diff --git a/e2e/settings-search.spec.ts b/e2e/settings-search.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2a87f847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/settings-search.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { ensureUser, hsReachable, loginUI, uniq } from './localHs';
+
+// [Gitea #463] Search across all settings.
+test.describe('settings search (#463)', () => {
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
+    test.skip(!(await hsReachable()), 'local homeserver not running');
+  });
+
+  test('finds a setting, opens its page and shows it', async ({ page }) => {
+    test.setTimeout(120_000);
+    const user = await ensureUser(uniq('ss'));
+    await loginUI(page, user);
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'User Settings' }).click();
+    const dialog = page.getByRole('dialog').first();
+    const box = dialog.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Search settings' });
+
+    // Ctrl+F focuses the box while settings are open (after the dialog has
+    // placed its own initial focus).
+    await expect(box).toBeVisible();
+    await page.waitForTimeout(800);
+    await page.keyboard.press('ControlOrMeta+f');
+    await expect(box).toBeFocused();
+
+    await box.fill('deafen');
+    const results = dialog.getByRole('list', { name: 'Matching settings' });
+    const first = results.getByRole('listitem').first();
+    await expect(first).toContainText('Push to deafen');
+    await expect(first).toContainText('Calls & audio');
+    await expect(dialog.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Settings sections' })).toBeHidden();
+    await first.click();
+    await expect(dialog.getByText('Calls & audio', { exact: true }).last()).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(dialog.getByText('Push to deafen', { exact: true })).toBeInViewport();
+    await expect(dialog.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Settings sections' })).toBeVisible();
+
+    // A description word finds it too; Enter picks the top result.
+    await box.fill('utm');
+    await expect(results.getByRole('listitem').first()).toContainText(
+      'Strip tracking parameters from links',
+    );
+    await box.press('Enter');
+    await expect(dialog.getByText('Strip tracking parameters from links')).toBeInViewport();
+
+    // No match, then Esc clears.
+    await box.fill('zzzz-nothing');
+    await expect(dialog.getByText(/No settings match/)).toBeVisible();
+    await box.press('Escape');
+    await expect(box).toHaveValue('');
+    await expect(dialog).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/components/message/content/ImageContent.tsx b/src/app/components/message/content/ImageContent.tsx
index 47ece05e1..c085e8479 100644
--- a/src/app/components/message/content/ImageContent.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/message/content/ImageContent.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { useMediaAuthentication } from '../../../hooks/useMediaAuthentication';
 import { ModalWide } from '../../../styles/Modal.css';
 import { validBlurHash } from '../../../utils/blurHash';
 import { useNearViewport } from '../../../hooks/useNearViewport';
+import { whenMediaAuthReady } from '../../../../sw-session';
 
 type RenderViewerProps = {
   src: string;
@@ -115,13 +116,24 @@ export const ImageContent = as<'div', ImageContentProps>(
     const handleLoad = () => {
       setLoad(true);
     };
+    // An image requested before the service worker controls the page goes out
+    // without the access token and fails (first visit, just after an update).
+    // Retry once by itself when that's ready; only then offer "Retry".
