diff --git a/frontend/src/api.ts b/frontend/src/api.ts
index de201cd..467f16e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ export async function fetchWeekend(meetingKey: number): Promise<Weekend> {
 // (backend story #72). The response is the authoritative WeekendContext shape and
 // is used verbatim as the Weekend home's source of truth. Any HTTP error throws
 // so the hook can surface an explicit error state; there is no client-side
-// re-derivation of the contract.
+// re-derivation of the contract. Race Hub bare-default landing also reads this
+// for `default_analysis_session` (#75).
 export async function fetchWeekendContext(): Promise<WeekendContext> {
   const res = await fetch('/api/v1/weekend-context')
   if (!res.ok) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/OverviewView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/OverviewView.tsx
index 960a8dc..e285747 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/OverviewView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/OverviewView.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import type { RaceHub } from '../types'
 import { compareFinishPosition, formatDuration, formatGap, formatLapTime } from '../utils'
-import { countRaceHubDatasets } from '../lib/coverage'
 import { Thermometer, Map, Droplets, Wind, CloudRain } from 'lucide-react'
 
 interface Props {
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ export function OverviewView({ data }: Props) {
   const fastest = pickFastestLap(data)
   const latestWeather = data.weather.length > 0 ? data.weather[data.weather.length - 1] : null
   const rcHighlights = data.race_control.slice(-3).reverse()
-  const coverage = countRaceHubDatasets(data.datasets)
 
   const sessionType = (data.session?.session_type ?? '').toLowerCase()
   const isRace = sessionType.includes('race')
@@ -129,28 +127,6 @@ export function OverviewView({ data }: Props) {
             </ul>
           )}
         </section>
-
-        <section className="rh-panel ui-card">
-          <div className="sec-header">
-            <span className="sec-title">Local Coverage</span>
-            <span className="sec-meta mono">
-              {coverage.available}/{coverage.total}
-            </span>
-          </div>
-          <div className="rh-coverage-meter" aria-hidden="true">
-            <div
-              className="rh-coverage-fill"
-              style={{ width: `${(coverage.available / coverage.total) * 100}%` }}
-            />
-          </div>
-          <div className="rh-empty-line" style={{ marginTop: 'var(--s2)' }}>
-            {coverage.available === coverage.total
-              ? 'Every Race Hub dataset is local for this session.'
-              : `${coverage.total - coverage.available} dataset${
-                  coverage.total - coverage.available === 1 ? '' : 's'
-                } not ingested yet — see Diagnostics.`}
-          </div>
-        </section>
       </div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PreSessionView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PreSessionView.tsx
index 7ecd477..e443937 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PreSessionView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PreSessionView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import type { Session } from '../types'
 import { RACE_HUB_DATASETS } from '../lib/coverage'
 import { formatCountdown, formatSessionScheduleTime, sessionStartTime } from '../lib/schedule'
+import {
+  sessionStateDescription,
+  type SessionState,
+} from '../lib/sessionState'
 
 const EXPECTED_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   results: 'Final results',
@@ -14,9 +17,10 @@ const EXPECTED_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   weather: 'Track conditions',
 }
 
-interface Props {
+interface PreSessionProps {
   session: Session
   sessionName: string
+  now: Date
 }
 
 /**
@@ -25,16 +29,8 @@ interface Props {
  * session is upcoming and previews the analysis that will appear once the data
  * is ingested.
  */
-export function PreSessionView({ session, sessionName }: Props) {
+export function PreSessionView({ session, sessionName, now }: PreSessionProps) {
   const start = sessionStartTime(session)
-  const [now, setNow] = useState(() => new Date())
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!start) return
-    const id = setInterval(() => setNow(new Date()), 1000)
-    return () => clearInterval(id)
-  }, [start])
-
   const expected = RACE_HUB_DATASETS.filter((key) => EXPECTED_LABELS[key])
 
   return (
@@ -70,3 +66,76 @@ export function PreSessionView({ session, sessionName }: Props) {
     </div>
   )
 }
+
+interface PhaseProps {
+  state: Extract<SessionState, 'preparing' | 'unavailable' | 'cancelled'>
+  sessionName: string
+  onOpenDiagnostics?: () => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * Distinct fan-facing surfaces for settling/preparing and unavailable sessions.
+ * Genuine request failures stay on the page-level error recovery path.
+ */
+export function SessionPhaseView({ state, sessionName, onOpenDiagnostics }: PhaseProps) {
+  const title =
+    state === 'preparing'
+      ? 'Analysis preparing'
+      : state === 'cancelled'
+        ? 'Session cancelled'
+        : 'Analysis unavailable'
+
+  const testId =
+    state === 'preparing'
+      ? 'rh-preparing'
+      : state === 'cancelled'
+        ? 'rh-cancelled'
+        : 'rh-unavailable'
+
+  return (
+    <div className="rh-presession" data-testid={testId}>
+      <section className="rh-presession-band">
+        <span className="rh-presession-eyebrow mono">{sessionStateLabelEyebrow(state)}</span>
+        <h2 className="rh-presession-title">{title}</h2>
+        <p className="rh-presession-sub">
+          {sessionName}: {sessionStateDescription(state)}
+        </p>
+        {state === 'preparing' && (
+          <p className="rh-presession-sub">
+            Check back shortly, or open Diagnostics if you need raw dataset coverage.
+          </p>
+        )}
+        {onOpenDiagnostics && (state === 'preparing' || state === 'unavailable') && (
+          <div className="rh-empty-actions" style={{ marginTop: 'var(--s4)' }}>
+            <button type="button" className="rh-empty-action" onClick={onOpenDiagnostics}>
+              Open Diagnostics
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </section>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function sessionStateLabelEyebrow(state: PhaseProps['state']): string {
+  if (state === 'preparing') return 'Settling'
+  if (state === 'cancelled') return 'Cancelled'
+  return 'Unavailable'
+}
+
+interface PartialBannerProps {
+  onOpenDiagnostics?: () => void
+}
+
+export function PartialAnalysisBanner({ onOpenDiagnostics }: PartialBannerProps) {
+  return (
+    <div className="rh-partial-banner" data-testid="rh-partial-banner" role="status">
+      <span>Partial analysis — some datasets are still missing.</span>
+      {onOpenDiagnostics && (
+        <button type="button" className="rh-partial-banner-link" onClick={onOpenDiagnostics}>
+          Diagnostics
+        </button>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/WeekendSwitcher.tsx b/frontend/src/components/WeekendSwitcher.tsx
index da32e9f..ff69aa7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/WeekendSwitcher.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/WeekendSwitcher.tsx
@@ -3,22 +3,36 @@ import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { useNavigate } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { fetchLocalMeetings, fetchSeasons, fetchWeekend } from '../api'
 import { sessionTypeAbbrev } from '../lib/coverage'
-import { sessionState, sessionStateDotClass, sessionStateLabel } from '../lib/sessionState'
+import {
+  resolveSessionState,
+  sessionStateDotClass,
+  sessionStateLabel,
+} from '../lib/sessionState'
 import { countryDecal, formatGpDateRange } from '../lib/gpIdentity'
+import type { WeekendContext } from '../types'
 
 interface Props {
   currentMeetingKey?: number
   currentSessionKey?: number
+  context?: WeekendContext | null
+  now?: Date
   onClose: () => void
 }
 
-export function WeekendSwitcher({ currentMeetingKey, currentSessionKey, onClose }: Props) {
+export function WeekendSwitcher({
+  currentMeetingKey,
+  currentSessionKey,
+  context,
+  now: nowProp,
+  onClose,
+}: Props) {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const seasonsQuery = useQuery({ queryKey: ['seasons'], queryFn: fetchSeasons })
   const [year, setYear] = useState<number | null>(null)
   const [openMeetingKey, setOpenMeetingKey] = useState<number | null>(
     currentMeetingKey ?? null,
   )
+  const now = nowProp ?? new Date()
 
   const weekendQuery = useQuery({
     queryKey: ['weekend', openMeetingKey],
@@ -26,9 +40,6 @@ export function WeekendSwitcher({ currentMeetingKey, currentSessionKey, onClose
     enabled: openMeetingKey != null,
   })
 
