yaak-mountain-loop/PROSE.md

Yaak Proxy prose pass, round one (revised)

Read-only proposal. Nothing in the source has changed. Strike or edit rows by their number (for example "drop 2.14", "4.7: use X instead"), then round two applies what is left. PROSE-changes.md beside this file lists only the rows with a proposed change.

The table has 409 rows holding about 645 strings (a row with " / " holds the variants of one string). About 207 strings in 188 rows have a proposed change; the rest are "keep", 12 of them your own wording. Twelve rows carry tooltip text. Five visible strings stay over ten words: 4.33 (Yaak's own sentence), 9.31 (kept as asked), 12.4 (an instruction naming the app and the place), and the errors 12.28 and 12.43.

Order of this file: the table, the terminology decisions, the flags, then the voice guide.

Three rules shape the Proposed column. A label (button, menu item, heading, tab, select option, icon-button tooltip, state name) stays short. Anything that explains (a description, a status line, a card line, a hint, a dialog body) is a complete sentence with a subject and a period. And an explanation that is always visible is one sentence of about ten words, modelled in voice and length on "Traffic from every app will be recorded."

The Tooltip column holds detail someone would need that does not fit that sentence: text for a small info icon beside the line, as the encrypted card's why line has. It is empty for most rows. A visible line that only repeats its title or state name is dropped.

The table

Paths: components/, lib/ and hooks/ are under apps/yaak-proxy/. ui/ is packages/ui/src/components/. proxy-lib/ is crates-proxy/yaak-proxy-lib/src/. engine/ is crates/yaak-proxy/src/. tauri/ is crates-tauri/yaak-app-proxy/src/. {braces} mark a value filled in at run time. A row with " / " holds the variants of one string.

1. First-run setup

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
1.1	components/FirstRun.tsx:49	heading	Set up Yaak Proxy	keep
1.2	components/FirstRun.tsx:52	description	Two steps, once. Then every app on this Mac sends its traffic here.	Traffic from every app on this Mac will be recorded.		Only one step is the user's. See flag F1.
1.3	components/FirstRun.tsx:53	description	Traffic appears here as apps send it.	keep		Shown where the system proxy is unsupported.
1.4	components/FirstRun.tsx:60	step title	Turn on the system proxy	Override system proxy		One name for the switch.
1.5	components/FirstRun.tsx:60	step title, done	System proxy on	System proxy overridden
1.6	components/FirstRun.tsx:64	step description	The CLI owns the proxy. Take over to turn this on from here.	Take over from the CLI to change this.		The strip above already says where the proxy runs.
1.7	components/FirstRun.tsx:65	step description	Another Yaak Proxy window owns the engine. Quit it to use this one.	Quit the other Yaak Proxy to use this one.		See flag F8.
1.8	components/FirstRun.tsx:76	button	Turn On	Enable		Yaak says "Enable" for switches.
1.9	components/FirstRun.tsx:76	button	Try Again	Retry
1.10	components/FirstRun.tsx:87	step title	Encrypting stored traffic, {percent}	Encrypting recorded traffic, {percent}		Same string as 2.9 and 12.1.
1.11	components/FirstRun.tsx:89	step title	Waiting for traffic	keep
1.12	components/FirstRun.tsx:90	step title	See traffic	keep
1.13	components/FirstRun.tsx:94	step description	Traffic captured before this version is being encrypted on disk. Recording starts when it's done.	Recording will start once encryption finishes.		The first sentence repeats the title. Same string as 2.10.
1.14	components/FirstRun.tsx:96	error	The proxy has not started.	The proxy failed to start.		Fallback when there is no reason. Same as 2.17.
1.15	components/FirstRun.tsx:98	step description	Recording is paused, so traffic passes through without being stored.	Recording is paused.		The button beside it is Resume Recording.
1.16	components/FirstRun.tsx:100	step description	Open a website or send a request, and its flow appears here.	Open a website or send a request to begin.
1.17	components/FirstRun.tsx:101	step description	Flows appear here as apps send requests.	keep
1.18	components/FirstRun.tsx:111	button	Retry	keep
1.19	components/FirstRun.tsx:119	button	Resume Recording	keep
1.20	components/FirstRun.tsx:126	description	Only need one terminal or one app? Copy the environment instead.	To proxy a single terminal instead, copy the environment.		The question is cut.
1.21	components/FirstRun.tsx:134	button	Copy Environment	keep
1.22	components/FirstRun.tsx:138	description	Working with an agent? yaak mcp gives it the proxy's flows and actions.	Agents can connect through yaak mcp.		The question is cut.
1.23	components/FirstRun.tsx:142	description	Captured traffic is encrypted on disk with a key kept in your keychain, so macOS may ask to let Yaak Proxy use it.	Recorded traffic is encrypted on disk.	The key is kept in the system keychain, so the system may ask to let Yaak Proxy use it.	The keychain prompt is the detail someone needs. "macOS" showed on every platform; see flag F2.

2. Header and status menu

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
2.1	components/ProxyLayout.tsx:82, :154	tooltip	Toggle sidebar	keep		Same as Yaak's.
2.2	components/ProxyLayout.tsx:106	tooltip	Change to vertical layout / Change to horizontal layout	keep		Same as Yaak's.
2.3	components/ProxyLayout.tsx:117	tooltip	Settings	keep
2.4	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:52	tooltip, disabled	Clear flows (traffic is locked)	Clear flows		The locked state is on screen.
2.5	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:54	tooltip, disabled	Clear flows (none yet)	Clear flows
2.6	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:56-57	tooltip	Clear flows / Clear flows {hotkey}	keep
2.7	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:190-206	status pill	Encrypting / CLI / Recording / Paused / Not running	keep
2.8	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:126	menu item, right	Copied	keep
2.9	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:68	menu row title	Encrypting stored traffic, {percent}	Encrypting recorded traffic, {percent}
2.10	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:69	menu row description	Traffic captured before this version is being encrypted on disk. Recording starts when it's done.	Recording will start once encryption finishes.		The first sentence repeats the title.
2.11	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:74	menu row title	Running from the CLI	keep
2.12	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:75	menu row description	Started by yaak proxy start, pid {pid}, since {time}. Port {port}.	The proxy was started by the CLI at {time}.		The port is the menu's first item, and the pid is on the strip, 2.36.
2.13	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:80	menu row title	Recording on port {port} / Paused on port {port}	keep
2.14	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:83	menu row description	Every flow is stored as it passes.	(remove)		It repeats "Recording" in the title above it. Needs the row to allow no description.
2.15	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:84	menu row description	Traffic passes through untouched, and nothing is stored.	Traffic passes through without being recorded.		The same sentence as 4.30.
2.16	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:90	menu row title	Not running	keep
2.17	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:93	error	The proxy has not started.	The proxy failed to start.
2.18	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:106	button	Retry	keep
2.19	lib/systemProxy.ts:134	menu item	Pause Recording / Resume Recording	keep
2.20	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:152, :168	menu row title	Override system proxy	keep
2.21	lib/systemProxy.ts:47	menu row description, on	Routing this Mac's web traffic through Yaak Proxy	Traffic from every app will be recorded.		The model sentence.
2.22	lib/systemProxy.ts:48	menu row description, off	Not routing. Only apps pointed at port {port} are captured	Only traffic sent to port {port} will be recorded.
2.23	lib/systemProxy.ts:31	menu row description, pending	Changing the system proxy	keep		A progress label, as Yaak's "Cloning...".
2.24	lib/systemProxy.ts:31	menu row description, pending	Waiting for your password	Waiting for macOS		The same progress label as 2.29.
2.25	lib/systemProxy.ts:40	error	Cancelled in the password prompt	The password prompt was cancelled.		See flag D2.
2.26	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:160	notice	macOS asks for your password each time until the helper is approved in Settings.	macOS will ask for a password each time.	Install the helper in Settings to stop the prompts.	See flag F3.
2.27	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:235, :256, :267	menu row title	Decrypt everything	keep		A row title, so sentence case; the button is "Decrypt Everything".
2.28	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:215, :236	pill and description	Certificate not trusted	keep		A state name.
2.29	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:247, :259	button and description	Waiting for macOS / Trust	keep
2.30	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:261	menu row description, on	Except Apple services and apps that pin	Excluded hosts and apps stay encrypted.		See flag F4.
2.31	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:262, lib/decrypt.ts:226-227	menu row description, off	{n} apps, {n} hosts	keep		A count.
2.32	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:262	menu row description, off	Nothing listed	No hosts or apps		An empty-state label beside the count, 2.31. Same as 10.34.
2.33	components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:20	banner	Running from the CLI / Running in another Yaak Proxy	keep
2.34	components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:27	banner, code	yaak proxy start	keep
2.35	components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:32	banner	Another Yaak Proxy window owns the engine. Quit it to use this one.	Quit the other copy to use this one.		The lead beside it already says where the proxy runs. See flag D1.
2.36	components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:36	banner	pid {pid}, since {time}. Flows still list here, read from the capture database.	pid {pid}, since {time}		Metadata, so a fragment. The list below already shows that its traffic is listed.
2.37	components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:47	button	Take over	Take Over
2.38	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:58	banner	Certificate not trusted	keep
2.39	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:59	banner	Required to decrypt	The certificate must be trusted to decrypt traffic.
2.40	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:67	button	Waiting for macOS / Trust	keep
2.41	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:120	banner	HTTPS is encrypted	keep
2.42	lib/httpsStrip.ts:47	banner count	{n} connection / {n} connections	keep
2.43	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:127	tooltip	New connections, except Apple services and apps that pin	New connections will be decrypted, except for excluded hosts and apps.		On a text button, so it explains.
2.44	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:143	button	Decrypt Everything	keep (user's wording)
2.45	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:148	button	Choose…	Choose		No ellipsis on a button that opens a menu.
2.46	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:74	menu heading	Apps	keep
2.47	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:96	menu heading	Sites	Domains
2.48	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:112	menu item	Edit List in Settings…	Decryption Settings		As Yaak's "Workspace Settings".
2.49	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:155	tooltip	Not now	Dismiss		As Yaak's toast and banner.