+    const [attempt, setAttempt] = useState(0);
+    const autoRetried = useRef(false);
     const handleError = () => {
       setLoad(false);
+      if (!autoRetried.current && !encInfo) {
+        autoRetried.current = true;
+        whenMediaAuthReady().then(() => setAttempt((n) => n + 1));
+        return;
+      }
       setError(true);
     };
 
     const handleRetry = () => {
       setError(false);
+      setAttempt((n) => n + 1);
       loadSrc();
     };
 
@@ -182,7 +194,7 @@ export const ImageContent = as<'div', ImageContentProps>(
           </Box>
         )}
         {srcState.status === AsyncStatus.Success && (
-          <Box className={classNames(css.AbsoluteContainer, blurred && css.Blur)}>
+          <Box key={attempt} className={classNames(css.AbsoluteContainer, blurred && css.Blur)}>
             {renderImage({
               alt: body,
               title: body,
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/Settings.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/Settings.tsx
index 07b90d317..8c665f514 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/Settings.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import {
   Avatar,
   Box,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   OverlayBackdrop,
   OverlayCenter,
   Text,
+  color,
 } from 'folds';
 import FocusTrap from 'focus-trap-react';
 import {
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ import { UseStateProvider } from '../../components/UseStateProvider';
 import { stopPropagation } from '../../utils/keyboard';
 import { LogoutDialog } from '../../components/LogoutDialog';
 import { SettingsPages } from './pages';
+import { SettingsSearch } from './search/SettingsSearch';
+import type { SettingsEntry } from './search/settingsIndex';
 
 export { SettingsPages };
 
@@ -94,6 +97,49 @@ export function Settings({ initialPage, requestClose }: SettingsProps) {
     return screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile ? undefined : SettingsPages.AccountPage;
   });
   const menuItems = useSettingsMenuItems();
+  // [Gitea #463] Settings search: results replace the page list while typing;
+  // picking one opens its page and briefly highlights the setting.
+  const pageNames = useMemo(
+    () => new Map(menuItems.map((item) => [item.page, item.name])),
+    [menuItems],
+  );
+  const [searching, setSearching] = useState(false);
+  const [highlight, setHighlight] = useState<string>();
+  const pickResult = useCallback((entry: SettingsEntry) => {
+    setActivePage(entry.page);
+    setHighlight(entry.title);
+  }, []);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!highlight) return undefined;
+    let tries = 0;
+    let flashTimer: number | undefined;
+    const find = () => {
+      const match = [...document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('p, span, label, h1, h2, h3')].find(
+        (el) =>
+          !el.closest('nav') && el.textContent?.trim() === highlight && el.offsetParent !== null,
+      );
+      if (!match) {
+        tries += 1;
+        if (tries < 20) poll = window.setTimeout(find, 100);
+        else setHighlight(undefined);
+        return;
+      }
+      const target = (match.closest('[class*="SequenceCard"]') as HTMLElement | null) ?? match;
+      target.scrollIntoView({ block: 'center', behavior: 'smooth' });
+      const prev = target.style.boxShadow;
+      target.style.boxShadow = `0 0 0 2px ${color.Primary.Main}`;
+      target.style.transition = 'box-shadow 0.3s';
+      flashTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+        target.style.boxShadow = prev;
+        setHighlight(undefined);
+      }, 1800);
+    };
+    let poll = window.setTimeout(find, 50);
+    return () => {
+      window.clearTimeout(poll);
+      window.clearTimeout(flashTimer);
+    };
+  }, [highlight, activePage]);
 
   const handlePageRequestClose = () => {
     if (screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile) {
@@ -134,8 +180,13 @@ export function Settings({ initialPage, requestClose }: SettingsProps) {
               </Box>
             </PageNavHeader>
             <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column">
+              <SettingsSearch
+                pageNames={pageNames}
+                onActiveChange={setSearching}
+                onPick={pickResult}
+              />
               <PageNavContent>
-                <nav aria-label="Settings sections" style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>
+                <nav aria-label="Settings sections" style={{ flexGrow: 1 }} hidden={searching}>
                   {menuItems.map((item) => (
                     <MenuItem
                       key={item.name}
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/search/SettingsSearch.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/search/SettingsSearch.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9abfc4edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/search/SettingsSearch.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import { Box, Icon, IconButton, Icons, Input, MenuItem, Text, config } from 'folds';
+import { SettingsPages } from '../pages';
+import { searchSettings, SettingsEntry } from './settingsIndex';
+import { loadSettingsIndex } from './loadSettingsIndex';
+import { isTauri } from '../../../hooks/useTauri';
+
+type SettingsSearchProps = {
+  pageNames: Map<SettingsPages, string>;
+  /** Whether a query is active (the page list is hidden meanwhile). */
+  onActiveChange: (active: boolean) => void;
+  onPick: (entry: SettingsEntry) => void;
+};
+
+/**
+ * [Gitea #463] Search box at the top of the settings sidebar. Ctrl/Cmd+F
+ * focuses it while settings are open; Esc clears it.
