fix isLoadedRundown the now rundown id is provided

the rundown title list should also folow the runown selection
fix rebase
2026-08-10 09:53:48 +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
76 changed files with 700 additions and 1208 deletions
@@ -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],
-  );
-}
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ export const useTimer = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => ({
  ...state.timer,
 }));

-/** Shared timer for the running group, null unless the group opted in */
-export const useGroupTimer = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => state.groupTimer);
-
 export const useNextFlag = createSelector((state: RuntimeStore) => ({
  id: state.eventFlag?.id ?? null,
  expectedStart: state.offset.expectedFlagStart,
@@ -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>(
@@ -5,7 +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();
@@ -24,7 +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';
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default function SourcesPanel() {
  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();

@@ -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 (
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { TimerPhase, TimerType } from 'ontime-types';
-import { IoArrowDown, IoArrowUp, IoBan, IoFolderOutline, IoTime } from 'react-icons/io5';
+import { IoArrowDown, IoArrowUp, IoBan, IoTime } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import { LuArrowDownToLine } from 'react-icons/lu';

 import { CornerWithPip } from '../../../common/components/editor-utils/EditorUtils';
 import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import useViewSettings from '../../../common/hooks-query/useViewSettings';
-import { useGroupTimer, useMessagePreview } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
+import { useMessagePreview } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { handleLinks } from '../../../common/utils/linkUtils';
 import { cx, timerPlaceholder } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import PipRoot from '../../../views/editor/pip-timer/PipRoot';
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ const secondarySourceLabels: Record<string, string> = {
 export default function TimerPreview() {
  const { blink, blackout, countToEnd, phase, secondarySource, showTimerMessage, timerType } = useMessagePreview();
  const { data } = useViewSettings();
-  const isGroupTimerActive = useGroupTimer() !== null;

  const main = (() => {
    if (showTimerMessage) return 'Message';
@@ -106,14 +105,6 @@ export default function TimerPreview() {
        >
          <LuArrowDownToLine />
        </Tooltip>
-        <Tooltip
-          text={`Timer views are showing the ${isGroupTimerActive ? 'shared group timer' : 'event timer'}`}
-          render={<span />}
-          className={style.statusIcon}
-          data-active={isGroupTimerActive}
-        >
-          <IoFolderOutline />
-        </Tooltip>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
@@ -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;
@@ -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>
+  );
+}
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import * as Editor from '../../../common/components/editor-utils/EditorUtils';
 import SwatchSelect from '../../../common/components/input/colour-input/SwatchSelect';
 import AppLink from '../../../common/components/link/app-link/AppLink';
-import Switch from '../../../common/components/switch/Switch';
-import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import useCustomFields from '../../../common/hooks-query/useCustomFields';
 import { getOffsetState } from '../../../common/utils/offset';
@@ -97,22 +95,6 @@ export default function GroupEditor({ group }: GroupEditorProps) {
            submitHandler={handleSubmit}
          />
        </div>
-        <div>
-          <Tooltip
-            text='Timer views count the scheduled duration of the whole group instead of the running event'
-            render={<Editor.Label htmlFor='useGroupTimer' />}
-          >
-            Group timer
-          </Tooltip>
-          <Editor.Label className={style.switchLabel}>
-            <Switch
-              id='useGroupTimer'
-              checked={group.useGroupTimer}
-              onCheckedChange={(value) => updateEntry({ id: group.id, useGroupTimer: value })}
-            />
-            {group.useGroupTimer ? 'On' : 'Off'}
-          </Editor.Label>
-        </div>
      </div>

      <div className={style.column}>
@@ -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) {
@@ -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);
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {

 import IconButton from '../../../common/components/buttons/IconButton';
 import Tag from '../../../common/components/tag/Tag';
-import Tooltip from '../../../common/components/tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { useEntryActionsContext } from '../../../common/context/EntryActionsContext';
 import { useContextMenu } from '../../../common/hooks/useContextMenu';
 import { useEntryCopy } from '../../../common/stores/entryCopyStore';
@@ -190,13 +189,6 @@ export default function RundownGroup({ data, hasCursor, collapsed, onCollapse }:
              {data.targetDuration !== null && <IoLockClosed className={style.lockIcon} />}
            </div>
          </div>
-          {data.useGroupTimer && (
-            <div className={style.metaEntry}>
-              <Tooltip text='Views show a shared timer for this group instead of the event timer'>
-                <Tag>Group timer</Tag>
-              </Tooltip>
-            </div>
-          )}
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
@@ -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);
@@ -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('');
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@
        opacity: 0;
      }
    }
-
-    // signals that the displayed timer belongs to the group, not to the running event
-    .group-indicator {
-      text-align: center;
-      text-transform: uppercase;
-      letter-spacing: 0.25em;
-      font-weight: 600;
-      font-size: 2.5vw;
-      line-height: 1;
-      opacity: 0.7;
-      color: var(--timer-colour, $ui-white);
-    }
  }

  .secondary {
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ViewSettings } from 'ontime-types';

 import { FitText } from '../../../common/components/fit-text/FitText';
 import MultiPartProgressBar from '../../../common/components/multi-part-progress-bar/MultiPartProgressBar';
-import { useGroupTimer, useTimerSocket } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
+import { useTimerSocket } from '../../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { cx } from '../../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { getFormattedTimer, getTimerByType } from '../../common/viewUtils';
 import {
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import {
  getIsPlaying,
  getSecondaryDisplay,
  getShowMessage,
-  getShowsTimerValue,
-  resolveTimerDisplay,
+  getShowModifiers,
+  getShowProgressBar,
+  getTotalTime,
 } from '../../timer/timer.utils';
 import { getTimerColour } from '../../utils/presentation.utils';

