show>
+				<Show when={showLoadMore()}>
+					<FetchMoreRow
+						index={() => shows().length + unsubs().length}
+						focused={focusedRow0}
+						onMore={focusedOnMore0}
+						active={isActive}
+						isLoadingMore={() => feedStore.isLoadingMore()}
+						nerd={nerd}
+						marker={marker}
+						onMouseDown={() => {
+							nav.setActivePane(DEPTH_CENTER_PANE);
+							nav.setDepthFocus(shows().length + unsubs().length, 0);
+						}}
+					/>
+				</Show>
 			</Show>
 			</Show>
 			{/* depth ≥1: episodes */}
@@ -738,8 +759,18 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 
 	const previewContent = () =>
 		depth() === 0 ? (
-			// depth 0 preview: hovered unsubscribed-show download, else the
-			// hovered show.
+		// depth 0 preview: hovered "[Fetch More]" row, else the
+		// unsubscribed-show download, else the hovered show.
+		<>
+			<Show when={focusedOnMore0()}>
+				<FetchMorePreview
+					isLoadingMore={() => feedStore.isLoadingMore()}
+					manualText={() =>
+						"Load the next batch of older episodes across all subscribed shows (Enter)."
+					}
+				/>
+			</Show>
+			<Show when={!focusedOnMore0()}>
 				<Show
 					when={focusedUnsub()}
 					fallback={
@@ -769,13 +800,14 @@ export function MyShowsPage() {
 						/>
 					)}
 				</Show>
+			</Show>
+		</>
 	) : (
 			// depth ≥1 preview: hovered episode (or the Fetch More row)
 			<>
 				<Show when={focusedOnMore()}>
 					<FetchMorePreview
 					isLoadingMore={() => feedStore.isLoadingMore()}
-						fetchMoreMode={fetchMoreMode}
 					manualText={() =>
 							"Load the next batch of older episodes for this show (Enter)."
 						}

src/pages/Player/PlayerPage.tsx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { useVisualizer } from "@/stores/visualizer";
 import { useAppStore } from "@/stores/app";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 import { useNavigation, DEPTH_CENTER_PANE } from "@/context/NavigationContext";
+import { useTerminalDimensions } from "@opentui/solid";
 import { PaneRow } from "@/components/PaneRow";
 import { TabListPane } from "@/components/TabPanel";
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export function PlayerPage() {
 	const { theme } = useTheme();
 	const nav = useNavigation();
 	const viz = useVisualizer();
+	const dims = useTerminalDimensions();
 	const app = useAppStore();
 	const muted = () => theme.muted || theme.text;
 	// Settings master switch: off hides the waveform entirely (the store
@@ -89,9 +91,14 @@ export function PlayerPage() {
 						<text fg={theme.text}>
 							<strong>{ep().title}</strong>
 						</text>
-						<text fg={muted()}>
-							{ep().description?.slice(0, 500) ?? "No description available."}
-						</text>
+						<Show
+							when={ep().description}
+							fallback={<text fg={muted()}>No description available.</text>}
+						>
+							<scrollbox maxHeight={Math.floor(dims().height * 0.3)}>
+								<text fg={muted()}>{ep().description}</text>
+							</scrollbox>
+						</Show>
 
 						<ProgressBar />
 

src/pages/Player/ProgressBar.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useTerminalDimensions } from "@opentui/solid";
 import type { Renderable } from "@opentui/core";
 import { useAudio } from "@/hooks/useAudio";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
+import { usePaneLayout } from "@/stores/pane-layout";
 
 // ── Component ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -17,16 +18,19 @@ export function ProgressBar() {
 	const audio = useAudio();
 	const { theme } = useTheme();
 	const dimensions = useTerminalDimensions();
+	const layout = usePaneLayout();
 
 	// The bar's renderable, captured for its absolute left edge: MouseEvent.x
 	// is terminal-absolute (not bar-relative), so local x needs the offset
-	// of the bar inside the 2-pane row (parent pane ≈ 20% of the width).
+	// of the bar inside the 2-pane row (parent pane = left split of the width).
 	let bar: Renderable | undefined;
 
 	// Full content width of the player pane: the player is a 2-pane row
-	// (parent 1/5 + current 4/5 of the terminal width). Subtract ~8 chars
+	// (parent = left split, current = the rest of the terminal width). Track
+	// the live split so a dragged border re-sizes the bar. Subtract ~8 chars
 	// of border/padding chrome (same math as RealtimeWaveform's numBars).
-	const width = () => Math.max(8, Math.floor((dimensions().width * 4) / 5) - 8);
+	const width = () =>
+		Math.max(8, Math.floor(dimensions().width * (1 - layout.splits().left)) - 8);
 
 	const clamp01 = (value: number) => Math.max(0, Math.min(1, value));
 

src/pages/Player/RealtimeWaveform.tsx

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
  *
  * This component only subscribes to store state, reports the width-derived
  * bar count (terminal resize re-inits the running pipeline), and renders:
- * a braille spinner while the pipeline is loading its first frames, the
- * frequency bars once frames arrive, and a dotted placeholder when idle.
+ * a braille spinner while the pipeline is loading its first frames or the
+ * player is stalled (re-buffering), the frequency bars once frames arrive,
+ * and a dotted placeholder when idle.
  */
 
 import { createEffect, on } from "solid-js";
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import { useVisualizer } from "@/stores/visualizer";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 import { LoadingIndicator } from "@/components/LoadingIndicator";
 import { BAR_LEVELS, barChars } from "@/utils/bar-mapping";
-import { PANE_RATIO } from "@/utils/navigation";
+import { usePaneLayout } from "@/stores/pane-layout";
 
 // ── Component ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -26,20 +27,16 @@ export function RealtimeWaveform() {
 	const { theme } = useTheme();
 	const viz = useVisualizer();
 
-	// Bar count scales with terminal width so the waveform fills its pane.
-	// The player is a 2-pane row: current column = (current+preview) of
-	// (parent+current+preview) of the terminal width. Subtract ~8 chars of
-	// chrome (scrollbox border + box padding + waveform border + padding).
-	// Falls back to 64 before the renderer reports a real size.
 	const dimensions = useTerminalDimensions();
+	const layout = usePaneLayout();
 	const numBars = () => {
-		const total = PANE_RATIO.parent + PANE_RATIO.current + PANE_RATIO.preview;
-		const current = PANE_RATIO.current + PANE_RATIO.preview; // 2-pane grows current
 		const width = dimensions().width;
 		if (!width) return 64;
+		// The player is a 2-pane row: the current column = whole width minus
+		// the parent (left split). Subtract ~8 chars of chrome.
 		return Math.max(
 			8,
-			Math.min(256, Math.floor((width * current) / total) - 8),
+			Math.min(256, Math.floor(width * (1 - layout.splits().left)) - 8),
 		);
 	};
 
@@ -53,12 +50,13 @@ export function RealtimeWaveform() {
 		const bars = viz.barData();
 		const count = numBars();
 
-		// Loading state: the braille spinner shows while the pipeline warms
-		// up — but only when there are no bars to render yet (first play /
-		// after an unload). On resume/seek the last bars stay on screen
-		// until fresh frames arrive, so the waveform never blanks out for
-		// the (multi-second, network-bound) cold start.
-		if (bars.length === 0 && viz.isLoading()) {
+		// Loading state: the braille spinner shows while the pipeline is
+		// warming up — cold start (first play / after an unload), resume
+		// into undecoded audio, or a stalled position clock (mpv
+		// re-buffering after a long pause on a network stream). The store
+		// clears it the moment the first fresh frame renders, so stale
+		// bars never masquerade as live data while the pipeline re-arms.
+		if (viz.isLoading() || viz.isStalled()) {
 			return <LoadingIndicator />;
 		}
 

src/pages/Settings/PreferencesPanel.tsx

@@ -288,20 +288,6 @@ export function usePreferencesItems(): SettingItem[] {
 				/>
 			),
 		},
-		{
-			id: "fetchMore",
-			label: "Fetch More",
-			kind: "select",
-			display: () => (prefs().fetchMoreMode === "auto" ? "Auto" : "Manual"),
-			help: () =>
-				`How the Feed and per-show episode lists load older episodes.\nManual: a "[Fetch More]" button at the bottom of the list.\nAuto: fetches automatically when reaching the bottom.\nType: select\nDefault: auto\nCurrent: ${prefs().fetchMoreMode === "auto" ? "Auto" : "Manual"}\nCycle with j/k; Enter to apply.`,
-			cycle: (dir) => {
-				const modes: Array<"manual" | "auto"> = ["manual", "auto"];
-				const idx = modes.indexOf(prefs().fetchMoreMode ?? "auto");
-				const next = modes[(idx + dir + modes.length) % modes.length];
-				app.updatePreferences({ fetchMoreMode: next });
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			id: "refreshInterval",
 			label: "Feed Refresh Interval",

src/stores/app.ts

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ const defaultPreferences: UserPreferences = {
 	autoDownloadScope: "all",
 	autoDownloadWhitelist: [],
 	autoJumpToPlayer: true,
-	fetchMoreMode: "auto",
 	refreshIntervalMinutes: 30,
 	episodeCacheMode: "date",
 	episodeCacheCount: 25,
 	episodeCacheDays: 60,
+	paneSplit: { left: 0.2, right: 0.7 },
 };
 
 const defaultState: AppState = {

src/stores/feed.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ const MAX_EPISODES_REFRESH = 50;
 /** Max episodes to fetch on initial subscribe */
 const MAX_EPISODES_SUBSCRIBE = 20;
 
+/** Floor on the visible episode window for a subscribed show: at least this
+ *  many most-recent episodes always load, regardless of a stricter count or
+ *  date cache bound. Overridden by episodeKeepFn. */
+const MIN_EPISODES_PER_SHOW = 5;
+
 /** Fetch-more step in date mode: each press reveals the next two weeks of
  *  episodes past the oldest loaded one, instead of a fixed episode count. */
 const FETCH_MORE_WINDOW_DAYS = 14;
@@ -123,7 +128,10 @@ const fullEpisodeCache = new Map<string, Episode[]>();
 const episodeLoadCount = new Map<string, number>();
 
 /** Read the episode cache bound from preferences: a closure that decides
- *  whether the episode at `index` (0 = newest, after sort) is kept. */
+ *  whether the episode at `index` (0 = newest, after sort) is kept. The five
+ *  most-recent episodes of a subscribed show always stay (MIN_EPISODES_PER_SHOW),
+ *  overriding a stricter count or date bound so every show surfaces at least
+ *  five episodes. */
 function episodeKeepFn(prefs: {
 	episodeCacheMode: "date" | "count";
 	episodeCacheCount: number;
@@ -132,10 +140,12 @@ function episodeKeepFn(prefs: {
 	const now = new Date();
 	if (prefs.episodeCacheMode === "count") {
 		const count = Math.max(1, prefs.episodeCacheCount);
-		return (_ep: Episode, index: number) => index < count;
+		return (_ep: Episode, index: number) =>
+			index < Math.max(count, MIN_EPISODES_PER_SHOW);
 	}
 	const days = Math.max(1, prefs.episodeCacheDays);
-	return (ep: Episode) => episodeInWindow(ep, now, days);
+	return (ep: Episode, index: number) =>
+		index < MIN_EPISODES_PER_SHOW || episodeInWindow(ep, now, days);
 }
 
