diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/+page.svelte
index 7f04dfbf..acec5dec 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/+page.svelte
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
   const quarantineCount = $derived(quarantine.data?.length ?? 0);
   const lidarrConnected = $derived(config.data?.enabled === true);
 
+  // A tile whose query failed shows a dash, not 0: a failed load must not
+  // read as an all-clear (#5604).
+  function tile(q: { isPending: boolean; isError: boolean }, n: number): string {
+    return q.isPending || q.isError ? '—' : String(n);
+  }
+
   const requestPreview = $derived(
     (requests.data ?? []).slice(0, PREVIEW_LIMIT)
   );
@@ -110,6 +116,9 @@
   // ---- Action handlers ----
   async function invalidateRequests() {
     await Promise.all([
+      // An approved request becomes a want, so the Collection's lists and
+      // counts change too (#5604).
+      client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['adminWants'] }),
       client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.adminRequests('pending') }),
       client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.adminRequests('approved') }),
       client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.adminRequests('rejected') }),
@@ -265,14 +274,14 @@
       class="block rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface p-5 transition-colors hover:bg-surface-hover"
     >
       <div class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Pending requests</div>
-      <div class="font-display mt-1 text-3xl font-medium text-text-primary">{pendingCount}</div>
+      <div class="font-display mt-1 text-3xl font-medium text-text-primary" data-testid="tile-requests">{tile(requests, pendingCount)}</div>
     </a>
     <a
       href="/admin/quarantine"
       class="block rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface p-5 transition-colors hover:bg-surface-hover"
     >
       <div class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Quarantined tracks</div>
-      <div class="font-display mt-1 text-3xl font-medium text-text-primary">{quarantineCount}</div>
+      <div class="font-display mt-1 text-3xl font-medium text-text-primary" data-testid="tile-quarantine">{tile(quarantine, quarantineCount)}</div>
     </a>
     <a
       href="/admin/integrations"
@@ -280,7 +289,7 @@
     >
       <div class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Lidarr</div>
       <div class="font-display mt-1 text-2xl font-medium text-text-primary">
-        {lidarrConnected ? 'Connected' : 'Unset'}
+        {config.isError ? '—' : lidarrConnected ? 'Connected' : 'Unset'}
       </div>
     </a>
   </div>
@@ -296,6 +305,11 @@
 
     {#if requests.isPending}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Loading…</p>
+    {:else if requests.isError}
+      <p class="text-sm text-error-fg" data-testid="requests-error">
+        Couldn't load the requests.
+        <button type="button" class="underline hover:no-underline" onclick={() => requests.refetch()}>Try again</button>
+      </p>
     {:else if requestPreview.length === 0}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">No pending requests.</p>
     {:else}
@@ -529,6 +543,11 @@
 
     {#if quarantine.isPending}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">Loading…</p>
+    {:else if quarantine.isError}
+      <p class="text-sm text-error-fg" data-testid="quarantine-error">
+        Couldn't load the quarantine.
+        <button type="button" class="underline hover:no-underline" onclick={() => quarantine.refetch()}>Try again</button>
+      </p>
     {:else if quarantinePreview.length === 0}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">No quarantined tracks.</p>
     {:else}
@@ -568,6 +587,9 @@
             >
               <Trash2 size={14} strokeWidth={1.5} /> {fileArmed ? 'Confirm?' : 'Delete file'}
             </button>
+            <!-- Only for an album Lidarr holds, while Lidarr is connected; a
+                 local-only track has nothing for Lidarr to remove (#5604). -->
+            {#if lidarrConnected && row.lidarr_album_mbid}
             <button
               type="button"
               onclick={() => onDeleteLidarr(row)}
@@ -578,6 +600,7 @@
             >
               <Cloud size={14} strokeWidth={1.5} /> {lidarrArmed ? 'Confirm?' : 'Delete via Lidarr'}
             </button>
+            {/if}
             <a
               href="/admin/quarantine"
               aria-label="Open in quarantine queue"
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/admin.test.ts b/web/src/routes/admin/admin.test.ts
index 2ec14f48..39ebffe5 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/admin.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/admin.test.ts
@@ -221,8 +221,9 @@ describe('admin Overview page', () => {
     setupOverview({
       quarantine: [
         { track_id: 't1', track_title: 'Roygbiv', artist_name: 'BoC',
-          album_title: 'Geogaddi', report_count: 1, reports: [] }
-      ]
+          album_title: 'Geogaddi', lidarr_album_mbid: 'rg-1', report_count: 1, reports: [] }
+      ],
+      lidarr: { enabled: true }
     });
     render(OverviewPage);
     await fireEvent.click(
@@ -235,6 +236,43 @@ describe('admin Overview page', () => {
     expect(deleteQuarantineViaLidarr).toHaveBeenCalledWith('t1');
   });
 