+ */
+export function SettingsSearch({ pageNames, onActiveChange, onPick }: SettingsSearchProps) {
+  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const [entries, setEntries] = useState<SettingsEntry[]>();
+  const active = query.trim().length > 0;
+
+  useEffect(() => onActiveChange(active), [active, onActiveChange]);
+
+  const ensureIndex = () => {
+    if (!entries) loadSettingsIndex().then(setEntries, () => setEntries([]));
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onKey = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      if ((e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'f') {
+        // Capture phase + stop: settings is on top, so this beats the app's
+        // own Ctrl/Cmd+F (message search) underneath.
+        e.preventDefault();
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        inputRef.current?.focus();
+        inputRef.current?.select();
+      }
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey, true);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey, true);
+  }, []);
+
+  // Only desktop-app options in the desktop app; only pages that exist here.
+  const results = entries
+    ? searchSettings(entries, query, { desktop: isTauri() }).filter((e) => pageNames.has(e.page))
+    : [];
+
+  return (
+    <Box direction="Column" gap="200" style={{ padding: `0 ${config.space.S200}` }}>
+      <Input
+        ref={inputRef}
+        size="400"
+        variant="Background"
+        radii="400"
+        placeholder="Search settings"
+        aria-label="Search settings"
+        value={query}
+        onFocus={ensureIndex}
+        onChange={(e) => {
+          ensureIndex();
+          setQuery(e.currentTarget.value);
+        }}
+        onKeyDown={(e) => {
+          if (e.key === 'Escape' && query) {
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            setQuery('');
+          }
+          if (e.key === 'Enter' && results[0]) {
+            onPick(results[0]);
+            setQuery('');
+          }
+        }}
+        before={<Icon size="100" src={Icons.Search} />}
+        after={
+          query ? (
+            <IconButton
+              size="300"
+              radii="300"
+              variant="Background"
+              aria-label="Clear search"
+              onClick={() => setQuery('')}
+            >
+              <Icon size="50" src={Icons.Cross} />
+            </IconButton>
+          ) : undefined
+        }
+      />
+      {active && (
+        <Box direction="Column" role="list" aria-label="Matching settings">
+          {entries === undefined && (
+            <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ padding: config.space.S200 }}>
+              Searching…
+            </Text>
+          )}
+          {entries !== undefined && results.length === 0 && (
+            <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ padding: config.space.S200 }}>
+              No settings match “{query.trim()}”.
+            </Text>
+          )}
+          {results.map((r) => (
+            <MenuItem
+              key={`${r.page}-${r.title}`}
+              role="listitem"
+              variant="Background"
+              radii="400"
+              onClick={() => {
+                onPick(r);
+                setQuery('');
+              }}
+            >
+              <Box direction="Column" style={{ padding: `${config.space.S100} 0`, minWidth: 0 }}>
+                <Text size="T300" truncate>
+                  {r.title}
+                </Text>
+                <Text size="T200" priority="300" truncate>
+                  {pageNames.get(r.page)}
+                  {r.section && r.section !== r.title ? ` · ${r.section}` : ''}
+                </Text>
+              </Box>
+            </MenuItem>
+          ))}
+        </Box>
+      )}
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/search/loadSettingsIndex.ts b/src/app/features/settings/search/loadSettingsIndex.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be371f580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/search/loadSettingsIndex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { parseSettingsSource, SettingsEntry } from './settingsIndex';
+
+// [Gitea #463] The settings source, as text, in its own lazily loaded chunk:
+// fetched the first time someone searches, never at startup.
