fix(settings): stop non-About sections from vertically centering

.leading as an Alignment means horizontally-leading but vertically
centered, not top-left — the minHeight fix for centering About ended
up vertically centering every other section too inside that same tall
box. .topLeading is what was actually meant; About still centers
correctly since its own .frame(maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .center)
fills and self-centers within whatever space it's given regardless.

OutlineKit/Sources/OutlineKit/Caching/CachingOutlineAPIClient.swift

@@ -104,6 +104,27 @@ public actor CachingOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient {
 
     // MARK: - Queueable writes
 
+    /// The one exception to "no new tree structure while offline" —
+    /// synthesizes a document under a `pending-<uuid>` id (same scheme as
+    /// pin/star/subscribe), caches it so it's immediately readable/editable,
+    /// and queues the real create. On sync, the server-assigned id replaces
+    /// the placeholder in the cache; anything still referencing the old id
+    /// directly (a currently-open reader, most likely) won't follow that
+    /// rename automatically — a known, narrow limitation, not something this
+    /// pass tries to solve generally.
+    public func createDocument(_ request: CreateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument {
+        if !isManualOfflineModeEnabled {
+            do {
+                let result = try await live.createDocument(request)
+                await cacheDocument(result)
+                return result
+            } catch {
+                return await queueDocumentCreate(request)
+            }
+        }
+        return await queueDocumentCreate(request)
+    }
+
     public func updateDocument(_ request: UpdateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument {
         if !isManualOfflineModeEnabled {
             do {
@@ -214,10 +235,6 @@ public actor CachingOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient {
         try await live.searchDocumentTitles(request)
     }
 
-    public func createDocument(_ request: CreateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument {
-        try await live.createDocument(request)
-    }
-
     public func templatizeDocument(_ request: TemplatizeDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineTemplate {
         try await live.templatizeDocument(request)
     }
@@ -409,6 +426,17 @@ public actor CachingOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient {
     // MARK: - Helpers
 
     private func cachedFetch<T: Codable>(key: String, fetch: () async throws -> T) async throws -> T {
+        // Manual offline mode means "skip the network entirely," not just
+        // "prefer it" — without this check, a read would still hit `live`
+        // (and succeed, showing content beyond whatever's cached) any time
+        // the device actually had a connection, defeating the point of
+        // deliberately testing/working as if offline.
+        if isManualOfflineModeEnabled {
+            if let data = await cache.load(forKey: key), let cached = try? decoder.decode(T.self, from: data) {
+                return cached
+            }
+            throw OutlineAPIError.transport(URLError(.notConnectedToInternet))
+        }
         do {
             let result = try await fetch()
             if let data = try? encoder.encode(result) {
@@ -456,6 +484,30 @@ public actor CachingOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient {
         return await cache.removeOperation(id: id)
     }
 