@@ -23,28 +24,23 @@ interface PipTimerProps {

 export function PipTimer({ viewSettings }: PipTimerProps) {
  const { eventNow, message, time, clock, timerTypeNow, countToEndNow, auxTimer } = useTimerSocket();
-  const groupTimer = useGroupTimer();

  // gather modifiers
  const showOverlay = getShowMessage(message.timer);
-  const timerDisplay = resolveTimerDisplay({
-    time,
-    groupTimer,
-    event: eventNow,
-    timerType: timerTypeNow,
-    countToEnd: countToEndNow,
-    freezeOvertime: false,
-    freezeMessage: '',
-    hidePhase: false,
-  });
-  const { showFinished, showWarning, showDanger } = timerDisplay;
-
+  const { showFinished, showWarning, showDanger } = getShowModifiers(
+    timerTypeNow,
+    countToEndNow,
+    time.phase,
+    false,
+    '',
+    false,
+  );
  const isPlaying = getIsPlaying(time.playback);
-  const showsTimerValue = getShowsTimerValue(timerTypeNow);
-  const showProgressBar = showsTimerValue;
+  const showProgressBar = getShowProgressBar(timerTypeNow);

  // gather timer data
-  const stageTimer = getTimerByType(false, timerTypeNow, clock, timerDisplay.source, timerTypeNow);
+  const totalTime = getTotalTime(time.duration, time.addedTime);
+  const stageTimer = getTimerByType(false, timerTypeNow, clock, time, timerTypeNow);
  const display = getFormattedTimer(stageTimer, timerTypeNow, 'min', {
    removeSeconds: false,
    removeLeadingZero: false,
@@ -84,11 +80,10 @@ export function PipTimer({ viewSettings }: PipTimerProps) {
        <div
          className={cx(['timer', !isPlaying && 'timer--paused', showFinished && 'timer--finished'])}
          style={{ fontSize: `${timerFontSize}vw` }}
-          data-phase={timerDisplay.phase}
+          data-phase={time.phase}
        >
          {display}
        </div>
-        {timerDisplay.isGroup && showsTimerValue && <div className='group-indicator'>group</div>}
        <div className={cx(['secondary', !secondaryContent && 'secondary--hidden'])}>
          <FitText mode='multi' min={12} max={256}>
            {secondaryContent}
@@ -99,12 +94,12 @@ export function PipTimer({ viewSettings }: PipTimerProps) {
      {showProgressBar && (
        <MultiPartProgressBar
          className={cx(['progress-container', !isPlaying && 'progress-container--paused'])}
-          now={timerDisplay.source.current}
-          complete={timerDisplay.total}
+          now={time.current}
+          complete={totalTime}
          normalColor={viewSettings.normalColor}
-          warning={timerDisplay.warning}
+          warning={eventNow?.timeWarning}
          warningColor={viewSettings.warningColor}
-          danger={timerDisplay.danger}
+          danger={eventNow?.timeDanger}
          dangerColor={viewSettings.dangerColor}
          hideOvertime={!showFinished}
        />
@@ -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();
@@ -131,18 +131,6 @@
        opacity: 0;
      }
    }
-
-    // signals that the displayed timer belongs to the group, not to the running event
-    .group-indicator {
-      text-align: center;
-      text-transform: uppercase;
-      letter-spacing: 0.25em;
-      font-weight: 600;
-      font-size: 1.5vw;
-      line-height: 1;
-      opacity: 0.7;
-      color: var(--timer-colour, var(--timer-color-override, $ui-white));
-    }
  }

  .secondary {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import TitleCard from '../../common/components/title-card/TitleCard';
 import ViewLogo from '../../common/components/view-logo/ViewLogo';
 import ViewParamsEditor from '../../common/components/view-params-editor/ViewParamsEditor';
 import { useAutoTickingClock } from '../../common/hooks/useAutoTickingClock';
-import { useGroupTimer, useTimerSocket } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
+import { useTimerSocket } from '../../common/hooks/useSocket';
 import { useWindowTitle } from '../../common/hooks/useWindowTitle';
 import { cx } from '../../common/utils/styleUtils';
 import { formatTime, getDefaultFormat } from '../../common/utils/time';
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ import {
  getSecondaryDisplay,
  getShowClock,
  getShowMessage,
-  getShowsTimerValue,
-  resolveTimerDisplay,
+  getShowModifiers,
+  getShowProgressBar,
+  getTotalTime,
 } from './timer.utils';
 import { TimerData, useTimerData } from './useTimerData';

@@ -71,29 +72,23 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,
    timeformat,
  } = useTimerOptions();

-  const groupTimer = useGroupTimer();
-
  const { getLocalizedString } = useTranslation();
  const localisedMinutes = getLocalizedString('common.minutes');

  // gather modifiers
  const viewTimerType = timerType ?? timerTypeNow;
  const showOverlay = getShowMessage(message.timer);
-  const timerDisplay = resolveTimerDisplay({
-    time,
-    groupTimer,
-    event: eventNow,
-    timerType: timerTypeNow,
-    countToEnd: countToEndNow,
+  const { showEndMessage, showFinished, showWarning, showDanger } = getShowModifiers(
+    timerTypeNow,
+    countToEndNow,
+    time.phase,
    freezeOvertime,
    freezeMessage,
    hidePhase,
-  });
-  const { showEndMessage, showFinished, showWarning, showDanger } = timerDisplay;
+  );
  const isPlaying = getIsPlaying(time.playback);
  const showClock = !hideClock && getShowClock(viewTimerType);
-  const showsTimerValue = getShowsTimerValue(viewTimerType);
-  const showProgressBar = !hideProgress && showsTimerValue;
+  const showProgressBar = !hideProgress && getShowProgressBar(viewTimerType);

