diff --git a/locales/en/common.json b/locales/en/common.json
index 42357a66..df031736 100644
--- a/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/locales/en/common.json
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@
     "drop_files": "Drop files to attach",
     "show_less": "Show less",
     "send_failed": "Failed to send email",
+    "editor_unavailable": "Could not read the message content. Copy your text, then close and reopen the composer.",
     "continue_draft": "Continue draft",
     "close_draft_title": "Save or discard draft?",
     "close_draft_message": "You have unsaved changes. Would you like to save this as a draft or discard it?",
diff --git a/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts b/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts
index 62cb31ce..82e97086 100644
--- a/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts
+++ b/src/api/__tests__/calendar.test.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ describe('calendar operations', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getEvents', () => {
-    it('should fetch events by id with expected properties', async () => {
+    it('should fetch events by id with singular JSCalendar 2.0 recurrence properties', async () => {
+      // Stalwart (calcard) names the property `recurrenceRule` (singular,
+      // single object) — requesting the RFC 8984 plural form returns no
+      // recurrence data and repeating events vanish from the grid (#13).
       const events = [{ id: 'ev1', title: 'Meeting', start: '2026-03-29T10:00:00' }];
       mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
         methodResponses: [['CalendarEvent/get', { list: events }, '0']],
@@ -99,7 +102,48 @@ describe('calendar operations', () => {
       const call = mockRequest.mock.calls[0][0][0];
       expect(call[1].properties).toContain('title');
       expect(call[1].properties).toContain('start');
-      expect(call[1].properties).toContain('recurrenceRules');
+      expect(call[1].properties).toContain('recurrenceRule');
+      expect(call[1].properties).toContain('excludedRecurrenceRule');
+      expect(call[1].properties).not.toContain('recurrenceRules');
+      expect(call[1].properties).not.toContain('excludedRecurrenceRules');
+    });
+
+    it('should normalize a singular recurrenceRule object to the plural array form', async () => {
+      const events = [{
+        id: 'ev1',
+        title: 'Every 5 weeks',
+        start: '2026-03-02T10:00:00',
+        recurrenceRule: { '@type': 'RecurrenceRule', frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5 },
+        excludedRecurrenceRule: { frequency: 'weekly', interval: 10 },
+      }];
+      mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+        methodResponses: [['CalendarEvent/get', { list: events }, '0']],
+      });
+
+      const [event] = await getEvents(['ev1']);
+      expect(event.recurrenceRules).toEqual([
+        { '@type': 'RecurrenceRule', frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5 },
+      ]);
+      expect(event.excludedRecurrenceRules).toEqual([
+        { frequency: 'weekly', interval: 10 },
+      ]);
+      expect(event).not.toHaveProperty('recurrenceRule');
+      expect(event).not.toHaveProperty('excludedRecurrenceRule');
+    });
+
+    it('should keep an array-valued recurrenceRule as-is (JMAP-created events)', async () => {
+      const events = [{
+        id: 'ev1',
+        title: 'Weekly',
+        start: '2026-03-02T10:00:00',
+        recurrenceRule: [{ frequency: 'weekly', interval: 2 }],
+      }];
+      mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+        methodResponses: [['CalendarEvent/get', { list: events }, '0']],
+      });
+
+      const [event] = await getEvents(['ev1']);
+      expect(event.recurrenceRules).toEqual([{ frequency: 'weekly', interval: 2 }]);
     });
   });
 
@@ -115,10 +159,39 @@ describe('calendar operations', () => {
         'cal-1',
       );
 
