diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/hooks/useReplicaPull.test.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/hooks/useReplicaPull.test.tsx
index bb9efe5a..41ae9081 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/hooks/useReplicaPull.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/hooks/useReplicaPull.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ let envValue: { envConfig: unknown; appService: unknown } = {
   appService: null,
 };
 
+let authValue: { user: { id: string } | null } = { user: { id: 'test-user' } };
+
 vi.mock('@/services/sync/replicaPullAndApply', () => ({
   replicaPullAndApply: (...args: unknown[]) => pullSpy(...args),
 }));
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ vi.mock('@/context/EnvContext', () => ({
   useEnv: () => envValue,
 }));
 
+vi.mock('@/context/AuthContext', () => ({
+  useAuth: () => authValue,
+}));
+
 vi.mock('@/services/transferManager', () => ({
   transferManager: { queueReplicaDownload: vi.fn() },
 }));
@@ -103,6 +109,20 @@ import { useReplicaPull, __resetReplicaPullForTests } from '@/hooks/useReplicaPu
 
 const fakeService = { createDir: vi.fn(), name: 'fake' };
 
+// Mock manager exposing both per-kind `pull` (used by the boot path) and
+// the batched `pullMany` (used by the incremental triggers). Each test
+// recreates these so individual call counts don't bleed across cases.
+const makeManagerMock = () => ({
+  pull: vi.fn<(...args: unknown[]) => Promise<unknown[]>>(async () => []),
+  pullMany: vi.fn<
+    (kinds: string[], opts?: { since?: string | null }) => Promise<Map<string, unknown[]>>
+  >(async (kinds) => {
+    const out = new Map<string, unknown[]>();
+    for (const k of kinds) out.set(k, []);
+    return out;
+  }),
+});
+
 /**
  * Settings is implicitly pulled at boot regardless of which kinds the
  * caller asked for (so other kinds' applyRemote auto-saves don't
@@ -124,6 +144,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   readyListeners.clear();
   __resetReplicaPullForTests();
   envValue = { envConfig: { name: 'env' }, appService: fakeService };
+  authValue = { user: { id: 'test-user' } };
 });
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -133,7 +154,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
   test('does not pull before delayMs elapses', () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 5_000 }));
 
     vi.advanceTimersByTime(4_999);
@@ -141,7 +162,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
   });
 
   test('fires pull after delayMs', async () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 1_000 }));
 
     await act(async () => {
@@ -154,9 +175,40 @@ describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
   });
 
+  test('boot batches non-settings kinds into one pullMany with since=null', async () => {
+    // Boot today: 1 settings call (single-kind, sequential) + 1 batched
+    // pullMany call for the rest. Was previously 1 + N parallel
+    // calls. The batched call must use `{ since: null }` so each kind
+    // does a full refetch — same recovery semantics as the old
+    // per-kind boot.
+    const managerMock = makeManagerMock();
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: managerMock });
+    renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary', 'font', 'texture'], delayMs: 100 }));
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(200);
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+
+    // Settings still gets its own `replicaPullAndApply` call (the
+    // `dictionaryPullCount`-style counter approach is what asserts the
+    // ordering elsewhere). The pullMany path collapses dictionary +
+    // font + texture into a single round-trip with the since=null
+    // override applied uniformly.
+    expect(managerMock.pullMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    const [batchedKinds, batchedOpts] = managerMock.pullMany.mock.calls[0]!;
+    expect([...batchedKinds].sort()).toEqual(['dictionary', 'font', 'texture']);
+    expect(batchedOpts).toEqual({ since: null });
+    // pullSpy is `replicaPullAndApply`; expect 1 invocation per kind
+    // (settings + the three from the batch) all running through the
+    // apply path.
+    expect(pullSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+  });
+
   test('skips when appService is null', () => {
     envValue = { envConfig: { name: 'env' }, appService: null };
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
 
     vi.advanceTimersByTime(500);
@@ -183,7 +235,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
 
     // initReplicaSync now finishes; getReplicaSync starts returning the
     // singleton, and the ready listener fires.
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     fireReplicaSyncReady();
 
     await act(async () => {
@@ -204,7 +256,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
   });
 
   test('only pulls once per kind across multiple mounts', async () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     const first = renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(200);
@@ -227,8 +279,8 @@ describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
   });
 
   test('failed pull releases the dedup slot so a later navigation can retry', async () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
-    // Settings pull resolves; dictionary pull (the second call) rejects.
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
+    // Settings pull resolves; dictionary apply (the second call) rejects.
     pullSpy.mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
     pullSpy.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('flaky'));
     vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
@@ -256,7 +308,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull', () => {
   });
 
   test('cleanup cancels a pending pull when the component unmounts before delayMs', () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: {} });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     const view = renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 5_000 }));
     vi.advanceTimersByTime(2_000);
     view.unmount();
@@ -274,63 +326,57 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
     });
   };
 
-  test('visibilitychange to visible fires an incremental pull (cursor-based, not since=null)', async () => {
+  test('window focus fires one batched incremental pull (pullMany, cursor-based)', async () => {
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
 
-    // Simulate tab going hidden, then visible. The "visible" transition
-    // is the trigger.
-    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
-      value: 'visible',
-      configurable: true,
-    });
+    // Simulate the window regaining focus (foreground transition).
     await act(async () => {
-      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
       await Promise.resolve();
       await Promise.resolve();
     });
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(2);
 
-    // The incremental call's pull deps should NOT pin since=null —
-    // that's the boot-only behavior. Inspect the LAST dict pull deps.
-    const dictCalls = pullSpy.mock.calls.filter((c) => {
-      const deps = c[0] as { adapter?: { kind?: string } } | undefined;
-      return deps?.adapter?.kind === 'dictionary';
-    });
-    const incrementalCall = dictCalls.at(-1)![0] as { pull: () => Promise<unknown[]> };
-    await incrementalCall.pull();
-    const managerPull = (
-      getReplicaSyncSpy.mock.results[0]!.value as { manager: { pull: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> } }
-    ).manager.pull;
-    // Boot call uses { since: null }; incremental call passes undefined
-    // (or no opts) so manager.pull falls back to the cursor.
-    expect(managerPull).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    const lastArgs = managerPull.mock.calls.at(-1);
-    expect(lastArgs?.[1]).toBeUndefined();
+    // pullMany fires twice: once at boot for the non-settings kinds
+    // (settings boot stays a single-kind `manager.pull`), and once for
+    // the focus-triggered incremental over every registered kind.
+    const managerMock = (
+      getReplicaSyncSpy.mock.results[0]!.value as {
+        manager: ReturnType<typeof makeManagerMock>;
+      }
+    ).manager;
+    expect(managerMock.pullMany).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    // The first call (boot) gets just the non-settings kinds with
+    // since=null override; the focus call gets all registered kinds
+    // with cursor-based defaults.
+    const bootArgs = managerMock.pullMany.mock.calls[0]!;
+    expect(bootArgs[0]).toEqual(['dictionary']);
+    expect(bootArgs[1]).toEqual({ since: null });
+    const focusArgs = managerMock.pullMany.mock.calls[1]!;
+    expect([...focusArgs[0]].sort()).toEqual(['dictionary', 'settings']);
+    expect(focusArgs[1]).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  test('visibilitychange is throttled to at most one fire per 30 seconds', async () => {
-    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
-      value: 'visible',
-      configurable: true,
-    });
+  test('focus is throttled to collapse iOS focus-fires-twice bursts', async () => {
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1); // boot pull only
 
