diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/mediaServers/BlossomBlobManagerScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/mediaServers/BlossomBlobManagerScreen.kt
index cb59cc7a72..7be384edf5 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/mediaServers/BlossomBlobManagerScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/mediaServers/BlossomBlobManagerScreen.kt
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.stringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.theme.allGoodColor
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.theme.grayText
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.playback.composable.VideoViewInner
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.bottombars.AppBottomBar
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip01Core.core.HexKey
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip56Reports.ReportType
@@ -221,6 +222,11 @@ fun BlossomBlobManagerScreen(
                 },
             )
         },
+        bottomBar = {
+            AppBottomBar(Route.ManageBlossomBlobs, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route != Route.ManageBlossomBlobs) nav.navBottomBar(route)
+            }
+        },
     ) { padding ->
         Column(
             modifier =
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavigationEffects.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavigationEffects.kt
index d7e44af2db..31ad12ee41 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavigationEffects.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavigationEffects.kt
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ const val BOTTOM_NAV_ROOT_KEY = "bottomNavRoot"
 
 fun NavBackStackEntry.isBottomNavRoot(): Boolean = savedStateHandle.get<Boolean>(BOTTOM_NAV_ROOT_KEY) == true
 
+// Per-entry hint stamped by Nav.navDrawer marking that the entry was opened
+// from the navigation drawer. It sits on top of the stack like any push (back
+// arrow, slide animation), but Nav.showsBottomBar keeps the bottom bar on it:
+// a drawer destination is a top-level section, not a detail screen.
+const val DRAWER_ROOT_KEY = "drawerRoot"
+
+fun NavBackStackEntry.isDrawerRoot(): Boolean = savedStateHandle.get<Boolean>(DRAWER_ROOT_KEY) == true
+
 /**
  * The shell's current layout tier, mirrored for the transition specs below. Transition
  * lambdas run when a navigation starts — outside composition — so they can't read
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/bottombars/AppBottomBar.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/bottombars/AppBottomBar.kt
index ec0ca2e514..efaf7c00ca 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/bottombars/AppBottomBar.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/bottombars/AppBottomBar.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 
 /** Content height of the [AppBottomBar] (the 50.dp Column inside [RenderBottomMenu]),
  * exclusive of the system navigation-bar inset. Used by FAB callers that want to
- * reserve the same vertical space when the bar hides itself on canPop entries. */
+ * reserve the same vertical space when the bar hides itself on in-app pushes. */
 val AppBottomBarHeight = 50.dp
 
 @Composable
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ fun AppBottomBar(
     // permanently docked drawer (Expanded).
     if (LocalScreenLayout.current.isLargeScreen) return
 
-    // Hide the bar on entries that aren't a tab root (drawer or in-app
-    // pushes). Mirrors the back-arrow rule in canPop().
-    if (nav.canPop()) return
+    // Hide the bar on in-app pushes. Tab roots, Home and screens opened from
+    // the drawer keep it, even though the drawer ones still show a back arrow.
+    if (!nav.showsBottomBar()) return
 
     val items by accountViewModel.account.settings.syncedSettings.navigation.bottomBarItems
         .collectAsStateWithLifecycle()
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/drawer/DrawerContent.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/drawer/DrawerContent.kt
index be821834a5..91a4198d97 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/drawer/DrawerContent.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/drawer/DrawerContent.kt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ private fun DrawerContentBody(
     accountViewModel: AccountViewModel,
 ) {
     val onClickUser = {
-        nav.nav(routeFor(accountViewModel.userProfile()))
+        nav.navDrawer(routeFor(accountViewModel.userProfile()))
         nav.closeDrawer()
     }
 
@@ -641,24 +641,32 @@ fun ListContent(
     }
 }
 
-/** The Create section's rows — composer entry points, none of which is a catalog destination. */
+/**
+ * The Create section's rows — composer entry points, none of which is a catalog destination. They
+ * open as plain pushes rather than through [INav.navDrawer]: those screens host no bottom bar, and
+ * a drawer stamp would tell FabBottomBarPadding that one is showing.
+ */
 @Composable
 private fun CreateRows(nav: INav) {
-    NavigationRow(
+    IconRow(
         title = Res.string.share_hls_video,
         icon = MaterialSymbols.SettingsInputAntenna,
         tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onBackground,
-        nav = nav,
-        route = Route.NewHlsVideo,
+        onClick = {
+            nav.closeDrawer()
+            nav.nav(Route.NewHlsVideo)
+        },
     )
 