+  test('Delete via Lidarr is offered only for an album Lidarr holds, while Lidarr is connected', async () => {
+    const local = { track_id: 't1', track_title: 'Dial Tone', artist_name: 'Annadale',
+      album_title: 'Dial Tone', lidarr_album_mbid: null, report_count: 1, reports: [] };
+    const held = { track_id: 't2', track_title: 'Roygbiv', artist_name: 'BoC',
+      album_title: 'Geogaddi', lidarr_album_mbid: 'rg-1', report_count: 1, reports: [] };
+    setupOverview({ quarantine: [local, held], lidarr: { enabled: false } });
+    render(OverviewPage);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /delete via lidarr/i })).toBeNull();
+    cleanup();
+
+    setupOverview({ quarantine: [local, held], lidarr: { enabled: true } });
+    render(OverviewPage);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /delete via lidarr dial tone/i })).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /delete via lidarr roygbiv/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('a queue that fails to load says so, with Try again, and its tile shows a dash, not 0', async () => {
+    const refetch = vi.fn();
+    (createAdminRequestsQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(
+      mockQuery({ isError: true, error: new Error('boom'), refetch })
+    );
+    (createAdminQuarantineQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(
+      mockQuery({ isError: true, error: new Error('boom') })
+    );
+    (createLidarrConfigQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(
+      mockQuery({ data: { enabled: false } })
+    );
+    render(OverviewPage);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/no pending requests/i)).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText(/no quarantined tracks/i)).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('tile-requests').textContent).toBe('—');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('tile-quarantine').textContent).toBe('—');
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('requests-error').textContent).toMatch(/couldn't load the requests/i);
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getAllByRole('button', { name: /try again/i })[0]);
+    expect(refetch).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   test('"View all" link surfaces only when count exceeds the preview limit', async () => {
     // 6 requests > limit of 5; quarantine empty.
     const six = Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, i) => ({
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/+page.svelte
index 35f39834..a9506f99 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/+page.svelte
@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@
 
