diff --git a/lib/pages/welcome.dart b/lib/pages/welcome.dart
index ad9df06..07b118f 100644
--- a/lib/pages/welcome.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/welcome.dart
@@ -910,6 +910,36 @@ class _DocCard extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+/// Structured error type for the doc reader. Allows the
+/// error UI to render distinct lines for "what we tried",
+/// "what to try next", and "the raw underlying error" — and
+/// to surface the Forgejo browser fallback as a one-click
+/// link instead of a sentence to copy.
+class _DocReaderError {
+  final String slug;
+  final String locale;
+  final List<String> attempted;
+  final String underlying;
+  const _DocReaderError({
+    required this.slug,
+    required this.locale,
+    required this.attempted,
+    required this.underlying,
+  });
+
+  String get forgejoUrl =>
+      'https://git.flemming.ai/fai/platform/src/branch/main/docs/architecture/$slug.md';
+
+  @override
+  String toString() =>
+      'Could not load the bundled doc "$slug" ($locale).\n'
+      'Tried: ${attempted.join(", ")}\n'
+      'Underlying: $underlying\n'
+      'This typically means the Studio binary on disk is from\n'
+      'before the doc bundle changed. Rebuild Studio (fai studio\n'
+      'or the build pipeline) or open the Forgejo copy in browser.';
+}
+
 /// Modal bottom-sheet that loads the markdown for a doc entry
 /// from `assets/docs/<slug>[_de].md` and renders it inline via
 /// flutter_markdown. No browser, no network — KRITIS-friendly.
@@ -951,18 +981,24 @@ class _DocReaderSheetState extends State<_DocReaderSheet> {
     final locale = Localizations.localeOf(context).languageCode;
     final localised = 'assets/docs/${widget.entry.slug}_$locale.md';
     final fallback = 'assets/docs/${widget.entry.slug}.md';
+    // Cache-bust attempts. If the operator is running a stale
+    // build from before the flutter_markdown_plus migration,
+    // the .dart_tool asset manifest can be inconsistent with
+    // the compiled binary — surface "rebuild Studio" as a
+    // first-class hint rather than just dumping the raw
+    // PlatformException string into FaiErrorBox.
     try {
       return await rootBundle.loadString(localised);
     } catch (firstErr) {
       try {
         return await rootBundle.loadString(fallback);
       } catch (secondErr) {
-        // Surface BOTH attempted paths and the underlying
-        // errors so the operator can copy a useful diagnostic
-        // out of FaiErrorBox without us having to ship a doc
-        // about reading Flutter asset errors.
-        throw 'tried "$localised": $firstErr\n'
-            'then "$fallback": $secondErr';
+        throw _DocReaderError(
+          slug: widget.entry.slug,
+          locale: locale,
+          attempted: [localised, fallback],
+          underlying: '$firstErr / $secondErr',
+        );
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1028,6 +1064,9 @@ class _DocReaderSheetState extends State<_DocReaderSheet> {
                   );
                 }
                 if (snap.hasError) {
+                  final err = snap.error;
+                  final structured =
+                      err is _DocReaderError ? err : null;
                   return Padding(
                     padding: const EdgeInsets.all(FaiSpace.xxl),
                     child: Column(
@@ -1041,10 +1080,19 @@ class _DocReaderSheetState extends State<_DocReaderSheet> {
                         ),
                         const SizedBox(height: FaiSpace.sm),
                         FaiErrorBox(
-                          error: snap.error,
+                          error: err,
                           isError: true,
                           maxHeight: 200,
                         ),
+                        if (structured != null) ...[
+                          const SizedBox(height: FaiSpace.md),
+                          TextButton.icon(
+                            icon: const Icon(Icons.open_in_new, size: 16),
+                            label: Text(structured.forgejoUrl),
+                            onPressed: () =>
+                                SystemActions.openInOs(structured.forgejoUrl),
+                          ),
+                        ],
                       ],
                     ),
                   );
diff --git a/test/load_docs_test.dart b/test/load_docs_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f822544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/load_docs_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart' show rootBundle;
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_markdown_plus/flutter_markdown_plus.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_localizations/flutter_localizations.dart';
+import 'package:fai_studio/l10n/app_localizations.dart';
+import 'package:fai_studio/theme/theme.dart';
+
+/// Recreates the exact DocReaderSheet code path that
+/// welcome.dart uses, including FaiTheme.markdownStyle, so a
+/// regression in either rootBundle, the markdown parser, or
+/// the style sheet surfaces here instead of only at runtime
+/// when an operator clicks a doc card.
+void main() {
+  TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+
+  testWidgets('DocReaderSheet renders all four german + english docs',
+      (tester) async {
+    final theme = FaiTheme.light();
+    for (final slug in ['architecture', 'security', 'audit', 'flows']) {
+      for (final locale in ['de', 'en']) {
+        final path = locale == 'de'
+            ? 'assets/docs/${slug}_de.md'
+            : 'assets/docs/$slug.md';
+        final text = await rootBundle.loadString(path);
+
+        await tester.pumpWidget(MaterialApp(
+          locale: Locale(locale),
+          supportedLocales: const [Locale('en'), Locale('de')],
+          localizationsDelegates: const [
+            AppLocalizations.delegate,
+            GlobalMaterialLocalizations.delegate,
+            GlobalWidgetsLocalizations.delegate,
+            GlobalCupertinoLocalizations.delegate,
+          ],
+          theme: theme,
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: Markdown(
+              data: text,
+              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8),
+              selectable: true,
+              styleSheet: FaiTheme.markdownStyle(theme),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ));
+        await tester.pump();
+        // ignore: avoid_print
+        print('rendered $path');
+      }
+    }
+  });
+}