diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index 067bbe972..a588d12f3 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -11769,6 +11769,11 @@ components:
           propertyNames:
             type: string
           additionalProperties: {}
+        revalidating:
+          description: True when the body is served from last-good cache (stale-while-revalidate) while a fresh aggregation runs
+            in the background. The client keeps polling on `revalidating` (bounded) so the open page converges on the
+            fresh body.
+          type: boolean
       required:
         - summary
         - recommendations
diff --git a/src/app/api/bugreport/status/route.ts b/src/app/api/bugreport/status/route.ts
index cb6944c04..c54ce11b0 100644
--- a/src/app/api/bugreport/status/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/bugreport/status/route.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
   // the former rate-limit bucket was an unconditional Postgres UPSERT
   // per request, i.e. the limiter WAS the per-request DB load it claimed
   // to prevent. The route stays authenticated; the only uncached work is
-  // one `appSettings` read per 60 s process-wide.
+  // one `appSettings` read per 10 min (the bucket's TTL) process-wide.
 
   // Cache the global app-settings shape on a singleton key (per blueprint §3).
   // `isAdmin` lives outside the cache because it varies per request. The
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 024383604..18daa616f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ import { getSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { buildComprehensiveAggregate } from "@/lib/insights/comprehensive-aggregator";
 import { checkAnalyticsReadRateLimit } from "@/lib/rate-limit";
-import { __resetAllCachesForTests } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
+import { __resetAllCachesForTests, caches } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
 
 const SESSION_OK = {
   session: { id: "sess-1", expiresAt: new Date(Date.now() + 3_600_000) },
@@ -438,3 +438,64 @@ describe("GET /api/insights/comprehensive — envelope shape", () => {
     expect(body.data.weightBpCorrelation?.n).toBe(5);
   });
 });
+
+// v1.16.7 — the route serves a marked-stale cache entry immediately
+// (stale-while-revalidate) and must mark that body `revalidating: true`
+// so the client can poll until the background rebuild lands. A fresh
+// (cold or warm) read carries `revalidating: false`.
+describe("GET /api/insights/comprehensive — stale-while-revalidate marker", () => {
+  const EMPTY_AGGREGATE = {
+    summaries: {},
+    bpRawRows: { sys: [], dia: [] },
+    dailyByType: {},
+    firstMeasurementAt: null,
+    totalMeasurements: 0,
+  };
+
+  it("marks a cold (inline-computed) read revalidating: false", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    (
+      buildComprehensiveAggregate as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+    ).mockResolvedValue(EMPTY_AGGREGATE);
+
+    const res = await callGet(makeReq());
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { data: { revalidating: boolean } };
+    expect(body.data.revalidating).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("marks a stale-served read revalidating: true and a converged read false again", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
+    (
+      buildComprehensiveAggregate as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+    ).mockResolvedValue(EMPTY_AGGREGATE);
+
+    // Prime the cache entry (cold compute).
+    await callGet(makeReq());
+
+    // A measurement sync marks the bucket stale (the invalidate helper's
+    // default posture) — the next read serves the prior body + the flag.
+    caches.analytics.markStaleByPrefix(`${SESSION_OK.user.id}|`);
+    const staleRes = await callGet(makeReq());
+    expect(staleRes.status).toBe(200);
+    const staleBody = (await staleRes.json()) as {
+      data: { revalidating: boolean };
+    };
+    expect(staleBody.data.revalidating).toBe(true);
+
+    // The stale read kicked off a background rebuild; once it settles
+    // (the cache entry is fresh again) the next read is a plain hit and
+    // the flag drops so the poll stops.
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      const entry = caches.analytics.getAllowStale(
+        `${SESSION_OK.user.id}|comprehensive`,
+      );
+      expect(entry?.stale).toBe(false);
+    });
+    const freshRes = await callGet(makeReq());
+    const freshBody = (await freshRes.json()) as {
+      data: { revalidating: boolean };
+    };
+    expect(freshBody.data.revalidating).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/route.ts b/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/route.ts
index 40ce62fd1..acd4d896d 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/comprehensive/route.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ import { apiHandler, requireAuth, type AuthContext } from "@/lib/api-handler";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { requireAssistantSurface } from "@/lib/feature-flags";
 import { checkAnalyticsReadRateLimit } from "@/lib/rate-limit";
-import { cachedSwr, caches, type ServerCache } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
+import {
+  cachedSwrWithMeta,
+  caches,
+  type ServerCache,
+} from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
 import { buildComprehensiveAggregate } from "@/lib/insights/comprehensive-aggregator";
 import {
   ensureUserMoodRollupsFresh,
@@ -63,7 +67,13 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
   // rebuild on the very next mount, all day). The truly-cold first
   // read of the day still computes inline — there is no prior body to
   // serve — but it no longer recurs per visit.
-  const body = await cachedSwr(
+  //
+  // The `revalidating` flag marks a stale-served body honestly so the
+  // client can poll (bounded) until the background rebuild lands —
+  // mirroring the `/api/insights/generate` GET contract. It rides on
+  // the response, never inside the cached body, so a warmed entry
+  // doesn't freeze the flag.
+  const { value: body, outcome } = await cachedSwrWithMeta(
     caches.analytics as ServerCache<Awaited<
       ReturnType<typeof buildComprehensiveResponse>
     >>,
@@ -72,7 +82,7 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
     annotate,
   );
 
