diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/AuthSession.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/AuthSession.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9cb96a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/AuthSession.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android
+
+import android.app.Application
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.protocol.UBGiteaOAuthDefaults
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.OkHttpTransport
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.AuthApi
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.TokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
+
+/**
+ * One shared [TokenVault] and one shared [RefreshingTokenProvider] per process, rather than each
+ * of the app's ViewModel.Factory classes independently constructing its own disconnected instance
+ * the way they did before this existed. Sharing matters for two reasons: a refresh triggered by
+ * one feature is immediately visible (via the shared vault) to every other feature's next API
+ * call instead of each staying stuck with its own stale copy; and the shared provider's internal
+ * mutex actually prevents concurrent refreshes app-wide only if every feature goes through the
+ * same instance.
+ */
+object AuthSession {
+    @Volatile private var tokenVaultInstance: TokenVault? = null
+    @Volatile private var tokenProviderInstance: BearerTokenProvider? = null
+
+    fun tokenVault(application: Application): TokenVault =
+        tokenVaultInstance ?: synchronized(this) {
+            tokenVaultInstance ?: AndroidKeystoreTokenVault(application).also { tokenVaultInstance = it }
+        }
+
+    fun tokenProvider(application: Application): BearerTokenProvider =
+        tokenProviderInstance ?: synchronized(this) {
+            tokenProviderInstance ?: RefreshingTokenProvider(
+                tokenVault = tokenVault(application),
+                gateway = AuthApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, OkHttpTransport()),
+            ).also { tokenProviderInstance = it }
+        }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProvider.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProvider.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eaab31f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProvider.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android
+
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.AuthenticationGateway
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.TokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
+
+/**
+ * Wraps the stored session so every API call gets a currently-valid access token without the user
+ * ever needing to reopen the browser and re-approve the app. Gitea's `refresh_token` grant never
+ * re-prompts for consent, unlike a fresh `authorization_code` flow does — that's the entire reason
+ * this exists: previously, an expired access token (however that expiry was noticed — a stale
+ * clock check or a live 401) went straight to clearing the session and demanding a full new login,
+ * even though a perfectly usable refresh token was sitting right there unused.
+ *
+ * Refreshing a little *before* actual expiry ([REFRESH_SKEW_MILLIS]), not only reactively after,
+ * matters because this provider is meant to be shared (see [AuthSession]) across every feature's
+ * independent API client — proactively refreshing here means whichever feature happens to make the
+ * next call already sees a fresh token, rather than each one separately racing a token that's
+ * already gone stale. The [Mutex] ensures concurrent callers across features share one in-flight
+ * refresh instead of each independently trying to consume the same (rotating, single-use) refresh
+ * token, which would make every refresh but the first one fail.
+ */
+class RefreshingTokenProvider(
+    private val tokenVault: TokenVault,
+    private val gateway: AuthenticationGateway,
+    private val now: () -> Long = System::currentTimeMillis,
+) : BearerTokenProvider {
+    private val mutex = Mutex()
+
+    override suspend fun accessToken(): String = mutex.withLock {
+        val tokens = tokenVault.read() ?: return@withLock ""
+        val refreshToken = tokens.refreshToken
+        val expiresAt = tokens.expiresAtEpochMillis
+        val needsRefresh = expiresAt != null && expiresAt - REFRESH_SKEW_MILLIS <= now()
+        if (!needsRefresh || refreshToken == null) return@withLock tokens.accessToken
+
+        try {
+            val refreshed = gateway.refreshToken(refreshToken, now())
+            tokenVault.store(refreshed)
+            refreshed.accessToken
+        } catch (failure: CancellationException) {
+            throw failure
+        } catch (_: Exception) {
+            // Refresh itself failed (revoked/expired refresh token, offline, server error) — fall
+            // back to the stale access token rather than blocking the caller on this failure. The
+            // 401 that stale token then draws from the actual API call drives the app's existing
+            // AUTHENTICATION_EXPIRED handling, which is the correct outcome once refreshing
+            // genuinely can't succeed — this provider does not itself decide "give up," it only
+            // ever tries to avoid needing to.
+            tokens.accessToken
+        }
+    }
+
+    private companion object {
+        const val REFRESH_SKEW_MILLIS = 60_000L
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApi.kt
index 73da775..f3b7ea9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApi.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApi.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ data class AuthenticatedUser(
 
 interface AuthenticationGateway {
     suspend fun exchangeCode(authorizationCode: String, verifier: String, nowEpochMillis: Long): TokenSet
+    // Gitea's refresh_token grant (routers/web/auth/oauth2_provider.go's handleRefreshToken)
+    // never re-prompts for consent, unlike a fresh authorization_code flow through the browser —
+    // this is what lets a session outlive a single short-lived access token without the user
+    // ever seeing the "Authorize this application?" screen again.
+    suspend fun refreshToken(refreshToken: String, nowEpochMillis: Long): TokenSet
     suspend fun getAuthenticatedUser(accessToken: String): AuthenticatedUser
 }
 
@@ -52,13 +57,40 @@ class AuthApi(
                 "code_verifier" to verifier,
             ),
         ).requireSuccess()
-        val dto = parse<TokenResponseDto>(response.body)
+        return parseTokenResponse(response.body, nowEpochMillis, fallbackRefreshToken = null)
+    }
+
+    override suspend fun refreshToken(refreshToken: String, nowEpochMillis: Long): TokenSet {
+        require(refreshToken.isNotBlank()) { "Refresh token cannot be blank" }
+        val response = transport.postForm(
+            url = config.baseUri.resolve("/login/oauth/access_token").toString(),
+            fields = mapOf(
+                "grant_type" to "refresh_token",
+                // No client_secret: this is a public/PKCE client, and Gitea only requires
+                // client_secret validation for confidential clients (routers/web/auth/
+                // oauth2_provider.go), matching exchangeCode's existing authorization_code call
+                // above, which likewise never sends one.
