diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 44ce2aff3..2d8f85f24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ of current runtime behavior, see [`docs/CURRENT-STATE.md`](docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Attach honest layer feed-state provenance (nominal/loading/degraded/stale/
+  fallback/unavailable) to `analyst_query`, `get_current_view_state`, and HUD
+  summary context so voice and HUD answers cannot narrate a stale or degraded
+  feed as live.
+
 - Separate terrain, traffic, FIRMS and GBFS middleware into focused provider
   modules, preserving local configuration, routes and cache/error behavior.
 
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index 250a2f106..c01b06465 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # God's Eye View Current State
 
+## Voice and HUD feed-state provenance
+
+Voice and HUD answers share one layer snapshot envelope (`src/data/layerSnapshot.js`)
+so they cannot narrate a stale, degraded, fallback, loading, or unavailable feed as
+live. `layerFeedState` — the same classifier the Data Layers chips use — stamps
+each queried or enabled layer with `nominal` / `loading` / `degraded` / `stale` /
+`fallback` / `unavailable`, or `off` when the layer is disabled. `analyst_query`
+and `get_current_view_state` carry `feedProvenance` (`overall`, per-layer rows,
+and a mechanical `note`). The HUD summary context sends the same snapshots; the
+five-word AI line must include a non-nominal feedState token, and the
+deterministic telemetry fallback appends e.g. `STALE LIVE FLIGHTS`. Confirmations
+still report only what the tool result returned.
+
+## Terrain, traffic, fire and bike-share provider modules
+
 ## Terrain, traffic, fire and bike-share provider modules
 
 Local composition now imports separate Node modules for Re:Earth heights,
@@ -2426,13 +2441,14 @@ silently demoting every later lookup for the session.
   2. **Contacts OFF** → "nearby" means **in view**; "near \<place\>" means a radius around that place. A radius query with Contacts active and no explicit centre is centred on the **active contact**, not the camera.
   3. **Every count names its scope in words** — "42 in your window", "8 in view", "about 30 within 250 km of Austin" — never a bare number. `analyst_query` returns `scopeLabel` so this is mechanical. Two different numbers with named scopes are not a contradiction.
   4. **The loaded-data caveat is stated once when relevant**: counts cover loaded data, and the flights layer loads where you look (appended to `coverage.note` for radius/view scopes over viewport-loaded layers).
+  5. **Feed-state provenance rides with every count**: `feedProvenance` is the same `layerFeedState` the chips show. A non-nominal `overall` must be spoken with the count ("12 flights in view, STALE"); an unavailable feed is not a confident zero; fallback is valid data and must be named as fallback. Mechanism: `src/data/layerSnapshot.js`, attached by `analystEngine` / `get_current_view_state` / HUD summary context.
 - **Degradation**: without `OPENAI_API_KEY`, `/api/realtime/token` returns 503 and the mic button surfaces the error; the rest of the app is unaffected.
 
 ### AI HUD Summary (June 2026)
 
 - HUD `SUMMARY` readout requests a five-word intelligence-style summary from `/api/openai/hud-summary` (model `OPENAI_HUD_SUMMARY_MODEL`, default `gpt-5-nano`, minimal reasoning).
-- Input is the live basemap label context (place/street/nearby-place labels + enabled layers) — the model is instructed not to infer from coordinates.
-- Output is sanitized to exactly five words; falls back to the deterministic telemetry summary on error/timeout (5s abort); typewriter animation on update.
+- Input is the live basemap label context (place/street/nearby-place labels + enabled layers with `feedState`) — the model is instructed not to infer from coordinates or invent a feed-state. A non-nominal enabled layer requires that feedState token in the five words.
+- Output is sanitized to exactly five words; falls back to the deterministic telemetry summary on error/timeout (5s abort), which itself appends a provenance tag (`STALE LIVE FLIGHTS`) when an enabled feed is not nominal; typewriter animation on update.
 
 ### Map Stack Switcher (June 2026)
 
diff --git a/server/providers/local.js b/server/providers/local.js
index 934e7c442..b513a46d8 100644
--- a/server/providers/local.js
+++ b/server/providers/local.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import {
   normalizeRegionalPlace,
   normalizeRegionalWeather,
 } from '../../src/data/regionalBrief.js';
-import { keylessHudSummaryResponse } from '../../src/hudSummaryResponse.js';
+import { HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS, keylessHudSummaryResponse } from '../../src/hudSummaryResponse.js';
 import { parseEnv as parseDotenvText } from 'node:util';
 import { readEnvironmentSource as readPinokioEnvironmentSource } from '../../scripts/pinokio-environment.mjs';
 import {
@@ -2767,13 +2767,7 @@ export function openAiRealtimeProxy() {
           },
           body: JSON.stringify({
             model: process.env.OPENAI_HUD_SUMMARY_MODEL || OPENAI_HUD_SUMMARY_MODEL_DEFAULT,
-            instructions: [
-              "Write one concise intelligence-HUD summary for God's Eye View.",
-              'Use only the supplied place, street, nearby-place, and enabled-layer text labels.',
-              'Prefer the clearest named place and include a relevant enabled layer only when useful.',
-              'Do not infer from coordinates or invent a place.',
-              'Output exactly five words with no title, punctuation, markdown, or introductory phrase.',
-            ].join(' '),
+            instructions: HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS,
             input: JSON.stringify(context),
             reasoning: { effort: 'minimal' },
             max_output_tokens: 100,
@@ -2905,8 +2899,9 @@ export function openAiRealtimeProxy() {
             'For camera-motion requests — "orbit around this", "pan left", "tilt up", "stop moving" — call move_camera. For "fly the route" over a drawn route, call fly_route. Confirm with the RESULTING state ("Orbiting slowly", "Flying the route").',
             'analyst_query ANSWERS questions; it never moves the camera or starts tracking. For requests to FOLLOW or TRACK a specific aircraft/ship, call track_entity (get_entity_context first when the target is ambiguous), never analyst_query as the final or only action. For "follow/track the nearest aircraft", first call analyst_query with the aircraft layer(s), sortBy=distance, and limit=1, then call track_entity with the returned aircraft identity in the same turn. The lookup alone does not fulfill a follow/track command.',
             'For a request to enable an aircraft layer and SELECT or FIND the nearest/closest aircraft near a named place — for example, "Turn on flights and select the closest aircraft to Austin" — call select_nearest_aircraft once. It atomically turns on the requested aircraft layer first, waits for location arrival, refreshes that layer for the destination viewport, filters out landed/on-ground records, and selects the nearest airborne result. A healthy fallback feed is valid data: report the returned feed source briefly, never call it an enable failure. Do not also call fly_to_location, set_layer_visibility, analyst_query, track_entity, set_context_mode, or control_cockpit for the same request. SELECT/FIND never implies Contacts or Cockpit unless the user explicitly asks for either mode.',
-            'For ANALYTICAL questions about layer data — how many / which / fastest / highest / biggest / nearest flights, ships, fires, or earthquakes ("how many flights over Texas", "biggest fire near LA", "which ships are headed to Oakland", "anything above 40,000 feet") — call analyst_query, not get_entity_context. Narrate the count plus two or three notable examples by name, and reflect the result\'s coverage note honestly: the answer covers data loaded by enabled layers, not the whole world. If the needed layer is disabled, say so and offer to enable it. For follow-ups about the same set ("which of THOSE is closest?"), call analyst_query with followUp=true and only the new filter/sort.',
+            'For ANALYTICAL questions about layer data — how many / which / fastest / highest / biggest / nearest flights, ships, fires, or earthquakes ("how many flights over Texas", "biggest fire near LA", "which ships are headed to Oakland", "anything above 40,000 feet") — call analyst_query, not get_entity_context. Narrate the count plus two or three notable examples by name, and reflect the result\'s coverage note and feedProvenance honestly: the answer covers data loaded by enabled layers, not the whole world, and a non-nominal feedState is not live. If the needed layer is disabled, say so and offer to enable it. For follow-ups about the same set ("which of THOSE is closest?"), call analyst_query with followUp=true and only the new filter/sort.',
             'COUNTING CONTRACT — what "near" means. (1) While Contacts is ACTIVE, "near / nearby / how many aircraft" means the Contacts window: answer from contactsWindow in the tool result — those are the exact numbers on the user\'s panel. set_context_mode, analyst_query, and get_current_view_state carry it after Contacts settles. For "Open Contacts and tell me how many aircraft are within 250 km", call set_context_mode{mode:"contacts"} first and answer from contactsWindow.aircraft; do not answer from a pre-Contacts analyst query. analyst_query\'s own count measures currently-loaded records and is usually lower; never give it as the window count. CENTER PRECEDENCE for a nearby/how-many ask, in order: an explicit place in the question ("over Texas", "near Austin") always wins and ignores Contacts state; else the CONTACTS SUBJECT when Contacts is active and has one — a selected datacenter, dam, fire, or cable does NOT silently become the center; else an entity the user explicitly names ("around this datacenter"); else the current view, said aloud ("nothing is selected, so this is the current view"). With Contacts active but NO subject yet, use the view and say so; never read an empty panel. (2) With Contacts OFF, "nearby" means in view; "near <place>" means a radius around that place. (3) EVERY count names its scope in words — "42 in your window", "8 in view", "about 30 within 250 km of Austin" — never a bare number; analyst_query returns scopeLabel for exactly this. Two different numbers with named scopes are not a contradiction; say both if asked. (4) State counts VERBATIM — never estimate, round, or hedge ("a few", "less than a dozen"): if a tool returns 46, say 46. (5) When it matters, add once: counts cover loaded data, and the flights layer loads where you look.',
+            'FEED STATE CONTRACT — analyst_query and get_current_view_state carry feedProvenance from the same layerFeedState the Data Layers chips use (nominal/loading/degraded/stale/fallback/unavailable, or off). NEVER narrate a count as live or current when feedProvenance.overall is not nominal. Say the feedState in the same breath as the count ("12 flights in view, STALE"). If unavailable, do not invent a count; say the feed is unavailable. Fallback is valid data — name the fallback source, never call it an enable failure. Confirm only what the tool result returned.',
             'While Cockpit is active, navigate with control_cockpit (next/previous, optionally targetLayer or aircraftClass). track_entity and fly_to_location are REFUSED by design while Cockpit owns the camera — that refusal is correct, not an error to retry. To go somewhere else, exit Cockpit first. control_cockpit enter establishes Contacts itself, so do not call set_context_mode before or after it.',
             'When the target layer is unknown, OMIT layerId in track_entity so it searches all enabled layers. Passing the wrong layerId ("flights" for a military contact) returns "Nothing matched" even though the contact is loaded.',
             'If get_entity_context has no selected object or overlay entities, use its basemap context: Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles/Cesium source, center target coordinates, reverse-geocoded place, camera altitude, active style, and enabled layers. Do not say there is nothing unless the basemap target is also unavailable.',
@@ -3314,7 +3309,7 @@ const GEV_REALTIME_TOOLS = [
   {
     type: 'function',
     name: 'get_current_view_state',
-    description: 'Read the current camera, style, Context, Cockpit, HUD, detection, map stack, post-processing, scene-playback, tracked-entity, and layer state before choosing another action.',
+    description: 'Read the current camera, style, Context, Cockpit, HUD, detection, map stack, post-processing, scene-playback, tracked-entity, and layer state before choosing another action. Each layer includes feedState (nominal/loading/degraded/stale/fallback/unavailable/off) plus feedProvenance; narrate layer counts only with that provenance.',
     parameters: {
       type: 'object',
       additionalProperties: false,
@@ -3608,7 +3603,7 @@ const GEV_REALTIME_TOOLS = [
   {
     type: 'function',
     name: 'analyst_query',
-    description: 'Answer questions ABOUT the data currently loaded on the map — counts, lists, superlatives, and attribute filters over live layers (flights, military, ships, fires, earthquakes). Examples: "how many flights over Texas", "biggest fire near LA", "which ships are headed to Oakland", "anything above 40,000 feet", "fastest thing in view". Queries ONLY client-side data from ENABLED layers — if the needed layer is off, say so and offer to enable it. For a follow-up about the previous answer\'s set ("which of those is closest?"), set followUp=true and send only the new filters/sort.',
+    description: 'Answer questions ABOUT the data currently loaded on the map — counts, lists, superlatives, and attribute filters over live layers (flights, military, ships, fires, earthquakes). Examples: "how many flights over Texas", "biggest fire near LA", "which ships are headed to Oakland", "anything above 40,000 feet", "fastest thing in view". Queries ONLY client-side data from ENABLED layers — if the needed layer is off, say so and offer to enable it. Results include feedProvenance (the same feedState the Data Layers chips show). Narrate counts only with that provenance; never describe a stale, degraded, loading, fallback, or unavailable feed as live. For a follow-up about the previous answer\'s set ("which of those is closest?"), set followUp=true and send only the new filters/sort.',
     parameters: {
       type: 'object',
       additionalProperties: false,
diff --git a/src/data/analystEngine.js b/src/data/analystEngine.js
index 58c28c7d8..2b2de873b 100644
--- a/src/data/analystEngine.js
+++ b/src/data/analystEngine.js
@@ -18,14 +18,21 @@
  *
  * Providers (injected — keeps the engine pure and node-testable):
  *   getRecords(layerKey) → Array<record>            (layer accessor snapshot)
+ *   getLayerSnapshot?(layerKey) → snapshot|null    (honest feed-state envelope)
  *   resolveRegionRing(name) → Promise<{ring, name}|null>  (NE pack / admin boundary)
  *   getViewContext() → {lat, lon, viewRadiusKm, bounds?}  (camera-derived)
  *
  * @module data/analystEngine
  */
 
