diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.dom.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf213acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.dom.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+//
+// Contract of the reusable ⋯ overflow menu. Labels/handlers are plain props (no i18n), so we assert
+// the open/select/close + disabled-item behaviour. The menu content only mounts while open, and the
+// AnchoredPopover platform is floating-ui based, so we stub the two observers autoUpdate wires and
+// wrap in a FloatingTree (its real-app parent) so nested-layer dispatch has a node to register.
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach, beforeAll } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { FloatingTree } from "@floating-ui/react";
+import ActionMenu, { type ActionMenuItem } from "./ActionMenu";
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  // floating-ui's autoUpdate observes with ResizeObserver + IntersectionObserver (layoutShift); jsdom
+  // ships neither, and the floating element mounts (so they run) the moment the menu opens.
+  class Stub {
+    observe() {}
+    unobserve() {}
+    disconnect() {}
+    takeRecords() {
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+  globalThis.ResizeObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof ResizeObserver;
+  globalThis.IntersectionObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof IntersectionObserver;
+});
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+const renderMenu = (items: ActionMenuItem[]) =>
+  render(
+    <FloatingTree>
+      <ActionMenu ariaLabel="Catalog actions" items={items} />
+    </FloatingTree>,
+  );
+
+describe("ActionMenu", () => {
+  it("renders a labelled trigger and keeps items unmounted until opened", () => {
+    renderMenu([{ id: "sync", label: "Sync", onSelect: vi.fn() }]);
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Catalog actions" })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("menuitem")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  // floating-ui never computes a position in jsdom, so the surface stays visibility:hidden; the items
+  // are in the DOM but the a11y tree treats them as hidden — hence `{ hidden: true }` on role queries.
+  it("opens on click and shows one menuitem per item", () => {
+    renderMenu([
+      { id: "sync", label: "Sync", onSelect: vi.fn() },
+      { id: "backfill", label: "Backfill", onSelect: vi.fn() },
+    ]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Catalog actions" }));
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole("menuitem", { hidden: true }).map((b) => b.textContent)).toEqual([
+      "Sync",
+      "Backfill",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("selecting an item fires its onSelect and closes the menu", () => {
+    const onSelect = vi.fn();
+    renderMenu([{ id: "sync", label: "Sync", onSelect }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Catalog actions" }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Sync"));
+    expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("menuitem", { hidden: true })).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("a disabled item is inert — rendered disabled and never fires onSelect", () => {
+    const onSelect = vi.fn();
+    renderMenu([{ id: "sync", label: "Sync", onSelect, disabled: true }]);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Catalog actions" }));
+    const item = screen.getByText("Sync").closest("button")!;
+    expect((item as HTMLButtonElement).disabled).toBe(true);
+    fireEvent.click(item);
+    expect(onSelect).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("honours a custom trigger node", () => {
+    renderMenu([{ id: "sync", label: "Sync", onSelect: vi.fn() }]);
+    cleanup();
+    render(
+      <FloatingTree>
+        <ActionMenu
+          ariaLabel="More"
+          items={[{ id: "x", label: "X", onSelect: vi.fn() }]}
+          trigger={<span data-testid="custom-trigger">•••</span>}
+        />
+      </FloatingTree>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("custom-trigger")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.tsx
index f959b974..6c999a38 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ActionMenu.tsx
@@ -31,10 +31,19 @@ export default function ActionMenu({
   trigger?: ReactNode;
 }) {
   const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
-  const pop = useAnchoredPopover({ open, onOpenChange: setOpen, placement: "bottom-end" });
+  // A disabled item (a mutation already in flight) can't take DOM focus, so roving keyboard nav must
+  // SKIP it — otherwise ArrowUp/Down strands the highlight on an inert button. The platform handles it.
