diff --git a/internal/auth/forward.go b/internal/auth/forward.go
index 33d6158..8723155 100644
--- a/internal/auth/forward.go
+++ b/internal/auth/forward.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (m *Manager) ForwardAuth(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			return
 		}
-		email := strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get(fa.HeaderEmail))
+		email := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get(fa.HeaderEmail)))
 		if email == "" {
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			return
diff --git a/internal/db/queries.go b/internal/db/queries.go
index 8e08eb6..d915373 100644
--- a/internal/db/queries.go
+++ b/internal/db/queries.go
@@ -142,7 +142,16 @@ func (s *Store) GetUserByID(ctx context.Context, id int64) (*models.User, error)
 	return u, err
 }
 
+// normalizeEmail lowercases and trims an address so identity matching is
+// case-insensitive. The users.email unique index and the forward-auth match key
+// are otherwise byte-exact, which would let "Ada@x.com" and "ada@x.com" become
+// two accounts for one person.
+func normalizeEmail(email string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(email))
+}
+
 func (s *Store) GetUserByEmail(ctx context.Context, email string) (*models.User, error) {
+	email = normalizeEmail(email)
 	if email == "" {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
@@ -176,6 +185,7 @@ func (s *Store) ListUsers(ctx context.Context) ([]models.User, error) {
 // auth_source='forward' and carry an unusable password hash (forward-auth
 // users never log in with a local password).
 func (s *Store) UpsertForwardUser(ctx context.Context, email, username string, role models.Role) (*models.User, error) {
+	email = normalizeEmail(email)
 	if email == "" {
 		return nil, errors.New("forward-auth requires an email")
 	}
@@ -184,11 +194,17 @@ func (s *Store) UpsertForwardUser(ctx context.Context, email, username string, r
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if existing != nil {
-		if existing.Role != role || (username != "" && existing.Username != username) {
-			newName := existing.Username
-			if username != "" {
-				newName = username
+		newName := existing.Username
+		if username != "" && username != existing.Username {
+			// The IdP renamed the user. users.username is UNIQUE, so the
+			// desired name may already belong to a different row; resolve a
+			// free variant rather than letting the UPDATE fail with a 500.
+			newName, err = s.uniqueUsername(ctx, username, existing.ID)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
+		}
+		if existing.Role != role || newName != existing.Username {
 			if _, err := s.DB.ExecContext(ctx,
 				`UPDATE users SET role = ?, username = ? WHERE id = ?`,
 				string(role), newName, existing.ID); err != nil {
@@ -199,13 +215,27 @@ func (s *Store) UpsertForwardUser(ctx context.Context, email, username string, r
 		}
 		return existing, nil
 	}
-	if username == "" {
-		username = email
+	desired := username
+	if desired == "" {
+		desired = email
+	}
+	// users.username is UNIQUE; an Authentik username can collide with an
+	// existing local/forward row. Pick a free variant so a new identity is
+	// never locked out by a 500 on a username clash.
+	uname, err := s.uniqueUsername(ctx, desired, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	res, err := s.DB.ExecContext(ctx,
 		`INSERT INTO users (username, password_hash, role, email, auth_source) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, 'forward')`,
-		username, "!forward-auth", string(role), email)
+		uname, "!forward-auth", string(role), email)
 	if err != nil {
+		// A concurrent first-login for the same email may have created the row
+		// between GetUserByEmail and this INSERT; the email unique index then
+		// rejects us. Re-resolve and let the race winner stand.
+		if u, getErr := s.GetUserByEmail(ctx, email); getErr == nil && u != nil {
+			return u, nil
+		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	id, err := res.LastInsertId()
@@ -215,6 +245,24 @@ func (s *Store) UpsertForwardUser(ctx context.Context, email, username string, r
 	return s.GetUserByID(ctx, id)
 }
 
