diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ee00d839..98d32365f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,26 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
-- Local FM seek finds stations after wrapping around 87.5–108 MHz, covers both
-  band edges, skips the starting station and rejects spectra from an earlier
-  tune (Aditya, @Rohilalala, #1174).
-- Local RTL-SDR keeps USB reads queued in order and bounds pending decoder
-  work. A stalled or overloaded decoder stops with an explicit error; stopping
-  terminates its worker and rejects late audio. FM playback buffers short
-  scheduling gaps, caps its audio queue at 256 ms, and reduces display updates
-  and spectrum calculations while listening.
-
-- Add Bogotá (Tembici, 250 stations) and Santiago de Chile (Bike Itaú, 200
-  stations) to the GBFS bikeshare registry, the layer's first stations in
-  Colombia and Chile. Both are PBSC feeds like the Brazilian Bike Itaú cities,
-  so no proxy change is needed. Both feeds also list depot stations on other
-  continents (São Paulo, Madrid) as in service; stations outside a city's load
-  radius are now dropped instead of drawn as live docks.
-
-- Add Barcelona's bike share to the GBFS registry: Bicing (543 stations, the
-  city's PBSC system) and AMBici (237 e-bike stations across the metropolitan
-  area, run by nextbike). Both are keyless GBFS 2.3 feeds listed in
-  MobilityData's systems catalogue; AMBici's is CC0. `gbfs.nextbike.net` joins
-  the proxy allowlist. These are the layer's first stations in Spain.
+- The tracked-aircraft descriptor now publishes `verticalRateMps`, on both the
+  civil and military layers, so a consumer reading `getTrackedInfo()` no longer
+  has to reach past it into the raw poll record for climb/descent. Reported,
+  never derived: an aircraft that has not transmitted a rate reads as `null`
+  rather than a level-flight `0`.
 
 - Add nine Ontario transit feeds: TTC, MiWay, Hamilton HSR, Durham Region,
   YRT/Viva, Guelph, Burlington, Barrie and Kingston, each carrying its own
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index cc3f27cfe..e53883548 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ The data proxies under `server/providers/` are written so the browser cannot tur
 - **Sanitized errors** — internal error details are not echoed back to clients.
 - **Coalesced OAuth refresh** and cached successful responses only (OpenSky).
 - **Redacted debug logging.** The voice debug log (`.gev-logs/`, gitignored) strips API keys, bearer tokens, client secrets, and image data URLs before writing.
-- **Cross-site gate on cost/log endpoints.** The cost-bearing (`/api/realtime/token`, `/api/openai/hud-summary`, `/api/google/nearby-places`, `/api/google/text-search`), quota-bearing (`/api/mapillary/*`, with a per-IP limit on tiles) and log (`/api/realtime/debug-log`) endpoints refuse cross-site browser requests: a foreign or opaque `Origin`, a `Sec-Fetch-Site` other than `same-origin`/`none` (this is what blocks an `<img>`/navigation that carries no `Origin`), or any reverse-proxy/CDN forwarding header returns `403`. Non-browser loopback tools (the repo QA harnesses POST the token endpoint with no `Origin`) and the explicit `HOST=0.0.0.0` LAN opt-in keep working — the gate deliberately does not require a loopback remote address; that stricter requirement belongs only to the credential panel (`admitKeySetupRequest`). The Host check (`allowedHosts`, applied by `hostCheckPlugin` ahead of every route, since Vite's own check runs only after plugin middleware) rejects a rebinding `Host` before any handler runs, in every mode, and the gate is defense in depth behind it: the LAN opt-in keeps that check and accepts only IP addresses, `localhost` and names listed in `GEV_ALLOWED_HOSTS`. **Limit:** a name you list there is trusted like the app's own address, so list only names you control.
+- **Cross-site gate on cost/log endpoints.** The cost-bearing (`/api/realtime/token`, `/api/openai/hud-summary`, `/api/google/nearby-places`, `/api/google/text-search`), quota-bearing (`/api/mapillary/*`, with a per-IP limit on tiles, and `/api/tomtom/*`, backed by its persistent daily tile budget) and log (`/api/realtime/debug-log`) endpoints refuse cross-site browser requests: a foreign or opaque `Origin`, a `Sec-Fetch-Site` other than `same-origin`/`none` (this is what blocks an `<img>`/navigation that carries no `Origin`), or any reverse-proxy/CDN forwarding header returns `403`. Non-browser loopback tools (the repo QA harnesses POST the token endpoint with no `Origin`) and the explicit `HOST=0.0.0.0` LAN opt-in keep working — the gate deliberately does not require a loopback remote address; that stricter requirement belongs only to the credential panel (`admitKeySetupRequest`). The Host check (`allowedHosts`, applied by `hostCheckPlugin` ahead of every route, since Vite's own check runs only after plugin middleware) rejects a rebinding `Host` before any handler runs, in every mode, and the gate is defense in depth behind it: the LAN opt-in keeps that check and accepts only IP addresses, `localhost` and names listed in `GEV_ALLOWED_HOSTS`. **Limit:** a name you list there is trusted like the app's own address, so list only names you control.
 - **Full Content-Security-Policy.** The dev and preview servers send a real CSP (`script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval' blob:` plus the YouTube, Facebook and X scripts the Nepal event's embedded media loads and the Maps JavaScript API that Street View runs on, with a matching `frame-src` for their players and posts: no inline script and no other script origin; `blob:` covers the object URLs Cesium's bundled workers bootstrap through in the built app), alongside the existing `X-Frame-Options: DENY` and `frame-ancestors 'none'`. `'unsafe-eval'` stays because Knockout, bundled inside Cesium's widgets package, resolves the global object with `eval` at load time and the globe does not initialize without it; styles permit `'unsafe-inline'` and Google Fonts because Vite's dev client injects `<style>` elements.
 