-  return apiSuccess(body);
+  return apiSuccess({ ...body, revalidating: outcome === "stale" });
 });
 
 type AuthedUser = AuthContext["user"];
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/insights/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts
index cb2273623..1bb7c077d 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/generate/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -448,14 +448,16 @@ describe("GET /api/insights/generate — read-only advisor read", () => {
     );
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
     const body = (await res.json()) as {
-      data: { insights: unknown; cached: boolean };
+      data: { insights: unknown; cached: boolean; revalidating: boolean };
     };
     expect(body.data.cached).toBe(true);
     expect(body.data.insights).toEqual(cached);
     // No completion is ever run on the read path.
     expect(resolveProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    // A fresh cache (just now) does not trigger a warm.
+    // A fresh cache (just now) does not trigger a warm — and the payload
+    // says so, so the client never starts a convergence poll.
     expect(enqueueForceWarm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(body.data.revalidating).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("enqueues an out-of-band warm when the cache is stale and a provider exists", async () => {
@@ -475,6 +477,10 @@ describe("GET /api/insights/generate — read-only advisor read", () => {
       locale: "en",
     });
     expect(resolveProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // The stale serve is honest: `revalidating: true` rides on the
+    // payload so the client polls (bounded) until the warm lands.
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { data: { revalidating: boolean } };
+    expect(body.data.revalidating).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("returns an empty payload (no warm) on a cold cache without a provider", async () => {
@@ -490,10 +496,12 @@ describe("GET /api/insights/generate — read-only advisor read", () => {
     );
     expect(res.status).toBe(200);
     const body = (await res.json()) as {
-      data: { insights: unknown; cached: boolean };
+      data: { insights: unknown; cached: boolean; revalidating: boolean };
     };
     expect(body.data.cached).toBe(false);
     expect(body.data.insights).toBeNull();
     expect(enqueueForceWarm).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    // No warm enqueued → no convergence poll for the client to run.
+    expect(body.data.revalidating).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts b/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts
index 24d737739..3f0c016af 100644
--- a/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/insights/generate/route.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
         cached: true,
         cachedAt,
         legacyPayload,
+        // Honest stale-serve marker: true while the out-of-band warm is
+        // in flight, so the client can poll (bounded) until the fresh
+        // briefing lands instead of sitting on the stale payload for the
+        // rest of the session.
+        revalidating,
       });
     } catch {
       // Invalid cache row — fall through to the empty payload below. The
@@ -325,7 +330,12 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     action: { name: "insights.generate.read" },
     meta: { cached: false, revalidating },
   });
-  return apiSuccess({ insights: null, cached: false, legacyPayload: false });
+  return apiSuccess({
+    insights: null,
+    cached: false,
+    legacyPayload: false,
+    revalidating,
+  });
 });
 
 export const POST = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/[id]/route.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/[id]/route.ts
index 3786b742e..83619abd0 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/[id]/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/[id]/route.ts
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(
     });
 
     // v1.4.34 IW-G — bust per-user analytics + achievements + workouts
-    // caches so subsequent reads reflect the edited row.
-    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id);
+    // caches so subsequent reads reflect the edited row. Interactive
+    // edit — hard-evict so the SWR readers don't serve the pre-edit body.
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id, { evict: true });
 