-  // Default the visible season to the current weekend's year so the current
-  // meeting card is actually rendered (seasons are newest-first, which can be a
-  // future season). Fall back to the newest season only when there's no context.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (year != null) return
     const currentYear = weekendQuery.data?.meeting?.year
@@ -48,7 +59,6 @@ export function WeekendSwitcher({ currentMeetingKey, currentSessionKey, onClose
   const seasons = seasonsQuery.data ?? []
   const meetings = meetingsQuery.data ?? []
   const weekend = weekendQuery.data
-  const now = new Date()
 
   function openSession(sessionKey: number) {
     navigate({ to: '/race-hub', search: { session_key: sessionKey } })
@@ -115,11 +125,16 @@ export function WeekendSwitcher({ currentMeetingKey, currentSessionKey, onClose
                     {weekendQuery.isLoading && (
                       <div className="rh-switcher-empty">loading sessions…</div>
                     )}
-                    {weekend && weekend.meeting_key === m.meeting_key &&
+                    {weekend &&
+                      weekend.meeting_key === m.meeting_key &&
                       weekend.sessions.map((weekendSession) => {
                         const { session } = weekendSession
                         const active = session.session_key === currentSessionKey
-                        const state = sessionState(weekendSession, now)
+                        const state = resolveSessionState({
+                          weekendSession,
+                          context,
+                          now,
+                        })
                         return (
                           <button
                             key={session.session_key}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/schedule.ts b/frontend/src/lib/schedule.ts
index cb47723..926af49 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/schedule.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/schedule.ts
@@ -95,22 +95,6 @@ export function pickFocusMeeting(meetings: Meeting[], now: Date): Meeting | null
   )
 }
 
-/**
- * Meeting a fan-facing default landing (bare `/race-hub`) should open. Unlike
- * `pickFocusMeeting`, it prefers a completed weekend over an upcoming one so the
- * default never lands on a future race with no analysis. Falls back to the next
- * upcoming meeting only when nothing has happened yet.
- */
-export function pickAnalysisFocusMeeting(meetings: Meeting[], now: Date): Meeting | null {
-  return (
-    currentMeeting(meetings, now) ??
-    mostRecentPastMeeting(meetings, now) ??
-    nextUpcomingMeeting(meetings, now) ??
-    meetings[0] ??
-    null
-  )
-}
-
 export function meetingHasStarted(meeting: Meeting, now: Date): boolean {
   const start = meetingStartTime(meeting)
   return start != null && now >= start
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/sessionState.ts b/frontend/src/lib/sessionState.ts
index 1c8dba1..e8de384 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/sessionState.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/sessionState.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
-import type { WeekendSession } from '../types'
+import type { ContextSession, WeekendContext, WeekendSession } from '../types'
 import { isSessionComplete } from './coverage'
-import { sessionEndTime, sessionStartTime } from './schedule'
+import { sessionStartTime } from './schedule'
 
 /**
- * User-facing lifecycle state for a weekend session. Combines the schedule
- * (has it started / finished) with local dataset coverage so the UI can speak
- * in fan language instead of raw `x/11` coverage counts.
+ * User-facing lifecycle state for a weekend session.
  *
- * - `upcoming`   — starts in the future; render a pre-session view.
- * - `live`       — currently running (started, not yet finished).
- * - `preparing`  — finished (or unknown timing) but no local analysis yet.
- * - `partial`    — finished with some, but not all, local datasets.
- * - `ready`      — finished with full local coverage; analysis is trustworthy.
- * - `cancelled`  — session was cancelled.
+ * Live comes only from Weekend Context's FIA-backed active identity — never from
+ * the scheduled start/end window alone. Preparing / partial / ready / unavailable
+ * come from structured `availability.local_analysis` when a context ref exists,
+ * otherwise from local dataset coverage after the scheduled start.
  */
 export type SessionState =
   | 'upcoming'
@@ -20,21 +16,91 @@ export type SessionState =
   | 'preparing'
   | 'partial'
   | 'ready'
+  | 'unavailable'
   | 'cancelled'
 
-export function sessionState(session: WeekendSession, now: Date): SessionState {
-  if (session.source === 'cancelled') return 'cancelled'
+export interface SessionStateInput {
+  weekendSession?: WeekendSession
+  context?: WeekendContext | null
+  now: Date
+}
 
-  const start = sessionStartTime(session.session)
-  const end = sessionEndTime(session.session)
+function contextRefFor(
+  context: WeekendContext | null | undefined,
+  sessionKey: number | undefined,
+): ContextSession | undefined {
+  if (!context || !sessionKey) return undefined
+  const refs = [
+    context.active_session,
+    context.default_analysis_session,
+    context.previous_completed_session,
+    context.next_session,
+  ]
+  return refs.find((ref) => ref?.session.session_key === sessionKey)
+}
 
+function fromAvailability(ref: ContextSession): SessionState | undefined {
+  const { schedule, live_session, local_analysis } = ref.availability
+  if (live_session === 'active') return 'live'
+  if (schedule === 'unavailable' || local_analysis === 'unavailable') return 'unavailable'
+  if (local_analysis === 'not_applicable') return 'upcoming'
+  if (local_analysis === 'pending') return 'preparing'
+  if (local_analysis === 'partial') return 'partial'
+  if (local_analysis === 'complete') return 'ready'
+  return undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve fan-facing session state. Prefer Weekend Context availability; never
+ * assert Live from wall-clock schedule alone.
+ */
+export function resolveSessionState({
+  weekendSession,
+  context,
+  now,
+}: SessionStateInput): SessionState {
+  if (weekendSession?.source === 'cancelled') return 'cancelled'
+
+  const sessionKey = weekendSession?.session.session_key
+  const active = context?.active_session
+  if (
+    active &&
+    sessionKey &&
+    active.session.session_key === sessionKey &&
+    active.availability.live_session === 'active'
+  ) {
+    return 'live'
+  }
+
+  const ref = contextRefFor(context, sessionKey)
+  if (ref) {
+    const fromCtx = fromAvailability(ref)
+    if (fromCtx) return fromCtx
+  }
+
+  // Settling temporal state with no analysis yet — even without a matching ref.
+  if (
+    context?.temporal_state === 'session_settling' &&
+    weekendSession &&
+    weekendSession.source === 'none'
+  ) {
+    return 'preparing'
+  }
+
+  if (!weekendSession) return 'unavailable'
+
+  const start = sessionStartTime(weekendSession.session)
   if (start && start > now) return 'upcoming'
-  if (start && end && now >= start && now < end) return 'live'
 
-  // Session has started/finished (or timing unknown) — describe it by coverage.
-  if (isSessionComplete(session.datasets)) return 'ready'
-  if (session.source === 'none') return 'preparing'
-  return 'partial'
+  if (isSessionComplete(weekendSession.datasets)) return 'ready'
+  if (weekendSession.source === 'none') return 'preparing'
+  if (weekendSession.source === 'partial') return 'partial'
+  return 'ready'
+}
+
+/** @deprecated Prefer resolveSessionState with Weekend Context. */
+export function sessionState(session: WeekendSession, now: Date): SessionState {
+  return resolveSessionState({ weekendSession: session, now })
 }
 
