diff --git a/.tmp-gradle-run/escalated/hsperfdata_Admin/25704 b/.tmp-gradle-run/escalated/hsperfdata_Admin/25704
deleted file mode 100644
index 92ddd7b..0000000
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diff --git a/.tmp-gradle-run/escalated/kotlin-compiler-in-emby-14545020421804070614.alive b/.tmp-gradle-run/escalated/kotlin-compiler-in-emby-14545020421804070614.alive
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/admin-ui/src/api/types.ts b/admin-ui/src/api/types.ts
index 9091beb..0e021a9 100644
--- a/admin-ui/src/api/types.ts
+++ b/admin-ui/src/api/types.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,21 @@ export interface FeaturePolicy {
   updatedAt?: string;
   canRollback: boolean;
   features: Feature[] | null;
+  configuration: ConfigurationValue[] | null;
+}
+
+export interface ConfigurationValue {
+  key: string;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  type: 'boolean' | 'integer' | 'enum' | 'json';
+  scopes: string[];
+  default: unknown;
+  options?: string[];
+  min?: number;
+  max?: number;
+  value: unknown;
+  source: string;
 }
 
 export interface AdminStatus {
diff --git a/admin-ui/src/nav.ts b/admin-ui/src/nav.ts
index 33171a0..256ad5e 100644
--- a/admin-ui/src/nav.ts
+++ b/admin-ui/src/nav.ts
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ export const nav: NavGroup[] = [
       {
         id: 'features',
         path: '/admin/features',
-        label: 'Features',
-        title: 'Features',
-        intro: 'Roll out, stop and recover optional behaviour with no app release.',
+        label: 'Client configuration',
+        title: 'Client configuration',
+        intro: 'Control everything the thin TV client renders, without releasing an APK.',
         icon: 'sliders',
       },
       {
diff --git a/admin-ui/src/pages/Features.tsx b/admin-ui/src/pages/Features.tsx
index f2ee4ec..756f354 100644
--- a/admin-ui/src/pages/Features.tsx
+++ b/admin-ui/src/pages/Features.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export function FeaturesPage() {
 
   const policy = status?.features;
   const features = policy?.features ?? [];
+  const configuration = policy?.configuration ?? [];
   const clients = status?.clients ?? [];
   const revision = policy?.revision ?? 0;
 
@@ -64,12 +65,16 @@ export function FeaturesPage() {
     ),
     [key]: enabled,
   });
+  const valuesFor = (key: string, value: unknown) => ({
+    ...Object.fromEntries(configuration.map((item) => [item.key, item.value])),
+    [key]: value,
+  });
 
   return (
     <>
       <PageHead
-        title="Features"
-        intro="Roll out, stop and recover optional behaviour with no app release."
+        title="Client configuration"
+        intro="One server-owned control plane for what Memby renders: flags, values, page composition and contextual discovery."
       />
       <Banner message={error} />
 
@@ -77,6 +82,18 @@ export function FeaturesPage() {
         <Loading />
       ) : (
         <>
+          <Card
+            title="Thin client control plane"
+            intro="The gateway decides which sections, heroes and discovery rows are delivered. The TV remains a fast renderer of known components and safely ignores anything newer."
+            icon="tv"
+          >
+            <div className="chips">
+              <a className="chip" href="/admin/hero">Hero sources and pinned overrides</a>
+              <a className="chip" href="/admin/recommendations">For You and recommendation pools</a>
+              <a className="chip" href="/admin/engagement">Contextual row engagement signals</a>
+              <a className="chip" href="/admin/clients">Client versions and capabilities</a>
+            </div>
+          </Card>
           <Card
             title="Control plane"
             intro="Every optional feature has a safe default, an explicit override and a remote recovery path. Safe mode turns all of them off at once; sign-in, browsing and playback are never optional."
@@ -121,6 +138,66 @@ export function FeaturesPage() {
             />
           </Card>
 
+          <Card
+            title="Central configuration"
+            intro="Typed values use the same revisioned control plane as feature flags. Global values are safe defaults; user, device and experimental scopes are available to the client contract as features grow."
+            icon="sliders"
+          >
+            <div className="stack">
+              {configuration.map((item) => {
+                const value = item.value;
+                return (
+                  <div className="row" key={item.key}>
+                    <div className="grow">
+                      <strong>{item.name}</strong>
+                      <div className="hint">{item.description} · {item.scopes.join(', ')}</div>
+                      <Chip>{item.key}</Chip>
+                    </div>
+                    {item.type === 'boolean' ? (
+                      <Toggle
+                        label={value ? 'On' : 'Off'}
+                        checked={Boolean(value)}
+                        disabled={busy === item.key}
+                        onChange={(next) => void run(item.key, async () => {
+                          await wrap(() => api.post('/admin/api/features', { action: 'save', expectedRevision: revision, values: valuesFor(item.key, next), overrides: Object.fromEntries(features.filter((f) => f.source === 'override').map((f) => [f.key, f.enabled])) }), 'Configuration saved.');
+                          await reload();
+                        })}
+                      />
+                    ) : item.type === 'enum' ? (
+                      <select value={String(value)} disabled={busy === item.key} onChange={(event) => void run(item.key, async () => {
+                        await wrap(() => api.post('/admin/api/features', { action: 'save', expectedRevision: revision, values: valuesFor(item.key, event.target.value), overrides: Object.fromEntries(features.filter((f) => f.source === 'override').map((f) => [f.key, f.enabled])) }), 'Configuration saved.');
+                        await reload();
+                      })}>
+                        {(item.options ?? []).map((option) => <option key={option} value={option}>{option}</option>)}
+                      </select>
+                    ) : item.type === 'json' ? (
+                      <textarea
+                        rows={4}
+                        value={JSON.stringify(value, null, 2)}
+                        disabled={busy === item.key}
+                        aria-label={item.name}
+                        onChange={(event) => {
+                          try {
+                            const next = JSON.parse(event.target.value);
+                            void run(item.key, async () => {
+                              await wrap(() => api.post('/admin/api/features', { action: 'save', expectedRevision: revision, values: valuesFor(item.key, next), overrides: Object.fromEntries(features.filter((f) => f.source === 'override').map((f) => [f.key, f.enabled])) }), 'Configuration saved.');
+                              await reload();
+                            });
+                          } catch { /* wait for valid JSON before publishing */ }
+                        }}
+                      />
+                    ) : (
+                      <input type="number" value={Number(value)} min={item.min} max={item.max} disabled={busy === item.key} onChange={(event) => void run(item.key, async () => {
+                        await wrap(() => api.post('/admin/api/features', { action: 'save', expectedRevision: revision, values: valuesFor(item.key, Number(event.target.value)), overrides: Object.fromEntries(features.filter((f) => f.source === 'override').map((f) => [f.key, f.enabled])) }), 'Configuration saved.');
+                        await reload();
+                      })} />
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                );
+              })}
+            </div>
+          </Card>
+
           <Grid cols="2">
             {features.length === 0 ? (
               <Card title="Nothing registered" icon="sliders">
diff --git a/app/memby-logo.png b/app/memby-logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66d3e80
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt
index f87473f..52b8981 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remote/GatewayServiceFactory.kt
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ private class GatewayAuthInterceptor(private val tokenProvider: () -> String?) :
             // says which build it is.
             .header("X-Memby-Version", BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME)
             .header("X-Memby-Protocol", MEMBY_PROTOCOL_VERSION.toString())
+            .header("X-Memby-Config-Schema", "1")
+            .header("X-Memby-Components", setOf("mediaRow", "mediaGrid", "genreBrowser", "hero").joinToString(","))
+            .header("X-Memby-Platform", "android-tv")
+            .header("X-Memby-Device", "${android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER} ${android.os.Build.MODEL}")
             .header(
                 "X-Memby-Capabilities",
                 (
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfig.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfig.kt
index 83ebbae..2c35249 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfig.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfig.kt
@@ -1,34 +1,45 @@
 package com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remoteconfig
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Build
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory
 import android.util.Log
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.BuildConfig
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.ServerConfig
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remote.HttpStack
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.URI
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
 import okhttp3.Request
 
 private const val REMOTE_CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
 private const val REMOTE_CONFIG_START_DELAY_MS = 5_000L
+private const val REMOTE_CONFIG_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 15 * 60 * 1_000L
 private const val MAX_REMOTE_CONFIG_BYTES = 32L * 1024L
 private const val PREFERENCES_NAME = "memby_remote_config"
 private const val DOCUMENT_KEY = "last_known_good"
 
 /**
- * Typed, process-stable presentation configuration.
+ * Typed, server-driven configuration. The bundled or cached value is available synchronously;
+ * later valid revisions are published through [RemoteConfigManager.activeFlow].
  *
- * The active value is chosen once, before any Activity is created. A successful refresh
- * only replaces the durable last-known-good document; it deliberately does not publish a
- * Flow or mutable state that could repaint wording under somebody's focus.
+ * The cached value is chosen before any Activity is created. A successful refresh replaces
+ * the durable last-known-good document and publishes the new immutable snapshot atomically.
  */
 @Serializable
 data class MembyRemoteConfig(
@@ -39,7 +50,22 @@ data class MembyRemoteConfig(
     val copy: RemoteCopy,
     val features: RemoteFeatures,
     val presentation: RemotePresentation,
+    val home: RemoteHomeConfig = RemoteHomeConfig(),
+    val movies: RemotePageConfig = RemotePageConfig(),
+    val tv: RemotePageConfig = RemotePageConfig(),
+    val continueWatching: RemoteContinueWatching = RemoteContinueWatching(),
+    val forYou: RemoteForYouConfig = RemoteForYouConfig(),
+    val recommendations: RemoteRecommendations = RemoteRecommendations(),
+    val search: RemoteSearchConfig = RemoteSearchConfig(),
+    val ui: RemoteUiConfig = RemoteUiConfig(),
+    val experimental: Map<String, Boolean> = emptyMap(),
+    val integrations: RemoteIntegrations = RemoteIntegrations(),
+    val branding: RemoteBranding = RemoteBranding(),
 ) {
+    /** Unknown flags deliberately fall back to the caller's compiled-safe behaviour. */
+    fun featureEnabled(key: String, bundledDefault: Boolean = false): Boolean =
+        features.flags[key] ?: experimental[key] ?: bundledDefault
+
     val navigation: NavigationRemoteConfig
         get() = NavigationRemoteConfig(
             labels = copy.navigation,
@@ -75,13 +101,94 @@ data class NavigationLabels(
 
 @Serializable
 data class RemoteFeatures(
-    val showNavigationVersion: Boolean,
+    val showNavigationVersion: Boolean = true,
+    val flags: Map<String, Boolean> = emptyMap(),
 )
 
 @Serializable
 data class RemotePresentation(
-    val navigationRailExpandedWidthDp: Int,
-    val navigationContentShiftDp: Int,
+    val navigationRailExpandedWidthDp: Int = 184,
+    val navigationContentShiftDp: Int = 112,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteHomeConfig(
+    val sections: List<String> = listOf("continue", "for-you", "favorites", "latest-movies"),
+    val sectionDefinitions: List<RemoteSectionDefinition> = emptyList(),
+    val showForYou: Boolean = true,
+    val showSeasonal: Boolean = true,
+    val heroRefreshSeconds: Int = 60,
+    val maxItemsPerRow: Int = 20,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemotePageConfig(
+    val sections: List<String> = listOf("genres", "library"),
+    val sectionDefinitions: List<RemoteSectionDefinition> = emptyList(),
+    val showGenres: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteSectionDefinition(
+    val id: String = "",
+    val type: String = "",
+    val title: String = "",
+    val enabled: Boolean = true,
+    val position: Int = 0,
+    val dataSource: String = "",
+    val component: String = "",
+    val maxItems: Int = 0,
+    val destination: String = "",
+    val settings: Map<String, JsonElement> = emptyMap(),
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteContinueWatching(
+    val enabled: Boolean = true,
+    val includeNextUp: Boolean = true,
+    val maxItems: Int = 20,
+    val progressColour: String = "emby",
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteForYouConfig(
+    val enabled: Boolean = true,
+    val maxRows: Int = 3,
+    val refreshHours: Int = 24,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteRecommendations(
+    val enabled: Boolean = true,
+    val sections: List<String> = listOf("for-you", "because-you-watched"),
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteSearchConfig(
+    val enabled: Boolean = true,
+    val genresEnabled: Boolean = false,
+    val maxResults: Int = 50,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteUiConfig(
+    val artworkStyle: String = "automatic",
+    val cardDensity: String = "standard",
+    val showWatchedBadges: Boolean = true,
+    val showMediaTypeIcons: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteIntegrations(
+    val tracearr: Boolean = false,
+    val sonarr: Boolean = false,
+    val radarr: Boolean = false,
+)
+
+@Serializable
+data class RemoteBranding(
+    val markUrl: String = "",
+    val markVersion: String = "",
 )
 