-      expect(result).toEqual(created);
+      // The /set response echoes only server-set properties; the return value
+      // merges them over the submitted payload.
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        id: 'ev-new',
+        title: 'Lunch',
+        start: '2026-03-30T12:00:00',
+        duration: 'PT1H',
+        calendarIds: { 'cal-1': true },
+      });
       const call = mockRequest.mock.calls[0][0][0];
       expect(call[1].create['new-event'].calendarIds).toEqual({ 'cal-1': true });
     });
+
+    it('should send recurrence as a singular cleaned object', async () => {
+      mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+        methodResponses: [['CalendarEvent/set', { created: { 'new-event': { id: 'ev-new' } } }, '0']],
+      });
+
+      const result = await createEvent(
+        {
+          title: 'Series',
+          start: '2026-03-30T12:00:00',
+          recurrenceRules: [{ frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5, until: null as unknown as string }],
+        },
+        'cal-1',
+      );
+
+      const sent = mockRequest.mock.calls[0][0][0][1].create['new-event'];
+      expect(sent.recurrenceRule).toEqual({ frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5 });
+      expect(sent).not.toHaveProperty('recurrenceRules');
+      // The returned event exposes the internal plural form again.
+      expect(result.recurrenceRules).toEqual([{ frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5 }]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('updateEvent', () => {
@@ -132,6 +205,23 @@ describe('calendar operations', () => {
       const call = mockRequest.mock.calls[0][0][0];
       expect(call[1].update).toEqual({ ev1: { title: 'Updated Meeting' } });
     });
+
+    it('should convert recurrenceRules updates to the singular property', async () => {
+      mockRequest.mockResolvedValue({
+        methodResponses: [['CalendarEvent/set', { updated: {} }, '0']],
+      });
+
+      await updateEvent('ev1', { recurrenceRules: [{ frequency: 'monthly' }] });
+      expect(mockRequest.mock.calls[0][0][0][1].update).toEqual({
+        ev1: { recurrenceRule: { frequency: 'monthly' } },
+      });
+
+      // Empty array means "remove recurrence" — sent as an explicit null.
+      await updateEvent('ev1', { recurrenceRules: [] });
+      expect(mockRequest.mock.calls[1][0][0][1].update).toEqual({
+        ev1: { recurrenceRule: null },
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('deleteEvents', () => {
diff --git a/src/api/calendar.ts b/src/api/calendar.ts
index 3581033d..544ad177 100644
--- a/src/api/calendar.ts
+++ b/src/api/calendar.ts
@@ -37,18 +37,94 @@ function buildInCalendarFilter(calendarIds: string[]): Record<string, unknown> {
   };
 }
 
+// Stalwart's calcard crate implements JSCalendar 2.0 (jscalendarbis) property
+// names: singular `recurrenceRule` / `excludedRecurrenceRule` holding a single
+// object, not RFC 8984's plural array forms. Requesting the plural names
+// returns no recurrence data at all, so recurring events silently render as
+// one-off events (#13). Request the singular names and normalize below.
 const CALENDAR_EVENT_PROPERTIES = [
   'id', '@type', 'uid', 'calendarIds', 'title', 'description',
   'start', 'duration', 'timeZone', 'showWithoutTime',
   'utcStart', 'utcEnd', 'status', 'freeBusyStatus',
-  'participants', 'alerts', 'useDefaultAlerts', 'recurrenceRules',
-  'recurrenceOverrides', 'excludedRecurrenceRules',
+  'participants', 'alerts', 'useDefaultAlerts', 'recurrenceRule',
+  'recurrenceOverrides', 'excludedRecurrenceRule', 'recurrenceId',
   'replyTo', 'organizerCalendarAddress', 'sequence',
   'locations', 'virtualLocations',
   'progress', 'due', 'priority', 'percentComplete',
   'links', 'created', 'updated',
 ];
 
+/**
+ * Normalize Stalwart's singular recurrence property names to the RFC 8984
+ * plural array forms the client uses internally. JSCalendar 2.0 defines
+ * recurrenceRule as a single object, but Stalwart may also return an array
+ * (for events created via JMAP), so both forms are handled. Mirrors webmail's
+ * normalizeStalwartPropertyNames.
+ */
+export function normalizeRecurrenceProperties<T extends Partial<CalendarEvent>>(event: T): T {
+  const raw = event as Record<string, unknown>;
+  let patched = false;
+  const updates: Partial<CalendarEvent> = {};
+
+  if ('recurrenceRule' in raw && !('recurrenceRules' in raw)) {
+    const val = raw.recurrenceRule;
+    if (val != null && !Array.isArray(val) && typeof val === 'object') {
+      updates.recurrenceRules = [val] as CalendarEvent['recurrenceRules'];
+    } else {
+      updates.recurrenceRules = val as CalendarEvent['recurrenceRules'];
+    }
+    patched = true;
+  }
+  if ('excludedRecurrenceRule' in raw && !('excludedRecurrenceRules' in raw)) {
+    const val = raw.excludedRecurrenceRule;
+    if (val != null && !Array.isArray(val) && typeof val === 'object') {
+      updates.excludedRecurrenceRules = [val] as CalendarEvent['excludedRecurrenceRules'];
+    } else {
+      updates.excludedRecurrenceRules = val as CalendarEvent['excludedRecurrenceRules'];
+    }
+    patched = true;
+  }
+
+  if (!patched) return event;
+
+  const result = { ...event, ...updates } as T;
+  delete (result as Record<string, unknown>).recurrenceRule;
+  delete (result as Record<string, unknown>).excludedRecurrenceRule;
+  return result;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert the client's plural recurrence arrays to the singular JSCalendar 2.0
+ * properties Stalwart expects on write, dropping null rule fields. An empty
+ * array (or null) becomes an explicit null so "remove recurrence" round-trips.
+ * Mirrors webmail's cleanRecurrenceRules.
+ */
+function cleanRecurrenceRules(event: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+  const keyMap: Record<string, string> = {
+    recurrenceRules: 'recurrenceRule',
+    excludedRecurrenceRules: 'excludedRecurrenceRule',
+  };
+  for (const [pluralKey, singularKey] of Object.entries(keyMap)) {
+    const rules = event[pluralKey];
+    if (rules === undefined) continue;
+    delete event[pluralKey];
+    if (!Array.isArray(rules)) {
+      event[singularKey] = rules;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (rules.length === 0) {
+      event[singularKey] = null;
+      continue;
+    }
+    const rule = rules[0] as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const cleaned: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(rule)) {
+      if (v !== null) cleaned[k] = v;
+    }
+    event[singularKey] = cleaned;
+  }
+}
+
 function methodResult<T = any>(res: any, index = 0): T {
   const entry = res?.methodResponses?.[index];
   if (!entry) throw new Error('JMAP: empty method response');
@@ -149,7 +225,7 @@ export async function getEvents(ids: string[], accountId?: string): Promise<Cale
       USING,
     );
     const list = methodResult<{ list: CalendarEvent[] }>(res).list ?? [];
-    all.push(...list);
+    all.push(...list.map(normalizeRecurrenceProperties));
   }
   return all;
 }
@@ -176,11 +252,11 @@ export async function createEvent(
   targetAccountId?: string,
 ): Promise<CalendarEvent> {
   const accountId = targetAccountId || jmapClient.accountId;
+  const payload: Record<string, unknown> = { ...event, calendarIds: { [calendarId]: true } };
+  cleanRecurrenceRules(payload);
   const res = await jmapClient.request(
     [['CalendarEvent/set', setArgs(accountId, {
-      create: {
-        'new-event': { ...event, calendarIds: { [calendarId]: true } },
-      },
+      create: { 'new-event': payload },
     }, sendSchedulingMessages), '0']],
     USING,
   );
@@ -193,7 +269,9 @@ export async function createEvent(
     const err = result.notCreated?.['new-event'];
     throw new Error(err?.description || err?.type || 'Failed to create event');
   }
-  return created;
+  // The /set response echoes only server-set properties; merge them over the
+  // submitted payload so the store's optimistic insert keeps recurrence data.
+  return normalizeRecurrenceProperties({ ...payload, ...created } as CalendarEvent);
 }
 
