fix isLoadedRundown the now rundown id is provided

the rundown title list should also folow the runown selection
fix rebase
2026-08-12 10:53:51 +00:00 · 2026-07-26 16:33:05 +02:00 · 2026-07-26 16:07:13 +02:00 · 2026-07-26 15:43:20 +02:00 · 2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00 · 2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00
81 changed files with 1841 additions and 860 deletions
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 .wide {
  top: 4vh;
  min-width: min(1280px, 96vw);
-  max-width: min(1600px, 96vw);
+  max-width: min(1800px, 98vw);
  height: 88vh;
  max-height: 88vh;
  display: flex;
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, useContext } from 'react';

-import { useEntryActions } from '../hooks/useEntryAction';
+import { useEntryActions, useScopedEntryActions } from '../hooks/useEntryAction';
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from './RundownSelectionContext';

 type EntryActionsContextValue = ReturnType<typeof useEntryActions>;
 const EntryActionsContext = createContext<EntryActionsContextValue | null>(null);

-interface EntryActionsProviderProps extends PropsWithChildren {
-  actions: EntryActionsContextValue;
-}
+export function EntryActionsProvider({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const actions = useScopedEntryActions(effectiveRundownId);

-export function EntryActionsProvider({ children, actions }: EntryActionsProviderProps) {
  return <EntryActionsContext.Provider value={actions}>{children}</EntryActionsContext.Provider>;
 }

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { Maybe, ProjectRundown } from 'ontime-types';
+import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, startTransition, useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
+
+import { useProjectRundowns } from '../hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
+
+export type RundownScopeValue = {
+  loadedRundownId: string;
+  selectedRundownId: Maybe<string>;
+  isLoadedRundown: boolean;
+  effectiveRundownId: string;
+  selectRundownId: (val: Maybe<string>) => void;
+  rundowns: ProjectRundown[];
+};
+
+const RundownScopeContext = createContext<RundownScopeValue | null>(null);
+
+export function RundownSelectionContextProvider({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+  'use memo';
+  const { data } = useProjectRundowns();
+  const { loaded, rundowns } = data;
+
+  const [selectedRundownId, setSelectedRundownId] = useSelectRundownFromParams();
+
+  const selectRundownId = useCallback(
+    (rundownId: Maybe<string>) => {
+      startTransition(() => {
+        if (rundowns.find((entry) => entry.id === rundownId)) setSelectedRundownId(rundownId);
+        else setSelectedRundownId(null);
+      });
+    },
+    [rundowns, setSelectedRundownId],
+  );
+
+  const effectiveRundownId = selectedRundownId ? selectedRundownId : loaded;
+  const isLoadedRundown = effectiveRundownId === loaded;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!rundowns.find((entry) => entry.id === effectiveRundownId)) setSelectedRundownId(null);
+  }, [rundowns, effectiveRundownId, setSelectedRundownId]);
+
+  const value = useMemo(
+    (): RundownScopeValue => ({
+      loadedRundownId: loaded,
+      isLoadedRundown,
+      selectedRundownId,
+      effectiveRundownId,
+      selectRundownId,
+      rundowns,
+    }),
+    [loaded, isLoadedRundown, selectedRundownId, effectiveRundownId, selectRundownId, rundowns],
+  );
+
+  return <RundownScopeContext.Provider value={value}>{children}</RundownScopeContext.Provider>;
+}
+
+export function useRundownSelectionContext() {
+  const context = useContext(RundownScopeContext);
+
+  if (!context) {
+    throw new Error('useRundownScopeSelection requires a RundownSelectionContextProvider');
+  }
+
+  return context;
+}
+
+const rundownParam = 'rundownId';
+
+export function useSelectRundownFromParams(): [Maybe<string>, (id: Maybe<string>) => void] {
+  'use memo';
+  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
+
+  const selectedRundownId = searchParams.get(rundownParam);
+  const setSelectedRundownId = useCallback(
+    (id: Maybe<string>) => {
+      if (id === null) {
+        setSearchParams((searchParams) => {
+          searchParams.delete(rundownParam);
+          return searchParams;
+        });
+      } else {
+        setSearchParams((searchParams) => {
+          searchParams.set(rundownParam, id);
+          return searchParams;
+        });
+      }
+    },
+    [setSearchParams],
+  );
+
+  return [selectedRundownId, setSelectedRundownId];
+}
+
+/**
+ *
+ * mutates the provided `searchParams`
+ */
+export function setSelectRundownInParams(id: Maybe<string>, searchParams: URLSearchParams): void {
+  if (id === null) {
+    searchParams.delete(rundownParam);
+  } else {
+    searchParams.set(rundownParam, id);
+  }
+}
+
+export function useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit() {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const [search] = useSearchParams();
+  return useCallback(
+    async (rundownId: string) => {
+      setSelectRundownInParams(rundownId, search);
+      navigate({
+        pathname: '/cuesheet',
+        search: search.toString(),
+      });
+    },
+    [navigate, search],
+  );
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { isOntimeEvent, OntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from '../context/RundownSelectionContext';
+import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
+import { ExtendedEntry, getFlatRundownMetadata, getRundownMetadata } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
+import { useFlatRundown, useRundown } from './useRundown';
+
+export function useContextRundownEditModal() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const { data: rundown } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  return { rundown };
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownCueRenumberModal() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const { data } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const { flatOrder } = data;
+  return { flatOrder };
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownList() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId, isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? loadedEventId : null;
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const rundownMetadata = useMemo(
+    () => getRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId),
+    [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown],
+  );
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      rundown,
+      rundownMetadata,
+      status,
+      isLoadedRundown,
+    }),
+    [rundown, rundownMetadata, status, isLoadedRundown],
+  );
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownTitleList() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId, isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? loadedEventId : null;
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const flatRundown = useMemo(() => {
+    const flatData = getFlatRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId);
+    return flatData.filter(isOntimeEvent) as ExtendedEntry<OntimeEvent>[];
+  }, [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown]);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      flatRundown,
+      status,
+      isLoadedRundown,
+    }),
+    [status, isLoadedRundown, flatRundown],
+  );
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownTable() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId, isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const loadedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? loadedEventId : null;
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+  const flatRundown = useMemo(
+    () => getFlatRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId),
+    [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown],
+  );
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      flatRundown,
+      status,
+      loadedEventId,
+    }),
+    [flatRundown, status, loadedEventId],
+  );
+}
+
+export function useContextRundownFinder() {
+  'use memo';
+  const { effectiveRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+  const { data: rundown, status } = useFlatRundown(effectiveRundownId);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      rundown,
+      rundownId: effectiveRundownId,
+      status,
+    }),
+    [rundown, status, effectiveRundownId],
+  );
+}
@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
-import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { ProjectFile, ProjectFileList, ProjectFileListResponse } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useSuspenseQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { ProjectFile, ProjectFileList } from 'ontime-types';
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';

-import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import { PROJECT_LIST } from '../api/constants';
 import { getProjects } from '../api/db';

-const placeholderProjectList: ProjectFileListResponse = {
-  files: [],
-  lastLoadedProject: '',
-};
-
-function useProjectList() {
-  const { data, status, refetch } = useQuery({
+export function useProjectList() {
+  const { data, status, refetch } = useSuspenseQuery({
    queryKey: PROJECT_LIST,
    queryFn: ({ signal }) => getProjects({ signal }),
-    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
+    staleTime: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
  });
-  return { data: data ?? placeholderProjectList, status, refetch };
+  return { data, status, refetch };
 }

 export type ProjectSortMode = 'alphabetical-asc' | 'alphabetical-desc' | 'modified-asc' | 'modified-desc';
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { useMutation, useSuspenseQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { ProjectRundownsList } from 'ontime-types';
+import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR } from 'ontime-utils';

-import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import { PROJECT_RUNDOWNS } from '../api/constants';
 import {
  createRundown,
@@ -11,24 +11,21 @@ import {
  loadRundown,
  renameRundown,
 } from '../api/rundown';
+import { ontimeQueryClient } from '../queryClient';

-//TODO: make suspends so we don't have to deal with no value all over
 /**
 * Project rundowns
 */
 export function useProjectRundowns() {
-  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useQuery<ProjectRundownsList>({
+  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useSuspenseQuery<ProjectRundownsList>({
    queryKey: PROJECT_RUNDOWNS,
    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchProjectRundownList({ signal }),
-    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
+    staleTime: MILLIS_PER_HOUR,
  });
-  return { data: data ?? { loaded: '', rundowns: [] }, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
+  return { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
 }

 export function useMutateProjectRundowns() {
-  const ontimeQueryClient = useQueryClient();
-
  const { mutateAsync: create } = useMutation({
    mutationFn: createRundown,
    onMutate: () => {
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
-import { EntryId, OntimeEntry, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
+import { EntryId, Maybe, OntimeEntry, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';

 import { queryRefetchIntervalSlow } from '../../ontimeConfig';
-import { CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, getRundownQueryKey } from '../api/constants';
-import { fetchCurrentRundown, fetchRundown } from '../api/rundown';
+import { getRundownQueryKey } from '../api/constants';
+import { fetchRundown } from '../api/rundown';
 import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
 import { ExtendedEntry, getFlatRundownMetadata, getRundownMetadata } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { useProjectRundowns } from './useProjectRundowns';
@@ -20,43 +20,36 @@ const cachedRundownPlaceholder: Rundown = {
 };

 /**
- * Normalised rundown data for the currently loaded rundown.
- *
- * Bootstraps via the `/current` alias so the first paint is a single round-trip,
- * independent of the project rundown list. Once the loaded id is known, the
- * query key swaps to the id-keyed cache that is shared with `useRundownById`.
+ * Provides access to a specific rundown by ID.
+ * When rundownId is not provided the loaded rundown is provided
 */
-export default function useRundown() {
-  const queryClient = useQueryClient();
+export function useRundown(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
+  'use memo';
+
  const {
    data: { loaded: loadedRundownId },
  } = useProjectRundowns();

+  const effectiveRundownId = rundownId !== null ? rundownId : loadedRundownId;
+  const isLoadedRundown = effectiveRundownId === loadedRundownId;
+
  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useQuery<Rundown>({
-    queryKey: loadedRundownId ? getRundownQueryKey(loadedRundownId) : CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY,
-    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchCurrentRundown({ signal }),
+    queryKey: getRundownQueryKey(effectiveRundownId),
+    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchRundown(effectiveRundownId, { signal }),
+    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
  });

-  // Seed the id-keyed cache when fetching via the bootstrap alias
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!data || loadedRundownId) return;
-    queryClient.setQueryData(getRundownQueryKey(data.id), data);
-  }, [data, loadedRundownId, queryClient]);
-
-  // Once we have the ID, drop the temporary current cache
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!loadedRundownId) return;
-    queryClient.removeQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
-  }, [loadedRundownId, queryClient]);
-
-  return { data: data ?? cachedRundownPlaceholder, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
+  return { data: data ?? cachedRundownPlaceholder, status, isError, refetch, isFetching, isLoadedRundown };
 }

-export function useRundownWithMetadata() {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+export function useRundownWithMetadata(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
+  'use memo';
+
+  const { data, status, isLoadedRundown } = useRundown(rundownId);
  const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
-  const rundownMetadata = useMemo(() => getRundownMetadata(data, selectedEventId), [data, selectedEventId]);
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? selectedEventId : null;
+  const rundownMetadata = getRundownMetadata(data, effectiveSelectedEventId);
  return { data, status, rundownMetadata };
 }

@@ -64,8 +57,8 @@ export function useRundownWithMetadata() {
 * Provides access to a flat rundown
 * built from the order and rundown fields
 */
-export function useFlatRundown() {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+export function useFlatRundown(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
+  const { data, status } = useRundown(rundownId);

  const flatRundown = useMemo(() => {
    if (data.revision === -1) {
@@ -77,11 +70,13 @@ export function useFlatRundown() {
  return { data: flatRundown, rundownId: data.id, status };
 }

-export function useFlatRundownWithMetadata() {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
-  const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+export function useFlatRundownWithMetadata(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
+  'use memo';

-  const rundownWithMetadata = useMemo(() => getFlatRundownMetadata(data, selectedEventId), [data, selectedEventId]);
+  const { data, status, isLoadedRundown } = useRundown(rundownId);
+  const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
+  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedRundown ? selectedEventId : null;
+  const rundownWithMetadata = getFlatRundownMetadata(data, effectiveSelectedEventId);
  return { data: rundownWithMetadata, status };
 }

@@ -92,8 +87,8 @@ export function useFlatRundownWithMetadata() {
 * re-filtering on every render.
 *
 */
-export function usePartialRundown(cb: (event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>) => boolean) {
-  const { data, status } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata();
+export function usePartialRundown(rundownId: Maybe<string>, cb: (event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>) => boolean) {
+  const { data, status } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata(rundownId);
  const filteredData = useMemo(() => {
    return data.filter(cb);
  }, [data, cb]);
@@ -103,37 +98,20 @@ export function usePartialRundown(cb: (event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEntry>) => boo

 /**
 * Hook to get a specific entry by ID from the rundown
+ * @deprecated
 */
-export function useEntry(entryId: EntryId | null): OntimeEntry | null {
-  const { data: rundown } = useRundown();
+export function useEntry(rundownId: Maybe<string>, entryId: EntryId | null): OntimeEntry | null {
+  const { data: rundown } = useRundown(rundownId);

  if (entryId === null) return null;
  return rundown.entries[entryId] ?? null;
 }

-export function useRundownAuxData() {
-  const { data, status } = useRundown();
+export function useRundownAuxData(rundownId: Maybe<string>) {
+  const { data, status } = useRundown(rundownId);
  const filteredData = useMemo(() => {
    const { title, id } = data;
    return { title, id };
  }, [data]);
  return { data: filteredData, status };
 }
-
-/**
- * Provides access to a specific rundown by ID.
- * When rundownId is null/undefined the query is disabled and returns the placeholder.
- */
-export function useRundownById(rundownId: string | null | undefined) {
-  const enabled = Boolean(rundownId);
-
-  const { data, status, isError, refetch, isFetching } = useQuery<Rundown>({
-    queryKey: getRundownQueryKey(rundownId ?? ''),
-    queryFn: ({ signal }) => fetchRundown(rundownId!, { signal }),
-    enabled,
-    placeholderData: (previousData, _previousQuery) => previousData,
-    refetchInterval: queryRefetchIntervalSlow,
-  });
-
-  return { data: data ?? cachedRundownPlaceholder, status, isError, refetch, isFetching };
-}
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-import { EntryId, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
-import { useMemo } from 'react';
-
-import { useSelectedEventId } from '../hooks/useSocket';
-import { getFlatRundownMetadata, type ExtendedEntry } from '../utils/rundownMetadata';
-import { useProjectRundowns } from './useProjectRundowns';
-import { useRundownById } from './useRundown';
-
-export type RundownSource = {
-  rundownId: string | null;
-  rundown: Rundown;
-  flatRundown: ExtendedEntry[];
-  status: string;
-  selectedEventId: EntryId | null;
-};
-
-/**
- * Explicitly scoped rundown data for views that may operate on a non-loaded rundown.
- */
-export function useScopedRundown(rundownId: string | null): RundownSource {
-  const { data: projectRundowns } = useProjectRundowns();
-  return useRundownSource(rundownId, projectRundowns.loaded || null);
-}
-
-/**
- * Loaded-rundown source for views that must follow the active runtime rundown.
- */
-export function useLoadedRundownSource(): RundownSource {
-  const { data: projectRundowns } = useProjectRundowns();
-  const loadedRundownId = projectRundowns.loaded || null;
-  return useRundownSource(loadedRundownId, loadedRundownId);
-}
-
-function useRundownSource(rundownId: string | null, loadedRundownId: string | null): RundownSource {
-  const isLoadedTarget = rundownId !== null && rundownId === loadedRundownId;
-  const runtimeSelectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
-  const effectiveSelectedEventId = isLoadedTarget ? runtimeSelectedEventId : null;
-  const { data: rundown, status } = useRundownById(rundownId);
-  const flatRundown = useMemo(
-    () => getFlatRundownMetadata(rundown, effectiveSelectedEventId),
-    [effectiveSelectedEventId, rundown],
-  );
-
-  return useMemo(
-    () => ({
-      rundownId,
-      rundown,
-      flatRundown,
-      status,
-      selectedEventId: effectiveSelectedEventId,
-    }),
-    [effectiveSelectedEventId, flatRundown, rundown, rundownId, status],
-  );
-}
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import {
  EntryId,
-  InsertOptions,
  MaybeString,
  OntimeDelay,
  OntimeEntry,
@@ -60,9 +59,15 @@ export type EventOptions = Partial<{
  before: MaybeString;
  // options of entries of type OntimeEvent
  linkPrevious: boolean;
+  /** the timing reference for the new entry, usually the same as after */
  lastEventId: MaybeString;
 }>;

+type ClientInsertOptions = {
+  after?: EntryId;
+  before?: EntryId;
+};
+
 /**
 * Gather utilities for actions on entries in the loaded rundown.
 */
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
   * @private
   */
  const { mutateAsync: addEntryMutation } = useMutation({
-    mutationFn: ([rundownId, entry]: [string, PatchWithId & InsertOptions]) => postAddEntry(rundownId, entry),
+    mutationFn: ([rundownId, entry]: [string, PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions]) => postAddEntry(rundownId, entry),
    onMutate: async ([_rundownId, entry]) => {
      const queryKey = resolveCurrentRundownQueryKey();
      await queryClient.cancelQueries({ queryKey });
@@ -149,8 +154,9 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
        addToRundown(
          newRundown,
          optimisticEntry,
-          afterId,
          parent ? (newRundown.entries[parent.id] as OntimeGroup) : null,
+          afterId,
+          entry.before ?? null,
        );

        queryClient.setQueryData<Rundown>(queryKey, newRundown);
@@ -193,7 +199,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
        throw new Error('Rundown not initialised');
      }

-      const newEntry: PatchWithId & InsertOptions = { ...entry, id: generateId() };
+      const newEntry: PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions = { ...entry, id: generateId() };

      // handle adding options that concern all event types
      if (options?.after) {
@@ -205,8 +211,8 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {

      // ************* CHECK OPTIONS specific to events
      if (isOntimeEvent(newEntry)) {
+        // last event id is the timing reference of the previous OntimeEvent in rundown
        if (options?.lastEventId) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion -- we know this is a value
          const previousEvent = rundownData.entries[options?.lastEventId];
          if (isOntimeEvent(previousEvent)) {
            newEntry.timeStart = previousEvent.timeEnd;
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ function useEntryActionsForRundown(scopedRundownId: string | undefined) {
   * Clone an entry
   */
  const clone = useCallback(
-    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: InsertOptions) => {
+    async (entryId: EntryId, options?: ClientInsertOptions) => {
      try {
        const rundownId = getCurrentRundownData()?.id;
        if (!rundownId) {
@@ -1057,7 +1063,7 @@ function optimisticDeleteEntries(entryIds: EntryId[], rundown: Rundown) {
 /**
 * Utility to create an optimistic entry for immediate cache insertion
 */
-function createOptimisticEntry(payload: PatchWithId & InsertOptions): OntimeEntry {
+function createOptimisticEntry(payload: PatchWithId & ClientInsertOptions): OntimeEntry {
  const { after: _after, before: _before, ...entryData } = payload;
  const id = entryData.id;
  let parent: EntryId | null = null;
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 0,
      isPast: true,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 1, // UI indexes are 1 based
      isPast: true,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 1,
      isPast: true,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: true,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -140,6 +143,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 2,
      isPast: true,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 2,
      isPast: true,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 3,
      isPast: false,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: true,
      isLoaded: true,
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 4,
      isPast: false,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: true,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 5,
      isPast: false,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 7,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -256,6 +264,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 0,
      isPast: false,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -273,6 +282,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 1,
      isPast: false,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -290,6 +300,7 @@ describe('initRundownMetadata()', () => {
      eventIndex: 2,
      isPast: false,
      isNextDay: false,
+      isParentToLoaded: false,
      totalGap: 0,
      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
      isLoaded: false,
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export type RundownMetadata = {
  groupColour: string | undefined;
  groupEntries: number | undefined;
  isFirstAfterGroup: boolean;
+  isParentToLoaded: boolean; // if the group contains the loaded event
 };

 export type ExtendedEntry<T extends OntimeEntry = OntimeEntry> = T & RundownMetadata;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ export function initRundownMetadata(selectedEventId: MaybeString) {
    groupColour: undefined,
    groupEntries: undefined,
    isFirstAfterGroup: false,
+    isParentToLoaded: false,
  };

  function process(entry: OntimeEntry): Readonly<RundownMetadata> {
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ function processEntry(
  // initialise data to be overridden below
  processedData.isNextDay = false;
  processedData.isLoaded = false;
+  processedData.isParentToLoaded = false;

  processedData.previousEntryId = processedData.thisId; // thisId comes from the previous iteration
  processedData.thisId = entry.id; // we reassign thisId
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ function processEntry(
    processedData.groupId = entry.id;
    processedData.groupColour = entry.colour;
    processedData.groupEntries = entry.entries.length;
+    processedData.isParentToLoaded = selectedEventId ? entry.entries.includes(selectedEventId) : false;
  } else {
    // for delays and groups, we insert the group metadata
    if ((entry as OntimeEvent | OntimeDelay | OntimeMilestone).parent !== processedData.groupId) {
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
  APP_SETTINGS,
  CLIENT_LIST,
  CSS_OVERRIDE,
-  CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY,
  CUSTOM_FIELDS,
  PROJECT_DATA,
  REPORT,
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ import {
  VIEW_SETTINGS,
  getRundownQueryKey,
  PROJECT_RUNDOWNS,
+  PROJECT_LIST,
 } from '../api/constants';
 import { invalidateAllCaches } from '../api/utils';
 import { ontimeQueryClient } from '../queryClient';
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ export const connectSocket = () => {
            case RefetchKey.ProjectRundowns:
              ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: PROJECT_RUNDOWNS });
              break;
+            case RefetchKey.ProjectFiles:
+              ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: PROJECT_LIST });
+              break;
            default: {
              target satisfies never;
              break;
@@ -238,7 +241,6 @@ export function maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision: MaybeNumber, rundownId?: s
  if (!rundownId) {
    // we omit rundownId to signify invalidate all rundowns
    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: RUNDOWN });
-    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
    return;
  }

@@ -252,12 +254,6 @@ export function maybeInvalidateRundownCache(revision: MaybeNumber, rundownId?: s
  }

  ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey, exact: true });
-
-  // keep current alias in sync with the ID-based cache
-  const loadedRundownId = ontimeQueryClient.getQueryData<{ loaded: string }>(PROJECT_RUNDOWNS)?.loaded;
-  if (!loadedRundownId || loadedRundownId === rundownId) {
-    ontimeQueryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: CURRENT_RUNDOWN_QUERY_KEY, exact: true });
-  }
 }

 export function sendSocket<T extends MessageTag | ApiActionTag>(
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
  MILLIS_PER_SECOND,
  dayInMs,
  formatFromMillis,
+  getExpectedEnd,
  getExpectedStart,
 } from 'ontime-utils';

@@ -186,15 +187,13 @@ export function getExpectedTimesFromExtendedEvent(
      ...state,
    },
  );
-
+  const expectedEnd = getExpectedEnd(event, expectedStart, state.currentDay);
  const plannedEnd = event.timeStart + event.duration + event.delay;

  return {
    expectedStart,
    timeToStart: expectedStart - state.clock,
-    expectedEnd: event.countToEnd
-      ? Math.max(expectedStart + event.duration, plannedEnd)
-      : expectedStart + event.duration,
+    expectedEnd,
    plannedEnd,
  };
 }
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { deleteAllReport } from '../../../../common/api/report';
 import { createBlob, downloadBlob } from '../../../../common/api/utils';
 import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import useReport from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useReport';
-import useRundown from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { cx } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { formatTime } from '../../../../common/utils/time';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import style from './ReportSettings.module.scss';

 export default function ReportSettings() {
  const { data: reportData } = useReport();
-  const { data } = useRundown();
+  const { data } = useRundown(null);

  const clearReport = async () => await deleteAllReport();
  const downloadCSV = (combinedReport: CombinedReport[]) => {
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useDisclosure } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Suspense, useState } from 'react';
 import {
  IoAdd,
  IoDocumentOutline,
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ import IconButton from '../../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Dialog from '../../../../common/components/dialog/Dialog';
 import { DropdownMenu } from '../../../../common/components/dropdown-menu/DropdownMenu';
 import Tag from '../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
+import { useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit } from '../../../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import { useMutateProjectRundowns, useProjectRundowns } from '../../../../common/hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
 import { cx } from '../../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
-import { useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit } from '../../../../views/cuesheet/useCuesheetRundownSelection';
 import * as Panel from '../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import RundownRenameForm from './composite/RundownRenameForm';
 import { ManageRundownForm } from './ManageRundownForm';
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ import { ManageRundownForm } from './ManageRundownForm';
 import style from './ManagePanel.module.scss';

 export default function ManageRundowns() {
+  return (
+    <Suspense
+      fallback={
+        <div className={style.empty}>
+          <Panel.Loader isLoading />
+        </div>
+      }
+    >
+      <ManageRundownsSuspense />
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
+
+function ManageRundownsSuspense() {
  const { data } = useProjectRundowns();
  const { duplicate, remove, load, rename } = useMutateProjectRundowns();
  const [isOpenDelete, deleteHandlers] = useDisclosure();
@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@
  margin-top: 1rem;
 }

+.finishActions {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+
 .sourceGrid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 import { getErrorMessage, ImportMap } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoCloudOutline, IoDownloadOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';

 import {
  getWorksheetMetadata as getExcelWorksheetMetadata,
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import Button from '../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Info from '../../../../../common/components/info/Info';
 import ExternalLink from '../../../../../common/components/link/external-link/ExternalLink';
 import Modal from '../../../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
-import useRundown from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { removeFileExtension, validateExcelImport } from '../../../../../common/utils/uploadUtils';
 import * as Panel from '../../../panel-utils/PanelUtils';
 import GSheetSetup from './GSheetSetup';
@@ -56,9 +57,11 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
  const [error, setError] = useState('');
  const [hasFile, setHasFile] = useState<'none' | 'loading' | 'done'>('none');
  const [activeSource, setActiveSource] = useState<ActiveSource | null>(null);
+  const [completedRundownTitle, setCompletedRundownTitle] = useState('');

-  const { data: currentRundown } = useRundown();
+  const { data: currentRundown } = useRundown(null);
  const { applyImport } = useSpreadsheetImport();
+  const navigate = useNavigate();

  const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);

@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
    setHasFile('none');
    setActiveSource(null);
    setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle('');
  };

  const openGSheetFlow = () => {
@@ -123,11 +127,12 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
    }
  };

-  const handleFinished = () => {
+  const handleFinished = (rundownTitle: string) => {
    setImportFlow('finished');
    setHasFile('none');
    setActiveSource(null);
    setError('');
+    setCompletedRundownTitle(rundownTitle);
  };

  const handleApplyImport = async (
@@ -139,7 +144,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
    if (mode === 'new') {
      const title = newRundownTitle.trim() || preview.rundown.title;
      await applyImport({ mode: 'new', rundown: { ...preview.rundown, title }, customFields: preview.customFields });
-      handleFinished();
+      handleFinished(title);
      return;
    }

@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
      customFields: preview.customFields,
      providedFields,
    });
-    handleFinished();
+    handleFinished(currentRundown.title);
  };

  const loadWorksheetMetadata = useCallback(
@@ -289,11 +294,20 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
        {showCompleted && (
          <div className={style.finishSection}>
            <span className={style.finishBadge}>Import complete</span>
-            <div className={style.finishTitle}>Spreadsheet data applied.</div>
-            <div className={style.finishDescription}>You can close this flow or start another import.</div>
-            <Button variant='subtle-white' onClick={resetFlow}>
-              Reset flow
-            </Button>
+            <div className={style.finishTitle}>
+              Spreadsheet data applied to {completedRundownTitle || 'your rundown'}.
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.finishDescription}>
+              Review the imported rundown in the editor or start another import.
+            </div>
+            <div className={style.finishActions}>
+              <Button variant='primary' onClick={() => navigate('/editor')}>
+                Open editor
+              </Button>
+              <Button variant='subtle-white' onClick={resetFlow}>
+                Import another
+              </Button>
+            </div>
          </div>
        )}
        {isGSheetFlow && (
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
  font-weight: 600;
 }

+.toolbarWarning {
+  color: $orange-400;
+}
+
 .mappingPaneTitle {
  align-self: center;
 }
@@ -132,7 +132,16 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({
            }
          />
        </label>
-        {toolbarStatus && <Panel.Description>{toolbarStatus}</Panel.Description>}
+        {toolbarStatus && (
+          <Panel.Description>
+            {toolbarStatus.entries === '–'
+              ? 'No import preview yet'
+              : `${toolbarStatus.entries} entries · ${toolbarStatus.groups} groups · ${toolbarStatus.milestones} milestones · ${toolbarStatus.start}–${toolbarStatus.end} · ${toolbarStatus.duration}`}
+            {toolbarStatus.warnings > 0 && (
+              <span className={style.toolbarWarning}> · {toolbarStatus.warnings} warnings</span>
+            )}
+          </Panel.Description>
+        )}
      </Panel.InlineElements>

      <div className={style.editorBody}>
@@ -150,13 +159,19 @@ export default function SheetImportEditor({

        <section className={style.previewPane}>
          <div className={style.previewPaneHeader}>
-            <span className={style.previewPaneTitle}>Import preview</span>
+            <div className={style.previewPaneHeading}>
+              <span className={style.previewPaneTitle}>Import preview</span>
+            </div>
          </div>
          <div className={style.tableShell}>
            <PreviewTable
              preview={state.preview}
              columnLabels={columnLabels}
+              canRefresh={canPreview}
              isLoadingMetadata={isLoadingMetadata}
+              isRefreshing={state.loading === 'preview'}
+              needsPreviewRefresh={state.needsPreviewRefresh}
+              onRefresh={handlePreviewSubmit}
              worksheetHeaders={worksheetHeaders}
            />
          </div>
@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 .emptyState {
-  height: 100%;
-  min-height: 16rem;
-  display: grid;
-  place-content: center;
-  gap: 0.35rem;
-  padding: 1.5rem;
+  padding: 3rem 1.5rem;
  text-align: center;
 }

+.emptyMessage {
+  width: min(30rem, 100%);
+  margin-inline: auto;
+}
+
 .emptyTitle {
-  color: $ui-white;
-  font-size: 1rem;
-  font-weight: 600;
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.72);
+  font-size: calc(1rem + 2px);
+  font-weight: 400;
 }

 .emptyBody {
-  color: $gray-400;
-  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  color: rgba($gray-200, 0.55);
+  font-size: calc(1rem - 3px);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.emptyAction {
+  margin: 1rem auto 0;
 }

 .table {
  width: 100%;
-  border-collapse: collapse;
+  border-collapse: separate;
+  border-spacing: 0;
+  color: $ui-white;
  font-size: calc(1rem - 2px);
  text-align: left;
  table-layout: auto;
@@ -34,31 +42,101 @@
  }

  th {
-    font-weight: 400;
-    color: $gray-400;
-    text-transform: capitalize;
-    vertical-align: top;
+    color: $gray-300;
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    vertical-align: bottom;
    white-space: normal;
  }

  th,
  td {
-    padding: 0.5rem;
+    box-sizing: border-box;
    min-width: 8rem;
-    vertical-align: top;
+    max-width: 20rem;
+    padding: 0.55rem 0.65rem;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $white-10;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    vertical-align: middle;
+    white-space: nowrap;
  }

-  tr:nth-child(even) {
-    background-color: $white-1;
+  tbody tr {
+    --entry-colour: transparent;
+    background-color: color-mix(in srgb, $gray-1300 96%, var(--entry-colour) 4%);
+    box-shadow: inset 3px 0 var(--entry-colour);
  }
+
+  td[data-empty='true'] {
+    color: $gray-600;
+  }
+}
+
+.rowNumber,
+.rowType {
+  position: sticky;
+  z-index: 1;
+  background-color: inherit;
 }

 .rowNumber {
-  width: 4.5rem;
-  min-width: 4.5rem;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 3.25rem;
+  min-width: 3.25rem !important;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  text-align: right;
 }

 .rowType {
-  width: 7rem;
-  min-width: 7rem;
+  left: 3.25rem;
+  width: 6.25rem;
+  min-width: 6.25rem !important;
+  color: $gray-400;
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+  box-shadow: 1px 0 $white-10;
+}
+
+thead .rowNumber,
+thead .rowType {
+  z-index: 2;
+  background-color: $gray-1350;
+}
+
+.numericCell {
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  text-align: right;
+}
+
+.multilineCell {
+  max-width: 30rem !important;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  text-overflow: clip !important;
+  white-space: pre-wrap !important;
+}
+
+.eventRow {
+  .rowNumber {
+    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  }
+}
+
+.groupRow {
+  background-color: color-mix(in srgb, $gray-1300 88%, var(--entry-colour) 12%) !important;
+  box-shadow: inset 4px 0 var(--entry-colour) !important;
+  font-weight: 600;
+
+  td {
+    min-height: 3.25rem;
+    border-top: 0.75rem solid $gray-1350;
+  }
+}
+
+.milestoneRow {
+  background-color: color-mix(in srgb, $gray-1300 93%, var(--entry-colour) 7%) !important;
+  box-shadow: inset 3px 0 var(--entry-colour) !important;
+  color: $gray-300;
+  font-style: italic;
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import type { CustomField, CustomFieldKey, SpreadsheetPreviewResponse } from 'ontime-types';
-import { isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import { isOntimeDelay, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';

+import Button from '../../../../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
+import Tag from '../../../../../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
+import { getRundownMetadata } from '../../../../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { getCellValue } from './previewTableUtils';

 import style from './PreviewTable.module.scss';
@@ -9,14 +13,85 @@ import style from './PreviewTable.module.scss';
 interface PreviewTableProps {
  preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null;
  columnLabels: string[];
+  canRefresh: boolean;
  isLoadingMetadata: boolean;
+  isRefreshing: boolean;
+  needsPreviewRefresh: boolean;
+  onRefresh: () => void;
  worksheetHeaders: string[];
 }

+const priorityColumns = ['Title', 'Cue', 'Start', 'End', 'Duration'];
+const numericColumns = new Set(['Start', 'End', 'Duration', 'Time warning', 'Time danger']);
+const transparentColour = 'transparent';
+
+type PreviewEntry = SpreadsheetPreviewResponse['rundown']['entries'][string];
+
+function getEntryDisplay(entry: PreviewEntry, groupColour?: string) {
+  if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) {
+    return {
+      rowClassName: style.groupRow,
+      entryColour: entry.colour,
+      entryType: 'Group',
+    };
+  }
+
+  const entryColour = groupColour ?? transparentColour;
+
+  if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) {
+    return {
+      rowClassName: style.milestoneRow,
+      entryColour,
+      entryType: 'Milestone',
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (isOntimeDelay(entry)) {
+    return {
+      rowClassName: style.eventRow,
+      entryColour,
+      entryType: 'Delay',
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    rowClassName: style.eventRow,
+    entryColour,
+    entryType: 'Event',
+  };
+}
+
+function getCellClassName(label: string, value: string) {
+  if (value.includes('\n')) {
+    return style.multilineCell;
+  }
+
+  if (numericColumns.has(label)) {
+    return style.numericCell;
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function getDisplayColumns(columnLabels: string[]) {
+  return [...columnLabels].sort((left, right) => {
+    const leftPriority = priorityColumns.indexOf(left);
+    const rightPriority = priorityColumns.indexOf(right);
+    return (
+      (leftPriority === -1 ? priorityColumns.length : leftPriority) -
+      (rightPriority === -1 ? priorityColumns.length : rightPriority)
+    );
+  });
+}
+
 export default function PreviewTable({
  preview,
  columnLabels,
+  canRefresh,
  isLoadingMetadata,
+  isRefreshing,
+  needsPreviewRefresh,
+  onRefresh,
  worksheetHeaders,
 }: PreviewTableProps) {
  const customFieldKeyByLabel = useMemo(() => {
@@ -24,33 +99,57 @@ export default function PreviewTable({
    return new Map(Object.entries(preview.customFields).map(([fieldId, field]) => [field.label, fieldId]));
  }, [preview]);

+  const displayColumns = useMemo(() => getDisplayColumns(columnLabels), [columnLabels]);
+
+  const previewMetadata = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!preview) return null;
+    return getRundownMetadata(preview.rundown, null);
+  }, [preview]);
+
  if (!preview) {
+    let emptyTitle = 'Preview not generated';
    let emptyContent = 'Select the fields you want to import, then click Preview import.';

    if (isLoadingMetadata) {
+      emptyTitle = 'Loading worksheet';
      emptyContent = 'Loading worksheet metadata...';
    } else if (worksheetHeaders.length === 0) {
+      emptyTitle = 'No headers found';
      emptyContent =
        'No column headers detected in this worksheet. Try a different worksheet or ensure the first row contains column headers.';
+    } else if (needsPreviewRefresh) {
+      emptyTitle = 'Preview needs updating';
+      emptyContent = 'Your column mapping changed. Preview the import again to update this table.';
    }

    return (
      <div className={style.emptyState}>
-        <div className={style.emptyTitle}>Preview not generated</div>
-        <div className={style.emptyBody}>{emptyContent}</div>
+        <div className={style.emptyMessage}>
+          <div className={style.emptyTitle}>{emptyTitle}</div>
+          <div className={style.emptyBody}>{emptyContent}</div>
+          {needsPreviewRefresh && (
+            <Button
+              className={style.emptyAction}
+              variant='primary'
+              onClick={onRefresh}
+              disabled={!canRefresh}
+              loading={isRefreshing}
+            >
+              Refresh preview
+            </Button>
+          )}
+        </div>
      </div>
    );
  }