 /** Short label suitable for chips and the session switcher. */
@@ -50,6 +116,8 @@ export function sessionStateLabel(state: SessionState): string {
       return 'Partial'
     case 'ready':
       return 'Ready'
+    case 'unavailable':
+      return 'Unavailable'
     case 'cancelled':
       return 'Cancelled'
   }
@@ -63,11 +131,13 @@ export function sessionStateDescription(state: SessionState): string {
     case 'live':
       return 'Session is running now.'
     case 'preparing':
-      return 'Analysis is being prepared — no local data ingested yet.'
+      return 'Analysis is being prepared — local data is still settling.'
     case 'partial':
       return 'Partial analysis available — some datasets are still missing.'
     case 'ready':
       return 'Full analysis is ready.'
+    case 'unavailable':
+      return 'Analysis is not available for this session.'
     case 'cancelled':
       return 'This session was cancelled.'
   }
@@ -87,6 +157,8 @@ export function sessionStateDotClass(state: SessionState): string {
       return 'rh-state-live'
     case 'upcoming':
       return 'rh-state-upcoming'
+    case 'unavailable':
+      return 'rh-state-unavailable'
     case 'cancelled':
       return 'rh-state-cancelled'
     default:
@@ -98,3 +170,25 @@ export function sessionStateDotClass(state: SessionState): string {
 export function isPreSession(state: SessionState): boolean {
   return state === 'upcoming'
 }
+
+/** Settling / empty post-session — not yet analysable. */
+export function isPreparing(state: SessionState): boolean {
+  return state === 'preparing'
+}
+
+export function isUnavailable(state: SessionState): boolean {
+  return state === 'unavailable' || state === 'cancelled'
+}
+
+/** Show fan analysis with a partial banner; keep available capabilities. */
+export function isPartialAnalysis(state: SessionState): boolean {
+  return state === 'partial'
+}
+
+/** Canonical default analysis session key from Weekend Context, if any. */
+export function defaultAnalysisSessionKey(
+  context: WeekendContext | null | undefined,
+): number | undefined {
+  const key = context?.default_analysis_session?.session.session_key
+  return key && key > 0 ? key : undefined
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/RaceHubPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/RaceHubPage.tsx
index 087053a..b59e724 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/RaceHubPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/RaceHubPage.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { useNavigate } from '@tanstack/react-router'
-import {
-  fetchLocalMeetings,
-  fetchRaceHub,
-  fetchSeasons,
-  fetchWeekend,
-} from '../api'
+import { fetchRaceHub, fetchWeekend, fetchWeekendContext } from '../api'
 import { DatasetStrip } from '../components/DatasetStrip'
 import { RaceStoryCanvas } from '../components/RaceStoryCanvas'
 import { TabBar, type Tab } from '../components/TabBar'
@@ -17,101 +12,64 @@ import { CompareView } from '../components/CompareView'
 import { RaceControlView } from '../components/RaceControlView'
 import { WeatherView } from '../components/WeatherView'
 import { OverviewView } from '../components/OverviewView'
-import { PreSessionView } from '../components/PreSessionView'
+import {
+  PartialAnalysisBanner,
+  PreSessionView,
+  SessionPhaseView,
+} from '../components/PreSessionView'
 import { WeekendSwitcher } from '../components/WeekendSwitcher'
 import { SourceBadge } from '../components/SourceBadge'
 import { countryAccent, countryDecal, formatGpDateRange } from '../lib/gpIdentity'
 import { sessionTypeAbbrev } from '../lib/coverage'
+import { formatSessionScheduleTime, sortSessionsByStart } from '../lib/schedule'
 import {
-  formatSessionScheduleTime,
-  pickAnalysisFocusMeeting,
-  sessionStartTime,
-  sortSessionsByStart,
-} from '../lib/schedule'
-import {
+  defaultAnalysisSessionKey,
+  isPartialAnalysis,
   isPreSession,
-  sessionState,
+  isPreparing,
+  isUnavailable,
+  resolveSessionState,
   sessionStateDotClass,
   sessionStateLabel,
 } from '../lib/sessionState'
-import type { Weekend, WeekendSession } from '../types'
+import type { WeekendSession } from '../types'
 
 interface Props {
   sessionKey: number
 }
 
-/**
- * Resolve the session a bare `/race-hub` should open. Prefers the canonical
- * Weekend Context `default_analysis_session` (which never points at a future
- * session), then any completed session with the richest coverage. Returns
- * `undefined` when every session is still upcoming so the caller can fall back
- * to the switcher instead of opening empty analysis.
- */
-function pickAnalysisSession(weekend: Weekend | undefined, now: Date): number | undefined {
-  if (!weekend) return undefined
-  if (weekend.default_analysis_session && weekend.default_analysis_session > 0) {
-    return weekend.default_analysis_session
-  }
-
-  const started = weekend.sessions.filter((s) => {
-    const start = sessionStartTime(s.session)
-    return !start || start <= now
-  })
-  if (started.length === 0) return undefined
-
-  const local = started.filter((s) => s.source === 'local')
-  const partial = started.filter((s) => s.source === 'partial')
-  const pool = local.length > 0 ? local : partial.length > 0 ? partial : started
-  const race = pool.find((s) => s.session.session_type?.toLowerCase().includes('race'))
-  if (race) return race.session.session_key
-  const qual = pool.find((s) => s.session.session_type?.toLowerCase().includes('qualifying'))
-  if (qual) return qual.session.session_key
-  return pool[pool.length - 1]?.session.session_key
-}
-
 export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const [activeTab, setActiveTab] = useState<Tab>('overview')
   const [switcherOpen, setSwitcherOpen] = useState(false)
-  const now = useMemo(() => new Date(), [])
+  const [showDiagnostics, setShowDiagnostics] = useState(false)
+  const [phaseDiagnostics, setPhaseDiagnostics] = useState(false)
+  const [now, setNow] = useState(() => new Date())
 
-  // ─── Auto-redirect when no session_key is supplied ───
-  const seasonsQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['seasons'],
-    queryFn: fetchSeasons,
-    enabled: sessionKey === 0,
-  })
-
-  const latestSeason = seasonsQuery.data?.[0] ?? null
-
-  const meetingsQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['meetings', latestSeason],
-    queryFn: () => fetchLocalMeetings(latestSeason!),
-    enabled: sessionKey === 0 && latestSeason != null,
-  })
-
-  const focusMeeting = useMemo(() => {
-    if (sessionKey !== 0 || !meetingsQuery.data) return null
-    return pickAnalysisFocusMeeting(meetingsQuery.data, now)
-  }, [sessionKey, meetingsQuery.data, now])
-
-  const fallbackWeekendQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['weekend', focusMeeting?.meeting_key],
-    queryFn: () => fetchWeekend(focusMeeting!.meeting_key),
-    enabled: sessionKey === 0 && focusMeeting != null,
+  // Keep schedule-adjacent UI (countdown) moving; Live/completion come from context.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const id = window.setInterval(() => setNow(new Date()), 1000)
+    return () => window.clearInterval(id)
+  }, [])
+
+  const contextQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['weekend-context'],
+    queryFn: fetchWeekendContext,
+    staleTime: 15_000,
+    refetchInterval: 30_000,
   })
+  const context = contextQuery.data ?? null
 
+  // Bare `/race-hub` resolves only through canonical Weekend Context.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (sessionKey !== 0) return
-    const weekend = fallbackWeekendQuery.data
-    if (!weekend) return
-    const target = pickAnalysisSession(weekend, now)
+    if (!contextQuery.isSuccess || !context) return
+    const target = defaultAnalysisSessionKey(context)
     if (target) {
       navigate({ to: '/race-hub', search: { session_key: target }, replace: true })
     }
-  }, [sessionKey, fallbackWeekendQuery.data, navigate, now])
+  }, [sessionKey, contextQuery.isSuccess, context, navigate])
 
-  // ─── Active session payload ───
   const raceHubQuery = useQuery({
     queryKey: ['race-hub', sessionKey],
     queryFn: () => fetchRaceHub(sessionKey),
@@ -132,47 +90,57 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
   const accent = countryAccent(data?.meeting ?? null)
   const accentStyle = { '--gp-accent': accent } as React.CSSProperties
 
-  const [showDiagnostics, setShowDiagnostics] = useState(false)
+  const openDiagnostics = () => {
+    setActiveTab('data_status')
+    setShowDiagnostics(true)
+    setPhaseDiagnostics(true)
+  }
 