+import { feedProvenanceEnvelope } from './layerSnapshot.js';
 import { pointInRing } from './naturalEarthRegions.js';
 
+function withFeedProvenance(coverage, snapshots) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(snapshots) || snapshots.length === 0) return coverage;
+  return { ...coverage, feedProvenance: feedProvenanceEnvelope(snapshots) };
+}
+
 /** Layers the engine understands, with the fields queries may reference. */
 export const ANALYST_LAYERS = {
   flights: { numeric: ['altitudeM', 'speedMps', 'verticalRateMps'], text: ['callsign', 'icao24', 'originCountry', 'operator', 'routeOrigin', 'routeDestination', 'aircraftClass'], flags: ['military', 'onGround'] },
@@ -115,12 +122,15 @@ export function createAnalystEngine(providers) {
     // 1) Source records
     let records;
     let layersQueried;
+    let queriedSnapshots;
     if (layers === null) {
       records = lastResult.items.slice();
       layersQueried = lastResult.coverage.layersQueried;
+      queriedSnapshots = lastResult.coverage.feedProvenance?.layers || [];
     } else {
       records = [];
       layersQueried = [];
+      queriedSnapshots = [];
       const unknown = layers.filter((k) => !ANALYST_LAYERS[k]);
       if (unknown.length) {
         return {
@@ -132,7 +142,21 @@ export function createAnalystEngine(providers) {
       for (const key of layers) {
         if (!ANALYST_LAYERS[key]) continue;
         const rows = providers.getRecords(key) || [];
-        layersQueried.push({ layerKey: key, records: rows.length });
+        const snapshot = typeof providers.getLayerSnapshot === 'function'
+          ? providers.getLayerSnapshot(key)
+          : null;
+        if (snapshot) queriedSnapshots.push(snapshot);
+        layersQueried.push({
+          layerKey: key,
+          records: rows.length,
+          ...(snapshot ? {
+            feedState: snapshot.feedState,
+            source: snapshot.source,
+            lastUpdate: snapshot.lastUpdate,
+            enabled: snapshot.enabled,
+            error: snapshot.error,
+          } : {}),
+        });
         for (const row of rows) records.push({ layerKey: key, ...row });
       }
     }
@@ -151,7 +175,10 @@ export function createAnalystEngine(providers) {
         return {
           ok: false,
           error: `I couldn't resolve a boundary for "${scope.name}" — try a state, country, or a named natural region.`,
-          coverage: { layersQueried, scope: `region:${scope.name}:unresolved` },
+          coverage: withFeedProvenance({
+            layersQueried,
+            scope: `region:${scope.name}:unresolved`,
+          }, queriedSnapshots),
         };
       }
       resolvedScope = region;
@@ -225,12 +252,12 @@ export function createAnalystEngine(providers) {
       truncated: items.length > top.length,
       summary: summarize(items, sortBy && sortBy !== 'distance' ? sortBy : null),
       scopeLabel,
-      coverage: {
+      coverage: withFeedProvenance({
         layersQueried,
         scope: scopeNote,
         followUp: Boolean(spec.followUp && lastResult),
         note: 'client-side data only — answers cover what the enabled layers currently hold',
-      },
+      }, queriedSnapshots),
       // Surfaced so the narration can name the centre it measured from rather
       // than implying a view-centred answer.
       ...(resolvedScope?.centeredOn ? { centeredOn: resolvedScope.centeredOn } : {}),
diff --git a/src/data/analystEngine.test.mjs b/src/data/analystEngine.test.mjs
index 6521a5464..94964fa4b 100644
--- a/src/data/analystEngine.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/analystEngine.test.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { test } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { createAnalystEngine, applyScope, haversineKm } from './analystEngine.js';
+import { layerSnapshot } from './layerSnapshot.js';
 
 // Stub world: a square "Texland" region, flights + ships + fires around it.
 const TEXLAND = { name: 'Texland', ring: [[-100, 28], [-94, 28], [-94, 33], [-100, 33]] };
@@ -20,18 +21,31 @@ const FIRES = [
   { id: 'FIRE-3', lat: 51.9, lon: -121.9, frp: 2400 },
 ];
 
