docs: record the pt-BR language rule and new system ideas

The activity selector sat below `if (!isOpen || !user) return null`. `user`
arrives asynchronously, so the hook ran on some renders and not others; React
counts hooks per render and tore the tree down with error #310 as soon as a
profile finished loading.

Move it above the guard and let the selector tolerate a null user. Typecheck
and the suite both passed with the bug in place — TypeScript cannot see hook
order and nothing renders this modal across the null-to-loaded transition.

Caddyfile

@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@
     # Backspace API, WebSocket, and frontend — Docker DNS resolves "backspace"
     reverse_proxy backspace:3000
 }
+
+# Gitea — servidor git próprio (stack em /opt/gitea). Alcançado pelo nome do
+# container na rede interna; o Gitea não publica porta nenhuma no host.
+{$GIT_DOMAIN:git.resenha.website} {
+    reverse_proxy gitea:3000
+}

Dockerfile

@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ COPY packages/web/package.json packages/web/
 # Copy patches (referenced by pnpm-lock.yaml)
 COPY patches/ patches/
 
+# better-sqlite3 publishes no prebuilt binary for Node 20 (ABI 115) — its
+# releases cover ABI 127/137/141/147 only — so prebuild-install falls back to
+# compiling with node-gyp, which needs python3/make/g++. node:20-slim ships
+# none of them. Builder stage only: the runtime stage copies the compiled
+# .node and stays slim.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      python3 make g++ \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 # Install dependencies
 RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
@@ -39,7 +48,9 @@ FROM node:20-slim AS runtime
 RUN corepack enable && corepack prepare pnpm@10.34.3 --activate
 
 # Runtime deps only: ffmpeg (media processing) + gosu (drop to non-root in the
-# entrypoint). No C toolchain — better-sqlite3 and sharp load prebuilt binaries.
+# entrypoint). sharp is N-API (ABI-independent) and loads a prebuilt binary;
+# better-sqlite3 no longer ships one for Node 20, so it is compiled below with
+# a toolchain that is purged in the same layer.
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ffmpeg gosu && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
@@ -58,8 +69,16 @@ COPY packages/web/package.json packages/web/
 # Copy patches (referenced by pnpm-lock.yaml)
 COPY patches/ patches/
 
-# Install production dependencies only (tsx is in server dependencies)
+# Install production dependencies only (tsx is in server dependencies).
-RUN pnpm install --prod --frozen-lockfile
+# better-sqlite3 compiles from source here (no Node 20 prebuilt), so the C
+# toolchain is installed, used and purged inside this single layer — the final
+# image ships no compiler.
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 make g++ && \
+    pnpm install --prod --frozen-lockfile && \
+    apt-get purge -y python3 make g++ && \
+    apt-get autoremove -y && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Copy shared source (needed at runtime since server imports types directly)
 COPY packages/shared/ packages/shared/