 // Batch-create many events in one CalendarEvent/set. Returns the number created.
@@ -206,7 +284,9 @@ export async function batchCreateEvents(
   const accountId = targetAccountId || jmapClient.accountId;
   const create: Record<string, Partial<CalendarEvent>> = {};
   events.forEach((e, i) => {
-    create[`evt-${i}`] = { ...e, calendarIds: { [calendarId]: true } };
+    const payload: Record<string, unknown> = { ...e, calendarIds: { [calendarId]: true } };
+    cleanRecurrenceRules(payload);
+    create[`evt-${i}`] = payload as Partial<CalendarEvent>;
   });
   const res = await jmapClient.request(
     [['CalendarEvent/set', { accountId, create }, '0']],
@@ -223,8 +303,10 @@ export async function updateEvent(
   targetAccountId?: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const accountId = targetAccountId || jmapClient.accountId;
+  const patch: Record<string, unknown> = { ...changes };
+  cleanRecurrenceRules(patch);
   const res = await jmapClient.request(
-    [['CalendarEvent/set', setArgs(accountId, { update: { [id]: changes } }, sendSchedulingMessages), '0']],
+    [['CalendarEvent/set', setArgs(accountId, { update: { [id]: patch } }, sendSchedulingMessages), '0']],
     USING,
   );
   const result = methodResult<{ notUpdated?: Record<string, { description?: string; type?: string }> }>(res);
@@ -285,7 +367,8 @@ export async function parseCalendarBlob(blobId: string): Promise<Partial<Calenda
   if (result.notFound?.includes(blobId)) throw new Error('Uploaded file not found');
   const parsed = result.parsed?.[blobId];
   if (!parsed) return [];
-  return Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed : [parsed];
+  const list = Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed : [parsed];
+  return list.map(normalizeRecurrenceProperties);
 }
 
 export async function createCalendar(
diff --git a/src/components/RichTextEditor.tsx b/src/components/RichTextEditor.tsx
index 146125cd..11141bb8 100644
--- a/src/components/RichTextEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RichTextEditor.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ export interface RichTextEditorHandle {
   unsetLink(): void;
   insertImage(src: string, cid?: string, alt?: string): void;
   setHtml(html: string): void;
+  /**
+   * Read the live editor DOM content. Resolves with the current innerHTML or
+   * rejects after `timeoutMs` when the page script is dead or the bridge is
+   * broken — callers must treat that as "content unknown", never fall back to
+   * possibly-stale state (issue #9: doing so silently sent blank replies).
+   */
+  getHtml(timeoutMs?: number): Promise<string>;
   focus(): void;
 }
 