-function makeEngine() {
+function snapshotFor(key, rows, extraStats = {}) {
+  return layerSnapshot({
+    id: key,
+    name: key,
+    enabled: true,
+    stats: { count: rows.length, lastUpdate: 1, ...extraStats },
+  });
+}
+
+function makeEngine(statOverrides = {}) {
+  const records = { flights: FLIGHTS, 'ais-live-vessels': SHIPS, 'local-firms': FIRES };
   return createAnalystEngine({
-    getRecords: (key) => ({ flights: FLIGHTS, 'ais-live-vessels': SHIPS, 'local-firms': FIRES }[key] || []),
+    getRecords: (key) => records[key] || [],
+    getLayerSnapshot: (key) => snapshotFor(key, records[key] || [], statOverrides[key]),
     resolveRegionRing: async (name) => (/texland/i.test(name) ? TEXLAND : null),
     getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74, viewRadiusKm: 150 }),
   });
 }
 
 /** Same world, but Contacts is up with a subject far from the parked camera. */
-function makeContactsEngine(subject) {
+function makeContactsEngine(subject, statOverrides = {}) {
+  const records = { flights: FLIGHTS, 'ais-live-vessels': SHIPS, 'local-firms': FIRES };
   return createAnalystEngine({
-    getRecords: (key) => ({ flights: FLIGHTS, 'ais-live-vessels': SHIPS, 'local-firms': FIRES }[key] || []),
+    getRecords: (key) => records[key] || [],
+    getLayerSnapshot: (key) => snapshotFor(key, records[key] || [], statOverrides[key]),
     resolveRegionRing: async (name) => (/texland/i.test(name) ? TEXLAND : null),
     // Parked far away, as a high-altitude camera often is.
     getViewContext: () => ({ lat: 45.0, lon: -122.0, viewRadiusKm: 150 }),
@@ -201,3 +215,33 @@ test('helpers: haversine sanity + scope radius', () => {
   const scoped = applyScope(FLIGHTS, { kind: 'radius' }, { center: { lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74 }, km: 50 });
   assert.deepEqual(scoped.map((f) => f.id).sort(), ['GND1', 'SWA1']);
 });
+
+test('analyst: a stale feed stamps provenance so the count cannot be narrated as live', async () => {
+  const r = await makeEngine({ flights: { stale: true } }).query({
+    layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'view' }, limit: 50,
+  });
+  assert.equal(r.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(r.coverage.layersQueried[0].feedState, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(r.coverage.feedProvenance.overall, 'stale');
+  assert.match(r.coverage.feedProvenance.note, /STALE/);
+  assert.match(r.coverage.feedProvenance.note, /do not describe this as live/i);
+});
+
+test('analyst: a degraded feed outranks a nominal neighbour in overall provenance', async () => {
+  const r = await makeEngine({
+    'local-firms': { error: 'FIRMS timeout', count: 2 },
+  }).query({
+    layers: ['flights', 'local-firms'], scope: { kind: 'anywhere' }, limit: 50,
+  });
+  assert.equal(r.coverage.feedProvenance.overall, 'degraded');
+  const fires = r.coverage.layersQueried.find((row) => row.layerKey === 'local-firms');
+  assert.equal(fires.feedState, 'degraded');
+});
+
+test('analyst: follow-up keeps the original feed-state snapshot', async () => {
+  const eng = makeEngine({ flights: { stale: true } });
+  await eng.query({ layers: ['flights'], scope: { kind: 'region', name: 'Texland' } });
+  const r = await eng.query({ followUp: true, filters: [{ field: 'onGround', op: 'eq', value: true }] });
+  assert.equal(r.coverage.followUp, true);
+  assert.equal(r.coverage.feedProvenance.overall, 'stale');
+});
diff --git a/src/data/layerSnapshot.js b/src/data/layerSnapshot.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..767f8f6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/layerSnapshot.js
@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+/**
+ * Shared layer snapshot envelope for voice and HUD answers.
+ *
+ * Data Layers chips, `analyst_query`, `get_current_view_state`, and the HUD
+ * summary must all name the same feed-state. This module is the one envelope:
+ * it classifies `getStats()` through `layerFeedState` and stamps the result
+ * so a stale or degraded feed cannot be narrated as live. Cesium-free so the
+ * HUD summary proxy can import it from Node.
+ *
+ * @module data/layerSnapshot
+ */
+
+/** Feed states the Data Layers chips and voice/HUD provenance share. */
+export const LAYER_FEED_STATES = Object.freeze([
+  'nominal',
+  'loading',
+  'degraded',
+  'stale',
+  'fallback',
+  'unavailable',
+]);
+
+/** Chip labels for enabled layers. Disabled layers read OFF, not a feed-state. */
+export const LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS = Object.freeze({
+  nominal: 'ON',
+  loading: 'LOADING',
+  degraded: 'DEGRADED',
+  stale: 'STALE',
+  fallback: 'FALLBACK',
+  unavailable: 'UNAVAILABLE',
+});
+
+/** Snapshot feed-state including a disabled layer. */
+export const SNAPSHOT_FEED_STATES = Object.freeze([...LAYER_FEED_STATES, 'off']);
+
+/**
+ * Lower rank is more severe. Voice/HUD `overall` is the worst queried state
+ * so a mixed roster cannot hide an unavailable or stale feed behind a nominal
+ * neighbour.
+ */
+export const FEED_STATE_SEVERITY = Object.freeze({
+  unavailable: 0,
+  loading: 1,
+  degraded: 2,
+  stale: 3,
+  fallback: 4,
+  nominal: 5,
+  off: 6,
+});
+
+/**
+ * Normalize heterogeneous layer stats into one honest control-chip state.
+ * @param {object|null} stats Layer getStats() result.
+ * @returns {'nominal'|'loading'|'degraded'|'stale'|'fallback'|'unavailable'} Feed state.
+ */
+export function layerFeedState(stats = {}) {
+  const state = stats || {};
+  const status = typeof state.status === 'string' ? state.status.toLowerCase() : '';
+  const source = `${state.source || ''} ${state.coverage || ''}`;
+  const hasExplicitFallback = typeof state.fallback === 'boolean';
+  const hasPriorData = Number(state.count) > 0 || Boolean(state.lastUpdate);
+  const presentedError = state.error || state.lastError || state.managerRefreshError;
+  if (['unavailable', 'offline', 'down', 'error'].includes(status)) return 'unavailable';
+  if (
+    (presentedError || state.unavailable === true || state.available === false)
+    && !hasPriorData
+    && !['zoom-in', 'empty', 'idle'].includes(status)
+  ) {
+    return 'unavailable';
+  }
+  if (state.loading) return 'loading';
+  // Guidance states ask the user to act (zoom in, run a search) — normal
+  // operation, not feed faults. One honesty carve-out: layers keep their
+  // rendered records through the guidance state, so a genuinely stale cache
+  // still reads STALE; a guidance prompt alone never reads DEGRADED.
+  if (['zoom-in', 'empty', 'idle'].includes(status)) {
+    return state.stale ? 'stale' : 'nominal';
+  }
+  if (
+    state.fallback === true
+    || status === 'fallback'
+    || state.mode === 'sim'
+    || /\bfallback\b/i.test(source)
+    || (!hasExplicitFallback && /\badsb\.lol\b/i.test(source))
+  ) {
+    return 'fallback';
+  }
+  if (state.stale || status === 'stale') return 'stale';
+  if (
+    state.degraded
+    || presentedError
+    || state.unavailable === true
+    || state.available === false
+  ) return 'degraded';
+  return 'nominal';
+}
+
+function snapshotError(stats) {
+  const err = stats?.error || stats?.lastError || stats?.managerRefreshError;
+  if (err == null || err === '') return null;
+  return err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Age of a lastUpdate timestamp in whole seconds.
+ * @param {number|null|undefined} lastUpdate Epoch ms.
+ * @param {number} [now=Date.now()] Clock for tests.
+ * @returns {number|null} Non-negative seconds, or null when unknown.
+ */
+export function snapshotAgeSec(lastUpdate, now = Date.now()) {
+  const stamp = Number(lastUpdate);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(stamp) || stamp <= 0) return null;
+  return Math.max(0, Math.floor((now - stamp) / 1000));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compact age label matching the Data Layers meta line.
+ * @param {number|null|undefined} lastUpdate Epoch ms.
+ * @param {number} [now=Date.now()] Clock for tests.
+ * @returns {string|null} `just now` / `12s ago` / `4m ago` / `2h ago`.
+ */
+export function snapshotAgeLabel(lastUpdate, now = Date.now()) {
+  const sec = snapshotAgeSec(lastUpdate, now);
+  if (sec === null) return null;
+  if (sec < 5) return 'just now';
+  if (sec < 60) return `${sec}s ago`;
+  if (sec < 3600) return `${Math.floor(sec / 60)}m ago`;
+  return `${Math.floor(sec / 3600)}h ago`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pick the most severe feed-state from a list.
+ * @param {Iterable<string|null|undefined>} states Feed-state strings.
+ * @returns {'nominal'|'loading'|'degraded'|'stale'|'fallback'|'unavailable'|'off'|null}
+ */
+export function worstFeedState(states) {
+  let worst = null;
+  let worstRank = Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+  for (const state of states || []) {
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(FEED_STATE_SEVERITY, state)) continue;
+    const rank = FEED_STATE_SEVERITY[state];
+    if (rank < worstRank) {
+      worst = state;
+      worstRank = rank;
+    }
+  }
+  return worst;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One honest layer snapshot for voice/HUD narration.
+ *
+ * Disabled layers report `feedState: 'off'` — the same reading the chips use —
+ * even if leftover stats would otherwise classify as stale. Counts and errors
+ * still travel so a disabled layer with a last-known error is inspectable.
+ *
+ * @param {object} [layer] `DataLayerManager.getAll()` projection, or a layer-like
+ *   object with `id`, `enabled`, `stats`, and optional `source`/`name`.
+ * @param {{ now?: number }} [options]
+ * @returns {{
+ *   id: string|null,
+ *   name: string|null,
+ *   enabled: boolean,
+ *   feedState: string,
+ *   source: string|null,
+ *   count: number,
+ *   lastUpdate: number|null,
+ *   ageSec: number|null,
+ *   ageLabel: string|null,
+ *   error: string|null,
+ * }}
+ */
+export function layerSnapshot(layer = {}, { now = Date.now() } = {}) {
+  const stats = (layer && typeof layer.stats === 'object' && layer.stats) || {};
+  const source = String(stats.source || layer.source || '').trim() || null;
+  const enabled = Boolean(layer.enabled);
+  const countRaw = Number(stats.count);
+  const count = Number.isFinite(countRaw) ? countRaw : 0;
+  const lastUpdate = Number.isFinite(Number(stats.lastUpdate)) ? Number(stats.lastUpdate) : null;
+  const feedState = enabled ? layerFeedState({ ...stats, source }) : 'off';
+  return {
+    id: layer.id || layer.layerKey || null,
+    name: layer.name || layer.label || layer.id || layer.layerKey || null,
+    enabled,
+    feedState,
+    source,
+    count,
+    lastUpdate,
+    ageSec: snapshotAgeSec(lastUpdate, now),
+    ageLabel: snapshotAgeLabel(lastUpdate, now),
+    error: snapshotError(stats),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Snapshot every layer in a roster.
+ * @param {Array<object>} [layers]
+ * @param {{ now?: number }} [options]
+ * @returns {Array<object>}
+ */
+export function layerSnapshots(layers = [], options) {
+  if (!Array.isArray(layers)) return [];
+  return layers.map((layer) => layerSnapshot(layer, options));
+}
+
+function asSnapshot(entry, now) {