docs/roadmap-resenha.md

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# Roadmap — fork Resenha
+
+Plano de features próprias desta instância. Arquivo exclusivo do fork
+(nome com sufixo para não colidir com arquivos do upstream em merges).
+
+Escrito em português por ser documento de planejamento do dono do fork; o
+código e os commits seguem em inglês, como o resto do repositório.
+
+## Entregue
+
+| Feature | Commit | Nota |
+|---|---|---|
+| Ir para a call clicando no nome do canal | `c70b0095` | Exigiu o `voiceStore` passar a guardar o espaço da call — antes ele não sabia onde a call estava assim que o usuário navegava para outro servidor |
+| Botão de GIF redesenhado | `20526e1b` | Contorno vazado com letras cheias, no lugar do bloco sólido |
+| Explorador de GIF no banner | `20526e1b` | Sem upload: banner já aceita URL absoluta no cliente e no servidor |
+| Teste de microfone com retorno | `bfe62d70` | `AudioManager.startMicTest/stopMicTest`; devolve o microfone ao parar, com duas travas independentes |
+| Bloco de atividade no perfil | `d7da0ff2` | `ProfileActivity`; inclui correção de validação de assets no servidor |
+| Preview de perfil nos participantes da call | (ver git log) | O popout já existia e era aberto de 11 lugares; **nenhum era de voz**. Ligado nas linhas da lista de voz e no nome dos tiles da grade |
+
+## Já existia no código (verificado, não construir de novo)
+
+- **Animação de digitação** — `TypingIndicator.tsx`, três pontos `animate-bounce`
+  escalonados em 0/150/300ms.
+- **Sons de call/stream** — `SoundController.tsx`, montado no `AppLayout`:
+  stream started/ended, alguém entra/sai da tela, entra/sai da call, câmera,
+  mute, ringing. Os `.ogg` estão em `web/public/sounds/`.
+- **Preview de perfil ancorado** — `uiStore.openUserProfile(user, anchor, placement)`
+  guarda `userProfilePopout`; popout posicionado no desktop, tela cheia no
+  mobile. Já era aberto por mensagens, menções, avatares, lista de membros,
+  DMs e painel de atividade. O que faltava era só a voz — agora ligado.
+  Continua faltando o bloco de atividade do print do Discord, que é a #8.
+
+Se qualquer um dos dois não se manifestar em uso, o trabalho é **depuração**,
+não implementação.
+
+## Pendente — pedido original
+
+Ordem sugerida: as pequenas primeiro, as grandes uma de cada vez.
+
+| # | Feature | Tamanho | Observação técnica |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 6 | Favoritar GIFs + categorias | Grande | Precisa de tabela, migração drizzle e API para sincronizar entre dispositivos, como no Discord |
+| 8 | **Produtor** de atividade do Spotify | Grande | O consumo está pronto (`ProfileActivity` + pipeline completo). Falta algo que *gere* a atividade com faixa e artista — ver abaixo |
+| 9 | Registro de auditoria | Grande | Schema + ganchos em cada mutação do servidor + interface |
+
+## Pendente — ideias aprovadas
+
+| Feature | Tamanho | Observação técnica |
+|---|---|---|
+| Soundboard | Média | `AudioManager` já carrega e toca `.ogg` sob demanda; falta upload por espaço, permissão e disparo na sala LiveKit |
+| Estatísticas do grupo | Grande | Horas em call, quem mais falou, ranking. **Depende do mesmo registro de eventos da auditoria (#9)** |
+| Watch party | Grande | O screen share do LiveKit já existe; falta sincronizar posição de reprodução entre participantes |
+| Emojis e stickers do grupo | Média | `UPLOAD_DIR` e o pipeline de upload já existem; falta tabela por espaço e resolução no render de mensagem |
+
+## O que falta para o Spotify (#8)
+
+O caminho de consumo está inteiro: tipo, store, WebSocket, validação no
+servidor, relay de presença e agora o bloco no perfil. **Falta um produtor.**
+
+Três opções, com custos bem diferentes:
+
+1. **Entrada no dicionário do detector** (`activityDetector.ts` lê um JSON de
+   processos, e `listening` já é um tipo válido). Custo quase zero, mas dá
+   apenas "Listening to Spotify" — sem faixa nem artista — e **só no app
+   Electron**.
+2. **Ler o título da janela do Spotify** no processo main do Electron. O título
+   é "Artista - Faixa", então preenche `details` e `state`. Ainda só desktop, e
+   sem capa nem duração.
+3. **Spotify Web API com OAuth.** É a única que cobre quem usa pelo navegador —
+   que é a maioria do grupo — e a única que traz capa e progresso.
+   **Bloqueio:** exige registrar um app no dashboard do Spotify e obter
+   client id/secret. Isso é ação sua; eu não consigo fazer.
+
+
+## Regra de idioma (a partir de 2026-08-31)
+
+Funcionalidade nova sai com interface em **pt-BR**, e a cada update um sistema
+existente é traduzido. Os dois idiomas **coexistem**. Código, comentários e
+commits seguem em inglês.
+
+**Pré-requisito não óbvio:** o projeto não tem sistema de i18n algum — as
+strings estão fixas em inglês dentro dos componentes. Traduzir "um sistema por
+update" só é possível depois da fundação abaixo.
+
+## Ideias novas — a avaliar
+
+Ordenadas por relação valor/custo para um servidor de grupo fechado.
+
+| Sistema | Tamanho | Por que faz sentido aqui |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Fundação de i18n** | Média | Bloqueia a regra de idioma acima. Dicionário por idioma + hook de tradução + seletor nas configurações; migração componente a componente, um por update |
+| **Fechar cadastro + convites** | Pequena | A instância está com `REGISTRATION_OPEN=true`: qualquer um cria conta. O `InviteModal` já existe — é trocar cadastro aberto por convite |
+| **Backup fora da VPS** | Pequena | Hoje app, banco, uploads, backups e as três cópias do repositório morrem no mesmo evento. Um envio periódico para fora resolve |
+| **Aniversários e lembretes** | Pequena | Alto retorno afetivo, custo baixo: campo de data + verificação diária + mensagem no canal |
+| **Perfis por servidor** | Média | Apelido e avatar diferentes por espaço, como no Discord. O modelo já tem membro por espaço |
+| **Eventos agendados com presença** | Média | "Sexta 21h" com confirmação. Encaixa nas notificações e no PWA já instalado |
+| **Notificações push de verdade** | Média | O `vite-plugin-pwa` e o service worker já estão lá; falta Web Push (VAPID) e o registro no servidor |
+| **Níveis e conquistas** | Média | Gamificação por tempo em call e mensagens. **Mesmo registro de eventos da auditoria e das estatísticas** — três features, um mecanismo |
+| **Clipes de call** | Grande | "Salvar os últimos 30 segundos" depois de alguém falar besteira. O LiveKit tem egress; exige buffer contínuo e armazenamento |
+| **Fila de música compartilhada** | Grande | Um participante-robô publicando faixa de áudio na sala LiveKit. É o que mais muda o uso de um servidor de amigos, e o mais caro |
+| **Autenticação em duas etapas** | Média | Só faz sentido depois de decidir o modelo de cadastro |
+
+## Dependência que vale respeitar
+
+**Auditoria (#9) e Estatísticas compartilham o mesmo mecanismo**: uma tabela de
+eventos append-only no servidor. Construir a auditoria primeiro e as
+estatísticas como leitura agregada dessa mesma tabela evita escrever dois
+sistemas de registro paralelos que divergem com o tempo.