     // v1.5.0 — refresh the rollup row for the affected day. When the
     // measuredAt moved across day boundaries (or the row was re-typed)
@@ -236,8 +237,10 @@ export const DELETE = apiHandler(
     });
 
     // v1.4.34 IW-G — bust per-user analytics + achievements + workouts
-    // caches so subsequent reads reflect the deletion.
-    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id);
+    // caches so subsequent reads reflect the deletion. Interactive
+    // delete — hard-evict so the SWR readers don't serve the pre-delete
+    // body.
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id, { evict: true });
 
     // v1.5.0 — refresh the rollup row for the affected day (the
     // recompute drops the row when the day's measurement count goes
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 55d976bc1..9cba46767 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ describe("POST /api/measurements/bulk-delete", () => {
     });
     expect(call.data.deletedAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date);
 
-    expect(invalidateUserMeasurements).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1");
+    // v1.16.7 — interactive write: hard-evict so the SWR readers
+    // never serve the pre-write analytics body back to the user.
+    expect(invalidateUserMeasurements).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", {
+      evict: true,
+    });
   });
 
   it("collapses the rollup recompute to the unique (type, day) set, not per-row", async () => {
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/route.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/route.ts
index 60a2a85f4..443d09682 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/bulk-delete/route.ts
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ async function postBulkDelete(request: NextRequest): Promise<Response> {
 
   if (count > 0) {
     // v1.4.34 IW-G — bust per-user analytics + achievements + workouts
-    // caches so subsequent reads reflect the deletions.
-    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id);
+    // caches so subsequent reads reflect the deletions. Interactive
+    // multi-select delete from the management list — hard-evict so the
+    // SWR readers don't serve the pre-delete body.
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id, { evict: true });
 
     // Collapse the deleted rows to the unique `(type, day)` set BEFORE
     // recomputing so a 200-row delete spanning one day fires ~1 recompute
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/restore/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/restore/__tests__/route.test.ts
index e1e6747f7..dbbc12592 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/restore/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/restore/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ describe("POST /api/measurements/restore", () => {
       syncVersion: { increment: 1 },
     });
 
-    expect(invalidateUserMeasurements).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1");
+    // v1.16.7 — interactive write: hard-evict so the SWR readers
+    // never serve the pre-write analytics body back to the user.
+    expect(invalidateUserMeasurements).toHaveBeenCalledWith("user-1", {
+      evict: true,
+    });
   });
 
   it("collapses the rollup recompute to the unique (type, day) set, not per-row", async () => {
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/restore/route.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/restore/route.ts
index 178543fdb..1e3fa8d01 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/restore/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/restore/route.ts
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ async function postRestore(request: NextRequest): Promise<Response> {
 
   if (count > 0) {
     // Bust per-user analytics + achievements + workouts caches so
-    // subsequent reads reflect the restored rows.
-    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id);
+    // subsequent reads reflect the restored rows. Interactive undo —
+    // hard-evict so the SWR readers don't serve the pre-restore body.
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id, { evict: true });
 
     // Collapse the restored rows to the unique `(type, day)` set BEFORE
     // recomputing — mirrors the bulk-delete path. Best-effort: a
diff --git a/src/app/api/measurements/route.ts b/src/app/api/measurements/route.ts
index 5ef8aedc5..e4ae2fcc5 100644
--- a/src/app/api/measurements/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/measurements/route.ts
@@ -916,8 +916,10 @@ async function postMeasurement(request: NextRequest) {
     });
 
     // v1.4.34 IW-G — flush every cache that reflects this user's
-    // measurement set so the next read paints the new rows.
-    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id);
+    // measurement set so the next read paints the new rows. Interactive
+    // multi-entry create (combined BP + pulse form) — hard-evict so the
+    // SWR readers don't serve the pre-write body back to the user.
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id, { evict: true });
 
     // v1.5.0 — refresh the persistent rollup table for every distinct
     // (type, day) the batch touched so the next analytics / coach read
@@ -1027,8 +1029,10 @@ async function postMeasurement(request: NextRequest) {
   });
 
   // v1.4.34 IW-G — flush every cache that reflects this user's
-  // measurement set so the next read paints the new row.
-  invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id);
+  // measurement set so the next read paints the new row. Interactive
+  // single-entry create — hard-evict so the SWR readers don't serve the
+  // pre-write body back to the user.
+  invalidateUserMeasurements(user.id, { evict: true });
 