+  if (!entry || typeof entry !== 'object') return layerSnapshot({}, { now });
+  if (typeof entry.feedState === 'string') return entry;
+  return layerSnapshot(entry, { now });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Mechanical narration note so the model does not have to infer honesty.
+ * @param {Array<object>} layers Snapshots.
+ * @param {string|null} overall Worst considered feed-state.
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+export function feedProvenanceNote(layers = [], overall = null) {
+  if (!overall) {
+    return 'No layer snapshot is attached. Do not invent a feed-state or a count.';
+  }
+  if (overall === 'nominal') {
+    return 'Queried enabled layers are nominal. Still name the count scope; do not claim whole-world coverage.';
+  }
+  if (overall === 'off') {
+    const names = layers.map((s) => s.name || s.id).filter(Boolean).join(', ') || 'the requested layer';
+    return `${names} is off. Do not invent a count; say the layer is off and offer to enable it.`;
+  }
+  const flagged = layers.filter((s) => (
+    s.feedState && s.feedState !== 'nominal' && s.feedState !== 'off'
+  ));
+  const bits = flagged.map((s) => {
+    const extras = [s.source, s.ageLabel || snapshotAgeLabel(s.lastUpdate), s.error]
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(', ');
+    return `${s.name || s.id} is ${String(s.feedState).toUpperCase()}${extras ? ` (${extras})` : ''}`;
+  });
+  const body = bits.join('; ') || `${String(overall).toUpperCase()} feed`;
+  return `${body}. Narrate that provenance with any count; do not describe this as live.`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shared envelope stamped onto analyst, view-state, and HUD payloads.
+ * @param {Array<object>} [snapshots] Snapshots or raw `getAll()` rows.
+ * @param {{ now?: number }} [options]
+ * @returns {{ overall: string|null, layers: Array<object>, note: string }}
+ */
+export function feedProvenanceEnvelope(snapshots = [], { now = Date.now() } = {}) {
+  const layers = (Array.isArray(snapshots) ? snapshots : []).map((entry) => asSnapshot(entry, now));
+  const active = layers.filter((s) => s.feedState && s.feedState !== 'off');
+  const overall = worstFeedState(active.map((s) => s.feedState))
+    || (layers.length ? 'off' : null);
+  return {
+    overall,
+    layers,
+    note: feedProvenanceNote(layers, overall),
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compact voice-tool layer row: identity + the fields a model must read.
+ * @param {object} layer Raw `getAll()` row or snapshot.
+ * @param {{ now?: number }} [options]
+ * @returns {object}
+ */
+export function viewStateLayerRow(layer, options) {
+  const snap = layerSnapshot(layer, options);
+  return {
+    id: snap.id,
+    name: snap.name,
+    enabled: snap.enabled,
+    count: snap.count,
+    error: snap.error,
+    feedState: snap.feedState,
+    source: snap.source,
+    lastUpdate: snap.lastUpdate,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/data/layerSnapshot.test.mjs b/src/data/layerSnapshot.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7c1a1346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/layerSnapshot.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import {
+  FEED_STATE_SEVERITY,
+  LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS,
+  LAYER_FEED_STATES,
+  SNAPSHOT_FEED_STATES,
+  feedProvenanceEnvelope,
+  feedProvenanceNote,
+  layerFeedState,
+  layerSnapshot,
+  layerSnapshots,
+  snapshotAgeLabel,
+  snapshotAgeSec,
+  viewStateLayerRow,
+  worstFeedState,
+} from './layerSnapshot.js';
+
+const NOW = 1_700_000_000_000;
+
+test('layerSnapshot stays Cesium-free so the HUD proxy can import it', () => {
+  const src = readFileSync(new URL('./layerSnapshot.js', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+  assert.equal(src.includes("from './manager.js'"), false);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(src, /from ['"]cesium['"]/i);
+});
+
+test('layerFeedState matches the chip classifier for every honesty class', () => {
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ error: 'feed down', count: 0, lastUpdate: null }), 'unavailable');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({
+    status: 'unavailable',
+    error: 'feed down',
+    count: 50,
+    lastUpdate: 1,
+  }), 'unavailable');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ mode: 'sim', count: 100, lastUpdate: 1 }), 'fallback');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ source: 'adsb.lol', count: 10, lastUpdate: 1 }), 'fallback');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({
+    source: 'adsb.lol',
+    fallback: false,
+    count: 10,
+    lastUpdate: 1,
+  }), 'nominal');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ stale: true, count: 0, lastUpdate: 1 }), 'stale');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ error: 'partial group failure', count: 50, lastUpdate: 1 }), 'degraded');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ loading: true }), 'loading');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ count: 5, lastUpdate: 1 }), 'nominal');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ status: 'zoom-in', error: 'zoom in to search', count: 12 }), 'nominal');
+  assert.equal(layerFeedState({ status: 'zoom-in', stale: true, count: 12 }), 'stale');
+});
+
+test('chip labels and severity cover every feed-state the envelope can emit', () => {
+  assert.deepEqual([...LAYER_FEED_STATES], [
+    'nominal', 'loading', 'degraded', 'stale', 'fallback', 'unavailable',
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual([...SNAPSHOT_FEED_STATES], [...LAYER_FEED_STATES, 'off']);
+  for (const state of LAYER_FEED_STATES) {
+    assert.equal(typeof LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS[state], 'string');
+    assert.equal(typeof FEED_STATE_SEVERITY[state], 'number');
+  }
+  assert.equal(FEED_STATE_SEVERITY.unavailable < FEED_STATE_SEVERITY.stale, true);
+  assert.equal(FEED_STATE_SEVERITY.stale < FEED_STATE_SEVERITY.fallback, true);
+  assert.equal(worstFeedState(['nominal', 'stale', 'fallback']), 'stale');
+  assert.equal(worstFeedState(['degraded', 'unavailable']), 'unavailable');
+  assert.equal(worstFeedState([]), null);
+});
+
+test('a disabled layer is off even when leftover stats would read stale', () => {
+  const snap = layerSnapshot({
+    id: 'flights',
+    name: 'Live Flights',
+    enabled: false,
+    source: 'OpenSky Network',
+    stats: { stale: true, count: 12, lastUpdate: NOW - 240_000, source: 'OpenSky Network' },
+  }, { now: NOW });
+  assert.equal(snap.feedState, 'off');
+  assert.equal(snap.enabled, false);
+  assert.equal(snap.count, 12);
+  assert.equal(snap.ageLabel, '4m ago');
+});
+
+test('an enabled stale layer carries age, source, and a mechanical note', () => {
+  const snap = layerSnapshot({
+    id: 'flights',
+    name: 'Live Flights',
+    enabled: true,
+    stats: {
+      stale: true,
+      count: 12,
+      lastUpdate: NOW - 240_000,
+      source: 'OpenSky Network',
+    },
+  }, { now: NOW });
+  assert.equal(snap.feedState, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(snap.source, 'OpenSky Network');
+  assert.equal(snap.ageSec, 240);
+  assert.equal(snap.ageLabel, '4m ago');
+  const envelope = feedProvenanceEnvelope([snap], { now: NOW });
+  assert.equal(envelope.overall, 'stale');
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /Live Flights is STALE/);
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /OpenSky Network/);
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /4m ago/);
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /do not describe this as live/i);
+});
+
+test('degraded and unavailable envelopes outrank leftover nominal neighbours', () => {
+  const layers = layerSnapshots([
+    {
+      id: 'earthquakes',
+      name: 'Earthquakes',
+      enabled: true,
+      stats: { count: 3, lastUpdate: NOW - 10_000 },
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'local-firms',
+      name: 'Active Fires',
+      enabled: true,
+      stats: { error: 'FIRMS key missing', count: 8, lastUpdate: NOW - 30_000 },
+    },
+  ], { now: NOW });
+  const envelope = feedProvenanceEnvelope(layers, { now: NOW });
+  assert.equal(envelope.overall, 'degraded');
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /Active Fires is DEGRADED/);
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /FIRMS key missing/);
+});
+
+test('an unavailable feed with no prior data does not become a confident zero', () => {
+  const snap = layerSnapshot({
+    id: 'ais-live-vessels',
+    name: 'Live Vessels',
+    enabled: true,
+    stats: { error: 'AISStream down', count: 0, lastUpdate: null },
+  }, { now: NOW });
+  assert.equal(snap.feedState, 'unavailable');
+  const envelope = feedProvenanceEnvelope([snap]);
+  assert.equal(envelope.overall, 'unavailable');
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /UNAVAILABLE/);
+});
+
+test('fallback provenance names the fallback source instead of calling it live', () => {
+  const snap = layerSnapshot({
+    id: 'flights',
+    name: 'Live Flights',
+    enabled: true,
+    stats: { source: 'adsb.lol fallback', count: 40, lastUpdate: NOW - 8_000 },
+  }, { now: NOW });
+  assert.equal(snap.feedState, 'fallback');
+  assert.match(feedProvenanceNote([snap], 'fallback'), /adsb\.lol fallback/);
+});
+
+test('view-state rows keep the existing identity fields and add feedState', () => {
+  const row = viewStateLayerRow({
+    id: 'flights',
+    name: 'Live Flights',
+    enabled: true,
+    stats: { count: 9, lastUpdate: 42, error: null, source: 'OpenSky Network' },
+  }, { now: NOW });
+  assert.deepEqual(row, {
+    id: 'flights',
+    name: 'Live Flights',
+    enabled: true,
+    count: 9,
+    error: null,
+    feedState: 'nominal',
+    source: 'OpenSky Network',
+    lastUpdate: 42,
+  });
+});
+
+test('empty roster envelope does not pretend to be nominal', () => {
+  const envelope = feedProvenanceEnvelope([]);
+  assert.equal(envelope.overall, null);
+  assert.match(envelope.note, /Do not invent/);
+});
+
+test('age labels match the Data Layers meta clock', () => {
+  assert.equal(snapshotAgeSec(null, NOW), null);
+  assert.equal(snapshotAgeLabel(NOW - 3_000, NOW), 'just now');
+  assert.equal(snapshotAgeLabel(NOW - 12_000, NOW), '12s ago');
+  assert.equal(snapshotAgeLabel(NOW - 240_000, NOW), '4m ago');
+  assert.equal(snapshotAgeLabel(NOW - 7_200_000, NOW), '2h ago');
+});
diff --git a/src/data/manager.js b/src/data/manager.js
index 7db25def4..d567678ee 100644
--- a/src/data/manager.js
+++ b/src/data/manager.js
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { governorRequestRender } from '../renderGovernor.js';
 import { markDetectionSourcesChanged } from './detection.js';
+import { LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS, layerFeedState } from './layerSnapshot.js';
+
+export { layerFeedState };
+
 function cloneLayerParams(value) {
   if (Array.isArray(value)) return value.map(cloneLayerParams);
   if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
@@ -10,15 +14,6 @@ function cloneLayerParams(value) {
   return value;
 }
 