@@ -94,6 +101,27 @@ const RichTextEditor = React.forwardRef<RichTextEditorHandle, Props>(function Ri
     webViewRef.current?.injectJavaScript(`${script}; true;`);
   }, []);
 
+  // Pending getHtml() readbacks, keyed by request id. Timers reject requests
+  // the page never answers (dead script / broken bridge).
+  const snapshotSeq = React.useRef(0);
+  const pendingSnapshots = React.useRef(
+    new Map<number, {
+      resolve: (html: string) => void;
+      reject: (err: Error) => void;
+      timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+    }>(),
+  );
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const pending = pendingSnapshots.current;
+    return () => {
+      for (const { timer, reject } of pending.values()) {
+        clearTimeout(timer);
+        reject(new Error('Editor unmounted'));
+      }
+      pending.clear();
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   React.useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
     exec: (command) => {
       const [name, value] = command.split(':');
@@ -112,6 +140,16 @@ const RichTextEditor = React.forwardRef<RichTextEditorHandle, Props>(function Ri
     setHtml: (next) => {
       call(`window.__rne && window.__rne.setHtml(${JSON.stringify(next)})`);
     },
+    getHtml: (timeoutMs = 2000) =>
+      new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const id = ++snapshotSeq.current;
+        const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+          pendingSnapshots.current.delete(id);
+          reject(new Error('Editor did not answer'));
+        }, timeoutMs);
+        pendingSnapshots.current.set(id, { resolve, reject, timer });
+        call(`window.__rne && window.__rne.getHtml(${id})`);
+      }),
     focus: () => {
       call(`window.__rne && window.__rne.focus()`);
     },
@@ -133,6 +171,16 @@ const RichTextEditor = React.forwardRef<RichTextEditorHandle, Props>(function Ri
         if (!Number.isNaN(h) && h > 0) setHeight(Math.max(MIN_EDITOR_HEIGHT, h));
         break;
       }
+      case 'htmlSnapshot': {
+        const p = data.payload as { id?: number; html?: string } | null;
+        const entry = typeof p?.id === 'number' ? pendingSnapshots.current.get(p.id) : undefined;
+        if (entry) {
+          pendingSnapshots.current.delete(p!.id!);
+          clearTimeout(entry.timer);
+          entry.resolve(typeof p?.html === 'string' ? p.html : '');
+        }
+        break;
+      }
       case 'selection':
         onSelectionRef.current?.((data.payload as RichTextSelectionState) ?? EMPTY_STATE);
         break;
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/editor-html.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/editor-html.test.ts
index b69f1808..d5d0acbc 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/editor-html.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/editor-html.test.ts
@@ -47,4 +47,12 @@ describe('buildEditorHtml', () => {
     expect(script).toContain('window.__rne');
     expect(script).toContain('ReactNativeWebView.postMessage');
   });
+
+  // Regression for issue #9: sends must be able to read the live DOM back
+  // instead of trusting async `change` messages that can lag or be lost.
+  it('exposes the send-time getHtml readback on the bridge', () => {
+    const script = extractScript(buildEditorHtml(base));
+    expect(script).toContain('getHtml: function (id)');
+    expect(script).toContain("post('htmlSnapshot', { id: id, html: editor.innerHTML })");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/recurrence-expansion.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/recurrence-expansion.test.ts
index 5241ba3c..29fa8348 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/recurrence-expansion.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/recurrence-expansion.test.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,54 @@ describe('expandRecurringEvents - weekly', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('expandRecurringEvents - interval > 1 (#13)', () => {
+  it('expands an every-5-weeks rule', () => {
+    const rule: RecurrenceRule = { frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5 };
+    const result = expandRecurringEvents(
+      [ev({ recurrenceRules: [rule] })], // starts Mon 2026-04-06
+      '2026-04-01T00:00:00',
+      '2026-08-01T00:00:00',
+    );
+    expect(result.map((e) => e.start)).toEqual([
+      '2026-04-06T09:00:00',
+      '2026-05-11T09:00:00',
+      '2026-06-15T09:00:00',
+      '2026-07-20T09:00:00',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('expands an every-5-weeks series started long before the visible range', () => {
+    const event = ev({
+      start: '2025-01-06T09:00:00', // Monday
+      recurrenceRules: [{ frequency: 'weekly', interval: 5 }],
+    });
+    // Occurrences fall every 35 days from 2025-01-06 (…2026-04-06, 05-11,
+    // 06-15, 07-20…) — only those inside the window are returned.
+    const result = expandRecurringEvents([event], '2026-05-01T00:00:00', '2026-08-01T00:00:00');
+    expect(result.map((e) => e.start)).toEqual([
+      '2026-05-11T09:00:00',
+      '2026-06-15T09:00:00',
+      '2026-07-20T09:00:00',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('expands an every-2-months rule', () => {
+    const rule: RecurrenceRule = { frequency: 'monthly', interval: 2 };
+    const result = expandRecurringEvents(
+      [ev({ recurrenceRules: [rule] })],
+      '2026-04-01T00:00:00',
+      '2026-12-31T00:00:00',
+    );
+    expect(result.map((e) => e.start)).toEqual([
+      '2026-04-06T09:00:00',
+      '2026-06-06T09:00:00',
+      '2026-08-06T09:00:00',
+      '2026-10-06T09:00:00',
+      '2026-12-06T09:00:00',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('expandRecurringEvents - monthly', () => {
   it('expands monthly on the 6th', () => {
     const rule: RecurrenceRule = { frequency: 'monthly', count: 3 };
diff --git a/src/lib/editor-html.ts b/src/lib/editor-html.ts
index 92ba55c2..a6214516 100644
--- a/src/lib/editor-html.ts
+++ b/src/lib/editor-html.ts
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ export function buildEditorHtml(opts: {
       reportChange();
       reportHeight();
     },
+    // Send-time readback (issue #9): RN asks for the live DOM content instead
+    // of trusting the last change message, which can lag typing or be lost
+    // entirely if the bridge breaks. The id lets RN match reply to request.
+    getHtml: function (id) {
+      post('htmlSnapshot', { id: id, html: editor.innerHTML });
+    },
     focus: function () { editor.focus(); },
   };
 
