diff --git a/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle.rs b/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle.rs
index 62dc5b1a5..d461e44d8 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ pub struct PlanLine {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct DevicePick {
     pub wanted: String,
+    /// The backend the options were enumerated for — the §5.4 prompt names it
+    /// ("Available on Alsa:").
+    pub backend: String,
     pub options: Vec<(String, String)>,
 }
 
@@ -209,6 +212,37 @@ impl Bundle {
         serde_json::to_string_pretty(self).map_err(|e| BundleError::Io(e.to_string()))
     }
 
+    /// True when the document actually CARRIES a secret value: an `auth` token,
+    /// or a non-blank scrobbler secret. The export-side §3 warning keys on this
+    /// — not on the auth domain alone (a bundle whose only secrets are scrobbler
+    /// tokens still needs the warning).
+    pub fn contains_secrets(&self) -> bool {
+        let auth_token = self
+            .domains
+            .get("auth")
+            .and_then(Value::as_object)
+            .and_then(|a| a.get("user_auth_token"))
+            .and_then(Value::as_str)
+            .map(|t| !t.is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+        if auth_token {
+            return true;
+        }
+        self.domains
+            .get("integrations")
+            .and_then(|i| i.get("scrobblers"))
+            .and_then(Value::as_object)
+            .map(|s| {
+                ["lastfm_session_key", "listenbrainz_token"].iter().any(|k| {
+                    s.get(*k)
+                        .and_then(Value::as_str)
+                        .map(|v| !v.is_empty())
+                        .unwrap_or(false)
+                })
+            })
+            .unwrap_or(false)
+    }
+
     /// Parse a bundle from JSON text (import step 1). The version gate (step 2)
     /// runs in [`plan`]; here we only require a JSON object with an integer
     /// `schema_version`, so a malformed version is caught early.
@@ -555,6 +589,24 @@ fn applied_line(plan: &mut ImportPlan, key: &str, value: &Value, why: &str) {
     plan.writes.push((key.to_string(), value.clone()));
 }
 
+/// SECRET-class applied line (§5.4): the VALUE COLUMN IS MASKED — the real
+/// value goes only into the write list, never into the rendered summary
+/// (terminal scrollback and CI logs are not a place for bearer tokens).
+/// Non-empty → `(secret, applied)`; empty → `(empty)`, matching the §5.4 example.
+fn applied_secret_line(plan: &mut ImportPlan, key: &str, value: &Value) {
+    let masked = match value.as_str() {
+        Some(s) if !s.is_empty() => "(secret, applied)",
+        _ => "(empty)",
+    };
+    plan.applied.push(PlanLine {
+        key: key.to_string(),
+        old: None,
+        new: masked.to_string(),
+        why: String::new(),
+    });
+    plan.writes.push((key.to_string(), value.clone()));
+}
+
 fn adapted_line(plan: &mut ImportPlan, key: &str, old: &Value, new: &Value, why: &str) {
     plan.adapted.push(PlanLine {
         key: key.to_string(),
@@ -761,6 +813,7 @@ fn plan_audio_machine(
                 if !opts.non_tty {
                     plan.device_pick = Some(DevicePick {
                         wanted: bundle_device.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
+                        backend: pick_backend_name(map, current),
                         options: live.devices.clone(),
                     });
                 }
@@ -897,7 +950,7 @@ fn plan_audio_machine(
                 "audio.dsd_mode",
                 v,
                 &Value::String("convert".into()),
-                "pass --trust-dsd to keep DoP/native",
+                "pass --trust-dsd to keep DoP",
             );
         } else {
             applied_line(plan, "audio.dsd_mode", v, "");
@@ -905,6 +958,20 @@ fn plan_audio_machine(
     }
 }
 