 /** Timestamp for window math — undated episodes sort/compare as NEWEST

src/stores/pane-layout.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+/**
+ * pane-layout — global split positions for the yazi-style pane rows.
+ *
+ * Every tab renders its parent|current|preview columns through `PaneRow`
+ * sharing one layout: the two borders of the CENTER (current) column are
+ * draggable, and their positions are stored here as fractions of the row
+ * width (so a terminal resize re-derives pixel positions proportionally).
+ *
+ *   parent (15+)  |  current (30+)  |  preview (15+)
+ *   ── left ───────── right ────────   <-- draggable borders
+ *
+ * Defaults mirror the old fixed 2:5:3 ratio (20% / 50% / 30%). Minimum
+ * pane widths are enforced in `splitPixels` whenever a border is dragged
+ * or the row is re-derived. The positions persist to the app preferences
+ * on `commit()` (drag end) — never per drag event, so drags don't thrash
+ * config.json.
+ */
+
+import type { PaneSplits } from "@/types/settings";
+import { createSignal } from "solid-js";
+import { useAppStore } from "./app";
+
+// ── Types ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Public surface of the shared pane-layout store. */
+export interface PaneLayoutStore {
+	/** Current split positions (fractions of the row width). */
+	splits(): PaneSplits;
+	/** Move the left border of the current pane to column `x`. */
+	setLeft(x: number, width: number): void;
+	/** Move the right border of the current pane to column `x`. */
+	setRight(x: number, width: number): void;
+	/** Persist the current splits (called on drag end, not per drag event). */
+	commit(): void;
+}
+
+// ── Constants ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/** Default split — the historical 2:5:3 ratio (parent 20 / current 50 / preview 30). */
+export const DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS: PaneSplits = { left: 0.2, right: 0.7 };
+
+/** Per-pane minimum widths (columns) enforced while a border is being
+ *  dragged. Static rendering maps stored fractions 1:1 to pixels — the
+ *  minimums never distort the user's chosen layout on narrow terminals. */
+export const MIN_PANE_WIDTH = {
+	parent: 15,
+	current: 30,
+	preview: 15,
+} as const;
+
+/** Clamp `v` into [`lo`, `hi`] (bounds may invert on degenerate widths). */
+function clamp(v: number, lo: number, hi: number): number {
+	return Math.max(lo, Math.min(hi, v));
+}
+
+/** Minimum row width that can hold all three panes at their drag minimums. */
+const MIN_TOTAL_WIDTH =
+	MIN_PANE_WIDTH.parent + MIN_PANE_WIDTH.current + MIN_PANE_WIDTH.preview;
+
+/** Resolve stored splits into concrete pixel columns for a row `width`.
+ *  A pure 1:1 fraction→pixel mapping (keeping the ratio exact for every
+ *  terminal size); min-width enforcement lives in the drag setters only. */
+export function splitPixels(
+	width: number,
+	splits: PaneSplits,
+): { leftPx: number; rightPx: number } {
+	if (width <= 0) return { leftPx: 0, rightPx: 0 };
+	const leftPx = Math.round(width * splits.left);
+	const rightPx = Math.max(leftPx + 1, Math.round(width * splits.right));
+	return { leftPx, rightPx };
+}
+
+export function createPaneLayoutStore(): PaneLayoutStore {
+	const app = useAppStore();
+
+	// Seeded from persisted preferences; `saved` is always defined because
+	// the app store backfills the default when the config predates it.
+	const [splits, setSplits] = createSignal<PaneSplits>(
+		app.state().preferences.paneSplit ?? DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS,
+	);
+
+	/** Store the normalized pixel positions as fractions of `width`. */
+	const applyPixels = (leftPx: number, rightPx: number, width: number) => {
+		if (width <= 0) return;
+		setSplits({ left: leftPx / width, right: rightPx / width });
+	};
+
+	/** Clamp a dragged border to the per-pane minimums (only on terminals
+	 *  wide enough to hold them; smaller rows just follow the cursor). */
+	const dragPixels = (
+		leftPx: number,
+		rightPx: number,
+		width: number,
+	): { leftPx: number; rightPx: number } => {
+		if (width < MIN_TOTAL_WIDTH)
+			return {
+				leftPx: clamp(leftPx, 1, width - 2),
+				rightPx: Math.max(rightPx, leftPx + 1),
+			};
+		const minLeft = MIN_PANE_WIDTH.parent;
+		const maxLeft = width - MIN_PANE_WIDTH.current - MIN_PANE_WIDTH.preview;
+		const maxRight = width - MIN_PANE_WIDTH.preview;
+		const newLeft = clamp(leftPx, minLeft, maxLeft);
+		// The dragged border follows the cursor; the other border is pushed
+		// only as far as needed to keep the current pane at its minimum.
+		return {
+			leftPx: newLeft,
+			rightPx: clamp(rightPx, newLeft + MIN_PANE_WIDTH.current, maxRight),
+		};
+	};
+
+	/** Move the left border to column `x` (the current pane's left edge). */
+	const setLeft = (x: number, width: number) => {
+		if (width <= 0) return;
+		const { rightPx: curRight } = splitPixels(width, splits());
+		const { leftPx, rightPx } = dragPixels(Math.round(x), curRight, width);
+		applyPixels(leftPx, rightPx, width);
+	};
+
+	/** Move the right border to column `x` (the current pane's right edge). */
+	const setRight = (x: number, width: number) => {
+		if (width <= 0) return;
+		const { leftPx: curLeft, rightPx: curRight } = splitPixels(width, splits());
+		const { leftPx, rightPx } = dragPixels(curLeft, Math.round(x), width);
+		applyPixels(leftPx, rightPx, width);
+	};
+
+	/** Persist the current splits (called on drag end, not per drag event). */
+	const commit = () => {
+		app.updatePreferences({ paneSplit: splits() });
+	};
+
+	return { splits, setLeft, setRight, commit };
+}
+
+// ── Singleton ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+let paneLayoutInstance: PaneLayoutStore | null = null;
+
+/** Accessor for the shared pane-layout store (all tabs share one split). */
+export function usePaneLayout(): PaneLayoutStore {
+	if (!paneLayoutInstance) paneLayoutInstance = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	return paneLayoutInstance;
+}

src/stores/visualizer.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
  * after the Player tab stops being focused it tears down. Reads outside
  * decoded coverage return empty — the renderer simply holds the last frame
  * until the decode frontier arrives.
+ *
+ * Loading semantics: `isLoading` is true from any pipeline start (cold
+ * start, resume into undecoded audio) until the first complete FFT frame,
+ * and `isStalled` while playback claims to be live but the position clock
+ * is frozen (player re-buffering). The component renders the spinner for
+ * either; bars replace it the moment fresh frames arrive.
  */
 
 import {
@@ -55,6 +61,14 @@ const FRAME_INTERVAL = 33;
 /** Number of PCM samples to read per frame (512 is a good FFT window) */
 const SAMPLES_PER_FRAME = 512;
 
+/**
+ * How long the position clock may stay frozen while the UI believes
+ * playback is live before the waveform reports a stall (loading state).
+ * mpv polls time-pos every ~150ms, so a frozen clock means the player is
+ * re-buffering — the long-pause-then-resume case on network streams.
+ */
+const STALL_DETECT_MS = 2000;
+
 /** Timer handle as returned by setTimeout/setInterval in this runtime. */
 type TimerHandle = ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
 
@@ -65,6 +79,10 @@ export interface VisualizerStore {
 	barData: () => number[];
 	/** True from pipeline start until the first complete FFT frame renders. */
 	isLoading: () => boolean;
+	/** True while playback claims to be live but the position clock has
+	 *  been frozen past STALL_DETECT_MS (player re-buffering, e.g. after a
+	 *  long pause on a network stream). */
+	isStalled: () => boolean;
 	/** True while the ~30fps render loop is armed. */
 	isRunning: () => boolean;
 	/** Report whether the Player tab is the visible tab. */
@@ -82,6 +100,10 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 	// True from pipeline start until the first complete FFT frame renders.
 	const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = createSignal(false);
 
+	// True while playback is live but the position clock is frozen
+	// (player re-buffering) — see STALL_DETECT_MS.
+	const [isStalled, setIsStalled] = createSignal(false);
+
 	// Whether the Player tab is the visible tab (fed by PlayerPage).
 	const [focused, setFocused] = createSignal(false);
 
@@ -103,6 +125,20 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 	let sampleBuffer: Float64Array | null = null;
 	let unloadTimer: TimerHandle | null = null;
 
+	// Stall tracker: last observed position-signal value and when it moved.
+	// Any change (forward, backward, seek) re-arms the clock; a frozen
+	// signal while playing trips isStalled after STALL_DETECT_MS.
+	let lastRenderPos = -1;
+	let lastPosMoveAt = 0;
+
+	// Resume point: the position a paused pipeline was re-armed at. The
+	// loading state set by resume clears once the position clock has MOVED
+	// from this (either direction) — while the player is still re-buffering
+	// the clock is frozen, and the cache serving the same window must not
+	// let stale pre-pause bars masquerade as live data. -1 = cold start
+	// (clear on the first produced frame, regardless of the clock).
+	let resumePos = -1;
+
 	// What the running pipeline was started with — lets the playback effect
 	// tell "nothing changed, stay warm" from "must restart".
 	let activeUrl = "";
@@ -200,9 +236,19 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 		lastPolledPosition = position;
 		lastPolledAt = performance.now();
 
+		// Seed the stall tracker: a fresh pipeline should not report a
+		// stall just because the first position poll hasn't landed.
+		lastRenderPos = position;
+		lastPosMoveAt = performance.now();
+
+		// Cold start: the loading state clears on the first produced frame
+		// (see renderFrame) — no resume-position gating.
+		resumePos = -1;
+
 		activeUrl = url;
 		activeBars = barCount();
 		setIsLoading(true);
+		setIsStalled(false);
 		frameTimer = setInterval(renderFrame, FRAME_INTERVAL);
 	};
 
