diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index bfedd6346..41208cd6c 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -585,6 +585,24 @@ the ledger (append-only with `--base-ref`, run in CI on pull requests) and the
 generated DATA_SOURCES.md section; `npm run library:probe` hits every upstream
 once; `npm run qa:data-library` is the browser gate (fixture-backed).
 
+Shares: the compact `/share/<code>` link carries the switched-on entries in
+field 29 (docs/SHARE-LINK-FORMAT.md), so Copy Link keeps them, and a share
+opened later in the same tab (pasted address, Back/Forward) restores them too.
+Any share decides what is on, as for core layers: one with no library entry
+on switches the recipient's stored ones off and leaves them listed. A tile
+entry whose coverage needs more than 256 tiles at its minimum zoom (Norway's
+cadastre from z14, sea depths from z11) is hidden below that scale through
+Cesium's `minimumTerrainLevel`, so zoomed out it requests nothing. EPC
+partitions learn two extents (`gev:library:extent:v2:`): every point's box
+rules a partition out, the 98 % box only ranks it, so homes at a partition's
+edge are found on later visits; the v1 trimmed-only key is dropped. A
+partition index whose footers keep failing after two retries is
+`complete: false`: neither the server nor the browser keeps it as whole, a
+complete earlier index is served instead, and it is rebuilt after five
+minutes. A view that leaves partitions touching it unread is PARTIAL. Listing
+pages and footer reads are size-capped and ranges are validated. The Browse
+dialog rebuilds on a language switch, keeping its filters.
+
 ## Utilities panel — October 29, 2026
 
 UTILITIES is its own left-side panel, between Data Layers and Scenes, with
diff --git a/docs/SHARE-LINK-FORMAT.md b/docs/SHARE-LINK-FORMAT.md
index 9c61fc7cd..4c3254a99 100644
--- a/docs/SHARE-LINK-FORMAT.md
+++ b/docs/SHARE-LINK-FORMAT.md
@@ -117,36 +117,37 @@ probability of about 255 in 256 (many of them already fail as base64url).
 
 ## Field registry (top level)
 
-| #   | State key                    | Type  | Default     | Encoding                                                          |
-| --- | ---------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| 1   | `view.kind`                  | enum  | see below   | 0 place, 1 thing                                                  |
-| 2   | `lat`                        | coord | 0           | zigzag of degrees × 10⁴                                           |
-| 3   | `lon`                        | coord | 0           | zigzag of degrees × 10⁴                                           |
-| 4   | `alt`                        | sint  | 800         | whole metres                                                      |
-| 5   | `heading`                    | angle | 0           | whole degrees, see angles                                         |
-| 6   | `pitch`                      | sint  | −35         | whole degrees                                                     |
-| 7   | `roll`                       | angle | 0           | whole degrees                                                     |
-| 8   | `sharedAtMs`                 | epoch | none        | zigzag seconds since 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z                         |
-| 9   | booleans                     | flags | 0           | bit set when the value differs from default                       |
-| 10  | `layerState.enabledLayerIds` | LEN   | none        | layer bitset, see layers                                          |
-| 11  | `layerState.options`         | LEN   | none        | packed option triples, see layers                                 |
-| 12  | `panelState`                 | LEN   | none        | packed panel entries, see panels                                  |
-| 13  | thing                        | LEN   | none        | sub-message, see thing views                                      |
-| 14  | `style`                      | enum  | `normal`    | normal, retro, surveillance, thermal, anime, noir, snow (retired) |
-| 15  | `mapStack`                   | enum  | `photoreal` | photoreal, bing-aerial, bing-labels, esri-imagery, osm            |
-| 16  | `hudVariant`                 | enum  | style       | tactical, operator (retired), minimal, cyber                      |
-| 17  | `bloomIntensity`             | uint  | style       |                                                                   |
-| 18  | `bloomVersion`               | uint  | 2           |                                                                   |
-| 19  | `sharpenIntensity`           | uint  | style       |                                                                   |
-| 20  | `detectionMode`              | enum  | style       | OFF, SPARSE, BALANCED, DENSE                                      |
-| 21  | `detectionDensity`           | uint  | style       | one of 0, 25, 50, 75, 100                                         |
-| 22  | `detectionAllocation`        | enum  | style       | ELASTIC, WEIGHTED                                                 |
-| 23  | `detectionFadePct`           | uint  | style       | 0–40                                                              |
-| 24  | `detectionOutsideOpacityPct` | uint  | style       | 0–100                                                             |
-| 25  | `scopeFeatherPct`            | uint  | 100         | 0–200                                                             |
-| 26  | `scopeTerminusPct`           | uint  | none        | 94–100; absent is the adaptive terminus                           |
-| 27  | `styleParams`                | LEN   | style       | packed `(token, value × 100)` pairs                               |
-| 28  | `worldTime`                  | epoch | none (live) | zigzag seconds since 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z                         |
+| #   | State key                    | Type  | Default     | Encoding                                                              |
+| --- | ---------------------------- | ----- | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 1   | `view.kind`                  | enum  | see below   | 0 place, 1 thing                                                      |
+| 2   | `lat`                        | coord | 0           | zigzag of degrees × 10⁴                                               |
+| 3   | `lon`                        | coord | 0           | zigzag of degrees × 10⁴                                               |
+| 4   | `alt`                        | sint  | 800         | whole metres                                                          |
+| 5   | `heading`                    | angle | 0           | whole degrees, see angles                                             |
+| 6   | `pitch`                      | sint  | −35         | whole degrees                                                         |
+| 7   | `roll`                       | angle | 0           | whole degrees                                                         |
+| 8   | `sharedAtMs`                 | epoch | none        | zigzag seconds since 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z                             |
+| 9   | booleans                     | flags | 0           | bit set when the value differs from default                           |
+| 10  | `layerState.enabledLayerIds` | LEN   | none        | layer bitset, see layers                                              |
+| 11  | `layerState.options`         | LEN   | none        | packed option triples, see layers                                     |
+| 12  | `panelState`                 | LEN   | none        | packed panel entries, see panels                                      |
+| 13  | thing                        | LEN   | none        | sub-message, see thing views                                          |
+| 14  | `style`                      | enum  | `normal`    | normal, retro, surveillance, thermal, anime, noir, snow (retired)     |
+| 15  | `mapStack`                   | enum  | `photoreal` | photoreal, bing-aerial, bing-labels, esri-imagery, osm                |
+| 16  | `hudVariant`                 | enum  | style       | tactical, operator (retired), minimal, cyber                          |
+| 17  | `bloomIntensity`             | uint  | style       |                                                                       |
+| 18  | `bloomVersion`               | uint  | 2           |                                                                       |
+| 19  | `sharpenIntensity`           | uint  | style       |                                                                       |
+| 20  | `detectionMode`              | enum  | style       | OFF, SPARSE, BALANCED, DENSE                                          |
+| 21  | `detectionDensity`           | uint  | style       | one of 0, 25, 50, 75, 100                                             |
+| 22  | `detectionAllocation`        | enum  | style       | ELASTIC, WEIGHTED                                                     |
+| 23  | `detectionFadePct`           | uint  | style       | 0–40                                                                  |
+| 24  | `detectionOutsideOpacityPct` | uint  | style       | 0–100                                                                 |
+| 25  | `scopeFeatherPct`            | uint  | 100         | 0–200                                                                 |
+| 26  | `scopeTerminusPct`           | uint  | none        | 94–100; absent is the adaptive terminus                               |
+| 27  | `styleParams`                | LEN   | style       | packed `(token, value × 100)` pairs                                   |
+| 28  | `worldTime`                  | epoch | none (live) | zigzag seconds since 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z                             |
+| 29  | `library`                    | LEN   | none        | Data Library ledger tokens, two base-36 characters each, concatenated |
 
 Field 1 absent means `thing` when field 13 is present and `place` otherwise,
 so v1 never writes it; a later view kind writes its code.
@@ -164,6 +165,11 @@ Field 28 is the world time the link was made at, written only when it was away
 from live. A link without it opens live. Unlike field 8 it may lie ahead of the
 link's creation (a forecast moment), and it opens paused at that time.
 
+Field 29 lists the Data Library entries switched on, by their permanent
+tokens in `src/library/ledger.json` (the long form's `lib=ab.cd`). A share
+without it switches no library entry on; the recipient's added entries stay
+in their panel, off. Tokens this build does not know are skipped.
+
 Flag bits (field 9): 0 `bloom`, 1 `sharpen`, 2 `hudVisible`, 3
 `celestialRing` (each defaulting by style), 4 `scopeEnabled` (default on).
 