+/// The backend the device options belong to: the bundle's backend when present,
+/// else the target's current, else system default (for the §5.4 prompt line).
+fn pick_backend_name(map: &Map<String, Value>, current: &AudioSettings) -> String {
+    let bundle_backend: Option<AudioBackendType> = map
+        .get("backend_type")
+        .and_then(|v| serde_json::from_value(v.clone()).ok());
+    backend_name(
+        bundle_backend
+            .or(current.backend_type)
+            .unwrap_or(AudioBackendType::SystemDefault),
+    )
+    .to_string()
+}
+
 fn backend_name(b: AudioBackendType) -> &'static str {
     match b {
         AudioBackendType::PipeWire => "PipeWire",
@@ -1027,7 +1094,7 @@ fn plan_integrations(value: &Value, opts: &ImportOptions, uid_will_exist: bool,
             applied_line(plan, &full, v, "");
         } else if SCROBBLER_SECRET.contains(&k.as_str()) {
             if opts.include_auth {
-                applied_line(plan, &full, v, "secret, applied");
+                applied_secret_line(plan, &full, v);
             } else {
                 plan.skipped
                     .push(skip_line(&full, "secrets require --include-auth"));
diff --git a/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle/tests.rs b/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle/tests.rs
index 0250a2c0a..f5b76574d 100644
--- a/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/qbz-app/src/settings/bundle/tests.rs
@@ -503,3 +503,74 @@ fn parse_rejects_missing_version() {
     let err = Bundle::parse(r#"{ "audio": {} }"#).unwrap_err();
     assert!(matches!(err, BundleError::VersionMalformed));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn secret_values_never_render_in_summary() {
+    // §5.4: SECRET-class values are MASKED in the summary lines — the raw value
+    // rides only the write list (terminal scrollback / CI logs must never see it).
+    let p = scratch("mask");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&p.data_root).unwrap();
+    write_last_user_id(&p.data_root, 1).unwrap();
+    let bundle = bundle_with(json!({
+        "integrations": { "scrobblers": {
+            "lastfm_session_key": "d580REALSECRET",
+            "listenbrainz_token": ""
+        } }
+    }));
+    let opts = ImportOptions { include_auth: true, ..Default::default() };
+
+    let plan = plan(&bundle, &p, &opts, &live()).expect("plan");
+
+    let key_line = find(&plan.applied, "integrations.scrobblers.lastfm_session_key").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(key_line.new, "(secret, applied)");
+    let empty_line = find(&plan.applied, "integrations.scrobblers.listenbrainz_token").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(empty_line.new, "(empty)");
+
+    // No rendered bucket line anywhere carries the raw secret.
+    let rendered = format!("{:?} {:?} {:?}", plan.applied, plan.adapted, plan.skipped);
+    assert!(!rendered.contains("d580REALSECRET"), "secret leaked into summary: {rendered}");
+
+    // The write list still carries the real value so apply works.
+    assert_eq!(
+        write_of(&plan, "integrations.scrobblers.lastfm_session_key"),
+        Some(&json!("d580REALSECRET"))
+    );
+    cleanup(&p);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn contains_secrets_keys_on_actual_secret_values() {
+    // §3 warning trigger: any secret VALUE present (auth token OR a non-blank
+    // scrobbler secret) — not the auth domain alone.
+    let none = bundle_with(json!({ "audio": { "gapless_enabled": true } }));
+    assert!(!none.contains_secrets());
+
+    let blank = bundle_with(json!({
+        "integrations": { "scrobblers": { "lastfm_session_key": "", "listenbrainz_token": "" } }
+    }));
+    assert!(!blank.contains_secrets(), "blank secrets are not secrets");
+
+    let scrob = bundle_with(json!({
+        "integrations": { "scrobblers": { "lastfm_session_key": "sk-live" } }
+    }));
+    assert!(scrob.contains_secrets());
+
+    let auth = bundle_with(json!({ "auth": { "user_auth_token": "tok" } }));
+    assert!(auth.contains_secrets());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn device_pick_names_the_backend() {
+    // §5.4 prompt: "Available on Alsa:" — the pick carries the backend name.
+    let p = scratch("pick-backend");
+    let bundle = bundle_with(json!({
+        "audio": { "output_device": "hw:9,9", "backend_type": "Alsa" }
+    }));
+
+    let plan = plan(&bundle, &p, &ImportOptions::default(), &live()).expect("plan");
+
+    let pick = plan.device_pick.expect("TTY plan must request a pick");
+    assert_eq!(pick.backend, "Alsa");
+    assert_eq!(pick.wanted, "hw:9,9");
+    cleanup(&p);
+}
diff --git a/crates/qbzd/src/cli/settings.rs b/crates/qbzd/src/cli/settings.rs
index 615b0c725..2a6b5a5da 100644
--- a/crates/qbzd/src/cli/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/qbzd/src/cli/settings.rs
@@ -432,6 +432,14 @@ fn nudge(roots: &ProfileRoots) -> bool {
     crate::login::nudge_reload(&host, token.as_deref())
 }
 