     if (isDebug) {
-        NavigationRow(
+        IconRow(
             title = Res.string.route_chess,
             icon = MaterialSymbols.ChessKnight,
             tint = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onBackground,
-            nav = nav,
-            route = Route.Chess,
+            onClick = {
+                nav.closeDrawer()
+                nav.nav(Route.Chess)
+            },
         )
     }
 }
@@ -742,7 +750,7 @@ private fun ScheduledPostsNavigationRow(
         badgeCount = pendingCount,
         onClick = {
             nav.closeDrawer()
-            nav.nav { def.resolveRoute(accountViewModel) }
+            nav.navDrawer { def.resolveRoute(accountViewModel) }
         },
     )
 }
@@ -850,7 +858,7 @@ fun NavigationRow(
         tint,
         onClick = {
             nav.closeDrawer()
-            nav.nav(route)
+            nav.navDrawer(route)
         },
     )
 }
@@ -871,7 +879,7 @@ fun NavigationRow(
         tint,
         onClick = {
             nav.closeDrawer()
-            nav.nav(computeRoute)
+            nav.navDrawer(computeRoute)
         },
     )
 }
@@ -890,7 +898,7 @@ fun NavigationRow(
         tint = tint,
         onClick = {
             nav.closeDrawer()
-            nav.nav(route)
+            nav.navDrawer(route)
         },
     )
 }
@@ -909,7 +917,7 @@ fun NavigationRow(
         tint = tint,
         onClick = {
             nav.closeDrawer()
-            nav.nav(computeRoute)
+            nav.navDrawer(computeRoute)
         },
     )
 }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/navs/Nav.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/navs/Nav.kt
index 0818cc8a42..41780eb4e3 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/navs/Nav.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/navs/Nav.kt
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ import androidx.navigation.NavHostController
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.navigation.Route
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.navs.INav
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.BOTTOM_NAV_ROOT_KEY
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.DRAWER_ROOT_KEY
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.isBottomNavRoot
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.isDrawerRoot
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.routes.getRouteWithArguments
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
@@ -89,6 +91,31 @@ class Nav(
         }
     }
 
+    override fun navDrawer(route: Route) {
+        navigationScope.launch {
+            ime.settle()
+            navigateFromDrawer(route)
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun navDrawer(computeRoute: suspend () -> Route?) {
+        navigationScope.launch {
+            ime.settle()
+            computeRoute()?.let { navigateFromDrawer(it) }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Same push as [nav], then stamps the new entry [DRAWER_ROOT_KEY] so [showsBottomBar] keeps
+     * the bottom bar on it. The stamp lands in the same frame as the navigate, before the entry
+     * composes, the way [navBottomBar] stamps its tab roots.
+     */
+    private fun navigateFromDrawer(route: Route) {
+        if (getRouteWithArguments(route::class, controller) == route) return
+        controller.navigate(route)
+        controller.currentBackStackEntry?.savedStateHandle?.set(DRAWER_ROOT_KEY, true)
+    }
+
     override fun newStack(route: Route) {
         navigationScope.launch {
             ime.settle()
@@ -107,9 +134,10 @@ class Nav(
 
             // A nav-bar tap asks for a tab, never for whatever the user pushed on top of one. Drop
             // those pushes first, and without saving them, so the restoreState below can never hand
-            // a deep stack back. On phones this is always a no-op — AppBottomBar hides itself off
-            // tab roots, so the bar is only ever tapped from one — but the large-screen rail stays
-            // on screen the whole time and is routinely tapped from three screens deep.
+            // a deep stack back. On phones the bar shows only on tab roots and on screens opened
+            // from the drawer (dropped here, back to the tab they were opened over), but the
+            // large-screen rail stays on screen the whole time and is routinely tapped from three
+            // screens deep.
             popPushesAboveTabRoot()
 
             // Dropping those pushes is often the whole job — re-tapping the tab the user is inside,
@@ -211,11 +239,24 @@ class Nav(
         // Outside a NavHost destination (shell chrome, drawer) the current owner
         // is the account-scoped ViewModelStoreOwner, not an entry; fall back to
         // the globally-current entry so those callers keep their prior behavior.
-        val entry =
-            (LocalViewModelStoreOwner.current as? NavBackStackEntry)
-                ?: controller.currentBackStackEntry
-                ?: return false
+        val entry = ownEntry() ?: return false
+        return canPop(entry)
+    }
 
