diff --git a/web/src/components/UndoToast.test.ts b/web/src/components/UndoToast.test.ts
index 3378504..b5a2b30 100644
--- a/web/src/components/UndoToast.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/UndoToast.test.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,19 @@ describe('UndoToast', () => {
     const w = mount(UndoToast, { props: { action: labelAction } })
     expect(w.find('[role="status"]').exists()).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  it('emits expire when tick fires with timestamp beyond DURATION', async () => {
+    let capturedTick: FrameRequestCallback | null = null
+    vi.stubGlobal('requestAnimationFrame', (fn: FrameRequestCallback) => {
+      capturedTick = fn
+      return 1
+    })
+    vi.spyOn(performance, 'now').mockReturnValue(0)
+    const w = mount(UndoToast, { props: { action: labelAction } })
+    await import('vue').then(v => v.nextTick())
+    // Simulate a tick timestamp 6 seconds in — beyond the 5-second DURATION
+    if (capturedTick) capturedTick(6000)
+    await import('vue').then(v => v.nextTick())
+    expect(w.emitted('expire')).toBeTruthy()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/web/src/components/UndoToast.vue b/web/src/components/UndoToast.vue
index 18e7f57..aa02a04 100644
--- a/web/src/components/UndoToast.vue
+++ b/web/src/components/UndoToast.vue
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { ref, onMounted, onUnmounted, computed } from 'vue'
 import type { LastAction } from '../stores/label'
 
 const props = defineProps<{ action: LastAction }>()
-defineEmits<{ undo: [] }>()
+const emit = defineEmits<{ undo: []; expire: [] }>()
 
 const DURATION = 5000
 const elapsed  = ref(0)
@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ const label = computed(() => {
 })
 
 function tick(ts: number) {
-  if (!start) start = ts
   elapsed.value = ts - start
   if (elapsed.value < DURATION) {
     raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick)
+  } else {
+    emit('expire')
   }
 }
 
-onMounted(()   => { raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick) })
+onMounted(() => { start = performance.now(); raf = requestAnimationFrame(tick) })
 onUnmounted(() => cancelAnimationFrame(raf))
 </script>
 
diff --git a/web/src/views/LabelView.vue b/web/src/views/LabelView.vue
index 1925bfc..cc7df66 100644
--- a/web/src/views/LabelView.vue
+++ b/web/src/views/LabelView.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 <template>
   <div class="label-view">
+    <!-- App bar -->
+    <div class="app-bar">
+      <span class="app-title">Avocet</span>
+      <span class="app-subtitle">Email Labeler</span>
+    </div>
+
     <!-- Header bar -->
     <header class="lv-header">
       <span class="queue-count">
-        <template v-if="store.totalRemaining > 0">
+        <span v-if="loading" class="queue-status">Loading…</span>
+        <template v-else-if="store.totalRemaining > 0">
           {{ store.totalRemaining }} remaining
         </template>
+        <span v-else class="queue-status">Queue empty</span>
         <span v-if="onRoll"         class="badge badge-roll">🔥 On a roll!</span>
         <span v-if="speedRound"     class="badge badge-speed">⚡ Speed round!</span>
         <span v-if="fiftyDeep"      class="badge badge-fifty">🎯 Fifty deep!</span>
@@ -59,6 +67,7 @@
       v-if="store.lastAction"
       :action="store.lastAction"
       @undo="handleUndo"
+      @expire="store.clearLastAction()"
     />
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -115,7 +124,10 @@ async function fetchBatch() {
   apiError.value = false
   const { data, error } = await useApiFetch<{ items: any[]; total: number }>('/api/queue?limit=10')
   loading.value = false
-  if (error || !data) { apiError.value = true; return }
+  if (error || !data) {
+    apiError.value = true
+    return
+  }
   store.queue = data.items
   store.totalRemaining = data.total
 
@@ -286,6 +298,33 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
   min-height: 100dvh;
 }
 
+.app-bar {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  padding-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-border, #d0d7e8);
+}
+
+.app-title {
+  font-family: var(--font-display, var(--font-body, sans-serif));
+  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--app-primary, #2A6080);
+  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
+}
+
+.app-subtitle {
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  color: var(--color-text-secondary, #6b7a99);
+  font-family: var(--font-mono, monospace);
+}
+
+.queue-status {
+  opacity: 0.6;
+  font-style: italic;
+}
+
 .lv-header {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;