diff --git a/.changeset/fix-cc-spacing-and-settings-search.md b/.changeset/fix-cc-spacing-and-settings-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f0b2f93c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-cc-spacing-and-settings-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Fix collapsed Command Center activity spacing and mailbox badge padding; make recommendation and required-checks settings searchable.
+category: fix
+dev: AgentActivityPanel.css used an undefined numeric `--space-1/2/3` scale (FN-8866) and MailboxStructuralItem.css referenced undefined `--space-2xs` (FN-8872), zeroing gaps/padding — mapped to the defined named token scale. Settings search index gains `maxRecommendationsPerTask` (FN-8829) and `recommendationMailboxNoticeEnabled` (FN-9021); MergeSection's `requiredChecks` row now uses the `SettingsTextRow` primitive so the FN-8855 search entry actually scroll-anchors.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxStructuralItem.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxStructuralItem.css
index 349f1d6da5..313d758931 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxStructuralItem.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MailboxStructuralItem.css
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /* FNXC:StructuralMail 2026-08-09-09:09: Reports and approval references need a compact structural treatment without changing ordinary mail. */
+/* FNXC:StructuralMail 2026-08-16-05:07: FN-8872 referenced undefined --space-2xs, which invalidated the badge padding to 0. --space-2xs is intentionally undefined (see space-token-defined.test.ts); use the established calc(var(--space-xs) / 2) half-step for the compact block padding instead. */
 .mailbox-kind-badge {
   border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
   display: inline-flex;
   font-size: var(--font-size-xs);
   font-weight: var(--font-weight-medium);
   margin-inline-start: var(--space-xs);
-  padding: var(--space-2xs) var(--space-xs);
+  padding: calc(var(--space-xs) / 2) var(--space-xs);
 }
 
 .mailbox-kind-badge--report {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/ThemeSelector.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/ThemeSelector.test.tsx
index c66cf57b5d..9b52a64f40 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/ThemeSelector.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/ThemeSelector.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import type { ColorTheme } from "@fusion/core";
 import { ThemeSelector } from "../ThemeSelector";
 
 // FNXC:Theme 2026-07-16-14:30: FN-8146 pins the historical Settings-grid set, including restored shadcn-mono, so a removal from COLOR_THEMES cannot make the all-themes checks pass circularly.
-const EXPECTED_THEME_IDS = ['default', 'ocean', 'forest', 'sunset', 'zen', 'berry', 'high-contrast', 'industrial', 'monochrome', 'slate', 'ash', 'air', 'graphite', 'silver', 'solarized', 'factory', 'factory-mono', 'ayu', 'one-dark', 'nord', 'dracula', 'gruvbox', 'tokyo-night', 'catppuccin-mocha', 'github-dark', 'everforest', 'rose-pine', 'kanagawa', 'night-owl', 'palenight', 'monokai-pro', 'slime', 'brutalist', 'neon-city', 'parchment', 'terminal', 'glass', 'glass-silver', 'horizon', 'vitesse', 'outrun', 'snazzy', 'porple', 'espresso', 'mars', 'poimandres', 'ember', 'rust', 'copper', 'foundry', 'carbon', 'sandstone', 'lagoon', 'frost', 'lavender', 'neon-bloom', 'sepia', 'cobalt', 'clay', 'moss', 'aurora', 'calm', 'dawn', 'sage', 'factory-dark', 'factory-light', 'shadcn', 'shadcn-ember', 'shadcn-custom', 'shadcn-blue', 'shadcn-green', 'shadcn-red', 'shadcn-purple', 'shadcn-pink', 'shadcn-orange', 'shadcn-yellow', 'shadcn-mono', 'shadcn-mono-red', 'shadcn-mono-blue', 'shadcn-mono-green', 'shadcn-mono-purple', 'shadcn-mono-pink', 'shadcn-mono-orange', 'shadcn-mono-yellow', 'shadcn-black', 'shadcn-gray', 'shadcn-gray-blue'] as const;
+// FNXC:Theme 2026-08-16-05:07: FN-8730 (5931e10345) added the Midnight preset; the census gains "midnight" between sage and factory-dark to match COLOR_THEMES order.
+const EXPECTED_THEME_IDS = ['default', 'ocean', 'forest', 'sunset', 'zen', 'berry', 'high-contrast', 'industrial', 'monochrome', 'slate', 'ash', 'air', 'graphite', 'silver', 'solarized', 'factory', 'factory-mono', 'ayu', 'one-dark', 'nord', 'dracula', 'gruvbox', 'tokyo-night', 'catppuccin-mocha', 'github-dark', 'everforest', 'rose-pine', 'kanagawa', 'night-owl', 'palenight', 'monokai-pro', 'slime', 'brutalist', 'neon-city', 'parchment', 'terminal', 'glass', 'glass-silver', 'horizon', 'vitesse', 'outrun', 'snazzy', 'porple', 'espresso', 'mars', 'poimandres', 'ember', 'rust', 'copper', 'foundry', 'carbon', 'sandstone', 'lagoon', 'frost', 'lavender', 'neon-bloom', 'sepia', 'cobalt', 'clay', 'moss', 'aurora', 'calm', 'dawn', 'sage', 'midnight', 'factory-dark', 'factory-light', 'shadcn', 'shadcn-ember', 'shadcn-custom', 'shadcn-blue', 'shadcn-green', 'shadcn-red', 'shadcn-purple', 'shadcn-pink', 'shadcn-orange', 'shadcn-yellow', 'shadcn-mono', 'shadcn-mono-red', 'shadcn-mono-blue', 'shadcn-mono-green', 'shadcn-mono-purple', 'shadcn-mono-pink', 'shadcn-mono-orange', 'shadcn-mono-yellow', 'shadcn-black', 'shadcn-gray', 'shadcn-gray-blue'] as const;
 