  // gather card data
  const { showNow, nowMain, nowSecondary, showNext, nextMain, nextSecondary } = getCardData(
@@ -107,7 +102,8 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,
  );

  // gather timer data
-  const stageTimer = getTimerByType(freezeOvertime, timerTypeNow, clock, timerDisplay.source, timerType);
+  const totalTime = getTotalTime(time.duration, time.addedTime);
+  const stageTimer = getTimerByType(freezeOvertime, timerTypeNow, clock, time, timerType);
  const display = getFormattedTimer(stageTimer, viewTimerType, localisedMinutes, {
    removeSeconds: hideTimerSeconds,
    removeLeadingZero: removeLeadingZeros,
@@ -182,14 +178,11 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,
            className={cx(['timer', subduePaused && 'timer--paused', showFinished && 'timer--finished'])}
            style={{ fontSize: `${timerFontSize}vw` }}
            data-type={viewTimerType}
-            data-phase={timerDisplay.phase}
+            data-phase={time.phase}
          >
            {display}
          </div>
        )}
-        {timerDisplay.isGroup && showsTimerValue && !showEndMessage && (
-          <div className='group-indicator'>group</div>
-        )}
        <div className={cx(['secondary', !secondaryContent && 'secondary--hidden'])}>
          <FitText mode='multi' min={64} max={256}>
            {secondaryContent}
@@ -200,12 +193,12 @@ function Timer({ customFields, projectData, isMirrored, settings, viewSettings,
      {showProgressBar && (
        <MultiPartProgressBar
          className={cx(['progress-container', !isPlaying && 'progress-container--paused'])}
-          now={timerDisplay.source.current}
-          complete={timerDisplay.total}
+          now={time.current}
+          complete={totalTime}
          normalColor={viewSettings.normalColor}
-          warning={timerDisplay.warning}
+          warning={eventNow?.timeWarning}
          warningColor={viewSettings.warningColor}
-          danger={timerDisplay.danger}
+          danger={eventNow?.timeDanger}
          dangerColor={viewSettings.dangerColor}
          hideOvertime={!showFinished}
        />
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-import { GroupTimerState, Playback, TimerPhase, TimerState, TimerType } from 'ontime-types';
-
-import { getShowsTimerValue, resolveTimerDisplay } from '../timer.utils';
-
-const makeTime = (patch: Partial<TimerState> = {}): TimerState => ({
-  addedTime: 0,
-  current: 10000,
-  duration: 60000,
-  elapsed: 50000,
-  expectedFinish: null,
-  phase: TimerPhase.Default,
-  playback: Playback.Play,
-  secondaryTimer: null,
-  startedAt: null,
-  ...patch,
-});
-
-const makeGroupTimer = (patch: Partial<GroupTimerState> = {}): GroupTimerState => ({
-  current: 100000,
-  elapsed: 80000,
-  duration: 180000,
-  ...patch,
-});
-
-const resolve = (time: TimerState, groupTimer: GroupTimerState | null) =>
-  resolveTimerDisplay({
-    time,
-    groupTimer,
-    event: { timeWarning: 120000, timeDanger: 60000 },
-    timerType: TimerType.CountDown,
-    countToEnd: false,
-    freezeOvertime: false,
-    freezeMessage: '',
-    hidePhase: false,
-  });
-
-describe('resolveTimerDisplay()', () => {
-  it('uses the event timer when there is no group timer', () => {
-    const time = makeTime();
-    const result = resolve(time, null);
-
-    expect(result.isGroup).toBe(false);
-    expect(result.source).toBe(time);
-    expect(result.total).toBe(60000);
-    expect(result.warning).toBe(120000);
-    expect(result.danger).toBe(60000);
-  });
-
-  it('adds the time added to an event into the event total', () => {
-    expect(resolve(makeTime({ addedTime: 30000 }), null).total).toBe(90000);
-  });
-
-  it('uses the group timer when one is present', () => {
-    const groupTimer = makeGroupTimer();
-    const result = resolve(makeTime(), groupTimer);
-
-    expect(result.isGroup).toBe(true);
-    expect(result.source).toBe(groupTimer);
-    expect(result.total).toBe(180000);
-  });
-
-  it('drops the event thresholds while showing the group', () => {
-    const result = resolve(makeTime({ phase: TimerPhase.Danger }), makeGroupTimer());
-
-    expect(result.warning).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(result.danger).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it.each([TimerPhase.Warning, TimerPhase.Danger])(
-    'reports the group as running while the event is in %s',
-    (phase) => {
-      const result = resolve(makeTime({ phase }), makeGroupTimer());
-
-      expect(result.phase).toBe(TimerPhase.Default);
-      expect(result.showWarning).toBe(false);
-      expect(result.showDanger).toBe(false);
-      expect(result.showFinished).toBe(false);
-    },
-  );
-
-  it('reports overtime only once the group itself has run out of time', () => {
-    const overrunningEvent = makeTime({ current: -5000, phase: TimerPhase.Overtime });
-
-    // the event is over, but the group still has time left
-    const stillRunning = resolve(overrunningEvent, makeGroupTimer({ current: 60000 }));
-    expect(stillRunning.phase).toBe(TimerPhase.Default);
-    expect(stillRunning.showFinished).toBe(false);
-
-    const overtime = resolve(overrunningEvent, makeGroupTimer({ current: -1000 }));
-    expect(overtime.phase).toBe(TimerPhase.Overtime);
-    expect(overtime.showFinished).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it.each([TimerPhase.Pending, TimerPhase.None])('keeps the %s playback phase on the group', (phase) => {
-    // these describe the playback state rather than a threshold, so they are true of the group too
-    expect(resolve(makeTime({ phase }), makeGroupTimer()).phase).toBe(phase);
-  });
-});
-
-describe('getShowsTimerValue()', () => {
-  it('is true for timer types which render the running timer', () => {
-    expect(getShowsTimerValue(TimerType.CountDown)).toBe(true);
-    expect(getShowsTimerValue(TimerType.CountUp)).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('is false for timer types which do not reflect what is loaded', () => {
-    expect(getShowsTimerValue(TimerType.Clock)).toBe(false);
-    expect(getShowsTimerValue(TimerType.None)).toBe(false);
-  });
-});
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {
-  GroupTimerState,
  MaybeNumber,
  MessageState,
  OntimeEvent,
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import {
  RundownEntries,
  TimerMessage,
  TimerPhase,
-  TimerState,
  TimerType,
 } from 'ontime-types';
 import { isPlaybackActive } from 'ontime-utils';
@@ -36,11 +34,9 @@ export function getTotalTime(duration: MaybeNumber, addedTime: MaybeNumber): num
 }

