diff --git a/lib/pages/store.dart b/lib/pages/store.dart
index b4ac189..aa61e3c 100644
--- a/lib/pages/store.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/store.dart
@@ -3552,6 +3552,20 @@ class _StoreTodayHero extends StatelessWidget {
                                     : theme.colorScheme.outlineVariant,
                               ),
                             ),
+                          // Textual position next to the dots: the
+                          // ~6-px dots alone were the only position
+                          // cue — unusable for low-vision and
+                          // motor-impaired operators (a11y finding).
+                          // The chevrons stay the big click targets.
+                          Padding(
+                            padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 6),
+                            child: Text(
+                              '${currentIndex + 1}/$totalCount',
+                              style: theme.textTheme.labelSmall?.copyWith(
+                                color: theme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
+                              ),
+                            ),
+                          ),
                         ],
                       ),
                     ),
diff --git a/lib/pages/welcome.dart b/lib/pages/welcome.dart
index dcd4f08..09e975b 100644
--- a/lib/pages/welcome.dart
+++ b/lib/pages/welcome.dart
@@ -570,6 +570,13 @@ class _TrustRow extends StatelessWidget {
 /// onboarding needed).
 const String _kChecklistDismissedKey = 'welcome.checklist.dismissed';
 
+/// Sticky marker for "a flow has completed at least once". The live
+/// probe only sees the recent-events window (100), so a long-running
+/// hub would silently untick the step once the event scrolls out —
+/// the marker keeps the tick honest to its wording ("start a saved
+/// flow", ever), at the cost of being Studio-local.
+const String _kChecklistFlowDoneKey = 'welcome.checklist.flowCompleted';
+
 /// Live getting-started checklist. Probes the running hub for
 /// four signals that the operator has the basic loop wired up
 /// (System AI configured, MCP source added, text module
@@ -650,13 +657,18 @@ class _OnboardingChecklistState extends State<_OnboardingChecklist> {
         .then((events) => events.any((e) => e.type == 'flow.completed'))
         .catchError((_) => false);
     final results = await Future.wait([ai, mcp, module, flow]);
+    final prefs = await SharedPreferences.getInstance();
+    final flowSeen = prefs.getBool(_kChecklistFlowDoneKey) ?? false;
+    if (results[3] && !flowSeen) {
+      await prefs.setBool(_kChecklistFlowDoneKey, true);
+    }
     if (!mounted) return;
     setState(() {
       _refreshing = false;
       _aiOk = results[0];
       _mcpOk = results[1];
       _moduleOk = results[2];
-      _flowOk = results[3];
+      _flowOk = results[3] || flowSeen;
     });
   }