diff --git a/.claude/CLAUDE.md b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
index e00c45f..88f7760 100644
--- a/.claude/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/.claude/CLAUDE.md
@@ -59,14 +59,20 @@ The native Android app (`ANDROID_PLAN.md`) is a Capacitor 8 wrapper of the `ui`
   On Android **WebView < 140**, `env(safe-area-inset-*)` wrongly reports **0**, so chrome relying on it draws
   under the bars and is untappable: the top nav under the clock, and the game's bottom action bar's **centre**
   button (Hint) under the home-indicator pill (side buttons still work; `navigation_mode`=2 is gesture nav).
-  Fix is CSS-only: Capacitor 8's **SystemBars** plugin (built into `@capacitor/core`, `insetsHandling:'css'`
-  default — no dep, no config) injects correct `--safe-area-inset-*`; consume them as
-  `--tg-safe-*: var(--safe-area-inset-*, env(safe-area-inset-*, 0px))` (`ui/src/app.css`). **Reproduces ONLY on
-  WebView < 140** — an emulator whose WebView auto-updated (Play Store) to ≥140 (e.g. Chrome 149) will NOT
-  show it (env works there), so verify via the injected var, not the visual. **Inspect a live debug WebView**
-  over CDP: `adb forward tcp:9222 localabstract:$(adb shell cat /proc/net/unix | grep -o
-  'webview_devtools_remote_[0-9]*' | head -1)`, then Playwright `chromium.connectOverCDP('http://localhost:9222')`
-  → `page.evaluate` (read `--safe-area-inset-*` vs `env(...)`).
+  Fix is CSS-only, in TWO parts: (1) Capacitor 8's **SystemBars** plugin (built into `@capacitor/core`,
+  `insetsHandling:'css'` default — no dep, no config) injects correct `--safe-area-inset-*`; consume them as
+  `--tg-safe-*: var(--safe-area-inset-*, env(safe-area-inset-*, 0px))` (`ui/src/app.css`) — fixes any consumer
+  that ALREADY applies the token (the bottom bars: `Game.svelte`/`Screen.svelte` `--tg-safe-bottom`).
+  (2) But a consumer that never applied the top inset on the native path is NOT fixed by the token alone — the
+  **header's** top inset was Telegram-fullscreen-scoped only, so the native header sat under the status bar on
+  EVERY WebView; it needed its own `.bar { padding-top: calc(var(--safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 5px) }`
+  (`Header.svelte`, native-only via the plugin var; tg-fullscreen still overrides via specificity). **Measure
+  per element, don't eyeball** — a centred title at y=11 under a 54px bar reads as "fine" in a screenshot but
+  is overlapping; an emulator WebView auto-updated to ≥140 (Chrome 149) also hides the `env()`=0 half (so the
+  BOTTOM looks fine there while the user's < 140 device overlaps). **Inspect a live debug WebView** over CDP:
+  `adb forward tcp:9222 localabstract:$(adb shell cat /proc/net/unix | grep -o 'webview_devtools_remote_[0-9]*'
+  | head -1)`, then Playwright `chromium.connectOverCDP('http://localhost:9222')` → `page.evaluate` (read each
+  element's `getBoundingClientRect().top`, and `--safe-area-inset-*` vs `env(...)`).
 - **`sharp` is whitelisted** in `ui/pnpm-workspace.yaml` (`allowBuilds: sharp: true`) — `@capacitor/assets`
   uses it for `pnpm android:assets` (launcher icon/splash); else pnpm 11 raises `ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS`.
 - **Bundled offline dicts come from the `scrabble-dictionary` release** (`scrabble-dawg-<DICT_VERSION>.tar.gz`,
diff --git a/ANDROID_PLAN.md b/ANDROID_PLAN.md
index d03486b..4d183c8 100644
--- a/ANDROID_PLAN.md
+++ b/ANDROID_PLAN.md
@@ -441,8 +441,10 @@ airplane mode): cold-boot → offline guest lobby, offline vs_ai played end-to-e
 placed "FEZ", the robot replied "NEEDFIRE"), New Game offers both modes. The smoke surfaced a native-chrome
 bug on **Android 15+ edge-to-edge** (WebView < 140 reports `env(safe-area-inset-*)`=0 → the top nav draws
 under the status bar and the game's centre Hint button under the gesture-nav home indicator) — **fixed** by
-consuming the SystemBars core plugin's injected `--safe-area-inset-*` in `app.css` (see `.claude/CLAUDE.md`;
-no dep/config — the plugin ships in `@capacitor/core` v8). Remaining for D: the reconcile-online leg
+consuming the SystemBars core plugin's injected `--safe-area-inset-*`: the bottom via the `--tg-safe-*` token
+(`app.css`), and the header's top inset via a native-only `.bar` rule (`Header.svelte` — its top inset was
+Telegram-fullscreen-scoped only, so the token alone did not reach it). No dep/config (the plugin ships in
+`@capacitor/core` v8); full story in `.claude/CLAUDE.md`. Remaining for D: the reconcile-online leg
 on-device (hits prod — a guest mint) and the deferred local-game-visibility decision (§G). **Verify every
 line ref below against current code.**
 
diff --git a/ui/src/components/Header.svelte b/ui/src/components/Header.svelte
index 3e385f2..c22edad 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/Header.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/components/Header.svelte
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
     align-items: center;
     gap: var(--gap);
     padding: 5px var(--pad);
+    /* Clear the top safe area on the native build: under Android 15+ edge-to-edge the WebView draws
+       behind the status bar, so the header row must drop below it. --safe-area-inset-top is injected by
+       the Capacitor SystemBars plugin (native only — unset, so 0, on web / PWA / Telegram / VK, which do
+       not draw behind our header). Telegram fullscreen overrides this with its own nav-band rule below. */
+    padding-top: calc(var(--safe-area-inset-top, 0px) + 5px);
   }
   h1 {
     font-size: 1.05rem;