   // v1.5.0 — refresh the persistent rollup row for the affected
   // (type, day) tuple. Runs inline so the next read of the
diff --git a/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/__tests__/route.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..641758698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/**
+ * Fail-soft contract for the Umami proxy route: an unreachable / refused
+ * upstream degrades to the noop script (200, never a 500) AND stays
+ * observable — the catch annotates a proper wide-event action
+ * (`monitoring.umami_script.fetch_failed`) with a truncated reason so
+ * dashboards can see the degraded state.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/api-handler", () => ({
+  apiHandler: <T extends (...args: unknown[]) => unknown>(fn: T) => fn,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/logging/context", () => ({
+  annotate: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/monitoring-settings", () => ({
+  getPublicMonitoringSettings: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/safe-fetch", () => ({
+  safeFetch: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { GET } from "../route";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { getPublicMonitoringSettings } from "@/lib/monitoring-settings";
+import { safeFetch } from "@/lib/safe-fetch";
+
+const callGet = GET as unknown as () => Promise<Response>;
+
+const ENABLED_SETTINGS = {
+  umamiEnabled: true,
+  umamiScriptUrl: "https://stats.example.com/script.js",
+  umamiWebsiteId: "site-1",
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(getPublicMonitoringSettings).mockResolvedValue(
+    ENABLED_SETTINGS as never,
+  );
+});
+
+describe("GET /api/monitoring/umami-script — fail-soft observability", () => {
+  it("serves the noop script (200) and annotates the failure action when the upstream fetch throws", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(safeFetch).mockRejectedValue(
+      new Error("connect ETIMEDOUT 192.0.2.10:443"),
+    );
+
+    const res = await callGet();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(await res.text()).toContain("umami disabled");
+
+    // The fail-soft must stay observable: a proper
+    // `<surface>.<noun>.<verb>` action + a truncated reason, not a bare
+    // meta flag.
+    expect(annotate).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: { name: "monitoring.umami_script.fetch_failed" },
+      meta: { reason: "connect ETIMEDOUT 192.0.2.10:443" },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("truncates an oversized error message in the reason meta", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(safeFetch).mockRejectedValue(new Error("x".repeat(500)));
+
+    const res = await callGet();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+
+    const failureCall = vi
+      .mocked(annotate)
+      .mock.calls.find(
+        (call) =>
+          call[0]?.action?.name === "monitoring.umami_script.fetch_failed",
+      );
+    expect(failureCall).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(
+      (failureCall?.[0]?.meta as { reason: string }).reason,
+    ).toHaveLength(200);
+  });
+
+  it("serves the upstream script untouched on a healthy fetch (no failure action)", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(safeFetch).mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response("/* real script */", { status: 200 }) as never,
+    );
+
+    const res = await callGet();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe("/* real script */");
+
+    const failureCall = vi
+      .mocked(annotate)
+      .mock.calls.find(
+        (call) =>
+          call[0]?.action?.name === "monitoring.umami_script.fetch_failed",
+      );
+    expect(failureCall).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/route.ts b/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/route.ts
index 951d61ac2..4482c9c71 100644
--- a/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/monitoring/umami-script/route.ts
@@ -43,8 +43,19 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
       // the input-time `isPublicUrl` accept and the socket connect.
       { requirePublicHost: true },
     );
-  } catch {
-    annotate({ meta: { umami_script_fetch_failed: true } });
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Fail-soft stays a 200, but the failure must stay observable:
+    // a proper action name keeps the degraded state visible on the