+                "client_id" to config.clientId,
+                "refresh_token" to refreshToken,
+            ),
+        ).requireSuccess()
+        // Gitea rotates refresh tokens (grant.Counter-based reuse detection) and is expected to
+        // return a new one each call; falling back to the just-used token if a response somehow
+        // omits it means the next refresh attempt is still possible rather than refresh support
+        // silently breaking, at the cost of that fallback attempt itself possibly failing if the
+        // old token really was invalidated — no worse than not having refresh support at all.
+        return parseTokenResponse(response.body, nowEpochMillis, fallbackRefreshToken = refreshToken)
+    }
+
+    private fun parseTokenResponse(body: String, nowEpochMillis: Long, fallbackRefreshToken: String?): TokenSet {
+        val dto = parse<TokenResponseDto>(body)
         val expiresAt = dto.expiresIn
             ?.takeIf { it > 0 }
             ?.let { seconds -> nowEpochMillis.saturatingAdd(seconds.saturatingMilliseconds()) }
         val accessToken = dto.accessToken?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank)
             ?: throw ApiFailure.InvalidResponse()
-        return TokenSet(accessToken, dto.refreshToken?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank), expiresAt)
+        val refreshToken = dto.refreshToken?.takeIf(String::isNotBlank) ?: fallbackRefreshToken
+        return TokenSet(accessToken, refreshToken, expiresAt)
     }
 
     override suspend fun getAuthenticatedUser(accessToken: String): AuthenticatedUser {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/codebrowser/CodeBrowserViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/codebrowser/CodeBrowserViewModel.kt
index b567c9b..a6e9f12 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/codebrowser/CodeBrowserViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/codebrowser/CodeBrowserViewModel.kt
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import android.app.Application
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AndroidKeystoreTokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AuthSession
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.protocol.UBGiteaOAuthDefaults
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.ApiFailure
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.OkHttpTransport
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.GiteaRepositoryBrowserApi
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.model.RepositoryCoordinates
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.model.RepositoryPath
@@ -235,13 +234,12 @@ class CodeBrowserViewModel(
     class Factory(private val application: Application) : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
         override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
             require(modelClass.isAssignableFrom(CodeBrowserViewModel::class.java))
-            val tokenVault = AndroidKeystoreTokenVault(application)
             @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
             return CodeBrowserViewModel(
                 GiteaRepositoryBrowserApi(
                     UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config,
                     OkHttpTransport(),
-                    BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() },
+                    AuthSession.tokenProvider(application),
                 ),
             ) as T
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/history/HistoryViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/history/HistoryViewModel.kt
index 4db6e40..1c267fd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/history/HistoryViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/history/HistoryViewModel.kt
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import android.app.Application
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AndroidKeystoreTokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AuthSession
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.ApiFailure
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.OkHttpTransport
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.protocol.UBGiteaOAuthDefaults
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.history.GiteaHistoryApi
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.GiteaRepositoryBrowserApi
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.history.CommitDetail
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.history.DiffRow
@@ -237,8 +236,7 @@ class HistoryViewModel(
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
             require(modelClass.isAssignableFrom(HistoryViewModel::class.java))
-            val tokenVault = AndroidKeystoreTokenVault(application)
-            val tokenProvider = BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() }
+            val tokenProvider = AuthSession.tokenProvider(application)
             val browser = GiteaRepositoryBrowserApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, OkHttpTransport(), tokenProvider)
             val history = GiteaHistoryApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, OkHttpTransport(), tokenProvider)
             return HistoryViewModel(browser, history) as T
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/notifications/NotificationsViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/notifications/NotificationsViewModel.kt
index 446228e..5143d34 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/notifications/NotificationsViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/notifications/NotificationsViewModel.kt
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ import android.app.Application
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AndroidKeystoreTokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AuthSession
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.protocol.UBGiteaOAuthDefaults
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.ApiFailure
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.OkHttpTransport
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.notifications.GiteaNotificationsApi
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.notifications.NotificationSummary
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.notifications.NotificationsRepository
 import java.io.IOException
@@ -98,11 +97,10 @@ class NotificationsViewModel(private val repository: NotificationsRepository) :
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
             require(modelClass.isAssignableFrom(NotificationsViewModel::class.java))
-            val tokenVault = AndroidKeystoreTokenVault(application)
             val repository = GiteaNotificationsApi(
                 UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config,
                 OkHttpTransport(),
-                BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() },
+                AuthSession.tokenProvider(application),
             )
             return NotificationsViewModel(repository) as T
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt
index cabb385..f0da907 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import com.ubisam.ubgitea.BuildConfig
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AndroidKeystoreTokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AuthSession
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.PendingAuthStore
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.PendingAuthTransactionStore
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.protocol.OAuthAuthorizationRequestFactory
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.ApiFailure
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.OkHttpTransport
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.AuthApi
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.AuthenticationGateway
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.TokenSet
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.TokenVault
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.GiteaRepositoryBrowserApi
@@ -143,6 +142,10 @@ class RepositoryListViewModel(
     private val browserApi: GiteaRepositoryBrowser,
     private val favoritesApi: RepositoryFavorites,
     private val organizationsApi: OrganizationsRepository,
+    // Defaulted to the old no-refresh behavior (read whatever's stored, as-is) so every existing
+    // caller/test keeps compiling and behaving identically; production wiring (Factory, below)
+    // explicitly passes the shared refresh-aware provider instead.