 function renderedThemeIds(listbox: HTMLElement) {
   return within(listbox).getAllByRole("option").map((option) => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/AgentActivityPanel.css b/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/AgentActivityPanel.css
index 7adcf6e2f1..42db239ed6 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/AgentActivityPanel.css
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/AgentActivityPanel.css
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 /*
 FNXC:CommandCenterAgentActivity 2026-08-10-01:54:
 The activity panel keeps live and timeline controls touch-usable at desktop and mobile widths with existing design tokens. Timeline rows are manual windows, so this stylesheet deliberately adds no nested scroll owner.
+
+FNXC:CommandCenterAgentActivity 2026-08-16-05:07:
+FN-8866 shipped with the undefined numeric --space-1/2/3 scale, which invalidated every gap/padding to 0 and collapsed the panel's spacing. This design system defines only the named --space-xs/sm/md/lg/xl/2xl scale (styles.css), so the numeric references map to xs=4px, sm=8px, md=12px per CommandCenter.token-validity.css.test.ts.
 */
 .cc-agent-activity {
   display: grid;
-  gap: var(--space-3);
+  gap: var(--space-md);
   min-inline-size: 0;
 }
 
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ The activity panel keeps live and timeline controls touch-usable at desktop and
 .cc-agent-activity-target {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--space-2);
+  gap: var(--space-sm);
   min-inline-size: 0;
 }
 
@@ -35,15 +38,15 @@ The activity panel keeps live and timeline controls touch-usable at desktop and
 
 .cc-agent-activity-list {
   display: grid;
-  gap: var(--space-2);
+  gap: var(--space-sm);
 }
 
 .cc-agent-activity-row {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--space-2);
+  gap: var(--space-sm);
   min-inline-size: 0;
-  padding: var(--space-2);
+  padding: var(--space-sm);
   border: 0;
   border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
   background: transparent;
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ button.cc-agent-activity-row:focus-visible {
 
 .cc-agent-activity-copy {
   display: grid;
-  gap: var(--space-1);
+  gap: var(--space-xs);
   min-inline-size: 0;
   overflow-wrap: anywhere;
 }
@@ -93,6 +96,6 @@ button.cc-agent-activity-row:focus-visible {
 