-  let eventIndex = 0;
-
  return (
    <table className={style.table}>
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th className={style.rowNumber}>#</th>
          <th className={style.rowType}>Type</th>
-          {columnLabels.map((label, index) => (
+          {displayColumns.map((label, index) => (
            <th key={`${label}-${index}`}>{label}</th>
          ))}
        </tr>
@@ -59,16 +158,29 @@ export default function PreviewTable({
        {preview.rundown.flatOrder.map((entryId) => {
          const entry = preview.rundown.entries[entryId];
          const isEvent = isOntimeEvent(entry);
-          if (isEvent) eventIndex++;
-          const hasType = isEvent || isOntimeGroup(entry) || isOntimeMilestone(entry);
+          const entryMetadata = previewMetadata?.[entryId];
+          const { rowClassName, entryColour, entryType } = getEntryDisplay(entry, entryMetadata?.groupColour);

          return (
-            <tr key={entryId}>
-              <td className={style.rowNumber}>{isEvent ? eventIndex : ''}</td>
-              <td className={style.rowType}>{hasType ? entry.type : ''}</td>
-              {columnLabels.map((label, colIndex) => (
-                <td key={`${entryId}-${colIndex}`}>{getCellValue(label, entry, customFieldKeyByLabel)}</td>
-              ))}
+            <tr key={entryId} className={rowClassName} style={{ '--entry-colour': entryColour } as CSSProperties}>
+              <td className={style.rowNumber}>{isEvent ? entryMetadata?.eventIndex : ''}</td>
+              <td className={style.rowType}>
+                <Tag>{entryType}</Tag>
+              </td>
+              {displayColumns.map((label, colIndex) => {
+                const value = getCellValue(label, entry, customFieldKeyByLabel);
+                const cellClassName = getCellClassName(label, value);
+                return (
+                  <td
+                    key={`${entryId}-${colIndex}`}
+                    className={cellClassName}
+                    data-empty={value === ''}
+                    title={value || undefined}
+                  >
+                    {value}
+                  </td>
+                );
+              })}
            </tr>
          );
        })}
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import type {
  SpreadsheetPreviewResponse,
  SpreadsheetWorksheetMetadata,
 } from 'ontime-types';
-import { millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
+import { millisToString, removeTrailingZero } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useFieldArray, useForm } from 'react-hook-form';

@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ type ImportAction =
  | { type: 'previewSuccess'; preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse }
  | { type: 'applySuccess' }
  | { type: 'exportSuccess' }
-  | { type: 'clearPreview'; error?: string }
+  | { type: 'clearPreview'; error?: string; needsRefresh?: boolean }
  | { type: 'failure'; error: string }
  | { type: 'reset' };

@@ -40,12 +41,14 @@ type ImportState = {
  loading: '' | 'preview' | 'apply' | 'export';
  error: string;
  preview: SpreadsheetPreviewResponse | null;
+  needsPreviewRefresh: boolean;
 };

 const initialImportState: ImportState = {
  loading: '',
  error: '',
  preview: null,
+  needsPreviewRefresh: false,
 };

 function importReducer(state: ImportState, action: ImportAction): ImportState {
@@ -57,15 +60,15 @@ function importReducer(state: ImportState, action: ImportAction): ImportState {
    case 'startExport':
      return { ...state, loading: 'export', error: '' };
    case 'previewSuccess':
-      return { loading: '', error: '', preview: action.preview };
+      return { loading: '', error: '', preview: action.preview, needsPreviewRefresh: false };
    case 'applySuccess':
    case 'exportSuccess':
      return { ...state, loading: '' };
    case 'clearPreview':
-      return { ...state, error: action.error ?? '', preview: null };
+      return { ...state, error: action.error ?? '', preview: null, needsPreviewRefresh: action.needsRefresh ?? false };
    case 'failure': {
      if (state.loading === 'preview') {
-        return { loading: '', error: action.error, preview: null };
+        return { loading: '', error: action.error, preview: null, needsPreviewRefresh: false };
      }
      return { ...state, loading: '', error: action.error };
    }
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
    const sub = watch(() => {
      if (!previewRef.current) return;
      previewRef.current = null;
-      dispatch({ type: 'clearPreview' });
+      dispatch({ type: 'clearPreview', needsRefresh: true });
    });
    return () => sub.unsubscribe();
  }, [watch]);
@@ -297,15 +300,37 @@ export function useSheetImportForm({
  }, [append]);

  const toolbarStatus = (() => {
-    const warningText = warningCount > 0 ? ` | warnings: ${warningCount}` : '';
-
    if (!state.preview) {
-      return `entries: – | start: – | end: – | duration: –${warningText}`;
+      return {
+        entries: '–',
+        groups: '–',
+        milestones: '–',
+        start: '–',
+        end: '–',
+        duration: '–',
+        warnings: warningCount,
+      };
    }

-    const { flatOrder } = state.preview.rundown;
+    const { entries, flatOrder } = state.preview.rundown;
    const { start, end, duration } = state.preview.summary;
-    return `entries: ${flatOrder.length} | start: ${millisToString(start)} | end: ${millisToString(end)} | duration: ${formatDuration(duration)}${warningText}`;
+    let groups = 0;
+    let milestones = 0;
+    for (const entryId of flatOrder) {
+      const entry = entries[entryId];
+      if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) groups++;
+      else if (isOntimeMilestone(entry)) milestones++;
+    }
+
+    return {
+      entries: flatOrder.length,
+      groups,
+      milestones,
+      start: removeTrailingZero(millisToString(start)),
+      end: removeTrailingZero(millisToString(end)),
+      duration: formatDuration(duration),
+      warnings: warningCount,
+    };
  })();

  return {
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Suspense, useState } from 'react';
 import { IoArrowDown, IoArrowUp } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import Info from '../../../../common/components/info/Info';
@@ -11,11 +11,25 @@ import style from './ProjectPanel.module.scss';
 type SortParameter = 'alphabetical' | 'modified';

 export default function ProjectList() {
+  return (
+    <Suspense
+      fallback={
+        <div className={style.empty}>
+          <Panel.Loader isLoading />
+        </div>
+      }
+    >
+      <ProjectListSuspend />
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
+
+function ProjectListSuspend() {
  const [editingMode, setEditingMode] = useState<EditMode | null>(null);
  const [editingFilename, setEditingFilename] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [sortMode, setSortMode] = useState<ProjectSortMode>('modified-desc');

-  const { data, refetch, status } = useOrderedProjectList(sortMode);
+  const { data, refetch } = useOrderedProjectList(sortMode);

  const handleToggleEditMode = (editMode: EditMode, filename: string | null) => {
    setEditingMode((prev) => (prev === editMode && filename === editingFilename ? null : editMode));
@@ -38,14 +52,6 @@ export default function ProjectList() {
    });
  };

-  if (status === 'pending') {
-    return (
-      <div className={style.empty}>
-        <Panel.Loader isLoading />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
  const numProjects = data.reorderedProjectFiles.length;

  return (
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface OperatorData {
 }

 export function useOperatorData(): ViewData<OperatorData> {
-  const { data: rundown, rundownMetadata, status: rundownStatus } = useRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { data: rundown, rundownMetadata, status: rundownStatus } = useRundownWithMetadata(null);
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldStatus } = useCustomFields();
  const { data: settings, status: settingsStatus } = useSettings();

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { ErrorBoundary } from '@sentry/react';
-import { PropsWithChildren, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import { PropsWithChildren, ReactNode, Suspense } from 'react';

 import ScrollArea from '../../common/components/scroll-area/ScrollArea';
 import { useIsOnline } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
+import Loader from '../../views/common/loader/Loader';

 import style from './Overview.module.scss';

@@ -15,18 +16,37 @@ export function OverviewWrapper({ navElements, children }: PropsWithChildren<Ove
  const isOnline = useIsOnline();

  return (
-    <div className={cx([style.overview, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
-      <ErrorBoundary>
-        <div className={style.nav}>{navElements}</div>
-        <ScrollArea
-          className={style.infoScroll}
-          contentClassName={style.info}
-          contentStyle={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
-          orientation='horizontal'
-        >
-          {children}
-        </ScrollArea>
-      </ErrorBoundary>
+    <Suspense fallback={<OverviewFallback navElements={navElements} />}>
+      <div className={cx([style.overview, !isOnline && style.isOffline])}>
+        <ErrorBoundary>
+          <div className={style.nav}>{navElements}</div>
+          <ScrollArea
+            className={style.infoScroll}
+            contentClassName={style.info}
+            contentStyle={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
+            orientation='horizontal'
+          >
+            {children}
+          </ScrollArea>
+        </ErrorBoundary>
+      </div>
+    </Suspense>
+  );
+}
+
+function OverviewFallback({ navElements }: OverviewWrapperProps) {
+  return (
+    <div className={style.overview}>
+      <div className={style.nav}>{navElements}</div>
+      <ScrollArea
+        className={style.infoScroll}
+        contentClassName={style.info}
+        contentStyle={{ minWidth: '100%' }}
+        orientation='horizontal'
+      >
+        {/* TODO: this could be alined in a nicer way */}
+        <Loader />
+      </ScrollArea>
    </div>
  );
 }
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export function MetadataTimes() {
 function GroupTimes() {
  const { clock, mode, groupExpectedEnd, actualGroupStart, currentDay, playback, phase } = useGroupTimerOverView();
  const currentGroupId = useCurrentGroupId();
-  const group = useEntry(currentGroupId) as OntimeGroup | null;
+  const group = useEntry(null, currentGroupId) as OntimeGroup | null;

  const hasRunningTimer = phase !== TimerPhase.Pending && isPlaybackActive(playback);

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function GroupTimes() {
 function FlagTimes() {
  const { clock, mode, actualStart, plannedStart, playback, currentDay, phase } = useFlagTimerOverView();
  const { id, expectedStart } = useNextFlag();
-  const entry = useEntry(id) as OntimeEvent | null;
+  const entry = useEntry(null, id) as OntimeEvent | null;

  const hasRunningTimer = phase !== TimerPhase.Pending && isPlaybackActive(playback);

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import style from './TitleOverview.module.scss';
 export default function TitleOverview() {
  'use memo';
  const { data: projectData } = useProjectData();
-  const { data: rundownData } = useRundownAuxData();
+  const { data: rundownData } = useRundownAuxData(null);

  if (!projectData.title && !rundownData.title) {
    return null;
@@ -339,7 +339,9 @@ export default function Rundown({ order, flatOrder, entries, id, rundownMetadata
            increaseViewportBy={{ top: 200, bottom: 400 }}
            style={{ height: '100%' }}
            components={{
-              Header: isEditMode ? () => <QuickAddButtons previousEventId={null} parentGroup={null} /> : undefined,
+              Header: isEditMode
+                ? () => <QuickAddButtons previousEventId={null} nextEventId={order[0]} parentGroup={null} />
+                : undefined,
              Footer: () => (
                <>
                  {isEditMode && (
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ import ErrorBoundary from '../../common/components/error-boundary/ErrorBoundary'
 import ViewNavigationMenu from '../../common/components/navigation-menu/ViewNavigationMenu';
 import ProtectRoute from '../../common/components/protect-route/ProtectRoute';
 import { EntryActionsProvider } from '../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
-import { useLoadedRundownSource } from '../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
-import { useEntryActions } from '../../common/hooks/useEntryAction';
+import { RundownSelectionContextProvider } from '../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import { useIsSmallDevice } from '../../common/hooks/useIsSmallDevice';
 import { handleLinks } from '../../common/utils/linkUtils';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
@@ -39,28 +38,29 @@ function RundownExport() {
    defaultValue: RundownViewMode.List,
  });
  const isSmallDevice = useIsSmallDevice();
-  const entryActions = useEntryActions();

  if (isSmallDevice && isExtracted) {
    return (
-      <EntryActionsProvider actions={entryActions}>
-        <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
-          <div
-            className={cx([style.rundownExport, style.extracted])}
-            data-target='small-device'
-            data-testid='panel-rundown'
-          >
-            <FinderPlacement />
-            <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings />
-            <div className={style.rundown}>
-              <ErrorBoundary>
-                <RundownRoot isSmallDevice isExtracted viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
-                <RundownContextMenu />
-              </ErrorBoundary>
+      <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+        <EntryActionsProvider>
+          <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
+            <div
+              className={cx([style.rundownExport, style.extracted])}
+              data-target='small-device'
+              data-testid='panel-rundown'
+            >
+              <FinderPlacement />
+              <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings />
+              <div className={style.rundown}>
+                <ErrorBoundary>
+                  <RundownRoot isSmallDevice isExtracted viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
+                  <RundownContextMenu />
+                </ErrorBoundary>
+              </div>
            </div>
-          </div>
-        </ProtectRoute>
-      </EntryActionsProvider>
+          </ProtectRoute>
+        </EntryActionsProvider>
+      </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
    );
  }

@@ -70,30 +70,32 @@ function RundownExport() {
    viewMode === RundownViewMode.Table;

  return (
-    <EntryActionsProvider actions={entryActions}>
-      <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
-        <div className={cx([style.rundownExport, isExtracted && style.extracted])} data-testid='panel-rundown'>
-          <FinderPlacement />
-          {isExtracted && <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} />}
-          <div className={style.rundown}>
-            <Editor.Panel className={style.list}>
-              <ErrorBoundary>
-                {!isExtracted && <Editor.CornerExtract onClick={(event) => handleLinks('rundown', event)} />}
-                <RundownRoot isExtracted={isExtracted} viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
-                <RundownContextMenu />
-              </ErrorBoundary>
-            </Editor.Panel>
-            {!hideSideBar && (
-              <div className={style.side}>
+    <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+      <EntryActionsProvider>
+        <ProtectRoute permission='editor'>
+          <div className={cx([style.rundownExport, isExtracted && style.extracted])} data-testid='panel-rundown'>
+            <FinderPlacement />
+            {isExtracted && <ViewNavigationMenu suppressSettings isNavigationLocked={getIsNavigationLocked()} />}
+            <div className={style.rundown}>
+              <Editor.Panel className={style.list}>
                <ErrorBoundary>
-                  <RundownEntryEditor />
+                  {!isExtracted && <Editor.CornerExtract onClick={(event) => handleLinks('rundown', event)} />}
+                  <RundownRoot isExtracted={isExtracted} viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
+                  <RundownContextMenu />
                </ErrorBoundary>
-              </div>
-            )}
+              </Editor.Panel>
+              {!hideSideBar && (
+                <div className={style.side}>
+                  <ErrorBoundary>
+                    <RundownEntryEditor />
+                  </ErrorBoundary>
+                </div>
+              )}
+            </div>
          </div>
-        </div>
-      </ProtectRoute>
-    </EntryActionsProvider>
+        </ProtectRoute>
+      </EntryActionsProvider>
+    </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
  );
 }

@@ -105,17 +107,16 @@ interface RundownRootProps {
 }

 function RundownRoot({ isSmallDevice, isExtracted, viewMode, setViewMode }: RundownRootProps) {
-  const source = useLoadedRundownSource();
-
  return (
    <div className={style.rundownRoot}>
      {isSmallDevice ? (
        <RundownHeaderMobile viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
      ) : (
+        // TODO: add data-background-rundown={!isLoadedRundown} styling
        <RundownHeader isExtracted={isExtracted} viewMode={viewMode} setViewMode={setViewMode} />
      )}
      {viewMode === RundownViewMode.List ? <RundownList /> : <RundownTable />}
-      {viewMode === RundownViewMode.Table && <EntryEditModal rundown={source.rundown} />}
+      {viewMode === RundownViewMode.Table && <EntryEditModal />}
      <RenumberCuesDialog />
    </div>
  );
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
+import { Playback } from 'ontime-types';
 import { memo } from 'react';

 import Empty from '../../common/components/state/Empty';
-import { useRundownWithMetadata } from '../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useContextRundownList } from '../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import { useRundownEditor } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import Rundown from './Rundown';

+const backgroundFeatureData = {
+  playback: Playback.Stop,
+  selectedEventId: null,
+  nextEventId: null,
+};
+
 export default memo(RundownList);
 function RundownList() {
-  const { data, status, rundownMetadata } = useRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { rundown, status, rundownMetadata, isLoadedRundown } = useContextRundownList();
  const featureData = useRundownEditor();

-  const isLoading = status !== 'success' || !data || !rundownMetadata;
+  const isLoading = status !== 'success' || !rundown || !rundownMetadata;

  if (isLoading) {
    return <Empty text='Connecting to server' />;
@@ -18,12 +25,12 @@ function RundownList() {

  return (
    <Rundown
-      order={data.order}
-      flatOrder={data.flatOrder}
-      entries={data.entries}
-      id={data.id}
+      order={rundown.order}
+      flatOrder={rundown.flatOrder}
+      entries={rundown.entries}
+      id={rundown.id}
      rundownMetadata={rundownMetadata}
-      featureData={featureData}
+      featureData={isLoadedRundown ? featureData : backgroundFeatureData}
    />
  );
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.rundownSelect {
+  min-width: min(20rem, calc(100vw - 6rem));
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import Select from '../../../common/components/select/Select';
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from '../../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
+import { AppMode } from '../../../ontimeConfig';
+
+import styles from './RundownSelect.module.scss';
+
+const FOLLOW = '___null___';
+
+interface RundownSelectProps {
+  appMode: AppMode;
+}
+
+export function RundownSelect({ appMode }: RundownSelectProps) {
+  'use memo';
+  const { selectRundownId, rundowns, loadedRundownId, selectedRundownId } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+
+  const options = rundowns.map(({ id, title }) => ({
+    value: id,
+    label: loadedRundownId === id ? `${title} (loaded)` : title,
+  }));
+
+  // add a follow option
+  options.unshift({
+    value: FOLLOW,
+    label: 'Follow loaded',
+  });
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.rundownSelect}>
+      <Select
+        value={selectedRundownId ?? FOLLOW}
+        options={options}
+        onValueChange={(value) => {
+          if (value === FOLLOW) selectRundownId(null);
+          else selectRundownId(value);
+        }}
+        disabled={appMode === AppMode.Run}
+        fluid
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+}
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { OntimeEntry, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
 import { useMemo } from 'react';

-import useRundown from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../useEventSelection';
 import EventEditorFooter from './composite/EventEditorFooter';
 import EventEditor from './EventEditor';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import style from './EntryEditor.module.scss';

 export default function RundownEntryEditor() {
  const selectedEvents = useEventSelection((state) => state.selectedEvents);
-  const { data } = useRundown();
+  const { data } = useRundown(null);

  const entry = useMemo<OntimeEntry | null>(() => {
    if (data.order.length === 0) {
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ import style from './QuickAddButtons.module.scss';

 interface QuickAddButtonsProps {
  previousEventId: MaybeString;
+  nextEventId?: MaybeString;
  parentGroup: MaybeString;
  backgroundColor?: string;
 }

 export default memo(QuickAddButtons);
-function QuickAddButtons({ previousEventId, parentGroup, backgroundColor }: QuickAddButtonsProps) {
+function QuickAddButtons({ previousEventId, nextEventId, parentGroup, backgroundColor }: QuickAddButtonsProps) {
  const { addEntry } = useEntryActionsContext();
+  const appendOptions = previousEventId ? { after: previousEventId, lastEventId: previousEventId } : undefined;
+  const prependOptions = nextEventId ? { before: nextEventId } : undefined;
+  const insertionOptions = appendOptions ?? prependOptions;

  const addEvent = () => {
    addEntry(
@@ -25,44 +29,23 @@ function QuickAddButtons({ previousEventId, parentGroup, backgroundColor }: Quic
        type: SupportedEntry.Event,
        parent: parentGroup,
      },
-      {
-        after: previousEventId,
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-      },
+      insertionOptions,
    );
  };

  const addDelay = () => {
-    addEntry(
-      { type: SupportedEntry.Delay, parent: parentGroup },
-      {
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-        after: previousEventId,
-      },
-    );
+    addEntry({ type: SupportedEntry.Delay, parent: parentGroup }, insertionOptions);
  };

  const addMilestone = () => {
-    addEntry(
-      { type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, parent: parentGroup },
-      {
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-        after: previousEventId,
-      },
-    );
+    addEntry({ type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, parent: parentGroup }, insertionOptions);
  };

  const addGroup = () => {
    if (parentGroup !== null) {
      return;
    }
-    addEntry(
-      { type: SupportedEntry.Group },
-      {
-        lastEventId: previousEventId,
-        after: previousEventId,
-      },
-    );
+    addEntry({ type: SupportedEntry.Group }, insertionOptions);
  };

