all good

frontend/src/components/map/AreaPane.tsx

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import { CollapsibleGroupHeader } from '../ui/CollapsibleGroupHeader';
 import { FeatureInfoPopup } from '../ui/FeatureInfoPopup';
 import { EmptyState } from '../ui/EmptyState';
 import { FeatureLabel } from '../ui/FeatureLabel';
+import { IndeterminateProgressBar } from '../ui/IndeterminateProgressBar';
 import StreetViewEmbed from './StreetViewEmbed';
 import HistogramLegend from './HistogramLegend';
 import JourneyInstructions from './JourneyInstructions';
@@ -164,7 +165,9 @@ export default function AreaPane({
 
   return (
     <>
-      <div className="h-full overflow-y-auto">
+      <div className="relative flex h-full flex-col">
+        <IndeterminateProgressBar show={loading && stats != null} />
+        <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
         <div className="border-b border-warm-200 bg-white dark:border-navy-700 dark:bg-navy-950">
           <div className="space-y-3 p-3">
             <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
@@ -611,6 +614,7 @@ export default function AreaPane({
             })}
           </div>
         ) : null}
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       {infoFeature && (

frontend/src/components/map/JourneyInstructions.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import JourneyInstructions, { googleMapsUrl } from './JourneyInstructions';
+
+vi.mock('react-i18next', () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({
+    t: (key: string, values?: Record<string, string | number>) => {
+      if (key === 'areaPane.to') return `To ${values?.destination}`;
+      if (key === 'areaPane.journeysFrom') return `Journeys from ${values?.label}`;
+      if (key === 'common.min') return 'min';
+      if (key === 'common.loading') return 'Loading';
+      if (key === 'travel.bestCase') return 'Best case';
+      if (key === 'areaPane.walk') return 'Walk';
+      if (key === 'areaPane.cycle') return 'Cycle';
+      if (key === 'areaPane.viewOnGoogleMaps') return 'View on Google Maps';
+      if (key === 'areaPane.noJourneyData') return 'No journey data';
+      return key;
+    },
+  }),
+}));
+
+describe('JourneyInstructions', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the transit leg breakdown visible when best-case time is selected', () => {
+    render(
+      <JourneyInstructions
+        postcode="E14 2DG"
+        entries={[]}
+        presetJourneys={[
+          {
+            slug: 'bank',
+            label: 'Bank',
+            minutes: 42,
+            bestMinutes: 25,
+            useBest: true,
+            legs: [
+              { mode: 'walk', minutes: 8 },
+              {
+                mode: 'Jubilee',
+                from: 'Canary Wharf (9400ZZLUCAW)',
+                to: 'London Bridge (9400ZZLULNB)',
+                minutes: 7,
+              },
+              {
+                mode: 'Northern',
+                from: 'London Bridge (9400ZZLULNB)',
+                to: 'Bank (9400ZZLUBNK)',
+                minutes: 3,
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        ]}
+        showGoogleMapsLink={false}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Best case/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Jubilee line')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText('Northern line')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/Canary Wharf/)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('builds explicit Google Maps transit directions instead of a path URL', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-05-16T12:00:00Z'));
+
+    const url = googleMapsUrl('NW7 2GA', 'Bank tube station');
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+
+    expect(parsed.origin + parsed.pathname).toBe('https://www.google.com/maps/dir/');
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get('api')).toBe('1');
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get('origin')).toBe('NW7 2GA');
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get('destination')).toBe('Bank Station, London');
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get('travelmode')).toBe('transit');
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get('departure_time')).toBe('1779085800');
+  });
+});

frontend/src/components/map/JourneyInstructions.tsx

@@ -94,15 +94,24 @@ function nextMondayAt730(): number {
   return Math.floor(monday.getTime() / 1000);
 }
 