+    private val tokenProvider: BearerTokenProvider = BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() },
     private val now: () -> Long = System::currentTimeMillis,
 ) : ViewModel() {
     private val requestFactory = OAuthAuthorizationRequestFactory(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config)
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ class RepositoryListViewModel(
             val tokens = authApi.exchangeCode(code, verifier, now())
             tokenVault.store(tokens)
             hasAuthenticatedSession = true
-            loadRepositories(tokens)
+            loadRepositories()
         } catch (failure: Throwable) {
             if (failure is CancellationException) throw failure
             if (failure is ApiFailure.AuthenticationExpired) {
@@ -381,15 +384,13 @@ class RepositoryListViewModel(
             return
         }
         hasAuthenticatedSession = true
-        if (tokens.expiresAtEpochMillis?.let { it <= now() } == true) {
-            tokenVault.clear()
-            activeAccountName = null
-            hasAuthenticatedSession = false
-            mutableState.value = RepositoryListUiState.Error(RepositoryListError.AUTHENTICATION_EXPIRED)
-            return
-        }
+        // No more "already past its stated expiry -> fail immediately" short-circuit here: tokens
+        // now go through tokenProvider (refresh-aware in production), which silently renews an
+        // expired-but-refreshable token before the request below is even made. Genuine expiry —
+        // no refresh token available, or the refresh attempt itself failing — still surfaces as
+        // the exact same ApiFailure.AuthenticationExpired from the API call, caught below.
         try {
-            loadRepositories(tokens)
+            loadRepositories()
         } catch (failure: Throwable) {
             if (failure is CancellationException) throw failure
             if (failure is ApiFailure.AuthenticationExpired) {
@@ -405,8 +406,8 @@ class RepositoryListViewModel(
         }
     }
 
-    private suspend fun loadRepositories(tokens: TokenSet) {
-        val user = authApi.getAuthenticatedUser(tokens.accessToken)
+    private suspend fun loadRepositories() {
+        val user = authApi.getAuthenticatedUser(tokenProvider.accessToken())
         val accountName = user.displayName ?: user.login
         activeAccountName = accountName
         loadRepositoryPage(accountName, page = 1, mode = RepositoryListMode.ALL, organization = null)
@@ -622,20 +623,20 @@ class RepositoryListViewModel(
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
             require(modelClass.isAssignableFrom(RepositoryListViewModel::class.java))
-            val tokenVault = AndroidKeystoreTokenVault(application)
-            val authTransport = OkHttpTransport()
+            val tokenVault = AuthSession.tokenVault(application)
             val browser = GiteaRepositoryBrowserApi(
                 UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config,
                 OkHttpTransport(),
-                BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() },
+                AuthSession.tokenProvider(application),
             )
             return RepositoryListViewModel(
                 tokenVault = tokenVault,
                 pendingAuthStore = PendingAuthStore(application),
-                authApi = AuthApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, authTransport),
+                authApi = AuthApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, OkHttpTransport()),
                 browserApi = browser,
                 favoritesApi = browser,
                 organizationsApi = browser,
+                tokenProvider = AuthSession.tokenProvider(application),
             ) as T
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/workitems/WorkItemsViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/workitems/WorkItemsViewModel.kt
index 2bcc951..42dd782 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/workitems/WorkItemsViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/workitems/WorkItemsViewModel.kt
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ import android.app.Application
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AndroidKeystoreTokenVault
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android.AuthSession
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.protocol.UBGiteaOAuthDefaults
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.ApiFailure
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.network.OkHttpTransport
-import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.repositories.BearerTokenProvider
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.workitems.GiteaWorkItemsApi
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.model.Page
 import com.ubisam.ubgitea.domain.model.RepositoryCoordinates
@@ -241,8 +240,7 @@ class WorkItemsViewModel(private val repository: WorkItemsRepository) : ViewMode
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
             require(modelClass.isAssignableFrom(WorkItemsViewModel::class.java))
-            val tokenVault = AndroidKeystoreTokenVault(application)
-            val tokenProvider = BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() }
+            val tokenProvider = AuthSession.tokenProvider(application)
             val repository = GiteaWorkItemsApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, OkHttpTransport(), tokenProvider)
             return WorkItemsViewModel(repository) as T
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/ui/theme/Color.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/ui/theme/Color.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b0d25d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/ui/theme/Color.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.ubisam.ubgitea.ui.theme
+
+import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
+
+// Gitea's own logo/brand green is #609926 (verified against Gitea's source:
+// web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-light.css's --color-logo). The Material3 primary role below is a
+// deeper tone of that same hue rather than the exact logo value, purely for contrast: white text
+// on #609926 sits around a 3.4:1 contrast ratio, under WCAG's 4.5:1 threshold for normal-size
+// button labels. Every other color here is a hand-built, standard-shaped Material3 tonal
+// palette (primary/secondary/tertiary, each with a container + on-* pair, plus neutrals) grown
+// from that same green family, so the whole app reads as one deliberate "Gitea green" theme
+// instead of Compose's unthemed default (Material3's baseline purple, which is what every screen
+// in this app looked like before this file existed with real values).
