diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60eab6f09..0b0fdb88c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.30.9] — 2026-07-18
+
+Faster dashboard first load.
+
+- **The top card and the charts paint with their data on first load** instead of flashing empty and then filling in. The daily summary and the charts' 31-day series are now read on the server and handed to the page already populated, so there's no wait for a second round of requests after the page appears. The welcome/summary card, likely the slowest thing to show before, now lands with the first paint.
+
+No migration. No breaking changes.
+
 ## [1.30.8] — 2026-07-18
 
 Hardening for the new heart-rate upload validation.
diff --git a/docs/api/openapi.yaml b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
index a9ae1a496..cf15a1967 100644
--- a/docs/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/docs/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: 3.1.0
 info:
   title: HealthLog API
-  version: 1.30.8
+  version: 1.30.9
   description: >-
     Self-hosted personal-health-tracking PWA — public API surface for the iOS native client and external ingest.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eacf041a0..abf5b5906 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "healthlog",
-  "version": "1.30.8",
+  "version": "1.30.9",
   "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 0ebc4d602..472661840 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 */ "v1.30.8";
+  /* @sw-version-fallback */ "v1.30.9";
 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/*`