-  // ─── No session_key: show resolving state, fall back to switcher if no local data ───
+  // ─── No session_key: resolve via Weekend Context ───
   if (sessionKey === 0) {
-    if (seasonsQuery.isLoading || meetingsQuery.isLoading || fallbackWeekendQuery.isLoading) {
+    if (contextQuery.isLoading) {
       return (
         <div className="rh-page" style={accentStyle}>
-          <div className="loading-state">resolving latest local weekend…</div>
+          <div className="loading-state">resolving weekend context…</div>
         </div>
       )
     }
-    const seasons = seasonsQuery.data ?? []
-    if (seasons.length === 0) {
+    if (contextQuery.isError) {
       return (
-        <div className="rh-page rh-empty" data-testid="race-hub-empty" style={accentStyle}>
-          <div className="rh-empty-band">
-            <span className="rh-empty-eyebrow mono">box-box · race hub</span>
-            <h1 className="rh-empty-title">No local sessions yet</h1>
-            <p className="rh-empty-sub">
-              The Race Hub reads from local ingest only. Once a weekend is ingested
-              it will open here automatically.
-            </p>
-            <div className="rh-empty-actions">
-              <a href="/admin" className="rh-empty-action">Open Admin · Data Health</a>
-              <a href="/" className="rh-empty-action">Back to Command Center</a>
+        <div className="rh-page" data-testid="race-hub-error" style={accentStyle}>
+          <div className="rh-recover">
+            <div className="error-box">
+              {contextQuery.error instanceof Error
+                ? contextQuery.error.message
+                : 'Failed to load weekend context.'}
+            </div>
+            <div className="rh-recover-actions">
+              <button
+                type="button"
+                className="rh-recover-btn primary"
+                onClick={() => contextQuery.refetch()}
+                data-testid="rh-retry"
+              >
+                Retry
+              </button>
+              <a href="/" className="rh-recover-btn">
+                Back to Command Center
+              </a>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
       )
     }
-    // Weekend resolved but every session is upcoming — offer the switcher instead
-    // of silently opening empty analysis.
-    if (fallbackWeekendQuery.data && !pickAnalysisSession(fallbackWeekendQuery.data, now)) {
+
+    if (context && !defaultAnalysisSessionKey(context)) {
       return (
         <div className="rh-page rh-empty" data-testid="race-hub-no-analysis" style={accentStyle}>
           <div className="rh-empty-band">
             <span className="rh-empty-eyebrow mono">box-box · race hub</span>
             <h1 className="rh-empty-title">No completed session to analyse yet</h1>
             <p className="rh-empty-sub">
-              The next weekend hasn’t run. Pick a past session to review, or check
-              back once it’s complete.
+              Weekend Context has no default analysis session. Pick a past session
+              to review, or check back once a session completes with local analysis.
             </p>
             <div className="rh-empty-actions">
               <button
@@ -182,26 +150,31 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
               >
                 Browse Weekends
               </button>
-              <a href="/" className="rh-empty-action">Back to Command Center</a>
+              <a href="/" className="rh-empty-action">
+                Back to Command Center
+              </a>
             </div>
           </div>
           {switcherOpen && (
             <WeekendSwitcher
-              currentMeetingKey={fallbackWeekendQuery.data.meeting_key}
+              currentMeetingKey={context.focus_meeting?.meeting_key}
+              context={context}
+              now={now}
               onClose={() => setSwitcherOpen(false)}
             />
           )}
         </div>
       )
     }
+
     return (
       <div className="rh-page" style={accentStyle}>
-        <div className="loading-state">resolving latest local weekend…</div>
+        <div className="loading-state">resolving weekend context…</div>
       </div>
     )
   }
 
-  // ─── Loading / error for the requested session_key (retry + back to weekend) ───
+  // ─── Loading / error for the requested session_key ───
   if (raceHubQuery.isLoading) {
     return (
       <div className="rh-page" style={accentStyle}>
@@ -210,6 +183,15 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
     )
   }
   if (raceHubQuery.isError || !data) {
+    const backMeeting = context?.focus_meeting?.meeting_key
+    const backSession =
+      defaultAnalysisSessionKey(context) ??
+      context?.previous_completed_session?.session.session_key
+    const backHref =
+      backSession && backSession > 0
+        ? `/race-hub?session_key=${backSession}`
+        : '/race-hub'
+
     return (
       <div className="rh-page" data-testid="race-hub-error" style={accentStyle}>
         <div className="rh-recover">
@@ -227,7 +209,12 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
             >
               Retry
             </button>
-            <a href="/race-hub" className="rh-recover-btn" data-testid="rh-back-weekend">
+            <a
+              href={backHref}
+              className="rh-recover-btn"
+              data-testid="rh-back-weekend"
+              data-meeting-key={backMeeting ?? undefined}
+            >
               Back to Weekend
             </a>
           </div>
@@ -242,12 +229,18 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
     ? Object.fromEntries(weekend.sessions.map((w) => [w.session.session_key, w]))
     : {}
   const activeSessionMeta: WeekendSession | undefined = sessionMeta[sessionKey]
-  const activeState = activeSessionMeta ? sessionState(activeSessionMeta, now) : undefined
-  const preSession = activeState != null && isPreSession(activeState)
+  const activeState = resolveSessionState({
+    weekendSession: activeSessionMeta,
+    context,
+    now,
+  })
+  const preSession = isPreSession(activeState)
+  const preparing = isPreparing(activeState)
+  const unavailable = isUnavailable(activeState)
+  const partial = isPartialAnalysis(activeState)
 
   return (
     <div className="rh-page" data-testid="race-hub" style={accentStyle}>
-      {/* Topbar */}
       <div className="rh-topbar">
         <span className="rh-topbar-label mono">
           box-box · race hub
@@ -270,11 +263,12 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
         <WeekendSwitcher
           currentMeetingKey={meetingKey}
           currentSessionKey={sessionKey}
+          context={context}
+          now={now}
           onClose={() => setSwitcherOpen(false)}
         />
       )}
 
-      {/* GP Identity band */}
       {data.meeting && (
         <section className="rh-identity" data-testid="rh-identity">
           <div className="rh-identity-accent" aria-hidden="true" />
@@ -295,13 +289,16 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
         </section>
       )}
 
-      {/* Session rail */}
       {sessions.length > 0 && (
         <nav className="rh-session-rail" aria-label="Weekend sessions" data-testid="rh-session-rail">
           {sessions.map((session) => {
             const meta = sessionMeta[session.session_key]
             const active = session.session_key === sessionKey
-            const state = meta ? sessionState(meta, now) : undefined
+            const state = resolveSessionState({
+              weekendSession: meta,
+              context,
+              now,
+            })
             return (
               <button
                 key={session.session_key}
@@ -323,45 +320,70 @@ export function RaceHubPage({ sessionKey }: Props) {
                 <span className="rh-session-time mono">
                   {formatSessionScheduleTime(session.date_start)}
                 </span>
-                {state && (
-                  <span className="rh-session-cov mono">
-                    <span
-                      className={`cc-cov-dot ${sessionStateDotClass(state)}`}
-                      aria-hidden="true"
-                    />
-                    {sessionStateLabel(state)}
-                  </span>
-                )}
+                <span className="rh-session-cov mono">
+                  <span
+                    className={`cc-cov-dot ${sessionStateDotClass(state)}`}
+                    aria-hidden="true"
+                  />
+                  {sessionStateLabel(state)}
+                </span>
               </button>
             )
           })}
         </nav>
       )}
 
-      {/* Active session sub-bar */}
       {data.session && (
         <div className="rh-active-bar" data-testid="rh-active-bar">
           <span className="rh-active-name">{data.session.session_name}</span>
           <span className="rh-active-meta mono">
             {formatSessionScheduleTime(data.session.date_start)}
           </span>
-          {activeState && (
-            <span className="rh-active-cov mono" data-testid="rh-active-state">
-              <span
-                className={`cc-cov-dot ${sessionStateDotClass(activeState)}`}
-                aria-hidden="true"
-              />
-              {sessionStateLabel(activeState)}
-            </span>
-          )}
+          <span className="rh-active-cov mono" data-testid="rh-active-state">
+            <span
+              className={`cc-cov-dot ${sessionStateDotClass(activeState)}`}
+              aria-hidden="true"
+            />
+            {sessionStateLabel(activeState)}
+          </span>
           <span className="rh-active-key mono">key {sessionKey}</span>
         </div>
       )}
 
       {preSession && data.session ? (
-        <PreSessionView session={data.session} sessionName={data.session.session_name} />
+        <PreSessionView
+          session={data.session}
+          sessionName={data.session.session_name}
+          now={now}
+        />
+      ) : preparing || unavailable ? (
+        <>
+          <SessionPhaseView
+            state={
+              unavailable
+                ? activeState === 'cancelled'
+                  ? 'cancelled'
+                  : 'unavailable'
+                : 'preparing'
+            }
+            sessionName={data.session?.session_name ?? `Session ${sessionKey}`}
+            onOpenDiagnostics={openDiagnostics}
+          />
+          {phaseDiagnostics && (
+            <div className="data-section" data-testid="rh-phase-diagnostics">
+              <div className="sec-header">
+                <span className="sec-title">Diagnostics</span>
+              </div>
+              <DatasetStatusView datasets={data.datasets} />
+              <div style={{ marginTop: 'var(--s5)' }} data-testid="rh-dataset-strip">
+                <DatasetStrip datasets={data.datasets} />
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </>
       ) : (
         <>
+          {partial && <PartialAnalysisBanner onOpenDiagnostics={openDiagnostics} />}
           <TabBar active={activeTab} onChange={setActiveTab} />
 
           {activeTab === 'overview' && <OverviewView data={data} />}
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/app.css b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
index 752e9c6..d8a90a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
@@ -1853,6 +1853,7 @@ a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
 .rh-state-live { background: var(--red); }
 .rh-state-upcoming { background: var(--text-3); }
 .rh-state-preparing { background: var(--text-3); opacity: 0.5; }
+.rh-state-unavailable { background: var(--text-3); opacity: 0.4; }
 .rh-state-cancelled { background: var(--text-3); opacity: 0.35; }
 