+    // wide-event dashboards instead of hiding behind a bare meta flag.
+    annotate({
+      action: { name: "monitoring.umami_script.fetch_failed" },
+      meta: {
+        reason:
+          err instanceof Error
+            ? err.message.slice(0, 200)
+            : String(err).slice(0, 200),
+      },
+    });
     return new NextResponse(NOOP_SCRIPT, {
       status: 200,
       headers: {
diff --git a/src/components/insights/__tests__/use-insights-advisor-timeout.test.ts b/src/components/insights/__tests__/use-insights-advisor-timeout.test.ts
index 02d5aa889..7828eabad 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/__tests__/use-insights-advisor-timeout.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/insights/__tests__/use-insights-advisor-timeout.test.ts
@@ -78,3 +78,36 @@ describe("fetchAdvisor abort timeout — v1.4.31", () => {
     expect(result).toBe("untouched");
   });
 });
+
+// v1.16.7 — the read query polls (bounded) while the server reports a
+// stale-served briefing (`revalidating: true`) so a stale serve converges
+// in-session despite the 1 h staleTime + focus-refetch-off defaults.
+describe("nextAdvisorPollInterval — bounded revalidation poll", () => {
+  it("returns the interval while revalidating is true and under the cap", async () => {
+    const {
+      nextAdvisorPollInterval,
+      ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MS,
+    } = await import("../use-insights-advisor");
+    expect(nextAdvisorPollInterval(true, 1)).toBe(ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MS);
+    expect(nextAdvisorPollInterval(true, 5)).toBe(ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MS);
+  });
+
+  it("stops once a response comes back with revalidating falsy", async () => {
+    const { nextAdvisorPollInterval } = await import("../use-insights-advisor");
+    expect(nextAdvisorPollInterval(false, 1)).toBe(false);
+    expect(nextAdvisorPollInterval(undefined, 1)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("stops at the attempt ceiling even while still revalidating", async () => {
+    const {
+      nextAdvisorPollInterval,
+      ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+    } = await import("../use-insights-advisor");
+    expect(
+      nextAdvisorPollInterval(true, ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      nextAdvisorPollInterval(true, ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS + 5),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx b/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx
index 747a52e78..fb37956ae 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import { useMounted } from "@/hooks/use-mounted";
 import { useFeatureFlags } from "@/hooks/use-feature-flags";
 import { useWorkouts } from "@/hooks/use-workouts";
 import { InsightsTabStrip } from "@/components/insights/insights-tab-strip";
-import { useInsightsAdvisorQuery } from "@/components/insights/use-insights-advisor";
+import {
+  nextAdvisorPollInterval,
+  useInsightsAdvisorQuery,
+} from "@/components/insights/use-insights-advisor";
 import { useAnalyticsQuery } from "@/lib/queries/use-analytics-query";
 import { useInsightsLayoutQuery } from "@/hooks/use-insights-layout";
 import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
@@ -41,6 +44,12 @@ import { apiGet } from "@/lib/api/api-fetch";
 interface ComprehensivePayload {
   moodSummary: { count: number } | null;
   medications: Array<{ id: string }>;
+  /**
+   * v1.16.7 — true when the route served a stale cache body while a
+   * background rebuild runs (stale-while-revalidate). The query polls
+   * (bounded) while set so the fresh aggregate lands in-session.
+   */
+  revalidating?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function InsightsLayoutShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
@@ -91,6 +100,14 @@ export function InsightsLayoutShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       return apiGet<ComprehensivePayload>("/api/insights/comprehensive");
     },
     enabled: isAuthenticated,
+    // v1.16.7 — converge a stale-served (SWR) body in-session: while the
+    // route reports `revalidating: true`, poll on the same bounded
+    // cadence the advisor query uses until a fresh body lands.
+    refetchInterval: (query) =>
+      nextAdvisorPollInterval(
+        query.state.data?.revalidating,
+        query.state.dataUpdateCount,
+      ),
   });
 
