diff --git a/ANDROID_PLAN.md b/ANDROID_PLAN.md
index fb6b6f9..109ce24 100644
--- a/ANDROID_PLAN.md
+++ b/ANDROID_PLAN.md
@@ -163,7 +163,17 @@ Kept current as parts land so a fresh session resumes without re-deriving. Verif
   - **Delivery:** `actions/upload-artifact@v4` (assumes Gitea 1.26 artifact support — verify at the §G dispatch).
     Secrets to set before a **signed** build (§G / publication): `ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64`,
     `ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD`, `ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS`, `ANDROID_KEY_PASSWORD`.
-- **F–G — pending.**
+- **F. Docs — ✅ DONE (2026-07-12).** Baked the Android work into the live docs: `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` §2
+  (the client-version gate + the frozen wire contract + the gate × offline rule), §3 (the local-guest /
+  server-guest / reconciliation identity model) and §13 (the native Capacitor build — bundle model, bundled
+  dicts, `versionCode` scheme, `file://` origin, RuStore); `docs/FUNCTIONAL.md` (+ `_ru` mirror) a new **Native
+  app (Android)** domain (offline-first guest launch, email soft-registration, no TG/VK login, hidden
+  purchases, update-required); `docs/TESTING.md` (the `clientver`/gate Go tests, the `native`/`update` e2e +
+  the `retry` mapping, and the manual **on-device Android smoke checklist**); `deploy/README.md` (the
+  `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` var + the wire-break bump discipline + the Android build/release runbook —
+  keystore, secrets, dispatch, RuStore upload); `ui/README.md` (the native `VITE_*` build vars). Every
+  referenced test file was confirmed to exist.
+- **G — pending.**
 
 Open logistics (not code): **mandatory icon rebrand (future)** — author ONE vector master and generate
 *every* icon from it (web `favicon.svg` / PWA `icon-*` / maskable, Android adaptive, future iOS). Today
@@ -655,7 +665,7 @@ Wire in `ui/android/app/build.gradle` `defaultConfig`:
 (`> Value is null`). The signing block attaches only when `ANDROID_KEYSTORE_FILE` exists, so a keyless
 `assembleRelease` (and every `assembleDebug`) builds UNSIGNED instead of failing.
 
-### F. Docs (bake in the same PR)
+### F. Docs (bake in the same PR) — ✅ DONE
 
 - `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`: §2 Transport — the client-version gate + the **frozen wire contract** +
   the gate×offline rule. New sections — the **identity model** (local guest / server guest /
diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md
index 07833c1..9b4e523 100644
--- a/deploy/README.md
+++ b/deploy/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ without it Docker's resolver handles `otelcol`, `gateway` and `api.telegram.org`
 | `GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED` | variable | `false` | Enable the community IP blocklist at the edge (prod-only, same real-client-IP reason as the ban). Requires `GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_URL`. Opt-in via `PROD_GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_ENABLED` after verifying the feed. |
 | `GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_URL` | variable | _(empty)_ | The curated CIDR feed to fetch (Spamhaus DROP). Required when enabled; refreshed every few hours and dropped fail-open once stale (48h). `PROD_GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_URL`. |
 | `GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_ALLOW` | variable | _(empty)_ | Comma-separated never-block set (CIDRs / bare IPs — own infra, monitoring) the feed can never block. `PROD_GATEWAY_BLOCKLIST_ALLOW`. |
+| `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` | variable | _(empty)_ | Minimum client build the gateway will serve — the native client-version gate (ARCHITECTURE.md §2). Empty ⇒ **dormant** (every build served, the web default). Set it to the release `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` in the **same** rollout that ships an incompatible wire change, so an older bundled APK is turned away with an *update required* signal instead of failing blind. Validated at load; a non-empty unparseable value fails startup. |
 | `VITE_GATEWAY_URL` | variable | _(empty)_ | UI build-arg: gateway origin; empty = same-origin (the usual single-origin deploy). |
 | `SMTP_RELAY_HOST` | variable (shared) | _(empty)_ | Selectel SMTP relay host for confirm-code email. Empty leaves the backend on the log mailer (email disabled) — the contour still boots. One relay for every contour (limit 100 msgs / 5 min). |
 | `SMTP_RELAY_PORT` | variable (shared) | `465` | Relay port. No client certificate is needed (the server cert is validated against the system roots). |
@@ -236,6 +237,32 @@ redeploy the matching old tag. This dump is a belt-and-braces net for a bad migr
 **point-in-time recovery** (below) is the primary recovery path once armed, and the only one
 that survives losing the host.
 