@@ -391,7 +397,7 @@ the app that can open it.
    offers keeps its code: `snow` (6) is retired, so a link that names it
    opens as Normal and the parameters written for it are dropped.
 5. **Add, don't change.** A new setting takes the next free field number
-   (28 onwards; fields 1–15 have one-byte tags and are all taken). A new
+   (30 onwards; fields 1–15 have one-byte tags and are all taken). A new
    boolean takes the next flag bit instead, which costs nothing when it is at
    its default.
 6. **New view kinds and entity kinds** get the next code. A new entity kind's
diff --git a/scripts/qa-data-library.mjs b/scripts/qa-data-library.mjs
index e8adc49c7..f37f38fbb 100644
--- a/scripts/qa-data-library.mjs
+++ b/scripts/qa-data-library.mjs
@@ -629,6 +629,107 @@ try {
     assert.deepEqual(stored, { added: [], on: [] });
   });
 
+  const onIds = (target) =>
+    target.evaluate(() =>
+      window.__gevDataLibrary.library
+        .list()
+        .filter((row) => row.on)
+        .map((row) => row.entry.id)
+        .sort(),
+    );
+
+  await step(
+    'a copied /share link opens the same library layers in a clean browser',
+    async () => {
+      await page.evaluate(async () => {
+        const { library } = window.__gevDataLibrary;
+        await library.add('nasa-eonet-events');
+        await library.add('nasa-black-marble');
+      });
+      await page.waitForFunction(
+        () => /(?:^|&)lib=00\.03(?:&|$)/.test(location.hash.slice(1)),
+        { timeout: 15_000 },
+      );
+      const href = await page.evaluate(() =>
+        window.__gevDataLibrary.buildShareLink(),
+      );
+      assert.match(new URL(href).pathname, /\/share\//);
+      // A separate profile: nothing stored, nothing added.
+      const context = await browser.createBrowserContext();
+      try {
+        const recipient = await context.newPage();
+        await recipient.setRequestInterception(true);
+        recipient.on('request', (request) => {
+          const fixture = fixtureFor(new URL(request.url()));
+          if (fixture) request.respond(fixture);
+          else request.continue();
+        });
+        await recipient.evaluateOnNewDocument(() => {
+          try {
+            localStorage.setItem('gev:first-run-mission:v1', 'suppressed');
+          } catch {
+            /* the gate still runs */
+          }
+        });
+        await recipient.goto(href, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
+        await recipient.waitForFunction(
+          () => window.__gevDataLibrary?.library.ready,
+          { timeout: 180_000 },
+        );
+        await recipient.waitForFunction(
+          () =>
+            window.__gevDataLibrary.library.list().filter((row) => row.on)
+              .length === 2,
+          { timeout: 60_000 },
+        );
+        assert.deepEqual(await onIds(recipient), [
+          'nasa-black-marble',
+          'nasa-eonet-events',
+        ]);
+      } finally {
+        await context.close();
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  await step(
+    'a share opened in the same tab switches library layers on and off',
+    async () => {
+      const navigate = (lib) =>
+        page.evaluate((value) => {
+          const params = new URLSearchParams(location.hash.slice(1));
+          params.set('lat', String(Number(params.get('lat')) + 1));
+          if (value === null) params.delete('lib');
+          else params.set('lib', value);
+          location.hash = params.toString();
+        }, lib);
+      await navigate('00');
+      await page.waitForFunction(
+        () => {
+          const on = window.__gevDataLibrary.library
+            .list()
+            .filter((row) => row.on)
+            .map((row) => row.entry.id);
+          return on.length === 1 && on[0] === 'nasa-eonet-events';
+        },
+        { timeout: 30_000 },
+      );
+      // A share with every library layer off: the added ones stay listed, off.
+      await navigate(null);
+      await page.waitForFunction(
+        () => window.__gevDataLibrary.library.list().every((row) => !row.on),
+        { timeout: 30_000 },
+      );
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        (await libraryRows(page)).map(({ id, on }) => [id, on]).sort(),
+        [
+          ['nasa-black-marble', false],
+          ['nasa-eonet-events', false],
+        ],
+      );
+    },
+  );
+
   assert.deepEqual(errors, [], 'no library errors on the page');
   console.log(`# ${count} passed`);
 } finally {
diff --git a/server/providers/library.js b/server/providers/library.js
index c01b45aa3..b0c17ebef 100644
--- a/server/providers/library.js
+++ b/server/providers/library.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ const DATASET_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 const TILE_TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000;
 /** Each listing page or footer read while building a partition index. */
 const INDEX_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000;
+/** How long an incomplete partition index is served before a rebuild. */
+const PARTIAL_INDEX_MS = 5 * 60_000;
 const TILE_MAX_BYTES = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
 const TILE_CACHE_LIMIT = 512;
 const IN_FLIGHT_LIMIT = 64;
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ export function libraryProxy({
   const datasets = new Map();
   const tiles = new Map();
   const indexes = new Map();
+  const partialIndexes = new Map();
   const inFlight = new Map();
   const allowData = makeRateLimiter({
     windowMs: 60_000,
@@ -231,25 +234,51 @@ export function libraryProxy({
       if (!available) return json(res, 403, { error: reason });
       if (!allowData(clientKey(req)))
         return json(res, 429, { error: 'rate_limited' });
+      // Only a complete index is cached for cacheSeconds. An incomplete one
+      // (footers that kept failing) is served as `complete: false` and kept
+      // for PARTIAL_INDEX_MS only, so the next request soon rebuilds it; a
+      // complete index from before keeps being served while rebuilds fail.
+      const key = `index:${id}`;
+      const partial = partialIndexes.get(key);
+      if (partial && now() - partial.savedAt < PARTIAL_INDEX_MS) {
+        const previous = indexes.get(key);
+        return json(res, 200, previous?.value ?? partial.value);
+      }
       try {
         const { value } = await cached(
           indexes,
-          `index:${id}`,
+          key,
           entry.source.cacheSeconds * 1000,
-          async () => ({
-            partitions: await buildPartitionIndex(entry, {
+          async () => {
+            const built = await buildPartitionIndex(entry, {
               fetchImpl: (url, options = {}) =>
                 fetchImpl(url, {
                   ...options,
                   signal:
                     options.signal ?? AbortSignal.timeout(INDEX_TIMEOUT_MS),
                 }),
-            }),
-            builtAt: now(),
-          }),
+            });
+            const value = {
+              partitions: built.partitions,
+              complete: built.complete,
+              builtAt: now(),
+            };
+            if (!built.complete) {
+              // Recorded here too: with an earlier complete index, cached()
+              // serves that one and swallows this error, and the rebuild
+              // still waits PARTIAL_INDEX_MS.
+              partialIndexes.set(key, { value, savedAt: now() });
+              throw Object.assign(new Error('index_incomplete'), {
+                partialIndex: value,
+              });
+            }
+            partialIndexes.delete(key);
+            return value;
+          },
         );
         return json(res, 200, value);
       } catch (error) {
+        if (error?.partialIndex) return json(res, 200, error.partialIndex);
         const status = error?.status === 429 ? 429 : 502;
         return json(res, status, { error: 'library_upstream_unavailable' });
       }
diff --git a/server/providers/library.test.mjs b/server/providers/library.test.mjs
index eca9f7060..2e009b33c 100644
--- a/server/providers/library.test.mjs
+++ b/server/providers/library.test.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   parseLibraryTilePath,
 } from './library.js';
 import { validateLibraryCatalog } from '../../src/library/manifest.js';
+import { libraryEntry } from '../../src/library/catalog.js';
 
 const base = {
   family: 'events',
@@ -100,8 +101,8 @@ const point = (title) => ({
   properties: { title },
 });
 
-function install({ env = {}, fetchImpl, now } = {}) {
-  const plugin = libraryProxy({ entries, env, fetchImpl, now });
+function install({ env = {}, fetchImpl, now, catalog = entries } = {}) {
+  const plugin = libraryProxy({ entries: catalog, env, fetchImpl, now });
   let handler;
   plugin.configurePreviewServer({
     middlewares: {
@@ -330,3 +331,51 @@ test('only GET is served', async () => {
   await plugin.handler({ url: '/catalog', method: 'POST', headers: {} }, res);
   assert.equal(res.status, 405);
 });
+
+test('a partition index is cached only when complete; a complete one outlives failed rebuilds', async () => {
+  const epc = libraryEntry('epc-england-wales');
+  let clock = 0;
+  let footers = 'ok';
+  let listings = 0;
+  const listing = `<ListBucketResult><Contents><Key>a.parquet</Key><Size>100</Size></Contents></ListBucketResult>`;
+  const fetchImpl = async (url) => {
+    if (url.includes('list-type')) {
+      listings += 1;
+      return new Response(listing);
+    }
+    return footers === 'ok'
+      ? new Response(new Uint8Array(100))
+      : new Response('', { status: 503 });
+  };
+  const request = install({ catalog: [epc], now: () => clock, fetchImpl });
+  const first = await request('/index/epc-england-wales');
+  assert.equal(first.status, 200);
+  assert.equal(first.body.complete, true);
+  const builtAt = first.body.builtAt;
+
+  // Past cacheSeconds the rebuild fails: the complete index is still served,
+  // and no rebuild runs again until the partial pause has passed.
+  clock += (epc.source.cacheSeconds + 1) * 1000;
+  footers = 'fail';
+  const kept = await request('/index/epc-england-wales');
+  assert.equal(kept.body.complete, true);
+  assert.equal(kept.body.builtAt, builtAt);
+  const listed = listings;
+  await request('/index/epc-england-wales');
+  assert.equal(listings, listed);
+
+  // A server that never had a complete index serves the partial one as such,
+  // and rebuilds after the pause.
+  const fresh = install({ catalog: [epc], now: () => clock, fetchImpl });
+  const partial = await fresh('/index/epc-england-wales');
+  assert.equal(partial.status, 200);
+  assert.equal(partial.body.complete, false);
+  const before = listings;
+  await fresh('/index/epc-england-wales');
+  assert.equal(listings, before);
+  clock += 6 * 60_000;
+  footers = 'ok';
+  const rebuilt = await fresh('/index/epc-england-wales');
+  assert.equal(rebuilt.body.complete, true);
+  assert.equal(listings, before + 1);
+});
diff --git a/src/app/tools.js b/src/app/tools.js
index 927e343bb..f22d97b7f 100644
--- a/src/app/tools.js
+++ b/src/app/tools.js
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ export function createApplicationTools({
     if (!signal?.aborted) console.warn('[Library] start failed:', error);
   });
   // The live gate's handle (scripts/qa-data-library.mjs).
-  const libraryHandle = { library: dataLibrary, browser: libraryBrowser };
+  const libraryHandle = {
+    library: dataLibrary,
+    browser: libraryBrowser,
+    // What Copy Link would copy.
+    buildShareLink: () => styleManager.shareLinkManager?.buildLink?.() ?? null,
+  };
   window.__gevDataLibrary = libraryHandle;
   defer(() => {
     if (window.__gevDataLibrary === libraryHandle)
diff --git a/src/library/controller.js b/src/library/controller.js
index 49c02bbae..b90654c7b 100644
--- a/src/library/controller.js
+++ b/src/library/controller.js
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
   let serverPresent = false;
   let selection = { added: [], on: [] };
   let started = false;
+  // Set once availability is known; a share navigated to before then waits.
+  let loaded = false;
+  let queuedShare = null;
   let destroyed = false;
   const listeners = new Set();
   const pending = new Map();
@@ -165,6 +168,73 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
     persist();
   });
 
