diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
index 8a276b7..d141863 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Models/RemoteStore.swift
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ final class RemoteStore: ObservableObject {
     /// from `hostName(forSession:)` instead.
     @Published private(set) var hostName: String = ""
     @Published private(set) var sessions: [WireSessionSummary] = []
+    /// The last session list seen from a live host, persisted to disk (`SessionCache`) and reloaded
+    /// at launch. It backs `sessions` whenever nothing is connected, so the list shows a read-only
+    /// history while offline instead of an empty "waiting to connect" screen.
+    private var cachedSummaries: [WireSessionSummary] = SessionCache.loadSummaries()
+    /// Debounced disk-write tasks for the offline cache (coalesce a burst of updates into one write).
+    private var summaryPersistTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var transcriptPersistTask: Task<Void, Never>?
     @Published private(set) var capabilities = WireCapabilities(canModifyToolInput: false, allowAlwaysScopes: [])
     @Published private(set) var grantedScope: DeviceScope = .approve
     /// The host's model/effort catalog (SYNC §5.2), driving the composer + session-header pickers.