 Allowing `maps.googleapis.com` in `script-src` also trusts its JSONP endpoints, which can bypass the script allowlist if an HTML-injection bug exists; this is an accepted limitation of loading the Maps JavaScript API, alongside the existing `'unsafe-eval'` allowance.
diff --git a/changelog.d/1118-cctv-snapshot-fallback-provenance.md b/changelog.d/1118-cctv-snapshot-fallback-provenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..648891785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1118-cctv-snapshot-fallback-provenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Label camera-tool Street View fallbacks as historical Google imagery rather
+  than the current camera view; keep unknown frame provenance explicit
+  (rudycelekli, #1118).
diff --git a/changelog.d/1135-director-save-status-run-results.md b/changelog.d/1135-director-save-status-run-results.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa3c6f0e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1135-director-save-status-run-results.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+- Scenes keep the "Scene not saved" status when a capture, update, append or
+  import cannot be saved, and an unreadable saved project no longer overwrites
+  the recovery checkpoint. `startScene()` resolves to its documented result,
+  `afterShotId` works without an explicit scene, and `scenesRun` counts the
+  distinct scenes queued (djabhi31, #1135).
diff --git a/changelog.d/973-tomtom-cross-site-gate.md b/changelog.d/973-tomtom-cross-site-gate.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4a029406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/973-tomtom-cross-site-gate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- Cross-site browser requests can no longer spend the TomTom traffic-tile
+  budget through `/api/tomtom/*`. The shared same-site gate runs before status,
+  cache, and upstream work; same-origin app requests and non-browser local
+  callers remain supported (Sunil56224972, #973).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 1ebe05234..5f396d1ca 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -867,6 +867,13 @@ use the supplied asset resolver, including the preload path. Enrichment receives
 an abort signal and cannot update a later lifecycle after destruction. Existing
 camera, terrain floor, trail, selection and measured model-size policies remain.
 
+The tracked-aircraft descriptor both flight layers hand to the cockpit carries
+`verticalRateMps` beside `velocityMps` and `track`. Civil records store the rate as
+`verticalRate` and military records as `verticalRateMps`; the query seam maps both to
+one name, so `resolveTrackedAircraftInfo` returns a single shape for either layer. The
+rate is reported, never derived: a blank poll keeps the last transmitted value and an
+absent rate stays null rather than reading as level flight.
+
 ## Transponder emergency highlighting
 
 `src/data/aircraftEmergency.js` derives one status per poll from the Mode A
@@ -1369,6 +1376,14 @@ outside its promise, so an unusual mirror status cannot crash the server.
 Node-only package entries expose both provider factories. Routes, payloads,
 fallback behavior and existing dev/preview hook registration are preserved;
 browser rendering is unchanged.
+The portable frame source retains the proxy's known `X-CCTV-Source` kind. Camera
+snapshot tools label Street View fallback imagery as historical and credit Google,
+while upstream frames retain their current-view label and catalog attribution.
+Synthetic placeholders are unavailable as snapshots. Injected frame sources may
+supply `sourceKind`; missing or unknown provenance keeps `current_view` null and
+does not claim the image is current. The `current_view` field distinguishes camera-feed
+provenance from historical fallback imagery; it does not measure capture time or
+image freshness.
 
 ## CCTV missing numeric fields
 
@@ -1391,7 +1406,10 @@ plugin order, server-key selection, validation, disk caches, budgets, retries
 and stale/error responses remain unchanged. Each has a Node-only package entry
 under `gods-eye-view/server/providers/`. Portable terrain mechanics, traffic tile
 math and GBFS source rules are available under `gods-eye-view/sources/`.
-The browser layers and their rendering remain in their existing modules.
+The TomTom `/api/tomtom/*` routes run the shared same-site admission gate before
+status, cache or upstream work, refusing cross-site browser requests while
+preserving same-origin app requests and non-browser local callers. The browser
+layers and their rendering remain in their existing modules.
 GBFS null or empty availability counts retain an unknown value through station
 parsing and rendering; they use the neutral station color rather than reporting
 an empty dock. Explicit zero and caller-supplied numeric fallbacks remain valid.
diff --git a/docs/TOOLS.md b/docs/TOOLS.md
index f3b86f7a3..45ee62546 100644
--- a/docs/TOOLS.md
+++ b/docs/TOOLS.md
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ and the development server's internal routes. See SECURITY.md.
 | `next_satellite_pass` | `satellites` | Next pass over a place or point (default the ISS), with naked-eye visibility |
 | `satellites_overhead` | `satellites` | Satellites in a CelesTrak group above a place or point now, highest first |
 | `find_cctv_cameras` | `cctv` | Public cameras in an area, nearest first |
-| `get_cctv_snapshot` | `cctv` | The current image from one camera, returned as image content |
+| `get_cctv_snapshot` | `cctv` | An image from one camera, returned as image content; Street View fallbacks are labelled historical |
 | `find_alpr_cameras` | `alpr` | OpenStreetMap-mapped license plate readers in a US/Canadian area up to 3° |
 | `find_radio_stations` | `radio` | Radio Browser stations by area and/or search terms, with stream URLs |
 | `search_places` | `placeSearch` | Points of interest matching a query within an area (Google Places) |
diff --git a/scripts/package-boundaries.json b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
index 75ed60f18..40090ba19 100644
--- a/scripts/package-boundaries.json
+++ b/scripts/package-boundaries.json
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@
       "server/providers/common/http.js",
       "src/sources/httpBody.js",
       "src/i18n/marker.js",
-      "src/data/tomtomTiles.js"
+      "src/data/tomtomTiles.js",
+      "server/providers/common/same-site.js",
+      "src/localRequestGate.mjs"
     ],
     "external": []
   },
diff --git a/server/providers/traffic.js b/server/providers/traffic.js
index d53db6530..da8ae73de 100644
--- a/server/providers/traffic.js
+++ b/server/providers/traffic.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   normalizeBudget as normalizeTomTomBudget,
   isOverBudget as isTomTomOverBudget,
 } from '../../src/data/tomtomTiles.js';
+import { admitSameSite } from './common/same-site.js';
 
 /**
  * TomTom traffic-flow vector-tile proxy with a daily budget governor.
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ import {
  * for the rest of the billing period. 6,000/day keeps a full 31-day month
  * inside the allowance (186,000) with headroom to spare.
  *
+ * Cross-site gate: both routes refuse cross-site browser requests with 403
+ * (the gate Mapillary, OpenAI and Places already use). Every uncached tile is
+ * a billed upstream attempt counted against the persistent daily budget, so
+ * without the gate any web page the user visits could fire `<img>` requests
+ * at distinct tiles, spend the TomTom quota and leave the traffic layer on
+ * 429 budget for the rest of the UTC day.
+ *
  * GET /api/tomtom/status → {hasKey, dailyCount, budget, date}. Keyless mode:
  * status reports hasKey:false and the tile endpoint 503s {error:'no_key'}
  * without touching upstream — the traffic layer then stays in simulation mode.
@@ -161,6 +169,8 @@ export function tomtomProxy() {
 
   const installMiddleware = (server) => {
     server.middlewares.use('/api/tomtom', async (req, res) => {
+      // Gate first: a cross-site <img>/fetch must not reach the budget counter.
+      if (admitSameSite(req, res)) return;
       // Sanitized responses only (proxy/security baseline): no upstream
       // error details, and never echo the key or the upstream URL.
       const sendJson = (status, obj, extraHeaders = {}) => {
diff --git a/src/data/flights.test.mjs b/src/data/flights.test.mjs
index c325ea744..7fe197c30 100644
--- a/src/data/flights.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/flights.test.mjs
@@ -726,7 +726,15 @@ const LABEL_ICAO = 'ae1fa4';
 const LABEL_POSITION = Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(-97.71, 30.21, 10_668);
 