packages/server/src/ws/events.ts

@@ -473,9 +473,16 @@ function validateActivities(raw: unknown): Activity[] | null {
     if (obj.assets && typeof obj.assets === 'object') {
       const aObj = obj.assets as Record<string, unknown>;
       const assets: ActivityAssets = {};
-      if (typeof aObj.largeImage === 'string' && aObj.largeImage.length <= ACTIVITY_LIMITS.MAX_URL_LENGTH) assets.largeImage = aObj.largeImage;
+      // Image assets are rendered as <img src> by clients, so they get the same
+      // scheme check `url` above already has. Without it a client could point
+      // them at a host it controls and harvest the IP of everyone who opens
+      // that profile — and data: URIs would smuggle payloads through a field
+      // only length-checked.
+      if (typeof aObj.largeImage === 'string' && aObj.largeImage.length <= ACTIVITY_LIMITS.MAX_URL_LENGTH
+          && isHttpUrl(aObj.largeImage)) assets.largeImage = aObj.largeImage;
       if (typeof aObj.largeText === 'string' && aObj.largeText.length <= ACTIVITY_LIMITS.MAX_ASSET_TEXT_LENGTH) assets.largeText = aObj.largeText;
-      if (typeof aObj.smallImage === 'string' && aObj.smallImage.length <= ACTIVITY_LIMITS.MAX_URL_LENGTH) assets.smallImage = aObj.smallImage;
+      if (typeof aObj.smallImage === 'string' && aObj.smallImage.length <= ACTIVITY_LIMITS.MAX_URL_LENGTH
+          && isHttpUrl(aObj.smallImage)) assets.smallImage = aObj.smallImage;
       if (typeof aObj.smallText === 'string' && aObj.smallText.length <= ACTIVITY_LIMITS.MAX_ASSET_TEXT_LENGTH) assets.smallText = aObj.smallText;
       if (Object.keys(assets).length > 0) activity.assets = assets;
     }
@@ -485,6 +492,10 @@ function validateActivities(raw: unknown): Activity[] | null {
   return validated;
 }
 
+function isHttpUrl(value: string): boolean {
+  return value.startsWith('https://') || value.startsWith('http://');
+}
+
 function handlePresenceUpdate(event: Record<string, unknown>, userId: string): void {
   const status = event.status as string;
 

packages/web/src/audio/AudioManager.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export class AudioManager {
   private rnnoiseReady = false;
   private keepAliveOscillator: OscillatorNode | null = null;
 
+  // Mic test (settings → Voice). See startMicTest().
+  private micTestGain: GainNode | null = null;
+  private micTestStream: MediaStream | null = null;
+
   // Cached `getUserMedia` denial. After a NotAllowedError, subsequent
   // `setInputDevice` calls (e.g. `useLiveKit.syncMic` racing the user's
   // tap on a denial prompt) re-throw the cached error WITHOUT issuing a
@@ -567,6 +571,65 @@ export class AudioManager {
     osc.stop(now + 0.45);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Mic test: routes the processed input bus to the speakers so the user hears
+   * themselves, outside of any call.
+   *
+   * Settings deliberately never opened the mic on their own — the level meter
+   * only measures a stream that a call had already established. A mic test
+   * cannot honour that, so this is the one path that opens it, and
+   * `stopMicTest` hands it back rather than leaving the mic indicator lit.
+   *
+   * Returns false when the mic could not be opened (denied, unplugged).
+   */
+  async startMicTest(): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (this.micTestGain) return true;
+    const ctx = this.ensureContext();
+    await this.resumeContext();
+
+    const hadStream = this.hasActiveStream();
+    if (!hadStream) {
+      const stream = await this.setInputDevice(this.currentInputDeviceId);
+      if (!stream) return false;
+      // Remember the exact stream we opened, so stopMicTest only ever stops
+      // that one — never a stream something else established meanwhile.
+      this.micTestStream = this.currentStream;
+    }
+
+    this.micTestGain = ctx.createGain();
+    this.inputGain!.connect(this.micTestGain);
+    this.micTestGain.connect(this.getMasterOutput());
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tears down the loopback.
+   *
+   * @param allowRelease Whether the mic may be handed back. Only the caller
+   *   knows whether a call has started since the test began — AudioManager
+   *   does not read stores — so releasing needs its consent as well as our own
+   *   record that this test is what opened the stream.
+   */
+  stopMicTest(allowRelease: boolean): void {
+    if (!this.micTestGain) return;
+    try { this.inputGain?.disconnect(this.micTestGain); } catch { /* graph already torn down */ }
+    try { this.micTestGain.disconnect(); } catch { /* already detached */ }
+    this.micTestGain = null;
+
+    if (allowRelease && this.micTestStream && this.currentStream === this.micTestStream) {
+      // Detach listeners before stopping (see `_setInputDeviceImpl`).
+      const tracks = this.currentStream.getTracks();
+      tracks.forEach(t => { t.onended = null; });
+      tracks.forEach(t => t.stop());
+      this.currentStream = null;
+    }
+    this.micTestStream = null;
+  }
+
+  isMicTestActive(): boolean {
+    return this.micTestGain !== null;
+  }
+
   getContext(): AudioContext | null {
     return this.ctx;
   }