  /**
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export function useRundownCommands({
      addEntry(patch, {
        after: id && !above ? id : undefined,
        before: id && above ? id : undefined,
-        lastEventId: !above && id ? id : undefined,
+        lastEventId: id && !above ? id : undefined,
      });
    },
    [addEntry],
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Button from '../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Dialog from '../../../common/components/dialog/Dialog';
 import Input from '../../../common/components/input/input/Input';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
-import useRundown from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useContextRundownCueRenumberModal } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import { orderEntries } from '../rundown.utils';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../useEventSelection';

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ type RenumberCueData = Pick<RenumberCues, 'increment' | 'prefix' | 'start'>;

 export default function RenumberCuesDialog() {
  'use memo';
-  const { data } = useRundown();
-  const { flatOrder } = data;
+  const { flatOrder } = useContextRundownCueRenumberModal();
  const { onClose, isOpen } = useRenumberCuesDialogStore();
  const { renumberCues } = useEntryActionsContext();
  const selectedEvents = useEventSelection((state) => state.selectedEvents);
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { setOffsetMode, useOffsetMode } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { EditorLayoutMode, useEditorLayout } from '../../../views/editor/useEditorLayout';
+import { RundownSelect } from '../common/RundownSelect';
 import { RundownViewMode } from '../rundown.options';
 import { useEditorFollowMode } from '../useEditorFollowMode';
 import RundownMenu from './RundownMenu';
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ interface HeaderControlsConfig {
  showRunEditToggle: boolean;
  showOffsetToggle: boolean;
  showOverflowMenu: boolean;
+  showRundownSelect: boolean;
 }

 export const HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG: Record<EditorLayoutMode, HeaderControlsConfig> = {
@@ -31,16 +33,19 @@ export const HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG: Record<EditorLayoutMode, HeaderControlsConf
    showRunEditToggle: true,
    showOffsetToggle: true,
    showOverflowMenu: true,
+    showRundownSelect: false,
  },
  [EditorLayoutMode.PLANNING]: {
    showRunEditToggle: false,
    showOffsetToggle: false,
    showOverflowMenu: true,
+    showRundownSelect: true,
  },
  [EditorLayoutMode.TRACKING]: {
    showRunEditToggle: false,
    showOffsetToggle: true,
    showOverflowMenu: false,
+    showRundownSelect: false,
  },
 } as const;

@@ -50,7 +55,8 @@ function RundownHeader({ isExtracted, viewMode, setViewMode }: RundownHeaderProp
  const offsetMode = useOffsetMode();
  const { layoutMode } = useEditorLayout();

-  const { showRunEditToggle, showOffsetToggle, showOverflowMenu } = HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG[layoutMode];
+  const { showRunEditToggle, showOffsetToggle, showOverflowMenu, showRundownSelect } =
+    HEADER_CONTROLS_CONFIG[layoutMode];

  const toggleAppMode = (mode: AppMode[]) => {
    // we need to stop user from deselecting a mode
@@ -122,6 +128,8 @@ function RundownHeader({ isExtracted, viewMode, setViewMode }: RundownHeaderProp
        </ToggleGroup>
      )}

+      {showRundownSelect && <RundownSelect appMode={editorMode} />}
+
      {showOverflowMenu && <RundownMenu allowNavigation={!isExtracted} />}
    </Toolbar.Root>
  );
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import { memo, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';

 import EmptyPage from '../../../common/components/state/EmptyPage';
-import { EntryActionsProvider } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import { useLoadedRundownSource } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
-import { useEntryActions } from '../../../common/hooks/useEntryAction';
 import CuesheetDnd from '../../../views/cuesheet/cuesheet-dnd/CuesheetDnd';
 import CuesheetTable from '../../../views/cuesheet/cuesheet-table/CuesheetTable';
 import { useCuesheetPermissions } from '../../../views/cuesheet/useTablePermissions';
@@ -16,8 +13,6 @@ function RundownTable() {
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldStatus } = useCustomFields();
  const setPermissions = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.setPermissions);
  const { editorMode } = useEditorFollowMode();
-  const source = useLoadedRundownSource();
-  const actions = useEntryActions();

  // Editor always has full permissions
  useEffect(() => {
@@ -35,14 +30,12 @@ function RundownTable() {
  const isLoading = !customFields || customFieldStatus === 'pending';

  return (
-    <EntryActionsProvider actions={actions}>
-      <CuesheetDnd columns={columns} tableRoot='editor'>
-        {isLoading ? (
-          <EmptyPage text='Loading...' />
-        ) : (
-          <CuesheetTable columns={columns} source={source} cuesheetMode={editorMode} tableRoot='editor' />
-        )}
-      </CuesheetDnd>
-    </EntryActionsProvider>
+    <CuesheetDnd columns={columns} tableRoot='editor'>
+      {isLoading ? (
+        <EmptyPage text='Loading...' />
+      ) : (
+        <CuesheetTable columns={columns} cuesheetMode={editorMode} tableRoot='editor' />
+      )}
+    </CuesheetDnd>
  );
 }
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function useBackstageData(): ViewData<BackstageData> {
  const isMirrored = useViewOptionsStore((state) => state.mirror);

  // HTTP API data
-  const { data: rundownData, status: rundownStatus } = useFlatRundown();
+  const { data: rundownData, status: rundownStatus } = useFlatRundown(null);
  const { data: projectData, status: projectDataStatus } = useProjectData();
  const { data: settings, status: settingsStatus } = useSettings();
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldsStatus } = useCustomFields();
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const ScheduleProvider = ({ children, selectedEventId }: PropsWithChildre
    [filter],
  );

-  const { data: events } = usePartialRundown(filterCallback);
+  const { data: events } = usePartialRundown(null, filterCallback);

  const [firstIndex, setFirstIndex] = useState(-1);
  const [numPages, setNumPages] = useState(0);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ type ScheduleTimeProps = {
 //TODO: consider relative mode
 export function ScheduleTime(props: ScheduleTimeProps) {
  const { event, showExpected } = props;
-  const { timeStart, duration, delay, expectedStart, countToEnd } = event;
+  const { timeStart, duration, delay, expectedStart, expectedEnd } = event;

  const plannedStart = timeStart + delay + event.dayOffset * dayInMs;

@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ export function ScheduleTime(props: ScheduleTimeProps) {

  const expectedStateClass = `sub__schedule--${getOffsetState(expectedStart - plannedStart)}`;
  const plannedEnd = plannedStart + duration + delay;
-  const expectedEnd = countToEnd ? Math.max(expectedStart + duration, plannedEnd) : expectedStart + duration;
  const expectedEndClass = `sub__schedule--${getOffsetState(expectedEnd - plannedEnd)}`;

  return (
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-import { MaybeNumber, OntimeEvent } from 'ontime-types';
-import { getExpectedStart } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { getExpectedEnd, getExpectedStart } from 'ontime-utils';
 import { IoPencil } from 'react-icons/io5';

 import Button from '../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import useReport from '../../common/hooks-query/useReport';
 import { useFadeOutOnInactivity } from '../../common/hooks/useFadeOutOnInactivity';
 import { useExpectedStartData } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
-import { ExtendedEntry } from '../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import SuperscriptTime from '../common/superscript-time/SuperscriptTime';
 import { getPropertyValue } from '../common/viewUtils';
 import { useCountdownOptions } from './countdown.options';
-import { CountdownTarget, useSubscriptionDisplayData } from './countdown.utils';
+import { CountdownEvent, CountdownTarget, useSubscriptionDisplayData } from './countdown.utils';
 import { ScheduleTime } from './CountdownSubscriptions';

 import './SingleEventCountdown.scss';
@@ -38,8 +36,10 @@ export default function SingleEventCountdown({ subscribedEvent, goToEditMode }:
    mode,
  });

+  const expectedEnd = getExpectedEnd(subscribedEvent, expectedStart, currentDay);
+
  const { endedAt } = reportData[subscribedEvent.reportId ?? subscribedEvent.id] ?? { endedAt: null };
-  const countdownEvent = { ...subscribedEvent, expectedStart, endedAt };
+  const countdownEvent = { ...subscribedEvent, expectedStart, endedAt, expectedEnd };
  const titleTmp = getPropertyValue(subscribedEvent, mainSource ?? 'title');
  const title = titleTmp?.length ? titleTmp : ' '; // insert utf-8 empty space to avoid the line collapsing;
  // while a group is live, surface the running event's title as the secondary line
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default function SingleEventCountdown({ subscribedEvent, goToEditMode }:
 }

 interface SubscriptionStatusProps {
-  event: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEvent> & { endedAt: MaybeNumber; expectedStart: number };
+  event: CountdownEvent;
 }

 function SubscriptionStatus({ event }: SubscriptionStatusProps) {
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
  isOntimeGroup,
  isPlayableEvent,
 } from 'ontime-types';
-import { MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, getExpectedStart, millisToString, removeLeadingZero } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, getExpectedEnd, getExpectedStart, millisToString, removeLeadingZero } from 'ontime-utils';

 import { useCountdownSocket } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { ExtendedEntry } from '../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export type CountdownTarget = ExtendedEntry<OntimeEvent> & {
  liveEntry?: ExtendedEntry<OntimeEvent> | null; // the running child while a group is live
 };

-export type CountdownEvent = CountdownTarget & { expectedStart: number; endedAt: MaybeNumber };
+export type CountdownEvent = CountdownTarget & { expectedStart: number; endedAt: MaybeNumber; expectedEnd: number };

 /**
 * Resolves a subscription (event or group) into an event-shaped countdown target.
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ export function extendEventData(
    offset,
    mode,
  });
+  const expectedEnd = getExpectedEnd(event, expectedStart, currentDay);
  const { endedAt } = reportData[event.reportId ?? event.id] ?? { endedAt: null };
-  return { ...event, expectedStart, endedAt };
+  return { ...event, expectedStart, endedAt, expectedEnd };
 }
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function useCountdownData(): ViewData<CountdownData> {
  const isMirrored = useViewOptionsStore((state) => state.mirror);

  // HTTP API data
-  const { data: rundownData, status: rundownStatus } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { data: rundownData, status: rundownStatus } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata(null);
  const { data: projectData, status: projectDataStatus } = useProjectData();
  const { data: settings, status: settingsStatus } = useSettings();
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldsStatus } = useCustomFields();
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@
    'table';
  color: $ui-white;
 }
-
-.rundownSelect {
-  min-width: min(20rem, calc(100vw - 6rem));
-}
@@ -4,51 +4,46 @@ import { IoApps } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import IconButton from '../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import NavigationMenu from '../../common/components/navigation-menu/NavigationMenu';
 import { EntryActionsProvider } from '../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
-import { useScopedRundown } from '../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
-import { useScopedEntryActions } from '../../common/hooks/useEntryAction';
+import { RundownSelectionContextProvider } from '../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import { useWindowTitle } from '../../common/hooks/useWindowTitle';
 import { getIsNavigationLocked } from '../../externals';
 import CuesheetOverview from '../../features/overview/CuesheetOverview';
 import EntryEditModal from './cuesheet-edit-modal/EntryEditModal';
 import CuesheetProgress from './cuesheet-progress/CuesheetProgress';
 import CuesheetTableWrapper from './CuesheetTableWrapper';
-import { FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID, useCuesheetRundownSelection } from './useCuesheetRundownSelection';

 import styles from './CuesheetPage.module.scss';

 export default function CuesheetPage() {
  'use memo';
  const [isMenuOpen, menuHandler] = useDisclosure();
-  const { selectedRundownId, loadedRundownId, setSelectedRundownId, projectRundowns } = useCuesheetRundownSelection();
-  const source = useScopedRundown(selectedRundownId === FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID ? loadedRundownId : selectedRundownId);
-
-  const actions = useScopedEntryActions(source.rundownId);

  useWindowTitle('Cuesheet');

  const isLocked = getIsNavigationLocked();

  return (
-    <EntryActionsProvider actions={actions}>
-      <NavigationMenu isOpen={isMenuOpen} onClose={menuHandler.close} />
-      <EntryEditModal rundown={source.rundown} />
-      <div className={styles.tableWrapper} data-testid='cuesheet'>
-        <CuesheetOverview>
-          {!isLocked && (
-            <IconButton aria-label='Toggle navigation' variant='subtle-white' size='xlarge' onClick={menuHandler.open}>
-              <IoApps />
-            </IconButton>
-          )}
-        </CuesheetOverview>
-        <CuesheetProgress />
-        <CuesheetTableWrapper
-          source={source}
-          selectedRundownId={selectedRundownId}
-          loadedRundownId={loadedRundownId}
-          setSelectedRundownId={setSelectedRundownId}
-          projectRundowns={projectRundowns}
-        />
-      </div>
-    </EntryActionsProvider>
+    <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+      <EntryActionsProvider>
+        <NavigationMenu isOpen={isMenuOpen} onClose={menuHandler.close} />
+        <EntryEditModal />
+        <div className={styles.tableWrapper} data-testid='cuesheet'>
+          <CuesheetOverview>
+            {!isLocked && (
+              <IconButton
+                aria-label='Toggle navigation'
+                variant='subtle-white'
+                size='xlarge'
+                onClick={menuHandler.open}
+              >
+                <IoApps />
+              </IconButton>
+            )}
+          </CuesheetOverview>
+          <CuesheetProgress />
+          <CuesheetTableWrapper />
+        </div>
+      </EntryActionsProvider>
+    </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
  );
 }
@@ -1,39 +1,20 @@
-import { MaybeString, ProjectRundown } from 'ontime-types';
 import { memo, use, useMemo } from 'react';

-import Select from '../../common/components/select/Select';
 import EmptyPage from '../../common/components/state/EmptyPage';
 import { PresetContext } from '../../common/context/PresetContext';
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from '../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import useCustomFields from '../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
-import type { RundownSource } from '../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
-import { AppMode } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import CuesheetDnd from './cuesheet-dnd/CuesheetDnd';
 import { makeCuesheetColumns } from './cuesheet-table/cuesheet-table-elements/cuesheetColsFactory';
 import CuesheetTable from './cuesheet-table/CuesheetTable';
 import { useApplyCuesheetPolicy } from './useApplyCuesheetPolicy';
-import { FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID } from './useCuesheetRundownSelection';
-
-import styles from './CuesheetPage.module.scss';
-
-interface CuesheetTableWrapperProps {
-  source: RundownSource;
-  selectedRundownId: MaybeString;
-  loadedRundownId: string;
-  setSelectedRundownId: (rundownId: string) => void;
-  projectRundowns: ProjectRundown[];
-}

 export default memo(CuesheetTableWrapper);
-function CuesheetTableWrapper({
-  source,
-  selectedRundownId,
-  setSelectedRundownId,
-  loadedRundownId,
-  projectRundowns,
-}: CuesheetTableWrapperProps) {
+function CuesheetTableWrapper() {
  const preset = use(PresetContext);
-  const isCurrentRundown = source.rundownId !== null && source.rundownId === loadedRundownId;
-  const { cuesheetMode, setCuesheetMode } = useApplyCuesheetPolicy(preset, { canRunMode: isCurrentRundown });
+  const { isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();
+
+  const { cuesheetMode, setCuesheetMode } = useApplyCuesheetPolicy(preset, { canRunMode: isLoadedRundown });
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldStatus } = useCustomFields();

  const columns = useMemo(
@@ -50,66 +31,11 @@ function CuesheetTableWrapper({
      ) : (
        <CuesheetTable
          columns={columns}
-          source={source}
          cuesheetMode={cuesheetMode}
          tableRoot='cuesheet'
          setCuesheetMode={setCuesheetMode}
-          isCurrentRundown={isCurrentRundown}
-          insertElement={
-            <>
-              <RundownSelect
-                cuesheetMode={cuesheetMode}
-                selectedRundownId={selectedRundownId}
-                loadedRundownId={loadedRundownId}
-                setSelectedRundownId={setSelectedRundownId}
-                projectRundowns={projectRundowns}
-              />
-            </>
-          }
        />
      )}
    </CuesheetDnd>
  );
 }
-
-interface RundownSelectProps {
-  cuesheetMode: AppMode;
-  selectedRundownId: MaybeString;
-  loadedRundownId: string;
-  setSelectedRundownId: (rundownId: string) => void;
-  projectRundowns: ProjectRundown[];
-}
-
-function RundownSelect({
-  cuesheetMode,
-  projectRundowns,
-  loadedRundownId,
-  selectedRundownId,
-  setSelectedRundownId,
-}: RundownSelectProps) {
-  'use memo';
-  const options = projectRundowns.map(({ id, title }) => ({
-    value: id,
-    label: loadedRundownId === id ? `${title} (loaded)` : title,
-  }));
-  options.unshift({
-    value: FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID,
-    label: 'Follow loaded', // TODO: Better wording and maybe icon? and translation
-  });
-
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.rundownSelect}>
-      <Select
-        value={selectedRundownId ?? undefined}
-        options={options}
-        onValueChange={(value) => {
-          if (value) {
-            setSelectedRundownId(value);
-          }
-        }}
-        disabled={cuesheetMode === AppMode.Run}
-        fluid
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
-}
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID,
-  getCuesheetRundownStorageKey,
-  resolveSelectedRundownId,
-} from '../useCuesheetRundownSelection';
-
-describe('useCuesheetRundownSelection helpers', () => {
-  it('builds a project-scoped storage key', () => {
-    expect(getCuesheetRundownStorageKey('http://localhost:4001', 'My Project')).toBe(
-      'cuesheet-selected-rundown:http://localhost:4001:My Project',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('falls back to the follow loaded rundown when the stored selection is missing', () => {
-    expect(resolveSelectedRundownId('missing', new Set(['loaded', 'other']))).toBe(FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID);
-  });
-
-  it('keeps the stored selection when it still exists in the current project', () => {
-    expect(resolveSelectedRundownId('other', new Set(['loaded', 'other']))).toBe('other');
-  });
-});
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-import { Rundown } from 'ontime-types';
 import { memo } from 'react';

 import Modal from '../../../common/components/modal/Modal';
+import { useContextRundownEditModal } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import CuesheetEntryEditor from '../../../features/rundown/entry-editor/CuesheetEventEditor';
 import { useEditModal } from './useEditModal';

-interface EntryEditModalProps {
-  rundown: Rundown;
-}
-
 export default memo(EntryEditModal);
-function EntryEditModal({ rundown }: EntryEditModalProps) {
+function EntryEditModal() {
+  const { rundown } = useContextRundownEditModal();
  const entryId = useEditModal((state) => state.selectedEntryId);
  const closeModal = useEditModal((state) => state.clearSelection);

