diff --git a/src/lib/insights/__tests__/stress-score.test.ts b/src/lib/insights/__tests__/stress-score.test.ts
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+/**
+ * v1.10.0 — computed scores (WX-E). Stress-score engine + persistence.
+ *
+ * The Stress score is an HONEST HRV-derived proxy (Apple Watch has no EDA
+ * sensor). These tests pin:
+ *   - the proxy math (HRV suppression below baseline → higher stress),
+ *   - the per-day idempotency-key + canonical-timestamp helpers,
+ *   - the insufficient-data gates (too few intra-day samples; no baseline),
+ *   - the "store on ok, write nothing on gate" persistence + idempotency.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+const computeVitalsBaselineMock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/derived/baseline", () => ({
+  computeVitalsBaseline: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    computeVitalsBaselineMock(...args),
+}));
+
+import {
+  stressDayKey,
+  stressExternalId,
+  stressMeasuredAt,
+  stressProxyFromSdnn,
+  persistStressScore,
+  STRESS_SCORE_EXTERNAL_ID_PREFIX,
+  STRESS_MIN_INTRADAY_SAMPLES,
+} from "../stress-score";
+
+const NOW = new Date("2026-06-02T08:30:00Z");
+
+function okBaseline(center: number, spread: number) {
+  return {
+    status: "ok" as const,
+    value: { center, low: center - spread, high: center + spread, spread },
+  };
+}
+
+function makePrisma(sdnnValues: number[]) {
+  const sdnnRows = sdnnValues.map((value, i) => ({ value, id: `s${i}` }));
+  const findMany = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(sdnnRows);
+  const upsert = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
+  const findUnique = vi
+    .fn()
+    .mockResolvedValue({ dateOfBirth: null, gender: "MALE", heightCm: 180 });
+  return {
+    prisma: {
+      measurement: { findMany, upsert },
+      user: { findUnique },
+    } as unknown as Parameters<typeof persistStressScore>[0],
+    findMany,
+    upsert,
+  };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
+describe("stress-score helpers", () => {
+  it("keys the day + externalId by the UTC calendar day", () => {
+    expect(stressDayKey(NOW)).toBe("2026-06-02");
+    expect(stressExternalId(NOW)).toBe(
+      `${STRESS_SCORE_EXTERNAL_ID_PREFIX}2026-06-02`,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("anchors the canonical timestamp at noon UTC on the scored day", () => {
+    expect(stressMeasuredAt(NOW).toISOString()).toBe(
+      "2026-06-02T12:00:00.000Z",
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("stressProxyFromSdnn — HRV suppression → higher stress", () => {
+  it("scores 0 when SDNN is at or above baseline (no inferred stress)", () => {
+    expect(stressProxyFromSdnn(60, 60, 10)).toBe(0);
+    expect(stressProxyFromSdnn(80, 60, 10)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rises as SDNN drops below baseline", () => {
+    // One spread below baseline → ~50 stress (recovery scorer gives ~50).
+    expect(stressProxyFromSdnn(50, 60, 10)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(45);
+    expect(stressProxyFromSdnn(50, 60, 10)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(55);
+    // Two spreads below → ~100 stress.