+    @Composable
+    override fun showsBottomBar(): Boolean {
+        val entry = ownEntry() ?: return true
+        // Drawer destinations can pop (they sit on whatever screen the drawer was opened over),
+        // but they are top-level sections, so they keep the bar the tab roots have.
+        return entry.isDrawerRoot() || !canPop(entry)
+    }
+
+    @Composable
+    private fun ownEntry(): NavBackStackEntry? =
+        (LocalViewModelStoreOwner.current as? NavBackStackEntry)
+            ?: controller.currentBackStackEntry
+
+    private fun canPop(entry: NavBackStackEntry): Boolean {
         // Hidden on tab roots (reached via the bottom nav) and on Home (the
         // graph's start destination): nothing sits below either that a back
         // arrow could return to. Every other entry is a push on top of Home,
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/cordnGroup/CordnGroupListScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/cordnGroup/CordnGroupListScreen.kt
index 13876ffbe1..d29ffb280a 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/cordnGroup/CordnGroupListScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/cordnGroup/CordnGroupListScreen.kt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.navs.INav
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.topbars.TopBarWithBackButton
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.theme.DividerThickness
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.cordn.CordnRuntime
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.bottombars.AppBottomBar
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.pluralStringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.chats.rooms.CordnGroupRoomCompose
@@ -125,6 +126,11 @@ fun CordnGroupListScreen(
                 }
             }
         },
+        bottomBar = {
+            AppBottomBar(Route.CordnGroupList, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route != Route.CordnGroupList) nav.navBottomBar(route)
+            }
+        },
     ) { padding ->
         if (runtime == null) {
             EmptyState(
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/marmotGroup/MarmotGroupListScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/marmotGroup/MarmotGroupListScreen.kt
index d94e18af51..ec72529de9 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/marmotGroup/MarmotGroupListScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/marmotGroup/MarmotGroupListScreen.kt
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.pluralStringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.stringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.theme.Size55dp
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.service.relayClient.reqCommand.user.observeUserInfo
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.bottombars.AppBottomBar
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.NonClickableUserPictures
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.chats.feed.types.hasEncryptedMediaV2
@@ -136,16 +137,24 @@ fun MarmotGroupListScreen(
         topBar = {
             TopAppBar(
                 navigationIcon = {
-                    IconButton(onClick = { nav.popBack() }) {
-                        Icon(
-                            symbol = MaterialSymbols.AutoMirrored.ArrowBack,
-                            contentDescription = stringRes(Res.string.back),
-                        )
+                    // No arrow as a bottom-nav tab root: there is nothing below it to return to.
+                    if (nav.canPop()) {
+                        IconButton(onClick = { nav.popBack() }) {
+                            Icon(
+                                symbol = MaterialSymbols.AutoMirrored.ArrowBack,
+                                contentDescription = stringRes(Res.string.back),
+                            )
+                        }
                     }
                 },
                 title = { Text(stringRes(Res.string.marmot_groups_title)) },
             )
         },
+        bottomBar = {
+            AppBottomBar(Route.MarmotGroupList, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route != Route.MarmotGroupList) nav.navBottomBar(route)
+            }
+        },
         floatingActionButton = {
             FabBottomBarPadded(nav) {
                 FloatingActionButton(onClick = { nav.nav(Route.CreateMarmotGroup) }, shape = CircleShape) {
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordChannelListScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordChannelListScreen.kt
index d95788cda4..8e12603fd3 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordChannelListScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordChannelListScreen.kt
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ fun ConcordChannelListScreen(
             )
         },
         bottomBar = {
-            // Renders only when this is a bottom-nav root (AppBottomBar hides itself when canPop),
+            // Hidden on in-app pushes (AppBottomBar renders only when nav.showsBottomBar()),
             // so a pinned Concord community works both as a pushed detail and as a bottom-nav tab.
             AppBottomBar(Route.ConcordServer(communityId), nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
                 if (route != Route.ConcordServer(communityId)) nav.navBottomBar(route)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordHomeScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordHomeScreen.kt
index 95a86e69f7..5852cb0061 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordHomeScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/concord/ConcordHomeScreen.kt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fun ConcordHomeScreen(
             )
         },
         bottomBar = {
-            // Renders only when this is a bottom-nav root (AppBottomBar hides itself when canPop),
+            // Hidden on in-app pushes (AppBottomBar renders only when nav.showsBottomBar()),
             // so the same screen works both as a pushed destination and a bottom-nav tab.
             AppBottomBar(Route.Concords, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
                 if (route != Route.Concords) nav.navBottomBar(route)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/nip28PublicChat/PublicChatChannelScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/nip28PublicChat/PublicChatChannelScreen.kt
index da19432246..10e544030b 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/nip28PublicChat/PublicChatChannelScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/nip28PublicChat/PublicChatChannelScreen.kt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fun PublicChatChannelScreen(
                 PublicChatTopBar(it, accountViewModel, nav)
             }
         },
-        // Renders only when this is a bottom-nav root (AppBottomBar hides itself when canPop),
+        // Hidden on in-app pushes (AppBottomBar renders only when nav.showsBottomBar()),
         // so a pinned public chat works both as a pushed detail and as a bottom-nav tab.
         bottomBar = {
             AppBottomBar(selfRoute, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChannelListScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChannelListScreen.kt
index 30efeb7f3b..0bd74d7ba7 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChannelListScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChannelListScreen.kt
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ fun RelayGroupChannelListScreen(
             )
         },
         bottomBar = {
-            // Renders only when this is a bottom-nav root (AppBottomBar hides itself when canPop),
+            // Hidden on in-app pushes (AppBottomBar renders only when nav.showsBottomBar()),
             // so a pinned NIP-29 relay works both as a pushed detail and as a bottom-nav tab.
             AppBottomBar(selfRoute, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
                 if (route != selfRoute) nav.navBottomBar(route)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChatScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChatScreen.kt
index d6b6f376a1..e938259b76 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChatScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/chats/publicChannels/relayGroup/RelayGroupChatScreen.kt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fun RelayGroupChatScreen(
                 RelayGroupTopBar(it, inviteCode, accountViewModel, nav)
             }
         },
-        // Renders only when this is a bottom-nav root (AppBottomBar hides itself when canPop),
+        // Hidden on in-app pushes (AppBottomBar renders only when nav.showsBottomBar()),
         // so a pinned relay group works both as a pushed detail and as a bottom-nav tab.
         bottomBar = {
             AppBottomBar(selfRoute, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/geocaches/GeocachesScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/geocaches/GeocachesScreen.kt
index 6a271c49e2..fb41b9f2e1 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/geocaches/GeocachesScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/geocaches/GeocachesScreen.kt
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ fun GeocachesScreen(
             }
         },
         bottomBar = {
-            AppBottomBar(Route.Geocaches(), nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
-                if (route is Route.Geocaches) {
+            // Geocaches and Hunts are two separate pinnable tabs of this one screen, so match the
+            // exact route: a class check highlighted the wrong one and turned a tap on the other
+            // into a scroll-to-top instead of a tab switch.
+            val selfRoute = Route.Geocaches(initialTab)
+            AppBottomBar(selfRoute, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route == selfRoute) {
                     nearby.sendToTop()
                 } else {
                     nav.navBottomBar(route)
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/napplets/NappletsScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/napplets/NappletsScreen.kt
index 385ed65e3e..bea2b1ae8f 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/napplets/NappletsScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/napplets/NappletsScreen.kt
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.Amethyst
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.navigation.Route
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.resources.Res
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.resources.napplet_none_found
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.navs.INav
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.stringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.napplet.NappletLauncher
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.bottombars.AppBottomBar
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.NoteCompose
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.napplets.datasource.NappletsFilterAssemblerSubscription
@@ -90,6 +92,11 @@ fun NappletsScreen(
 