+// uniqueUsername returns desired if it is free (or already held by excludeID),
+// otherwise appends a numeric suffix until a free name is found. Bounded so a
+// pathological collision set can't loop forever.
+func (s *Store) uniqueUsername(ctx context.Context, desired string, excludeID int64) (string, error) {
+	candidate := desired
+	for i := 1; i <= 1000; i++ {
+		ex, err := s.GetUserByUsername(ctx, candidate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		if ex == nil || ex.ID == excludeID {
+			return candidate, nil
+		}
+		candidate = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", desired, i)
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("no free username for %q", desired)
+}
+
 func (s *Store) UpdateUserPassword(ctx context.Context, id int64, hash string) error {
 	_, err := s.DB.ExecContext(ctx, `UPDATE users SET password_hash = ? WHERE id = ?`, hash, id)
 	return err
diff --git a/internal/handlers/dashboard.go b/internal/handlers/dashboard.go
index 2feec15..b5780e8 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/dashboard.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/dashboard.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package handlers
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"veola/internal/db"
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ func (a *App) GetDashboardRefresh(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 func (a *App) dashboardData(r *http.Request) (templates.DashboardData, error) {
 	uid := a.userID(r)
+	// Fail closed: every store method below treats ownerID 0 as "all owners",
+	// so a userless request must error rather than render cross-tenant data.
+	if uid == 0 {
+		return templates.DashboardData{}, errors.New("dashboard: no authenticated user in context")
+	}
 	stats, err := a.Store.GetDashboardStatsForUser(r.Context(), uid)
 	if err != nil {
 		return templates.DashboardData{}, err
diff --git a/internal/handlers/items.go b/internal/handlers/items.go
index be09e88..59ea8b5 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/items.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/items.go
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ func (a *App) ownedItem(r *http.Request, id int64) (*models.Item, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if it == nil || it.UserID != a.userID(r) {
+	// Fail closed: a zero uid (no authenticated user) must never match, and an
+	// orphaned item (UserID 0) must never be treated as owned-by-default.
+	uid := a.userID(r)
+	if it == nil || uid == 0 || it.UserID != uid {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	return it, nil
diff --git a/internal/handlers/results.go b/internal/handlers/results.go
index 2782563..e5d4f29 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/results.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/results.go
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ func (a *App) GetGlobalResults(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	to := strings.TrimSpace(q.Get("to"))
 
 	uid := a.userID(r)
+	// Fail closed: ListResults/NextEndingResult treat OwnerID 0 as "all owners",
+	// so a userless request must not fall through to a cross-tenant view.
+	if uid == 0 {
+		http.Error(w, "unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		return
+	}
 	items, err := a.Store.ListItemsForUser(r.Context(), uid)
 	if err != nil {
 		a.serverError(w, r, err)
diff --git a/internal/handlers/settings.go b/internal/handlers/settings.go
index 273ad57..edbbde0 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/settings.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/settings.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package handlers
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func (a *App) settingsData(r *http.Request) (templates.SettingsData, error) {
 		ApifyMonth:       apifyMonth,
 		ApifyCostPerCall: costPerCall,
 		MonthlyBudget:    monthlyBudget,
+		ForwardAuthMode:  a.Cfg.Auth.ForwardAuthEnabled(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -108,11 +110,13 @@ func (a *App) PostEmailPrefs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	email := strings.TrimSpace(r.PostFormValue("email"))
-	// Forward-auth (Authentik) owns the address: it is the IdP match key, kept
-	// in sync on every request. Never overwrite it from the form, or the next
-	// sign-in would no longer match and orphan the row. Users change their
-	// email in Authentik; only the opt-in toggles are editable here.
-	if cur.AuthSource == "forward" {
+	// In forward-auth mode, Authentik is the single source of truth for email
+	// addresses — Veola never writes them. For a forward row this also preserves
+	// the IdP match key (changing it would orphan the row on next sign-in); for
+	// a break-glass local row it keeps email management centralized in Authentik.
+	// Only the opt-in toggles are editable here. When forward-auth is off (pure
+	// local deployment, no IdP), local users set their own Resend address.
+	if a.Cfg.Auth.ForwardAuthEnabled() || cur.AuthSource == "forward" {
 		email = cur.Email
 	}
 	dealAlerts := r.PostFormValue("email_deal_alerts") == "1"
@@ -132,12 +136,8 @@ func (a *App) PostEmailPrefs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		a.serverError(w, r, err)
 		return
 	}
-	// Reflect the saved values immediately (CurrentUser in d predates the write).
-	d, err = a.settingsData(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		a.serverError(w, r, err)
-		return
-	}
+	// Reflect the saved values immediately on the already-built data (CurrentUser
+	// in d predates the write); no need to reassemble the whole settings page.
 	if d.Page.CurrentUser != nil {
 		d.Page.CurrentUser.Email = email
 		d.Page.CurrentUser.EmailDealAlerts = dealAlerts
@@ -347,6 +347,11 @@ func (a *App) PostTestApify(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err != nil {
 		d.TestApifyOK = "Apify test failed: " + err.Error()
 	} else {
+		// The test launches a real, billed actor run; count it toward the
+		// budget view like every other Apify run.
+		if incErr := a.Store.IncrementApifyUsage(r.Context()); incErr != nil {
+			slog.Error("apify usage increment failed", "err", incErr)
+		}
 		d.TestApifyOK = fmt.Sprintf("Apify returned %d item(s).", len(raw))
 	}
 	render(w, r, templates.Settings(d))
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/email.go b/internal/scheduler/email.go
index 6c626cd..d4dda2a 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/email.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/email.go
@@ -28,26 +28,31 @@ func (s *Scheduler) emailClient(ctx context.Context) *email.Client {
 	return email.New(apiKey, from)
 }
 
