feat(gui): surface remaining config in the dashboard — 100% GUI coverage (#48)

Add bound GUI controls for every remaining user-facing + internal config
setting so the dashboard is the complete config surface (secrets stay in
.env via the ManagedSecret widgets). Per the exhaustive per-key audit.

19 GAP controls (real settings with no prior control):
- Config: global timezone (+ backend: timezone in VALID_SECTIONS + scalar
  save_section branch), commands.custom_commands (kv editor), knowledge
  sparse_host/port, alert_rules.high_util_hours
- Data Feeds: nws.areas, usgs.flood_thresholds (json), usgs_quake
  feed_url/min_magnitude(native floor)/bbox, wzdx.registry_ttl,
  satpass.broadcast_lead_seconds, central.connect_timeout,
  toggles.<family>.regions (un-hidden + save-merge fix)
- Notifications: band_conditions_tz, digest.schedule, digest.include
- Danger Zones: snow.enabled + buffer_mi (unlocked)

18 INTERNAL knobs (Advanced subsections):
- connection reconnect/timing (7) split across MT/MeshCore Connection
- environmental.geocoder url/timeout/radius/limit (4)
- identity.contact_email (+ LOCAL_FIELDS mirror -> local.yaml; still feeds
  NWS User-Agent); mesh_sources url + regions lat/lon already editable
- toggles.<family>.name/webhook_headers, danger_zones.webhook_headers
  (new reusable KeyValueInput component)

alert_node_ids intentionally not surfaced (synthetic local default with no
dataclass home; overlaps the editable per-rule node_ids). No dead controls.

Frontend validated at Docker build. Backend py_compile OK.

Co-authored-by: Matt Johnson <mj@k7zvx.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

work/dashboard-frontend/src/components/DangerZonesPanel.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { fetchConfig as apiFetchConfig, updateConfig as apiUpdateConfig } from '
 import { Toggle, NumberInput, TextInput, InfoButton } from '@/pages/Notifications'
 import NodePicker from '@/components/NodePicker'
 import ChannelPicker from '@/components/ChannelPicker'
+import { KeyValueInput } from './KeyValueInput'
 
 const DZ_MONITOR_ROLES = ['CLIENT_BASE', 'ROUTER', 'ROUTER_LATE'] as const
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ const DZ_FAMILIES: {
 }[] = [
   { key: 'fire', label: 'Fire', description: 'Active wildfires (radius from fire perimeter).', Icon: Flame, showAcres: true },
   { key: 'weather', label: 'Weather', description: 'Severe weather warnings near a node.', Icon: Cloud },
-  { key: 'snow', label: 'Snow (sub-gate of Weather)', description: 'Snow-category weather events.', Icon: Snowflake, tabled: true },
+  { key: 'snow', label: 'Snow (sub-gate of Weather)', description: 'Snow-category weather events.', Icon: Snowflake },
   { key: 'flood', label: 'Flood (sub-gate of Seismic)', description: 'Stream/flood gauge events.', Icon: Activity },
   { key: 'avalanche', label: 'Avalanche', description: 'Avalanche advisories near a node.', Icon: Mountain },
   { key: 'seismic', label: 'Seismic', description: 'Earthquakes and seismic events near a node.', Icon: Mountain },
@@ -412,13 +413,23 @@ export default function DangerZonesPanel() {
                 )}
 
                 {cfg.delivery_type === 'webhook' && (
-                  <TextInput
+                  <>
-                    label="Webhook URL"
+                    <TextInput
-                    value={cfg.webhook_url || ''}
+                      label="Webhook URL"
-                    onChange={(v) => upd({ webhook_url: v })}
+                      value={cfg.webhook_url || ''}
-                    placeholder="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/..."
+                      onChange={(v) => upd({ webhook_url: v })}
-                    helper="POST alert as JSON"
+                      placeholder="https://discord.com/api/webhooks/..."
-                  />
+                      helper="POST alert as JSON"
+                    />
+                    <KeyValueInput
+                      label="Webhook Headers"
+                      value={cfg.webhook_headers || {}}
+                      onChange={(v) => upd({ webhook_headers: v })}
+                      helper="Custom HTTP headers sent with the danger-zone webhook"
+                      keyPlaceholder="Header"
+                      valuePlaceholder="Value"
+                    />
+                  </>
                 )}
 