 /** Seed one civil contact through the production refresh seam. */
-function seedLabelContact({ callsign, registration, tracked = false }) {
+function seedLabelContact({
+  callsign,
+  registration,
+  tracked = false,
+  // Per-test metadata overrides, spread last so a test can set a field to
+  // `undefined` to model "the feed never sent it" — a default parameter
+  // could not express that, it would just re-supply the default.
+  meta: metaOverrides = {},
+}) {
   _setTrackedFlightRefreshStateForTest({
     icao24: LABEL_ICAO,
     entity: null,
@@ -752,6 +760,7 @@ function seedLabelContact({ callsign, registration, tracked = false }) {
       turnRateDps: 0,
       rawLat: 30.21,
       rawLon: -97.71,
+      ...metaOverrides,
     },
   });
 }
@@ -825,6 +834,44 @@ test('civil label chain: the cockpit descriptor exposes a trimmed registration',
   assert.equal(flightsLayer.getTrackedInfo()?.registration, null);
 });
 
+test('the tracked descriptor publishes the reported vertical rate', () => {
+  // `mapAnalystRecord` has always published `verticalRateMps`; the tracked
+  // seam did not, so a consumer that needs climb/descent (a flight-phase
+  // classifier, the cockpit) had to reach past getTrackedInfo() into the
+  // raw record. Both seams now answer with the same field name and unit.
+  seedLabelContact({
+    callsign: 'SWA696',
+    registration: 'N123AB',
+    tracked: true,
+    meta: { verticalRate: -6.4 },
+  });
+  assert.equal(flightsLayer.getTrackedInfo()?.verticalRateMps, -6.4);
+  assert.equal(
+    mapAnalystRecord(LABEL_ICAO, { verticalRate: -6.4 }).verticalRateMps,
+    -6.4,
+    'the analyst seam and the tracked seam must agree',
+  );
+});
+
+test('an unreported vertical rate stays null, never a level-flight zero', () => {
+  // Absent is not level. `stickyNumber` seeds this field with null, so a
+  // contact that has never transmitted a rate must not read as 0 m/s — a
+  // phase classifier would call that cruise while the aircraft climbs.
+  for (const missing of [undefined, null, Number.NaN]) {
+    seedLabelContact({
+      callsign: 'SWA696',
+      registration: 'N123AB',
+      tracked: true,
+      meta: { verticalRate: missing },
+    });
+    assert.equal(
+      flightsLayer.getTrackedInfo()?.verticalRateMps,
+      null,
+      `vertical rate ${String(missing)} must publish as null`,
+    );
+  }
+});
+
 test('civil label chain: identity stays icao24 while the label moves', () => {
   for (const fixture of [
     { callsign: 'SWA696', registration: 'N123AB' },
diff --git a/src/data/militaryFlights.test.mjs b/src/data/militaryFlights.test.mjs
index 0c518eb5f..d04061793 100644
--- a/src/data/militaryFlights.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/militaryFlights.test.mjs
@@ -834,3 +834,48 @@ test('two contacts matching at the same strength resolve deterministically', ()
     'and the same query resolves the same way every time',
   );
 });
+
+test('the military tracked descriptor publishes the reported vertical rate', () => {
+  // Shape parity with the civil layer's getTrackedInfo(). The two layers store
+  // the rate under different record keys (`verticalRateMps` here,
+  // `verticalRate` there), so `resolveTrackedAircraftInfo` only hands back one
+  // shape if BOTH descriptors map it — a consumer that reads the field off the
+  // civil seam and finds it missing on the military one would silently treat
+  // every military contact as level flight.
+  const seedRate = (verticalRateMps) =>
+    _setTrackedMilitaryRefreshStateForTest({
+      icao24: 'ae7f01',
+      entity: { gevLabelModel: { title: 'TEST', details: [] } },
+      billboard: {
+        position: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(-97.0, 31.0, 8_000),
+        color: Cesium.Color.WHITE,
+        show: true,
+      },
+      billboardCollection: { show: true, remove() {} },
+      viewer: { camera: { positionCartographic: null }, scene: {} },
+      meta: {
+        callsign: 'RCH512',
+        rawLat: 31,
+        rawLon: -97,
+        altitudeFt: 26_000,
+        speedMps: 220,
+        track: 95,
+        onGround: false,
+        verticalRateMps,
+      },
+    });
+
+  seedRate(12.7);
+  assert.equal(militaryFlightsLayer.getTrackedInfo()?.verticalRateMps, 12.7);
+
+  // Absent is not level: a contact that has never transmitted a rate must read
+  // as null, not as a 0 m/s a phase classifier would call cruise.
+  for (const missing of [undefined, null, Number.NaN]) {
+    seedRate(missing);
+    assert.equal(
+      militaryFlightsLayer.getTrackedInfo()?.verticalRateMps,
+      null,
+      `vertical rate ${String(missing)} must publish as null`,
+    );
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/source.js b/src/layers/cctv/source.js
index 0dddce1b4..3b628954b 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/source.js
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/source.js
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ import {
   FRAME_ENDPOINT,
   MEDIA_ENDPOINT,
 } from './sourcePolicy.js';
+const FRAME_SOURCE_KINDS = new Set([
+  'upstream-image',
+  'hls-pull',
+  'streetview',
+  'synthetic',
+]);
 function safeNumber(value, fallback = NaN) {
   const n = Number(value);
   return Number.isFinite(n) ? n : fallback;
@@ -51,7 +57,7 @@ export function createCctvSource({
     },
     getFrameUrl: frameUrlFor,
     getMediaUrl: mediaUrlFor,
-    /** Read one current frame through the registered frame endpoint. */
+    /** Read a registered frame and its provenance, including fallback frames. */
     async getFrame(camera, { signal } = {}) {
       signal?.throwIfAborted();
       const response = await fetchImpl(frameUrlFor(camera), {
@@ -62,7 +68,12 @@ export function createCctvSource({
       const bytes = new Uint8Array(await response.arrayBuffer());
       signal?.throwIfAborted();
       const type = response.headers.get('content-type') || '';
-      return { contentType: type.split(';')[0].trim().toLowerCase(), bytes };
+      const sourceKind = response.headers.get('x-cctv-source');
+      return {
+        contentType: type.split(';')[0].trim().toLowerCase(),
+        bytes,
+        sourceKind: FRAME_SOURCE_KINDS.has(sourceKind) ? sourceKind : null,
+      };
     },
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/layers/cctv/source.test.mjs b/src/layers/cctv/source.test.mjs
index 0103c03de..a4b276d21 100644
--- a/src/layers/cctv/source.test.mjs
+++ b/src/layers/cctv/source.test.mjs
@@ -173,3 +173,26 @@ test('frames are read through the registered frame endpoint', async () => {
   });
   await assert.rejects(failing.getFrame(camera), /Camera frame HTTP 502/);
 });
+
+test('frame provenance admits the proxy kinds and leaves missing or unknown headers unknown', async () => {
+  for (const kind of [
+    'upstream-image',
+    'hls-pull',
+    'streetview',
+    'synthetic',
+    'other',
+    null,
+  ]) {
+    const source = createCctvSource({
+      fetchImpl: async () =>
+        new Response(new Uint8Array([1]), {
+          headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'image/png',
+            ...(kind ? { 'X-CCTV-Source': kind } : {}),
+          },
+        }),
+    });
+    const frame = await source.getFrame(camera);
+    assert.equal(frame.sourceKind, kind === 'other' ? null : kind);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/layers/flights/queries.js b/src/layers/flights/queries.js
index 9c206a335..552adbe01 100644
--- a/src/layers/flights/queries.js
+++ b/src/layers/flights/queries.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function createQueries({
    * Build a public descriptor for one aircraft using its best current position
    * (dead-reckoned when history exists, billboard position otherwise).
    * @param {string} icao24 - ICAO 24-bit transponder address.
-   * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, position: Cesium.Cartesian3, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null}|null}
+   * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, position: Cesium.Cartesian3, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null, verticalRateMps: number|null}|null}
    *   Descriptor with a cloned position, or null if the aircraft is unknown.
    */
 