+  /** Entry ids for share tokens; unknown tokens are skipped. */
+  const idsForTokens = (list) =>
+    (list || []).map((token) => tokens.idByToken.get(token)).filter(Boolean);
+
+  /**
+   * The share this page opened with: null without one, else the entry ids it
+   * switches on ([] for a share that switches none on).
+   */
+  function openingShare() {
+    if (shareLink && shareLink.initialLibraryTokens !== undefined) {
+      const linked = shareLink.initialLibraryTokens;
+      return linked === null ? null : idsForTokens(linked);
+    }
+    const hash = String(initialHash || '').replace(/^#/, '');
+    if (!hash) return null;
+    const params = new URLSearchParams(hash);
+    const linked = decodeLibraryParam(params, tokens.idByToken);
+    // Any share (a camera position) decides what is on; no `lib`, nothing.
+    if (linked === null && params.has('lat') && params.has('lon')) return [];
+    return linked;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Apply a selection: register and switch on what `on` names, switch off
+   * every other added entry that is on. `origin` marks it as a restore so it
+   * is never remembered as the viewer's own choice.
+   */
+  function applySelection(next, origin) {
+    selection = normalizeLibrarySelection(next, switchable);
+    for (const id of selection.added) {
+      const entry = byId.get(id);
+      if (!entry || !addable(id)) continue;
+      const wanted = selection.on.includes(id);
+      if (wanted && !register(entry)) continue;
+      if (!isRegistered(id)) continue;
+      const layerId = libraryLayerId(id);
+      if (wanted === (dataManager.isEnabled?.(layerId) === true)) continue;
+      dataManager
+        .setEnabled(layerId, wanted, { origin })
+        .catch((error) =>
+          console.warn(`[Library] ${id} restore failed:`, error),
+        );
+    }
+    writeStoredLibrarySelection(storage, selection);
+    shareLink?.onLibraryStateChange?.();
+    notify();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A share opened in this tab after start-up: its entries join the library
+   * and it alone decides which are on.
+   * @param {string[]} shareTokens
+   */
+  function applyShare(shareTokens) {
+    if (destroyed) return;
+    if (!loaded) {
+      queuedShare = [...(shareTokens || [])];
+      return;
+    }
+    const linked = idsForTokens(shareTokens);
+    applySelection(
+      { added: [...selection.added, ...linked], on: linked },
+      'share-restore',
+    );
+  }
+  shareLink?.setLibraryShareListener?.(applyShare);
+
   shareLink?.setLibraryParamsEncoder?.((params) =>
     encodeLibraryParam(
       params,
@@ -186,29 +256,23 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
     availability = answer.availability;
     serverPresent = answer.server;
     const stored = readStoredLibrarySelection(storage, switchable);
-    const hash = String(initialHash || '').replace(/^#/, '');
-    const linked = hash
-      ? decodeLibraryParam(new URLSearchParams(hash), tokens.idByToken)
-      : null;
+    // A share opened in this tab while availability loaded wins over the
+    // opening one.
+    const linked = queuedShare ? idsForTokens(queuedShare) : openingShare();
+    queuedShare = null;
+    loaded = true;
     // A link's entries join the viewer's library and open switched on; with a
-    // link, it alone decides what is on, as it does for core layers.
-    const added = [...stored.added, ...(linked || [])];
-    const on = linked ?? stored.on;
-    selection = normalizeLibrarySelection({ added, on }, switchable);
-    const restoreOrigin = linked ? 'share-restore' : 'local-restore';
-    for (const id of selection.added) {
+    // link, it alone decides what is on, as it does for core layers, so a
+    // share with every library entry off switches the stored ones off.
+    // Added entries register even while off, so their rows show.
+    for (const id of [...stored.added, ...(linked || [])]) {
       const entry = byId.get(id);
-      if (!entry || !addable(id) || !register(entry)) continue;
-      if (selection.on.includes(id))
-        dataManager
-          .setEnabled(libraryLayerId(id), true, { origin: restoreOrigin })
-          .catch((error) =>
-            console.warn(`[Library] ${id} restore failed:`, error),
-          );
+      if (entry && addable(id)) register(entry);
     }
-    writeStoredLibrarySelection(storage, selection);
-    shareLink?.onLibraryStateChange?.();
-    notify();
+    applySelection(
+      { added: [...stored.added, ...(linked || [])], on: linked ?? stored.on },
+      linked ? 'share-restore' : 'local-restore',
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -388,6 +452,7 @@ export function createDataLibrary({
       destroyed = true;
       unsubscribeManager?.();
       shareLink?.setLibraryParamsEncoder?.(null);
+      shareLink?.setLibraryShareListener?.(null);
       listeners.clear();
     },
   };
diff --git a/src/library/controller.test.mjs b/src/library/controller.test.mjs
index 2e32a120b..53e553233 100644
--- a/src/library/controller.test.mjs
+++ b/src/library/controller.test.mjs
@@ -207,6 +207,115 @@ test('a link decides what is on and adds its entries to the library', async (t)
   });
 });
 
+/** A ShareLinkManager stand-in: the opening share and in-tab navigation. */
+function fakeShareLink(initialLibraryTokens) {
+  const link = {
+    initialLibraryTokens,
+    listener: null,
+    setLibraryShareListener(listener) {
+      link.listener = listener;
+    },
+    setLibraryParamsEncoder() {},
+    onLibraryStateChange() {},
+  };
+  return link;
+}
+
+test('a share with every library entry off keeps the stored ones off', async (t) => {
+  const manager = sealedManager(t);
+  const storage = memoryStorage(
+    JSON.stringify({
+      added: ['night-lights', 'sea-marks'],
+      on: ['night-lights', 'sea-marks'],
+    }),
+  );
+  // A compact /share/<code> link with no library field, and a long-form link
+  // with no lib=: both are shares that switch no library entry on.
+  for (const options of [
+    { shareLink: fakeShareLink([]) },
+    { initialHash: '#lat=1&lon=2&l=' },
+  ]) {
+    const library = createDataLibrary({
+      entries,
+      ledger,
+      dataManager: manager,
+      services: {},
+      storage,
+      source: source({}),
+      ...options,
+    });
+    await library.start();
+    assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), false);
+    assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), false);
+    // The recipient's entries stay in their panel, off.
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      library
+        .list()
+        .filter((row) => row.added)
+        .map((row) => row.entry.id),
+      ['night-lights', 'sea-marks'],
+    );
+    library.destroy();
+  }
+});
+
+test('the opening share link restores its library tokens', async (t) => {
+  const manager = sealedManager(t);
+  const storage = memoryStorage(
+    JSON.stringify({ added: ['night-lights'], on: ['night-lights'] }),
+  );
+  const library = createDataLibrary({
+    entries,
+    ledger,
+    dataManager: manager,
+    services: {},
+    storage,
+    shareLink: fakeShareLink(['01']),
+    source: source({}),
+  });
+  await library.start();
+  await manager.waitForLayerSettled?.('lib-sea-marks');
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), true);
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), false);
+});
+
+test('navigating between shares switches library entries on and off', async (t) => {
+  const manager = sealedManager(t);
+  const shareLink = fakeShareLink(['00']);
+  const library = createDataLibrary({
+    entries,
+    ledger,
+    dataManager: manager,
+    services: {},
+    storage: memoryStorage(),
+    shareLink,
+    source: source({}),
+  });
+  // A share navigated to before availability loads waits for it and wins.
+  const started = library.start();
+  shareLink.listener(['01']);
+  await started;
+  const settle = () =>
+    Promise.all(
+      ['lib-night-lights', 'lib-sea-marks'].map((id) =>
+        manager.waitForLayerSettled?.(id),
+      ),
+    );
+  await settle();
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), true);
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), false);
+  shareLink.listener(['00']);
+  await settle();
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), true);
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), false);
+  shareLink.listener([]);
+  await settle();
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-night-lights'), false);
+  assert.equal(manager.isEnabled('lib-sea-marks'), false);
+  library.destroy();
+  assert.equal(shareLink.listener, null);
+});
+
 test('zoom flies to an added layer through the caller, reset removes everything', async (t) => {
   const manager = sealedManager(t);
   const storage = memoryStorage();
diff --git a/src/library/layers.js b/src/library/layers.js
index 68d382dc6..42b6eb237 100644
--- a/src/library/layers.js
+++ b/src/library/layers.js
@@ -258,6 +258,44 @@ const reliefLegend = () =>
 /** colorToAlpha threshold (max channel distance, 0–1) for `noDataColor`. */
 const NO_DATA_THRESHOLD = 0.02;
 