                 {cfg.delivery_type === 'email' && (

work/dashboard-frontend/src/components/KeyValueInput.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { Plus, Trash2 } from 'lucide-react'
+
+// Reusable key -> value dict editor for a Record<string,string> (e.g. HTTP
+// headers). Styling/behavior mirrors the inline custom-command editor in
+// pages/Config.tsx (CommandsSection): ordered rows kept in local state so a
+// half-typed (blank-key) row isn't dropped mid-edit; the blank-filtered dict is
+// committed up to the parent on every change.
+
+// Self-contained "?" info popover so this component doesn't depend on any page.
+function InfoBadge({ info }: { info: string }) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
+  return (
+    <div className="relative inline-block">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={(e) => { e.stopPropagation(); setOpen(!open) }}
+        className="ml-1.5 w-4 h-4 rounded-full bg-slate-700 hover:bg-slate-600 text-slate-400 hover:text-slate-200 inline-flex items-center justify-center text-xs transition-colors"
+        title="More info"
+      >
+        ?
+      </button>
+      {open && (
+        <>
+          <div className="fixed inset-0 z-40" onClick={() => setOpen(false)} />
+          <div className="absolute left-0 top-6 z-50 w-72 p-3 bg-[#1a2332] border border-[#2a3a4a] shadow-xl text-xs text-slate-300 leading-relaxed">
+            {info}
+          </div>
+        </>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export function KeyValueInput({
+  label,
+  value,
+  onChange,
+  helper,
+  info,
+  keyPlaceholder = 'Key',
+  valuePlaceholder = 'Value',
+}: {
+  label: string
+  value: Record<string, string>
+  onChange: (v: Record<string, string>) => void
+  helper?: string
+  info?: string
+  keyPlaceholder?: string
+  valuePlaceholder?: string
+}) {
+  const [rows, setRows] = useState<[string, string][]>(() =>
+    Object.entries(value || {})
+  )
+
+  // Re-sync local rows if the parent value changes out from under us (reset,
+  // fresh fetch, family switch) — but only when the committed view differs, so
+  // an in-progress blank-key row isn't clobbered by our own onChange echo.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const committed: Record<string, string> = {}
+    for (const [k, v] of rows) {
+      if (k.trim()) committed[k.trim()] = v
+    }
+    if (JSON.stringify(committed) !== JSON.stringify(value || {})) {
+      setRows(Object.entries(value || {}))
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [value])
+
+  const commit = (next: [string, string][]) => {
+    setRows(next)
+    onChange(Object.fromEntries(next.filter(([k]) => k.trim())))
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-2">
+      <label className="flex items-center text-xs text-slate-500 uppercase tracking-wide">
+        {label}
+        {info && <InfoBadge info={info} />}
+      </label>
+      {rows.map(([k, v], i) => (
+        <div key={i} className="flex items-start gap-2">
+          <input
+            type="text"
+            value={k}
+            onChange={(e) => commit(rows.map((r, j) => (j === i ? [e.target.value, r[1]] as [string, string] : r)))}
+            placeholder={keyPlaceholder}
+            className="w-40 flex-shrink-0 px-3 py-2 bg-[#0a0e17] border border-[#1e2a3a] rounded text-sm text-slate-200 font-mono focus:outline-none focus:border-accent placeholder-slate-600"
+          />
+          <input
+            type="text"
+            value={v}
+            onChange={(e) => commit(rows.map((r, j) => (j === i ? [r[0], e.target.value] as [string, string] : r)))}
+            placeholder={valuePlaceholder}
+            className="flex-1 px-3 py-2 bg-[#0a0e17] border border-[#1e2a3a] rounded text-sm text-slate-200 focus:outline-none focus:border-accent placeholder-slate-600"
+          />
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={() => commit(rows.filter((_, j) => j !== i))}
+            className="p-2 text-red-400 hover:text-red-300 hover:bg-red-500/10 rounded flex-shrink-0"
+            aria-label="Remove header"
+          >
+            <Trash2 size={14} />
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => commit([...rows, ['', '']])}
+        className="w-full py-2 border border-dashed border-[#1e2a3a] text-slate-500 hover:text-slate-300 hover:border-accent flex items-center justify-center gap-2 transition-colors"
+      >
+        <Plus size={16} /> Add Header
+      </button>
+      {helper && <p className="text-xs text-slate-600">{helper}</p>}
+    </div>
+  )
+}

work/dashboard-frontend/src/pages/Config.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 interface BotConfig {
   name: string
   owner: string
+  contact_email?: string
   respond_to_dms: boolean
   filter_bbs_protocols: boolean
 }
@@ -28,6 +29,13 @@ export interface ConnectionConfig {
   tcp_port: number
   meshcore_host?: string
   meshcore_port?: number
+  reconnect?: boolean
+  reconnect_initial_delay?: number
+  reconnect_max_delay?: number
+  reconnect_health_interval?: number
+  mesh_max_chars?: number
+  meshcore_auto_reconnect?: boolean
+  meshcore_max_reconnect_attempts?: number
 }
 
 interface ResponseConfig {
@@ -206,6 +214,7 @@ interface DashboardConfig {
 }
 
 interface FullConfig {
+  timezone: string
   bot: BotConfig
   connection: ConnectionConfig
   response: ResponseConfig
@@ -686,6 +695,13 @@ function BotSection({ data, onChange }: { data: BotConfig; onChange: (d: BotConf
           helper="Your callsign or identifier"
           info="Identifies the bot operator. Shown in !help responses and used for admin-level commands."
         />
+        <TextInput
+          label="Contact Email"
+          value={data.contact_email || ''}
+          onChange={(v) => onChange({ ...data, contact_email: v })}
+          helper="Used to synthesize the NWS User-Agent"
+          info="An email address identifying the operator; sent as the User-Agent when fetching NWS weather data (NWS requires a contact). Stored in local.yaml."
+        />
       </div>
       <Toggle
         label="Respond to DMs"
@@ -942,6 +958,31 @@ function ContextSection({ data, onChange }: { data: ContextConfig; onChange: (d:
 function CommandsSection({ data, onChange }: { data: CommandsConfig; onChange: (d: CommandsConfig) => void }) {
   const disabledSet = new Set(data.disabled_commands.map(c => c.toLowerCase()))
 