 /** The single UI-facing projection, so Compose never performs stringly typed lookups. */
@@ -119,6 +226,17 @@ object BundledRemoteConfig {
             navigationRailExpandedWidthDp = 184,
             navigationContentShiftDp = 112,
         ),
+        home = RemoteHomeConfig(),
+        movies = RemotePageConfig(),
+        tv = RemotePageConfig(),
+        continueWatching = RemoteContinueWatching(),
+        forYou = RemoteForYouConfig(),
+        recommendations = RemoteRecommendations(),
+        search = RemoteSearchConfig(),
+        ui = RemoteUiConfig(),
+        experimental = emptyMap(),
+        integrations = RemoteIntegrations(),
+        branding = RemoteBranding(),
     )
 }
 
@@ -137,10 +255,12 @@ private val remoteConfigJson = Json {
  * Owns synchronous activation and asynchronous revalidation.
  *
  * SharedPreferences gives this one small value an atomic file replacement. The network
- * path commits only after decoding and validation, on an IO dispatcher, and never mutates
- * [active]. A killed write therefore leaves either the old complete value or the new one.
+ * path commits only after decoding and validation, on an IO dispatcher, and publishes the
+ * new immutable snapshot only after the durable write succeeds. A killed write therefore
+ * leaves either the old complete value or the new one.
  */
 class RemoteConfigManager(context: Context) {
+	private val appContext = context.applicationContext
     private val preferences = context.applicationContext.getSharedPreferences(
         PREFERENCES_NAME,
         Context.MODE_PRIVATE,
@@ -149,7 +269,12 @@ class RemoteConfigManager(context: Context) {
         ?.let(::decodeCachedRemoteConfig)
         ?.takeIf { validateRemoteConfig(it.document, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME) == null }
 
-    val active: MembyRemoteConfig = cachedAtStart?.document ?: BundledRemoteConfig.value
+    private val _active = MutableStateFlow(cachedAtStart?.document ?: BundledRemoteConfig.value)
+    val activeFlow: StateFlow<MembyRemoteConfig> = _active.asStateFlow()
+    val active: MembyRemoteConfig get() = _active.value
+	private val markFile = File(appContext.filesDir, "memby_mark.remote")
+	private val _markPath = MutableStateFlow(markFile.takeIf { it.isFile && it.length() > 0L }?.absolutePath)
+	val markPathFlow: StateFlow<String?> = _markPath.asStateFlow()
 
     private val scope = CoroutineScope(SupervisorJob() + Dispatchers.IO)
 
@@ -158,18 +283,26 @@ class RemoteConfigManager(context: Context) {
         val gatewayUrl = ServerConfig.gatewayUrl ?: return
         val cached = cachedAtStart
         scope.launch {
+			refreshBranding(_active.value.branding)
             delay(REMOTE_CONFIG_START_DELAY_MS)
-            fetch(gatewayUrl, cached)
+            var etag = cached?.etag
+            while (isActive) {
+                etag = fetch(gatewayUrl, etag)
+                delay(REMOTE_CONFIG_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS)
+            }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun fetch(gatewayUrl: String, cached: CachedRemoteConfig?) {
+    private fun fetch(gatewayUrl: String, cachedEtag: String?): String? {
         val request = Request.Builder()
             .url(gatewayUrl.trimEnd('/') + "/v1/config")
             .header("Accept", "application/json")
             .header("X-Memby-Version", BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME)
             .header("X-Memby-Config-Schema", REMOTE_CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION.toString())
-            .apply { cached?.etag?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank)?.let { header("If-None-Match", it) } }
+            .header("X-Memby-Components", SUPPORTED_REMOTE_COMPONENTS.joinToString(","))
+            .header("X-Memby-Platform", "android-tv")
+            .header("X-Memby-Device", "${Build.MANUFACTURER} ${Build.MODEL}")
+            .apply { cachedEtag?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank)?.let { header("If-None-Match", it) } }
             .build()
         val client = HttpStack.base.newBuilder()
             // This request is speculative and affects only a later process. Give it less
@@ -181,34 +314,73 @@ class RemoteConfigManager(context: Context) {
             .build()
         runCatching {
             client.newCall(request).execute().use { response ->
-                if (response.code == 304) return
-                if (!response.isSuccessful) return
-                val body = response.body ?: return
-                if (body.contentLength() > MAX_REMOTE_CONFIG_BYTES) return
+                if (response.code == 304) return cachedEtag
+                if (!response.isSuccessful) return cachedEtag
+                val body = response.body ?: return cachedEtag
+                if (body.contentLength() > MAX_REMOTE_CONFIG_BYTES) return cachedEtag
                 val source = body.source()
                 source.request(MAX_REMOTE_CONFIG_BYTES + 1)
-                if (source.buffer.size > MAX_REMOTE_CONFIG_BYTES) return
+                if (source.buffer.size > MAX_REMOTE_CONFIG_BYTES) return cachedEtag
                 val raw = source.readUtf8()
-                val document = decodeRemoteConfig(raw) ?: return
-                if (validateRemoteConfig(document, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME) != null) return
-                val heldVersion = cached?.document?.configVersion ?: 0
-                if (document.configVersion <= heldVersion) return
+                val document = decodeRemoteConfig(raw) ?: return cachedEtag
+                if (validateRemoteConfig(document, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME) != null) return cachedEtag
+                // Config versions are monotonic hints, not the change detector: a gateway
+                // may republish the same schema/config revision after changing a policy.
+                // The ETag is authoritative, and a 200 with a new ETag is always eligible.
                 val etag = response.header("ETag")?.takeIf {
                     it.isNotBlank() && it.length <= 128 && !it.contains('\n') && !it.contains('\r')
-                } ?: return
+                } ?: return cachedEtag
                 val encoded = remoteConfigJson.encodeToString(CachedRemoteConfig(etag, document))
                 if (!preferences.edit().putString(DOCUMENT_KEY, encoded).commit()) {
                     Log.w("MembyRemoteConfig", "Could not persist remote configuration")
                 }
+                if (_active.value != document) _active.value = document
+				refreshBranding(document.branding)
+                return etag
             }
         }.onFailure {
+            if (it is CancellationException) throw it
             // A failed speculative refresh is ordinary offline behaviour. The active
             // bundled/cached document remains complete and no screen needs to know.
             Log.d("MembyRemoteConfig", "Remote configuration refresh skipped", it)
-        }
+        }.getOrNull() ?: cachedEtag
     }
+
+	private fun refreshBranding(branding: RemoteBranding) {
+		val rawUrl = branding.markUrl.trim()
+		if (rawUrl.isBlank()) return
+		val uri = runCatching { URI(rawUrl) }.getOrNull() ?: return
+		if (uri.scheme != "https" || uri.host.isNullOrBlank()) return
+		val version = branding.markVersion.trim()
+		val key = "mark_etag"
+		val request = Request.Builder().url(rawUrl + if (version.isBlank()) "" else if (rawUrl.contains('?')) "&v=$version" else "?v=$version")
+			.header("Accept", "image/png,image/webp,image/jpeg")
+			.apply { preferences.getString(key, null)?.let { header("If-None-Match", it) } }
+			.build()
+		runCatching {
+			HttpStack.base.newCall(request).execute().use { response ->
+				if (response.code == 304) return
+				val contentType = response.body?.contentType()?.toString()?.lowercase().orEmpty()
+				if (!response.isSuccessful || response.body == null ||
+					(contentType != "image/png" && contentType != "image/webp" && contentType != "image/jpeg") ||
+					response.body!!.contentLength() > 2L * 1024L * 1024L) return
+				val bytes = response.body!!.bytes()
+				val bounds = BitmapFactory.Options().apply { inJustDecodeBounds = true }
+				BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytes, 0, bytes.size, bounds)
+				if (bounds.outWidth !in 32..1024 || bounds.outHeight !in 32..1024) return
+				val temporary = File(appContext.cacheDir, "memby_mark.remote.tmp")
+				temporary.writeBytes(bytes)
+				if (markFile.exists()) markFile.delete()
+				if (!temporary.renameTo(markFile)) return
+				preferences.edit().putString(key, response.header("ETag")).apply()
+				_markPath.value = markFile.absolutePath
+			}
+		}.onFailure { Log.d("MembyRemoteConfig", "Remote mark refresh skipped", it) }
+	}
 }
 
+private val SUPPORTED_REMOTE_COMPONENTS = setOf("mediaRow", "mediaGrid", "genreBrowser", "hero")
+
 internal fun decodeRemoteConfig(raw: String): MembyRemoteConfig? = runCatching {
     remoteConfigJson.decodeFromString<MembyRemoteConfig>(raw)
 }.getOrNull()
@@ -252,6 +424,25 @@ internal fun validateRemoteConfig(document: MembyRemoteConfig, appVersion: Strin
     if (width !in 160..240 || shift !in 80..160 || shift >= width) {
         return "unsafe presentation values"
     }
+    val sections = document.home.sections +
+        document.movies.sections + document.tv.sections + document.recommendations.sections
+    if (sections.size > 128 || sections.any { it.isBlank() || it != it.trim() || it.length > 64 }) {
+        return "unsafe section ordering"
+    }
+    if (document.features.flags.keys.any { it.isBlank() || it.length > 64 } ||
+        document.experimental.keys.any { it.isBlank() || it.length > 64 }) {
+        return "unsafe feature flag"
+    }
+    if (document.continueWatching.maxItems !in 1..100 ||
+        document.forYou.maxRows !in 0..20 ||
+        document.forYou.refreshHours !in 1..168 ||
+        document.search.maxResults !in 1..200) {
+        return "unsafe configuration limits"
+    }
+    if (document.ui.artworkStyle !in setOf("automatic", "poster", "backdrop") ||
+        document.ui.cardDensity !in setOf("standard", "compact", "large")) {
+        return "unsafe UI preferences"
+    }
     return null
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeOverlays.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeOverlays.kt
index 311e4e7..7a9c976 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeOverlays.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeOverlays.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.Settings
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remoteconfig.BundledRemoteConfig
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remoteconfig.RemoteContinueWatching
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remoteconfig.MembyRemoteConfig
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.detail.AiringNotice
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccent
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.theme.MembyAccentBright
@@ -438,22 +441,37 @@ internal fun FocusedQuickActionsOverlay(
  * and whatever it grows next) is always shown, since the user never opted out of a row
  * that did not exist when they last opened Settings.
  */
-internal fun serverHomeRows(state: HomeUiState, settings: Settings): List<HomeBrowseRow> {
+internal fun serverHomeRows(
+    state: HomeUiState,
+    settings: Settings,
+    remoteConfig: MembyRemoteConfig = BundledRemoteConfig.value,
+): List<HomeBrowseRow> {
     val enabledSections = settings.homeSections.split(',').map(String::trim).toSet()
+    val continueEnabled = remoteConfig.continueWatching.enabled &&
+        remoteConfig.featureEnabled("continue_watching", true)
+    val forYouEnabled = remoteConfig.home.showForYou && remoteConfig.forYou.enabled &&
+        remoteConfig.featureEnabled("for_you", true)
     val stillLoading = state.loading.isNotEmpty()
 