+/// Three-state variant of [`nudge`] for `settings import`, which must
+/// distinguish daemon-down from reload-refused (04 §5.3 step 7).
+fn nudge_outcome(roots: &ProfileRoots) -> crate::login::NudgeOutcome {
+    let host = crate::login::nudge_host(roots);
+    let token = local_token(roots);
+    crate::login::nudge_reload_outcome(&host, token.as_deref())
+}
+
 fn local_token(roots: &ProfileRoots) -> Option<String> {
     if let Ok(t) = std::env::var("QBZD_TOKEN") {
         if !t.is_empty() {
@@ -656,9 +664,10 @@ pub fn export(roots: &ProfileRoots, file: Option<String>, from: &str, include_au
         return 1;
     }
 
-    // The §3 warning prints only when secrets actually made it into the bundle
-    // (--include-auth with a decryptable token present).
-    if bundle.domains.contains_key("auth") {
+    // The §3 warning prints whenever ANY secret actually made it into the file:
+    // the auth token OR a non-blank scrobbler secret (--include-auth exports
+    // scrobbler tokens even when the Qobuz token itself is absent).
+    if bundle.contains_secrets() {
         println!("{}", crate::cli::copy::bundle_secret_warning(&path));
     } else {
         println!("{}", crate::cli::copy::bundle_export_success(&path));
@@ -795,16 +804,52 @@ pub async fn import(
         return 1;
     }
 
-    // Step 7: reload-nudge a running daemon.
-    let reloaded = nudge(roots);
-    let reload_line = if reloaded {
-        "daemon reloaded (was running)"
-    } else {
-        "daemon not running (changes apply on next start)"
-    };
+    // Step 7: reload-nudge a running daemon. Three states (04 §5.3 step 7):
+    // reloaded / not running (fine) / up-but-refused (exit 1, restart hint).
+    let outcome = nudge_outcome(roots);
+    let (done_line, stderr_msg, exit) =
+        reload_disposition(outcome, plan.routing_critical_changed);
 
-    print_buckets(&plan, &bundle, auth_note.as_deref(), Some(reload_line));
-    0
+    print_buckets(&plan, &bundle, auth_note.as_deref(), Some(&done_line));
+    if let Some(msg) = stderr_msg {
+        eprintln!("\n{msg}");
+    }
+    exit
+}
+
+/// Pure mapping of the nudge outcome (+ whether a routing-critical field
+/// changed) to the `done:` reload phrase, an optional stderr error, and the
+/// exit code. Split from IO so the §5.3-step-7 contract is unit-testable.
+fn reload_disposition(
+    outcome: crate::login::NudgeOutcome,
+    routing_critical: bool,
+) -> (String, Option<String>, i32) {
+    use crate::login::NudgeOutcome::*;
+    match outcome {
+        Reloaded => {
+            // §5.3 step 7 honesty rule: a routing-critical change re-inits the
+            // output device on the spot — say so instead of hiding it.
+            let line = if routing_critical {
+                "daemon reloaded (was running; output device reinitialized — an in-flight track may gap)"
+            } else {
+                "daemon reloaded (was running)"
+            };
+            (line.to_string(), None, 0)
+        }
+        DaemonDown => (
+            "daemon not running (changes apply on next start)".to_string(),
+            None,
+            0,
+        ),
+        ReloadRefused => (
+            "daemon answered ping but refused the reload".to_string(),
+            Some(
+                "error: settings saved but the daemon did not reload — restart it: systemctl --user restart qbzd"
+                    .to_string(),
+            ),
+            1,
+        ),
+    }
 }
 