+  // custom_commands is a {name: response} dict. Edit it as ordered rows in
+  // local state so a half-typed (blank-key) row isn't dropped mid-edit; commit
+  // the blank-filtered dict up to the parent on every change.
+  const [customRows, setCustomRows] = useState<[string, string][]>(() =>
+    Object.entries(data.custom_commands || {})
+  )
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const committed: Record<string, string> = {}
+    for (const [k, v] of customRows) {
+      if (k.trim()) committed[k.trim()] = v
+    }
+    if (JSON.stringify(committed) !== JSON.stringify(data.custom_commands || {})) {
+      setCustomRows(Object.entries(data.custom_commands || {}))
+    }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [data.custom_commands])
+  const commitCustomRows = (rows: [string, string][]) => {
+    setCustomRows(rows)
+    const obj: Record<string, string> = {}
+    for (const [k, v] of rows) {
+      if (k.trim()) obj[k.trim()] = v
+    }
+    onChange({ ...data, custom_commands: obj })
+  }
+
   const toggleCommand = (cmdName: string) => {
     const lowerName = cmdName.toLowerCase()
     if (disabledSet.has(lowerName)) {
@@ -1005,6 +1046,52 @@ function CommandsSection({ data, onChange }: { data: CommandsConfig; onChange: (
               })}
             </div>
           </div>
+
+          <div className="space-y-2">
+            <label className="flex items-center text-xs text-slate-500 uppercase tracking-wide">
+              Custom Commands
+              <InfoButton info="Define your own commands. When a user types the prefix followed by the name, the bot replies with the response text verbatim." />
+            </label>
+            {customRows.map(([name, response], i) => (
+              <div key={i} className="flex items-start gap-2">
+                <input
+                  type="text"
+                  value={name}
+                  onChange={(e) => {
+                    const rows = customRows.map((r, j) => j === i ? [e.target.value, r[1]] as [string, string] : r)
+                    commitCustomRows(rows)
+                  }}
+                  placeholder="name"
+                  className="w-40 flex-shrink-0 px-3 py-2 bg-[#0a0e17] border border-[#1e2a3a] rounded text-sm text-slate-200 font-mono focus:outline-none focus:border-accent placeholder-slate-600"
+                />
+                <input
+                  type="text"
+                  value={response}
+                  onChange={(e) => {
+                    const rows = customRows.map((r, j) => j === i ? [r[0], e.target.value] as [string, string] : r)
+                    commitCustomRows(rows)
+                  }}
+                  placeholder="response text"
+                  className="flex-1 px-3 py-2 bg-[#0a0e17] border border-[#1e2a3a] rounded text-sm text-slate-200 focus:outline-none focus:border-accent placeholder-slate-600"
+                />
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  onClick={() => commitCustomRows(customRows.filter((_, j) => j !== i))}
+                  className="p-2 text-red-400 hover:text-red-300 hover:bg-red-500/10 rounded flex-shrink-0"
+                  aria-label="Remove custom command"
+                >
+                  <Trash2 size={14} />
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            ))}
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => commitCustomRows([...customRows, ['', '']])}
+              className="w-full py-2 border border-dashed border-[#1e2a3a] text-slate-500 hover:text-slate-300 hover:border-accent flex items-center justify-center gap-2 transition-colors"
+            >
+              <Plus size={16} /> Add Custom Command
+            </button>
+          </div>
         </>
       )}
     </div>
@@ -1265,6 +1352,22 @@ function KnowledgeSection({ data, onChange }: { data: KnowledgeConfig; onChange:
                   helper="Default 8090"
                 />
               </div>
+              <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+                <TextInput
+                  label="Sparse Host"
+                  value={data.sparse_host}
+                  onChange={(v) => onChange({ ...data, sparse_host: v })}
+                  placeholder="localhost"
+                  helper="SPLADE sparse-embedding service host"
+                  info="Host of the SPLADE service that generates sparse (keyword-weighted) embeddings for hybrid search."
+                />
+                <NumberInput
+                  label="Sparse Port"
+                  value={data.sparse_port}
+                  onChange={(v) => onChange({ ...data, sparse_port: v })}
+                  helper="Default 8091"
+                />
+              </div>
               <Toggle
                 label="Use Sparse Embeddings"
                 checked={data.use_sparse}
@@ -1713,6 +1816,17 @@ export function MeshIntelligenceSection({ data, onChange }: { data: MeshIntellig
                 thresholdMax={50}
                 thresholdSuffix={`% for ${data.alert_rules.high_util_hours}h`}
               />
+              {data.alert_rules.sustained_high_util && (
+                <div className="pl-3">
+                  <NumberInput
+                    label="High-Util Window (hours)"
+                    value={data.alert_rules.high_util_hours}
+                    onChange={(v) => onChange({ ...data, alert_rules: { ...data.alert_rules, high_util_hours: v } })}
+                    min={1}
+                    helper="Sustained duration above the utilization threshold before alerting"
+                  />
+                </div>
+              )}
               <AlertRuleToggle
                 label="Packet Flood"
                 description="Alert when a single node sends excessive packets"
@@ -1796,6 +1910,28 @@ function DashboardSection({ data, onChange }: { data: DashboardConfig; onChange:
   )
 }
 
+// Global settings that aren't part of any dataclass section. `timezone` is a
+// top-level scalar on Config, saved via its own PUT /api/config/timezone with
+// the bare string as the JSON body (not part of the section Save button flow).
+function GeneralSettings({ timezone, onSave }: { timezone: string; onSave: (tz: string) => void }) {
+  const [tz, setTz] = useState(timezone)
+  useEffect(() => { setTz(timezone) }, [timezone])
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-4 mb-6 pb-6 border-b border-[#1e2a3a]">
+      <label className="flex items-center text-xs text-slate-500 uppercase tracking-wide">General</label>
+      <TextInput
+        label="Timezone"
+        value={tz}
+        onChange={(v) => { setTz(v); onSave(v) }}
+        placeholder="America/Boise"
+        helper="Global IANA timezone, e.g. America/Boise"
+        info="Global IANA timezone used for local time display across MeshAI. Saved immediately."
+      />
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
 export default function Config() {
   const { setDirty } = useDirty()
   const [config, setConfig] = useState<FullConfig | null>(null)
@@ -1912,6 +2048,25 @@ export default function Config() {
     setConfig({ ...config, [section]: data })
   }
 