           <ul class="divide-y divide-border">
             {#each group.members as m (m.track_id)}
-              {@const keep = m.track_id === group.survivor_track_id}
+              {@const keep = keeperOf(group) === m.track_id}
+              {@const proposed = m.track_id === group.survivor_track_id}
               <li class="flex items-start gap-3 px-4 py-3" data-testid="duplicate-member">
                 <input
                   type="radio"
@@ -446,14 +447,15 @@
                   <div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
                     <span class="truncate text-sm text-text-primary">{m.title}</span>
                     {#if keep}
-                      <!-- The proposed copy to keep, with the rule that chose it.
-                           A default the merge will let the operator override. -->
+                      <!-- The copy the merge will keep: the proposed one with the
+                           rule that chose it, or the one the operator picked. The
+                           badge follows the pick, as the merge does (#5604). -->
                       <span
                         class="shrink-0 rounded-full bg-accent-tint px-2 py-0.5 text-xs text-accent-fg"
                         data-testid="survivor-badge"
-                        title="Proposed to keep: {group.survivor_reason}"
+                        title={proposed ? `Proposed to keep: ${group.survivor_reason}` : 'Your pick'}
                       >
-                        Keep · {group.survivor_reason}
+                        Keep · {proposed ? group.survivor_reason : 'your pick'}
                       </span>
                     {/if}
                   </div>
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/duplicates.test.ts b/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/duplicates.test.ts
index 1060fca1..38b55ba2 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/duplicates.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/duplicates/duplicates.test.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,15 @@ describe('admin duplicates', () => {
     expect(rows[1].querySelector('[data-testid="survivor-badge"]')).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  test('picking another copy moves the keep badge to it', async () => {
+    renderWith(response());
+    const rows = screen.getAllByTestId('duplicate-member');
+    await fireEvent.click(rows[1].querySelector('input[type="radio"]') as HTMLInputElement);
+    const after = screen.getAllByTestId('duplicate-member');
+    expect(after[0].querySelector('[data-testid="survivor-badge"]')).toBeNull();
+    expect(text(after[1].querySelector('[data-testid="survivor-badge"]') as HTMLElement)).toBe('Keep · your pick');
+  });
+
   test('an acoustic group reads as a match percentage', () => {
     const r = response();
     r.groups[0] = { ...r.groups[0], tier: 'acoustic', worst_bit_error_rate: 0.04 };
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/+page.svelte
index 3095e4cf..57f0ab72 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/+page.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     type SMTPConfig
   } from '#lib/api/admin.js';
   import { qk } from '#lib/api/queries.js';
-  import { errCode } from '#lib/api/errors.js';
+  import { errCode, errMessage } from '#lib/api/errors.js';
   import { pushToast } from '#lib/stores/toast.svelte.js';
   import Modal from '#lib/components/Modal.svelte';
   import AcoustIDCard from '#lib/components/AcoustIDCard.svelte';
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@
         testRootFolders = result.root_folders ?? [];
         testListErrors = result.list_errors ?? {};
       }
+    } catch (e) {
+      // A test that can't reach the server says so, rather than leaving
+      // the button to stop spinning with nothing said (#5604).
+      testResult = { ok: false, error: errMessage(e) };
     } finally {
       isTesting = false;
     }
@@ -272,8 +276,8 @@
       if (result.version_bumped) {
         await client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.coverage() });
       }
-    } catch (_e) {
-      // Error display is handled inline via saveError pattern; swallow here.
+    } catch (e) {
+      pushToast(`Couldn't save ${provider.display_name}: ${errMessage(e)}`, 'error');
     } finally {
       coverSaving[provider.id] = false;
     }
@@ -328,8 +332,8 @@
       const result = await updateTagProvider(provider.id, patch);
       tagLocalState[provider.id] = { enabled: result.enabled, apiKey: '' };
       await client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.tagProviders() });
-    } catch (_e) {
-      // Inline error surfacing handled by the mutation toast layer; swallow here.
+    } catch (e) {
+      pushToast(`Couldn't save ${provider.display_name}: ${errMessage(e)}`, 'error');
     } finally {
       tagSaving[provider.id] = false;
     }
@@ -359,10 +363,17 @@
   let smtpSaving = $state(false);
   let smtpTesting = $state(false);
 
+  // The form is filled from the saved config once, when it first loads,
+  // and again after a save. Re-filling on every refetch threw away edits
+  // in progress, and until a load succeeds the form holds defaults, so
+  // Save stays off then: saving it would write those defaults over the
+  // real config (#5604).
+  let smtpLoaded = $state(false);
   $effect(() => {
-    if (smtpQ.data) {
-      smtpForm = smtpQ.data;
+    if (smtpQ.data && !smtpLoaded) {
+      smtpForm = { ...smtpQ.data };
       smtpPasswordInput = '';
+      smtpLoaded = true;
     }
   });
 
@@ -370,6 +381,7 @@
     smtpSaving = true;
     try {
       await updateSMTPConfig({ ...smtpForm, password: smtpPasswordInput });
+      smtpLoaded = false;
       await client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.smtpConfig() });
       smtpPasswordInput = '';
       pushToast('SMTP config saved.');
@@ -390,7 +402,7 @@
     } catch (e: unknown) {
       const code = errCode(e);
       const message = (e as { message?: string })?.message;
-      if (code === 'no_email_on_file') pushToast('Set your email in /settings before testing.', 'error');
+      if (code === 'no_email_on_file') pushToast('Set your email in Settings › Account before testing.', 'error');
       else if (code === 'not_configured') pushToast('Save the SMTP config first.', 'error');
       else if (code === 'send_failed') pushToast(`Send failed: ${message || 'see server logs'}`, 'error');
       else pushToast(`Test failed: ${code}`, 'error');
@@ -431,8 +443,9 @@
     <div>
       <h3 class="font-display text-lg font-medium text-text-primary">Lidarr</h3>
       <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-text-secondary">
-        Route approved requests from <span class="font-mono text-accent-fg">/discover</span>
-        to Lidarr. Search itself now asks MusicBrainz.
+        Optional. Approved requests go on Minstrel's own wanted list; a connected Lidarr is
+        still used to search for a cleaner copy of a suspect album, to remove an album through
+        it, and to stop monitoring tracks you remove.
       </p>
     </div>
 