3. Search box and search history

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
3.1	components/SearchBar.tsx:527-528	placeholder	Search flows / Search {n} flows	keep
3.2	components/SearchBar.tsx:175	placeholder, locked	Traffic is locked	keep
3.3	components/SearchBar.tsx:208	menu item	Save search	Save Search
3.4	lib/flowActions.ts:97	menu item	Export All Flows as HAR / Export Matching Flows as HAR	keep
3.5	components/SearchBar.tsx:222	tooltip	Search actions	keep
3.6	components/SearchBar.tsx:230	tooltip	Clear search	keep
3.7	components/SearchBar.tsx:314	tooltip	Recent filters	Recent searches
3.8	components/SearchBar.tsx:278	menu item, empty	No recent filters	No recent searches		As Yaak's "No recent requests".
3.9	components/SearchBar.tsx:290	tooltip	Save search	keep
3.10	components/SearchBar.tsx:296	tooltip	Remove	keep
3.11	components/SearchBar.tsx:303	menu item	Clear History	keep
3.12	components/SearchBar.tsx:327	completion detail	Recent	keep
3.13	lib/searchBox.ts:42-43	lint label	Unknown field / Invalid value	keep
3.14	lib/searchBox.ts:44	lint label	Not yet	Not supported
3.15	proxy-lib/query.rs:86	completion info	Host, wildcards allowed	keep
3.16	proxy-lib/query.rs:87	completion info	URL path, /* for below	keep
3.17	proxy-lib/query.rs:88	completion info	GET, POST, …	keep
3.18	proxy-lib/query.rs:89-90	completion info	Response status / Content type	keep
3.19	proxy-lib/query.rs:91	completion info	App or program	App
3.20	proxy-lib/query.rs:95	completion info	error, pending, system, encrypted, rejected, …	keep		A list of its values.
3.21	proxy-lib/query.rs:98	completion info	A header on either side	A request or response header
3.22	proxy-lib/query.rs:99-100	completion info	A request header / A response header	keep
3.23	proxy-lib/query.rs:101-103	completion info	Response body size / Request body size / Response body size	keep
3.24	proxy-lib/query.rs:104	completion info	Total time	keep		See flag N3.
3.25	proxy-lib/query.rs:105	completion info	When the flow started	keep
3.26	proxy-lib/query.rs:106	completion info	The whole URL	keep
3.27	proxy-lib/query.rs:107	completion info	A query parameter	keep
3.28	proxy-lib/query.rs:108-111	completion info	http or https / Port / h1, h2, ws, sse, grpc / Flow number	keep
3.29	proxy-lib/query.rs:112	completion info	Working folder	Working directory		The Info tab says "Directory".
3.30	proxy-lib/query.rs:113	completion info	Process id	Process ID
3.31	proxy-lib/query.rs:117-121	completion info	GraphQL operation name / gRPC service / gRPC method	keep
3.32	proxy-lib/query.rs:122-124	completion info	Not yet	Not supported
3.33	components/AddColumnDialog.tsx:105, :110	input label and placeholder	Field / @header.x-request-id	keep		The dialog itself is 9.9.
3.34	lib/columns.ts:107-110	validation	Missing name / Invalid name / Incomplete / Unknown field	keep

4. Flow list and its menus

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
4.1	lib/columns.ts:66-82	column headers	App, Method, Host, Path, Query, Status, Type, Request Size, Size, Time, Latency, Started, Remote Address, HTTP Version, TLS Version, Operation	keep		See flag N3 for Time and Latency.
4.2	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:133, :251	menu heading and tooltip	Columns	keep
4.3	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:152, :208	menu item	Remove Column	keep
4.4	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:162	menu item	Add Column…	Add Column
4.5	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:164	menu item	Reset Sort	keep (user's wording)
4.6	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:165, :215	menu item	Reset Column Widths	keep
4.7	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:167	menu item	Reset Column Order	keep
4.8	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:178-181	menu item	Sort Ascending / Sort Descending / Add to Sort Ascending / Add to Sort Descending	keep
4.9	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:182	menu item	Clear Sorting	Reset Sort		The same action as 4.5.
4.10	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:185, :190	menu item	Move Left / Move Right	keep
4.11	components/FlowListHeader.tsx:196, :201	menu item	Hide Column / Hide Other Columns	keep
4.12	components/FlowList.tsx:531	divider	{n} new	keep
4.13	components/FlowList.tsx:551	button	1 new flow / {n} new flows	keep
4.14	components/FlowList.tsx:914-915	tooltip	Encrypted: excluded by default / Encrypted: excluded by {entry}	keep
4.15	components/FlowList.tsx:917	tooltip	Encrypted: passed through after a client rejected the certificate	Encrypted: an app rejected the certificate
4.16	components/FlowList.tsx:919	tooltip	Encrypted: not on the decrypt list	Encrypted: decryption is not enabled		Follows your card line.
4.17	components/FlowList.tsx:932	tooltip	Rejected the proxy's certificate	Certificate rejected by the app		Parallel to "Cancelled by the app". Same as 12.32.
4.18	components/FlowList.tsx:933-936	tooltip	Failed: {error} / Cancelled by the app / Streaming	keep
4.19	components/FlowList.tsx:937	tooltip	Body cut at the capture limit	Body truncated at the capture limit
4.20	components/FlowList.tsx:938	tooltip	Saved to Yaak	keep
4.21	components/FlowList.tsx:1109, :1209	cell	Rejected certificate / Cancelled	keep
4.22	components/FlowList.tsx:1361-1367	menu item	Filter by This Value / Exclude This Value / Copy Value	keep (user's wording)
4.23	lib/flowActions.ts:148	menu item	Save as Yaak Request / Save to Yaak Again	keep
4.24	lib/flowActions.ts:155-193	menu item	Copy as cURL / Copy URL / Copy Request Body / Copy Response Body	keep
4.25	lib/flowActions.ts:200, :206	menu item	Save Request Body to File / Save Response Body to File	keep
4.26	lib/flowActions.ts:212	menu item	Export HAR	Export as HAR		As "Export All Flows as HAR".
4.27	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:31	empty state	No flows yet	keep
4.28	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:31	empty state	Recording is paused	keep
4.29	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:34	empty state	The proxy is not running. Retry from the menu by the state.	Retry from the status menu to start the proxy.
4.30	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:36	empty state	Traffic passes through without being stored.	Traffic passes through without being recorded.
4.31	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:37	empty state	Recording on port {port}. Flows appear as apps send requests.	Traffic sent to port {port} will be recorded.		See flag F10.
4.32	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:59-60	list row	Paused at {time}. Traffic passes through without being stored.	Recording was paused at {time}.		Without a time: "Recording is paused." The rest is in the status menu, 2.15.
4.33	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:105-106	empty state	No flows match. Found matches for {query} ({n}), or {query} ({n})	No results, but found matches for {query} ({n}) or {query} ({n})		Yaak's sidebar wording, word for word. Alone: "No results".
4.34	components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:111	empty state, code	all traffic	keep

5. Sidebar and its menus

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
5.1	lib/sidebarTree.ts:350	row	All traffic	All Traffic		The menu item that names it is "Show in All Traffic".
5.2	lib/sidebarTree.ts:357, :301-303, :395	rows	Saved / Apps / Domains / System / Encrypted	keep
5.3	components/Sidebar.tsx:103	tooltip	Encrypted	keep
5.4	components/Sidebar.tsx:198-201	menu item	Filter by This Value / Exclude This Value / Copy Value	keep (user's wording)
5.5	lib/decrypt.ts:395	menu item	Decrypt {name} / Stop Decrypting {name}	keep
5.6	lib/decrypt.ts:425-427	menu item, several rows	Decrypt {n} Apps / {n} Hosts / {n} Sites / {n} Selected	Decrypt {n} Apps / {n} Hosts / {n} Domains / {n} Selected		Also in its toast, lower case.
5.7	lib/opener.ts:26-27	menu item	Reveal in Finder / Show in Explorer	keep
5.8	lib/opener.ts:28	menu item	Show in Folder	Show in File Manager		Yaak's name on Linux. Also the Settings button, 10.3.
5.9	components/Sidebar.tsx:178	menu item	Copy path	Copy Path
5.10	components/Sidebar.tsx:225, :248	menu item	Show in All Traffic	keep
5.11	components/Sidebar.tsx:235	menu item	Decrypt Everything	keep (user's wording)
5.12	components/Sidebar.tsx:261, :270	menu item	Rename / Delete	keep