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useTableNav } from '@table-nav/react';
 import { ColumnDef, Table, getCoreRowModel, useReactTable } from '@tanstack/react-table';
 import { OntimeEntry, SupportedEntry, TimeField, isOntimeDelay, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
-import { ComponentProps, ReactNode, memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
+import { ComponentProps, memo, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import {
  ContextProp,
  ItemProps,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import EmptyPage from '../../../common/components/state/EmptyPage';
 import EmptyTableBody from '../../../common/components/state/EmptyTableBody';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
-import type { RundownSource } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useScopedRundown';
+import { useContextRundownTable } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { usePersistedRundownOptions } from '../../../features/rundown/rundown.options';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../../../features/rundown/useEventSelection';
@@ -35,34 +35,22 @@ import style from './CuesheetTable.module.scss';
 type CuesheetTableBaseProps = {
  columns: ColumnDef<ExtendedEntry>[];
  cuesheetMode: AppMode;
-  source: RundownSource;
-  insertElement?: ReactNode;
 };

 type EditorCuesheetTableProps = CuesheetTableBaseProps & {
  tableRoot: 'editor';
  setCuesheetMode?: undefined;
-  isCurrentRundown?: undefined;
 };

 type ViewCuesheetTableProps = CuesheetTableBaseProps & {
  tableRoot: 'cuesheet';
  setCuesheetMode: (mode: AppMode) => void;
-  isCurrentRundown?: boolean;
 };

 type CuesheetTableProps = EditorCuesheetTableProps | ViewCuesheetTableProps;

-export default function CuesheetTable({
-  columns,
-  cuesheetMode,
-  source,
-  tableRoot,
-  setCuesheetMode,
-  isCurrentRundown,
-  insertElement,
-}: CuesheetTableProps) {
-  const { flatRundown, status, selectedEventId } = source;
+export default function CuesheetTable({ columns, cuesheetMode, tableRoot, setCuesheetMode }: CuesheetTableProps) {
+  const { flatRundown, status, loadedEventId } = useContextRundownTable();
  const { updateEntry, updateTimer, addEntry } = useEntryActionsContext();
  const canCreateEntries = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.canCreateEntries) && cuesheetMode === AppMode.Edit;

@@ -143,17 +131,17 @@ export default function CuesheetTable({

  // in Run mode, follow the current event
  useEffect(() => {
-    if (virtuosoRef.current === null || cuesheetMode !== AppMode.Run || !selectedEventId) {
+    if (virtuosoRef.current === null || cuesheetMode !== AppMode.Run || !loadedEventId) {
      return;
    }

-    const eventIndex = flatRundown.findIndex((event) => event.id === selectedEventId);
+    const eventIndex = flatRundown.findIndex((event) => event.id === loadedEventId);
    if (eventIndex === -1) {
      return;
    }

    virtuosoRef.current.scrollToIndex({ index: eventIndex, behavior: 'auto', align: 'start', offset: -50 });
-  }, [cuesheetMode, flatRundown, selectedEventId]);
+  }, [cuesheetMode, flatRundown, loadedEventId]);

  // Provide an imperative scroll handler for explicit jumps (finder/keyboard)
  useEffect(() => {
@@ -242,17 +230,9 @@ export default function CuesheetTable({
        handleResetResizing={resetColumnResizing}
        handleResetReordering={resetColumnOrder}
        handleClearToggles={setAllVisible}
-        insertElement={insertElement}
-        modeControls={
-          tableRoot === 'cuesheet'
-            ? {
-                cuesheetMode,
-                setCuesheetMode,
-                isCurrentRundown,
-              }
-            : undefined
-        }
-        showShare={tableRoot === 'cuesheet'}
+        appMode={cuesheetMode}
+        tableRoot={tableRoot}
+        setCuesheetMode={setCuesheetMode}
      />
      <TableVirtuoso
        ref={virtuosoRef}
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import Button from '../../../../common/components/buttons/Button';
 import Checkbox from '../../../../common/components/checkbox/Checkbox';
 import * as Editor from '../../../../common/components/editor-utils/EditorUtils';
 import PopoverContents from '../../../../common/components/popover/Popover';
+import { useRundownSelectionContext } from '../../../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import type { ExtendedEntry } from '../../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
+import { RundownSelect } from '../../../../features/rundown/common/RundownSelect';
 import { AppMode } from '../../../../ontimeConfig';
 import { useCuesheetPermissions } from '../../useTablePermissions';
 import CuesheetShareModal from './CuesheetShareModal';
@@ -30,21 +32,15 @@ type TableHeaderOptionValues = Pick<
  'hideTableSeconds' | 'hideIndexColumn' | 'showDelayedTimes' | 'hideDelays'
 >;

-type TableModeControls = {
-  cuesheetMode: AppMode;
-  setCuesheetMode: (mode: AppMode) => void;
-  isCurrentRundown?: boolean;
-};
-
 interface CuesheetTableHeaderToolbarProps {
  columns: Column<ExtendedEntry, unknown>[];
  optionsStore: TableHeaderOptionsStore;
  handleResetResizing: () => void;
  handleResetReordering: () => void;
  handleClearToggles: () => void;
-  insertElement?: ReactNode;
-  modeControls?: TableModeControls;
-  showShare?: boolean;
+  setCuesheetMode?: (mode: AppMode) => void;
+  appMode: AppMode;
+  tableRoot: 'editor' | 'cuesheet';
 }

 export default function CuesheetTableHeaderToolbar({
@@ -53,23 +49,23 @@ export default function CuesheetTableHeaderToolbar({
  handleResetResizing,
  handleResetReordering,
  handleClearToggles,
-  insertElement,
-  modeControls,
-  showShare = false,
+  setCuesheetMode,
+  tableRoot,
+  appMode,
 }: CuesheetTableHeaderToolbarProps) {
-  const canChangeMode = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.canChangeMode);
-  const canShare = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.canShare);
+  const canChangeMode = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.canChangeMode) && tableRoot === 'cuesheet';
+  const canShare = useCuesheetPermissions((state) => state.canShare) && tableRoot === 'cuesheet';
+  const showRundownSelect = tableRoot === 'cuesheet';
+  const { isLoadedRundown } = useRundownSelectionContext();

  const toggleCuesheetMode = (mode: AppMode[]) => {
    const newValue = mode.at(0);
-    if (!newValue || !modeControls) return;
-    modeControls.setCuesheetMode(newValue);
+    if (!newValue || !setCuesheetMode) return;
+    setCuesheetMode(newValue);
  };

-  const isBackground = !(modeControls?.isCurrentRundown ?? true);
-
  return (
-    <Toolbar.Root className={style.tableSettings} data-background-rundown={isBackground}>
+    <Toolbar.Root className={style.tableSettings} data-background-rundown={!isLoadedRundown}>
      <ViewSettings optionsStore={optionsStore} />
      <ColumnSettings
        columns={columns}
@@ -77,14 +73,14 @@ export default function CuesheetTableHeaderToolbar({
        handleResetReordering={handleResetReordering}
        handleClearToggles={handleClearToggles}
      />
-      {modeControls && canChangeMode && (
-        <div className={style.apart}>
-          {insertElement}
+      <div className={style.apart}>
+        {showRundownSelect && <RundownSelect appMode={appMode} />}
+        {canChangeMode && (
          <ToggleGroup
-            value={[modeControls.cuesheetMode]}
+            value={[appMode]}
            onValueChange={toggleCuesheetMode}
            className={style.group}
-            disabled={!modeControls.isCurrentRundown}
+            disabled={!isLoadedRundown}
          >
            <Toolbar.Button render={<Toggle />} value={AppMode.Run} className={style.radioButton}>
              Run
@@ -93,10 +89,10 @@ export default function CuesheetTableHeaderToolbar({
              Edit
            </Toolbar.Button>
          </ToggleGroup>
-        </div>
-      )}
+        )}
+      </div>

-      {showShare && canShare && (
+      {canShare && (
        <>
          <Editor.Separator orientation='vertical' />
          <CuesheetShareModal />
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import { useSessionStorage } from '@mantine/hooks';
-import { startTransition, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router';
-
-import { useOrderedProjectList } from '../../common/hooks-query/useProjectList';
-import { useProjectRundowns } from '../../common/hooks-query/useProjectRundowns';
-import { serverURL } from '../../externals';
-
-export const FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID = '__follow-loaded__' as const;
-
-export function getCuesheetRundownStorageKey(server: string, projectFilename: string) {
-  return `cuesheet-selected-rundown:${server}:${projectFilename}`;
-}
-
-export function resolveSelectedRundownId(storedSelectedRundownId: string | null, availableRundownIds: Set<string>) {
-  if (storedSelectedRundownId && availableRundownIds.has(storedSelectedRundownId)) return storedSelectedRundownId;
-  return FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID;
-}
-
-export function useCuesheetRundownSelection() {
-  'use memo';
-
-  const { data: projectRundowns } = useProjectRundowns();
-  const {
-    data: { lastLoadedProject },
-  } = useOrderedProjectList();
-  const storageKey = useMemo(() => getCuesheetRundownStorageKey(serverURL, lastLoadedProject), [lastLoadedProject]);
-  const [storedSelectedRundownId, setStoredSelectedRundownId] = useSessionStorage<string | null>({
-    key: storageKey,
-    defaultValue: FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID,
-  });
-
-  const availableRundownIds = new Set(projectRundowns.rundowns.map(({ id }) => id)).add(FOLLOW_LOADED_RUNDOWN_ID);
-  const { loaded: loadedRundownId } = projectRundowns;
-
-  const selectedRundownId = resolveSelectedRundownId(storedSelectedRundownId, availableRundownIds);
-
-  return {
-    loadedRundownId,
-    selectedRundownId,
-    projectRundowns: projectRundowns.rundowns,
-    setSelectedRundownId: (rundownId: string) => {
-      startTransition(() => {
-        setStoredSelectedRundownId(rundownId);
-      });
-    },
-  };
-}
-
-export function useDirectLinkToBackgroundEdit() {
-  const {
-    data: { lastLoadedProject },
-  } = useOrderedProjectList();
-  const navigate = useNavigate();
-  const storageKey = getCuesheetRundownStorageKey(serverURL, lastLoadedProject);
-  const [_, setStoredSelectedRundownId] = useSessionStorage<string | null>({ key: storageKey, defaultValue: null });
-
-  return useCallback(
-    async (rundownId: string) => {
-      await navigate('/cuesheet');
-      startTransition(() => setStoredSelectedRundownId(rundownId));
-    },
-    [setStoredSelectedRundownId, navigate],
-  );
-}
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { lazy } from 'react';

+import { RundownSelectionContextProvider } from '../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
 import TrackingPlaybackBar from '../../features/control/playback/tracking-playback-bar/TrackingPlaybackBar';
 import { AppMode } from '../../ontimeConfig';
 import TitleList from './title-list/TitleList';
@@ -14,44 +15,51 @@ const MessageControl = lazy(() => import('../../features/control/message/Message
 export default function Editor() {
  const { layoutMode } = useEditorLayout();

-  if (layoutMode === EditorLayoutMode.CONTROL) {
-    return (
-      <div id='panels' className={styles.panelContainer}>
-        <div className={styles.left}>
-          <TimerControl />
-          <MessageControl />
-        </div>
-        <Rundown />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-  if (layoutMode === EditorLayoutMode.TRACKING) {
-    return (
-      <div id='panels' className={`${styles.panelContainer} ${styles.panelContainerTracking}`}>
-        <div className={styles.rundownLayout}>
-          <div className={styles.titlesPanel}>
-            <TitleList mode={AppMode.Run} />
+  switch (layoutMode) {
+    case EditorLayoutMode.TRACKING: {
+      return (
+        <div id='panels' className={`${styles.panelContainer} ${styles.panelContainerTracking}`}>
+          <div className={styles.rundownLayout}>
+            <div className={styles.titlesPanel}>
+              <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+                <TitleList mode={AppMode.Run} />
+              </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+            </div>
+            <div className={styles.rundownPanel}>
+              <Rundown />
+            </div>
          </div>
-          <div className={styles.rundownPanel}>
-            <Rundown />
+          <TrackingPlaybackBar />
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+    case EditorLayoutMode.PLANNING: {
+      return (
+        <div id='panels' className={styles.panelContainer}>
+          <div className={styles.rundownLayout}>
+            <div className={styles.titlesPanel}>
+              <RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+                <TitleList mode={AppMode.Edit} />
+              </RundownSelectionContextProvider>
+            </div>
+            <div className={styles.rundownPanel}>
+              <Rundown />
+            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
-        <TrackingPlaybackBar />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div id='panels' className={styles.panelContainer}>
-      <div className={styles.rundownLayout}>
-        <div className={styles.titlesPanel}>
-          <TitleList mode={AppMode.Edit} />
-        </div>
-        <div className={styles.rundownPanel}>
+      );
+    }
+    case EditorLayoutMode.CONTROL:
+    default: {
+      return (
+        <div id='panels' className={styles.panelContainer}>
+          <div className={styles.left}>
+            <TimerControl />
+            <MessageControl />
+          </div>
          <Rundown />
        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { EntryId, MaybeString, SupportedEntry, isOntimeEvent, isOntimeGroup, isOntimeMilestone } from 'ontime-types';
 import { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';

-import { useFlatRundown } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useContextRundownFinder } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import { useSelectAndRevealEntry } from '../../../features/rundown/useSelectAndRevealEntry';

 const maxResults = 12;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type FilterableMilestone = {
 type FilterableEntry = FilterableGroup | FilterableEvent | FilterableMilestone;

 export default function useFinder() {
-  const { data, rundownId } = useFlatRundown();
+  const { rundown: data, rundownId } = useContextRundownFinder();
  const [results, setResults] = useState<FilterableEntry[]>([]);
  const [error, setError] = useState<MaybeString>(null);
  const lastSearchString = useRef('');
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Virtuoso, VirtuosoHandle } from 'react-virtuoso';

 import ScrollArea from '../../../common/components/scroll-area/ScrollArea';
-import useRundown from '../../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useContextRundownList } from '../../../common/hooks-query/useContextRundown';
 import { useSelectedEventId } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { ExtendedEntry, getFlatRundownMetadata } from '../../../common/utils/rundownMetadata';
 import { useEventSelection } from '../../../features/rundown/useEventSelection';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ interface TitleListProps {
 }

 export default function TitleList({ mode }: TitleListProps) {
-  const { data: rundown } = useRundown();
+  const { rundown } = useContextRundownList();
  const selectedEventId = useSelectedEventId();
  const cursor = useEventSelection((state) => state.cursor);

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { isValueOfEnum } from 'ontime-utils';
+import { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useSearchParams } from 'react-router';

+import { setSelectRundownInParams } from '../../common/context/RundownSelectionContext';
+
 const layoutParam = 'layout';

 export enum EditorLayoutMode {
@@ -20,14 +23,29 @@ function getEditorLayout(value: string | null): EditorLayoutMode {
 }

 export function useEditorLayout() {
+  'use memo';
+
  const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
  const layoutMode = getEditorLayout(searchParams.get(layoutParam));

-  const setLayoutMode = (mode: EditorLayoutMode) => {
-    const nextParams = new URLSearchParams(searchParams);
-    nextParams.set(layoutParam, mode);
-    setSearchParams(nextParams, { replace: true });
-  };
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setSearchParams((searchParams) => {
+      if (layoutMode !== EditorLayoutMode.PLANNING) setSelectRundownInParams(null, searchParams);
+      return searchParams;
+    });
+  }, [setSearchParams, layoutMode]);
+
+  const setLayoutMode = useCallback(
+    (mode: EditorLayoutMode) => {
+      setSearchParams((searchParams) => {
+        searchParams.set(layoutParam, mode);
+        // Only the Planning layout is allowed to look at something other than the current rundown
+        if (mode !== EditorLayoutMode.PLANNING) setSelectRundownInParams(null, searchParams);
+        return searchParams;
+      });
+    },
+    [setSearchParams],
+  );

  return { layoutMode, setLayoutMode };
 }
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface TimelineData {

 export function useTimelineData(): ViewData<TimelineData> {
  // HTTP API data
-  const { data: rundownData, status: rundownStatus } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata();
+  const { data: rundownData, status: rundownStatus } = useFlatRundownWithMetadata(null);
  const { data: projectData, status: projectDataStatus } = useProjectData();
  const { data: settings, status: settingsStatus } = useSettings();
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldsStatus } = useCustomFields();
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { CustomFields, ProjectData, RundownEntries, Settings, ViewSettings } fro

 import useCustomFields from '../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
 import useProjectData from '../../common/hooks-query/useProjectData';
-import useRundown from '../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
+import { useRundown } from '../../common/hooks-query/useRundown';
 import useSettings from '../../common/hooks-query/useSettings';
 import useViewSettings from '../../common/hooks-query/useViewSettings';
 import { useViewOptionsStore } from '../../common/stores/viewOptions';
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function useTimerData(): ViewData<TimerData> {
  const { data: viewSettings, status: viewSettingsStatus } = useViewSettings();
  const { data: settings, status: settingsStatus } = useSettings();
  const { data: customFields, status: customFieldsStatus } = useCustomFields();
-  const { data: rundown, status: rundownStatus } = useRundown();
+  const { data: rundown, status: rundownStatus } = useRundown(null);
  const { entries } = rundown;

  return {
@@ -714,17 +714,17 @@ describe('processRundown()', () => {
 });

 describe('rundownMutation.add()', () => {
-  test('adds an event an empty rundown', () => {
+  test('adds an event to an empty rundown', () => {
    const mockEvent = makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'mock', cue: 'mock' });
    const rundown = makeRundown({});

-    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, null, null);
+    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, null, null, null);

    expect(rundown.order.length).toBe(1);
    expect(rundown.entries['mock']).toMatchObject(mockEvent);
  });

-  test('adds an event at the top if no afterId is given', () => {
+  test('adds an event at the end if no afterId is given', () => {
    const mockEvent = makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'mock', cue: 'mock' });
    const rundown = makeRundown({
      flatOrder: ['1'],
@@ -734,28 +734,28 @@ describe('rundownMutation.add()', () => {
      },
    });

-    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, null, null);
+    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, null, null, null);

-    expect(rundown.order).toStrictEqual(['mock', '1']);
-    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toStrictEqual(['mock', '1']);
+    expect(rundown.order).toStrictEqual(['1', 'mock']);
+    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toStrictEqual(['1', 'mock']);
    expect(rundown.entries['mock']).toMatchObject(mockEvent);
  });

-  test('adds an event at the top of the group if no after is given', () => {
+  test('adds an event at the end of the group if parent is provided but no after', () => {
    const mockEvent = makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'mock', cue: 'mock' });
    const rundown = makeRundown({
      flatOrder: ['1', '1a'],
      order: ['1'],
      entries: {
-        '1': makeOntimeGroup({ id: '1' }),
+        '1': makeOntimeGroup({ id: '1', entries: ['1a'] }),
        '1a': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '1a', parent: '1' }),
      },
    });

-    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, null, rundown.entries['1'] as OntimeGroup);
+    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, rundown.entries['1'] as OntimeGroup, null, null);

    expect(rundown.order).toStrictEqual(['1']);
-    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toStrictEqual(['1', 'mock', '1a']);
+    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toStrictEqual(['1', '1a', 'mock']);
    expect(rundown.entries['mock']).toMatchObject(mockEvent);
  });

