diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 95642eca1..6f08908a0 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@
       },
       "scores": {
         "sectionTitle": "Wellness-Werte",
+        "loadError": "Deine Wellness-Werte konnten gerade nicht geladen werden.",
         "recovery": "Erholung",
         "stress": "Stress",
         "strain": "Belastung"
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 790aa9ac6..13328d1ce 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@
       },
       "scores": {
         "sectionTitle": "Wellness scores",
+        "loadError": "Could not load your wellness scores right now.",
         "recovery": "Recovery",
         "stress": "Stress",
         "strain": "Strain"
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index 39cf0107c..68ab74986 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@
       },
       "scores": {
         "sectionTitle": "Puntuaciones de bienestar",
+        "loadError": "No se pudieron cargar tus puntuaciones de bienestar en este momento.",
         "recovery": "Recuperación",
         "stress": "Estrés",
         "strain": "Esfuerzo"
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index 6ca07d04c..ab478edbd 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@
       },
       "scores": {
         "sectionTitle": "Scores de bien-être",
+        "loadError": "Impossible de charger vos scores de bien-être pour le moment.",
         "recovery": "Récupération",
         "stress": "Stress",
         "strain": "Effort"
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index e57588d7f..c4a4248a5 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@
       },
       "scores": {
         "sectionTitle": "Punteggi di benessere",
+        "loadError": "Al momento non è stato possibile caricare i tuoi punteggi di benessere.",
         "recovery": "Recupero",
         "stress": "Stress",
         "strain": "Sforzo"
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index dd9542416..312778ce2 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -2772,6 +2772,7 @@
       },
       "scores": {
         "sectionTitle": "Wyniki dobrostanu",
+        "loadError": "Nie udało się teraz wczytać Twoich wyników dobrostanu.",
         "recovery": "Regeneracja",
         "stress": "Stres",
         "strain": "Obciążenie"
diff --git a/src/app/insights/page.tsx b/src/app/insights/page.tsx
index 19b1f2235..958792a4d 100644
--- a/src/app/insights/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/insights/page.tsx
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ export default function InsightsPage() {
       <WellnessScores
         read={dashboardDerived.read}
         isLoading={dashboardDerived.isLoading}
+        isError={dashboardDerived.isError}
+        refetch={dashboardDerived.refetch}
       />
 
       {flags.briefing && (
diff --git a/src/components/insights/derived/wellness-scores.tsx b/src/components/insights/derived/wellness-scores.tsx
index 4db638a99..f99f0cf49 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/derived/wellness-scores.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/derived/wellness-scores.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 import type { ComponentType } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { Activity, Flame, Gauge, HeartPulse, Moon } from "lucide-react";
+import { Activity, Flame, Gauge, HeartPulse, Moon, RefreshCw } from "lucide-react";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { TileHeader } from "@/components/insights/tile-header";
 import { ScoreRing } from "./score-ring";
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ interface ScoreStripProps {
   /** The batched-read selector from the parent dashboard's one query. */
   read: DerivedBatchRead;
   isLoading: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The shared derived-batch error flag. On a failed batch the strip renders
+   * a compact error + Retry in place instead of vanishing silently (the strip
+   * is now top-of-page, so its only Retry must live here, not far below in the
+   * Vitals slot).
+   */
+  isError?: boolean;
+  /** Refetch the one shared batch query. Recovers both strips at once. */
+  refetch?: () => void;
   className?: string;
 }
 
@@ -86,9 +96,51 @@ function RingTile({
   );
 }
 
-export function WellnessScores({ read, isLoading, className }: ScoreStripProps) {
+export function WellnessScores({
+  read,
+  isLoading,
+  isError = false,
+  refetch,
+  className,
+}: ScoreStripProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
 
+  // A failed shared batch must read as an error, not as "no scores" — the
+  // strip is top-of-page, so the only Retry lives here (mirrors the Vitals
+  // error card styling; one Retry recovers both strips).
+  if (isError) {
+    return (
+      <section
+        data-slot="wellness-scores"
+        aria-label={t("insights.derived.scores.sectionTitle")}
+        className={cn("space-y-3", className)}
+      >
+        <TileHeader
+          icon={Activity}
+          title={t("insights.derived.scores.sectionTitle")}
+        />
+        <div
+          data-slot="wellness-scores-error"
+          role="alert"
+          className="bg-card border-border text-muted-foreground flex flex-col items-start gap-3 rounded-xl border p-4 text-sm sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-between"
+        >
+          <span>{t("insights.derived.scores.loadError")}</span>
+          <Button
+            type="button"
+            size="sm"
+            variant="outline"
+            onClick={() => refetch?.()}
+            data-slot="wellness-scores-retry"
+            className="gap-1.5"
+          >
+            <RefreshCw className="h-3.5 w-3.5" aria-hidden="true" />
+            <span>{t("common.retry")}</span>
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+    );
+  }
+
   const readiness = read<ReadinessValue>({ metric: "READINESS" });
   const sleep = read<SleepScoreValue>({ metric: "SLEEP_SCORE" });
   const recovery = read<WellnessScoreValue>({ metric: "RECOVERY_SCORE" });
diff --git a/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx b/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx
index c04fa0a26..2f6d31349 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/insights-layout-shell.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
 import { useMemo, type ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useSelectedLayoutSegment } from "next/navigation";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
@@ -57,6 +58,15 @@ export function InsightsLayoutShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
   const flags = useFeatureFlags();
   const advisorEnabled =
     isAuthenticated && flags.enabled && flags.briefing;
+
+  // v1.12.6 — routes that carry their own purpose-built disclaimer must NOT
+  // also show the generic footer below (otherwise two disclaimers stack).
+  // The Coach full page renders its own `composerDisclaimer` under the
+  // composer, so its segment is excluded here. Every other segment — the
+  // overview (null segment), the metric sub-pages, mood, medications, the
+  // raw values table — keeps the single generic footer.
+  const segment = useSelectedLayoutSegment();
+  const showDisclaimerFooter = segment !== "coach";
   const advisor = useInsightsAdvisorQuery(advisorEnabled);
 
   // Shared analytics fetch — the layout shell only reads
@@ -118,13 +128,16 @@ export function InsightsLayoutShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
           caveats (health score, correlations, mood relations, derived cards,
           rhythm events) stay on their own cards — those convey real,
           non-generic information. Other waves remove the generic line from the
-          overview / mood / medications pages; this footer is where it lives. */}
-      <p
-        data-slot="insights-disclaimer-footer"
-        className="text-muted-foreground border-border/60 border-t pt-4 text-center text-xs leading-relaxed"
-      >
-        {t("insights.disclaimer.footer")}
-      </p>
+          overview / mood / medications pages; this footer is where it lives.
+          Suppressed on the Coach route, which carries its own disclaimer. */}
+      {showDisclaimerFooter ? (
+        <p
+          data-slot="insights-disclaimer-footer"
+          className="text-muted-foreground border-border/60 border-t pt-4 text-center text-xs leading-relaxed"
+        >
+          {t("insights.disclaimer.footer")}
+        </p>
+      ) : null}
     </div>
   );
 }