-function googleMapsUrl(origin: string, destination: string): string {
+function googleMapsDestination(destination: string): string {
+  const clean = stripId(destination).trim();
+  if (/\btube station$/i.test(clean)) {
+    return `${clean.replace(/\s+tube station$/i, ' Station')}, London`;
+  }
+  return clean;
+}
+
+export function googleMapsUrl(origin: string, destination: string): string {
   const ts = nextMondayAt730();
-  const encodedOrigin = encodeURIComponent(origin);
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({
-  const encodedDestination = encodeURIComponent(destination);
+    api: '1',
-  // The official api=1 URL scheme doesn't support departure_time.
+    origin,
-  // Use the undocumented data= path parameter with protobuf-like encoding:
+    destination: googleMapsDestination(destination),
-  // !3e3 = transit, !6e0 = "depart at", !7e2 = local time, !8j = timestamp
+    travelmode: 'transit',
-  const data = `!4m6!4m5!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j${ts}!3e3`;
+    departure_time: ts.toString(),
-  return `https://www.google.com/maps/dir/${encodedOrigin}/${encodedDestination}/data=${data}`;
+  });
+  return `https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?${params.toString()}`;
 }
 
 function invertLegs(legs: JourneyLeg[]): JourneyLeg[] {
@@ -287,7 +296,7 @@ export default function JourneyInstructions({
         const legSum = j.legs ? j.legs.reduce((sum, l) => sum + l.minutes, 0) : 0;
         const totalMin = j.useBest && j.bestMinutes != null ? j.bestMinutes : (j.minutes ?? legSum);
         const isBestCase = j.useBest && j.bestMinutes != null;
-        const displayLegs = !isBestCase && j.legs ? invertLegs(j.legs) : null;
+        const displayLegs = j.legs ? invertLegs(j.legs) : null;
         const destination = j.label || j.slug;
 
         return (

frontend/src/components/map/PropertiesPane.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import InfoPopup from '../ui/InfoPopup';
 import { SearchInput } from '../ui/SearchInput';
 import { EmptyState } from '../ui/EmptyState';
 import { InfoIcon } from '../ui/icons';
+import { IndeterminateProgressBar } from '../ui/IndeterminateProgressBar';
 import { ts } from '../../i18n/server';
 
 interface PropertiesPaneProps {
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ export function PropertiesPane({
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="h-full overflow-y-auto">
+    <div className="relative flex h-full flex-col">
+      <IndeterminateProgressBar show={loading && properties.length > 0} />
+      <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto">
       {showInfo && (
         <InfoPopup
           title={t('propertyCard.propertyData')}
@@ -116,6 +119,7 @@ export function PropertiesPane({
           </>
         )}
       </div>
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }

frontend/src/components/map/filters/AddFilterPanel.tsx

@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ export function AddFilterPanel({
     >
       <button
         onClick={onToggleCollapsed}
-        className="shrink-0 flex items-center justify-between px-3 py-2 border-b border-navy-800 dark:border-navy-700 bg-navy-900 dark:bg-navy-900 cursor-pointer hover:bg-navy-800 dark:hover:bg-navy-800"
+        className="shrink-0 flex items-center justify-between border-b border-l-4 border-warm-200 border-l-teal-500 bg-white px-3 py-2 cursor-pointer shadow-sm hover:bg-warm-50 dark:border-navy-700 dark:border-l-teal-400 dark:bg-navy-900 dark:hover:bg-navy-800"
       >
-        <span className="text-sm font-semibold text-warm-100 dark:text-warm-100">
+        <span className="text-sm font-semibold text-navy-950 dark:text-warm-100">
           {t('filters.addFilter')}
         </span>
         <ChevronIcon
           direction={collapsed ? 'down' : 'up'}
-          className="w-4 h-4 text-warm-300 dark:text-warm-300"
+          className="w-4 h-4 text-warm-500 dark:text-warm-300"
         />
       </button>
       {(!collapsed || !isLicensed) && (

frontend/src/components/map/map-page/DesktopMapPage.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { TravelTimeEntry } from '../../../hooks/useTravelTime';
 import type { getTutorialStyles } from '../../../lib/tutorial-styles';
 import type { SearchedLocation } from '../LocationSearch';
 import { MapPinIcon } from '../../ui/icons/MapPinIcon';
+import { IndeterminateProgressBar } from '../../ui/IndeterminateProgressBar';
 import type { MapFlyTo, PaneResizeHandlers } from './types';
 import { MapFallback, PaneFallback } from './Fallbacks';
 import { LoadingOverlay } from './LoadingOverlay';
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export function DesktopMapPage({
       </div>
 