+  // Top-level `timezone` scalar: PUT the bare string to /api/config/timezone.
+  // Kept out of the section Save flow (it isn't a SectionKey); on success we
+  // sync both config + originalConfig so it doesn't register as unsaved.
+  const saveTimezone = async (tz: string) => {
+    try {
+      const res = await fetch('/api/config/timezone', {
+        method: 'PUT',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify(tz),
+      })
+      const result = await res.json()
+      if (!res.ok) throw new Error(result.detail || 'Save failed')
+      setConfig((prev) => (prev ? { ...prev, timezone: tz } : prev))
+      setOriginalConfig((prev) => (prev ? { ...prev, timezone: tz } : prev))
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Timezone save failed')
+    }
+  }
+
   if (loading) {
     return (
       <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-64">
@@ -1930,7 +2085,12 @@ export default function Config() {
 
   const renderSection = () => {
     switch (activeSection) {
-      case 'bot': return <BotSection data={config.bot} onChange={(d) => updateSection('bot', d)} />
+      case 'bot': return (
+        <>
+          <GeneralSettings timezone={config.timezone} onSave={saveTimezone} />
+          <BotSection data={config.bot} onChange={(d) => updateSection('bot', d)} />
+        </>
+      )
       case 'response': return <ResponseSection data={config.response} onChange={(d) => updateSection('response', d)} />
       case 'history': return <HistorySection data={config.history} onChange={(d) => updateSection('history', d)} />
       case 'memory': return <MemorySection data={config.memory} onChange={(d) => updateSection('memory', d)} />

work/dashboard-frontend/src/pages/Environment.tsx

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState, type ReactNode } from 'react'
 import {
  Cloud, Flame, Radio, Car, Mountain, Satellite, Activity, Server,
  Save, RotateCcw, RefreshCw, AlertCircle, AlertTriangle, Info, Bell,
- Sliders,
+ Sliders, ChevronRight,
 } from 'lucide-react'
 import {
  Toggle, TextInput, NumberInput, SelectInput, ListInput, NumberListInput,
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ type FeedSource = 'native' | 'central'
 interface EnvConfig {
  enabled: boolean
  nws_zones: string[]
- nws: { enabled: boolean; user_agent: string; tick_seconds: number; severity_min: string; feed_source?: FeedSource }
+ nws: { enabled: boolean; user_agent: string; tick_seconds: number; severity_min: string; areas?: string[]; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  swpc: { enabled: boolean; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  ducting: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; latitude: number; longitude: number; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  fires: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; state: string; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  avalanche: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; center_ids: string[]; season_months: number[]; feed_source?: FeedSource }
- usgs: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; sites: string[]; feed_source?: FeedSource }
+ usgs: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; sites: string[]; flood_thresholds?: Record<string, { flow?: number; height?: number }>; feed_source?: FeedSource }
- usgs_quake: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; feed_url: string; global_mag_floor: number; regional_mag_floor: number; regional_radius_mi: number; escalate_mag_floor: number; broadcast_pager_alerts: string[]; region: string; feed_source?: FeedSource }
+ usgs_quake: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; feed_url: string; min_magnitude?: number; bbox?: number[]; global_mag_floor: number; regional_mag_floor: number; regional_radius_mi: number; escalate_mag_floor: number; broadcast_pager_alerts: string[]; region: string; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  traffic: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; api_key: string; corridors: { name: string; lat: number; lon: number }[]; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  roads511: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; api_key: string; base_url: string; endpoints: string[]; bbox: number[]; feed_source?: FeedSource }
- wzdx: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; api_key: string; base_url: string; endpoints: string[]; bbox: number[]; states: string[]; registry_url: string; feed_source?: FeedSource }
+ wzdx: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; api_key: string; base_url: string; endpoints: string[]; bbox: number[]; states: string[]; registry_url: string; registry_ttl?: number; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  firms: { enabled: boolean; tick_seconds: number; map_key: string; source: string; bbox: number[]; day_range: number; confidence_min: string; proximity_km: number; feed_source?: FeedSource }
  // Native satpass (SGP4) YAML layer — drives env/satpass.py + env/tle_fetch.py.
  // Distinct from the Central adapter_config/satpass layer (see SatpassConfig
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ interface EnvConfig {
   min_elevation_deg: number
   window_hours: number
   tle_refresh_seconds: number
+  broadcast_lead_seconds?: number
   feed_source?: FeedSource
  }
- central?: { enabled: boolean; url: string; durable: string; region: string }
+ central?: { enabled: boolean; url: string; durable: string; region: string; connect_timeout?: number }
+ geocoder?: { url?: string; timeout_seconds?: number; radius_km?: number; limit?: number }
 }
 
 // Sane defaults for the native satpass block so a GET payload predating
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ const SATPASS_NATIVE_DEFAULT: EnvConfig['satpass'] = {
  min_elevation_deg: 10,
  window_hours: 24,
  tle_refresh_seconds: 21600,
+ broadcast_lead_seconds: 3600,
  feed_source: 'central',
 }
 
@@ -374,6 +377,12 @@ export default function Environment() {
  })
  const [satpassOriginal, setSatpassOriginal] = useState<string>("")
 