 /**
- * Whether this timer type renders a value derived from the running timer.
- * Clock shows the time of day and none shows nothing, so neither reflects what is loaded,
- * which also means neither can carry a progress bar or a group timer indicator
+ * Whether the progress bar should be shown for this timer type
 */
-export function getShowsTimerValue(timerType: TimerType) {
+export function getShowProgressBar(timerType: TimerType) {
  return timerType !== TimerType.None && timerType !== TimerType.Clock;
 }

@@ -118,59 +114,6 @@ export function getShowModifiers(
  };
 }

-interface ResolveTimerDisplayOptions {
-  time: TimerState;
-  /** when present, views show the group instead of the running event */
-  groupTimer: GroupTimerState | null;
-  event: Pick<OntimeEvent, 'timeWarning' | 'timeDanger'> | null;
-  timerType: TimerType;
-  countToEnd: boolean;
-  freezeOvertime: boolean;
-  freezeMessage: string;
-  hidePhase: boolean;
-}
-
-/**
- * Resolves which timer a view should display, and the modifiers that go with it.
- *
- * A group has no warning or danger thresholds of its own, so it only ever reports as
- * running or overtime. Feeding that phase through `getShowModifiers` means the warning
- * and danger states are suppressed as a consequence of what a group is, rather than
- * every view having to remember to special case them.
- */
-export function resolveTimerDisplay({
-  time,
-  groupTimer,
-  event,
-  timerType,
-  countToEnd,
-  freezeOvertime,
-  freezeMessage,
-  hidePhase,
-}: ResolveTimerDisplayOptions) {
-  const isGroup = groupTimer !== null;
-  const phase = (() => {
-    if (!isGroup) return time.phase;
-    // pending and none describe the playback state rather than a threshold,
-    // they are just as true of the group as they are of the event
-    if (time.phase === TimerPhase.Pending || time.phase === TimerPhase.None) return time.phase;
-    return groupTimer.current <= 0 ? TimerPhase.Overtime : TimerPhase.Default;
-  })();
-
-  return {
-    isGroup,
-    phase,
-    /** the values to render, shaped for getTimerByType */
-    source: isGroup ? groupTimer : time,
-    /** the target of a progress bar */
-    total: isGroup ? groupTimer.duration : getTotalTime(time.duration, time.addedTime),
-    // thresholds belong to the event, they carry no meaning against a group duration
-    warning: isGroup ? undefined : event?.timeWarning,
-    danger: isGroup ? undefined : event?.timeDanger,
-    ...getShowModifiers(timerType, countToEnd, phase, freezeOvertime, freezeMessage, hidePhase),
-  };
-}
-
 /**
 * What, if anything, should be displayed in the secondary field
 */
@@ -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 {
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ export function migrateRundown(
          targetDuration: null,
          colour: '', //leave default colour
          custom: {}, // leave empty
-          useGroupTimer: false, // opt-in feature, off for migrated projects
          // !==== RUNTIME METADATA ====! //
          revision: -1,
          timeStart: null,
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ describe('v3 to v4', () => {
          targetDuration: null,
          timeEnd: null,
          timeStart: null,
-          useGroupTimer: false,
        },
        event2: {
          id: 'event2',
@@ -393,7 +392,6 @@ describe('v3 to v4', () => {
          targetDuration: null,
          timeEnd: null,
          timeStart: null,
-          useGroupTimer: false,
        },
        delay: {
          type: SupportedEntry.Delay,
@@ -301,23 +301,6 @@ describe('parseRundown()', () => {
    expect(parsedRundown.entries.group).toMatchObject({ entries: ['1', '2'] });
    expect(Object.keys(parsedRundown.entries).length).toEqual(3);
  });
-
-  it('normalises groups from projects made before the group timer existed', () => {
-    const rundown = {
-      id: 'test',
-      title: '',
-      order: ['group'],
-      flatOrder: ['group'],
-      entries: {
-        // a group as it would have been persisted by a previous version
-        group: { id: 'group', type: SupportedEntry.Group, title: 'legacy', entries: [] },
-      },
-      revision: 1,
-    } as unknown as Rundown;
-
-    const parsedRundown = parseRundown(rundown, {});
-    expect(parsedRundown.entries.group).toMatchObject({ id: 'group', useGroupTimer: false });
-  });
 });