+    private func queueDocumentCreate(_ request: CreateDocumentRequest) async -> OutlineDocument {
+        let pendingId = "pending-\(UUID().uuidString)"
+        let now = Date()
+        let synthesized = OutlineDocument(
+            id: pendingId,
+            title: request.title,
+            text: request.text,
+            emoji: nil,
+            collectionId: request.collectionId,
+            parentDocumentId: request.parentDocumentId,
+            url: "/doc/\(pendingId)",
+            revision: nil,
+            fullWidth: nil,
+            createdAt: now,
+            updatedAt: now,
+            publishedAt: request.publish ? now : nil,
+            archivedAt: nil,
+            deletedAt: nil
+        )
+        await cacheDocument(synthesized)
+        await enqueue(.createDocument, payload: request, id: pendingId)
+        return synthesized
+    }
+
     private func queueDocumentUpdate(_ request: UpdateDocumentRequest, dueTo error: Error?) async throws -> OutlineDocument {
         guard let baseData = await cache.load(forKey: "document:\(request.id)"),
               let base = try? decoder.decode(OutlineDocument.self, from: baseData) else {
@@ -479,6 +531,26 @@ public actor CachingOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient {
             deletedAt: base.deletedAt
         )
         await cacheDocument(merged)
+
+        // Still-unsynced create for this exact document — fold the edit into
+        // the pending create's payload instead of queuing a separate update.
+        // A separate update would target `merged.id`, which is still the
+        // `pending-*` placeholder at replay time; the server has never heard
+        // of it and the update would just fail every retry.
+        if merged.id.hasPrefix("pending-"),
+           let createOp = await cache.pendingOperations().first(where: { $0.id == merged.id && $0.kind == PendingOperationKind.createDocument.rawValue }),
+           let createRequest = try? decoder.decode(CreateDocumentRequest.self, from: createOp.payload) {
+            let resolvedCreate = CreateDocumentRequest(
+                title: merged.title,
+                text: merged.text,
+                collectionId: createRequest.collectionId,
+                parentDocumentId: createRequest.parentDocumentId,
+                publish: createRequest.publish
+            )
+            await enqueue(.createDocument, payload: resolvedCreate, id: merged.id)
+            return merged
+        }
+
         // Fully resolved (not the original partial request) so replaying just
         // this one queued operation reproduces `merged` exactly — that's what
         // makes coalescing a second edit onto the same queued id safe.
@@ -538,6 +610,13 @@ public actor CachingOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient {
             ))
         }
         switch kind {
+        case .createDocument:
+            let request = try decoder.decode(CreateDocumentRequest.self, from: operation.payload)
+            let result = try await live.createDocument(request)
+            await cacheDocument(result)
+            // The placeholder id (== operation.id) is now a dead orphan —
+            // nothing server-side will ever answer to it again.
+            await cache.removeCacheEntry(forKey: "document:\(operation.id)")
         case .updateDocument:
             let request = try decoder.decode(UpdateDocumentRequest.self, from: operation.payload)
             let result = try await live.updateDocument(request)

OutlineKit/Sources/OutlineKit/Caching/OfflineCacheStore.swift

@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ public actor OfflineCacheStore {
         return try? modelContext.fetch(descriptor).first?.payload
     }
 
+    /// Used to drop a temporary `pending-*` document's cache entry once a
+    /// queued create syncs and the server hands back the real id — the
+    /// placeholder key would otherwise sit around as a dead orphan forever.
+    public func removeCacheEntry(forKey key: String) {
+        let descriptor = FetchDescriptor<CachedPayload>(predicate: #Predicate { $0.key == key })
+        guard let existing = try? modelContext.fetch(descriptor).first else { return }
+        modelContext.delete(existing)
+        try? modelContext.save()
+    }
+
     public func itemCount() -> Int {
         (try? modelContext.fetchCount(FetchDescriptor<CachedPayload>())) ?? 0
     }

OutlineKit/Sources/OutlineKit/Caching/SyncTypes.swift

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public struct FullSyncSummary: Sendable {
 /// replay later. Deliberately a small, explicit set — see its doc comment
 /// for what's excluded and why.
 enum PendingOperationKind: String, Codable, Sendable {
+    case createDocument
     case updateDocument
     case updateCollection
     case createPin

OutlineKit/Sources/OutlineKit/Requests/CreateDocumentRequest.swift

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Foundation
 
-public struct CreateDocumentRequest: Encodable, Sendable {
+public struct CreateDocumentRequest: Codable, Sendable {
     public let title: String
     public let text: String
     public let collectionId: String

OutlineKit/Tests/OutlineKitTests/CachingOutlineAPIClientTests.swift

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ private final class StubOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient, @unchecked Sendable
     var createPinHandler: (@Sendable (CreatePinRequest) async throws -> OutlinePin)?
     var deletePinHandler: (@Sendable (String) async throws -> Void)?
     var listDocumentsHandler: (@Sendable (String?, String?, Int, Int) async throws -> [OutlineDocument])?
+    var createDocumentHandler: (@Sendable (CreateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument)?
 