+ // USGS flood_thresholds advanced JSON editor: raw text buffer (so invalid
+ // intermediate edits stay in the textarea) + inline parse error. Only valid
+ // parses are committed to env state via up().
+ const [floodThreshText, setFloodThreshText] = useState<string | null>(null)
+ const [floodThreshErr, setFloodThreshErr] = useState<string | null>(null)
+
  // ── Notification family gating state ──────────────────────────────────────
  const [notifConfig, setNotifConfig] = useState<NotificationsConfig | null>(null)
  const [notifOriginal, setNotifOriginal] = useState<string>('')
@@ -810,6 +819,7 @@ const save = async () => {
   setAvalancheConfig(JSON.parse(avalancheOriginal || JSON.stringify(avalancheConfig)))
   setSwpcConfig(JSON.parse(swpcOriginal || JSON.stringify(swpcConfig)))
   setSatpassConfig(JSON.parse(satpassOriginal || JSON.stringify(satpassConfig)))
+  setFloodThreshText(null); setFloodThreshErr(null)
  }
  const restart = async () => {
   try { await fetch('/api/restart', { method: 'POST' }); setRestartRequired(false); setSuccess('Restart initiated') }
@@ -874,6 +884,7 @@ const save = async () => {
      min_severity: mine.min_severity,
      freshness_seconds: mine.freshness_seconds ?? (freshT as NotificationToggle).freshness_seconds ?? 600,
      cooldown_seconds: mine.cooldown_seconds ?? (freshT as NotificationToggle).cooldown_seconds ?? 0,
+     regions: mine.regions ?? (freshT as NotificationToggle).regions ?? [],
     } as NotificationToggle
    }
    const res = await fetch('/api/config/notifications', {
@@ -915,6 +926,7 @@ const save = async () => {
   switch (key) {
    case 'nws': return (<>
     <ListInput label="NWS Zones" value={env.nws_zones} onChange={(v) => up({ nws_zones: v })} helper="Zone IDs like IDZ016, IDZ030" infoLink="https://www.weather.gov/pimar/PubZone" />
+    <ListInput label="NWS Areas" value={env.nws.areas ?? []} onChange={(v) => up({ nws: { ...env.nws, areas: v } })} helper="State codes NWS pulls, e.g. ID" />
     {env.nws.feed_source !== 'central' && (
      <>
       <TextInput label="User Agent" value={env.nws.user_agent} onChange={(v) => up({ nws: { ...env.nws, user_agent: v } })} placeholder="(MeshAI, you@email.com)" helper="Format: (app_name, contact_email)" />
@@ -1095,6 +1107,28 @@ const save = async () => {
    case 'usgs': return (<>
     <NumberInput label="Tick Seconds" value={env.usgs.tick_seconds} onChange={(v) => up({ usgs: { ...env.usgs, tick_seconds: v } })} min={900} helper="Minimum 15 min (900s). tick_seconds is the native-mode poll interval; ignored when this adapter is set to feed_source=central." />
     <ListInput label="Site IDs" value={env.usgs.sites} onChange={(v) => up({ usgs: { ...env.usgs, sites: v } })} helper="USGS gauge site numbers" infoLink="https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis" />
+    <div>
+     <label className="text-xs font-sans text-[#777] mb-1 block">Flood Thresholds (advanced JSON)</label>
+     <textarea
+      value={floodThreshText ?? JSON.stringify(env.usgs.flood_thresholds ?? {}, null, 2)}
+      onChange={(e) => {
+       const raw = e.target.value
+       setFloodThreshText(raw)
+       try {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw)
+        setFloodThreshErr(null)
+        up({ usgs: { ...env.usgs, flood_thresholds: parsed } })
+       } catch (err) {
+        setFloodThreshErr(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Invalid JSON')
+       }
+      }}
+      rows={6}
+      spellCheck={false}
+      className="w-full bg-[#0d0d0d] border border-border px-3 py-2 text-sm font-mono"
+     />
+     {floodThreshErr && <p className="text-xs text-red-400 mt-1">Invalid JSON — not saved: {floodThreshErr}</p>}
+     <p className="text-xs text-[#666] mt-1">Per-site flood levels, shape {'{'}"site_id": {'{'} "flow": X, "height": Y {'}'}{'}'}</p>
+    </div>
    </>)
    case 'usgs_quake': return (
     <div className="space-y-6">
@@ -1107,6 +1141,23 @@ const save = async () => {
         onChange={(v) => up({ usgs_quake: { ...env.usgs_quake, region: v } })} />
       </div>
      )}
+     <div>
+      <div className="text-[10px] font-sans font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-[#666] mb-3">
+       Native Feed
+      </div>
+      <div className="space-y-3">
+       <TextInput label="Quake Feed URL" value={env.usgs_quake.feed_url}
+        onChange={(v) => up({ usgs_quake: { ...env.usgs_quake, feed_url: v } })} />
+       <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+        <NumberInput label="Min Magnitude" value={env.usgs_quake.min_magnitude ?? 2.5}
+         onChange={(v) => up({ usgs_quake: { ...env.usgs_quake, min_magnitude: v } })}
+         step={0.1} min={0} helper="Native quake magnitude floor" />
+       </div>
+       <NumberListInput label="Bounding Box [W, S, E, N]" value={env.usgs_quake.bbox ?? []}
+        onChange={(v) => up({ usgs_quake: { ...env.usgs_quake, bbox: v } })}
+        helper="Four values: west, south, east, north" />
+      </div>
+     </div>
      <div>
       <div className="text-[10px] font-sans font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-[#666] mb-3">
        Magnitude Thresholds
@@ -1269,6 +1320,8 @@ const save = async () => {
       <TextInput label="Registry URL" value={env.wzdx?.registry_url ?? ''} onChange={(v) => up({ wzdx: { ...env.wzdx!, registry_url: v } })}
        placeholder="https://datahub.transportation.gov/resource/69qe-yiui.json?$limit=200"
        helper="FHWA WZDx Feed Registry (Socrata) URL — lists every state DOT feed" />
+      <NumberInput label="Registry TTL (sec)" value={env.wzdx?.registry_ttl ?? 21600} onChange={(v) => up({ wzdx: { ...env.wzdx!, registry_ttl: v } })}
+       min={0} helper="How often to re-fetch the WZDx registry (default 21600 = 6h)" />
      </>
     )}
     <div className="border-t border-border pt-4 mt-4">
@@ -1432,6 +1485,9 @@ const save = async () => {
        <NumberInput label="TLE Refresh (sec)" value={env.satpass.tle_refresh_seconds}
         onChange={(v) => up({ satpass: { ...env.satpass, tle_refresh_seconds: v } })}
         min={3600} helper="How often to re-fetch TLEs (default 21600 = 6h)" />
+       <NumberInput label="Broadcast Lead (sec)" value={env.satpass.broadcast_lead_seconds ?? 3600}
+        onChange={(v) => up({ satpass: { ...env.satpass, broadcast_lead_seconds: v } })}
+        min={0} helper="How far ahead of a pass to announce" />
       </div>
      </div>
     </div>
@@ -1534,6 +1590,9 @@ const save = async () => {
       <TextInput label="Durable" value={env.central.durable || ""}
             onChange={(v) => up({ central: { ...env.central!, durable: v } })}
             placeholder="meshai-v04" />
+      <NumberInput label="Connect Timeout (sec)" value={env.central.connect_timeout ?? 10}
+            onChange={(v) => up({ central: { ...env.central!, connect_timeout: v } })}
+            step={0.5} min={0} helper="NATS connect timeout for the Central consumer" />
       <TextInput label="Region" value={env.central.region || ""}
             onChange={(v) => up({ central: { ...env.central!, region: v } })}
             placeholder="us.id"
@@ -1568,7 +1627,6 @@ const save = async () => {
       freshness window, and cooldown. Delivery routing (which mesh channels, email, webhook) is
       configured on the <a href="/notifications" className="text-accent hover:underline">Meshtastic Routing</a> and{' '}
       <a href="/meshcore/routing" className="text-accent hover:underline">MeshCore Routing</a> pages.
-      Regions filter is dormant and intentionally hidden.
      </p>
      {notifError && <div className="text-sm text-red-400 bg-red-500/10 p-3">{notifError}</div>}
      {notifSuccess && <div className="text-sm text-green-400 bg-green-500/10 p-3">{notifSuccess}</div>}
@@ -1614,6 +1672,12 @@ const save = async () => {
               helper="0 = no throttle"
              />
             </div>
+            <ListInput
+             label="Regions"
+             value={t.regions ?? []}
+             onChange={(v) => updNotif(key, { regions: v })}
+             helper="Empty = all regions; otherwise only these region names"
+            />
            </div>
           </div>
          )
@@ -1682,6 +1746,50 @@ const save = async () => {
     </>
    )}
 
