src/components/dashboard/DashboardEmptyState.render.test.tsx

@@ -15,11 +15,18 @@ import { computeChecklist } from "../../utils/onboardingChecklist";
 
 const checklist = computeChecklist(
   { sources: 0, imports: 0, manualCategorized: 0, budgetEntries: 0, transactions: 0 },
-  { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: true },
+  { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: true, visitStepsInitialized: true },
 );
 
 function cardProps(hidden = false) {
-  return { checklist, budgetReady: true, hidden, onHide: vi.fn(), onResume: vi.fn() };
+  return {
+    checklist,
+    budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    hidden,
+    onHide: vi.fn(),
+    onResume: vi.fn(),
+  };
 }
 
 const markup = (hidden = false) =>
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@ describe("DashboardEmptyState (#352, #397)", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("t(dashboard.empty.description)");
     expect(html).toMatch(/<a [^>]*href="\/import"[^>]*>t\(dashboard\.empty\.cta\)/);
     expect(html).toContain('aria-label="t(onboarding.checklist.title)"');
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=1,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=1,total=8])");
   });
 
   it("keeps the card and drops the list once the path is hidden", () => {
@@ -52,6 +59,13 @@ describe("DashboardEmptyState (#352, #397)", () => {
     expect(list.type).toBe(OnboardingChecklist);
     expect(list.props.items).toBe(checklist.items);
     expect(list.props.budgetReady).toBe(true);
+    expect(list.props.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(true);
+    const waiting = DashboardEmptyState({ ...props, visitStepsInitialized: false }) as ReactElement<{
+      children?: ReactNode;
+    }>;
+    expect(
+      (waiting.props.children as ReactElement<Record<string, unknown>>).props.visitStepsInitialized,
+    ).toBe(false);
     expect(list.props.onHide).toBe(props.onHide);
     expect(list.props.onResume).toBe(props.onResume);
   });

src/components/dashboard/DashboardEmptyState.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import type { ChecklistItemKey } from "../../shared/types";
 interface DashboardEmptyStateProps {
   checklist: Checklist;
   budgetReady: boolean;
+  /** The visit steps are initialized (#425): their rows stay "pending" until then. */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
   /** The user dismissed the checklist: the welcome card stays, the list goes. */
   hidden: boolean;
   onHide: () => void;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ interface DashboardEmptyStateProps {
 export default function DashboardEmptyState({
   checklist,
   budgetReady,
+  visitStepsInitialized,
   hidden,
   onHide,
   onResume,
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ export default function DashboardEmptyState({
           done={checklist.done}
           total={checklist.total}
           budgetReady={budgetReady}
+          visitStepsInitialized={visitStepsInitialized}
           onHide={onHide}
           onResume={onResume}
         />

src/components/dashboard/OnboardingChecklist.test.tsx

@@ -67,8 +67,14 @@ function render(
   counters = ZERO,
   budgetAllowed = true,
   skipped: ChecklistItemKey[] = [],
+  visitStepsInitialized = true,
 ) {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed, skipped });
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: false,
+    budgetAllowed,
+    skipped,
+    visitStepsInitialized,
+  });
   const onHide = vi.fn();
   const onResume = vi.fn();
   const props: OnboardingChecklistProps = {
@@ -76,6 +82,7 @@ function render(
     done: checklist.done,
     total: checklist.total,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized,
     onHide,
     onResume,
     ...overrides,
@@ -97,12 +104,12 @@ function stateTextsOf(row: AnyElement): string[] {
 }
 
 describe("OnboardingChecklist", () => {
-  it("renders the title, the counter 1 / 6 and the hide button", () => {
+  it("renders the title, the counter 1 / 8 and the hide button", () => {
     const { element, onHide } = render();
     const text = texts(element);
     expect(text).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.title)");
     expect((element as AnyElement).props["aria-label"]).toBe("t(onboarding.checklist.title)");
-    expect(text).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=1,total=6])");
+    expect(text).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=1,total=8])");
     const [hide] = find(element, (e) => e.type === "button");
     expect(hide.props.type).toBe("button");
     expect(texts(hide.props.children)).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.hide)");
@@ -110,11 +117,22 @@ describe("OnboardingChecklist", () => {
     expect(onHide).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  it("renders six rows with their i18n labels", () => {
+  it("renders eight rows, in order, with their i18n labels (#425)", () => {
     const { element } = render();
-    expect(find(element, (e) => e.type === "li")).toHaveLength(6);
+    const rows = find(element, (e) => e.type === "li");
+    const order = [
+      "profile",
+      "importFolder",
+      "source",
+      "import",
+      "categories",
+      "manualCategory",
+      "budget",
+      "reports",
+    ];
+    expect(rows.map((r) => r.key)).toEqual(order);
     const text = texts(element);
-    for (const key of ["profile", "importFolder", "source", "import", "manualCategory", "budget"]) {
+    for (const key of order) {
       expect(text).toContain(`t(onboarding.checklist.items.${key})`);
     }
   });
@@ -154,7 +172,7 @@ describe("OnboardingChecklist", () => {
     expect(link.props.to).toBe("/settings/users");
     // The license card carries no step card: nothing to focus there.
     expect(link.props.state).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(texts(element)).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=1,total=5])");
+    expect(texts(element)).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=1,total=7])");
   });
 
