diff --git a/appleApp/FTW/UI/NodeView.swift b/appleApp/FTW/UI/NodeView.swift
index d967999..bfe2b53 100644
--- a/appleApp/FTW/UI/NodeView.swift
+++ b/appleApp/FTW/UI/NodeView.swift
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private struct NodeHero: View {
         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
             if let reading {
                 HeroLine(reading: reading, devices: beside ?? []).equatable()
-                HeroFreshness(freshness: worst(reading.freshness, sources.devices[node] ?? []))
+                HeroFreshness(freshness: worst(reading.freshness, sources.devices[node] ?? []), showsSource: node != .home)
                 if beside == nil, let split {
                     DeviceRows(site: site, devices: split, readAtMs: sources.readAtMs, tint: Theme.color(reading.tone))
                 }
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ private struct HeroLine: View, Equatable {
 
 private struct HeroFreshness: View {
     let freshness: NodeFreshness
+    /// The house is no device: the meter the box reads it from is not its name.
+    var showsSource = true
 
     var body: some View {
         HStack(spacing: 6) {
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ private struct HeroFreshness: View {
 
     /// "Live · sungrow", or how old and why not live.
     private var line: String {
-        let name = freshness.sourceName.map { " · \($0)" } ?? ""
+        let name = showsSource ? freshness.sourceName.map { " · \($0)" } ?? "" : ""
         if freshness.live { return L("Live") + name }
         if freshness.carrier == .cache { return NodeWords.format("Saved on this phone, %@", NodeLook.age(freshness)) + name }
         switch freshness.srcState {
diff --git a/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/EnergyNode.swift b/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/EnergyNode.swift
index 8ef4fc8..8514e2f 100644
--- a/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/EnergyNode.swift
+++ b/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/EnergyNode.swift
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public struct NodeFreshness: Equatable, Sendable {
     }
 
     public var live: Bool {
-        (carrier == .relay || carrier == .webrtc) && srcState == .live
+        (carrier == .relay || carrier == .webrtc || carrier == .cloud) && srcState == .live
     }
 
     /// From the session as it stands: the field's source in the box's
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ extension SiteModel {
     }
 
     public func freshness(fid: Int) -> NodeFreshness {
-        NodeFreshness.of(
+        let f = NodeFreshness.of(
             fid: fid,
             session: session,
             carrier: carrier,
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ extension SiteModel {
             shelfMs: carrier == .cache ? cachedAtMs.map { max(0, nowMs - $0) } : nil,
             fallback: lastFrameAtMs == nil ? .stale : srcState
         )
+        // Through FTW Cloud a reading is no fresher than the cloud's own
+        // grade for its field: anchored, and inside the age rules.
+        guard carrier == .cloud, let cap = cloudGrade(fid: fid), cap > f.srcState else { return f }
+        return NodeFreshness(carrier: f.carrier, srcState: cap, ageMs: f.ageMs, sourceName: f.sourceName)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/SiteModel.swift b/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/SiteModel.swift
index 89bbd3c..cd6f7b2 100644
--- a/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/SiteModel.swift
+++ b/appleApp/FTWKit/Sources/FTWKit/State/SiteModel.swift
@@ -1089,28 +1089,21 @@ extension SiteModel {
         scheduleClock()
     }
 
-    /// The cloud is where readings come from while its session is open and it
-    /// holds a live, unless the box session streams live readings and the
-    /// cloud's are not live. Numbers never step back in time: a copy that is
-    /// not live takes over only when it is at least as new as what is on
-    /// screen. With neither streaming, the newer copy stays.
+    /// The box's own stream is where live readings come from: straight from
+    /// the box, at its own rate. FTW Cloud gives the first frame before that
+    /// stream is up, and stands in when it falls silent. Numbers never step
+    /// back in time: a copy that is not live takes over only when it is at
+    /// least as new as what is on screen. With neither live, the newer copy
+    /// stays.
     private func readingSource() -> ReadingSource {
         guard let view = cloudView, view.live != nil else { return .relay }
         let now = scheduler.nowMs
         let relayStreaming = relay.phase == .streaming && relayFrameAtMs != nil
+        if relayStreaming, relaySrcState == .live { return .relay }
         let cloudLive = Self.cloudState(view, nowMs: now) == .live
-        if relayStreaming, relaySrcState == .live, !cloudLive {
-            return .relay
-        }
+        if cloud?.status.isOpen == true, cloudLive { return .cloud }
         let cloudAt = view.anchorSentMs(nowMs: Int64(now)).map(Double.init)
-        let relayAt = relayFrameAtMs ?? cachedAtMs
-        if cloud?.status.isOpen == true {
-            if cloudLive || source == .cloud { return .cloud }
-            guard let relayAt else { return .cloud }
-            return (cloudAt ?? -.infinity) >= relayAt ? .cloud : .relay
-        }
-        if relayStreaming { return .relay }
-        guard let relayAt else { return .cloud }
+        guard let relayAt = relayFrameAtMs ?? cachedAtMs else { return .cloud }
         return (cloudAt ?? -.infinity) >= relayAt ? .cloud : .relay
     }
 