packages/web/src/components/chat/MessageInput.tsx

@@ -959,8 +959,14 @@ export function MessageInput({ channelId, channelName, placeholder }: MessageInp
               title="GIF"
               aria-label="GIF picker"
             >
-              <svg width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="currentColor">
+              {/* Outlined badge, not a filled block: the solid rectangle read as
-                <path d="M2 5.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 4.5 3h15A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 22 5.5v13a2.5 2.5 0 0 1-2.5 2.5h-15A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 2 18.5v-13ZM5.1 14V10h3.2v1.2H6.5v.6h1.6v1.1H6.5V14H5.1Zm4.5 0V10h1.4v4H9.6Zm2.5 0V10h3.2v1.2h-1.8v.5h1.6v1h-1.6V14h-1.4Z" />
+                  a plain square rather than a GIF picker. Letters reuse the
+                  original glyph paths, scaled and centred inside the outline. */}
+              <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" aria-hidden="true">
+                <rect x="3" y="6" width="18" height="12" rx="3" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" />
+                <g fill="currentColor" transform="translate(-1.77 -4.2) scale(1.35)">
+                  <path d="M5.1 14V10h3.2v1.2H6.5v.6h1.6v1.1H6.5V14H5.1Zm4.5 0V10h1.4v4H9.6Zm2.5 0V10h3.2v1.2h-1.8v.5h1.6v1h-1.6V14h-1.4Z" />
+                </g>
               </svg>
             </button>
           )}

packages/web/src/components/modals/UserProfileModal.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import type { User } from '@backspace/shared';
 import { Avatar } from '../ui/Avatar';
+import { ProfileActivity } from '../ui/ProfileActivity';
+import { useActivityStore } from '../../stores/activityStore';
 import { Username } from '../ui/Username';
 import { useUIStore } from '../../stores/uiStore';
 import { useSpaceStore, getApiForOrigin, resolveUserOrigin } from '../../stores/spaceStore';
@@ -142,13 +144,28 @@ export function UserProfileModal() {
     return () => document.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKey);
   }, [isOpen, closeModal]);
 
+  // Keyed by home id, matching every other activity consumer (ActivityPanel,
+  // MemberSidebar), so federated users resolve to the same record.
+  //
+  // Must sit ABOVE the early return: `user` is null on the first render and
+  // arrives asynchronously, so a hook below it runs on some renders and not
+  // others — React counts hooks per render and aborts the tree (#310).
+  // The `?? []` stays OUTSIDE the selector; building it inside would hand
+  // zustand a fresh array reference every render and spin.
+  const activityList = useActivityStore((s) =>
+    user ? s.userActivities.get(user.homeUserId ?? user.id) : undefined,
+  );
+
   if (!isOpen || !user) return null;
 
+  const activities = activityList ?? [];
+
   const { baseName, domain } = parseFederatedUsername(user.username);
   const displayName = user.displayName ?? baseName;
 
   // Banner — use correct API client for remote users
   const profileApi = getApiForOrigin(userOrigin);
+
   const bannerSrc = user.banner
     ? (user.banner.startsWith('http') ? user.banner : profileApi.uploads.url(user.banner))
     : null;
@@ -353,6 +370,9 @@ export function UserProfileModal() {
                 </div>
               )}
 
+              {/* Current activity — the "Listening to Spotify" block */}
+              <ProfileActivity activities={activities} />
+
               {/* Member Since */}
               <div>
                 <span className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wide font-semibold text-txt-tertiary">

packages/web/src/components/modals/settingsPanels/AccountPanel.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useInstanceStore } from '../../../stores/instanceStore';
 import { useSpaceStore } from '../../../stores/spaceStore';
 import { Avatar } from '../../ui/Avatar';
 import { ImageCropModal } from '../../ui/ImageCropModal';
+import { GifPicker } from '../../chat/GifPicker';
 import { DeleteAccountModal } from '../DeleteAccountModal';
 import { api } from '../../../api/client';
 import { useTransferStore } from '../../../stores/transferStore';
@@ -13,6 +14,16 @@ import { getAvatarGradient, adjustColor, mutedGradient, AVATAR_GRADIENT_MAP, BAN
 import { AVATAR_COLORS } from '@backspace/shared';
 import type { User, UserStatus, AvatarColor } from '@backspace/shared';
 import type { FederationOpResult } from '../../../utils/federationOps';
+/**
+ * Banner/avatar previews hold either a `blob:` object URL (local upload) or a
+ * remote `https:` URL (GIF picker). Only the former owns memory that must be
+ * released — calling revokeObjectURL on a remote URL is a silent no-op that
+ * would quietly hide a mistake here.
+ */
+function releasePreview(url: string | null): void {
+  if (url && url.startsWith('blob:')) URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+}
+
 export function AccountPanel() {
   const user = useAuthStore((s) => s.user);
   const updateProfile = useAuthStore((s) => s.updateProfile);
@@ -37,6 +48,7 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
   const [bannerFilename, setBannerFilename] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [uploadingBanner, setUploadingBanner] = useState(false);
   const [bannerCropSrc, setBannerCropSrc] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [showBannerGif, setShowBannerGif] = useState(false);
   const bannerInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
 
   const addToast = useUIStore((s) => s.addToast);
@@ -54,7 +66,7 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
       setCustomHex(user.accentColor ?? '');
       // Reset upload state
       if (avatarPreview) URL.revokeObjectURL(avatarPreview);
-      if (bannerPreview) URL.revokeObjectURL(bannerPreview);
+      releasePreview(bannerPreview);
       setAvatarPreview(null);
       setAvatarFilename(null);
       setBannerPreview(null);
@@ -202,7 +214,7 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
   };
 
