diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index da859c289..db831e9a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.27.7] — 2026-07-05 — Score rings on the dashboard
+
+### Added
+
+- The dashboard hero can now show up to three score rings of your choice beside the health score — readiness, recovery, sleep, or medication adherence — picked under Settings → Dashboard. Rings only offer themselves when their module is on, and a ring without data simply stays away. The default shows medication adherence, which replaces the old "doses taken" text line.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Tapping a briefing signal on the dashboard now opens that metric's own page instead of the Insights overview.
+- The hero's broad "Open Insights" button is gone; the health-score card already links there. Verdict buttons with a specific action (take dose, view blood pressure, …) stay.
+
 ## [1.27.6] — 2026-07-05 — A calmer mental-wellbeing check-in
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index bd43dea0e..d3626456a 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: 3.1.0
 info:
   title: HealthLog API
-  version: 1.27.6
+  version: 1.27.7
   description: >-
     Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA — public API surface for the iOS native client and external ingest.
 
@@ -21421,6 +21421,38 @@ components:
           description: Personal health score summary (0..100 score, traffic-light band, week-over-week delta). Null on a
             rollup-coverage miss (it rides the thick phase alongside `extras`) and when no pillar is computable.
             Component breakdown is deliberately not serialised here.
+        scoreRings:
+          description: "User-selected hero score rings (max 3, `selectedScoreRings` on the dashboard layout), resolved
+            server-side: READINESS / RECOVERY_SCORE / SLEEP_SCORE via the derived engines (module-gated like
+            `/api/insights/derived`), MED_COMPLIANCE as the pooled 7-day medication adherence (0..100, banded ≥90 green
+            / ≥70 yellow / else red). Only rings with data appear, in selection order — a missing entry means no data or
+            a disabled module, never zero. Clients render what arrives and never recompute."
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: object
+            properties:
+              id:
+                type: string
+                enum:
+                  - READINESS
+                  - RECOVERY_SCORE
+                  - SLEEP_SCORE
+                  - MED_COMPLIANCE
+              score:
+                type: integer
+                minimum: -9007199254740991
+                maximum: 9007199254740991
+              band:
+                type: string
+                enum:
+                  - green
+                  - yellow
+                  - red
+            required:
+              - id
+              - score
+              - band
+            additionalProperties: false
         briefing:
           anyOf:
             - type: object
diff --git a/messages/de.json b/messages/de.json
index 5b15961ad..76d77dcbb 100644
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@
       "scoreLabel": "Health Score",
       "scoreProvisional": "Noch nicht genug Daten",
       "scoreComputing": "Score wird berechnet…",
-      "doses": {
-        "summary": "{taken} von {scheduled} Dosen genommen",
-        "nextAt": "Nächste um {time}",
-        "allDone": "Alle Dosen für heute erledigt",
-        "none": "Heute keine Dosen geplant"
-      },
       "verdict": {
         "doseOverdue": "Eine Dosis {name} ist überfällig.",
         "doseOverdueNoName": "Eine Dosis ist überfällig.",
@@ -330,8 +324,7 @@
         "viewBp": "Blutdruck ansehen",
         "viewWeight": "Gewicht ansehen",
         "viewSleep": "Schlaf ansehen",
-        "logMeasurement": "Messung erfassen",
-        "viewInsights": "Insights öffnen"
+        "logMeasurement": "Messung erfassen"
       },
       "briefing": {
         "title": "Tagesbriefing",
@@ -390,7 +383,9 @@
     "mood": "Stimmung",
     "customizeTitle": "Dashboard-Layout",
     "heroToggleLabel": "Tagesüberblick",
-    "heroToggleDescription": "Zeigt Begrüßung, Score, Tagesfokus und Dosen-Status ganz oben auf dem Dashboard.",
+    "heroToggleDescription": "Zeigt Begrüßung, Tagesfokus und Score-Ringe ganz oben auf dem Dashboard.",
+    "scoreRingsTitle": "Score-Ringe",
+    "scoreRingsDescription": "Bis zu drei zusätzliche Ringe neben dem Health Score – zum Beispiel Bereitschaft, Erholung, Schlaf oder Therapietreue.",
     "layoutReset": "Auf Defaults zurücksetzen",
     "layoutSaveSuccess": "Dashboard-Layout gespeichert",
     "layoutSaveError": "Layout konnte nicht gespeichert werden",
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index e6752beca..6e7531238 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@
       "scoreLabel": "Health Score",
       "scoreProvisional": "Not enough data yet",
       "scoreComputing": "Calculating score…",
-      "doses": {
-        "summary": "{taken} of {scheduled} doses taken",
-        "nextAt": "Next at {time}",
-        "allDone": "All doses done for today",
-        "none": "No doses scheduled today"
-      },
       "verdict": {
         "doseOverdue": "A dose of {name} is overdue.",
         "doseOverdueNoName": "A dose is overdue.",
@@ -330,8 +324,7 @@
         "viewBp": "View blood pressure",
         "viewWeight": "View weight",
         "viewSleep": "View sleep",
-        "logMeasurement": "Log measurement",
-        "viewInsights": "Open Insights"
+        "logMeasurement": "Log measurement"
       },
       "briefing": {
         "title": "Today’s briefing",
@@ -390,7 +383,9 @@
     "mood": "Mood",
     "customizeTitle": "Dashboard layout",
     "heroToggleLabel": "Daily overview",
-    "heroToggleDescription": "Shows your greeting, score, daily focus and dose status at the top of the dashboard.",
+    "heroToggleDescription": "Shows your greeting, daily focus and score rings at the top of the dashboard.",
+    "scoreRingsTitle": "Score rings",
+    "scoreRingsDescription": "Up to three additional rings next to the health score — for example readiness, recovery, sleep or adherence.",
     "layoutReset": "Reset to defaults",
     "layoutSaveSuccess": "Dashboard layout saved",
     "layoutSaveError": "Could not save dashboard layout",
diff --git a/messages/es.json b/messages/es.json
index 578367b41..63288bf42 100644
--- a/messages/es.json
+++ b/messages/es.json
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@
       "scoreLabel": "Health Score",
       "scoreProvisional": "Aún no hay datos suficientes",
       "scoreComputing": "Calculando la puntuación …",
-      "doses": {
-        "summary": "{taken} de {scheduled} dosis tomadas",
-        "nextAt": "Próxima a las {time}",
-        "allDone": "Todas las dosis de hoy completadas",
-        "none": "Hoy no hay dosis programadas"
-      },
       "verdict": {
         "doseOverdue": "Una dosis de {name} está atrasada.",
         "doseOverdueNoName": "Una dosis está atrasada.",
@@ -330,8 +324,7 @@
         "viewBp": "Ver tensión arterial",
         "viewWeight": "Ver peso",
         "viewSleep": "Ver sueño",
-        "logMeasurement": "Registrar medición",
-        "viewInsights": "Abrir Insights"
+        "logMeasurement": "Registrar medición"
       },
       "briefing": {
         "title": "Resumen de hoy",
@@ -390,7 +383,9 @@
     "mood": "Estado de ánimo",
     "customizeTitle": "Diseño del panel",
     "heroToggleLabel": "Resumen del día",
-    "heroToggleDescription": "Muestra el saludo, la puntuación, el foco del día y el estado de las dosis en la parte superior del panel.",
+    "heroToggleDescription": "Muestra el saludo, el foco del día y los anillos de puntuación en la parte superior del panel.",
+    "scoreRingsTitle": "Anillos de puntuación",
+    "scoreRingsDescription": "Hasta tres anillos adicionales junto a la puntuación de salud, por ejemplo preparación, recuperación, sueño o cumplimiento.",
     "layoutReset": "Restablecer valores por defecto",
     "layoutSaveSuccess": "Diseño del panel guardado",
     "layoutSaveError": "No se ha podido guardar el diseño",
diff --git a/messages/fr.json b/messages/fr.json
index 625a8dd27..b05f33f29 100644
--- a/messages/fr.json
+++ b/messages/fr.json
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@
       "scoreLabel": "Health Score",
       "scoreProvisional": "Pas encore assez de données",
       "scoreComputing": "Calcul du score en cours …",
-      "doses": {
-        "summary": "{taken} dose(s) prise(s) sur {scheduled}",
-        "nextAt": "Prochaine à {time}",
-        "allDone": "Toutes les doses du jour sont prises",
-        "none": "Aucune dose prévue aujourd’hui"
-      },
       "verdict": {
         "doseOverdue": "Une dose de {name} est en retard.",
         "doseOverdueNoName": "Une dose est en retard.",
@@ -330,8 +324,7 @@
         "viewBp": "Voir la tension",
         "viewWeight": "Voir le poids",
         "viewSleep": "Voir le sommeil",
-        "logMeasurement": "Saisir une mesure",
-        "viewInsights": "Ouvrir Insights"
+        "logMeasurement": "Saisir une mesure"
       },
       "briefing": {
         "title": "Briefing du jour",
@@ -390,7 +383,9 @@
     "mood": "Humeur",
     "customizeTitle": "Mise en page du tableau",
     "heroToggleLabel": "Aperçu du jour",
-    "heroToggleDescription": "Affiche le message d’accueil, le score, le focus du jour et l’état des doses tout en haut du tableau de bord.",
+    "heroToggleDescription": "Affiche le message d’accueil, le focus du jour et les anneaux de score tout en haut du tableau de bord.",
+    "scoreRingsTitle": "Anneaux de score",
+    "scoreRingsDescription": "Jusqu’à trois anneaux supplémentaires à côté du score de santé — par exemple préparation, récupération, sommeil ou observance.",
     "layoutReset": "Rétablir les valeurs par défaut",
     "layoutSaveSuccess": "Mise en page enregistrée",
     "layoutSaveError": "Impossible d’enregistrer la mise en page",
diff --git a/messages/it.json b/messages/it.json
index 689c35b3d..992787bc2 100644
--- a/messages/it.json
+++ b/messages/it.json
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@
       "scoreLabel": "Health Score",
       "scoreProvisional": "Dati ancora insufficienti",
       "scoreComputing": "Calcolo del punteggio in corso …",
-      "doses": {
-        "summary": "{taken} dosi assunte su {scheduled}",
-        "nextAt": "Prossima alle {time}",
-        "allDone": "Tutte le dosi di oggi completate",
-        "none": "Nessuna dose in programma oggi"
-      },
       "verdict": {
         "doseOverdue": "Una dose di {name} è in ritardo.",
         "doseOverdueNoName": "Una dose è in ritardo.",
@@ -330,8 +324,7 @@
         "viewBp": "Vedi pressione",
         "viewWeight": "Vedi peso",
         "viewSleep": "Vedi sonno",
-        "logMeasurement": "Registra misurazione",
-        "viewInsights": "Apri Insights"
+        "logMeasurement": "Registra misurazione"
       },
       "briefing": {
         "title": "Briefing di oggi",
@@ -390,7 +383,9 @@
     "mood": "Umore",
     "customizeTitle": "Layout della dashboard",
     "heroToggleLabel": "Panoramica del giorno",
-    "heroToggleDescription": "Mostra saluto, punteggio, focus del giorno e stato delle dosi in cima alla dashboard.",
+    "heroToggleDescription": "Mostra saluto, focus del giorno e anelli dei punteggi in cima alla dashboard.",
+    "scoreRingsTitle": "Anelli dei punteggi",
+    "scoreRingsDescription": "Fino a tre anelli aggiuntivi accanto al punteggio di salute, ad esempio prontezza, recupero, sonno o aderenza.",
     "layoutReset": "Ripristina i valori predefiniti",
     "layoutSaveSuccess": "Layout della dashboard salvato",
     "layoutSaveError": "Impossibile salvare il layout",
diff --git a/messages/pl.json b/messages/pl.json
index e15b6fe37..0ea37c756 100644
--- a/messages/pl.json
+++ b/messages/pl.json
@@ -307,12 +307,6 @@
       "scoreLabel": "Health Score",
       "scoreProvisional": "Za mało danych",
       "scoreComputing": "Trwa obliczanie wyniku …",
-      "doses": {
-        "summary": "Przyjęto {taken} z {scheduled} dawek",
-        "nextAt": "Następna o {time}",
-        "allDone": "Wszystkie dzisiejsze dawki przyjęte",
-        "none": "Brak zaplanowanych dawek na dziś"
-      },
       "verdict": {
         "doseOverdue": "Dawka {name} jest zaległa.",
         "doseOverdueNoName": "Dawka jest zaległa.",
@@ -330,8 +324,7 @@
         "viewBp": "Zobacz ciśnienie",
         "viewWeight": "Zobacz wagę",
         "viewSleep": "Zobacz sen",
-        "logMeasurement": "Zapisz pomiar",
-        "viewInsights": "Otwórz Insights"
+        "logMeasurement": "Zapisz pomiar"
       },
       "briefing": {
         "title": "Briefing dnia",
@@ -390,7 +383,9 @@
     "mood": "Nastrój",
     "customizeTitle": "Układ panelu",
     "heroToggleLabel": "Przegląd dnia",
-    "heroToggleDescription": "Pokazuje powitanie, wynik, fokus dnia i status dawek na górze pulpitu.",
+    "heroToggleDescription": "Pokazuje powitanie, fokus dnia i pierścienie wyników na górze pulpitu.",
+    "scoreRingsTitle": "Pierścienie wyników",
+    "scoreRingsDescription": "Maksymalnie trzy dodatkowe pierścienie obok wskaźnika zdrowia — np. gotowość, regeneracja, sen lub przestrzeganie zaleceń.",
     "layoutReset": "Przywróć wartości domyślne",
     "layoutSaveSuccess": "Układ panelu zapisany",
     "layoutSaveError": "Nie udało się zapisać układu",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a1f32b06..efb12c048 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "healthlog",
-  "version": "1.27.6",
+  "version": "1.27.7",
   "description": "Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA with Withings integration, AI insights, and doctor-report PDF export.",
   "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
   "homepage": "https://healthlog.dev",
diff --git a/public/sw.js b/public/sw.js
index c81588410..f930747ee 100644
--- a/public/sw.js
+++ b/public/sw.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try {
 // v1.4.38.4 → v1.4.42. Do not hand-edit; bump `package.json` and rebuild.
 const CACHE_VERSION =
   (typeof self !== "undefined" && self.__APP_VERSION__) ||
-  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.27.6";
+  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.27.7";
 const STATIC_CACHE = `healthlog-static-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 const PAGE_CACHE = `healthlog-pages-${CACHE_VERSION}`;
 // v1.18.6 — read-only data cache for a curated allowlist of safe GET `/api/*`
diff --git a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
index 15121fc65..989dd17f4 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ import {
   DASHBOARD_WIDGET_CATALOGUE_IDS,
   COMPARISON_BASELINES,
   CHART_OVERLAY_KEYS,
+  SCORE_RING_IDS,
+  MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS,
   type ChartOverlayPrefsMap,
   type DashboardLayout,
+  type ScoreRingId,
 } from "@/lib/dashboard-layout";
 import { Prisma } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
 import { z } from "zod/v4";
@@ -121,6 +124,13 @@ const layoutSchema = z.object({
   // `chartOverlayPrefs` — a Settings save that doesn't know the field
   // must not silently reset the user's choice).
   heroVisible: z.boolean().optional(),
+  // v1.27.7 — hero score rings (max 3, closed id set). Optional with the
+  // same preserve-when-absent contract as `heroVisible`; the resolver
+  // dedupes on read/serialize, `.max()` bounds the wire length.
+  selectedScoreRings: z
+    .array(z.enum(SCORE_RING_IDS))
+    .max(MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS)
+    .optional(),
 });
 