-    // Burst of visibility changes within the throttle window — only the
-    // first should fire an incremental pull. Rapid alt-tab cycling is
-    // the real-world trigger. Advance ~10s total (well under 30s).
+    // Burst of focus events within the throttle window — only the first
+    // fires an incremental pull. iOS Tauri's two-back-to-back focus
+    // events on a single foreground transition are the real-world
+    // trigger; rapid alt-tab cycling is the desktop equivalent.
     for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       await act(async () => {
-        document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+        window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
         vi.advanceTimersByTime(2_000);
         await Promise.resolve();
         await Promise.resolve();
@@ -338,40 +384,107 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
     }
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(2); // boot + 1 throttled
 
-    // Cross the 30s boundary (we already advanced 10s above; advance
-    // the remaining time and a touch more).
+    // Cross the throttle boundary; the next focus is allowed through.
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(20_500);
-      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
       await Promise.resolve();
       await Promise.resolve();
     });
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(3);
   });
 
-  test('online and periodic triggers are NOT subject to the visibility throttle', async () => {
-    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
-      value: 'visible',
-      configurable: true,
-    });
+  test('visibilitychange to visible fires an incremental pull (browser tab-switch path)', async () => {
+    // Browser tab switching (cmd+1 / cmd+2) fires `visibilitychange`
+    // but NOT `window.focus`. Without this listener, replica sync
+    // wouldn't catch up on tab switch.
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
 
-    // Visibility fires once, consuming the throttle slot.
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+      value: 'visible',
+      configurable: true,
+    });
     await act(async () => {
       document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
       await Promise.resolve();
       await Promise.resolve();
     });
     expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(2);
+  });
 
-    // Online event within the visibility throttle window must STILL
-    // fire — it's a different signal (we may have just regained
-    // network) and shouldn't be silenced by recent focus activity.
+  test('visibilitychange to hidden does NOT fire a pull', async () => {
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
+    });
+    renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
+    await advancePastBootPull();
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
+
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+      value: 'hidden',
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1); // unchanged
+  });
+
+  test('focus and visibilitychange share one throttle (no double-pump)', async () => {
+    // iOS Tauri WKWebView fires both events on the same foreground
+    // transition (focus first, visibilitychange ~400ms later). One
+    // throttle gate prevents a double-pull.
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+      value: 'visible',
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
+    });
+    renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
+    await advancePastBootPull();
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+    // Boot + ONE incremental, not two.
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  test('online and periodic triggers are NOT subject to the focus throttle', async () => {
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+      value: 'visible',
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
+    });
+    renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
+    await advancePastBootPull();
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
+
+    // Focus fires once, consuming the throttle slot.
+    await act(async () => {
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(2);
+
+    // Online event within the focus throttle window must STILL fire —
+    // it's a different signal (we may have just regained network) and
+    // shouldn't be silenced by recent foreground activity.
     await act(async () => {
       window.dispatchEvent(new Event('online'));
       await Promise.resolve();
@@ -382,7 +495,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
 
   test('online event fires an incremental pull', async () => {
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
@@ -402,7 +515,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
       configurable: true,
     });
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
@@ -425,7 +538,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
       configurable: true,
     });
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
@@ -451,7 +564,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
         }),
     );
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     // Boot pull starts. Settings is dispatched first (in flight, pending);
@@ -462,17 +575,13 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
     });
     expect(pullSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1); // settings, awaiting
 
-    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
-      value: 'visible',
-      configurable: true,
-    });
     // Fire several triggers while settings boot pull is still in flight.
     // pullInFlight has 'settings' → incremental settings is gated;
     // dictionary boot hasn't started yet so its incremental is gated by
     // pulledKinds (not yet added).
     for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       await act(async () => {
-        document.dispatchEvent(new Event('visibilitychange'));
+        window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
         window.dispatchEvent(new Event('online'));
         await Promise.resolve();
       });
@@ -487,13 +596,52 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — incremental auto-pull (visibility / online / interv
     });
   });
 
+  test('focus / online / periodic triggers no-op when there is no user', async () => {
+    // Logged-out users shouldn't burn /api/sync round-trips. Gate at the
+    // dispatch layer so the module-level listeners (which run for the
+    // life of the tab) don't fire pulls after sign-out.
+    Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
+      value: 'visible',
+      configurable: true,
+    });
+    authValue = { user: { id: 'user-1' } };
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
+    });
+    const { rerender } = renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
+    await advancePastBootPull();
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1);
+
+    // Sign out.
+    authValue = { user: null };
+    rerender();
+    await act(async () => {
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+
+    // None of the auto-sync triggers should fire pulls now. Advance past
+    // the focus throttle so it doesn't mask the real gate.
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(15_000);
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('focus'));
+      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('online'));
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(5 * 60 * 1000);
+      await Promise.resolve();
+      await Promise.resolve();
+    });
+    expect(dictionaryPullCount()).toBe(1); // still just the original boot pull
+  });
+
   test('listeners stay installed across mounts so a long-lived tab keeps pulling', async () => {
     Object.defineProperty(document, 'visibilityState', {
       value: 'visible',
       configurable: true,
     });
     getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({
-      manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) },
+      manager: makeManagerMock(),
     });
     const first = renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await advancePastBootPull();
@@ -530,7 +678,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — settings boot pull sequencing', () => {
       }
       return Promise.resolve();
     });
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) } });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
 