   it("while the entitlement is unknown, the budget row is neutral and the counter is absent", () => {
@@ -209,7 +227,7 @@ describe("OnboardingChecklist — skipped rows (#397)", () => {
     );
     // The hidden "(skipped)" text already says it: the badge is not read twice.
     expect(badge.props["aria-hidden"]).toBe("true");
-    expect(texts(element)).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=2,total=6])");
+    expect(texts(element)).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=2,total=8])");
   });
 
   it("'Resume' takes the step back, then opens its page with the step's navigation state", () => {
@@ -250,3 +268,51 @@ describe("OnboardingChecklist — skipped rows (#397)", () => {
     expect(link.props.to).toBe("/settings/users");
   });
 });
+
+describe("OnboardingChecklist — visit steps (#425)", () => {
+  it("a visit row to do links to its page with the step's navigation state", () => {
+    const { element } = render();
+    const [categories] = find(rowOf(element, "categories"), (e) => e.type === Link);
+    expect(categories.props.to).toBe("/categories");
+    expect(categories.props.state).toEqual({ onboarding: { focus: true } });
+    const [reports] = find(rowOf(element, "reports"), (e) => e.type === Link);
+    expect(reports.props.to).toBe("/reports");
+  });
+
+  it("before the initialization, both visit rows are pending, without the edition badge, and the counter waits", () => {
+    const { element } = render({}, ZERO, false, [], false);
+    for (const key of ["categories", "reports"]) {
+      const row = rowOf(element, key);
+      expect(find(row, (e) => e.type === Lock), key).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(find(row, (e) => e.type === Circle), key).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(find(row, (e) => e.type === Link), key).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(texts(row), key).not.toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.lockedBudget)");
+      expect(stateTextsOf(row), key).toEqual(["t(onboarding.state.pending)"]);
+    }
+    // The Budget row keeps its own rule: entitlement known, Free → locked.
+    expect(stateTextsOf(rowOf(element, "budget"))).toEqual(["t(onboarding.state.locked)"]);
+    expect(texts(element).some((s) => s.startsWith("t(onboarding.checklist.counter"))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("the Budget row's pending state follows budgetReady alone", () => {
+    const { element } = render({ budgetReady: false }, ZERO, true, [], true);
+    expect(stateTextsOf(rowOf(element, "budget"))).toEqual(["t(onboarding.state.pending)"]);
+    expect(stateTextsOf(rowOf(element, "categories"))).toEqual([]);
+    const initializedOnly = render({ budgetReady: true }, ZERO, true, [], false).element;
+    expect(stateTextsOf(rowOf(initializedOnly, "budget"))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("an acknowledged visit row shows as done", () => {
+    const checklist = computeChecklist(ZERO, {
+      importFolderSet: false,
+      budgetAllowed: true,
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      acknowledged: ["reports"],
+    });
+    const { element } = render({ items: checklist.items, done: checklist.done, total: checklist.total });
+    const reports = rowOf(element, "reports");
+    expect(find(reports, (e) => e.type === CheckCircle2)).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(find(reports, (e) => e.type === Link)).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(texts(element)).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.counter[done=2,total=8])");
+  });
+});

src/components/dashboard/OnboardingChecklist.tsx

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { CheckCircle2, Circle, Lock, SkipForward } from "lucide-react";
 import { stepNavState } from "../../utils/onboardingPath";
-import type { ChecklistItem, ChecklistItemKey } from "../../shared/types";
+import { VISIT_STEP_KEYS, type ChecklistItem, type ChecklistItemKey } from "../../shared/types";
 