@@ -1158,6 +1151,16 @@ extension SiteModel {
         return worst
     }
 
+    /// The cloud's grade for one field, never live without an anchor. Nil
+    /// when Now is not reading through FTW Cloud.
+    func cloudGrade(fid: Int) -> SourceState? {
+        guard shown.source == .cloud, let view = shown.cloudView else { return nil }
+        let g = view.grade(nowMs: Int64(nowMs))
+        var grade = g.fields[String(fid)] ?? g.sources.values.max() ?? .live
+        if !g.anchored { grade = max(grade, .stale) }
+        return grade
+    }
+
     /// The age of the oldest reading Now draws, by the anchor. Nil when the
     /// copy cannot be anchored: unverified, shown as "—".
     static func cloudAge(_ view: CloudView, nowMs: Double) -> Double? {
diff --git a/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/NodeTests.swift b/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/NodeTests.swift
index 0e9c210..6400760 100644
--- a/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/NodeTests.swift
+++ b/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/NodeTests.swift
@@ -145,6 +145,18 @@ import FTWShared
         #expect(computed.srcState == .lagging)
     }
 
+    @Test func aLiveReadingThroughFTWCloudIsLive() {
+        // 0.3.0 said "Not live, just now" on every node read through FTW
+        // Cloud, and Now's flow stood still: the rule knew only the relay.
+        for carrier: CarrierKind in [.relay, .webrtc, .cloud] {
+            #expect(NodeFreshness(carrier: carrier, srcState: .live, ageMs: 0, sourceName: nil).live, "\(carrier)")
+            #expect(!NodeFreshness(carrier: carrier, srcState: .stale, ageMs: 0, sourceName: nil).live, "\(carrier)")
+        }
+        for carrier: CarrierKind in [.cache, .none] {
+            #expect(!NodeFreshness(carrier: carrier, srcState: .live, ageMs: 0, sourceName: nil).live, "\(carrier)")
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test func nowDrawsEachNodeWithItsOwnFreshness() {
         let s = Self.session(state: .stale, lastOkAgo: 40_000)
         let readings = AppWords.$language.withValue(.en) {
diff --git a/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/SiteModelCloudTests.swift b/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/SiteModelCloudTests.swift
index a838b08..32a312a 100644
--- a/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/SiteModelCloudTests.swift
+++ b/appleApp/FTWKit/Tests/FTWKitTests/SiteModelCloudTests.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ final class ScriptedBox: Carrier {
         status = .closed(reason: reason, retryable: false)
     }
 
+    /// The box session drops, as the phone sees it.
+    func drop() {
+        status = .closed(reason: "gone", retryable: true)
+        onStatus(status)
+    }
+
     func open(_ at: Double) {
         status = .open(sinceMs: at)
         onStatus(status)
@@ -240,9 +246,10 @@ final class CloudSite {
         #expect(w.site.ageMs != nil)
     }
 
-    /// The cloud fails or is out of reach: the box session's readings take
-    /// over under its own name, and the cloud takes back over when it heals.
-    @Test func theRelayTakesOverWhileTheCloudIsDown() async throws {
+    /// Both paths live: the box's own stream wins, straight from the box at
+    /// its own rate. When it closes, FTW Cloud carries on at once, and when
+    /// the cloud fails the box session stays.
+    @Test func theFastestLivePathWins() async throws {
         let w = try CloudSite()
         w.open()
         w.connectCloud()
@@ -252,17 +259,34 @@ final class CloudSite {
         w.relay.snap(uptimeMs: w.uptime, gridW: 700)
         w.service.held = [try w.live(gridW: 1000)]
         await w.run(60)
-        #expect(w.site.carrier == .cloud)
-        #expect(w.site.session.fields[Contract.FID.gridW] == 1000)
+        #expect(w.site.carrier == .relay)
+        #expect(w.site.session.fields[Contract.FID.gridW] == 700)
 
         w.service.close(code: 1006)
         await w.run(20)
         #expect(w.site.carrier == .relay)
-        #expect(w.site.session.fields[Contract.FID.gridW] == 700)
         #expect(w.site.freshness(noCarrier: false).message == "Live via encrypted relay")
+    }
+
+    /// The box session closes while FTW Cloud is live: the cloud's readings
+    /// take over at once, under its own name.
+    @Test func theCloudCarriesOnWhenTheBoxSessionCloses() async throws {
+        let w = try CloudSite()
+        w.open()
+        w.connectCloud()
+        w.site.connect(w.relay)
+        w.relay.open(w.scheduler.nowMs)
+        w.relay.helloOk(uptimeMs: w.uptime, cloud: w.identity)
+        w.relay.snap(uptimeMs: w.uptime, gridW: 700)
+        w.service.held = [try w.live(gridW: 1000)]
+        await w.run(60)
+        #expect(w.site.carrier == .relay)
 
-        await w.run(600)
+        w.relay.drop()
+        w.service.push(try w.live(gridW: 1000))
+        await w.run(20)
         #expect(w.site.carrier == .cloud)
+        #expect(w.site.session.fields[Contract.FID.gridW] == 1000)
     }
 
     /// A box session that streams live wins over a cloud copy that is not