@@ -650,6 +663,11 @@
       {/each}
     {:else if coverProvidersQ.isPending}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-muted">Loading…</p>
+    {:else if coverProvidersQ.isError}
+      <p class="text-sm text-error-fg" data-testid="cover-providers-error">
+        Couldn't load the cover art providers.
+        <button type="button" class="underline hover:no-underline" onclick={() => coverProvidersQ.refetch()}>Try again</button>
+      </p>
     {:else}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-muted">No providers registered.</p>
     {/if}
@@ -752,6 +770,11 @@
       {/each}
     {:else if tagProvidersQ.isPending}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-muted">Loading…</p>
+    {:else if tagProvidersQ.isError}
+      <p class="text-sm text-error-fg" data-testid="tag-providers-error">
+        Couldn't load the tag providers.
+        <button type="button" class="underline hover:no-underline" onclick={() => tagProvidersQ.refetch()}>Try again</button>
+      </p>
     {:else}
       <p class="text-sm text-text-muted">No providers registered.</p>
     {/if}
@@ -766,6 +789,13 @@
       </p>
     </div>
 
+    {#if smtpQ.isError && !smtpLoaded}
+      <p class="text-sm text-error-fg" data-testid="smtp-error">
+        Couldn't load the email settings, so they can't be saved yet.
+        <button type="button" class="underline hover:no-underline" onclick={() => smtpQ.refetch()}>Try again</button>
+      </p>
+    {/if}
+
     <label class="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
       <input type="checkbox" bind:checked={smtpForm.enabled} />
       Enabled
@@ -807,7 +837,7 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="flex items-center gap-2 pt-2">
-      <button type="button" disabled={smtpSaving} onclick={onSaveSMTP}
+      <button type="button" disabled={smtpSaving || !smtpLoaded} onclick={onSaveSMTP}
               class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-action-primary px-3 py-1.5 text-sm text-action-fg disabled:opacity-50">
         {smtpSaving ? 'Saving…' : 'Save'}
       </button>
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/integrations.test.ts b/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/integrations.test.ts
index b326a93d..0c94f567 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/integrations.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/integrations/integrations.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor, within, cleanup } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockQuery } from '../../../test-utils/query';
 import type { LidarrConfig } from '#lib/api/types.js';
 import type { CoverProvider, TagProvider, SMTPConfig } from '#lib/api/admin.js';
@@ -468,6 +468,27 @@ describe('/admin/integrations — cover art providers', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('a provider save that fails says so', async () => {
+    setup();
+    (updateCoverProvider as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockRejectedValueOnce({ code: 'server_error' });
+    const theAudioDbCard = providerCard('TheAudioDB');
+    await fireEvent.input(within(theAudioDbCard).getByLabelText(/api key/i), { target: { value: 'k' } });
+    await fireEvent.click(within(theAudioDbCard).getByRole('button', { name: /save changes/i }));
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('toast').textContent).toMatch(/couldn't save theaudiodb/i)
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('providers that fail to load say so, not "No providers registered"', () => {
+    setup();
+    (createCoverProvidersQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(
+      mockQuery({ isError: true, error: { code: 'server_error' } })
+    );
+    cleanup();
+    render(IntegrationsPage);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('cover-providers-error')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
   test('when version_bumped: true, invalidateQueries is called with qk.coverage()', async () => {
     setup();
     (updateCoverProvider as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockResolvedValueOnce({
@@ -603,10 +624,22 @@ describe('/admin/integrations — SMTP card', () => {
     const section = smtpSection();
     await fireEvent.click(within(section).getByRole('button', { name: /send test email/i }));
     await waitFor(() =>
-      expect(screen.getByTestId('toast').textContent).toMatch(/set your email in \/settings/i)
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('toast').textContent).toMatch(/set your email in settings › account/i)
     );
   });
 