@@ -765,12 +765,12 @@ describe('rundownMutation.add()', () => {
      flatOrder: ['1', '1a'],
      order: ['1'],
      entries: {
-        '1': makeOntimeGroup({ id: '1' }),
+        '1': makeOntimeGroup({ id: '1', entries: ['1a'] }),
        '1a': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '1a', parent: '1' }),
      },
    });

-    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, '1a', rundown.entries['1'] as OntimeGroup);
+    rundownMutation.add(rundown, mockEvent, rundown.entries['1'] as OntimeGroup, '1a', null);

    expect(rundown.order).toStrictEqual(['1']);
    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toStrictEqual(['1', '1a', 'mock']);
@@ -1839,6 +1839,49 @@ describe('rundownMutation.clone()', () => {
      parent: null,
    });
  });
+
+  it('clones an event and appends it with after true', () => {
+    const testRundown = makeRundown({
+      order: ['1', '2'],
+      entries: {
+        '1': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '1', cue: 'event1', parent: null }),
+        '2': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '2', cue: 'event2', parent: null }),
+      },
+    });
+
+    const newEntry = rundownMutation.clone(testRundown, testRundown.entries['1'], { after: true });
+
+    expect(testRundown.order).toStrictEqual(['1', '2', newEntry.id]);
+  });
+
+  it('clones an event and prepends it with before true', () => {
+    const testRundown = makeRundown({
+      order: ['1', '2'],
+      entries: {
+        '1': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '1', cue: 'event1', parent: null }),
+        '2': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '2', cue: 'event2', parent: null }),
+      },
+    });
+
+    const newEntry = rundownMutation.clone(testRundown, testRundown.entries['2'], { before: true });
+
+    expect(testRundown.order).toStrictEqual([newEntry.id, '1', '2']);
+  });
+
+  it('clones a group and appends it with after true', () => {
+    const testRundown = makeRundown({
+      order: ['1', '2'],
+      entries: {
+        '1': makeOntimeGroup({ id: '1', title: 'top', entries: ['1a'] }),
+        '1a': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '1a', cue: 'nested', parent: '1' }),
+        '2': makeOntimeEvent({ id: '2', cue: 'event2', parent: null }),
+      },
+    });
+
+    const newEntry = rundownMutation.clone(testRundown, testRundown.entries['1'], { after: true });
+
+    expect(testRundown.order).toStrictEqual(['1', '2', newEntry.id]);
+  });
 });

 describe('rundownMutation.group()', () => {
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type { OntimeGroup } from 'ontime-types';
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+
+import { makeOntimeEvent, makeOntimeGroup, makeRundown } from '../__mocks__/rundown.mocks.js';
+import { assertInsertAnchorExists, assertInsertAnchorInOrder } from '../rundown.validation.js';
+
+const rundown = makeRundown({
+  order: ['top', 'group'],
+  entries: {
+    top: makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'top', parent: null }),
+    group: makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'group', entries: ['nested'] }),
+    nested: makeOntimeEvent({ id: 'nested', parent: 'group' }),
+  },
+});
+
+describe('insertion anchor validation', () => {
+  test('rejects a missing anchor', () => {
+    expect(() => assertInsertAnchorInOrder(rundown, null, { before: 'missing' })).toThrow(
+      'Insertion anchor with ID missing does not exist',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('rejects an anchor from a different order', () => {
+    expect(() => assertInsertAnchorInOrder(rundown, null, { after: 'nested' })).toThrow(
+      'Insertion anchor with ID nested is not in the target order',
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('accepts a group-local anchor', () => {
+    const group = rundown.entries.group as OntimeGroup;
+
+    expect(() => assertInsertAnchorInOrder(rundown, group, { before: 'nested' })).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  test('checks clone anchors exist', () => {
+    expect(() => assertInsertAnchorExists(rundown, { after: 'missing' })).toThrow(
+      'Insertion anchor with ID missing does not exist',
+    );
+  });
+});
@@ -439,21 +439,27 @@ function clone(rundown: Rundown, entry: OntimeEntry, options?: InsertOptions): O
      rundown.entries[nestedEntry.id] = nestedEntry;
    }

-    // by default we insert after the cloned element
-    let atIndex = rundown.order.indexOf(entry.id) + 1;
-
-    const referenceId = options?.after ?? options?.before;
-    if (referenceId) {
-      // trying to insert relatively to another entry
-      const referenceEntry = rundown.entries[referenceId];
-      if (referenceEntry) {
-        if (options?.after) {
-          atIndex = rundown.order.indexOf(referenceId) + 1;
-        } else if (options?.before) {
-          atIndex = rundown.order.indexOf(referenceId);
-        }
+    const position: { after: EntryId | null; before: EntryId | null } = (() => {
+      if (options?.after === undefined && options?.before === undefined) {
+        return { after: entry.id, before: null };
      }
-    }
+
+      const after = getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, options.after, options.before);
+      const before = options.before === true ? (after ?? null) : (options.before ?? null);
+      return { after, before };
+    })();
+
+    const atIndex = (() => {
+      if (position.before !== null) {
+        return rundown.order.indexOf(position.before);
+      }
+
+      if (position.after !== null) {
+        return rundown.order.indexOf(position.after) + 1;
+      }
+
+      return rundown.order.length;
+    })();

    // we only need to insert the group, the nested entries will be resolved by the rundown engine
    rundown.order = insertAtIndex(atIndex, newGroup.id, rundown.order);
@@ -461,41 +467,33 @@ function clone(rundown: Rundown, entry: OntimeEntry, options?: InsertOptions): O
    return newGroup;
  } else {
    const clonedEntry = cloneSimpleRundownEntry(entry, getUniqueId(rundown));
+    const parent = (() => {
+      const referenceId = (() => {
+        if (typeof options?.after === 'string') return options.after;
+        if (typeof options?.before === 'string') return options.before;
+        return undefined;
+      })();

-    let parent: OntimeGroup | null = null;
+      const referenceEntry = referenceId ? rundown.entries[referenceId] : entry;
+      const parentId = referenceEntry && !isOntimeGroup(referenceEntry) ? referenceEntry.parent : null;
+      if (parentId === null) return null;

-    // trying to insert relatively to another entry, check that entries parent
-    const referenceId = options?.after ?? options?.before;
+      const maybeParent = rundown.entries[parentId];
+      return isOntimeGroup(maybeParent) ? maybeParent : null;
+    })();

-    /**
-     * if we have a positioning reference, and that reference has a parent
-     * we need to maintain the same parent for the cloned entry
-     */
-    if (referenceId) {
-      const referenceEntry = rundown.entries[referenceId];
-
-      if (referenceEntry && !isOntimeGroup(referenceEntry)) {
-        if (referenceEntry.parent) {
-          const maybeParent = rundown.entries[referenceEntry.parent];
-          if (maybeParent && isOntimeGroup(maybeParent)) {
-            parent = maybeParent;
-          }
-        }
+    const position = (() => {
+      // if no position is given, we add immediately after the element
+      if (options?.after === undefined && options?.before === undefined) {
+        return { after: entry.id, before: null };
      }
-    } else if (entry.parent) {
-      const maybeParent = rundown.entries[entry.parent];
-      if (maybeParent && isOntimeGroup(maybeParent)) {
-        parent = maybeParent;
-      }
-    }

-    // if we have resolved a parent, we add it to the cloned entry
-    let after = getInsertAfterId(rundown, parent, options?.after, options?.before);
-    if (!after) {
-      after = entry.id;
-    }
+      const after = getInsertAfterId(rundown, parent, options.after, options.before);
+      const before = options?.before === true ? after : (options.before ?? null);
+      return { after, before };
+    })();

-    return addToRundown(rundown, clonedEntry, after, parent);
+    return addToRundown(rundown, clonedEntry, parent, position.after, position.before);
  }
 }

@@ -40,11 +40,15 @@ import { parseRundown } from './rundown.parser.js';
 import type { RundownMetadata } from './rundown.types.js';
 import {
  generateEvent,
+  getFirstInsertId,
  getIntegerAndFraction,
+  getLastInsertId,
+  getPreviousInsertId,
  hasChanges,
  mergeRundownPreservingFields,
  isLoadedPlayable,
 } from './rundown.utils.js';
+import { assertInsertAnchorExists, assertInsertAnchorInOrder, assertSingleInsertAnchor } from './rundown.validation.js';

 /**
 * creates a new entry with given data
@@ -52,6 +56,8 @@ import {
 export async function addEntry(rundownId: string, eventData: EventPostPayload): Promise<OntimeEntry> {
  const { rundown, commit } = createTransaction({ rundownId, mutableRundown: true });

+  assertSingleInsertAnchor(eventData);
+
  // we allow the user to provide an ID, but make sure it is unique
  if (eventData?.id && Object.hasOwn(rundown.entries, eventData.id)) {
    throw new Error(`Event with ID ${eventData.id} already exists`);
@@ -68,14 +74,29 @@ export async function addEntry(rundownId: string, eventData: EventPostPayload):
    parent = maybeParent;
  }

+  assertInsertAnchorInOrder(rundown, parent, eventData);
+
  // normalise the position of the event in the rundown order
-  const afterId = getInsertAfterId(rundown, parent, eventData?.after, eventData?.before);
+  const insertPosition = (() => {
+    if (eventData.before !== undefined) {
+      const beforeId = getFirstInsertId(rundown, parent, eventData.before);
+      return { afterId: null, beforeId, cueAfterId: getPreviousInsertId(rundown, parent, beforeId) };
+    }
+
+    // if after is an ID, we will try and find the entry
+    if (eventData.after !== undefined && eventData.after !== true) {
+      const afterId = getInsertAfterId(rundown, parent, eventData.after);
+      return { afterId, beforeId: null, cueAfterId: afterId };
+    }
+
+    return { afterId: null, beforeId: null, cueAfterId: getLastInsertId(rundown, parent) };
+  })();

  // generate a fully formed entry from the patch
-  const newEntry = generateEvent(rundown, eventData, afterId, parent?.id);
+  const newEntry = generateEvent(rundown, eventData, insertPosition.cueAfterId, parent?.id);

  // make mutations to rundown
-  rundownMutation.add(rundown, newEntry, afterId, parent);
+  rundownMutation.add(rundown, newEntry, parent, insertPosition.afterId, insertPosition.beforeId);

  const { rundown: responseRundown, rundownMetadata, revision } = await commit();

@@ -395,7 +416,10 @@ export async function swapEvents(rundownId: string, fromId: EntryId, toId: Entry
 * @throws if the entry to clone does not exist
 */
 export async function cloneEntry(rundownId: string, entryId: EntryId, options: InsertOptions): Promise<Rundown> {
+  assertSingleInsertAnchor(options);
+
  const { rundown, commit } = createTransaction({ rundownId, mutableRundown: true });
+  assertInsertAnchorExists(rundown, options);
  const originalEntry = rundown.entries[entryId];

  if (!originalEntry) {
@@ -70,6 +70,50 @@ export function generateEvent(
  throw new Error('Invalid event type');
 }

+/**
+ * Gets the last valid insertion reference for a top-level rundown or group order.
+ * Used when appending entries and when generating cues from the preceding entry.
+ */
+export function getLastInsertId(rundown: Rundown, parent: OntimeGroup | null): EntryId | null {
+  const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
+  return insertionList[insertionList.length - 1] ?? null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a `before` insertion option to the first entry in the relevant order when `true` is provided.
+ * String values are already explicit anchors and are returned unchanged.
+ */
+export function getFirstInsertId(rundown: Rundown, parent: OntimeGroup | null, before: EntryId | true): EntryId | null {
+  if (before !== true) {
+    return before;
+  }
+
+  const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
+  return insertionList[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the sibling before a `before` insertion anchor in the top-level or group order.
+ * Returns `null` when the new entry will be inserted at the start.
+ */
+export function getPreviousInsertId(
+  rundown: Rundown,
+  parent: OntimeGroup | null,
+  beforeId: EntryId | null,
+): EntryId | null {
+  if (beforeId === null) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
+  const beforeIndex = insertionList.indexOf(beforeId);
+  if (beforeIndex < 1) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return insertionList[beforeIndex - 1] ?? null;
+}
+
 export function createEventPatch(originalEvent: OntimeEvent, patchEvent: Partial<OntimeEvent>): OntimeEvent {
  if (Object.keys(patchEvent).length === 0) {
    return originalEvent;
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { body, param } from 'express-validator';
+import type { EntryId, InsertOptions, OntimeGroup, Rundown } from 'ontime-types';

 import { requestValidationFunction } from '../validation-utils/validationFunction.js';

@@ -37,15 +38,27 @@ export const rundownImportValidator = [

 export const entryPostValidator = [
  body('type').isString().isIn(['event', 'delay', 'group', 'milestone']),
-  body('after').optional().isString(),
-  body('before').optional().isString(),
+  body('after')
+    .optional()
+    .custom((value) => value === true || typeof value === 'string')
+    .withMessage('Allowed values for after are an ID or true.'),
+  body('before')
+    .optional()
+    .custom((value) => value === true || typeof value === 'string')
+    .withMessage('Allowed values for before are an ID or true.'),

  requestValidationFunction,
 ];

 export const clonePostValidator = [
-  body('after').optional().isString(),
-  body('before').optional().isString(),
+  body('after')
+    .optional()
+    .custom((value) => value === true || typeof value === 'string')
+    .withMessage('Allowed values for after are an ID or true.'),
+  body('before')
+    .optional()
+    .custom((value) => value === true || typeof value === 'string')
+    .withMessage('Allowed values for before are an ID or true.'),

  requestValidationFunction,
 ];
@@ -93,4 +106,44 @@ export const entryRenumberValidator = [
  requestValidationFunction,
 ];

+/**
+ * Ensures callers use a single insertion anchor so placement is unambiguous.
+ */
+export function assertSingleInsertAnchor(options: InsertOptions) {
+  if (options.after !== undefined && options.before !== undefined) {
+    throw new Error('Use only one insertion anchor: after or before');
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensures an ID anchor exists and belongs to the order it is intended to position within.
+ */
+export function assertInsertAnchorInOrder(rundown: Rundown, parent: OntimeGroup | null, options: InsertOptions) {
+  const anchor = getStringInsertAnchor(options);
+  if (anchor === undefined) return;
+
+  if (!Object.hasOwn(rundown.entries, anchor)) {
+    throw new Error(`Insertion anchor with ID ${anchor} does not exist`);
+  }
+
+  const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
+  if (!insertionList.includes(anchor)) {
+    throw new Error(`Insertion anchor with ID ${anchor} is not in the target order`);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Ensures an ID anchor refers to an entry in the rundown. */
+export function assertInsertAnchorExists(rundown: Rundown, options: InsertOptions) {
+  const anchor = getStringInsertAnchor(options);
+  if (anchor !== undefined && !Object.hasOwn(rundown.entries, anchor)) {
+    throw new Error(`Insertion anchor with ID ${anchor} does not exist`);
+  }
+}
+
+function getStringInsertAnchor(options: InsertOptions): EntryId | undefined {
+  if (typeof options.after === 'string') return options.after;
+  if (typeof options.before === 'string') return options.before;
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 // #endregion operations on rundown entries =======================
@@ -153,6 +153,41 @@ describe('mcp.service', () => {
    expect(result.created.map((entry) => entry.id)).toEqual(['entry-1', 'entry-2', 'entry-3', 'entry-4']);
  });

+  it('omits insert anchors when creating an entry without a position', async () => {
+    await createEntryForMcp({
+      type: SupportedEntry.Milestone,
+      title: 'End marker',
+    });
+
+    expect(addEntryMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'loaded-rundown',
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, title: 'End marker' }),
+    );
+    expect(addEntryMock.mock.calls[0][1]).not.toHaveProperty('after');
+    expect(addEntryMock.mock.calls[0][1]).not.toHaveProperty('before');
+  });
+
+  it('uses before true for the first batch entry and chains the rest', async () => {
+    await batchCreateEntriesForMcp({
+      before: true,
+      entries: [
+        { type: SupportedEntry.Event, title: 'First' },
+        { type: SupportedEntry.Event, title: 'Second' },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(addEntryMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      'loaded-rundown',
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: SupportedEntry.Event, title: 'First', before: true }),
+    );
+    expect(addEntryMock).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      'loaded-rundown',
+      expect.objectContaining({ type: SupportedEntry.Event, title: 'Second', after: 'entry-1' }),
+    );
+  });
+
  it('rejects nested groups before creating entries', async () => {
    await expect(
      batchCreateEntriesForMcp({
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ Read the ontime://schema resource if you need a data model reference.

 Steps:
 1. Call ontime_list_rundowns and identify the target rundown. If the user wants a background rundown, pass its \`rundownId\` in all entry read/write calls instead of loading it.
-2. Call ontime_get_rundown with the chosen \`rundownId\` to see current state and identify an \`after\` anchor if appending.
+2. Call ontime_get_rundown with the chosen \`rundownId\` to see current state and avoid duplicating existing entries.
 3. Call ontime_get_timer_state. If playback is not \`stop\` and the target is the loaded rundown, explain that MCP edits affect the live rundown and ask the user to confirm before changing it. If the target is a background rundown, it can be edited without interrupting playback.
 4. Build an array of entries in order and call ontime_batch_create_entries ONCE with all of them. This is much faster than calling ontime_create_entry per item.
-5. If the rundown already has events, pass \`after: <last event id>\` on the batch call so new events chain from the end.
+5. Omit \`after\` and \`before\` on the batch call to append the new entries to the end of the rundown. Use \`after: true\` for an explicit append request, or \`before: true\` for an explicit prepend request.

