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 | Problem                            | Solution                                                                                                   |
 | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| News scattered across 100+ sources | **Single unified dashboard** with 100+ curated feeds                                                       |
+| News scattered across 100+ sources | **Single unified dashboard** with 170+ curated feeds across 15 categories                                  |
 | No geospatial context for events   | **Interactive map** with 40+ toggleable data layers                                                        |
 | Information overload               | **AI-synthesized briefs** with focal point detection and local LLM support                                 |
 | Crypto/macro signal noise          | **7-signal market radar** with composite BUY/CASH verdict                                                  |
@@ -44,8 +45,9 @@
 | Cloud-dependent AI tools           | **Run AI locally** with Ollama/LM Studio — no API keys, no data leaves your machine. Opt-in **Headline Memory** builds a local semantic index of every headline for RAG-powered queries |
 | Web-only dashboards                | **Native desktop app** (Tauri) for macOS, Windows, and Linux + installable PWA with offline map support    |
 | Flat 2D maps                       | **3D WebGL globe** with deck.gl rendering and 40+ toggleable data layers                                   |
+| English-only OSINT tools           | **19 languages** with native-language RSS feeds, AI-translated summaries, and RTL support for Arabic       |
 | Siloed financial data              | **Finance variant** with 92 stock exchanges, 19 financial centers, 13 central banks, BIS data, WTO trade policy, and Gulf FDI tracking |
-| Undocumented, fragile APIs         | **Proto-first API contracts** — 20 typed services with auto-generated clients, servers, and OpenAPI docs   |
+| Undocumented, fragile APIs         | **Proto-first API contracts** — 22 typed services with auto-generated clients, servers, and OpenAPI docs   |
 
 ---
 
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ All four variants run from a single codebase — switch between them with one cl
 
 ### Localization & Regional Support
 
-- **Multilingual UI** — Fully localized interface supporting **16 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Thai, and Vietnamese**. Language bundles are lazy-loaded on demand — only the active language is fetched, keeping initial bundle size minimal.
+- **Multilingual UI** — Fully localized interface supporting **19 languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Czech, Greek, and Korean**. Language bundles are lazy-loaded on demand — only the active language is fetched, keeping initial bundle size minimal.
 - **RTL Support** — Native right-to-left layout support for Arabic (`ar`) and Hebrew.
-- **Localized News Feeds** — Region-specific RSS selection based on language preference (e.g., viewing the app in French loads Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, and France24). 17 locales have dedicated native-language feed sets: French, Arabic, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish (BBC Türkçe, Hurriyet, DW Turkish), Polish (TVN24, Polsat News, Rzeczpospolita), Russian (BBC Russian, Meduza, Novaya Gazeta Europe), Thai (Bangkok Post, Thai PBS), Vietnamese (VnExpress, Tuoi Tre News), Korean (Yonhap, Chosun Ilbo), Greek (Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, in.gr, Proto Thema), Portuguese (O Globo, Folha), Japanese (Asahi Shimbun), and Chinese (MIIT, MOFCOM). On first load for non-English users, a one-time locale boost automatically enables these native-language sources without overwriting manual preferences.
+- **Localized News Feeds** — Region-specific RSS selection based on language preference (e.g., viewing the app in French loads Le Monde, Jeune Afrique, and France24). 19 locales have dedicated native-language feed sets: French, Arabic, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish (BBC Türkçe, Hurriyet, DW Turkish), Polish (TVN24, Polsat News, Rzeczpospolita), Russian (BBC Russian, Meduza, Novaya Gazeta Europe), Thai (Bangkok Post, Thai PBS), Vietnamese (VnExpress, Tuoi Tre News), Korean (Yonhap, Chosun Ilbo), Greek (Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, in.gr, Proto Thema), Portuguese (O Globo, Folha), Japanese (Asahi Shimbun), Chinese (MIIT, MOFCOM), and Czech (iDNES, Novinky). On first load for non-English users, a one-time locale boost automatically enables these native-language sources without overwriting manual preferences.
 - **AI Translation** — Integrated LLM translation for news headlines and summaries, enabling cross-language intelligence gathering.
 - **Regional Intelligence** — Dedicated monitoring panels for Africa, Latin America, Middle East, and Asia with local sources.
 
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ All four variants run from a single codebase — switch between them with one cl
 <details>
 <summary><strong>Military & Strategic</strong></summary>
 
-- 220+ military bases from 9 operators
+- 210+ military bases from 9 operators
 - Live military flight tracking (ADS-B)
 - Naval vessel monitoring (AIS)
 - Nuclear facilities & gamma irradiators
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ All four variants run from a single codebase — switch between them with one cl
 - Critical mineral deposits
 - NASA FIRMS satellite fire detection (VIIRS thermal hotspots)
 - 19 global trade routes (container, energy, bulk) with multi-segment arcs through strategic chokepoints
-- Airport delays and closures across 128 monitored airports (FAA + AviationStack + ICAO NOTAM)
+- Airport delays and closures across 107 monitored airports (FAA + AviationStack + ICAO NOTAM)
 
 </details>
 
@@ -182,9 +184,9 @@ All four variants run from a single codebase — switch between them with one cl
 