+  test('when the email settings fail to load, Save is off, so defaults are never written over them', () => {
+    setup();
+    (createSMTPConfigQuery as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockReturnValue(
+      mockQuery({ isError: true, error: { code: 'server_error' } })
+    );
+    cleanup();
+    render(IntegrationsPage);
+    const section = smtpSection();
+    expect(within(section).getByTestId('smtp-error')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect((within(section).getByRole('button', { name: /^save$/i }) as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test('password input placeholder shows hint when existing password is masked', async () => {
     setup({ smtp: smtpConfigured });
     // smtpConfigured has password: '***' — placeholder should show "Leave blank to keep current"
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/+page.svelte
index 66be479a..3c659e06 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/+page.svelte
@@ -85,9 +85,12 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Delete the source file via the existing quarantine admin endpoint;
-  // on success stamp this row as resolved='deleted' so the inbox
-  // reflects the action immediately.
+  // Delete the source file via the quarantine admin endpoint. That
+  // removes the track row, and the track's error reports go with it
+  // (ON DELETE CASCADE, migration 0032), so there is no row left to
+  // stamp 'deleted': resolving it afterwards 404'd and the page said
+  // "Delete failed" for a file already gone (#5604). The deletion is
+  // recorded in the quarantine action log instead.
   let deleteFileOpen = $state<AdminPlaybackError | null>(null);
 
   async function confirmDeleteFile() {
@@ -96,12 +99,12 @@
     deleteFileOpen = null;
     try {
       await deleteQuarantineFile(row.track_id);
-      await resolvePlaybackError(row.id, 'deleted');
-      pushToast(`Deleted "${row.track_title}"`);
-      await invalidate();
     } catch (e: unknown) {
       pushToast(`Delete failed: ${errMessage(e)}`, 'error');
+      return;
     }
+    pushToast(`Deleted "${row.track_title}"`);
+    await client.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['adminPlaybackErrors'] });
   }
 