   // v1.4.32 — workout-presence gate. The workouts pill gates on at
diff --git a/src/components/insights/use-insights-advisor.ts b/src/components/insights/use-insights-advisor.ts
index d4054fdfd..fbc95a6cb 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/use-insights-advisor.ts
+++ b/src/components/insights/use-insights-advisor.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ export interface InsightAdvisorPayload {
    * left null when the cached payload predates PROMPT_VERSION 4.20.1.
    */
   trendAnnotations?: TrendAnnotations | null;
+  /**
+   * v1.16.7 — true when the GET served a stale / missing briefing AND
+   * enqueued an out-of-band warm. The query polls (bounded) while this
+   * is set so the fresh briefing reaches the open page in-session
+   * instead of waiting for the next mount.
+   */
+  revalidating?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -80,6 +87,35 @@ const ADVISOR_TIMEOUT_MS = 8_000;
  */
 const FORCE_ADVISOR_TIMEOUT_MS = 45_000;
 
+/**
+ * v1.16.7 — poll cadence + ceiling while the server reports
+ * `revalidating: true` (stale briefing served, out-of-band warm in
+ * flight). The query's 1 h `staleTime` plus the app-default
+ * `refetchOnWindowFocus: false` means a stale-served briefing would
+ * otherwise never refresh in-session. 25 s comfortably covers the warm
+ * job's 45 s budget within two polls; the attempt ceiling stops a
+ * persistently failing generation from polling an open page forever.
+ * Same bounded-poll shape as `nextStatusPollInterval`
+ * (`src/hooks/use-insight-status.ts`).
+ */
+export const ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MS = 25_000;
+export const ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 10;
+
+/**
+ * Decide whether the advisor query schedules its next poll. Pure so the
+ * ceiling + stop conditions are unit-testable: returns the interval
+ * while the last payload carries `revalidating: true`, `false` once a
+ * response comes back with the flag falsy OR the attempt cap is hit.
+ */
+export function nextAdvisorPollInterval(
+  revalidating: boolean | undefined,
+  dataUpdateCount: number,
+): number | false {
+  if (!revalidating) return false;
+  if (dataUpdateCount >= ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS) return false;
+  return ADVISOR_REVALIDATE_POLL_MS;
+}
+
 /**
  * v1.15.18 — the outcome of a force regenerate, so the UI can be HONEST:
  * only a `fresh` outcome should toast "refreshed". A `timeout` (slow gen
@@ -244,6 +280,14 @@ export function useInsightsAdvisorQuery(
     // 24h cache window matches the server-side `insightsCachedAt` TTL.
     staleTime: 60 * 60 * 1000,
     retry: false,
+    // v1.16.7 — converge a stale-served briefing in-session: while the
+    // last GET reported `revalidating: true` (warm enqueued), poll on a
+    // bounded interval until a response comes back with the flag falsy.
+    refetchInterval: (query) =>
+      nextAdvisorPollInterval(
+        query.state.data?.payload?.revalidating,
+        query.state.dataUpdateCount,
+      ),
   });
 