+  const disabledIndices = items.flatMap((it, i) => (it.disabled ? [i] : []));
+  const pop = useAnchoredPopover({
+    open,
+    onOpenChange: setOpen,
+    placement: "bottom-end",
+    disabledIndices,
+  });
   return (
     <>
       <button
+        type="button"
         ref={pop.refs.setReference}
         {...pop.getReferenceProps()}
         aria-label={ariaLabel}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx
index 21287f54..ae895094 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AnchoredPopover.tsx
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ export interface AnchoredPopoverOptions {
    *  lands the roving focus on it instead of the first item — the behaviour a "pick one of these
    *  modes" menu needs. Leave unset for action menus and multi-select toggle lists. */
   selectedIndex?: number | null;
+  /** Indices of items that are disabled (e.g. an action whose mutation is already in flight), so
+   *  roving keyboard nav SKIPS them instead of stranding focus on an unfocusable disabled button. */
+  disabledIndices?: number[];
 }
 
 // Internal: call sites use the inferred hook return, they don't name the type.
@@ -175,6 +178,7 @@ export function useAnchoredPopover(opts: AnchoredPopoverOptions) {
       setHoverIndex(null);
     },
     selectedIndex: opts.selectedIndex ?? null,
+    disabledIndices: opts.disabledIndices,
     loop: true,
     // Focus the first item on open for BOTH click and keyboard (the default 'auto' skips pointer-opens,
     // which strands focus on the menu container — arrows then can't enter the roving list at all).
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.dom.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16d56e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.dom.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+//
+// Contract of the catalog-stats hover chip: the compact trigger, the rows it reveals on open (value
+// formatting + the conditional "left" row), and — the point of the R13-S3 review fix — that each row
+// still carries its per-stat explanation as a `title`, so the guidance the old inline stats showed is
+// not lost. i18n is mocked to a key-passthrough so assertions read the stable keys, not translations.
+// The AnchoredPopover platform is floating-ui based (hover mode), so we stub the observers autoUpdate
+// wires and wrap in a FloatingTree, and open via focus (hover mode enables useFocus).
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, beforeAll, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent, cleanup } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { FloatingTree } from "@floating-ui/react";
+
+// Key-passthrough t so assertions read stable keys — but keep the rest of react-i18next intact
+// (i18n/index.ts calls i18n.use(initReactI18next) at import time).
+vi.mock("react-i18next", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("react-i18next")>();
+  return { ...actual, useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }) };
+});
+
+import ChannelStatsPopover from "./ChannelStatsPopover";
+import { type MyStatus } from "../lib/api";
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  class Stub {
+    observe() {}
+    unobserve() {}
+    disconnect() {}
+    takeRecords() {
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+  globalThis.ResizeObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof ResizeObserver;
+  globalThis.IntersectionObserver ??= Stub as unknown as typeof IntersectionObserver;
+});
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+const status = (over: Partial<MyStatus> = {}): MyStatus =>
+  ({
+    channels_total: 10,
+    channels_recent_synced: 3,
+    channels_deep_done: 1,
+    channels_deep_requested: 4,
+    deep_pending_count: 0,
+    deep_eta_seconds: 120,
+    my_videos: 1234,
+    quota_remaining_today: 5000,
+    ...over,
+  }) as MyStatus;
+
+const open = (s: MyStatus) => {
+  render(
+    <FloatingTree>
+      <ChannelStatsPopover status={s} />
+    </FloatingTree>,
+  );
+  fireEvent.focus(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "channels.stats.label" }));
+};
+
+describe("ChannelStatsPopover", () => {
+  it("renders a compact Stats trigger, panel closed until opened", () => {
+    render(
+      <FloatingTree>
+        <ChannelStatsPopover status={status()} />
+      </FloatingTree>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "channels.stats.label" })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("channels.stats.channels")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("reveals one row per stat with formatted values", () => {
+    open(status());
+    expect(screen.getByText("channels.stats.recentSynced")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("3/10")).toBeTruthy(); // recent-synced ratio
+    expect(screen.getByText("1/4")).toBeTruthy(); // full-history ratio
+    expect(screen.getByText((1234).toLocaleString())).toBeTruthy(); // my_videos, locale-agnostic
+  });
+
+  it("shows the 'left' ETA row only while a backfill is pending", () => {
+    open(status({ deep_pending_count: 0 }));
+    expect(screen.queryByText("channels.stats.left")).toBeNull();
+    cleanup();
+    open(status({ deep_pending_count: 2 }));
+    expect(screen.getByText("channels.stats.left")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps each stat's explanation as a per-row title (hint not lost)", () => {
+    open(status());
+    const row = screen.getByText("channels.stats.channels").closest("div");
+    expect(row?.getAttribute("title")).toBe("channels.stats.channelsHint");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.tsx
index 13e7fae9..5c8a3b13 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChannelStatsPopover.tsx
@@ -29,17 +29,26 @@ export default function ChannelStatsPopover({ status }: { status: MyStatus }) {
     offset: 8,
   });
 
-  const rows: { icon: LucideIcon; label: string; value: string | number }[] = [
-    { icon: Users, label: t("channels.stats.channels"), value: status.channels_total },
+  // Each row keeps the per-stat explanation the old inline stats carried (as a native `title` on the
+  // row), so hovering a figure still tells the user what it counts — the guidance is not lost.