   const handleBannerCropComplete = async (blob: Blob) => {
-    if (bannerPreview) URL.revokeObjectURL(bannerPreview);
+    releasePreview(bannerPreview);
     const previewUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
     setBannerPreview(previewUrl);
     setBannerCropSrc(null);
@@ -227,8 +239,21 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
     setAvatarFilename('');
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Banners accept absolute URLs end to end: the server's isValidAssetUrl
+   * allows http(s), and the profile render already branches on
+   * `banner.startsWith('http')`. So a picked GIF needs no upload — the remote
+   * URL is stored directly.
+   */
+  const handleBannerGifSelect = (url: string) => {
+    releasePreview(bannerPreview);
+    setBannerPreview(url);
+    setBannerFilename(url);
+    setShowBannerGif(false);
+  };
+
   const handleRemoveBanner = () => {
-    if (bannerPreview) URL.revokeObjectURL(bannerPreview);
+    releasePreview(bannerPreview);
     setBannerPreview(null);
     setBannerFilename('');
   };
@@ -300,7 +325,7 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
     setAvatarColorState(user.avatarColor ?? null);
     setCustomHex(user.accentColor ?? '');
     if (avatarPreview) URL.revokeObjectURL(avatarPreview);
-    if (bannerPreview) URL.revokeObjectURL(bannerPreview);
+    releasePreview(bannerPreview);
     setAvatarPreview(null);
     setAvatarFilename(null);
     setBannerPreview(null);
@@ -482,7 +507,7 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
                 </div>
               )}
             </button>
-            <div className="flex gap-2 mt-1">
+            <div className="relative flex gap-2 mt-1">
               <button
                 type="button"
                 onClick={() => bannerInputRef.current?.click()}
@@ -491,6 +516,23 @@ export function AccountPanel() {
               >
                 Change Banner
               </button>
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                onClick={() => setShowBannerGif((v) => !v)}
+                disabled={uploadingBanner}
+                className="text-xs text-accent-primary hover:underline"
+              >
+                Choose GIF
+              </button>
+              {showBannerGif && (
+                <>
+                  {/* Click-away layer, below the panel but above the page */}
+                  <div className="fixed inset-0 z-[290]" onClick={() => setShowBannerGif(false)} />
+                  <div className="absolute left-0 top-full mt-2 z-[300] glass rounded-xl overflow-hidden">
+                    <GifPicker onGifSelect={handleBannerGifSelect} />
+                  </div>
+                </>
+              )}
               {(displayBannerSrc || user.banner) && bannerFilename !== '' && (
                 <button
                   type="button"

packages/web/src/components/modals/settingsPanels/AudioInputSection.tsx

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export function AudioInputSection() {
   // then join voice and expect the meter / resolved-default hint to come
   // alive without reopening the panel.
   const [audioCtxGen, setAudioCtxGen] = useState(0);
+  const [micTesting, setMicTesting] = useState(false);
+  const [micTestError, setMicTestError] = useState('');
   const dropdownRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const animFrameRef = useRef<number>(0);
 
@@ -77,7 +79,39 @@ export function AudioInputSection() {
       stopped = true;
       if (animFrameRef.current) cancelAnimationFrame(animFrameRef.current);
     };
-  }, [permState, audioCtxGen]);
+  }, [permState, audioCtxGen, micTesting]);
+
+  // Subscribed (not a one-off getState) so the hint text below tracks the call
+  // state live. The release decision itself reads getState() at the moment of
+  // stopping, which is when it must be accurate.
+  const isLiveKitConnected = useVoiceStore((s) => s.isLiveKitConnected);
+
+  const toggleMicTest = async () => {
+    const am = AudioManager.getInstance();
+    if (micTesting) {
+      am.stopMicTest(!useVoiceStore.getState().isLiveKitConnected);
+      setMicTesting(false);
+      return;
+    }
+    setMicTestError('');
+    const ok = await am.startMicTest();
+    if (!ok) {
+      setMicTestError('Could not open the microphone. Check the device and its permission.');
+      return;
+    }
+    setMicTesting(true);
+  };
+
+  // Leaving the panel mid-test must not leave the loopback running or the mic
+  // held open.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      const am = AudioManager.getInstance();
+      if (am.isMicTestActive()) {
+        am.stopMicTest(!useVoiceStore.getState().isLiveKitConnected);
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
 
   // Track the resolved upstream deviceId for the "Currently using: X" hint.
   // Re-runs on `audioCtxGen` because the resolved-default ID is only known
@@ -213,9 +247,30 @@ export function AudioInputSection() {
               />
             ))}
           </div>
-          <div className="text-xs text-txt-tertiary mt-1.5">
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3 mt-3">
-            The level meter activates once you join a voice channel.
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => void toggleMicTest()}
+              disabled={permState !== 'granted'}
+              className={`px-3 py-1.5 rounded-md text-[13px] font-medium transition-colors disabled:opacity-50 disabled:cursor-not-allowed ${
+                micTesting
+                  ? 'bg-interactive-muted text-txt-primary hover:brightness-110'
+                  : 'bg-accent-primary text-white hover:brightness-110'
+              }`}
+            >
+              {micTesting ? 'Stop Testing' : "Let's Check"}
+            </button>
+            <span className="text-xs text-txt-tertiary">
+              {micTesting
+                ? 'Playing your mic back to you — say something.'
+                : isLiveKitConnected
+                  ? 'The level meter is live while you are in a call.'
+                  : 'Test your mic without joining a call.'}
+            </span>
           </div>
+          {micTestError && (
+            <div className="text-xs text-txt-danger mt-1.5">{micTestError}</div>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
     </SectionShell>