+/** The most tiles an entry's coverage may need at its minimum zoom. */
+const COARSE_TILE_BUDGET = 256;
+
+function webMercatorTileSpan(bbox, zoom) {
+  const n = 2 ** zoom;
+  const clampLat = (lat) => Math.max(-85.0511, Math.min(85.0511, lat));
+  const tileX = (lon) =>
+    Math.min(n - 1, Math.max(0, Math.floor(((lon + 180) / 360) * n)));
+  const tileY = (lat) => {
+    const rad = (clampLat(lat) * Math.PI) / 180;
+    const y = (1 - Math.log(Math.tan(rad) + 1 / Math.cos(rad)) / Math.PI) / 2;
+    return Math.min(n - 1, Math.max(0, Math.floor(y * n)));
+  };
+  const [west, south, east, north] = bbox;
+  return (tileX(east) - tileX(west) + 1) * (tileY(south) - tileY(north) + 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The globe level below which a tile entry is hidden, or undefined when it
+ * draws at every scale. Cesium fetches an imagery layer's minimum level for
+ * every globe tile it covers, however far out the camera is: an entry whose
+ * coverage needs more than COARSE_TILE_BUDGET tiles at its minimum zoom
+ * (Norway's cadastre from z14 is about two million) would allocate them all
+ * when zoomed out. Such an entry is shown only from the globe level that
+ * matches its minimum zoom (a geographic level spans two Web Mercator ones,
+ * so level z − 1).
+ * @param {object} entry
+ * @returns {number|undefined}
+ */
+export function minimumTerrainLevelFor(entry) {
+  const minZoom = entry?.source?.minZoom ?? 0;
+  if (minZoom <= 0) return undefined;
+  const bbox = entry.coverage?.bbox ?? [-180, -85.0511, 180, 85.0511];
+  return webMercatorTileSpan(bbox, minZoom) > COARSE_TILE_BUDGET
+    ? minZoom - 1
+    : undefined;
+}
+
 /**
  * A tiles entry as a manager layer.
  * @param {object} entry Validated tiles entry.
@@ -406,7 +444,13 @@ export function createLibraryTileLayer(
     provider.errorEvent?.addEventListener?.(onError);
     removeErrorListener = () =>
       provider.errorEvent?.removeEventListener?.(onError);
-    imagery = host.collection.addImageryProvider(provider);
+    const minimumTerrainLevel = minimumTerrainLevelFor(entry);
+    imagery =
+      minimumTerrainLevel !== undefined && cesium.ImageryLayer
+        ? new cesium.ImageryLayer(provider, { minimumTerrainLevel })
+        : null;
+    if (imagery) host.collection.add(imagery);
+    else imagery = host.collection.addImageryProvider(provider);
     imagery.alpha = entry.display.opacity ?? 1;
     if (entry.display.noDataColor && cesium.Color) {
       // The provider's "no imagery here" fill, drawn transparent (JPEG
diff --git a/src/library/parquet.js b/src/library/parquet.js
index 4d5e4f8dc..29bb7ce99 100644
--- a/src/library/parquet.js
+++ b/src/library/parquet.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 import { parquetMetadataAsync, parquetReadObjects } from 'hyparquet';
 import { decompress as zstdDecompress } from 'fzstd';
 import { libraryUpstreamUrl } from './manifest.js';
-import { readResponseBytesCapped } from '../sources/httpBody.js';
+import {
+  readResponseBytesCapped,
+  readResponseTextCapped,
+} from '../sources/httpBody.js';
 
 /** Footer bytes read first; small files' metadata fits in one request. */
 const FOOTER_FETCH_BYTES = 16 * 1024;
@@ -19,6 +22,13 @@ export const MAX_PARTITIONS_PER_VIEW = 4;
 const MAX_LISTED_KEYS = 5000;
 const MAX_LIST_PAGES = 20;
 const INDEX_CONCURRENCY = 8;
+/** One listing page: 1,000 keys of XML is well under a megabyte. */
+const MAX_LIST_PAGE_BYTES = 4 * 1024 * 1024;
+/** A whole file sent in answer to a range request is read only up to this. */
+const MAX_UNRANGED_BYTES = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
+/** Extra passes over footers that failed, before the index is incomplete. */
+const FOOTER_RETRIES = 2;
+const FOOTER_RETRY_DELAY_MS = 500;
 
 /** Decompressors hyparquet does not carry itself (it has Snappy built in). */
 export const PARQUET_COMPRESSORS = Object.freeze({
@@ -33,30 +43,67 @@ function onSourceHost(entry, url) {
   return target.href;
 }
 
+/** Mark a failure worth retrying: network, 429, 5xx or a short read. */
+const transient = (error) => Object.assign(error, { transient: true });
+
 /**
  * A hyparquet AsyncBuffer over HTTP range requests, redirects refused,
  * credentials and referrer withheld.
  */
 export function rangeBuffer(url, byteLength, { fetchImpl, signal }) {
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(byteLength) || byteLength <= 0)
+    throw new RangeError(`invalid object size ${byteLength}`);
   return {
     byteLength,
     async slice(start, end = byteLength) {
-      const response = await fetchImpl(url, {
-        signal,
-        redirect: 'error',
-        credentials: 'omit',
-        referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer',
-        headers: { Range: `bytes=${start}-${end - 1}` },
-      });
+      if (
+        !Number.isSafeInteger(start) ||
+        !Number.isSafeInteger(end) ||
+        start < 0 ||
+        end > byteLength ||
+        end <= start
+      )
+        throw new RangeError(`invalid range ${start}-${end} of ${byteLength}`);
+      let response;
+      try {
+        response = await fetchImpl(url, {
+          signal,
+          redirect: 'error',
+          credentials: 'omit',
+          referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer',
+          headers: { Range: `bytes=${start}-${end - 1}` },
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (signal?.aborted) throw error;
+        throw transient(error);
+      }
       if (response.status !== 206 && response.status !== 200) {
         await response.body?.cancel?.().catch?.(() => {});
-        throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
+        const error = new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
+        throw response.status === 429 || response.status >= 500
+          ? transient(error)
+          : error;
       }
-      const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
-      // A server that ignores Range answers with the whole file.
-      return response.status === 200 && buffer.byteLength === byteLength
-        ? buffer.slice(start, end)
-        : buffer;
+      // A server that ignores Range answers with the whole file; anything
+      // else must be exactly the bytes asked for.
+      const whole = response.status === 200;
+      const expected = whole ? byteLength : end - start;
+      const bytes = await readResponseBytesCapped(
+        response,
+        whole ? Math.min(byteLength, MAX_UNRANGED_BYTES) : expected,
+        signal,
+      );
+      if (bytes.byteLength !== expected)
+        throw transient(
+          new Error(
+            `short read: ${bytes.byteLength} of ${expected} bytes from ${start}`,
+          ),
+        );
+      const buffer = bytes.buffer.slice(
+        bytes.byteOffset,
+        bytes.byteOffset + bytes.byteLength,
+      );
+      return whole ? buffer.slice(start, end) : buffer;
     },
   };
 }
@@ -79,12 +126,19 @@ export async function listPartitions(entry, { fetchImpl, signal }) {
       credentials: 'omit',
     });
     if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
-    const xml = await response.text();
+    const xml = await readResponseTextCapped(
+      response,
+      MAX_LIST_PAGE_BYTES,
+      signal,
+    );
     for (const match of xml.matchAll(
       /<Contents>[\s\S]*?<Key>([^<]+)<\/Key>[\s\S]*?<Size>(\d+)<\/Size>[\s\S]*?<\/Contents>/g,
     )) {
-      if (!match[1].endsWith('.parquet')) continue;
-      objects.push({ key: match[1], size: Number(match[2]) });
+      const size = Number(match[2]);
+      if (!match[1].endsWith('.parquet') || !Number.isSafeInteger(size))
+        continue;
+      if (size <= 0) continue;
+      objects.push({ key: match[1], size });
       if (objects.length >= MAX_LISTED_KEYS) return objects;
     }
     token = /<NextContinuationToken>([^<]+)<\/NextContinuationToken>/.exec(
@@ -119,39 +173,71 @@ export function geoParquetInfo(metadata) {
   }
 }
 
+const pause = (ms, signal) =>
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const timer = setTimeout(resolve, ms);
+    signal?.addEventListener?.(
+      'abort',
+      () => {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        reject(signal.reason);
+      },
+      { once: true },
+    );
+  });
+
 /**
  * Where each partition is: list the bucket, then read each file's footer
- * (one small range request) for its GeoParquet bbox. Built once and cached
- * by the caller; a partition without a bbox is left out.
- * @returns {Promise<Array<{ url: string, bbox: number[], size: number }>>}
+ * (one small range request) for its GeoParquet bbox. A partition whose
+ * metadata is unreadable or has no bbox is left out; a footer that fails to
+ * load (network, 429, 5xx, short read) is retried
+ * (FOOTER_RETRIES more passes) and, if it still fails, the index is
+ * `complete: false` so callers never keep it as if it were whole.
+ * @returns {Promise<{ partitions: Array<{ url: string, bbox: number[], size: number }>, complete: boolean, failed: number }>}
  */
-export async function buildPartitionIndex(entry, { fetchImpl, signal }) {
+export async function buildPartitionIndex(
+  entry,
+  { fetchImpl, signal, retryDelayMs = FOOTER_RETRY_DELAY_MS },
+) {
   const { keyBase } = entry.source.partitions;
   const objects = await listPartitions(entry, { fetchImpl, signal });
-  const index = [];
-  let next = 0;
-  async function worker() {
-    while (next < objects.length) {
-      const { key, size } = objects[next++];
-      signal?.throwIfAborted?.();
-      const url = onSourceHost(entry, new URL(key, keyBase).href);
-      try {
-        const metadata = await parquetMetadataAsync(
-          rangeBuffer(url, size, { fetchImpl, signal }),
-          { initialFetchSize: FOOTER_FETCH_BYTES },
-        );
-        const { bbox } = geoParquetInfo(metadata);
-        if (bbox) index.push({ url, bbox, size });
-      } catch (error) {
-        if (signal?.aborted) throw error;
-        // One unreadable partition does not sink the index.
+  const partitions = [];
+  let pending = objects;
+  for (let pass = 0; pass <= FOOTER_RETRIES && pending.length; pass++) {
+    if (pass) await pause(retryDelayMs * pass, signal);
+    const failed = [];
+    let next = 0;
+    const queue = pending;
+    async function worker() {
+      while (next < queue.length) {
+        const object = queue[next++];
+        signal?.throwIfAborted?.();
+        const url = onSourceHost(entry, new URL(object.key, keyBase).href);
+        try {
+          const metadata = await parquetMetadataAsync(
+            rangeBuffer(url, object.size, { fetchImpl, signal }),
+            { initialFetchSize: FOOTER_FETCH_BYTES },
+          );
+          const { bbox } = geoParquetInfo(metadata);
+          if (bbox) partitions.push({ url, bbox, size: object.size });
+        } catch (error) {
+          if (signal?.aborted) throw error;
+          // A footer that arrived but does not parse will not parse next
+          // time either: that file is left out. Only fetch failures retry.
+          if (error?.transient) failed.push(object);
+        }
       }
     }
+    await Promise.all(
+      Array.from({ length: Math.min(INDEX_CONCURRENCY, queue.length) }, worker),
+    );
+    pending = failed;
   }
-  await Promise.all(
-    Array.from({ length: Math.min(INDEX_CONCURRENCY, objects.length) }, worker),
-  );
-  return index.sort((a, b) => a.url.localeCompare(b.url));
+  return {
+    partitions: partitions.sort((a, b) => a.url.localeCompare(b.url)),
+    complete: pending.length === 0,
+    failed: pending.length,
+  };
 }
 