     func authInfo() async throws -> OutlineAuthInfo { throw NotStubbed() }
 
@@ -30,7 +31,10 @@ private final class StubOutlineAPIClient: OutlineAPIClient, @unchecked Sendable
     func listViewedDocuments(offset: Int, limit: Int) async throws -> [OutlineDocument] { throw NotStubbed() }
     func searchDocuments(_ request: DocumentSearchRequest) async throws -> [OutlineDocumentSearchResult] { throw NotStubbed() }
     func searchDocumentTitles(_ request: DocumentSearchTitlesRequest) async throws -> [OutlineDocument] { throw NotStubbed() }
-    func createDocument(_ request: CreateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument { throw NotStubbed() }
+    func createDocument(_ request: CreateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument {
+        guard let handler = createDocumentHandler else { throw NotStubbed() }
+        return try await handler(request)
+    }
 
     func updateDocument(_ request: UpdateDocumentRequest) async throws -> OutlineDocument {
         guard let handler = updateDocumentHandler else { throw NotStubbed() }
@@ -326,6 +330,39 @@ final class CachingOutlineAPIClientTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertTrue(pin.id.hasPrefix("pending-"))
     }
 
+    /// Regression test: manual offline mode used to only gate writes —
+    /// reads (listCollections, documentInfo, etc.) still hit `live` first
+    /// any time the device actually had a connection, silently defeating
+    /// "skip the network entirely" for the one thing that mattered most:
+    /// the sidebar showing more than what was actually cached.
+    func testManualOfflineModeSkipsLiveForReadsToo() async throws {
+        let defaults = UserDefaults(suiteName: "CachingOutlineAPIClientTests.manualOfflineReads")!
+        defaults.removePersistentDomain(forName: "CachingOutlineAPIClientTests.manualOfflineReads")
+
+        let stub = StubOutlineAPIClient()
+        let cachedCollection = makeCollection(id: "col-1")
+        var liveCallCount = 0
+        stub.listCollectionsHandler = { _, _ in
+            liveCallCount += 1
+            return [cachedCollection]
+        }
+        let cache = try makeCache()
+        let sut = CachingOutlineAPIClient(live: stub, cache: cache, defaults: defaults)
+
+        // Online first — populates the cache normally.
+        let firstResult = try await sut.listCollections(offset: 0, limit: 25)
+        XCTAssertEqual(firstResult, [cachedCollection])
+        XCTAssertEqual(liveCallCount, 1)
+
+        // Flip manual offline mode on, still "connected" (stub would happily
+        // answer) — the live call must not be attempted at all.
+        defaults.set(true, forKey: CachingOutlineAPIClient.offlineModeDefaultsKey)
+        let secondResult = try await sut.listCollections(offset: 0, limit: 25)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(secondResult, [cachedCollection])
+        XCTAssertEqual(liveCallCount, 1, "listCollections should have served entirely from cache")
+    }
+
     func testCacheStorageSummaryReflectsCachedItems() async throws {
         let stub = StubOutlineAPIClient()
         stub.documentInfoHandler = { _ in self.makeDocument() }
@@ -385,4 +422,79 @@ final class CachingOutlineAPIClientTests: XCTestCase {
         let cachedDoc = try await sut.documentInfo(id: "doc-2")
         XCTAssertEqual(cachedDoc.id, "doc-2")
     }
+
+    // MARK: - Offline document creation
+
+    func testCreateDocumentQueuesAndReturnsUsableDocumentWhenOffline() async throws {
+        let stub = StubOutlineAPIClient()
+        stub.createDocumentHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        let sut = CachingOutlineAPIClient(live: stub, cache: try makeCache())
+
+        let created = try await sut.createDocument(
+            CreateDocumentRequest(title: "New Doc", text: "hello", collectionId: "col-1")
+        )
+
+        XCTAssertTrue(created.id.hasPrefix("pending-"))
+        XCTAssertEqual(created.title, "New Doc")
+        XCTAssertEqual(created.text, "hello")
+
+        // It's immediately readable, same as any other cached document.
+        stub.documentInfoHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        let reopened = try await sut.documentInfo(id: created.id)
+        XCTAssertEqual(reopened.title, "New Doc")
+
+        let pending = await sut.pendingOperations()
+        XCTAssertEqual(pending.count, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(pending.first?.kind, "createDocument")
+    }
+
+    func testEditingAnUnsyncedCreatedDocumentFoldsIntoTheCreateInsteadOfQueuingAnUpdate() async throws {
+        let stub = StubOutlineAPIClient()
+        stub.createDocumentHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        stub.updateDocumentHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        let sut = CachingOutlineAPIClient(live: stub, cache: try makeCache())
+
+        let created = try await sut.createDocument(
+            CreateDocumentRequest(title: "Untitled", text: "", collectionId: "col-1")
+        )
+        _ = try await sut.updateDocument(UpdateDocumentRequest(id: created.id, title: "Real Title", text: "Real body"))
+
+        let pending = await sut.pendingOperations()
+        XCTAssertEqual(pending.count, 1, "the edit should have folded into the pending create, not added a second operation")
+        XCTAssertEqual(pending.first?.kind, "createDocument")
+
+        stub.documentInfoHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        let reopened = try await sut.documentInfo(id: created.id)
+        XCTAssertEqual(reopened.title, "Real Title")
+        XCTAssertEqual(reopened.text, "Real body")
+    }
+
+    func testFlushingAPendingCreateReconcilesThePlaceholderIdToTheRealOne() async throws {
+        let stub = StubOutlineAPIClient()
+        stub.createDocumentHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        let sut = CachingOutlineAPIClient(live: stub, cache: try makeCache())
+
+        let created = try await sut.createDocument(
+            CreateDocumentRequest(title: "New Doc", text: "hello", collectionId: "col-1")
+        )
+        let realDocument = makeDocument(id: "real-server-id", title: "New Doc")
+        stub.createDocumentHandler = { _ in realDocument }
+
+        let summary = await sut.flushPendingOperations()
+        XCTAssertEqual(summary.succeeded, 1)
+        XCTAssertEqual(summary.failed, 0)
+
+        // The real document is now readable under its real id...
+        stub.documentInfoHandler = { _ in throw StubTransportError() }
+        let byRealId = try await sut.documentInfo(id: "real-server-id")
+        XCTAssertEqual(byRealId.id, "real-server-id")
+
+        // ...and the placeholder is gone rather than left as a dead orphan.
+        do {
+            _ = try await sut.documentInfo(id: created.id)
+            XCTFail("Expected the placeholder cache entry to have been removed")
+        } catch {
+            // expected — nothing left under the old id
+        }
+    }
 }