 ### Live News & Video
 
-- **150+ RSS feeds** across geopolitics, defense, energy, tech, and finance — domain-allowlisted proxy prevents CORS issues. Each variant loads its own curated feed set: ~25 categories for geopolitical, ~20 for tech, ~18 for finance. **Server-side feed aggregation** — a single `listFeedDigest` RPC call fetches all feeds server-side (batched at 20 concurrent requests with 8-second per-feed timeouts and a 25-second overall deadline), caches the categorized digest in Redis for 15 minutes, and serves it to all clients. This eliminates per-client feed fan-out, reducing Vercel Edge invocations by approximately 95%. Individual feed results are separately cached for 10 minutes, so repeated digest builds within that window reuse previously fetched content
-- **Smart default sources with locale boost** — new installations start with a curated subset (~101 sources, Tier 1+2 per panel, minimum 8 per panel) rather than all 150+ feeds. For non-English users, a one-time locale-aware boost automatically enables native-language feeds matching the browser's language (e.g., viewing in Korean enables Yonhap and Chosun Ilbo; viewing in Greek enables Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, and Proto Thema). 17 languages have dedicated native-language feed sets — feeds declare their `lang` field and the boost function matches against the browser locale
-- **8+ default live video streams** — Bloomberg, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Euronews, DW, France24, CNBC, Al Arabiya — with automatic live detection that scrapes YouTube channel pages every 5 minutes to find active streams. 30+ additional channels available from an expandable library (Fox, BBC, CNN Turk, TRT, RT, CBS, NBC, CNN Brasil, and more) across 6 region tabs including **Oceania** (ABC News Australia)
+- **170+ RSS feeds** across geopolitics, defense, energy, tech, and finance — domain-allowlisted proxy prevents CORS issues. Each variant loads its own curated feed set: ~25 categories for geopolitical, ~20 for tech, ~18 for finance. **Server-side feed aggregation** — a single `listFeedDigest` RPC call fetches all feeds server-side (batched at 20 concurrent requests with 8-second per-feed timeouts and a 25-second overall deadline), caches the categorized digest in Redis for 15 minutes, and serves it to all clients. This eliminates per-client feed fan-out, reducing Vercel Edge invocations by approximately 95%. Individual feed results are separately cached for 10 minutes, so repeated digest builds within that window reuse previously fetched content
+- **Smart default sources with locale boost** — new installations start with a curated subset (~101 sources, Tier 1+2 per panel, minimum 8 per panel) rather than all 170+ feeds. For non-English users, a one-time locale-aware boost automatically enables native-language feeds matching the browser's language (e.g., viewing in Korean enables Yonhap and Chosun Ilbo; viewing in Greek enables Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, and Proto Thema). 19 languages have dedicated native-language feed sets — feeds declare their `lang` field and the boost function matches against the browser locale
+- **9 default live video streams** — Bloomberg, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Euronews, DW, France24, CNBC, CNN, Al Arabiya — with automatic live detection that scrapes YouTube channel pages every 5 minutes to find active streams. 70+ additional channels available from an expandable library (Fox, BBC, CNN Turk, TRT, RT, CBS, NBC, CNN Brasil, and more) across 6 region tabs including **Oceania** (ABC News Australia)
 - **HLS native streaming** — 18+ channels (Sky News, Euronews, DW, France24, Al Arabiya, CBS News, TRT World, Sky News Arabia, Al Hadath, RT, ABC News AU, Tagesschau24, India Today, KAN 11, TV5Monde Info, Arise News, NHK World, Fox News, and more) stream via native HLS `<video>` elements instead of YouTube iframes, bypassing cookie popups, bot checks, and WKWebView autoplay restrictions. CNN and CNBC stream via a proxied HLS path through the sidecar. HLS failure triggers automatic 5-minute cooldown with YouTube iframe fallback. RT (Russia Today) — banned from YouTube — streams exclusively via HLS
 - **Fullscreen live video** — a toggle button in the Live News panel header expands the video grid to fill the entire viewport, hiding all other panels. The fullscreen state applies CSS overrides to both the panel element and the document body, with an icon that swaps between expand and collapse states
 - **Desktop embed bridge** — YouTube's IFrame API restricts playback in native webviews (error 153). The dashboard detects this and transparently routes through a cloud-hosted embed proxy with bidirectional message passing (play/pause/mute/unmute/loadVideo)
@@ -239,7 +241,7 @@ All four variants run from a single codebase — switch between them with one cl
 - Infrastructure cascade analysis with proximity correlation
 - Maritime & aviation tracking with surge detection
 - Prediction market integration (Polymarket) with 3-tier JA3 bypass (browser-direct → Tauri native TLS → cloud proxy)
-- **Telegram intelligence feed** — 27 OSINT and breaking news channels (Aurora Intel, BNO News, OSINTdefender, DeepState, LiveUAMap, and more) polled via MTProto client on the Railway relay. Messages are deduplicated, topic-classified (breaking/conflict/alerts/osint/politics), and served through a Vercel edge proxy with 30-second client caching
+- **Telegram intelligence feed** — 26 OSINT and breaking news channels (Aurora Intel, BNO News, OSINTdefender, DeepState, LiveUAMap, and more) polled via MTProto client on the Railway relay. Messages are deduplicated, topic-classified (breaking/conflict/alerts/osint/politics), and served through a Vercel edge proxy with 30-second client caching
 - **OREF rocket alert integration** — near-real-time Israeli Home Front Command siren data (incoming rockets, missiles, drones) polled from `oref.org.il` via residential proxy through the Railway relay (Akamai WAF blocks datacenter IPs). Tracks live alerts and rolling 24-hour history with wave detection. Alert counts feed into CII scoring for Israel (up to +50 conflict score boost)
 - **Government travel advisory aggregation** — security advisories from 4 governments (US State Dept, Australia DFAT, UK FCDO, New Zealand MFAT), 13 US Embassy country-specific feeds, and health agencies (CDC, ECDC, WHO) are aggregated, country-mapped, and deduplicated. Advisory levels feed into CII as both score boosts (+5 to +15) and minimum score floors (Do-Not-Travel forces CII ≥ 60), preventing optimistic drift for countries with active travel warnings from multiple governments
 - **GPS/GNSS interference mapping** — ADS-B transponder data from gpsjam.org identifies H3 hex cells where aircraft report GPS anomalies. Cells with >2% interference are classified as medium (amber), >10% as high (red). Interference zones feed into CII security scoring (up to +35 points per country) and are region-tagged across 12 conflict zones (Iran-Iraq, Ukraine-Russia, Levant, Baltic, etc.)
@@ -561,7 +563,7 @@ When a news event is geo-located, the system automatically identifies critical i
 
 ### News Geo-Location
 
-A 74-hub strategic location database infers geography from headlines via keyword matching. Hubs span capitals, conflict zones, strategic chokepoints (Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal, Malacca Strait), and international organizations. Confidence scoring is boosted for critical-tier hubs and active conflict zones, enabling map-driven news placement without requiring explicit location metadata from RSS feeds.
+A 217-hub strategic location database infers geography from headlines via keyword matching. Hubs span capitals, conflict zones, strategic chokepoints (Strait of Hormuz, Suez Canal, Malacca Strait), and international organizations. Confidence scoring is boosted for critical-tier hubs and active conflict zones, enabling map-driven news placement without requiring explicit location metadata from RSS feeds.
 
 ### Entity Index & Cross-Referencing
 
@@ -606,9 +608,31 @@ The tokenizer extracts CVE identifiers (`CVE-2024-xxxxx`), APT/FIN threat actor
 
 Detected spikes are auto-summarized via Groq (rate-limited to 5 summaries/hour) and emitted as `keyword_spike` signals into the correlation engine, where they compound with other signal types for convergence detection. The term registry is capped at 10,000 entries with LRU eviction to bound memory usage. All thresholds (spike multiplier, min count, cooldown, blocked terms) are configurable via the Settings panel.
 
+### Breaking News Alert Pipeline
+
+The dashboard monitors five independent alert origins and fuses them into a unified breaking news stream with layered deduplication, cooldowns, and source quality gating:
+
+| Origin               | Trigger                                                        | Example                                      |
+| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
+| **RSS alert**        | News item with `isAlert: true` and threat level critical/high  | Reuters flash: missile strike confirmed       |
+| **Keyword spike**    | Trending keyword exceeds spike threshold                       | "nuclear" surges across 8+ feeds in 2 hours  |
+| **Hotspot escalation** | Hotspot escalation score exceeds critical threshold          | Taiwan Strait tension crosses 80/100         |
+| **Military surge**   | Theater posture assessment detects strike packaging            | Tanker + AWACS + fighters co-present in MENA |
+| **OREF siren**       | Israel Home Front Command issues incoming rocket/missile alert | Rocket barrage detected in northern Israel   |
+
+**Anti-noise safeguards**:
+
+- **Per-event dedup** — each alert is keyed by a content hash; repeated alerts for the same event are suppressed for 30 minutes
+- **Global cooldown** — after any alert fires, a 60-second global cooldown prevents rapid-fire notification bursts
+- **Recency gate** — items older than 15 minutes at processing time are silently dropped, preventing stale events from generating alerts after a reconnection
+- **Source tier gating** — Tier 3+ sources (niche outlets, aggregators) must have LLM-confirmed classification (`threat.source !== 'keyword'`) to fire an alert; Tier 1–2 sources bypass this gate
+- **User sensitivity control** — configurable between `critical-only` (only critical severity fires) and `critical-and-high` (both critical and high severities)
+
+When an alert passes all gates, the system dispatches a `wm:breaking-news` CustomEvent on `document`, which the Breaking News Banner consumes to display a persistent top-of-screen notification. Optional browser Notification API popups and an audio chime are available as user settings. Clicking the banner scrolls to the RSS panel that sourced the alert and applies a 1.5-second flash highlight animation.
+
 ### Telegram OSINT Intelligence Feed
 
-27 curated Telegram channels provide a raw, low-latency intelligence feed covering conflict zones, OSINT analysis, and breaking news — sources that are often minutes ahead of traditional wire services during fast-moving events.
+26 curated Telegram channels provide a raw, low-latency intelligence feed covering conflict zones, OSINT analysis, and breaking news — sources that are often minutes ahead of traditional wire services during fast-moving events.
 
 | Tier       | Channels                                                                                                              |
 | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
@@ -624,7 +648,7 @@ Messages are deduplicated by ID, filtered to exclude media-only posts (images wi
 
 The dashboard monitors Israel's Home Front Command (Pikud HaOref) alert system for incoming rocket, missile, and drone sirens — a real-time signal that is difficult to obtain programmatically due to Akamai WAF protection.
 