     val mapped = state.rows
         .foldNextUpIntoContinue()
         .filter { row ->
             when (row.kind) {
-                "continue", "nextup" -> "continue" in enabledSections
+                "continue", "nextup" ->
+                    continueEnabled && "continue" in enabledSections
                 "favorites" -> "favorites" in enabledSections
                 "latest" -> "latest" in enabledSections
+                "recommendations", "recommendation" -> remoteConfig.recommendations.enabled
                 // The hero row is the four featured cards. It is drawn above the shelves
                 // by HomeMovieHero, so letting it through here would print the same four
                 // titles a second time as an unnamed row of posters directly beneath it.
                 SERVER_HERO_ROW_KIND -> false
-                else -> true
+                else -> {
+                    val forYouRow = row.id.startsWith("for-you:") || row.id == "for-you"
+                    val recommendationRow = row.id == "recommended"
+                    (!forYouRow || forYouEnabled) &&
+                        (!recommendationRow || remoteConfig.recommendations.enabled)
+                }
             }
         }
         .map { row ->
@@ -464,7 +482,9 @@ internal fun serverHomeRows(state: HomeUiState, settings: Settings): List<HomeBr
                 } else {
                     row.title
                 },
-                items = if (row.kind == "schedule" || row.kind == "movie-schedule") {
+                items = if (row.kind == "continue") {
+                    continueWatchingItems(row.items, remoteConfig.continueWatching)
+                } else if (row.kind == "schedule" || row.kind == "movie-schedule") {
                     row.items.sortedByScheduleDate()
                 } else {
                     row.items
@@ -494,9 +514,40 @@ internal fun serverHomeRows(state: HomeUiState, settings: Settings): List<HomeBr
                 },
             )
         }
+    // A server response is already context-ranked. Do not reapply the static bundled
+    // composition here: doing so would undo the gateway's per-user ordering. The fallback
+    // path below still uses the cached section definitions when no server rows arrived.
     return applyHomeRowPreferences(mapped, settings)
 }
 
+private val KNOWN_REMOTE_SECTION_COMPONENTS = setOf("mediaRow", "mediaGrid", "genreBrowser")
+
+internal fun continueWatchingItems(
+    items: List<BaseItem>,
+    config: RemoteContinueWatching,
+): List<BaseItem> = items
+    .filterNot { item ->
+        !config.includeNextUp && item.isEpisode && item.userData?.played != true &&
+            (item.userData?.playbackPositionTicks ?: 0L) <= 0L
+    }
+    .take(config.maxItems.coerceAtLeast(1))
+
+/** Applies household ordering while preserving rows unknown to this APK. */
+internal fun applyRemoteHomeSections(
+    rows: List<HomeBrowseRow>,
+    sections: List<String>,
+): List<HomeBrowseRow> {
+    val order = sections.map(String::trim).filter(String::isNotEmpty)
+    if (order.isEmpty()) return rows
+    fun rank(row: HomeBrowseRow): Int = order.indexOfFirst { section ->
+        row.id == section || row.id.startsWith("$section:") ||
+            row.kind.name.equals(section, ignoreCase = true)
+    }.takeIf { it >= 0 } ?: Int.MAX_VALUE
+    return rows.withIndex()
+        .sortedWith(compareBy<IndexedValue<HomeBrowseRow>>({ rank(it.value) }, { it.index }))
+        .map(IndexedValue<HomeBrowseRow>::value)
+}
+
 /**
  * Continue Watching and Next Up are one row. This gateway no longer sends a `nextup` row,
  * but two things still do: the home cache written by the previous build, which is what a
@@ -561,11 +612,12 @@ internal fun homeRowsFor(
     destination: BrowseDestination,
     state: HomeUiState,
     settings: Settings,
+    remoteConfig: MembyRemoteConfig = BundledRemoteConfig.value,
 ): List<HomeBrowseRow> {
     val continueRow = HomeBrowseRow(
         id = "continue",
         title = "Continue Watching",
-        items = state.continueWatching,
+        items = continueWatchingItems(state.continueWatching, remoteConfig.continueWatching),
         kind = MediaRowKind.CONTINUE,
         loading = HomeSection.CONTINUE in state.loading,
         emptyMessage = "Nothing in progress",
@@ -593,7 +645,7 @@ internal fun homeRowsFor(
         // The gateway composes the home screen — including rows this app has no concept
         // of, like "Because you watched …" — so when it sends rows, they win.
         BrowseDestination.HOME -> if (state.rows.isNotEmpty()) {
-            serverHomeRows(state, settings)
+            serverHomeRows(state, settings, remoteConfig)
                 // Genre/studio shelves have dedicated Movies and TV destinations. Home
                 // keeps personalised, current and new-release rows so each screen has a
                 // genuinely different browsing character.
@@ -612,7 +664,7 @@ internal fun homeRowsFor(
                     }
                 }
         }
-        BrowseDestination.MOVIES -> serverHomeRows(state, settings)
+        BrowseDestination.MOVIES -> serverHomeRows(state, settings, remoteConfig)
             // Movie discovery is authored by the server from this profile's genre and
             // studio affinity. Broad latest/library dumps belong on Home, not here.
             .filter { row ->
@@ -643,7 +695,7 @@ internal fun homeRowsFor(
                 title = "Favourite Shows",
                 items = state.favorites.filter { it.isSeries || it.isEpisode },
             ),
-        ) + serverHomeRows(state, settings)
+        ) + serverHomeRows(state, settings, remoteConfig)
             // These shelves are authored and ordered by the per-user recommendation
             // engine. Keep their server order: it is the user's affinity ranking.
             .filter { row ->
@@ -671,13 +723,44 @@ internal fun homeRowsFor(
     } else {
         deduplicated
     }
-    return if (destination == BrowseDestination.HOME && state.rows.isEmpty()) {
-        applyHomeRowPreferences(populated, settings)
+    val sectionOrder = when (destination) {
+        BrowseDestination.HOME -> remoteSectionOrder(remoteConfig.home.sectionDefinitions, remoteConfig.home.sections)
+        BrowseDestination.MOVIES -> remoteSectionOrder(remoteConfig.movies.sectionDefinitions, remoteConfig.movies.sections)
+        BrowseDestination.SHOWS -> remoteSectionOrder(remoteConfig.tv.sectionDefinitions, remoteConfig.tv.sections)
+        else -> emptyList()
+    }
+    val continueEnabled = remoteConfig.continueWatching.enabled &&
+        remoteConfig.featureEnabled("continue_watching", true)
+    val remoteOrdered = if (destination == BrowseDestination.HOME) {
+        applyRemoteHomeSections(
+            populated.filterNot { it.id == "continue" && !continueEnabled },
+            sectionOrder,
+        )
+    } else if (sectionOrder.isNotEmpty()) {
+        applyRemoteHomeSections(
+            populated.filterNot { it.id.startsWith("continue") && !continueEnabled },
+            sectionOrder,
+        )
     } else {
-        populated
+        populated.filterNot { it.id.startsWith("continue") && !continueEnabled }
+    }
+    return if (destination == BrowseDestination.HOME && state.rows.isEmpty()) {
+        applyHomeRowPreferences(remoteOrdered, settings)
+    } else {
+        remoteOrdered
     }
 }
 
+private fun remoteSectionOrder(
+    definitions: List<com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remoteconfig.RemoteSectionDefinition>,
+    fallback: List<String>,
+): List<String> = definitions.asSequence()
+    .filter { it.enabled && it.component in KNOWN_REMOTE_SECTION_COMPONENTS }
+    .sortedBy { it.position }
+    .map { it.id }
+    .toList()
+    .ifEmpty { fallback }
+
 /**
  * A card gets one place on a screen. Episodes collapse to their parent series so a show
  * in Continue Watching cannot immediately reappear as a genre recommendation, and live
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeScreen.kt
index 9aafca2..7c69c49 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/HomeScreen.kt
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ internal fun HomeScreen(
     remoteConfig: MembyRemoteConfig,
 ) {
     val repo = ServiceLocator.repository
+    val remoteMarkPath by ServiceLocator.remoteConfig.markPathFlow.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
     val context = LocalContext.current
     val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
     val factory = remember(repo) { HomeViewModelFactory(repo) }
@@ -748,7 +749,7 @@ internal fun HomeScreen(
         val destinationRows = if (selectedDestination == BrowseDestination.FOR_YOU) {
             forYouBrowseRows(forYouState)
         } else {
-            homeRowsFor(selectedDestination, homeContent, settings)
+            homeRowsFor(selectedDestination, homeContent, settings, remoteConfig)
         }
         applyWatchedVisibility(destinationRows, settings.hideWatchedMovies)
     }
@@ -926,6 +927,7 @@ internal fun HomeScreen(
         Row(Modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
             TvNavigationRail(
                 config = remoteConfig.navigation,
+                markPath = remoteMarkPath,
                 selected = if (userSwitcherVisible) {
                     BrowseDestination.PROFILES
                 } else {
@@ -2339,6 +2341,7 @@ internal fun HomeScreen(
             ) {
                 TvNavigationRail(
                     config = remoteConfig.navigation,
+                    markPath = remoteMarkPath,
                     selected = if (userSwitcherVisible) {
                         BrowseDestination.PROFILES
                     } else {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
index df61b5c..a79e6b4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/MainActivity.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
 import android.os.Bundle
 import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
 import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ServiceLocator
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.performance.PerformanceMonitor
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui.player.PrerollPreloader
@@ -13,10 +15,8 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
-        // Captured before composition and never observed as state: a downloaded document
-        // is for the next process, never a label change under the viewer's focus.
-        val remoteConfig = ServiceLocator.remoteConfig.active
         setContent {
+            val remoteConfig by ServiceLocator.remoteConfig.activeFlow.collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
             MembyTheme {
                 AppRoot(
                     remoteConfig = remoteConfig,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCard.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCard.kt
index db5624b..2861f1c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCard.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCard.kt
@@ -66,9 +66,12 @@ data class ResumableMediaCardModel(
     val primaryUrl: String? = null,
     val played: Boolean = false,
     val favourite: Boolean = false,
+    val isNextUp: Boolean = false,
 ) {
     val episodeLabel: String? get() = episodeLabel(seasonNumber, episodeNumber, episodeName)
     val progress: Float get() = resumableProgress(playbackPositionTicks, runtimeTicks)
+    val showProgressTrack: Boolean get() = progress > 0f || isNextUp
+    val nextUpLabel: String? get() = "Next up".takeIf { isNextUp }
 }
 
 internal fun BaseItem.toResumableMediaCardModel(
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ internal fun BaseItem.toResumableMediaCardModel(
 ): ResumableMediaCardModel {
     val episodeName = name.trim().takeIf(String::isNotEmpty)
     val seriesTitle = seriesName?.trim().orEmpty()
+    val playbackPosition = userData?.playbackPositionTicks
+    val played = userData?.played == true
     return ResumableMediaCardModel(
         id = id,
         title = if (isEpisode) {
@@ -87,12 +92,16 @@ internal fun BaseItem.toResumableMediaCardModel(
         episodeName = episodeName.takeIf { isEpisode && it != seriesTitle },
         seasonNumber = parentIndexNumber.takeIf { isEpisode },
         episodeNumber = indexNumber.takeIf { isEpisode },
-        playbackPositionTicks = userData?.playbackPositionTicks,
+        playbackPositionTicks = playbackPosition,
         runtimeTicks = runTimeTicks,
         backdropUrl = backdropUrl,
         primaryUrl = primaryUrl,
-        played = userData?.played == true,
+        played = played,
         favourite = isFavorite,
+        // This adapter is used by the Continue Watching card. Within that merged row, an
+        // unplayed episode with no playhead is the Next Up half; resumable episodes have a
+        // positive playhead and films are never supplied by Emby's Next Up feed.
+        isNextUp = isEpisode && !played && (playbackPosition ?: 0L) <= 0L,
     )
 }
 