@@ -224,6 +270,14 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 		}
 		sampleBuffer = null;
 		setIsLoading(false);
+		setIsStalled(false);
+		// Drop the last rendered frame: after a stop the bars are stale (a
+		// different episode, a different position) and would masquerade as
+		// live data while the next cold start warms up — and, because the
+		// component only shows the spinner while bars are empty, they'd
+		// also suppress the loading state. Cold restarts re-render fresh
+		// bars within the first frame.
+		setBarData([]);
 	};
 
 	// ── Pause: freeze the loop, keep the cache ──────────────────────────
@@ -248,6 +302,7 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 		// (still cold-starting when paused), the component should fall back
 		// to the placeholder, not freeze on a spinner.
 		setIsLoading(false);
+		setIsStalled(false);
 	};
 
 	// ── Resume: re-arm the render loop, top up the cache ───────────────
@@ -269,6 +324,20 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 
 		lastPolledPosition = pos;
 		lastPolledAt = performance.now();
+		// Re-arm the stall tracker from the resume position (a long pause
+		// left the old timestamps stale — they'd trip the stall detector on
+		// the very first frame otherwise).
+		lastRenderPos = pos;
+		lastPosMoveAt = performance.now();
+
+		// Resume re-arms a pipeline whose ffmpeg pass was killed at pause:
+		// the pre-pause bars are stale until fresh frames flow, so show the
+		// loading state IN THEIR PLACE. It clears only once the position
+		// clock has advanced past the resume point (see renderFrame) — a
+		// player still re-buffering after a long pause keeps the spinner
+		// instead of serving static cached bars.
+		resumePos = pos;
+		setIsLoading(true);
 		frameTimer = setInterval(renderFrame, FRAME_INTERVAL);
 		return true;
 	};
@@ -282,6 +351,26 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 		// coverage (decode cold start, seek into a hole) the read is empty
 		// and the LAST FRAME simply holds — never clamped/repeated junk.
 		const target = smoothPosition();
+
+		// Stall detection: while the UI believes playback is live, the
+		// position signal must keep advancing (useAudio polls it every
+		// ~150ms). A frozen clock with a warm pipeline means the player is
+		// re-buffering — the classic long-pause-then-resume on a network
+		// stream — and without this the waveform shows dead-looking static
+		// bars for the whole stall. Report it as loading; the first frame
+		// after the clock moves again clears it.
+		const rawPos = audioPlaybackSignals.position();
+		if (rawPos !== lastRenderPos) {
+			lastRenderPos = rawPos;
+			lastPosMoveAt = performance.now();
+			if (isStalled()) setIsStalled(false);
+		} else if (
+			audioPlaybackSignals.isPlaying() &&
+			performance.now() - lastPosMoveAt > STALL_DETECT_MS
+		) {
+			setIsStalled(true);
+		}
+
 		const count = pcm.readWindow(sampleBuffer, target);
 		// Never feed a partial FFT window to cava.
 		if (count < sampleBuffer.length) return;
@@ -290,7 +379,16 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 
 		// Normalize against the running peak and copy to a new array
 		setBarData(scaler(output));
-		if (isLoading()) setIsLoading(false);
+		// Fresh frames only count once the position clock has MOVED from
+		// the resume point: while the player is still re-buffering after a
+		// long pause, the cache serves the same window and the spinner must
+		// stay in place of the stale bars. Any move counts — including a
+		// backward seek, whose window is live data for the new position and
+		// would strand the spinner forever under a `>` gate. Cold starts
+		// (resumePos < 0) clear on the first frame as before.
+		if (isLoading() && (resumePos < 0 || rawPos !== resumePos)) {
+			setIsLoading(false);
+		}
 	};
 
 	// ── Playback subscription ──────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -425,6 +523,7 @@ function createVisualizerStore(): VisualizerStore {
 		// state
 		barData,
 		isLoading,
+		isStalled,
 		isRunning: () => frameTimer !== null,
 		// inputs
 		setFocused,

src/types/settings.ts

@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ export type AppSettings = {
 	visualizer: VisualizerSettings;
 };
 
-/** How the Feed and per-show episode lists load older episodes (default: auto). */
-export type FetchMoreMode = "manual" | "auto";
-
 /** Which shows the auto-download setting applies to (default: all). */
 export type AutoDownloadScope = "all" | "none" | "whitelist";
 
@@ -101,6 +98,15 @@ export type AutoDownloadScope = "all" | "none" | "whitelist";
  *  episodes (default: date). */
 export type EpisodeCacheMode = "date" | "count";
 
+/** Left/right edges of the current (center) pane as fractions of the row
+ *  width, shared by the draggable pane borders in every depth tab. */
+export type PaneSplits = {
+	/** Left edge of the current pane (default 0.2 = 20% of the row). */
+	left: number;
+	/** Right edge of the current pane (default 0.7 = 70% of the row). */
+	right: number;
+};
+
 export type UserPreferences = {
 	showExplicit: boolean;
 	autoDownload: boolean;
@@ -112,8 +118,6 @@ export type UserPreferences = {
 	autoDownloadWhitelist: string[];
 	/** Jump to the Player view automatically when playback starts (default: true) */
 	autoJumpToPlayer: boolean;
-	/** Load older episodes from the Feed list: manual button or automatic at the bottom (default: auto). */
-	fetchMoreMode: FetchMoreMode;
 	/** Minutes between automatic background feed refreshes (default: 30). */
 	refreshIntervalMinutes: number;
 	/** How the episode list cache is bounded — by date or by count (default: date). */
@@ -122,6 +126,8 @@ export type UserPreferences = {
 	episodeCacheCount: number;
 	/** Rolling window in days for the episode list when mode is "date" (default: 60). */
 	episodeCacheDays: number;
+	/** Pane split positions as fractions of the row width (default 0.2 / 0.7). */
+	paneSplit: PaneSplits;
 };
 
 export type AppState = {

src/utils/app-persistence.ts

@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ const defaultPreferences: UserPreferences = {
 	autoDownloadScope: "all",
 	autoDownloadWhitelist: [],
 	autoJumpToPlayer: true,
-	fetchMoreMode: "auto",
 	refreshIntervalMinutes: 30,
 	episodeCacheMode: "date",
 	episodeCacheCount: 25,
 	episodeCacheDays: 60,
+	paneSplit: { left: 0.2, right: 0.7 },
 };
 
 const defaultState: AppState = {

src/utils/audio-player.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ export interface AudioBackend {
 	getPauseState(): Promise<boolean | undefined>;
 	/** True while the player process is running (regardless of pause). */
 	isAlive(): boolean;
+	/** Last playback error (end-file reason "error"), or null when the last
+	 *  track ended cleanly (or nothing has failed yet). Lets callers
+	 *  distinguish a natural end-of-file from a stream failure — a failed
+	 *  episode must not auto-advance the queue. */
+	getPlaybackError(): string | null;
 	dispose(): void;
 }
 
@@ -378,7 +383,13 @@ export class MpvBackend implements AudioBackend {
 		this.proc = Bun.spawn(
 			[
 				"mpv",
-				"--no-video",
+				// --vo=null (not --no-video): the albumart track must stay the
+				// CURRENT video track or macOS Now Playing shows no artwork.
+				// --no-video drops it to unselected (albumart:true, selected:false),
+				// so the system media center renders no cover. --vo=null is equally
+				// headless — no window, no rendering — but keeps the cover current
+				// so Now Playing gets the art.
+				"--vo=null",
 				"--no-terminal",
 				"--really-quiet",
 				// Stay alive after finishing/unloading files; PodTUI owns one mpv
@@ -591,13 +602,22 @@ export class MpvBackend implements AudioBackend {
 		// play checks it and skips its own stale paused-load.
 		this._intentPlaying = true;
 		await this.runLoadExclusive(async () => {
-			// Fast path: this exact URL was PRELOADED paused (boot restore) —
-			// mpv has been buffering it since boot, so flipping pause off starts
-			// audio ~instantly. Re-acquire the start position only when it
-			// moved meaningfully since the preload (progress saved meanwhile).
-			if (this._loadedUrl === url && this._loadedPaused && !this._ended) {
+			// Same episode re-selected (Enter in a list, key-repeat, a
+			// second tap on the playing row): the file is ALREADY in the
+			// player. Reloading with start=<saved progress> would audibly
+			// skip BACK and repeat already-played audio (saved progress
+			// lags the live position by up to the 5s persist interval), so
+			// align in place instead:
+			//   - preload park (loaded paused at boot restore): seek only
+			//     when the caller's target moved materially since load;
+			//   - user-paused: unpause at the CURRENT position (saved
+			//     progress is stale and must not become a backward seek);
+			//   - already playing: unpause is a no-op — nothing to do.
+			// A genuinely finished episode (_ended) still falls through to
+			// a fresh load, which replays from the top via isCompleted.
+			if (this._loadedUrl === url && !this._ended) {
 				const target = opts?.startPosition ?? this._position;
-				if (Math.abs(target - this._position) > 2) {
+				if (this._loadedPaused && Math.abs(target - this._position) > 2) {
 					await this.send(["set_property", "time-pos", target]);
 					this._position = target;
 				}
@@ -782,6 +802,9 @@ class NoopBackend implements AudioBackend {
 	isAlive(): boolean {
 		return false;
 	}
+	getPlaybackError(): string | null {
+		return null;
+	}
 	dispose(): void {}
 }
 

src/utils/audio-queue.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/**
+ * audio-queue — ordered episode queue for "what plays next" navigation.
+ *
+ * Pure selection logic for source-based auto-advance (and manual next/prev):
+ * given the navigation source that STARTED the current episode, which
+ * episodes come after it?
+ *
+ *   FEED      — the global chronological Feed list (newest first), so "next"
+ *               walks toward older episodes — further down the list.
+ *   MY_SHOWS  — the current show's episode list (newest first), scoped to the
+ *               podcast that started playback.
+ *   SEARCH    — the current search results, in display order (episode-kind
+ *               results only — a show result has nothing to play).
+ *
+ * Kept dependency-light (pure functions over plain data) so the ordering and
+ * bounds contract is unit-testable without stores or audio.
+ */
+
+import type { Episode } from "../types/episode";
+import type { Feed } from "../types/feed";
+import type { SearchResult } from "../types/source";
+import { AudioSource } from "../stores/audio-nav";
+
+/** The ordered playable queue for a navigation source. Empty when the
+ *  source's context is missing (no podcastId, no search results, no feeds). */
+export function queueForSource(
+	source: AudioSource,
+	podcastId: string | undefined,
+	feeds: Feed[],
+	allEpisodes: Array<{ episode: Episode; feed: Feed }>,
+	searchResults: SearchResult[],
+): Episode[] {
+	if (source === AudioSource.FEED) {
+		// Dedupe by episode id: the same episode can appear twice after a
+		// refresh merge or when two feeds list it — a duplicate would make
+		// next/auto-advance step onto the CURRENT episode and replay it.
+		const seen = new Set<string>();
+		const unique: Episode[] = [];
+		for (const e of allEpisodes) {
+			if (seen.has(e.episode.id)) continue;
+			seen.add(e.episode.id);
+			unique.push(e.episode);
+		}
+		return unique;
+	}
+	if (source === AudioSource.MY_SHOWS) {
+		const feed = feeds.find((f) => f.podcast.id === podcastId);
+		return feed ? feed.episodes : [];
+	}
+	if (source === AudioSource.SEARCH) {
+		return searchResults
+			.filter((r) => r.kind === "episode")
+			.map((r) => r.episode);
+	}
+	return [];
+}
+
+/** Index of an episode in the queue, or -1 when the episode isn't in it. */
+export function queueIndex(queue: Episode[], episodeId: string): number {
+	return queue.findIndex((e) => e.id === episodeId);
+}
+
+export interface QueueStep {
+	episode: Episode;
+	index: number;
+}
+
+/** The episode after `episodeId` in the queue, with its index. Null when
+ *  the episode isn't in the queue or is already the last one. */
+export function nextStep(
+	queue: Episode[],
+	episodeId: string,
+): QueueStep | null {
+	const idx = queueIndex(queue, episodeId);
+	if (idx < 0 || idx + 1 >= queue.length) return null;
+	return { episode: queue[idx + 1], index: idx + 1 };
+}
+
+/** The episode before `episodeId` in the queue, with its index. Null when
+ *  the episode isn't in the queue or is already the first one. */
+export function prevStep(
+	queue: Episode[],
+	episodeId: string,
+): QueueStep | null {
+	const idx = queueIndex(queue, episodeId);
+	if (idx <= 0) return null;
+	return { episode: queue[idx - 1], index: idx - 1 };
+}