 async function buildDashboardLayout(userId: string): Promise<DashboardLayout> {
@@ -262,16 +272,19 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
   // didn't send. The dashboard-layout PUT typically saves widget
   // visibility / order; chart prefs are PUT through their own route
   // (`/api/dashboard/chart-overlay-prefs`) and would otherwise be
-  // wiped here on a subsequent layout save. `heroVisible` rides the
-  // same preserve-when-absent contract — an older client's layout
-  // save must not reset the hero toggle. One stored-layout read
-  // covers both fallbacks.
+  // wiped here on a subsequent layout save. `heroVisible` and
+  // `selectedScoreRings` ride the same preserve-when-absent contract —
+  // an older client's layout save must not reset either choice. One
+  // stored-layout read covers all fallbacks.
   let mergedChartOverlayPrefs: ChartOverlayPrefsMap | undefined = parsed.data
     .chartOverlayPrefs as ChartOverlayPrefsMap | undefined;
   let mergedHeroVisible: boolean | undefined = parsed.data.heroVisible;
+  let mergedScoreRings: ScoreRingId[] | undefined =
+    parsed.data.selectedScoreRings;
   if (
     mergedChartOverlayPrefs === undefined ||
-    mergedHeroVisible === undefined
+    mergedHeroVisible === undefined ||
+    mergedScoreRings === undefined
   ) {
     const existing = await prisma.user.findUnique({
       where: { id: user.id },
@@ -286,11 +299,15 @@ export const PUT = apiHandler(async (request: NextRequest) => {
     if (mergedHeroVisible === undefined) {
       mergedHeroVisible = existingLayout.heroVisible === true;
     }
+    if (mergedScoreRings === undefined) {
+      mergedScoreRings = existingLayout.selectedScoreRings;
+    }
   }
   const normalized = serializeDashboardLayout({
     ...parsed.data,
     chartOverlayPrefs: mergedChartOverlayPrefs,
     heroVisible: mergedHeroVisible,
+    selectedScoreRings: mergedScoreRings,
   } as DashboardLayout);
 
   await prisma.user.update({
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero-skeleton.test.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero-skeleton.test.tsx
index 0084eb4c6..3e903572e 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero-skeleton.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero-skeleton.test.tsx
@@ -23,14 +23,26 @@ describe("<DashboardHeroSkeleton>", () => {
   });
 
   it("reserves the hero's exact footprint classes", () => {
+    // v1.27.7 — the shell mirrors the loaded band's plain `bg-card`
+    // surface (the old `hero-gradient` chrome was a leftover from the
+    // pre-v1.18.1 gradient hero and never matched the loaded state).
     for (const cls of [
       "min-h-[8.75rem]",
       "md:min-h-[9.5rem]",
-      "hero-gradient",
+      "bg-card",
+      "border-border",
       "rounded-xl",
     ]) {
       expect(html).toContain(cls);
     }
+    expect(html).not.toContain("hero-gradient");
+  });
+
+  it("reserves no dose-row pill — the ring row replaced it (v1.27.7)", () => {
+    // The left column carries exactly three skeleton bars (greeting +
+    // verdict + CTA); the old fourth dose-pill bar is gone.
+    const bars = html.match(/data-slot="skeleton"/g) ?? [];
+    expect(bars.length).toBe(4); // 3 left-column bars + 1 ring circle
   });
 
   it("mirrors the two-column md:flex-row split with the fixed ring circle", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx
index 85c65068c..b7e02fe1a 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/__tests__/dashboard-hero.test.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import { DashboardHero } from "../dashboard-hero";
  *     a button; allQuiet carries none);
  *   - the briefing rung renders the model headline VERBATIM as plain
  *     text (no i18n key);
- *   - the dose row prints the day tally with next-at / all-done / none
- *     detail, and the documented stale-cache state (past `nextDueAt`,
- *     `nextDueOverdue: false`) renders as the plain summary — never as
+ *   - v1.27.7 — the ring row replaced the dose text row: the selected
+ *     `scoreRings` render beside the health-score ring (hue per ring,
+ *     band semantics for the adherence ring) and self-gate on data;
+ *     the documented stale-cache state (past `nextDueAt`,
+ *     `nextDueOverdue: false`) still renders a calm verdict — never
  *     overdue;
  *   - the greeting derives from the snapshot's server-computed
  *     `greetingHour` and personalises from the snapshot username;
@@ -233,8 +235,6 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — verdict variants", () => {
     expect(html).toContain('data-verdict-variant="doseUpcoming"');
     expect(html).toContain(`Um ${expectedTime} steht Jardiance an.`);
     expect(html).toContain("Jetzt eintragen");
-    // The dose row repeats the same instant as "Nächste um …".
-    expect(html).toContain(`Nächste um ${expectedTime}`);
   });
 
   it("weightDrift: sentence + link to the weight insight", () => {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — verdict variants", () => {
     expect(html).toMatch(/<button[^>]*data-slot="dashboard-hero-cta"/);
   });
 
-  it("scoreDrop: point delta + link to /insights", () => {
+  it("scoreDrop: point delta, no broad Insights CTA", () => {
     const html = render(
       baseSnapshot({
         healthScore: { score: 58, band: "yellow", delta: -14 },
@@ -310,11 +310,13 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — verdict variants", () => {
     );
     expect(html).toContain('data-verdict-variant="scoreDrop"');
     expect(html).toContain("liegt 14 Punkte unter der Vorwoche.");
-    expect(html).toContain('href="/insights"');
-    expect(html).toContain("Insights öffnen");
+    // v1.27.7 — the overview-only CTA left the band; the health-score
+    // card carries the Insights link. Only specific-action verdicts
+    // keep a button.
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="dashboard-hero-cta"');
   });
 