       <div data-tutorial="map" className="flex-1 relative">
+        <IndeterminateProgressBar show={mapData.loading && !initialLoading} />
         <Suspense fallback={<MapFallback />}>
           <Map
             data={mapData.data}

frontend/src/components/map/map-page/MobileMapPage.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { TravelTimeEntry } from '../../../hooks/useTravelTime';
 import type { SearchedLocation } from '../LocationSearch';
 import MobileBottomSheet from '../MobileBottomSheet';
 import { MapPinIcon } from '../../ui/icons/MapPinIcon';
+import { IndeterminateProgressBar } from '../../ui/IndeterminateProgressBar';
 import type { MapFlyTo } from './types';
 import { MapFallback, PaneFallback } from './Fallbacks';
 import { LoadingOverlay } from './LoadingOverlay';
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export function MobileMapPage({
       <LoadingOverlay show={initialLoading} />
 
       <div className="absolute inset-0">
+        <IndeterminateProgressBar show={mapData.loading && !initialLoading} />
         <Suspense fallback={<MapFallback />}>
           <Map
             data={mapData.data}

frontend/src/components/ui/IndeterminateProgressBar.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+interface IndeterminateProgressBarProps {
+  show: boolean;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export function IndeterminateProgressBar({
+  show,
+  className = '',
+}: IndeterminateProgressBarProps) {
+  if (!show) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="progressbar"
+      aria-busy="true"
+      aria-valuetext="loading"
+      className={`pointer-events-none absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 z-30 h-0.5 overflow-hidden bg-teal-500/10 dark:bg-teal-400/10 animate-fade-in ${className}`}
+    >
+      <div className="h-full w-1/4 bg-teal-500 dark:bg-teal-400 animate-indeterminate-progress" />
+    </div>
+  );
+}

frontend/src/hooks/useMapData.test.ts

@@ -194,6 +194,82 @@ describe('useMapData', () => {
     expect(result.current.colorRange?.[1]).toBeCloseTo(95);
   });
 
+  it('does not use metadata min/max while slider preview colour data is loading', async () => {
+    const bounds = { south: 1, west: 1, north: 2, east: 2 };
+    const features: FeatureMeta[] = [
+      {
+        name: 'price',
+        type: 'numeric',
+        min: 0,
+        max: 100,
+      },
+    ];
+    const filters = { price: [20, 80] as [number, number] };
+
+    const { result, rerender } = renderHook(
+      ({
+        viewFeature,
+        activeFeature,
+      }: {
+        viewFeature: string | null;
+        activeFeature: string | null;
+      }) =>
+        useMapData({
+          filters,
+          features,
+          viewFeature,
+          activeFeature,
+          pinnedFeature: null,
+          travelTimeEntries: noTravelTimeEntries,
+        }),
+      {
+        initialProps: {
+          viewFeature: null as string | null,
+          activeFeature: null as string | null,
+        },
+      }
+    );
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      result.current.handleViewChange(viewChange(bounds));
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(150);
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      requests[0].resolve(
+        response([
+          { h3: 'density-low', count: 1, lat: 1.25, lon: 1.25 },
+          { h3: 'density-high', count: 1, lat: 1.75, lon: 1.75 },
+        ])
+      );
+      await flushPromises();
+    });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      rerender({
+        viewFeature: 'price',
+        activeFeature: 'price',
+      });
+      await flushPromises();
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.colorRange).toBeNull();
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      requests[1].resolve(
+        response([
+          { h3: 'preview-low', count: 1, lat: 1.25, lon: 1.25, avg_price: 0 },
+          { h3: 'preview-high', count: 1, lat: 1.75, lon: 1.75, avg_price: 100 },
+        ])
+      );
+      await flushPromises();
+    });
+
+    expect(result.current.colorRange?.[0]).toBeCloseTo(5);
+    expect(result.current.colorRange?.[1]).toBeCloseTo(95);
+  });
+
   it('does not reuse cached drag preview data when the drag request changes', async () => {
     const bounds = { south: 1, west: 1, north: 2, east: 2 };
     const features: FeatureMeta[] = [