     // Boot delay elapses; settings pull starts and is pending.
@@ -554,7 +702,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — settings boot pull sequencing', () => {
   });
 
   test('settings pull is shared across mounts (single network round-trip)', async () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) } });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     const a = renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     const b = renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['font'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await act(async () => {
@@ -572,7 +720,7 @@ describe('useReplicaPull — settings boot pull sequencing', () => {
   });
 
   test('caller asking for settings explicitly does not double-pull settings', async () => {
-    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: { pull: vi.fn(async () => []) } });
+    getReplicaSyncSpy.mockReturnValue({ manager: makeManagerMock() });
     renderHook(() => useReplicaPull({ kinds: ['settings', 'dictionary'], delayMs: 100 }));
     await act(async () => {
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(200);
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncClient.test.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncClient.test.ts
index 52ae950a..3f85ee88 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncClient.test.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncClient.test.ts
@@ -264,3 +264,60 @@ describe('ReplicaSyncClient.listReplicaKeys (cache + dedupe)', () => {
     expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 });
+
+describe('ReplicaSyncClient.pullBatch', () => {
+  test('POSTs cursors to /sync/replicas and returns the per-kind results', async () => {
+    const fontRow: ReplicaRow = { ...sampleRow, kind: 'font', replica_id: 'f1' };
+    mockFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      new Response(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          results: [
+            { kind: 'dictionary', rows: [sampleRow] },
+            { kind: 'font', rows: [fontRow] },
+            { kind: 'texture', rows: [] },
+          ],
+        }),
+        { status: 200 },
+      ),
+    );
+    const client = new ReplicaSyncClient();
+    const result = await client.pullBatch([
+      { kind: 'dictionary', since: HLC },
+      { kind: 'font', since: null },
+      { kind: 'texture', since: null },
+    ]);
+    expect(mockFetch).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    const [url, init] = mockFetch.mock.calls[0]!;
+    // Reuses the existing /sync/replicas route — body shape
+    // (`{ cursors }` vs `{ rows }`) is the discriminator.
+    expect(url).toBe('https://example.test/sync/replicas');
+    expect(init.method).toBe('POST');
+    expect(JSON.parse(init.body)).toEqual({
+      cursors: [
+        { kind: 'dictionary', since: HLC },
+        { kind: 'font', since: null },
+        { kind: 'texture', since: null },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      { kind: 'dictionary', rows: [sampleRow] },
+      { kind: 'font', rows: [fontRow] },
+      { kind: 'texture', rows: [] },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test('empty cursors is a no-op (no fetch call)', async () => {
+    const client = new ReplicaSyncClient();
+    const result = await client.pullBatch([]);
+    expect(result).toEqual([]);
+    expect(mockFetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('5xx → SyncError SERVER', async () => {
+    mockFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response('{}', { status: 500 }));
+    const client = new ReplicaSyncClient();
+    await expect(client.pullBatch([{ kind: 'dictionary', since: null }])).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(
+      SyncError,
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncServer.test.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncServer.test.ts
index 957db214..c765e279 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncServer.test.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/libs/replicaSyncServer.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
 import {
   HLC_SKEW_TOLERANCE_MS,
+  MAX_PULL_BATCH,
   MAX_PUSH_BATCH,
   clampHlcSkew,
+  validatePullBatch,
   validatePullParams,
   validatePushBatch,
 } from '@/libs/replicaSyncServer';
@@ -153,3 +155,82 @@ describe('validatePullParams', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+describe('validatePullBatch', () => {
+  test('accepts an empty cursors array', () => {
+    const result = validatePullBatch({ cursors: [] });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (result.ok) expect(result.params.cursors).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('accepts mixed since values (string + null) for allowed kinds', () => {
+    const result = validatePullBatch({
+      cursors: [
+        { kind: 'dictionary', since: '0000000000064-00000000-dev-a' },
+        { kind: 'font', since: null },
+        { kind: 'settings', since: null },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('rejects body that is not an object', () => {
+    const result = validatePullBatch(null);
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) expect(result.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  test('rejects body where cursors is not an array', () => {
+    const result = validatePullBatch({ cursors: 'not-an-array' });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) expect(result.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+
+  test('rejects unknown kind in cursors', () => {
+    const result = validatePullBatch({ cursors: [{ kind: 'not_a_kind', since: null }] });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.status).toBe(422);
+      expect(result.code).toBe('UNKNOWN_KIND');
+      expect(result.offendingIndex).toBe(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('rejects since that is not a string or null', () => {
+    const result = validatePullBatch({
+      cursors: [{ kind: 'dictionary', since: 1234 as unknown as null }],
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.status).toBe(400);
+      expect(result.offendingIndex).toBe(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('rejects duplicated kind in the same batch', () => {
+    // Avoids ambiguity in the response — a server merging two queries
+    // for the same kind would have to pick one, and the client has no
+    // way to express which `since` won.
+    const result = validatePullBatch({
+      cursors: [
+        { kind: 'dictionary', since: null },
+        { kind: 'dictionary', since: '0000000000064-00000000-dev-a' },
+      ],
+    });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      expect(result.status).toBe(400);
+      expect(result.offendingIndex).toBe(1);
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('rejects oversized batches with status 413', () => {
+    const cursors = Array.from({ length: MAX_PULL_BATCH + 1 }, () => ({
+      kind: 'dictionary',
+      since: null,
+    }));
+    const result = validatePullBatch({ cursors });
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(false);
+    if (!result.ok) expect(result.status).toBe(413);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.test.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.test.ts
index 87ae5169..7257c838 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.test.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/__tests__/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const makeRow = (id: string, hlcStr: Hlc = HLC_NOW): ReplicaRow => ({
 const makeFakeClient = () => ({
   push: vi.fn(async (rows: ReplicaRow[]) => rows),
   pull: vi.fn(async (_kind: string, _since: Hlc | null) => [] as ReplicaRow[]),
+  pullBatch: vi.fn(
+    async (_cursors: { kind: string; since: Hlc | null }[]) =>
+      [] as { kind: string; rows: ReplicaRow[] }[],
+  ),
 });
 