 export interface OnboardingChecklistProps {
   items: ChecklistItem[];
   /** Number of unlocked rows that are done or skipped. */
   done: number;
-  /** Number of unlocked rows (6, or 5 when Budget is locked). */
+  /** Number of unlocked rows (8, or 7 when Budget is locked). */
   total: number;
   /**
    * False until the Budget entitlement is known. The budget row is then
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ export interface OnboardingChecklistProps {
    * `total` depends on the lock.
    */
   budgetReady: boolean;
+  /**
+   * False until the profile's visit steps are initialized (#425). Their two
+   * rows are then neutral ("pending", never "locked", which would show the
+   * Base edition badge) and the counter is hidden, `total` depending on them.
+   */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
   onHide: () => void;
   /** "Resume" on a skipped row: the provider's `resume`, before its link opens the step's page. */
   onResume: (key: ChecklistItemKey) => void;
@@ -28,8 +34,13 @@ type RowState = "done" | "skipped" | "todo" | "locked" | "pending";
  * done shows as done even if it was skipped too: "Resume" would bring back
  * nothing to do.
  */
-function rowState(item: ChecklistItem, budgetReady: boolean): RowState {
+function rowState(
+  item: ChecklistItem,
+  budgetReady: boolean,
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean,
+): RowState {
   if (item.key === "budget" && !budgetReady) return "pending";
+  if (VISIT_STEP_KEYS.includes(item.key) && !visitStepsInitialized) return "pending";
   if (item.locked) return "locked";
   if (item.done) return "done";
   return item.skipped ? "skipped" : "todo";
@@ -75,6 +86,7 @@ export default function OnboardingChecklist({
   done,
   total,
   budgetReady,
+  visitStepsInitialized,
   onHide,
   onResume,
 }: OnboardingChecklistProps) {
@@ -88,7 +100,7 @@ export default function OnboardingChecklist({
     >
       <div className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-3">
         <h3 className="font-semibold">{t("onboarding.checklist.title")}</h3>
-        {budgetReady && (
+        {budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized && (
           <span className="text-sm font-medium text-[var(--muted-foreground)] tabular-nums">
             {t("onboarding.checklist.counter", { done, total })}
           </span>
@@ -105,7 +117,7 @@ export default function OnboardingChecklist({
       </div>
       <ul className="space-y-2">
         {items.map((item) => {
-          const state = rowState(item, budgetReady);
+          const state = rowState(item, budgetReady, visitStepsInitialized);
           const label = t(`onboarding.checklist.items.${item.key}`);
           const stateText =
             state === "todo" ? null : (

src/components/layout/AppShell.render.test.tsx

@@ -39,12 +39,19 @@ const NEW_PROFILE: OnboardingSnapshot = {
   importFolderSet: false,
   hidden: false,
   skipped: [],
+  acknowledged: [],
+  visitStepsInitialized: true,
 };
-/** Folder, source and import done: the next step is the manual category, on /transactions. */
+/**
+ * Folder, source and import done: the next step is the manual category, on
+ * /transactions. Stopped after the import, so the visit steps are
+ * acknowledged (rule of the templates, #425).
+ */
 const IMPORTED: OnboardingSnapshot = {
   ...NEW_PROFILE,
   counters: { sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 0, budgetEntries: 0, transactions: 40 },
   importFolderSet: true,
+  acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
 };
 /** Everything but the budget: the next step is on /budget. */
 const BUDGET_LEFT: OnboardingSnapshot = {
@@ -75,6 +82,8 @@ function pathAt(
         importFolderSet: state.importFolderSet,
         budgetAllowed,
         skipped: state.skipped,
+        acknowledged: state.acknowledged,
+        visitStepsInitialized: state.visitStepsInitialized,
       })
     : null;
   const { nextStep, cardPage, mode } = deriveOnboardingView({ state, checklist, pathname, budgetReady });
@@ -84,6 +93,7 @@ function pathAt(
     counters: state.counters,
     hidden: state.hidden,
     budgetReady,
+    visitStepsInitialized: state.visitStepsInitialized,
     nextStep,
     mode,
     cardPage,
@@ -91,6 +101,7 @@ function pathAt(
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
   };
 }
@@ -182,9 +193,9 @@ describe("AppShell — the getting-started banner (#397)", () => {
     expect(renderAt("/reports", loaded(BUDGET_LEFT))).toContain('href="/budget"');
   });
 
-  it("in the Free edition, /budget never gets a card and the path ends at 5/5 (#400)", () => {
+  it("in the Free edition, /budget never gets a card and the path ends at 7/7 (#400)", () => {
     const value = pathAt("/budget", loaded(BUDGET_LEFT), true, false);
-    expect(value.checklist?.total).toBe(5);
+    expect(value.checklist?.total).toBe(7);
     expect(value.nextStep).toBeNull();
     expect(value.cardPage).toBeNull();
     expect(value.mode).toBe("complete");
@@ -209,10 +220,19 @@ describe("AppShell — the getting-started banner (#397)", () => {
     expect(waiting).toContain(BANNER);
     expect(waiting).not.toContain("onboarding.banner.progress");
     expect(renderAt("/reports", loaded(IMPORTED))).toContain(
-      "t(onboarding.banner.progress[done=4,total=6])",
+      "t(onboarding.banner.progress[done=6,total=8])",
     );
   });
 