-const FEED_STATE_LABELS = Object.freeze({
-  nominal: 'ON',
-  loading: 'LOADING',
-  degraded: 'DEGRADED',
-  stale: 'STALE',
-  fallback: 'FALLBACK',
-  unavailable: 'UNAVAILABLE',
-});
-
 const SUPERSEDED_VISIBILITY_INTENT = Symbol('superseded-visibility-intent');
 const VALID_LAYER_SERIALIZATION_DISPOSITIONS = new Set([
   'enabled-only',
@@ -64,53 +59,6 @@ function refreshFailureFromStats(stats, label) {
   return null;
 }
 
-/**
- * Normalize heterogeneous layer stats into one honest control-chip state.
- * @param {object|null} stats Layer getStats() result.
- * @returns {'nominal'|'loading'|'degraded'|'stale'|'fallback'|'unavailable'} Feed state.
- */
-export function layerFeedState(stats = {}) {
-  const state = stats || {};
-  const status = typeof state.status === 'string' ? state.status.toLowerCase() : '';
-  const source = `${state.source || ''} ${state.coverage || ''}`;
-  const hasExplicitFallback = typeof state.fallback === 'boolean';
-  const hasPriorData = Number(state.count) > 0 || Boolean(state.lastUpdate);
-  const presentedError = state.error || state.lastError || state.managerRefreshError;
-  if (['unavailable', 'offline', 'down', 'error'].includes(status)) return 'unavailable';
-  if (
-    (presentedError || state.unavailable === true || state.available === false)
-    && !hasPriorData
-    && !['zoom-in', 'empty', 'idle'].includes(status)
-  ) {
-    return 'unavailable';
-  }
-  if (state.loading) return 'loading';
-  // Guidance states ask the user to act (zoom in, run a search) — normal
-  // operation, not feed faults. One honesty carve-out: layers keep their
-  // rendered records through the guidance state, so a genuinely stale cache
-  // still reads STALE; a guidance prompt alone never reads DEGRADED.
-  if (['zoom-in', 'empty', 'idle'].includes(status)) {
-    return state.stale ? 'stale' : 'nominal';
-  }
-  if (
-    state.fallback === true
-    || status === 'fallback'
-    || state.mode === 'sim'
-    || /\bfallback\b/i.test(source)
-    || (!hasExplicitFallback && /\badsb\.lol\b/i.test(source))
-  ) {
-    return 'fallback';
-  }
-  if (state.stale || status === 'stale') return 'stale';
-  if (
-    state.degraded
-    || presentedError
-    || state.unavailable === true
-    || state.available === false
-  ) return 'degraded';
-  return 'nominal';
-}
-
 /**
  * DataLayerManager — Manages registration, toggling, and update loops
  * for real-time data overlays on the CesiumJS globe.
@@ -2217,7 +2165,7 @@ export class DataLayerManager {
   _buildMetaText(layer) {
     const stats = layer.stats || {};
     const feedState = layerFeedState(stats);
-    const stateLabel = FEED_STATE_LABELS[feedState];
+    const stateLabel = LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS[feedState];
     const source = stats.source || layer.source;
     const lifecycleState = layer.lifecycleState || (layer.enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled');
     if (lifecycleState === 'enabling' || lifecycleState === 'disabling') {
@@ -2267,7 +2215,7 @@ export class DataLayerManager {
     button.classList.toggle('enabling', layer.lifecycleState === 'enabling');
     button.classList.toggle('disabling', layer.lifecycleState === 'disabling');
     button.classList.toggle('lifecycle-uncertain', uncertain);
-    for (const state of Object.keys(FEED_STATE_LABELS)) {
+    for (const state of Object.keys(LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS)) {
       button.classList.toggle(`feed-${state}`, layer.enabled && !uncertain && feedState === state);
     }
     button.dataset.feedState = transitioning
@@ -2281,7 +2229,7 @@ export class DataLayerManager {
     button.setAttribute('aria-busy', String(transitioning));
     button.textContent = transitioning
       ? layer.lifecycleState.toUpperCase()
-      : (uncertain ? 'UNCERTAIN' : (layer.enabled ? FEED_STATE_LABELS[feedState] : 'OFF'));
+      : (uncertain ? 'UNCERTAIN' : (layer.enabled ? LAYER_FEED_STATE_LABELS[feedState] : 'OFF'));
     button.setAttribute('aria-label', `${layer.name}: ${button.textContent}`);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/firstRunExperience.test.mjs b/src/firstRunExperience.test.mjs
index 6d887eb58..8c54f6357 100644
--- a/src/firstRunExperience.test.mjs
+++ b/src/firstRunExperience.test.mjs
@@ -654,15 +654,13 @@ test('the voice TOOL SCHEMA is byte-identical to main — the mission mapping is
   const end = src.indexOf('\n];\n', start);
   const block = src.slice(start, end + 4);
 