 const overlapArea = (a, b) =>
diff --git a/src/library/parquet.test.mjs b/src/library/parquet.test.mjs
index 5608194e6..65cf382ce 100644
--- a/src/library/parquet.test.mjs
+++ b/src/library/parquet.test.mjs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ test('a partitioned view reads candidates in batches until one finds features',
     },
     loadParquet: async () => ({
       ...(await import('./parquet.js')),
-      buildPartitionIndex: async () => index,
+      buildPartitionIndex: async () => ({ partitions: index, complete: true }),
       readGeoParquetFeatures: async (entry, url) => {
         reads.push(url);
         return url.endsWith('A.parquet')
@@ -108,8 +108,11 @@ test('a partitioned view reads candidates in batches until one finds features',
   ]);
   // The index is kept in this browser; extents are learned per partition.
   assert.ok(store.get('gev:library:index:epc-england-wales'));
-  const learned = JSON.parse(store.get('gev:library:extent:epc-england-wales'));
-  assert.ok(learned['https://h/A.parquet']);
+  const learned = JSON.parse(
+    store.get('gev:library:extent:v2:epc-england-wales'),
+  );
+  assert.ok(learned['https://h/A.parquet'].full);
+  assert.ok(learned['https://h/A.parquet'].trimmed);
   // A second view of the same area is served from the decoded cache.
   await source.loadDataset(epc, { bbox: box });
   assert.equal(reads.length, 2);
@@ -119,3 +122,185 @@ test('a partitioned view reads candidates in batches until one finds features',
     truncated: false,
   });
 });
+
+test('a revisit still finds homes at the edge of a partition', async () => {
+  // 200 homes in a cluster and one real home at the partition's edge: the
+  // trimmed (98 %) extent leaves the edge home out, the full one keeps it.
+  const point = (lon, lat) => ({
+    type: 'Feature',
+    geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [lon, lat] },
+    properties: { CURRENT_ENERGY_RATING: 'C', UPRN: String(lon) },
+  });
+  const homes = Array.from({ length: 200 }, (_, index) =>
+    point(-1.4 - index / 1e4, 53.4),
+  );
+  const edge = point(-1.2, 53.3);
+  homes.push(edge);
+  const index = [
+    { url: 'https://h/Edge.parquet', bbox: [-1.5, 53.2, -1.1, 53.5] },
+  ];
+  const store = new Map([
+    // A v1 extent (trimmed only) from an older build: never read again.
+    [
+      'gev:library:extent:epc-england-wales',
+      JSON.stringify({ 'https://h/Edge.parquet': [-1.42, 53.4, -1.4, 53.4] }),
+    ],
+  ]);
+  const storage = {
+    getItem: (key) => store.get(key) ?? null,
+    setItem: (key, value) => store.set(key, value),
+    removeItem: (key) => store.delete(key),
+  };
+  const visit = () =>
+    createLibrarySource({
+      entries: [epc],
+      fetchImpl: async () => ({ ok: false, status: 404 }),
+      storage,
+      loadParquet: async () => ({
+        ...(await import('./parquet.js')),
+        buildPartitionIndex: async () => ({
+          partitions: index,
+          complete: true,
+        }),
+        readGeoParquetFeatures: async () => homes,
+      }),
+    });
+  const edgeBox = [-1.21, 53.29, -1.19, 53.31];
+  // First visit: the old v1 extent would have skipped the partition.
+  const first = await visit().loadDataset(epc, { bbox: edgeBox });
+  assert.equal(first.features.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(store.has('gev:library:extent:epc-england-wales'), false);
+  // A later visit (new page, nothing decoded) reads the learned v2 extents.
+  const later = await visit().loadDataset(epc, { bbox: edgeBox });
+  assert.equal(later.features.length, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(later.features[0].geometry.coordinates, [-1.2, 53.3]);
+  // A box outside every point of the partition is still ruled out.
+  const outside = await visit().loadDataset(epc, {
+    bbox: [-1.12, 53.45, -1.11, 53.46],
+  });
+  assert.equal(outside.features.length, 0);
+});
+
+test('a footer that keeps failing leaves the index incomplete, and a retry recovers', async () => {
+  const { buildPartitionIndex } = await import('./parquet.js');
+  const entry = {
+    ...epc,
+    source: {
+      ...epc.source,
+      partitions: {
+        listUrl: 'https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bucket?list-type=2',
+        keyBase: 'https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bucket/',
+      },
+    },
+  };
+  const listing = `<ListBucketResult><Contents><Key>a.parquet</Key><Size>100</Size></Contents><Contents><Key>b.parquet</Key><Size>100</Size></Contents></ListBucketResult>`;
+  let footerFailures = 0;
+  const fetchImpl = async (url) => {
+    if (url.includes('list-type'))
+      return new Response(listing, { status: 200 });
+    if (url.endsWith('b.parquet') && footerFailures > 0) {
+      footerFailures -= 1;
+      return new Response('', { status: 503 });
+    }
+    // Not a Parquet footer: readable, but with no bbox, so left out.
+    return new Response(new Uint8Array(100), { status: 200 });
+  };
+  footerFailures = 2; // fails once, then succeeds on the first retry
+  const recovered = await buildPartitionIndex(entry, {
+    fetchImpl,
+    retryDelayMs: 0,
+  });
+  assert.equal(recovered.complete, true);
+  footerFailures = 100; // fails on every pass
+  const broken = await buildPartitionIndex(entry, {
+    fetchImpl,
+    retryDelayMs: 0,
+  });
+  assert.equal(broken.complete, false);
+  assert.equal(broken.failed, 1);
+});
+
+test('the browser keeps a complete index over an incomplete rebuild and retries later', async () => {
+  let clock = 30 * 24 * 3600_000;
+  const complete = [{ url: 'https://h/A.parquet', bbox: [-2, 53, -1, 54] }];
+  const store = new Map([
+    [
+      'gev:library:index:epc-england-wales',
+      // Past cacheSeconds: due for a rebuild.
+      JSON.stringify({ savedAt: 0, complete: true, partitions: complete }),
+    ],
+  ]);
+  let builds = 0;
+  let nextComplete = false;
+  const source = createLibrarySource({
+    entries: [epc],
+    now: () => clock,
+    fetchImpl: async () => ({ ok: false, status: 404 }),
+    storage: {
+      getItem: (key) => store.get(key) ?? null,
+      setItem: (key, value) => store.set(key, value),
+    },
+    loadParquet: async () => ({
+      ...(await import('./parquet.js')),
+      buildPartitionIndex: async () => {
+        builds += 1;
+        return nextComplete
+          ? { partitions: complete, complete: true, failed: 0 }
+          : { partitions: [], complete: false, failed: 3 };
+      },
+      readGeoParquetFeatures: async () => [],
+    }),
+  });
+  const box = [-1.5, 53.4, -1.4, 53.5];
+  await source.loadDataset(epc, { bbox: box });
+  assert.equal(builds, 1);
+  // The old complete index stays stored; the incomplete one is not saved.
+  assert.equal(
+    JSON.parse(store.get('gev:library:index:epc-england-wales')).savedAt,
+    0,
+  );
+  // Within the retry pause the incomplete result is reused, not rebuilt.
+  await source.loadDataset(epc, { bbox: box });
+  assert.equal(builds, 1);
+  // After it, the index is rebuilt; a complete build is kept.
+  clock += 6 * 60_000;
+  nextComplete = true;
+  await source.loadDataset(epc, { bbox: box });
+  assert.equal(builds, 2);
+  assert.equal(
+    JSON.parse(store.get('gev:library:index:epc-england-wales')).savedAt,
+    clock,
+  );
+});
+
+test('a view that leaves touching partitions unread is partial', async () => {
+  const index = Array.from({ length: 6 }, (_, n) => ({
+    url: `https://h/P${n}.parquet`,
+    bbox: [-1.5 - n / 100, 53.3, -1.4, 53.45],
+  }));
+  const point = (lon, lat) => ({
+    type: 'Feature',
+    geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [lon, lat] },
+    properties: { CURRENT_ENERGY_RATING: 'C', UPRN: '1' },
+  });
+  const reads = [];
+  const source = createLibrarySource({
+    entries: [epc],
+    fetchImpl: async () => ({ ok: false, status: 404 }),
+    storage: null,
+    loadParquet: async () => ({
+      ...(await import('./parquet.js')),
+      buildPartitionIndex: async () => ({ partitions: index, complete: true }),
+      readGeoParquetFeatures: async (entry, url) => {
+        reads.push(url);
+        return [point(-1.45, 53.4)];
+      },
+    }),
+  });
+  const result = await source.loadDataset(epc, {
+    bbox: [-1.46, 53.39, -1.44, 53.41],
+  });
+  // The first batch of four found homes; two touching partitions stay unread.
+  assert.equal(reads.length, 4);
+  assert.equal(result.truncated, true);
+});
diff --git a/src/library/source.js b/src/library/source.js
index 8e15ec0d0..85f37c5d0 100644
--- a/src/library/source.js
+++ b/src/library/source.js
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ const PARTITION_BATCH = 4;
 /** Decoded partitions kept in memory, most recent first. */
 const PARTITION_CACHE_LIMIT = 4;
 const INDEX_STORAGE_PREFIX = 'gev:library:index:';
-const EXTENT_STORAGE_PREFIX = 'gev:library:extent:';
+/** How long an incomplete partition index is used before a rebuild. */
+const PARTIAL_INDEX_RETRY_MS = 5 * 60_000;
+// v2 stores `{ full, trimmed }` per partition. The v1 key held only the
+// trimmed box, which wrongly excluded real points at a partition's edge; it
+// is no longer read and is removed on first use.
+const EXTENT_STORAGE_PREFIX = 'gev:library:extent:v2:';
+const RETIRED_EXTENT_STORAGE_PREFIX = 'gev:library:extent:';
 
 const overlaps = (a, b) =>
   a[0] < b[2] && a[2] > b[0] && a[1] < b[3] && a[3] > b[1];
@@ -47,6 +53,58 @@ export function robustExtent(features) {
   return [at(lons, 0.01), at(lats, 0.01), at(lons, 0.99), at(lats, 0.99)];
 }
 