 describe('sanitiseCustomFields()', () => {
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { makeOntimeEvent, makeOntimeGroup, makeOntimeMilestone, makeRundown } fr
 import { parseRundown } from '../rundown.parser.js';
 import {
  calculateDayOffset,
-  createGroupPatch,
  deleteById,
  doesInvalidateMetadata,
  getIntegerAndFraction,
@@ -611,25 +610,3 @@ describe('isLoadedPlayable()', () => {
    expect(isLoadedPlayable('keynote', rundown)).toBe(false);
  });
 });
-
-describe('createGroupPatch()', () => {
-  it('preserves useGroupTimer when it is not part of the patch', () => {
-    const original = makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'group', useGroupTimer: true });
-    const patched = createGroupPatch(original, { title: 'Morning sessions' });
-
-    expect(patched.title).toBe('Morning sessions');
-    expect(patched.useGroupTimer).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('updates useGroupTimer when it is part of the patch', () => {
-    const original = makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'group', useGroupTimer: false });
-    expect(createGroupPatch(original, { useGroupTimer: true }).useGroupTimer).toBe(true);
-    expect(createGroupPatch(original, { useGroupTimer: false }).useGroupTimer).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('ignores non boolean values for useGroupTimer', () => {
-    const original = makeOntimeGroup({ id: 'group', useGroupTimer: true });
-    // @ts-expect-error -- testing a value coming from an unvalidated request
-    expect(createGroupPatch(original, { useGroupTimer: 'nope' }).useGroupTimer).toBe(true);
-  });
-});
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ export function createGroupPatch(originalGroup: OntimeGroup, patchGroup: Partial
    entries: patchGroup.entries ?? originalGroup.entries,
    targetDuration: maybeTargetDuration(),
    colour: makeString(patchGroup.colour, originalGroup.colour),
-    useGroupTimer:
-      typeof patchGroup.useGroupTimer === 'boolean' ? patchGroup.useGroupTimer : originalGroup.useGroupTimer,
    revision: originalGroup.revision,
    timeStart: originalGroup.timeStart,
    timeEnd: originalGroup.timeEnd,
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ There are four entry types discriminated by \`type\`:
  note: string
  entries: EntryId[]
  targetDuration: number | null
-  useGroupTimer: boolean       // views show a shared timer for the whole group
  custom: { [key: string]: string }
  timeStart: number | null     // calculated from nested entries (runtime)
  timeEnd: number | null       // calculated from nested entries (runtime)
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ export type EventFieldArgs = Partial<
 >;
 export type MilestoneFieldArgs = Partial<Pick<OntimeMilestone, 'cue' | 'title' | 'note' | 'colour' | 'custom'>>;
 export type DelayFieldArgs = Partial<Pick<OntimeDelay, 'duration'>>;
-export type GroupFieldArgs = Partial<
-  Pick<OntimeGroup, 'title' | 'note' | 'colour' | 'targetDuration' | 'custom' | 'useGroupTimer'>
->;
+export type GroupFieldArgs = Partial<Pick<OntimeGroup, 'title' | 'note' | 'colour' | 'targetDuration' | 'custom'>>;

 export type EntryFieldArgs = EventFieldArgs & MilestoneFieldArgs & DelayFieldArgs & GroupFieldArgs;
 export type TargetRundownArgs = { rundownId?: string };
@@ -172,7 +170,6 @@ function toGroupPatch(args: CreateEntryArgs, id: EntryId): PatchWithId<OntimeGro
  if (args.colour !== undefined) patch.colour = args.colour;
  if (args.targetDuration !== undefined) patch.targetDuration = args.targetDuration;
  if (args.custom !== undefined) patch.custom = args.custom;
-  if (args.useGroupTimer !== undefined) patch.useGroupTimer = args.useGroupTimer;

  return Object.keys(patch).length > 1 ? patch : null;
 }
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ export const startServer = async (): Promise<{ message: string; serverPort: numb
  eventStore.init({
    clock: state.clock,
    timer: state.timer,
-    groupTimer: state.groupTimer,
    message: { ...runtimeStorePlaceholder.message },
    offset: state.offset,
    rundown: state.rundown,
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export const stageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['9bf60f', 'bf71a2', 'c2697f', 'fa593e', 'a8b0b3'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#339E4E',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ export const stageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['0aaa7d'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#3E75E8',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -221,7 +219,6 @@ export const stageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['02afca', '75ce86', 'e10ed9', '07df89'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#339E4E',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -363,7 +360,6 @@ export const backstageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['bs0101', 'bs0102', 'bs0103', 'bs0104'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#A790F5',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -480,7 +476,6 @@ export const backstageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['bs0201', 'bs0202', 'bs0203', 'bs0204'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#339E4E',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -593,7 +588,6 @@ export const backstageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['bs0301'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#3E75E8',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -640,7 +634,6 @@ export const backstageRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['bs0401', 'bs0402', 'bs0403', 'bs0404'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#339E4E',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -775,7 +768,6 @@ export const broadcastRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['br0101', 'br0102', 'br0103'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#ED3333',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -859,7 +851,6 @@ export const broadcastRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['br0201', 'br0202', 'br0203', 'br0204'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#339E4E',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -968,7 +959,6 @@ export const broadcastRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['br0301', 'br0302'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#3E75E8',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -1039,7 +1029,6 @@ export const broadcastRundown: Rundown = {
      note: '',
      entries: ['br0401', 'br0402', 'br0403'],
      targetDuration: null,
-      useGroupTimer: false,
      colour: '#339E4E',
      custom: {},
      revision: 0,
@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  EndAction,
-  MaybeNumber,
-  OntimeEvent,
-  OntimeGroup,
-  Playback,
-  Rundown,
-  SupportedEntry,
-  TimeOfDay,
-  TimeStrategy,
-  TimerPhase,
-  TimerType,
-} from 'ontime-types';
+import { EndAction, Playback, TimeOfDay, TimeStrategy, TimerPhase, TimerType } from 'ontime-types';
 import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR, MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, MILLIS_PER_SECOND, dayInMs, millisToString } from 'ontime-utils';