-**Data flow**: The Railway relay polls `oref.org.il` using `curl` (not Node.js fetch, which is JA3-blocked) through a residential proxy with an Israeli exit IP. On startup, the relay bootstraps history via a two-phase strategy: Phase 1 loads from Redis (filtering entries older than 7 days); if Redis is empty, Phase 2 fetches from the upstream OREF API with exponential backoff retry (up to 3 attempts, delays of 3s/6s/12s + jitter). Alert history is persisted to Redis with dirty-flag deduplication to prevent redundant writes. Live alerts are polled every 5 minutes. Wave detection groups individual siren records by timestamp to identify distinct attack waves. Israel-local timestamps are converted to UTC with DST-aware offset calculation. **1,478 Hebrew→English location translations** — an auto-generated dictionary (from the pikud-haoref-api `cities.json` source) enables automatic translation of Hebrew city names in alert data. Unicode bidirectional control characters are stripped via `sanitizeHebrew()` before translation lookups to prevent mismatches.
+**Data flow**: The Railway relay polls `oref.org.il` using `curl` (not Node.js fetch, which is JA3-blocked) through a residential proxy with an Israeli exit IP. On startup, the relay bootstraps history via a two-phase strategy: Phase 1 loads from Redis (filtering entries older than 7 days); if Redis is empty, Phase 2 fetches from the upstream OREF API with exponential backoff retry (up to 3 attempts, delays of 3s/6s/12s + jitter). Alert history is persisted to Redis with dirty-flag deduplication to prevent redundant writes. Live alerts are polled every 5 minutes. Wave detection groups individual siren records by timestamp to identify distinct attack waves. Israel-local timestamps are converted to UTC with DST-aware offset calculation. **1,480 Hebrew→English location translations** — an auto-generated dictionary (from the pikud-haoref-api `cities.json` source) enables automatic translation of Hebrew city names in alert data. Unicode bidirectional control characters are stripped via `sanitizeHebrew()` before translation lookups to prevent mismatches.
 
 **CII integration**: Active OREF alerts boost Israel's CII conflict component by up to 50 points (`25 + min(25, alertCount × 5)`). Rolling 24-hour history adds a secondary boost: 3–9 alerts in the window contribute +5, 10+ contribute +10 to the blended score. This means a sustained multi-wave rocket barrage drives Israel's CII significantly higher than a single isolated alert.
 
@@ -661,12 +685,12 @@ The Security Advisories panel displays advisories with colored level badges and
 
 ### Airport Delay & NOTAM Monitoring
 
-128 airports across 5 regions (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, MENA, Africa) are continuously monitored for delays, ground stops, and closures through three independent data sources:
+107 airports across 5 regions (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, MENA, Africa) are continuously monitored for delays, ground stops, and closures through three independent data sources:
 
 | Source             | Coverage                  | Method                                                                                                  |
 | ------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **FAA ASWS**       | 14 US hub airports        | Real-time XML feed from `nasstatus.faa.gov` — ground delays, ground stops, arrival/departure delays, closures |
-| **AviationStack**  | 114 international airports | Last 100 flights per airport — cancellation rate and average delay duration computed from flight records  |
+| **AviationStack**  | 40 international airports  | Last 100 flights per airport — cancellation rate and average delay duration computed from flight records  |
 | **ICAO NOTAM API** | 46 MENA airports           | Real-time NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) query for active airport/airspace closures                      |
 
 **NOTAM closure detection** targets MENA airports where airspace closures due to military activity or security events carry strategic significance. Detection uses two methods: ICAO Q-code matching (aerodrome/airspace closure codes `FA`, `AH`, `AL`, `AW`, `AC`, `AM` combined with closure qualifiers `LC`, `AS`, `AU`, `XX`, `AW`) and free-text regex scanning for closure keywords (`AD CLSD`, `AIRPORT CLOSED`, `AIRSPACE CLOSED`). When a NOTAM closure is detected, it overrides any existing delay alert for that airport with a `severe/closure` classification.
@@ -704,7 +728,7 @@ compositeScore =
 
 The entire API surface is defined in Protocol Buffer (`.proto`) files using [sebuf](https://github.com/SebastienMelki/sebuf) HTTP annotations. Code generation produces TypeScript clients, server handler stubs, and OpenAPI 3.1.0 documentation from a single source of truth — eliminating request/response schema drift between frontend and backend.
 
-**20 service domains** cover every data vertical:
+**22 service domains** cover every data vertical:
 
 | Domain           | RPCs                                             |
 | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
@@ -727,6 +751,8 @@ The entire API surface is defined in Protocol Buffer (`.proto`) files using [seb
 | `trade`          | WTO trade restrictions, tariff trends, trade flows, trade barriers |
 | `unrest`         | Protest/unrest events                            |
 | `wildfire`       | Fire detections                                  |
+| `giving`         | Donation platform volumes, crypto giving, ODA    |
+| `positive-events`| Positive news classification, conservation data  |
 
 **Code generation pipeline** — a `Makefile` drives `buf generate` with three custom sebuf protoc plugins:
 
@@ -736,7 +762,7 @@ The entire API surface is defined in Protocol Buffer (`.proto`) files using [seb
 
 Proto definitions include `buf.validate` field constraints (e.g., latitude ∈ [−90, 90]), so request validation is generated automatically — handlers receive pre-validated data. Breaking changes are caught at CI time via `buf breaking` against the main branch.
 
-**Edge gateway** — a single Vercel Edge Function (`api/[domain]/v1/[rpc].ts`) imports all 20 `createServiceRoutes()` functions into a flat `Map<string, handler>` router. Every RPC is a POST endpoint at a static path (e.g., `POST /api/aviation/v1/list-airport-delays`), with CORS enforcement, a top-level error boundary that hides internal details on 5xx responses, and rate-limit support (`retryAfter` on 429). The same router runs locally via a Vite dev-server plugin (`sebufApiPlugin` in `vite.config.ts`) with HMR invalidation on handler changes.
+**Edge gateway** — a single Vercel Edge Function (`api/[domain]/v1/[rpc].ts`) imports all 22 `createServiceRoutes()` functions into a flat `Map<string, handler>` router. Every RPC is a POST endpoint at a static path (e.g., `POST /api/aviation/v1/list-airport-delays`), with CORS enforcement, a top-level error boundary that hides internal details on 5xx responses, and rate-limit support (`retryAfter` on 429). The same router runs locally via a Vite dev-server plugin (`sebufApiPlugin` in `vite.config.ts`) with HMR invalidation on handler changes.
 
 ### Cyber Threat Intelligence Layer
 
@@ -900,6 +926,25 @@ The digest cache key is `news:digest:v1:{variant}:{lang}` with a 900-second TTL.
 
 This eliminates per-client feed fan-out — 1,000 concurrent users each polling 25 feed categories would have generated 25,000 edge invocations per poll cycle. With server-side aggregation, they generate exactly 1 (or 0 if the digest is cached).
 