+  it("before the visit steps' initialization: no counter, and no end for a path that was complete (#425)", () => {
+    const waiting = renderAt("/reports", loaded({ ...IMPORTED, acknowledged: [], visitStepsInitialized: false }));
+    expect(waiting).toContain(BANNER);
+    expect(waiting).not.toContain("onboarding.banner.progress");
+    const complete = renderAt("/reports", loaded({ ...ALL_DONE, acknowledged: [], visitStepsInitialized: false }));
+    expect(complete).not.toContain(BANNER);
+    expect(complete).not.toContain("onboarding.banner.next");
+  });
+
   it("starts with the list folded", () => {
     const html = renderAt("/reports", loaded(IMPORTED));
     expect(html).toContain('aria-expanded="false"');

src/components/layout/AppShell.slot.test.tsx

@@ -43,13 +43,20 @@ function find(node: ReactNode, pred: (el: AnyElement) => boolean): AnyElement[]
 
 function onboardingValue(): OnboardingValue {
   const counters = { sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 0, budgetEntries: 0, transactions: 40 };
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true });
+  // Stopped after the import: the visit steps are acknowledged (rule of the templates, #425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+  });
   return {
     status: "ready",
     checklist,
     counters,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     mode: "banner",
     cardPage: null,
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ function onboardingValue(): OnboardingValue {
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
   };
 }
@@ -82,16 +90,23 @@ describe("OnboardingBannerSlot (#397)", () => {
     expect(props.checklist).toBe(value.checklist);
     expect(props.nextStep).toBe(value.nextStep);
     expect(props.budgetReady).toBe(true);
+    expect(props.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(true);
     expect(props.listOpen).toBe(false);
     expect(props.onHide).toBe(value.hide);
     expect(props.onResume).toBe(value.resume);
   });
 
   it("passes the mode and the entitlement as they come: the banner decides what to show", () => {
-    ctx.onboarding = { ...onboardingValue(), mode: "none", budgetReady: false };
+    ctx.onboarding = {
+      ...onboardingValue(),
+      mode: "none",
+      budgetReady: false,
+      visitStepsInitialized: false,
+    };
     const props = renderSlot();
     expect(props.mode).toBe("none");
     expect(props.budgetReady).toBe(false);
+    expect(props.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("'Show the list' unfolds it, 'Close the list' folds it back", () => {

src/components/layout/AppShell.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function OnboardingBannerSlot() {
       checklist={onboarding.checklist}
       nextStep={onboarding.nextStep}
       budgetReady={onboarding.budgetReady}
+      visitStepsInitialized={onboarding.visitStepsInitialized}
       listOpen={listOpen}
       onToggleList={() => setListOpen((open) => !open)}
       onHide={onboarding.hide}

src/components/onboarding/OnboardingBanner.render.test.tsx

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const ZERO: OnboardingCounters = {
   budgetEntries: 0,
   transactions: 0,
 };
-/** Profile, folder and source done: 3/6, the next step is "import" on /import. */
+/** Profile, folder and source done: 3/8, the next step is "import" on /import. */
 const THREE_DONE: OnboardingCounters = { ...ZERO, sources: 1 };
 /** Up to the import: the next step is "manualCategory" on /transactions. */
 const FOUR_DONE: OnboardingCounters = { ...ZERO, sources: 1, imports: 1, transactions: 40 };
@@ -60,12 +60,19 @@ function bannerProps(
   overrides: Partial<OnboardingBannerProps> = {},
   counters: OnboardingCounters = THREE_DONE,
 ): OnboardingBannerProps {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true });
+  // A template stopped after the import has its visit steps acknowledged (#425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: counters.imports >= 1 ? ["categories", "reports"] : [],
+  });
   return {
     mode: checklist.complete ? "complete" : "banner",
     checklist,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     listOpen: false,
     onToggleList: vi.fn(),
     onHide: vi.fn(),
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ describe("OnboardingBanner — banner mode (#397)", () => {
     const html = markup(bannerProps());
     expect(html).toContain('role="region"');
     expect(html).toContain('aria-label="t(onboarding.banner.label)"');
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.banner.progress[done=3,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.banner.progress[done=3,total=8])");
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.banner.next)");
     expect(html).toMatch(/<a [^>]*href="\/import"[^>]*>t\(onboarding\.checklist\.items\.import\)/);
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.hide)");
@@ -117,6 +124,12 @@ describe("OnboardingBanner — banner mode (#397)", () => {
     expect(html).toMatch(/href="\/import"/);
   });
 