Outpost/Features/Account/SettingsView.swift

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     @State private var pendingOperations: [PendingOperationSummary] = []
     @State private var isSyncing = false
     @State private var isClearingCache = false
+    @State private var didClearCache = false
     @State private var lastFullSyncSummary: FullSyncSummary?
     @State private var lastFlushSummary: SyncFlushSummary?
 
@@ -35,10 +36,21 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     }
 
     var body: some View {
-        ScrollView {
-            sectionDetail
-                .padding(28)
-                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+        // GeometryReader + `minHeight` (not `maxHeight`) is the actual fix for
+        // "center short content inside a ScrollView" — a ScrollView proposes
+        // effectively unbounded height to its content, so `maxHeight: .infinity`
+        // alone just resolves to the content's own intrinsic size and does
+        // nothing; forcing a `minHeight` equal to the real viewport height is
+        // what gives `aboutDetail`'s own centered alignment somewhere to
+        // actually center within. Harmless for the other (already
+        // top/leading-aligned) sections — short ones just get blank space
+        // below, same as before.
+        GeometryReader { geometry in
+            ScrollView {
+                sectionDetail
+                    .padding(28)
+                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: geometry.size.height, alignment: .topLeading)
+            }
         }
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
         .background(.background)
@@ -158,12 +170,6 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 }
             }
 
-            Divider()
-                .frame(maxWidth: 480)
-
-            storageRow
-                .frame(maxWidth: 480, alignment: .leading)
-
             Divider()
                 .frame(maxWidth: 480)
 
@@ -172,25 +178,6 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
         }
     }
 
-    private var storageRow: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
-            Text("Cache Storage")
-                .font(.subheadline.weight(.medium))
-            if let storageSummary {
-                Text("\(storageSummary.itemCount) items — \(formattedBytes(storageSummary.totalBytes))")
-                    .font(.caption)
-                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-            } else {
-                Text("—")
-                    .font(.caption)
-                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-            }
-            Text("Clearing the cache is in Advanced Options.")
-                .font(.caption2)
-                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-        }
-    }
-
     private var pendingOperationsRow: some View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
             HStack {
@@ -288,9 +275,14 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 .frame(maxWidth: 480)
 