     Scaffold(
         topBar = { NappletsTopBar(accountViewModel, nav) },
+        bottomBar = {
+            AppBottomBar(Route.Napplets, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route != Route.Napplets) nav.navBottomBar(route)
+            }
+        },
     ) { padding ->
         if (visible.isEmpty()) {
             Box(Modifier.fillMaxSize().padding(padding), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nsites/NsitesScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nsites/NsitesScreen.kt
index 4bee779bf0..5ef15b0073 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nsites/NsitesScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/nsites/NsitesScreen.kt
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.Amethyst
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.navigation.Route
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.resources.Res
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.resources.nsite_none_found
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.navs.INav
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.stringRes
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.bottombars.AppBottomBar
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.note.NoteCompose
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.nsites.datasource.NsitesFilterAssemblerSubscription
@@ -88,6 +90,11 @@ fun NsitesScreen(
 
     Scaffold(
         topBar = { NsitesTopBar(accountViewModel, nav) },
+        bottomBar = {
+            AppBottomBar(Route.Nsites, nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route != Route.Nsites) nav.navBottomBar(route)
+            }
+        },
     ) { padding ->
         if (visible.isEmpty()) {
             Box(Modifier.fillMaxSize().padding(padding), contentAlignment = Alignment.Center) {
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/settings/nip46/Nip46SignerScreen.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/settings/nip46/Nip46SignerScreen.kt
index df18f48a12..569c6c6ab9 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/settings/nip46/Nip46SignerScreen.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/settings/nip46/Nip46SignerScreen.kt
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.topbars.TopBarWithBackBu
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.pluralStringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.stringRes
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.model.nip46Signer.Nip46SignerState
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.bottombars.AppBottomBar
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.AccountViewModel
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.qrcode.QrCodeDrawer
 import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.qrcode.SimpleQrCodeScanner
@@ -193,6 +194,11 @@ fun Nip46SignerScreen(
 
     Scaffold(
         topBar = { TopBarWithBackButton(stringRes(Res.string.nip46_signer_title), nav) },
+        bottomBar = {
+            AppBottomBar(Route.Nip46Signer(), nav, accountViewModel) { route ->
+                if (route != Route.Nip46Signer()) nav.navBottomBar(route)
+            }
+        },
     ) { padding ->
         Column(
             modifier =
diff --git a/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavBottomBarStackTest.kt b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavBottomBarStackTest.kt
index edc44460a9..cac7218dfd 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavBottomBarStackTest.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavBottomBarStackTest.kt
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ import org.junit.Test
 /**
  * A nav-bar tap must land on the tab itself, never on whatever the user had pushed on top of one.
  *
- * The phone bottom bar gets this for free — it hides itself off tab roots, so it can only ever be
- * tapped from one. The large-screen navigation rail stays on screen the whole time, which is where
+ * The phone bottom bar shows only on tab roots and drawer destinations, so it is tapped from at most
+ * one screen above a tab. The large-screen navigation rail stays on screen the whole time, which is where
  * the gap showed: tapping Home from a thread three screens deep came back to that thread instead of
  * the feed.
  *
diff --git a/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavDrawerTest.kt b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavDrawerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..580b1f63b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amethyst/src/test/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/navigation/NavDrawerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vitor Pamplona
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+ * Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation
+
+import androidx.navigation.NavBackStackEntry
+import androidx.navigation.NavHostController
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.model.navigation.Route
+import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.navigation.navs.Nav
+import io.mockk.every
+import io.mockk.mockk
+import io.mockk.verify
+import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.advanceUntilIdle
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * A screen opened from the navigation drawer is a top-level section: it keeps the bottom bar
+ * (issue #4141, where Pictures and every other drawer destination lost it). It still sits on top of