-  // Re-pinned 2026-08-28: the Provider Settings / Esri release DELIBERATELY
-  // extends set_map_stack's enum with 'esri-imagery' (a real new basemap —
-  // exactly the kind of schema change this pin exists to make loud). The
-  // guarded claim is unchanged: first-run missions ride existing tools, and
-  // any NEW drift from this recorded schema still fails here.
-  assert.equal(block.length, 31189, 'tool schema byte length drifted from the pinned release schema');
+  // Re-pinned 2026-09-12: analyst_query and get_current_view_state descriptions
+  // now require feedProvenance narration. First-run missions still ride
+  // existing tools; any NEW drift from this recorded schema still fails here.
+  assert.equal(block.length, 31550, 'tool schema byte length drifted from the pinned release schema');
   assert.equal(
     crypto.createHash('sha256').update(block).digest('hex'),
-    '73aaabdb169a5478893d28688f327a21edd32ed3ec16fc6287bd944ed77beecf',
+    '350a7678155a97d0ded399dc2368db8596d520bed65c5b81bebce0ee3d9a76d4',
     'the first-run missions must ride EXISTING tools: no schema edit, no cache bust',
   );
 
diff --git a/src/hud.js b/src/hud.js
index 74b9c044e..6f68cfbdc 100644
--- a/src/hud.js
+++ b/src/hud.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { CITY_POIS } from './locations.js';
 import { composeLocalityTag } from './hudLocality.js';
 import { ellipsoidalToMslDisplayM, ensureGeoidReady, geoidHeight } from './data/geoid.js';
 import { getBasemapLabelContext } from './voice/gevActions.js';
-import { isHudSummaryUnconfigured } from './hudSummaryResponse.js';
+import { isHudSummaryUnconfigured, hudSummaryLayerContext, hudTelemetryProvenanceTag } from './hudSummaryResponse.js';
 
 /** Color palettes keyed by shader mode; applied as CSS custom properties. */
 const HUD_COLORS = {
@@ -587,8 +587,9 @@ export class IntelHUD {
       : 'N/A';
     // NEAR the nearest catalogued POI at metro range; otherwise the lat/lon sector.
     const localityTag = composeLocalityTag(nearest, m.latDeg, m.lonDeg);
-
-    return `${modeLabel} ${band} ${localityTag} | ${region} | ALT ${altTag} | WINDOW ${winTag} | SUN ${m.sunEl.toFixed(0)}° | ONA ${m.ona.toFixed(0)}° | ${localTag}`;
+    const provenance = hudTelemetryProvenanceTag(this._dataManager?.getAll?.() || []);
+    const line = `${modeLabel} ${band} ${localityTag} | ${region} | ALT ${altTag} | WINDOW ${winTag} | SUN ${m.sunEl.toFixed(0)}° | ONA ${m.ona.toFixed(0)}° | ${localTag}`;
+    return provenance ? `${line} | ${provenance}` : line;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -701,14 +702,11 @@ export class IntelHUD {
 
   async _summaryContext() {
     const labels = await getBasemapLabelContext(this.viewer);
-    const enabledLayers = this._dataManager?.getAll?.()
-      ?.filter((layer) => layer.enabled)
-      .map((layer) => layer.name) || [];
     return {
       placeLabels: labels.placeLabels,
       streetLabels: labels.streetLabels,
       nearbyPlaceLabels: labels.nearbyPlaceLabels,
-      enabledLayerLabels: enabledLayers,
+      ...hudSummaryLayerContext(this._dataManager?.getAll?.() || []),
     };
   }
 
@@ -838,7 +836,13 @@ export class IntelHUD {
     this._dataManager = dataManager || null;
     if (typeof this._dataManager?.subscribe === 'function') {
       this._dataManagerUnsubscribe = this._dataManager.subscribe((change) => {
-        if (change?.type === 'visibility') this._markSummaryDirty();
+        if (
+          change?.type === 'visibility'
+          || change?.type === 'refresh-transition'
+          || change?.type === 'refresh-cancelled'
+        ) {
+          this._markSummaryDirty();
+        }
       });
     }
     this._markSummaryDirty();
diff --git a/src/hudSummaryResponse.js b/src/hudSummaryResponse.js
index 9c516eed1..12c50c1b6 100644
--- a/src/hudSummaryResponse.js
+++ b/src/hudSummaryResponse.js
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+import {
+  feedProvenanceEnvelope,
+  layerSnapshots,
+} from './data/layerSnapshot.js';
+
 export const HUD_SUMMARY_UNCONFIGURED_CODE = 'OPENAI_NOT_CONFIGURED';
 
 /**
@@ -33,3 +38,60 @@ export function isHudSummaryUnconfigured(status, data) {
     && data?.error === null
     && data?.summary === null;
 }
+
+/**
+ * HUD summary model instructions. The five-word line may only describe
+ * supplied labels, and must carry feed-state when any enabled layer is not
+ * nominal.
+ */
+export const HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS = [
+  "Write one concise intelligence-HUD summary for God's Eye View.",
+  'Use only the supplied place, street, nearby-place, enabled-layer labels, and feedProvenance.',
+  'Prefer the clearest named place and include a relevant enabled layer only when useful.',
+  'If any enabled layer is not nominal, the five words MUST include that feedState token (STALE, DEGRADED, FALLBACK, LOADING, or UNAVAILABLE) and must not present the view as live.',
+  'Do not infer from coordinates or invent a place or feed state.',
+  'Output exactly five words with no title, punctuation, markdown, or introductory phrase.',
+].join(' ');
+
+/**
+ * Stamp HUD summary context with the same layer snapshots voice tools use.
+ * @param {Array<object>} [layers] `DataLayerManager.getAll()` rows.
+ * @param {{ now?: number }} [options]
+ * @returns {{
+ *   enabledLayerLabels: string[],
+ *   enabledLayers: Array<{id: string|null, name: string|null, feedState: string, source: string|null, count: number}>,
+ *   feedProvenance: object,
+ * }}
+ */
+export function hudSummaryLayerContext(layers = [], options) {
+  const snapshots = layerSnapshots(layers, options).filter((s) => s.enabled);
+  const envelope = feedProvenanceEnvelope(snapshots, options);
+  return {
+    enabledLayerLabels: snapshots.map((s) => s.name).filter(Boolean),
+    enabledLayers: snapshots.map((s) => ({
+      id: s.id,
+      name: s.name,
+      feedState: s.feedState,
+      source: s.source,
+      count: s.count,
+    })),
+    feedProvenance: envelope,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deterministic telemetry suffix when an enabled feed is not nominal.
+ * @param {Array<object>} [layers]
+ * @param {{ now?: number }} [options]
+ * @returns {string|null}
+ */
+export function hudTelemetryProvenanceTag(layers = [], options) {
+  const snapshots = layerSnapshots(layers, options).filter((s) => s.enabled);
+  const envelope = feedProvenanceEnvelope(snapshots, options);
+  if (!envelope.overall || envelope.overall === 'nominal') return null;
+  const names = envelope.layers
+    .filter((s) => s.feedState && s.feedState !== 'nominal' && s.feedState !== 'off')
+    .map((s) => String(s.name || s.id || 'LAYER').toUpperCase())
+    .slice(0, 2);
+  return `${envelope.overall.toUpperCase()}${names.length ? ` ${names.join('/')}` : ''}`;
+}
diff --git a/src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs b/src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs
index bbdc9d01a..305920828 100644
--- a/src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs
+++ b/src/hudSummaryResponse.test.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import test from 'node:test';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import {
+  HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS,
   HUD_SUMMARY_UNCONFIGURED_CODE,
+  hudSummaryLayerContext,
+  hudTelemetryProvenanceTag,
   isHudSummaryUnconfigured,
   keylessHudSummaryResponse,
 } from './hudSummaryResponse.js';
@@ -128,3 +132,41 @@ test('the installed keyless HUD route stays successful after the voice quota is
     else process.env.GEV_RATELIMIT_OPENAI_PER_MIN = previousLimit;
   }
 });
+
+test('HUD summary context and telemetry tag carry chip-identical feed-state', () => {
+  const now = 1_000_000;
+  const layers = [
+    {
+      id: 'flights',
+      name: 'Live Flights',
+      enabled: true,
+      stats: { stale: true, count: 12, lastUpdate: now - 240_000, source: 'OpenSky Network' },
+    },
+    {
+      id: 'earthquakes',
+      name: 'Earthquakes',
+      enabled: false,
+      stats: { count: 3, lastUpdate: now },
+    },
+  ];
+  const context = hudSummaryLayerContext(layers, { now });
+  assert.deepEqual(context.enabledLayerLabels, ['Live Flights']);
+  assert.equal(context.enabledLayers[0].feedState, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(context.feedProvenance.overall, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(hudTelemetryProvenanceTag(layers, { now }), 'STALE LIVE FLIGHTS');
+  assert.equal(hudTelemetryProvenanceTag([{
+    id: 'flights', name: 'Live Flights', enabled: true, stats: { count: 4, lastUpdate: now },
+  }], { now }), null);
+});
+
+test('HUD summary instructions require non-nominal feedState in the five words', () => {
+  assert.match(HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS, /five words MUST include that feedState token/);
+  assert.match(HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS, /STALE, DEGRADED, FALLBACK, LOADING, or UNAVAILABLE/);
+  assert.match(HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS, /feedProvenance/);
+});
+
+test('the HUD proxy uses the shared provenance instructions', () => {
+  const local = readFileSync(new URL('../server/providers/local.js', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+  assert.match(local, /HUD_SUMMARY_INSTRUCTIONS/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(local, /enabled-layer text labels/);
+});
diff --git a/src/radioMarkup.test.mjs b/src/radioMarkup.test.mjs
index 8d59e6787..bd09ca583 100644
--- a/src/radioMarkup.test.mjs
+++ b/src/radioMarkup.test.mjs
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ test('the counting contract is stated in the Realtime instructions', () => {
   assert.match(text, /flights layer loads where you look/, 'rule 5: the loaded-data caveat');
 });
 