6. Detail card and its tabs

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
6.1	components/FlowDetail.tsx:31-35	empty state	Select a flow / Pause or resume recording / Clear flows	keep		The keys beside them are fixed to macOS. See flag F6.
6.2	components/FlowCard.tsx:144, :153, :225	tab	Cookies / Info / Body	keep
6.3	lib/messages.ts:124	tab	Events / Messages	keep
6.4	lib/flowViews.ts:240-248	tab	Auth / Basic / Bearer / Digest / Negotiate	keep
6.5	components/FlowCard.tsx:308	empty state	Waiting for a response	keep
6.6	components/FlowCard.tsx:326	badge	Body cut	Body truncated
6.7	components/FlowCard.tsx:326	badge	First {size} kept	First {size} recorded
6.8	components/FlowCard.tsx:336	tooltip	Save to Yaak / Saved to Yaak	keep
6.9	components/FlowCard.tsx:341, components/EncryptedCard.tsx:298	tooltip	Actions	keep
6.10	lib/flowViews.ts:122	error	Cancelled by the client	Cancelled by the app		The list says "app" (4.18).
6.11	components/FlowInfo.tsx:31-72	section heading	Connection / App / Timing / Size	keep
6.12	components/FlowInfo.tsx:78	section heading	Record	Flow		"Record" is the app's verb.
6.13	components/FlowInfo.tsx:33-38	row label	Remote Address / Client Version / Server Version / TLS / Cipher / Client Port	keep		Client and Server as the two HTTP sides.
6.14	components/FlowInfo.tsx:45-58	row label	Name / Bundle ID / Path / PID / Directory	keep
6.15	components/FlowInfo.tsx:65	row label	Started	keep
6.16	components/FlowInfo.tsx:68	row label	Headers	Latency		The column's name. See flag N3.
6.17	components/FlowInfo.tsx:69	row label	Total	Time		The column's name.
6.18	components/FlowInfo.tsx:74-81	row label	Request / Response / Number / ID	keep
6.18a	components/FlowInfo.tsx:82	row label	Saved As	Yaak Request ID		Its value is an ID, not a name. See flag F9.
6.19	components/FlowInfo.tsx:103	section heading	Timeline	keep
6.20	lib/phases.ts:37-58	timeline step	Started / Connected / TLS handshake / Request sent / Headers received, {status} / Failed / Cancelled / Body received / Closed	keep
6.21	lib/body.ts:222-247	tab badge	GraphQL / Binary / Multipart / Form / Image / Audio / Video / Font / Markdown / Protobuf / Text	keep
6.22	lib/body.ts:44	empty state	No body. See Messages.	keep
6.23	lib/body.ts:45	empty state	No request body / Empty	keep		Same as Yaak's panes.
6.24	components/FlowBodyViewer.tsx:241	banner	{error}. Showing the body as it was on the wire.	{error}. The body is shown as it was received.		The view switch calls this "As received".
6.25	components/FlowBodyViewer.tsx:247	banner	Showing the first {size} of {size}, the capture limit. The app received all of it.	The first {size} of {size} is shown.	The body was truncated at the capture limit. The app received all of it.
6.26	components/FlowBodyViewer.tsx:248	banner	Showing the first {size} of the decoded body, the capture limit. The app received all of it.	The first {size} of the decoded body is shown.	The body was truncated at the capture limit. The app received all of it.
6.27	components/FlowRequestBody.tsx:47	banner	First {size} of {size} kept	The first {size} of {size} is shown.	The body was truncated at the capture limit. The app sent all of it.	The same fact as 6.25, so the same sentence. Its tooltip replaces 6.28.
6.28	components/FlowRequestBody.tsx:45	tooltip	The app sent all of it	(remove, replaced by 6.27's tooltip)		Today the tooltip is on the text itself; it moves to an info icon.
6.29	components/FlowBodyViewer.tsx:276-277	label	Binary body, {size}, first {size} shown	keep		As Yaak's "Binary body, {size}".
6.30	components/FlowBodyViewer.tsx:285	button	Save to File	keep
6.31	ui/http/BodyViewModeSwitch.tsx:10-17	switch labels	Pretty / Table / Parts / Preview / Form / Raw	keep		Proxy only.
6.32	ui/http/BodyViewModeSwitch.tsx:10-17	tooltip	Formatted / As a table / Split into parts / Rendered / As fields / As received	keep
6.33	ui/http/ResponseCookies.tsx:123, :149, :173, :227	headings and empty state	Sent Cookies / Received Cookies / Deleted / No Cookies	keep		Proxy only.
6.34	components/FlowMessages.tsx:15-33	column headers	Type / Message / Event / Data	keep
6.35	components/FlowMessages.tsx:52	button	{n} new messages / {n} new events	keep
6.36	components/FlowMessages.tsx:94-98	status	CONNECTED / ERROR / CLOSED	keep		As Yaak's WebSocket pane.
6.37	components/FlowMessages.tsx:104	count	{n} Messages / {n} Events	keep
6.38	components/FlowMessages.tsx:123	empty state	Waiting for the first message / Waiting for the first event	keep
6.39	components/FlowMessages.tsx:123	empty state	No Messages / No Events	No messages / No events		Sentence case, as Yaak's majority.
6.40	components/FlowMessages.tsx:79-81	view options	Decoded / Schemaless / Raw bytes	keep
6.41	components/FlowMessages.tsx:71	note	Decoded as {type}	keep
6.42	lib/messages.ts:38, :46	note	No status / No status code	keep
6.43	lib/messages.ts:66-82	detail title	Event Received / Closed by the App / Closed by the Server / Ping / Pong / Call Status	keep
6.44	ui/events/EventStreamViewer.tsx:484	banner	The message is cut at the capture limit.	The message was truncated at the capture limit.
6.45	proxy-lib/grpc.rs:370-388	note	No schema for {service} on {host}	keep
6.46	proxy-lib/grpc.rs:390	note	No schema for {service}; reflection failed: {error}	No schema for {service}. Reflection failed: {error}		No semicolons.
6.47	proxy-lib/grpc.rs:454	note	Did not decode as {type}: {error}	Failed to decode as {type}: {error}		Yaak's error form.
6.48	engine/grpc.rs:187	message error	The body ended partway through this message, {n} of its {n} bytes in	The body ended after {n} of this message's {n} bytes.
6.49	engine/grpc.rs:229, :240	message error	Compressed with {encoding}, not decoded / Too large to decompress	keep
6.50	engine/grpc.rs:241, engine/ws.rs:351, :399	message error	Failed to decompress the message: {error} / Failed to inflate the message: {error}	Failed to decompress the message: {error}		Two words for one failure.
6.51	engine/ws.rs:357	message error	Not inflated: an earlier message failed to, which lost the context	This message was not decompressed because an earlier one failed.

7. Encrypted and rejected cards

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
7.1	components/EncryptedCard.tsx:278	status	ENCRYPTED / REJECTED	keep
7.2	components/EncryptedCard.tsx:282	status	open {duration}	keep
7.3	lib/encryptedCard.ts:276-278	why line	Encrypted Content: Enable decryption to see requests to {host}	keep (user's wording)
7.4	lib/encryptedCard.ts:272	why line	Nothing is decrypted yet	Encrypted Content: Enable decryption to see requests to {host}		The same case and buttons as 7.3, so the same line.
7.5	lib/encryptedCard.ts:274	why line	Not on the decrypt list	This connection was opened before {entry} was decrypted.		Shown when the list does decrypt it now. Takes in 7.6. See flag F5.
7.6	lib/encryptedCard.ts:177	fact line	Opened before {entry} was decrypted / Opened before everything was decrypted	(remove, merged into 7.5)		Needs the two lines merged.
7.7	lib/encryptedCard.ts:266, :268	why line	Excluded by default / Excluded by {entry}	This connection is excluded by default. / This connection is excluded by {entry}.		The first gives way to 7.8 when the kind is known.
7.8	lib/encryptedCard.ts:265	why line, after	Apple service / pins its certificate	Apple services are excluded by default. / Apps that pin certificates are excluded by default.		Replaces 7.7's first sentence when the kind is known, so one sentence shows. Needs the two parts merged.
7.9	components/EncryptedCard.tsx:178	tooltip	HTTPS is encrypted between the app and the server. Yaak Proxy shows requests only for hosts and apps you decrypt, from their next connection on.	keep
7.10	lib/encryptedCard.ts:292, :304	button	Decrypt {name} / Stop Decrypting {name}	keep
7.11	lib/encryptedCard.ts:209	button	Decrypt Everything	keep (user's wording)
7.12	lib/encryptedCard.ts:226-227	button	Stop Excluding {name} / Stop Excluding {n} Entries	keep
7.13	lib/encryptedCard.ts:168	button	Reconnect	keep
7.14	components/EncryptedCard.tsx:150	button	Waiting for macOS	keep
7.15	lib/encryptedCard.ts:197	foot	macOS may refuse it / {app} may refuse it	macOS may reject the connection. / {app} may reject the connection.
7.16	lib/encryptedCard.ts:240	foot	Asks for your password once	macOS will ask for a password once.
7.17	lib/encryptedCard.ts:379	why line	Certificate not trusted	The certificate is not trusted.		A sentence here; the pill and strip keep the state name.
7.18	lib/encryptedCard.ts:383	button	Trust Certificate	keep
7.19	lib/encryptedCard.ts:394, :415	why line	{app} rejected the certificate / {app} rejected the certificate for this host	{app} rejected the certificate. / {app} rejected the certificate for this host.
7.20	lib/encryptedCard.ts:416	why line	A client rejected the certificate	An app rejected the certificate.
7.21	lib/encryptedCard.ts:395, :418	why line, after	uses its own trust store / likely pinned	(remove, moved to the tooltip)	{app} uses its own trust store, so it does not trust the certificate. / {app} likely pins its certificate, so it cannot be decrypted.	The why line, 7.19, stays one sentence. On these cards this replaces the general tooltip, 7.9.
7.22	lib/encryptedCard.ts:400-401	button and hint	Copy Environment / SSL_CERT_FILE, …	keep
7.23	lib/encryptedCard.ts:373	button and hint	Try Again / next connection	Retry / next connection
7.24	lib/encryptedCard.ts:408	foot	Then rerun {app}	Paste it into a terminal, then rerun {app}.
7.25	lib/encryptedCard.ts:386	foot	Passed through until trusted	This host stays encrypted until the certificate is trusted.
7.26	lib/encryptedCard.ts:424	foot	Passed through until relaunch	This host stays encrypted until Yaak Proxy is relaunched.		See flag F12.
7.27	lib/encryptedCard.ts:374	foot	No longer passed through	The next connection will be decrypted.