+    expect(stressProxyFromSdnn(40, 60, 10)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(95);
+  });
+
+  it("is monotone — lower SDNN never yields lower stress", () => {
+    const a = stressProxyFromSdnn(55, 60, 10);
+    const b = stressProxyFromSdnn(45, 60, 10);
+    expect(b).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(a);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("persistStressScore", () => {
+  it("stores a COMPUTED STRESS_SCORE row when inputs are sufficient", async () => {
+    const { prisma, upsert } = makePrisma([40, 42, 38, 41]); // mean 40.25
+    computeVitalsBaselineMock.mockResolvedValue(okBaseline(60, 10));
+
+    const result = await persistStressScore(prisma, "user-1", NOW);
+
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe("stored");
+    expect(result.score).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(upsert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const arg = upsert.mock.calls[0][0];
+    expect(arg.where.userId_type_source_externalId).toEqual({
+      userId: "user-1",
+      type: "STRESS_SCORE",
+      source: "COMPUTED",
+      externalId: "stress:2026-06-02",
+    });
+    expect(arg.create).toMatchObject({
+      type: "STRESS_SCORE",
+      source: "COMPUTED",
+      unit: "score",
+      externalId: "stress:2026-06-02",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("writes NOTHING when there are too few intra-day samples", async () => {
+    const { prisma, upsert } = makePrisma(
+      Array(STRESS_MIN_INTRADAY_SAMPLES - 1).fill(50),
+    );
+    computeVitalsBaselineMock.mockResolvedValue(okBaseline(60, 10));
+
+    const result = await persistStressScore(prisma, "user-1", NOW);
+
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe("insufficient");
+    expect(result.reason).toBe("insufficient_intraday_samples");
+    expect(upsert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("writes NOTHING when the SDNN baseline is not usable", async () => {
+    const { prisma, upsert } = makePrisma([40, 42, 38, 41]);
+    computeVitalsBaselineMock.mockResolvedValue({ status: "insufficient" });
+
+    const result = await persistStressScore(prisma, "user-1", NOW);
+
+    expect(result.outcome).toBe("insufficient");
+    expect(result.reason).toBe("insufficient_baseline");
+    expect(upsert).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("is idempotent per user per day — re-runs upsert the same key", async () => {
+    const { prisma, upsert } = makePrisma([40, 42, 38, 41]);
+    computeVitalsBaselineMock.mockResolvedValue(okBaseline(60, 10));
+
+    await persistStressScore(prisma, "user-1", NOW);
+    await persistStressScore(prisma, "user-1", NOW);
+
+    expect(upsert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    const firstKey =
+      upsert.mock.calls[0][0].where.userId_type_source_externalId;
+    const secondKey =
+      upsert.mock.calls[1][0].where.userId_type_source_externalId;
+    expect(secondKey).toEqual(firstKey);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/insights/stress-score.ts b/src/lib/insights/stress-score.ts
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+/**
+ * v1.10.0 — computed scores (WX-E). The Stress score ENGINE + persistence.
+ *
+ * HONEST FRAMING (load-bearing — read before changing the label or copy):
+ * Apple Watch has NO electrodermal-activity (EDA / galvanic) sensor. There
+ * is no continuous stress measurement in HealthKit. What HealthKit DOES
+ * give is discrete heart-rate-variability (SDNN) samples through the day.
+ * This engine derives a defensible *proxy* from the intra-day SDNN signal —
+ * autonomic-balance research treats a SUPPRESSED, less-variable HRV through
+ * the day as a marker of higher sympathetic ("stress") load. It is NOT a
+ * direct stress measurement and the provenance/label must always say
+ * "HRV-derived proxy", never imply a galvanic / EDA reading.
+ *
+ * The proxy (0–100, higher = more inferred stress):
+ *   - Read the day's intra-day `HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY` (SDNN, ms) samples
+ *     (the dense intra-day retention tier keeps these raw within its
+ *     window — see `dense-intraday-retention.ts`).
+ *   - Take the day's MEAN SDNN.
+ *   - Compare it to the user's personal SDNN baseline (the robust
+ *     median/MAD band from the shared vitals-baseline engine over a 7-day
+ *     reference window). HRV is "higher-better" for recovery; a day mean
+ *     BELOW baseline = HRV suppression = higher inferred stress.
+ *   - Map the suppression deviation to 0–100 via the same MAD-scaled
+ *     deviation scorer the readiness blend uses (one spread below baseline
+ *     → ~50, two spreads → ~100), then INVERT so suppression raises stress.
+ *
+ * Honest confidence: the score is only stored when the day has at least
+ * `STRESS_MIN_INTRADAY_SAMPLES` SDNN samples AND the SDNN baseline is
+ * usable. Below that the engine returns `insufficient` and NO row is
+ * written — the series never carries a headline from a single spot reading
+ * or an unestablished baseline.
+ *
+ * Standard / framing: HRV (SDNN) suppression + reduced variability as a
+ * sympathetic-load marker — Kim et al. 2018, "Stress and Heart Rate
+ * Variability: A Meta-Analysis", Psychiatry Investigation 15(3):235–245;
+ * Thayer et al. 2012, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 36(2):747–756.
