diff --git a/internal/gui/assets/app.js b/internal/gui/assets/app.js
index bf449b62..674aba51 100644
--- a/internal/gui/assets/app.js
+++ b/internal/gui/assets/app.js
@@ -14408,14 +14408,17 @@ new ResizeObserver(() => {
   ledHScroll();
 }).observe($("#ledWrap"));
 // a table that grows past the window when its width didn't change (a font
-// arriving, a redraw while out of sight) leaves its columns out then too
+// arriving, a redraw while out of sight) leaves its columns out then too;
+// and its scrollbar goes once a table left without them has come to fit,
+// rather than staying under a table with nothing to scroll
 let ledGrowFrame = 0;
 const ledGrow = new ResizeObserver(() => {
   if (ledGrowFrame) return;
   ledGrowFrame = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
     ledGrowFrame = 0;
     const wrap = $("#ledWrap"), table = wrap.querySelector("table.led");
-    if (table && !table.classList.contains("tight") && wrap.clientWidth && wrap.scrollWidth > wrap.clientWidth + 1) { ledFit(); ledHScroll(); }
+    if (table && !table.classList.contains("tight") && wrap.clientWidth && wrap.scrollWidth > wrap.clientWidth + 1) ledFit();
+    ledHScroll();
   });
 });
 new ResizeObserver(() => {
diff --git a/internal/gui/assets/routing.js b/internal/gui/assets/routing.js
index 00f20f93..46de3485 100644
--- a/internal/gui/assets/routing.js
+++ b/internal/gui/assets/routing.js
@@ -2242,14 +2242,14 @@
   // stale: it ends, the stage is drawn as it is now, and only the requests
   // still under way fly (#302).
   const LIVE = 4;
+  const underWay = () => pinned || day ? [] : [...src().values()].filter((r) => !r.done && matchesPurpose(r)).sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id).slice(-LIVE);
   function resume() {
     stopPlays();
     if (!loaded) return;
     if (!pinned && !rp) cur = newest();
     if (cur) sync(true);
     else empty();
-    const live = pinned || day ? [] : [...src().values()].filter((r) => !r.done && matchesPurpose(r)).sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id).slice(-LIVE);
-    for (const r of live) play(r.id);
+    for (const r of underWay()) play(r.id);
     renderAll();
   }
   let seen = false, lastFrame = 0, ticking = 0;
@@ -2381,6 +2381,9 @@
           if (wanted) { wanted = 0; params.delete("req"); history.replaceState(null, "", params.size ? "?" + params : location.pathname); }
           if (asked && asked.id !== newest().id) pinned = asked;
           if (r) { cur = r; sync(true); say(affWhy(r, true) || ruleWhy(r, true) || firstWhy(r)); renderAll(); } else empty();
+          // the page's first frame came before the trace did, and found
+          // nothing to fly: the requests under way fly now, not never
+          if (seen && shown()) for (const u of underWay()) if (!playing.has(u.id)) play(u.id);
         } else {
           if (cur && routes.has(cur.id) && !rp) cur = routes.get(cur.id);
           if (pinned && routes.has(pinned.id)) pinned = routes.get(pinned.id);
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/by-agent.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/by-agent.test.cjs
index d774ddf5..e03e8b13 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/by-agent.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/by-agent.test.cjs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
     const row = (sheet, id) => sheet.locator(`.lib-byagent-row[data-agent="${id}"]`);
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/every-skill.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/every-skill.test.cjs
index 570014ee..a60e381f 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/every-skill.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/every-skill.test.cjs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
 
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/import-all-skills.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/import-all-skills.test.cjs
index ca77a12d..e11cd459 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/import-all-skills.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/import-all-skills.test.cjs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts, fail));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
 
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/ledger-hscroll.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/ledger-hscroll.test.cjs
index 7e2ac06c..63527beb 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/ledger-hscroll.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/ledger-hscroll.test.cjs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const L = {
 for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium", "webkit"])) {
   test(engine + ": the Requests table's scrollbar and a row's status", async (t) => {
     assert(["chromium", "webkit"].includes(engine), "BROWSER must be chromium or webkit");
-    const browser = await (engine === "webkit" ? webkit.launch() : chromium.launch({ channel: "chromium" }));
+    const browser = await (engine === "webkit" ? webkit.launch() : chromium.launch({ channel: "chromium", ignoreDefaultArgs: ["--hide-scrollbars"] }));
     t.after(() => browser.close());
     for (const lang of ["en", "zh"]) {
       const w = L[lang];
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/library-all.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/library-all.test.cjs
index db72f0f1..191b99ce 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/library-all.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/library-all.test.cjs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("http://magpie.test/**", server(lang, posts, fail, fixture));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
     const row = (page, name) => page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").filter({ has: page.locator(".name", { hasText: new RegExp("^" + name + "$") }) });
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/library-items.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/library-items.test.cjs
index c827b7d8..036d3bca 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/library-items.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/library-items.test.cjs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("http://magpie.test/**", server(lang, theme, posts, { flaky }));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
     // every row inside the list and its own box: the label on one line, the
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         await page.locator("#view-library .lib-tabs .opt").first().click();
         await card.waitFor();
         await page.locator("#view-library .lib-tabs .opt").nth(2).click();
-        await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+        await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
 