-// sendDealEmails mails a deal alert to the item's owner, if that user opted
-// into deal-alert email and has a destination address. Items are private, so a
-// deal only ever notifies the person who is watching it. Entirely best-effort:
-// an unconfigured Resend account or a send failure is logged and swallowed.
-func (s *Scheduler) sendDealEmails(ctx context.Context, it models.Item, r apify.UnifiedResult) {
+// dealMailer resolves the item owner and Resend client for deal-alert email.
+// It returns (nil, nil) when email should be skipped (Resend unconfigured, no
+// owner, owner opted out, or no address) so the caller can resolve once per
+// poll instead of once per result. Best-effort: errors are logged and swallowed.
+func (s *Scheduler) dealMailer(ctx context.Context, it models.Item) (*email.Client, *models.User) {
 	client := s.emailClient(ctx)
-	if !client.Configured() {
-		return
-	}
-	if it.UserID == 0 {
-		return
+	if !client.Configured() || it.UserID == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 	owner, err := s.store.GetUserByID(ctx, it.UserID)
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error("load item owner failed", "item_id", it.ID, "err", err)
-		return
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 	if owner == nil || !owner.EmailDealAlerts || owner.Email == "" {
-		return
+		return nil, nil
 	}
+	return client, owner
+}
+
+// sendDealEmail mails a single deal alert to the resolved owner. The client and
+// owner come from dealMailer (resolved once per poll), so this does no DB or
+// settings I/O per result. Items are private, so a deal only ever notifies the
+// person watching it.
+func (s *Scheduler) sendDealEmail(ctx context.Context, client *email.Client, owner *models.User, it models.Item, r apify.UnifiedResult) {
 	subject := fmt.Sprintf("Veola deal: %s", it.Name)
 	price := fmt.Sprintf("%s%.2f", currencyPrefix(r.Currency), r.Price)
 	target := ""
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/scheduler.go b/internal/scheduler/scheduler.go
index 682720a..e4109b3 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ func (s *Scheduler) RunPoll(ctx context.Context, it models.Item) {
 	)
 
 	bestIdx := PickBest(results)
+	// Resolve the deal-email recipient once: owner and Resend client are
+	// constant for the whole poll, so per-result sends reuse them instead of
+	// re-reading settings and the owner row for every alerting result.
+	dealClient, dealOwner := s.dealMailer(ctx, it)
 	alertsSent := 0
 	for _, r := range results {
 		exists, err := s.store.ResultExists(ctx, it.ID, r.URL)
@@ -247,9 +251,11 @@ func (s *Scheduler) RunPoll(ctx context.Context, it models.Item) {
 				alerted = true
 				alertsSent++
 			}
-			// Email opted-in users in addition to ntfy. Best-effort: a mail
-			// failure must not block result storage or the next alert.
-			s.sendDealEmails(ctx, it, r)
+			// Email the owner in addition to ntfy. Best-effort: a mail failure
+			// must not block result storage or the next alert.
+			if dealOwner != nil {
+				s.sendDealEmail(ctx, dealClient, dealOwner, it, r)
+			}
 		}
 		price := r.Price
 		_, err = s.store.InsertResult(ctx, &models.Result{
@@ -323,10 +329,17 @@ func (s *Scheduler) apifyClient(ctx context.Context) *apify.Client {
 // usage counter that feeds the budget view. Every Apify-billed run in Veola
 // goes through here so the count stays honest.
 func (s *Scheduler) runApifyActor(ctx context.Context, actorID string, input any) ([]json.RawMessage, error) {
+	raw, err := s.apifyClient(ctx).Run(ctx, actorID, input)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Count only runs that actually reached Apify. Counting before the call
+		// would inflate the budget estimate with config errors and failed runs
+		// that Apify never billed.
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	if err := s.store.IncrementApifyUsage(ctx); err != nil {
 		slog.Error("apify usage increment failed", "err", err)
 	}
-	return s.apifyClient(ctx).Run(ctx, actorID, input)
+	return raw, nil
 }
 