frontend/src/hooks/useMapData.ts

@@ -516,9 +516,19 @@ export function useMapData({
       return [0, meta.values.length - 1];
     }
     if (dataRange) return dataRange;
+    if (activeFeature && !hasMatchingDragData) return null;
+    if (loadedDataKey !== dataRequestKey) return null;
     if (meta.min != null && meta.max != null) return [meta.min, meta.max];
     return null;
-  }, [dataViewFeature, features, dataRange]);
+  }, [
+    activeFeature,
+    dataRequestKey,
+    dataRange,
+    dataViewFeature,
+    features,
+    hasMatchingDragData,
+    loadedDataKey,
+  ]);
 
   const isEyePreviewingPinnedFeature =
     !activeFeature && dataViewFeature != null && dataViewFeature === pinnedDataViewFeature;
@@ -642,13 +652,19 @@ export function useMapData({
     []
   );
 
+  // Treat the map as loading whenever the rendered hexagons don't match the
+  // current request — covers the brief window between a slider release and
+  // the main fetch effect actually firing setLoading(true).
+  const isLoading =
+    loading || (bounds != null && !licenseRequired && loadedDataKey !== dataRequestKey);
+
   return {
     data,
     committedHexagonData: rawData,
     postcodeData: effectivePostcodeData,
     resolution,
     bounds,
-    loading,
+    loading: isLoading,
     zoom,
     currentView,
     currentVisibleView,

frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.ts

@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ const en = {
     lowerMinTo: 'Lower minimum to {{value}}',
     raiseMaxTo: 'Raise maximum to {{value}}',
     allowCategory: 'Allow {{value}}',
-    missingFilterValue: 'No value for this filter; remove it or allow missing values',
+    missingFilterValue: 'No value for this filter; remove it',
     noFilterDataShort: 'No data',
     travelTo: 'Travel to {{destination}}',
     viewProperties: 'View {{count}} Properties',

frontend/tailwind.config.js

@@ -55,9 +55,14 @@ module.exports = {
           '0%': { opacity: '0' },
           '100%': { opacity: '1' },
         },
+        'indeterminate-progress': {
+          '0%': { transform: 'translateX(-100%)' },
+          '100%': { transform: 'translateX(400%)' },
+        },
       },
       animation: {
         'fade-in': 'fade-in 0.2s ease-out forwards',
+        'indeterminate-progress': 'indeterminate-progress 1.1s ease-in-out infinite',
       },
     },
   },

r5-java/run.sh

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 #   --demo   only compute Bank + TCR, transit only (quick test)
 
 # --- Defaults ---
-THREADS=12
+THREADS=6
-HEAP=48g
+HEAP=40g
 NETWORK_DIR=property-data/r5-network
 OUTPUT_BASE=property-data/travel-times
 R5_DIR=r5-java

server-rs/src/consts.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ pub const H3_REQUEST_MAX: u8 = 12;
 pub const SERVER_ADDRESS: &str = "0.0.0.0:8001";
 
 pub const GRID_CELL_SIZE: f32 = 0.01;
-pub const MAX_POIS_PER_REQUEST: usize = 10000;
+pub const MAX_CELLS_PER_REQUEST: usize = 200000;
+pub const MAX_POIS_PER_REQUEST: usize = 3000;
 
 pub const DEFAULT_PROPERTIES_LIMIT: usize = 100;
 pub const MAX_PRICE_HISTORY_POINTS: usize = 5000;

server-rs/src/main.rs

@@ -216,14 +216,6 @@ struct Cli {
     #[arg(long, env = "STRIPE_REFERRAL_COUPON_ID")]
     stripe_referral_coupon_id: String,
 