src/utils/feed-resolve.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Feed resolution for an episode. `episode.podcastId` is the RSS feed url
+ * (rss-parser), which differs from `podcast.id` (the iTunes directory id) for
+ * iTunes-added shows — so a strict `podcast.id` match fails and the feed (and
+ * its cover) is never found. Match by podcast id, then feed url, then episode
+ * membership, in that order.
+ */
+
+import type { Feed } from "../types/feed";
+import type { Episode } from "../types/episode";
+
+/** The feed backing `episode`, by podcast id, then feed url, then membership. */
+export function feedForEpisode(
+	feeds: Feed[],
+	episode: Episode,
+): Feed | undefined {
+	return (
+		feeds.find((f) => f.podcast.id === episode.podcastId) ??
+		feeds.find((f) => f.podcast.feedUrl === episode.podcastId) ??
+		feeds.find((f) => f.episodes.some((e) => e.id === episode.id))
+	);
+}

src/utils/layer-graph.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * layer-graph — maps each TAB id to its page component + pane count.
  *
- * Split out of `navigation.ts` so that the nav-model primitives (TABS,
- * TabsCount, DEPTH_TABS, rootFrameFor, TabPaneCount, PANE_RATIO) in
- * `navigation.ts` stay free of any `.tsx` / JSX imports. This lets unit tests
- * import the pure navigation store without pulling the OpenTUI JSX runtime
- * (which is only provided by the build-time @opentui/solid bun-plugin).
+ * Split out of `navigation.ts` so that the navigation primitives (TABS,
+ * TabsCount, DEPTH_TABS, rootFrameFor, TabPaneCount) stay free of any
+ * `.tsx` / JSX imports. This lets unit tests import the pure navigation
+ * store without pulling the OpenTUI JSX runtime (which is only provided by
+ * the build-time @opentui/solid bun-plugin).
  *
  * The page modules live alongside their pages and export `<count>PaneCount`
  * constants describing how many focusable panes each fixed page owns.

src/utils/navigation.ts

@@ -49,22 +49,10 @@ export function rootFrameFor(
 	}
 }
 
-// The per-tab page components + pane counts live in `src/utils/layer-graph.ts`,
-// split out so this module stays free of `.tsx`/JSX imports (unit-testable).
-
-// Yazi-style pane grow ratios (parent : current : preview). Panes use
-// flexGrow (Yoga) so columns always sum to the row width regardless of
-// terminal size — more robust than fixed percentages and exactly mirrors
-// yazi's `mgr.ratio` config. Set a slot's ratio to 0 to hide it (2-pane tabs).
-//
-// Current ratios: parent : current : preview = 2 : 5 : 3, i.e. 20% / 50% / 30%
-// of the row width (2 : 5 : 3 of 10). 2-pane tabs drop the preview slot and
-// give `current` the combined 8/10 (80%).
-export const PANE_RATIO = {
-	parent: 2,
-	current: 5,
-	preview: 3,
-} as const;
+// Pane sizes are now user-resizable: the split positions (fractions of the
+// row width) live in the shared pane-layout store (`@/stores/pane-layout`),
+// which `PaneRow` consumes. `PANE_RATIO` was removed — see DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS
+// (0.2 / 0.7) for the historical 2:5:3 start.
 
 // Number of *focusable* content panes per tab. The three visible columns
 // (parent | current | preview) are a *render* concern, NOT three panes — for

src/utils/nested-scroll.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**
+ * Nested scroll sections favor the innermost one under the cursor.
+ *
+ * opentui bubbles a wheel event up the renderable tree, so every ancestor
+ * `ScrollBoxRenderable` that has room to move scrolls — nested sections (e.g.
+ * the episode-description scrollbox inside a page's list pane) scroll in
+ * lockstep. This patches the scrollbox's wheel handler so the innermost
+ * scrollbox under the cursor wins instead:
+ *
+ *   • The first scrollbox that can move in the wheel's direction scrolls and
+ *     stops propagation, so its ancestors don't also scroll.
+ *   • When it is already at its boundary it lets the next outer scrollbox
+ *     take over (wheel chaining), matching typical nested-scroll UX.
+ */
+
+import { ScrollBoxRenderable } from "@opentui/core";
+import type { MouseEvent } from "@opentui/core";
+
+type ScrollDir = "up" | "down" | "left" | "right";
+
+// The scrollbox's own wheel handler (scrolls, then bubbles to its parent).
+const original = ScrollBoxRenderable.prototype.onMouseEvent;
+
+let installed = false;
+
+/** True when `sb` has room to move in `dir` from its current position. */
+function canScroll(sb: ScrollBoxRenderable, dir: ScrollDir): boolean {
+	const maxTop = Math.max(0, sb.scrollHeight - sb.viewport.height);
+	const maxLeft = Math.max(0, sb.scrollWidth - sb.viewport.width);
+	switch (dir) {
+		case "up":
+			return sb.scrollTop > 0;
+		case "down":
+			return sb.scrollTop < maxTop;
+		case "left":
+			return sb.scrollLeft > 0;
+		case "right":
+			return sb.scrollLeft < maxLeft;
+	}
+}
+
+const handleWheel = function (
+	this: ScrollBoxRenderable,
+	event: MouseEvent,
+): void {
+	if (event.type !== "scroll" || !event.scroll?.direction) {
+		original.call(this, event);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const dir = event.scroll.direction;
+	const effective: ScrollDir = event.modifiers.shift
+		? (dir === "up" ? "left" : dir === "down" ? "right" : dir === "right" ? "down" : "up")
+		: dir;
+
+	const moves = canScroll(this, effective);
+	original.call(this, event);
+	// Only claim the wheel when this box actually moved; otherwise let the
+	// next outer scrollbox (also under the cursor) take over.
+	if (moves) event.stopPropagation();
+};
+
+export function installNestedScrollBehavior(): void {
+	if (installed || typeof original !== "function") return;
+	installed = true;
+	// `onMouseEvent` is a well-known protected method; the cast only bypasses
+	// TypeScript's protected-access check and trusts the shipped class shape.
+	const scrollboxProto = ScrollBoxRenderable.prototype as unknown as {
+		onMouseEvent: typeof handleWheel;
+	};
+	scrollboxProto.onMouseEvent = handleWheel;
+}

src/utils/terminal-recovery.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * Terminal recovery for suspend/resume and system sleep/wake cycles.
+ *
+ * The renderer enters the alternate screen, enables raw mode and attaches its
+ * stdin listener exactly once at startup. The diff renderer also keeps
+ * `currentRenderBuffer` as its model of what is on screen and only writes the
+ * cells that changed against that model.
+ *
+ * When the session is suspended (Ctrl-Z) or the system sleeps and the process
+ * is later resumed, the terminal screen can desync from that model: the stale
+ * buffer makes the diff rewrite only "changed" cells, leaving garbled or
+ * previous content on screen, and the raw-mode / stdin wiring can be dropped.
+ * The result is a frozen, non-interactive screen that shows raw markup instead
+ * of the UI.
+ *
+ * SIGCONT is the standard signal delivered when a stopped process resumes.
+ * On it we call `renderer.resume()`, the library's own recovery path, which:
+ *   - re-enters the alternate screen (native resumeRenderer)
+ *   - re-enables raw mode, re-attaches the stdin listener and flushes stale input
+ *   - clears currentRenderBuffer so the next frame performs a full repaint
+ */
+
+import type { CliRenderer } from "@opentui/core";
+
+/**
+ * Register a SIGCONT handler that recovers the terminal after suspend/resume.
+ *
+ * @param renderer - the active CLI renderer
+ * @returns cleanup function that removes the handler
+ */
+export function setupTerminalRecovery(renderer: CliRenderer): () => void {
+  const onContinue = () => {
+    // Best-effort: resume() re-establishes terminal state and forces a full
+    // repaint by clearing the render buffer. Idempotent if fired repeatedly.
+    try {
+      renderer.resume();
+    } catch {
+      // recovery is best-effort; never crash on the recovery path itself
+    }
+  };
+
+  process.on("SIGCONT", onContinue);
+
+  return () => {
+    process.off("SIGCONT", onContinue);
+  };
+}

tests/audio-backend.test.ts

@@ -172,6 +172,76 @@ test.skipIf(!hasMpv)(
 	{ timeout: 20000 },
 );
 
