diff --git a/.changes/electron-deferred-startup-wiring.md b/.changes/electron-deferred-startup-wiring.md
index 126d72aad..32c1a8953 100644
--- a/.changes/electron-deferred-startup-wiring.md
+++ b/.changes/electron-deferred-startup-wiring.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 type: perf
 area: electron
+highlight: Faster startup
 ---
 
 The desktop app now opens its window before it prepares the portal, program
diff --git a/.changes/settings-search.md b/.changes/settings-search.md
index 137d7eff1..f3259ac87 100644
--- a/.changes/settings-search.md
+++ b/.changes/settings-search.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 type: feature
 area: settings
+screenshot: settings-search
 highlight: Search your settings
 ---
 
diff --git a/tools/release/capture-navigation-setup-actions.ts b/tools/release/capture-navigation-setup-actions.ts
index cbeb140aa..6bb49bf1b 100644
--- a/tools/release/capture-navigation-setup-actions.ts
+++ b/tools/release/capture-navigation-setup-actions.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,36 @@ async function openSettingsEpg(page: Page): Promise<void> {
     await page.waitForTimeout(500);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Settings with a term typed into the header search, so the page shows the
+ * ranked results list and the per-section match counts instead of a section.
+ * The term lives only in the `q` query param: the next action's navigation
+ * clears it, and nothing is staged in the settings form.
+ */
+async function openSettingsSearch(
+    page: Page,
+    term: string | null
+): Promise<void> {
+    if (!term) {
+        throw new Error('open-settings-search needs a term: open-settings-search=<term>');
+    }
+
+    await openSettings(page);
+    await page
+        .locator('app-workspace-shell-header input[type="search"]')
+        .fill(term, { timeout: 10_000 });
+    await page.waitForURL(/\/workspace\/settings\/general\?q=/, {
+        timeout: 15_000,
+    });
+    const results = page.locator('[data-test-id="settings-search-results"]');
+    await results.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 15_000 });
+    await results
+        .locator('[data-test-id^="settings-search-result-"]')
+        .first()
+        .waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 10_000 });
+    await settleUi(page);
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /* Remote control (guide shots)                                        */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -301,6 +331,7 @@ export const SETUP_ACTIONS: Readonly<Record<string, CaptureAction>> = {
     'open-add-playlist-stalker': openAddPlaylistStalker,
     'open-add-playlist-m3u-url': openAddPlaylistM3uUrl,
     'open-settings-epg': openSettingsEpg,
+    'open-settings-search': openSettingsSearch,
     'open-settings-tmdb': openSettingsTmdb,
     'open-settings-remote-control': openSettingsRemoteControl,
     'enable-remote-control': enableRemoteControl,
diff --git a/tools/release/screenshot-guards.mjs b/tools/release/screenshot-guards.mjs
index 9d7641010..a805f8402 100644
--- a/tools/release/screenshot-guards.mjs
+++ b/tools/release/screenshot-guards.mjs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export const KNOWN_ACTIONS = [
     'open-m3u-channel-menu',
     'open-epg-mapping-dialog',
     'open-settings-tmdb',
+    'open-settings-search',
 ];
 
 /**
diff --git a/tools/release/screenshot-guards.test.mjs b/tools/release/screenshot-guards.test.mjs
index fa61b90b3..f29706bfb 100644
--- a/tools/release/screenshot-guards.test.mjs
+++ b/tools/release/screenshot-guards.test.mjs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
     snapshotDatabaseState,
     stubbedResponseFor,
     DEFAULT_SHOT_GROUP,
+    KNOWN_ACTIONS,
     FICTIONAL_STALKER_MAC,
     outputDirectoryFor,
     shotGroup,
@@ -81,6 +82,35 @@ describe('manifest validation', () => {
         assert.deepEqual(validateManifest(validManifest()), []);
     });
 
+    it('accepts the committed screenshots.manifest.json', () => {
+        const manifest = JSON.parse(
+            readFileSync(new URL('./screenshots.manifest.json', import.meta.url), 'utf8')
+        );
+
+        assert.deepEqual(validateManifest(manifest), []);
+    });
+
+    it('knows exactly the setup actions the capture navigation dispatches', () => {
+        // The dispatcher is TypeScript and cannot be imported here, so read
+        // the action tables' keys from source: an action added on one side
+        // only would fail the manifest check or the capture run.
+        const dir = new URL('./', import.meta.url);
+        const dispatched = readdirSync(dir)
+            .filter((name) => /^capture-navigation-.+-actions\.ts$/.test(name))
+            .flatMap((name) => {
+                const source = readFileSync(new URL(name, dir), 'utf8');
+                const table = source.match(
+                    /_ACTIONS: Readonly<Record<string, CaptureAction>> = \{([^}]*)\}/
+                );
+                assert.ok(table, `${name} exports no action table`);
+                return [...table[1].matchAll(/'([a-z0-9-]+)':/g)].map(
+                    ([, action]) => action
+                );
+            });
+
+        assert.deepEqual([...dispatched].sort(), [...KNOWN_ACTIONS].sort());
+    });
+
     it('rejects unknown setup actions, bad slugs and duplicates', () => {
         const manifest = validManifest();
         manifest.shots.push(
diff --git a/tools/release/screenshots.manifest.json b/tools/release/screenshots.manifest.json
index d9dc53582..ec58e8b06 100644
--- a/tools/release/screenshots.manifest.json
+++ b/tools/release/screenshots.manifest.json
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
                 "open-settings"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "slug": "settings-search",
+            "title": "Settings search results",
+            "setup": [
+                "open-settings-search=player"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "slug": "xtream-vod-details",
             "title": "Movie details",