-  it("briefing: renders the model headline verbatim as plain text + Insights link", () => {
+  it("briefing: renders the model headline verbatim as plain text, no broad CTA", () => {
     const headline = "Systolic crept up over seven days.";
     const html = render(
       baseSnapshot({
@@ -338,8 +340,8 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — verdict variants", () => {
     );
     expect(html).toContain('data-verdict-variant="briefing"');
     expect(html).toContain(headline);
-    expect(html).toContain('href="/insights"');
-    expect(html).toContain("Insights öffnen");
+    // v1.27.7 — same rule as scoreDrop: no broad Insights CTA.
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="dashboard-hero-cta"');
   });
 
   it("allQuiet: sentence with NO CTA in the band", () => {
@@ -366,49 +368,65 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — verdict variants", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("<DashboardHero> — dose row", () => {
-  it("prints the day tally with the neutral chip chrome and the Pill icon", () => {
+describe("<DashboardHero> — ring row (v1.27.7)", () => {
+  it("renders the selected rings beside the health-score ring, in selection order", () => {
+    const html = render(
+      baseSnapshot({
+        healthScore: { score: 82, band: "green", delta: 2 },
+        scoreRings: [
+          { id: "READINESS", score: 71, band: "green" },
+          { id: "MED_COMPLIANCE", score: 95, band: "green" },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+    const row = html.match(/data-slot="dashboard-hero-rings"/g) ?? [];
+    expect(row).toHaveLength(1);
+    // Selection order preserved, health ring trailing (3 rings total).
+    const readinessIdx = html.indexOf('data-ring="READINESS"');
+    const complianceIdx = html.indexOf('data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"');
+    expect(readinessIdx).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+    expect(complianceIdx).toBeGreaterThan(readinessIdx);
+    const rings = html.match(/data-slot="score-ring"/g) ?? [];
+    expect(rings).toHaveLength(3);
+    // Labels (de locale): the derived ring reuses its wellness-strip
+    // title, the adherence ring the medications adherence label.
+    expect(html).toContain("Bereitschaft");
+    expect(html).toContain("Therapietreue");
+  });
+
+  it("no dose text row renders anymore — the ring row carries the slot", () => {
     const html = render(
       baseSnapshot({
         medsToday: medsToday({ scheduledToday: 3, takenToday: 1 }),
       }),
     );
-    expect(html).toContain("1 von 3 Dosen genommen");
-    const doseRow = html.match(
-      /<div[^>]*data-slot="dashboard-hero-doses"[^>]*>/,
-    );
-    expect(doseRow).not.toBeNull();
-    // v1.18.1: chip sits on a neutral muted surface over the plain card —
-    // no translucent card tint, no blur, no shadow (the gradient is gone).
-    for (const cls of ["bg-muted/50", "border-border/60", "rounded-xl"]) {
-      expect(doseRow![0]).toContain(cls);
-    }
-    expect(doseRow![0]).not.toContain("backdrop-blur");
-    expect(doseRow![0]).not.toContain("shadow-sm");
-  });
-
-  it("all doses resolved (taken + skipped) → 'Alle Dosen für heute erledigt'", () => {
-    const html = render(
-      baseSnapshot({
-        medsToday: medsToday({
-          scheduledToday: 2,
-          takenToday: 1,
-          skippedToday: 1,
-        }),
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(html).toContain("1 von 2 Dosen genommen");
-    expect(html).toContain("Alle Dosen für heute erledigt");
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Nächste um");
-  });
-
-  it("no doses scheduled → 'Heute keine Dosen geplant'", () => {
-    const html = render(baseSnapshot());
-    expect(html).toContain("Heute keine Dosen geplant");
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="dashboard-hero-doses"');
     expect(html).not.toContain("Dosen genommen");
   });
 
-  it("DEFENSIVE: a stale past nextDueAt with nextDueOverdue false renders the plain summary, never overdue", () => {
+  it("an empty / absent scoreRings block leaves the health ring alone (self-gating)", () => {
+    const html = render(
+      baseSnapshot({ healthScore: { score: 60, band: "yellow", delta: 0 } }),
+    );
+    const rings = html.match(/data-slot="score-ring"/g) ?? [];
+    expect(rings).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="dashboard-hero-ring"');
+  });
+
+  it("the adherence ring paints band semantics (data-band), not a metric hue", () => {
+    const html = render(
+      baseSnapshot({
+        scoreRings: [{ id: "MED_COMPLIANCE", score: 65, band: "red" }],
+      }),
+    );
+    const ring = html.match(
+      /<div[^>]*data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"[\s\S]*?data-band="([a-z]+)"/,
+    );
+    expect(ring).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(ring![1]).toBe("red");
+  });
+
+  it("DEFENSIVE: a stale past nextDueAt with nextDueOverdue false still renders a calm verdict, never overdue", () => {
     const html = render(
       baseSnapshot({
         medsToday: medsToday({
@@ -420,26 +438,9 @@ describe("<DashboardHero> — dose row", () => {
         }),
       }),
     );
-    expect(html).toContain("1 von 2 Dosen genommen");
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Nächste um");
     expect(html).not.toContain("überfällig");
     expect(html).toContain('data-verdict-variant="allQuiet"');
   });
-
-  it("a next-due anchor on TOMORROW's local day stays off the dose row", () => {
-    const html = render(
-      baseSnapshot({
-        medsToday: medsToday({
-          scheduledToday: 2,
-          takenToday: 1,
-          nextDueAt: isoHoursFromNow(20), // 08:00 Berlin tomorrow
-          nextDueMedicationName: "Metformin",
-        }),
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(html).toContain("1 von 2 Dosen genommen");
-    expect(html).not.toContain("Nächste um");
-  });
 });
 
 describe("<DashboardHero> — greeting", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/briefing-spotlight.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/briefing-spotlight.tsx
index ae222e0b8..dcdc6f95a 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/briefing-spotlight.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/briefing-spotlight.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
   Zap,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import { ListRow } from "@/components/ui/list-row";
+import { METRIC_HREF } from "@/components/insights/daily-briefing";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { stripChartTokens } from "@/lib/insights/chart-tokens";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
@@ -178,7 +179,10 @@ export function BriefingSpotlight({
                 "focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:outline-none",
               )}
             >
-              <Link href="/insights">
+              {/* Deep-link each signal to its metric sub-page (the same
+                  mapping the briefing card's finding rows use); metrics
+                  without a routed sub-page fall back to the overview. */}
+              <Link href={METRIC_HREF[row.sourceMetric] ?? "/insights"}>
                 <span
                   aria-hidden="true"
                   className={cn(
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero-skeleton.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero-skeleton.tsx
index 3b85873cc..5d73ebf9d 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero-skeleton.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero-skeleton.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 /**
  * Loading silhouette for the dashboard hero band.
  *
- * Mirrors the real `<DashboardHero>` footprint exactly — same
- * `.hero-gradient` chrome, same `min-h-[8.75rem] md:min-h-[9.5rem]`
+ * Mirrors the real `<DashboardHero>` footprint — same plain `bg-card`
+ * shell (border + radius + `p-4 md:p-6`, matching the loaded band since
+ * the v1.18.1 gradient removal), same `min-h-[8.75rem] md:min-h-[9.5rem]`
  * floor, same two-column `md:flex-row` split with the fixed 120 px ring
  * circle on the right — so the swap to the loaded hero happens in place
- * with zero layout shift. The left column reserves the greeting line,
- * the verdict sentence + CTA row, and the dose-row pill.
+ * with zero layout shift. The left column reserves the greeting line and
+ * the verdict sentence + CTA row; the right column reserves the
+ * health-score circle (v1.27.7 — the old dose-row pill is gone; the
+ * user-selected extra rings self-gate on data, so the skeleton reserves
+ * only the always-present health ring and lets the row grow in place).
  *
  * Always `aria-hidden` with no focusable content: the tile-strip
  * skeleton alongside carries the page's loading semantics, and a second
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ export function DashboardHeroSkeleton() {
     <div
       aria-hidden="true"
       data-slot="dashboard-hero-skeleton"
-      className="hero-gradient relative isolate min-h-[8.75rem] overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-4 py-5 sm:px-6 md:min-h-[9.5rem]"
+      className="bg-card border-border relative isolate min-h-[8.75rem] overflow-hidden rounded-xl border p-4 md:min-h-[9.5rem] md:p-6"
     >
       <div className="flex h-full flex-col gap-4 md:flex-row md:items-center md:justify-between">
         <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-3">
@@ -32,11 +36,9 @@ export function DashboardHeroSkeleton() {
             <Skeleton className="h-5 w-72 max-w-full" />
             <Skeleton className="h-8 w-32" />
           </div>
-          {/* Dose-row pill. */}
-          <Skeleton className="h-9 w-64 max-w-full rounded-xl" />
         </div>
-        {/* Fixed right column — the ScoreRing's `sm` circle (120 px). */}
-        <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center md:justify-end">
+        {/* Ring row — the always-present health-score circle (120 px). */}
+        <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-3 md:justify-end">
           <Skeleton className="size-[120px] rounded-full" />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
index 36863ac82..17093d7f5 100644
--- a/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/dashboard/hero/dashboard-hero.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@
  *     paragraph — the snapshot's server-computed `greetingHour` keeps
  *     the daypart free of any client `Intl` work; typographically the
  *     band's anchor, larger and heavier than the verdict so the
- *     personalised line is not drowned by the content below it), the
- *     verdict sentence with its single CTA button, and the dose row;
- *   - right column: the shared `<ScoreRing>` at `sm` geometry, in its
- *     `flat` treatment (no bloom / pulse / sheen / sweep) so the dial
- *     sits as calmly as the surrounding chart cards. A null score
- *     renders the ring's provisional state at the identical
+ *     personalised line is not drowned by the content below it) and the
+ *     verdict sentence with its single CTA button;
+ *   - right column: the ring row — the health-score `<ScoreRing>` at
+ *     `sm` geometry in its `flat` treatment (no bloom / pulse / sheen /
+ *     sweep) plus the user-selected score rings the snapshot resolved
+ *     server-side (`scoreRings`, max 3: readiness / recovery / sleep in
+ *     their wellness-strip hues, medication adherence in band
+ *     semantics). v1.27.7 — the ring row replaces the old dose text row;
+ *     the adherence ring carries its information role. Selected rings
+ *     self-gate: an entry absent from `scoreRings` (no data, disabled
+ *     module) renders nothing, exactly like the wellness strip. A null
+ *     health score renders the ring's provisional state at the identical
  *     120 px footprint, so the column never collapses. The provisional
  *     label is honest about WHY the score is null: when the snapshot
  *     already carries score inputs (weight / BP summaries, mood
@@ -30,9 +36,7 @@
  * past with `nextDueOverdue: false` means the slot's anchor passed
  * after the snapshot was built. The verdict resolver already falls
  * through (rung 2 keys on the flag, rung 3 requires a future anchor),
- * and the dose row below only prints "next at" for a FUTURE anchor on
- * the user's local today — the stale state renders as the plain day
- * summary, never as overdue.
+ * so the stale state renders as a calm verdict, never as overdue.
  *
  * Rung 8 (`briefing`) renders the model-authored headline VERBATIM as a
  * plain React text child — no i18n key, no HTML, no markdown — per the
@@ -44,9 +48,9 @@
  */
 import { useMemo } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { Pill } from "lucide-react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { ScoreRing } from "@/components/insights/derived/score-ring";
+import type { RingHue } from "@/components/insights/derived/ring-hues";
 import { RestModeBanner } from "@/components/insights/rest-mode-banner";
 import { BriefingSpotlight } from "@/components/dashboard/hero/briefing-spotlight";
 import {
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ import {
   type DashboardVerdictVariant,
 } from "@/lib/dashboard/verdict";
 import type { DashboardSnapshot } from "@/lib/dashboard/snapshot";
+import type { ScoreRingId } from "@/lib/dashboard-layout";
 import type { QuickEntryDialog } from "@/components/dashboard/quick-entry-sheets";
 import { useTranslations, useTimeFormatPreference } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { makeFormatters } from "@/lib/format-locale";
@@ -78,7 +83,11 @@ const VERDICT_MESSAGE_KEY: Record<
   allQuiet: "dashboard.hero.verdict.allQuiet",
 };
 