@@ -164,6 +164,15 @@ export function createQueries({
       onGround: info?.onGround === true,
       velocityMps: displayed.speedMps,
       track: displayed.trackDeg,
+      // Climb/descent rate, the one kinematic field `mapAnalystRecord` already
+      // published (as `verticalRateMps`) but this descriptor did not, so a
+      // consumer reading the tracked seam had to reach back into `_flightData`
+      // for it. Reported, never derived: `stickyNumber` in records.js keeps the
+      // last value across a blank poll, and an absent rate stays null rather
+      // than becoming a level-flight 0 the aircraft never transmitted.
+      verticalRateMps: Number.isFinite(info?.verticalRate)
+        ? info.verticalRate
+        : null,
       stale: Boolean(
         flightState.records.missingPolls.get(icao24) ||
         flightState.feed._backoff,
@@ -856,7 +865,7 @@ export function createQueries({
 
     /**
      * Describe the currently tracked aircraft at its dead-reckoned position.
-     * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null}|null}
+     * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null, verticalRateMps: number|null}|null}
      *   Tracked aircraft info, or null when nothing is tracked.
      */
     getTrackedInfo() {
diff --git a/src/layers/military/queries.js b/src/layers/military/queries.js
index f3393e748..9c106e927 100644
--- a/src/layers/military/queries.js
+++ b/src/layers/military/queries.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function createQueries({
    * Build a public descriptor for one aircraft using its best current position
    * (dead-reckoned when history exists, billboard position otherwise).
    * @param {string} icao24 - ICAO hex identifier of the aircraft.
-   * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, position: Cesium.Cartesian3, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null}|null}
+   * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, position: Cesium.Cartesian3, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null, verticalRateMps: number|null}|null}
    *   Descriptor with a cloned position, or null if the aircraft is unknown.
    */
 
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ export function createQueries({
       onGround: info?.onGround === true,
       velocityMps: displayed.speedMps,
       track: displayed.trackDeg,
+      // Same field, same name, same null-when-absent rule as the civil
+      // descriptor — the two layers store the record under different keys
+      // (`verticalRateMps` here, `verticalRate` there), so only the mapping
+      // makes `resolveTrackedAircraftInfo` hand back one shape for both.
+      verticalRateMps: Number.isFinite(info?.verticalRateMps)
+        ? info.verticalRateMps
+        : null,
       stale: Boolean(
         flightState.records.missingPolls.get(icao24) ||
         flightState.feed._backoff,
@@ -777,7 +784,7 @@ export function createQueries({
 
     /**
      * Describe the currently tracked aircraft at its dead-reckoned position.
-     * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null}|null}
+     * @returns {{icao24: string, callsign: string|null, latitude: number, longitude: number, altitudeM: number, velocityMps: number|null, track: number|null, verticalRateMps: number|null}|null}
      *   Tracked aircraft info, or null when nothing is tracked.
      */
     getTrackedInfo() {
diff --git a/src/scenes/director.js b/src/scenes/director.js
index 1a6fed403..000c02681 100644
--- a/src/scenes/director.js
+++ b/src/scenes/director.js
@@ -189,20 +189,22 @@ export class SceneDirector {
       ...this._presentation,
       hasRun: !!this._lastRunJson,
     }));
-    this._bootstrapLegacyShotPacks();
-    // Upgrade only already-installed packs; unrelated Scenes are untouched.
-    for (const scene of this._project.scenes) {
-      for (const marker of [...(scene.appliedShotPacks || [])]) {
-        const recipe = getSceneAppendRecipeById(marker.id);
-        if (
-          recipe?.expansionFromVersion &&
-          marker.version > 0 &&
-          marker.version <= recipe.expansionFromVersion
-        ) {
-          this.appendShotPack(scene.id, marker.id, {
-            render: false,
-            announce: false,
-          });
+    if (!this._storageReadError) {
+      this._bootstrapLegacyShotPacks();
+      // Upgrade only already-installed packs; unrelated Scenes are untouched.
+      for (const scene of this._project.scenes) {
+        for (const marker of [...(scene.appliedShotPacks || [])]) {
+          const recipe = getSceneAppendRecipeById(marker.id);
+          if (
+            recipe?.expansionFromVersion &&
+            marker.version > 0 &&
+            marker.version <= recipe.expansionFromVersion
+          ) {
+            this.appendShotPack(scene.id, marker.id, {
+              render: false,
+              announce: false,
+            });
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -324,13 +326,14 @@ export class SceneDirector {
           'Scene not saved — existing saved project could not be read. Export edits or import a valid file.',
         ),
       );
-      return;
+      return false;
     }
     this._project.updatedAt = new Date().toISOString();
     try {
       const payload = JSON.stringify(this._project);
       parseSceneDocument(payload);
       localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, payload);
+      return true;
     } catch (e) {
       // Private browsing / block-all-cookies / quota-exceeded throws here. The
       // in-memory project stays usable this session, but persistence failed —
@@ -351,6 +354,7 @@ export class SceneDirector {
             })
           : undefined,
       );
+      return false;
     }
   }
 