+## Android app build & release (RuStore)
+
+The standalone Android app is built by a **manual** workflow, never automatically, and is separate from the
+web/prod rollout — a signed APK uploaded to RuStore by hand. Full plan: [`../ANDROID_PLAN.md`](../ANDROID_PLAN.md).
+
+- **Trigger:** `Actions → android-build → Run workflow` from **`master`**, input `confirm=build` (mirrors
+  `prod-deploy`). **Tag the release first** (`git tag vX.Y.Z` on `master`) — the workflow refuses anything
+  but a clean `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` and derives `versionCode = MA*1_000_000 + MI*1_000 + PA`,
+  `versionName = MA.MI.PA`. Watch it green with `python3 ~/.claude/bin/gitea-ci-watch.py`.
+- **Output:** a `release APK` run artifact — **signed** when the signing secrets are present, an
+  **unsigned** release APK otherwise (a dry run still proves the pipeline).
+- **Runner (host-executor):** JDK 21 comes from `setup-java`; the **Android SDK is host-provisioned** —
+  install it once (`sdkmanager 'platform-tools' 'platforms;android-36' 'build-tools;36.0.0'`) and grant the
+  `runner` user read+exec (`sudo chmod -R a+rX /opt/android-sdk`). Override the path with the
+  `ANDROID_SDK_DIR` variable. The workflow's `Verify the host Android SDK` step fails fast with the fix if
+  the SDK is missing or unreadable.
+- **Release keystore** (create once, **back up off-host** — losing it means the app can never be updated):
+  `keytool -genkeypair -v -keystore erudit-release.jks -alias erudit -keyalg RSA -keysize 4096 -validity 10000`,
+  then set the Gitea **secrets** `ANDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64` (`base64 -w0 erudit-release.jks`),
+  `ANDROID_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD`, `ANDROID_KEY_ALIAS`, `ANDROID_KEY_PASSWORD`. Set the `ANDROID_RUSTORE_URL`
+  variable to the store listing once published (empty until then — the in-app update button no-ops).
+- **Wire-break discipline:** the prod deploy that ships an incompatible wire change **also** bumps
+  `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` to that release (see Optional variables), so an old installed APK is turned
+  away cleanly instead of failing blind.
+- **Upload:** download the artifact and upload it to RuStore by hand (no automated RuStore-API upload in the MVP).
+
 ## Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
 
 The main host archives Postgres continuously with **pgBackRest** to **Selectel S3**
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 75723cb..6aeac0f 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -140,6 +140,30 @@ dropped). Horizontal scaling is explicit future work.
   (your-turn, opponent-moved, chat, nudge). The gateway bridges them to the
   client's in-app stream while the app is open. Out-of-app delivery uses
   platform-native push via the platform side-service.
+- **Client-version gate** (native long-tail protection): a bundled native install (§13) can be
+  arbitrarily old, so the client stamps its build into an **`X-Client-Version`** request header (the app
+  version from `pkg/version` / `__APP_VERSION__`), read by the gateway **before it decodes the FlatBuffers
+  payload**. The version rides the **outermost stable layer** — an HTTP header, never the FBS payload —
+  because protobuf envelopes and headers are version-tolerant by design while the FBS payload is the layer
+  that breaks. Enforcement is **per-call, not a Hello RPC**: `Execute` and `Subscribe` compare the header to
+  `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` at the top (before registry lookup / auth / decode), so the first online call
+  an app makes is already gated. A too-old client gets the domain envelope `result_code = "update_required"`
+  (HTTP 200) on `Execute` and `CodeFailedPrecondition` on `Subscribe`, and makes **zero** successful
+  requests. The gate **fails open** (an absent or unparseable header passes) and is **dormant** until
+  `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` is deliberately set (empty ⇒ off, so web behaviour is unchanged). The client
+  raises a terminal *update* overlay — native → the store listing (`VITE_RUSTORE_URL`), web → reload.
+- **Frozen wire contract** (so any build, however old, can always recognise "update required"): three
+  things are permanent — (1) the protobuf envelope field numbers in `edge.proto` are never renumbered or
+  reused; (2) the `update_required` sentinel — the `result_code` string **and** the `FailedPrecondition`
+  code — never changes; (3) the FBS schema stays **additive** (append trailing fields; `(deprecated)`, never
+  delete — deleting shifts field IDs and breaks older readers). A breaking wire change happens only *inside*
+  the FBS payload, which is exactly what the gate guards. **Deploy discipline:** the production rollout that
+  ships an incompatible wire change **also** bumps `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` to that release, in the same
+  rollout (see [`../deploy/README.md`](../deploy/README.md)).
+- **Gate × offline** (UX rule): deliberate offline uses the network kill switch, so the gate never fires
+  while playing offline — an old install can always play local vs_ai / hotseat. The terminal *update*
+  overlay is raised **only on a user-initiated online action**; the silent background guest reconciliation
+  (§3) swallows an `update_required` and stays a local guest rather than interrupting local play.
 