 /* ── Pre-session (expected availability) view ── */
@@ -1888,6 +1889,27 @@ a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
   color: var(--text);
   margin-top: var(--s3);
 }
+.rh-partial-banner {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: var(--s3);
+  margin: 0 var(--s5) var(--s3);
+  padding: var(--s3) var(--s4);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--yellow) 45%, var(--border));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--yellow) 12%, transparent);
+  color: var(--text-2);
+  font-size: 12px;
+}
+.rh-partial-banner-link {
+  appearance: none;
+  background: transparent;
+  border: 0;
+  color: var(--text);
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  font: inherit;
+}
 .rh-expected-grid {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(160px, 1fr));
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/RaceHubPage.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/RaceHubPage.test.tsx
index 21fa527..60dbe5b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/RaceHubPage.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/test/RaceHubPage.test.tsx
@@ -9,23 +9,37 @@ import {
   createRoute,
 } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { RaceHubPage } from '../pages/RaceHubPage'
-import type { DatasetInfo, Meeting, RaceHub, Session, Weekend } from '../types'
+import type {
+  DatasetInfo,
+  Meeting,
+  RaceHub,
+  Session,
+  Weekend,
+  WeekendContext,
+} from '../types'
 
 vi.mock('../api', () => ({
   fetchRaceHub: vi.fn(),
   fetchSeasons: vi.fn(),
   fetchLocalMeetings: vi.fn(),
   fetchWeekend: vi.fn(),
+  fetchWeekendContext: vi.fn(),
 }))
 
-import { fetchRaceHub, fetchSeasons, fetchLocalMeetings, fetchWeekend } from '../api'
+import {
+  fetchRaceHub,
+  fetchSeasons,
+  fetchLocalMeetings,
+  fetchWeekend,
+  fetchWeekendContext,
+} from '../api'
 
 const mockFetchRaceHub = vi.mocked(fetchRaceHub)
 const mockFetchSeasons = vi.mocked(fetchSeasons)
 const mockFetchLocalMeetings = vi.mocked(fetchLocalMeetings)
 const mockFetchWeekend = vi.mocked(fetchWeekend)
+const mockFetchWeekendContext = vi.mocked(fetchWeekendContext)
 
-// Use a fixed clock so upcoming/completed states are deterministic in tests.
 const NOW = new Date('2025-06-01T00:00:00Z')
 
 const meeting: Meeting = {
@@ -62,7 +76,6 @@ const qualSession: Session = {
   gmt_offset: '02:00:00',
 }
 
-// A session scheduled far in the future relative to NOW.
 const futureSession: Session = {
   session_key: 9600,
   session_name: 'Race',
@@ -177,13 +190,47 @@ const weekend: Weekend = {
   meeting_key: 1229,
   meeting,
   default_session_key: 9472,
-  default_analysis_session: 9472,
   sessions: [
     { session: qualSession, source: 'local', datasets: fullDatasets },
     { session: raceSession, source: 'local', datasets: fullDatasets },
   ],
 }
 
+const weekendContext: WeekendContext = {
+  season: 2025,
+  temporal_state: 'post_weekend',
+  focus_meeting: meeting,
+  previous_meeting: meeting,
+  default_analysis_session: {
+    session: raceSession,
+    meeting,
+    availability: {
+      schedule: 'available',
+      live_transport: 'unknown',
+      live_session: 'inactive',
+      archive: 'unavailable',
+      local_analysis: 'complete',
+      freshness: 'fresh',
+      limitations: [],
+    },
+  },
+  previous_completed_session: {
+    session: raceSession,
+    meeting,
+    availability: {
+      schedule: 'available',
+      live_transport: 'unknown',
+      live_session: 'inactive',
+      archive: 'unavailable',
+      local_analysis: 'complete',
+      freshness: 'fresh',
+      limitations: [],
+    },
+  },
+  championship_round: 8,
+  total_championship_rounds: 24,
+}
+
 function renderRaceHub(sessionKey: number) {
   const queryClient = new QueryClient({
     defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } },
@@ -213,7 +260,6 @@ function renderRaceHub(sessionKey: number) {
     history: undefined,
   })
 
-  // Navigate to the URL before mounting
   router.navigate({ to: '/race-hub', search: sessionKey ? { session_key: sessionKey } : {} })
   return render(<RouterProvider router={router} />)
 }
@@ -227,6 +273,7 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     mockFetchLocalMeetings.mockResolvedValue([meeting])
     mockFetchWeekend.mockResolvedValue(weekend)
     mockFetchRaceHub.mockResolvedValue(raceHub)
+    mockFetchWeekendContext.mockResolvedValue(weekendContext)
   })
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -245,9 +292,9 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     )
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-session-9471')).toBeInTheDocument()
 
-    // Overview is default
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getByText('Winner')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Local Coverage')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
   it('exposes Race Story sub-controls for classification, grid, and positions', async () => {
@@ -257,7 +304,6 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Race Story' }))
 
     expect(screen.getByText('VER')).toBeInTheDocument()
-    
   })
 
   it('keeps Diagnostics accessible behind a secondary action, free of inline CLI guidance', async () => {
@@ -269,7 +315,6 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-data-status')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.queryByText(/ingest-session/i)).not.toBeInTheDocument()
 
-    // Raw dataset coverage strip is hidden until explicitly requested.
     expect(screen.queryByTestId('rh-dataset-strip')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('rh-diagnostics-toggle'))
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-dataset-strip')).toBeInTheDocument()
@@ -279,7 +324,6 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     renderRaceHub(9472)
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeInTheDocument())
 
-    // Overview (fan content) is present, but the raw diagnostics strip is not.
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.queryByTestId('rh-dataset-strip')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
@@ -291,7 +335,6 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-tabgroup-story')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-tabgroup-analysis')).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-tabgroup-context')).toBeInTheDocument()
-    // Every capability preserved
     expect(screen.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Overview' })).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Strategy' })).toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Compare' })).toBeInTheDocument()
@@ -308,20 +351,22 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     expect(await screen.findByTestId('rh-switcher')).toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
-  it('resolves bare /race-hub through the default analysis session (never a future one)', async () => {
-    const futureMeeting: Meeting = { ...meeting, meeting_key: 1300, meeting_name: 'Future GP' }
-    mockFetchLocalMeetings.mockResolvedValue([futureMeeting])
-    mockFetchWeekend.mockResolvedValue({
-      source: 'partial',
-      meeting_key: 1300,
-      meeting: futureMeeting,
-      // Backend excludes the future session; falls back to the completed quali.
-      default_session_key: 9600,
-      default_analysis_session: 9471,
-      sessions: [
-        { session: { ...qualSession, meeting_key: 1300 }, source: 'local', datasets: fullDatasets },
-        { session: futureSession, source: 'none', datasets: {} },
-      ],
+  it('resolves bare /race-hub through canonical Weekend Context default analysis', async () => {
+    mockFetchWeekendContext.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekendContext,
+      default_analysis_session: {
+        session: qualSession,
+        meeting,
+        availability: {
+          schedule: 'available',
+          live_transport: 'unknown',
+          live_session: 'inactive',
+          archive: 'unavailable',
+          local_analysis: 'complete',
+          freshness: 'fresh',
+          limitations: [],
+        },
+      },
     })
 
     renderRaceHub(0)
@@ -330,6 +375,19 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     expect(mockFetchRaceHub).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(9600)
   })
 
+  it('shows no-analysis fallback when Weekend Context has no default analysis', async () => {
+    mockFetchWeekendContext.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekendContext,
+      default_analysis_session: undefined,
+      previous_completed_session: undefined,
+    })
+
+    renderRaceHub(0)
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('race-hub-no-analysis')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(mockFetchRaceHub).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('renders a pre-session view instead of empty analysis for a future session', async () => {
     mockFetchRaceHub.mockResolvedValue({
       ...raceHub,
@@ -352,12 +410,97 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
 