8. Toasts

A toast's first line is a label and stays a fragment, as Yaak's "Copied to clipboard". Its second line explains, so it is a sentence.

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
8.1	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:276, components/HttpsStrip.tsx:138, components/Sidebar.tsx:241, lib/encryptedCard.ts:212, components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:84	toast	Decrypting everything	keep
8.2	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:277, components/HttpsStrip.tsx:139, components/Sidebar.tsx:242, lib/encryptedCard.ts:212, components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:85	toast, second line	Except Apple services and apps that pin	Excluded hosts and apps stay encrypted.		See flag F4.
8.3	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:279, components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:84	toast	Stopped decrypting everything	keep
8.4	components/HttpsStrip.tsx:92, :106, components/Sidebar.tsx:303, lib/encryptedCard.ts:295, :308, components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:70, :103	toast	Decrypting {name} / Stopped decrypting {name}	keep
8.5	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:69, :102, lib/encryptedCard.ts:234	toast	Excluding {name} / Stopped excluding {name}	keep
8.6	lib/decryptChoice.ts:84	toast, second line	{n} open connections stay encrypted	{n} open connections stay encrypted.		A sentence, so it takes its period.
8.7	hooks/useDecrypt.tsx:151, :162	toast button	Undo / Reconnect	keep
8.8	hooks/useDecrypt.tsx:123	warning toast	Certificate not trusted	keep
8.9	hooks/useDecrypt.tsx:49	error toast	Certificate not trusted: {error}	Failed to trust certificate: {error}		Tells it apart from 8.8.
8.10	components/Sidebar.tsx:294	notice toast	Excluded by {entry}	keep
8.11	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:353	toast	Copied the environment. Paste it into a terminal to proxy what runs there.	Copied the environment. Paste it into a terminal.		The instruction stays; what it does is on the button's own row.
8.12	components/FlowList.tsx:1372, components/Sidebar.tsx:206	toast	Copied value	Copied to clipboard		Yaak's one copy toast.
8.13	lib/flowActions.ts:138	toast	Copied cURL / Copied URL / Copied request body / Copied response body	Copied to clipboard
8.14	components/ProxyStatus.tsx:356, components/FlowList.tsx:1374, components/Sidebar.tsx:208, lib/flowActions.ts:140	error toast	Failed to copy: {error} / Failed to copy value: {error} / Failed to copy {thing}: {error}	Failed to copy: {error}		One wording; the reason stays.
8.15	lib/flowActions.ts:165, :169	error toast	Failed to copy cURL: {error}	keep
8.16	lib/flowActions.ts:134	info toast	There is no {thing} to copy	keep
8.17	lib/flowActions.ts:176	info toast	Body is binary or truncated; export HAR instead	The body is binary or truncated. Export as HAR instead.		No semicolons.
8.18	lib/flowActions.ts:40	toast	Saved {size}	keep
8.19	lib/flowActions.ts:36	toast, appended	as it was on the wire, since it failed to decode	as received, since it failed to decode
8.20	lib/flowActions.ts:37	toast, appended	cut at the capture limit	truncated at the capture limit
8.21	lib/flowActions.ts:43	error toast	Failed to save the {request or response} body: {error}	keep
8.22	lib/flowActions.ts:75	toast	Exported 1 flow as HAR / Exported {n} flows as HAR	keep
8.23	lib/flowActions.ts:217, components/SaveDialog.tsx:254	toast	Exported the flow as HAR	Exported 1 flow as HAR		The same event as 8.22.
8.24	lib/flowActions.ts:79, :219, components/SaveDialog.tsx:257	error toast	Failed to export HAR: {error}	keep
8.25	components/SaveDialog.tsx:105-106	toast	Saved {name} to {workspace}, in {folder}. Yaak picks it up within a second.	Saved {name} to {workspace}, in {folder}		How fast Yaak shows it is an internal. See flag D3.
8.26	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:283	toast	Captured data reset	Recorded data reset
8.27	lib/opener.ts:11	error toast	Failed to show {path}: {error}	Failed to reveal {path}: {error}
8.28	lib/opener.ts:20	error toast	Failed to open {url}: {error}	keep

9. Dialogs

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
9.1	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:69	dialog title	Clear traffic?	Clear Flows		Titles are never questions. Matches the button and the shortcut's name; "Clear Traffic" is the alternative.
9.2	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:106-107	dialog body	1 flow will be removed. / {n} flows will be removed.	Permanently clear 1 flow? / Permanently clear {n} flows?		Yaak's confirm pattern, "Permanently delete x?", with the button's verb.
9.3	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:109	checkbox	Don't ask again	keep (user's wording)
9.4	components/ClearFlowsButton.tsx:113-114	button	Cancel / Clear	keep
9.5	components/SavedSearchDialog.tsx:50	dialog title	Save search / Rename search	Save Search / Rename Search
9.6	components/SavedSearchDialog.tsx:61	input label	Name	keep
9.7	components/SavedSearchDialog.tsx:70-72	button	Cancel / Save / Rename	keep
9.8	proxy-lib/saved_queries.rs:64, :74	error toast	A saved search needs a name / Nothing to save	keep
9.9	components/AddColumnDialog.tsx:92	dialog title	Add Column	keep
9.10	components/AddColumnDialog.tsx:126-127	button	Cancel / Add	keep
9.11	components/SaveDialog.tsx:43	dialog title	Save as Yaak request	Save as Yaak Request
9.12	components/SaveDialog.tsx:44	dialog description	A new request in Yaak with this flow's method, URL, headers and body.	A new request will be created in Yaak.		The form below shows the method, URL, headers and body.
9.13	components/SaveDialog.tsx:118	banner	Yaak has no workspaces yet. Create one in Yaak, then save here.	Create a workspace in Yaak first.
9.14	components/SaveDialog.tsx:145-173	form labels	Workspace / Folder / No folder / Name	keep
9.15	components/SaveDialog.tsx:178-179	heading	1 header left out / {n} headers left out	keep
9.16	components/SaveDialog.tsx:322	heading, after	Yaak sets these itself when it sends	Yaak sets these itself when it sends the request.
9.17	components/SaveDialog.tsx:324	heading, after	Yaak sets these itself, or they only meant something to the proxy	Yaak sets these, or they were meant for the proxy.
9.18	components/SaveDialog.tsx:311-315	tooltip	Yaak sets it when it sends / Only meant for the proxy / The body is saved decoded	Yaak sets it when it sends the request. / It was only meant for the proxy. / The body is saved decoded.
9.19	components/SaveDialog.tsx:201, :234	row label	Kept / Note	keep
9.20	components/SaveDialog.tsx:203-204	row value	{n} headers, and no body / {n} headers, and the body as {type}	keep
9.21	proxy-lib/lib.rs:2781-2791	row value, type	JSON / XML / GraphQL / text	keep
9.22	proxy-lib/lib.rs:2787-2788	row value, type	form URL-encoded with 1 field / form URL-encoded with {n} fields	a URL-encoded form with 1 field / a URL-encoded form with {n} fields		Reads after "the body as".
9.23	proxy-lib/convert.rs:68	note	The Authorization header is saved as captured, in plain text.	The Authorization header is saved in plain text.		The dialog matches on the word "Authorization" to colour it.
9.24	proxy-lib/convert.rs:73	note	The body was cut at the capture limit, so only its first {n} bytes are saved.	Only the first {n} bytes of the body are saved.
9.25	proxy-lib/convert.rs:173	note	The body is binary and is saved as text, so bytes that are not UTF-8 are replaced.	The body is binary and may be altered when saved.
9.26	proxy-lib/convert.rs:199	note	The multipart body is saved as text with its Content-Type, not as form fields.	The multipart body is saved as text, not form fields.
9.27	components/SaveDialog.tsx:213	footer	Yaak picks it up within a second	(remove)		An internal, and cut from the toast too, 8.25. See flag D3.
9.28	components/SaveDialog.tsx:216	button	Cancel	keep
9.29	components/SaveDialog.tsx:218	button	Save request	Save Request
9.30	components/SaveDialog.tsx:265	dialog heading	Saving needs Yaak	Yaak Required		As Yaak's "Credentials Required".
9.31	components/SaveDialog.tsx:267-269	dialog body	This flow becomes a request in one of Yaak's workspaces, and Yaak has not been opened on this Mac. Yaak is free for personal use and opens the request with the same viewers you see here.	This flow will be saved as a request in one of Yaak's workspaces, but Yaak has not been opened on this computer.		The first sentence only, as you asked; nothing promoting Yaak. Shorter still: "Yaak has not been opened on this computer." "This Mac" showed on every platform; see flag F2.
9.32	components/SaveDialog.tsx:246	footer	Or keep the flow as a file	The flow can be exported as a file instead.
9.33	components/SaveDialog.tsx:249	button	Export HAR	Export as HAR
9.34	components/SaveDialog.tsx:261	button	Download Yaak	keep
9.35	components/HelperDialog.tsx:51	dialog title	Turn on Yaak Proxy under Allow in the Background	Approve Helper		The instruction moves to the description.
9.36	components/HelperDialog.tsx:52	dialog description	In System Settings > General > Login Items. Newer macOS calls the list Background App Activity.	Turn on Yaak Proxy in System Settings > General > Login Items.		See flag F7.
9.37	components/HelperDialog.tsx:80	status	Waiting for approval	keep		A progress label.
9.38	components/HelperDialog.tsx:85-87	button	Cancel / Close / Open System Settings	keep