+   {/* ── Advanced: Geocoder — infra, not a feed ──────────────────────────── */}
+   <details className="group border border-border p-4">
+    <summary className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-medium text-[#e0e0e0] hover:text-white">
+     <ChevronRight size={14} className="group-open:rotate-90 transition-transform" />
+     Advanced: Geocoder
+    </summary>
+    <p className="mt-2 text-xs text-[#666]">
+     Configures the Photon reverse-geocoder used to resolve place names.
+    </p>
+    <div className="mt-4 space-y-3 pl-6 border-l border-border">
+     <TextInput
+      label="Geocoder URL"
+      value={env.geocoder?.url ?? 'https://photon.komoot.io'}
+      onChange={(v) => up({ geocoder: { ...env.geocoder, url: v } })}
+      placeholder="https://photon.komoot.io"
+      helper="Photon geocoding endpoint"
+     />
+     <div className="grid grid-cols-2 gap-3">
+      <NumberInput
+       label="Timeout (s)"
+       value={env.geocoder?.timeout_seconds ?? 2}
+       onChange={(v) => up({ geocoder: { ...env.geocoder, timeout_seconds: v } })}
+       min={0}
+       step={0.5}
+       helper="HTTP timeout per geocode request"
+      />
+      <NumberInput
+       label="Search Radius (km)"
+       value={env.geocoder?.radius_km ?? 80}
+       onChange={(v) => up({ geocoder: { ...env.geocoder, radius_km: v } })}
+       min={0}
+       helper="Bias radius around the configured center for results"
+      />
+      <NumberInput
+       label="Result Limit"
+       value={env.geocoder?.limit ?? 10}
+       onChange={(v) => up({ geocoder: { ...env.geocoder, limit: v } })}
+       min={1}
+       helper="Max candidate results to consider"
+      />
+     </div>
+    </div>
+   </details>
+
    </> /* end curated tab */}
   </div>
  )

work/dashboard-frontend/src/pages/MeshCoreConnection.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
-import { Save, RotateCcw, RefreshCw, Check } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Save, RotateCcw, RefreshCw, Check, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react'
 import { TextInput, NumberInput, Toggle, ListInput } from './Config'
 import { notifyRestartRequired } from '@/components/RestartBanner'
 import { fetchConfig as apiFetchConfig, updateConfig as apiUpdateConfig, getMeshcoreChannels, sendTestMessage } from '@/lib/api'
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ interface ConnectionConfig {
   tcp_port?: number
   meshcore_host?: string
   meshcore_port?: number
+  meshcore_auto_reconnect?: boolean
+  meshcore_max_reconnect_attempts?: number
   [key: string]: unknown
 }
 