 ## 3. Authentication & sessions
 
@@ -224,6 +248,19 @@ arrive from a platform rather than completing a mandatory registration).
   `BACKEND_GUEST_REAP_INTERVAL` sweep, so transient guest rows do not accumulate.
   Platform and email users are auto-provisioned **durable** accounts with an
   identity.
+- **Local guest vs. server guest** (native offline-first, §13). The **native** app splits the local-play
+  identity from the server account. A **local guest** is device-local with **no DB row**: a device-generated
+  id + the localized default name (*Guest* / *Гость*) persisted on the device, existing from the very first
+  launch with no network. It fills the human seat in a local vs_ai game and is the "you" for device-local
+  games; a purely-offline user never consumes a server row. The **server guest** is the durable `is_guest`
+  row above — minted **lazily** via `auth.guest` the first time the app reaches the network, its session
+  cached and reused (exactly one per device, guarded by the cached session so it never double-mints). It
+  unlocks online features (matchmaking, friends). **Reconciliation:** on gaining network with no server
+  session the native app silently `auth.guest`s in the background and adopts it — best-effort, swallowing an
+  `update_required` to stay a local guest rather than interrupting play (the gate × offline rule, §2).
+  **Local games stay device-only** (both local vs_ai and hotseat persist only on the device); an identity
+  transition never migrates them. Web/PWA/Telegram/VK are unchanged — they have no local guest and keep the
+  prior online-session rule.
 
 > **Decision (2026-06-20) — single bot, preference-based variant gating.** The former
 > two-bot model (one bot per service language, with `accounts.service_language`, a
@@ -1468,6 +1505,24 @@ Two contours, two secret/variable prefixes (`TEST_` / `PROD_`):
   client IPs). The `vpn`+`bot` pair is gated to a `telegram-local` compose profile the test
   contour activates; the prod main host omits it.
 
+**Native Android build (Capacitor).** The SPA is also packaged as a standalone **Android app** (Capacitor 8,
+appId `ru.eruditgame.app`, "Эрудит"; minSdk 24, compile/targetSdk 36, JDK 21), first for **RuStore**. It is
+a **bundle** model — the WebView loads the packaged `dist/` from app assets (**no `server.url`**), so there
+is no OTA: updates ship through the store, and the **client-version gate** (§2) turns away a build too old to
+speak the current wire contract. Because the packaged origin is `file://`, the native build talks to an
+**absolute** gateway origin (`VITE_GATEWAY_URL` = the production origin; `lib/origin.ts` centralises how absolute URLs are built), and the service worker is skipped (the bundle is
+the cache). It is **offline-first**:
+`ui/scripts/bundle-dicts.mjs` copies the versioned `scrabble-dictionary` release DAWGs into
+`dist/dict/<variant>@<version>.dawg` (keyed on `VITE_DICT_VERSION`), so a cold first launch with no network
+enters as a **local guest** (§3) and plays local vs_ai / hotseat from the bundled dictionaries. Purchases are
+hidden in the MVP (`VITE_PAYMENTS_DISABLED`). The APK is built by a **manual** `workflow_dispatch` workflow
+(`.gitea/workflows/android-build.yaml`, from `master`, `confirm=build`) that builds the native SPA, bundles
+the dicts, and assembles a **release APK** artifact — signed when the `ANDROID_KEYSTORE_*` secrets are
+present, unsigned otherwise. `versionCode`/`versionName` are deterministic from the release tag `vMA.MI.PA`
+(`versionCode = MA*1_000_000 + MI*1_000 + PA`, `versionName = "MA.MI.PA"`). The runner is a host-executor
+with a host-provisioned Android SDK; RuStore upload is manual. Full plan + runbook:
+[`../ANDROID_PLAN.md`](../ANDROID_PLAN.md), [`../deploy/README.md`](../deploy/README.md).
+
 ## 14. CI & branches
 