+ * The score is descriptive — a daily wellness proxy, NOT a clinical
+ * assessment, and it is excluded from the doctor PDF.
+ *
+ * Row shape (identical posture to the Recovery score):
+ *   - `type   = STRESS_SCORE`
+ *   - `source = COMPUTED`        (server-owned; a client can never POST it)
+ *   - `unit   = "score"`
+ *   - `value  = 0..100`          (plausibility-pinned to {min:0, max:100})
+ *   - `externalId = stress:YYYY-MM-DD` (the per-day idempotency key)
+ *
+ * Server-only — runs from the nightly pg-boss job in
+ * `src/lib/jobs/stress-score.ts`.
+ */
+import type { MeasurementType, PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
+import { getAgeFromDateOfBirth } from "@/lib/analytics/pulse-targets";
+import { computeVitalsBaseline } from "@/lib/insights/derived/baseline";
+import { scoreDeviation } from "@/lib/insights/derived/readiness";
+import type { BaselineProfile } from "@/lib/insights/derived/baseline";
+
+/** The per-day idempotency-key prefix for a stored Stress score row. */
+export const STRESS_SCORE_EXTERNAL_ID_PREFIX = "stress:";
+
+/** SDNN reference window (days) for the personal baseline. */
+export const STRESS_BASELINE_WINDOW_DAYS = 7;
+
+/**
+ * Minimum intra-day SDNN samples in the scored day before a headline is
+ * produced. A single spot SDNN reading is not an intra-day shape; below
+ * this floor the engine gates and writes nothing.
+ */
+export const STRESS_MIN_INTRADAY_SAMPLES = 3;
+
+const MS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+/** The UTC calendar day a `now` falls in, as `YYYY-MM-DD`. */
+export function stressDayKey(now: Date): string {
+  return now.toISOString().slice(0, 10);
+}
+
+/** The full `externalId` for a given day's Stress score row. */
+export function stressExternalId(now: Date): string {
+  return `${STRESS_SCORE_EXTERNAL_ID_PREFIX}${stressDayKey(now)}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The canonical timestamp a stored Stress row carries: noon UTC on the
+ * scored day — same day-keying convention as the Recovery score so the
+ * series lines up with the buckets it summarises.
+ */
+export function stressMeasuredAt(now: Date): Date {
+  return new Date(`${stressDayKey(now)}T12:00:00.000Z`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Map a day-mean SDNN below the personal baseline to a 0–100 stress proxy.
+ * Reuses the readiness deviation scorer (HRV is "higher-better" for
+ * recovery, so a suppression scores LOW there) and INVERTS it so HRV
+ * suppression raises the stress proxy. On-or-above baseline → 0 (no
+ * inferred stress); one spread below → ~50; two spreads below → ~100.
+ *
+ * Pure — exported for unit testing without Prisma.
+ */
+export function stressProxyFromSdnn(
+  dayMeanSdnn: number,
+  baselineCenter: number,
+  baselineSpread: number,
+): number {
+  // `scoreDeviation(... "higher-better")` returns 100 at/above baseline and
+  // falls toward 0 as SDNN drops; invert so suppression → high stress.
+  const recoveryComponent = scoreDeviation(
+    dayMeanSdnn,
+    baselineCenter,
+    baselineSpread,
+    "higher-better",
+  );
+  return Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.round(100 - recoveryComponent)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Read the scored day's intra-day SDNN samples (raw `HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY`
+ * rows on the scored UTC day). The dense intra-day retention tier keeps
+ * these raw within its window, so for a recently-synced day the engine sees
+ * the full intra-day set. Returns the per-sample values for the day.
+ */
+async function readIntradaySdnn(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  userId: string,
+  now: Date,
+): Promise<number[]> {
+  const dayKey = stressDayKey(now);
+  const dayStart = new Date(`${dayKey}T00:00:00.000Z`);
+  const dayEnd = new Date(dayStart.getTime() + MS_PER_DAY);
+  const rows = await prisma.measurement.findMany({
+    where: {
+      userId,
+      type: "HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY" as MeasurementType,
+      deletedAt: null,
+      measuredAt: { gte: dayStart, lt: dayEnd },
+      // Only count raw per-sample rows toward the intra-day floor — a single
+      // already-folded `stats:` daily-mean row is one point, not a shape.