+
+// Light theme
+val GreenPrimaryLight = Color(0xFF3B6A1F)
+val OnGreenPrimaryLight = Color(0xFFFFFFFF)
+val GreenPrimaryContainerLight = Color(0xFFBCEF8B)
+val OnGreenPrimaryContainerLight = Color(0xFF0C2000)
+val SageSecondaryLight = Color(0xFF55624A)
+val OnSageSecondaryLight = Color(0xFFFFFFFF)
+val SageSecondaryContainerLight = Color(0xFFD9E7C8)
+val OnSageSecondaryContainerLight = Color(0xFF131F0B)
+val TealTertiaryLight = Color(0xFF386661)
+val OnTealTertiaryLight = Color(0xFFFFFFFF)
+val TealTertiaryContainerLight = Color(0xFFBBECE5)
+val OnTealTertiaryContainerLight = Color(0xFF00201D)
+val BackgroundLight = Color(0xFFFCFDF6)
+val OnBackgroundLight = Color(0xFF1A1C16)
+val SurfaceVariantLight = Color(0xFFDFE4D3)
+val OnSurfaceVariantLight = Color(0xFF43483C)
+val OutlineLight = Color(0xFF73796B)
+val OutlineVariantLight = Color(0xFFC3C8B8)
+val InverseSurfaceLight = Color(0xFF2F312A)
+val InverseOnSurfaceLight = Color(0xFFF1F1E9)
+val InversePrimaryLight = Color(0xFFA1D474)
+
+// Dark theme — tones flip per Material3 convention (lighter primary for legibility on a dark
+// surface; the light theme's primary becomes the dark theme's inversePrimary, and vice versa).
+val GreenPrimaryDark = Color(0xFFA1D474)
+val OnGreenPrimaryDark = Color(0xFF1B3700)
+val GreenPrimaryContainerDark = Color(0xFF2C4F0A)
+val OnGreenPrimaryContainerDark = Color(0xFFBCEF8B)
+val SageSecondaryDark = Color(0xFFBDCBAB)
+val OnSageSecondaryDark = Color(0xFF28331E)
+val SageSecondaryContainerDark = Color(0xFF3E4A32)
+val OnSageSecondaryContainerDark = Color(0xFFD9E7C8)
+val TealTertiaryDark = Color(0xFFA0D0C9)
+val OnTealTertiaryDark = Color(0xFF003733)
+val TealTertiaryContainerDark = Color(0xFF1E4E49)
+val OnTealTertiaryContainerDark = Color(0xFFBBECE5)
+val BackgroundDark = Color(0xFF12140F)
+val OnBackgroundDark = Color(0xFFE2E3D9)
+val SurfaceVariantDark = Color(0xFF43483C)
+val OnSurfaceVariantDark = Color(0xFFC3C8B8)
+val OutlineDark = Color(0xFF8D9285)
+val OutlineVariantDark = Color(0xFF43483C)
+val InverseSurfaceDark = Color(0xFFE2E3D9)
+val InverseOnSurfaceDark = Color(0xFF2F312A)
+val InversePrimaryDark = Color(0xFF3B6A1F)
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProviderTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProviderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..313102c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProviderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package com.ubisam.ubgitea.core.auth.android
+
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.AuthenticatedUser
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.AuthenticationGateway
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.TokenSet
+import com.ubisam.ubgitea.data.auth.TokenVault
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class RefreshingTokenProviderTest {
+    @Test
+    fun `returns the stored token unchanged when it is not close to expiry`() = runTest {
+        val vault = FakeVault(TokenSet("access", "refresh", expiresAtEpochMillis = 200_000L))
+        val gateway = FakeGateway()
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, gateway, now = { 1_000L })
+
+        val token = provider.accessToken()
+
+        assertEquals("access", token)
+        assertEquals(0, gateway.refreshCalls)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `refreshes and persists a new token set once expiry is within the skew window`() = runTest {
+        val vault = FakeVault(TokenSet("stale-access", "refresh", expiresAtEpochMillis = 1_030_000L))
+        val gateway = FakeGateway(refreshed = TokenSet("fresh-access", "fresh-refresh", 2_000_000L))
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, gateway, now = { 1_000_000L })
+
+        val token = provider.accessToken()
+
+        assertEquals("fresh-access", token)
+        assertEquals(1, gateway.refreshCalls)
+        assertEquals("fresh-access", vault.stored?.accessToken)
+        assertEquals("fresh-refresh", vault.stored?.refreshToken)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `refreshes proactively before the token has actually expired`() = runTest {
+        // expiresAtEpochMillis is still in the future relative to now, but within the skew window.
+        val vault = FakeVault(TokenSet("stale-access", "refresh", expiresAtEpochMillis = 1_030_000L))
+        val gateway = FakeGateway(refreshed = TokenSet("fresh-access", "fresh-refresh", 2_000_000L))
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, gateway, now = { 1_000_000L })
+
+        provider.accessToken()
+
+        assertEquals(1, gateway.refreshCalls)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `falls back to the stale token when there is no refresh token to use`() = runTest {
+        val vault = FakeVault(TokenSet("stale-access", refreshToken = null, expiresAtEpochMillis = 500L))
+        val gateway = FakeGateway()
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, gateway, now = { 1_000L })
+
+        val token = provider.accessToken()
+
+        assertEquals("stale-access", token)
+        assertEquals(0, gateway.refreshCalls)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `falls back to the stale token when the refresh attempt itself fails`() = runTest {
+        val vault = FakeVault(TokenSet("stale-access", "refresh", expiresAtEpochMillis = 500L))
+        val gateway = FakeGateway(refreshFailure = RuntimeException("offline"))
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, gateway, now = { 1_000L })
+
+        val token = provider.accessToken()
+
+        assertEquals("stale-access", token)
+        // store() is never reached on a failed refresh, so the vault is left exactly as it
+        // was — not cleared, not overwritten.