-/** Variant → CTA label key. `allQuiet` carries no CTA (cta: null). */
+/** Variant → CTA label key. `allQuiet` carries no CTA (cta: null).
+ *  `scoreDrop` / `briefing` carry none either: their only destination was
+ *  the Insights overview, which the health-score card already links — a
+ *  second broad "open Insights" button on the hero was redundant. Only
+ *  verdicts with a SPECIFIC destination or action keep a button. */
 const CTA_LABEL_KEY: Partial<Record<DashboardVerdictVariant, string>> = {
   doseOverdue: "dashboard.hero.action.takeDose",
   doseUpcoming: "dashboard.hero.action.takeDose",
@@ -86,19 +95,28 @@ const CTA_LABEL_KEY: Partial<Record<DashboardVerdictVariant, string>> = {
   weightDrift: "dashboard.hero.action.viewWeight",
   shortNights: "dashboard.hero.action.viewSleep",
   silence: "dashboard.hero.action.logMeasurement",
-  scoreDrop: "dashboard.hero.action.viewInsights",
-  briefing: "dashboard.hero.action.viewInsights",
 };
 
-/** YYYY-MM-DD key of `d`'s calendar day in `tz` (mirrors the resolver). */
-function dayKeyInTz(d: Date, tz: string): string {
-  return new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en-CA", {
-    timeZone: tz,
-    year: "numeric",
-    month: "2-digit",
-    day: "2-digit",
-  }).format(d);
-}
+/**
+ * Per-ring hue for the selected score rings — the wellness-strip
+ * vocabulary. MED_COMPLIANCE deliberately carries NO hue: the adherence
+ * ring falls back to the ring's band gradient (green / yellow / red
+ * semantic tokens), because for adherence the band IS the message —
+ * exactly the classification colouring the targets tile uses.
+ */
+const RING_HUE_BY_ID: Partial<Record<ScoreRingId, RingHue>> = {
+  READINESS: "readiness",
+  RECOVERY_SCORE: "recovery",
+  SLEEP_SCORE: "sleep",
+};
+
+/** Per-ring label key — reuses the existing score / adherence labels. */
+const RING_LABEL_KEY: Record<ScoreRingId, string> = {
+  READINESS: "insights.derived.composite.READINESS.title",
+  RECOVERY_SCORE: "insights.derived.scores.recovery",
+  SLEEP_SCORE: "insights.derived.composite.SLEEP_SCORE.title",
+  MED_COMPLIANCE: "medications.compliance",
+};
 
 export function DashboardHero({
   snapshot,
@@ -194,31 +212,12 @@ export function DashboardHero({
     snapshot.tiles.mood.entries.length > 0 ||
     snapshot.medsToday.activeCount > 0;
 
-  // ── Dose row ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  const meds = snapshot.medsToday;
-  const now = new Date();
-  const tz = snapshot.user.timezone;
-  const unresolvedRemain =
-    meds.scheduledToday > meds.takenToday + meds.skippedToday;
-  const nextDueMs = meds.nextDueAt !== null ? Date.parse(meds.nextDueAt) : NaN;
-  // "Next at" only for a FUTURE anchor on the user's local today. A past
-  // anchor with `nextDueOverdue: false` is the documented stale-cache
-  // state and must render as the plain summary — never as overdue.
-  const showNextAt =
-    unresolvedRemain &&
-    Number.isFinite(nextDueMs) &&
-    nextDueMs >= now.getTime() &&
-    dayKeyInTz(new Date(nextDueMs), tz) === dayKeyInTz(now, tz);
-  const doseDetail =
-    meds.scheduledToday > 0
-      ? !unresolvedRemain
-        ? t("dashboard.hero.doses.allDone")
-        : showNextAt
-          ? t("dashboard.hero.doses.nextAt", {
-              time: fmt.time(new Date(nextDueMs)),
-            })
-          : null
-      : null;
+  // ── Ring row (v1.27.7) ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // The snapshot resolves the selected rings server-side; entries absent
+  // from the array (no data / disabled module) simply don't render —
+  // the wellness-strip self-gating rule. Optional on the type (additive
+  // contract), so an older cached snapshot renders the health ring alone.
+  const scoreRings = snapshot.scoreRings ?? [];
 
   return (
     <section
@@ -278,34 +277,34 @@ export function DashboardHero({
                 )
               ) : null}
             </div>
-            <div
-              data-slot="dashboard-hero-doses"
-              className="bg-muted/50 border-border/60 inline-flex max-w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-xl border px-3 py-2"
-            >
-              <Pill
-                className="text-muted-foreground h-4 w-4 shrink-0"
-                aria-hidden="true"
-              />
-              <span className="text-foreground truncate text-sm">
-                {meds.scheduledToday > 0
-                  ? t("dashboard.hero.doses.summary", {
-                      taken: meds.takenToday,
-                      scheduled: meds.scheduledToday,
-                    })
-                  : t("dashboard.hero.doses.none")}
-              </span>
-              {doseDetail !== null ? (
-                <span className="text-muted-foreground shrink-0 text-sm">
-                  · {doseDetail}
-                </span>
-              ) : null}
-            </div>
           </div>
-          {/* Right column — fixed 120 px ring footprint. A null score
-            renders the ring's provisional state (aria announces "not
-            enough data", never 0) at identical geometry, so the column
-            NEVER collapses. */}
-          <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center md:justify-end">
+          {/* Ring row — the selected score rings (max 3, each at the
+            fixed 120 px sm footprint, flat) lead into the health-score
+            ring on the trailing edge. A null health score renders the
+            ring's provisional state (aria announces "not enough data",
+            never 0) at identical geometry, so the column NEVER
+            collapses; missing selected rings render nothing. */}
+          <div
+            data-slot="dashboard-hero-rings"
+            className="flex shrink-0 flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-3 md:justify-end"
+          >
+            {scoreRings.map((ring) => (
+              <div
+                key={ring.id}
+                data-slot="dashboard-hero-ring"
+                data-ring={ring.id}
+                className="flex shrink-0 items-center"
+              >
+                <ScoreRing
+                  score={ring.score}
+                  band={ring.band}
+                  size="sm"
+                  flat
+                  hue={RING_HUE_BY_ID[ring.id]}
+                  label={t(RING_LABEL_KEY[ring.id])}
+                />
+              </div>
+            ))}
             <ScoreRing
               score={snapshot.healthScore?.score ?? null}
               band={snapshot.healthScore?.band}
diff --git a/src/components/insights/daily-briefing.tsx b/src/components/insights/daily-briefing.tsx
index d7fbbdd46..d592ec7d5 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/daily-briefing.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/daily-briefing.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import type { BriefingFailureClass } from "@/lib/insights/briefing-failure-marke
  * dedicated routed sub-page yet (hrv, resting_hr, steps, …) fall
  * through to `null` and render as a plain row (no link wrap).
  */
-const METRIC_HREF: Record<
+export const METRIC_HREF: Record<
   DailyBriefingKeyFinding["sourceMetric"],
   string | null
 > = {
diff --git a/src/components/settings/__tests__/dashboard-layout-section.test.tsx b/src/components/settings/__tests__/dashboard-layout-section.test.tsx
index 5811bc4ae..0b473bd45 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/__tests__/dashboard-layout-section.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/__tests__/dashboard-layout-section.test.tsx
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ describe("<DashboardLayoutSection> — hero visibility switch", () => {
     const de = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />, "de");
     expect(de).toContain("Tagesüberblick");
     expect(de).toContain(
-      "Zeigt Begrüßung, Score, Tagesfokus und Dosen-Status ganz oben auf dem Dashboard.",
+      "Zeigt Begrüßung, Tagesfokus und Score-Ringe ganz oben auf dem Dashboard.",
     );
     const en = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />);
     expect(en).toContain("Daily overview");
@@ -438,3 +438,72 @@ describe("<DashboardLayoutSection> — disabled-module widget toggles", () => {
     expect(html).toContain(ACHIEVEMENTS_ARIA);
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — hero score-ring picker. Rendered only while the hero is on
+ * (the rings live inside the hero band); offers only rings whose owning
+ * module is enabled; caps the selection at three via disabled switches.
+ * SSR smoke assertions, matching the rest of this suite.
+ */
+describe("<DashboardLayoutSection> — hero score-ring picker (v1.27.7)", () => {
+  it("stays hidden while the hero is off (default layout)", () => {
+    const html = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />);
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="score-rings-picker"');
+  });
+
+  it("renders one switch per ring when the hero is on (fail-open module map)", () => {
+    queryState.layout = { ...DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT, heroVisible: true };
+    const html = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />);
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="score-rings-picker"');
+    const switches = html.match(/data-slot="score-ring-switch"/g) ?? [];
+    expect(switches).toHaveLength(4);
+    // The default selection (MED_COMPLIANCE) reads checked.
+    const compliance = html.match(
+      /<button[^>]*data-slot="score-ring-switch"[^>]*data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"[^>]*>/,
+    );
+    expect(compliance).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(compliance![0]).toContain('data-state="checked"');
+  });
+
+  it("hides rings whose owning module is disabled", () => {
+    queryState.layout = { ...DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT, heroVisible: true };
+    authState.modules = { recovery: false, sleep: false };
+    const html = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />);
+    const switches = html.match(/data-slot="score-ring-switch"/g) ?? [];
+    // READINESS + RECOVERY_SCORE (recovery) and SLEEP_SCORE (sleep) are
+    // gone; only the adherence ring remains offered.
+    expect(switches).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(html).toContain('data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"');
+  });
+
+  it("hides the derived rings when the insights module is off", () => {
+    queryState.layout = { ...DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT, heroVisible: true };
+    authState.modules = { insights: false };
+    const html = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />);
+    const switches = html.match(/data-slot="score-ring-switch"/g) ?? [];
+    expect(switches).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(html).toContain('data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"');
+  });
+
+  it("disables the remaining switches at the three-ring cap", () => {
+    queryState.layout = {
+      ...DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT,
+      heroVisible: true,
+      selectedScoreRings: ["READINESS", "RECOVERY_SCORE", "SLEEP_SCORE"],
+    };
+    const html = render(<DashboardLayoutSection id="dashboard-layout" />);
+    const compliance = html.match(
+      /<button[^>]*data-slot="score-ring-switch"[^>]*data-ring="MED_COMPLIANCE"[^>]*>/,
+    );
+    expect(compliance).not.toBeNull();
+    // The rendered `disabled` HTML attribute — not the Tailwind
+    // `disabled:` variant prefixes that every switch class list carries.
+    expect(compliance![0]).toContain('disabled=""');
+    // The three selected rings stay enabled (unchecking must stay possible).
+    const readiness = html.match(
+      /<button[^>]*data-slot="score-ring-switch"[^>]*data-ring="READINESS"[^>]*>/,
+    );
+    expect(readiness).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(readiness![0]).not.toContain('disabled=""');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/settings/dashboard-layout-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/dashboard-layout-section.tsx
index 52678914f..84a8c1e2b 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/dashboard-layout-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/dashboard-layout-section.tsx
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ import {
   type DashboardLayout,
   type DashboardWidgetId,
   type ComparisonBaseline,
+  type ScoreRingId,
   COMPARISON_BASELINES,
   DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT,
   DASHBOARD_WIDGET_IDS,
   IOS_PIN_ONLY_WIDGET_IDS,
+  SCORE_RING_IDS,
+  SCORE_RING_MODULE,
+  MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS,
 } from "@/lib/dashboard-layout";
 import {
   Select,
@@ -152,6 +156,19 @@ const WIDGET_LABEL_KEYS: Record<DashboardWidgetId, string> = {
   vorsorge: "measurementReminders.sectionTitle",
 };
 