 // ApifyUsage reports Apify run counts and the cost model used by the budget
diff --git a/templates/settings.templ b/templates/settings.templ
index 70c4f7e..f09da84 100644
--- a/templates/settings.templ
+++ b/templates/settings.templ
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ type SettingsData struct {
 	UserError      string
 	EmailMsg       string
 	EmailError     string
+	// ForwardAuthMode is true when the deployment delegates identity to
+	// Authentik (forward-auth). Email is then managed centrally in Authentik
+	// and read-only in Veola for every user.
+	ForwardAuthMode bool
 }
 
 // ApifyMonthCost is the estimated month-to-date Apify spend.
@@ -302,11 +306,12 @@ func currentWeeklyDigest(d SettingsData) bool {
 	return d.CurrentUser != nil && d.CurrentUser.EmailWeeklyDigest
 }
 
-// emailManagedExternally reports whether the signed-in user's email comes from
-// an identity provider (Authentik forward-auth) and so is read-only here. The
-// address is the IdP match key; letting them edit it would orphan the row.
+// emailManagedExternally reports whether email is owned by Authentik and so is
+// read-only in Veola. True for any user when the deployment runs in forward-auth
+// mode (email is centralized in Authentik), and for an individual forward row
+// regardless of mode (the address is its IdP match key).
 func emailManagedExternally(d SettingsData) bool {
-	return d.CurrentUser != nil && d.CurrentUser.AuthSource == "forward"
+	return d.ForwardAuthMode || (d.CurrentUser != nil && d.CurrentUser.AuthSource == "forward")
 }
 
 templ Settings(d SettingsData) {
diff --git a/templates/settings_templ.go b/templates/settings_templ.go
index 0705960..6b09d05 100644
--- a/templates/settings_templ.go
+++ b/templates/settings_templ.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ type SettingsData struct {
 	UserError        string
 	EmailMsg         string
 	EmailError       string
+	// ForwardAuthMode is true when the deployment delegates identity to
+	// Authentik (forward-auth). Email is then managed centrally in Authentik
+	// and read-only in Veola for every user.
+	ForwardAuthMode bool
 }
 