diff --git a/src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx b/src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx
index 5a80fab9..af89659d 100644
--- a/src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/ComposeScreen.tsx
@@ -758,13 +758,13 @@ export default function ComposeScreen({ route, navigation }: Props) {
   // Catch the classic "I forgot the attachment" footgun. Only file attachments
   // count - inline images don't satisfy the user's intent of attaching a file.
   // Returns true if it's safe to proceed, false if the user cancelled.
-  const passesAttachmentReminder = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const passesAttachmentReminder = async (html: string): Promise<boolean> => {
     if (!attachmentReminderEnabled) return true;
     const hasFileAttachment = attachments.some(
       (a) => !a.inline && a.blobId && !a.error,
     );
     if (hasFileAttachment) return true;
-    const haystack = `${subject}\n${htmlToPlainText(bodyHtml)}`.toLowerCase();
+    const haystack = `${subject}\n${htmlToPlainText(html)}`.toLowerCase();
     const matchedKeyword = attachmentReminderKeywords.find((kw) => {
       const k = kw.trim().toLowerCase();
       if (!k) return false;
@@ -878,12 +878,33 @@ export default function ComposeScreen({ route, navigation }: Props) {
 
   const performSend = async (holdForSeconds?: number, scheduledAt?: Date) => {
     if (!canSend || !primaryIdentity || !sentMailbox) return;
-    if (!(await passesAttachmentReminder())) return;
+
+    // Read the body straight from the editor DOM at send time. The `change`
+    // messages that feed `bodyHtml` are async and best-effort — trusting them
+    // here once shipped replies with the typed text silently missing when the
+    // page script had died (issue #9). If the editor doesn't answer we abort
+    // loudly rather than send possibly-stale content.
+    let liveBodyHtml: string;
+    try {
+      liveBodyHtml = (await editorRef.current?.getHtml()) ?? bodyHtml;
+    } catch {
+      Alert.alert(
+        t('email_composer.send_failed', 'Send failed'),
+        t(
+          'email_composer.editor_unavailable',
+          'Could not read the message content. Copy your text, then close and reopen the composer.',
+        ),
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    if (liveBodyHtml !== bodyHtml) setBodyHtml(liveBodyHtml);
+
+    if (!(await passesAttachmentReminder(liveBodyHtml))) return;
     setSending(true);
     try {
       const from: EmailAddress[] = [{ name: primaryIdentity.name, email: primaryIdentity.email }];
 
-      const { html: rewrittenHtml, usedCids } = rewriteInlineImages(bodyHtml);
+      const { html: rewrittenHtml, usedCids } = rewriteInlineImages(liveBodyHtml);
       // Belt-and-suspenders sanitization: the editor uses execCommand which
       // can preserve pasted <script>/<style>/etc. Strip them before sending.
       const safeHtml = stripDangerousTags(rewrittenHtml);
diff --git a/src/stores/__tests__/email-store.test.ts b/src/stores/__tests__/email-store.test.ts
index 620f80a4..1782c3af 100644
--- a/src/stores/__tests__/email-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/stores/__tests__/email-store.test.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ import { useEmailStore } from '../email-store';
 