+/** The box holding every point of a partition, or null. */
+export function fullExtent(features) {
+  let extent = null;
+  for (const feature of features) {
+    let position = feature?.geometry?.coordinates;
+    while (Array.isArray(position?.[0])) position = position[0];
+    if (!Array.isArray(position)) continue;
+    const [lon, lat] = position;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(lon) || !Number.isFinite(lat)) continue;
+    if (!extent) extent = [lon, lat, lon, lat];
+    else {
+      extent[0] = Math.min(extent[0], lon);
+      extent[1] = Math.min(extent[1], lat);
+      extent[2] = Math.max(extent[2], lon);
+      extent[3] = Math.max(extent[3], lat);
+    }
+  }
+  return extent;
+}
+
+const isBox = (value) =>
+  Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 4 && value.every(Number.isFinite);
+
+/**
+ * Candidate partitions for a box. A learned full extent that misses the box
+ * rules a partition out (no point of it can be in view); the learned 98 %
+ * extent only ranks, so stray geocodes neither stretch the ranking nor hide
+ * the real points at a partition's edge.
+ */
+export function rankPartitions(index, box, learned, partitionsForBox) {
+  const known = (url) => {
+    const value = learned?.[url];
+    return value && isBox(value.full) && isBox(value.trimmed) ? value : null;
+  };
+  const ranked = partitionsForBox(
+    index
+      .filter(({ url }) => !known(url) || overlaps(known(url).full, box))
+      .map((partition) => {
+        const extent = known(partition.url);
+        // Rank by where most points are, unless that misses the view while
+        // the full extent does not: then the partition's own box ranks it.
+        return extent && overlaps(extent.trimmed, box)
+          ? { ...partition, bbox: extent.trimmed }
+          : partition;
+      }),
+    box,
+    Infinity,
+  );
+  const byUrl = new Map(index.map((partition) => [partition.url, partition]));
+  return ranked.map(({ url }) => byUrl.get(url));
+}
+
 function storedJson(storage, key) {
   try {
     const text = storage?.getItem?.(key);
@@ -118,43 +176,76 @@ export function createLibrarySource({
    * shared), else built here and kept in this browser for `cacheSeconds`.
    */
   function partitionIndex(entry, { signal } = {}) {
-    if (!indexes.has(entry.id))
-      indexes.set(
-        entry.id,
-        (async () => {
-          try {
-            const response = await fetchImpl(
-              `${base}/index/${encodeURIComponent(entry.id)}`,
-              { signal, headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } },
-            );
-            if (response.ok) {
-              const body = await response.json();
-              if (Array.isArray(body?.partitions)) return body.partitions;
-            }
-          } catch (error) {
-            if (signal?.aborted) throw error;
+    const memo = indexes.get(entry.id);
+    if (memo && (memo.retryAt === null || now() < memo.retryAt))
+      return memo.promise;
+    const promise = (async () => {
+      const key = `${INDEX_STORAGE_PREFIX}${entry.id}`;
+      const stored = storedJson(storage, key);
+      const storedComplete =
+        stored && Array.isArray(stored.partitions) && stored.complete !== false
+          ? stored
+          : null;
+      let partial = null;
+      try {
+        const response = await fetchImpl(
+          `${base}/index/${encodeURIComponent(entry.id)}`,
+          { signal, headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } },
+        );
+        if (response.ok) {
+          const body = await response.json();
+          if (Array.isArray(body?.partitions)) {
+            if (body.complete !== false)
+              return { partitions: body.partitions, complete: true };
+            partial = body.partitions;
           }
-          const key = `${INDEX_STORAGE_PREFIX}${entry.id}`;
-          const stored = storedJson(storage, key);
-          if (
-            stored &&
-            Array.isArray(stored.partitions) &&
-            now() - stored.savedAt < entry.source.cacheSeconds * 1000
-          )
-            return stored.partitions;
-          const { buildPartitionIndex } = await loadParquet();
-          const partitions = await buildPartitionIndex(entry, {
-            fetchImpl,
-            signal,
-          });
-          storeJson(storage, key, { savedAt: now(), partitions });
-          return partitions;
-        })().catch((error) => {
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (signal?.aborted) throw error;
+      }
+      if (
+        storedComplete &&
+        now() - storedComplete.savedAt < entry.source.cacheSeconds * 1000
+      )
+        return { partitions: storedComplete.partitions, complete: true };
+      // The server's index is incomplete, or there is no server: build here.
+      const { buildPartitionIndex } = await loadParquet();
+      const built = await buildPartitionIndex(entry, { fetchImpl, signal });
+      if (built.complete) {
+        storeJson(storage, key, {
+          savedAt: now(),
+          complete: true,
+          partitions: built.partitions,
+        });
+        return { partitions: built.partitions, complete: true };
+      }
+      // Still incomplete: an older complete index beats a partial one, even
+      // past its age; otherwise use the larger partial set for now.
+      if (storedComplete)
+        return { partitions: storedComplete.partitions, complete: false };
+      const partitions =
+        partial && partial.length > built.partitions.length
+          ? partial
+          : built.partitions;
+      return { partitions, complete: false };
+    })().then(
+      (result) => {
+        // An incomplete index is used for now and rebuilt after a pause.
+        const current = indexes.get(entry.id);
+        if (current?.promise === promise)
+          current.retryAt = result.complete
+            ? null
+            : now() + PARTIAL_INDEX_RETRY_MS;
+        return result.partitions;
+      },
+      (error) => {
+        if (indexes.get(entry.id)?.promise === promise)
           indexes.delete(entry.id);
-          throw error;
-        }),
-      );
-    return indexes.get(entry.id);
+        throw error;
+      },
+    );
+    indexes.set(entry.id, { promise, retryAt: null });
+    return promise;
   }
 
   /** One partition's features, decoded once and kept for a few views. */
@@ -174,11 +265,12 @@ export function createLibrarySource({
     while (partitionCache.size > PARTITION_CACHE_LIMIT)
       partitionCache.delete(partitionCache.keys().next().value);
     // Learn where this partition really is, for every later view.
-    const extent = robustExtent(features);
-    if (extent) {
+    const full = fullExtent(features);
+    const trimmed = robustExtent(features);
+    if (full && trimmed) {
       const key = `${EXTENT_STORAGE_PREFIX}${entry.id}`;
       const learned = storedJson(storage, key) || {};
-      learned[partition.url] = extent;
+      learned[partition.url] = { full, trimmed };
       storeJson(storage, key, learned);
     }
     return features;
@@ -195,11 +287,18 @@ export function createLibrarySource({
       loadParquet(),
       partitionIndex(entry, { signal }),
     ]);
+    try {
+      storage?.removeItem?.(`${RETIRED_EXTENT_STORAGE_PREFIX}${entry.id}`);
+    } catch {
+      /* a blocked store keeps a key nobody reads */
+    }
     const learned =
       storedJson(storage, `${EXTENT_STORAGE_PREFIX}${entry.id}`) || {};
-    const candidates = partitionsForBox(index, box, Infinity)
-      .filter(({ url }) => !learned[url] || overlaps(learned[url], box))
-      .slice(0, MAX_PARTITION_READS_PER_VIEW);
+    const ranked = rankPartitions(index, box, learned, partitionsForBox);
+    const candidates = ranked.slice(0, MAX_PARTITION_READS_PER_VIEW);
+    // Every partition the box touches but this view leaves unread (the read
+    // budget, or the early stop below) makes the result partial.
+    let unread = ranked.length - candidates.length;
     const inView = [];
     for (let start = 0; start < candidates.length; start += PARTITION_BATCH) {
       const batch = candidates.slice(start, start + PARTITION_BATCH);
@@ -217,13 +316,19 @@ export function createLibrarySource({
           inView.push(...hits);
         }
       }
-      if (found) break;
+      if (found) {
+        unread += candidates.length - (start + batch.length);
+        break;
+      }
     }
     const bounded = boundLibraryFeatures(inView, {
       maxFeatures: entry.source.maxFeatures,
       display: entry.display,
     });
-    return { features: bounded.features, truncated: bounded.truncated };
+    return {
+      features: bounded.features,
+      truncated: bounded.truncated || unread > 0,
+    };
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/library/tileLayer.test.mjs b/src/library/tileLayer.test.mjs
index d26ce18d4..94fe4a999 100644
--- a/src/library/tileLayer.test.mjs
+++ b/src/library/tileLayer.test.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import * as Cesium from 'cesium';
-import { createLibraryTileLayer } from './layers.js';
+import { createLibraryTileLayer, minimumTerrainLevelFor } from './layers.js';
 import { LIBRARY_ENTRIES, libraryEntry } from './catalog.js';
 import { libraryTileUrl } from './manifest.js';
 import { createLibrarySource } from './source.js';
@@ -133,3 +133,35 @@ test('bbox and TMS templates become the URLs Cesium and the proxy request', () =
     'https://t.example.org/3/2/6.png',
   );
 });
+
+test('an entry too dense to draw zoomed out is hidden below its scale', async () => {
+  const cadastre = entryWithoutOutline('kartverket-cadastre');
+  assert.equal(cadastre.source.minZoom, 14);
+  assert.equal(minimumTerrainLevelFor(cadastre), 13);
+  // Small coverage, or a low minimum zoom, draws at every scale.
+  assert.equal(
+    minimumTerrainLevelFor(libraryEntry('lee-county-fl')),
+    undefined,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    minimumTerrainLevelFor(libraryEntry('ign-orthophotos-france')),
+    undefined,
+  );
+
+  // Switched on zoomed out, then zoomed further out: no globe tile coarser
+  // than level 13 takes imagery from it, so no z14 tile is ever requested.
+  const viewer = globeViewer();
+  const layer = createLibraryTileLayer(cadastre, { source, cesium: Cesium });
+  await layer.init(viewer);
+  await layer.enable(viewer);
+  const imagery = viewer.imageryLayers.get(viewer.imageryLayers.length - 1);
+  const terrain = new Cesium.EllipsoidTerrainProvider();
+  for (const level of [0, 4, 12])
+    assert.equal(
+      imagery._createTileImagerySkeletons({ level, data: {} }, terrain),
+      false,
+      `globe level ${level} takes no cadastre imagery`,
+    );
+  await layer.disable();
+  assert.equal(viewer.imageryLayers.length, 0);
+});
diff --git a/src/share/legacyShareState.js b/src/share/legacyShareState.js
index 1f54445e4..391293afe 100644
--- a/src/share/legacyShareState.js
+++ b/src/share/legacyShareState.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export const LEGACY_SHARE_STATE_KEYS = Object.freeze([
   'layerState',
   'layerStateInvalid',
   'panelState',
+  'library',
   'sharedAtMs',
 ]);
 