 Entry type guidance:
 - Use \`event\` for anything with a scheduled time and duration (talks, panels, breaks, meals).
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ export type BatchCreateEntryArgs = CreateEntryArgs & { children?: BatchCreateEnt
 export type UpdateEntryArgs = EntryFieldArgs & TargetRundownArgs & { id: EntryId };
 export type GroupEntriesArgs = GroupFieldArgs & TargetRundownArgs & { ids: EntryId[] };
 export type UngroupEntryArgs = TargetRundownArgs & { id: EntryId };
+type BatchCreateEntriesArgs = TargetRundownArgs & {
+  entries: BatchCreateEntryArgs[];
+  after?: EntryId | true;
+  before?: EntryId | true;
+};

 export function resolveTargetRundownId(args: TargetRundownArgs): string {
  return args.rundownId ?? getCurrentRundownId();
@@ -133,20 +138,24 @@ export function assertKnownCustomFields(...customValues: Array<EntryFieldArgs['c
 /** Translates tool arguments into the payload consumed by rundown.service addEntry */
 export function toEntryPayload(args: CreateEntryArgs): EventPostPayload {
  const { type = SupportedEntry.Event, after, before } = args;
+  const insertOptions = {
+    ...(after !== undefined ? { after } : {}),
+    ...(before !== undefined ? { before } : {}),
+  };

  switch (type) {
    case SupportedEntry.Delay:
-      return { type: SupportedEntry.Delay, duration: args.duration, after, before };
+      return { type: SupportedEntry.Delay, duration: args.duration, ...insertOptions };
    case SupportedEntry.Milestone: {
      const { cue, title, note, colour, custom } = args;
-      return { type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, cue, title, note, colour, custom, after, before };
+      return { type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, cue, title, note, colour, custom, ...insertOptions };
    }
    case SupportedEntry.Group:
      // group creation currently only accepts a title, see generateEvent in rundown.utils.ts
-      return { type: SupportedEntry.Group, title: args.title, after, before };
+      return { type: SupportedEntry.Group, title: args.title, ...insertOptions };
    case SupportedEntry.Event: {
-      const { type: _type, rundownId: _rundownId, ...eventFields } = args;
-      return { type: SupportedEntry.Event, ...eventFields };
+      const { type: _type, rundownId: _rundownId, after: _after, before: _before, ...eventFields } = args;
+      return { type: SupportedEntry.Event, ...eventFields, ...insertOptions };
    }
    default:
      throw new Error(`Invalid entry type: ${String(type)}`);
@@ -259,20 +268,25 @@ export async function ungroupEntryForMcp(args: UngroupEntryArgs) {
  return { target: getTargetMeta(rundownId), ungrouped: args.id, order: updatedRundown.order };
 }

-export async function batchCreateEntriesForMcp(
-  args: TargetRundownArgs & { entries: BatchCreateEntryArgs[]; after?: EntryId },
-) {
-  const { entries = [], after } = args;
+export async function batchCreateEntriesForMcp(args: BatchCreateEntriesArgs) {
+  const { entries = [], after, before } = args;
  validateBatchCreateEntries(entries);
  const allEntries = flattenBatchCreateEntries(entries);
  assertKnownCustomFields(...allEntries.map((entry) => entry.custom));
  const rundownId = resolveTargetRundownId(args);
-  let previousId = after;
+  let previousId: EntryId | undefined;
  const created: OntimeEntry[] = [];

  for (const entryArgs of entries) {
+    const firstInsertOptions =
+      created.length === 0
+        ? {
+            ...(after !== undefined ? { after } : {}),
+            ...(before !== undefined ? { before } : {}),
+          }
+        : undefined;
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop -- top-level entries chain after the previously created one
-    const entry = await createBatchEntry(rundownId, entryArgs, previousId);
+    const entry = await createBatchEntry(rundownId, entryArgs, previousId, undefined, firstInsertOptions);
    created.push(...entry.created);
    previousId = entry.entry.id;
  }
@@ -303,6 +317,7 @@ async function createBatchEntry(
  entryArgs: BatchCreateEntryArgs,
  previousId?: EntryId,
  parentId?: EntryId,
+  firstInsertOptions?: InsertOptions,
 ): Promise<{ entry: OntimeEntry; created: OntimeEntry[] }> {
  if (parentId && entryArgs.type === SupportedEntry.Group) {
    throw new Error('Cannot create a group inside another group.');
@@ -311,8 +326,9 @@ async function createBatchEntry(
  const { children: _children, ...createArgs } = entryArgs;
  const payload = toEntryPayload(createArgs);
  const insertOptions = {
-    ...(previousId ? { after: previousId } : {}),
-    ...(parentId ? { parent: parentId } : {}),
+    ...(previousId !== undefined ? { after: previousId } : {}),
+    ...(parentId !== undefined ? { parent: parentId } : {}),
+    ...(previousId === undefined ? firstInsertOptions : {}),
  };

  const createdEntry = await addEntry(rundownId, { ...payload, ...insertOptions } as EventPostPayload);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export const TOOL_DEFINITIONS = [
  {
    name: 'ontime_create_entry',
    description:
-      'Create a new entry. Omit rundownId for the currently loaded live rundown, or provide a rundownId from ontime_list_rundowns to edit a background rundown without loading it. If playback is running and rundownId is omitted or matches the loaded rundown, confirm the user intends to change the live rundown before calling. Omit after/before to append at the end. For type "event" provide title plus enough timing data for Ontime to infer a strategy: timeStart+duration calculates timeEnd, timeStart+timeEnd calculates duration and locks end, timeEnd+duration calculates timeStart, and all three prioritise duration. For "milestone" provide cue/title/note/colour and optional custom values using existing project custom field keys. For "delay" provide duration. For "group" provide title plus optional note/colour/custom/targetDuration.',
+      'Create a new entry. Omit after/before to append at the end, use after: true to explicitly append, use before: true to prepend, or use before/after with an entry ID to position the entry. Omit rundownId for the currently loaded live rundown, or provide a rundownId from ontime_list_rundowns to edit a background rundown without loading it. If playback is running and rundownId is omitted or matches the loaded rundown, confirm the user intends to change the live rundown before calling. For type "event" provide title plus enough timing data for Ontime to infer a strategy: timeStart+duration calculates timeEnd, timeStart+timeEnd calculates duration and locks end, timeEnd+duration calculates timeStart, and all three prioritise duration. For "milestone" provide cue/title/note/colour and optional custom values using existing project custom field keys. For "delay" provide duration. For "group" provide title plus optional note/colour/custom/targetDuration.',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
@@ -114,8 +114,14 @@ export const TOOL_DEFINITIONS = [
          description: 'Duration in ms (events: should equal timeEnd - timeStart; delays: the schedule shift)',
        },
        targetDuration: { type: 'number', description: 'Groups only: planned length of the group in ms' },
-        after: { type: 'string', description: 'Insert after this entry ID' },
-        before: { type: 'string', description: 'Insert before this entry ID' },
+        after: {
+          type: ['string', 'boolean'],
+          description: 'Insert after this entry ID, or true to append',
+        },
+        before: {
+          type: ['string', 'boolean'],
+          description: 'Insert before this entry ID, or true to prepend',
+        },
        ...EVENT_WRITABLE_FIELDS,
      },
    },
@@ -218,13 +224,20 @@ export const TOOL_DEFINITIONS = [
  {
    name: 'ontime_batch_create_entries',
    description:
-      'Create multiple entries, including groups with nested children. Omit rundownId for the currently loaded live rundown, or provide a rundownId from ontime_list_rundowns to edit a background rundown without loading it. If playback is running and rundownId is omitted or matches the loaded rundown, confirm the user intends to change the live rundown before calling. Use this for "build from agenda" flows to avoid many round trips. Entries are inserted in array order; if `after` is provided it positions the first top-level entry, subsequent top-level entries chain from the previous. A group entry may include `children`; those entries are created inside the group in array order. Groups cannot be nested. For events, provide title plus enough timing data for Ontime to infer a strategy: timeStart+duration calculates timeEnd, timeStart+timeEnd calculates duration and locks end, timeEnd+duration calculates timeStart, and all three prioritise duration.',
+      'Create multiple entries, including groups with nested children. Omit rundownId for the currently loaded live rundown, or provide a rundownId from ontime_list_rundowns to edit a background rundown without loading it. If playback is running and rundownId is omitted or matches the loaded rundown, confirm the user intends to change the live rundown before calling. Use this for "build from agenda" flows to avoid many round trips. Entries are inserted in array order; omit after/before to append the first entry at the end, use after: true to explicitly append, use before: true to prepend, or use after/before with an entry ID to position the first top-level entry. Subsequent top-level entries chain from the previous. A group entry may include `children`; those entries are created inside the group in array order. Groups cannot be nested. For events, provide title plus enough timing data for Ontime to infer a strategy: timeStart+duration calculates timeEnd, timeStart+timeEnd calculates duration and locks end, timeEnd+duration calculates timeStart, and all three prioritise duration.',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      required: ['entries'],
      properties: {
        ...RUNDOWN_TARGET_FIELD,
-        after: { type: 'string', description: 'Insert the first entry after this entry ID' },
+        after: {
+          type: ['string', 'boolean'],
+          description: 'Insert the first entry after this entry ID, or true to append',
+        },
+        before: {
+          type: ['string', 'boolean'],
+          description: 'Insert the first entry before this entry ID, or true to prepend',
+        },
        entries: {
          type: 'array',
          description: 'Array of entries to create, in desired order',
@@ -588,7 +601,13 @@ const TOOL_HANDLERS: Record<ToolName, (args: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise

  ontime_batch_create_entries: async (args) => {
    return ok(
-      await batchCreateEntriesForMcp(args as TargetRundownArgs & { entries: BatchCreateEntryArgs[]; after?: EntryId }),
+      await batchCreateEntriesForMcp(
+        args as TargetRundownArgs & {
+          entries: BatchCreateEntryArgs[];
+          after?: EntryId | true;
+          before?: EntryId | true;
+        },
+      ),
    );
  },

@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ describe('getRuntimeOffset()', () => {
    } as RuntimeState;

    const { absolute } = getRuntimeOffset(state);
-    expect(absolute).toBe(400000); // <--- offset is always the overtime
+    expect(absolute).toBe(400000 - 200000); // <--- offset is always the overtime + added time
  });

  it('handles time-to-end started after the end time', () => {
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { copyFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'path';

-import { DatabaseModel, LogOrigin, ProjectFileListResponse } from 'ontime-types';
+import { DatabaseModel, LogOrigin, ProjectFileListResponse, RefetchKey } from 'ontime-types';
 import { getErrorMessage, getFirstRundown } from 'ontime-utils';

+import { sendRefetch } from '../../adapters/WebsocketAdapter.js';
 import { parseCustomFields } from '../../api-data/custom-fields/customFields.parser.js';
 import { parseDatabaseModel } from '../../api-data/db/db.parser.js';
 import { getCurrentRundown } from '../../api-data/rundown/rundown.dao.js';
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ async function loadProject(projectData: DatabaseModel, fileName: string, rundown
    currentProjectName: fileName,
  };

+  setImmediate(() => {
+    sendRefetch(RefetchKey.ProjectFiles);
+  });
  return fileName;
 }

@@ -263,6 +267,10 @@ export async function duplicateProjectFile(originalFile: string, newFilename: st

  const pathToDuplicate = getPathToProject(newFilename);
  await copyFile(projectFilePath, pathToDuplicate);
+
+  setImmediate(() => {
+    sendRefetch(RefetchKey.ProjectFiles);
+  });
  return;
 }

@@ -293,6 +301,10 @@ export async function renameProjectFile(originalFile: string, newFilename: strin
    const newFileName = await loadProject(projectData.data, newFilename);
    return newFileName;
  }
+
+  setImmediate(() => {
+    sendRefetch(RefetchKey.ProjectFiles);
+  });
  return newFilename;
 }

@@ -332,6 +344,9 @@ export async function deleteProjectFile(filename: string) {
  }

  await deleteFile(projectFilePath);
+  setImmediate(() => {
+    sendRefetch(RefetchKey.ProjectFiles);
+  });
 }

 /**
@@ -374,6 +389,7 @@ export async function patchCurrentProject(data: Partial<DatabaseModel>) {
    }
  }

-  const updatedData = await getDataProvider().getData();
+  const updatedData = getDataProvider().getData();
+
  return updatedData;
 }
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ export function getRuntimeOffset(state: RuntimeState): { absolute: number; relat
  const pausedTime = state._timer.pausedAt === null ? 0 : clock - state._timer.pausedAt;

  // absolute offset is difference between schedule and playback time
-  const absolute = eventStartOffset + overtime + pausedTime + addedTime;
+  // in case of count to end, the absolute offset is overtime and added time
+  const absolute = countToEnd ? overtime + addedTime : eventStartOffset + overtime + pausedTime + addedTime;

  // the relative offset is the same as the absolute but adjusted relative to the actual start time
  const relative = absolute + plannedStart - actualStart - _startDayOffset * dayInMs;

-  // in case of count to end, the absolute offset is just the overtime
-  return countToEnd ? { absolute: overtime, relative } : { absolute, relative };
+  return { absolute, relative };
 }

 /**
@@ -1036,4 +1036,167 @@ describe('loadGroupFlagAndEnd()', () => {
      eventNow: rundown.entries[0],
    });
  });
+
+  test('countToEnd entries decouple the link chain for subsequent events', () => {
+    // Event 0 (loaded): no countToEnd, linkStart=true
+    // Event 1: countToEnd=true           → breaks the link chain
+    // Event 2: linkStart=true           → unlinked (chain broken by event 1)
+    // Event 3: flag event               → also unlinked
+    const rundown = makeRundown({
+      entries: {
+        group: makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'group', entries: ['0', '1', '2'] }),
+        0: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '0',
+          parent: 'group',
+          timeStart: 0,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          countToEnd: false,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+        1: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '1',
+          parent: 'group',
+          timeStart: 3600000,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          countToEnd: true,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+        2: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '2',
+          parent: 'group',
+          timeStart: 7200000,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+        3: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '3',
+          parent: null,
+          timeStart: 10800000,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+      },
+      order: ['group', '0', '1', '2', '3'],
+    });
+
+    const state = {
+      groupNow: null,
+      eventNow: rundown.entries[0],
+      rundown: { actualGroupStart: null },
+    } as RuntimeState;
+
+    const metadata = { playableEventOrder: ['0', '1', '2', '3'], flags: ['3'] } as RundownMetadata;
+
+    loadGroupFlagAndEnd(rundown, metadata, 0, state);
+
+    // _group is the last event in the group (event 2)
+    // isLinkedToLoaded is false because event 1 (between loaded and group end) has countToEnd=true
+    // accumulatedGap includes event 1's duration carried forward to event 2
+    // (the countToEnd duration is applied to the next event, not the countToEnd event itself)
+    expect(state._group).toMatchObject({
+      event: rundown.entries[2],
+      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
+      accumulatedGap: 3600000,
+    });
+
+    // _flag (event 3): isLinkedToLoaded is false because chain was broken by event 1
+    // accumulatedGap is still 3600000 because event 2 is not countToEnd,
+    // so previousWasCountToEnd is null and no further duration is carried forward
+    expect(state._flag).toMatchObject({
+      event: rundown.entries[3],
+      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
+      accumulatedGap: 3600000,
+    });
+
+    // _end (event 3): also unlinked because the chain was broken at event 1
+    expect(state._end).toMatchObject({
+      event: rundown.entries[3],
+      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('countToEnd in the middle of the chain breaks links for downstream events', () => {
+    // Event 0 (loaded): no countToEnd, linkStart=true
+    // Event 1: linkStart=true           → linked to loaded
+    // Event 2: countToEnd=true          → breaks the chain (also last in group)
+    // Event 3: linkStart=true           → unlinked (chain broken by event 2)
+    const rundown = makeRundown({
+      entries: {
+        group: makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'group', entries: ['0', '1', '2'] }),
+        0: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '0',
+          parent: 'group',
+          timeStart: 0,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          countToEnd: false,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+        1: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '1',
+          parent: 'group',
+          timeStart: 3600000,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+        2: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '2',
+          parent: 'group',
+          timeStart: 7200000,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          countToEnd: true,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+        3: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '3',
+          parent: null,
+          timeStart: 10800000,
+          duration: 3600000,
+          linkStart: true,
+          gap: 0,
+        } as any),
+      },
+      order: ['group', '0', '1', '2', '3'],
+    });
+
+    const state = {
+      groupNow: null,
+      eventNow: rundown.entries[0],
+      rundown: { actualGroupStart: null },
+    } as RuntimeState;
+
+    const metadata = { playableEventOrder: ['0', '1', '2', '3'], flags: ['3'] } as RundownMetadata;
+
+    loadGroupFlagAndEnd(rundown, metadata, 0, state);
+
+    // _group is the last event in the group (event 2)
+    // isLinkedToLoaded is true because no preceding event had countToEnd
+    // accumulatedGap is 0 because no preceding event was countToEnd
+    // (the countToEnd duration is carried forward to the next event, not added to the countToEnd event itself)
+    expect(state._group).toMatchObject({
+      event: rundown.entries[2],
+      isLinkedToLoaded: true,
+      accumulatedGap: 0,
+    });
+
+    // _flag (event 3): isLinkedToLoaded is false because chain was broken by count-to-end event 2
+    // accumulatedGap includes event 2's duration carried forward
+    expect(state._flag).toMatchObject({
+      event: rundown.entries[3],
+      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
+      accumulatedGap: 3600000,
+    });
+
+    // _end (event 3): unlinked because event 2 has countToEnd=true
+    expect(state._end).toMatchObject({
+      event: rundown.entries[3],
+      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
+    });
+  });
 });
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
  calculateDuration,
  checkIsNow,
  dayInMs,
+  getExpectedEnd,
  getExpectedStart,
  getLastEventNormal,
  isPlaybackActive,
@@ -831,7 +832,6 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
  state.offset.expectedRundownEnd = null;
  state.offset.expectedGroupEnd = null;
  state.offset.expectedFlagStart = null;
-  state.offset.expectedRundownEnd = null;

  const { offset } = state;
  const { plannedStart, actualStart } = state.rundown;
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
        plannedStart,
        actualStart,
      });
-      state.offset.expectedGroupEnd = lastEventExpectedStart + lastEvent.duration;
+      state.offset.expectedGroupEnd = getExpectedEnd(lastEvent, lastEventExpectedStart, state.rundown.currentDay!);
    }
  }

@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ function getExpectedTimes(state = runtimeState) {
      plannedStart,
      actualStart,
    });
-    state.offset.expectedRundownEnd = expectedStart + event.duration;
+    state.offset.expectedRundownEnd = getExpectedEnd(event, expectedStart, state.rundown.currentDay!);
  }
 }

@@ -927,6 +927,7 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(

  let accumulatedGap = 0;
  let isLinkedToLoaded = true;
+  let previousWasCountToEnd: Maybe<number> = null;

  for (let idx = currentIndex; idx < playableEventOrder.length; idx++) {
    const entry = entries[playableEventOrder[idx]];
@@ -934,8 +935,23 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(
    if (isOntimeEvent(entry)) {
      if (idx !== currentIndex) {
        // we only accumulate data after the loaded event
-        accumulatedGap += entry.gap;
-        isLinkedToLoaded = isLinkedToLoaded && entry.linkStart;
+
+        if (previousWasCountToEnd !== null) {
+          /** previous event was countToEnd: add its duration as a positive gap (it "gives back" time downstream)
+           *   and break the link to the loaded event since countToEnd events reset the schedule
+           */
+          accumulatedGap += entry.gap + previousWasCountToEnd;
+          isLinkedToLoaded = false;
+        } else {
+          accumulatedGap += entry.gap;
+          isLinkedToLoaded = isLinkedToLoaded && entry.linkStart;
+        }
+
+        if (entry.countToEnd) {
+          previousWasCountToEnd = entry.duration;
+        } else {
+          previousWasCountToEnd = null;
+        }

        // and the loaded event is not allowed to be the next flag
        if (!foundFlag && metadata.flags.includes(entry.id)) {
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ test('imports spreadsheet and applies imported rundown to editor', async ({ page
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Preview import' }).click();
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Apply import' }).click();
  await expect(page.getByText('Import complete')).toBeVisible();
-  await expect(page.getByText('Spreadsheet data applied.')).toBeVisible();
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Reset flow' }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Open editor' })).toBeVisible();
+  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Import another' }).click();

  // verify the data in the rundown
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close settings' }).scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import type { MaybeNumber } from '../../utils/utils.type.js';
 export type PatchWithId<T extends OntimeEntry = OntimeEntry> = Partial<T> & { id: EntryId };

 export type InsertOptions = {
-  after?: EntryId;
-  before?: EntryId;
+  after?: EntryId | true;
+  before?: EntryId | true;
 };

 export type EventPostPayload = Partial<OntimeEntry> & InsertOptions;
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export enum RefetchKey {
  All = 'all',
  CustomFields = 'custom-fields',
+  ProjectFiles = 'project-files',
  ProjectData = 'project-data',
  ProjectRundowns = 'project-rundowns',
  Report = 'report',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export { validateEndAction, validateTimerType } from './src/validate-events/vali

