diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 2b928f1..6f1ec8b 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -79,13 +79,15 @@ session with **no other memory of this project**. So:
 - **Lazy routes**: every route uses `lazyWithRetry` (`src/lib/lazyWithRetry.ts`) —
   retries, then one full reload per session, so a chunk-load failure self-heals
   instead of showing the error boundary.
-- **Baselines** (verified 2026-09-26): `npm test` → 0 errors, **60 warnings**
-  (39 `no-unused-vars` — mostly destructured bindings/params, 14
-  `react-hooks/exhaustive-deps`, 7 `react-refresh`), **101 tests**, build ok.
+- **Baselines** (verified 2026-09-26): `npm test` → 0 errors, **46 warnings**
+  (39 `no-unused-vars`, 7 `react-refresh`), **101 tests**, build ok.
   `package.json` version **1.4.5**.
-  - ⚠️ Lint: `no-explicit-any` is **0**. Do **not** mass-fix `no-unused-vars` by
-    name or by blanket rename — shadowed names (`isUnfollowing`) and typed
-    shorthand destructuring make it unsafe. Fix file-by-file, position-precise.
+  - ✅ `no-explicit-any` = 0; ✅ `react-hooks/exhaustive-deps` = 0 (shared getters
+    are `useCallback`-memoised; intentional mount-only effects carry a justified
+    `eslint-disable-next-line` with a comment).
+  - ⚠️ Do **not** mass-fix `no-unused-vars` by name or blanket rename — shadowed
+    names (`isUnfollowing`) and typed shorthand destructuring make it unsafe.
+    Fix file-by-file, position-precise, opportunistically.
 - **Untracked local junk — do NOT commit**: `assets/`, `resources/`,
   `cvm-server/`, `bun.lock`.
 
diff --git a/src/components/AppProvider.tsx b/src/components/AppProvider.tsx
index 04eb4d2..24e5919 100644
--- a/src/components/AppProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AppProvider.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ export function AppProvider(props: AppProviderProps) {
     if (needsUpdate) {
       updateConfig((current) => ({ ...current, ...updates }));
     }
+    // Intentionally run once on mount (seed defaults / force dark theme).
+    // Adding config/updateConfig deps would re-run the effect after it writes.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
 
   // Ensure relay list is never empty - fallback to default if no relays configured
diff --git a/src/components/CrewChat.tsx b/src/components/CrewChat.tsx
index d3de85e..540e687 100644
--- a/src/components/CrewChat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/CrewChat.tsx
@@ -201,9 +201,14 @@ export function CrewChat({
   });
 
   // Unify whichever transport is active into one message list + send + state.
-  const messages: DirectMessage[] = usingCordn
-    ? cordn.messages.map((m) => cordnToDirect(m, cordnEndpoint!.groupId))
-    : (nip17Messages ?? []);
+  // Memoised so its identity is stable for the useMemo/useEffect deps below.
+  const messages: DirectMessage[] = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      usingCordn
+        ? cordn.messages.map((m) => cordnToDirect(m, cordnEndpoint!.groupId))
+        : (nip17Messages ?? []),
+    [usingCordn, cordn.messages, cordnEndpoint, nip17Messages],
+  );
   const isLoading = usingCordn ? cordn.isLoading : nip17Loading;
   const isPending = usingCordn ? cordn.isSending : nip17Sending;
 
diff --git a/src/components/EventCountdown.tsx b/src/components/EventCountdown.tsx
index ae98c4b..b829b88 100644
--- a/src/components/EventCountdown.tsx
+++ b/src/components/EventCountdown.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export function EventCountdown({
   }, []);
 
   // `tick` is a dependency so the label actually recomputes on each interval.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   const info = useMemo(() => computeStatus(start, end), [start, end, tick]);
 
   const styles: Record<EventStatus, string> = {
@@ -93,5 +94,7 @@ export function useEventStatus(start: number, end?: number): EventStatus {
     const id = setInterval(() => forceTick((n) => n + 1), 30_000);
     return () => clearInterval(id);
   }, []);
+  // `tick` forces recompute on the interval (it is not used inside the memo).
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   return useMemo(() => computeStatus(start, end).status, [start, end, tick]);
 }
diff --git a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
index c1cbfe6..5467ecb 100644
--- a/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SasquatchGuide.tsx
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ Instructions:
       setIsThinking(false);
       setStreamingText('');
     }
-  }, [userInput, isThinking, chatMessages, user, cvm, personal, isPro, appendMessage, cvmConnected, runTripPlanner]);
+  }, [userInput, isThinking, chatMessages, cvm, personal, isPro, appendMessage, runTripPlanner]);
 