+        assertEquals("stale-access", vault.stored?.accessToken)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `returns empty string when nothing is stored at all`() = runTest {
+        val vault = FakeVault(null)
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, FakeGateway())
+
+        assertEquals("", provider.accessToken())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a token with no expiry is never considered due for refresh`() = runTest {
+        val vault = FakeVault(TokenSet("access", "refresh", expiresAtEpochMillis = null))
+        val gateway = FakeGateway()
+        val provider = RefreshingTokenProvider(vault, gateway, now = { Long.MAX_VALUE })
+
+        val token = provider.accessToken()
+
+        assertEquals("access", token)
+        assertEquals(0, gateway.refreshCalls)
+    }
+
+    private class FakeVault(initial: TokenSet?) : TokenVault {
+        var stored: TokenSet? = initial
+        override suspend fun store(tokens: TokenSet) { stored = tokens }
+        override suspend fun read(): TokenSet? = stored
+        override suspend fun clear() { stored = null }
+    }
+
+    private class FakeGateway(
+        private val refreshed: TokenSet? = null,
+        private val refreshFailure: Throwable? = null,
+    ) : AuthenticationGateway {
+        var refreshCalls = 0
+
+        override suspend fun exchangeCode(authorizationCode: String, verifier: String, nowEpochMillis: Long): TokenSet =
+            error("Unexpected exchangeCode call")
+
+        override suspend fun refreshToken(refreshToken: String, nowEpochMillis: Long): TokenSet {
+            refreshCalls++
+            refreshFailure?.let { throw it }
+            return refreshed ?: error("No refreshed token configured")
+        }
+
+        override suspend fun getAuthenticatedUser(accessToken: String): AuthenticatedUser =
+            error("Unexpected getAuthenticatedUser call")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApiTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApiTest.kt
index 7664aa5..35d50c4 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApiTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/data/auth/AuthApiTest.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,45 @@ class AuthApiTest {
         assertFalse(transport.postedFields.keys.any { it.contains("secret", ignoreCase = true) })
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `token refresh sends grant_type refresh_token and never a client secret`() = runTest {
+        val transport = RecordingTransport(
+            postResponse = HttpResponse(200, """{"access_token":"new-access","refresh_token":"new-refresh","expires_in":60}""", emptyMap()),
+        )
+
+        val tokens = AuthApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, transport).refreshToken("old-refresh", 1_000L)
+
+        assertEquals("new-access", tokens.accessToken)
+        assertEquals("new-refresh", tokens.refreshToken)
+        assertEquals(61_000L, tokens.expiresAtEpochMillis)
+        assertEquals("refresh_token", transport.postedFields["grant_type"])
+        assertEquals("old-refresh", transport.postedFields["refresh_token"])
+        assertFalse(transport.postedFields.keys.any { it.contains("secret", ignoreCase = true) })
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `token refresh falls back to the token just used when the response omits a new one`() = runTest {
+        val transport = RecordingTransport(
+            postResponse = HttpResponse(200, """{"access_token":"new-access","expires_in":60}""", emptyMap()),
+        )
+
+        val tokens = AuthApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, transport).refreshToken("old-refresh", 1_000L)
+
+        assertEquals("old-refresh", tokens.refreshToken)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `blank refresh token is rejected before any request`() = runTest {
+        val transport = RecordingTransport()
+
+        try {
+            AuthApi(UBGiteaOAuthDefaults.config, transport).refreshToken("  ", 1_000L)
+            fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException")
+        } catch (_: IllegalArgumentException) {
+            // Expected.
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `authenticated user maps display name`() = runTest {
         val transport = RecordingTransport(
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModelTest.kt
index e355dbe..225553a 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/ubisam/ubgitea/feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModelTest.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ class RepositoryListViewModelTest {
         assertEquals(listOf("v1"), references.tags.map { it.name })
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `restoring the session authenticates through the injected token provider, not the raw stored token`() = runTest(dispatcher.scheduler) {
+        // The stored token is deliberately stale/wrong here; a token-provider-backed refresh (as
+        // production wiring uses) is what's expected to supply the actually-used access token.
+        val authGateway = FakeAuthGateway()
+        val browser = FakeBrowser(repositories = listOf(page1Of(repo("repo"))))
+        val viewModel = RepositoryListViewModel(
+            tokenVault = FakeTokenVault(TokenSet("stale-stored-access", null, null)),
+            pendingAuthStore = FakePendingStore(),
+            authApi = authGateway,
+            browserApi = browser,
+            favoritesApi = browser,
+            organizationsApi = browser,
+            tokenProvider = { "provider-issued-access" },
+            now = { 1_000L },
+        )
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+
+        assertTrue(viewModel.state.value is RepositoryListUiState.Content)
+        assertEquals("provider-issued-access", authGateway.lastAuthenticatedUserToken)
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `selecting tag updates one selected ref and back restores repository snapshot`() = runTest(dispatcher.scheduler) {
         val viewModel = viewModel(FakeBrowser(repositories = listOf(page1Of(repo("repo")))))
@@ -493,9 +515,15 @@ class RepositoryListViewModelTest {
     }
 
     private class FakeAuthGateway : AuthenticationGateway {
+        var lastAuthenticatedUserToken: String? = null
         override suspend fun exchangeCode(authorizationCode: String, verifier: String, nowEpochMillis: Long) =
             TokenSet("access", null, null)
-        override suspend fun getAuthenticatedUser(accessToken: String) = AuthenticatedUser(1, "account", null)
+        override suspend fun refreshToken(refreshToken: String, nowEpochMillis: Long) =
+            TokenSet("refreshed-access", refreshToken, null)
+        override suspend fun getAuthenticatedUser(accessToken: String): AuthenticatedUser {
+            lastAuthenticatedUserToken = accessToken
+            return AuthenticatedUser(1, "account", null)
+        }
     }
 
     private class FakeBrowser(
diff --git a/docs/development-log.md b/docs/development-log.md
index b474307..5ab2b5b 100644
--- a/docs/development-log.md
+++ b/docs/development-log.md
@@ -478,3 +478,17 @@ This is the append-only implementation and handoff record shared by Codex and Cl
 - Known limitations: Neither the PDF rendering path nor the shared gesture code has a dedicated unit test — both are Android-framework/pure-UI concerns with no non-UI logic to isolate (`PdfRenderer` specifically isn't available in a plain JVM unit test without Robolectric). Not yet confirmed against a real `.pdf` file on the live device — no repository browsed this session had one readily reachable, same as the still-outstanding CSV table confirmation. Re-opening and fully re-rendering the file on every page turn hasn't been performance-checked against a real large, many-page PDF.