 const makeManager = (clientOverrides: Partial<ReturnType<typeof makeFakeClient>> = {}) => {
@@ -294,3 +298,76 @@ describe('ReplicaSyncManager.pull', () => {
     expect(cursors.get('dictionary')).toBe(r2.updated_at_ts);
   });
 });
+
+describe('ReplicaSyncManager.pullMany (batched incremental)', () => {
+  test("one pullBatch round-trip per call, with each kind's persisted cursor", async () => {
+    // Seed cursors so we can verify each kind\'s cursor reaches the
+    // batched request — this is the core saving over per-kind GETs.
+    const dictCursor = hlcPack(NOW + 50, 0, DEV) as Hlc;
+    const fontCursor = hlcPack(NOW + 60, 0, DEV) as Hlc;
+    const client = makeFakeClient();
+    const { manager, cursors } = makeManager(client);
+    cursors.set('dictionary', dictCursor);
+    cursors.set('font', fontCursor);
+    // texture has no cursor yet — should arrive as null (initial pull).
+
+    await manager.pullMany(['dictionary', 'font', 'texture']);
+
+    expect(client.pullBatch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(client.pull).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const cursorsArg = client.pullBatch.mock.calls[0]![0];
+    expect(cursorsArg).toEqual([
+      { kind: 'dictionary', since: dictCursor },
+      { kind: 'font', since: fontCursor },
+      { kind: 'texture', since: null },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("advances each kind's cursor independently from its own rows", async () => {
+    const dictRow = makeRow('d1', hlcPack(NOW + 1000, 0, DEV) as Hlc);
+    const fontRow = makeRow('f1', hlcPack(NOW + 2000, 0, DEV) as Hlc);
+    const client = {
+      ...makeFakeClient(),
+      pullBatch: vi.fn(async () => [
+        { kind: 'dictionary', rows: [dictRow] as ReplicaRow[] },
+        { kind: 'font', rows: [fontRow] as ReplicaRow[] },
+        { kind: 'texture', rows: [] as ReplicaRow[] },
+      ]),
+    };
+    const { manager, cursors } = makeManager(client);
+    const result = await manager.pullMany(['dictionary', 'font', 'texture']);
+
+    expect(cursors.get('dictionary')).toBe(dictRow.updated_at_ts);
+    expect(cursors.get('font')).toBe(fontRow.updated_at_ts);
+    // Empty result must NOT advance the cursor (would skip future rows).
+    expect(cursors.get('texture')).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Returned map covers every requested kind, including empty ones.
+    expect(result.get('dictionary')).toEqual([dictRow]);
+    expect(result.get('font')).toEqual([fontRow]);
+    expect(result.get('texture')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test('observes remote HLCs into the local generator (cross-device clock)', async () => {
+    const remoteHlc = hlcPack(NOW + 90_000, 3, 'dev-other') as Hlc;
+    const client = {
+      ...makeFakeClient(),
+      pullBatch: vi.fn(async () => [
+        { kind: 'dictionary', rows: [makeRow('r1', remoteHlc)] as ReplicaRow[] },
+      ]),
+    };
+    const { manager, hlc } = makeManager(client);
+    await manager.pullMany(['dictionary']);
+    const next = hlc.next();
+    // Local generator must be ahead of the observed remote stamp.
+    expect(next > remoteHlc).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('empty kinds list short-circuits without hitting the wire', async () => {
+    const client = makeFakeClient();
+    const { manager } = makeManager(client);
+    const result = await manager.pullMany([]);
+    expect(result.size).toBe(0);
+    expect(client.pullBatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/hooks/useBooksSync.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/hooks/useBooksSync.ts
index 083cc9b8..83aac908 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/hooks/useBooksSync.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/library/hooks/useBooksSync.ts
@@ -37,18 +37,12 @@ export const useBooksSync = () => {
   const pullLibrary = useCallback(
     async (fullRefresh = false, verbose = false) => {
       if (!user) return;
-      if (isPullingRef.current) {
-        console.log('Pull already in progress, skipping...');
-        return;
-      }
+      if (isPullingRef.current) return;
       try {
         isPullingRef.current = true;
         const library = useLibraryStore.getState().library;
-        const syncedBooksCount = await syncBooks(
-          [],
-          'pull',
-          (libraryLoaded && library.length === 0) || fullRefresh ? 0 : undefined,
-        );
+        const since = (libraryLoaded && library.length === 0) || fullRefresh ? 0 : undefined;
+        const syncedBooksCount = await syncBooks([], 'pull', since);
         if (verbose) {
           eventDispatcher.dispatch('toast', {
             type: 'info',
@@ -65,10 +59,15 @@ export const useBooksSync = () => {
   // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   const handleAutoSync = useCallback(
     throttle(
-      () => {
+      async () => {
+        if (isPullingRef.current) return;
         const newBooks = getNewBooks();
-        if (newBooks.lastSyncedAt) {
-          syncBooks(newBooks.books, 'both');
+        if (!newBooks.lastSyncedAt) return;
+        isPullingRef.current = true;
+        try {
+          await syncBooks(newBooks.books, 'both');
+        } finally {
+          isPullingRef.current = false;
         }
       },
       SYNC_BOOKS_INTERVAL_SEC * 1000,
@@ -79,9 +78,7 @@ export const useBooksSync = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!user) return;
-    if (isPullingRef.current) {
-      return;
-    }
+    if (isPullingRef.current) return;
     handleAutoSync();
   }, [user, library, handleAutoSync]);
 
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/hooks/useReplicaPull.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/hooks/useReplicaPull.ts
index 01fb651e..adf470d4 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/hooks/useReplicaPull.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/hooks/useReplicaPull.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { useAuth } from '@/context/AuthContext';
 import { useEnv } from '@/context/EnvContext';
 import { useCustomDictionaryStore, findDictionaryByContentId } from '@/store/customDictionaryStore';
 import {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import type { ImportedDictionary } from '@/services/dictionaries/types';
 import type { CustomFont } from '@/styles/fonts';
 import type { CustomTexture } from '@/styles/textures';
 import type { OPDSCatalog } from '@/types/opds';
-import type { Hlc } from '@/types/replica';
+import type { Hlc, ReplicaRow } from '@/types/replica';
 import type { SystemSettings } from '@/types/settings';
 
 export type ReplicaKind = 'dictionary' | 'font' | 'texture' | 'opds_catalog' | 'settings';
@@ -60,12 +61,14 @@ const REPLICA_PULL_DEFAULT_DELAY_MS = 5_000;
 /** Periodic incremental-pull cadence for long-lived foreground tabs. */
 const REPLICA_PULL_PERIODIC_INTERVAL_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
 /**
- * Minimum gap between visibility-triggered pulls. Rapid alt-tab cycles
- * (or browsers that fire `visibilitychange` on every workspace switch)
- * would otherwise pump a pull on every focus event. Online and periodic
- * triggers bypass this — they signal genuinely new conditions.
+ * Minimum gap between focus-triggered pulls. iOS Tauri WKWebView fires
+ * `focus` twice during a single foreground transition (~8ms apart) and
+ * `visibilitychange` an additional ~400ms later — the throttle
+ * collapses that burst to one pull. Rapid alt-tab cycles on desktop
+ * are handled by the same gate. `online` and the periodic timer
+ * bypass this — they're independent signals.
  */
-const REPLICA_PULL_VISIBILITY_THROTTLE_MS = 10_000;
+const REPLICA_PULL_FOREGROUND_THROTTLE_MS = 10_000;
 