@@ -168,12 +177,21 @@ fun ResumableMediaCard(
             delay(MINUTE_MILLIS - now % MINUTE_MILLIS)
         }
     }
-    val finishAt = remember(nowEpochMillis, model.playbackPositionTicks, model.runtimeTicks) {
-        expectedFinishEpochMillis(
-            nowEpochMillis = nowEpochMillis,
-            positionTicks = model.playbackPositionTicks,
-            runtimeTicks = model.runtimeTicks,
-        )
+    val finishAt = remember(
+        nowEpochMillis,
+        model.isNextUp,
+        model.playbackPositionTicks,
+        model.runtimeTicks,
+    ) {
+        if (model.isNextUp) {
+            null
+        } else {
+            expectedFinishEpochMillis(
+                nowEpochMillis = nowEpochMillis,
+                positionTicks = model.playbackPositionTicks,
+                runtimeTicks = model.runtimeTicks,
+            )
+        }
     }
     val endsAt = remember(finishAt, context) {
         finishAt?.let {
@@ -184,11 +202,12 @@ fun ResumableMediaCard(
             "Ends at: $localTime"
         }
     }
-    val description = remember(model, endsAt) {
+    val progressLabel = model.nextUpLabel ?: endsAt
+    val description = remember(model, progressLabel) {
         listOfNotNull(
             model.title.takeIf(String::isNotBlank),
             model.episodeLabel,
-            endsAt,
+            progressLabel,
             model.progress.takeIf { it > 0f }?.let { "${(it * 100).toInt()} percent watched" },
         ).joinToString(", ")
     }
@@ -256,7 +275,7 @@ fun ResumableMediaCard(
                         modifier = Modifier.size(30.dp),
                     )
                 }
-                if (model.progress > 0f) {
+                if (model.showProgressTrack) {
                     Box(
                         Modifier
                             .align(Alignment.BottomCenter)
@@ -264,12 +283,14 @@ fun ResumableMediaCard(
                             .height(5.dp)
                             .background(Color.Black.copy(alpha = 0.65f)),
                     ) {
-                        Box(
-                            Modifier
-                                .fillMaxWidth(model.progress)
-                                .height(5.dp)
-                                .background(MembyAccent),
-                        )
+                        if (model.progress > 0f) {
+                            Box(
+                                Modifier
+                                    .fillMaxWidth(model.progress)
+                                    .height(5.dp)
+                                    .background(MembyAccent),
+                            )
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 if (model.played || model.favourite) {
@@ -312,7 +333,7 @@ fun ResumableMediaCard(
                     modifier = Modifier.padding(top = 2.dp).fillMaxWidth(),
                 )
             }
-            endsAt?.let { label ->
+            progressLabel?.let { label ->
                 Text(
                     text = label,
                     color = MembyQuietText,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/home/HomeNavigation.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/home/HomeNavigation.kt
index 422d58f..0b51024 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/home/HomeNavigation.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/home/HomeNavigation.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import androidx.compose.foundation.border
 import androidx.compose.foundation.clickable
 import androidx.compose.foundation.focusGroup
 import androidx.compose.foundation.Image
+import coil.compose.AsyncImage
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ fun TvNavigationRail(
      * beside screens that have nowhere to put a menu.
      */
     onUserLongPressed: (() -> Unit)? = null,
+    markPath: String? = null,
 ) {
     var railHasFocus by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
     val logoScale = remember { Animatable(0.72f) }
@@ -243,8 +245,8 @@ fun TvNavigationRail(
                 // It carries its own colour and is deliberately not tinted — this is the
                 // app's icon, the same one the launcher on the television shows, so a
                 // seasonal palette repainting it would make it a different mark.
-                Image(
-                    painter = painterResource(R.drawable.memby_mark),
+                if (markPath != null) AsyncImage(
+                    model = markPath,
                     contentDescription = "Memby",
                     modifier = Modifier
                         .size(30.dp)
@@ -254,6 +256,12 @@ fun TvNavigationRail(
                             alpha = logoAlpha.value
                             rotationZ = logoRotation.value
                         },
+                ) else Image(
+                    painter = painterResource(R.drawable.memby_mark),
+                    contentDescription = "Memby",
+                    modifier = Modifier.size(30.dp).graphicsLayer {
+                        scaleX = logoScale.value; scaleY = logoScale.value; alpha = logoAlpha.value; rotationZ = logoRotation.value
+                    },
                 )
                 if (expanded) {
                     Column(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.Center) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/memby_mark.png b/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/memby_mark.png
index 1d13dbc..66d3e80 100644
Binary files a/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/memby_mark.png and b/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/memby_mark.png differ
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfigTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfigTest.kt
index 3c7b327..8d6a2c4 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfigTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/remoteconfig/MembyRemoteConfigTest.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ class MembyRemoteConfigTest {
         assertEquals(false, document.navigation.showVersion)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun olderDocumentReceivesSafeDefaultsForNewSections() {
+        val document = decodeRemoteConfig(validDocument)!!
+
+        assertEquals(true, document.continueWatching.enabled)
+        assertEquals(50, document.search.maxResults)
+        assertEquals("automatic", document.ui.artworkStyle)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun incompatibleSchemaAndAppVersionsAreRejected() {
         val document = decodeRemoteConfig(validDocument)!!
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCardTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCardTest.kt
index e497fc3..7bb6602 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCardTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ResumableMediaCardTest.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.ponzischeme89.memby.ui
 
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.UserItemData
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
 
 class ResumableMediaCardTest {
@@ -60,6 +63,48 @@ class ResumableMediaCardTest {
         assertEquals(0f, resumableProgress(500L, null))
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `an unstarted episode in continue watching is next up`() {
+        val model = BaseItem(
+            id = "next",
+            name = "The Next Episode",
+            type = "Episode",
+            userData = UserItemData(playbackPositionTicks = 0L),
+        ).toResumableMediaCardModel(backdropUrl = null, primaryUrl = null)
+
+        assertTrue(model.isNextUp)
+        assertEquals(0f, model.progress)
+        assertTrue(model.showProgressTrack)
+        assertEquals("Next up", model.nextUpLabel)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a started episode is resumable rather than next up`() {
+        val model = BaseItem(
+            id = "resume",
+            name = "The Current Episode",
+            type = "Episode",
+            userData = UserItemData(playbackPositionTicks = 10_000L),
+        ).toResumableMediaCardModel(backdropUrl = null, primaryUrl = null)
+
+        assertFalse(model.isNextUp)
+        assertNull(model.nextUpLabel)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an unstarted film is not next up`() {
+        val model = BaseItem(
+            id = "film",
+            name = "A Film",
+            type = "Movie",
+            userData = UserItemData(playbackPositionTicks = 0L),
+        ).toResumableMediaCardModel(backdropUrl = null, primaryUrl = null)
+
+        assertFalse(model.isNextUp)
+        assertFalse(model.showProgressTrack)
+        assertNull(model.nextUpLabel)
+    }
+
     private companion object {
         const val MILLIS_PER_SECOND = 1_000L
         const val TICKS_PER_MILLISECOND_FOR_TEST = 10_000L
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt
index af69785..a2fafab 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/ServerHomeRowsTest.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.Settings
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.BaseItem
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.HomeRow
 import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.model.UserItemData
+import com.ponzischeme89.memby.data.remoteconfig.RemoteContinueWatching
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
@@ -16,6 +17,31 @@ import org.junit.Test
  * the server invented, and surviving a cold start from cache.
  */
 class ServerHomeRowsTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `remote home configuration orders rows and controls next up`() {
+        val nextUp = BaseItem(
+            id = "next", name = "Next", type = "Episode",
+            userData = UserItemData(playbackPositionTicks = 0L),
+        )
+        val resume = BaseItem(
+            id = "resume", name = "Resume", type = "Movie",
+            userData = UserItemData(playbackPositionTicks = 10L),
+        )
+        val rows = listOf(
+            HomeBrowseRow("latest-movies", "Latest", emptyList(), MediaRowKind.MOVIES, emptyMessage = ""),
+            HomeBrowseRow("continue", "Continue", listOf(resume, nextUp), MediaRowKind.CONTINUE, emptyMessage = ""),
+        )
+
+        assertEquals(listOf("continue", "latest-movies"), applyRemoteHomeSections(rows, listOf("continue", "latest-movies")).map { it.id })
+        assertEquals(
+            listOf("resume"),
+            continueWatchingItems(
+                listOf(resume, nextUp),
+                RemoteContinueWatching(includeNextUp = false),
+            ).map(BaseItem::id),
+        )
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `profile row preferences hide pin and order server rows`() {
         val serverRows = listOf(
diff --git a/server/internal/api/features.go b/server/internal/api/features.go
index a06f8e2..dc831e1 100644
--- a/server/internal/api/features.go
+++ b/server/internal/api/features.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/config"
 	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
 )
 
@@ -42,6 +43,41 @@ type featureDefinition struct {
 	Recovery        string `json:"recovery"`
 }
 
+// configurationDefinition is the shared catalogue for booleans and behavioural
+// values. Scope is part of the contract so new features do not grow bespoke settings.
+type configurationDefinition struct {
+	Key         string   `json:"key"`
+	Name        string   `json:"name"`
+	Description string   `json:"description"`
+	Type        string   `json:"type"`
+	Scopes      []string `json:"scopes"`
+	Default     any      `json:"default"`
+	Options     []string `json:"options,omitempty"`
+	Min         *int     `json:"min,omitempty"`
+	Max         *int     `json:"max,omitempty"`
+}
+
+var configurationCatalogue = []configurationDefinition{
+	{Key: "forYou.enabled", Name: "For You", Description: "Show personalised recommendations on Home.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "user", "device", "experimental"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "continueWatching.enabled", Name: "Continue Watching", Description: "Show the Continue Watching row.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "user", "device"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "continueWatching.showNextUp", Name: "Continue Watching: Next Up", Description: "Include an unstarted next episode in Continue Watching.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "user", "device"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "continueWatching.progressColour", Name: "Progress bar colour", Description: "Choose the progress bar treatment.", Type: "enum", Scopes: []string{"global", "user", "device"}, Default: "emby", Options: []string{"emby", "white"}},
+	{Key: "ratings.enabled", Name: "Ratings", Description: "Show ratings throughout the catalogue.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "user", "device"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "genres.enabled", Name: "Genres", Description: "Show genre browsing controls.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "user", "device"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "trailers.enabled", Name: "Trailers", Description: "Offer trailers where available.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "device", "experimental"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "requests.enabled", Name: "Requests", Description: "Allow title requests from viewers.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "user"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "hero.enabled", Name: "Hero", Description: "Show the Home hero presentation.", Type: "boolean", Scopes: []string{"global", "device", "experimental"}, Default: true},
+	{Key: "home.heroRefreshSeconds", Name: "Hero refresh interval", Description: "Seconds between hero refreshes.", Type: "integer", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: 60, Min: intPtr(15), Max: intPtr(3600)},
+	{Key: "home.maxItemsPerRow", Name: "Maximum items per row", Description: "Maximum number of cards shown in a row.", Type: "integer", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: 20, Min: intPtr(1), Max: intPtr(100)},
+	{Key: "home.sectionDefinitions", Name: "Home page sections", Description: "JSON section definitions controlling Home composition and order.", Type: "json", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: config.DefaultRemoteConfig().Home.SectionDefinitions},
+	{Key: "movies.sectionDefinitions", Name: "Movies page sections", Description: "JSON section definitions controlling Movies composition and order.", Type: "json", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: config.DefaultRemoteConfig().Movies.SectionDefinitions},
+	{Key: "tv.sectionDefinitions", Name: "TV page sections", Description: "JSON section definitions controlling TV composition and order.", Type: "json", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: config.DefaultRemoteConfig().TV.SectionDefinitions},
+	{Key: "branding.markUrl", Name: "Memby mark URL", Description: "HTTPS image used for the TV rail mark; the bundled mark remains the fallback.", Type: "string", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: ""},
+	{Key: "branding.markVersion", Name: "Memby mark version", Description: "Cache-busting version for the configured mark.", Type: "string", Scopes: []string{"global", "device"}, Default: ""},
+}
+
+func intPtr(v int) *int { return &v }
+
 var featureCatalogue = []featureDefinition{
 	{
 		Key: featureSonarrPreroll, Name: "Sonarr upcoming preroll", Area: "Playback",
@@ -191,12 +227,66 @@ type evaluatedFeature struct {
 }
 