 - **Two long-lived branches**: **`development`** is the integration
diff --git a/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md b/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
index 5da59fe..ac83c50 100644
--- a/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
+++ b/docs/FUNCTIONAL.md
@@ -314,6 +314,19 @@ itself. A self-entered offline is temporary: it reverts to online the moment the
 the next launch re-checks. A **deliberate** offline — the Settings toggle, or **Switch** in that
 dialog — is the player's choice: it is kept, and never undone automatically.
 
+### Native app (Android)
+The game also ships as a standalone **Android app** (first on **RuStore**), a packaged build of the same
+client. Everything it needs is bundled, so it opens with **no network**: a first launch offline drops you
+straight into the lobby as a **guest** (no sign-in wall) and you can play right away — against the robot, or
+a **pass-and-play** game with friends on one device — using the dictionaries shipped inside the app. When the
+network is available the app quietly establishes a guest in the background and online features (random
+opponents, friends, statistics) light up without interrupting play; local games you started offline stay on
+the device. To keep a durable account you sign in with **email** from Profile (the guest becomes your
+account); Telegram and VK sign-in are not offered in the native app. In-app purchases are hidden in this
+first release. Because an installed app can be far older than the server, a build that is **too old** to talk
+to the current server shows a single, non-dismissable *update* screen whose button opens the store listing —
+this appears only on an online action, never while you are playing offline.
+
 ### Social: friends, block, chat, nudge
 Become friends in two ways: redeem a **one-time code** the other player issues (six
 digits, valid for twelve hours), or send a **request to someone you have played
diff --git a/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md b/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
index c39dd0c..fd41093 100644
--- a/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
+++ b/docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md
@@ -321,6 +321,20 @@ e-mail) либо ввод фразы. Активные игры форфейтя
 следующий запуск проверяет заново. **Осознанный** офлайн — тумблер в Настройках или **Включить** в том
 диалоге — это выбор игрока: он сохраняется и никогда не отменяется автоматически.
 