+  const rows: { icon: LucideIcon; label: string; value: string | number; hint: string }[] = [
+    {
+      icon: Users,
+      label: t("channels.stats.channels"),
+      value: status.channels_total,
+      hint: t("channels.stats.channelsHint"),
+    },
     {
       icon: RefreshCw,
       label: t("channels.stats.recentSynced"),
       value: `${status.channels_recent_synced}/${status.channels_total}`,
+      hint: t("channels.stats.recentSyncedHint"),
     },
     {
       icon: History,
       label: t("channels.stats.fullHistory"),
       value: `${status.channels_deep_done}/${status.channels_deep_requested}`,
+      hint: t("channels.stats.fullHistoryHint"),
     },
     ...(status.deep_pending_count > 0
       ? [
@@ -47,20 +56,28 @@ export default function ChannelStatsPopover({ status }: { status: MyStatus }) {
             icon: Clock,
             label: t("channels.stats.left"),
             value: formatEta(status.deep_eta_seconds),
+            hint: t("channels.stats.leftHint", { count: status.deep_pending_count }),
           },
         ]
       : []),
-    { icon: Film, label: t("channels.stats.myVideos"), value: status.my_videos.toLocaleString() },
+    {
+      icon: Film,
+      label: t("channels.stats.myVideos"),
+      value: status.my_videos.toLocaleString(),
+      hint: t("channels.stats.myVideosHint"),
+    },
     {
       icon: Zap,
       label: t("channels.stats.quotaLeft"),
       value: status.quota_remaining_today.toLocaleString(),
+      hint: t("channels.stats.quotaLeftHint"),
     },
   ];
 
   return (
     <>
       <button
+        type="button"
         ref={pop.refs.setReference}
         {...pop.getReferenceProps()}
         className="glass-card glass-hover inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-lg px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm text-muted transition"
@@ -74,7 +91,11 @@ export default function ChannelStatsPopover({ status }: { status: MyStatus }) {
         className="glass-menu w-60 rounded-xl p-2 text-xs animate-[popIn_0.16s_ease]"
       >
         {rows.map((r) => (
-          <div key={r.label} className="flex items-center gap-2.5 px-1.5 py-1.5">
+          <div
+            key={r.label}
+            title={r.hint}
+            className="flex cursor-help items-center gap-2.5 px-1.5 py-1.5"
+          >
             <r.icon className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted" aria-hidden="true" />
             <span className="flex-1 text-muted">{r.label}</span>
             <span className="tabular-nums font-medium text-fg">{r.value}</span>
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json
index dc942495..57cdcfda 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/channels.json
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
   },
   "tags": {
     "label": "Tags",
-    "yourTags": "Your tags",
-    "manage": "Manage tags",
     "yourTagsHint": "Your personal labels. Attach them to channels below, then filter the feed by tag from the sidebar. (Separate from the automatic language/topic tags.)",
     "noneYet": "No tags yet — create one below.",
     "create": "Create tag",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json
index c7e0a094..29df7265 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/channels.json
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
   },
   "tags": {
     "label": "Címkék",
-    "yourTags": "Címkéid",
-    "manage": "Címkék kezelése",
     "yourTagsHint": "Saját személyes címkéid. Csatold őket az alábbi csatornákhoz, majd szűrd a hírfolyamot címke szerint az oldalsávból. (Az automatikus nyelvi/téma címkéktől függetlenül.)",
     "noneYet": "Még nincs címke — hozz létre egyet lent.",
     "create": "Címke létrehozása",