 @media (max-height: 480px) and (max-width: 768px) {
   .cc-agent-activity {
-    gap: var(--space-2);
+    gap: var(--space-sm);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/__tests__/CommandCenterControls.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/__tests__/CommandCenterControls.test.tsx
index a6646eef6e..05717bd333 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/__tests__/CommandCenterControls.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/command-center/__tests__/CommandCenterControls.test.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ function cssRule(css: string, selector: string) {
 }
 
 // FNXC:Theme 2026-07-16-14:30: FN-8146 pins the historical Settings-grid set, including restored shadcn-mono, so a removal from COLOR_THEMES cannot make the all-themes checks pass circularly.
-const EXPECTED_THEME_IDS = ['default', 'ocean', 'forest', 'sunset', 'zen', 'berry', 'high-contrast', 'industrial', 'monochrome', 'slate', 'ash', 'air', 'graphite', 'silver', 'solarized', 'factory', 'factory-mono', 'ayu', 'one-dark', 'nord', 'dracula', 'gruvbox', 'tokyo-night', 'catppuccin-mocha', 'github-dark', 'everforest', 'rose-pine', 'kanagawa', 'night-owl', 'palenight', 'monokai-pro', 'slime', 'brutalist', 'neon-city', 'parchment', 'terminal', 'glass', 'glass-silver', 'horizon', 'vitesse', 'outrun', 'snazzy', 'porple', 'espresso', 'mars', 'poimandres', 'ember', 'rust', 'copper', 'foundry', 'carbon', 'sandstone', 'lagoon', 'frost', 'lavender', 'neon-bloom', 'sepia', 'cobalt', 'clay', 'moss', 'aurora', 'calm', 'dawn', 'sage', 'factory-dark', 'factory-light', 'shadcn', 'shadcn-ember', 'shadcn-custom', 'shadcn-blue', 'shadcn-green', 'shadcn-red', 'shadcn-purple', 'shadcn-pink', 'shadcn-orange', 'shadcn-yellow', 'shadcn-mono', 'shadcn-mono-red', 'shadcn-mono-blue', 'shadcn-mono-green', 'shadcn-mono-purple', 'shadcn-mono-pink', 'shadcn-mono-orange', 'shadcn-mono-yellow', 'shadcn-black', 'shadcn-gray', 'shadcn-gray-blue'] as const;
+// FNXC:Theme 2026-08-16-05:07: FN-8730 (5931e10345) added the Midnight preset; the census gains "midnight" between sage and factory-dark to match COLOR_THEMES order.
+const EXPECTED_THEME_IDS = ['default', 'ocean', 'forest', 'sunset', 'zen', 'berry', 'high-contrast', 'industrial', 'monochrome', 'slate', 'ash', 'air', 'graphite', 'silver', 'solarized', 'factory', 'factory-mono', 'ayu', 'one-dark', 'nord', 'dracula', 'gruvbox', 'tokyo-night', 'catppuccin-mocha', 'github-dark', 'everforest', 'rose-pine', 'kanagawa', 'night-owl', 'palenight', 'monokai-pro', 'slime', 'brutalist', 'neon-city', 'parchment', 'terminal', 'glass', 'glass-silver', 'horizon', 'vitesse', 'outrun', 'snazzy', 'porple', 'espresso', 'mars', 'poimandres', 'ember', 'rust', 'copper', 'foundry', 'carbon', 'sandstone', 'lagoon', 'frost', 'lavender', 'neon-bloom', 'sepia', 'cobalt', 'clay', 'moss', 'aurora', 'calm', 'dawn', 'sage', 'midnight', 'factory-dark', 'factory-light', 'shadcn', 'shadcn-ember', 'shadcn-custom', 'shadcn-blue', 'shadcn-green', 'shadcn-red', 'shadcn-purple', 'shadcn-pink', 'shadcn-orange', 'shadcn-yellow', 'shadcn-mono', 'shadcn-mono-red', 'shadcn-mono-blue', 'shadcn-mono-green', 'shadcn-mono-purple', 'shadcn-mono-pink', 'shadcn-mono-orange', 'shadcn-mono-yellow', 'shadcn-black', 'shadcn-gray', 'shadcn-gray-blue'] as const;
 