+### Bootstrap Hydration
+
+The dashboard eliminates cold-start latency by pre-fetching 15 commonly needed datasets in a single Redis pipeline call before any panel renders. On page load, the client fires two parallel requests — a **fast tier** and a **slow tier** — to the `/api/bootstrap` edge function, both with an 800ms abort timeout to avoid blocking first paint.
+
+```
+Page Load → parallel fetch ─┬─ /api/bootstrap?tier=fast  (s-maxage=600)
+                             │    earthquakes, outages, serviceStatuses,
+                             │    macroSignals, chokepoints
+                             │
+                             └─ /api/bootstrap?tier=slow  (s-maxage=3600)
+                                  bisPolicy, bisExchange, bisCredit,
+                                  minerals, giving, sectors, etfFlows,
+                                  shippingRates, wildfires, climateAnomalies
+```
+
+The edge function reads all keys in a single Upstash Redis pipeline — one HTTP round-trip for 15 keys. Results are stored in an in-memory `hydrationCache` Map. When panels initialize, they call `getHydratedData(key)` which returns the pre-fetched data and evicts it from the cache (one-time read) to free memory. Panels that find hydrated data skip their initial API call entirely, rendering instantly with pre-loaded content. Panels that mount after the hydration data has been consumed fall back to their normal fetch cycle.
+
+This converts 15 independent API calls (each with its own DNS lookup, TLS handshake, and Redis round-trip) into exactly 2, cutting first-meaningful-paint time by 2–4 seconds on typical connections.
+
 ### Desktop Auto-Update
 
 The desktop app checks for new versions by polling `worldmonitor.app/api/version` — once at startup (after a 5-second delay) and then every 6 hours. When a newer version is detected (semver comparison), a non-intrusive update badge appears with a direct link to the GitHub Release page.
@@ -920,6 +965,20 @@ Theme state is stored in localStorage and applied via a `[data-theme="light"]` a
 
 A `theme-changed` CustomEvent is dispatched on toggle, allowing panels with custom rendering (charts, maps, gauges) to re-render with the new palette.
 
+### Localization Architecture
+
+The dashboard supports 19 languages with a locale system designed to minimize bundle size while maximizing coverage:
+
+**Language bundles** are stored as JSON files (`src/locales/{code}.json`) and lazy-loaded on demand — only the active language is fetched at runtime, keeping the initial JavaScript bundle free of translation strings. The English locale serves as the fallback: if a key is missing from a non-English locale, the English value is displayed automatically. Language detection follows the cascade: `localStorage` preference → `navigator.language` → English.
+
+**Native-language RSS feeds** — 19 locales have dedicated feed sets that match the user's language. When a non-English user loads the dashboard for the first time, a one-time **locale boost** runs: it examines the browser's language, finds feeds tagged with a matching `lang` field, and enables them alongside the default English sources. The boost is non-destructive — it never overwrites manual feed preferences, and it runs exactly once per locale (tracked via `localStorage`). Examples: Korean users get Yonhap and Chosun Ilbo; Greek users get Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, and Proto Thema; Czech users get iDNES and Novinky.
+
+**RTL support** — Arabic and Hebrew locales trigger automatic right-to-left layout via CSS `direction: rtl` on the root element. All panel layouts, text alignment, and scrollbar positions adapt without per-component overrides.
+
+**AI output language** — when the UI language is non-English, the summarization prompt instructs the LLM to generate its output in the user's language. This applies to World Briefs, AI Deductions, and country intelligence briefs.
+
+**Font stacks** — language-specific font families are applied via `:lang()` CSS selectors: Arabic uses Geeza Pro, Chinese uses PingFang SC / Microsoft YaHei, Japanese uses Hiragino Sans, Korean uses Apple SD Gothic Neo / Malgun Gothic. The base monospace font stack (`--font-mono`) provides 6 platform-specific fallbacks for consistent rendering across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
+
 ### Privacy & Offline Architecture
 
 World Monitor is designed so that sensitive intelligence work can run entirely on local hardware with no data leaving the user's machine. The privacy architecture operates at three levels:
@@ -966,6 +1025,29 @@ All real-time data sources feed into a central signal aggregator that builds a u
 2. **Detects regional convergence** — identifies when multiple signal types spike in the same geographic corridor (e.g., military flights + protests + satellite fires in Eastern Mediterranean)
 3. **Feeds downstream analysis** — the CII, hotspot escalation, focal point detection, and AI insights modules all consume the aggregated signal picture rather than raw data
 
+### Cross-Stream Correlation Engine
+
+Beyond aggregating signals by geography, the system detects meaningful correlations *across* data streams — identifying patterns that no single source would reveal. 14 signal types are continuously evaluated:
+
+| Signal Type               | Detection Logic                                                                 | Why It Matters                                           |
+| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `prediction_leads_news`   | Polymarket probability shifts >5% before matching news headlines appear        | Prediction markets as early-warning indicators           |
+| `news_leads_markets`      | News velocity spike precedes equity/crypto price move by 15–60 min             | Informational advantage detection                        |
+| `silent_divergence`       | Significant market movement with no corresponding news volume                   | Potential insider activity or unreported events           |
+| `velocity_spike`          | News cluster sources-per-hour exceeds 6+ from Tier 1–2 outlets                | Breaking story detection                                 |
+| `keyword_spike`           | Trending term exceeds 3× its 7-day baseline                                   | Emerging narrative detection                             |
+| `convergence`             | 3+ signal types co-locate in same 1°×1° geographic cell                        | Multi-domain crisis indicator                            |
+| `triangulation`           | Same entity appears across news + military tracking + market signals           | High-confidence focal point identification               |
+| `flow_drop`               | ETF flow estimates reverse direction while price continues                     | Smart money divergence                                   |
+| `flow_price_divergence`   | Commodity prices move opposite to shipping flow indicators                     | Supply chain disruption signal                           |
+| `geo_convergence`         | Geographic convergence alert from the spatial binning system                   | Regional crisis acceleration                             |
+| `explained_market_move`   | Market price change has a matching news cluster with causal keywords           | Attributable market reaction                             |
+| `hotspot_escalation`      | Hotspot escalation score exceeds threshold                                     | Conflict zone intensification                            |
+| `sector_cascade`          | Multiple companies in same sector move in same direction simultaneously        | Sector-wide event detection                              |
+| `military_surge`          | Theater posture assessment detects unusual force concentration                 | Military escalation warning                              |
+
+Each signal carries a severity (low/medium/high), geographic coordinates, a human-readable summary, and the raw data that triggered it. Signals are deduplicated per-type with configurable cooldown windows (30 minutes to 6 hours) to prevent alert fatigue. The correlation output feeds into the AI Insights panel, where the narrative synthesis engine weaves detected correlations into a structured intelligence brief.
+
 ### PizzINT Activity Monitor & GDELT Tension Index
 
 The dashboard integrates two complementary geopolitical pulse indicators:
@@ -1127,13 +1209,32 @@ A single codebase produces four specialized dashboards, each with distinct feeds
 | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
 | **Domain**            | worldmonitor.app                                     | tech.worldmonitor.app                           | finance.worldmonitor.app                         | happy.worldmonitor.app                                |
 | **Focus**             | Geopolitics, military, conflicts                     | AI/ML, startups, cybersecurity                  | Markets, trading, central banks                  | Good news, conservation, human progress               |
-| **RSS Feeds**         | ~25 categories (politics, MENA, Africa, think tanks) | ~20 categories (AI, VC blogs, startups, GitHub) | ~18 categories (forex, bonds, commodities, IPOs) | 10+ positive-news sources (GNN, Positive.News, Upworthy) |
-| **Panels**            | 45 (strategic posture, CII, cascade, trade policy)   | 31 (AI labs, unicorns, accelerators)            | 31 (forex, bonds, derivatives, trade policy)     | 8 (good news, breakthroughs, conservation, renewables) |
+| **RSS Feeds**         | 15 categories, 170 feeds (politics, MENA, Africa, think tanks) | 21 categories, 152 feeds (AI, VC blogs, startups, GitHub) | 14 categories, 55 feeds (forex, bonds, commodities, IPOs) | 5 categories, 21 positive-news sources (GNN, Positive.News, Upworthy) |
+| **Panels**            | 47 (strategic posture, CII, cascade, trade policy)   | 35 (AI labs, unicorns, accelerators)            | 33 (forex, bonds, derivatives, trade policy)     | 10 (good news, breakthroughs, conservation, renewables, giving) |
 | **Unique Map Layers** | Military bases, nuclear facilities, hotspots         | Tech HQs, cloud regions, startup hubs           | Stock exchanges, central banks, Gulf investments | Positive events, kindness, species recovery, renewables |
 | **Desktop App**       | World Monitor.app / .exe / .AppImage                 | Tech Monitor.app / .exe / .AppImage             | Finance Monitor.app / .exe / .AppImage           | (web-only)                                            |
 