 // ApifyMonthCost is the estimated month-to-date Apify spend.
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ func credStatus(d SettingsData, key string) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var2 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var2, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(s)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 52, Col: 14}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 56, Col: 14}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var2))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var4 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var4, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["ebay_daily_call_limit"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 85, Col: 122}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 89, Col: 122}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var4)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var5 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var5, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(fmt.Sprintf("%d / %d", d.EbayUsedToday, d.EbayDailyLimit))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 90, Col: 89}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 94, Col: 89}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var5))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var6 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var6, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(fmt.Sprintf("%d (uncapped)", d.EbayUsedToday))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 92, Col: 77}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 96, Col: 77}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var6))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var7 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var7, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["ntfy_base_url"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 100, Col: 82}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 104, Col: 82}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var7)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -231,7 +235,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var8 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var8, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["ntfy_default_topic"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 104, Col: 92}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 108, Col: 92}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var8)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var9 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var9, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["global_poll_interval_minutes"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 113, Col: 136}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 117, Col: 136}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var9)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -265,7 +269,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var10 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var10, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["match_confidence_threshold"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 117, Col: 160}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 121, Col: 160}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var10)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -286,7 +290,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var11 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var11, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["resend_from"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 126, Col: 78}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 130, Col: 78}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var11)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var12 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var12, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["apify_cost_per_call"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 131, Col: 139}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 135, Col: 139}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var12)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -312,7 +316,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var13 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var13, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.Values["monthly_budget_usd"])
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 136, Col: 133}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 140, Col: 133}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var13)
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var14 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var14, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.TestNtfyOK)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 152, Col: 44}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 156, Col: 44}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var14))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var15 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var15, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.TestApifyOK)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 155, Col: 45}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 159, Col: 45}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var15))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -383,7 +387,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var16 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var16, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.TestEbayOK)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 158, Col: 44}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 162, Col: 44}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var16))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -402,7 +406,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var17 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var17, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.TestResendOK)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 161, Col: 46}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 165, Col: 46}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var17))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -420,7 +424,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var18 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var18, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.ApifyMonth))
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 165, Col: 61}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 169, Col: 61}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var18))
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -438,7 +442,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var19 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var19, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(fmt.Sprintf("(~$%.2f est.)", d.ApifyMonthCost()))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 167, Col: 82}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 171, Col: 82}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var19))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -456,7 +460,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 		var templ_7745c5c3_Var20 string
 		templ_7745c5c3_Var20, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(fmt.Sprintf("%d", d.ApifyToday))
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 170, Col: 61}
+			return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 174, Col: 61}
 		}
 		_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var20))
 		if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var21 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var21, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.PasswordError)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 177, Col: 48}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 181, Col: 48}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var21))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -493,7 +497,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var22 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var22, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.PasswordMsg)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 180, Col: 40}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 184, Col: 40}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var22))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -524,7 +528,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var23 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var23, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.EmailError)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 203, Col: 45}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 207, Col: 45}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var23))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -543,7 +547,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var24 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var24, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.EmailMsg)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 206, Col: 37}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 210, Col: 37}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var24))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -574,7 +578,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var25 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var25, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(currentEmail(d))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 213, Col: 65}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 217, Col: 65}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var25)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -592,7 +596,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var26 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var26, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(currentEmail(d))
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 216, Col: 78}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 220, Col: 78}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var26)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -640,7 +644,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var27 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var27, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.UserError)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 236, Col: 45}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 240, Col: 45}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var27))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -659,7 +663,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var28 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var28, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(d.UserMsg)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 239, Col: 37}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 243, Col: 37}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var28))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -682,7 +686,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var29 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var29, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(u.Username)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 246, Col: 24}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 250, Col: 24}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var29))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -695,7 +699,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var30 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var30, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(string(u.Role))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 247, Col: 44}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 251, Col: 44}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var30))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -708,7 +712,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var31 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var31, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinStringErrs(u.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02"))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 248, Col: 70}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 252, Col: 70}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var31))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -721,7 +725,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var32 templ.SafeURL
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var32, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinURLErrs(templ.SafeURL(fmt.Sprintf("/users/%d/reset-password", u.ID)))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 250, Col: 113}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 254, Col: 113}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var32))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -734,7 +738,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var33 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var33, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.CSRFToken)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 251, Col: 68}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 255, Col: 68}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var33)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -747,7 +751,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var34 templ.SafeURL
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var34, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.JoinURLErrs(templ.SafeURL(fmt.Sprintf("/users/%d/delete", u.ID)))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 255, Col: 105}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 259, Col: 105}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ.EscapeString(templ_7745c5c3_Var34))
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -760,7 +764,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 				var templ_7745c5c3_Var35 string
 				templ_7745c5c3_Var35, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.CSRFToken)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 256, Col: 68}
+					return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 260, Col: 68}
 				}
 				_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var35)
 				if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -778,7 +782,7 @@ func settingsBody(d SettingsData) templ.Component {
 			var templ_7745c5c3_Var36 string
 			templ_7745c5c3_Var36, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ.ResolveAttributeValue(d.CSRFToken)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
-				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 265, Col: 63}
+				return templ.Error{Err: templ_7745c5c3_Err, FileName: `templates/settings.templ`, Line: 269, Col: 63}
 			}
 			_, templ_7745c5c3_Err = templ_7745c5c3_Buffer.WriteString(templ_7745c5c3_Var36)
 			if templ_7745c5c3_Err != nil {
@@ -814,11 +818,12 @@ func currentWeeklyDigest(d SettingsData) bool {
 	return d.CurrentUser != nil && d.CurrentUser.EmailWeeklyDigest
 }
 
-// emailManagedExternally reports whether the signed-in user's email comes from
-// an identity provider (Authentik forward-auth) and so is read-only here. The
-// address is the IdP match key; letting them edit it would orphan the row.
+// emailManagedExternally reports whether email is owned by Authentik and so is
+// read-only in Veola. True for any user when the deployment runs in forward-auth
+// mode (email is centralized in Authentik), and for an individual forward row
+// regardless of mode (the address is its IdP match key).
 func emailManagedExternally(d SettingsData) bool {
-	return d.CurrentUser != nil && d.CurrentUser.AuthSource == "forward"
+	return d.ForwardAuthMode || (d.CurrentUser != nil && d.CurrentUser.AuthSource == "forward")
 }
 
 func Settings(d SettingsData) templ.Component {