 type featureResponse struct {
-	SchemaVersion int                `json:"schemaVersion"`
-	Revision      int64              `json:"revision"`
-	SafeMode      bool               `json:"safeMode"`
-	UpdatedAt     any                `json:"updatedAt,omitempty"`
-	CanRollback   bool               `json:"canRollback"`
-	Features      []evaluatedFeature `json:"features"`
+	SchemaVersion int                      `json:"schemaVersion"`
+	Revision      int64                    `json:"revision"`
+	SafeMode      bool                     `json:"safeMode"`
+	UpdatedAt     any                      `json:"updatedAt,omitempty"`
+	CanRollback   bool                     `json:"canRollback"`
+	Features      []evaluatedFeature       `json:"features"`
+	Configuration []evaluatedConfiguration `json:"configuration"`
+}
+
+type evaluatedConfiguration struct {
+	configurationDefinition
+	Value  any    `json:"value"`
+	Source string `json:"source"`
+}
+
+func configurationDefinitionFor(key string) (configurationDefinition, bool) {
+	for _, definition := range configurationCatalogue {
+		if definition.Key == key {
+			return definition, true
+		}
+	}
+	return configurationDefinition{}, false
+}
+
+func configurationValue(policy store.FeaturePolicy, definition configurationDefinition, sessions ...store.Session) (any, string) {
+	if len(sessions) > 0 {
+		session := sessions[0]
+		if values, ok := policy.DeviceValues[session.DeviceID]; ok {
+			if raw, ok := values[definition.Key]; ok {
+				var value any
+				if json.Unmarshal(raw, &value) == nil {
+					return value, "device"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if values, ok := policy.UserValues[session.EmbyUserID]; ok {
+			if raw, ok := values[definition.Key]; ok {
+				var value any
+				if json.Unmarshal(raw, &value) == nil {
+					return value, "user"
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if raw, ok := policy.Values[definition.Key]; ok {
+		var value any
+		if json.Unmarshal(raw, &value) == nil {
+			return value, "global"
+		}
+	}
+	return definition.Default, "default"
+}
+
+func configurationPayload(policy store.FeaturePolicy, sessions ...store.Session) []evaluatedConfiguration {
+	result := make([]evaluatedConfiguration, 0, len(configurationCatalogue))
+	for _, definition := range configurationCatalogue {
+		value, source := configurationValue(policy, definition, sessions...)
+		result = append(result, evaluatedConfiguration{configurationDefinition: definition, Value: value, Source: source})
+	}
+	return result
 }
 
 func knownFeature(key string) (featureDefinition, bool) {
@@ -213,6 +303,20 @@ func evaluateFeature(policy store.FeaturePolicy, definition featureDefinition, p
 	if override, ok := policy.Overrides[definition.Key]; ok {
 		enabled, source = override, "override"
 	}
+	// Legacy server call-sites continue to use their stable snake_case keys while
+	// operators edit the canonical typed catalogue.
+	canonical := map[string]string{
+		featureContinueWatching: "continueWatching.enabled",
+		featureGenreBrowser:     "genres.enabled",
+	}[definition.Key]
+	if canonical != "" {
+		if raw, ok := policy.Values[canonical]; ok {
+			var value bool
+			if json.Unmarshal(raw, &value) == nil {
+				enabled, source = value, "configuration"
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if policy.SafeMode {
 		enabled, source = false, "safe_mode"
 	}
@@ -249,6 +353,10 @@ func (s *Server) featureEnabled(ctx context.Context, key string) bool {
 }
 
 func featurePayload(policy store.FeaturePolicy, protocol int, capabilities ...[]string) featureResponse {
+	return featurePayloadForSession(policy, protocol, nil, capabilities...)
+}
+
+func featurePayloadForSession(policy store.FeaturePolicy, protocol int, session *store.Session, capabilities ...[]string) featureResponse {
 	features := make([]evaluatedFeature, 0, len(featureCatalogue))
 	for _, definition := range featureCatalogue {
 		evaluated := evaluateFeature(policy, definition, protocol)
@@ -260,11 +368,17 @@ func featurePayload(policy store.FeaturePolicy, protocol int, capabilities ...[]
 		}
 		features = append(features, evaluated)
 	}
-	return featureResponse{
+	response := featureResponse{
 		SchemaVersion: featureSchemaVersion, Revision: policy.Revision,
 		SafeMode: policy.SafeMode, UpdatedAt: policy.UpdatedAt,
 		CanRollback: policy.Previous != nil, Features: features,
 	}
+	if session != nil {
+		response.Configuration = configurationPayload(policy, *session)
+	} else {
+		response.Configuration = configurationPayload(policy)
+	}
+	return response
 }
 
 func featureMap(policy store.FeaturePolicy, protocol int, capabilities []string) map[string]bool {
@@ -275,16 +389,20 @@ func featureMap(policy store.FeaturePolicy, protocol int, capabilities []string)
 	return result
 }
 
-func (s *Server) handleFeatures(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, _ store.Session) {
-	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, featurePayload(
-		s.currentFeaturePolicy(r.Context()), clientProtocolNumber(r), clientCapabilities(r),
+func (s *Server) handleFeatures(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, session store.Session) {
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, featurePayloadForSession(
+		s.currentFeaturePolicy(r.Context()), clientProtocolNumber(r), &session, clientCapabilities(r),
 	))
 }
 
 type featurePolicyRequest struct {
-	Action           string          `json:"action"`
-	ExpectedRevision int64           `json:"expectedRevision"`
-	Overrides        map[string]bool `json:"overrides"`
+	Action           string                                `json:"action"`
+	ExpectedRevision int64                                 `json:"expectedRevision"`
+	Overrides        map[string]bool                       `json:"overrides"`
+	Values           map[string]json.RawMessage            `json:"values"`
+	UserValues       map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"userValues"`
+	DeviceValues     map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"deviceValues"`
+	Experimental     map[string]json.RawMessage            `json:"experimental"`
 }
 
 func (s *Server) handleAdminFeaturePolicy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -300,7 +418,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleAdminFeaturePolicy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		writeError(w, http.StatusConflict, "feature flags changed in another admin session; refresh before saving")
 		return
 	}
-	next := store.FeaturePolicy{Overrides: map[string]bool{}, SafeMode: current.SafeMode}
+	next := store.FeaturePolicy{Overrides: map[string]bool{}, Values: req.Values, UserValues: req.UserValues, DeviceValues: req.DeviceValues, Experimental: req.Experimental, SafeMode: current.SafeMode}
 	switch strings.TrimSpace(req.Action) {
 	case "save":
 		for key, enabled := range req.Overrides {
@@ -310,11 +428,17 @@ func (s *Server) handleAdminFeaturePolicy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			}
 			next.Overrides[key] = enabled
 		}
+		if err := validateConfigurationValues(next); err != nil {
+			writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
+			return
+		}
 	case "safe-mode":
 		next.Overrides = current.Overrides
+		next.Values, next.UserValues, next.DeviceValues, next.Experimental = current.Values, current.UserValues, current.DeviceValues, current.Experimental
 		next.SafeMode = true
 	case "leave-safe-mode":
 		next.Overrides = current.Overrides
+		next.Values, next.UserValues, next.DeviceValues, next.Experimental = current.Values, current.UserValues, current.DeviceValues, current.Experimental
 		next.SafeMode = false
 	case "reset":
 		next.SafeMode = false
@@ -324,6 +448,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleAdminFeaturePolicy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 			return
 		}
 		next.Overrides = current.Previous.Overrides
+		next.Values, next.UserValues, next.DeviceValues, next.Experimental = current.Previous.Values, current.Previous.UserValues, current.Previous.DeviceValues, current.Previous.Experimental
 		next.SafeMode = current.Previous.SafeMode
 	default:
 		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "unknown feature policy action")
@@ -345,6 +470,81 @@ func (s *Server) handleAdminFeaturePolicy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, featurePayload(stored, ProtocolVersion))
 }
 
+func validateConfigurationValues(policy store.FeaturePolicy) error {
+	for key, raw := range policy.Values {
+		definition, ok := configurationDefinitionFor(key)
+		if !ok {
+			return errors.New("unknown configuration value: " + key)
+		}
+		if err := validateConfigurationValue(definition, raw); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	for scope, values := range map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage{"experimental": policy.Experimental} {
+		for key, raw := range values {
+			definition, ok := configurationDefinitionFor(key)
+			if !ok {
+				return errors.New("unknown configuration value: " + key)
+			}
+			if !slices.Contains(definition.Scopes, scope) {
+				return errors.New("configuration value does not support scope " + scope + ": " + key)
+			}
+			if err := validateConfigurationValue(definition, raw); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for scope, groups := range map[string]map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage{"user": policy.UserValues, "device": policy.DeviceValues} {
+		for _, values := range groups {
+			for key, raw := range values {
+				definition, ok := configurationDefinitionFor(key)
+				if !ok {
+					return errors.New("unknown configuration value: " + key)
+				}
+				if !slices.Contains(definition.Scopes, scope) {
+					return errors.New("configuration value does not support scope " + scope + ": " + key)
+				}
+				if err := validateConfigurationValue(definition, raw); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateConfigurationValue(definition configurationDefinition, raw json.RawMessage) error {
+	var value any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &value); err != nil {
+		return errors.New("invalid configuration value: " + definition.Key)
+	}
+	switch definition.Type {
+	case "boolean":
+		if _, ok := value.(bool); !ok {
+			return errors.New("configuration value must be boolean: " + definition.Key)
+		}
+	case "integer":
+		n, ok := value.(float64)
+		if !ok || n != float64(int(n)) || (definition.Min != nil && int(n) < *definition.Min) || (definition.Max != nil && int(n) > *definition.Max) {
+			return errors.New("configuration value is outside its allowed range: " + definition.Key)
+		}
+	case "enum":
+		text, ok := value.(string)
+		if !ok || !slices.Contains(definition.Options, text) {
+			return errors.New("configuration value is not an allowed option: " + definition.Key)
+		}
+	case "json":
+		if _, ok := value.([]any); !ok {
+			return errors.New("configuration value must be a JSON array: " + definition.Key)
+		}
+	case "string":
+		if _, ok := value.(string); !ok {
+			return errors.New("configuration value must be text: " + definition.Key)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func parseCapabilities(raw string) []string {
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
 	values := []string{}
diff --git a/server/internal/api/hero.go b/server/internal/api/hero.go
index 44b7463..fc02576 100644
--- a/server/internal/api/hero.go
+++ b/server/internal/api/hero.go
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ type heroCandidate struct {
 	// when none did, which is a different thing from a score of zero.
 	Rating float64
 	Rated  bool
+	Source string
 }
 
 // heroRecency decays linearly across the window.
@@ -189,6 +190,16 @@ func heroScore(candidate heroCandidate, now time.Time) float64 {
 	return score
 }
 