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
-                HStack {
+                HStack(spacing: 10) {
                     Text("Clear All Cache")
                     Spacer()
+                    if didClearCache {
+                        Label("Cleared", systemImage: "checkmark")
+                            .font(.caption)
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    }
                     Button(role: .destructive) {
                         Task { await clearCache() }
                     } label: {
@@ -300,6 +292,13 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                             Text("Clear")
                         }
                     }
+                    .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
+                    .tint(.red)
+                }
+                if let storageSummary {
+                    Text("\(storageSummary.itemCount) items — \(formattedBytes(storageSummary.totalBytes))")
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                 }
                 Text("Deletes every cached collection and document, including anything Full Local Sync built, and anything still waiting to sync. Doesn't touch the server. This is the only place that can — it works even while offline, which is exactly why it's behind this toggle.")
                     .font(.caption2)
@@ -352,11 +351,12 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     // MARK: - About
 
     private var aboutDetail: some View {
-        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 16) {
+        VStack(spacing: 16) {
             sectionHeader
             AboutInfoView()
-                .frame(maxWidth: 420, alignment: .leading)
+                .frame(maxWidth: 420)
         }
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .center)
     }
 
     // MARK: - Helpers
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
         defer { isClearingCache = false }
         await cachingClient.clearCache()
         await refreshSyncState()
+        didClearCache = true
+        Task {
+            try? await Task.sleep(for: .seconds(2))
+            didClearCache = false
+        }
     }
 }
 #endif

Outpost/Features/Collections/ContentView_macOS.swift

@@ -40,25 +40,63 @@ struct ContentView_macOS: View {
     }
 
     var body: some View {
+        // A totally separate top-level branch, not content swapped inside
+        // one persistent `NavigationSplitView` — that was tried first (an
+        // `if/else` inside a single split view, then an explicit `.id()` on
+        // just the detail pane) and neither reliably replaced the detail
+        // pane's content on macOS: `NavigationSplitView` bridges to
+        // `NSSplitViewController`, and swapping a `NavigationStack` with
+        // real push history for a plain view inside one persisting instance
+        // doesn't propagate the way plain SwiftUI identity rules would
+        // suggest. A different `if` branch is a genuinely different view
+        // hierarchy, so there's no existing split view instance for AppKit
+        // to get confused about reusing.
+        if navigation.isShowingSettings {
+            settingsContent
+        } else {
+            mainContent
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var settingsContent: some View {
         NavigationSplitView {
-            Group {
-                if navigation.isShowingSettings {
-                    SettingsSidebarList(
-                        selection: selectedSettingsSectionBinding,
-                        onDone: { navigation.isShowingSettings = false }
-                    )
-                } else {
-                    VStack(spacing: 0) {
-                        SidebarSearchField(text: $globalSearchQuery)
-                        Divider()
-                        if isOfflineModeEnabled || !session.networkMonitor.isOnline {
-                            OfflineBanner(isManual: isOfflineModeEnabled)
-                            Divider()
-                        }
-                        sidebar
-                        AccountFooter()
-                    }
+            SettingsSidebarList(
+                selection: selectedSettingsSectionBinding,
+                onDone: { navigation.isShowingSettings = false }
+            )
+            .navigationSplitViewColumnWidth(min: 220, ideal: 260)
+        } detail: {
+            SettingsView(section: navigation.selectedSettingsSection ?? .appearance)
+        }
+        .navigationTitle("")
+        .toolbar {
+            ToolbarItem(placement: .navigation) {
+                HStack(spacing: 6) {
+                    Image(systemName: "gearshape.fill")
+                    Text("Settings")
                 }
+                .font(.headline)
+                .padding(.horizontal, 10)
+                .padding(.vertical, 4)
+                .background(.fill.tertiary, in: Capsule())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var mainContent: some View {
+        NavigationSplitView {
+            VStack(spacing: 0) {
+                SidebarSearchField(text: $globalSearchQuery)
+                Divider()
+                if isOfflineModeEnabled {
+                    OfflineBanner(isManual: true)
+                    Divider()
+                } else if !session.networkMonitor.isOnline {
+                    OfflineConnectionPromptBanner(onEnableOfflineMode: { isOfflineModeEnabled = true })
+                    Divider()
+                }
+                sidebar
+                AccountFooter()
             }
             .navigationSplitViewColumnWidth(min: 220, ideal: 260)
         } detail: {
@@ -97,7 +135,7 @@ struct ContentView_macOS: View {
             // `CollectionOverviewView`, so on Home it was a dead end: a
             // user could click it, type, and nothing would happen. The
             // sidebar's global search already covers "search everything."
-            if !navigation.isShowingSettings && !(isShowingHome && documentPath.isEmpty) {
+            if !(isShowingHome && documentPath.isEmpty) {
                 ToolbarItem(placement: .primaryAction) {
                     contextualSearchField
                 }
@@ -167,12 +205,7 @@ struct ContentView_macOS: View {
     @ViewBuilder
     private var leadingToolbarContent: some View {
         Group {
-            if navigation.isShowingSettings {
-                HStack(spacing: 6) {
-                    Image(systemName: "gearshape.fill")
-                    Text("Settings")
-                }
-            } else if !trimmedGlobalQuery.isEmpty {
+            if !trimmedGlobalQuery.isEmpty {
                 HStack(spacing: 6) {
                     Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass")
                     Text("Search")
@@ -251,7 +284,6 @@ struct ContentView_macOS: View {
         globalSearchQuery = ""
         selectedCollection = collection
         isContextualSearchExpanded = true
-        navigation.isShowingSettings = false
         Task { @MainActor in
             isContextualSearchFocused = true
         }
@@ -262,13 +294,11 @@ struct ContentView_macOS: View {
     /// hierarchy immediately rather than just the leaf.
     private func selectDocumentChain(_ collection: OutlineCollection, _ chain: [OutlineDocument]) {
         selectedCollection = collection
-        navigation.isShowingSettings = false
         replaceDocumentPath(with: chain)
     }
 