+  it("the counter waits for the visit steps' initialization too, the next step does not (#425)", () => {
+    const html = markup(bannerProps({ visitStepsInitialized: false }));
+    expect(html).not.toContain("onboarding.banner.progress");
+    expect(html).toMatch(/href="\/import"/);
+  });
+
   it("folded: 'Show the list' with aria-expanded false, and no list", () => {
     const html = markup(bannerProps());
     expect(html).toMatch(
@@ -134,7 +147,16 @@ describe("OnboardingBanner — banner mode (#397)", () => {
     const container = html.indexOf(`id="${ONBOARDING_BANNER_LIST_ID}"`);
     expect(container).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
     expect(html.indexOf("t(onboarding.checklist.title)")).toBeGreaterThan(container);
-    for (const key of ["profile", "importFolder", "source", "import", "manualCategory", "budget"]) {
+    for (const key of [
+      "profile",
+      "importFolder",
+      "source",
+      "import",
+      "categories",
+      "manualCategory",
+      "budget",
+      "reports",
+    ]) {
       expect(html).toContain(`t(onboarding.checklist.items.${key})`);
     }
   });
@@ -144,8 +166,16 @@ describe("OnboardingBanner — banner mode (#397)", () => {
     const [list] = find(tree(props), (e) => e.type === OnboardingChecklist);
     expect(list.props.items).toBe(props.checklist!.items);
     expect(list.props.done).toBe(3);
-    expect(list.props.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.props.total).toBe(8);
     expect(list.props.budgetReady).toBe(true);
+    expect(list.props.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(true);
+    // Each flag reaches the list on its own: the Budget row's pending state follows budgetReady alone.
+    const [waiting] = find(
+      tree(bannerProps({ listOpen: true, visitStepsInitialized: false })),
+      (e) => e.type === OnboardingChecklist,
+    );
+    expect(waiting.props.budgetReady).toBe(true);
+    expect(waiting.props.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
     expect(list.props.onHide).toBe(props.onHide);
     expect(list.props.onResume).toBe(props.onResume);
     expect(find(tree(bannerProps()), (e) => e.type === OnboardingChecklist)).toHaveLength(0);

src/components/onboarding/OnboardingBanner.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export interface OnboardingBannerProps {
   nextStep: ChecklistItem | null;
   /** False until the Budget entitlement is known: the counter waits, its total depends on the lock. */
   budgetReady: boolean;
+  /** False until the visit steps are initialized (#425): the counter waits too, its total depends on them. */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
   /** The detailed list is unfolded under the banner. */
   listOpen: boolean;
   onToggleList: () => void;
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ function BannerIcon() {
  *
  * - `banner`: "Getting started n/N · Next step: <step> →", "Show the list",
  *   which unfolds the detailed list in place, and "Hide". The counter waits
- *   for `budgetReady`, like the list's own counter.
+ *   for `budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized`, like the list's own counter.
  * - `complete` (D4): the end message, "Open the guide" and "Close", which
  *   hides the path until it is shown again from Settings → Users.
  * - Anything else (`none`, `card`) renders nothing.
@@ -61,12 +63,14 @@ export default function OnboardingBanner({
   checklist,
   nextStep,
   budgetReady,
+  visitStepsInitialized,
   listOpen,
   onToggleList,
   onHide,
   onResume,
 }: OnboardingBannerProps) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const totalKnown = budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized;
   if (checklist === null || (mode !== "banner" && mode !== "complete")) return null;
 
   if (mode === "complete") {
@@ -92,12 +96,12 @@ export default function OnboardingBanner({
     <div role="region" aria-label={t("onboarding.banner.label")} className={REGION_CLASS}>
       <div className={ROW_CLASS}>
         <BannerIcon />
-        {budgetReady && (
+        {totalKnown && (
           <span className="font-semibold text-[var(--foreground)] tabular-nums">
             {t("onboarding.banner.progress", { done: checklist.done, total: checklist.total })}
           </span>
         )}
-        {budgetReady && nextStep && (
+        {totalKnown && nextStep && (
           <span aria-hidden="true" className="h-1 w-1 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-[var(--muted-foreground)]" />
         )}
         {nextStep && (
@@ -133,6 +137,7 @@ export default function OnboardingBanner({
               done={checklist.done}
               total={checklist.total}
               budgetReady={budgetReady}
+              visitStepsInitialized={visitStepsInitialized}
               onHide={onHide}
               onResume={onResume}
             />