+test.skipIf(!hasMpv)(
+	"play() of the already-playing url does NOT reload (no audible skip-back)",
+	async () => {
+		fixtureWavs();
+		const backend = new MpvBackend();
+		try {
+			// Start mid-episode (as a resume would) and let it advance.
+			await backend.play(wavA, { volume: 0, speed: 1, startPosition: 1 });
+			await waitFor(
+				"position advances past the start offset",
+				async () => (await backend.getPosition()) > 1.8,
+			);
+			const before = await backend.getPosition();
+
+			// Re-selecting the SAME episode (Enter in a list, key-repeat)
+			// calls play() with the STALE saved progress. The file is
+			// already loaded — this must not reload from that earlier
+			// position, or the listener hears already-played audio again.
+			await backend.play(wavA, { volume: 0, speed: 1, startPosition: 1 });
+
+			// A reload would drop the position back to ~1; a correct no-op
+			// keeps advancing from where it was.
+			await waitFor(
+				"playback continues past the pre-play position",
+				async () => (await backend.getPosition()) > before + 0.3,
+			);
+			expect(backend.isPlaying()).toBe(true);
+			// And the position never fell back toward the stale offset.
+			expect(await backend.getPosition()).toBeGreaterThan(1.8);
+		} finally {
+			await cleanup(backend);
+		}
+	},
+	{ timeout: 20000 },
+);
+
+test.skipIf(!hasMpv)(
+	"play() of the same url while user-paused resumes at the current position",
+	async () => {
+		fixtureWavs();
+		const backend = new MpvBackend();
+		try {
+			await backend.play(wavB, { volume: 0, speed: 1, startPosition: 1 });
+			await waitFor(
+				"position advances",
+				async () => (await backend.getPosition()) > 2,
+			);
+			await backend.pause();
+			await waitFor(
+				"paused observed",
+				async () => (await backend.getPauseState()) === true,
+			);
+			const pausedAt = await backend.getPosition();
+
+			// Re-selecting the paused episode resumes where it PAUSED — the
+			// stale saved progress must not become a backward seek target.
+			await backend.play(wavB, { volume: 0, speed: 1, startPosition: 1 });
+			expect(backend.isPlaying()).toBe(true);
+			await waitFor(
+				"resumed at the paused position",
+				async () => (await backend.getPosition()) > pausedAt + 0.3,
+			);
+			expect(await backend.getPosition()).toBeGreaterThan(1.5);
+		} finally {
+			await cleanup(backend);
+		}
+	},
+	{ timeout: 20000 },
+);
+
 test.skipIf(!hasMpv)(
 	"daemon killed mid-play: resume() rejects on the fresh idle daemon; play() recovers a new one",
 	async () => {

tests/audio-queue.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/**
+ * audio-queue unit tests — pure selection logic for next/prev navigation
+ * and source-based auto-advance. Covers ordering, bounds, and the
+ * deduplication that prevents "next" from replaying the current episode.
+ */
+import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import {
+	queueForSource,
+	queueIndex,
+	nextStep,
+	prevStep,
+} from "../src/utils/audio-queue";
+import { AudioSource } from "../src/stores/audio-nav";
+import type { Episode } from "../src/types/episode";
+import type { Feed } from "../src/types/feed";
+import { FeedVisibility } from "../src/types/feed";
+import type { SearchResult } from "../src/types/source";
+
+function ep(id: string, n: number): Episode {
+	return {
+		id,
+		podcastId: "pod-" + id,
+		title: `Episode ${n}`,
+		description: "",
+		audioUrl: `https://example.com/${id}.mp3`,
+		duration: 600,
+		pubDate: new Date(2026, 0, n),
+	};
+}
+
+function feed(id: string, episodes: Episode[]): Feed {
+	return {
+		id,
+		podcast: {
+			id,
+			title: "Feed " + id,
+			description: "",
+			feedUrl: `https://example.com/${id}.xml`,
+			lastUpdated: new Date(),
+			isSubscribed: true,
+		},
+		episodes,
+		visibility: FeedVisibility.PUBLIC,
+		sourceId: "rss",
+		lastUpdated: new Date(),
+		isPinned: false,
+	};
+}
+
+function episodeResult(episode: Episode): SearchResult {
+	return {
+		sourceId: "itunes",
+		kind: "episode",
+		podcast: {
+			id: episode.podcastId,
+			title: "Show " + episode.podcastId,
+			description: "",
+			feedUrl: `https://example.com/${episode.podcastId}.xml`,
+			lastUpdated: new Date(),
+			isSubscribed: false,
+		},
+		episode,
+	};
+}
+
+const e1 = ep("e1", 1);
+const e2 = ep("e2", 2);
+const e3 = ep("e3", 3);
+
+test("FEED queue is the chronological global list, newest first", () => {
+	const f1 = feed("f1", [e3, e2]);
+	const f2 = feed("f2", [e1]);
+	const queue = queueForSource(
+		AudioSource.FEED,
+		undefined,
+		[f1, f2],
+		[
+			{ episode: e3, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e2, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e1, feed: f2 },
+		],
+		[],
+	);
+	expect(queue.map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["e3", "e2", "e1"]);
+	expect(queueIndex(queue, "e2")).toBe(1);
+	expect(nextStep(queue, "e2")?.episode.id).toBe("e1");
+	expect(prevStep(queue, "e2")?.episode.id).toBe("e3");
+	expect(nextStep(queue, "e1")).toBeNull();
+	expect(prevStep(queue, "e3")).toBeNull();
+});
+
+test("FEED queue dedupes repeated episode ids (same episode listed twice)", () => {
+	// The same episode appears twice in the global list (e.g. a refresh
+	// merge duplicated a feed's entries). Without dedupe, nextStep after
+	// e2 would step onto e2 AGAIN — replaying the current episode.
+	const f1 = feed("f1", [e3, e2, e2, e1]);
+	const queue = queueForSource(
+		AudioSource.FEED,
+		undefined,
+		[f1],
+		[
+			{ episode: e3, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e2, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e2, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e1, feed: f1 },
+		],
+		[],
+	);
+	expect(queue.map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["e3", "e2", "e1"]);
+	// Distinct objects sharing an id dedupe too.
+	const e2clone = { ...e2 };
+	const queue2 = queueForSource(
+		AudioSource.FEED,
+		undefined,
+		[f1],
+		[
+			{ episode: e3, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e2, feed: f1 },
+			{ episode: e2clone, feed: f1 },
+		],
+		[],
+	);
+	expect(queue2.map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["e3", "e2"]);
+	expect(nextStep(queue2, "e2")).toBeNull(); // no self-step
+});
+
+test("MY_SHOWS queue scopes to the podcast that started playback", () => {
+	const fA = feed("podA", [e3, e2]);
+	const fB = feed("podB", [e1]);
+	const queue = queueForSource(
+		AudioSource.MY_SHOWS,
+		"podA",
+		[fA, fB],
+		[],
+		[],
+	);
+	expect(queue.map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["e3", "e2"]);
+	// Unknown podcastId → empty queue (nothing to play next).
+	expect(
+		queueForSource(AudioSource.MY_SHOWS, "podX", [fA, fB], [], []),
+	).toEqual([]);
+});
+
+test("SEARCH queue filters to episode-kind results in display order", () => {
+	const queue = queueForSource(
+		AudioSource.SEARCH,
+		undefined,
+		[],
+		[],
+		[episodeResult(e1), episodeResult(e2)],
+	);
+	expect(queue.map((e) => e.id)).toEqual(["e1", "e2"]);
+	expect(queueIndex(queue, "e1")).toBe(0);
+	expect(queueIndex(queue, "e3")).toBe(-1);
+});

tests/auto-advance.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/**
+ * auto-advance.test.ts — "at the end of episodes play the next one, from
+ * the source that started it" feature.
+ *
+ * When a track reaches its natural end (mpv eof-reached), useAudio must
+ * advance to the next episode in the source queue — the current show's
+ * episode list (MY_SHOWS), the Feed's chronological list, or the search
+ * results — and must STOP at the end of the list (no wrap-around). A
+ * crashed/killed daemon must NOT auto-advance (that path is pinned by
+ * external-pause-reconcile.test.ts).
+ *
+ * Integration style (like external-pause-reconcile.test.ts): real stores,
+ * real persistence sandbox, and the REAL mpv backend driven by real audio
+ * files — two short local WAVs served over HTTP, so EOF happens on a
+ * deterministic timer. The show is subscribed through the real feed store's
+ * addFeed() API (no config seeding — works on whatever singleton state this
+ * worker holds), and the audio-nav source is pinned to MY_SHOWS for that
+ * podcast so the queue is scoped and deterministic. Skipped when mpv isn't
+ * installed.
+ */
+import { test, expect, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+const hasMpv = !!Bun.which("mpv");
+
+// ── Sandbox BEFORE any app module evaluates ───────────────────────────────
+const CONFIG = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "podtui-autoadv-"));
+const DATA = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "podtui-autoadv-data-"));
+process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = CONFIG;
+process.env.XDG_DATA_HOME = DATA;
+process.env.PODTUI_AUDIO_BACKEND = "mpv"; // real backend; EOF is the signal under test
+
+/** 2s mono 16-bit WAV with a sine tone — short enough to EOF fast,
+ *  distinct per episode so playback is unambiguous. */
+function makeWav(freq: number): Buffer {
+	const SAMPLE_RATE = 44100;
+	const DURATION = 2;
+	const dataLen = SAMPLE_RATE * DURATION;
+	const buf = Buffer.alloc(44 + dataLen * 2);
+	buf.write("RIFF", 0);
+	buf.writeUInt32LE(36 + dataLen * 2, 4);
+	buf.write("WAVE", 8);
+	buf.write("fmt ", 12);
+	buf.writeUInt32LE(16, 16); // fmt chunk size
+	buf.writeUInt16LE(1, 20); // PCM
+	buf.writeUInt16LE(1, 22); // mono
+	buf.writeUInt32LE(SAMPLE_RATE, 24);
+	buf.writeUInt32LE(SAMPLE_RATE * 2, 28); // byte rate
+	buf.writeUInt16LE(2, 32); // block align
+	buf.writeUInt16LE(16, 34); // bits per sample
+	buf.write("data", 36);
+	buf.writeUInt32LE(dataLen * 2, 40);
+	for (let i = 0; i < dataLen; i++) {
+		const sample = Math.round(
+			Math.sin((2 * Math.PI * freq * i) / SAMPLE_RATE) * 8000,
+		);
+		buf.writeInt16LE(sample, 44 + i * 2);
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+const wav1 = makeWav(440);
+const wav2 = makeWav(880);
+
+// ── Local HTTP server: the RSS feed + both audio files ────────────────────
+let server: ReturnType<typeof Bun.serve> | null = null;
+function feedXml(origin: string): string {
+	// Distinct pubDates so ep1 (newest) is episodes[0], ep2 older — "next"
+	// must step DOWN the list toward the older episode.
+	return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0"><channel>
+<title>Auto Advance Show</title>
+<description>auto-advance test feed</description>
+<item>
+<title>Episode One</title>
+<pubDate>2026-08-10T00:00:00Z</pubDate>
+<enclosure url="${origin}/e1.wav" length="${wav1.length}" type="audio/wav"/>
+</item>
+<item>
+<title>Episode Two</title>
+<pubDate>2026-08-01T00:00:00Z</pubDate>
+<enclosure url="${origin}/e2.wav" length="${wav2.length}" type="audio/wav"/>
+</item>
+</channel></rss>`;
+}
+server = Bun.serve({
+	port: 0,
+	fetch(req) {
+		const url = new URL(req.url);
+		if (url.pathname.endsWith(".xml")) {
+			return new Response(feedXml(url.origin), {
+				headers: { "Content-Type": "application/rss+xml" },
+			});
+		}
+		if (url.pathname.endsWith("e1.wav")) {
+			return new Response(wav1.buffer as ArrayBuffer, {
+				headers: { "Content-Type": "audio/wav" },
+			});
+		}
+		if (url.pathname.endsWith("e2.wav")) {
+			return new Response(wav2.buffer as ArrayBuffer, {
+				headers: { "Content-Type": "audio/wav" },
+			});
+		}
+		return new Response("not found", { status: 404 });
+	},
+});
+
+// ── Real modules (loaded after env + server are up) ───────────────────────
+// @ts-expect-error — bun-only query suffix: distinct module identity that
+// loads the real file instead of a leaked mock.module from another test file.
+const { useAudio } = await import("../src/hooks/useAudio?auto-advance-test");
+const { useFeedStore } = await import("../src/stores/feed");
+const { useAudioNavStore, AudioSource } = await import(
+	"../src/stores/audio-nav"
+);
+
+const feedStore = useFeedStore();
+const audioNav = useAudioNavStore();
+
+/** Poll `check` every 25ms until truthy; throw after `timeoutMs`. */
+async function waitFor(
+	check: () => boolean,
+	timeoutMs = 15000,
+): Promise<void> {
+	const start = Date.now();
+	while (!check()) {
+		if (Date.now() - start > timeoutMs) {
+			throw new Error("condition not met in time");
+		}
+		await Bun.sleep(25);
+	}
+}
+
+// Subscribe to the local feed through the real store API; unique podcast id
+// so the MY_SHOWS queue lookup is deterministic whatever else this worker's
+// shared feed store holds.
+const feedUrl = `http://127.0.0.1:${server!.port}/show.xml`;
+const PODCAST_ID = `auto-advance-pod-${process.pid}`;
+const feed = await feedStore.addFeed(
+	{
+		id: PODCAST_ID,
+		title: "Auto Advance Show",
+		description: "auto-advance test feed",
+		feedUrl,
+		lastUpdated: new Date(),
+		isSubscribed: true,
+	},
+	"test-source",
+);
+if (!feed || feed.episodes.length < 2) {
+	throw new Error("test feed did not load two episodes");
+}
+const ep1 = feed.episodes[0]; // newest — plays first
+const ep2 = feed.episodes[1]; // older — must follow automatically
+if (ep1.title !== "Episode One") {
+	throw new Error("episode order unexpected — ep1 is not the newest");
+}
+
+afterAll(() => {
+	audioNav.reset(); // don't leak nav state into shared-worker tests
+	server?.stop(true);
+	rmSync(CONFIG, { recursive: true, force: true });
+	rmSync(DATA, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+test.skipIf(!hasMpv)(
+	"episode ending auto-plays the next in the show; the last episode stops",
+	async () => {
+		const audio = useAudio();
+		audioNav.setSource(AudioSource.MY_SHOWS, PODCAST_ID);
+
+		// Start the newest episode.
+		await audio.play(ep1);
+		expect(audio.isPlaying()).toBe(true);
+		expect(audio.currentEpisode()?.id).toBe(ep1.id);
+
+		// EOF → the next (older) episode starts automatically, and the nav
+		// index moves with it.
+		await waitFor(
+			() =>
+				audio.currentEpisode()?.id === ep2.id && audio.isPlaying(),
+		);
+		expect(audioNav.getCurrentIndex()).toBe(1);
+
+		// The last episode ends → playback stops; no wrap-around to ep1.
+		await waitFor(() => !audio.isPlaying());
+		expect(audio.currentEpisode()?.id).toBe(ep2.id);
+		await Bun.sleep(600); // give any (wrong) auto-advance time to fire
+		expect(audio.currentEpisode()?.id).toBe(ep2.id);
+		expect(audio.isPlaying()).toBe(false);
+
+		await audio.stop();
+	},
+	{ timeout: 45000 },
+);