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeInTheDocument())
     expect(await screen.findByTestId('rh-presession')).toBeInTheDocument()
-    // No Winner analysis card for an unrun session.
     expect(screen.queryByTestId('rh-overview')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
     expect(screen.queryByText('Winner')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
-  it('labels a completed but partial session as Partial in the active state', async () => {
+  it('renders a preparing view for a settling session with no local analysis', async () => {
+    mockFetchWeekend.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekend,
+      sessions: [
+        { session: raceSession, source: 'none', datasets: {} },
+      ],
+    })
+    mockFetchWeekendContext.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekendContext,
+      temporal_state: 'session_settling',
+      default_analysis_session: undefined,
+      previous_completed_session: {
+        session: raceSession,
+        meeting,
+        availability: {
+          schedule: 'available',
+          live_transport: 'unknown',
+          live_session: 'inactive',
+          archive: 'unavailable',
+          local_analysis: 'pending',
+          freshness: 'fresh',
+          limitations: [],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    mockFetchRaceHub.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...raceHub,
+      source: 'none',
+      results: [],
+      starting_grid: [],
+      datasets: {},
+    })
+
+    renderRaceHub(9472)
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-preparing')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('rh-overview')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('renders unavailable distinctly from request errors', async () => {
+    mockFetchWeekend.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekend,
+      sessions: [{ session: raceSession, source: 'none', datasets: {} }],
+    })
+    mockFetchWeekendContext.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekendContext,
+      previous_completed_session: {
+        session: raceSession,
+        meeting,
+        availability: {
+          schedule: 'available',
+          live_transport: 'unknown',
+          live_session: 'inactive',
+          archive: 'unavailable',
+          local_analysis: 'unavailable',
+          freshness: 'stale',
+          limitations: ['analysis_blocked'],
+        },
+      },
+      default_analysis_session: {
+        session: raceSession,
+        meeting,
+        availability: {
+          schedule: 'available',
+          live_transport: 'unknown',
+          live_session: 'inactive',
+          archive: 'unavailable',
+          local_analysis: 'unavailable',
+          freshness: 'stale',
+          limitations: ['analysis_blocked'],
+        },
+      },
+    })
+    mockFetchRaceHub.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...raceHub,
+      source: 'none',
+      results: [],
+      datasets: {},
+    })
+
+    renderRaceHub(9472)
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-unavailable')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('race-hub-error')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('labels a completed but partial session as Partial and keeps analysis', async () => {
     mockFetchWeekend.mockResolvedValue({
       ...weekend,
       sessions: [
@@ -365,11 +508,29 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
         { session: raceSession, source: 'partial', datasets: { drivers: fullDatasets.drivers } },
       ],
     })
+    mockFetchWeekendContext.mockResolvedValue({
+      ...weekendContext,
+      default_analysis_session: {
+        session: raceSession,
+        meeting,
+        availability: {
+          schedule: 'available',
+          live_transport: 'unknown',
+          live_session: 'inactive',
+          archive: 'unavailable',
+          local_analysis: 'partial',
+          freshness: 'fresh',
+          limitations: [],
+        },
+      },
+    })
 
     renderRaceHub(9472)
 
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-active-state')).toBeInTheDocument())
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-active-state')).toHaveTextContent('Partial')
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-partial-banner')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeInTheDocument()
   })
 
   it('offers retry and back-to-Weekend on an error', async () => {
@@ -380,7 +541,7 @@ describe('RaceHubPage', () => {
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('race-hub-error')).toBeInTheDocument())
     expect(screen.getByTestId('rh-retry')).toBeInTheDocument()
     const back = screen.getByTestId('rh-back-weekend')
-    expect(back).toHaveAttribute('href', '/race-hub')
+    expect(back).toHaveAttribute('href', '/race-hub?session_key=9472')
 
     mockFetchRaceHub.mockResolvedValue(raceHub)
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('rh-retry'))
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/sessionState.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/sessionState.test.ts
index e820184..14b21d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/test/sessionState.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/test/sessionState.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { sessionState, sessionStateLabel } from '../lib/sessionState'
-import type { DatasetInfo, Session, WeekendSession } from '../types'
+import {
+  resolveSessionState,
+  sessionState,
+  sessionStateLabel,
+} from '../lib/sessionState'
+import type {
+  ContextAvailability,
+  ContextSession,
+  DatasetInfo,
+  Session,
+  WeekendContext,
+  WeekendSession,
+} from '../types'
 
 const NOW = new Date('2025-06-01T00:00:00Z')
 
@@ -41,17 +52,57 @@ const FULL: Record<string, DatasetInfo> = Object.fromEntries(
   ].map((k) => [k, { status: 'available', source: 'local', count: 1 }]),
 )
 
+function availability(overrides: Partial<ContextAvailability> = {}): ContextAvailability {
+  return {
+    schedule: 'available',
+    live_transport: 'unknown',
+    live_session: 'inactive',
+    archive: 'unavailable',
+    local_analysis: 'complete',
+    freshness: 'fresh',
+    limitations: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function contextSession(
+  session: Session,
+  avail: Partial<ContextAvailability> = {},
+): ContextSession {
+  return { session, availability: availability(avail) }
+}
+
+function context(overrides: Partial<WeekendContext> = {}): WeekendContext {
+  return {
+    temporal_state: 'post_weekend',
+    championship_round: 1,
+    total_championship_rounds: 1,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
 describe('sessionState', () => {
   it('marks a future session as upcoming', () => {
     const s = mk({ date_start: '2099-05-25T13:00:00+00:00', date_end: '2099-05-25T15:00:00+00:00' }, 'none')
     expect(sessionState(s, NOW)).toBe('upcoming')
   })
 
-  it('marks a running session as live', () => {
+  it('does not mark Live from schedule alone', () => {
     const start = new Date(NOW.getTime() - 60_000).toISOString()
     const end = new Date(NOW.getTime() + 60_000).toISOString()
-    const s = mk({ date_start: start, date_end: end }, 'partial')
-    expect(sessionState(s, NOW)).toBe('live')
+    const s = mk({ date_start: start, date_end: end }, 'none')
+    expect(sessionState(s, NOW)).toBe('preparing')
+  })
+
+  it('marks Live only when Weekend Context active identity matches', () => {
+    const start = new Date(NOW.getTime() - 60_000).toISOString()
+    const end = new Date(NOW.getTime() + 60_000).toISOString()
+    const s = mk({ session_key: 42, date_start: start, date_end: end }, 'none')
+    const ctx = context({
+      temporal_state: 'session_live',
+      active_session: contextSession(s.session, { live_session: 'active' }),
+    })
+    expect(resolveSessionState({ weekendSession: s, context: ctx, now: NOW })).toBe('live')
   })
 
   it('marks a finished session with full local data as ready', () => {
@@ -69,6 +120,18 @@ describe('sessionState', () => {
     expect(sessionState(s, NOW)).toBe('partial')
   })
 
+  it('marks unavailable from context availability', () => {
+    const s = mk({ session_key: 7 }, 'none')
+    const ctx = context({
+      previous_completed_session: contextSession(s.session, {
+        local_analysis: 'unavailable',
+      }),
+    })
+    expect(resolveSessionState({ weekendSession: s, context: ctx, now: NOW })).toBe(
+      'unavailable',
+    )
+  })
+
   it('marks a cancelled session as cancelled', () => {
     const s = mk({}, 'cancelled')
     expect(sessionState(s, NOW)).toBe('cancelled')
@@ -78,5 +141,6 @@ describe('sessionState', () => {
     expect(sessionStateLabel('ready')).toBe('Ready')
     expect(sessionStateLabel('upcoming')).toBe('Upcoming')
     expect(sessionStateLabel('partial')).toBe('Partial')
+    expect(sessionStateLabel('unavailable')).toBe('Unavailable')
   })
 })
diff --git a/frontend/src/types.ts b/frontend/src/types.ts
index b5433c9..efae0bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types.ts
@@ -215,12 +215,6 @@ export interface Weekend {
   meeting: Meeting
   sessions: WeekendSession[]
   default_session_key?: number
-  /**
-   * Fan-facing default landing session. Never resolves to a future session, so
-   * bare `/race-hub` never opens empty post-session analysis. `0`/undefined
-   * means every session is still upcoming.
-   */
-  default_analysis_session?: number
 }
 
 export interface LiveStateResponse {
diff --git a/internal/query/navigation.go b/internal/query/navigation.go
index 8139606..f6bf068 100644
--- a/internal/query/navigation.go
+++ b/internal/query/navigation.go
@@ -3,16 +3,11 @@ package query
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"errors"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/AmanTahiliani/box-box/internal/models"
 	"github.com/AmanTahiliani/box-box/internal/store"
 )
 
-// weekendNow is the clock used to decide whether a session has started. It is a
-// package var so tests can pin it deterministically.
-var weekendNow = time.Now
-
 // ErrMeetingNotFound is returned when a meeting is not in the local store.
 var ErrMeetingNotFound = errors.New("meeting not found")
 