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — option labels for the hero score-ring picker. The three
+ * derived rings reuse their wellness-strip titles; the adherence ring
+ * reuses the existing "adherence (7 days)" label so the picker names
+ * the exact window the ring shows.
+ */
+const SCORE_RING_LABEL_KEYS: Record<ScoreRingId, string> = {
+  READINESS: "insights.derived.composite.READINESS.title",
+  RECOVERY_SCORE: "insights.derived.scores.recovery",
+  SLEEP_SCORE: "insights.derived.composite.SLEEP_SCORE.title",
+  MED_COMPLIANCE: "dashboard.compliance7d",
+};
+
 export function DashboardLayoutSection({ id }: { id: string }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const queryClient = useQueryClient();
@@ -283,6 +300,24 @@ export function DashboardLayoutSection({ id }: { id: string }) {
     setDraft({ ...layout, heroVisible: value });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * v1.27.7 — toggle one hero score ring. Selection order is preserved
+   * (a newly-enabled ring appends), the count is capped at
+   * `MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS` (the remaining switches disable at the
+   * cap), and the choice persists as `selectedScoreRings` on the layout
+   * blob through the same PUT the widget toggles use.
+   */
+  function toggleScoreRing(ringId: ScoreRingId, enabled: boolean) {
+    if (!layout) return;
+    const current = layout.selectedScoreRings ?? [];
+    const next = enabled
+      ? current.includes(ringId)
+        ? current
+        : [...current, ringId].slice(0, MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS)
+      : current.filter((id) => id !== ringId);
+    setDraft({ ...layout, selectedScoreRings: next });
+  }
+
   /**
    * v1.4.48 M6a — the arrow buttons now delegate to `reorderWidgets()`
    * so the swap-and-renumber logic lives in exactly one place. The
@@ -439,6 +474,60 @@ export function DashboardLayoutSection({ id }: { id: string }) {
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* v1.27.7 — hero score-ring picker. Only rendered while the hero
+          is on (the rings live inside the hero band, so the picker would
+          be a dead control otherwise). Offers only rings whose owning
+          module is enabled — the WIDGET_MODULE_BY_ID gating pattern; the
+          three derived rings additionally sit behind the insights
+          module, mirroring the derived routes. Selection caps at
+          MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS; unchecked switches disable at the cap. */}
+      {layout && layout.heroVisible === true && (
+        <div
+          data-slot="score-rings-picker"
+          className="border-border bg-background/30 space-y-3 rounded-md border px-3 py-2"
+        >
+          <div className="min-w-0">
+            <p className="text-foreground text-sm font-medium">
+              {t("dashboard.scoreRingsTitle")}
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
+              {t("dashboard.scoreRingsDescription")}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div className="space-y-2">
+            {SCORE_RING_IDS.filter((ringId) => {
+              if (modules?.[SCORE_RING_MODULE[ringId]] === false) return false;
+              if (ringId !== "MED_COMPLIANCE" && modules?.insights === false)
+                return false;
+              return true;
+            }).map((ringId) => {
+              const selected = layout.selectedScoreRings ?? [];
+              const checked = selected.includes(ringId);
+              const atCap =
+                !checked && selected.length >= MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS;
+              return (
+                <div
+                  key={ringId}
+                  className="flex min-h-9 items-center justify-between gap-3"
+                >
+                  <span className="text-foreground truncate text-sm">
+                    {t(SCORE_RING_LABEL_KEYS[ringId])}
+                  </span>
+                  <Switch
+                    checked={checked}
+                    onCheckedChange={(v) => toggleScoreRing(ringId, v)}
+                    disabled={saveMutation.isPending || atCap}
+                    aria-label={t(SCORE_RING_LABEL_KEYS[ringId])}
+                    data-slot="score-ring-switch"
+                    data-ring={ringId}
+                  />
+                </div>
+              );
+            })}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
       {isLoading || !layout ? (
         <div className="text-muted-foreground flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
           <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none" />
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/dashboard-layout.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/dashboard-layout.test.ts
index 8772cca2f..69a99582e 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/dashboard-layout.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/dashboard-layout.test.ts
@@ -657,3 +657,92 @@ describe("resolveDashboardLayout() — iOS-only id retention (v1.7.0)", () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — hero score rings (`selectedScoreRings`). Closed id set, max
+ * three, dedupe + unknown-drop on read, default single MED_COMPLIANCE
+ * ring for legacy blobs, explicit empty array respected.
+ */
+describe("resolveDashboardLayout() — selectedScoreRings", () => {
+  const base = {
+    version: 1,
+    widgets: [{ id: "weight", visible: true, tileVisible: true, order: 0 }],
+  };
+
+  it("defaults a legacy blob (field missing) to the single MED_COMPLIANCE ring", () => {
+    const resolved = resolveDashboardLayout(base);
+    expect(resolved.selectedScoreRings).toEqual(["MED_COMPLIANCE"]);
+  });
+
+  it("defaults a null / non-array field to MED_COMPLIANCE", () => {
+    for (const bad of [null, "READINESS", 3, { READINESS: true }]) {
+      const resolved = resolveDashboardLayout({
+        ...base,
+        selectedScoreRings: bad,
+      });
+      expect(resolved.selectedScoreRings).toEqual(["MED_COMPLIANCE"]);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("respects an explicitly-saved empty array (user chose no rings)", () => {
+    const resolved = resolveDashboardLayout({
+      ...base,
+      selectedScoreRings: [],
+    });
+    expect(resolved.selectedScoreRings).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("drops unknown ids and dedupes, preserving selection order", () => {
+    const resolved = resolveDashboardLayout({
+      ...base,
+      selectedScoreRings: [
+        "SLEEP_SCORE",
+        "STRESS_SCORE", // not a ring id — drops
+        "READINESS",
+        "SLEEP_SCORE", // duplicate — collapses
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(resolved.selectedScoreRings).toEqual(["SLEEP_SCORE", "READINESS"]);
+  });
+
+  it("clamps the selection to three rings (first three win)", () => {
+    const resolved = resolveDashboardLayout({
+      ...base,
+      selectedScoreRings: [
+        "READINESS",
+        "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+        "SLEEP_SCORE",
+        "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(resolved.selectedScoreRings).toEqual([
+      "READINESS",
+      "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+      "SLEEP_SCORE",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("serializeDashboardLayout persists the coerced selection explicitly", () => {
+    const serialized = serializeDashboardLayout({
+      ...DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT,
+      selectedScoreRings: [
+        "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+        "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+        "READINESS",
+        "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+        "SLEEP_SCORE",
+      ],
+    } as DashboardLayout);
+    expect(serialized.selectedScoreRings).toEqual([
+      "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+      "READINESS",
+      "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("the default layout carries the MED_COMPLIANCE ring", () => {
+    expect(DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT.selectedScoreRings).toEqual([
+      "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+    ]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/dashboard-layout.ts b/src/lib/dashboard-layout.ts
index 7c37f9dae..9a52c4f87 100644
--- a/src/lib/dashboard-layout.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dashboard-layout.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Single source of truth for which widgets show on /, what order, and
  * what the default layout is for new users. Null / missing = default.
  */
+import type { ModuleKey } from "@/lib/modules/registry";
 
 /**
  * Every widget the dashboard layout knows about. The order of
@@ -334,6 +335,76 @@ function coerceChartOverlayPrefsMap(value: unknown): ChartOverlayPrefsMap {
   return out;
 }
 