10. Settings

The General, Theme and Interface tabs are Yaak's own shared pages and are not reviewed here.

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
10.1	components/Settings.tsx:156-181	tab	General / Theme / Interface / Proxy / License	keep
10.2	components/Settings.tsx:182	empty state	Coming soon	keep		Better to hide the tab until it has content; that is a behaviour change.
10.3	components/Settings.tsx:226-230	button	Reveal in Finder / Show in Explorer / Show in Folder	Reveal in Finder / Show in Explorer / Show in File Manager
10.4	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:61	page title	Proxy	keep
10.5	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:61	page description	Listening, decryption, traffic and terminals	Configure the port, decryption, recorded traffic, and terminal environment.		An imperative sentence, as Yaak's page descriptions are.
Proxy
10.6	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:63	section heading	Proxy	keep
10.7	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:150	row title	Port	keep
10.8	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:150	row description	Restarts the proxy	Changing the port restarts the proxy.
10.9	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:67	row title	HTTP version	keep
10.10	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:68	row description	For new connections	The change applies to new connections.
10.11	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:73-74	option	Auto / HTTP/1.1 only	Automatic / HTTP/1.1 only		As Yaak's own HTTP version select.
10.12	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:80-81	row title and description	Override system proxy / At launch	Override system proxy at launch / Traffic from every app will be recorded.		"At launch" is the end of the title, not a description.
10.13	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:182	row title	Helper	keep
10.14	lib/systemProxy.ts:79-80	row description	Not installed. Changes use the password prompt.	The helper is not installed.	The helper changes the system proxy without a password prompt.	One tooltip for the Helper row, the same in every state but 10.17.
10.15	lib/systemProxy.ts:85-86	row description	Awaiting approval. Changes use the password prompt.	The helper is awaiting approval.	The helper changes the system proxy without a password prompt.
10.16	lib/systemProxy.ts:91-94	row description	Enabled. No password prompts.	The helper is installed.	The helper changes the system proxy without a password prompt.
10.17	lib/systemProxy.ts:95	row description	Enabled. One more password prompt puts back your settings.	The helper is installed.	One more password prompt is needed to restore the system proxy settings.	Shown while the system proxy is still set the old way.
10.18	lib/systemProxy.ts:66-67	row description	Not in dev builds. Changes use the password prompt.	The helper is not available in dev builds.	The helper changes the system proxy without a password prompt.
10.19	lib/systemProxy.ts:73-74	row description	Not found by macOS. Changes use the password prompt.	macOS could not find the helper.	The helper changes the system proxy without a password prompt.
10.20	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:200-203	button	Install / Approve / Unregister	Install / Approve / Uninstall		The pair of Install.
Decryption
10.21	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:91	section heading	Decryption	keep
10.22	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:130, :135	row title and description	Certificate / Yaak Proxy CA	keep		Its literal name in the keychain.
10.23	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:140-147	status and button	Trusted / Not trusted / Trust / Waiting for macOS	keep
10.24	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:159	button	Reveal	Reveal in Finder / Show in Explorer / Show in File Manager		The app's other reveal buttons name the place.
10.25	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:77	row title	Decrypt everything	keep
10.26	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:78	row description	Except built-in exclusions	Excluded hosts and apps stay encrypted.		The same sentence as 2.30 and 8.2.
10.27	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:91	heading	Hosts and apps	keep
10.28	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:92	hint	New connections	Changes apply to new connections.		Takes over from the tooltip, 10.29.
10.29	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:302	tooltip	Applies to new connections	(remove)		Said twice. See flag D4.
10.30	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:310	placeholder	Add host or app	keep
10.31	lib/decrypt.ts:474-476	completion info	Exclude / Host or *.site	Exclude / Host or *.domain
10.32	lib/decrypt.ts:477	completion info	App name or bundle id	App name or bundle ID
10.33	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:289	validation	Not a host or app	Invalid host or app		As "Invalid value" and "Invalid name".
10.34	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:109	empty state	Nothing listed	No hosts or apps
10.35	lib/decrypt.ts:103-104	list row	Everything / Nothing	keep
10.36	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:190, :179	list row	{n} built-in exclusions / Apple, pinned apps	keep
10.37	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:223, :235	tooltip and badge	Excluded / Decrypted / Apple / Pinned	keep
10.38	components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:242	tooltip	Remove {entry}	keep
Traffic
10.39	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:95	section heading	Traffic	keep
10.40	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:220	row title	Captured traffic	Recorded traffic
10.41	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:226-227	option	Clear on launch / Keep between launches	keep
10.42	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:243	row title	Size limit	keep
10.43	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:243	row description	Oldest flows dropped past it	The oldest flows will be cleared first.
10.44	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:247, lib/settings.ts:141	value and option	{size} used / Unlimited	keep
10.45	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:270	row title	Confirm before clearing	keep
10.46	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:288	row title	Reset captured data	Reset recorded data
10.47	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:288	row description	Deletes all flows and their keys	All traffic and its encryption keys will be deleted.
10.48	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:290	button	Reset…	Reset
10.49	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:296	dialog title	Reset captured data?	Reset Recorded Data		Titles are never questions.
10.50	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:297	dialog body	Every captured flow and the keys that encrypt them are deleted.	Permanently delete all traffic and its encryption keys?		Yaak's confirm pattern.
10.51	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:302-304	button	Cancel / Reset	keep
Terminal
10.52	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:102	section heading	Terminal	keep
10.53	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:333	row title	Environment	keep
10.54	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:366	row description	Proxies one terminal instead of the system	Traffic from one terminal will be recorded.
10.55	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:342, lib/env.ts:6-9	tooltip and options	Shell / bash / zsh / fish / PowerShell / cmd	keep
10.56	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:363	button	Open Terminal	keep
10.57	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:354	tooltip	A new Terminal window with these set	A new Terminal window will open with these variables set.		On a text button, so it explains.
10.58	components/SettingsProxy.tsx:355	tooltip, disabled	Not available on this platform yet	Opening a terminal is only supported on macOS.		As the error, 12.30.

11. App menu

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
11.1	tauri/window_menu.rs:59-161	menu titles	File / Edit / View / Go / Window / Help	keep
11.2	tauri/window_menu.rs:109	menu item	Quit Yaak Proxy	keep
11.3	tauri/window_menu.rs:127	menu item	Export All Flows as HAR	keep
11.4	tauri/window_menu.rs:164, :168	menu item	Back / Forward	keep
11.5	tauri/lib.rs:139, :235	window title	Yaak Proxy Settings / Yaak Proxy	keep
11.6	proxy-lib/actions.rs:38, :46	action label	Pause or Resume Recording / Clear Flows	keep		Not shown anywhere today.