 function renderedThemeIds(listbox: HTMLElement) {
   return within(listbox).getAllByRole("option").map((option) => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/GeneralSection.search.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/GeneralSection.search.ts
index 832052d295..c8e0a9341f 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/GeneralSection.search.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/GeneralSection.search.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,35 @@ export const generalSearchEntries: SettingsSearchEntry[] = [
     helpFallback: "Report a bug, send feedback, share an idea, or get help from Fusion.",
     keywords: ["bug", "feedback", "idea", "help", "support"],
   },
+  {
+    /*
+    FNXC:SettingsSearch 2026-08-16-05:07:
+    FN-8829 (d450dbe971) added the recommendations cap descriptor row without an
+    index entry; the search-index drift guard caught the gap. Labels/help mirror
+    the section's t() copy verbatim.
+    */
+    sectionId: "general",
+    key: "maxRecommendationsPerTask",
+    labelKey: "settings.general.maxRecommendationsPerTask",
+    labelFallback: "Maximum recommendations per task",
+    helpKey: "settings.general.maxRecommendationsPerTaskHelp",
+    helpFallback: "Default: 3. Set 0 to disable recommendations; choose a whole number from 1 to 20 to cap each completed task.",
+    keywords: ["suggestions", "follow-up", "cap", "limit"],
+  },
+  {
+    /*
+    FNXC:SettingsSearch 2026-08-16-05:07:
+    FN-9021 (ea53cbd4ff) added the mailbox-notice toggle without an index entry;
+    same drift-guard gap as above.
+    */
+    sectionId: "general",
+    key: "recommendationMailboxNoticeEnabled",
+    labelKey: "settings.general.recommendationMailboxNoticeEnabled",
+    labelFallback: "Recommendation mailbox notices",
+    helpKey: "settings.general.recommendationMailboxNoticeEnabledHelp",
+    helpFallback: "Default: enabled. When a completed task captures recommendations, send a summary to your mailbox. Turning this off does not change whether recommendations are captured.",
+    keywords: ["notifications", "mail", "inbox", "suggestions"],
+  },
   {
     sectionId: "general",
     key: "taskPrefix",
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/MergeSection.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/MergeSection.tsx
index 21501438eb..dbde9d4304 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/MergeSection.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/settings/sections/MergeSection.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { fetchGitRemoteBranches } from "../../../api";
 import { MovedSettingsStub } from "./MovedSettingsStub";
 import { SettingsSelectRow } from "../SettingsSelectRow";
 import { SettingsNumberRow } from "../SettingsNumberRow";
+import { SettingsTextRow } from "../SettingsTextRow";
 import { SettingsHelpTip } from "../SettingsHelpTip";
 import type { SectionBaseProps } from "./context";
 /*
@@ -279,19 +280,28 @@ export function MergeSection({ form, setForm, integrationBranchOptions, integrat
         </select>
       </div>
       {form.mergeStrategy === "pull-request" && <>
-      <div className="form-group">
-        <div className="settings-field-label-row">
-          <label htmlFor="requiredChecks">{t("settings.merge.requiredChecks", "Required pull-request checks")}</label>
-          <SettingsHelpTip settingKey="requiredChecks">{t("settings.merge.requiredChecksHelp", "No default — unset. Comma-separated check names match GitHub exactly (case-sensitive). Leaving this empty uses GitHub required-status checks only; a named check that never reports blocks the merge.")}</SettingsHelpTip>
-        </div>
-        <input id="requiredChecks" className="input" value={requiredChecksInput} onChange={(event) => {
-          const rawValue = event.target.value;
+      {/*
+      FNXC:SettingsSearch 2026-08-16-05:07:
+      FN-8855 (d59c1b162f) indexed requiredChecks in MergeSection.search.ts but rendered it as a
+      bespoke label/input, so the search result had no `data-settings-key` anchor to scroll to and
+      the drift guard flagged the entry as stale. The row composes the typed SettingsTextRow like
+      its descriptor-row neighbors: same label/help copy, same comma-list parsing on change.
+      */}
+      <SettingsTextRow
+        descriptor={{
+          key: "requiredChecks",
+          label: t("settings.merge.requiredChecks", "Required pull-request checks"),
