Energy (field report: ~3x Chrome drain):
- polls skip entirely while the window is hidden/minimized, with one
catch-up refresh on return when data is stale; visible-but-unfocused
keeps polling (second-monitor case)
- all looping animations pause under html.page-hidden (the sidebar
flame flicker was a perpetual compositor drain)
- default cadence 60s; an explicit stored choice is always honored
Currency (field report: set USD, still saw EUR):
- memo-served payloads re-applied their embedded stale currency; config
mutations now purge the renderer memo and force-refresh, and a
switching payload can never overwrite the applied currency
- USD default verified end to end
Measured: hidden window = 0 new CLI spawns over 5 cadences (was: full
polling forever). App 340/340, build + package green.