@@ -263,6 +265,27 @@ export default function MeshCoreConnection() {
             → Meshtastic connection
           </Link>
         </div>
+        <details className="group">
+          <summary className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm text-slate-400 hover:text-slate-200">
+            <ChevronRight size={14} className="group-open:rotate-90 transition-transform" />
+            Advanced — MeshCore Reconnect
+          </summary>
+          <div className="mt-4 space-y-4 pl-6 border-l border-[#1e2a3a]">
+            <Toggle
+              label="Auto-reconnect (MeshCore)"
+              checked={config.meshcore_auto_reconnect ?? true}
+              onChange={(v) => upd({ meshcore_auto_reconnect: v })}
+              helper="Automatically reconnect to the MeshCore companion if the link drops"
+            />
+            <NumberInput
+              label="Max Reconnect Attempts"
+              value={config.meshcore_max_reconnect_attempts ?? 5}
+              onChange={(v) => upd({ meshcore_max_reconnect_attempts: v })}
+              min={0}
+              helper="Maximum reconnect attempts before giving up (0 = unlimited)"
+            />
+          </div>
+        </details>
       </div>
 
       {/* Bot behavior card — mirrors the Meshtastic Connection page, MeshCore-native */}

work/dashboard-frontend/src/pages/MeshtasticConnection.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react'
-import { Save, RotateCcw, RefreshCw, Check } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Save, RotateCcw, RefreshCw, Check, ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react'
 import { ConnectionSection, TextInput, NumberInput, Toggle, type ConnectionConfig } from './Config'
 import ChannelPicker from '@/components/ChannelPicker'
 import NodePicker from '@/components/NodePicker'
@@ -208,6 +208,53 @@ export default function MeshtasticConnection() {
         <ConnectionSection data={config} onChange={setConfig} />
       </div>
 
+      {/* Advanced — reconnect & packet tuning */}
+      <div className="bg-bg-card border border-border p-6">
+        <details className="group">
+          <summary className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm text-slate-400 hover:text-slate-200">
+            <ChevronRight size={14} className="group-open:rotate-90 transition-transform" />
+            Advanced — Reconnect &amp; Packet Tuning
+          </summary>
+          <div className="mt-4 space-y-4 pl-6 border-l border-[#1e2a3a]">
+            <Toggle
+              label="Auto-reconnect"
+              checked={config.reconnect ?? true}
+              onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, reconnect: v })}
+              helper="Automatically reconnect if the mesh link drops"
+            />
+            <NumberInput
+              label="Reconnect Initial Delay (s)"
+              value={config.reconnect_initial_delay ?? 2}
+              onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, reconnect_initial_delay: v })}
+              min={0}
+              step={0.5}
+              helper="Backoff delay before the first reconnect attempt"
+            />
+            <NumberInput
+              label="Reconnect Max Delay (s)"
+              value={config.reconnect_max_delay ?? 60}
+              onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, reconnect_max_delay: v })}
+              min={0}
+              helper="Ceiling for exponential reconnect backoff"
+            />
+            <NumberInput
+              label="Reconnect Health Interval (s)"
+              value={config.reconnect_health_interval ?? 30}
+              onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, reconnect_health_interval: v })}
+              min={1}
+              helper="How often the socket-probe watchdog checks link health"
+            />
+            <NumberInput
+              label="Mesh Max Chars"
+              value={config.mesh_max_chars ?? 140}
+              onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, mesh_max_chars: v })}
+              min={1}
+              helper="Per-packet character budget for the transport"
+            />
+          </div>
+        </details>
+      </div>
+
       {/* Bot behavior card */}
       {context && bot && (
         <div className="bg-bg-card border border-border p-6 space-y-4">

work/dashboard-frontend/src/pages/Notifications.tsx

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import ChannelPicker from '@/components/ChannelPicker'
 import NodePicker from '@/components/NodePicker'
 import { useDirty } from '@/context/DirtyContext'
 import { ManagedSecret } from '@/components/ManagedSecret'
+import { KeyValueInput } from '../components/KeyValueInput'
 
 // Types
 interface NotificationRuleConfig {
@@ -63,11 +64,18 @@ export interface NotificationToggle {
   webhook_headers: Record<string, string>
 }
 
+export interface DigestConfig {
+  schedule: string
+  include: string[]
+}
+
 export interface NotificationsConfig {
   enabled: boolean
   cold_start_grace_seconds?: number
   band_conditions_enabled?: boolean
   band_conditions_schedule?: string[]
+  band_conditions_tz?: string
+  digest?: DigestConfig
   rules: NotificationRuleConfig[]
   toggles?: Record<string, NotificationToggle>
 }
@@ -1617,7 +1625,9 @@ function mergeMeshtasticAndOtherFields(
   key: string,
 ): NotificationToggle {
   const base: NotificationToggle = fresh ? { ...fresh } : { ...mine, name: key }
-  base.name = base.name || key
+  // Prefer a locally-edited display name; else keep the server's; else default
+  // to the family id. (mine.name is overlaid here so Display Name edits persist.)
+  base.name = mine.name || base.name || key
 