src/components/onboarding/OnboardingStepCard.test.tsx

@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@ vi.mock("react-router-dom", async (importOriginal) => ({
   useNavigate: () => ctx.navigate,
 }));
 vi.mock("../../contexts/OnboardingContext", () => ({ useOnboarding: () => ctx.onboarding }));
+// /categories guides no step before its card ships (#432): a stand-in page
+// that guides the categories step, so the wiring of "Got it" is exercised now.
+vi.mock("../../utils/onboardingPath", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const orig = await importOriginal<typeof import("../../utils/onboardingPath")>();
+  return {
+    ...orig,
+    cardStep: (...args: Parameters<typeof orig.cardStep>) => {
+      const [checklist, pathname] = args;
+      if (pathname !== "/stand-in-categories") return orig.cardStep(checklist, pathname);
+      const unlocked = checklist.items.filter((item) => !item.locked);
+      const step = unlocked.find((item) => item.key === "categories")!;
+      return { step, n: unlocked.indexOf(step) + 1, total: unlocked.length };
+    },
+  };
+});
 
 import { hookHarness } from "../../test/hookHarness";
 import OnboardingStepCard from "./OnboardingStepCard";
@@ -46,13 +61,20 @@ const IMPORTED: OnboardingCounters = { ...ZERO, sources: 1, imports: 1, transact
 
 /** The path latched on /import, as the provider shares it. */
 function path(counters: OnboardingCounters, overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> = {}): OnboardingValue {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true });
+  // A template stopped after the import has its visit steps acknowledged (#425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: counters.imports >= 1 ? ["categories", "reports"] : [],
+  });
   return {
     status: "ready",
     checklist,
     counters,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     mode: "card",
     cardPage: "/import",
@@ -60,6 +82,7 @@ function path(counters: OnboardingCounters, overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue>
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     ...overrides,
   };
@@ -125,7 +148,7 @@ describe("OnboardingStepCard — what it hands the card (#398)", () => {
   it("the step it shows, its place among the unlocked rows, the model's sentence and verdict", () => {
     const props = render()!.props;
     expect(props.step.key).toBe("source");
-    expect(props.position).toEqual({ n: 3, total: 6 });
+    expect(props.position).toEqual({ n: 3, total: 8 });
     expect(props.text).toBe(SOURCE_LIST.text);
     expect(props.done).toBe(false);
     expect(props.titleRef).toBe(titleRef());
@@ -147,6 +170,39 @@ describe("OnboardingStepCard — what it hands the card (#398)", () => {
     expect(render()!.props.position).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("no 'Step n of N' and no end until the visit steps are initialized (#425)", () => {
+    ctx.onboarding = path(FOLDER_SET, { visitStepsInitialized: false });
+    expect(render()!.props.position).toBeNull();
+    ctx.onboarding = path(IMPORTED, { visitStepsInitialized: false, nextStep: null });
+    expect(render(DONE)!.props.next).toEqual({ kind: "wait" });
+    ctx.onboarding = path(IMPORTED, { nextStep: null });
+    expect(render(DONE)!.props.next).toEqual({ kind: "end" });
+  });
+
+  it("no 'Got it' on a data step", () => {
+    expect(render()!.props.onAcknowledge).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("'Got it' on a visit step acknowledges the step the card shows (#425)", () => {
+    ctx.location = { pathname: "/stand-in-categories", state: null, key: "arrival-1" };
+    ctx.onboarding = path(IMPORTED, {
+      cardPage: "/stand-in-categories",
+      checklist: computeChecklist(IMPORTED, {
+        importFolderSet: true,
+        budgetAllowed: true,
+        visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      }),
+    });
+    const value = ctx.onboarding as OnboardingValue;
+    const props = render()!.props;
+    expect(props.step.key).toBe("categories");
+    expect(props.position).toEqual({ n: 5, total: 8 });
+    expect(props.onAcknowledge).toBeTypeOf("function");
+    props.onAcknowledge!();
+    expect(value.acknowledge).toHaveBeenCalledWith("categories");
+    expect(value.skip).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("'Skip this step' skips the step the card shows; 'Close' hides the path", () => {
     const value = ctx.onboarding as OnboardingValue;
     const props = render()!.props;

src/components/onboarding/OnboardingStepCard.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   showsStepCard,
   type StepCardModel,
 } from "../../utils/onboardingPath";
+import { VISIT_STEP_KEYS } from "../../shared/types";
 