         const again = card.getByRole("button", { name: words[lang].again });
         const before = await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector("#view-library").scrollTop);
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/library-mcp-health.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/library-mcp-health.test.cjs
index b59331e9..765a7778 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/library-mcp-health.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/library-mcp-health.test.cjs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         await page.route("http://magpie.test/**", server(lang, checks));
         await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
         await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-        await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+        await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
         const status = (name) => page.locator(`#view-library .lib-health[data-server="${name}"]`);
 
         // every server asked for at once, each showing it's being checked
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/library-own-folder.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/library-own-folder.test.cjs
index a7c20410..efccc7ee 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/library-own-folder.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/library-own-folder.test.cjs
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("http://magpie.test/**", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      // the page's entrance played out: a button still sliding in isn't
+      // stable, and Playwright scrolls the view to click it
+      await page.waitForFunction(() => !document.querySelector("#view-library").getAnimations({ subtree: true }).some((a) => a.playState === "running" && isFinite(a.effect.getComputedTiming().endTime)));
       return page;
     };
     const row = (page, name) => page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").filter({ has: page.locator(".name", { hasText: new RegExp("^" + name) }) });
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/list-sort.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/list-sort.test.cjs
index be679a82..8e95d8a8 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/list-sort.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/list-sort.test.cjs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         const openLib = async () => {
           await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
           await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-          await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+          await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
         };
         await openLib();
         assert.deepEqual(await serverNames(), ["Alpha", "beta", "gamma"]);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         await openLib();
         assert.deepEqual(await skillNames(), ["pear", "mango", "kiwi", "cherry", "apple"]);
         await page.locator("#view-library .lib-tabs .opt").nth(1).click();
-        await page.locator("#view-library .lib-list .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+        await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-list .lib-row").first().waitFor();
         assert.deepEqual(await serverNames(), ["gamma", "beta", "Alpha"]);
         await page.locator("#view-library .lib-tabs .opt").nth(2).click();
         await pick("libSkills", 0);
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/menu-scroll.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/menu-scroll.test.cjs
index f8780338..621cc239 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/menu-scroll.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/menu-scroll.test.cjs
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ const sessions = usage.map((u, i) => ({
   last: date + "T08:00:00Z", start: date + "T07:00:00Z", models: [u], unpriced: 0,
 }));
 const state = {
-  agents: [{ id: "fixture", name: "Fixture", path: "/test/config.toml", fields: [{
+  agents: [{ id: "fixture", name: "Fixture", path: "/test/config.toml", wired: true, fields: [{
     key: "model", label: "model", value: "model-01",
-    options: usage.map(u => ({ value: u.model, label: u.model })),
+    options: usage.map(u => ({ value: u.model, label: u.model, ref: u.model })),
   }] }],
   profiles: [], settings: { lang: "en", theme: "light" },
 };
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ async function serve(route) {
   if (url.pathname === "/api/agents/cli") return json({ agents: {}, pending: false });
   if (url.pathname === "/api/groups") return json({ groups: [] });
   if (url.pathname === "/api/gateway/trace") return json({ mine: false, now: date, totals: { requests: 0, rerouted: 0, errors: 0 } });
+  if (url.pathname === "/api/plugins/updates") return json({ waiting: [] });
+  if (url.pathname === "/api/usage/quotas" || url.pathname === "/api/usage/quotas/history" || url.pathname === "/api/agents/install") return json([]);
+  if (url.pathname === "/api/whatsnew") return json({});
   assert(!url.pathname.startsWith("/api/"), "Unexpected API: " + url.pathname);
   const file = path.join(assets, url.pathname === "/" ? "index.html" : url.pathname);
   const contentType = { ".html": "text/html", ".js": "text/javascript", ".css": "text/css", ".svg": "image/svg+xml", ".png": "image/png" }[path.extname(file)];
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/own-skill.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/own-skill.test.cjs
index 78fa4a84..d6febb56 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/own-skill.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/own-skill.test.cjs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
 
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/remove-all-skills.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/remove-all-skills.test.cjs
index 7c492339..2d1b41ef 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/remove-all-skills.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/remove-all-skills.test.cjs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
 