 // Module-level dedup so navigating between pages (library → reader → …)
 // doesn't fire a fresh boot pull every time. Once a kind has had its
@@ -89,7 +92,12 @@ const registeredKinds = new Set<ReplicaKind>();
 let autoSyncContext: { service: AppService; envConfig: EnvConfigType } | null = null;
 let autoSyncListenersInstalled = false;
 let periodicTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
-let lastVisibilityPullAt = 0;
+let lastForegroundPullAt = 0;
+// Module-level mirror of `useAuth().user`. The auto-sync listeners run
+// at module scope and have no React access; they consult this flag to
+// short-circuit when there is no signed-in user (no point hitting
+// /api/sync — it would 401 anyway). Kept in sync by the hook.
+let hasCurrentUser = false;
 // Shared promise for the boot-time settings pull. All other kinds'
 // boot pulls await this so applyRemoteSettings has a chance to seed
 // `lastPublishedFields` with server-authoritative values before
@@ -123,19 +131,32 @@ interface ReplicaPullConfig<T extends ReplicaLocalRecord> {
   onSaltNotFound?: (paths: readonly string[]) => void;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Build the deps the orchestrator hands to `replicaPullAndApply`.
+ *
+ * - Boot path: omits `pullOverride`, so `pull` calls `manager.pull(kind)`
+ *   per kind (network round-trip per kind). The boot path also keeps
+ *   the `isAuthenticated` gate, which doubles as the per-kind sync-
+ *   category gate.
+ * - Incremental path: passes a `pullOverride` returning rows the
+ *   batched `manager.pullMany` already fetched. `isAuthenticated` is
+ *   skipped because the orchestrator pre-filtered by
+ *   `isSyncCategoryEnabled` before issuing the batched request.
+ */
 const buildReplicaPullDeps = <T extends ReplicaLocalRecord>(
   manager: ReplicaSyncManager,
   service: AppService,
   envConfig: EnvConfigType,
   config: ReplicaPullConfig<T>,
   pullOpts?: { since?: Hlc | null },
+  pullOverride?: () => Promise<ReplicaRow[]>,
 ): PullAndApplyDeps<T> => ({
   adapter: config.adapter,
   // Boot path passes { since: null } so we always re-fetch and apply
-  // locally, ignoring any previously-advanced cursor. The visibility /
-  // online / periodic incremental triggers omit pullOpts so manager.pull
-  // falls back to the persisted cursor — cheap delta fetch.
-  pull: () => manager.pull(config.kind, pullOpts),
+  // locally, ignoring any previously-advanced cursor. The incremental
+  // path passes pullOverride so a single batched `manager.pullMany`
+  // result is fanned out to per-kind apply without re-hitting the wire.
+  pull: pullOverride ?? (() => manager.pull(config.kind, pullOpts)),
   findByContentId: config.findByContentId,
   hydrateLocalStore: config.hydrateLocalStore
     ? () => config.hydrateLocalStore!(envConfig)
@@ -171,10 +192,15 @@ const buildReplicaPullDeps = <T extends ReplicaLocalRecord>(
   // user-facing category gate here so disabling a kind in
   // `User → Manage Sync` no-ops the pull (no HTTP, no warnings)
   // alongside the auth precheck — same effect, half the wiring.
-  isAuthenticated: async () => {
-    if (!isSyncCategoryEnabled(config.kind)) return false;
-    return !!(await getAccessToken());
-  },
+  // Skipped on the incremental path: the orchestrator pre-filters
+  // by category before dispatching the batched request, so this
+  // would just re-check what's already been gated.
+  isAuthenticated: pullOverride
+    ? undefined
+    : async () => {
+        if (!isSyncCategoryEnabled(config.kind)) return false;
+        return !!(await getAccessToken());
+      },
 });
 
 const dictionaryPullConfig: ReplicaPullConfig<ImportedDictionary> = {
@@ -270,36 +296,69 @@ const settingsPullConfig = (envConfig: EnvConfigType): ReplicaPullConfig<Setting
   },
 });
 
+/**
+ * Per-kind dispatch for both the boot pull (one HTTP per kind) and the
+ * incremental apply (rows already fetched in a batch). Keeping the
+ * switch keeps the generic record type sound — collapsing the configs
+ * into a Record<ReplicaKind, ReplicaPullConfig<...>> would force a
+ * contravariant cast.
+ */
 const runPullForKind = async (
   kind: ReplicaKind,
   service: AppService,
   envConfig: EnvConfigType,
   pullOpts?: { since?: Hlc | null },
+  pullOverride?: () => Promise<ReplicaRow[]>,
 ): Promise<void> => {
   const ctx = getReplicaSync();
   if (!ctx) return;
-  // Per-kind dispatch keeps the generic record type sound — collapsing
-  // the three configs into a Record<ReplicaKind, ReplicaPullConfig<...>>
-  // would force a contravariant cast that loses type safety.
   switch (kind) {
     case 'dictionary':
       await replicaPullAndApply(
-        buildReplicaPullDeps(ctx.manager, service, envConfig, dictionaryPullConfig, pullOpts),
+        buildReplicaPullDeps(
+          ctx.manager,
+          service,
+          envConfig,
+          dictionaryPullConfig,
+          pullOpts,
+          pullOverride,
+        ),
       );
       return;
     case 'font':
       await replicaPullAndApply(
-        buildReplicaPullDeps(ctx.manager, service, envConfig, fontPullConfig, pullOpts),
+        buildReplicaPullDeps(
+          ctx.manager,
+          service,
+          envConfig,
+          fontPullConfig,
+          pullOpts,
+          pullOverride,
+        ),
       );
       return;
     case 'texture':
       await replicaPullAndApply(
-        buildReplicaPullDeps(ctx.manager, service, envConfig, texturePullConfig, pullOpts),
+        buildReplicaPullDeps(
+          ctx.manager,
+          service,
+          envConfig,
+          texturePullConfig,
+          pullOpts,
+          pullOverride,
+        ),
       );
       return;
     case 'opds_catalog':
       await replicaPullAndApply(
-        buildReplicaPullDeps(ctx.manager, service, envConfig, opdsCatalogPullConfig, pullOpts),
+        buildReplicaPullDeps(
+          ctx.manager,
+          service,
+          envConfig,
+          opdsCatalogPullConfig,
+          pullOpts,
+          pullOverride,
+        ),
       );
       return;
     case 'settings':
@@ -310,6 +369,7 @@ const runPullForKind = async (
           envConfig,
           settingsPullConfig(envConfig),
           pullOpts,
+          pullOverride,
         ),
       );
       return;
@@ -317,56 +377,87 @@ const runPullForKind = async (
 };
 