tests/feed-for-episode.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/**
+ * Unit test for feedForEpisode: resolving the feed behind an episode.
+ *
+ * The critical case is the reported regression — an iTunes show's episode has
+ * `podcastId` set to the RSS feed url (rss-parser:163) while the feed's
+ * `podcast.id` is the iTunes directory id. Those differ, so a strict
+ * `podcast.id` match loses the feed (and its cover, stalling Now Playing art).
+ */
+
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { feedForEpisode } from "../src/utils/feed-resolve";
+import { FeedVisibility } from "../src/types/feed";
+import type { Episode } from "../src/types/episode";
+import type { Feed } from "../src/types/feed";
+
+function makeFeed(id: string, feedUrl: string, title = `Show ${id}`): Feed {
+	return {
+		id,
+		podcast: {
+			id,
+			title,
+			description: "",
+			feedUrl,
+			coverUrl: `https://cover/${id}.jpg`,
+			lastUpdated: new Date(),
+			isSubscribed: true,
+		},
+		episodes: [],
+		visibility: FeedVisibility.PUBLIC,
+		sourceId: "test",
+		lastUpdated: new Date(),
+		isPinned: false,
+	};
+}
+
+const episode = (podcastId: string, id = "ep"): Episode => ({
+	id,
+	podcastId,
+	title: "Episode",
+	description: "",
+	audioUrl: "https://audio/ep.mp3",
+	duration: 60,
+	pubDate: new Date(),
+});
+
+describe("feedForEpisode", () => {
+	test("matches when episode.podcastId equals the feed's podcast.id", () => {
+		const f = makeFeed("id-a", "http://a/feed.xml");
+		expect(feedForEpisode([f], episode("id-a"))?.podcast.id).toBe("id-a");
+	});
+
+	test("matches an iTunes show by feed url (podcastId != podcast.id)", () => {
+		// The regression: feed.podcast.id is the directory id, podcastId the
+		// RSS url — a strict id match loses the feed.
+		const feedUrl = "http://itunes.example/feed.xml";
+		const f = makeFeed("itunes-1177068388", feedUrl);
+		const got = feedForEpisode([f], episode(feedUrl));
+		expect(got?.podcast.id).toBe("itunes-1177068388");
+	});
+
+	test("falls back to episode membership when neither id nor feedUrl match", () => {
+		const f = makeFeed("id-b", "http://b/feed.xml");
+		const ep = episode("unrelated", "ep-42");
+		f.episodes = [ep];
+		expect(feedForEpisode([f], ep)?.podcast.id).toBe("id-b");
+	});
+
+	test("returns undefined when no feed matches", () => {
+		const f = makeFeed("id-c", "http://c/feed.xml");
+		expect(feedForEpisode([f], episode("nowhere"))).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+});

tests/feed-volatile-merge.test.ts

@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ test("date mode: episodes outside the 60-day window never enter the list", async
 	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(600);
 });
 
-test("date mode boundary: 25 days in, 70 days out", async () => {
+test("date mode: the 5 newest episodes load even outside the date window", async () => {
 	const store = useFeedStore();
 	const now = Date.now();
 	servedEpisodes = [
@@ -344,13 +344,15 @@ test("date mode boundary: 25 days in, 70 days out", async () => {
 
 	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.map((e) => e.title)).toEqual([
 		"In Window",
+		"Out Window",
 	]);
-	// The 70d episode is ~45 days past the 2-week band beyond the oldest
-	// loaded episode (25d → 39d band): a sparse show must NOT drag it in.
+	// The 70d episode is the second-newest available, so the min-5 floor
+	// pulls it in despite the 60-day cache window.
 	expect(store.hasMoreEpisodes(id)).toBe(false);
 	await store.loadMoreEpisodes(id);
 	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.map((e) => e.title)).toEqual([
 		"In Window",
+		"Out Window",
 	]);
 });
 
@@ -369,17 +371,19 @@ test("date mode: a dormant show (nothing in the window or next band) never fetch
 	const id = feed!.id;
 	addedFeedIds.push(id);
 
-	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(0);
+	// The min-5 floor surfaces the show's only 2 episodes; it still cannot
+	// fetch-more (nothing further exists to load).
+	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(2);
 	expect(store.hasMoreEpisodes(id)).toBe(false);
 	await store.loadMoreEpisodes(id);
-	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(0);
+	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(2);
 });
 
 test("date mode: episodes just outside the window load via the band anchored at the window edge", async () => {
 	const store = useFeedStore();
 	const now = Date.now();
-	// Both episodes are outside the 60-day window (61d / 65d) but inside the
-	// 14-day band past its edge (60d → 74d) — fetch-more reveals them.
+	// Both episodes are outside the 60-day window (61d / 65d); the min-5
+	// floor loads them at subscribe time regardless.
 	servedEpisodes = [
 		{ title: "Just Out A", date: new Date(now - 61 * DAY).toISOString() },
 		{ title: "Just Out B", date: new Date(now - 65 * DAY).toISOString() },
@@ -390,8 +394,9 @@ test("date mode: episodes just outside the window load via the band anchored at
 	const id = feed!.id;
 	addedFeedIds.push(id);
 
-	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(0);
-	expect(store.hasMoreEpisodes(id)).toBe(true);
+	// The min-5 floor loads both out-of-window episodes immediately.
+	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.length).toBe(2);
+	expect(store.hasMoreEpisodes(id)).toBe(false);
 	await store.loadMoreEpisodes(id);
 	expect(store.getFeed(id)!.episodes.map((e) => e.title)).toEqual([
 		"Just Out A",