 const mockGetMailboxesWithState = emailApi.getMailboxesWithState as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 const mockQueryEmails = emailApi.queryEmails as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
+const mockGetEmailQueryChanges = emailApi.getEmailQueryChanges as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 const mockGetEmails = emailApi.getEmails as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 const mockGetEmailsWithState = emailApi.getEmailsWithState as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
 const mockGetFullEmail = emailApi.getFullEmail as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>;
@@ -313,6 +314,149 @@ describe('email-store', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  // Issue #6: the "Unread" tri-state filter must reach Email/query as a
+  // notKeyword condition and force the full re-query path (the incremental
+  // path only serves the unfiltered base view).
+  describe('filters (issue #6)', () => {
+    it('applies the unread filter to the mailbox query', async () => {
+      useEmailStore.setState({
+        currentMailboxId: 'mb-1',
+        emails: [],
+        totalEmails: 0,
+        searchQuery: '',
+        filters: { isUnread: true },
+        mailboxSnapshots: {
+          'mb-1': { emails: [{ id: 'e9' } as any], total: 1, queryState: 'q-base' },
+        },
+      });
+      mockQueryEmails.mockResolvedValue({ ids: ['e1'], total: 1, queryState: 'q-unread' });
+      mockGetEmailsWithState.mockResolvedValue({ list: [{ id: 'e1' } as any], state: 'em-1' });
+
+      await useEmailStore.getState().refreshEmails();
+
+      expect(mockGetEmailQueryChanges).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      const [mailboxId, opts] = mockQueryEmails.mock.calls[0];
+      expect(mailboxId).toBe('mb-1');
+      expect(opts.filter).toEqual({
+        operator: 'AND',
+        conditions: [{ inMailbox: 'mb-1' }, { notKeyword: '$seen' }],
+      });
+      // Filter results must not leak into the base-view snapshot.
+      expect(useEmailStore.getState().mailboxSnapshots['mb-1'].emails).toEqual([{ id: 'e9' }]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Issue #10: after searching, the inbox stayed stuck on the search results.
+  // Root cause: the incremental Email/queryChanges refresh diffed against the
+  // on-screen list (search results) instead of the cached base view, then
+  // wrote the result back into the persisted mailbox snapshot.
+  describe('search / return to inbox (issue #10)', () => {
+    const base = [
+      { id: 'e1', subject: 'One' } as any,
+      { id: 'e2', subject: 'Two' } as any,
+    ];
+
+    it('incremental refresh diffs against the snapshot, not on-screen search results', async () => {
+      // Screen still shows a (stale) search-result list, but searchQuery is
+      // already '' — the cold-start / just-cleared-search shape.
+      useEmailStore.setState({
+        currentMailboxId: 'mb-1',
+        emails: [base[1]],
+        totalEmails: 1,
+        searchQuery: '',
+        filters: {},
+        mailboxSnapshots: { 'mb-1': { emails: base, total: 2, queryState: 'q-base' } },
+      });
+      mockGetEmailQueryChanges.mockResolvedValue({
+        oldQueryState: 'q-base',
+        newQueryState: 'q-2',
+        total: 2,
+        removed: [],
+        added: [],
+      });
+
+      await useEmailStore.getState().refreshEmails();
+
+      const state = useEmailStore.getState();
+      expect(state.emails).toEqual(base);
+      expect(state.mailboxSnapshots['mb-1'].emails).toEqual(base);
+      expect(mockQueryEmails).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('does not write search results into the mailbox snapshot', async () => {
+      useEmailStore.setState({
+        currentMailboxId: 'mb-1',
+        emails: base,
+        totalEmails: 2,
+        searchQuery: 'two',
+        filters: {},
+        queryState: 'q-base',
+        mailboxSnapshots: { 'mb-1': { emails: base, total: 2, queryState: 'q-base' } },
+      });
+      mockQueryEmails.mockResolvedValue({ ids: ['e2'], total: 1, queryState: 'q-search' });
+      mockGetEmailsWithState.mockResolvedValue({ list: [base[1]], state: 'em-1' });
+
+      await useEmailStore.getState().refreshEmails();
+
+      const state = useEmailStore.getState();
+      expect(state.emails).toEqual([base[1]]);
+      // Base-view cache must survive the search untouched.
+      expect(state.mailboxSnapshots['mb-1'].emails).toEqual(base);
+      expect(state.queryState).toBe('q-base');
+      expect(mockGetEmailQueryChanges).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('clearSearchAndFilters restores the cached base view immediately', () => {
+      useEmailStore.setState({
+        currentMailboxId: 'mb-1',
+        emails: [base[1]],
+        totalEmails: 1,
+        searchQuery: 'two',
+        filters: {},
+        mailboxSnapshots: { 'mb-1': { emails: base, total: 2, queryState: 'q-base' } },
+      });
+      mockGetEmailQueryChanges.mockResolvedValue({
+        oldQueryState: 'q-base',
+        newQueryState: 'q-2',
+        total: 2,
+        removed: [],
+        added: [],
+      });
+
+      useEmailStore.getState().clearSearchAndFilters();
+
+      // Synchronously back on the base view — no waiting for the network.
+      const state = useEmailStore.getState();
+      expect(state.searchQuery).toBe('');
+      expect(state.emails).toEqual(base);
+      expect(state.totalEmails).toBe(2);
+    });
+
+    it('falls back to a full re-query when the snapshot window is incomplete', async () => {
+      // A pre-fix install could have a poisoned snapshot: a handful of search
+      // results stored against the base view's total. It can't be patched
+      // incrementally — the refresh must rebuild it from the server.
+      useEmailStore.setState({
+        currentMailboxId: 'mb-1',
+        emails: [base[1]],
+        totalEmails: 1,
+        searchQuery: '',
+        filters: {},
+        mailboxSnapshots: { 'mb-1': { emails: [base[1]], total: 50, queryState: 'q-base' } },
+      });
+      mockQueryEmails.mockResolvedValue({ ids: ['e1', 'e2'], total: 50, queryState: 'q-new' });
+      mockGetEmailsWithState.mockResolvedValue({ list: base, state: 'em-2' });
+
+      await useEmailStore.getState().refreshEmails();
+
+      const state = useEmailStore.getState();
+      expect(mockGetEmailQueryChanges).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(state.emails).toEqual(base);
+      expect(state.mailboxSnapshots['mb-1'].emails).toEqual(base);
+      expect(state.mailboxSnapshots['mb-1'].queryState).toBe('q-new');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('getEmailDetail', () => {
     it('should fetch full email', async () => {
       const fullEmail = { id: 'e1', subject: 'Test', bodyValues: { html: { value: '<p>Hi</p>' } } };
diff --git a/src/stores/email-store.ts b/src/stores/email-store.ts
index c9bf20c5..4c1fab1e 100644
--- a/src/stores/email-store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/email-store.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,17 @@ function isBaseView(searchQuery: string, filters: EmailFilters): boolean {
   return !searchQuery.trim() && Object.keys(filters).length === 0;
 }
 