@@ -923,12 +927,12 @@ export class SceneDirector {
     }
     this._selectedSceneId = scene.id;
     this._selectedShotId = appendedShots[0]?.id || this._selectedShotId;
-    this._saveProject();
+    const saved = this._saveProject();
     if (render) {
       this._renderSceneSelect();
       this._renderShotList();
     }
-    if (announce) {
+    if (announce && saved) {
       this._updateStatus(
         marker
           ? tn(
@@ -984,14 +988,16 @@ export class SceneDirector {
 
     scene.shots.push(shot);
     this._selectedShotId = shot.id;
-    this._saveProject();
+    const saved = this._saveProject();
     this._shotOutcome('shot-captured', scene, shot);
-    this._updateStatus(
-      t('Captured: {scene} / {shot}', {
-        scene: displaySceneTitle(scene),
-        shot: displayShotTitle(shot.title, shot, scene),
-      }),
-    );
+    if (saved) {
+      this._updateStatus(
+        t('Captured: {scene} / {shot}', {
+          scene: displaySceneTitle(scene),
+          shot: displayShotTitle(shot.title, shot, scene),
+        }),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1017,14 +1023,16 @@ export class SceneDirector {
     shot.visual = this.styleManager.getVisualState();
     shot.layers = this._captureLayerStates();
 
-    this._saveProject();
+    const saved = this._saveProject();
     this._shotOutcome('shot-updated', scene, shot);
-    this._updateStatus(
-      t('Updated: {scene} / {shot}', {
-        scene: displaySceneTitle(scene),
-        shot: displayShotTitle(shot.title, shot, scene),
-      }),
-    );
+    if (saved) {
+      this._updateStatus(
+        t('Updated: {scene} / {shot}', {
+          scene: displaySceneTitle(scene),
+          shot: displayShotTitle(shot.title, shot, scene),
+        }),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1755,13 +1763,13 @@ export class SceneDirector {
   ) {
     if (this._running) return { started: false, reason: 'already-running' };
 
-    let queue = this._buildPlaybackQueue(
-      sceneId || this._selectedSceneId || this._project.scenes[0]?.id,
-      { single },
-    );
+    const startSceneId =
+      sceneId || this._selectedSceneId || this._project.scenes[0]?.id;
+    let queue = this._buildPlaybackQueue(startSceneId, { single });
     if (afterShotId !== null) {
       const index = queue.findIndex(
-        ({ scene, shot }) => scene.id === sceneId && shot.id === afterShotId,
+        ({ scene, shot }) =>
+          scene.id === startSceneId && shot.id === afterShotId,
       );
       if (index < 0) return { started: false, reason: 'shot-not-found' };
       queue = queue.slice(index + 1);
@@ -1834,7 +1842,7 @@ export class SceneDirector {
       title: 'Editable Scene Run',
       startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
       estimatedDurationSec,
-      scenesRun: queue.length,
+      scenesRun: new Set(queue.map(({ scene }) => scene.id)).size,
       events: [],
     };
 
@@ -1842,6 +1850,7 @@ export class SceneDirector {
     this._logEvent('scene_run_start', { count: queue.length });
     this._setPlaybackKeyboardEnabled(true);
 
+    let runResult = { started: true, shots: queue.length };
     try {
       await playSceneQueue(queue, {
         token,
@@ -1860,9 +1869,11 @@ export class SceneDirector {
       this._logEvent('scene_run_error', {
         message: error.message || 'unknown error',
       });
+      runResult = { started: false, reason: 'run-failed' };
     } finally {
       this._finishRun();
     }
+    return runResult;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -2090,9 +2101,9 @@ export class SceneDirector {
       this._selectedShotId =
         selection?.shotId || project.scenes[0]?.shots[0]?.id || null;
       this._loadedSceneId = null;
-      this._saveProject();
+      const saved = this._saveProject();
       this._publish({ type: 'project-imported', project });
-      this._updateStatus(t('Imported {file}', { file: file.name }));
+      if (saved) this._updateStatus(t('Imported {file}', { file: file.name }));
       return true;
     } catch (error) {
       if (
diff --git a/src/scenes/director.test.mjs b/src/scenes/director.test.mjs
index 95552025f..f72b43dc7 100644
--- a/src/scenes/director.test.mjs
+++ b/src/scenes/director.test.mjs
@@ -601,8 +601,12 @@ const PROJECT_FIXTURE = {
   }],
 };
 
-/** Stub the browser globals the director touches, headlessly. */
-function installSceneRuntime(project = PROJECT_FIXTURE) {
+/**
+ * Stub the browser globals the director touches, headlessly. `storage` replaces
+ * the seeded entries (key -> raw string); setting `localStorage.full` makes
+ * every write throw a quota error.
+ */
+function installSceneRuntime(project = PROJECT_FIXTURE, { storage } = {}) {
   const originalDocument = globalThis.document;
   const originalLocalStorage = globalThis.localStorage;
   const noopClassList = { add() {}, remove() {}, toggle() {}, contains: () => false };
@@ -614,10 +618,17 @@ function installSceneRuntime(project = PROJECT_FIXTURE) {
     removeEventListener() {},
     body: { classList: noopClassList, appendChild() {} },
   };
-  const stored = new Map([['godsEyeView.sceneProject.v2', JSON.stringify(project)]]);
+  const stored = new Map(storage
+    ? Object.entries(storage)
+    : [['godsEyeView.sceneProject.v2', JSON.stringify(project)]]);
   globalThis.localStorage = {
+    stored,
+    full: false,
     getItem: (key) => stored.get(key) ?? null,
-    setItem: (key, value) => stored.set(key, value),
+    setItem(key, value) {
+      if (this.full) throw new DOMException('quota exceeded', 'QuotaExceededError');
+      stored.set(key, value);
+    },
     removeItem: (key) => stored.delete(key),
   };
 