 /// Enumerate the local audio system for [`bundle::plan`]: the available backends
@@ -833,8 +878,8 @@ fn build_live_system(bundle: &Bundle) -> LiveSystem {
 /// always "system default"; an unparseable answer falls to system default.
 fn prompt_device(pick: &bundle::DevicePick) -> DeviceChoice {
     println!(
-        "audio device \"{}\" not found on this machine. Available:",
-        pick.wanted
+        "audio device \"{}\" not found on this machine. Available on {}:",
+        pick.wanted, pick.backend
     );
     for (i, (id, label)) in pick.options.iter().enumerate() {
         println!("  [{}] {}  {}", i + 1, id, label);
@@ -1127,6 +1172,38 @@ mod tests {
         cleanup(&roots);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn reload_disposition_maps_the_three_outcomes() {
+        use crate::login::NudgeOutcome::*;
+
+        let (line, err, code) = reload_disposition(Reloaded, false);
+        assert_eq!(line, "daemon reloaded (was running)");
+        assert!(err.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(code, 0);
+
+        // §5.3 step 7 honesty rule: routing-critical + reloaded names the gap.
+        let (line, err, code) = reload_disposition(Reloaded, true);
+        assert!(line.contains("output device reinitialized"), "{line}");
+        assert!(line.contains("gap"), "{line}");
+        assert!(err.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(code, 0);
+
+        // Daemon simply not running is NOT an error, routing-critical or not.
+        let (line, err, code) = reload_disposition(DaemonDown, true);
+        assert_eq!(line, "daemon not running (changes apply on next start)");
+        assert!(err.is_none());
+        assert_eq!(code, 0);
+
+        // Up-but-refused → exit 1 with the verbatim restart hint.
+        let (_, err, code) = reload_disposition(ReloadRefused, false);
+        let msg = err.expect("refused must carry the stderr copy");
+        assert_eq!(
+            msg,
+            "error: settings saved but the daemon did not reload — restart it: systemctl --user restart qbzd"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(code, 1);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn present_keys_reports_nested_and_top_level_keys() {
         let roots = scratch_roots("config-present");
diff --git a/crates/qbzd/src/login.rs b/crates/qbzd/src/login.rs
index 90167b4bd..0c2087e59 100644
--- a/crates/qbzd/src/login.rs
+++ b/crates/qbzd/src/login.rs
@@ -202,18 +202,40 @@ pub fn logout(roots: &ProfileRoots) -> Result<bool, LoginError> {
     Ok(nudge_reload(&host, None))
 }
 
+/// Three-state outcome of the ping-then-reload nudge. 04-settings-portability.md
+/// §5.3 step 7 needs "daemon simply not running" (not an error) distinguished
+/// from "daemon up but the reload was refused/500" (exit 1 with the restart
+/// hint) — a single bool conflates them.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum NudgeOutcome {
+    /// Ping answered and the reload returned 2xx.
+    Reloaded,
+    /// Ping did not answer — no daemon to nudge (never an error).
+    DaemonDown,
+    /// Ping answered but the reload did not return 2xx.
+    ReloadRefused,
+}
+
 /// Best-effort `GET /api/ping` → `POST /api/settings/reload` against a local
-/// daemon (the reload route lands in T11). Any failure — daemon down, route not
-/// yet present, timeout — returns `false`, which every caller treats as "the
-/// daemon will pick the credential change up on its next start" (login/logout
-/// are specified to work daemon-down, 02 §2.2). `token` carries the opt-in
-/// `[server] token` as `Authorization: Bearer` when present; T5 callers pass
-/// `None`.
-pub fn nudge_reload(host: &str, token: Option<&str>) -> bool {
+/// daemon. `token` carries the opt-in `[server] token` as
+/// `Authorization: Bearer` when present; T5 callers pass `None`.
+pub fn nudge_reload_outcome(host: &str, token: Option<&str>) -> NudgeOutcome {
     if !http_request_2xx(host, "GET", "/api/ping", token) {
-        return false;
+        return NudgeOutcome::DaemonDown;
     }
-    http_request_2xx(host, "POST", "/api/settings/reload", token)
+    if http_request_2xx(host, "POST", "/api/settings/reload", token) {
+        NudgeOutcome::Reloaded
+    } else {
+        NudgeOutcome::ReloadRefused
+    }
+}
+
+/// Boolean skin over [`nudge_reload_outcome`] for the callers that only need
+/// "did a running daemon acknowledge?" (login/logout/`settings set` — they are
+/// specified to work daemon-down, 02 §2.2, so any non-reload is just "the
+/// daemon picks it up on next start").
+pub fn nudge_reload(host: &str, token: Option<&str>) -> bool {
+    nudge_reload_outcome(host, token) == NudgeOutcome::Reloaded
 }
 
 // ============================ pure, unit-tested ============================
@@ -641,6 +663,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!nudge_reload(&format!("127.0.0.1:{port}"), None));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn nudge_outcome_is_daemon_down_when_nothing_listens() {
+        // The three-state outcome: no listener → DaemonDown (never ReloadRefused).
+        let l = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").unwrap();
+        let port = l.local_addr().unwrap().port();
+        drop(l);
+        assert_eq!(
+            nudge_reload_outcome(&format!("127.0.0.1:{port}"), None),
+            NudgeOutcome::DaemonDown
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn login_timeout_error_renders_the_verbatim_copy_with_the_port() {
         let rendered = LoginError::Timeout(39114).to_string();