 import type { RuntimeState } from '../../stores/runtimeState.js';
@@ -19,8 +7,6 @@ import {
  getCurrent,
  getElapsed,
  getExpectedFinish,
-  getGroupTimer,
-  getGroupTiming,
  getRuntimeOffset,
  getTimerPhase,
  hasCrossedMidnight,
@@ -1466,138 +1452,3 @@ describe('findDay()', () => {
    expect(findDayOffset(22 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR, 23 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR)).toBe(0); //   -> 1
  });
 });
-
-describe('getGroupTiming()', () => {
-  const makeEvent = (id: string, duration: number, patch: object = {}) =>
-    ({ id, type: SupportedEntry.Event, duration, gap: 0, skip: false, parent: 'group', ...patch }) as OntimeEvent;
-
-  const makeGroup = (entries: string[]) => ({ id: 'group', type: SupportedEntry.Group, entries }) as OntimeGroup;
-
-  const makeEntries = (...entries: OntimeEvent[]) =>
-    Object.fromEntries(entries.map((entry) => [entry.id, entry])) as Rundown['entries'];
-
-  it('splits the scheduled content around the loaded event', () => {
-    const group = makeGroup(['1', '2', '3']);
-    const entries = makeEntries(makeEvent('1', 10), makeEvent('2', 20), makeEvent('3', 30));
-
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, '1')).toStrictEqual({ before: 0, after: 50 });
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, '2')).toStrictEqual({ before: 10, after: 30 });
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, '3')).toStrictEqual({ before: 30, after: 0 });
-  });
-
-  it('accounts for the gaps between events', () => {
-    const group = makeGroup(['1', '2', '3']);
-    const entries = makeEntries(makeEvent('1', 10), makeEvent('2', 20, { gap: 5 }), makeEvent('3', 30, { gap: 7 }));
-
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, '1')).toStrictEqual({ before: 0, after: 20 + 5 + 30 + 7 });
-    // the gap before the loaded event has already passed, so it counts as time spent
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, '2')).toStrictEqual({ before: 10 + 5, after: 30 + 7 });
-  });
-
-  it('splits into values which add up to the group duration', () => {
-    const group = makeGroup(['1', '2', '3']);
-    const entries = makeEntries(makeEvent('1', 10), makeEvent('2', 20, { gap: 5 }), makeEvent('3', 30));
-    const groupDuration = 10 + 20 + 5 + 30;
-
-    for (const id of ['1', '2', '3']) {
-      const timing = getGroupTiming(group, entries, id)!;
-      expect(timing.before + entries[id].duration + timing.after).toBe(groupDuration);
-    }
-  });
-
-  it('skips entries which are not playable events', () => {
-    const group = makeGroup(['1', '2', '3', '4']);
-    const entries = {
-      ...makeEntries(makeEvent('1', 10), makeEvent('2', 20, { skip: true }), makeEvent('4', 40)),
-      '3': { id: '3', type: SupportedEntry.Milestone, parent: 'group' },
-    } as Rundown['entries'];
-
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, '1')).toStrictEqual({ before: 0, after: 40 });
-  });
-
-  it('returns null when the loaded event is not part of the group', () => {
-    const group = makeGroup(['1', '2']);
-    const entries = makeEntries(makeEvent('1', 10), makeEvent('2', 20));
-
-    expect(getGroupTiming(group, entries, 'elsewhere')).toBeNull();
-  });
-});
-
-describe('getGroupTimer()', () => {
-  const makeState = (patch: {
-    useGroupTimer?: boolean;
-    duration?: number;
-    timing?: { before: number; after: number } | null;
-    current?: MaybeNumber;
-    elapsed?: MaybeNumber;
-    addedTime?: number;
-  }) =>
-    ({
-      groupNow: { duration: patch.duration ?? 100, useGroupTimer: patch.useGroupTimer ?? true },
-      _groupTiming: patch.timing === undefined ? { before: 0, after: 0 } : patch.timing,
-      timer: {
-        current: patch.current ?? null,
-        elapsed: patch.elapsed ?? null,
-        addedTime: patch.addedTime ?? 0,
-      },
-    }) as RuntimeState;
-
-  it('is null when there is no group running', () => {
-    expect(getGroupTimer({ groupNow: null, _groupTiming: null } as RuntimeState)).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it('is null when the group has not opted in', () => {
-    expect(getGroupTimer(makeState({ useGroupTimer: false, current: 10 }))).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it('is null when the loaded event is not part of the group', () => {
-    expect(getGroupTimer(makeState({ timing: null, current: 10 }))).toBeNull();
-  });
-
-  it('offsets the event timer by the content scheduled around it', () => {
-    const state = makeState({ duration: 100, timing: { before: 30, after: 50 }, current: 20, elapsed: 0 });
-
-    expect(getGroupTimer(state)).toStrictEqual({ current: 70, elapsed: 30, duration: 100 });
-  });
-
-  it('keeps elapsed and current adding up to the total', () => {
-    const state = makeState({ duration: 100, timing: { before: 30, after: 50 }, current: 12, elapsed: 8 });
-    const groupTimer = getGroupTimer(state)!;
-
-    expect(groupTimer.elapsed + groupTimer.current).toBe(groupTimer.duration);
-  });
-
-  it('grows the total with the time added to the running event', () => {
-    const state = makeState({
-      duration: 100,
-      timing: { before: 0, after: 0 },
-      current: 160,
-      elapsed: 0,
-      addedTime: 60,
-    });
-    const groupTimer = getGroupTimer(state)!;
-
-    expect(groupTimer.duration).toBe(160);
-    // elapsed keeps counting up rather than clamping at zero once time is added
-    expect(groupTimer.elapsed).toBe(0);
-    expect(groupTimer.elapsed + groupTimer.current).toBe(groupTimer.duration);
-  });
-
-  it('reports elapsed time while the group is in credit from added time', () => {
-    const state = makeState({
-      duration: 100,
-      timing: { before: 0, after: 0 },
-      current: 150,
-      elapsed: 10,
-      addedTime: 60,
-    });
-
-    expect(getGroupTimer(state)).toStrictEqual({ current: 150, elapsed: 10, duration: 160 });
-  });
-
-  it('goes negative when the group runs into overtime', () => {
-    const state = makeState({ duration: 100, timing: { before: 90, after: 0 }, current: -15, elapsed: 25 });
-
-    expect(getGroupTimer(state)?.current).toBe(-15);
-  });
-});
@@ -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;
 }
@@ -709,18 +709,6 @@ function broadcastResult(_target: any, _propertyKey: string, descriptor: Propert
      RuntimeService.previousState.timer = { ...state.timer };
    }