   // Merge severity_channels: keep meshcore_* from fresh, overlay non-meshcore from mine.
   const freshSC = fresh?.severity_channels || {}
@@ -1660,7 +1670,7 @@ function MeshtasticDeliveryGrid({
   onChange: (t: Record<string, NotificationToggle>) => void
 }) {
   const upd = (fam: string, patch: Partial<NotificationToggle>) =>
-    onChange({ ...toggles, [fam]: { ...(toggles[fam] || {}), name: fam, ...patch } as NotificationToggle })
+    onChange({ ...toggles, [fam]: { ...(toggles[fam] || {}), ...patch } as NotificationToggle })
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-3">
@@ -1721,7 +1731,7 @@ function OtherChannelsGrid({
   onChange: (t: Record<string, NotificationToggle>) => void
 }) {
   const upd = (fam: string, patch: Partial<NotificationToggle>) =>
-    onChange({ ...toggles, [fam]: { ...(toggles[fam] || {}), name: fam, ...patch } as NotificationToggle })
+    onChange({ ...toggles, [fam]: { ...(toggles[fam] || {}), ...patch } as NotificationToggle })
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-3">
@@ -1774,6 +1784,29 @@ function OtherChannelsGrid({
                   placeholder="https://..."
                   helper="POST alert as JSON"
                 />
+                <details className="group">
+                  <summary className="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-xs text-slate-400 hover:text-slate-200">
+                    <ChevronRight size={12} className="group-open:rotate-90 transition-transform" />
+                    Advanced
+                  </summary>
+                  <div className="mt-2 space-y-3 pl-4 border-l border-[#1e2a3a]">
+                    <TextInput
+                      label="Display Name"
+                      value={t.name || ''}
+                      onChange={(v) => upd(key, { name: v })}
+                      placeholder={key}
+                      helper="Human-readable label for this alert family (defaults to the family id)"
+                    />
+                    <KeyValueInput
+                      label="Webhook Headers"
+                      value={t.webhook_headers || {}}
+                      onChange={(v) => upd(key, { webhook_headers: v })}
+                      helper="Custom HTTP headers sent with this family's webhook (e.g. Authorization)"
+                      keyPlaceholder="Header"
+                      valuePlaceholder="Value"
+                    />
+                  </div>
+                </details>
               </div>
             </div>
           )
@@ -1858,6 +1891,8 @@ export default function Notifications() {
       const merged: NotificationsConfig = {
         ...fresh,
         enabled: config.enabled,   // global master switch lives on this page
+        band_conditions_tz: config.band_conditions_tz,  // top-level, edited on this page
+        digest: config.digest,     // daily digest schedule/include, edited on this page
         rules: config.rules,       // rules are only edited on this page
         toggles: { ...(fresh.toggles || {}) },
       }
@@ -2245,6 +2280,38 @@ export default function Notifications() {
           info="When disabled, no alerts or scheduled messages will be delivered. Alerts still get recorded to history."
         />
 
+        {/* Band-condition timezone (top-level notification setting) */}
+        <TextInput
+          label="Band Conditions Timezone"
+          value={config.band_conditions_tz ?? 'America/Boise'}
+          onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, band_conditions_tz: v })}
+          placeholder="America/Boise"
+          helper="IANA tz for band-condition slot times, e.g. America/Boise"
+        />
+
+        {/* Daily digest (top-level notification setting) */}
+        {(() => {
+          const digest = config.digest ?? { schedule: '07:00', include: [] }
+          return (
+            <>
+              <TextInput
+                label="Digest Time"
+                value={digest.schedule}
+                onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, digest: { ...digest, schedule: v } })}
+                placeholder="07:00"
+                helper="Daily digest fire time HH:MM"
+              />
+              <ListInput
+                label="Digest Families"
+                value={digest.include}
+                onChange={(v) => setConfig({ ...config, digest: { ...digest, include: v } })}
+                placeholder="Add family..."
+                helper="Notification families to include in the daily digest"
+              />
+            </>
+          )
+        })()}
+
         {/* Meshtastic delivery grids — always visible regardless of master switch */}
         {config.toggles && (
           <>

work/meshai/config.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class BotConfig:
 
     name: str = "ai"
     owner: str = ""
+    contact_email: str = ""
     respond_to_dms: bool = True
     filter_bbs_protocols: bool = True
 

work/meshai/config_loader.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ SECTION_TO_FILE: dict[str, str] = {
 LOCAL_FIELDS: dict[str, str] = {
     "bot.name": "identity.name",
     "bot.owner": "identity.owner",
+    "bot.contact_email": "identity.contact_email",
     "connection.tcp_host": "infrastructure.tcp_host",
     "knowledge.qdrant_host": "infrastructure.qdrant_host",
     "knowledge.tei_host": "infrastructure.tei_host",
@@ -345,6 +346,8 @@ def _merge_local_values(data: dict, local: dict) -> dict:
             data["bot"]["name"] = identity["name"]
         if identity.get("owner"):
             data["bot"]["owner"] = identity["owner"]
+        if identity.get("contact_email"):
+            data["bot"]["contact_email"] = identity["contact_email"]
 
     # Infrastructure hosts
     infra = local.get("infrastructure", {})
@@ -789,9 +792,15 @@ def save_section(
             for i, item in enumerate(data)
         ]
         local_updates = {}
-    else:
+    elif isinstance(data, dict):
         data = check_secrets(data)
         domain_data, local_updates = _extract_local_fields(section_name, data)
+    else:
+        # Scalar section (e.g. the top-level `timezone` string). A bare scalar
+        # can't carry a secret ${VAR} ref or a local-identifying field, so it is
+        # written straight through to its target file (config.yaml) as-is.
+        domain_data = data
+        local_updates = {}
 
     # Load existing target file (v0.6-tail-4: preserve !include directives
     # for inline-section saves to config.yaml; safe_load would crash).

work/meshai/dashboard/api/config_routes.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ RESTART_REQUIRED_SECTIONS = {
 
 # Valid config section names
 VALID_SECTIONS = {
+    "timezone",
     "notifications",
     "environmental",
     "bot",