@@ -718,7 +729,8 @@ async function settle(turns = 8) {
 
 /** Build a director over doubles, with the fixture project loaded. */
 function makeDirector(options = {}) {
-  const restore = installSceneRuntime(options.project);
+  const restore = installSceneRuntime(options.project, { storage: options.storage });
+  const storage = globalThis.localStorage;
   const viewer = fakeViewer();
   const styleManager = fakeStyleManager(options.style);
   const dataManager = fakeDataManager(options.data);
@@ -728,7 +740,7 @@ function makeDirector(options = {}) {
   // Telemetry is only accumulated during a run; observable-failure assertions
   // need the accumulator without driving a whole run.
   director._activeRun = { events: [] };
-  return { director, viewer, styleManager, dataManager, restore };
+  return { director, viewer, styleManager, dataManager, storage, restore };
 }
 
 test('only Play Shot or a scene run grants transient media authority; LOAD, Stop and replacement revoke it', async () => {
@@ -1584,3 +1596,65 @@ test('camera refusal starts no authored frame or playback clock', async () => {
     assert.deepEqual(viewer.flights, []);
   } finally { restore(); }
 });
+
+test('an unreadable saved project does not overwrite its recovery checkpoint (#971)', async () => {
+  const unreadable = '{"version":99,"scenes":[]}';
+  const warn = console.warn;
+  console.warn = () => {};
+  const { director, storage, restore } = makeDirector({ storage: {
+    'godsEyeView.sceneProject.v2': unreadable,
+    'godsEyeView.sceneProject.checkpoint.v1': 'EARLIER-CHECKPOINT',
+  } });
+  try {
+    assert.equal(storage.stored.get('godsEyeView.sceneProject.v2'), unreadable);
+    assert.equal(storage.stored.get('godsEyeView.sceneProject.checkpoint.v1'), 'EARLIER-CHECKPOINT');
+  } finally { console.warn = warn; await director.destroy(); restore(); }
+});
+
+test('a capture, update or import that cannot be saved keeps the "Scene not saved" status (#971)', async () => {
+  const warn = console.warn;
+  console.warn = () => {};
+  const { director, storage, restore } = makeDirector();
+  let status = '';
+  director.subscribe(({ state }) => { status = state.status; });
+  try {
+    storage.full = true;
+    director._selectedSceneId = 'scene-1';
+    director._selectedShotId = 'shot-a';
+    director.captureShot();
+    assert.match(status, /^Scene not saved/, 'failed capture keeps the save failure');
+    director.updateSelectedShot();
+    assert.match(status, /^Scene not saved/, 'failed update keeps the save failure');
+    assert.equal(await director.importProjectFile(
+      { name: 'fixture.json' },
+      { prepared: { project: structuredClone(PROJECT_FIXTURE), assets: [] } },
+    ), true);
+    assert.match(status, /^Scene not saved/, 'failed import keeps the save failure');
+  } finally { console.warn = warn; await director.destroy(); restore(); }
+});
+
+test('startScene resolves its result, resumes after a shot without a scene id, and counts distinct scenes (#971)', async () => {
+  const { director, restore } = makeDirector();
+  try {
+    const options = { single: true, preview: false };
+    assert.deepEqual(await director.startScene('scene-1', options), { started: true, shots: 2 });
+    assert.equal(director._lastRun.scenesRun, 1, 'one scene with two shots is one scene run');
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      await director.startScene(undefined, { ...options, afterShotId: 'shot-a' }),
+      { started: true, shots: 1 },
+    );
+  } finally { await director.destroy(); restore(); }
+});
+
+test('a caught run failure resolves as run-failed, not success (#971)', async () => {
+  const { director, styleManager, restore } = makeDirector();
+  const warn = console.warn;
+  console.warn = () => {};
+  styleManager.applyVisualState = async () => { throw new Error('visual failed'); };
+  try {
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      await director.startScene('scene-1', { single: true, preview: false }),
+      { started: false, reason: 'run-failed' },
+    );
+  } finally { console.warn = warn; await director.destroy(); restore(); }
+});
diff --git a/src/tooling/environmentProviders.test.mjs b/src/tooling/environmentProviders.test.mjs
index 63795c16d..b6faeb34c 100644
--- a/src/tooling/environmentProviders.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tooling/environmentProviders.test.mjs
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import { firmsProxy } from 'gods-eye-view/server/providers/firms';
 import { gbfsProxy } from 'gods-eye-view/server/providers/gbfs';
 import { localProviderPlugins } from '../../server/providers/local.js';
 
-function install(plugin) {
+function install(plugin, hook = 'configureServer') {
   const routes = new Map();
-  plugin.configureServer({
+  assert.equal(typeof plugin[hook], 'function', `${hook} is available`);
+  plugin[hook]({
     middlewares: {
       use(route, handler) {
         routes.set(route, handler);
@@ -17,9 +18,16 @@ function install(plugin) {
     },
   });
   assert.equal(routes.size, 1);
-  return async (url = '/', method = 'GET') => {
+  return async (url = '/', method = 'GET', headers = {}) => {
     const res = {
       headersSent: false,
+      headers: {},
+      set statusCode(status) {
+        this.status = status;
+      },
+      setHeader(name, value) {
+        this.headers[name.toLowerCase()] = value;
+      },
       writeHead(status, headers) {
         Object.assign(this, { status, headers, headersSent: true });
       },
@@ -27,7 +35,7 @@ function install(plugin) {
         this.body = body;
       },
     };
-    await [...routes.values()][0]({ url, method }, res);
+    await [...routes.values()][0]({ url, method, headers, socket: {} }, res);
     return res;
   };
 }
@@ -191,6 +199,64 @@ test('traffic middleware preserves keyless mode, caching, stale budget fallback
   assert.equal(calls, 2);
 });
 