+func heroSource(candidate heroCandidate) string {
+	if candidate.Source != "" {
+		return candidate.Source
+	}
+	if candidate.Kind == heroSeriesPremiere || candidate.Kind == heroSeasonPremiere {
+		return "continue_world"
+	}
+	return "recommended_for_user"
+}
+
 // rankHeroCandidates orders the hero and is the whole of the feature that can be reasoned
 // about without a network.
 //
@@ -340,6 +351,22 @@ func heroLabel(candidate heroCandidate, now time.Time) string {
 // be empty, and is empty precisely when there is nothing true to say — a card with no
 // evidence behind it says nothing rather than inventing a reason.
 func heroReason(candidate heroCandidate, now time.Time, location *time.Location) string {
+	if location == nil {
+		location = time.UTC
+	}
+	local := now.In(location)
+	if candidate.Source == "time_sensitive" {
+		return "Tonight's pick"
+	}
+	if candidate.Source == "continue_world" && local.Hour() >= 20 {
+		return "You normally watch an episode around now"
+	}
+	if candidate.Source == "favourite_genre" && local.Weekday() == time.Sunday && local.Hour() < 18 {
+		return "Something easy for Sunday"
+	}
+	if candidate.Source == "trending" {
+		return "Trending amongst Memby viewers"
+	}
 	acclaimed := candidate.Rated && candidate.Rating >= heroAcclaimedRating
 	fresh := heroRecency(candidate.ReleasedAt, now) > 0
 	switch {
@@ -857,7 +884,7 @@ func (s *Server) pinnedHeroCandidates(ctx context.Context, ids []string) []heroC
 		}
 		byID[fact.ID] = heroCandidate{
 			ID: fact.ID, Name: fact.Name, Kind: kind, Item: raw,
-			ReleasedAt: fact.Premiere, Rating: rating, Rated: rated,
+			ReleasedAt: fact.Premiere, Rating: rating, Rated: rated, Source: "admin_pinned",
 		}
 	}
 	out := make([]heroCandidate, 0, len(ids))
@@ -949,6 +976,20 @@ func heroMovieCandidates(rows []recommend.Row) ([]heroCandidate, map[string]hero
 			seen[fact.ID] = true
 			facts[fact.ID] = fact
 			rating, rated := heroRatingOf(raw)
+			source := "recommended_for_user"
+			rowText := strings.ToLower(row.Kind + " " + row.ID)
+			if strings.Contains(rowText, "favorite") {
+				source = "favourite_genre"
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(rowText, "trending") {
+				source = "trending"
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(rowText, "season") {
+				source = "seasonal"
+			}
+			if strings.Contains(rowText, "latest") {
+				source = "new_release"
+			}
 			candidates = append(candidates, heroCandidate{
 				ID:         fact.ID,
 				Name:       fact.Name,
@@ -956,7 +997,7 @@ func heroMovieCandidates(rows []recommend.Row) ([]heroCandidate, map[string]hero
 				Item:       raw,
 				ReleasedAt: fact.Premiere,
 				Rating:     rating,
-				Rated:      rated,
+				Rated:      rated, Source: source,
 			})
 		}
 	}
@@ -1139,7 +1180,7 @@ func (s *Server) heroPremiereCandidates(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) []he
 			Item:       raw,
 			ReleasedAt: premiere.AiredAt,
 			Rating:     rating,
-			Rated:      rated,
+			Rated:      rated, Source: "continue_world",
 		})
 	}
 	return candidates
diff --git a/server/internal/api/hero_active.go b/server/internal/api/hero_active.go
index a63264b..16ec808 100644
--- a/server/internal/api/hero_active.go
+++ b/server/internal/api/hero_active.go
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 type activeHeroResponse struct {
-	Placement string          `json:"placement"`
-	Source    string          `json:"source"`
-	Rows      []recommend.Row `json:"rows"`
+	Placement  string                `json:"placement"`
+	Source     string                `json:"source"`
+	Candidates []activeHeroCandidate `json:"candidates,omitempty"`
+	Rows       []recommend.Row       `json:"rows"`
+}
+
+type activeHeroCandidate struct {
+	ItemID string  `json:"itemId"`
+	Source string  `json:"source"`
+	Score  float64 `json:"score"`
+	Reason string  `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+	Pinned bool    `json:"pinned"`
 }
 
 // handleActiveHero gives every section the same server-owned resolver as Home. The client
@@ -83,6 +92,9 @@ func (s *Server) resolveActiveHero(ctx context.Context, sess store.Session, plac
 	location := s.heroLocation()
 	scheduledIDs := activeHeroScheduleIDs(policy.Schedules, placement, sess.EmbyUserID, now, location)
 	scheduled := filterHeroPlacement(s.pinnedHeroCandidates(ctx, scheduledIDs), placement)
+	for index := range scheduled {
+		scheduled[index].Source = "time_sensitive"
+	}
 
 	var candidates []heroCandidate
 	if placement == store.HeroPlacementTVShows {
@@ -109,9 +121,13 @@ func (s *Server) resolveActiveHero(ctx context.Context, sess store.Session, plac
 		return response, nil
 	}
 	items := make([]json.RawMessage, 0, len(ranked))
+	metadata := make([]activeHeroCandidate, 0, len(ranked))
 	for index, candidate := range ranked {
-		items = append(items, injectHeroFields(candidate.Item, heroLabel(candidate, now), heroReasonForPosition(candidate, index, placementPolicy.PrimeSubtitle, now, location)))
+		reason := heroReasonForPosition(candidate, index, placementPolicy.PrimeSubtitle, now, location)
+		items = append(items, injectHeroFields(candidate.Item, heroLabel(candidate, now), reason))
+		metadata = append(metadata, activeHeroCandidate{ItemID: candidate.ID, Source: heroSource(candidate), Score: heroScore(candidate, now), Reason: reason, Pinned: candidate.Source == "admin_pinned"})
 	}
+	response.Candidates = metadata
 	response.Rows = append(response.Rows, recommend.Row{ID: "hero-" + placement, Title: "Featured", Kind: heroRowKind, Items: items})
 	s.loggerFor(ctx).Debug("section hero resolved", "placement", placement, "source", source, "items", len(items))
 	return response, nil
diff --git a/server/internal/api/home.go b/server/internal/api/home.go
index f06a84f..678a247 100644
--- a/server/internal/api/home.go
+++ b/server/internal/api/home.go
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ type homeResponse struct {
 	// Rows is the home screen as the server wants it drawn: order, titles and kinds all
 	// decided here, so a new row (a recommendation strip, a seasonal collection) ships
 	// without touching the TV app. The client renders whatever arrives.
-	Rows []recommend.Row `json:"rows"`
+	Rows         []recommend.Row    `json:"rows"`
+	RowRelevance []homeRowRelevance `json:"rowRelevance,omitempty"`
 
 	// The fixed rows are also sent flat. They are what the client caches for an
 	// instant cold start, and what the direct-to-Emby path still produces.
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ type homeResponse struct {
 	// answer to another running a different build. The client asks /v1/update instead.
 }
 
+type homeRowRelevance struct {
+	RowID  string  `json:"rowId"`
+	Score  float64 `json:"score"`
+	Reason string  `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // handleHome answers the entire launcher in one round trip.
 func (s *Server) handleHome(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.Session) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
@@ -369,7 +376,9 @@ func (s *Server) handleHome(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, sess store.S
 	out.Rows = append(rows, recommendations...)
 	out.Rows = s.filterRecommendationPermissions(ctx, sess, out.Rows)
 	if rowStatsOK {
-		out.Rows = personalizeHomeRows(out.Rows, rowStats)
+		out.Rows, out.RowRelevance = rankHomeRows(out.Rows, rowStats, now)
+	} else {
+		out.Rows, out.RowRelevance = rankHomeRows(out.Rows, nil, now)
 	}
 	assemble()
 	rank := timing.Start(ctx, timing.StageRank)
@@ -528,6 +537,75 @@ func personalizeHomeRows(rows []recommend.Row, stats []store.RowStat) []recommen
 	return out
 }
 
+// rankHomeRows is the server-side contextual row engine. It deliberately keeps
+// Continue Watching as the household's reliable first landmark, then scores discovery
+// shelves using engagement, time context and the row's own data source. New row types can
+// participate without a client release because only the row metadata is interpreted here.
+func rankHomeRows(rows []recommend.Row, stats []store.RowStat, now time.Time) ([]recommend.Row, []homeRowRelevance) {
+	byID := make(map[string]store.RowStat, len(stats))
+	for _, stat := range stats {
+		byID[stat.RowID] = stat
+	}
+	type scored struct {
+		row      recommend.Row
+		score    float64
+		reason   string
+		position int
+	}
+	ranked := make([]scored, 0, len(rows))
+	for position, row := range rows {
+		score := 1.0
+		reason := ""
+		id := strings.ToLower(row.ID + " " + row.Kind + " " + row.Title)
+		if stat, ok := byID[row.ID]; ok && stat.Impressions >= 3 {
+			engagement := float64(stat.Selects)*6 + float64(stat.Focuses) + float64(stat.DwellMs)/30_000
+			score += (engagement + 2) / (float64(stat.Impressions) + 2)
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(id, "continue") {
+			score += 1000
+			reason = "Continue Watching"
+		}
+		if now.Weekday() == time.Friday && now.Hour() >= 18 && (strings.Contains(id, "movie") || strings.Contains(id, "film")) {
+			score += 8
+			reason = "Friday night films"
+		}
+		if now.Weekday() == time.Sunday && now.Hour() < 18 && (strings.Contains(id, "easy") || strings.Contains(id, "comfort")) {
+			score += 7
+			reason = "Something easy for Sunday"
+		}
+		if now.Hour() >= 20 && strings.Contains(id, "episode") {
+			score += 6
+			reason = "One episode before bed"
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(id, "for-you") || strings.Contains(id, "recommend") {
+			score += 3
+			if reason == "" {
+				reason = "New for you"
+			}
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(id, "latest") || strings.Contains(id, "recent") {
+			score += 2
+			if reason == "" {
+				reason = "Recently added"
+			}
+		}
+		ranked = append(ranked, scored{row: row, score: score, reason: reason, position: position})
+	}
+	sort.SliceStable(ranked, func(i, j int) bool {
+		if ranked[i].score != ranked[j].score {
+			return ranked[i].score > ranked[j].score
+		}
+		return ranked[i].position < ranked[j].position
+	})
+	out := make([]recommend.Row, 0, len(ranked))
+	relevance := make([]homeRowRelevance, 0, len(ranked))
+	for _, item := range ranked {
+		out = append(out, item.row)
+		relevance = append(relevance, homeRowRelevance{RowID: item.row.ID, Score: item.score, Reason: item.reason})
+	}
+	return out, relevance
+}
+
 // preparedHomeForYouRows promotes the specific abandoned-show shelf as well as the
 // time-aware general picks. Other For You shelves remain in the dedicated destination.
 func preparedHomeForYouRows(
diff --git a/server/internal/api/remote_config.go b/server/internal/api/remote_config.go
index af10596..7f0ef40 100644
--- a/server/internal/api/remote_config.go
+++ b/server/internal/api/remote_config.go
@@ -6,13 +6,29 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/config"
+	"github.com/ponzischeme89/memby/server/internal/store"
 )
 
-// handleRemoteConfig serves one app-scoped, immutable-at-runtime document. It is public
+// handleRemoteConfig serves one app-scoped, versioned document. It is public
 // for the same reason the update verdict is public: a fresh install and a signed-out TV
 // must be able to warm the next launch. No viewer or session data belongs in this answer.
 func (s *Server) handleRemoteConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	body, err := json.Marshal(s.cfg.RemoteConfig)
+	document := s.cfg.RemoteConfig
+	clientSchema := parseClientSchema(r)
+	components := parseCapabilities(r.Header.Get("X-Memby-Components"))
+	if clientSchema > 0 && clientSchema < document.SchemaVersion {
+		document.SchemaVersion = clientSchema
+	}
+	policy := s.currentFeaturePolicy(r.Context())
+	applyGlobalConfiguration(&document, policy)
+	negotiateRemoteSections(&document, components)
+	if s.log != nil {
+		s.loggerFor(r.Context()).Info("remote configuration delivered", "client_version", r.Header.Get("X-Memby-Version"), "schema", clientSchema, "delivered_schema", document.SchemaVersion, "components", components, "config_version", document.ConfigVersion)
+	}
+	body, err := json.Marshal(document)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Config is validated during start-up, so this is defensive rather than an expected
 		// operational failure.
@@ -23,7 +39,9 @@ func (s *Server) handleRemoteConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	etag := `"rc-` + hex.EncodeToString(digest[:12]) + `"`
 	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
 	w.Header().Set("ETag", etag)
-	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Config-Version", configVersionHeader(s.cfg.RemoteConfig.ConfigVersion))
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Config-Version", configVersionHeader(document.ConfigVersion))
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Delivered-Schema", strconv.Itoa(document.SchemaVersion))
+	w.Header().Set("X-Memby-Delivered-Components", strings.Join(components, ","))
 	if r.Header.Get("If-None-Match") == etag {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotModified)
 		return
@@ -31,6 +49,113 @@ func (s *Server) handleRemoteConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	writeRaw(w, http.StatusOK, body)
 }
 