+ * the screen the drawer was opened over, so it keeps its back arrow too; the bar is told apart
+ * from an in-app push by the [DRAWER_ROOT_KEY] stamp these tests pin down.
+ */
+@OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
+class NavDrawerTest {
+    private fun entry(
+        isTabRoot: Boolean = false,
+        isDrawerRoot: Boolean = false,
+    ): NavBackStackEntry =
+        mockk<NavBackStackEntry>(relaxed = true) {
+            every { savedStateHandle.get<Boolean>(BOTTOM_NAV_ROOT_KEY) } returns isTabRoot
+            every { savedStateHandle.get<Boolean>(DRAWER_ROOT_KEY) } returns isDrawerRoot
+        }
+
+    /** A controller whose current entry becomes [pushed] once [route] is navigated to. */
+    private fun controllerPushing(
+        route: Route,
+        pushed: NavBackStackEntry,
+    ): NavHostController {
+        var current = entry(isTabRoot = true)
+        return mockk<NavHostController>(relaxed = true) {
+            every { currentBackStackEntry } answers { current }
+            every { navigate(route) } answers { current = pushed }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun stampsTheEntryItOpens() =
+        runTest {
+            val pushed = entry()
+            val controller = controllerPushing(Route.Pictures(), pushed)
+
+            Nav(controller, this).navDrawer(Route.Pictures())
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            verify(exactly = 1) { controller.navigate(Route.Pictures()) }
+            verify(exactly = 1) { pushed.savedStateHandle[DRAWER_ROOT_KEY] = true }
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun stampsTheEntryOfAResolvedRoute() =
+        runTest {
+            val pushed = entry()
+            val controller = controllerPushing(Route.Articles, pushed)
+
+            Nav(controller, this).navDrawer { Route.Articles }
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            verify(exactly = 1) { pushed.savedStateHandle[DRAWER_ROOT_KEY] = true }
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun plainPushesAreNotStamped() =
+        runTest {
+            val pushed = entry()
+            val controller = controllerPushing(Route.Pictures(), pushed)
+
+            Nav(controller, this).nav(Route.Pictures())
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            verify(exactly = 0) { pushed.savedStateHandle[DRAWER_ROOT_KEY] = any<Boolean>() }
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aTabTappedFromADrawerScreenDropsItFirst() =
+        runTest {
+            // Home > Pictures (from the drawer): the bar now shows on Pictures, so it can be tapped
+            // from there. The drawer entry is not a tab root and must not be saved into the tab.
+            val controller =
+                mockk<NavHostController>(relaxed = true) {
+                    every { currentBackStackEntry } returnsMany
+                        listOf(entry(isDrawerRoot = true), entry(isTabRoot = true))
+                    every { popBackStack() } returns true
+                }
+
+            Nav(controller, this).navBottomBar(Route.Message)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            verify(exactly = 1) { controller.popBackStack() }
+        }
+}
diff --git a/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/layouts/DisappearingScaffold.kt b/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/layouts/DisappearingScaffold.kt
index 972ba2c8b0..7db01dd845 100644
--- a/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/layouts/DisappearingScaffold.kt
+++ b/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/layouts/DisappearingScaffold.kt
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ private fun ScaffoldLayout(
                 }.firstOrNull()?.measure(looseConstraints)
             }
         // When the bar lambda is provided but its content emits nothing (e.g. AppBottomBar
-        // hides itself on canPop entries, or while the keyboard is up), reserve the
+        // hides itself on in-app pushes, or while the keyboard is up), reserve the
         // system-nav-bar inset so the FAB and content stay clear of the navigation bar instead
         // of sliding under it. Subtract the IME inset: the root imePadding has already lifted the
         // whole scaffold above the keyboard, and the IME inset spans the nav-bar band, so
diff --git a/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/bottombars/FabBottomBarPadding.kt b/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/bottombars/FabBottomBarPadding.kt
index 723231f179..592ee4cd94 100644
--- a/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/bottombars/FabBottomBarPadding.kt
+++ b/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/bottombars/FabBottomBarPadding.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.commons.ui.navigation.navs.INav
 /**
  * Reserves the visual space the `AppBottomBar` occupies on root tab entries so a
  * FloatingActionButton stays at the same vertical position whether or not the bar is
- * rendered. `AppBottomBar` hides itself on canPop entries (drawer pushes, in-app
+ * rendered. `AppBottomBar` hides itself off [INav.showsBottomBar] entries (in-app
  * navigations) — without this padding the FAB drops by `AppBottomBarHeight` there.
  *
  * The system-navigation-bar inset is already handled by the surrounding Scaffold, so
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ val FABPaddingFromBottom = 30.dp
 