packages/web/src/components/ui/ProfileActivity.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import type { Activity } from '@backspace/shared';
+import { getPrimaryActivity } from '@backspace/shared/src/activities.js';
+
+interface ProfileActivityProps {
+  activities: Activity[];
+}
+
+const VERB: Record<Activity['type'], string> = {
+  playing: 'Playing',
+  listening: 'Listening to',
+  watching: 'Watching',
+  streaming: 'Streaming',
+  custom: '',
+};
+
+function formatClock(ms: number): string {
+  const total = Math.max(0, Math.floor(ms / 1000));
+  const minutes = Math.floor(total / 60);
+  const seconds = total % 60;
+  const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
+  if (hours > 0) return `${hours}:${String(minutes % 60).padStart(2, '0')}:${String(seconds).padStart(2, '0')}`;
+  return `${minutes}:${String(seconds).padStart(2, '0')}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The activity block on the profile card — the "Listening to Spotify" panel.
+ *
+ * Deliberately richer than `ActivityCard` (which renders name + elapsed for
+ * compact list rows): here there is room for the artwork, the track and the
+ * artist, so it reads `details`, `state` and `assets` too. Every one of those
+ * is optional and the block degrades to just the name, which is all today's
+ * process-based detector supplies — the extra fields are what a Spotify
+ * producer would fill in.
+ */
+export function ProfileActivity({ activities }: ProfileActivityProps) {
+  const primary = getPrimaryActivity(activities);
+  const start = primary?.timestamps?.start;
+  const end = primary?.timestamps?.end;
+
+  // Re-render once a second only while there is a clock to advance.
+  const [now, setNow] = useState(() => Date.now());
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!start) return;
+    const id = setInterval(() => setNow(Date.now()), 1000);
+    return () => clearInterval(id);
+  }, [start]);
+
+  if (!primary || primary.type === 'custom') return null;
+
+  const elapsed = start ? now - start : 0;
+  const duration = start && end ? end - start : 0;
+  const progress = duration > 0 ? Math.min(Math.max(elapsed / duration, 0), 1) : 0;
+
+  // The server restricts asset images to http(s); this mirrors that so a
+  // record stored before that check cannot inject another scheme.
+  const art = primary.assets?.largeImage;
+  const artSrc = art && (art.startsWith('https://') || art.startsWith('http://')) ? art : null;
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <span className="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-wide font-semibold text-txt-tertiary">
+        {VERB[primary.type]} {primary.name}
+      </span>
+      <div className="mt-2 flex gap-3 rounded-lg bg-surface-elevated/40 p-2.5">
+        {artSrc && (
+          <img
+            src={artSrc}
+            alt={primary.assets?.largeText ?? ''}
+            className="w-[60px] h-[60px] rounded object-cover flex-shrink-0"
+            referrerPolicy="no-referrer"
+            loading="lazy"
+          />
+        )}
+        <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+          {primary.details && (
+            <div className="text-[13px] font-semibold text-txt-primary truncate">
+              {primary.details}
+            </div>
+          )}
+          {primary.state && (
+            <div className="text-[12px] text-txt-secondary truncate">{primary.state}</div>
+          )}
+          {duration > 0 ? (
+            <div className="mt-2">
+              <div className="h-[3px] rounded-full bg-interactive-muted overflow-hidden">
+                <div
+                  className="h-full bg-txt-primary rounded-full"
+                  style={{ width: `${progress * 100}%` }}
+                />
+              </div>
+              <div className="flex justify-between text-[10px] text-txt-tertiary mt-1 tabular-nums">
+                <span>{formatClock(elapsed)}</span>
+                <span>{formatClock(duration)}</span>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          ) : start ? (
+            <div className="text-[11px] text-txt-tertiary mt-1 tabular-nums">
+              {formatClock(elapsed)} elapsed
+            </div>
+          ) : null}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}

packages/web/src/components/voice/VoiceChannel.tsx

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ export function VoiceChannel({ channelId, channelName, onClick, locked, canManag
                 <VoiceUserRow
                   userId={member?.user.homeUserId ?? userId}
                   displayName={displayName}
+                  user={member?.user}
                   avatar={avatar}
                   avatarColor={avatarColor ?? undefined}
                   isMuted={isMuted}

packages/web/src/components/voice/VoiceControls.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useVoiceStore } from '../../stores/voiceStore';
+import { useChatStore } from '../../stores/chatStore';
 import { useSpaceStore, getChannelOrigin } from '../../stores/spaceStore';
 import { getActiveRoom } from '../../hooks/useLiveKit';
 import { wsSend } from '../../hooks/useWebSocket';
@@ -16,6 +18,10 @@ import { handleCameraAction } from '../../utils/voiceActions';
  */
 export function VoiceControls() {
   const currentVoiceChannelId = useVoiceStore((s) => s.currentVoiceChannelId);
+  const currentVoiceSpaceId = useVoiceStore((s) => s.currentVoiceSpaceId);
+  const currentVoiceChannelName = useVoiceStore((s) => s.currentVoiceChannelName);
+  const setCurrentChannel = useChatStore((s) => s.setCurrentChannel);
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
   const isCameraOn = useVoiceStore((s) => s.isCameraOn);
   const isScreenSharing = useVoiceStore((s) => s.isScreenSharing);
   const rnnoiseEnabled = useVoiceStore((s) => s.rnnoiseEnabled);
@@ -42,7 +48,20 @@ export function VoiceControls() {
   if (!currentVoiceChannelId && !activeDmCall) return null;
 