-    /**
-     * the group timer is the event timer offset by a constant, so it changes exactly when
-     * the event timer does and can share its throttling.
-     * entry changes are also considered since loading an event can move us between groups
-     */
-    if (updateTimer || entryChanged) {
-      if (!deepEqual(RuntimeService.previousState.groupTimer, state.groupTimer)) {
-        batch.add('groupTimer', state.groupTimer);
-        RuntimeService.previousState.groupTimer = state.groupTimer ? { ...state.groupTimer } : null;
-      }
-    }
-
    /**
     * clock has changed by a second or more.
     * or the timer updated so we ensure that the timer and clock ticks are in sync
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-import {
-  Day,
-  EntryId,
-  GroupTimerState,
-  MaybeNumber,
-  OntimeGroup,
-  Rundown,
-  TimeOfDay,
-  TimerPhase,
-  isOntimeEvent,
-  isPlayableEvent,
-} from 'ontime-types';
+import { Day, MaybeNumber, TimeOfDay, TimerPhase } from 'ontime-types';
 import { MILLIS_PER_HOUR, checkIsNow, dayInMs, isPlaybackActive } from 'ontime-utils';

-import type { GroupTiming, RuntimeState } from '../stores/runtimeState.js';
+import type { RuntimeState } from '../stores/runtimeState.js';

 /**
 * handle events that span over midnight
@@ -242,76 +231,3 @@ export function findDayOffset(plannedStart: number, clock: number): Day {
  if (distance < -12 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR) return 1 as Day;
  return 0 as Day;
 }
-
-/**
- * Splits a group's scheduled content around the loaded event.
- *
- * The result is stable for as long as the same event is loaded, so it is calculated
- * when the group is loaded rather than on every update.
- * The aggregation mirrors the group duration calculated in the rundown
- * (see rundown.dao.ts): non playable entries are skipped and the gap is
- * accounted for in every entry other than the first.
- */
-export function getGroupTiming(
-  group: OntimeGroup,
-  entries: Rundown['entries'],
-  currentEventId: EntryId,
-): GroupTiming | null {
-  const currentIndex = group.entries.indexOf(currentEventId);
-  if (currentIndex === -1) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  let before = 0;
-  let after = 0;
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < group.entries.length; i++) {
-    const entry = entries[group.entries[i]];
-    if (!isOntimeEvent(entry) || !isPlayableEvent(entry)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    // the first entry of the group has no gap to account for,
-    // any other entry could be preceded by idle time
-    const gap = i > 0 ? entry.gap : 0;
-
-    if (i < currentIndex) {
-      before += gap + entry.duration;
-    } else if (i === currentIndex) {
-      // the loaded event contributes its own duration through the event timer,
-      // but the idle time before it has already passed
-      before += gap;
-    } else {
-      after += gap + entry.duration;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return { before, after };
-}
-
-/**
- * Derives the shared group timer from the event timer.
- *
- * Keeping this relative to the event timer is what makes the group behave as if it were
- * a single event containing all its children: pause, added time, overtime, roll and
- * midnight rollovers are all inherited instead of being recalculated.
- */
-export function getGroupTimer(state: RuntimeState): GroupTimerState | null {
-  const { groupNow, _groupTiming } = state;
-
-  if (groupNow === null || !groupNow.useGroupTimer || _groupTiming === null) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  const { current, elapsed, addedTime } = state.timer;
-  if (current === null) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  return {
-    current: current + _groupTiming.after,
-    elapsed: (elapsed ?? 0) + _groupTiming.before,
-    // mirrors the total time of an event, which grows with the time added to it
-    duration: groupNow.duration + addedTime,
-  };
-}
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ const baseState: RuntimeState = {
  eventNext: null,
  eventFlag: null,
  groupNow: null,
-  groupTimer: null,
-  _groupTiming: null,
  rundown: {
    selectedEventIndex: null,
    numEvents: 0,
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import {
  TimeOfDay,
  TimerPhase,
  TimerState,
-  GroupTimerState,
  isOntimeEvent,
  runtimeStorePlaceholder,
 } from 'ontime-types';
@@ -40,8 +39,6 @@ import {
  getCurrent,
  getElapsed,
  getExpectedFinish,
-  getGroupTimer,
-  getGroupTiming,
  getRuntimeOffset,
  getTimerPhase,
  hasCrossedMidnight,
@@ -54,12 +51,6 @@ type ExpectedMetadata = {
  isLinkedToLoaded: boolean;
 } | null;