12. Errors and the locked state

#	Where	What	Current	Proposed	Tooltip	Note
Locked state
12.1	components/LockedState.tsx:31	heading	Encrypting stored traffic, {percent}	Encrypting recorded traffic, {percent}
12.2	components/LockedState.tsx:43	description	Earlier traffic shows here once it's encrypted.	keep
12.3	components/LockedState.tsx:38	heading	Traffic is locked	keep
12.4	lib/locked.ts:24	description	Allow Yaak Proxy to use its key in Keychain Access, then retry.	keep		Names Credential Manager or the keyring off macOS.
12.5	components/LockedState.tsx:54	button	Retry	keep
12.6	proxy-lib/lib.rs:2062	error prefix	Traffic is locked: {reason}	keep
12.7	proxy-lib/lib.rs:236	error reason	traffic captured before this version is being encrypted.	traffic recorded before this version is being encrypted.
12.8	proxy-lib/lib.rs:239	error reason	its key has not been read yet.	keep
12.9	proxy-lib/lib.rs:278	error reason	{12.12}, so the traffic it stored can't be encrypted yet. Take over or quit it, then retry.	{12.12}. Take over or quit it, then retry.		Why it blocks is an internal; what to do stays.
12.10	proxy-lib/db.rs:158	error reason	The proxy's captured traffic is encrypted, but its key is missing from {folder}	The encryption key is missing from {folder}.
12.11	proxy-lib/db.rs:328-332	error reason	Yaak Proxy stores traffic encrypted and couldn't read its key from the keychain: {reason}. Allow it access, then retry.	Failed to read the encryption key from the keychain: {reason}		The remedy is the line above it on screen, 12.4. Code matches on its opening words, one constant, so safe.
Starting and taking over
12.12	proxy-lib/control.rs:392	error	The proxy is already running in {owner} (pid {pid})	keep
12.13	proxy-lib/control.rs:397-398	error, owner	Yaak Proxy / the yaak CLI	Yaak Proxy / the CLI
12.14	engine/lib.rs:569	error	Failed to bind port {port}: {error}	keep
12.15	proxy-lib/lib.rs:723	error	The proxy in {owner} (pid {pid}) stopped but did not let go of it	Failed to take over from {owner} (pid {pid})		Yaak's error form. "It" had nothing to point at.
12.16	proxy-lib/lib.rs:949	error	{12.12}. Quit it first.	keep
12.17	proxy-lib/lib.rs:855	error toast	The port must be from 1 to 65535	keep
System proxy and helper
12.18	proxy-lib/macos.rs:282	macOS password prompt	Yaak Proxy wants to change your system proxy settings.	keep		macOS's own form for this prompt.
12.19	proxy-lib/macos.rs:290	error	Cancelled in the password dialog	The password prompt was cancelled.		The same sentence as 2.25. See flag D2.
12.20	proxy-lib/lib.rs:811	error	The proxy is not running, so there is nothing to route to	The proxy is not running
12.21	proxy-lib/helper.rs:136-137	error	Failed to install the helper: {error}	keep
12.22	proxy-lib/helper.rs:156	error	Failed to remove the helper: {error}	Failed to uninstall the helper: {error}		Matches the button, 10.20.
12.23	proxy-lib/helper.rs:161	error	The helper is only available in the installed app, not a dev build	The helper is not available in dev builds		As 10.18. A one-sentence error takes no period, as the kept ones.
12.24	proxy-lib/helper.rs:173	error	The helper is not running: {error}	keep
12.25	proxy-lib/helper.rs:184	error	The helper hung up: {error}	The helper disconnected: {error}
12.26	proxy-lib/helper.rs:188	error	The helper did not answer: {error}	The helper did not respond: {error}
12.27	proxy-lib/helper.rs:190	error	The helper's answer was not understood: {error}	The helper sent an invalid response: {error}
12.28	proxy-lib/ca.rs:106, proxy-lib/macos.rs:504	error	Trusting the certificate from the app is only supported on macOS / Setting the system proxy is only supported on macOS	keep
12.29	proxy-lib/helper.rs:217, :222	error	The helper is only available on macOS	The helper is only supported on macOS		One form for all four.
12.30	proxy-lib/terminal.rs:47	error	Opening a terminal with the proxy set is only supported on macOS so far	Opening a terminal is only supported on macOS
12.31	proxy-lib/ca.rs:73, :92, proxy-lib/macos.rs:287, :300, proxy-lib/terminal.rs:36	error	security exited with {status} / Failed to run {command}: {error}	keep
Flows and bodies
12.32	proxy-lib/lib.rs:3236	flow error	Rejected the proxy's certificate	Certificate rejected by the app		See flag D9.
12.33	proxy-lib/lib.rs:3226, :3229	flow error	Yaak Proxy stopped before the stream ended / Yaak Proxy stopped before the connection closed	keep
12.34	proxy-lib/lib.rs:3232-3233	error	Not a request: the client's TLS handshake failed before it sent one	The TLS handshake failed before any request was sent
12.35	proxy-lib/bodies.rs:115	banner	Failed to decode {encoding} body: {error}	keep
12.36	engine/decode.rs:104	banner, reason	No output from the deflate body within the capture limit	keep
12.37	engine/decode.rs:135, :203	banner, reason	The gzip header is too long / Not a gzip stream	keep
12.38	proxy-lib/bodies.rs:16	error toast	A WebSocket has no body after its 101 response. Its frames are its messages.	A WebSocket has no body		Reaches the UI when saving such a body to a file.
12.39	proxy-lib/flows.rs:701	error toast	Failed to clear flows: {error}	keep
12.40	proxy-lib/flows.rs:722	error	Failed to delete captured traffic: {error}	Failed to delete recorded traffic: {error}
12.41	proxy-lib/filter_history.rs:21	error toast	Failed to {read, record, clear} the filter history: {error}	Failed to {read, record, clear} the search history: {error}
12.42	proxy-lib/lib.rs:2832-2887	error toast	Failed to create {path}: {error} / Failed to write {path}: {error}	keep
Saving to Yaak, and settings
12.43	proxy-lib/save.rs:73	banner	Yaak's database was not found at {path}. Install Yaak and open it once.	keep
12.44	proxy-lib/save.rs:79, :84, :144	banner	Failed to open Yaak's database: {error} / Failed to save the request to Yaak: {error}	keep
12.45	proxy-lib/save.rs:119-125	banner	No workspace {id} in Yaak / No folder {id} in Yaak / Folder {id} is not in workspace {id}	keep
12.46	proxy-lib/lib.rs:1489	banner	Failed to record the saved request on the flow: {error}	keep
12.47	proxy-lib/settings.rs:232-244	error toast	Invalid settings in {path}: {error} / Failed to read {path}: {error} / Failed to write {path}: {error}	keep
12.48	tauri/lib.rs:134	error toast	The main window is not open to open Settings over	Failed to open Settings: the main window is closed

Left out as developer-only or never reaching the window: the control API's and the CLI client's errors (proxy-lib/control.rs, proxy-lib/client.rs), gRPC schema attachment (proxy-lib/grpc.rs:101-305), app icon failures (proxy-lib/attribution.rs), "No flow {id}" lookups, decrypt-entry parse errors (engine/decrypt.rs, the input validates first), and the text the proxy sends back to the proxied app (engine/request.rs).

Terminology decisions

One word per thing, applied through the table.

Thing	The app says	Never
The stream as a whole	traffic ("All Traffic", "Traffic is locked", "Recorded traffic", "Traffic from every app will be recorded.")	"captured data"; "flows" where the whole stream is meant
One row of it	flow, counted as flows ("4,102 flows", "1 new flow", "Search 4,102 flows", "Export All Flows as HAR", "Clear Flows")	"request" for a row. "Requests" stays in your encrypted-card line and for Yaak requests ("Save as Yaak Request").
Keeping traffic	Recording and Paused; verbs "Pause Recording", "Resume Recording"; traffic is "recorded"	"stored", "captured", "kept". "The capture limit" stays as that limit's name (see flag N17).
Reading HTTPS	verbs Decrypt and Stop Decrypting; the feature is decryption; states Encrypted and Decrypted	"passed through", "not on the decrypt list", "tunnelled"
A ! entry	Exclude, Stop Excluding, Excluded; what they name are excluded hosts and apps	"Apple services and apps that pin" and "built-in exclusions" as two names for one clause
Emptying	Clear empties the list of flows or a history; Remove takes one item off a list; Delete destroys a saved search or all data; Reset goes back to a default	"dropped", "removed" for flows; "Clear Sorting" beside "Reset Sort"
What sent a flow	app	"program", "client", "process". "Client" and "Server" stay only as the two HTTP sides in the Info tab.
*.example.com and an exact name	domain and host	"site"
The header box and what is saved from it	search ("Recent searches", "Save Search")	"filter" for the same thing. "Filter" stays in your three menu items and in the body viewer's JSONPath filter.
A body over the capture limit	truncated	"cut", "kept"
A body as it arrived	as received	"as it was on the wire"
The CA	certificate; "Yaak Proxy CA" only as its literal keychain name	"the proxy's certificate", "proxy CA"
The macOS proxy setting	Override system proxy; in sentences, "the system proxy is overridden"	"routing", "turn on the system proxy"
Settings	Settings is the app's; System Settings is macOS's, always in full	"Settings" for the macOS pane
A handshake the app turned down	rejected	"refused"
Trying once more	Retry	"Try Again"
A macOS password prompt	the password prompt; in flight, the label Waiting for macOS	"password dialog", "Waiting for your password"
Another running Yaak Proxy	another copy of Yaak Proxy	"another Yaak Proxy window", "the engine"
The other owner	the CLI	"the yaak CLI"
Showing a file	Reveal in Finder, Show in Explorer, Show in File Manager (Yaak's three)	"Show in Folder"