+const sources = import.meta.glob(['../**/*.tsx', '!../**/*.test.tsx'], {
+  query: '?raw',
+  import: 'default',
+}) as Record<string, () => Promise<string>>;
+
+let index: Promise<SettingsEntry[]> | undefined;
+
+export const loadSettingsIndex = (): Promise<SettingsEntry[]> => {
+  index ??= Promise.all(
+    Object.entries(sources).map(async ([path, load]) =>
+      // '../general/General.tsx' -> '/general/General.tsx' (what the parser matches)
+      parseSettingsSource(path.replace(/^\.\./, ''), await load()),
+    ),
+  ).then((all) => all.flat());
+  return index;
+};
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/search/settingsIndex.test.ts b/src/app/features/settings/search/settingsIndex.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3ea0938e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/search/settingsIndex.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import { parseSettingsSource, searchSettings } from './settingsIndex';
+import { SettingsPages } from '../pages';
+
+const general = fs.readFileSync('src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx', 'utf8');
+const devices = fs.readFileSync('src/app/features/settings/devices/Devices.tsx', 'utf8');
+const sys = fs.readFileSync(
+  'src/app/features/settings/notifications/SystemNotification.tsx',
+  'utf8',
+);
+const entries = [
+  ...parseSettingsSource('src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx', general),
+  ...parseSettingsSource('src/app/features/settings/devices/Devices.tsx', devices),
+  ...parseSettingsSource('src/app/features/settings/notifications/SystemNotification.tsx', sys),
+];
+const find = (t: string) => entries.find((e) => e.title === t);
+
+test('[#463] indexes the real settings source with the right pages', () => {
+  assert.equal(find('Push to deafen')?.page, SettingsPages.CallsPage);
+  assert.equal(find('Strip tracking parameters from links')?.page, SettingsPages.DevicesPage);
+  assert.equal(find('Page zoom')?.page, SettingsPages.AppearancePage);
+  assert.equal(find('Enter for a new line')?.page, SettingsPages.MessagesPage);
+  assert.equal(find('Show hidden events')?.page, SettingsPages.DeveloperToolsPage);
+  assert.equal(find('Device verification')?.page, SettingsPages.DevicesPage);
+  assert.equal(find('Quiet hours')?.page, SettingsPages.NotificationPage);
+  assert.equal(find('Launch on login')?.desktopOnly, true);
+  assert.match(find('Strip tracking parameters from links')?.description ?? '', /utm_/);
+  assert.ok(entries.length > 70, `indexed ${entries.length}`);
+});
+
+test('[#463] search: words anywhere, title first, desktop-only hidden in a browser', () => {
+  assert.equal(searchSettings(entries, 'deafen')[0]?.title, 'Push to deafen');
+  assert.equal(
+    searchSettings(entries, 'tracking')[0]?.title,
+    'Strip tracking parameters from links',
+  );
+  assert.equal(searchSettings(entries, 'zoom')[0]?.title, 'Page zoom');
+  assert.ok(searchSettings(entries, 'utm').some((e) => e.title.startsWith('Strip tracking')));
+  assert.equal(searchSettings(entries, 'launch on login').length, 0);
+  assert.equal(
+    searchSettings(entries, 'launch on login', { desktop: true })[0]?.title,
+    'Launch on login',
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(searchSettings(entries, '   '), []);
+});
+
+test('[#463] parser handles the attribute forms and skips dynamic titles', () => {
+  const src = `
+    <Text size="L400">Things</Text>
+    <SettingTile title="Plain" description="A &amp; B" after={<Switch value={x} />} />
+    <SettingTile title={'Quoted'} description={\`tick\`} />
+    <SettingTile title={\`Dynamic \${name}\`} />
+    <SettingTile title={someVar} />`;
+  const got = parseSettingsSource('src/app/features/settings/about/About.tsx', src);
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    got.map((e) => [e.title, e.description, e.section]),
+    [
+      ['Plain', 'A & B', 'Things'],
+      ['Quoted', 'tick', 'Things'],
+      ['Things', '', undefined],
+    ],
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/search/settingsIndex.ts b/src/app/features/settings/search/settingsIndex.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68fb8f172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/search/settingsIndex.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { SettingsPages } from '../pages';
+
+/**
+ * [Gitea #463] Search across all settings. The index is built from the
+ * settings source itself (each <SettingTile title=… description=…> and each
+ * section header), so options added later are found without a hand-kept list.
+ * Pure: path + source text in, entries out.