 /**
- * Cursor-based incremental pull, gated by a per-kind in-flight set so
- * concurrent triggers (visibility + online firing in the same tick,
- * periodic timer racing with a focus event) collapse to one network
- * round-trip.
+ * Cursor-based incremental pull. One batched HTTP round-trip for every
+ * registered kind that has had its boot pull initiated and whose sync
+ * category is enabled. Concurrent triggers (focus + online firing in
+ * the same tick, periodic timer racing with a focus event) collapse
+ * via the per-kind `pullInFlight` set: if any of the kinds we'd batch
+ * is already in flight, we skip the redundant call entirely.
  */
-const runIncrementalPullForKind = async (
-  kind: ReplicaKind,
-  service: AppService,
-  envConfig: EnvConfigType,
-): Promise<void> => {
-  if (pullInFlight.has(kind)) return;
-  // Skip until the kind's boot pull has at least been initiated. Boot
-  // does the full re-fetch (since=null); incremental builds on whatever
-  // cursor that pull advanced.
-  if (!pulledKinds.has(kind)) return;
-  pullInFlight.add(kind);
-  try {
-    await runPullForKind(kind, service, envConfig);
-  } catch (err) {
-    console.warn(`replica ${kind} incremental pull failed`, err);
-  } finally {
-    pullInFlight.delete(kind);
-  }
-};
-
 const triggerIncrementalPullAll = (): void => {
+  if (!hasCurrentUser) return;
   if (!autoSyncContext) return;
+  const ctx = getReplicaSync();
+  if (!ctx) return;
   const { service, envConfig } = autoSyncContext;
+
+  const kindsToPull: ReplicaKind[] = [];
   for (const kind of registeredKinds) {
-    void runIncrementalPullForKind(kind, service, envConfig);
+    // Skip until the kind's boot pull has at least been initiated. Boot
+    // does the full re-fetch (since=null); incremental builds on whatever
+    // cursor that pull advanced.
+    if (!pulledKinds.has(kind)) continue;
+    if (pullInFlight.has(kind)) continue;
+    if (!isSyncCategoryEnabled(kind)) continue;
+    kindsToPull.push(kind);
   }
+  if (kindsToPull.length === 0) return;
+
+  for (const kind of kindsToPull) pullInFlight.add(kind);
+
+  void (async () => {
+    try {
+      // ONE network round-trip for every eligible kind. Per-kind apply
+      // runs in parallel below — adapters are independent, and one
+      // kind's apply error doesn't poison the others.
+      let rowsByKind: Map<string, ReplicaRow[]>;
+      try {
+        rowsByKind = await ctx.manager.pullMany(kindsToPull);
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.warn('replica batch pull failed', err);
+        return;
+      }
+      await Promise.allSettled(
+        kindsToPull.map(async (kind) => {
+          const rows = rowsByKind.get(kind) ?? [];
+          try {
+            await runPullForKind(kind, service, envConfig, undefined, async () => rows);
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.warn(`replica ${kind} incremental apply failed`, err);
+          }
+        }),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      for (const kind of kindsToPull) pullInFlight.delete(kind);
+    }
+  })();
 };
 
-const onVisibilityChange = (): void => {
-  if (typeof document === 'undefined') return;
-  if (document.visibilityState !== 'visible') return;
+// Two foreground signals, sharing one throttle:
+// Listening to both with one throttle catches every transition without
+// double-pulling. Some debug logs are kept on purpose: foreground-sync
+// regressions have historically been hard to reproduce.
+const onForegroundReturn = (source: 'focus' | 'visibilitychange'): void => {
+  // Visibility events fire both directions; only act on the visible side.
+  if (source === 'visibilitychange' && typeof document !== 'undefined') {
+    if (document.visibilityState !== 'visible') return;
+  }
   const now = Date.now();
-  if (now - lastVisibilityPullAt < REPLICA_PULL_VISIBILITY_THROTTLE_MS) return;
-  lastVisibilityPullAt = now;
+  if (now - lastForegroundPullAt < REPLICA_PULL_FOREGROUND_THROTTLE_MS) return;
+  lastForegroundPullAt = now;
   triggerIncrementalPullAll();
 };
 
+const onFocus = (): void => onForegroundReturn('focus');
+const onVisibilityChange = (): void => onForegroundReturn('visibilitychange');
+
 const onOnline = (): void => {
   triggerIncrementalPullAll();
 };
 
 const onPeriodicTick = (): void => {
-  // Don't burn battery on a backgrounded tab — the visibilitychange
-  // listener will fire a catch-up pull when the tab returns to
-  // foreground.
+  // Don't burn battery on a backgrounded tab — the focus listener
+  // will fire a catch-up pull when the window returns to foreground.
   if (typeof document !== 'undefined' && document.visibilityState === 'hidden') return;
   triggerIncrementalPullAll();
 };
@@ -399,7 +490,7 @@ const ensureSettingsBootPulled = (service: AppService, envConfig: EnvConfigType)
  * pulls. Idempotent — first call wires everything, subsequent calls
  * just refresh `autoSyncContext` (so listeners always see the latest
  * appService / envConfig). Listeners stay attached for the lifetime of
- * the page.
+ * the page; in production this runs exactly once.
  */
 const installAutoSyncListeners = (service: AppService, envConfig: EnvConfigType): void => {
   autoSyncContext = { service, envConfig };
@@ -409,6 +500,7 @@ const installAutoSyncListeners = (service: AppService, envConfig: EnvConfigType)
     document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibilityChange);
   }
   if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    window.addEventListener('focus', onFocus);
     window.addEventListener('online', onOnline);
   }
   periodicTimer = setInterval(onPeriodicTick, REPLICA_PULL_PERIODIC_INTERVAL_MS);
@@ -441,12 +533,22 @@ export const useReplicaPull = ({
   delayMs = REPLICA_PULL_DEFAULT_DELAY_MS,
 }: UseReplicaPullOpts): void => {
   const { envConfig, appService } = useEnv();
+  const { user } = useAuth();
   // Stable cache key so the effect doesn't re-run when the caller
   // passes a freshly-allocated array literal each render.
   const kindsKey = kinds.join(',');
 
+  // Mirror the React-side auth state into the module-level flag the
+  // auto-sync listeners read. Kept in its own effect so a user ref
+  // change (Supabase TOKEN_REFRESHED reissues the user object on
+  // foreground / refresh) doesn't tear down the boot-pull effect.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    hasCurrentUser = !!user;
+  }, [user]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!appService) return;
+    if (!user) return;
 
     for (const kind of kinds) registeredKinds.add(kind);
 