Flags

Wrong or misleading as facts

• F1. components/FirstRun.tsx:52 says "Two steps, once." Only the first step is the user's; the second is a wait for traffic.
• F2. Two strings name macOS on every platform. components/FirstRun.tsx:142 says "macOS may ask" with no platform check, while lib/locked.ts already names Credential Manager and the keyring. components/SaveDialog.tsx:268 says "on this Mac" in a dialog Windows and Linux also show.
• F3. components/ProxyStatus.tsx:160 says the password is asked "until the helper is approved in Settings". It also shows when the helper is not installed at all, where there is nothing to approve, and "Settings" reads as the app's while the approval is given in System Settings.
• F4. "Except Apple services and apps that pin" is fixed text in eight places. It is false once the built-in exclusions are removed (as in your dev app), and it leaves out the user's own exclusions, which apply too. "Excluded hosts and apps stay encrypted." is always true.
• F5. lib/encryptedCard.ts:274 shows "Not on the decrypt list" in exactly the case where the list now decrypts the connection; the line under it then says it opened before that.
• F6. Keys are fixed to macOS: components/FlowDetail.tsx:32-36 shows ⌘R and ⌘⇧K where Windows and Linux bind Ctrl+Shift+R and Ctrl+Shift+K (proxy-lib/actions.rs:40,48), and components/SearchBar.tsx:201 shows ⌘F.
• F7. components/HelperDialog.tsx:52 says "Newer macOS calls the list Background App Activity" beside a title that calls it "Allow in the Background". I could not check which name the current macOS uses; the proposal keeps the title's.
• F8. components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:32 and components/FirstRun.tsx:65 say "Another Yaak Proxy window". The other owner is another running copy of the app, not a window of this one.
• F9. components/FlowInfo.tsx:82 labels a request ID "Saved As", which reads as a name. "Yaak Request ID" is exact.
• F10. components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:37 reads "Recording on port --" when the port is not known. The proposed sentence would read "Traffic sent to port -- will be recorded.", so the case needs its own line or no port.
• F11. The search field @time means when a flow started (the Started column), while the Time column is @duration. Prose cannot fix that; it needs an alias or a rename.
• F12. lib/encryptedCard.ts:424 says "Passed through until relaunch" without saying whose. The pass-through list lives in the proxy and is emptied when Yaak Proxy restarts, so the proposal names Yaak Proxy.

Duplicated messages for one event

• D1. The take-over strip says where the proxy runs twice: "Running in another Yaak Proxy" then "Another Yaak Proxy window owns the engine" (components/TakeOverBanner.tsx:20,32).
• D2. A cancelled password prompt is worded in Rust ("Cancelled in the password dialog", proxy-lib/macos.rs:290) and reworded in the window by matching on "cancel" ("Cancelled in the password prompt", lib/systemProxy.ts:40). Both become "The password prompt was cancelled."
• D3. "Yaak picks it up within a second" is in the save dialog's footer and again in its toast (components/SaveDialog.tsx:106,213). The proposals drop both.
• D4. "New connections" as a hint and "Applies to new connections" as a tooltip sit on the same input (components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:92,302).
• D5. "Not running" has three wordings: the pill and row title, "The proxy has not started." under that title (components/ProxyStatus.tsx:90-93), and "The proxy is not running." in the list (components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:34). The proposals leave two: the state name, and "The proxy failed to start." for the reason.
• D6. Encrypting older traffic is explained four ways (components/FirstRun.tsx:94, components/ProxyStatus.tsx:69, components/LockedState.tsx:43, proxy-lib/lib.rs:236).
• D7. Paused is explained four ways (components/ProxyStatus.tsx:84, components/FirstRun.tsx:98, components/FlowListEmpty.tsx:36 and :59). The proposals leave one sentence, "Traffic passes through without being recorded.", in the status menu and the empty list.
• D8. A truncated body is said eight ways: "Body cut at the capture limit", "Body cut", "First {size} kept", "Showing the first {size} of {size}, the capture limit", "First {size} of {size} kept", "cut at the capture limit", "The message is cut at the capture limit.", "The body was cut at the capture limit" (rows 4.19, 6.6, 6.7, 6.25, 6.27, 8.20, 6.44, 9.24).
• D9. "Rejected the proxy's certificate" is built once in Rust as the flow's error and again in the list's tooltip (proxy-lib/lib.rs:3236, components/FlowList.tsx:932).
• D10. Exporting one flow says "Exported the flow as HAR" from the flow's menu and "Exported 1 flow as HAR" from the list's (lib/flowActions.ts:217,75).
• D11. Copying has five success toasts and four failure toasts (rows 8.11 to 8.14) where Yaak has one of each.
• D12. A macOS password prompt in flight reads "Waiting for macOS" for the certificate and "Waiting for your password" for the system proxy (components/ProxyStatus.tsx:247, lib/systemProxy.ts:31).
• D13. "Certificate not trusted" is both a state (pill, strip, warning toast) and the lead of an error toast when trusting fails (hooks/useDecrypt.tsx:49,123).
• D14. The same clause about exclusions is written two ways within one feature: "Except Apple services and apps that pin" in the status menu and toasts, "Except built-in exclusions" in Settings (components/DecryptListEditor.tsx:78).

One thing with two names

• N1. Recorded traffic is "captured traffic" (Settings, first run), "stored traffic" (the encrypting titles), "captured data" (the reset row) and "the capture database" (the take-over strip).
• N2. search and filter for the header box: "Search flows", "Save search", "Clear search" beside "Recent filters", "No recent filters" and Rust's "filter history".
• N3. Time (column), Total (Info tab), Total time (search help). Latency (column), Headers (Info tab).
• N4. domain and site: the sidebar's "Domains" beside the Choose menu's "Sites", "Decrypt 3 Sites" and "Host or *.site".
• N5. app, program, client: "App or program", "A client rejected the certificate", "Cancelled by the client" beside "Cancelled by the app".
• N6. "Clear Sorting" in a column's menu and "Reset Sort" in the columns menu, for the same action.
• N7. "Override system proxy", "Turn on the system proxy", "System proxy on", "Routing".
• N8. "built-in exclusions", "Apple services and apps that pin", "Excluded by default".
• N9. "the CLI" and "the yaak CLI".
• N10. "Retry" and "Try Again".
• N11. rejected and refused ("macOS may refuse it").
• N12. The helper is Installed by its button, Unregistered by the opposite button, "removed" in that button's error, and "Enabled" as a state.
• N13. "password prompt" and "password dialog".
• N14. "Reveal", "Reveal in Finder", and "Failed to show" for the same action; "Show in Folder" where Yaak says "Show in File Manager".
• N15. "Working folder" (search help), "Directory" (Info tab).
• N16. inflate, decompress and decode for a compressed message.
• N17. "the capture limit" names a per-body limit Settings never shows, while Settings has a "Size limit" that is a different limit. The proposals keep the name; showing the limit in Settings would settle it.
• N18. "Export HAR" and "Export as HAR".
• N19. "Certificate", "Yaak Proxy CA", "the proxy's certificate".
• N20. Passed through, not on the decrypt list, encrypted: three ways to say a connection was not decrypted.
• N21. Clearing is "Clear flows" on its button and in the shortcut list, and "Clear traffic?" in its dialog. The proposal takes "Clear Flows", the commoner; "Clear Traffic" would fit the whole-stream sense as well.
• N22. stored, captured, kept and recorded for the same act: "Every flow is stored", "are captured", "First {size} kept", "Recording".

Voice guide, from the Yaak client

Client paths are under apps/yaak-client/. ui/ means packages/ui/src/components/.