+test('traffic refuses cross-site requests in dev and preview before spending the TomTom budget', async (t) => {
+  isolate(t, { TOMTOM_API_KEY: 'fixture-key', TOMTOM_DAILY_TILE_BUDGET: '3' });
+  let calls = 0;
+  t.mock.method(globalThis, 'fetch', async () => {
+    calls++;
+    return new Response(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]));
+  });
+  const host = 'localhost:5173';
+  const refused = [
+    { host, 'sec-fetch-site': 'cross-site' }, // <img src> from any web page
+    { host, 'sec-fetch-site': 'same-site' },
+    { host, origin: 'https://evil.example' }, // fetch from another page
+    { host, origin: 'null' }, // sandboxed frame
+    { host, 'x-forwarded-for': '203.0.113.9' }, // through a proxy
+  ];
+  for (const [mode, hook] of [
+    ['dev', 'configureServer'],
+    ['preview', 'configurePreviewServer'],
+  ]) {
+    const request = install(tomtomProxy(), hook);
+    // Each refused shape asks for distinct uncached tiles: without the gate
+    // every one would be a billed attempt counted against the daily budget.
+    let x = 0;
+    for (const headers of refused)
+      for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        const res = await request(`/flow/16/${x++}/0.pbf`, 'GET', headers);
+        assert.equal(res.status, 403, `${mode}: ${JSON.stringify(headers)}`);
+      }
+    assert.equal(
+      (await request('/status', 'GET', refused[0])).status,
+      403,
+      `${mode}: status is gated too`,
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+      calls,
+      mode === 'dev' ? 0 : 2,
+      `${mode}: no refused upstream work`,
+    );
+    const app = { host, 'sec-fetch-site': 'same-origin' };
+    assert.equal(json(await request('/status', 'GET', app)).dailyCount, 0);
+    // The app itself and loopback tools (no browser headers) still get tiles.
+    const tile = await request('/flow/8/1/1.pbf', 'GET', app);
+    assert.equal(tile.status, 200);
+    assert.equal(tile.headers['x-tomtom-cache'], 'MISS');
+    assert.equal((await request('/flow/8/2/1.pbf')).status, 200);
+    assert.equal(
+      (
+        await request('/flow/8/1/1.pbf', 'GET', {
+          host,
+          origin: `http://${host}`,
+        })
+      ).headers['x-tomtom-cache'],
+      'HIT',
+    );
+    assert.equal(calls, mode === 'dev' ? 2 : 4);
+  }
+});
+
 test('traffic middleware answers 502 to an oversized tile without caching it', async (t) => {
   isolate(t, { TOMTOM_API_KEY: 'fixture-key', TOMTOM_DAILY_TILE_BUDGET: '' });
   const bodies = [];
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/media.js b/src/tools/queries/media.js
index 4879d57c5..a03e88bb4 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/media.js
+++ b/src/tools/queries/media.js
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ export const findCctvCameras = defineTool({
 
 export const getCctvSnapshot = defineTool({
   name: 'get_cctv_snapshot',
-  title: 'Current camera view',
+  title: 'Camera snapshot',
   description:
-    'The current image from one public camera, by the id from find_cctv_cameras.',
+    'An image from one public camera, by the id from find_cctv_cameras. ' +
+    'Street View fallback imagery is historical, not the current camera view; ' +
+    'unknown frame provenance is explicit.',
   inputSchema: {
     type: 'object',
     properties: { camera_id: { type: 'string', minLength: 1, maxLength: 200 } },
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ export const getCctvSnapshot = defineTool({
         `No camera has id ${args.camera_id}; use find_cctv_cameras first`,
       );
     const frame = await services.cctv.getFrame(camera, { signal });
-    if (!FRAME_TYPES.has(frame.contentType))
+    if (frame.sourceKind === 'synthetic' || !FRAME_TYPES.has(frame.contentType))
       throw new ToolError(
         'unavailable',
         `Camera ${camera.name || camera.id} has no still image right now`,
@@ -149,8 +151,22 @@ export const getCctvSnapshot = defineTool({
         'The camera image is too large to return',
       );
     const name = text(camera.name) || camera.id;
+    const fallback = frame.sourceKind === 'streetview';
+    const current = ['upstream-image', 'hls-pull'].includes(frame.sourceKind);
+    const credit = fallback ? 'Google Street View' : text(camera.credit);
+    const label = fallback
+      ? 'Street View fallback for'
+      : current
+        ? 'Current view from'
+        : 'Image from';
     return {
-      summary: `Current view from ${name}${camera.city ? ` in ${camera.city}` : ''}${camera.credit ? `, courtesy of ${camera.credit}` : ''}.`,
+      summary:
+        `${label} ${name}${camera.city ? ` in ${camera.city}` : ''}${credit ? `, courtesy of ${credit}` : ''}.` +
+        (fallback
+          ? ' Historical imagery; the current camera frame is unavailable.'
+          : current
+            ? ''
+            : ' Frame provenance is unknown.'),
       data: {
         view: suggestView(services, {
           point: { lat: camera.lat, lon: camera.lon },
@@ -160,8 +176,10 @@ export const getCctvSnapshot = defineTool({
         id: camera.id,
         name,
         city: text(camera.city),
-        provider: text(camera.provider),
-        credit: text(camera.credit),
+        provider: fallback ? 'Google Street View' : text(camera.provider),
+        credit,
+        source_kind: frame.sourceKind ?? null,
+        current_view: current ? true : fallback ? false : null,
         mime_type: frame.contentType,
         bytes: frame.bytes.byteLength,
       },
diff --git a/src/tools/queries/media.test.mjs b/src/tools/queries/media.test.mjs
index a024191e7..28c037a57 100644
--- a/src/tools/queries/media.test.mjs
+++ b/src/tools/queries/media.test.mjs
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ const cameras = [
   { id: 'no-position', name: 'Unplaced' },
 ];
 const PNG = Uint8Array.from([0x89, 0x50, 0x4e, 0x47, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x1a, 0x0a]);
-const cctv = (frame = { contentType: 'image/png', bytes: PNG }) => ({
+const cctv = (
+  frame = {
+    contentType: 'image/png',
+    bytes: PNG,
+    sourceKind: 'upstream-image',
+  },
+) => ({
   frames: [],
   async getCatalog() {
     return { sources: cameras };
@@ -104,6 +110,183 @@ test('a snapshot returns the frame as an image with its credit', async () => {
   });
 });
 