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/routing-sessions.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/routing-sessions.test.cjs
index 3693d8d3..68f1db5f 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/routing-sessions.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/routing-sessions.test.cjs
@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ const { chromium, webkit } = require("playwright");
 const assets = path.resolve(__dirname, "../assets");
 const now = new Date();
 const day = [now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth() + 1, now.getDate()].map((n) => String(n).padStart(2, "0")).join("-");
+// a time as the gateway writes it: local, with its offset, so its date is
+// the local day its history keeps it under (a UTC time is a day off for
+// the hours between the two midnights)
+const stamp = (d) => {
+  const o = -d.getTimezoneOffset(), p = (n) => String(Math.floor(Math.abs(n))).padStart(2, "0");
+  return new Date(d.getTime() + o * 60e3).toISOString().slice(0, 19) + (o < 0 ? "-" : "+") + p(o / 60) + ":" + p(o % 60);
+};
 function req(id, agent, session, cost, priced = true) {
-  const time = new Date(now.getTime() - (10 - id) * 60e3).toISOString();
+  const time = stamp(new Date(now.getTime() - (10 - id) * 60e3));
   const seat = { id: "relay", provider: "relay", name: "Relay", who: "Test account", kind: "account", model: id === 1 ? "model-a" : "model-b" };
   return { id, seq: id, time, agent, session, model: `relay/${seat.model}`, provider: "relay", cost, priced,
     order: [seat], tries: [{ id: seat.id, model: seat.model, start: time, done: true, status: 200, ms: 4500, effort: "medium" }],
@@ -424,8 +431,8 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         const page = await browser.newPage({ viewport: { width: 1100, height: 800 }, reducedMotion: "reduce" });
         page.setDefaultTimeout(10000);
         const errors = [], titleRequests = [];
-        const fixture = Array.from({ length: 2000 }, (_, i) => ({ ...req(i + 1, mixed && i < 800 ? "claude" : "codex", `chat-${i + 1}`, 0.01), time: now.toISOString() }));
-        const extra = { ...req(2001, "codex", "opened-chat", 0.01), time: now.toISOString() };
+        const fixture = Array.from({ length: 2000 }, (_, i) => ({ ...req(i + 1, mixed && i < 800 ? "claude" : "codex", `chat-${i + 1}`, 0.01), time: stamp(now) }));
+        const extra = { ...req(2001, "codex", "opened-chat", 0.01), time: stamp(now) };
         const feed = { titleRequests, route: extra, names: ({ ids }) => ({ names: Object.fromEntries(ids.map((id) => [id, `Applied ${id}`])) }) };
         page.on("pageerror", (e) => errors.push(e.message));
         await page.route("**/*", serve(lang, feed, fixture));
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/sessions-overview.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/sessions-overview.test.cjs
index cd020f70..8112ce08 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/sessions-overview.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/sessions-overview.test.cjs
@@ -250,9 +250,11 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
         const y = (await bar.boundingBox()).y;
         await bar.click();
         await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelector("#sessProjects .sess-bar.on"));
+        // the bars are drawn again once the folder's overview is in: the bar
+        // is measured where that left it, not as it is taken off for it
+        await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelector("#sessStats .kpi b")?.textContent === "7");
         assert.equal((await page.locator("#sessProjects .sess-bar.on").boundingBox()).y, y);
         assert.match(await page.locator("#sessFolder").innerText(), /beta/);
-        await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelector("#sessStats .kpi b")?.textContent === "7");
         assert(seen.some((s) => s.includes("cwd=%2Fwork%2Fbeta")), seen.join("\n"));
         assert.equal(await page.locator("#sessProjects .sess-bar").count(), 2);
         await page.locator("#sessProjects .sess-bar.on").click();
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/shared-skills.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/shared-skills.test.cjs
index ce56b473..6c5ec43c 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/shared-skills.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/shared-skills.test.cjs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
     const row = (page, name) => page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").filter({ has: page.locator(".name", { hasText: new RegExp("^" + name + "$") }) });
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/skill-how.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/skill-how.test.cjs
index 62210b86..25b2c6c2 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/skill-how.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/skill-how.test.cjs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium",
       await page.route("**/*", server(lang, posts));
       await page.goto("http://magpie.test/");
       await page.locator('button[data-view="library"]').click();
-      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-row").first().waitFor();
+      await page.locator("#view-library .lib-body:not(.lib-skel) .lib-row").first().waitFor();
       return page;
     };
 
diff --git a/internal/gui/tests/view-scrollbar.test.cjs b/internal/gui/tests/view-scrollbar.test.cjs
index 81d4db41..1aee868b 100644
--- a/internal/gui/tests/view-scrollbar.test.cjs
+++ b/internal/gui/tests/view-scrollbar.test.cjs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function serve() {
 
 for (const engine of (process.env.BROWSER ? [process.env.BROWSER] : ["chromium", "webkit"])) {
   test(`${engine}: a long page shows a scrollbar, on the Mac too`, async (t) => {
-    const browser = await (engine === "webkit" ? webkit.launch() : chromium.launch({ channel: "chromium" }));
+    const browser = await (engine === "webkit" ? webkit.launch() : chromium.launch({ channel: "chromium", ignoreDefaultArgs: ["--hide-scrollbars"] }));
     const page = await (await browser.newContext({ viewport: { width: 900, height: 500 }, reducedMotion: "reduce" })).newPage();
     t.after(() => browser.close());
     page.setDefaultTimeout(5000);