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — selectable hero score rings. The closed id set the hero's
+ * ring row can render next to the health score:
+ *
+ *   - `READINESS` / `RECOVERY_SCORE` / `SLEEP_SCORE` resolve through the
+ *     derived registry's engines (module-gated like the derived routes);
+ *   - `MED_COMPLIANCE` is the pooled 7-day medication adherence from the
+ *     canonical compliance engine — the ring that absorbs the retired
+ *     hero dose row's information role.
+ *
+ * The preference piggy-backs on the layout blob like `heroVisible` (a UI
+ * affordance, no Prisma migration). The resolver drops unknown ids,
+ * dedupes, and clamps to `MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS`; a missing /
+ * malformed field falls back to the default single MED_COMPLIANCE ring,
+ * while an explicitly-saved empty array stays empty (the user chose no
+ * extra rings).
+ */
+export const SCORE_RING_IDS = [
+  "READINESS",
+  "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+  "SLEEP_SCORE",
+  "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+] as const;
+export type ScoreRingId = (typeof SCORE_RING_IDS)[number];
+
+export const MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS = 3;
+
+export const DEFAULT_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS: ScoreRingId[] = ["MED_COMPLIANCE"];
+
+/**
+ * Ring id → owning toggleable module. Mirrors the derived routes'
+ * `DERIVED_MODULE` map for the three derived rings (READINESS rides the
+ * recovery module like the recovery/strain/stress trio); MED_COMPLIANCE
+ * belongs to the medications module. Client-safe (type-only ModuleKey
+ * import) so the Settings picker and the server snapshot resolver gate
+ * on the same map — the `WIDGET_MODULE_BY_ID` pattern.
+ */
+export const SCORE_RING_MODULE: Record<ScoreRingId, ModuleKey> = {
+  READINESS: "recovery",
+  RECOVERY_SCORE: "recovery",
+  SLEEP_SCORE: "sleep",
+  MED_COMPLIANCE: "medications",
+};
+
+function isScoreRingId(value: unknown): value is ScoreRingId {
+  return (
+    typeof value === "string" &&
+    (SCORE_RING_IDS as readonly string[]).includes(value)
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Coerce the persisted `selectedScoreRings` field: unknown ids drop,
+ * duplicates collapse (first occurrence wins), the list clamps to
+ * `MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS`. A non-array (missing field, legacy blob,
+ * malformed client) falls back to the default; an array — even an empty
+ * one — is respected as an explicit choice.
+ */
+function coerceSelectedScoreRings(value: unknown): ScoreRingId[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(value)) return [...DEFAULT_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS];
+  const out: ScoreRingId[] = [];
+  for (const entry of value) {
+    if (!isScoreRingId(entry)) continue;
+    if (out.includes(entry)) continue;
+    out.push(entry);
+    if (out.length >= MAX_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS) break;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 export interface DashboardLayout {
   version: number;
   widgets: DashboardWidgetConfig[];
@@ -351,6 +422,12 @@ export interface DashboardLayout {
    * serializer persists the resolved boolean explicitly.
    */
   heroVisible?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * v1.27.7 — hero score rings (max 3, closed `SCORE_RING_IDS` set)
+   * rendered next to the health-score ring. See the doc on
+   * `SCORE_RING_IDS`; the resolver clamps/dedupes/drops-unknown.
+   */
+  selectedScoreRings?: ScoreRingId[];
 }
 
 const DASHBOARD_LAYOUT_VERSION = 1;
@@ -365,6 +442,9 @@ export const DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT: DashboardLayout = {
   // Hero (daily verdict) is off by default; users opt in via
   // Settings → Dashboard.
   heroVisible: false,
+  // One medication-adherence ring next to the health score by default —
+  // the successor of the hero dose row's information role.
+  selectedScoreRings: [...DEFAULT_SELECTED_SCORE_RINGS],
   widgets: [
     { id: "weight", visible: true, tileVisible: true, order: 0 },
     { id: "bp", visible: true, tileVisible: true, order: 1 },
@@ -506,6 +586,10 @@ export function resolveDashboardLayout(raw: unknown): DashboardLayout {
     // clamps to `false` (default-off for legacy blobs and malformed
     // values alike; the hero is opt-in).
     heroVisible: candidate.heroVisible === true,
+    // v1.27.7 — hero score rings: unknown ids drop, duplicates collapse,
+    // the list clamps to three. A legacy blob without the field gets the
+    // default single MED_COMPLIANCE ring.
+    selectedScoreRings: coerceSelectedScoreRings(candidate.selectedScoreRings),
   };
 }
 
@@ -536,5 +620,8 @@ export function serializeDashboardLayout(
     // Persist hero visibility explicitly (same clamp as the resolver)
     // so a re-read never has to guess the default.
     heroVisible: layout.heroVisible === true,
+    // v1.27.7 — persist the score-ring selection through the same
+    // coercion the resolver runs so the wire shape is stable.
+    selectedScoreRings: coerceSelectedScoreRings(layout.selectedScoreRings),
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/score-rings.test.ts b/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/score-rings.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..767011a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/score-rings.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — unit tests for the hero score-ring resolver.
+ *
+ * The resolver is tested in isolation with the derived dispatcher and
+ * the compliance engine mocked, pinning:
+ *   - module gating (owning module + the insights gate on derived rings);
+ *   - the pass-through contract for derived scores (same resolvers the
+ *     batch route calls, no recomputation, non-`ok` → no ring);
+ *   - the pooled 7-day adherence math (Σtaken / Σ(taken+missed), skips
+ *     out of the denominator, empty denominator → no ring);
+ *   - the adherence band thresholds (≥90 / ≥70 — the targets-tile rule);
+ *   - per-ring fail-softness (one throwing engine drops only its ring).
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+const computeDerivedMetric = vi.fn();
+const loadBaselineProfile = vi.fn();
+const calculateCompliance = vi.fn();
+const buildComplianceMedicationContext = vi.fn();
+const lastNonSkippedTakenAt = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock("@/lib/insights/derived", () => ({
+  computeDerivedMetric: (...a: unknown[]) => computeDerivedMetric(...a),
+  loadBaselineProfile: (...a: unknown[]) => loadBaselineProfile(...a),
+  isDerivedOk: (d: { status: string }) => d.status === "ok",
+}));
+vi.mock("@/lib/analytics/compliance", () => ({
+  calculateCompliance: (...a: unknown[]) => calculateCompliance(...a),
+  buildComplianceMedicationContext: (...a: unknown[]) =>
+    buildComplianceMedicationContext(...a),
+  lastNonSkippedTakenAt: (...a: unknown[]) => lastNonSkippedTakenAt(...a),
+  SCHEDULE_COMPLIANCE_SELECT: { id: true },
+}));
+
+import { buildScoreRingsBlock, complianceBandForRate } from "../score-rings";
+import type { ModuleKey } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+
+const NOW = new Date("2026-07-01T10:00:00.000Z");
+const TZ = "Europe/Berlin";
+
+function moduleMap(
+  overrides: Partial<Record<ModuleKey, boolean>> = {},
+): Record<ModuleKey, boolean> {
+  return {
+    recovery: true,
+    sleep: true,
+    medications: true,
+    insights: true,
+    ...overrides,
+  } as Record<ModuleKey, boolean>;
+}
+
+const fakePrisma = {
+  medication: { findMany: vi.fn() },
+  medicationIntakeEvent: { findMany: vi.fn() },
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+} as any;
+
+/** A minimal medication row matching the resolver's select. */
+function med(id: string) {
+  return {
+    id,
+    createdAt: new Date("2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"),
+    startsOn: null,
+    endsOn: null,
+    oneShot: false,
+    schedules: [{ id: `${id}-s` }],
+    scheduleRevisions: [],
+    pauseEras: [],
+  };
+}
+
+function complianceResult(taken: number, missed: number, skipped = 0) {
+  return {
+    totalExpected: taken + missed + skipped,
+    taken,
+    skipped,
+    missed,
+    rate: 0, // the resolver pools counts, never this per-med rate
+    streak: 0,
+  };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  loadBaselineProfile.mockResolvedValue({ userId: "user-1" });
+  buildComplianceMedicationContext.mockReturnValue({ ctx: true });
+  lastNonSkippedTakenAt.mockReturnValue(null);
+  fakePrisma.medication.findMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
+  fakePrisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
+});
+
+describe("complianceBandForRate()", () => {
+  it("bands on the targets-tile thresholds (≥90 green / ≥70 yellow / else red)", () => {
+    expect(complianceBandForRate(100)).toBe("green");
+    expect(complianceBandForRate(90)).toBe("green");
+    expect(complianceBandForRate(89)).toBe("yellow");
+    expect(complianceBandForRate(70)).toBe("yellow");
+    expect(complianceBandForRate(69)).toBe("red");
+    expect(complianceBandForRate(0)).toBe("red");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("buildScoreRingsBlock() — selection + module gating", () => {
+  it("returns [] for an empty selection without touching any engine", async () => {
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      [],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([]);
+    expect(loadBaselineProfile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(computeDerivedMetric).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(fakePrisma.medication.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("drops rings whose owning module is disabled", async () => {
+    computeDerivedMetric.mockResolvedValue({
+      status: "ok",
+      value: { score: 80, band: "green" },
+    });
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["READINESS", "SLEEP_SCORE"],
+      moduleMap({ recovery: false }),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([{ id: "SLEEP_SCORE", score: 80, band: "green" }]);
+    expect(computeDerivedMetric).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(computeDerivedMetric).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ metric: "SLEEP_SCORE", userId: "user-1" }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("the insights gate drops derived rings but keeps the adherence ring", async () => {
+    fakePrisma.medication.findMany.mockResolvedValue([med("m1")]);
+    calculateCompliance.mockReturnValue(complianceResult(9, 1));
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["READINESS", "MED_COMPLIANCE"],
+      moduleMap({ insights: false }),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(computeDerivedMetric).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(loadBaselineProfile).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(rings).toEqual([{ id: "MED_COMPLIANCE", score: 90, band: "green" }]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("buildScoreRingsBlock() — derived rings", () => {
+  it("passes through the engine's score + band (rounded) in selection order", async () => {
+    computeDerivedMetric.mockImplementation(
+      async ({ metric }: { metric: string }) =>
+        metric === "READINESS"
+          ? { status: "ok", value: { score: 71.6, band: "green" } }
+          : { status: "ok", value: { score: 38, band: "red" } },
+    );
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["RECOVERY_SCORE", "READINESS"],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([
+      { id: "RECOVERY_SCORE", score: 38, band: "red" },
+      { id: "READINESS", score: 72, band: "green" },
+    ]);
+    // Profile loaded exactly once (the batch-route pattern).
+    expect(loadBaselineProfile).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("a non-ok compute yields no ring (self-gating, never a fabricated value)", async () => {
+    computeDerivedMetric.mockResolvedValue({
+      status: "insufficient",
+      reason: "not_enough_history",
+    });
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["SLEEP_SCORE"],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("a throwing engine drops only its own ring (fail-soft)", async () => {
+    computeDerivedMetric.mockImplementation(
+      async ({ metric }: { metric: string }) => {
+        if (metric === "READINESS") throw new Error("engine down");
+        return { status: "ok", value: { score: 55, band: "yellow" } };
+      },
+    );
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["READINESS", "SLEEP_SCORE"],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([{ id: "SLEEP_SCORE", score: 55, band: "yellow" }]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("buildScoreRingsBlock() — pooled 7-day adherence", () => {
+  it("pools Σtaken / Σ(taken+missed) across medications; skips stay out", async () => {
+    fakePrisma.medication.findMany.mockResolvedValue([med("m1"), med("m2")]);
+    calculateCompliance
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(complianceResult(6, 1, 2)) // m1: skips ignored
+      .mockReturnValueOnce(complianceResult(2, 3));
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["MED_COMPLIANCE"],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    // (6+2) / (6+1+2+3) = 8/12 = 66.67 → 67, red band.
+    expect(rings).toEqual([{ id: "MED_COMPLIANCE", score: 67, band: "red" }]);
+    // The 7-day window rides the canonical engine call.
+    expect(calculateCompliance).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.anything(),
+      7,
+      expect.anything(),
+      expect.objectContaining({ now: NOW }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("no active non-PRN medication → no ring", async () => {
+    fakePrisma.medication.findMany.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["MED_COMPLIANCE"],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([]);
+    expect(fakePrisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("zero expected doses in the window → no ring (never a hollow 100%)", async () => {
+    fakePrisma.medication.findMany.mockResolvedValue([med("m1")]);
+    calculateCompliance.mockReturnValue(complianceResult(0, 0, 0));
+    const rings = await buildScoreRingsBlock(
+      fakePrisma,
+      "user-1",
+      TZ,
+      ["MED_COMPLIANCE"],
+      moduleMap(),
+      NOW,
+    );
+    expect(rings).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts b/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
index 0cf95f422..656b147eb 100644
--- a/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dashboard/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ const resolveModuleMap = vi.fn();
 vi.mock("@/lib/modules/gate", () => ({
   resolveModuleMap: (...a: unknown[]) => resolveModuleMap(...a),
 }));
+// v1.27.7 — hero score rings. Mocked so the suite never touches the
+// derived engines / compliance reads; the resolver has its own suite.
+const buildScoreRingsBlock = vi.fn();
+vi.mock("@/lib/dashboard/score-rings", () => ({
+  buildScoreRingsBlock: (...a: unknown[]) => buildScoreRingsBlock(...a),
+}));
 