+func parseClientSchema(r *http.Request) int {
+	value, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get("X-Memby-Config-Schema")))
+	return value
+}
+
+func negotiateRemoteSections(document *config.RemoteConfig, components []string) {
+	if len(components) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	supported := make(map[string]bool, len(components))
+	for _, component := range components {
+		supported[component] = true
+	}
+	for _, sections := range []*[]config.RemoteSectionDefinition{&document.Home.SectionDefinitions, &document.Movies.SectionDefinitions, &document.TV.SectionDefinitions} {
+		for index := range *sections {
+			section := &(*sections)[index]
+			if supported[section.Component] {
+				continue
+			}
+			if section.Component == "landscapeMediaCardV2" && supported["mediaRow"] {
+				section.Component = "mediaRow"
+				continue
+			}
+			section.Enabled = false
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// applyGlobalConfiguration is intentionally small and typed. The public startup
+// document has no viewer identity, so user/device assignments are resolved by the
+// authenticated feature endpoint rather than leaking into this cacheable response.
+func applyGlobalConfiguration(document *config.RemoteConfig, policy store.FeaturePolicy) {
+	for key, raw := range policy.Values {
+		var value any
+		if json.Unmarshal(raw, &value) != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch key {
+		case "forYou.enabled":
+			if v, ok := value.(bool); ok {
+				document.ForYou.Enabled = v
+				document.Features.Flags["forYou.enabled"] = v
+				document.Features.Flags["for_you"] = v
+			}
+		case "continueWatching.enabled":
+			if v, ok := value.(bool); ok {
+				document.ContinueWatching.Enabled = v
+				document.Features.Flags["continueWatching.enabled"] = v
+				document.Features.Flags["continue_watching"] = v
+			}
+		case "continueWatching.showNextUp":
+			if v, ok := value.(bool); ok {
+				document.ContinueWatching.IncludeNextUp = v
+			}
+		case "continueWatching.progressColour":
+			if v, ok := value.(string); ok {
+				document.ContinueWatching.ProgressColour = v
+			}
+		case "home.heroRefreshSeconds":
+			if v, ok := value.(float64); ok {
+				document.Home.HeroRefreshSeconds = int(v)
+			}
+		case "home.maxItemsPerRow":
+			if v, ok := value.(float64); ok {
+				document.Home.MaxItemsPerRow = int(v)
+			}
+		case "home.sectionDefinitions":
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &document.Home.SectionDefinitions); err == nil {
+				document.Home.Sections = sectionIDs(document.Home.SectionDefinitions)
+			}
+		case "movies.sectionDefinitions":
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &document.Movies.SectionDefinitions); err == nil {
+				document.Movies.Sections = sectionIDs(document.Movies.SectionDefinitions)
+			}
+		case "tv.sectionDefinitions":
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &document.TV.SectionDefinitions); err == nil {
+				document.TV.Sections = sectionIDs(document.TV.SectionDefinitions)
+			}
+		case "hero.enabled":
+			if v, ok := value.(bool); ok {
+				document.Features.Flags["hero.enabled"] = v
+			}
+		case "branding.markUrl":
+			if v, ok := value.(string); ok {
+				document.Branding.MarkURL = v
+			}
+		case "branding.markVersion":
+			if v, ok := value.(string); ok {
+				document.Branding.MarkVersion = v
+			}
+		}
+		if v, ok := value.(bool); ok {
+			document.Features.Flags[key] = v
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func sectionIDs(definitions []config.RemoteSectionDefinition) []string {
+	ids := make([]string, 0, len(definitions))
+	for _, definition := range definitions {
+		if definition.Enabled {
+			ids = append(ids, definition.ID)
+		}
+	}
+	return ids
+}
+
 func configVersionHeader(version int64) string {
 	return strconv.FormatInt(version, 10)
 }
diff --git a/server/internal/config/config.go b/server/internal/config/config.go
index f6c3117..84f1663 100644
--- a/server/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/server/internal/config/config.go
@@ -288,6 +288,14 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 		ForYouRefreshInterval:   duration("MEMBY_FOR_YOU_REFRESH_INTERVAL", 24*time.Hour),
 		ForYouRebuildHour:       integer("MEMBY_FOR_YOU_REBUILD_HOUR", 4),
 	}
+	// Integration capabilities are server facts, not secrets. Publish only whether each
+	// service is configured; API keys and URLs remain gateway-only. An operator can still
+	// disable the corresponding feature flag in the document without exposing credentials.
+	c.RemoteConfig.Integrations = RemoteIntegrations{
+		Tracearr: c.TracearrURL != "" && c.TracearrAPIKey != "",
+		Sonarr:   c.SonarrURL != "" && c.SonarrAPIKey != "",
+		Radarr:   c.RadarrURL != "" && c.RadarrAPIKey != "",
+	}
 	if c.AnalyticsRetention < 30*24*time.Hour {
 		c.AnalyticsRetention = 30 * 24 * time.Hour
 	}
diff --git a/server/internal/config/remote_config.go b/server/internal/config/remote_config.go
index 8def9bc..634e86b 100644
--- a/server/internal/config/remote_config.go
+++ b/server/internal/config/remote_config.go
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// RemoteConfig is the deliberately small, presentation-only document offered to TVs.
-// It must never contain authentication, playback or navigation-routing decisions: an
-// unavailable document is required to be indistinguishable from an ordinary offline
-// launch apart from its wording and safe presentation choices.
+// RemoteConfig is the versioned, app-scoped control-plane document offered to TVs. It
+// contains behaviour switches and ordering, but never credentials or viewer state. An
+// unavailable document is safe because the APK carries equivalent bundled defaults.
 type RemoteConfig struct {
 	SchemaVersion     int                      `json:"schemaVersion"`
 	ConfigVersion     int64                    `json:"configVersion"`
@@ -20,6 +19,17 @@ type RemoteConfig struct {
 	Copy              RemoteConfigCopy         `json:"copy"`
 	Features          RemoteConfigFeatures     `json:"features"`
 	Presentation      RemoteConfigPresentation `json:"presentation"`
+	Home              RemoteHomeConfig         `json:"home"`
+	Movies            RemotePageConfig         `json:"movies"`
+	TV                RemotePageConfig         `json:"tv"`
+	ContinueWatching  RemoteContinueWatching   `json:"continueWatching"`
+	ForYou            RemoteForYouConfig       `json:"forYou"`
+	Recommendations   RemoteRecommendations    `json:"recommendations"`
+	Search            RemoteSearchConfig       `json:"search"`
+	UI                RemoteUIConfig           `json:"ui"`
+	Experimental      map[string]bool          `json:"experimental,omitempty"`
+	Integrations      RemoteIntegrations       `json:"integrations"`
+	Branding          RemoteBranding           `json:"branding"`
 }
 
 type RemoteConfigCopy struct {
@@ -33,6 +43,7 @@ type RemoteConfigNavigationCopy struct {
 	Search     string `json:"search"`
 	Movies     string `json:"movies"`
 	TVShows    string `json:"tvShows"`
+	Genres     string `json:"genres"`
 	TVCalendar string `json:"tvCalendar"`
 	Favourites string `json:"favourites"`
 	User       string `json:"user"`
@@ -40,7 +51,8 @@ type RemoteConfigNavigationCopy struct {
 }
 
 type RemoteConfigFeatures struct {
-	ShowNavigationVersion bool `json:"showNavigationVersion"`
+	ShowNavigationVersion bool            `json:"showNavigationVersion"`
+	Flags                 map[string]bool `json:"flags,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type RemoteConfigPresentation struct {
@@ -48,6 +60,81 @@ type RemoteConfigPresentation struct {
 	NavigationContentShiftDp      int `json:"navigationContentShiftDp"`
 }
 