 **Happy Monitor** is a deliberately uplifting counterpart to the geopolitical dashboard. All conflict, military, and threat overlays are disabled. The variant uses a warm nature-inspired color palette (`happy-theme.css`) and sources content from 10 dedicated positive-news RSS feeds (Good News Network, Positive.News, Reasons to be Cheerful, Optimist Daily, Upworthy, DailyGood, Good Good Good, GOOD Magazine, Sunny Skyz, The Better India). A two-pass positive classifier sorts articles into 6 categories — `science-health`, `nature-wildlife`, `humanity-kindness`, `innovation-tech`, `climate-wins`, `culture-community` — using source-name shortcuts (GNN sub-feeds are pre-classified) followed by priority-ordered keyword matching. Panels include Good News Feed with category filtering, Human Progress metrics, Live Counters, Today's Hero, Breakthroughs, 5 Good Things digest, Conservation Wins (species recovery stories), and Renewable Energy installations.
 
+**Happy Monitor panels in detail**:
+
+- **Good News Feed** — articles from 10 positive-news RSS sources, classified into 6 categories (`science-health`, `nature-wildlife`, `humanity-kindness`, `innovation-tech`, `climate-wins`, `culture-community`) using a two-pass classifier: source-name shortcuts (GNN sub-feeds are pre-classified by URL pattern) followed by priority-ordered keyword matching across 80+ positive terms
+- **Live Humanity Counters** — 6 real-time counters computed client-side with zero API dependency. Each counter calculates `(annual_total / seconds_per_year) × seconds_since_UTC_midnight` to show accumulating global progress throughout the day:
+
+| Counter             | Annual Total        | Rate      | Source                      |
+| ------------------- | ------------------- | --------- | --------------------------- |
+| Babies Born         | 135,600,000         | ~4.3/sec  | UN Population Division      |
+| Trees Planted       | 15,300,000,000      | ~485/sec  | Global Forest Watch / FAO   |
+| Vaccines Given      | 4,600,000,000       | ~146/sec  | WHO / UNICEF                |
+| Students Graduated  | 70,000,000          | ~2.2/sec  | UNESCO                      |
+| Books Published     | 2,200,000           | ~0.07/sec | UNESCO                      |
+| Renewable MW Added  | 510,000             | ~0.016/sec| IRENA / IEA                 |
+
+- **Conservation Wins** — a curated database of 10 species recovery stories (Bald Eagle, Humpback Whale, Giant Panda, Southern White Rhino, Gray Wolf, Peregrine Falcon, American Alligator, Arabian Oryx, California Condor, Mountain Gorilla) with population time-series data sourced from USFWS, IUCN, NOAA, and WWF. Each entry includes recovery status, population trend, and the conservation actions that drove recovery. The dataset is dynamically imported (code-split) so it only loads when the Happy variant is active
+- **Renewable Energy** — regional renewable electricity adoption data from the World Bank (`EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS` indicator, IEA-sourced), covering 8 regions with historical time-series from 1990. Static fallback data (29.6% global average, 2022) ensures the panel renders even when the API is unreachable
+- **Global Giving** — aggregates donation volumes across platforms (GoFundMe, GoGetFunding), crypto giving (wallet inflows, tracked transactions), and institutional giving (OECD Official Development Assistance, CAF World Giving Index, Candid grants). Displays an overall activity index with trend direction and daily flow estimates
+- **Human Progress**, **Today's Hero**, **Breakthroughs** (scrolling ticker), and **5 Good Things Digest** round out the positive-news experience
+
 **Build-time selection** — the `VITE_VARIANT` environment variable controls which configuration is bundled. A Vite HTML plugin transforms meta tags, Open Graph data, PWA manifest, and JSON-LD structured data at build time. Each variant tree-shakes unused data files — the finance build excludes military base coordinates and APT group data, while the geopolitical build excludes stock exchange listings.
 
 **Runtime switching** — a variant selector in the header bar (🌍 WORLD | 💻 TECH | 📈 FINANCE | 😊 HAPPY) navigates between deployed domains on the web, or sets `localStorage['worldmonitor-variant']` in the desktop app to switch without rebuilding.
@@ -1160,6 +1261,22 @@ A single codebase produces four specialized dashboards, each with distinct feeds
 | **Graceful degradation**            | Every feature degrades gracefully when dependencies are unavailable. Missing API keys skip the associated data source — they don't crash the app. Failed upstream APIs serve stale cached data. Browser-side ML works without any server. The dashboard is useful with zero API keys configured (static layers, map, ML models all work offline). |
 | **Multi-source corroboration**      | Critical intelligence signals use multiple independent sources to reduce single-source bias. Protest data merges ACLED + GDELT with Haversine deduplication. Country risk blends news velocity + military activity + unrest events + baseline risk. Disaster data merges USGS + GDACS + NASA EONET on a 0.1° geographic grid.            |
 
+### Intelligence Analysis Tradecraft
+
+The dashboard's design draws from established intelligence analysis methodology, adapted for automated open-source intelligence:
+
+**Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs)** — rather than presenting raw data, the system applies structured frameworks to reduce cognitive bias. The Country Instability Index decomposes "instability" into four weighted components (unrest, conflict, security, information velocity) — forcing analysts to consider each dimension independently rather than anchoring on the most salient headline. The Strategic Risk Score similarly decomposes geopolitical risk into convergence, CII, infrastructure, theater, and breaking news components.
+
+**Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH)** — the multi-source corroboration requirement (news + military + markets + protests before escalating to critical) is an automated form of ACH. No single data stream can drive a critical alert alone — the system requires convergence across independent streams, reducing the impact of single-source reporting errors or propaganda campaigns.
+
+**Intelligence gap awareness** — professional intelligence assessments always note what they *don't* know. The data freshness tracker explicitly reports "what can't be seen" — 28+ sources with status categorization (fresh, stale, very_stale, no_data, error, disabled). When a critical data source goes down, the system displays the gap prominently rather than silently omitting it, preventing false confidence from incomplete data.
+
+**Source credibility weighting** — the 4-tier source hierarchy (wire services → major outlets → specialty → aggregators) mirrors intelligence community source evaluation (A–F reliability, 1–6 confidence). State-affiliated sources are included for completeness but tagged with propaganda risk indicators, enabling analysts to factor in editorial bias. Higher-tier sources carry more weight in focal point detection and alert generation.
+
+**Temporal context** — Welford's online baseline computation provides the temporal context that raw counts lack. "50 military flights" is meaningless without knowing that the average for this day of week and month is 15 — making the observation 3.3σ above normal. The system automatically provides this context for every signal type.
+
+**Kill chain awareness** — the Breaking News Alert Pipeline's 5-origin design mirrors the intelligence kill chain concept. RSS alerts provide initial detection; keyword spikes confirm emerging narratives; hotspot escalation and military surge provide corroborating signals; OREF sirens provide ground truth. Each origin adds confidence to the assessment.
+
 ### Algorithmic Design Decisions
 