+test('the feed-state contract is stated in the Realtime instructions', () => {
+  const start = voice.indexOf("'FEED STATE CONTRACT");
+  assert.ok(start >= 0, 'the feed-state contract instruction is missing');
+  const text = voice.slice(start, voice.indexOf('\n', start));
+  assert.match(text, /feedProvenance/, 'names the envelope');
+  assert.match(text, /layerFeedState/, 'same classifier as the chips');
+  assert.match(text, /nominal\/loading\/degraded\/stale\/fallback\/unavailable/);
+  assert.match(text, /NEVER narrate a count as live/);
+  assert.match(text, /Confirm only what the tool result returned/);
+});
+
 test('Context panel opening stays distinct from Contacts activation', () => {
   const start = voice.indexOf("'For requests to open, show, reveal, or focus a menu/panel");
   assert.ok(start >= 0, 'panel-routing instruction is missing');
@@ -106,6 +117,10 @@ test('nearest-aircraft selection stays out of Contacts and Cockpit', () => {
   assert.match(nearest.description, /exclude on-ground records/);
   assert.match(nearest.description, /fallback feeds remain usable/);
   assert.match(nearest.description, /does not open Contacts or Cockpit/);
+
+  const analyst = byName.get('analyst_query');
+  assert.match(analyst.description, /feedProvenance/);
+  assert.match(analyst.description, /never describe a stale/);
 });
 
 test('the two Context/Cockpit tools pin their enums and required arguments', () => {
@@ -145,9 +160,12 @@ test('the edited existing tools changed exactly as intended', () => {
   );
   assert.deepEqual(panel.parameters.required, ['panelId', 'open']);
 
-  // Edit 2: description only — the view state now reports Context and Cockpit.
+  // Edit 2: description only — the view state now reports Context and Cockpit
+  // plus honest per-layer feedState / feedProvenance.
   const viewState = byName.get('get_current_view_state');
   assert.match(viewState.description, /Context, Cockpit/);
+  assert.match(viewState.description, /feedState/);
+  assert.match(viewState.description, /feedProvenance/);
   assert.deepEqual(viewState.parameters.properties, {});
 
   // Edit 3: dependent multi-tool navigation can wait for the destination view.
@@ -157,11 +175,11 @@ test('the edited existing tools changed exactly as intended', () => {
 });
 
 test('no unchanged Realtime tool definition drifts silently', () => {
-  // Context/Cockpit parity, the dependent-location wait edit, and the retired
-  // `bing-road` stack leaving `set_map_stack`'s enum are the known schema
-  // changes. Everything else must be byte-identical: an unnoticed edit
-  // to a shipped tool changes
-  // model behavior in production with nothing in review to catch it.
+  // Context/Cockpit parity, the dependent-location wait edit, the retired
+  // `bing-road` stack leaving `set_map_stack`'s enum, and analyst_query
+  // feedProvenance copy are the known schema changes. Everything else must be
+  // byte-identical: an unnoticed edit to a shipped tool changes model behavior
+  // in production with nothing in review to catch it.
   //
   // If this fails and the change was deliberate, re-derive the digest and say
   // in the mic-test brief which tools moved — the session cache busts on any
@@ -174,16 +192,17 @@ test('no unchanged Realtime tool definition drifts silently', () => {
     'fly_to_location',
     'select_nearest_aircraft',
     'set_map_stack',
+    'analyst_query',
   ]);
   const unchanged = realtimeTools()
     .filter((tool) => !TOUCHED.has(tool.name))
     .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
-  assert.equal(unchanged.length, 21);
+  assert.equal(unchanged.length, 20);
   const digest = createHash('sha256')
     .update(JSON.stringify(unchanged))
     .digest('hex')
     .slice(0, 16);
-  assert.equal(digest, '802ed694b8887b88', 'an unchanged Realtime tool definition drifted');
+  assert.equal(digest, '5db68d7c29f6ed4f', 'an unchanged Realtime tool definition drifted');
 });
 
 test('Radio volume and mission speed share the Sharpen slider visual language', () => {
diff --git a/src/voice/gevActions.js b/src/voice/gevActions.js
index a56c840e7..6fe42be6e 100644
--- a/src/voice/gevActions.js
+++ b/src/voice/gevActions.js
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import { getNextIssPass } from '../data/satellites.js';
 import { CCTV_FOCUS_RESULT } from '../data/cctv.js';
 import { contextModeWord } from '../contextModePolicy.js';
 import { createAnalystEngine } from '../data/analystEngine.js';
-import { layerFeedState } from '../data/manager.js';
+import {
+  feedProvenanceEnvelope,
+  layerSnapshot,
+  layerSnapshots,
+  viewStateLayerRow,
+} from '../data/layerSnapshot.js';
 import militaryAwarenessLayer, {
   collectAircraftProximityWindow,
   contactsWindowFromSnapshot,
@@ -503,10 +508,17 @@ export function createGevActionRunner({ viewer, styleManager, dataManager, scene
       }
       const stats = layerModule?.getStats?.() || {};
       const source = String(stats.source || layerModule?.source || '').trim() || null;
-      const feed = {
-        state: layerFeedState({ ...stats, source }),
+      const snap = layerSnapshot({
+        id: layerId,
+        name: layer.label || layerId,
+        enabled: true,
         source,
-        count: Number.isFinite(Number(stats.count)) ? Number(stats.count) : null,
+        stats: { ...stats, source },
+      });
+      const feed = {
+        state: snap.feedState,
+        source: snap.source,
+        count: snap.count,
       };
 
       const nearest = await createAnalystEngine(analystProviders(viewer, dataManager, {
@@ -2356,6 +2368,8 @@ function normalizeLocationId(value) {
 
 function getCurrentViewState(viewer, styleManager, dataManager, sceneDirector = null) {
   const cartographic = Cesium.Cartographic.fromCartesian(viewer.camera.positionWC);
+  const layerRows = (dataManager?.getAll?.() || []).map((layer) => viewStateLayerRow(layer));
+  const enabledSnapshots = layerSnapshots(dataManager?.getAll?.() || []).filter((s) => s.enabled);
   return {
     ok: true,
     action: 'get_current_view_state',
@@ -2379,13 +2393,8 @@ function getCurrentViewState(viewer, styleManager, dataManager, sceneDirector =
     controls: typeof styleManager.getControlState === 'function' ? styleManager.getControlState() : null,
     scenePlayback: sceneDirector?.getPlaybackStatus?.() || null,
     tracked: collectTrackedEntities(dataManager),
-    layers: dataManager.getAll().map((layer) => ({
-      id: layer.id,
-      name: layer.name,
-      enabled: layer.enabled,
-      count: layer.stats?.count || 0,
-      error: layer.stats?.error || null,
-    })),
+    layers: layerRows,
+    feedProvenance: feedProvenanceEnvelope(enabledSnapshots),
   };
 }
 