   const mutation = useMutation({
diff --git a/src/lib/cache/__tests__/invalidate.test.ts b/src/lib/cache/__tests__/invalidate.test.ts
index e5b406017..f0cb8941e 100644
--- a/src/lib/cache/__tests__/invalidate.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cache/__tests__/invalidate.test.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,44 @@ describe("invalidateUserMeasurements", () => {
     // Mood-analytics not touched by a measurement write.
     expect(caches.moodAnalytics.get(USER_A)).not.toBeNull();
   });
+
+  it("marks the analytics bucket stale (SWR-serveable) by default — background sync posture", async () => {
+    await primeAllCaches();
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(USER_A);
+
+    // v1.16.7 — the default (batch sync) path marks stale: the entry is
+    // gone for plain `get()` (asserted above) but stays serveable for
+    // the `cachedSwr` readers, so a high-frequency sync never busts the
+    // snapshot / comprehensive into an inline cold rebuild.
+    expect(caches.analytics.getAllowStale(`${USER_A}|default`)).toEqual({
+      value: { a: 1 },
+      stale: true,
+    });
+    expect(
+      caches.analytics.getAllowStale(dashboardSnapshotCacheKey(USER_A)),
+    ).toEqual({ value: { snap: 1 }, stale: true });
+  });
+
+  it("hard-evicts the analytics bucket with { evict: true } — interactive write posture", async () => {
+    await primeAllCaches();
+    invalidateUserMeasurements(USER_A, { evict: true });
+
+    // v1.16.7 — an interactive single-entry write must NOT leave a
+    // stale-serveable body behind: the SWR readers would hand the user
+    // back the pre-write payload. The evict drops the entries entirely.
+    expect(caches.analytics.getAllowStale(`${USER_A}|default`)).toBeNull();
+    expect(caches.analytics.getAllowStale(`${USER_A}|summaries`)).toBeNull();
+    expect(
+      caches.analytics.getAllowStale(dashboardSnapshotCacheKey(USER_A)),
+    ).toBeNull();
+
+    // User B stays warm; the non-analytics buckets evict as before.
+    expect(
+      caches.analytics.getAllowStale(`${USER_B}|default`),
+    ).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(caches.achievements.get(USER_A)).toBeNull();
+    expect(caches.workouts.get(`${USER_A}|3|0||`)).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("invalidateUserMood", () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts b/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts
index 6a14bc8ec..e315a8dc6 100644
--- a/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cache/invalidate.ts
@@ -47,22 +47,39 @@ export function invalidateUserDashboardSnapshot(userId: string): void {
  * Covers: analytics aggregate, achievement progress, workouts cache.
  * Mood-analytics is invalidated separately via `invalidateUserMood`
  * because mood writes don't change measurement rows.
+ *
+ * v1.16.7 — `evict` splits the analytics bucket by write origin. The
+ * `cachedSwr` readers (dashboard snapshot, comprehensive) serve a
+ * marked-stale entry as-is, so a mark-stale right after an interactive
+ * write would hand the user back the pre-write body. Interactive
+ * single-entry routes (manual create / update / delete, bulk-delete,
+ * restore) pass `{ evict: true }` so the user's own entry is reflected
+ * on the very next read — matching the mood / medication hard-evict
+ * posture. Background batch syncs (Apple Health, Withings, workouts)
+ * keep the default mark-stale so a high-frequency sync never busts the
+ * bucket into inline cold-rebuild storms.
  */
-export function invalidateUserMeasurements(userId: string): void {
+export function invalidateUserMeasurements(
+  userId: string,
+  opts?: { evict?: boolean },
+): void {
   // The `${userId}|` prefix covers the slim / thick analytics cells, the
   // iOS summary cell, AND the v1.7.0 dashboard snapshot
   // (`${userId}|dashboard-snapshot`) in one pass.
-  //
-  // v1.12.7 — mark stale rather than hard-evict. Measurement writes are
-  // the highest-frequency dirty signal (every iOS Apple-Health sync
-  // posts a batch), and a hard evict busts the snapshot into a cold
-  // rebuild on the next read all day long. Marking stale lets the
-  // `cachedSwr` snapshot read serve the prior value immediately while a
-  // single background recompute warms a fresh one. The slim / thick /
-  // summary cells read via plain `cached` are unaffected: a marked-stale
-  // entry has `expiresAt === now`, so their next read is a clean miss and
-  // rebuilds fresh — identical to the old evict for those keys.
-  caches.analytics.markStaleByPrefix(`${userId}|`);
+  if (opts?.evict) {
+    caches.analytics.deleteByPrefix(`${userId}|`);
+  } else {
+    // v1.12.7 — mark stale rather than hard-evict. Measurement writes are
+    // the highest-frequency dirty signal (every iOS Apple-Health sync
+    // posts a batch), and a hard evict busts the snapshot into a cold
+    // rebuild on the next read all day long. Marking stale lets the
+    // `cachedSwr` snapshot read serve the prior value immediately while a
+    // single background recompute warms a fresh one. The slim / thick /
+    // summary cells read via plain `cached` are unaffected: a marked-stale
+    // entry has `expiresAt === now`, so their next read is a clean miss and
+    // rebuilds fresh — identical to the old evict for those keys.
+    caches.analytics.markStaleByPrefix(`${userId}|`);
+  }
   caches.achievements.deleteByPrefix(userId);
   caches.workouts.deleteByPrefix(`${userId}|`);
   // v1.4.36 W1 — measurement writes change the per-target consistency
diff --git a/src/lib/cache/server-cache.ts b/src/lib/cache/server-cache.ts
index 557d281c5..9ecfa729c 100644
--- a/src/lib/cache/server-cache.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cache/server-cache.ts
@@ -522,6 +522,29 @@ export async function cachedSwr<T>(
   annotateFn?: (fields: { meta: Record<string, unknown> }) => void,
   ttlMsOverride?: number,
 ): Promise<T> {
+  const { value } = await cachedSwrWithMeta(
+    cache,
+    key,
+    builder,
+    annotateFn,
+    ttlMsOverride,
+  );
+  return value;
+}
+
+/**
+ * v1.16.7 — `cachedSwr` variant that also surfaces the read outcome so
+ * a route can mark a stale-served response (`outcome === "stale"`) as
+ * `revalidating` for the client. Non-breaking addition: `cachedSwr`
+ * keeps its value-only shape and delegates here.
+ */
+export async function cachedSwrWithMeta<T>(
+  cache: ServerCache<T>,
+  key: string,
+  builder: () => Promise<T>,
+  annotateFn?: (fields: { meta: Record<string, unknown> }) => void,
+  ttlMsOverride?: number,
+): Promise<{ value: T; outcome: "hit" | "stale" | "miss" | "stampede" }> {
   const { value, outcome } = await cache.wrapSwr(key, builder, ttlMsOverride);
   if (annotateFn) {
     const name = cache.stats().name;
@@ -532,7 +555,7 @@ export async function cachedSwr<T>(
       },
     });
   }
-  return value;
+  return { value, outcome };
 }
 