-/** scheduled content of the running group, split around the loaded event */
-export type GroupTiming = {
-  before: number;
-  after: number;
-};
-
 export type RuntimeState = {
  clock: TimeOfDay;
  groupNow: OntimeGroup | null;
@@ -68,8 +59,6 @@ export type RuntimeState = {
  eventFlag: PlayableEvent | null;
  offset: Offset;
  timer: TimerState;
-  /** derived from the timer, only refreshed on the getState() projection */
-  groupTimer: GroupTimerState | null;
  rundown: RundownState;
  // private properties of the timer calculations
  _timer: {
@@ -83,7 +72,6 @@ export type RuntimeState = {
    totalDelay: number; // this value comes from rundown service
  };
  _group: ExpectedMetadata;
-  _groupTiming: GroupTiming | null;
  _flag: ExpectedMetadata;
  _end: ExpectedMetadata;
  _startEpoch: Maybe<Instant>;
@@ -98,7 +86,6 @@ const runtimeState: RuntimeState = {
  eventFlag: null,
  offset: { ...runtimeStorePlaceholder.offset },
  timer: { ...runtimeStorePlaceholder.timer },
-  groupTimer: null,
  rundown: { ...runtimeStorePlaceholder.rundown },
  _timer: {
    forceFinish: null,
@@ -111,7 +98,6 @@ const runtimeState: RuntimeState = {
    totalDelay: 0,
  },
  _group: null,
-  _groupTiming: null,
  _flag: null,
  _end: null,
  _startEpoch: null,
@@ -129,8 +115,6 @@ export function getState(): Readonly<RuntimeState> {
    offset: { ...runtimeState.offset },
    rundown: { ...runtimeState.rundown },
    timer: { ...runtimeState.timer },
-    // derived here so it can never drift from the timer values it is built on
-    groupTimer: getGroupTimer(runtimeState),
    _timer: { ...runtimeState._timer },
    _rundown: { ...runtimeState._rundown },
  };
@@ -172,7 +156,6 @@ export function clearState() {

  runtimeState.groupNow = null;
  runtimeState._group = null;
-  runtimeState._groupTiming = null;

  runtimeState.rundown.actualStart = null;
  runtimeState.rundown.selectedEventIndex = null;
@@ -914,7 +897,6 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(
  const previousGroup = state.groupNow?.id;
  state.groupNow = null;
  state._group = null;
-  state._groupTiming = null;
  state.eventFlag = null;
  state._flag = null;
  state._end = null;
@@ -938,11 +920,6 @@ export function loadGroupFlagAndEnd(
    state.rundown.actualGroupStart = null;
  }

-  // the split is stable while the same event is loaded, so we only calculate it here
-  if (state.groupNow !== null) {
-    state._groupTiming = getGroupTiming(state.groupNow, rundown.entries, state.eventNow.id);
-  }
-
  // if we don't have a any flags in the rundown then no need to look for it
  let foundFlag = !flagsPresent;
  // if we don't have a last event for the group there is no need to find its end time
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export enum RefetchKey {
  All = 'all',
  CustomFields = 'custom-fields',
+  ProjectFiles = 'project-files',
  ProjectData = 'project-data',
  ProjectRundowns = 'project-rundowns',
  Report = 'report',
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ export type OntimeGroup = OntimeBaseEvent & {
  targetDuration: MaybeNumber;
  colour: string;
  custom: EntryCustomFields;
-  /** whether views should display a shared timer for the group instead of the event timer */
-  useGroupTimer: boolean;
  // !==== RUNTIME METADATA ====! //
  revision: number;
  timeStart: MaybeNumber; // calculated at runtime
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ export const runtimeStorePlaceholder: Readonly<RuntimeStore> = {
    secondaryTimer: null, // change on every update
    startedAt: null, // change can only be initiated by user
  },
-  groupTimer: null, // derived from the timer, null unless the running group opted in
  message: {
    timer: {
      text: '',
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ import type { SimpleTimerState } from './AuxTimer.type.js';
 import type { MessageState } from './MessageControl.type.js';
 import type { Offset } from './Offset.type.js';
 import type { RundownState } from './RundownState.type.js';
-import type { GroupTimerState, TimerState } from './TimerState.type.js';
+import type { TimerState } from './TimerState.type.js';

 export type RuntimeStore = {
  // timer data
  clock: number;
  timer: TimerState;
-  /** shared timer for the running group, null unless the group opted in */
-  groupTimer: GroupTimerState | null;

  // messages service
  message: MessageState;
@@ -11,22 +11,6 @@ export enum TimerPhase {
  Pending = 'pending',
 }

-/**
- * Timer for the running group, present when the group opted into a shared timer.
- *
- * The group is treated as a single event containing all its children: the values are
- * derived from the running event timer plus the content scheduled around it, so pause,
- * added time, overtime and roll are inherited from the event timer rather than recalculated.
- */
-export type GroupTimerState = {
-  /** Time remaining in the group */
-  current: number;
-  /** Time elapsed since the group started */
-  elapsed: number;
-  /** Total time in the group, includes time added to the running event */
-  duration: number;
-};
-
 /**
 * Gathers the current running timer state
 */
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export type { Offset } from './definitions/runtime/Offset.type.js';
 export { OffsetMode } from './definitions/runtime/Offset.type.js';
 export type { RuntimeStore } from './definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.type.js';
 export { runtimeStorePlaceholder } from './definitions/runtime/RuntimeStore.js';
-export { type GroupTimerState, type TimerState, TimerPhase } from './definitions/runtime/TimerState.type.js';
+export { type TimerState, TimerPhase } from './definitions/runtime/TimerState.type.js';

 // ---> Extra Timer
 export { type SimpleTimerState, SimplePlayback, SimpleDirection } from './definitions/runtime/AuxTimer.type.js';
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ export const group: Omit<OntimeGroup, 'id'> = {
  targetDuration: null,
  colour: '',
  custom: {},
-  useGroupTimer: false,
  // !==== RUNTIME METADATA ====! //
  revision: 0, // calculated at runtime
  timeStart: null, // calculated at runtime
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ export function createGroup(patch?: Partial<OntimeGroup>): OntimeGroup {
    targetDuration: patch.targetDuration ?? null,
    colour: makeString(patch.colour, ''),
    custom: patch.custom ?? {},
-    useGroupTimer: typeof patch.useGroupTimer === 'boolean' ? patch.useGroupTimer : false,
    revision: 0,
    timeStart: null,
    timeEnd: null,
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