@@ -472,25 +574,60 @@ export const useReplicaPull = ({
           // Subsequent mounts share `settingsBootPullPromise` so the
           // pull only happens once per session.
           await ensureSettingsBootPulled(appService, envConfig);
-          for (const kind of otherPending) {
-            if (pulledKinds.has(kind)) continue;
-            // Claim both slots up front so a concurrently-scheduled mount
-            // (e.g., library + reader mounting back-to-back) doesn't
-            // double-pull, and so a visibility/online trigger landing
-            // mid-boot doesn't fire a second pull alongside this one.
-            // On failure we release `pulledKinds` so a subsequent
-            // navigation can retry; `pullInFlight` is always cleared.
+          // Boot path skips disabled kinds: enabling a category later
+          // re-fires `triggerIncrementalPullAll` from a focus event,
+          // which will fetch the missed rows. This keeps boot bandwidth
+          // proportional to what the user actually sync's.
+          const eligible = otherPending.filter(
+            (k) => !pulledKinds.has(k) && isSyncCategoryEnabled(k),
+          );
+          if (eligible.length === 0) return;
+          // Claim both slots up front so a concurrently-scheduled mount
+          // (e.g., library + reader mounting back-to-back) doesn't
+          // double-pull, and so a focus / online trigger landing
+          // mid-boot doesn't fire a second pull alongside this one.
+          // On failure we release `pulledKinds` so a subsequent
+          // navigation can retry; `pullInFlight` is always cleared.
+          for (const kind of eligible) {
             pulledKinds.add(kind);
             pullInFlight.add(kind);
-            void runPullForKind(kind, appService, envConfig, { since: null })
-              .catch((err) => {
-                console.warn(`replica ${kind} pull failed`, err);
-                pulledKinds.delete(kind);
-              })
-              .finally(() => {
-                pullInFlight.delete(kind);
-              });
           }
+          // ONE batched HTTP round-trip for all non-settings kinds at
+          // boot, with `since=null` so each kind does a full re-fetch
+          // (mirrors the old per-kind `runPullForKind(kind, …, {since: null})`
+          // semantics). Per-kind apply runs in parallel afterwards.
+          const ctx = getReplicaSync();
+          if (!ctx) {
+            for (const kind of eligible) {
+              pulledKinds.delete(kind);
+              pullInFlight.delete(kind);
+            }
+            return;
+          }
+          let rowsByKind: Map<string, ReplicaRow[]>;
+          try {
+            rowsByKind = await ctx.manager.pullMany(eligible, { since: null });
+          } catch (err) {
+            console.warn('replica boot batch pull failed', err);
+            for (const kind of eligible) {
+              pulledKinds.delete(kind);
+              pullInFlight.delete(kind);
+            }
+            return;
+          }
+          await Promise.allSettled(
+            eligible.map(async (kind) => {
+              try {
+                const rows = rowsByKind.get(kind) ?? [];
+                await runPullForKind(kind, appService, envConfig, undefined, async () => rows);
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.warn(`replica ${kind} boot apply failed`, err);
+                pulledKinds.delete(kind);
+              } finally {
+                pullInFlight.delete(kind);
+              }
+            }),
+          );
         })();
       }, delayMs);
     };
@@ -510,7 +647,7 @@ export const useReplicaPull = ({
       if (unsubscribe) unsubscribe();
     };
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-  }, [kindsKey, appService, envConfig, delayMs]);
+  }, [kindsKey, appService, envConfig, delayMs, user]);
 };
 
 /** Test seam — clear all module-level state and tear down listeners. */
@@ -523,6 +660,7 @@ export const __resetReplicaPullForTests = (): void => {
     document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', onVisibilityChange);
   }
   if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    window.removeEventListener('focus', onFocus);
     window.removeEventListener('online', onOnline);
   }
   if (periodicTimer) {
@@ -530,6 +668,7 @@ export const __resetReplicaPullForTests = (): void => {
     periodicTimer = null;
   }
   autoSyncListenersInstalled = false;
-  lastVisibilityPullAt = 0;
+  lastForegroundPullAt = 0;
   settingsBootPullPromise = null;
+  hasCurrentUser = false;
 };
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncClient.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncClient.ts
index a2089dc3..cdeb2cc0 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncClient.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncClient.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,46 @@ export class ReplicaSyncClient {
     return data.rows ?? [];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Batched pull for the incremental auto-sync path. Collapses what
+   * used to be N parallel `GET /api/sync/replicas?kind=…&since=…`
+   * requests (one per replica kind, fired on every focus / online /
+   * periodic trigger) into a single POST round-trip. The boot path
+   * still uses `pull()` per kind to preserve the settings-first
+   * ordering invariant.
+   *
+   * The endpoint is the same `/sync/replicas` route — `{ cursors: [...] }`
+   * in the body discriminates batched-pull from `{ rows: [...] }` push.
+   */
+  async pullBatch(
+    cursors: { kind: string; since: Hlc | null }[],
+  ): Promise<{ kind: string; rows: ReplicaRow[] }[]> {
+    if (cursors.length === 0) return [];
+    const token = await requireToken();
+    let response: Response;
+    try {
+      response = await fetch(ENDPOINT(), {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ cursors }),
+      });
+    } catch (cause) {
+      throw new SyncError('SERVER', 'Network failure during batch pull', { cause });
+    }
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      const body = await parseErrorBody(response);
+      const code = body.code ?? statusToDefaultCode(response.status);
+      throw new SyncError(code, body.error ?? `Batch pull failed with status ${response.status}`, {
+        status: response.status,
+      });
+    }
+    const data = (await response.json()) as { results: { kind: string; rows: ReplicaRow[] }[] };
+    return data.results ?? [];
+  }
+
   /**
    * The replica_keys list rarely changes — only on `createReplicaKey`
    * (passphrase setup / rotation) and `forgetReplicaKeys` (forgot-
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncServer.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncServer.ts
index 2c9fd711..412cd871 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncServer.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/libs/replicaSyncServer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import type { SyncErrorCode } from '@/libs/errors';
 
 export const HLC_SKEW_TOLERANCE_MS = 60_000;
 export const MAX_PUSH_BATCH = 100;
+// Cap the batched-pull cursor list. Today there are 5 kinds; this leaves
+// generous headroom for future replica kinds while keeping the request
+// body bounded so a malicious caller can't burn server time on
+// pathological queries.
+export const MAX_PULL_BATCH = 50;
 
 export interface PushReplicasBody {
   rows: ReplicaRow[];
@@ -119,3 +124,83 @@ export const validatePullParams = (kind: string | null, since: string | null): P
     },
   };
 };
+
+export interface PullBatchEntry {
+  kind: string;
+  since: Hlc | null;
+}
+
+export interface PullBatchBody {
+  cursors: PullBatchEntry[];
+}
+
+export type PullBatchValidation =
+  | { ok: true; params: PullBatchBody }
+  | { ok: false; status: number; code: SyncErrorCode; message: string; offendingIndex?: number };
+
+/**
+ * Validate the batched-pull body. Same per-row checks as the per-kind
+ * GET (`isAllowedKind`), but applied to every cursor entry.
+ */
+export const validatePullBatch = (body: unknown): PullBatchValidation => {
+  if (typeof body !== 'object' || body === null) {
+    return { ok: false, status: 400, code: 'VALIDATION', message: 'body must be an object' };
+  }
+  const cursors = (body as PullBatchBody).cursors;
+  if (!Array.isArray(cursors)) {
+    return { ok: false, status: 400, code: 'VALIDATION', message: 'body.cursors must be an array' };
+  }
+  if (cursors.length === 0) {
+    return { ok: true, params: { cursors: [] } };
+  }
+  if (cursors.length > MAX_PULL_BATCH) {
+    return {
+      ok: false,
+      status: 413,
+      code: 'VALIDATION',
+      message: `cursors.length ${cursors.length} exceeds MAX_PULL_BATCH=${MAX_PULL_BATCH}`,
+    };
+  }
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  for (let i = 0; i < cursors.length; i++) {
+    const c = cursors[i]!;
+    if (typeof c.kind !== 'string' || c.kind.length === 0) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        status: 400,
+        code: 'VALIDATION',
+        message: `cursors[${i}].kind must be a non-empty string`,
+        offendingIndex: i,
+      };
+    }
+    if (!isAllowedKind(c.kind)) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        status: 422,
+        code: 'UNKNOWN_KIND',
+        message: `cursors[${i}].kind=${c.kind} is not in the server allowlist`,
+        offendingIndex: i,
+      };
+    }
+    if (seen.has(c.kind)) {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        status: 400,
+        code: 'VALIDATION',
+        message: `cursors[${i}].kind=${c.kind} is duplicated in the batch`,
+        offendingIndex: i,
+      };
+    }
+    seen.add(c.kind);
+    if (c.since !== null && typeof c.since !== 'string') {
+      return {
+        ok: false,
+        status: 400,
+        code: 'VALIDATION',
+        message: `cursors[${i}].since must be a string or null`,
+        offendingIndex: i,
+      };
+    }
+  }
+  return { ok: true, params: { cursors } };
+};
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/pages/api/sync/replicas.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/pages/api/sync/replicas.ts
index 5a8469c4..41d54e69 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/pages/api/sync/replicas.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/pages/api/sync/replicas.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { createSupabaseClient } from '@/utils/supabase';
 import { validateUserAndToken } from '@/utils/access';
 import { runMiddleware, corsAllMethods } from '@/utils/cors';
-import { validatePullParams, validatePushBatch } from '@/libs/replicaSyncServer';
+import { validatePullBatch, validatePullParams, validatePushBatch } from '@/libs/replicaSyncServer';
 import type { ReplicaRow } from '@/types/replica';
 