   // Listen for external events from FAQ/About pages
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/src/components/SpamFeePayment.tsx b/src/components/SpamFeePayment.tsx
index a75db6c..9e1767e 100644
--- a/src/components/SpamFeePayment.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SpamFeePayment.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ export function SpamFeePayment({
     if (invoice && paymentState === 'waiting' && (webln || activeNWC)) {
       handleAutoPay();
     }
+    // Intentionally omit handleAutoPay: it is recreated each render, so adding
+    // it would re-trigger auto-pay on every render. Keyed to invoice/state.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, [invoice, paymentState, webln, activeNWC]);
 
   const generateInvoice = async () => {
diff --git a/src/components/SpotMap.tsx b/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
index 39f3996..5e95f48 100644
--- a/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SpotMap.tsx
@@ -974,6 +974,9 @@ export function SpotMap({
       map.remove();
       mapInstanceRef.current = null;
     };
+    // Map init runs once on mount; center/zoom/click handlers are applied by
+    // later effects, so they must not re-create the Leaflet map.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
 
   // Fix map size when container resizes
diff --git a/src/pages/EventsPage.tsx b/src/pages/EventsPage.tsx
index 6ae78b8..e36b7c6 100644
--- a/src/pages/EventsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/EventsPage.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useMemo, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useMemo, useRef, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useSeoMeta } from '@unhead/react';
 import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Layout } from '@/components/Layout';
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ export default function EventsPage() {
   }, [events, tours]);
   const { data: trustScores } = useBatchTrustScores(allPubkeys);
   // `trustScores` is a plain Map<pubkey, score> (see useBatchTrustScores).
-  const getTrustScore = (pubkey: string): number | undefined => trustScores?.get(pubkey);
+  const getTrustScore = useCallback((pubkey: string): number | undefined => trustScores?.get(pubkey), [trustScores]);
 
   // ── Comment counts ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   const allEventIds = useMemo(() => {
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ export default function EventsPage() {
   }, [events, tours]);
   const { data: commentCounts } = useCommentCounts(allEventIds);
 
-  const getCommentCount = (eventId: string) => commentCounts?.get(eventId) ?? 0;
+  const getCommentCount = useCallback((eventId: string) => commentCounts?.get(eventId) ?? 0, [commentCounts]);
 
   // ── Batch RSVP counts (one query for the whole grid, not one per card) ─────────
   const eventCoords = useMemo(() => (events ?? []).map((e) => eventCoord(e)), [events]);
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ export default function EventsPage() {
     past.sort((a, b) => sortBy === 'recent' ? b.start - a.start : sortFn(a, b));
 
     return { upcoming, past };
-  }, [events, searchQuery, locationQuery, selectedTypes, trustFilter, trustScores, sortBy, dateWindow, now, commentCounts]);
+  }, [events, searchQuery, locationQuery, selectedTypes, trustFilter, getTrustScore, trustScores, sortBy, dateWindow, now, getCommentCount]);
 
   // ── Filter tours ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   const filteredTours = useMemo(() => {
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ export default function EventsPage() {
     });
 
     return filtered;
-  }, [tours, tourSearchQuery, tourLocationQuery, tourCategory, tourSkillLevel, tourTrustFilter, trustScores, tourSortBy, commentCounts]);
+  }, [tours, tourSearchQuery, tourLocationQuery, tourCategory, tourSkillLevel, tourTrustFilter, getTrustScore, trustScores, tourSortBy, getCommentCount]);
 
   // ── Active filter counts ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   const activeEventFilterCount =
diff --git a/src/pages/LabPage.tsx b/src/pages/LabPage.tsx
index 2338e2b..81a7450 100644
--- a/src/pages/LabPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/LabPage.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useMemo, useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useState, useMemo, useRef, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useSeoMeta } from '@unhead/react';
 import { Link, useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Layout } from '@/components/Layout';
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ export default function LabPage() {
 
   const profilePubkeys = useMemo(() => profiles?.map((p) => p.pubkey) || [], [profiles]);
   const { data: trustScores } = useBatchTrustScores(profilePubkeys);
-  const getTrustScore = (pubkey: string) => trustScores?.get(pubkey);
+  const getTrustScore = useCallback((pubkey: string) => trustScores?.get(pubkey), [trustScores]);
 
   // Fetch all authors for search-by-name support
   // We collect metadata from ProfileCard's useAuthor calls via a shared memo approach
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ export default function LabPage() {
     });
 
     return filtered;
-  }, [profiles, searchQuery, locationQuery, selectedSkills, serviceType, trustFilter, trustScores, sortBy, displayNameMap]);
+  }, [profiles, searchQuery, locationQuery, selectedSkills, serviceType, trustFilter, getTrustScore, trustScores, sortBy, displayNameMap]);
 
   // Active filter count (skills + trust + sort) — location and search are separate quick filters
   const activeFilterCount =
diff --git a/src/pages/MapPage.tsx b/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
index a02ad53..0ad6a72 100644
--- a/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/MapPage.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useMemo, useEffect, lazy, Suspense } from 'react';
+import { useState, useMemo, useEffect, lazy, Suspense, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useSeoMeta } from '@unhead/react';
 import { Link, useNavigate, useSearchParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Layout } from '@/components/Layout';
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ export default function MapPage() {
   const locationPubkeys = useMemo(() => allLocations.map((l) => l.pubkey), [allLocations]);
   const { data: trustScores } = useBatchTrustScores(locationPubkeys);
 