 export interface OnboardingStepCardProps {
   /** The page's card model; null for no card yet (the page's own data is not read). */
@@ -28,8 +29,11 @@ export interface OnboardingStepCardProps {
  *   then consumes the navigation state, once per arrival: StrictMode runs the
  *   effect twice on mount, a guard on the location key keeps it to one focus
  *   and one replace. An ordinary visit carries no state and does nothing.
- * - It wires "Skip this step" to the step it shows, "Close" to `hide`, and
+ * - It wires "Skip this step" to the step it shows, "Got it" to
- *   the next step's link to the path's next step.
+ *   `acknowledge` when that step is a visit step (#425), "Close" to `hide`,
+ *   and the next step's link to the path's next step.
+ * - Its rank "Step n of N" and its end wait for the Budget entitlement and
+ *   the visit steps' initialization (#425): N depends on both.
  */
 export default function OnboardingStepCard({ model }: OnboardingStepCardProps) {
   const onboarding = useOnboarding();
@@ -55,15 +59,18 @@ export default function OnboardingStepCard({ model }: OnboardingStepCardProps) {
 
   if (!shown) return null;
 
-  const { skip, hide } = onboarding;
+  const { skip, acknowledge, hide } = onboarding;
+  const totalKnown = onboarding.budgetReady && onboarding.visitStepsInitialized;
+  const isVisitStep = VISIT_STEP_KEYS.includes(current.step.key);
   return (
     <StepCard
       step={current.step}
-      position={onboarding.budgetReady ? { n: current.n, total: current.total } : null}
+      position={totalKnown ? { n: current.n, total: current.total } : null}
       text={model.text}
       done={model.done}
-      next={cardNext(onboarding.nextStep, pathname, onboarding.budgetReady)}
+      next={cardNext(onboarding.nextStep, pathname, totalKnown)}
       onSkip={() => void skip(current.step.key)}
+      onAcknowledge={isVisitStep ? () => void acknowledge(current.step.key) : undefined}
       onHide={() => void hide()}
       titleRef={titleRef}
     />

src/components/onboarding/StepCard.render.test.tsx

@@ -40,15 +40,19 @@ const ZERO: OnboardingCounters = {
   transactions: 0,
 };
 const rows = (counters: OnboardingCounters = ZERO) =>
-  computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true }).items;
+  computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+  }).items;
 const row = (key: ChecklistItemKey, counters?: OnboardingCounters): ChecklistItem =>
   rows(counters).find((item) => item.key === key)!;
 
-/** The source step on /import, step 3 of 6, not done yet. */
+/** The source step on /import, step 3 of 8, not done yet. */
 function cardProps(overrides: Partial<StepCardProps> = {}): StepCardProps {
   return {
     step: row("source"),
-    position: { n: 3, total: 6 },
+    position: { n: 3, total: 8 },
     text: { key: "onboarding.card.import.sourceList" },
     done: false,
     next: { kind: "wait" },
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ function cardProps(overrides: Partial<StepCardProps> = {}): StepCardProps {
 const doneProps = (overrides: Partial<StepCardProps> = {}) =>
   cardProps({
     step: row("import", { ...ZERO, sources: 1, imports: 1 }),
-    position: { n: 4, total: 6 },
+    position: { n: 4, total: 8 },
     text: null,
     done: true,
     next: { kind: "step", step: row("manualCategory") },
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ describe("StepCard — the card (#398)", () => {
     expect(heading).not.toBeNull();
     expect(heading![0]).toContain('tabindex="-1"');
     const title = heading![1];
-    expect(title).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=3,total=6])");
+    expect(title).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=3,total=8])");
     expect(title.indexOf("onboarding.card.stepOf")).toBeLessThan(
       title.indexOf("t(onboarding.checklist.items.source)"),
     );
@@ -204,3 +208,52 @@ describe("StepCard — end of the path (#398)", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.skip)");
   });
 });
+
+describe("StepCard — \"Got it\" on a visit step (#425)", () => {
+  /** The categories step, step 5 of 8, not acknowledged yet. */
+  const visitProps = (overrides: Partial<StepCardProps> = {}) =>
+    cardProps({
+      step: row("categories"),
+      position: { n: 5, total: 8 },
+      text: null,
+      onAcknowledge: vi.fn(),
+      ...overrides,
+    });
+
+  it("offers 'Got it' before 'Skip this step', wired to onAcknowledge", () => {
+    const props = visitProps();
+    const html = markup(props);
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.acknowledge)");
+    expect(html.indexOf("t(onboarding.card.acknowledge)")).toBeLessThan(
+      html.indexOf("t(onboarding.card.skip)"),
+    );
+    const buttons = find(tree(props), (e) => e.type === "button");
+    expect(buttons.map((b) => texts(b.props.children))).toEqual([
+      ["t(onboarding.card.acknowledge)"],
+      ["t(onboarding.card.skip)"],
+    ]);
+    (buttons[0].props.onClick as () => void)();
+    expect(props.onAcknowledge).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(props.onSkip).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("is never there without onAcknowledge", () => {
+    expect(markup(cardProps())).not.toContain("onboarding.card.acknowledge");
+    expect(markup(visitProps({ onAcknowledge: undefined }))).not.toContain(
+      "onboarding.card.acknowledge",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("is never there on a done step, nor once the page's steps are done", () => {
+    const acknowledged = computeChecklist(ZERO, {
+      importFolderSet: true,
+      budgetAllowed: true,
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      acknowledged: ["categories"],
+    }).items.find((item) => item.key === "categories")!;
+    expect(markup(visitProps({ step: acknowledged }))).not.toContain("onboarding.card.acknowledge");
+    const done = markup(visitProps({ done: true, next: { kind: "step", step: row("manualCategory") } }));
+    expect(done).not.toContain("onboarding.card.acknowledge");
+    expect(done).toContain("t(onboarding.card.done)");
+  });
+});