     /// Flat-list / search-result clicks: no known ancestors, single-level push.
     private func openDocument(_ document: OutlineDocument) {
-        navigation.isShowingSettings = false
         replaceDocumentPath(with: [document])
     }
 
@@ -287,14 +317,7 @@ struct ContentView_macOS: View {
 
     @ViewBuilder
     private var detail: some View {
-        if navigation.isShowingSettings {
-            // Deliberately not a `NavigationStack` destination or a separate
-            // window — it's swapped into the same detail pane Home/
-            // collections use, alongside the real sidebar (now showing
-            // `SettingsSidebarList` instead of the collections tree) rather
-            // than a page with its own nested mini sidebar.
-            SettingsView(section: navigation.selectedSettingsSection ?? .appearance)
-        } else if let apiClient = session.apiClient {
+        if let apiClient = session.apiClient {
             // A fresh NavigationStack per collection (or when entering/leaving
             // search), so switching either also clears any pushed document.
             NavigationStack(path: $documentPath) {

Outpost/Features/Collections/DocumentReaderView.swift

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import OutlineKit
 struct DocumentReaderView: View {
     @Environment(SessionStore.self) private var session
     @Environment(StarStore.self) private var starStore
+    @AppStorage(CachingOutlineAPIClient.offlineModeDefaultsKey) private var isOfflineModeEnabled = false
 
     @State private var viewModel: DocumentReaderViewModel
     let apiClient: OutlineAPIClient
@@ -56,6 +57,15 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
         self.onDocumentCreated = onDocumentCreated
     }
 
+    /// New Document, editing, pin/star/subscribe, and Full Width all queue
+    /// and sync later (see `CachingOutlineAPIClient`) — everything else here
+    /// (sharing, permissions, move/archive/delete/duplicate/templatize,
+    /// history, insights, export) hits the server directly with no offline
+    /// path, so it's disabled rather than left to fail confusingly on tap.
+    private var isEffectivelyOnline: Bool {
+        session.networkMonitor.isOnline && !isOfflineModeEnabled
+    }
+
     var body: some View {
         ScrollView {
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
@@ -82,6 +92,7 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
                     NativeTextViewWrapper(
                         text: $viewModel.text,
                         configuration: .init(heightBehavior: .fitsContent),
+                        documentId: viewModel.documentId,
                         isEditable: viewModel.isEditing
                     )
 
