[flexdinesh]

• Loading status detail line ("Reading checkouts…" / "Reading stored changes…") now pulses on the shared skeleton rhythm (--duration-pulse), so the bar no longer looks stalled during collection.
• Pulse animates color --fg -> --muted (not opacity) so the trough stays at the theme's AA-legible muted text in every palette.
• motion-safe: only; static under prefers-reduced-motion.
• No progress/count claims: POST /api/v2/collections is one blocking request with no progress data, per DESIGN.md loading rules.
• DESIGN.md Loading section documents the pulse.

Validation

• mise run check: pass
• Browser (isolated live server, collection request stalled): computed animation-name: status-pulse, 1.8s, color cycles rgb(41,42,47) <-> rgb(99,103,114); reduced-motion -> animation: none, static --fg.
• Impeccable detector: no findings.