+test('mounted camera fallback provenance survives the source and MCP image result', async (t) => {
+  const { cctvProxy } = await import('../../../server/providers/cctv.js');
+  const { createCctvSource } = await import('../../layers/cctv/source.js');
+  const camera = {
+    id: 'fixture-camera',
+    name: 'Fixture crossing',
+    city: 'Fixture City',
+    provider: 'Fixture transport agency',
+    credit: 'Fixture transport agency',
+    lat: 30.2685,
+    lon: -97.7425,
+    headingDeg: 180,
+    fovDeg: 60,
+    url: 'https://camera.example/current.png',
+    feedType: 'image',
+  };
+  const environment = {
+    CCTV_SOURCES_JSON: JSON.stringify([camera]),
+    CCTV_PREFER_AUSTIN: '0',
+    CCTV_FORCE_AUSTIN: '0',
+    CCTV_SOURCES_FILE: 'missing-cctv-provenance-fixture.json',
+    GOOGLE_MAPS_SERVER_API_KEY: 'fixture-key',
+    GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY: '',
+  };
+  for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(environment)) {
+    const previous = process.env[name];
+    t.after(() => {
+      if (previous === undefined) delete process.env[name];
+      else process.env[name] = previous;
+    });
+    process.env[name] = value;
+  }
+  t.mock.method(console, 'warn', () => {});
+  let upstreamAvailable = false;
+  const calls = [];
+  t.mock.method(globalThis, 'fetch', async (raw) => {
+    const url = new URL(raw);
+    calls.push(url.origin);
+    if (url.origin === 'https://camera.example')
+      return upstreamAvailable
+        ? new Response(PNG, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'image/png' } })
+        : new Response(null, { status: 503 });
+    assert.equal(
+      url.origin,
+      'https://maps.googleapis.com',
+      'no actual upstream is contacted',
+    );
+    assert.equal(url.searchParams.get('key'), 'fixture-key');
+    return new Response(PNG, { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'image/png' } });
+  });
+  let middleware;
+  cctvProxy().configureServer({
+    middlewares: {
+      use(route, handler) {
+        assert.equal(route, '/api/cctv');
+        middleware = handler;
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  const source = createCctvSource({
+    fetchImpl: async (path) => {
+      assert.ok(path.startsWith('/api/cctv/'));
+      const response = {
+        writeHead(status, headers) {
+          this.status = status;
+          this.headers = headers;
+        },
+        end(body) {
+          this.body = body;
+        },
+      };
+      await middleware(
+        { url: path.slice('/api/cctv'.length), method: 'GET', headers: {} },
+        response,
+      );
+      return new Response(response.body, {
+        status: response.status,
+        headers: response.headers,
+      });
+    },
+  });
+  const catalog = composeCatalog({
+    tools: coreTools,
+    services: { cctv: source },
+  });
+  const fallback = await catalog.call('get_cctv_snapshot', {
+    camera_id: camera.id,
+  });
+  assert.equal(fallback.data.source_kind, 'streetview');
+  assert.equal(fallback.data.current_view, false);
+  assert.equal(fallback.data.credit, 'Google Street View');
+  assert.match(fallback.summary, /Street View fallback/);
+  assert.match(fallback.summary, /Historical imagery/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(
+    fallback.summary,
+    /Current view|courtesy of Fixture transport agency/,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    fallback.images.length,
+    1,
+    'the historical image stays available with its caveat',
+  );
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    'https://camera.example',
+    'https://maps.googleapis.com',
+  ]);
+  upstreamAvailable = true;
+  const current = await catalog.call('get_cctv_snapshot', {
+    camera_id: camera.id,
+  });
+  assert.equal(current.data.source_kind, 'upstream-image');
+  assert.equal(current.data.current_view, true);
+  assert.equal(current.data.credit, camera.credit);
+  assert.match(current.summary, /^Current view from/);
+  const server = createMcpServer({ catalog, name: 'test', version: '1' });
+  upstreamAvailable = false;
+  const result = await server.handle({
+    jsonrpc: '2.0',
+    id: 1,
+    method: 'tools/call',
+    params: { name: 'get_cctv_snapshot', arguments: { camera_id: camera.id } },
+  });
+  assert.ok(
+    result.result.content.some(
+      (entry) => entry.type === 'text' && /Historical imagery/.test(entry.text),
+    ),
+  );
+  assert.ok(result.result.content.some((entry) => entry.type === 'image'));
+  process.env.GOOGLE_MAPS_SERVER_API_KEY = '';
+  const placeholder = await source.getFrame(camera);
+  assert.equal(placeholder.sourceKind, 'synthetic');
+  assert.equal(placeholder.contentType, 'image/svg+xml');
+  await assert.rejects(
+    catalog.call('get_cctv_snapshot', { camera_id: camera.id }),
+    (error) => error.code === 'unavailable',
+  );
+  const unavailable = await server.handle({
+    jsonrpc: '2.0',
+    id: 2,
+    method: 'tools/call',
+    params: { name: 'get_cctv_snapshot', arguments: { camera_id: camera.id } },
+  });
+  assert.equal(unavailable.result.isError, true);
+  assert.ok(
+    !unavailable.result.content.some((entry) => entry.type === 'image'),
+  );
+});
+
+test('snapshot placeholders are refused and unknown frame provenance is explicit', async () => {
+  const synthetic = composeCatalog({
+    tools: coreTools,
+    services: {
+      cctv: cctv({
+        contentType: 'image/png',
+        bytes: PNG,
+        sourceKind: 'synthetic',
+      }),
+    },
+  });
+  await assert.rejects(
+    synthetic.call('get_cctv_snapshot', { camera_id: 'austin-1' }),
+    (error) => error.code === 'unavailable',
+  );
+  const unknown = await composeCatalog({
+    tools: coreTools,
+    services: { cctv: cctv({ contentType: 'image/png', bytes: PNG }) },
+  }).call('get_cctv_snapshot', { camera_id: 'austin-1' });
+  assert.equal(unknown.data.current_view, null);
+  assert.equal(
+    unknown.data.credit,
+    cameras[0].credit,
+    'catalog attribution is preserved',
+  );
+  assert.match(unknown.summary, /provenance is unknown/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(unknown.summary, /Current view/);
+});
+
 test('unknown cameras, video-only feeds and oversized frames are reported', async () => {
   const catalog = (frame) =>
     composeCatalog({ tools: coreTools, services: { cctv: cctv(frame) } });