-  const getTrustScore = (pubkey: string) => trustScores?.get(pubkey);
+  const getTrustScore = useCallback((pubkey: string) => trustScores?.get(pubkey), [trustScores]);
 
   // Fetch community status reports for all spots (not shops), batched in one query.
   const statusSpotRefs = useMemo(
@@ -859,15 +859,17 @@ export default function MapPage() {
   const spotIds = useMemo(() => allLocations.map((l) => l.event.id), [allLocations]);
   const { data: commentCounts } = useCommentCounts(spotIds);
 
-  const getCommentCount = (eventId: string) => {
+  const getCommentCount = useCallback((eventId: string) => {
     return commentCounts?.get(eventId) ?? 0;
-  };
+  }, [commentCounts]);
 
   // Batched zap totals for "Most Zapped" sorting (ONE query for every location).
   const locationEvents = useMemo(() => allLocations.map((l) => l.event), [allLocations]);
   const { data: zapTotals } = useZapTotals(locationEvents);
-  const getZapTotal = (event: (typeof locationEvents)[number]) =>
-    zapTotals?.get(zapTargetKey(event))?.totalSats ?? 0;
+  const getZapTotal = useCallback(
+    (event: (typeof locationEvents)[number]) => zapTotals?.get(zapTargetKey(event))?.totalSats ?? 0,
+    [zapTotals],
+  );
 
   // Get geohashes for weather fetching (only non-shop spots)
   const spotGeohashes = useMemo(() => {
@@ -988,7 +990,7 @@ export default function MapPage() {
     });
 
     return filtered;
-  }, [allLocations, searchQuery, selectedCategories, weatherEnabled, weatherData, weatherFilter, showSpots, showShops, trustFilter, trustScores, sortBy, userLocation, commentCounts, zapTotals]);
+  }, [allLocations, searchQuery, selectedCategories, weatherEnabled, weatherData, weatherFilter, showSpots, showShops, trustFilter, getTrustScore, trustScores, sortBy, userLocation, getCommentCount, getZapTotal]);
 
   // Spots shown as MAP MARKERS. Hide spots the community has confirmed as
   // "gone" (demolished) so they don't clutter the map — they still appear
diff --git a/src/pages/RiderCardPage.tsx b/src/pages/RiderCardPage.tsx
index bf004f5..24b92e2 100644
--- a/src/pages/RiderCardPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/RiderCardPage.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Print-ready: credit-card size (85.6×54mm), @media print isolates card
  */
 
-import { useState, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useState, useRef, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useSeoMeta } from '@unhead/react';
 import { nip19 } from 'nostr-tools';
 // QRCode is imported lazily inside drawCardToCanvas() to avoid canvas API
@@ -992,24 +992,31 @@ export default function RiderCardPage() {
   })();
 
   const cardPubkey = cardType === 'rider' ? (user?.pubkey ?? '') : recipientPubkey;
-  const cardData: CardData = {
-    type: cardType, theme, holographic,
-    name: cardType === 'rider' ? displayName : recipientName,
-    nip05: metadata?.nip05,
-    avatar: metadata?.picture,
-    pubkey: cardPubkey,
-    npub: cardPubkey ? fullNpub(cardPubkey) : '',
-    style, skills, sponsors, ridesFor,
-    showSpots, showZaps, showEvents,
-    spotsAdded:    stats?.spotsAdded    ?? 0,
-    zapsReceived:  stats?.zapsReceived  ?? 0,
-    eventsCreated: stats?.eventsCreated ?? 0,
-    memberYear: metadata?.created_at
-      ? memberSince(metadata.created_at as number)
-      : new Date().getFullYear().toString(),
-    receivedBadges,
-    issuerName, recipientName, accessLevel, validThru,
-  };
+  const cardData: CardData = useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      type: cardType, theme, holographic,
+      name: cardType === 'rider' ? displayName : recipientName,
+      nip05: metadata?.nip05,
+      avatar: metadata?.picture,
+      pubkey: cardPubkey,
+      npub: cardPubkey ? fullNpub(cardPubkey) : '',
+      style, skills, sponsors, ridesFor,
+      showSpots, showZaps, showEvents,
+      spotsAdded:    stats?.spotsAdded    ?? 0,
+      zapsReceived:  stats?.zapsReceived  ?? 0,
+      eventsCreated: stats?.eventsCreated ?? 0,
+      memberYear: metadata?.created_at
+        ? memberSince(metadata.created_at as number)
+        : new Date().getFullYear().toString(),
+      receivedBadges,
+      issuerName, recipientName, accessLevel, validThru,
+    }),
+    [
+      cardType, theme, holographic, displayName, recipientName, metadata,
+      cardPubkey, style, skills, sponsors, ridesFor, showSpots, showZaps,
+      showEvents, stats, receivedBadges, issuerName, accessLevel, validThru,
+    ],
+  );
 
   const renderCardToImage = useCallback(async (): Promise<string | null> => {
     setRendering(true);