 /** Every toggleable key on, with optional per-key overrides. */
 function moduleMap(
@@ -173,6 +179,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   });
   computeUserHealthScoreFastPath.mockResolvedValue(null);
   resolveModuleMap.mockResolvedValue(moduleMap());
+  buildScoreRingsBlock.mockResolvedValue([]);
 });
 
 describe("buildDashboardSnapshot — envelope shape", () => {
@@ -1171,3 +1178,62 @@ describe("buildDashboardSnapshot — ambient narrative (A4/A5/A6)", () => {
     expect(snap.briefingMemory).toBeNull();
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — hero score rings on the snapshot wire. The resolver itself
+ * is pinned in `score-rings.test.ts`; here only the assembly contract:
+ * the builder receives the RESOLVED `selectedScoreRings` preference +
+ * the module map, its result rides `snapshot.scoreRings`, and a
+ * rejection degrades to an empty row (never a sunk snapshot).
+ */
+describe("buildDashboardSnapshot — scoreRings wire", () => {
+  it("threads the default selection (MED_COMPLIANCE) for a layout-less user", async () => {
+    probeRollupCoverage.mockResolvedValue(new Map());
+    buildScoreRingsBlock.mockResolvedValue([
+      { id: "MED_COMPLIANCE", score: 92, band: "green" },
+    ]);
+
+    const snap = await buildDashboardSnapshot(fakePrisma, baseUser());
+
+    expect(buildScoreRingsBlock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [, userId, tz, selected, modules] =
+      buildScoreRingsBlock.mock.calls[0];
+    expect(userId).toBe("user-1");
+    expect(tz).toBe("Europe/Berlin");
+    expect(selected).toEqual(["MED_COMPLIANCE"]);
+    expect(modules).toEqual(moduleMap());
+    expect(snap.scoreRings).toEqual([
+      { id: "MED_COMPLIANCE", score: 92, band: "green" },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("threads a saved multi-ring selection in order", async () => {
+    probeRollupCoverage.mockResolvedValue(new Map());
+    buildScoreRingsBlock.mockResolvedValue([]);
+
+    await buildDashboardSnapshot(
+      fakePrisma,
+      baseUser({
+        dashboardWidgetsJson: {
+          version: 1,
+          widgets: [{ id: "weight", visible: true, order: 0 }],
+          selectedScoreRings: ["READINESS", "SLEEP_SCORE"],
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const [, , , selected] = buildScoreRingsBlock.mock.calls[0];
+    expect(selected).toEqual(["READINESS", "SLEEP_SCORE"]);
+  });
+
+  it("degrades a rejecting resolver to an empty ring row (fail-soft)", async () => {
+    probeRollupCoverage.mockResolvedValue(new Map());
+    buildScoreRingsBlock.mockRejectedValue(new Error("engine down"));
+
+    const snap = await buildDashboardSnapshot(fakePrisma, baseUser());
+
+    expect(snap.scoreRings).toEqual([]);
+    // The rest of the envelope is untouched by the failure.
+    expect(snap.tiles.summaries.WEIGHT).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/dashboard/score-rings.ts b/src/lib/dashboard/score-rings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26bee67e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/dashboard/score-rings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/**
+ * v1.27.7 — hero score-ring resolution for the dashboard snapshot.
+ *
+ * Resolves the user-selected `selectedScoreRings` (max 3, closed
+ * `SCORE_RING_IDS` set) into `{ id, score, band }` entries the hero
+ * renders next to the health-score ring:
+ *
+ *   - `READINESS` / `RECOVERY_SCORE` / `SLEEP_SCORE` call the SAME
+ *     `computeDerivedMetric` dispatcher the `/api/insights/derived`
+ *     batch route uses (profile loaded once via the shared
+ *     `loadBaselineProfile`) — no score logic is re-derived here, and a
+ *     non-`ok` compute (insufficient data, engine gate) simply yields no
+ *     ring, mirroring the wellness strip's self-gating.
+ *   - `MED_COMPLIANCE` is the pooled 7-day adherence across active
+ *     non-PRN medications through the canonical `calculateCompliance`
+ *     engine (the exact per-medication pattern the targets tile and the
+ *     health-score pillar use): per-med `ComplianceResult`s are pooled
+ *     as Σtaken / Σ(taken + missed) — skips stay out of the denominator,
+ *     matching the per-medication rate semantics — and banded on the
+ *     same ≥90 / ≥70 thresholds the targets-tile classification carries.
+ *
+ * Module gating rides the client-safe `SCORE_RING_MODULE` map in
+ * `@/lib/dashboard-layout` (mirroring the derived routes'
+ * `DERIVED_MODULE`: readiness/recovery → recovery module, sleep score →
+ * sleep module, MED_COMPLIANCE → medications) plus the `insights` gate
+ * every derived read sits behind.
+ *
+ * Every ring resolves fail-soft: a throwing engine drops its ring, never
+ * the snapshot.
+ */
+import type { PrismaClient } from "@/generated/prisma/client";
+import type { ModuleKey } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import {
+  SCORE_RING_IDS,
+  SCORE_RING_MODULE,
+  type ScoreRingId,
+} from "@/lib/dashboard-layout";
+import {
+  computeDerivedMetric,
+  loadBaselineProfile,
+  isDerivedOk,
+  type DerivedMetricId,
+} from "@/lib/insights/derived";
+import {
+  buildComplianceMedicationContext,
+  calculateCompliance,
+  lastNonSkippedTakenAt,
+  SCHEDULE_COMPLIANCE_SELECT,
+} from "@/lib/analytics/compliance";
+
+export type ScoreRingBand = "green" | "yellow" | "red";
+
+/** One resolved hero ring — score + band only, no component breakdown. */
+export interface DashboardScoreRing {
+  id: ScoreRingId;
+  /** The 0..100 score (rounded). */
+  score: number;
+  band: ScoreRingBand;
+}
+
+/** The derived-registry id behind each derived ring (identity mapping). */
+const DERIVED_RING_METRIC: Partial<Record<ScoreRingId, DerivedMetricId>> = {
+  READINESS: "READINESS",
+  RECOVERY_SCORE: "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+  SLEEP_SCORE: "SLEEP_SCORE",
+};
+
+/**
+ * Adherence % → band, on the thresholds the targets tile's
+ * MEDICATION_COMPLIANCE classification already uses (≥90 "very good" /
+ * ≥70 "good" / below "low"), so the ring and the targets surface can
+ * never disagree on colour for the same rate.
+ */
+export function complianceBandForRate(rate: number): ScoreRingBand {
+  if (rate >= 90) return "green";
+  if (rate >= 70) return "yellow";
+  return "red";
+}
+
+/** The compute payload slice every derived score ring reads. */
+interface ScoreBandValue {
+  score: number;
+  band: ScoreRingBand;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pooled 7-day medication adherence, or `null` when nothing was expected
+ * (no active non-PRN medication, or no due slot in the window) — the
+ * ring self-gates instead of asserting a hollow 100%.
+ */
+async function resolveMedComplianceRing(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  userId: string,
+  userTz: string,
+  now: Date,
+): Promise<DashboardScoreRing | null> {
+  const medications = await prisma.medication.findMany({
+    // As-needed (PRN) medications carry no expected doses and are
+    // excluded from every compliance rate (the v1.16.11 rule).
+    where: { userId, active: true, asNeeded: false },
+    select: {
+      id: true,
+      createdAt: true,
+      startsOn: true,
+      endsOn: true,
+      oneShot: true,
+      schedules: { select: SCHEDULE_COMPLIANCE_SELECT },
+      // Archived schedule eras + pause eras so a past day scores against
+      // the schedule that was live then and paused days drop out of the
+      // denominator — the same context every compliance caller threads.
+      scheduleRevisions: {
+        orderBy: { validFrom: "asc" },
+        select: {
+          id: true,
+          validFrom: true,
+          validUntil: true,
+          payload: true,
+          supersededByRevisionId: true,
+        },
+      },
+      pauseEras: { select: { pausedAt: true, resumedAt: true } },
+    },
+  });
+  if (medications.length === 0) return null;
+
+  // 30 days of intake events even though the rate window is 7: rolling /
+  // interval cadences anchor `nextDue` off the last non-skipped take,
+  // which can sit before the window start (the health-score pillar
+  // fetches the same margin).
+  const since = new Date(now.getTime() - 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+  const intakeEvents = await prisma.medicationIntakeEvent.findMany({
+    where: {
+      userId,
+      deletedAt: null,
+      medicationId: { in: medications.map((m) => m.id) },
+      scheduledFor: { gte: since, lte: now },
+    },
+    select: {
+      medicationId: true,
+      scheduledFor: true,
+      takenAt: true,
+      skipped: true,
+    },
+  });
+  const eventsByMed = new Map<string, typeof intakeEvents>();
+  for (const ev of intakeEvents) {
+    const list = eventsByMed.get(ev.medicationId);
+    if (list) list.push(ev);
+    else eventsByMed.set(ev.medicationId, [ev]);
+  }
+
+  let taken = 0;
+  let missed = 0;
+  for (const med of medications) {
+    const events = eventsByMed.get(med.id) ?? [];
+    const medicationContext = buildComplianceMedicationContext(
+      med,
+      lastNonSkippedTakenAt(events),
+      userTz,
+    );
+    const result = calculateCompliance(
+      events,
+      med.schedules,
+      7,
+      med.createdAt,
+      {
+        now,
+        medicationContext,
+      },
+    );
+    taken += result.taken;
+    missed += result.missed;
+  }
+
+  const denominator = taken + missed;
+  if (denominator === 0) return null;
+  const rate = Math.min(100, Math.round((taken / denominator) * 100));
+  return {
+    id: "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+    score: rate,
+    band: complianceBandForRate(rate),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the selected hero rings against the module map. Selection
+ * order is preserved; rings without data drop out. Every ring is
+ * fail-soft on its own — one throwing engine never takes the row (or
+ * the snapshot) down.
+ */
+export async function buildScoreRingsBlock(
+  prisma: PrismaClient,
+  userId: string,
+  userTz: string,
+  selected: ScoreRingId[],
+  modules: Record<ModuleKey, boolean>,
+  now: Date,
+): Promise<DashboardScoreRing[]> {
+  const eligible = selected.filter((id) => {
+    if (!(SCORE_RING_IDS as readonly string[]).includes(id)) return false;
+    if (modules[SCORE_RING_MODULE[id]] === false) return false;
+    // The derived scores are an insights-layer read everywhere else
+    // (`/api/insights/derived*` sits behind the insights module) — the
+    // snapshot honours the same gate.
+    if (DERIVED_RING_METRIC[id] && modules.insights === false) return false;
+    return true;
+  });
+  if (eligible.length === 0) return [];
+
+  // Profile loaded ONCE via the shared loader (the batch-route pattern);
+  // only when a derived ring is actually selected.
+  const needsProfile = eligible.some((id) => DERIVED_RING_METRIC[id]);
+  const profile = needsProfile
+    ? await loadBaselineProfile(prisma, userId)
+    : null;
+
+  const resolved = await Promise.all(
+    eligible.map(async (id): Promise<DashboardScoreRing | null> => {
+      try {
+        if (id === "MED_COMPLIANCE") {
+          return await resolveMedComplianceRing(prisma, userId, userTz, now);
+        }
+        const metric = DERIVED_RING_METRIC[id];
+        if (!metric || !profile) return null;
+        const derived = await computeDerivedMetric({
+          metric,
+          userId,
+          profile,
+          now,
+        });
+        if (!isDerivedOk(derived)) return null;
+        const value = derived.value as ScoreBandValue;
+        if (typeof value?.score !== "number" || !Number.isFinite(value.score)) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        return { id, score: Math.round(value.score), band: value.band };
+      } catch {
+        // Fail-soft per ring — a transient engine error drops the ring,
+        // never the snapshot.
+        return null;
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+  return resolved.filter((r): r is DashboardScoreRing => r !== null);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/dashboard/snapshot.ts b/src/lib/dashboard/snapshot.ts
index 1c2ca209f..1b26e6bdd 100644
--- a/src/lib/dashboard/snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dashboard/snapshot.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ import {
   buildCoachMemoryBlock,
   type CoachMemoryBlock,
 } from "@/lib/ai/coach/memory-snapshot";
+import {
+  buildScoreRingsBlock,
+  type DashboardScoreRing,
+} from "@/lib/dashboard/score-rings";
 import { getServerTranslator } from "@/lib/i18n/server-translator";
 import type { Locale } from "@/lib/i18n/config";
 import { getAgeFromDateOfBirth } from "@/lib/analytics/pulse-targets";
@@ -401,6 +405,17 @@ export interface DashboardSnapshot {
    * thick phase alongside `extras`) and when no pillar is computable.
    */
   healthScore: DashboardSnapshotHealthScore | null;
+  /**
+   * v1.27.7 — the user-selected hero score rings (max 3), resolved
+   * server-side: READINESS / RECOVERY_SCORE / SLEEP_SCORE through the
+   * same engines the derived batch route calls, MED_COMPLIANCE as the
+   * pooled 7-day adherence from the canonical compliance engine. Only
+   * rings with data appear (selection order preserved); module-disabled
+   * and data-less selections drop out, so the hero row self-gates.
+   * Optional on the type (additive contract) so older cached snapshots
+   * / fixtures stay valid; the live builder always sets it.
+   */
+  scoreRings?: DashboardScoreRing[];
   briefing: DailyBriefing | null;
   /**
    * v1.21.2 (A4) — server-resolved recall + forward-look for the briefing card.
@@ -1027,6 +1042,12 @@ export async function buildDashboardSnapshot(
      * derived engines. Defaults to the real `buildScoreNarrativeBlock`.
      */
     scoreNarrative?: typeof buildScoreNarrativeBlock;
+    /**
+     * v1.27.7 — injectable hero score-ring resolver so the snapshot tests
+     * can pin the wire without the derived engines / compliance reads.
+     * Defaults to the real `buildScoreRingsBlock`.
+     */
+    scoreRings?: typeof buildScoreRingsBlock;
   } = {},
 ): Promise<DashboardSnapshot> {
   const userTz = user.timezone ?? DEFAULT_TIMEZONE;
@@ -1045,28 +1066,56 @@ export async function buildDashboardSnapshot(
   const coverage = await time("coverage", () => probeRollupCoverage(user.id));
   const warm = isThickPhaseWarm(coverage);
 