 /** Test helper — reset every cache in the registry. */
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate-shared.ts b/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate-shared.ts
index 2d4e5d1a8..3f5ef20e5 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate-shared.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate-shared.ts
@@ -35,12 +35,17 @@ export interface InsightPregeneratePayload {
 
 /**
  * Fire-and-forget enqueue used by the on-demand warm route. A
- * `singletonKey` per `(user, locale)` collapses repeated requests within
- * a short window into one queued job, so a client that taps the button
- * twice (or the auto-trigger races a manual tap) can't double-warm. No-ops
- * cleanly when the global boss instance is not available (e.g. a web
- * process without an embedded worker) — the nightly cron remains the
- * catch-net.
+ * `singletonKey` per user collapses repeated requests within a short
+ * window into one queued job, so a client that taps the button twice
+ * (or the auto-trigger races a manual tap) can't double-warm. The key
+ * is deliberately locale-free: `forceWarmUser` warms BOTH locale
+ * families per job (v1.16.7), so a per-(user, locale) key would let a
+ * German web session and an English Accept-Language client enqueue two
+ * near-identical full warms back to back — the second one force-
+ * regenerating the comprehensive briefing and re-evicting the
+ * per-status rows the first job just wrote. No-ops cleanly when the
+ * global boss instance is not available (e.g. a web process without an
+ * embedded worker) — the nightly cron remains the catch-net.
  */
 export async function enqueueForceWarm(payload: {
   userId: string;
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ export async function enqueueForceWarm(payload: {
         locale: payload.locale,
       } satisfies InsightPregeneratePayload,
       {
-        singletonKey: `force:${payload.userId}:${payload.locale}`,
+        singletonKey: `force:${payload.userId}`,
         // De-dupe within a 2-minute window so a double tap or an
         // auto-trigger racing a manual tap enqueues one warm, not two.
         singletonSeconds: 120,
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts b/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts
index d6fd1d696..379cead21 100644
--- a/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts
+++ b/src/lib/jobs/insight-pregenerate.ts
@@ -691,15 +691,15 @@ export async function forceWarmUser(
   // outcome that has nothing to warm is a missing provider, and the
   // generators detect that themselves at near-zero cost.
   if (flags.insightStatus) {
-    // Mirror the nightly loop's force/refill split: only a `generated` /
-    // `cached` comprehensive ran `evictPerStatusInsightCache`, so only
-    // then must every card re-generate. On a failed / timed-out /
-    // skipped comprehensive the rows survived — refill-only (`force:
-    // false`) lets a card already generated today short-circuit to its
-    // cache, which is what keeps the second locale family cheap.
-    const evicted =
-      result.comprehensive === "generated" ||
-      result.comprehensive === "cached";
+    // Mirror the nightly loop's force/refill split: only a `generated`
+    // comprehensive ran `evictPerStatusInsightCache`, so only then must
+    // every card re-generate. (The forced generation above never returns
+    // `cached` — `force: true` skips the 24 h cache-hit branch.) On a
+    // failed / timed-out / skipped comprehensive the rows survived —
+    // refill-only (`force: false`) lets a card already generated today
+    // short-circuit to its cache, which is what keeps the second locale
+    // family cheap.
+    const evicted = result.comprehensive === "generated";
     result.assessmentsWarmed = await warmPerStatusCaches(
       userId,
       locales,
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights.ts b/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights.ts
index aeec01ce5..85925c0af 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ const insightsComprehensiveResponse = z
       .array(z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()))
       .optional(),
     metricSource: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).optional(),
+    revalidating: z
+      .boolean()
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "True when the body is served from last-good cache (stale-while-revalidate) while a fresh aggregation runs in the background. The client keeps polling on `revalidating` (bounded) so the open page converges on the fresh body.",
+      ),
   })
   .meta({
     id: "InsightsComprehensiveResponse",