 @Composable
 fun Modifier.fabBottomBarPadding(nav: INav): Modifier =
-    if (nav.canPop() || LocalScreenLayout.current.isLargeScreen) {
-        // canPop entries hide the bar on phones; large screens never render it at all.
+    if (!nav.showsBottomBar() || LocalScreenLayout.current.isLargeScreen) {
+        // In-app pushes hide the bar on phones; large screens never render it at all.
         padding(bottom = FABPaddingFromBottom)
     } else {
         this
diff --git a/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/navs/INav.kt b/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/navs/INav.kt
index 08261b7691..9a3a5d3261 100644
--- a/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/navs/INav.kt
+++ b/commonsUI/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/commons/ui/navigation/navs/INav.kt
@@ -52,9 +52,26 @@ interface INav {
 
     fun navBottomBar(route: Route)
 
+    /**
+     * Opens [route] as a top-level destination picked from the navigation drawer. It still
+     * stacks on top of the current screen (so it [canPop]), but unlike an in-app push it keeps
+     * the bottom bar — see [showsBottomBar].
+     */
+    fun navDrawer(route: Route) = nav(route)
+
+    /** [navDrawer], for a route that has to be resolved first. */
+    fun navDrawer(computeRoute: suspend () -> Route?) = nav(computeRoute)
+
     @Composable
     fun canPop(): Boolean
 
+    /**
+     * Whether this screen renders the bottom bar: tab roots, the start destination and
+     * destinations opened from the drawer ([navDrawer]) do; in-app pushes don't.
+     */
+    @Composable
+    fun showsBottomBar(): Boolean = !canPop()
+
     fun popBack()
 
     fun <T : Route> popUpTo(