+          help: t("settings.merge.requiredChecksHelp", "No default — unset. Comma-separated check names match GitHub exactly (case-sensitive). Leaving this empty uses GitHub required-status checks only; a named check that never reports blocks the merge."),
+        }}
+        value={requiredChecksInput}
+        onChange={(nextValue) => {
+          const rawValue = nextValue ?? "";
           setRequiredChecksInput(rawValue);
           const requiredChecks = resolveRequiredCheckNames({ requiredChecks: rawValue.split(",") });
           emittedRequiredCheckNames.current = requiredChecks;
           setForm((current) => ({ ...current, requiredChecks: requiredChecks.length > 0 ? requiredChecks : undefined }));
-        }}/>
-      </div>
+        }}
+      />
       <div className="form-group">
         <div className="settings-field-label-row">
           <label htmlFor="githubNativeAutoMerge" className="checkbox-label">
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8602/phone-fullscreen.png b/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8602/phone-fullscreen.png
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index 5a0d3b14e6..0861d367b0 100644
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diff --git a/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607/tablet-agent-list-after.png b/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607/tablet-agent-list-after.png
index 6c3670e9ad..85745392d2 100644
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diff --git a/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607/tablet-setup-wizard-after.png b/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607/tablet-setup-wizard-after.png
index 0fba98c61f..306c0b01d7 100644
Binary files a/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607/tablet-setup-wizard-after.png and b/packages/dashboard/e2e/__screenshots__/fn-8607/tablet-setup-wizard-after.png differ
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts
index 0f1af60490..f376150d41 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/task-modal-touch-resize-browser.test.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,16 @@ FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-05-19:18:
 FN-8806's acceptance evidence is real Chromium geometry across production hosts. A skipped browser
 lane can neither observe ResizeObserver delivery nor reject the original flicker, so fail discovery
 explicitly instead of allowing a green suite without this required rendering-engine regression.
+
+FNXC:TaskDetailTitle 2026-08-16-05:07:
+The hard failure applies only where the dedicated dashboard-browser-touch lane is required to run:
+CI, or an explicit FUSION_BROWSER_SMOKE_REQUIRE=1 opt-in (the same flag scripts/browser-layout-smoke.mjs
+uses for its --require-browser mode). A bare local run on a Chromium-less machine follows the sibling
+planning-browser-e2e.test.ts convention and self-gates via describe.runIf(executablePath) instead of
+failing discovery — the module-load throw was breaking unrelated local runs that merely collected this file.
 */
-if (!executablePath) {
+const browserRequired = Boolean(process.env.CI) || process.env.FUSION_BROWSER_SMOKE_REQUIRE === "1";
+if (!executablePath && browserRequired) {
   throw new Error(
     "[task-modal-touch-resize] Chromium is required for task-title stability coverage; set FUSION_BROWSER_SMOKE_BROWSER or CHROME_BIN.",
   );
@@ -164,12 +172,12 @@ Browser CDP gestures are required because jsdom cannot resolve CSS hit targets.
 both production resize paths and sends CSS-pixel touch input through Chromium so elementFromPoint,
 pointer capture, persistence, and header-drag isolation use the same browser input path.
 */
-describe("Task modal tablet touch resize browser regression", () => {
+describe.runIf(executablePath)("Task modal tablet touch resize browser regression", () => {
   let server: ViteDevServer; let browser: Browser; let baseUrl = "";
   beforeAll(async () => {
     server = await createServer({ root: process.cwd(), server: { host: "127.0.0.1", port: 0, watch: null }, logLevel: "error" });
     await server.listen(); baseUrl = server.resolvedUrls?.local[0] ?? "";
-    browser = await chromium.launch({ executablePath, headless: true, ...(process.env.CI ? { args: ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-dev-shm-usage"] } : {}) });
+    browser = await chromium.launch({ executablePath: executablePath as string, headless: true, ...(process.env.CI ? { args: ["--no-sandbox", "--disable-dev-shm-usage"] } : {}) });
   }, 30_000);
   afterAll(async () => {
     await browser?.close();