   // Manual mark-resolved modal. Resolution dropdown limited to the two
@@ -240,8 +243,8 @@
   {#if deleteFileOpen}
     <p class="text-sm text-text-secondary">
       This removes <span class="font-medium text-text-primary">{deleteFileOpen.track_title}</span>
-      from the library and deletes the underlying file. The error row
-      will be marked resolved.
+      from the library and deletes the underlying file. Its error reports
+      go with it.
     </p>
     <p class="mt-2 text-xs text-text-muted font-mono">{deleteFileOpen.track_file_path}</p>
     <div class="mt-4 flex justify-end gap-2">
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/playback-errors.test.ts b/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/playback-errors.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae4f5105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/playback-errors/playback-errors.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { mockQuery } from '../../../test-utils/query';
+import type { AdminPlaybackError } from '#lib/api/types.js';
+
+vi.mock('#lib/api/admin.js', () => ({
+  createAdminPlaybackErrorsQuery: vi.fn(),
+  resolvePlaybackError: vi.fn(),
+  deleteQuarantineFile: vi.fn()
+}));
+
+import Page from './+page.svelte';
+import { createAdminPlaybackErrorsQuery, deleteQuarantineFile, resolvePlaybackError } from '#lib/api/admin.js';
+
+const row = {
+  id: 'pe-1',
+  track_id: 't-1',
+  track_title: 'Roygbiv',
+  artist_name: 'Boards of Canada',
+  album_title: 'Geogaddi',
+  track_file_path: '/music/BoC/Geogaddi/05 Roygbiv.flac',
+  kind: 'load_failed',
+  detail: null,
+  username: 'alice',
+  client_id: 'android-1',
+  occurred_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+  resolution: null
+} as unknown as AdminPlaybackError;
+
+afterEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());
+
+describe('/admin/playback-errors', () => {
+  // Deleting the track takes its error rows with it (ON DELETE CASCADE), so
+  // the page must not then try to resolve the row: that 404'd and said
+  // "Delete failed" for a file already gone (#5604).
+  test('Delete file deletes the track and says so, without resolving the row it took with it', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(createAdminPlaybackErrorsQuery).mockReturnValue(
+      mockQuery({ data: [row] }) as unknown as ReturnType<typeof createAdminPlaybackErrorsQuery>
+    );
+    vi.mocked(deleteQuarantineFile).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+    render(Page);
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /delete file for roygbiv/i }));
+    await fireEvent.click(within(screen.getByRole('dialog')).getByRole('button', { name: /^delete file$/i }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(deleteQuarantineFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('t-1'));
+    expect(resolvePlaybackError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('toast').textContent).toMatch(/deleted "roygbiv"/i));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/+page.svelte
index 0c13ed86..9c544a07 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/+page.svelte
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@
     <ul class="divide-y divide-border rounded-lg border border-border bg-surface">
       {#each rows as r (r.track_id)}
         {@const isExpanded = !!expanded[r.track_id]}
-        {@const lidarrDisabled = !r.lidarr_album_mbid}
         {@const primary: RowAction = {
           icon: RotateCcw,
           label: 'Resolve',
@@ -190,7 +189,19 @@
             ariaLabel: `Delete file for ${r.track_title}`,
             onclick: () => openDeleteFile(r),
             danger: true
-          }
+          },
+          // In the row's actions, so a phone reaches it from the menu too
+          // (#5604). A local-only track has no Lidarr album to remove, so
+          // it isn't offered.
+          ...(r.lidarr_album_mbid
+            ? [{
+                icon: Cloud,
+                label: 'Delete via Lidarr',
+                ariaLabel: `Delete via Lidarr for ${r.track_title}`,
+                onclick: () => openDeleteLidarr(r),
+                danger: true
+              }]
+            : [])
         ]}
         <li
           class="flex items-start gap-4 p-3"
@@ -219,7 +230,7 @@
               {r.track_title}
             </div>
             <div class="truncate text-sm text-text-secondary">
-              {r.artist_name} · {r.album_title} · {r.report_count} reports — latest {relativeTime(r.latest_at)}
+              {r.artist_name} · {r.album_title} · {r.report_count} {r.report_count === 1 ? 'report' : 'reports'} — latest {relativeTime(r.latest_at)}
             </div>
 
             <!-- Reason distribution pills -->
@@ -247,7 +258,7 @@
                 strokeWidth={1.5}
                 class="transition-transform {isExpanded ? 'rotate-90' : ''}"
               />
-              {isExpanded ? 'Hide reports' : `Show ${r.reports.length} reports`}
+              {isExpanded ? 'Hide reports' : `Show ${r.reports.length} ${r.reports.length === 1 ? 'report' : 'reports'}`}
             </button>
 
             {#if isExpanded}
@@ -273,29 +284,6 @@
           <div class="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
             <RowActionsMenu {primary} {secondary} />
 
-            {#if lidarrDisabled}
-              <span
-                aria-label={`Delete via Lidarr disabled for ${r.track_title}`}
-                title="Local-only track — no Lidarr album to remove."
-                class="hidden md:inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-action-destructive px-3 py-1.5 text-sm text-action-fg opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed"
-                data-testid="delete-lidarr-disabled"
-              >
-                <Trash2 size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
-                <Cloud size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
-                Delete via Lidarr
-              </span>
-            {:else}
-              <button
-                type="button"
-                aria-label={`Delete via Lidarr for ${r.track_title}`}
-                class="hidden md:inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md bg-action-destructive px-3 py-1.5 text-sm text-action-fg"
-                onclick={() => openDeleteLidarr(r)}
-              >
-                <Trash2 size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
-                <Cloud size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
-                Delete via Lidarr
-              </button>
-            {/if}
           </div>
         </li>
       {/each}
@@ -311,7 +299,7 @@
   {#if deleteFileRow}
     <p class="-mt-2 text-sm text-text-secondary">
       Remove <em class="font-medium text-text-primary">{deleteFileRow.track_title}</em>
-      from disk and clear {deleteFileRow.report_count} reports? Lidarr may auto-redownload depending on its monitor settings.
+      from disk and clear {deleteFileRow.report_count} {deleteFileRow.report_count === 1 ? 'report' : 'reports'}? Lidarr may auto-redownload depending on its monitor settings.
     </p>
     <div class="mt-5 flex justify-end gap-2">
       <button
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/quarantine.test.ts b/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/quarantine.test.ts
index d18d4de5..fdf6534e 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/quarantine.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/quarantine/quarantine.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/svelte';
 import { mockQuery } from '../../../test-utils/query';
 import type { AdminQuarantineRow } from '#lib/api/types.js';
 
@@ -154,20 +154,26 @@ describe('/admin/quarantine', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  test('Dimmed Delete-via-Lidarr when lidarr_album_mbid is null', () => {
+  test('a local-only track (no Lidarr album) offers no Delete via Lidarr', () => {
     setup([{ ...baseRow, lidarr_album_mbid: null }]);
-    const disabled = screen.getByTestId('delete-lidarr-disabled');
-    expect(disabled).toHaveClass('cursor-not-allowed');
-    expect(disabled).toHaveClass('opacity-50');
-    expect(disabled).toHaveAttribute(
-      'title',
-      'Local-only track — no Lidarr album to remove.'
-    );
     expect(
       screen.queryByRole('button', { name: /delete via lidarr for roygbiv/i })
     ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  test('on a phone, Delete via Lidarr is in the row menu', async () => {
+    setup();
+    await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /more actions/i }));
+    expect(within(screen.getByRole('menu')).getByText('Delete via Lidarr')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  test('one report reads "1 report"', () => {
+    setup([{ ...baseRow, report_count: 1, reports: [baseRow.reports[0]] }]);
+    const row = screen.getByTestId('admin-quarantine-row');
+    expect(row.textContent).toMatch(/· 1 report — latest/);
+    expect(row.textContent).toMatch(/Show 1 report\b/);
+  });
+
   test('Inline play button calls playRadio with the track id', async () => {
     setup();
     await fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /play roygbiv/i }));
diff --git a/web/src/routes/admin/requests/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/admin/requests/+page.svelte
index 325eca16..d0e432b0 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/admin/requests/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/admin/requests/+page.svelte
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 >
   <p class="-mt-2 text-sm text-text-secondary">
     The profile says which kinds of release following
-    {profileRow?.artist_name ?? 'this artist'} wants. Profiles are edited under Integrations.
+    {profileRow?.artist_name ?? 'this artist'} wants. Profiles are edited under <a href="/collection/following" class="underline hover:no-underline">Collection › Following</a>.
   </p>
 
   <label class="mt-4 block">
diff --git a/web/src/routes/library/albums/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/library/albums/+page.svelte
index 3925c72a..a52956b2 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/library/albums/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/library/albums/+page.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   import ListContinuation from '#lib/components/ListContinuation.svelte';
   import QuickFilter from '#lib/components/QuickFilter.svelte';
   import EmptyState from '#lib/components/EmptyState.svelte';
+  import { user } from '#lib/auth/user.svelte.js';
   import { useDelayed } from '#lib/utils/useDelayed.svelte.js';
   import type { AlbumRef } from '#lib/api/types.js';
 
@@ -48,19 +49,29 @@
   {:else if showSkeleton.value && albums.length === 0}
     <p class="text-text-secondary">Loading…</p>
   {:else if !query.isPending && total === 0}
-    <EmptyState
-      title="No albums yet"
-      hint="Once a library folder has been scanned, albums will appear here."
-    >
-      {#snippet actions()}
-        <a
-          href="/settings"
-          class="inline-flex items-center rounded-md bg-action-secondary px-4 py-2 text-sm text-action-fg hover:opacity-90"
-        >
-          Open settings
-        </a>
-      {/snippet}
-    </EmptyState>
+    <!-- Library folders are server config (library.scan_paths), not a
+         setting, so only an admin can act: they run a scan from Admin.
+         Everyone else is told whose job it is (#5604). -->
+    {#if user.value?.is_admin}
+      <EmptyState
+        title="No albums yet"
+        hint="Library folders are set in the server's config. Once they're scanned, albums appear here."
+      >
+        {#snippet actions()}
+          <a
+            href="/admin"
+            class="inline-flex items-center rounded-md bg-action-secondary px-4 py-2 text-sm text-action-fg hover:opacity-90"
+          >
+            Run a scan
+          </a>
+        {/snippet}
+      </EmptyState>
+    {:else}
+      <EmptyState
+        title="No albums yet"
+        hint="Once your server's admin has scanned the library, albums appear here."
+      />
+    {/if}
   {:else if filter.trim() && filtered.length === 0}
     <p class="text-text-secondary">
       No albums in your loaded library match
diff --git a/web/src/routes/library/albums/empty.test.ts b/web/src/routes/library/albums/empty.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6d96d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/routes/library/albums/empty.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import { readable } from 'svelte/store';
+import { apiClientMock } from '../../../test-utils/mocks/client';
+
+vi.mock('#lib/api/albums.js', () => ({
+  createAlbumsAlphaInfiniteQuery: () =>
+    readable({
+      data: { pages: [{ items: [], total: 0, limit: 50, offset: 0 }] },
+      isPending: false,
+      isError: false,
+      hasNextPage: false,
+      isFetchingNextPage: false,
+      refetch: () => {},
+      fetchNextPage: () => {}
+    }),
+  ALBUM_PAGE_SIZE: 50
+}));
+vi.mock('#lib/api/client.js', () => apiClientMock());
+
+import Page from './+page.svelte';
+import { setUser } from '#lib/auth/user.svelte.js';
+import type { User } from '#lib/api/client.js';
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  setUser(null);
+});
+
+// Library folders are server config, not a setting (#5604): the empty
+// library no longer sends anyone to Settings.
+describe('/library/albums with an empty library', () => {
+  test('an admin is sent to Admin to run a scan', () => {
+    setUser({ id: 'u1', username: 'root', is_admin: true } as User);
+    render(Page);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('link', { name: /run a scan/i }).getAttribute('href')).toBe('/admin');
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('link', { name: /open settings/i })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  test('anyone else is told the admin scans the library, with no link', () => {
+    setUser({ id: 'u2', username: 'alice', is_admin: false } as User);
+    render(Page);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/your server's admin has scanned the library/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('link')).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/routes/library/artists/+page.svelte b/web/src/routes/library/artists/+page.svelte
index e38808d1..6b070c33 100644
--- a/web/src/routes/library/artists/+page.svelte
+++ b/web/src/routes/library/artists/+page.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   import ListContinuation from '#lib/components/ListContinuation.svelte';
   import QuickFilter from '#lib/components/QuickFilter.svelte';
   import EmptyState from '#lib/components/EmptyState.svelte';
+  import { user } from '#lib/auth/user.svelte.js';
   import { useDelayed } from '#lib/utils/useDelayed.svelte.js';
   import type { ArtistRef } from '#lib/api/types.js';
 
@@ -46,19 +47,29 @@
   {:else if showSkeleton.value && artists.length === 0}
     <p class="text-text-secondary">Loading…</p>
   {:else if !query.isPending && total === 0}
-    <EmptyState
-      title="No artists yet"
-      hint="Once a library folder has been scanned, artists will appear here."
-    >
-      {#snippet actions()}
-        <a
-          href="/settings"
-          class="inline-flex items-center rounded-md bg-action-secondary px-4 py-2 text-sm text-action-fg hover:opacity-90"
-        >
-          Open settings
-        </a>
-      {/snippet}
-    </EmptyState>
+    <!-- Library folders are server config (library.scan_paths), not a
+         setting, so only an admin can act: they run a scan from Admin.
+         Everyone else is told whose job it is (#5604). -->
+    {#if user.value?.is_admin}
+      <EmptyState
+        title="No artists yet"
+        hint="Library folders are set in the server's config. Once they're scanned, artists appear here."
+      >
+        {#snippet actions()}
+          <a
+            href="/admin"
+            class="inline-flex items-center rounded-md bg-action-secondary px-4 py-2 text-sm text-action-fg hover:opacity-90"
+          >
+            Run a scan
+          </a>
+        {/snippet}
+      </EmptyState>
+    {:else}
+      <EmptyState
+        title="No artists yet"
+        hint="Once your server's admin has scanned the library, artists appear here."
+      />
+    {/if}
   {:else if filter.trim() && filtered.length === 0}
     <p class="text-text-secondary">
       No artists in your loaded library match