 Several non-obvious algorithmic choices are worth explaining:
@@ -1191,11 +1308,35 @@ Feeds also carry a **propaganda risk rating** and **state affiliation flag**. St
 
 ---
 
+## Programmatic API Access
+
+Every data endpoint is accessible programmatically via `api.worldmonitor.app`. The API uses the same edge functions that power the dashboard, with the same caching and rate limiting:
+
+```bash
+# Fetch market quotes
+curl -s 'https://api.worldmonitor.app/api/market/v1/list-market-quotes?symbols=AAPL,MSFT,GOOGL'
+
+# Get airport delays
+curl -s 'https://api.worldmonitor.app/api/aviation/v1/list-airport-delays'
+
+# Fetch climate anomalies
+curl -s 'https://api.worldmonitor.app/api/climate/v1/list-climate-anomalies'
+
+# Get earthquake data
+curl -s 'https://api.worldmonitor.app/api/seismology/v1/list-earthquakes'
+```
+
+All 22 service domains are available as REST endpoints following the pattern `POST /api/{domain}/v1/{rpc-name}`. GET requests with query parameters are supported for read-only RPCs. Responses include `X-Cache` headers (`HIT`, `REDIS-HIT`, `MISS`) for cache debugging and `Cache-Control` headers for CDN integration.
+
+> **Note**: Use `api.worldmonitor.app`, not `worldmonitor.app` — the main domain requires browser origin headers and returns 403 for programmatic access.
+
+---
+
 ## Edge Function Architecture
 
 World Monitor uses 60+ Vercel Edge Functions as a lightweight API layer, split into two generations. Legacy endpoints in `api/*.js` each handle a single data source concern — proxying, caching, or transforming external APIs. The newer proto-first endpoints route through a single edge gateway (`api/[domain]/v1/[rpc].ts`) that dispatches to typed handler implementations generated from Protocol Buffer definitions (see [Proto-First API Contracts](#proto-first-api-contracts)). Both generations coexist, with new features built proto-first. This architecture avoids a monolithic backend while keeping API keys server-side:
 
-- **RSS Proxy** — domain-allowlisted proxy for 100+ feeds, preventing CORS issues and hiding origin servers. Feeds from domains that block Vercel IPs are automatically routed through the Railway relay.
+- **RSS Proxy** — domain-allowlisted proxy for 170+ feeds, preventing CORS issues and hiding origin servers. Feeds from domains that block Vercel IPs are automatically routed through the Railway relay.
 - **AI Pipeline** — Groq and OpenRouter edge functions with Redis deduplication, so identical headlines across concurrent users only trigger one LLM call. The classify-event endpoint pauses its queue on 500 errors to avoid wasting API quota.
 - **Data Adapters** — GDELT, ACLED, OpenSky, USGS, NASA FIRMS, FRED, Yahoo Finance, CoinGecko, mempool.space, BIS, WTO, and others each have dedicated edge functions that normalize responses into consistent schemas
 - **Market Intelligence** — macro signals, ETF flows, and stablecoin monitors compute derived analytics server-side (VWAP, SMA, peg deviation, flow estimates) and cache results in Redis
@@ -1218,7 +1359,7 @@ All three variants run on three platforms that work together:
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
 │          Vercel (Edge)              │
 │  60+ edge functions · static SPA    │
-│  Proto gateway (20 typed services)  │
+│  Proto gateway (22 typed services)  │
 │  CORS allowlist · Redis cache       │
 │  AI pipeline · market analytics     │
 │  CDN caching (s-maxage) · PWA host  │
@@ -1238,7 +1379,7 @@ All three variants run on three platforms that work together:
 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │        Railway (Relay Server)            │
 │  AIS WebSocket · OpenSky OAuth2          │
-│  Telegram MTProto (27 OSINT channels)    │
+│  Telegram MTProto (26 OSINT channels)    │
 │  OREF rocket alerts (residential proxy)  │
 │  Polymarket proxy (queue backpressure)   │
 │  ICAO NOTAM · RSS proxy · gzip all resp │
@@ -1249,7 +1390,7 @@ All three variants run on three platforms that work together:
 
 - **AIS vessel tracking** — maintains a persistent WebSocket connection to AISStream.io and multiplexes it to all connected browser clients, avoiding per-user connection limits
 - **OpenSky aircraft data** — authenticates via OAuth2 client credentials flow (Vercel IPs get 403'd by OpenSky without auth tokens)
-- **Telegram intelligence** — a GramJS MTProto client polls 27 OSINT channels on a 60-second cycle with per-channel timeouts and FLOOD_WAIT handling
+- **Telegram intelligence** — a GramJS MTProto client polls 26 OSINT channels on a 60-second cycle with per-channel timeouts and FLOOD_WAIT handling
 - **OREF rocket alerts** — polls Israel's Home Front Command alert system via `curl` through a residential proxy (Akamai WAF blocks datacenter TLS fingerprints)
 - **Polymarket proxy** — fetches from Gamma API with concurrent upstream limiting (max 3 simultaneous, queue backpressure at 20), in-flight deduplication, and 10-minute caching to prevent stampedes from 11 parallel tag queries
 - **ICAO NOTAM proxy** — routes NOTAM closure queries through the relay for MENA airports, bypassing Vercel IP restrictions on ICAO's API
@@ -1316,7 +1457,7 @@ The sidecar defaults to port 46123 but handles `EADDRINUSE` gracefully — if th
 
 ### Local RSS Proxy
 
-The sidecar includes a built-in RSS proxy handler that fetches news feeds directly from source domains, bypassing the cloud RSS proxy entirely. This means the desktop app can load all 150+ RSS feeds without any cloud dependency — the same domain allowlist used by the Vercel edge proxy is enforced locally. Combined with the local API handlers, this enables the desktop app to operate as a fully self-contained intelligence aggregation platform.
+The sidecar includes a built-in RSS proxy handler that fetches news feeds directly from source domains, bypassing the cloud RSS proxy entirely. This means the desktop app can load all 170+ RSS feeds without any cloud dependency — the same domain allowlist used by the Vercel edge proxy is enforced locally. Combined with the local API handlers, this enables the desktop app to operate as a fully self-contained intelligence aggregation platform.
 
 ### Sidecar Resilience
 
@@ -1361,6 +1502,16 @@ Every API edge function includes `Cache-Control` headers that enable Vercel's CD
 
 Static assets use content-hash filenames with 1-year immutable cache headers. The service worker file (`sw.js`) is never cached (`max-age=0, must-revalidate`) to ensure update detection.
 