diff --git a/src/share/viewCodec.js b/src/share/viewCodec.js
index 4031c9b31..fd8059799 100644
--- a/src/share/viewCodec.js
+++ b/src/share/viewCodec.js
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ export const SHARE_VIEW_FIELDS = freezeAll([
   { number: 26, key: 'scopeTerminusPct', type: 'uint', default: null },
   { number: 27, key: 'styleParams', type: 'bytes', default: BY_STYLE },
   { number: 28, key: 'worldTime', type: 'epoch', default: null },
+  // Data Library entries switched on, as their two-character ledger tokens
+  // concatenated (src/library/ledger.json). Absent means none.
+  { number: 29, key: 'library', type: 'bytes', default: null },
 ]);
 const FIELD_BY_KEY = new Map(SHARE_VIEW_FIELDS.map((f) => [f.key, f]));
 const fieldNumber = (key) => FIELD_BY_KEY.get(key).number;
@@ -450,6 +453,33 @@ export function createDefaultShareViewState(requested = 'normal') {
 /* Normalization: the one canonical state both directions agree on.    */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+/** The most Data Library tokens a share carries (the library's own cap). */
+export const SHARE_LIBRARY_MAX_TOKENS = 64;
+const LIBRARY_TOKEN = /^[0-9a-z]{2}$/;
+
+/**
+ * Data Library share tokens from a `lib=` value (`ab.cd`) or a token list:
+ * unique, two base-36 characters each, at most SHARE_LIBRARY_MAX_TOKENS.
+ * Malformed tokens are skipped. Null or undefined stays null (no field).
+ * @param {string|string[]|null|undefined} value
+ * @returns {string[]|null}
+ */
+export function normalizeLibraryTokens(value) {
+  if (value === null || value === undefined) return null;
+  const list = Array.isArray(value)
+    ? value
+    : typeof value === 'string' && value.length <= 3 * SHARE_LIBRARY_MAX_TOKENS
+      ? value.split('.')
+      : [];
+  const tokens = [];
+  for (const token of list) {
+    if (typeof token !== 'string' || !LIBRARY_TOKEN.test(token)) continue;
+    if (!tokens.includes(token)) tokens.push(token);
+    if (tokens.length === SHARE_LIBRARY_MAX_TOKENS) break;
+  }
+  return tokens;
+}
+
 const finite = (value) =>
   typeof value === 'number'
     ? Number.isFinite(value)
@@ -761,6 +791,7 @@ export function normalizeShareViewState(input = {}) {
     ? normalizeLayerState(source.layerState)
     : null;
   state.panelState = normalizePanelState(source.panelState);
+  state.library = normalizeLibraryTokens(source.library);
   state.sharedAtMs = epochMsOr(source.sharedAtMs);
   state.worldTime = isWorldTime(source.worldTime)
     ? Math.floor(source.worldTime / 1000) * 1000
@@ -1030,6 +1061,10 @@ export function encodeShareView(input) {
       case 'panelState':
         if (state.panelState) encodePanels(writer, state.panelState);
         break;
+      case 'library':
+        if (state.library?.length)
+          writer.textField(field.number, state.library.join(''));
+        break;
       case 'thing':
         if (thing) encodeThing(writer, thing, state);
         break;
@@ -1438,6 +1473,13 @@ export function decodeShareView(code, { nowMs = Date.now() } = {}) {
       unknown.code('layer-option', 'without-layers');
     if (get('panelState'))
       raw.panelState = decodePanels(get('panelState').len, unknown);
+    if (get('library')) {
+      const text = asciiText(get('library').len.rest());
+      const tokens = text.match(/.{1,2}/g) || [];
+      for (const token of tokens)
+        if (!LIBRARY_TOKEN.test(token)) unknown.code('library', token);
+      raw.library = normalizeLibraryTokens(tokens);
+    }
     if (get('styleParams') && !retiredStyle)
       raw.styleParams = decodeStyleParams(
         get('styleParams').len,
diff --git a/src/share/viewCodec.test.mjs b/src/share/viewCodec.test.mjs
index 8e663fce9..42dd6b547 100644
--- a/src/share/viewCodec.test.mjs
+++ b/src/share/viewCodec.test.mjs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import {
   followOffsetToEnu,
   layerTokenFromNumber,
   layerTokenNumber,
+  normalizeLibraryTokens,
   normalizeShareViewState,
 } from './viewCodec.js';
 
@@ -507,6 +508,7 @@ test('the field registry is well formed and permanent', () => {
       [26, 'scopeTerminusPct', null],
       [27, 'styleParams', BY_STYLE],
       [28, 'worldTime', null],
+      [29, 'library', null],
     ],
   );
   assert.deepEqual(
@@ -1571,3 +1573,16 @@ test('the follow offset for a camera is the inverse of followCameraFor', () => {
     null,
   );
 });
+
+test('Data Library tokens round-trip and malformed ones are skipped', () => {
+  const state = { lat: 1, lon: 2, library: ['00', '1z', '0a'] };
+  const decoded = decodeShareView(encodeShareView(state));
+  assert.equal(decoded.ok, true);
+  assert.deepEqual(decoded.state.library, ['00', '1z', '0a']);
+  // None on: no field, and the decoder reads no tokens.
+  const none = decodeShareView(encodeShareView({ lat: 1, lon: 2 }));
+  assert.equal(none.state.library, null);
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeLibraryTokens('01.!!.01.zz'), ['01', 'zz']);
+  assert.equal(normalizeLibraryTokens(null), null);
+  assert.deepEqual(normalizeLibraryTokens('x'.repeat(500)), []);
+});
diff --git a/src/sharelink.js b/src/sharelink.js
index 74ad5b05a..6577afeae 100644
--- a/src/sharelink.js
+++ b/src/sharelink.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   SHARE_VIEW_STYLE_PARAMS,
   decodeShareView,
   encodeShareView,
+  normalizeLibraryTokens,
 } from './share/viewCodec.js';
 import {
   fromLegacyShareState,
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ export class ShareLinkManager {
     this._mapStack = 'photoreal';
     this._layerStateProvider = null;
     this._libraryParamsEncoder = null;
+    this._libraryShareListener = null;
+    // The opening share's Data Library tokens: null when the page opened
+    // without a share, [] for a share that switches no library entry on.
+    this._initialLibraryTokens = null;
     this._panelStateProvider = null;
     this._styleParamStateProvider = null;
     this._initialRestorePending = false;
@@ -161,10 +166,32 @@ export class ShareLinkManager {
     const state =
       code === null ? this._parseShareHash(hash) : this._parseShareCode(code);
     if (!state) return null;
+    // A share decides which library entries are on, as it does for core
+    // layers: one without `lib` switches none on.
+    this._initialLibraryTokens = state.library ?? [];
     this._beginIncomingRestore(state);
     return state;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The Data Library tokens of the share this page opened with, or null when
+   * it opened without one. Read by the library once it knows its entries.
+   * @returns {string[]|null}
+   */
+  get initialLibraryTokens() {
+    return this._initialLibraryTokens ? [...this._initialLibraryTokens] : null;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Install the Data Library's listener for shares opened in this tab after
+   * start-up. It receives the share's tokens ([] when it switches none on).
+   * @param {((tokens: string[]) => void) | null} listener
+   */
+  setLibraryShareListener(listener) {
+    this._libraryShareListener =
+      typeof listener === 'function' ? listener : null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * The restore state for a share code, in the long form's parsed shape plus
    * `shareView` (what the view follows, with its offset and last-known fix)
@@ -273,6 +300,7 @@ export class ShareLinkManager {
         params.has('l') &&
         decodedLayerState === null,
       panelState: decodePanelStateParams(params),
+      library: normalizeLibraryTokens(params.get('lib')),
       sharedAtMs: decodeShareCreatedAtMs(params),
     };
     return state;
@@ -324,6 +352,11 @@ export class ShareLinkManager {
     if (!state) return;
     this._beginIncomingRestore(state);
     onNavigate(state);
+    try {
+      this._libraryShareListener?.(state.library ?? []);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.warn('[ShareLink] library restore failed:', error);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -751,6 +784,7 @@ export class ShareLinkManager {
     this._unwatchNavigation?.();
     this._layerStateProvider = null;
     this._libraryParamsEncoder = null;
+    this._libraryShareListener = null;
     this._panelStateProvider = null;
     this._styleParamStateProvider = null;
     this._followSubjectProvider = null;
diff --git a/src/sharelink.navigation.test.mjs b/src/sharelink.navigation.test.mjs
index e486ba58d..10e167bc4 100644
--- a/src/sharelink.navigation.test.mjs
+++ b/src/sharelink.navigation.test.mjs
@@ -448,3 +448,47 @@ test('a link made away from live carries its world time to the page that opens i
   assert.equal(liveOpener.parseInitialHash().worldTime, null);
   liveOpener.destroy();
 });
+
+test('a copied link carries the Data Library selection to a clean recipient', (t) => {
+  installTab(t, SHARE_A);
+  const sharer = new ShareLinkManager(fakeViewer());
+  sharer.setLibraryParamsEncoder((params) => params.set('lib', '03.0a'));
+  const code = new URL(sharer.buildLink()).pathname.split('/').at(-1);
+  sharer.destroy();
+  const opener = new ShareLinkManager(fakeViewer(), { initialShareCode: code });
+  assert.deepEqual(opener.parseInitialHash().library, ['03', '0a']);
+  assert.deepEqual(opener.initialLibraryTokens, ['03', '0a']);
+  opener.destroy();
+
+  // A link with every library entry off is a share that switches none on.
+  const none = new ShareLinkManager(fakeViewer());
+  const noneCode = new URL(none.buildLink()).pathname.split('/').at(-1);
+  none.destroy();
+  const noneOpener = new ShareLinkManager(fakeViewer(), {
+    initialShareCode: noneCode,
+  });
+  noneOpener.parseInitialHash();
+  assert.deepEqual(noneOpener.initialLibraryTokens, []);
+  noneOpener.destroy();
+
+  // A page opened without a share leaves the library its stored selection.
+  installTab(t, '');
+  const plain = new ShareLinkManager(fakeViewer());
+  plain.parseInitialHash();
+  assert.equal(plain.initialLibraryTokens, null);
+  plain.destroy();
+});
+
+test('a share navigated to in this tab hands its library tokens over', (t) => {
+  const tab = installTab(t, SHARE_A);
+  const manager = new ShareLinkManager(fakeViewer());
+  manager.parseInitialHash();
+  const received = [];
+  manager.setLibraryShareListener((tokens) => received.push(tokens));
+  manager.watchNavigation(() => {});
+  tab.navigate(`${SHARE_B}&lib=01`);
+  tab.navigate(SHARE_A);
+  tab.back();
+  assert.deepEqual(received, [['01'], [], ['01']]);
+  manager.destroy();
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/libraryBrowser.js b/src/ui/libraryBrowser.js
index 857b0f04d..84989b60b 100644
--- a/src/ui/libraryBrowser.js
+++ b/src/ui/libraryBrowser.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * width, height, labels, initial and return focus, Escape and dismissal, and
  * closes itself when clean view, recording or Cockpit hides the panels.
  */
-import { formatNumber, msg, t, tn } from '../i18n/index.js';
+import { formatNumber, msg, onLocaleChange, t, tn } from '../i18n/index.js';
 
