diff --git a/server/public/home.html b/server/public/home.html
index 7c39de2..70b7946 100644
--- a/server/public/home.html
+++ b/server/public/home.html
@@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 <script src="/icons.js?v=6"></script>
-<script>window.__BUILD='2026-07-17-batch95';console.log('%cBiz Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);
+<script>window.__BUILD='2026-07-17-batch96';console.log('%cBiz Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);
 // Emoji are rendered with the OS's own (colour) emoji font — instant, zero network.
 //
 // We used to run Twemoji over every emoji, which swapped each one for an <img> pulled INDIVIDUALLY from
@@ -4696,39 +4696,21 @@ function bzcBack(){
 }
 try{ history.pushState(null,'',location.href); }catch(_){}
 window.addEventListener('popstate', ()=>{ if(bzcBack()){ try{ history.pushState(null,'',location.href); }catch(_){} } });
-// #4: iOS/Android have no on-screen back button in a full-screen webview, so give the app a native-feeling
-// left-edge back gesture. When a conversation is the top layer, the drag is INTERACTIVE — the whole
-// conversation follows the finger and the chat list is revealed underneath (like Teams); releasing past a
-// third of the width commits the back, otherwise it springs shut. For other layers (popup / in-conversation
-// search) it falls back to a release-triggered bzcBack().
+// #4: iOS/Android have no on-screen back button in a full-screen webview, so give the app a left-edge
+// SWIPE-back: a drag that begins at the very left edge and moves clearly rightward closes the topmost
+// layer (popup → in-conversation search → open chat) via bzcBack() — which runs showWelcome()'s parallax
+// slide. This is RELEASE-triggered on purpose: an interactive finger-follow drag conflicts with iOS's own
+// edge gesture (it fires touchcancel), which left the UI stuck; release-based never leaves that state.
 (function(){
-  let sx=0, sy=0, mode='', content=null, w=0, decided=false;
-  const convoIsTop=()=> window.matchMedia('(max-width:760px)').matches
-    && document.body.classList.contains('chat-open')
-    && !document.querySelector('.modal-ov') && !document.getElementById('lightbox')
-    && !(function(){ const sh=document.getElementById('convoSearchHead'); return sh && sh.style.display!=='none'; })();
+  let sx=0, sy=0, edge=false;
   window.addEventListener('touchstart',(e)=>{
-    mode='';
-    if(e.touches.length!==1) return;
-    const t=e.touches[0]; if(t.clientX>28) return;               // only from the very left edge
-    sx=t.clientX; sy=t.clientY; decided=false; w=window.innerWidth||360;
-    if(convoIsTop()){ mode='convo'; content=document.querySelector('.shell > .content'); renderChats(searchVal()); } // list ready underneath
-    else mode='back';
-  }, {passive:true});
-  window.addEventListener('touchmove',(e)=>{
-    if(mode!=='convo'||!content) return;
-    const t=e.touches[0], dx=t.clientX-sx, dy=t.clientY-sy;
-    if(!decided){ if(Math.abs(dx)>10||Math.abs(dy)>10){ decided=true; if(Math.abs(dy)>Math.abs(dx)){ mode=''; return; } document.body.classList.add('chat-dragging'); } }
-    if(decided && dx>=0){ content.style.transition='none'; content.style.transform='translateX('+dx+'px)'; }
+    if(e.touches.length!==1){ edge=false; return; }
+    const t=e.touches[0]; edge = t.clientX<=24; sx=t.clientX; sy=t.clientY; // only arm when starting at the left edge
   }, {passive:true});
   window.addEventListener('touchend',(e)=>{
-    const t=e.changedTouches&&e.changedTouches[0]; const dx=t?(t.clientX-sx):0, dy=t?(t.clientY-sy):0;
-    if(mode==='convo' && content){
-      content.style.transition='transform .17s ease-out';
-      if(dx > w*0.32){ content.style.transform='translateX(100%)'; setTimeout(()=>{ content.style.transition=''; content.style.transform=''; document.body.classList.remove('chat-dragging'); selected=null; document.body.classList.remove('chat-open'); renderChats(searchVal()); renderChatPanel(); updateRailUnread(); }, 165); }
-      else { content.style.transform='translateX(0)'; setTimeout(()=>{ content.style.transition=''; content.style.transform=''; document.body.classList.remove('chat-dragging'); }, 165); }
-    } else if(mode==='back'){ if(dx>60 && Math.abs(dy)<50) bzcBack(); }
-    mode=''; content=null;
+    if(!edge) return; edge=false;
+    const t=e.changedTouches&&e.changedTouches[0]; if(!t) return;
+    if((t.clientX-sx)>60 && Math.abs(t.clientY-sy)<50) bzcBack(); // rightward, mostly-horizontal swipe = back
   }, {passive:true});
 })();
 // #9: swipe a message bubble to the right to reply to it (mobile), like WhatsApp/Teams. The bubble
