diff --git a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineAppModel.swift b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineAppModel.swift
index dffe00c..5b8506b 100644
--- a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineAppModel.swift
+++ b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineAppModel.swift
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ final class DeeplineAppModel: ObservableObject {
             try await self.ensureReachableServerBaseURL()
             let envelopes = try await self.client.listMessages(baseURL: self.serverBaseURL, conversationId: conversationId)
             let parsed = self.parseMessages(currentUserId: userId, envelopes: envelopes)
-            self.messages[conversationId] = parsed
+            self.replaceMessages(parsed, for: conversationId)
             self.updateConversationPreview(conversationId: conversationId, preview: parsed.last?.body)
         }
     }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ final class DeeplineAppModel: ObservableObject {
         }
 
         let newMessage = parseMessage(currentUserId: currentUserId, envelope: envelope)
-        messages[conversationId] = existingMessages + [newMessage]
+        replaceMessages(existingMessages + [newMessage], for: conversationId)
         updateConversationPreview(conversationId: conversationId, preview: newMessage.body)
     }
 
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ final class DeeplineAppModel: ObservableObject {
     func loadGroupMembers(conversationId: String) async {
         await performSilentTask { [self] in
             let page = try await self.client.listConversationMembers(baseURL: self.serverBaseURL, conversationId: conversationId)
-            self.groupMembers[conversationId] = page.members
+            self.replaceGroupMembers(page.members, for: conversationId)
         }
     }
 
@@ -473,6 +473,16 @@ final class DeeplineAppModel: ObservableObject {
         messages[conversationId] ?? []
     }
 
+    private func replaceMessages(_ newMessages: [DeeplineMessage], for conversationId: String) {
+        guard (messages[conversationId] ?? []) != newMessages else { return }
+        messages[conversationId] = newMessages
+    }
+
+    private func replaceGroupMembers(_ newMembers: [GroupMember], for conversationId: String) {
+        guard (groupMembers[conversationId] ?? []) != newMembers else { return }
+        groupMembers[conversationId] = newMembers
+    }
+
     func primaryConversationId() -> String? {
         chats.first?.id
     }
diff --git a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineServerClient.swift b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineServerClient.swift
index 79016dd..ab331b2 100644
--- a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineServerClient.swift
+++ b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/DeeplineServerClient.swift
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ enum GroupRole: String, Codable {
     case MEMBER
 }
 
-struct GroupMember: Codable, Identifiable {
+struct GroupMember: Codable, Equatable, Identifiable {
     let userId: String
     let role: GroupRole
     let addedByUserId: String?
diff --git a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/RootView.swift b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/RootView.swift
index 9b4632b..a9dbc0c 100644
--- a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/RootView.swift
+++ b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOS/Sources/RootView.swift
@@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ private struct ChatInputBar: View {
                             .foregroundStyle(draft.isEmpty ? DeeplineTheme.onSurfaceVariant(colorScheme) : .white)
                     }
                 }
+                .accessibilityLabel(draft.isEmpty ? "Voice message" : "Send")
             }
             .padding(.horizontal, 10)
             .padding(.vertical, 8)
@@ -1439,7 +1440,7 @@ private struct MemberRow: View {
                 )
 
             VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
-                Text("User \(member.userId.suffix(4))")
+                Text("User \(String(member.userId.suffix(4)))")
                     .font(.subheadline.weight(.medium))
                     .foregroundStyle(DeeplineTheme.onSurface(colorScheme))
 
diff --git a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOSUITests/DeeplineIOSUITests.swift b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOSUITests/DeeplineIOSUITests.swift
index 39fafe0..268c598 100644
--- a/clients/ios/DeeplineIOSUITests/DeeplineIOSUITests.swift
+++ b/clients/ios/DeeplineIOSUITests/DeeplineIOSUITests.swift
@@ -9,18 +9,33 @@ final class DeeplineIOSUITests: XCTestCase {
         let app = XCUIApplication()
         app.launchArguments.append("-resetDeeplineState")
         app.launchEnvironment["DEEPLINE_SERVER_URL"] = "http://localhost:9091"
+        addUIInterruptionMonitor(withDescription: "Notification permission") { alert in
+            let alertText = ([alert.label] + alert.staticTexts.allElementsBoundByIndex.map(\.label)).joined(separator: " ")
+            guard alertText.localizedCaseInsensitiveContains("notification") else { return false }
+            if alert.buttons["Allow"].exists {
+                alert.buttons["Allow"].tap()
+            } else if alert.buttons.count > 1 {
+                alert.buttons.element(boundBy: 1).tap()
+            } else if alert.buttons.count > 0 {
+                alert.buttons.element(boundBy: 0).tap()
+            } else {
+                return false
+            }
+            return true
+        }
         app.launch()
+        app.tap()
 
-        let setupButton = app.buttons["Set Up Local Identity"]
+        let setupButton = app.buttons["Get Started"]
         XCTAssertTrue(setupButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
         setupButton.tap()
 
-        let displayNameField = app.textFields["Display name"]
-        XCTAssertTrue(displayNameField.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        let displayNameField = app.textFields["Enter your name"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(displayNameField.waitForExistence(timeout: 15))
         displayNameField.tap()
         displayNameField.typeText("Codex Tester")
 
-        let deviceField = app.textFields["Device label"]
+        let deviceField = app.textFields["e.g. iPhone 15 Pro"]
         XCTAssertTrue(deviceField.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
         deviceField.tap()
         if let currentValue = deviceField.value as? String, !currentValue.isEmpty {
@@ -31,17 +46,18 @@ final class DeeplineIOSUITests: XCTestCase {
 
         app.buttons["Create Identity"].tap()
 
-        let composer = app.textFields["Write a private note"]
+        let composer = app.textFields["Message"]
         if !composer.waitForExistence(timeout: 20) {
             let localNotes = app.staticTexts["Local Notes"]
             XCTAssertTrue(localNotes.waitForExistence(timeout: 20))
             localNotes.tap()
         }
         XCTAssertTrue(composer.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
-        XCTAssertTrue(app.buttons["Send"].exists)
         composer.tap()
         composer.typeText("UITest secure note")
-        app.buttons["Send"].tap()
+        let sendButton = app.buttons["Send"]
+        XCTAssertTrue(sendButton.waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
+        sendButton.tap()
         XCTAssertTrue(app.staticTexts["UITest secure note"].waitForExistence(timeout: 10))
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 1fbc541..967eca2 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [versions]
-agp = "8.7.3"
+agp = "8.13.2"
 androidx-activity-compose = "1.10.1"
 firebase-messaging = "24.1.0"
 androidx-core-ktx = "1.15.0"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index df97d72..37f853b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME