diff --git a/Sources/Features/Conversation/TranscriptListView.swift b/Sources/Features/Conversation/TranscriptListView.swift
index 0337ab3..6bc3138 100644
--- a/Sources/Features/Conversation/TranscriptListView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Features/Conversation/TranscriptListView.swift
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ struct TranscriptListView: View {
                     HStack {
                         Spacer()
                         Button {
+                            // Explicit Latest restores full eligibility,
+                            // clearing any stale selection suspension.
+                            selectionActive = false
                             followingLatest = true
                             withAnimation(reduceMotion ? nil : Nearlight.standard) {
                                 proxy.scrollTo("latest", anchor: .bottom)
@@ -130,8 +133,9 @@ struct TranscriptListView: View {
         .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
         .onLongPressGesture(minimumDuration: 0.05, pressing: { pressing in
             // Text-selection interaction begins with long-press on the row;
-            // suspend auto-follow while pressing/held.
-            if pressing { selectionActive = true }
+            // suspend auto-follow while pressing/held and restore when the
+            // press ends so following can resume.
+            selectionActive = pressing
         }, perform: {})
         .contextMenu {
             Button("Copy message", systemImage: "doc.on.doc") { UIPasteboard.general.string = text }
diff --git a/Sources/Features/Settings/SettingsView.swift b/Sources/Features/Settings/SettingsView.swift
index 8dea03b..36d10cc 100644
--- a/Sources/Features/Settings/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Features/Settings/SettingsView.swift
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     @State private var urlJustSaved = false
     @State private var showModelPicker = false
     @FocusState private var urlFocused: Bool
+    @State private var applyingTrim = false
+    /// Guards the success-trim against the edit observer (N3).
 
     init(settings: SettingsStore, session: VoiceSession) {
         self.settings = settings
@@ -71,10 +73,14 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                     .accessibilityLabel("Server URL")
                     .focused($urlFocused)
                     .onAppear { urlText = settings.serverURL }
-                    .onChange(of: urlText) { _, _ in
-                        // Any edit clears the saved confirmation and error.
-                        urlJustSaved = false
-                        urlError = nil
+                    .onChange(of: urlText) { oldValue, newValue in
+                        // A programmatic normalization on successful Save must
+                        // not erase its own confirmation; only user edits do.
+                        guard applyingTrim == false else { return }
+                        if newValue != oldValue {
+                            urlJustSaved = false
+                            urlError = nil
+                        }
                     }
                     .overlay(alignment: .trailing) {
                         if urlJustSaved {
@@ -142,7 +148,11 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
         switch ServerConfig.parse(trimmed) {
         case .success:
             settings.serverURL = trimmed
-            urlText = trimmed
+            if trimmed != urlText {
+                applyingTrim = true
+                urlText = trimmed
+                applyingTrim = false
+            }
             urlError = nil
             urlJustSaved = true
             urlFocused = false