 - Next recommended task: Get live confirmation of the PDF viewer, the CSV table, pinch-zoom/pan/double-tap, and the Issues/PR numbered pagination — everything built this session that's still pending a live look — otherwise continue per the standing direction. No other items remain queued.
 - Next owner: Claude, continuing per the standing direction.
+
+## 2026-08-27 — TASK-029: OAuth refresh-token support
+
+- Agent and role: Claude, responding directly to a live complaint — "그리고 애플리케이션 승인 안하고 로그인 쭉 이어서 되어있게 해주면 안되나?" (can't login just stay continuous without having to approve the application) — asked immediately after a separate feature request (push notifications for favorited repos, see feasibility note below) revealed *why* it mattered to the human product owner: reliable long-lived auth is a prerequisite for any kind of background checking.
+- Commit/diff: continued on `claude/task-015-notifications`; `data/auth/AuthApi.kt`, new `core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProvider.kt` and `core/auth/android/AuthSession.kt`, `feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt`, and the `Factory` classes of all five ViewModels, plus matching tests and `tasks/029-oauth-token-refresh.md`.
+- Bug found while investigating: the app already captured Gitea's OAuth refresh token on login (it was part of the persisted `TokenSet`) but never actually used it anywhere — `RepositoryListViewModel.restoreSession()` cleared the whole session and forced a brand-new browser-based login (Custom Tab open, Gitea login, "Authorize this application?" consent screen) the instant the access token's stated expiry passed, every single time, discarding a perfectly usable refresh token each time.
+- How it was implemented: verified Gitea's actual `refresh_token` grant shape directly against its source (`routers/web/auth/oauth2_provider.go`'s `handleRefreshToken`) before implementing, per this project's established convention, rather than assuming the standard OAuth2 shape applied unmodified. Added `AuthenticationGateway.refreshToken` (shares the existing `exchangeCode` response-parsing code) and a new `RefreshingTokenProvider` that proactively refreshes a token 60 seconds ahead of its stated expiry (not reactively after a failed call) — proactive specifically because the provider is now *shared* across all five features' independent API clients via a new `AuthSession` singleton, replacing what used to be five separately-constructed, mutually-unaware `AndroidKeystoreTokenVault`/`BearerTokenProvider` pairs; sharing means a refresh triggered by one feature's next call is immediately visible to every other feature too, and the provider's internal `Mutex` actually prevents concurrent refreshes only because every feature now goes through the same instance. `RepositoryListViewModel.restoreSession()`'s old "already past its stated expiry → clear and fail immediately" clock check was removed outright (not adjusted) since it fired *before* the now-refresh-capable API call ever got a chance to run — the exact same fallback behavior (clear + `AUTHENTICATION_EXPIRED`) still happens today, just driven by a real failed API call instead of a client-side guess made too early.
+- Files changed: see `tasks/029-oauth-token-refresh.md`'s Scope section for the full list.
+- Checks and results: `./gradlew compileDebugKotlin compileDebugUnitTestKotlin` BUILD SUCCESSFUL (after finding and fixing one missed `loadRepositories(tokens)` call site broken by the signature change); `./gradlew testDebugUnitTest` BUILD SUCCESSFUL, all unit tests passing (after finding and fixing two bugs in the new tests' own fixture data — not the implementation — flagged by two initially-failing assertions); `./gradlew assembleDebug lintDebug` BUILD SUCCESSFUL, 0 lint errors. Installed on the human product owner's device over wireless `adb`.
+- Review findings and resolutions: None from a separate review pass.
+- Known limitations: Proactive-refresh only — no "catch a live 401 and retry once" fallback at the transport layer (a token revoked server-side for a reason other than ordinary expiry still surfaces as a normal 401, correctly, just not silently retried). Not yet confirmed against a real long-idle session on the device — the fix targets a problem that only manifests after enough real time passes for a token to actually expire, and this session's live testing so far has been continuous active use rather than a multi-hour gap.
+- Also this turn: gave the human product owner a feasibility assessment (not yet implemented) for a separately-requested feature — a notification when a favorited repository receives a push. Gitea's own server-side notification system doesn't fire for plain pushes (only issue/PR activity), so this isn't reachable via the existing `/notifications` integration; it would need a new periodic background check (Android `WorkManager`, ~15-minute minimum interval) comparing each favorited repo's last-push time against a locally remembered value, plus a new notification permission and a new dependency. Told the human product owner it's feasible but sized as its own separate task rather than folding into this batch; this refresh-token work is a direct prerequisite for it either way.
+- Next recommended task: Continue the still-queued visual redesign (Gitea-green theme, pagination footer height-consistency fix) and repository-row enhancements (favorite/star toggle, primary language display) requested in the same live session, then circle back to live-confirm everything still pending a look.