   const channel = channels.find(c => c.id === currentVoiceChannelId);
-  const channelName = channel?.name ?? (activeDmCall ? 'DM Call' : 'Voice Channel');
+  const channelName =
+    channel?.name ?? currentVoiceChannelName ?? (activeDmCall ? 'DM Call' : 'Voice Channel');
+
+  // Jump back to where the call is happening. DM calls live under @me; space
+  // calls under the space captured at join time.
+  const callSpaceId = activeDmCall ? '@me' : currentVoiceSpaceId;
+  const callChannelId = activeDmCall ? activeDmCall.dmChannelId : currentVoiceChannelId;
+  const canGoToCall = Boolean(callChannelId && callSpaceId && !connectionError);
+
+  const handleGoToCall = () => {
+    if (!canGoToCall || !callChannelId) return;
+    setCurrentChannel(callChannelId);
+    navigate(`/channels/${callSpaceId}/${callChannelId}`);
+  };
 
   const handleScreenShare = async () => {
     const room = getActiveRoom();
@@ -120,9 +139,19 @@ export function VoiceControls() {
           <div className={`text-[13px] font-semibold leading-[18px] ${statusColor}`}>
             {connectionError ? 'Connection Failed' : isLiveKitConnected ? 'Voice Connected' : 'Connecting...'}
           </div>
+          {canGoToCall ? (
+            <button
+              onClick={handleGoToCall}
+              title="Go to call"
+              className="text-[12px] text-txt-tertiary truncate leading-[16px] w-full text-left hover:text-txt-primary hover:underline transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+            >
+              {channelName}
+            </button>
+          ) : (
             <div className="text-[12px] text-txt-tertiary truncate leading-[16px]">
               {connectionError ? connectionError : channelName}
             </div>
+          )}
         </div>
 
         <div className="flex items-center gap-0.5 flex-shrink-0">

packages/web/src/components/voice/VoiceUser.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useVoiceStore } from '../../stores/voiceStore';
 import { useContextMenuStore, type ContextMenuItem } from '../../stores/contextMenuStore';
 import { buildVoiceModMenuItems, VolumeSliderItem } from './voiceMenuItems';
 import { useSpaceStore } from '../../stores/spaceStore';
+import { useUIStore } from '../../stores/uiStore';
 import { useVoiceParticipantMeta } from '../../hooks/useVoiceParticipantMeta';
 import { getActiveRoom, setCameraSubscription } from '../../hooks/useLiveKit';
 import type { UserTile } from '../../hooks/useLiveKit';
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ export function VoiceUser({ tile, large }: VoiceUserProps) {
   const isLocal = participant.isLocal;
   const avatarUserId = participant.homeUserId ?? participant.userId;
   const { displayName, avatar, user } = useVoiceParticipantMeta(participant);
+  const openUserProfile = useUIStore((s) => s.openUserProfile);
 
   // --- VIDEO & UI ---
 
@@ -177,11 +179,25 @@ export function VoiceUser({ tile, large }: VoiceUserProps) {
       <div className="absolute bottom-0 left-0 right-0 px-3 py-2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 via-black/30 to-transparent">
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
           <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5 min-w-0">
+            {user ? (
+              // The tile's avatar already opens the profile card; the name
+              // sitting next to it did not, which read as the click failing.
+              <button
+                onClick={(e) => {
+                  e.stopPropagation();
+                  openUserProfile(user, e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect(), 'right');
+                }}
+                className={`font-semibold text-white truncate text-left hover:underline ${large ? 'text-base' : 'text-[13px]'}`}
+              >
+                {displayName}
+              </button>
+            ) : (
               <span
                 className={`font-semibold text-white truncate ${large ? 'text-base' : 'text-[13px]'}`}
               >
                 {displayName}
               </span>
+            )}
             {isLocal && (
               <span className="text-[10px] text-white/40 font-medium">
                 (you)

packages/web/src/components/voice/VoiceUserRow.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+import type { MouseEvent as ReactMouseEvent } from 'react';
+import type { User } from '@backspace/shared';
 import { Avatar } from '../ui/Avatar';
+import { ProfileAvatar } from '../ui/ProfileAvatar';
+import { useUIStore } from '../../stores/uiStore';
 
 export interface VoiceUserRowProps {
   userId: string;
   displayName: string;
+  /**
+   * Full record for the participant, when it has resolved. Without it the row
+   * stays presentational rather than offering a click that opens nothing —
+   * the same contract ProfileAvatar documents.
+   */
+  user?: User;
   avatar: string | null;
   avatarColor?: string;
   isMuted?: boolean;
@@ -22,6 +32,7 @@ export interface VoiceUserRowProps {
 export function VoiceUserRow({
   userId,
   displayName,
+  user,
   avatar,
   avatarColor,
   isMuted,
@@ -38,6 +49,15 @@ export function VoiceUserRow({
   className = '',
 }: VoiceUserRowProps) {
   const avatarSize = size === 'compact' ? 20 : 24;
+  const openUserProfile = useUIStore((s) => s.openUserProfile);
+
+  const openProfile = (e: ReactMouseEvent) => {
+    if (!user) return;
+    // The row sits inside a channel that has its own click target (join the
+    // call). Opening the profile is the more specific intent.
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    openUserProfile(user, e.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect(), 'right');
+  };
 