+ */
+export type SettingsEntry = {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+  page: SettingsPages;
+  /** Section header the setting sits under, when known. */
+  section?: string;
+  /** Desktop-only (hidden in a browser). */
+  desktopOnly?: boolean;
+};
+
+// General.tsx: which page each section (or helper used by a section) is on.
+const GENERAL_SECTIONS: Record<string, SettingsPages> = {
+  Appearance: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  SystemThemePreferences: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  SelectTheme: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  PageZoomInput: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  CollapsiblePicker: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  SeasonalBgGrid: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  ChatBgGrid: SettingsPages.AppearancePage,
+  Messages: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  SelectMessageLayout: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  SelectMessageSpacing: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  Editor: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  ComposerToolbarReorder: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  ComposerToolbarButtonRow: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  DateAndTime: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  SelectDateFormat: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  DateHint: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  CustomDateFormat: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  PresetDateFormat: SettingsPages.MessagesPage,
+  Calls: SettingsPages.CallsPage,
+  Privacy: SettingsPages.DevicesPage,
+  SettingsSyncSection: SettingsPages.DataStoragePage,
+  AdvancedDisplayOptions: SettingsPages.DeveloperToolsPage,
+  DesktopChromeSetting: SettingsPages.DesktopPage,
+  AutostartSetting: SettingsPages.DesktopPage,
+  KeychainMirrorSetting: SettingsPages.DesktopPage,
+  DesktopSettings: SettingsPages.DesktopPage,
+  PackageUpdate: SettingsPages.DesktopPage,
+  AppUpdates: SettingsPages.DesktopPage,
+};
+
+const FOLDER_PAGES: [RegExp, SettingsPages][] = [
+  [/\/account\//, SettingsPages.AccountPage],
+  [/\/notifications\//, SettingsPages.NotificationPage],
+  [/\/devices\//, SettingsPages.DevicesPage],
+  [/\/developer(-tools)?\//, SettingsPages.DeveloperToolsPage],
+  [/\/emojis-stickers\//, SettingsPages.EmojisStickersPage],
+  [/\/about\//, SettingsPages.AboutPage],
+  [/\/general\/(StorageUsage|YourData)\.tsx$/, SettingsPages.DataStoragePage],
+];
+
+const decode = (s: string): string =>
+  s
+    .replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
+    .replace(/&apos;|&#39;/g, "'")
+    .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
+    .replace(/\\'/g, "'")
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+    .trim();
+
+/** A JSX attribute's static text: "…", {'…'}, {"…"} or {`…`} without ${}. */
+const attr = (tag: string, name: string): string | undefined => {
+  const m = new RegExp(
+    `\\b${name}=(?:"([^"]*)"|\\{\\s*'((?:[^'\\\\]|\\\\.)*)'\\s*\\}|\\{\\s*"([^"]*)"\\s*\\}|\\{\\s*\`([^\`$]*)\`\\s*\\})`,
+  ).exec(tag);
+  const v = m && (m[1] ?? m[2] ?? m[3] ?? m[4]);
+  return v ? decode(v) : undefined;
+};
+
+/** The opening tag starting at `start` (up to the matching '>' outside braces/strings). */
+const openingTag = (src: string, start: number): string => {
+  let depth = 0;
+  let quote: string | null = null;
+  for (let i = start; i < src.length; i += 1) {
+    const c = src[i];
+    if (quote) {
+      if (c === quote && src[i - 1] !== '\\') quote = null;
+    } else if (c === '"' || c === "'" || c === '`') quote = c;
+    else if (c === '{') depth += 1;
+    else if (c === '}') depth -= 1;
+    else if (c === '>' && depth === 0) return src.slice(start, i + 1);
+  }
+  return src.slice(start);
+};
+
+export const parseSettingsSource = (path: string, src: string): SettingsEntry[] => {
+  const isGeneral = /\/general\/General\.tsx$/.test(path);
+  const folderPage = FOLDER_PAGES.find(([re]) => re.test(path))?.[1];
+  if (!isGeneral && folderPage === undefined) return [];
+
+  // For General.tsx: positions of each top-level function, to know the section.