 const errorResponse = (status: number, code: string, message: string, offendingIndex?: number) =>
@@ -30,6 +30,50 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
     return errorResponse(400, 'VALIDATION', 'Invalid JSON body');
   }
 
+  // Body discriminator: `{ cursors: [...] }` is a batched pull (replaces
+  // N parallel `GET ?kind=K&since=…` calls with a single Worker
+  // invocation); `{ rows: [...] }` is the existing push.
+  if (typeof body === 'object' && body !== null && 'cursors' in body) {
+    const validation = validatePullBatch(body);
+    if (!validation.ok) {
+      return errorResponse(
+        validation.status,
+        validation.code,
+        validation.message,
+        validation.offendingIndex,
+      );
+    }
+    const { cursors } = validation.params;
+    if (cursors.length === 0) {
+      return NextResponse.json({ results: [] }, { status: 200 });
+    }
+    // Per-kind queries run in parallel: each is the same SELECT the
+    // single-kind GET issues, just dispatched together. Supabase calls
+    // inside a Worker aren't billed as Cloudflare requests, so this
+    // collapses N Worker invocations to 1 without changing DB load.
+    try {
+      const tasks = cursors.map(async ({ kind, since }) => {
+        let query = supabase
+          .from('replicas')
+          .select('*')
+          .eq('user_id', user.id)
+          .eq('kind', kind)
+          .order('updated_at_ts', { ascending: true })
+          .limit(1000);
+        if (since) query = query.gt('updated_at_ts', since);
+        const { data, error } = await query;
+        if (error) throw new Error(`pull replicas (kind=${kind}) failed: ${error.message}`);
+        return { kind, rows: (data ?? []) as ReplicaRow[] };
+      });
+      const results = await Promise.all(tasks);
+      return NextResponse.json({ results }, { status: 200 });
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('batch pull replicas failed', { cursors, error });
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'unknown error';
+      return errorResponse(500, 'SERVER', message);
+    }
+  }
+
   const validation = validatePushBatch(body, user.id, Date.now());
   if (!validation.ok) {
     return errorResponse(
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSync.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSync.ts
index 1536e8ef..8db32a76 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSync.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSync.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export interface ReplicaSyncInitOpts {
   deviceId: string;
   cursorStore: CursorStore;
   hlcStore?: HlcSnapshotStore;
-  client?: Pick<ReplicaSyncClient, 'push' | 'pull'>;
+  client?: Pick<ReplicaSyncClient, 'push' | 'pull' | 'pullBatch'>;
 }
 
 export interface ReplicaSyncContext {
diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.ts b/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.ts
index 7d43048f..8f014844 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.ts
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/services/sync/replicaSyncManager.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface CursorStore {
 
 export interface ReplicaSyncManagerOpts {
   hlc: HlcGenerator;
-  client: Pick<ReplicaSyncClient, 'push' | 'pull'>;
+  client: Pick<ReplicaSyncClient, 'push' | 'pull' | 'pullBatch'>;
   cursorStore: CursorStore;
   debounceMs?: number;
 }
@@ -131,14 +131,52 @@ export class ReplicaSyncManager {
     // sync (visibility / online) keeps using the cursor.
     const since = opts && 'since' in opts ? (opts.since ?? null) : this.opts.cursorStore.get(kind);
     const rows = await this.opts.client.pull(kind, since);
-    if (rows.length === 0) return rows;
+    this.observeAndAdvanceCursor(kind, rows);
+    return rows;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Batched pull for the incremental auto-sync path AND the boot full
+   * re-fetch. Default behaviour (no opts): each kind uses its
+   * persisted cursor — the cheap delta path used by focus / online /
+   * periodic. Boot path passes `{ since: null }` so the same single
+   * round-trip refreshes every kind from scratch, mirroring the
+   * recovery semantics of the per-kind `pull(kind, { since: null })`
+   * boot call.
+   *
+   * Returns a `Map<kind, rows>`. Kinds present in the input but missing
+   * from the response (because they had no rows past the cursor) are
+   * still mapped to an empty array, so callers can iterate over the
+   * input kinds without checking for `undefined`.
+   */
+  async pullMany(
+    kinds: string[],
+    opts?: { since?: Hlc | null },
+  ): Promise<Map<string, ReplicaRow[]>> {
+    const out = new Map<string, ReplicaRow[]>();
+    if (kinds.length === 0) return out;
+    const overrideSince = opts && 'since' in opts;
+    const cursors = kinds.map((kind) => ({
+      kind,
+      since: overrideSince ? (opts.since ?? null) : this.opts.cursorStore.get(kind),
+    }));
+    const results = await this.opts.client.pullBatch(cursors);
+    for (const kind of kinds) out.set(kind, []);
+    for (const { kind, rows } of results) {
+      this.observeAndAdvanceCursor(kind, rows);
+      out.set(kind, rows);
+    }
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  private observeAndAdvanceCursor(kind: string, rows: ReplicaRow[]): void {
+    if (rows.length === 0) return;
     let maxHlc: Hlc = rows[0]!.updated_at_ts;
     for (const row of rows) {
       if (hlcCompare(row.updated_at_ts, maxHlc) > 0) maxHlc = row.updated_at_ts;
       this.opts.hlc.observe(row.updated_at_ts);
     }
     this.opts.cursorStore.set(kind, maxHlc);
-    return rows;
   }
 
   startAutoSync(): void {