tests/nested-scroll.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/**
+ * Nested scroll behavior — the innermost scrollbox under the cursor wins.
+ *
+ * opentui bubbles wheel events up the renderable tree, so without a guard
+ * every ancestor scrollbox scrolls in lockstep. This pins the fix from
+ * `src/utils/nested-scroll.ts`: two nested scrollboxes (an inner one nested
+ * inside an outer one, as a description pane sits inside a list pane) must
+ * treat the wheel as owned by the innermost scrollbox under the cursor, and
+ * only chain out to the outer one when the inner is at its boundary.
+ */
+
+import { describe, test, expect, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid";
+import { installNestedScrollBehavior } from "../src/utils/nested-scroll";
+import type { ScrollBoxRenderable } from "@opentui/core";
+
+installNestedScrollBehavior();
+
+type TestSetup = {
+	renderOnce: () => Promise<void>;
+	mockMouse: {
+		scroll: (x: number, y: number, direction: "up" | "down") => Promise<void>;
+	};
+	renderer: { destroy: () => Promise<void> };
+};
+
+async function renderNested(): Promise<{
+	setup: TestSetup;
+	outer: () => ScrollBoxRenderable;
+	inner: () => ScrollBoxRenderable;
+	destroy: () => Promise<void>;
+}> {
+	let outer: ScrollBoxRenderable | undefined;
+	let inner: ScrollBoxRenderable | undefined;
+	const setup = (await testRender(
+		() => (
+			// Outer spans the full 25-row terminal; the inner scrollbox sits at
+			// rows 3..12 (a top spacer above, a tall spacer below so the outer
+			// has room to scroll). Inner holds 30 rows -> max scroll 20.
+			<box flexDirection="column" width={60} height={25}>
+				<scrollbox ref={(el: ScrollBoxRenderable) => (outer = el)} height="100%">
+					<box height={3} />
+					<scrollbox
+						ref={(el: ScrollBoxRenderable) => (inner = el)}
+						height={10}
+						width="100%"
+					>
+						{Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => (
+							<box height={1}>
+								<text>row {i}</text>
+							</box>
+						))}
+					</scrollbox>
+					<box height={40} />
+				</scrollbox>
+			</box>
+		),
+		{ width: 60, height: 25, useThread: false },
+	)) as unknown as TestSetup;
+
+	// Give the renderer a chance to compute scrollbox layout (scrollHeight).
+	for (let i = 0; i < 40 && (inner?.scrollHeight ?? 0) <= 10; i++) {
+		await setup.renderOnce();
+		const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+		setTimeout(resolve, 50);
+		await promise;
+	}
+	if (!inner || !outer) throw new Error("scrollboxes did not render");
+	return {
+		setup,
+		outer: () => outer!,
+		inner: () => inner!,
+		destroy: async () => {
+			setup.renderer.destroy();
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+const cleanups: (() => void | Promise<void>)[] = [];
+afterAll(async () => {
+	for (const c of cleanups) {
+		try {
+			await c();
+		} catch {
+			// renderer already torn down — ignore
+		}
+	}
+});
+
+describe("nested scroll favors the innermost scrollbox under the cursor", () => {
+	test("wheel over the inner section scrolls only the inner scrollbox", async () => {
+		const { setup, inner, outer, destroy } = await renderNested();
+		cleanups.push(destroy);
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(0);
+		await setup.mockMouse.scroll(5, 5, "down"); // inside inner (rows 3..12)
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(1);
+		expect(outer().scrollTop).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test("wheel over the outer section (outside the inner) scrolls only the outer", async () => {
+		const { setup, inner, outer, destroy } = await renderNested();
+		cleanups.push(destroy);
+		await setup.mockMouse.scroll(5, 20, "down"); // below inner, still in outer
+		expect(outer().scrollTop).toBe(1);
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(0);
+	});
+
+	test("at the inner's bottom edge the wheel chains out to the outer scrollbox", async () => {
+		const { setup, inner, outer, destroy } = await renderNested();
+		cleanups.push(destroy);
+		for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) await setup.mockMouse.scroll(5, 5, "down");
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(20); // pinned at max (30 rows - 10 viewport)
+		const before = outer().scrollTop;
+		await setup.mockMouse.scroll(5, 5, "down");
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(20); // inner stays pinned
+		expect(outer().scrollTop).toBe(before + 1); // outer took over
+	});
+
+	test("wheel up favors the inner again once it has room above", async () => {
+		const { setup, inner, outer, destroy } = await renderNested();
+		cleanups.push(destroy);
+		await setup.mockMouse.scroll(5, 5, "down");
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(1);
+		await setup.mockMouse.scroll(5, 5, "up");
+		expect(inner().scrollTop).toBe(0); // inner wins again
+		expect(outer().scrollTop).toBe(0);
+	});
+});

tests/pane-layout-store.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * pane-layout-store.test.ts — the shared pane-split store: splitPixels
+ * clamping, border moves that respect per-pane minimum widths, and
+ * commit() persistence into the app preferences.
+ */
+import { test, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdtempSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+// Point the config dir at a throwaway directory BEFORE importing the store
+// (its module-level init reads it).
+process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "podtui-panecfg-"));
+
+// The config dir must be set before the module is evaluated, so the app
+// store is loaded dynamically here rather than statically at the top.
+const { splitPixels, createPaneLayoutStore, DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS } = await import(
+	"../src/stores/pane-layout"
+);
+const { useAppStore } = await import("../src/stores/app");
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+	await useAppStore().whenReady();
+});
+afterAll(() => {
+	// Restore pristine preferences so a later file sharing this process
+	// (bun test reuses the module registry) renders the default split.
+	useAppStore().updatePreferences({ paneSplit: DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS });
+});
+
+test("default splits mirror the historical 2:5:3 ratio at width 100", () => {
+	expect(DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS).toEqual({ left: 0.2, right: 0.7 });
+	const { leftPx, rightPx } = splitPixels(100, DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS);
+	expect(leftPx).toBe(20);
+	expect(rightPx).toBe(70);
+});
+
+test("splitPixels maps splits 1:1 to pixels (ratio exact at every width)", () => {
+	// Pure fraction→pixel mapping — no minimum enforcement in rendering.
+	expect(splitPixels(100, { left: 0.6, right: 0.7 })).toEqual({
+		leftPx: 60,
+		rightPx: 70,
+	});
+	expect(splitPixels(70, { left: 0.2, right: 0.7 })).toEqual({
+		leftPx: 14,
+		rightPx: 49,
+	});
+});
+
+test("splitPixels handles zero-width and degenerate terminals", () => {
+	expect(splitPixels(0, DEFAULT_PANE_SPLITS)).toEqual({ leftPx: 0, rightPx: 0 });
+	const tiny = splitPixels(40, { left: 0.2, right: 0.7 });
+	expect(tiny.leftPx).toBe(8);
+	expect(tiny.rightPx).toBe(28);
+});
+
+test("setRight clamps the preview to its minimum", () => {
+	const store = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	store.setRight(97, 100); // preview can't shrink below 15
+	expect(store.splits().right).toBeCloseTo(0.85, 5);
+	// The parent minimum also holds when the left border is dragged.
+	store.setLeft(1, 100);
+	expect(store.splits().left).toBeCloseTo(0.15, 5);
+});
+
+test("setLeft moves the border and normalizes stored fractions", () => {
+	const store = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	store.setLeft(40, 100);
+	expect(store.splits().left).toBeCloseTo(0.4, 5);
+	expect(store.splits().right).toBeCloseTo(0.7, 5);
+});
+
+test("setLeft below the parent minimum clamps up", () => {
+	const store = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	store.setLeft(5, 100);
+	expect(store.splits().left).toBeCloseTo(0.15, 5);
+});
+
+test("setLeft beyond the current minimum forces the right border right", () => {
+	const store = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	store.setLeft(60, 100);
+	expect(store.splits().left).toBeCloseTo(0.55, 5);
+	expect(store.splits().right).toBeCloseTo(0.85, 5);
+});
+
+test("setRight respects the current and preview minimums", () => {
+	const store = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	store.setRight(80, 100);
+	expect(store.splits().right).toBeCloseTo(0.8, 5);
+	store.setRight(40, 100); // must not cross below leftPx(20) + minCurrent(30)
+	expect(store.splits().right).toBeCloseTo(0.5, 5);
+});
+
+test("commit persists the split into the app preferences", async () => {
+	const store = createPaneLayoutStore();
+	store.setLeft(35, 100);
+	store.commit();
+	await useAppStore().whenReady();
+	expect(useAppStore().state().preferences.paneSplit.left).toBeCloseTo(0.35, 5);
+	expect(useAppStore().state().preferences.paneSplit.right).toBeCloseTo(0.7, 5);
+});

tests/pane-resize.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/**
+ * pane-resize.test.tsx — dragging the center column's borders actually
+ * resizes the panes in a rendered PaneRow.
+ *
+ * Each pane renders a long run of a unique character (P / C / V). A line
+ * where all three meet encodes the boundary columns directly: the current
+ * pane carries the only borders (cols `leftPx` and `rightPx - 1`), so its
+ * content starts one column in — `leftPx + 1`. Hence
+ * `leftPx = firstC - 1`, `rightPx = firstV`.
+ *
+ * The drag strips overlay the border cells (left strip at [left, left+2),
+ * right strip at [right-2, right)). The test presses inside a strip and
+ * drags across the row — the drag bubbles to the row container which moves
+ * the split, so the panes must re-render at the new columns.
+ */
+import { test, expect, afterAll } from "bun:test";
+import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid";
+import { ThemeProvider } from "../src/context/ThemeContext";
+import { PaneRow } from "../src/components/PaneRow";
+import { usePaneLayout } from "../src/stores/pane-layout";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+// Point the config dir at a throwaway directory BEFORE importing the store
+// (module-level init reads it).
+const configHome = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "podtui-paneresize-"));
+process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = configHome;
+
+type Span = { text: string };
+type Frame = { cols: number; lines: { spans: Span[] }[] };
+
+interface BoundCols {
+	left: number;
+	right: number;
+}
+
+function readBounds(frame: Frame): BoundCols {
+	const line = frame.lines
+		.map((l) => l.spans.map((s) => s.text).join(""))
+		.find((l) => l.includes("C"));
+	if (!line) throw new Error("pane row did not render");
+	return { left: line.indexOf("C") - 1, right: line.indexOf("V") };
+}
+
+async function renderRow(panes: 2 | 3 = 3) {
+	const setup = (await testRender(
+		() => (
+			<ThemeProvider mode="dark">
+				<PaneRow
+					parent={<text selectable={false}>{"P".repeat(300)}</text>}
+					current={<text selectable={false}>{"C".repeat(600)}</text>}
+					preview={<text selectable={false}>{"V".repeat(300)}</text>}
+					currentLabel=""
+					panes={panes}
+				/>
+			</ThemeProvider>
+		),
+		{ width: 100, height: 10, useThread: false },
+	)) as unknown as {
+		renderOnce: () => Promise<void>;
+		captureSpans: () => Frame;
+		mockMouse: {
+			drag: (a: number, b: number, c: number, d: number) => Promise<void>;
+			click: (a: number, b: number) => Promise<void>;
+		};
+		renderer: { destroy: () => void };
+	};
+	for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await setup.renderOnce();
+	return setup;
+}
+
+/** Reset the shared store to the default split for a deterministic start. */
+function resetSplits() {
+	usePaneLayout().setLeft(20, 100);
+	usePaneLayout().setRight(70, 100);
+}
+
+const cleanups: (() => void)[] = [];
+afterAll(() => {
+	for (const c of cleanups) c();
+	// Restore the default split so a later file sharing this process (bun
+	// test reuses the module registry) renders the default layout.
+	usePaneLayout().setLeft(20, 100);
+	usePaneLayout().setRight(70, 100);
+	rmSync(configHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+test("panes render at the default 20/70 split", async () => {
+	const setup = await renderRow(3);
+	cleanups.push(() => setup.renderer.destroy());
+	resetSplits();
+	await setup.renderOnce();
+	const { left, right } = readBounds(setup.captureSpans());
+	expect(left).toBe(20);
+	expect(right).toBe(70);
+});
+
+test("dragging the left border resizes parent vs current", async () => {
+	const setup = await renderRow(3);
+	cleanups.push(() => setup.renderer.destroy());
+	resetSplits();
+	await setup.renderOnce();
+
+	// Press on the left strip (border at 20 → strip covers 20) and drag
+	// toward the middle of the row.
+	await setup.mockMouse.drag(20, 5, 45, 5);
+	for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await setup.renderOnce();
+	const after = readBounds(setup.captureSpans());
+	expect(after.left).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(44);
+	expect(after.left).toBeLessThanOrEqual(46);
+	// Pushing the left border to 45 would shrink the current pane below its
+	// 30-col minimum (45..70 = 25), so the right border is forced right to
+	// 75, keeping the current pane at exactly 30 and absorbing the overflow
+	// in the preview.
+	expect(after.right).toBe(75);
+});
+
+test("dragging the right border resizes current vs preview", async () => {
+	const setup = await renderRow(3);
+	cleanups.push(() => setup.renderer.destroy());
+	resetSplits();
+	await setup.renderOnce();
+
+	// Press on the right strip (border at 69 → strip covers 69) and drag
+	// toward the right edge of the row.
+	await setup.mockMouse.drag(69, 5, 90, 5);
+	for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await setup.renderOnce();
+	const after = readBounds(setup.captureSpans());
+	expect(after.right).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(84);
+	expect(after.right).toBeLessThanOrEqual(85); // clamped at preview min 15
+	expect(after.left).toBe(20);
+});
+
+test("a plain click away from the borders does not resize", async () => {
+	const setup = await renderRow(3);
+	cleanups.push(() => setup.renderer.destroy());
+	resetSplits();
+	await setup.renderOnce();
+
+	await setup.mockMouse.click(5, 5);
+	await setup.renderOnce();
+	const { left, right } = readBounds(setup.captureSpans());
+	expect(left).toBe(20);
+	expect(right).toBe(70);
+});
+
+test("2-pane rows offer no right border (current fills the row)", async () => {
+	const setup = await renderRow(2);
+	cleanups.push(() => setup.renderer.destroy());
+	resetSplits();
+	for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await setup.renderOnce();
+
+	// No 'V' pane: the line runs to the screen edge.
+	const frame = setup.captureSpans();
+	const { left } = readBounds(frame);
+	expect(left).toBe(20);
+	const line = frame.lines
+		.map((l) => l.spans.map((s) => s.text).join(""))
+		.find((l) => l.includes("C"));
+	expect(line?.includes("V")).toBe(false);
+});