@@ -24,16 +19,14 @@ type WeekendSession struct {
 }
 
 // Weekend is the local-first read model for one race weekend.
+// Fan-facing default analysis resolution lives on /api/v1/weekend-context
+// (DefaultAnalysisSession); this payload only supplies meeting rail + coverage.
 type Weekend struct {
 	Source            string           `json:"source"`
 	MeetingKey        int              `json:"meeting_key"`
 	Meeting           models.Meeting   `json:"meeting"`
 	Sessions          []WeekendSession `json:"sessions"`
 	DefaultSessionKey int              `json:"default_session_key,omitempty"`
-	// DefaultAnalysisSession is the session a fan-facing default landing should
-	// open. Unlike DefaultSessionKey it never resolves to a future session, so
-	// bare /race-hub never renders empty post-session analysis.
-	DefaultAnalysisSession int `json:"default_analysis_session,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ListSeasons returns years with ingested meetings, newest first.
@@ -94,7 +87,6 @@ func (s *Service) GetWeekend(meetingKey int) (Weekend, error) {
 		out.Source = weekendSource(out.Sessions)
 	}
 	out.DefaultSessionKey = pickDefaultSession(out.Sessions)
-	out.DefaultAnalysisSession = pickDefaultAnalysisSession(out.Sessions, weekendNow())
 	return out, nil
 }
 
@@ -151,51 +143,6 @@ func pickDefaultSession(sessions []WeekendSession) int {
 	return sessions[bestIdx].Session.SessionKey
 }
 
-// pickDefaultAnalysisSession chooses the session a fan should land on by default.
-// It never returns a future session: among sessions that have already started
-// (or whose start time is unknown) it prefers the one with the richest local
-// dataset coverage, breaking ties toward the later session. When every session
-// is still upcoming it returns 0 so callers render a pre-session view instead of
-// empty analysis.
-func pickDefaultAnalysisSession(sessions []WeekendSession, now time.Time) int {
-	bestKey := 0
-	bestScore := -1
-	var bestStart time.Time
-	for _, sess := range sessions {
-		start, ok := parseSessionStart(sess.Session.DateStart)
-		// Skip sessions that are clearly in the future; unknown start times are
-		// treated as eligible so historical data without timestamps still works.
-		if ok && start.After(now) {
-			continue
-		}
-		score := datasetScore(sess.Datasets)
-		if score > bestScore || (score == bestScore && ok && start.After(bestStart)) {
-			bestScore = score
-			bestKey = sess.Session.SessionKey
-			if ok {
-				bestStart = start
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return bestKey
-}
-
-func parseSessionStart(value string) (time.Time, bool) {
-	if value == "" {
-		return time.Time{}, false
-	}
-	if t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, value); err == nil {
-		return t, true
-	}
-	if t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05", value); err == nil {
-		return t, true
-	}
-	if t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02", value[:min(len(value), 10)]); err == nil {
-		return t, true
-	}
-	return time.Time{}, false
-}
-
 func datasetScore(datasets map[string]DatasetInfo) int {
 	score := 0
 	for _, info := range datasets {
diff --git a/internal/query/query_test.go b/internal/query/query_test.go
index 41aa834..b15bf04 100644
--- a/internal/query/query_test.go
+++ b/internal/query/query_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/AmanTahiliani/box-box/internal/models"
 	"github.com/AmanTahiliani/box-box/internal/store"
@@ -377,88 +376,6 @@ func TestGetWeekendWithSessions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPickDefaultAnalysisSessionSkipsFuture(t *testing.T) {
-	now := mustTime(t, "2025-05-24T18:00:00Z")
-	sessions := []WeekendSession{
-		{ // completed qualifying, partial coverage
-			Session:  models.Session{SessionKey: 100, DateStart: "2025-05-24T14:00:00+00:00"},
-			Datasets: map[string]DatasetInfo{"results": availableLocal(1)},
-		},
-		{ // future race with the richest coverage — must NOT be selected
-			Session: models.Session{SessionKey: 200, DateStart: "2025-05-25T13:00:00+00:00"},
-			Datasets: map[string]DatasetInfo{
-				"results": availableLocal(1),
-				"laps":    availableLocal(1),
-				"stints":  availableLocal(1),
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	got := pickDefaultAnalysisSession(sessions, now)
-	if got != 100 {
-		t.Fatalf("pickDefaultAnalysisSession() = %d, want 100 (never a future session)", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPickDefaultAnalysisSessionAllFuture(t *testing.T) {
-	now := mustTime(t, "2025-05-20T00:00:00Z")
-	sessions := []WeekendSession{
-		{Session: models.Session{SessionKey: 100, DateStart: "2025-05-24T14:00:00+00:00"}},
-		{Session: models.Session{SessionKey: 200, DateStart: "2025-05-25T13:00:00+00:00"}},
-	}
-
-	if got := pickDefaultAnalysisSession(sessions, now); got != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("pickDefaultAnalysisSession() = %d, want 0 (everything upcoming)", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPickDefaultAnalysisSessionPrefersRichestCompleted(t *testing.T) {
-	now := mustTime(t, "2025-05-26T00:00:00Z")
-	sessions := []WeekendSession{
-		{
-			Session:  models.Session{SessionKey: 100, DateStart: "2025-05-24T14:00:00+00:00"},
-			Datasets: map[string]DatasetInfo{"results": availableLocal(1)},
-		},
-		{
-			Session: models.Session{SessionKey: 200, DateStart: "2025-05-25T13:00:00+00:00"},
-			Datasets: map[string]DatasetInfo{
-				"results": availableLocal(1),
-				"laps":    availableLocal(1),
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	if got := pickDefaultAnalysisSession(sessions, now); got != 200 {
-		t.Fatalf("pickDefaultAnalysisSession() = %d, want 200 (richest completed)", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestGetWeekendSetsDefaultAnalysisSession(t *testing.T) {
-	prev := weekendNow
-	weekendNow = func() time.Time { return mustTime(t, "2025-05-26T00:00:00Z") }
-	t.Cleanup(func() { weekendNow = prev })
-
-	svc := openTestService(t)
-	seedRaceHubData(t, svc.store)
-
-	weekend, err := svc.GetWeekend(1229)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("GetWeekend() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	if weekend.DefaultAnalysisSession != 9472 {
-		t.Fatalf("DefaultAnalysisSession = %d, want 9472", weekend.DefaultAnalysisSession)
-	}
-}
-
-func mustTime(t *testing.T, value string) time.Time {
-	t.Helper()
-	parsed, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, value)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("parse time %q: %v", value, err)
-	}
-	return parsed
-}
-
 func TestGetChampionshipInputsIncludesSprintPoints(t *testing.T) {
 	// Regression for #57: Race-only aggregation dropped Sprint points.
 	// Setup: same meeting 1229 has Race (9472) 25pts + Sprint (9473) 8pts => total 33.
diff --git a/scripts/seed-e2e-db/main.go b/scripts/seed-e2e-db/main.go
index 0f5afa2..10b6bb7 100644
--- a/scripts/seed-e2e-db/main.go
+++ b/scripts/seed-e2e-db/main.go
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ func main() {
 	const meetingKey = 1229
 	const fullSessionKey = 9472
 	const coreOnlySessionKey = 9000
-	// A far-future session inside the same Monaco meeting so bare /race-hub never
-	// lands on it (default_analysis_session picks the completed race) yet an
-	// explicit deep link renders the dedicated pre-session view. Kept in the same
-	// meeting so the Command Center's focus selection is unaffected.
-	const futureSessionKey = 9600
 
 	if err := seedMeeting(st, meetingKey); err != nil {
 		fail(err)
@@ -64,10 +59,6 @@ func main() {
 		fail(err)
 	}
 
-	if err := seedFutureSession(st, futureSessionKey, meetingKey); err != nil {
-		fail(err)
-	}
-
 	fmt.Printf("seeded e2e db at %s\n", *dbPath)
 }
 