+### Client-Side Circuit Breakers
+
+Every data-fetching panel uses a circuit breaker that prevents cascading failures from bringing down the entire dashboard. The pattern works at two levels:
+
+**Per-feed circuit breakers** (RSS) — each RSS feed URL has an independent failure counter. After 2 consecutive failures, the feed enters a 5-minute cooldown during which no fetch attempts are made. The feed automatically re-enters the pool after the cooldown expires. This prevents a single misconfigured or downed feed from consuming fetch budget and slowing the entire news refresh cycle.
+
+**Per-panel circuit breakers** (data panels) — panels that fetch from API endpoints use IndexedDB-backed persistent caches (`worldmonitor_persistent_cache` store) with TTL envelopes. When a fetch succeeds, the result is stored with an expiration timestamp. On subsequent loads, the circuit breaker serves the cached result immediately and attempts a background refresh. If the background refresh fails, the stale cached data continues to display — panels never go blank due to transient API failures. Cache entries survive page reloads and browser restarts.
+
+The circuit breaker degrades gracefully across storage tiers: IndexedDB (primary, up to device quota) → localStorage fallback (5MB limit) → in-memory Map (session-only). When device storage quota is exhausted (common on mobile Safari), a global `_storageQuotaExceeded` flag disables all further writes while reads continue normally.
+
 ### Brotli Pre-Compression (Build-Time)
 
 `vite build` now emits pre-compressed Brotli artifacts (`*.br`) for static assets larger than 1KB (JS, CSS, HTML, SVG, JSON, XML, TXT, WASM). This reduces transfer size by roughly 20–30% vs gzip-only delivery when the edge can serve Brotli directly.
@@ -1385,6 +1536,17 @@ All relay server responses pass through `gzipSync` when the client accepts gzip
 
 When multiple connected clients poll simultaneously (common with the relay's multi-tenant WebSocket architecture), identical upstream requests are deduplicated at the relay level. The first request for a given resource key (e.g., an RSS feed URL or OpenSky bounding box) creates a Promise stored in an in-flight Map. All concurrent requests for the same key await that single Promise rather than stampeding the upstream API. Subsequent requests are served from cache with an `X-Cache: DEDUP` header. This prevents scenarios like 53 concurrent RSS cache misses or 5 simultaneous OpenSky requests for the same geographic region — all resolved by a single upstream fetch.
 
+### Adaptive Refresh Scheduling
+
+Rather than polling at fixed intervals, the dashboard uses an adaptive refresh scheduler that responds to network conditions, tab visibility, and data freshness:
+
+- **Exponential backoff on failure** — when a refresh fails or returns no new data, the next poll interval doubles, up to a maximum of 4× the base interval. A successful fetch with new data resets the multiplier to 1×
+- **Hidden-tab throttle** — when `document.visibilityState` is `hidden`, all poll intervals are multiplied by 10×. A tab polling every 60 seconds in the foreground slows to every 10 minutes in the background, dramatically reducing wasted requests from inactive tabs
+- **Jitter** — each computed interval is randomized by ±10% to prevent synchronized API storms when multiple tabs or users share the same server. Without jitter, two tabs opened at the same time would poll in lockstep indefinitely
+- **Stale flush on visibility restore** — when a hidden tab becomes visible, the scheduler identifies all refresh tasks whose data is older than their base interval and re-runs them immediately, staggered 150ms apart to avoid a request burst. This ensures users returning to a background tab see fresh data within seconds
+- **In-flight deduplication** — concurrent calls to the same named refresh are collapsed; only one is allowed in-flight at a time
+- **Conditional registration** — refresh tasks can include a `condition` function that is evaluated before each poll; tasks whose conditions are no longer met (e.g., a panel that has been collapsed) skip their fetch cycle entirely
+
 ### Frontend Polling Intervals
 
 Panels refresh at staggered intervals to avoid synchronized API storms:
@@ -1422,6 +1584,8 @@ Cache keys are versioned (`opensky:v2:lamin=...`, `macro-signals:v2:default`) so
 
 **In-flight promise deduplication** — the `cachedFetchJson` function in `server/_shared/redis.ts` maintains an in-memory `Map<string, Promise>` of active upstream requests. When a cache miss occurs, the first caller's fetch creates and registers a Promise in the map. All concurrent callers for the same cache key await that single Promise rather than independently hitting the upstream API. This eliminates the "thundering herd" problem where multiple edge function instances simultaneously race to refill an expired cache entry — a scenario that previously caused 50+ concurrent upstream requests during the ~15-second refill window for popular endpoints.
 
+**Negative caching** — when an upstream API returns an error, the system caches a sentinel value (`__WM_NEG__`) for 120 seconds rather than leaving the cache empty. This prevents a failure cascade where hundreds of concurrent requests all independently discover the cache is empty and simultaneously hammer the downed API. The negative sentinel is transparent to consumers — `cachedFetchJson` returns `null` for negative-cached keys, and panels fall back to stale data or show an appropriate empty state. Longer negative TTLs are used for specific APIs: UCDP uses 5-minute backoff, Polymarket queue rejections use 30-second backoff.
+
 The AI summarization pipeline adds content-based deduplication: headlines are hashed and checked against Redis before calling Groq, so the same breaking news viewed by 1,000 concurrent users triggers exactly one LLM call.
 
 ---
@@ -1571,7 +1735,7 @@ node scripts/ais-relay.cjs
 | ----------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **AIS Vessel Tracking** | WebSocket       | Live AIS maritime data with chokepoint detection and density grids   |
 | **OpenSky Aircraft**    | REST (polling)  | Military flight tracking across merged query regions                 |
-| **Telegram OSINT**      | MTProto (GramJS)| 27 OSINT channels polled on 60s cycle with FLOOD_WAIT handling       |
+| **Telegram OSINT**      | MTProto (GramJS)| 26 OSINT channels polled on 60s cycle with FLOOD_WAIT handling       |
 | **OREF Rocket Alerts**  | curl + proxy    | Israel Home Front Command sirens via residential proxy (Akamai WAF)  |
 | **Polymarket Proxy**    | HTTPS           | JA3 fingerprint bypass with request queuing and cache deduplication   |
 | **ICAO NOTAM**          | REST            | Airport/airspace closure detection for 46 MENA airports              |
@@ -1588,16 +1752,16 @@ Set `WS_RELAY_URL` (server-side, HTTPS) and `VITE_WS_RELAY_URL` (client-side, WS
 | **Desktop**           | Tauri 2 (Rust) with Node.js sidecar, OS keychain integration (keyring crate), native TLS (reqwest)                                             |
 | **AI/ML**             | Ollama / LM Studio (local, OpenAI-compatible), Groq (Llama 3.1 8B), OpenRouter (fallback), Transformers.js (browser-side T5, NER, embeddings), IndexedDB vector store (5K headline RAG) |
 | **Caching**           | Redis (Upstash) — 3-tier cache with in-memory + Redis + upstream, cross-user AI deduplication. Vercel CDN (s-maxage). Service worker (Workbox) |
-| **Geopolitical APIs** | OpenSky, GDELT, ACLED, UCDP, HAPI, USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, NASA FIRMS, Polymarket, Cloudflare Radar, WorldPop, OREF (Israel sirens), gpsjam.org (GPS interference), Telegram MTProto (27 OSINT channels) |
+| **Geopolitical APIs** | OpenSky, GDELT, ACLED, UCDP, HAPI, USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, NASA FIRMS, Polymarket, Cloudflare Radar, WorldPop, OREF (Israel sirens), gpsjam.org (GPS interference), Telegram MTProto (26 OSINT channels) |
 | **Market APIs**       | Yahoo Finance (equities, forex, crypto), CoinGecko (stablecoins), mempool.space (BTC hashrate), alternative.me (Fear & Greed)                  |
 | **Threat Intel APIs** | abuse.ch (Feodo Tracker, URLhaus), AlienVault OTX, AbuseIPDB, C2IntelFeeds                                                                     |
 | **Economic APIs**     | FRED (Federal Reserve), EIA (Energy), Finnhub (stock quotes)                                                                                   |
-| **Localization**      | i18next (16 languages: en, fr, de, es, it, pl, pt, nl, sv, ru, ar, zh, ja, tr, th, vi), RTL support, lazy-loaded bundles, native-language feeds for 17 locales with one-time locale boost |
-| **API Contracts**     | Protocol Buffers (92 proto files, 20 services), sebuf HTTP annotations, buf CLI (lint + breaking checks), auto-generated TypeScript clients/servers + OpenAPI 3.1.0 docs |
+| **Localization**      | i18next (19 languages: en, fr, de, es, it, pl, pt, nl, sv, ru, ar, zh, ja, tr, th, vi, cs, el, ko), RTL support, lazy-loaded bundles, native-language feeds for 19 locales with one-time locale boost |
+| **API Contracts**     | Protocol Buffers (92 proto files, 22 services), sebuf HTTP annotations, buf CLI (lint + breaking checks), auto-generated TypeScript clients/servers + OpenAPI 3.1.0 docs |
 | **Analytics**         | Vercel Analytics (privacy-first, lightweight web vitals and page view tracking)                                                                 |
 | **Deployment**        | Vercel Edge Functions (60+ endpoints) + Railway (WebSocket relay + Telegram + OREF + Polymarket proxy + NOTAM) + Tauri (macOS/Windows/Linux) + PWA (installable) |
 | **Finance Data**      | 92 stock exchanges, 19 financial centers, 13 central banks, 10 commodity hubs, 64 Gulf FDI investments                                         |
-| **Data**              | 150+ RSS feeds, ADS-B transponders, AIS maritime data, VIIRS satellite imagery, 30+ live video channels (8+ default YouTube + 18+ HLS native), 27 Telegram OSINT channels |
+| **Data**              | 170+ RSS feeds (full variant), 398 across all variants, ADS-B transponders, AIS maritime data, VIIRS satellite imagery, 30+ live video channels (8+ default YouTube + 18+ HLS native), 26 Telegram OSINT channels |
 