1. Two registers. A label names a thing or an action and stays short. An explanation says what will happen and is a complete sentence with a subject and a period. Labels are buttons, menu items, headings, tabs, select options, icon-button tooltips and state names; explanations are descriptions, status lines, dialog bodies, hints and a toast's second line. "Reset Changes" over "This will discard all uncommitted changes. This cannot be undone." (components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:228-229), "Generate Example" over "The current message will be replaced with an example." (components/GrpcEditor.tsx:150-151).
2. Explanations have a subject, and the subject is the user's data. Passive and "will be" are the usual form. "The current message will be replaced with an example." (components/GrpcEditor.tsx:151), "Sharable environments are included in data export and directory sync." (components/CreateEnvironmentDialog.tsx:51), "Cookies will appear when a response includes a Set-Cookie header." (components/CookieDialog.tsx:174), "Any previously encrypted values will fail to decrypt and will need to be re-entered manually." (components/WorkspaceEncryptionSetting.tsx:221-222). The proxy's model: "Traffic from every app will be recorded."
3. Never a sentence with its subject cut off. No description in the client opens on a bare third-person verb ("Wraps…", "Sends…", "Records…"). A setting description is an imperative sentence, "Wrap long lines in request and response editors." (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:144), "Choose whether updates are installed automatically or manually." (ui/settings/SettingsGeneral.tsx:130), "Use the operating system's standard title bar and window controls." (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:197), or, a minority, a noun phrase, "Font used in request and response editors." (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:94). The proxy's settings act on traffic rather than on the interface, so they take the subject form of rule 2. Articles are never dropped from a sentence.
4. Instructions are imperative sentences. "You have uncommitted changes. Commit or reset your changes before pulling." (components/git/uncommitted.tsx:8), "Click the menu button to add, remove, or reset keyboard shortcuts." (components/Settings/SettingsHotkeys.tsx:99).
5. A visible explanation is one sentence of about ten words, and the rest goes in an info tooltip or is cut. Yaak's setting descriptions run six to ten words: "Send proxy credentials with proxied requests." (components/Settings/SettingsProxy.tsx:107), "Encrypt workspace secrets and sensitive values at rest." (components/WorkspaceEncryptionSetting.tsx:137), "Choose how Yaak should discover or use proxy settings." (components/Settings/SettingsProxy.tsx:38). Detail sits behind an info icon: "Sharable environments are included in Directory Sync and data export." (components/EnvironmentSharableTooltip.tsx:5), "Authentication was inherited from an ancestor" (hooks/useAuthTab.tsx:68). A line that only repeats its title is left out: "Interface font" (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:60) and "Automatically download updates" (ui/settings/SettingsGeneral.tsx:141) have none. The one long description in the client is an outlier (components/Settings/SettingsProxy.tsx:31).
6. Buttons: Title Case, one to three words, verb first, no period. "Add Certificate" (components/Settings/SettingsCertificates.tsx:226), "Save to File" (components/responseViewers/BinaryViewer.tsx:32), "Apply and Restart" (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:209).
7. Menu items: Title Case, verb plus noun. "Clear Send History" (components/WorkspaceActionsDropdown.tsx:126), "Expand All Folders" (components/Sidebar.tsx:632), "Check for Updates" (components/SettingsDropdown.tsx:69). Inconsistent: "Keyboard shortcuts" (components/SettingsDropdown.tsx:34), "Delete all" (components/RecentHttpResponsesDropdown.tsx:106). Title Case is the majority.
8. Ellipses on actions: none. Items that open a dialog are bare: "Manage Cookies" (components/CookieDropdown.tsx:34), "Import Data" (components/SettingsDropdown.tsx:53), "Workspace Settings" (components/WorkspaceActionsDropdown.tsx:111). Only the Git menu adds them ("Commit...", components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:205), a minority. Where an ellipsis does appear it is three periods, never "…".
9. Dialog and confirm titles: Title Case, the action as verb plus noun, never a question. "Rename Cookie Jar" (components/CookieDropdown.tsx:48), "Reset Changes" (components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:228), "Uninstall Plugin" (hooks/useUninstallPlugin.tsx:16). One stray: "Branch not fully merged" (components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:408).
10. Confirms and destructive actions: the body says what will be lost and the button repeats the title's verb. Two forms, about even: a statement, "This will discard all uncommitted changes. This cannot be undone." with "Reset" (components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:229-230), "This will restore the file to the selected commit." with "Restore" (components/git/FileHistoryDialog.tsx:39-40); or a one-line question, "Permanently delete name?" with "Delete" (lib/deleteModelWithConfirm.tsx:29, lib/confirm.ts:31), "Permanently uninstall name?" (hooks/useUninstallPlugin.tsx:20). The question is Yaak's form for deleting, so the proxy's two destructive confirms take it.
11. Tooltips on icon buttons: sentence case, imperative verb plus object, no period. "Toggle sidebar" (components/SidebarActions.tsx:30), "Save response to file" (components/HttpResponsePane.tsx:220), "Show response history" (components/RecentHttpResponsesDropdown.tsx:126). Inconsistent: "Send Request" (components/FolderLayout.tsx:118), "Main Menu" (components/SettingsDropdown.tsx:105). Sentence case is the majority. A tooltip that explains is a sentence: "This environment will be included in Directory Sync and data exports" (components/EnvironmentEditDialog.tsx:114).
12. Toasts: the first line is a label, past tense or a state, no period, names in inline code. "Copied to clipboard" (lib/copy.ts:19), "Already up-to-date" (components/git/git-util.ts:13), "Response saved to path" (hooks/useSaveResponse.tsx:36). With more to say, a bold title sits over one subtle line: "Yaak 2026.1 is available" over "Download and install the update?" (lib/initGlobalListeners.tsx:252-254).
13. Errors: "Failed to " inline, or a short title over the raw error, which is appended and never paraphrased. "Failed to copy" (components/CopyIconButton.tsx:20), "Export Failed" (hooks/useExportData.tsx:14), "Error pushing changes" over String(err) (components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:179-180). Titles split between "X Failed" and "Error ing X"; "Failed to " is the commonest one-line form.
14. Empty states: "No " or one imperative, no period. "No authentication" (components/HttpAuthenticationEditor.tsx:46), "No plugins found" (components/Settings/SettingsPlugins.tsx:317), "Select a commit to view diff" (components/git/FileHistoryDialog.tsx:78). Casing is mixed ("No Content", components/WebsocketResponsePane.tsx:236; "No Headers", ui/http/ResponseHeaders.tsx:26); sentence case is the majority. An empty state that explains is a full sentence with its period (components/CookieDialog.tsx:174,177).
15. No results: "No results for x" (components/Sidebar.tsx:703), and with suggestions "No results, but found matches for a or b" (components/Sidebar.tsx:680).
16. Settings pages and sections: a page has a one-word title and one sentence with a period, "Tweak settings related to the user interface." (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:54), "Configure general settings for update behavior and more." (ui/settings/SettingsGeneral.tsx:29). Section headings are Title Case nouns: "App Info" (ui/settings/SettingsGeneral.tsx:48), "Custom Proxy" (components/Settings/SettingsProxy.tsx:61).
17. Setting row titles: sentence case, a verb phrase for a switch. "Wrap editor lines" (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:143), "Enable proxy" (components/Settings/SettingsProxy.tsx:64), "Hide window controls" (ui/settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:170). Inconsistent: Title Case rows "Update Channel", "Data Directory" (ui/settings/SettingsGeneral.tsx:102,53). Sentence case is the majority.
18. Select options: sentence case. "Always ask", "Open in current window" (components/Settings/SettingsInterface.tsx:46-47), "No proxy" (components/Settings/SettingsProxy.tsx:53), "Automatic" (components/ModelSettingsEditor.tsx:339).
19. Placeholders: an example value or a one-word label. "api.example.com" (components/DnsOverridesEditor.tsx:140), "Search" (components/Sidebar.tsx:586), "Filter cookies" (components/CookieDialog.tsx:152). Some end in "..." ("Search plugins...", components/Settings/SettingsPlugins.tsx:306); bare is the majority.
20. Progress and state names are labels: a gerund or a participle, no period. "Cloning..." (components/CloneGitRepositoryDialog.tsx:139), "Restarting..." (lib/initGlobalListeners.tsx:169), "Sending Request" (ui/http/ResponseBodyViewer.tsx:58).
21. Verbs: a small fixed set, each with one meaning. Delete destroys a thing ("Delete", components/Sidebar.tsx:527), Remove takes it off a list ("Remove", components/responseViewers/RecentFiltersDropdown.tsx:43), Clear empties a history ("Clear Send History"), Reset goes back to a default ("Reset to Default", components/Settings/SettingsHotkeys.tsx:239). Also New, Rename, Duplicate, Copy, Save, Import, Export, Show, Hide, Enable, Reveal, Retry ("Retry", components/GrpcEditor.tsx:189).
22. Names and literal values go in inline code, not quotes. "Switched branch x" (components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:109), "Enter a new name for x" (components/CookieDropdown.tsx:51), "No results for x" (components/Sidebar.tsx:703).
23. Never: apologies (none in the client), exclamation marks (one in the whole client, "Thanks for the feedback!", components/FeedbackToast.tsx:39), headings that ask a question outside upsell banners ("Using Git for work?", components/git/GitCommitDialog.tsx:221). "Please" exists only in eight long banners, mostly licensing (ui/settings/SettingsLicense.tsx:178, components/EnvironmentEditDialog.tsx:82). Hedging appears twice, both "may impact performance" (components/ConfirmLargeRequestBody.tsx:35, ui/http/ConfirmLargeResponse.tsx:53).
24. Punctuation: a period on every full sentence, none on a label; no semicolons; counts inline ("Clear 3 Connections", components/RecentWebsocketConnectionsDropdown.tsx:95); "and", never "&". A few client sentences miss their period (components/EnvironmentEditDialog.tsx:114, components/git/GitDropdown.tsx:609); with a period is the majority.
25. Length: buttons one to three words, menu items one to four, icon tooltips two to four, a toast's first line two to five. A visible explanation is one sentence of about ten words (rule 5); a tooltip may run to two sentences.