+- Next owner: Claude, continuing per the standing direction.
diff --git a/tasks/029-oauth-token-refresh.md b/tasks/029-oauth-token-refresh.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1069f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/029-oauth-token-refresh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+# TASK-029: OAuth refresh-token support (stop re-prompting for consent every session)
+
+Status: implemented; all required checks pass; live device verification pending
+Owner: Claude
+Reviewer: Codex
+
+## Outcome
+
+The app previously captured Gitea's OAuth refresh token on login but never actually used it: once
+the access token's stated expiry passed, `RepositoryListViewModel.restoreSession()` cleared the
+session outright and forced the user through a brand-new `authorization_code` flow — browser open,
+Gitea login, and (per the human product owner's direct complaint, "애플리케이션 승인 안하고 로그인
+쭉 이어서 되어있게 해주면 안되나?") the "Authorize this application?" consent screen — every time.
+The app now silently exchanges the stored refresh token for a new access token in the background
+before it's needed, never opening a browser or showing any Gitea UI, which is what the standard
+OAuth `refresh_token` grant is specifically designed to do without ever re-prompting for consent.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Included: `data/auth/AuthApi.kt` (`AuthenticationGateway.refreshToken`, its `AuthApi`
+  implementation, shared token-response parsing extracted from `exchangeCode`), new
+  `core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProvider.kt` (the actual refresh-before-stale logic, shared
+  Mutex for single-flight refresh), new `core/auth/android/AuthSession.kt` (one shared
+  `TokenVault`/`RefreshingTokenProvider` per process, replacing five independent
+  `AndroidKeystoreTokenVault`/`BearerTokenProvider` constructions), `feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt`
+  (`tokenProvider` param, `restoreSession()`/`loadRepositories()` no longer short-circuit on a
+  stale clock check), and the `Factory` classes of `CodeBrowserViewModel`, `HistoryViewModel`,
+  `WorkItemsViewModel`, `NotificationsViewModel`, `RepositoryListViewModel` (all five now share
+  `AuthSession`'s vault/provider instead of each building its own disconnected one).
+- Excluded: No change to the initial `authorization_code` login flow itself (TASK-026's Custom
+  Tabs change is untouched), no change to what's stored or how (still the same
+  `AndroidKeystoreTokenVault` encryption, just one shared instance instead of five), no reactive
+  "retry the request once after a 401" fallback — this task is proactive-refresh only (see Known
+  limitations).
+
+## Design notes
+
+- **Verified against Gitea's own source before implementing**, per this project's established
+  convention for anything not directly provable from the client: `routers/web/auth/oauth2_provider.go`'s
+  `handleRefreshToken` confirms the `refresh_token` grant reads `grant_type`, `refresh_token`, and
+  `client_id` (no `client_secret` needed for a public/PKCE client — only confidential clients are
+  validated against one), and reuses the same `NewAccessTokenResponse` response shape as the
+  existing, already-working `authorization_code` exchange. Gitea's own refresh-token reuse
+  detection (`grant.Counter`-based) confirms it rotates refresh tokens on each use, which is why
+  the response's `refresh_token` (when present) always replaces the one just used, not the other
+  way around.
+- **Proactive, not reactive**: `RefreshingTokenProvider` refreshes a token that's within 60 seconds
+  of its stated expiry *before* handing it out, rather than waiting for an API call to actually
+  fail with a 401 first. This matters specifically because the refresh-aware provider is shared
+  (see below) across five independent feature API clients — proactively refreshing means whichever
+  feature happens to make the next call already sees a fresh token, instead of each one separately
+  racing a token that's already gone stale and only some of them noticing.
+- **One shared `AuthSession` singleton, not five independent instances**: previously every
+  `ViewModel.Factory` built its own `AndroidKeystoreTokenVault` and `BearerTokenProvider` from
+  scratch, meaning a token refreshed by (say) the repository list would never be visible to the
+  code browser's independent copy. `AuthSession` holds exactly one `TokenVault` and one
+  `RefreshingTokenProvider` per process; every Factory now pulls from it instead. This also makes
+  the provider's internal `Mutex` actually meaningful — it stops concurrent callers *across
+  different features* from independently trying to consume the same single-use, rotating refresh
+  token, which would make every refresh but the first one fail.
+- **`RepositoryListViewModel.restoreSession()`'s old "expiresAtEpochMillis already past -> clear
+  and fail immediately" check was removed outright**, not adjusted, since it actively worked
+  against refresh support: it fired *before* the (now refresh-capable) API call ever had a chance
+  to run. The exact same fallback behavior it existed for — clearing the session and surfacing
+  `AUTHENTICATION_EXPIRED` — still happens today, just now driven by a genuine failed API call
+  (refresh attempted and failed, or no refresh token available) rather than a client-side clock
+  guess made before ever trying.
+- **`RepositoryListViewModel`'s constructor gained a `tokenProvider` parameter defaulted to the old
+  no-refresh behavior** (`BearerTokenProvider { tokenVault.read()?.accessToken.orEmpty() }`)
+  specifically so no existing test needed to change — only production wiring (the `Factory`)
+  explicitly passes the shared refresh-aware one.
+
+## Acceptance criteria
+
+- [x] `AuthApi.refreshToken` sends `grant_type=refresh_token`, `client_id`, `refresh_token`, and no
+      `client_secret`, to the same `/login/oauth/access_token` endpoint as the existing code
+      exchange.
+- [x] A successful refresh response's `access_token`/`refresh_token`/`expires_in` are parsed and
+      persisted; a response omitting `refresh_token` falls back to reusing the one just sent rather
+      than losing refresh capability entirely.
+- [x] `RefreshingTokenProvider` returns the stored token unchanged when it isn't close to expiry,
+      refreshes (and persists the result) once within 60 seconds of expiry, falls back to the stale
+      token — without attempting a network call — when no refresh token is stored, and falls back
+      to the stale token (leaving the vault untouched) when the refresh attempt itself fails.
+- [x] A token with no `expiresAtEpochMillis` at all is never treated as due for refresh.