-    /// Bearer token required to scrape /metrics.
-    #[arg(long, env = "METRICS_BEARER_TOKEN")]
-    metrics_bearer_token: Option<String>,
-
-    /// Allow unauthenticated /metrics scraping when no METRICS_BEARER_TOKEN is set.
-    #[arg(long, env = "ALLOW_PUBLIC_METRICS", default_value_t = false)]
-    allow_public_metrics: bool,
-
     /// Google OAuth client ID for PocketBase SSO
     #[arg(long, env = "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID")]
     google_oauth_client_id: String,
@@ -255,8 +247,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     info!("Prometheus metrics initialized");
 
     let cli = Cli::parse();
-    let metrics_bearer_token = cli.metrics_bearer_token.clone();
-    let allow_public_metrics = cli.allow_public_metrics;
 
     for (label, path) in [
         ("Properties", &cli.properties),
@@ -680,13 +670,8 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .route("/health", get(|| async { "ok" }))
         .route(
             "/metrics",
-            get(move |headers| {
+            get(move |connect_info| {
-                metrics::metrics_handler(
+                metrics::metrics_handler(metrics_handle.clone(), connect_info)
-                    metrics_handle.clone(),
-                    metrics_bearer_token.clone(),
-                    allow_public_metrics,
-                    headers,
-                )
             }),
         )
         .with_state(shared.clone());
@@ -732,6 +717,11 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .await
         .with_context(|| format!("Failed to bind to {addr}"))?;
     info!("Server listening on {}", addr);
-    axum::serve(listener, app).await.context("Server error")?;
+    axum::serve(
+        listener,
+        app.into_make_service_with_connect_info::<std::net::SocketAddr>(),
+    )
+    .await
+    .context("Server error")?;
     Ok(())
 }

server-rs/src/metrics.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use axum::body::Body;
-use axum::extract::Request;
+use axum::extract::{ConnectInfo, Request};
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::middleware::Next;
 use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
 use metrics::{counter, gauge, histogram};
 use metrics_exporter_prometheus::{Matcher, PrometheusBuilder, PrometheusHandle};
+use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 /// Initialize the Prometheus metrics exporter and return a handle for rendering metrics.
@@ -144,17 +145,39 @@ fn normalize_path(path: &str) -> String {
     "/other".to_string()
 }
 
-/// Handler for the /metrics endpoint.
+/// Handler for the /metrics endpoint. Only accepts requests from peers on the
-pub async fn metrics_handler(handle: PrometheusHandle) -> impl IntoResponse {
+/// same private network (loopback, RFC1918, or IPv6 unique/link-local).
-    // Update process metrics before rendering
+pub async fn metrics_handler(
+    handle: PrometheusHandle,
+    ConnectInfo(peer): ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>,
+) -> Response {
+    if !is_same_network(peer.ip()) {
+        return StatusCode::FORBIDDEN.into_response();
+    }
+
     update_process_metrics();
 
     match handle.render() {
-        output if !output.is_empty() => (StatusCode::OK, output),
+        output if !output.is_empty() => (StatusCode::OK, output).into_response(),
         _ => (
             StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
             "Failed to render metrics".to_string(),
-        ),
+        )
+            .into_response(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_same_network(ip: IpAddr) -> bool {
+    match ip {
+        IpAddr::V4(v4) => v4.is_loopback() || v4.is_private() || v4.is_link_local(),
+        IpAddr::V6(v6) => {
+            v6.is_loopback()
+                || (v6.segments()[0] & 0xfe00) == 0xfc00
+                || (v6.segments()[0] & 0xffc0) == 0xfe80
+                || v6.to_ipv4_mapped().is_some_and(|v4| {
+                    v4.is_loopback() || v4.is_private() || v4.is_link_local()
+                })
+        }
     }
 }