   // Mic icon priority: server muted/deafened/permission muted (amber) > self-muted (danger)
   const showServerMicIcon = isServerMuted || isServerDeafened || isPermissionMuted;
@@ -49,6 +69,17 @@ export function VoiceUserRow({
 
   return (
     <div className={`flex items-center gap-2 ${className}`}>
+      {user ? (
+        <ProfileAvatar
+          src={avatar}
+          name={displayName}
+          size={avatarSize}
+          userId={userId}
+          user={user}
+          avatarColor={avatarColor}
+          className={isSpeaking ? 'rounded-full ring-2 ring-status-online' : ''}
+        />
+      ) : (
         <Avatar
           src={avatar}
           name={displayName}
@@ -57,9 +88,19 @@ export function VoiceUserRow({
           avatarColor={avatarColor}
           className={isSpeaking ? 'rounded-full ring-2 ring-status-online' : ''}
         />
+      )}
+      {user ? (
+        <button
+          onClick={openProfile}
+          className="text-[13px] text-txt-secondary truncate flex-1 min-w-0 text-left hover:text-txt-primary hover:underline"
+        >
+          {displayName}
+        </button>
+      ) : (
         <span className="text-[13px] text-txt-secondary truncate flex-1 min-w-0">
           {displayName}
         </span>
+      )}
       {/* Status badges */}
       <div className="flex items-center gap-1 flex-shrink-0">
         {/* Server muted / space deafened / permission muted — amber mic with slash */}

packages/web/src/stores/voiceStore.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ export interface ScreenShareConfig {
 interface VoiceState {
   voiceUsers: Map<string, string[]>; // channelId → userIds
   currentVoiceChannelId: string | null;
+  /**
+   * Space and name of the channel the call is in, captured at join time.
+   * `channels` in spaceStore only holds the space the user is *viewing*, so
+   * once they navigate elsewhere the call's channel is no longer resolvable
+   * from it — these keep the voice panel able to name and link to the call.
+   * Transient: intentionally absent from `partialize`.
+   */
+  currentVoiceSpaceId: string | null;
+  currentVoiceChannelName: string | null;
   isMuted: boolean;
   isDeafened: boolean;
   isCameraOn: boolean;
@@ -85,7 +94,7 @@ interface VoiceState {
   setVoiceUsers: (channelId: string, userIds: string[]) => void;
   addVoiceUser: (channelId: string, userId: string) => void;
   removeVoiceUser: (channelId: string, userId: string) => void;
-  setCurrentVoiceChannel: (channelId: string | null) => void;
+  setCurrentVoiceChannel: (channelId: string | null, spaceId?: string | null, channelName?: string | null) => void;
   setParticipants: (participants: ParticipantInfo[]) => void;
   setSpeakingParticipants: (ids: Set<string>) => void;
   setConnectionError: (error: string | null) => void;
@@ -158,6 +167,8 @@ export const useVoiceStore = create<VoiceState>()(
     (set, get) => ({
       voiceUsers: new Map(),
       currentVoiceChannelId: null,
+      currentVoiceSpaceId: null,
+      currentVoiceChannelName: null,
       isMuted: false,
       pttActive: false,
       isDeafened: false,
@@ -349,8 +360,10 @@ export const useVoiceStore = create<VoiceState>()(
         });
       },
 
-      setCurrentVoiceChannel: (channelId) => set({ 
+      setCurrentVoiceChannel: (channelId, spaceId = null, channelName = null) => set({
         currentVoiceChannelId: channelId,
+        currentVoiceSpaceId: channelId ? spaceId : null,
+        currentVoiceChannelName: channelId ? channelName : null,
         activeDmCall: null // Clear active DM call when joining a server channel
       }),
 
@@ -516,6 +529,8 @@ export const useVoiceStore = create<VoiceState>()(
         voiceUsers: new Map(),
         voiceUserStates: new Map(),
         currentVoiceChannelId: null,
+        currentVoiceSpaceId: null,
+        currentVoiceChannelName: null,
         participants: [],
         speakingParticipantIds: new Set(),
         speakingUserIds: new Set(),

packages/web/src/utils/voice.ts

@@ -152,7 +152,15 @@ export function joinVoiceChannel(
     if (myOldId) removeVoiceUser(currentVoiceChannelId, myOldId);
   }
 
-  setCurrentVoiceChannel(channelId);
+  // Capture the space and name now: a voice channel can only be joined from
+  // within its own space, but the user may navigate away afterwards — at which
+  // point spaceStore.channels no longer resolves this channel.
+  const spaceStore = useSpaceStore.getState();
+  setCurrentVoiceChannel(
+    channelId,
+    spaceStore.currentSpaceId ?? null,
+    spaceStore.channels.find((c) => c.id === channelId)?.name ?? null,
+  );
   // Optimistic: immediately show self in new channel (using origin-aware ID)
   const myNewId = getMyUserIdForOrigin(getChannelOrigin(channelId));
   if (myNewId) addVoiceUser(channelId, myNewId);