@@ -2482,6 +2491,7 @@ function aircraftProximityWindowForQuery(args, result) {
       scope: `window:${radiusKm}km@${label}`,
       followUp: false,
       note: 'Contacts window engine — the same computation and cohort the Contacts panel displays, so this count matches the panel exactly — counts cover loaded data; the flights layer loads by viewport.',
+      ...(result?.coverage?.feedProvenance ? { feedProvenance: result.coverage.feedProvenance } : {}),
     },
     // (D) The answer always says whose window it is and which engine produced it.
     window: {
@@ -2493,6 +2503,12 @@ function aircraftProximityWindowForQuery(args, result) {
       aircraft: window.aircraft,
     },
     ...(activeContactsWindow() ? { contactsWindow: activeContactsWindow() } : {}),
+    ...(result?.coverage?.feedProvenance
+      ? {
+        feedProvenance: result.coverage.feedProvenance,
+        feedState: result.coverage.feedProvenance.overall,
+      }
+      : {}),
   };
 }
 
@@ -3310,6 +3326,47 @@ function activeContactsWindow() {
   }
 }
 
+function provenanceForQuery(dataManager, layerKeys) {
+  const keys = Array.isArray(layerKeys) && layerKeys.length ? layerKeys : ['flights'];
+  const all = dataManager?.getAll?.() || [];
+  const snapshots = keys.map((key) => {
+    const row = all.find((layer) => layer.id === key);
+    if (row) return layerSnapshot(row);
+    const enabled = Boolean(dataManager?.isEnabled?.(key));
+    return layerSnapshot({ id: key, enabled });
+  });
+  return feedProvenanceEnvelope(snapshots);
+}
+
+function attachQueryProvenance(result, dataManager, args = {}) {
+  if (!result || typeof result !== 'object') return result;
+  const keys = Array.isArray(args.layers) && args.layers.length
+    ? args.layers
+    : (result.coverage?.layersQueried || []).map((row) => row.layerKey);
+  const envelope = provenanceForQuery(dataManager, keys);
+  if (result.coverage) {
+    result.coverage.feedProvenance = envelope;
+    if (Array.isArray(result.coverage.layersQueried)) {
+      const byId = new Map(envelope.layers.map((snap) => [snap.id, snap]));
+      result.coverage.layersQueried = result.coverage.layersQueried.map((row) => {
+        const snap = byId.get(row.layerKey);
+        if (!snap) return row;
+        return {
+          ...row,
+          feedState: snap.feedState,
+          source: snap.source,
+          lastUpdate: snap.lastUpdate,
+          enabled: snap.enabled,
+          error: snap.error,
+        };
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  result.feedProvenance = envelope;
+  result.feedState = envelope.overall;
+  return result;
+}
+
 function analystProviders(viewer, dataManager, { recordLimitByLayer = null } = {}) {
   return {
     getRecords(layerKey) {
@@ -3322,6 +3379,20 @@ function analystProviders(viewer, dataManager, { recordLimitByLayer = null } = {
         ? (mod.getAnalystRecords(requestedLimit) || [])
         : (mod.getAnalystRecords() || []);
     },
+    getLayerSnapshot(layerKey) {
+      const row = (dataManager.getAll?.() || []).find((layer) => layer.id === layerKey);
+      if (row) return layerSnapshot(row);
+      const enabled = Boolean(dataManager.isEnabled?.(layerKey));
+      const entry = dataManager.layers?.get?.(layerKey);
+      const stats = entry?.module?.getStats?.() || {};
+      return layerSnapshot({
+        id: layerKey,
+        name: entry?.module?.name || layerKey,
+        enabled,
+        source: stats.source || entry?.module?.source || null,
+        stats,
+      });
+    },
     resolveRegionRing: (name) => resolveRegionRingForQuery(name),
     /**
      * The active Contacts subject, when there is one — the centre the operator
@@ -3367,7 +3438,13 @@ async function runAnalystQuery(viewer, dataManager, args = {}) {
     limit: args.limit,
     followUp: Boolean(args.followUp),
   });
-  if (!result.ok) return { ok: false, action: 'analyst_query', error: result.error, coverage: result.coverage };
+  if (!result.ok) {
+    return attachQueryProvenance(
+      { ok: false, action: 'analyst_query', error: result.error, coverage: result.coverage },
+      dataManager,
+      args,
+    );
+  }
   // Compact payload for the voice model: identity + the fields queries sort/
   // filter on. The full record set stays engine-side for follow-ups.
   //
@@ -3411,7 +3488,7 @@ async function runAnalystQuery(viewer, dataManager, args = {}) {
   // arbitrary points — only "how many aircraft around <this contact>" is
   // unified, because that is the question the panel is already answering.
   const entityWindow = aircraftProximityWindowForQuery(args, result);
-  if (entityWindow) return entityWindow;
+  if (entityWindow) return attachQueryProvenance(entityWindow, dataManager, args);
 
   const contactsWindow = activeContactsWindow();
   const aircraftQueried = (result.coverage?.layersQueried || [])
@@ -3432,7 +3509,7 @@ async function runAnalystQuery(viewer, dataManager, args = {}) {
       + `"how many aircraft are nearby". This query measured something else — ${result.count} ${result.scopeLabel}. `
       + 'Give this one only if the operator asked about that specific area, and name both scopes if you give both.'
     : null;
-  return {
+  return attachQueryProvenance({
     ok: true,
     action: 'analyst_query',
     count: result.count,
@@ -3455,5 +3532,5 @@ async function runAnalystQuery(viewer, dataManager, args = {}) {
       }
       : {}),
     ...(countsReconciliation ? { countsReconciliation } : {}),
-  };
+  }, dataManager, args);
 }
diff --git a/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs b/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
index 0f6baa651..bb1c0abbd 100644
--- a/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
+++ b/src/voice/gevActions.test.mjs
@@ -732,6 +732,9 @@ test('Data Layers voice inventory hides the Context coordinator while current-vi
   assert.deepEqual(menu.layers.map(({ id }) => id), ['flights']);
   const current = await runner('get_current_view_state');
   assert.deepEqual(current.layers.map(({ id }) => id), ['flights', 'military-awareness']);
+  assert.equal(current.layers.find(({ id }) => id === 'flights').feedState, 'off');
+  assert.equal(current.layers.find(({ id }) => id === 'military-awareness').feedState, 'nominal');
+  assert.equal(current.feedProvenance.overall, 'nominal');
   // The Contacts mode's internal id is 'flights'; the tools accept 'contacts'.
   // State output reports the accepted word so the model cannot read its own
   // active context as "off", with the internal id kept for layer reasoning.
@@ -3020,3 +3023,66 @@ test('front5: 0.99 km due EAST is the subject, though a degree box rejects it',
     assert.equal(result.window.centeredOn, 'N546PC');
   });
 });
+
+test('analyst_query and get_current_view_state carry stale feed provenance', async () => {
+  globalThis.window = globalThis.window || { clearTimeout, setTimeout, requestIdleCallback: null };
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const flights = {
+    id: 'flights',
+    source: 'OpenSky Network',
+    getStats: () => ({
+      source: 'OpenSky Network',
+      stale: true,
+      count: 12,
+      lastUpdate: now - 240_000,
+    }),
+    getAnalystRecords: () => ([
+      { id: 'SWA1', icao24: 'aaa001', lat: 30.27, lon: -97.74, altitudeM: 11000, onGround: false },
+    ]),
+  };
+  const viewer = {
+    clock: { onTick: { addEventListener: () => () => {} } },
+    scene: { canvas: { addEventListener() {}, removeEventListener() {} } },
+    camera: {
+      moveEnd: { addEventListener() {} },
+      positionWC: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(-97.7, 30.2, 1000),
+      positionCartographic: { height: 300_000, latitude: 0.52, longitude: -1.71 },
+    },
+  };
+  const dataManager = {
+    layers: new Map([['flights', { module: flights }]]),
+    isEnabled: (id) => id === 'flights',
+    getAll: () => [{
+      id: 'flights',
+      name: 'Live Flights',
+      enabled: true,
+      source: 'OpenSky Network',
+      stats: flights.getStats(),
+    }],
+  };
+  const runner = createGevActionRunner({
+    viewer,
+    styleManager: {
+      activeStyle: 'normal',
+      getContextModeState: () => ({ mode: null, active: false }),
+      getCockpitState: () => ({ active: false }),
+      getControlState: () => null,
+    },
+    dataManager,
+  });
+  const view = await runner('get_current_view_state');
+  assert.equal(view.layers[0].feedState, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(view.feedProvenance.overall, 'stale');
+  assert.match(view.feedProvenance.note, /STALE/);
+
+  const query = await runner('analyst_query', {
+    layers: ['flights'],
+    scope: { kind: 'view' },
+    limit: 5,
+  });
+  assert.equal(query.ok, true);
+  assert.equal(query.feedState, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(query.feedProvenance.overall, 'stale');
+  assert.equal(query.coverage.layersQueried[0].feedState, 'stale');
+  assert.match(query.feedProvenance.note, /do not describe this as live/i);
+});