diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 574afe4..e55d843 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -41,13 +41,20 @@ jobs:
           aws s3 sync dist/reqsai-web/browser/ s3://${{ env.S3_BUCKET }}/ \
             --delete \
             --exclude "index.html" \
+            --exclude "i18n/*" \
             --cache-control "public,max-age=31536000,immutable"
 
-      - name: Upload index.html to S3 (no cache — shell must always be fresh)
+      - name: Upload index.html and i18n to S3 (no cache — must always be fresh)
         run: |
+          # index.html and the i18n JSON have STABLE, non-fingerprinted names, so they must
+          # never be served "immutable" — otherwise a browser caches them for a year and never
+          # picks up new translations after a deploy. Serve them revalidatable instead.
           aws s3 cp dist/reqsai-web/browser/index.html \
             s3://${{ env.S3_BUCKET }}/index.html \
             --cache-control "no-cache,no-store,must-revalidate"
+          aws s3 cp dist/reqsai-web/browser/i18n/ \
+            s3://${{ env.S3_BUCKET }}/i18n/ --recursive \
+            --cache-control "no-cache,must-revalidate"
 
       - name: Invalidate CloudFront cache
         run: |
diff --git a/src/app/features/discovery/data/session-recording.service.ts b/src/app/features/discovery/data/session-recording.service.ts
index 986c66d..2e73aab 100644
--- a/src/app/features/discovery/data/session-recording.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/discovery/data/session-recording.service.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ export class SessionRecordingService {
   private readonly nowMs = signal(Date.now());
   /** Recorded time in ms, frozen while paused. */
   readonly elapsedMs = computed(() => {
-    const running = this.resumedAtEpochMs === null ? 0 : this.nowMs() - this.resumedAtEpochMs;
+    // Read nowMs() UNCONDITIONALLY so this computed always keeps its dependency on the tick signal.
+    // If nowMs() were only read in the "running" branch, then while paused (resumedAtEpochMs === null)
+    // the ternary short-circuits, the computed records ZERO signal dependencies, and it never re-runs
+    // on resume — freezing the timer at the paused value until a full page reload.
+    const now = this.nowMs();
+    const running = this.resumedAtEpochMs === null ? 0 : now - this.resumedAtEpochMs;
     return this.accumulatedMs + Math.max(0, running);
   });