 const PANEL_HIDING_MODES = ['ui-clean-view', 'recording-mode', 'cockpit-mode'];
 /** How long Remove all stays armed after its first press. */
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     node.addEventListener(type, listener);
     removers.push(() => node.removeEventListener(type, listener));
   };
+  // Listeners on the dialog's own nodes, released when it is rebuilt.
+  const dialogRemovers = [];
+  const listenDialog = (node, type, listener) => {
+    node.addEventListener(type, listener);
+    dialogRemovers.push(() => node.removeEventListener(type, listener));
+  };
   const filter = { query: '', family: '', availableOnly: false };
   let dialog = null;
   let list = null;
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     );
     close.type = 'button';
     close.setAttribute('aria-label', t('Close data library'));
-    listen(close, 'click', () => api.close());
+    listenDialog(close, 'click', () => api.close());
     header.append(title, close);
 
     const body = element('div', 'data-library-body');
@@ -282,7 +288,8 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     search.type = 'search';
     search.autocomplete = 'off';
     search.placeholder = t('Name, provider or country');
-    listen(search, 'input', () => {
+    search.value = filter.query;
+    listenDialog(search, 'input', () => {
       filter.query = search.value;
       render();
     });
@@ -291,10 +298,16 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     const familyLabel = element('label', 'data-library-field');
     familyLabel.append(element('span', '', t('Theme')));
     const family = element('select', 'panel-surface-control');
-    family.append(new Option(t('All themes'), ''));
+    const option = (text, value) => {
+      const node = element('option', '', text);
+      node.value = value;
+      return node;
+    };
+    family.append(option(t('All themes'), ''));
     for (const [value, label] of Object.entries(FAMILY_LABELS))
-      family.append(new Option(t(label), value));
-    listen(family, 'change', () => {
+      family.append(option(t(label), value));
+    family.value = filter.family;
+    listenDialog(family, 'change', () => {
       filter.family = family.value;
       render();
     });
@@ -303,7 +316,8 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     const availableLabel = element('label', 'data-library-check');
     const available = element('input');
     available.type = 'checkbox';
-    listen(available, 'change', () => {
+    available.checked = filter.availableOnly;
+    listenDialog(available, 'change', () => {
       filter.availableOnly = available.checked;
       render();
     });
@@ -319,7 +333,7 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     status.setAttribute('aria-live', 'polite');
     resetButton = element('button', 'panel-surface-control data-library-reset');
     resetButton.type = 'button';
-    listen(resetButton, 'click', () => {
+    listenDialog(resetButton, 'click', () => {
       if (resetting) return;
       if (!resetArmed) {
         resetArmed = true;
@@ -344,7 +358,7 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     toolbar.append(status, resetButton);
 
     list = element('ul', 'data-library-list');
-    listen(list, 'click', (event) => {
+    listenDialog(list, 'click', (event) => {
       const button = event.target?.closest?.('button[data-library-action]');
       if (!button || button.disabled) return;
       const id = button.dataset.libraryId;
@@ -366,13 +380,13 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
 
     body.append(stats, intro, filters, toolbar, list);
     dialog.append(header, body);
-    listen(dialog, 'cancel', (event) => {
+    listenDialog(dialog, 'cancel', (event) => {
       event.preventDefault();
       api.close();
     });
     // A click on the backdrop (the dialog box itself, outside its content)
     // dismisses, like Escape.
-    listen(dialog, 'click', (event) => {
+    listenDialog(dialog, 'click', (event) => {
       if (event.target === dialog) api.close();
     });
     document.body.append(dialog);
@@ -576,13 +590,33 @@ export function mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger }) {
     destroy() {
       api.close();
       unsubscribe();
+      offLocale();
       observer?.disconnect();
       for (const remove of removers.splice(0)) remove();
+      for (const remove of dialogRemovers.splice(0)) remove();
       dialog?.remove();
       dialog = null;
     },
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Every label is translated when the dialog is built, so a language switch
+   * rebuilds it, keeping its filters and, if it was open, opening it again.
+   */
+  function relabel() {
+    if (!dialog) return;
+    const wasOpen = dialog.open;
+    disarmReset();
+    clearInterval(statsTimer);
+    statsTimer = null;
+    if (wasOpen) dialog.close();
+    for (const remove of dialogRemovers.splice(0)) remove();
+    dialog.remove();
+    dialog = null;
+    if (wasOpen) api.open();
+  }
+  const offLocale = onLocaleChange(relabel);
+
   const unsubscribe = library.subscribe(render);
   if (trigger) listen(trigger, 'click', () => api.open());
   const observer =
diff --git a/src/ui/libraryBrowser.locale.test.mjs b/src/ui/libraryBrowser.locale.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..045647b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/libraryBrowser.locale.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { installVueDom } from '../testSupport/vueDom.mjs';
+import { setLocale, t } from '../i18n/index.js';
+
+test('a language switch relabels the open dialog and keeps its filters', async (context) => {
+  context.after(installVueDom());
+  context.after(() => setLocale('en'));
+  const { mountLibraryBrowser } = await import('./libraryBrowser.js');
+  const library = {
+    ready: true,
+    subscribe: () => () => {},
+    list: () => [],
+    summary: () => ({
+      entries: 0,
+      kinds: { dataset: 0, tiles: 0, pack: 0 },
+      themes: [],
+      available: 0,
+      unavailable: 0,
+      added: 0,
+      on: 0,
+      features: 0,
+      featureLayers: 0,
+    }),
+    reset: async () => 0,
+  };
+  const browser = mountLibraryBrowser({ library, trigger: null });
+  context.after(() => browser.destroy());
+  browser.open();
+  const search = () =>
+    document.querySelector('#data-library input[type="search"]');
+  search().value = 'kartverket';
+  search().dispatchEvent(new Event('input'));
+  assert.equal(
+    document.querySelector('#data-library-title').textContent,
+    'DATA LIBRARY',
+  );
+
+  setLocale('de');
+  const title = document.querySelector('#data-library-title');
+  assert.equal(title.textContent, t('DATA LIBRARY'));
+  assert.notEqual(title.textContent, 'DATA LIBRARY');
+  assert.equal(document.querySelectorAll('#data-library').length, 1);
+  assert.equal(document.querySelector('#data-library').open, true);
+  assert.equal(search().value, 'kartverket');
+
+  // Closed and reopened later, it is still in the new language.
+  browser.close();
+  browser.open();
+  assert.equal(
+    document.querySelector('#data-library-title').textContent,
+    t('DATA LIBRARY'),
+  );
+});