tests/scratch-hover.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/** Scratch — verify full-height hover accent line. */
+import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid";
+import { ThemeProvider } from "../src/context/ThemeContext";
+import { PaneRow } from "../src/components/PaneRow";
+import { mkdtempSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "podtui-phover3-"));
+
+type Span = { text: string; fg?: { r: number; g: number; b: number; a: number } | null };
+type Frame = { cols: number; lines: { spans: Span[] }[] };
+
+test("hover renders accent line on every row", async () => {
+	const setup = (await testRender(
+		() => (
+			<ThemeProvider mode="dark">
+				<PaneRow
+					parent={<text selectable={false}>{"P".repeat(300)}</text>}
+					current={<text selectable={false}>{"C".repeat(600)}</text>}
+					preview={<text selectable={false}>{"V".repeat(300)}</text>}
+					currentLabel=""
+				/>
+			</ThemeProvider>
+		),
+		{ width: 100, height: 10, useThread: false },
+	)) as unknown as {
+		renderOnce: () => Promise<void>;
+		captureSpans: () => Frame;
+		captureCharFrame: () => string;
+		mockMouse: { moveTo: (x: number, y: number) => Promise<void> };
+		renderer: { destroy: () => void };
+	};
+	for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await setup.renderOnce();
+	await setup.mockMouse.moveTo(20, 5);
+	for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) await setup.renderOnce();
+
+	const frame = setup.captureSpans();
+	let accentRows = 0;
+	for (let y = 0; y < frame.lines.length; y++) {
+		const line = frame.lines[y].spans.map((s) => s.text).join("");
+		// Border column = 20.
+		const ch = line[20];
+		const isAccent = frame.lines[y].spans
+			.filter((s) => s.text.length > 0)
+			.some((s) => {
+				const t = s.text;
+				let c = 0;
+				// recompute col: approximate by scanning previous spans
+				return false;
+			});
+		if (ch === "│") accentRows++;
+		console.log(`row ${y}: ${JSON.stringify(line.slice(16, 25))} ch20=${JSON.stringify(ch)}`);
+	}
+	console.log("accentRows:", accentRows, "of", frame.lines.length);
+	expect(accentRows).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(6);
+	setup.renderer.destroy();
+});

tests/visualizer-store.test.ts

@@ -230,15 +230,146 @@ test.skipIf(skip)(
 		app.updateVisualizer({ enabled: false });
 		await waitFor(() => !viz.isRunning(), 10000);
 		expect(viz.isLoading()).toBe(false);
+		// Stopping the pipeline must drop the last rendered frame — a cold
+		// restart (re-enable, unload, episode change) would otherwise show
+		// stale bars from the previous run and never reach the loading
+		// state (the spinner only shows while bars are empty).
+		expect(viz.barData().length).toBe(0);
 
 		app.updateVisualizer({ enabled: true });
-		await waitFor(() => viz.isRunning(), 10000);
+		// The restart surfaces the loading state before the first frame.
+		await waitFor(() => viz.isLoading(), 5000);
 		await waitFor(() => !viz.isLoading() && viz.barData().length > 0, 10000);
 		expect(viz.barData().length).toBe(64);
 	},
 	{ timeout: 20000 },
 );
 
+// A pause followed by a seek while paused, then resume, lands OUTSIDE the
+// decoded sliding window: the cache can't serve bars instantly, so the
+// store must surface the warm-up as a loading state instead of silently
+// holding the stale pre-pause frame. Regression: resumeVisualization never
+// set isLoading, so the last frame froze with no feedback until the
+// re-decode's first frame landed.
+test.skipIf(skip)(
+	"resume into undecoded audio shows the loading state until bars land",
+	async () => {
+		const viz = useVisualizer();
+		await startPlaying();
+		expect(viz.barData().length).toBe(64);
+
+		// Pause, then seek far ahead while paused (outside the ~10s of
+		// decoded coverage), then resume.
+		setIsPlaying(false);
+		await waitFor(() => !viz.isRunning(), 10000);
+		setPosition(30);
+		setIsPlaying(true);
+
+		// The resume position isn't decoded yet — loading, not frozen bars.
+		await waitFor(() => viz.isLoading(), 5000);
+		expect(viz.isRunning()).toBe(true);
+
+		// Playback advances past the resume point (mpv moves the clock);
+		// once the re-decode covers it, fresh bars replace the stale
+		// pre-pause frame (chirp spectrum at 30s ≠ 2s) and the loading
+		// state clears.
+		setPosition(31);
+		const barsBefore = viz.barData();
+		await waitFor(
+			() => !viz.isLoading() && viz.barData() !== barsBefore,
+			15000,
+		);
+		expect(viz.barData().length).toBe(64);
+	},
+	{ timeout: 30000 },
+);
+
+// After a long pause on a network stream, the player (mpv) re-buffers:
+// `isPlaying` stays true but the position clock freezes. Without
+// detection the waveform rendered the same cached window forever — static
+// bars and no feedback. The render loop must report the stall as a
+// loading state and clear it the moment the clock moves again.
+test.skipIf(skip)(
+	"a frozen position clock while playing surfaces a stall; recovery clears it",
+	async () => {
+		const viz = useVisualizer();
+		await startPlaying();
+		expect(viz.isStalled()).toBe(false);
+
+		// Freeze the position: isPlaying stays true, the clock never moves.
+		await waitFor(() => viz.isStalled(), 10000);
+
+		// Player recovers — the clock advances again.
+		setPosition(4);
+		await waitFor(() => !viz.isStalled(), 3000);
+		expect(viz.isRunning()).toBe(true);
+	},
+	{ timeout: 20000 },
+);
+
+// Resume re-arms a pipeline whose ffmpeg pass was killed at pause: the
+// stale pre-pause bars must not masquerade as live data while the player
+// recovers. The spinner shows IN THEIR PLACE until the position clock
+// advances past the resume point — a frozen clock (mpv re-buffering after
+// a long pause) keeps the spinner even though the cache can serve the
+// same window.
+test.skipIf(skip)(
+	"resume shows the loading state in place of stale bars until the position clock advances",
+	async () => {
+		const viz = useVisualizer();
+		await startPlaying();
+		expect(viz.isLoading()).toBe(false);
+
+		// Pause, then resume against the still-covered position.
+		setIsPlaying(false);
+		await waitFor(() => !viz.isRunning(), 10000);
+		setIsPlaying(true);
+
+		// The spinner replaces the bars immediately on resume.
+		await waitFor(() => viz.isLoading(), 5000);
+		expect(viz.isRunning()).toBe(true);
+
+		// Position clock stays frozen at the resume point (re-buffering):
+		// the loading state must persist, not yield to static cached bars.
+		await Bun.sleep(250);
+		expect(viz.isLoading()).toBe(true);
+
+		// Player recovers — the clock advances → fresh bars, spinner gone.
+		setPosition(3);
+		await waitFor(() => !viz.isLoading(), 3000);
+		expect(viz.barData().length).toBe(64);
+	},
+	{ timeout: 20000 },
+);
+
+// The post-resume loading gate must be "the clock MOVED from the resume
+// point", not "the clock moved PAST it". Gating on `>` strands the spinner
+// forever when the user seeks BACKWARD during the resume spinner (the
+// classic "missed that, rewind" while a network stream re-buffers): the
+// position never again exceeds the resume point, the cache serves live
+// frames for the new position, and the loading state never clears.
+test.skipIf(skip)(
+	"backward seek during the resume loading state clears it",
+	async () => {
+		const viz = useVisualizer();
+		await startPlaying();
+		expect(viz.isLoading()).toBe(false);
+
+		// Pause, then resume against the still-covered position: spinner.
+		setIsPlaying(false);
+		await waitFor(() => !viz.isRunning(), 10000);
+		setIsPlaying(true);
+		await waitFor(() => viz.isLoading(), 5000);
+
+		// User seeks BACKWARD while the player re-buffers. The position is
+		// inside decoded coverage, so fresh bars must replace the spinner.
+		setPosition(1);
+		await waitFor(() => !viz.isLoading() && viz.barData().length > 0, 3000);
+		expect(viz.barData().length).toBe(64);
+	},
+	{ timeout: 20000 },
+);
+
 // ── Teardown ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 afterAll(() => {