+- [x] `RepositoryListViewModel.restoreSession()` authenticates through the injected token provider
+      (not a stale value read once at the top of the function) — proven directly by a test using a
+      deliberately-wrong stored token alongside a provider that returns a different one.
+- [x] Every existing test continues to pass unmodified except the two direct `AuthenticationGateway`
+      fakes, which now also implement the new interface method.
+- [x] Build, unit tests, and lint pass.
+- [ ] Live device confirmation that a session now survives past what used to force a full
+      re-login/re-approval — not yet observed over a long enough idle period this session; see
+      Known limitations.
+
+## Security and privacy
+
+- No new data is stored beyond what `TokenSet` already held (`refreshToken` was already part of
+  the persisted, Android-Keystore-encrypted `TokenSet`; this task is the first code to actually use
+  the field, not the first to store it).
+- Refresh failures fail closed: any error refreshing falls back to the *existing* stale token
+  (which then draws a normal 401 from Gitea, handled exactly as before) — never to a broadened
+  scope, an unencrypted fallback, or a silently-extended session past what the server itself allows.
+- `client_secret` is deliberately never sent for this public/PKCE client's refresh calls, matching
+  the existing `authorization_code` exchange and Gitea's own documented requirement that only
+  confidential clients need one.
+
+## Required checks
+
+```text
+./gradlew assembleDebug
+./gradlew testDebugUnitTest
+./gradlew lintDebug
+```
+
+## Evidence
+
+- `data/auth/AuthApi.kt`: `AuthenticationGateway.refreshToken(refreshToken, nowEpochMillis)`;
+  `AuthApi`'s implementation and `exchangeCode` now share one `parseTokenResponse(...)` helper
+  (`fallbackRefreshToken` parameter distinguishes "nothing to fall back to" for a fresh code
+  exchange from "reuse the token just sent" for a refresh).
+- `core/auth/android/RefreshingTokenProvider.kt` (new): the refresh-before-stale `BearerTokenProvider`
+  implementation described above.
+- `core/auth/android/AuthSession.kt` (new): the shared singleton wiring.
+- `feature/repositories/RepositoryListViewModel.kt`: `tokenProvider` constructor param (defaulted);
+  `restoreSession()`'s early-expiry short-circuit removed; `loadRepositories()` takes no arguments
+  and reads `tokenProvider.accessToken()` instead of a captured `TokenSet.accessToken`; `Factory`
+  wired to `AuthSession`.
+- `CodeBrowserViewModel.kt`, `HistoryViewModel.kt`, `WorkItemsViewModel.kt`,
+  `NotificationsViewModel.kt`: each `Factory` now calls `AuthSession.tokenProvider(application)`
+  instead of constructing its own `AndroidKeystoreTokenVault`/`BearerTokenProvider` pair.
+- New tests: `AuthApiTest.kt` (refresh sends the right grant/fields and no client secret, response
+  without a `refresh_token` falls back to the one sent, blank refresh token rejected before any
+  request); `RefreshingTokenProviderTest.kt` (not-yet-expired passthrough, refresh-and-persist
+  within the skew window, proactive-before-actual-expiry, no-refresh-token fallback, failed-refresh
+  fallback leaving the vault untouched, empty-string when nothing stored, no-expiry-never-refreshes);
+  `RepositoryListViewModelTest.kt` (new test proving `restoreSession` authenticates through the
+  injected provider rather than a raw stored token; `FakeAuthGateway` updated to implement the new
+  interface method and capture the token it was called with).
+- `./gradlew compileDebugKotlin compileDebugUnitTestKotlin`: BUILD SUCCESSFUL (one intermediate
+  failure — a second, missed `loadRepositories(tokens)` call site in `authenticate()` after the
+  signature change — found and fixed before this).
+- `./gradlew testDebugUnitTest`: BUILD SUCCESSFUL, all 231+ unit tests passing (two intermediate
+  failures were bugs in the new tests' own fixture data, not the implementation — fixed before
+  this: one test's `expiresAtEpochMillis` was accidentally always within the skew window regardless
+  of `now`, and one asserted the vault was `null` after a failed refresh when "untouched" was the
+  actually-intended and correct behavior).
+- `./gradlew assembleDebug lintDebug`: BUILD SUCCESSFUL, 0 lint errors.
+- Live device: build installed over wireless `adb`.
+
+## Known limitations
+
+- **This task is proactive-refresh only.** There is no "catch a live 401, refresh, and retry the
+  same request once" fallback at the HTTP-transport layer. In practice this should rarely matter —
+  the provider refreshes 60 seconds ahead of the token's own stated expiry before any request that
+  goes through it — but a token invalidated *server-side* for a reason other than ordinary expiry
+  (e.g. an admin revoking the OAuth grant) would still surface as a live 401 exactly as before this
+  task, correctly falling through to `AUTHENTICATION_EXPIRED` rather than being silently retried.
+- **Not yet confirmed against a real long-idle session on the device.** The fix targets a problem
+  (repeated forced re-login/re-approval) that only manifests after enough real time passes for
+  Gitea's access token to actually expire — this session's live testing so far has been continuous
+  active use, not a multi-hour idle gap, so the *felt* improvement (no more surprise "승인" prompts)
+  hasn't been directly observed yet, only proven correct at the unit level.
+- Gitea's server-side `expires_in` / refresh-token TTL/rotation settings are instance-configurable
+  (`OAuth2.InvalidateRefreshTokens` and friends) and unknown for this specific Gitea instance;
+  nothing in this implementation assumes a particular value, but the practical frequency of silent
+  refreshes on this instance hasn't been observed yet either.
+
+## Review findings
+
+None yet — pending Codex/human review.