+### Нативное приложение (Android)
+Игра также выходит как отдельное **приложение для Android** (сначала в **RuStore**) — упакованная сборка
+того же клиента. Всё необходимое встроено, поэтому оно открывается **без сети**: первый запуск офлайн сразу
+открывает лобби как **гость** (без экрана входа), и можно играть немедленно — против робота или в игру **по
+очереди на одном устройстве** (pass-and-play) с друзьями — используя словари, вшитые в приложение. Когда сеть
+доступна, приложение тихо заводит гостя в фоне, и онлайн-возможности (случайные соперники, друзья,
+статистика) включаются, не прерывая игру; локальные игры, начатые офлайн, остаются на устройстве. Чтобы
+сохранить постоянный аккаунт, вход выполняется по **email** из Профиля (гость становится вашим аккаунтом);
+вход через Telegram и VK в нативном приложении не предлагается. Встроенные покупки в этом первом релизе
+скрыты. Поскольку установленное приложение может быть намного старше сервера, сборка, которая **слишком
+стара** для общения с текущим сервером, показывает единственный несбрасываемый экран *обновления*, кнопка
+которого открывает страницу в магазине — он появляется только при онлайн-действии, никогда во время
+офлайн-игры.
+
 ### Социальное: друзья, блок, чат, nudge
 Подружиться можно двумя способами: погасить **одноразовый код**, который выпускает
 другой игрок (шесть цифр, действует двенадцать часов), либо отправить **заявку
diff --git a/docs/TESTING.md b/docs/TESTING.md
index 14c0eca..8419e7f 100644
--- a/docs/TESTING.md
+++ b/docs/TESTING.md
@@ -31,7 +31,20 @@ tests or touching CI.
   build's `/e2edict/`, copied in by `scripts/e2e-dict.mjs` from `E2E_DICT_DIR` — the `ui`
   CI job fetches the `scrabble-dictionary` release like the Go jobs; locally it defaults to
   the sibling `scrabble-solver/dawg`. These dawgs are never committed and never enter the
-  production build.
+  production build. The **native offline-first** spec (`e2e/native.spec.ts`) injects
+  `window.androidBridge` (so `@capacitor/core` resolves the platform to `android` — a bare
+  `Capacitor.getPlatform` stub is clobbered by the core shim), then asserts a no-session cold boot lands
+  in the **offline guest lobby** (not `/login`), plays a local vs_ai move from the **bundled** dawg tier
+  (`playwright.config.ts` bundles the dicts into `dist-e2e/dict/`), starts a hotseat game, and drives
+  `window.__native.reconcile()` to prove online lights up and Profile hides the Telegram/VK link buttons.
+  The **update overlay** spec (`e2e/update.spec.ts`) drives the `__update` hook to prove the terminal
+  update cover; `retry.test.ts` covers the `FailedPrecondition → update_required` mapping.
+- **Client-version gate** (Go) — `gateway/internal/clientver` unit-tests the `v?MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` parse
+  (with/without `v`, a `-N-gSHA` suffix, `dev`/empty ⇒ !ok) and ordering; `connectsrv`'s server tests
+  assert a too-old `Execute` returns `result_code = "update_required"` (and the op handler never ran), a
+  too-old `Subscribe` returns `FailedPrecondition`, and an absent header / empty min / unparseable header
+  / equal version all pass (fail-open); `config` tests reject a non-empty, unparseable
+  `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION`.
 - **Render sidecar** — `renderer/` (Node + skia-canvas executing the shared
   `ui/src/lib/gameimage.ts`) carries a `node --test` smoke: the committed fixture (a
   real self-played 35-move game) must rasterize to a plausible PNG
@@ -175,6 +188,16 @@ tests or touching CI.
   `inttest` drives the **feedback lifecycle** end to end: the guest / ban / pending gates, the reply
   read + one-week visibility window, the account-role grant/revoke, and the admin queue filters with
   delete / delete-all. The admin-console render test renders the feedback list + detail pages.
+- **Native Android (manual on-device smoke)** — the packaged APK is verified by hand on a device /
+  emulator before release (the automated e2e covers the offline-first logic; WebView-specific chrome and
+  store behaviour are not reproducible in Playwright). Checklist: installs and cold-launches; in
+  **airplane mode** the cold launch lands in the **guest lobby**; play a local **vs_ai** move and a
+  **2-player hotseat** game with no network; the hardware **Back** button navigates then exits at the
+  root; a share / export link resolves to `erudit-game.ru` (not `file://`); turning the **network on**
+  lights up online play (a server guest is established); Profile offers **email** sign-in but no
+  Telegram / VK link; and with `GATEWAY_MIN_CLIENT_VERSION` bumped above the build, an online action
+  raises the terminal **update** overlay. Measure native chrome (safe-area / edge-to-edge) by CDP, not by
+  eyeballing a screenshot — an emulator WebView may be newer than a user's device (see `.claude/CLAUDE.md`).
 
 ## Principles
 
diff --git a/ui/README.md b/ui/README.md
index 87727a6..d3c71c4 100644
--- a/ui/README.md
+++ b/ui/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ enables the "Link Telegram" web sign-in (the Login Widget) — inert until the s
 domain is registered with BotFather (`/setdomain`); `VITE_TELEGRAM_LINK` is the
 friend-invite Mini App link for the single bot (full URL `https://t.me/<bot>/<app>`).
 `VITE_TELEGRAM_GAME_CHANNEL_NAME` is the "Play in Telegram" link shown on the landing page.
+The **native (Capacitor) build** additionally reads `VITE_DICT_VERSION` (the bundled-dictionary version
+the offline path requests, matching the packaged DAWGs), `VITE_PAYMENTS_DISABLED=1` (hide in-app purchases
+in the RuStore MVP), `VITE_RUSTORE_URL` (the update overlay's store target; empty until published) and
+`VITE_APP_VERSION` (`git describe --tags` → the `X-Client-Version` gate header) — all wired by
+`.gitea/workflows/android-build.yaml`; see `ANDROID_PLAN.md`.
 
 The build has **two entries**: the game SPA (`index.html`, served at `/app/` and
 `/telegram/`) and a lightweight landing page (`landing.html`, served at `/`).