 // feature business logic

-export { getExpectedStart } from './src/date-utils/getExpectedStart.js';
+export { getExpectedStart, getExpectedEnd } from './src/date-utils/getExpected.js';

 // feature business logic - rundown
 export { checkIsNow } from './src/date-utils/checkIsNow.js';
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Day, OffsetMode } from 'ontime-types';

 import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR, dayInMs } from './conversionUtils';
-import { getExpectedStart } from './getExpectedStart';
+import { getExpectedEnd, getExpectedStart } from './getExpected';

 describe('getExpectedStart()', () => {
  describe('Absolute offset mode', () => {
@@ -315,3 +315,144 @@ describe('getExpectedStart()', () => {
    expect(getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...testState, currentDay: 0 })).toBe(23 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR + 5);
  });
 });
+
+describe('getExpectedEnd()', () => {
+  const baseState = {
+    currentDay: 0,
+    totalGap: 0,
+    mode: OffsetMode.Absolute,
+    actualStart: null,
+    plannedStart: null,
+    isLinkedToLoaded: true,
+  };
+
+  test('a regular event ends at its expected start plus duration', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+      countToEnd: false,
+    };
+
+    // on schedule
+    const expectedStart0 = getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...baseState, offset: 0 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStart0, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(150);
+
+    // running 20 behind pushes the end out
+    const expectedStart20 = getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...baseState, offset: 20 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStart20, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(170);
+  });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event pins to the planned end while in overtime', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    // overtime would otherwise push the end to 170, but countToEnd absorbs it and pins to 150
+    const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...baseState, offset: 20 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStart, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(150);
+  });
+
+  test('an overnight countToEnd event returns a normalised end', () => {
+    // event starts at 23:00 and counts to 01:00 the next day -> duration spans midnight
+    const timeStart = 23 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const duration = 2 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR;
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart,
+      duration,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...baseState, offset: 0 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStart, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(timeStart + duration);
+  });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event ignores upstream delays and stays pinned to its fixed end', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 20,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+    };
+
+    // events shift their schedule based on delay...
+    const expectedStart = getExpectedStart({ ...testEvent }, { ...baseState, offset: 0 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd({ ...testEvent, countToEnd: false }, expectedStart, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(170);
+
+    // ... but count to end events stay pinned to the scheduled end
+    const expectedStartCountToEnd = getExpectedStart({ ...testEvent }, { ...baseState, offset: 0 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd({ ...testEvent, countToEnd: true }, expectedStartCountToEnd, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(150);
+  });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event drifts when a delay pushes its start past the fixed end', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 60,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    // the delayed start (160) is past the fixed end (150), so the event can no longer
+    // finish on time and the end follows the compromised start
+    const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...baseState, offset: 0 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStart, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(160);
+  });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event on a later day keeps the day offset on the end', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 1 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    // the scheduled end must include the day offset (timeStart + dayInMs + duration),
+    // not collapse to the day-shifted start
+    const expectedStart = getExpectedStart(testEvent, { ...baseState, currentDay: 0, offset: 0 });
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStart, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(150 + dayInMs);
+
+    // when the running event is already on the same day, no extra day is added
+    const expectedStartSameDay = getExpectedStart(
+      { ...testEvent, dayOffset: 0 as Day },
+      { ...baseState, currentDay: 0, offset: 0 },
+    );
+    expect(getExpectedEnd({ ...testEvent, dayOffset: 0 as Day }, expectedStartSameDay, baseState.currentDay)).toBe(150);
+  });
+
+  test('a countToEnd event is anchored to its wall-clock end in relative mode', () => {
+    const testEvent = {
+      timeStart: 100,
+      duration: 50,
+      delay: 0,
+      dayOffset: 0 as Day,
+      countToEnd: true,
+    };
+
+    const relativeState = {
+      ...baseState,
+      mode: OffsetMode.Relative,
+      actualStart: 30,
+      plannedStart: 0,
+      offset: 0,
+    };
+
+    // a regular event in the same state is shifted by the relative-start offset to 180
+    const expectedStartRegular = getExpectedStart({ ...testEvent }, relativeState);
+    expect(getExpectedEnd({ ...testEvent, countToEnd: false }, expectedStartRegular, relativeState.currentDay)).toBe(
+      180,
+    );
+
+    // the countToEnd event stays pinned to its wall-clock end (150), not shifted
+    const expectedStartCountToEnd = getExpectedStart(testEvent, relativeState);
+    expect(getExpectedEnd(testEvent, expectedStartCountToEnd, relativeState.currentDay)).toBe(150);
+  });
+});
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@ import { OffsetMode } from 'ontime-types';

 import { dayInMs } from './conversionUtils.js';

-/**
- * @param event the event that we are counting to
- * @param currentDay the day offset of the currently running event
- * @param totalGap accumulated gap from the current event
- * @param isLinkedToLoaded is this event part of a chain linking back to the current loaded event
- * @param clock
- * @param offset
- * @returns
- */
 export function getExpectedStart(
  event: Pick<OntimeEvent, 'timeStart' | 'dayOffset' | 'delay'>,
  state: {
@@ -60,3 +51,25 @@ export function getExpectedStart(
  const offsetStartTimeBufferedByGaps = offsetStartTime - totalGap;
  return offsetStartTimeBufferedByGaps;
 }
+
+export function getExpectedEnd(
+  event: Pick<OntimeEvent, 'timeStart' | 'dayOffset' | 'duration' | 'countToEnd'>,
+  expectedStart: number,
+  currentRuntimeDay: number,
+): number {
+  /**
+   * Count to end events are a special case
+   * - the end time is always the wall clock
+   */
+  if (event.countToEnd) {
+    // account for day offset
+    const relativeDayOffset = event.dayOffset - currentRuntimeDay;
+    const plannedEnd = event.timeStart + event.duration + relativeDayOffset * dayInMs;
+
+    // count to end should finish on the planned time or on start
+    return Math.max(expectedStart, plannedEnd);
+  }
+
+  // for normal events, the expected end is when we would start + its duration
+  return expectedStart + event.duration;
+}
@@ -248,28 +248,30 @@ describe('getInsertAfterId()', () => {
    revision: 1,
  } as Rundown;

-  it('returns afterId if provided', () => {
+  it('returns the provided after id', () => {
    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, 'b')).toBe('b');
  });

-  it('returns null if neither afterId nor beforeId is provided', () => {
+  it('returns null if no anchors are provided', () => {
    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null)).toBeNull();
  });

-  it('returns null if beforeId is not found', () => {
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, 'z')).toBeNull();
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, '1')).toBeNull();
+  it('returns null if after is true', () => {
+    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, true)).toBeNull();
  });

-  it('returns the previous id of an entry in the rundown', () => {
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, '2')).toBe('1');
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, '4')).toBe('group');
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, 'group')).toBe('2');
+  it('returns the before id if provided', () => {
+    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, '2')).toBe('2');
+    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, '4')).toBe('4');
+    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, 'group')).toBe('group');
  });

-  it('returns the previous id of an event in a group', () => {
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, rundown.entries.group as OntimeGroup, undefined, '31')).toBeNull();
-    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, rundown.entries.group as OntimeGroup, undefined, '32')).toBe('31');
+  it('returns the first top-level id if before is true', () => {
+    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, true)).toBe('1');
+  });
+
+  it('returns the first group entry if before is true inside a group', () => {
+    expect(getInsertAfterId(rundown, rundown.entries.group as OntimeGroup, undefined, true)).toBe('31');
  });
 });

@@ -331,22 +333,22 @@ describe('addToRundown()', () => {
    const rundown = { id: 'test', title: '', entries: {}, order: [], flatOrder: [], revision: 0 } as Rundown;
    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event } as OntimeEvent;

-    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, null);
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, null, null);

    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['new']);
    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['new']);
    expect(rundown.entries['new']).toBe(newEntry);
  });

-  // case 2b: insert at the beginning of the rundown
-  it('adds at the beginning of order and flatOrder when afterId is null', () => {
+  // case 2c: insert at the end of the rundown
+  it('adds at the end of order and flatOrder when afterId is null', () => {
    const rundown = makeTestRundown();
    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event } as OntimeEvent;

-    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, null);
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, null, null);

-    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['new', '1', '2', 'group']);
-    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['new', '1', '2', 'group', '31', '32']);
+    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['1', '2', 'group', 'new']);
+    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['1', '2', 'group', '31', '32', 'new']);
  });

  // case 2a: insert after a given entry at top level
@@ -354,19 +356,55 @@ describe('addToRundown()', () => {
    const rundown = makeTestRundown();
    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event } as OntimeEvent;

-    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, '1', null);
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, '1', null);

    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['1', 'new', '2', 'group']);
    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['1', 'new', '2', 'group', '31', '32']);
  });

-  // case 1b: insert at the beginning of a group
-  it('inserts right after the group header in flatOrder and sets parent', () => {
+  it('prepends to the rundown when before is true', () => {
+    const rundown = makeTestRundown();
+    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event } as OntimeEvent;
+    const afterId = getInsertAfterId(rundown, null, undefined, true);
+
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, afterId, afterId);
+
+    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['new', '1', '2', 'group']);
+    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['new', '1', '2', 'group', '31', '32']);
+  });
+
+  it('inserts after a top-level group and its children in flatOrder', () => {
+    const rundown = makeTestRundown();
+    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event } as OntimeEvent;
+
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, 'group', null);
+
+    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['1', '2', 'group', 'new']);
+    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['1', '2', 'group', '31', '32', 'new']);
+  });
+
+  // case 1c: insert at the end of a group
+  it('inserts at the end of a group and sets parent', () => {
    const rundown = makeTestRundown();
    const parent = rundown.entries['group'] as OntimeGroup;
    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event, parent: null } as OntimeEvent;

-    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, null, parent);
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, parent, null, null);
+
+    expect(parent.entries).toEqual(['31', '32', 'new']);
+    expect(newEntry.parent).toBe('group');
+    expect(rundown.flatOrder).toEqual(['1', '2', 'group', '31', '32', 'new']);
+    // top-level order must not change when inserting into a group
+    expect(rundown.order).toEqual(['1', '2', 'group']);
+  });
+
+  it('prepends to a group when before is true', () => {
+    const rundown = makeTestRundown();
+    const parent = rundown.entries['group'] as OntimeGroup;
+    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event, parent: null } as OntimeEvent;
+    const afterId = getInsertAfterId(rundown, parent, undefined, true);
+
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, parent, afterId, afterId);

    expect(parent.entries).toEqual(['new', '31', '32']);
    expect(newEntry.parent).toBe('group');
@@ -381,7 +419,7 @@ describe('addToRundown()', () => {
    const parent = rundown.entries['group'] as OntimeGroup;
    const newEntry = { id: 'new', type: SupportedEntry.Event, parent: null } as OntimeEvent;

-    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, '31', parent);
+    addToRundown(rundown, newEntry, parent, '31', null);

    expect(parent.entries).toEqual(['31', 'new', '32']);
    expect(newEntry.parent).toBe('group');
@@ -361,31 +361,26 @@ export function getNextGroupNormal(
  return { entry: null, index: null };
 }

-/**
- * Receives an insertion order and returns the reference to an entry ID
- * after which we will insert the new entry
- */
 export function getInsertAfterId(
  rundown: Rundown,
  parent: OntimeGroup | null,
-  afterId?: EntryId,
-  beforeId?: EntryId,
+  afterId?: EntryId | true,
+  beforeId?: EntryId | true,
 ): EntryId | null {
-  if (afterId) return afterId;
-  if (!beforeId) return null;
+  if (beforeId) {
+    const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
+    return beforeId === true ? (insertionList[0] ?? null) : beforeId;
+  }

-  const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
-  if (!insertionList || insertionList.length === 0) return null;
+  if (afterId) return afterId === true ? null : afterId;

-  const atIndex = insertionList.findIndex((id) => id === beforeId);
-  if (atIndex < 1) return null;
-  return insertionList[atIndex - 1];
+  return null;
 }

 type ResolveInsertParentOptions = {
  parent?: EntryId | null;
-  after?: EntryId;
-  before?: EntryId;
+  after?: EntryId | true;
+  before?: EntryId | true;
 };

 /**
@@ -393,15 +388,21 @@ type ResolveInsertParentOptions = {
 * Uses explicit parent first, then infers from sibling references.
 */
 export function resolveInsertParent(rundown: Rundown, options: ResolveInsertParentOptions): EntryId | null {
-  if (options.parent) {
+  // 1. if we have a parent reference we return that
+  if (options.parent !== undefined && options.parent !== null) {
    return options.parent;
  }

-  const referenceId = options.after ?? options.before;
-  if (!referenceId) return null;
+  // 2. ... otherwise we look for a sibling and get their parent
+  const referenceId = (() => {
+    if (typeof options.after === 'string') return options.after;
+    if (typeof options.before === 'string') return options.before;
+    return undefined;
+  })();
+  if (referenceId === undefined) return null;

  const maybeSibling = rundown.entries[referenceId];
-  if (maybeSibling && 'parent' in maybeSibling && maybeSibling.parent) {
+  if (maybeSibling !== undefined && 'parent' in maybeSibling && maybeSibling.parent !== null) {
    return maybeSibling.parent;
  }

@@ -410,52 +411,57 @@ export function resolveInsertParent(rundown: Rundown, options: ResolveInsertPare

 /**
 * Add entry to rundown, mutates the rundown in place.
- * Handles the following cases:
- * - 1a. add entry in group, after a given entry
- * - 1b. add entry in group, at the beginning (right after the group header)
- * - 2a. add entry to the rundown, after a given entry
- * - 2b. add entry to the rundown, at the beginning
+ * if afterId and beforeId are not provided, we add at the end of the rundown
 */
 export function addToRundown(
  rundown: Rundown,
  entry: OntimeEntry,
-  afterId: EntryId | null,
  parent: OntimeGroup | null,
+  afterId: EntryId | null,
+  beforeId: EntryId | null,
 ): OntimeEntry {
+  // which list to use, the top level or a group order
+  const insertionList = parent ? parent.entries : rundown.order;
+
+  // the index inside the list
+  const insertionIndex = (() => {
+    if (beforeId) return insertionList.indexOf(beforeId);
+    if (afterId) return insertionList.indexOf(afterId) + 1;
+    return insertionList.length;
+  })();
+
+  // the index inside the flat order
+  const flatIndex = (() => {
+    if (beforeId) return rundown.flatOrder.indexOf(beforeId);
+
+    if (afterId) {
+      const afterEntry = rundown.entries[afterId];
+      const flatReferenceId =
+        !parent && isOntimeGroup(afterEntry) && afterEntry.entries?.length > 0
+          ? afterEntry.entries[afterEntry.entries.length - 1]
+          : afterId;
+      return rundown.flatOrder.indexOf(flatReferenceId) + 1;
+    }
+
+    if (parent) {
+      const previousId = insertionList[insertionIndex - 1] ?? parent.id;
+      return rundown.flatOrder.indexOf(previousId) + 1;
+    }
+
+    return rundown.flatOrder.length;
+  })();
+
  if (parent) {
-    // 1. inserting an entry inside a group
-
-    // assign the parent reference on the entry
-    if ('parent' in entry) {
-      entry.parent = parent.id;
+    if (isOntimeGroup(entry)) {
+      throw new Error('Cannot add a group to another group');
    }

-    if (afterId) {
-      // 1a. insert after a given entry within the group
-      const atEventsIndex = parent.entries.indexOf(afterId) + 1;
-      const atFlatIndex = rundown.flatOrder.indexOf(afterId) + 1;
-      parent.entries = insertAtIndex(atEventsIndex, entry.id, parent.entries);
-      rundown.flatOrder = insertAtIndex(atFlatIndex, entry.id, rundown.flatOrder);
-    } else {
-      // 1b. insert at the beginning of the group (right after the group header in flatOrder)
-      parent.entries = insertAtIndex(0, entry.id, parent.entries);
-      const atFlatIndex = rundown.flatOrder.indexOf(parent.id) + 1;
-      rundown.flatOrder = insertAtIndex(atFlatIndex, entry.id, rundown.flatOrder);
-    }
+    entry.parent = parent.id;
+    parent.entries = insertAtIndex(insertionIndex, entry.id, parent.entries);
  } else {
-    // 2. inserting an entry at top level
-    if (afterId) {
-      // 2a. insert after a given entry
-      const atOrderIndex = rundown.order.indexOf(afterId) + 1;
-      const atFlatIndex = rundown.flatOrder.indexOf(afterId) + 1;
-      rundown.order = insertAtIndex(atOrderIndex, entry.id, rundown.order);
-      rundown.flatOrder = insertAtIndex(atFlatIndex, entry.id, rundown.flatOrder);
-    } else {
-      // 2b. insert at the beginning
-      rundown.order = insertAtIndex(0, entry.id, rundown.order);
-      rundown.flatOrder = insertAtIndex(0, entry.id, rundown.flatOrder);
-    }
+    rundown.order = insertAtIndex(insertionIndex, entry.id, rundown.order);
  }
+  rundown.flatOrder = insertAtIndex(flatIndex, entry.id, rundown.flatOrder);

  // either way, we register the entry in the entries map
  rundown.entries[entry.id] = entry;
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
alex-arc	99a2f58502	fix isLoadedRundown the now rundown id is provided	2026-07-26 16:33:05 +02:00
alex-arc	535717fa90	the rundown title list should also folow the runown selection	2026-07-26 16:07:13 +02:00
alex-arc	477777552c	fix rebase	2026-07-26 15:43:20 +02:00
alex-arc	df2d083a16	chore: lint	2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00
alex-arc	079a2ea96d	feat: select rundown in list view	2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00
alex-arc	c50c84f50b	refactor: use context rundown in finder	2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00
alex-arc	58dce0a18c	refactor: react state for cuesheet v editor layout	2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00
alex-arc	b2f9b812bd	refactor: rundown id context	2026-07-26 15:41:51 +02:00
alex-arc	35d2474797	fixup! refactor: useSuspenseQuery for rundown list	2026-07-26 15:41:41 +02:00
alex-arc	b9f5a0a82b	refactor: useSuspenseQuery for rundown list	2026-07-26 15:41:41 +02:00
alex-arc	26a58a9241	fixup! refactor: useSuspenseQuery for project list	2026-07-26 15:41:41 +02:00
alex-arc	588b04c46b	refactor: useSuspenseQuery for project list	2026-07-26 15:41:41 +02:00
Carlos Valente	5cf36f049a	refactor(modal): allow wider modals	2026-07-25 14:28:45 +02:00
Carlos Valente	c6248b0c72	refactor(import): improve preview UI	2026-07-25 14:28:45 +02:00
Alex Christoffer Rasmussen	2a890cf2b3	fix: issue where a countToEnd would lead to incorrect expected times (#2149 ) * fix: issue where a count-to-end would lead to incorrect expected times * fix: include add time in overtime when countToEnd * fix: ui and server use same calculation for expected end	2026-07-25 11:22:24 +02:00
Carlos Valente	a8c611911d	refactor(rundown): new entries are appended to rundown	2026-07-22 07:17:39 +02:00
Carlos Valente	8363f06a5c	chore(rundown): improve documentation of insert logic	2026-07-22 07:17:39 +02:00