+      NOT: { externalId: { startsWith: "stats:" } },
+    },
+    select: { value: true },
+    take: 2000,
+  });
+  return rows.map((r) => r.value);
+}
+
+export interface StressComputeResult {
+  /** The 0..100 score to persist, or null when the inputs gate. */
+  score: number | null;
+  /** Why a null score gated (exposed for the job log + tests). */
+  reason:
+    | "ok"
+    | "insufficient_intraday_samples"
+    | "insufficient_baseline";
+  /** Number of intra-day SDNN samples found for the scored day. */
+  intradaySamples: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compute the Stress score for one user as of `now`. Pure of persistence —
+ * the job calls this, then writes the row. Reuses the shared vitals-baseline
+ * engine (the same SDNN baseline the readiness blend reads) so the two
+ * surfaces can never drift.
+ */
+export async function computeStressScore(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  userId: string,
+  profile: BaselineProfile,
+  now: Date,
+): Promise<StressComputeResult> {
+  const sdnn = await readIntradaySdnn(prisma, userId, now);
+  if (sdnn.length < STRESS_MIN_INTRADAY_SAMPLES) {
+    return {
+      score: null,
+      reason: "insufficient_intraday_samples",
+      intradaySamples: sdnn.length,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const baseline = await computeVitalsBaseline(userId, profile, {
+    type: "HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY",
+    windowDays: STRESS_BASELINE_WINDOW_DAYS,
+    now,
+  });
+  if (baseline.status !== "ok") {
+    return {
+      score: null,
+      reason: "insufficient_baseline",
+      intradaySamples: sdnn.length,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const dayMean = sdnn.reduce((s, v) => s + v, 0) / sdnn.length;
+  const score = stressProxyFromSdnn(
+    dayMean,
+    baseline.value.center,
+    baseline.value.spread,
+  );
+  return { score, reason: "ok", intradaySamples: sdnn.length };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the `BaselineProfile` the SDNN baseline needs from the user row —
+ * the same shape the live `/api/insights/derived` route builds.
+ */
+export async function loadStressProfile(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  userId: string,
+): Promise<BaselineProfile> {
+  const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({
+    where: { id: userId },
+    select: { dateOfBirth: true, gender: true, heightCm: true },
+  });
+  const sex =
+    user?.gender === "MALE" || user?.gender === "FEMALE" ? user.gender : null;
+  return {
+    ageYears: getAgeFromDateOfBirth(user?.dateOfBirth ?? null),
+    sex,
+    heightCm: user?.heightCm ?? null,
+  };
+}
+
+export interface PersistStressResult {
+  /** "stored" when a row was upserted; "insufficient" when gated. */
+  outcome: "stored" | "insufficient";
+  /** The persisted score, or null when insufficient. */
+  score: number | null;
+  /** The gate reason (mirrors the compute result). */
+  reason: StressComputeResult["reason"];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compute + persist one user's Stress score for the `now` day. Upserts on
+ * the `(userId, type, source, externalId)` key so a re-run overwrites the
+ * day's row in place rather than duplicating it. Writes NOTHING when the
+ * inputs gate — no phantom proxy from a single reading or an unestablished
+ * baseline. The baseline engine reads `@/lib/db` directly; the nightly job
+ * passes that same shared client so both reads hit one connection.
+ */
+export async function persistStressScore(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  userId: string,
+  now: Date,
+): Promise<PersistStressResult> {
+  const profile = await loadStressProfile(prisma, userId);
+  const { score, reason } = await computeStressScore(
+    prisma,
+    userId,
+    profile,
+    now,
+  );
+
+  if (score === null) {
+    return { outcome: "insufficient", score: null, reason };
+  }
+
+  const externalId = stressExternalId(now);
+  const measuredAt = stressMeasuredAt(now);
+
+  await prisma.measurement.upsert({
+    where: {
+      userId_type_source_externalId: {
+        userId,
+        type: "STRESS_SCORE",
+        source: "COMPUTED",
+        externalId,
+      },
+    },
+    create: {
+      userId,
+      type: "STRESS_SCORE",
+      source: "COMPUTED",
+      value: score,
+      unit: "score",
+      measuredAt,
+      externalId,
+    },
+    update: {
+      value: score,
+      measuredAt,
+    },
+  });
+
+  return { outcome: "stored", score, reason };
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/jobs/stress-score.ts b/src/lib/jobs/stress-score.ts
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+/**
+ * v1.10.0 — computed scores (WX-E). Nightly Stress-score computation + store.