+// The remainder of the document is deliberately declarative. A new server-side row or
+// option can be added to these lists without making the client understand it: older clients
+// filter unknown ids and retain their bundled ordering for anything they do not know.
+type RemoteHomeConfig struct {
+	Sections           []string                  `json:"sections"`
+	SectionDefinitions []RemoteSectionDefinition `json:"sectionDefinitions,omitempty"`
+	ShowForYou         bool                      `json:"showForYou"`
+	ShowSeasonal       bool                      `json:"showSeasonal"`
+	HeroRefreshSeconds int                       `json:"heroRefreshSeconds"`
+	MaxItemsPerRow     int                       `json:"maxItemsPerRow"`
+}
+
+type RemotePageConfig struct {
+	Sections           []string                  `json:"sections"`
+	SectionDefinitions []RemoteSectionDefinition `json:"sectionDefinitions,omitempty"`
+	ShowGenres         bool                      `json:"showGenres"`
+}
+
+// RemoteSectionDefinition is the stable composition contract. Clients render only
+// known component types and ignore definitions introduced by newer gateways.
+type RemoteSectionDefinition struct {
+	ID          string         `json:"id"`
+	Type        string         `json:"type"`
+	Title       string         `json:"title"`
+	Enabled     bool           `json:"enabled"`
+	Position    int            `json:"position"`
+	DataSource  string         `json:"dataSource"`
+	Component   string         `json:"component"`
+	MaxItems    int            `json:"maxItems,omitempty"`
+	Destination string         `json:"destination,omitempty"`
+	Settings    map[string]any `json:"settings,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type RemoteContinueWatching struct {
+	Enabled        bool   `json:"enabled"`
+	IncludeNextUp  bool   `json:"includeNextUp"`
+	MaxItems       int    `json:"maxItems"`
+	ProgressColour string `json:"progressColour"`
+}
+
+type RemoteForYouConfig struct {
+	Enabled      bool `json:"enabled"`
+	MaxRows      int  `json:"maxRows"`
+	RefreshHours int  `json:"refreshHours"`
+}
+
+type RemoteRecommendations struct {
+	Enabled  bool     `json:"enabled"`
+	Sections []string `json:"sections"`
+}
+
+type RemoteSearchConfig struct {
+	Enabled       bool `json:"enabled"`
+	GenresEnabled bool `json:"genresEnabled"`
+	MaxResults    int  `json:"maxResults"`
+}
+
+type RemoteUIConfig struct {
+	ArtworkStyle       string `json:"artworkStyle"`
+	CardDensity        string `json:"cardDensity"`
+	ShowWatchedBadges  bool   `json:"showWatchedBadges"`
+	ShowMediaTypeIcons bool   `json:"showMediaTypeIcons"`
+}
+
+type RemoteIntegrations struct {
+	Tracearr bool `json:"tracearr"`
+	Sonarr   bool `json:"sonarr"`
+	Radarr   bool `json:"radarr"`
+}
+
+type RemoteBranding struct {
+	MarkURL     string `json:"markUrl,omitempty"`
+	MarkVersion string `json:"markVersion,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // DefaultRemoteConfig mirrors the APK's bundled values. Serving it is still useful: it
 // establishes the schema and ETag contract before an operator chooses an override.
 func DefaultRemoteConfig() RemoteConfig {
@@ -58,15 +145,53 @@ func DefaultRemoteConfig() RemoteConfig {
 			Tagline: "Matt’s Android TV client",
 			Navigation: RemoteConfigNavigationCopy{
 				Home: "Home", ForYou: "For You", Search: "Search", Movies: "Movies",
-				TVShows: "TV Shows", TVCalendar: "TV Calendar", Favourites: "Favourites",
+				TVShows: "TV Shows", Genres: "Genres", TVCalendar: "TV Calendar", Favourites: "Favourites",
 				User: "User", Settings: "Settings",
 			},
 		},
-		Features: RemoteConfigFeatures{ShowNavigationVersion: true},
+		Features: RemoteConfigFeatures{
+			ShowNavigationVersion: true,
+			Flags: map[string]bool{
+				"continue_watching": true, "for_you": true, "recommendations": true,
+				"genre_browser": false, "tv_calendar": true, "tracearr": false,
+				"sonarr": false, "radarr": false,
+			},
+		},
 		Presentation: RemoteConfigPresentation{
 			NavigationRailExpandedWidthDp: 184,
 			NavigationContentShiftDp:      112,
 		},
+		Home: RemoteHomeConfig{
+			Sections:           []string{"continue", "for-you", "favorites", "latest-movies"},
+			SectionDefinitions: defaultHomeSections(),
+			ShowForYou:         true, ShowSeasonal: true, HeroRefreshSeconds: 60, MaxItemsPerRow: 20,
+		},
+		Movies:           RemotePageConfig{Sections: []string{"genres", "library"}, SectionDefinitions: defaultPageSections("movies"), ShowGenres: false},
+		TV:               RemotePageConfig{Sections: []string{"genres", "library"}, SectionDefinitions: defaultPageSections("tv"), ShowGenres: false},
+		ContinueWatching: RemoteContinueWatching{Enabled: true, IncludeNextUp: true, MaxItems: 20, ProgressColour: "emby"},
+		ForYou:           RemoteForYouConfig{Enabled: true, MaxRows: 3, RefreshHours: 24},
+		Recommendations:  RemoteRecommendations{Enabled: true, Sections: []string{"for-you", "because-you-watched"}},
+		Search:           RemoteSearchConfig{Enabled: true, GenresEnabled: false, MaxResults: 50},
+		UI:               RemoteUIConfig{ArtworkStyle: "automatic", CardDensity: "standard", ShowWatchedBadges: true, ShowMediaTypeIcons: false},
+		Experimental:     map[string]bool{},
+		Integrations:     RemoteIntegrations{},
+		Branding:         RemoteBranding{},
+	}
+}
+
+func defaultHomeSections() []RemoteSectionDefinition {
+	return []RemoteSectionDefinition{
+		{ID: "continue", Type: "continueWatching", Title: "Continue Watching", Enabled: true, Position: 10, DataSource: "emby.resume", Component: "mediaRow", MaxItems: 20, Destination: "home"},
+		{ID: "for-you", Type: "forYou", Title: "For You", Enabled: true, Position: 20, DataSource: "gateway.recommendations", Component: "mediaRow", MaxItems: 20, Destination: "for-you"},
+		{ID: "favorites", Type: "favorites", Title: "Favourites", Enabled: true, Position: 30, DataSource: "emby.favourites", Component: "mediaRow", MaxItems: 20, Destination: "home"},
+		{ID: "latest-movies", Type: "latest", Title: "Recently Added", Enabled: true, Position: 40, DataSource: "emby.latest", Component: "mediaRow", MaxItems: 20, Destination: "movies"},
+	}
+}
+
+func defaultPageSections(destination string) []RemoteSectionDefinition {
+	return []RemoteSectionDefinition{
+		{ID: "genres", Type: "genres", Title: "Genres", Enabled: true, Position: 10, DataSource: "emby.genres", Component: "genreBrowser", MaxItems: 20, Destination: destination},
+		{ID: "library", Type: "library", Title: "Library", Enabled: true, Position: 20, DataSource: "emby.library", Component: "mediaGrid", MaxItems: 20, Destination: destination},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +199,9 @@ func loadRemoteConfig(raw string) (RemoteConfig, error) {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(raw) == "" {
 		return DefaultRemoteConfig(), nil
 	}
-	var document RemoteConfig
+	// Start from defaults so a document published before a newly added section remains
+	// valid and receives the same safe behaviour as a bundled client.
+	document := DefaultRemoteConfig()
 	decoder := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(raw))
 	decoder.DisallowUnknownFields()
 	if err := decoder.Decode(&document); err != nil {
@@ -115,6 +242,7 @@ func validateRemoteConfig(document RemoteConfig) error {
 		document.Copy.Navigation.Search,
 		document.Copy.Navigation.Movies,
 		document.Copy.Navigation.TVShows,
+		document.Copy.Navigation.Genres,
 		document.Copy.Navigation.TVCalendar,
 		document.Copy.Navigation.Favourites,
 		document.Copy.Navigation.User,
@@ -134,6 +262,62 @@ func validateRemoteConfig(document RemoteConfig) error {
 	if shift < 80 || shift > 160 || shift >= width {
 		return fmt.Errorf("navigationContentShiftDp must be between 80 and 160 and less than the rail width")
 	}
+	if err := validateRemoteConfigSections(document); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateRemoteConfigSections(document RemoteConfig) error {
+	if len(document.Home.Sections) > 32 || len(document.Movies.Sections) > 32 || len(document.TV.Sections) > 32 || len(document.Recommendations.Sections) > 32 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("section ordering contains too many entries")
+	}
+	for _, sections := range [][]string{document.Home.Sections, document.Movies.Sections, document.TV.Sections, document.Recommendations.Sections} {
+		for _, section := range sections {
+			section = strings.TrimSpace(section)
+			if section == "" || len(section) > 64 || strings.ContainsAny(section, "\r\n\t") {
+				return fmt.Errorf("section ids must be between 1 and 64 characters")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for key := range document.Features.Flags {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(key) == "" || len(key) > 64 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("feature flag ids must be between 1 and 64 characters")
+		}
+	}
+	for key := range document.Experimental {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(key) == "" || len(key) > 64 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("experimental flag ids must be between 1 and 64 characters")
+		}
+	}
+	if document.ContinueWatching.MaxItems < 1 || document.ContinueWatching.MaxItems > 100 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("continueWatching.maxItems must be between 1 and 100")
+	}
+	if document.ForYou.MaxRows < 0 || document.ForYou.MaxRows > 20 || document.ForYou.RefreshHours < 1 || document.ForYou.RefreshHours > 168 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("forYou limits are unsafe")
+	}
+	if document.Search.MaxResults < 1 || document.Search.MaxResults > 200 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("search.maxResults must be between 1 and 200")
+	}
+	if document.UI.ArtworkStyle != "automatic" && document.UI.ArtworkStyle != "poster" && document.UI.ArtworkStyle != "backdrop" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ui.artworkStyle is invalid")
+	}
+	if document.UI.CardDensity != "standard" && document.UI.CardDensity != "compact" && document.UI.CardDensity != "large" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ui.cardDensity is invalid")
+	}
+	for _, definitions := range [][]RemoteSectionDefinition{document.Home.SectionDefinitions, document.Movies.SectionDefinitions, document.TV.SectionDefinitions} {
+		if len(definitions) > 64 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("remote configuration has too many section definitions")
+		}
+		for _, section := range definitions {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(section.ID) == "" || strings.TrimSpace(section.Type) == "" || strings.TrimSpace(section.Component) == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("remote configuration section definitions require id, type and component")
+			}
+			if section.Position < 0 || section.MaxItems < 0 || section.MaxItems > 500 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("remote configuration section has an invalid position or item limit")
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/server/internal/config/remote_config_test.go b/server/internal/config/remote_config_test.go
index cd08f82..e0ce58f 100644
--- a/server/internal/config/remote_config_test.go
+++ b/server/internal/config/remote_config_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,20 @@ func TestRemoteConfigDefaultsAreComplete(t *testing.T) {
 	if document.Copy.Navigation.Favourites != "Favourites" {
 		t.Fatalf("favourites label = %q", document.Copy.Navigation.Favourites)
 	}
+	if !document.ContinueWatching.IncludeNextUp || len(document.Home.Sections) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("central defaults are incomplete: %+v", document)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoteConfigDefaultsMissingNewSectionsForOlderDocuments(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := `{"schemaVersion":1,"configVersion":3,"copy":{"navigation":{"home":"Home","forYou":"For You","search":"Search","movies":"Movies","tvShows":"TV Shows","tvCalendar":"TV Calendar","favourites":"Favourites","user":"User","settings":"Settings"},"tagline":"Matt’s Android TV client"},"features":{"showNavigationVersion":true},"presentation":{"navigationRailExpandedWidthDp":184,"navigationContentShiftDp":112}}`
+	document, err := loadRemoteConfig(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !document.ContinueWatching.Enabled || document.Search.MaxResults != 50 {
+		t.Fatalf("new fields did not receive defaults: %+v", document)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestRemoteConfigRejectsMalformedAndUnsafeDocuments(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/server/internal/store/settings.go b/server/internal/store/settings.go
index aa6c5c7..50aa81d 100644
--- a/server/internal/store/settings.go
+++ b/server/internal/store/settings.go
@@ -400,30 +400,52 @@ func (s *Store) SetMDBListSettings(ctx context.Context, settings MDBListSettings
 const FeaturePolicyKey = "feature_policy"
 
 type FeaturePolicySnapshot struct {
-	Overrides map[string]bool `json:"overrides"`
-	SafeMode  bool            `json:"safeMode"`
-	Revision  int64           `json:"revision"`
-	UpdatedAt time.Time       `json:"updatedAt"`
+	Overrides    map[string]bool                       `json:"overrides"`
+	Values       map[string]json.RawMessage            `json:"values,omitempty"`
+	UserValues   map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"userValues,omitempty"`
+	DeviceValues map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"deviceValues,omitempty"`
+	Experimental map[string]json.RawMessage            `json:"experimental,omitempty"`
+	SafeMode     bool                                  `json:"safeMode"`
+	Revision     int64                                 `json:"revision"`
+	UpdatedAt    time.Time                             `json:"updatedAt"`
 }
 
 type FeaturePolicy struct {
-	Overrides map[string]bool        `json:"overrides"`
-	SafeMode  bool                   `json:"safeMode"`
-	Revision  int64                  `json:"revision"`
-	UpdatedAt time.Time              `json:"updatedAt"`
-	Previous  *FeaturePolicySnapshot `json:"previous,omitempty"`
+	Overrides map[string]bool `json:"overrides"`
+	// Values is the central typed configuration store. Raw JSON keeps the store
+	// forward-compatible while the API validates each catalogue entry's type.
+	Values       map[string]json.RawMessage            `json:"values,omitempty"`
+	UserValues   map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"userValues,omitempty"`
+	DeviceValues map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"deviceValues,omitempty"`
+	Experimental map[string]json.RawMessage            `json:"experimental,omitempty"`
+	SafeMode     bool                                  `json:"safeMode"`
+	Revision     int64                                 `json:"revision"`
+	UpdatedAt    time.Time                             `json:"updatedAt"`
+	Previous     *FeaturePolicySnapshot                `json:"previous,omitempty"`
 }
 
 var ErrFeaturePolicyConflict = errors.New("store: feature policy revision conflict")
 
 func DefaultFeaturePolicy() FeaturePolicy {
-	return FeaturePolicy{Overrides: map[string]bool{}}
+	return FeaturePolicy{Overrides: map[string]bool{}, Values: map[string]json.RawMessage{}, UserValues: map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage{}, DeviceValues: map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage{}, Experimental: map[string]json.RawMessage{}}
 }
 
 func normalizeFeaturePolicy(policy FeaturePolicy) FeaturePolicy {
 	if policy.Overrides == nil {
 		policy.Overrides = map[string]bool{}
 	}
+	if policy.Values == nil {
+		policy.Values = map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	}
+	if policy.UserValues == nil {
+		policy.UserValues = map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	}
+	if policy.DeviceValues == nil {
+		policy.DeviceValues = map[string]map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	}
+	if policy.Experimental == nil {
+		policy.Experimental = map[string]json.RawMessage{}
+	}
 	return policy
 }
 
@@ -475,6 +497,7 @@ func (s *Store) SetFeaturePolicy(
 	next.UpdatedAt = time.Now().UTC()
 	next.Previous = &FeaturePolicySnapshot{
 		Overrides: current.Overrides, SafeMode: current.SafeMode,
+		Values: current.Values, UserValues: current.UserValues, DeviceValues: current.DeviceValues, Experimental: current.Experimental,
 		Revision: current.Revision, UpdatedAt: current.UpdatedAt,
 	}
 	raw, err := json.Marshal(next)