+  const fns = isGeneral
+    ? [...src.matchAll(/\n(?:export )?function (\w+)\(/g)].map((m) => ({
+        at: m.index ?? 0,
+        name: m[1],
+      }))
+    : [];
+  const pageAt = (pos: number): SettingsPages | undefined => {
+    if (!isGeneral) return folderPage;
+    let name: string | undefined;
+    fns.forEach((f) => {
+      if (f.at < pos) name = f.name;
+    });
+    return name ? GENERAL_SECTIONS[name] : undefined;
+  };
+
+  const out: SettingsEntry[] = [];
+  const headers = [...src.matchAll(/<Text size="L400">([^<{]+)<\/Text>/g)].map((m) => ({
+    at: m.index ?? 0,
+    text: decode(m[1]),
+  }));
+  const sectionAt = (pos: number): string | undefined => {
+    let s: string | undefined;
+    headers.forEach((h) => {
+      if (h.at < pos) s = h.text;
+    });
+    return s;
+  };
+
+  for (const m of src.matchAll(/<SettingTile\b/g)) {
+    const at = m.index ?? 0;
+    const tag = openingTag(src, at);
+    const title = attr(tag, 'title');
+    const page = pageAt(at);
+    if (title && page !== undefined) {
+      out.push({
+        title,
+        description: attr(tag, 'description') ?? '',
+        page,
+        section: sectionAt(at),
+        desktopOnly: page === SettingsPages.DesktopPage || undefined,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  headers.forEach((h) => {
+    const page = pageAt(h.at);
+    if (page !== undefined && !out.some((e) => e.title === h.text && e.page === page)) {
+      out.push({
+        title: h.text,
+        description: '',
+        page,
+        desktopOnly: page === SettingsPages.DesktopPage || undefined,
+      });
+    }
+  });
+  return out;
+};
+
+const norm = (s: string): string => s.toLowerCase().normalize('NFKD').replace(/[̀-ͯ]/g, '');
+
+/**
+ * Pure: rank entries for a query. Every word must appear in the title,
+ * description or section; title matches rank first.
+ */
+export const searchSettings = (
+  entries: SettingsEntry[],
+  query: string,
+  { desktop = false, limit = 30 }: { desktop?: boolean; limit?: number } = {},
+): SettingsEntry[] => {
+  const words = norm(query).split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+  if (words.length === 0) return [];
+  const scored: { e: SettingsEntry; score: number }[] = [];
+  entries.forEach((e) => {
+    if (e.desktopOnly && !desktop) return;
+    const title = norm(e.title);
+    const rest = norm(`${e.description} ${e.section ?? ''}`);
+    let score = 0;
+    const all = words.every((w) => {
+      if (title.startsWith(w)) score += 3;
+      else if (title.includes(w)) score += 2;
+      else if (rest.includes(w)) score += 1;
+      else return false;
+      return true;
+    });
+    if (all) scored.push({ e, score });
+  });
+  return scored
+    .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score || a.e.title.localeCompare(b.e.title))
+    .slice(0, limit)
+    .map((s) => s.e);
+};
diff --git a/src/sw-session.ts b/src/sw-session.ts
index e4d2672da..a094f45db 100644
--- a/src/sw-session.ts
+++ b/src/sw-session.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,25 @@ export function pushSessionToSW(baseUrl?: string, accessToken?: string, userId?:
     userId,
   });
 }
+
+/**
+ * Resolves once media requests can carry the session: immediately-ish when a
+ * service worker already controls the page, otherwise when one takes control
+ * (first visit / just updated) or after `timeoutMs`. Used to retry a media
+ * load that raced the worker's activation and went out without a token.
+ */
+export function whenMediaAuthReady(timeoutMs = 3000): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const sw = 'serviceWorker' in navigator ? navigator.serviceWorker : undefined;
+    if (!sw || sw.controller) {
+      window.setTimeout(resolve, 500);
+      return;
+    }
+    const done = () => {
+      sw.removeEventListener('controllerchange', done);
+      resolve();
+    };
+    sw.addEventListener('controllerchange', done);
+    window.setTimeout(done, timeoutMs);
+  });
+}