+ *
+ * Once a night this cron computes each eligible user's Stress score from
+ * their intra-day `HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY` (SDNN) samples and persists it as
+ * a `COMPUTED STRESS_SCORE` Measurement row (see
+ * `src/lib/insights/stress-score.ts`). The score is an HONEST HRV-derived
+ * proxy — Apple Watch has no EDA sensor; it is NEVER a direct stress
+ * measurement. The score is never computed on a page visit.
+ *
+ * Idempotent per user per day: the per-user persist upserts on
+ * `(userId, type, source, externalId)` with `externalId = stress:YYYY-MM-DD`,
+ * so a re-fired cron tick (or a manual re-run) overwrites the day's row in
+ * place. A user without enough intra-day SDNN samples or a usable baseline
+ * gets NO row that night — the series stays honest.
+ *
+ * The queue name MUST be registered in `allQueues` in
+ * `src/lib/jobs/reminder-worker.ts` so pg-boss provisions it at boot; an
+ * unregistered queue silently never drains.
+ */
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
+import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
+import { persistStressScore } from "@/lib/insights/stress-score";
+
+export const STRESS_SCORE_QUEUE = "stress-score-compute";
+
+/**
+ * Daily at 04:50 Europe/Berlin — inside the existing maintenance window,
+ * after the dense intra-day retention drain (03:50) and the recovery-score
+ * pass (04:45) so the HRV inputs it reads are settled.
+ */
+export const STRESS_SCORE_CRON = "50 4 * * *";
+
+/** Per-run user cap — same starvation guard the recovery-score pass uses. */
+export const STRESS_SCORE_BATCH_CAP = 500;
+
+/** Trailing window (days) a user must have a recent HRV row in to be a candidate. */
+export const STRESS_SCORE_RECENCY_DAYS = 2;
+
+const MS_PER_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+export interface StressScoreRunResult {
+  considered: number;
+  stored: number;
+  insufficient: number;
+  errored: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Discover users worth scoring tonight: anyone with at least one LIVE
+ * `HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY` row in the recency window. A user with no recent
+ * HRV cannot produce a Stress proxy, so skipping them keeps the pass cheap.
+ * Bounded by `cap`.
+ */
+export async function findStressScoreCandidates(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  now: Date,
+  cap: number,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const since = new Date(now.getTime() - STRESS_SCORE_RECENCY_DAYS * MS_PER_DAY);
+  const rows = await prisma.measurement.findMany({
+    where: {
+      type: "HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY",
+      deletedAt: null,
+      measuredAt: { gte: since },
+    },
+    select: { userId: true },
+    distinct: ["userId"],
+    take: cap,
+  });
+  return rows.map((r) => r.userId);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run one Stress-score pass. Pure of pg-boss so the unit test drives it
+ * directly. Each user is scored independently; a single user's error is
+ * recorded and the pass continues.
+ */
+export async function runStressScore(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  options: { now?: Date; cap?: number } = {},
+): Promise<StressScoreRunResult> {
+  const now = options.now ?? new Date();
+  const cap = options.cap ?? STRESS_SCORE_BATCH_CAP;
+
+  const userIds = await findStressScoreCandidates(prisma, now, cap);
+
+  let stored = 0;
+  let insufficient = 0;
+  let errored = 0;
+  for (const userId of userIds) {
+    try {
+      const result = await persistStressScore(prisma, userId, now);
+      if (result.outcome === "stored") stored += 1;
+      else insufficient += 1;
+    } catch {
+      errored += 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  annotate({
+    action: {
+      name: "insights.stress.compute",
+      details: { considered: userIds.length, stored, insufficient, errored },
+    },
+  });
+
+  return { considered: userIds.length, stored, insufficient, errored };
+}