+// View fields to apply when returning from a search/filter to the base view:
+// the cached base-view snapshot, shown immediately so the list doesn't keep
+// displaying search results while the refresh is in flight (issue #10).
+function restoredBaseView(state: EmailState): Partial<EmailState> {
+  const snap = state.currentMailboxId
+    ? state.mailboxSnapshots[state.currentMailboxId]
+    : undefined;
+  if (!snap) return {};
+  return { emails: snap.emails, totalEmails: snap.total, queryState: snap.queryState };
+}
+
 function snapshotFromActive(state: EmailState): AccountSnapshot {
   // Persist the currently-visible mailbox into its snapshot before tucking
   // the whole account away.
@@ -642,7 +653,7 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
 
   refreshEmails: async () => {
     const state = get();
-    const { currentMailboxId, searchQuery, filters, emails: existing, queryState, emailState, activeAccountId } = state;
+    const { currentMailboxId, searchQuery, filters, emails: existing, emailState, activeAccountId } = state;
     if (!currentMailboxId) return;
     if (!jmapClientServesActiveAccount(activeAccountId)) return;
     set({ loading: true, error: null });
@@ -651,13 +662,37 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
     const limit = useSettingsStore.getState().emailsPerPage;
     const baseView = isBaseView(searchQuery, filters);
 
+    // A response that lands after the user switched account/mailbox or
+    // changed search/filters must not overwrite the newer view.
+    const viewChanged = () =>
+      get().activeAccountId !== activeAccountId ||
+      get().currentMailboxId !== currentMailboxId ||
+      get().searchQuery !== searchQuery ||
+      get().filters !== filters;
+
+    // The incremental path diffs against the *base-view* list, which lives in
+    // the per-mailbox snapshot — NOT `emails`, which may still hold search or
+    // filter results (right after clearing a search, or after a cold start
+    // that rehydrated a persisted search-result list). Diffing against a
+    // non-base list lets Email/queryChanges "confirm" the search results as
+    // the whole mailbox and bakes them into the snapshot (issue #10). The
+    // snapshot is only trusted when its window is plausibly complete —
+    // anything shorter can't be patched incrementally and needs the full
+    // re-query below to rebuild it.
+    const snap = state.mailboxSnapshots[currentMailboxId];
+
     try {
       // Incremental sync path: requires the base unfiltered view AND a known
       // queryState (so Email/queryChanges has something to diff against).
       // Anything else — search, filter active, first-ever load — falls
       // through to a full re-query.
-      if (baseView && queryState) {
-        const queryChanges = await getEmailQueryChanges(currentMailboxId, queryState, {
+      if (
+        baseView &&
+        snap?.queryState &&
+        snap.emails.length >= Math.min(limit, snap.total)
+      ) {
+        const baseEmails = snap.emails;
+        const queryChanges = await getEmailQueryChanges(currentMailboxId, snap.queryState, {
           filter: undefined,
         });
         if (queryChanges) {
@@ -687,9 +722,9 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
           }
 