-  const [slimRaw, moodRaw, extrasResult, flags, medsToday, modules] =
-    await Promise.all([
-      // A5 — reuse the coverage map already probed above so the slice
-      // doesn't re-run the identical `probeRollupCoverage` query.
-      time("summaries", () => computeSummariesSlice(user.id, coverage)),
-      time("mood", () => buildMoodBlock(prisma, user.id)),
-      warm
-        ? time("extras", () =>
-            buildExtras(prisma, user, userTz, coverage, now, time),
-          )
-        : Promise.resolve(null),
-      time("flags", () => getAssistantFlags()),
-      // Fast phase — projection-backed today tally + earliest next-due.
-      time("medsToday", () =>
-        buildMedsTodayBlock(prisma, user.id, userTz, now),
+  // Resolve the stored layout once up front: the hero score rings read
+  // the `selectedScoreRings` preference off it, and the module-gated
+  // `layout` block below reuses the same resolution.
+  const storedLayout = resolveDashboardLayout(user.dashboardWidgetsJson);
+
+  // v1.18.0 — resolved module map (memoised per request); gates the
+  // toggleable tiles below at the build layer. Held as a shared promise
+  // so the score-ring task can await it inside the same `Promise.all`
+  // without a second resolver call.
+  const modulesPromise = time("modules", () =>
+    (options.modules ?? (() => resolveModuleMap(user.id)))(),
+  );
+
+  const [
+    slimRaw,
+    moodRaw,
+    extrasResult,
+    flags,
+    medsToday,
+    modules,
+    scoreRings,
+  ] = await Promise.all([
+    // A5 — reuse the coverage map already probed above so the slice
+    // doesn't re-run the identical `probeRollupCoverage` query.
+    time("summaries", () => computeSummariesSlice(user.id, coverage)),
+    time("mood", () => buildMoodBlock(prisma, user.id)),
+    warm
+      ? time("extras", () =>
+          buildExtras(prisma, user, userTz, coverage, now, time),
+        )
+      : Promise.resolve(null),
+    time("flags", () => getAssistantFlags()),
+    // Fast phase — projection-backed today tally + earliest next-due.
+    time("medsToday", () => buildMedsTodayBlock(prisma, user.id, userTz, now)),
+    modulesPromise,
+    // v1.27.7 — the selected hero score rings, resolved through the
+    // same engines the derived batch route calls (+ the canonical
+    // compliance engine for MED_COMPLIANCE). Fail-soft: a throwing
+    // resolver yields no rings, never a sunk snapshot.
+    time("scoreRings", async () =>
+      (options.scoreRings ?? buildScoreRingsBlock)(
+        prisma,
+        user.id,
+        userTz,
+        storedLayout.selectedScoreRings ?? [],
+        await modulesPromise,
+        now,
       ),
-      // v1.18.0 — resolved module map (memoised per request); gates the
-      // toggleable tiles below at the build layer.
-      time("modules", () =>
-        (options.modules ?? (() => resolveModuleMap(user.id)))(),
-      ),
-    ]);
+    ).catch(() => [] as DashboardScoreRing[]),
+  ]);
 
   // v1.18.0 — strip disabled-module data before it leaves the server.
   // Mood is blanked when the mood module is off; sleep / glucose summary
@@ -1090,10 +1139,7 @@ export async function buildDashboardSnapshot(
     });
   }
 
-  const layout = gateLayoutByModules(
-    resolveDashboardLayout(user.dashboardWidgetsJson),
-    modules,
-  );
+  const layout = gateLayoutByModules(storedLayout, modules);
   // v1.18.0 — the Daily Briefing is the dashboard's AI-narrative surface,
   // so the `insights` module gates it alongside the operator briefing
   // flag + per-user coach opt-out. Disabling `insights` yields the same
@@ -1191,6 +1237,10 @@ export async function buildDashboardSnapshot(
           returnToBand: scoreNarrative?.returnToBand ?? null,
         }
       : null,
+    // v1.27.7 — the resolved hero score rings (selection order, data-
+    // gated). Always set by the live builder; optional on the type so
+    // older cached snapshots stay valid.
+    scoreRings,
     briefing: briefing.briefing,
     // v1.21.2 (A4) — the briefing recall + forward-look. Null when there is no
     // prior narrative on file or no briefing is shown.
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights/schemas.ts b/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights/schemas.ts
index 09f805707..dcdcb3d3c 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/routes/insights/schemas.ts
@@ -852,6 +852,26 @@ export const dashboardSnapshotResponse = z
       .describe(
         "Personal health score summary (0..100 score, traffic-light band, week-over-week delta). Null on a rollup-coverage miss (it rides the thick phase alongside `extras`) and when no pillar is computable. Component breakdown is deliberately not serialised here.",
       ),
+    // v1.27.7 — user-selected hero score rings (max 3), resolved
+    // server-side next to the health score. Additive; optional so
+    // cached pre-v1.27.7 snapshots stay decodable.
+    scoreRings: z
+      .array(
+        z.object({
+          id: z.enum([
+            "READINESS",
+            "RECOVERY_SCORE",
+            "SLEEP_SCORE",
+            "MED_COMPLIANCE",
+          ]),
+          score: z.number().int(),
+          band: z.enum(["green", "yellow", "red"]),
+        }),
+      )
+      .optional()
+      .describe(
+        "User-selected hero score rings (max 3, `selectedScoreRings` on the dashboard layout), resolved server-side: READINESS / RECOVERY_SCORE / SLEEP_SCORE via the derived engines (module-gated like `/api/insights/derived`), MED_COMPLIANCE as the pooled 7-day medication adherence (0..100, banded ≥90 green / ≥70 yellow / else red). Only rings with data appear, in selection order — a missing entry means no data or a disabled module, never zero. Clients render what arrives and never recompute.",
+      ),
     briefing: z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()).nullable(),
     briefingState: z.enum(["ready", "preparing", "disabled", "no-provider"]),
     briefingUpdatedAt: z.string().nullable(),