@@ -110,7 +121,8 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
                 } label: {
                     Image(systemName: "square.and.arrow.up")
                 }
-                .help("Share")
+                .help(isEffectivelyOnline ? "Share" : "Sharing needs an internet connection")
+                .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
                 .popover(isPresented: $isShowingShareSheet, arrowEdge: .bottom) {
                     DocumentShareSheet(apiClient: apiClient, documentId: viewModel.documentId)
                 }
@@ -235,7 +247,8 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
             viewModel.isPinned,
             viewModel.isInsightsEnabled ?? false,
             viewModel.isFullWidth,
-            viewModel.isEditing
+            viewModel.isEditing,
+            isEffectivelyOnline
         ].map(String.init).joined(separator: "-")
     }
 
@@ -305,27 +318,33 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
         Button("Permissions…") {
             isShowingShareSheet = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
 
         Divider()
 
         Button("Templatize") {
             Task { await templatize() }
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         Button("Duplicate") {
             Task { await duplicate() }
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         Button("Unpublish") {
             isShowingUnpublishConfirmation = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         Button("Archive…") {
             isShowingArchiveConfirmation = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
 
         Divider()
 
         Button("Move") {
             isShowingMoveSheet = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         // Multipart file upload is its own subsystem — deferred rather than
         // half-built here.
         Button("Import Document…") {}
@@ -342,9 +361,13 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
         Button("History") {
             isShowingHistorySheet = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         Button("Insights") {
             isShowingInsightsSheet = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
+        // Present/Search in Document both read `documents.info`, which is
+        // read-through cached — they work offline on whatever's cached.
         Button("Present") {
             isShowingPresentSheet = true
         }
@@ -354,6 +377,7 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
         Button("Download") {
             Task { await download() }
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         Button("Copy") {
             Task { await copyMarkdown() }
         }
@@ -370,6 +394,7 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
             get: { viewModel.isInsightsEnabled ?? false },
             set: { _ in Task { await toggleInsights() } }
         ))
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
         // Confirmed against a live server: there's no per-document embeds
         // field. Only a workspace-level setting exists, and that's not
         // reachable via the API either (no `team.update` endpoint in the
@@ -386,6 +411,7 @@ struct DocumentReaderView: View {
         Button("Delete…", role: .destructive) {
             isShowingDeleteConfirmation = true
         }
+        .disabled(!isEffectivelyOnline)
     }
 
     private func star() async {

Outpost/Features/Collections/OfflineConnectionPromptBanner.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#if os(macOS)
+import SwiftUI
+
+/// Shown in the sidebar when the network is actually down and the user
+/// hasn't turned on Offline Mode themselves yet. Deliberately doesn't change
+/// any fetch behavior on its own — reads still try live and fall back to
+/// cache the normal way (see `CachingOutlineAPIClient`) until the user
+/// actually taps the button here, same as `RemoteChangesBanner` never
+/// auto-refreshes on their behalf either.
+struct OfflineConnectionPromptBanner: View {
+    let onEnableOfflineMode: () -> Void
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 8) {
+            Image(systemName: "wifi.slash")
+                .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+            Text("No connection")
+                .font(.callout)
+            Spacer(minLength: 8)
+            Button("Turn On Offline Mode", action: onEnableOfflineMode)
+                .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
+                .tint(.orange)
+                .controlSize(.small)
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+        .padding(.vertical, 8)
+        .background(Color.orange.opacity(0.12))
+    }
+}
+#endif