@@ -93,28 +84,20 @@ func seedMeeting(st *store.Store, meetingKey int) error {
 }
 
 func seedSession(st *store.Store, sessionKey, meetingKey int, name string) error {
+	start, end := "2025-05-25T13:00:00+00:00", "2025-05-25T15:00:00+00:00"
+	// Core-only is an earlier weekend session so Weekend Context's
+	// default_analysis_session prefers the later full Race.
+	if name == "Core Only" {
+		start, end = "2025-05-24T13:00:00+00:00", "2025-05-24T15:00:00+00:00"
+	}
 	return st.UpsertSession(store.Session{
 		SessionKey:  sessionKey,
 		MeetingKey:  meetingKey,
 		SessionName: name,
 		SessionType: "Race",
 		CircuitKey:  10,
-		DateStart:   "2025-05-25T13:00:00+00:00",
-		DateEnd:     "2025-05-25T15:00:00+00:00",
-	})
-}
-
-func seedFutureSession(st *store.Store, sessionKey, meetingKey int) error {
-	// Far-future date so this session is always "upcoming" relative to the wall
-	// clock and renders the pre-session view on an explicit deep link.
-	return st.UpsertSession(store.Session{
-		SessionKey:  sessionKey,
-		MeetingKey:  meetingKey,
-		SessionName: "Future Sprint",
-		SessionType: "Race",
-		CircuitKey:  10,
-		DateStart:   "2099-05-25T13:00:00+00:00",
-		DateEnd:     "2099-05-25T15:00:00+00:00",
+		DateStart:   start,
+		DateEnd:     end,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/future-session.ts b/tests/fixtures/future-session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dde1bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/future-session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import type { Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+/** Isolated future-session key — not present in the shared e2e seed DB. */
+export const FUTURE_SESSION = 9600
+export const FUTURE_MEETING = 1300
+
+const emptyDatasets = {}
+
+const futureMeeting = {
+  meeting_key: FUTURE_MEETING,
+  meeting_name: 'Future Grand Prix',
+  meeting_official_name: 'FORMULA 1 FUTURE GRAND PRIX 2099',
+  location: 'Futureville',
+  country_name: 'Testland',
+  country_code: 'TST',
+  country_flag: '',
+  circuit_short_name: 'Future',
+  date_start: '2099-05-23T00:00:00+00:00',
+  date_end: '2099-05-25T00:00:00+00:00',
+  year: 2099,
+}
+
+const futureSession = {
+  session_key: FUTURE_SESSION,
+  session_name: 'Race',
+  session_type: 'Race',
+  meeting_key: FUTURE_MEETING,
+  date_start: '2099-05-25T13:00:00+00:00',
+  date_end: '2099-05-25T15:00:00+00:00',
+  gmt_offset: '00:00:00',
+}
+
+const futureRaceHub = {
+  source: 'none',
+  session_key: FUTURE_SESSION,
+  datasets: emptyDatasets,
+  meeting: futureMeeting,
+  session: futureSession,
+  drivers: [],
+  results: [],
+  starting_grid: [],
+  stints: [],
+  pit_stops: [],
+  positions: [],
+  race_control: [],
+  weather: [],
+  laps: [],
+  chapters: [],
+}
+
+const futureWeekend = {
+  source: 'none',
+  meeting_key: FUTURE_MEETING,
+  meeting: futureMeeting,
+  default_session_key: FUTURE_SESSION,
+  sessions: [{ session: futureSession, source: 'none', datasets: emptyDatasets }],
+}
+
+/**
+ * Route-mock a far-future session without contaminating the shared Monaco seed
+ * (which would rewrite Command Center / Data Library baselines).
+ */
+export async function mockFutureRaceHubSession(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await page.route(`**/api/v1/race-hub?session_key=${FUTURE_SESSION}`, async (route) => {
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: 'application/json',
+      body: JSON.stringify(futureRaceHub),
+    })
+  })
+  await page.route(`**/api/v1/weekend?meeting_key=${FUTURE_MEETING}`, async (route) => {
+    await route.fulfill({
+      status: 200,
+      contentType: 'application/json',
+      body: JSON.stringify(futureWeekend),
+    })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/tests/race-hub.spec.ts b/tests/race-hub.spec.ts
index 270753e..62052c5 100644
--- a/tests/race-hub.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/race-hub.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test'
+import { FUTURE_SESSION, mockFutureRaceHubSession } from './fixtures/future-session'
 
 const FULL_SESSION = 9472
 const CORE_ONLY_SESSION = 9000
-const FUTURE_SESSION = 9600
 
 test.describe('Race Hub Weekend Workspace', () => {
   test('lands on the Overview tab with workspace identity', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ test.describe('Race Hub Weekend Workspace', () => {
       'aria-selected',
       'true',
     )
+    await expect(page.getByText('Local Coverage')).toHaveCount(0)
   })
 
   test('shows final running order when switching to Race Story', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ test.describe('Race Hub Weekend Workspace', () => {
     await page.getByTestId('rh-switch-weekend').click()
 
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-switcher')).toBeVisible()
-    // Active session is already loaded; just confirm a session button is reachable
     await expect(page.getByTestId(`rh-switcher-session-${FULL_SESSION}`)).toBeVisible()
   })
 
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ test.describe('Race Hub Weekend Workspace', () => {
       'href',
       '/admin',
     )
-    // Raw coverage strip stays hidden until explicitly requested.
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-dataset-strip')).toHaveCount(0)
     await page.getByTestId('rh-diagnostics-toggle').click()
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-dataset-strip')).toBeVisible()
@@ -114,12 +113,12 @@ test.describe('Race Hub Weekend Workspace', () => {
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-tabgroup-context')).toBeVisible()
   })
 
-  test('bare /race-hub resolves to a completed session, never a future one', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('bare /race-hub resolves to a completed session via Weekend Context', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto('/race-hub')
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(/session_key=\d+/)
     await expect(page.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeVisible()
-    // It must not land on the future session.
-    await expect(page).not.toHaveURL(new RegExp(`session_key=${FUTURE_SESSION}`))
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`))
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-identity')).toContainText('Monaco')
   })
 
   test('explicit completed session deep link stays stable and shows analysis', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -128,20 +127,34 @@ test.describe('Race Hub Weekend Workspace', () => {
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeVisible()
   })
 
-  test('explicit future session renders the pre-session view, not empty analysis', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('explicit future session renders the pre-session view, not empty analysis', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
+    await mockFutureRaceHubSession(page)
     await page.goto(`/race-hub?session_key=${FUTURE_SESSION}`)
     await expect(page.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeVisible()
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-presession')).toBeVisible()
     await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toHaveCount(0)
   })
 
-  test('returning to Weekend from an analysis view preserves the meeting context', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('returning to Weekend from analysis preserves meeting and session context', async ({
+    page,
+  }) => {
     await page.goto(`/race-hub?session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`)
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-identity')).toContainText('Monaco')
     await page.getByRole('tab', { name: 'Strategy' }).click()
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="strategy-chart"]')).toBeVisible()
 
-    await page.getByTestId('rh-switch-weekend').click()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-switcher')).toBeVisible()
-    // The current session remains reachable/selected from the switcher.
-    await expect(page.getByTestId(`rh-switcher-session-${FULL_SESSION}`)).toBeVisible()
+    // Navigate to the sibling core-only session within the same weekend.
+    await page.getByTestId(`rh-session-${CORE_ONLY_SESSION}`).click()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`session_key=${CORE_ONLY_SESSION}`))
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-identity')).toContainText('Monaco')
+
+    // Back to Weekend via bare /race-hub — Weekend Context should restore the
+    // same meeting's default analysis session.
+    await page.goto('/race-hub')
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`))
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-identity')).toContainText('Monaco')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeVisible()
   })
 })
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index a83a8b7..07a6e3c 100644
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/race-hub.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/race-hub.png
index 405a419..6345515 100644
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/race-story.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/race-story.png
index 4ef4541..09c0582 100644
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index 697d502..055a052 100644
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diff --git a/tests/visual/helpers.ts b/tests/visual/helpers.ts
index adcb56e..f01d5ea 100644
--- a/tests/visual/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/visual/helpers.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { expect, type Locator, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import { FUTURE_SESSION, mockFutureRaceHubSession } from '../fixtures/future-session'
 
 export const VIEWPORTS = {
   desktop: { width: 1280, height: 800 },
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ export const VIEWPORTS = {
 } as const
 
 export const FULL_SESSION = 9472
-export const FUTURE_SESSION = 9600
+export { FUTURE_SESSION }
 
 /** Wait for web fonts and layout to settle before screenshots. */
 export async function waitForScreenshotReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export async function gotoRaceHubFutureReady(
   page: Page,
   sessionKey = FUTURE_SESSION,
 ): Promise<void> {
+  await mockFutureRaceHubSession(page)
   await page.goto(`/race-hub?session_key=${sessionKey}`)
   await expect(page.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeVisible()
   await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-presession')).toBeVisible()