           // Fetch only what we don't already have. `addedIds` are new to the
-          // window; `updatedIds` may already be in `existing` but their
+          // window; `updatedIds` may already be in the base list but their
           // keywords/mailboxIds need refreshing.
-          const existingById = new Map(existing.map((e) => [e.id, e]));
+          const existingById = new Map(baseEmails.map((e) => [e.id, e]));
           const idsToFetch = [
             ...addedIds.filter((id) => !existingById.has(id)),
             ...updatedIds.filter((id) => existingById.has(id)),
@@ -705,7 +740,7 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
           // Rebuild the visible window order: start with existing emails,
           // drop removed/destroyed, then splice added at their indices.
           const allDestroyed = new Set([...destroyedExtra, ...removed]);
-          const kept = existing.filter((e) => !allDestroyed.has(e.id));
+          const kept = baseEmails.filter((e) => !allDestroyed.has(e.id));
           // Map updated entries onto kept array
           const fetchedById = new Map(fetched.map((e) => [e.id, e]));
           const updatedKept = kept.map((e) => fetchedById.get(e.id) ?? e);
@@ -727,7 +762,7 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
           const nextQueryState = queryChanges.newQueryState;
           const nextTotal = queryChanges.total;
 
-          if (get().activeAccountId !== activeAccountId || get().currentMailboxId !== currentMailboxId) return;
+          if (viewChanged()) return;
 
           set({
             emails: trimmed,
@@ -758,7 +793,7 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
         ? await getEmailsWithState(queryRes.ids)
         : { list: [], state: undefined as string | undefined };
 
-      if (get().currentMailboxId !== currentMailboxId) return;
+      if (viewChanged()) return;
 
       const updates: Partial<EmailState> = {
         emails: fetched.list,
@@ -836,19 +871,31 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
   },
 
   setSearchQuery: (query) => {
-    set({ searchQuery: query });
+    const state = get();
+    const backToBase =
+      !isBaseView(state.searchQuery, state.filters) && isBaseView(query, state.filters);
+    set({
+      searchQuery: query,
+      ...(backToBase ? restoredBaseView(state) : {}),
+    });
     void get().refreshEmails();
   },
 
   setFilters: (filters) => {
-    set({ filters });
+    const state = get();
+    const backToBase =
+      !isBaseView(state.searchQuery, state.filters) && isBaseView(state.searchQuery, filters);
+    set({
+      filters,
+      ...(backToBase ? restoredBaseView(state) : {}),
+    });
     void get().refreshEmails();
   },
 
   clearSearchAndFilters: () => {
-    const { searchQuery, filters } = get();
-    if (!searchQuery && Object.keys(filters).length === 0) return;
-    set({ searchQuery: '', filters: {} });
+    const state = get();
+    if (!state.searchQuery && Object.keys(state.filters).length === 0) return;
+    set({ searchQuery: '', filters: {}, ...restoredBaseView(state) });
     void get().refreshEmails();
   },
 
@@ -1330,6 +1377,42 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailState>()(
       // refresh once the session is ready.
       name: 'email-cache',
       storage: createJSONStorage(() => AsyncStorage),
+      version: 1,
+      // v0 → v1: drop every cached queryState. Pre-v1 builds could persist a
+      // search-result list next to the base view's queryState, and the
+      // incremental sync path would then "confirm" those search results as
+      // the whole mailbox and bake them into the snapshot (issue #10).
+      // Without a queryState the next refresh does a full re-query, which
+      // rebuilds any poisoned window from the server.
+      migrate: (persisted, version) => {
+        if (version >= 1) return persisted as EmailState;
+        const s = persisted as Pick<
+          EmailState,
+          'accountSnapshots' | 'mailboxSnapshots' | 'queryState'
+        > & Record<string, unknown>;
+        const stripQueryStates = (
+          snaps: Record<string, MailboxSnapshot> | undefined,
+        ): Record<string, MailboxSnapshot> =>
+          Object.fromEntries(
+            Object.entries(snaps ?? {}).map(([id, snap]) => [
+              id,
+              { ...snap, queryState: undefined },
+            ]),
+          );
+        const accountSnapshots: Record<string, AccountSnapshot> = {};
+        for (const [id, acc] of Object.entries(s.accountSnapshots ?? {})) {
+          accountSnapshots[id] = {
+            ...acc,
+            mailboxSnapshots: stripQueryStates(acc.mailboxSnapshots),
+          };
+        }
+        return {
+          ...s,
+          accountSnapshots,
+          mailboxSnapshots: stripQueryStates(s.mailboxSnapshots),
+          queryState: undefined,
+        } as unknown as EmailState;
+      },
       partialize: (state) => ({
         accountSnapshots: state.accountSnapshots,
         activeAccountId: state.activeAccountId,