 ---
 
@@ -1688,7 +1852,7 @@ Desktop release details, signing hooks, variant outputs, and clean-machine valid
 - [x] Consolidated keychain vault (single OS prompt on startup)
 - [x] Cross-window secret synchronization (main ↔ settings)
 - [x] API key verification pipeline with soft-pass on network errors
-- [x] Proto-first API contracts (92 proto files, 20 service domains, auto-generated TypeScript + OpenAPI docs)
+- [x] Proto-first API contracts (92 proto files, 22 service domains, auto-generated TypeScript + OpenAPI docs)
 - [x] USNI Fleet Intelligence (weekly deployment reports merged with live AIS tracking)
 - [x] Aircraft enrichment via Wingbits (military confidence classification)
 - [x] Undersea cable health monitoring (NGA navigational warnings + AIS cable ship tracking)
@@ -1700,7 +1864,7 @@ Desktop release details, signing hooks, variant outputs, and clean-machine valid
 - [x] In-flight request deduplication on relay (prevents upstream API stampede from concurrent clients)
 - [x] Instant flat-render news panels (ML clustering runs async, items appear immediately)
 - [x] Cable health scoring algorithm (time-decay weighted signals from NGA warnings with cos-lat distance matching)
-- [x] Thai and Vietnamese localization (16 total languages, 1,361 keys per locale)
+- [x] Thai and Vietnamese localization (19 total languages, 1,361 keys per locale)
 - [x] Native-language RSS feeds for Turkish, Polish, Russian, Thai, and Vietnamese locales
 - [x] Desktop sidecar RSS proxy (local feed fetching without cloud fallback)
 - [x] Negative caching and version discovery for UCDP upstream API resilience
@@ -1734,18 +1898,18 @@ Desktop release details, signing hooks, variant outputs, and clean-machine valid
 - [x] Sidecar auth resilience (401-retry with token refresh, settings window `diagFetch` auth)
 - [x] Verbose toggle persistence to writable data directory (fixes read-only app bundle on macOS)
 - [x] Finnhub-to-Yahoo fallback routing when API key is missing
-- [x] Telegram OSINT intelligence feed (27 channels via MTProto with dedup, classification, and FLOOD_WAIT handling)
+- [x] Telegram OSINT intelligence feed (26 channels via MTProto with dedup, classification, and FLOOD_WAIT handling)
 - [x] OREF rocket alert integration (Israel Home Front Command siren data with wave detection and CII boost)
 - [x] GPS/GNSS interference mapping (H3 hex grid from ADS-B data, 12 conflict regions, CII security scoring)
 - [x] Government travel advisory aggregation (4 governments + 13 embassies + health agencies → CII score floors)
-- [x] Airport delay & NOTAM monitoring (128 airports, FAA + AviationStack + ICAO NOTAM closure detection)
+- [x] Airport delay & NOTAM monitoring (107 airports, FAA + AviationStack + ICAO NOTAM closure detection)
 - [x] Strategic Risk Score algorithm (composite geopolitical risk from convergence, CII, infrastructure, theater, breaking news)
 - [x] HLS native streaming (10 channels bypass YouTube iframes — Sky News, Euronews, DW, France24, RT, and more)
 - [x] Polymarket in-flight request deduplication and queue backpressure (max 20 queued, response slicing)
 - [x] AI Deduction & Forecasting panel (LLM-powered near-term geopolitical timeline analysis with live headline context)
 - [x] Headline Memory (RAG) — opt-in client-side vector store with ONNX embeddings, IndexedDB persistence, and semantic search
 - [x] Server-side feed aggregation via `listFeedDigest` RPC — reduces Vercel Edge invocations by ~95%
-- [x] Smart default source reduction (~101 from 150+) with one-time locale-aware boost for 17 languages
+- [x] Smart default source reduction (~101 from 170+) with one-time locale-aware boost for 19 languages
 - [x] Gulf Economies panel (GCC indices, currencies, oil with mini sparklines and 60-second polling)
 - [x] Mobile-optimized map (touch pan with inertia, pinch-to-zoom, bottom-sheet popups, timezone-based location detection)
 - [x] 18+ HLS native streaming channels (Fox News, ABC News AU, NHK World, TV5Monde, Tagesschau24, and more)
@@ -1762,6 +1926,15 @@ Desktop release details, signing hooks, variant outputs, and clean-machine valid
 - [x] Mobile responsiveness improvements (collapsible map, panel sizing, font scaling)
 - [x] PWA service worker update fix (stops auto-reload on SW update)
 - [x] Lazy-loaded DeductionPanel (excludes DOMPurify from web bundle unless panel is accessed)
+- [x] Czech, Greek, and Korean localization (19 total languages with native-language feed sets)
+- [x] Bootstrap hydration (15 Redis keys pre-fetched in a single pipeline call, 2-tier parallel loading)
+- [x] Breaking news alert pipeline (5 alert origins with per-event dedup, source tier gating, and sensitivity control)
+- [x] Cross-stream correlation engine (14 signal types detecting patterns across news, markets, military, and prediction streams)
+- [x] Adaptive refresh scheduling (exponential backoff, 10× hidden-tab throttle, jitter, stale-flush on visibility restore)
+- [x] Client-side circuit breakers with IndexedDB persistence and graceful storage quota degradation
+- [x] Programmatic API access via `api.worldmonitor.app` (22 service domains, REST + query param support)
+- [x] Happy Monitor deep features (6 real-time humanity counters, 10 species conservation stories, renewable energy tracking, global giving aggregation)
+- [x] Negative caching with sentinel values (prevents thundering herd on downed upstream APIs)
 - [ ] Mobile-optimized views
 - [ ] Push notifications for critical alerts
 - [ ] Self-hosted Docker image
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3807a06d..726373b51 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "world-monitor",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.5.23",
+  "version": "2.5.24",
   "license": "AGPL-3.0-only",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 0b742902b..691284104 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "world-monitor"
-version = "2.5.23"
+version = "2.5.24"
 description = "World Monitor desktop application"
 authors = ["World Monitor"]
 edition = "2021"
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index b75466c6a..0ce8cb7ca 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
   "productName": "World Monitor",
   "mainBinaryName": "world-monitor",
-  "version": "2.5.23",
+  "version": "2.5.24",
   "identifier": "app.worldmonitor.desktop",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run build:sidecar-sebuf && npm run dev",