Outpost/Features/Home/HomeViewModel.swift

@@ -57,25 +57,33 @@ final class HomeViewModel {
     /// Fetches fresh pinned docs and the current tab's documents to compare
     /// against what's displayed, without replacing either. Bails silently
     /// on a fetch failure rather than treating it as "changed" — a
-    /// transient network hiccup shouldn't pop the refresh banner.
+    /// transient network hiccup (or, offline, `listPins` failing outright —
+    /// it isn't one of the cached endpoints) shouldn't pop the refresh
+    /// banner. This needs the *throwing* pinned-fetch specifically: the
+    /// plain `fetchPinned()` used elsewhere collapses any failure to `[]`,
+    /// which used to read here as "pins changed" against whatever was
+    /// already displayed and falsely popped the banner on every offline
+    /// poll.
     func checkForRemoteChanges(tab: HomeTab) async {
-        async let freshPinned = fetchPinned()
+        async let freshPinnedTask = fetchPinnedThrowing()
         guard let freshTab = try? await fetch(tab: tab) else { return }
-        let pinned = await freshPinned
+        guard let pinned = try? await freshPinnedTask else { return }
         if Self.fingerprint(pinned) != Self.fingerprint(pinnedDocuments)
             || Self.fingerprint(freshTab) != Self.fingerprint(documents(for: tab)) {
             hasRemoteChanges = true
         }
     }
 
+    private func fetchPinned() async -> [OutlineDocument] {
+        (try? await fetchPinnedThrowing()) ?? []
+    }
+
     /// `pins.list` only returns pin records, not the documents themselves —
     /// fetches each pinned document individually. Pins are a small curated
     /// set (unlike a full collection tree), so the N+1 here is acceptable
     /// where it wouldn't be in the sidebar.
-    private func fetchPinned() async -> [OutlineDocument] {
-        guard let pins = try? await apiClient.listPins(ListPinsRequest(collectionId: nil)) else {
-            return []
-        }
+    private func fetchPinnedThrowing() async throws -> [OutlineDocument] {
+        let pins = try await apiClient.listPins(ListPinsRequest(collectionId: nil))
         var documents: [OutlineDocument] = []
         for pin in pins {
             if let document = try? await apiClient.documentInfo(id: pin.documentId) {

Outpost/Root/RootView.swift

@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ struct RootView: View {
     @State private var welcomeName: String?
     @State private var starStore = StarStore()
     @AppStorage("outpost.fullLocalSyncEnabled") private var isFullLocalSyncEnabled = false
+    @AppStorage(CachingOutlineAPIClient.offlineModeDefaultsKey) private var isOfflineModeEnabled = false
+
+    /// Real connectivity is only half of "can talk to the server" — the
+    /// manual Offline Mode toggle is the other half. Syncing needs to
+    /// resume on either one clearing, not just a real reconnect: turning
+    /// the toggle off while the network had been up the whole time never
+    /// changes `networkMonitor.isOnline`, so keying the flush task off that
+    /// alone left pending operations stuck until the next real network
+    /// blip.
+    private var isEffectivelyOnline: Bool {
+        session.networkMonitor.isOnline && !isOfflineModeEnabled
+    }
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
@@ -33,13 +45,13 @@ struct RootView: View {
                 starStore.reset()
             }
         }
-        // Replay whatever queued up while offline the moment the network's
-        // back — no need to wait for the user to open Settings and hit Retry.
-        // Also catches Full Local Sync back up immediately on reconnect,
-        // rather than leaving it to wait out the rest of the periodic loop
-        // below.
-        .task(id: session.networkMonitor.isOnline) {
-            guard session.networkMonitor.isOnline, let cachingClient = session.cachingClient else { return }
+        // Replay whatever queued up while offline the moment either signal
+        // clears — a real reconnect, or the user turning Offline Mode back
+        // off — no need to wait for the user to open Settings and hit Retry.
+        // Also catches Full Local Sync back up immediately, rather than
+        // leaving it to wait out the rest of the periodic loop below.
+        .task(id: isEffectivelyOnline) {
+            guard isEffectivelyOnline, let cachingClient = session.cachingClient else { return }
             _ = await cachingClient.flushPendingOperations()
             if isFullLocalSyncEnabled {
                 _ = await cachingClient.performFullSync()
@@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ struct RootView: View {
         .task(id: isFullLocalSyncEnabled) {
             guard isFullLocalSyncEnabled else { return }
             while !Task.isCancelled {
-                if session.networkMonitor.isOnline, let cachingClient = session.cachingClient {
+                if isEffectivelyOnline, let cachingClient = session.cachingClient {
                     _ = await cachingClient.performFullSync()
                 }
                 try? await Task.sleep(for: .seconds(1200))