src/components/onboarding/StepCard.tsx

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type { ChecklistItem } from "../../shared/types";
 export interface StepCardProps {
   /** The step the card shows (`cardStep`): its label is the title. */
   step: ChecklistItem;
-  /** "Step n of N", null until the Budget entitlement is known: N depends on its lock. */
+  /** "Step n of N", null until the Budget entitlement is known and the visit steps initialized: N depends on both. */
   position: { n: number; total: number } | null;
   /** The page's sentence, null when "Done." says it all. */
   text: StepCardText | null;
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export interface StepCardProps {
   next: StepCardNext;
   /** "Skip this step": the provider's `skip`, for `step`. */
   onSkip: () => void;
+  /** "Got it" on a visit step (#425): the provider's `acknowledge`, for `step`. No button when omitted. */
+  onAcknowledge?: () => void;
   /** "Close" at the end of the path: the provider's `hide`. */
   onHide: () => void;
   /** The title, which takes the focus after an arrival by "Next step". */
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ const REGION_CLASS =
   "rounded-xl border border-[var(--primary)]/30 bg-[var(--primary)]/5 px-4 py-3 mb-6";
 const TEXT_BUTTON_CLASS =
   "text-[var(--muted-foreground)] hover:text-[var(--foreground)] hover:underline transition-colors";
+const ACKNOWLEDGE_BUTTON_CLASS =
+  "rounded-lg bg-[var(--primary)] px-3 py-1 font-medium text-white hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity";
 const LINK_CLASS = "inline-flex items-center gap-1 font-medium text-[var(--primary)] hover:underline";
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +52,8 @@ const LINK_CLASS = "inline-flex items-center gap-1 font-medium text-[var(--prima
  *   "Done." it receives once the page's steps are done is announced.
  * - "Skip this step" shows until the page's steps are done, and only while
  *   the step itself is not: skipping a done step would only leave a stale
- *   "skipped" mark behind.
+ *   "skipped" mark behind. A visit step (#425) gets "Got it" before it, on
+ *   the same condition, when `onAcknowledge` is given.
  * - Once done: "Next step: <step> →", linked to its page with the step's
  *   navigation state; the end message, "Open the guide" and "Close" when no
  *   step is left; nothing yet while `next` waits.
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ export default function StepCard({
   done,
   next,
   onSkip,
+  onAcknowledge,
   onHide,
   titleRef,
 }: StepCardProps) {
@@ -105,6 +111,11 @@ export default function StepCard({
                 </>
               )}
             </p>
+            {!done && !step.done && onAcknowledge && (
+              <button type="button" onClick={onAcknowledge} className={ACKNOWLEDGE_BUTTON_CLASS}>
+                {t("onboarding.card.acknowledge")}
+              </button>
+            )}
             {!done && !step.done && (
               <button type="button" onClick={onSkip} className={TEXT_BUTTON_CLASS}>
                 {t("onboarding.card.skip")}

src/contexts/OnboardingContext.render.test.tsx

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ function Probe() {
         String(onboarding.checklist),
         typeof onboarding.skip,
         typeof onboarding.refresh,
+        typeof onboarding.acknowledge,
+        String(onboarding.visitStepsInitialized),
       ].join("|")}
     </output>
   );
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ describe("OnboardingProvider (#396)", () => {
         </OnboardingProvider>
       </MemoryRouter>,
     );
-    expect(html).toContain("loading|none|null|null|null|function|function");
+    expect(html).toContain("loading|none|null|null|null|function|function|function|false");
   });
 
   it("AppShell mounts the provider around the routed page", () => {

src/hooks/useOnboardingChecklist.test.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import {
   onboardingChecklistReducer,
   initialOnboardingChecklistState,
   createOnboardingLoader,
+  createVisitStepsInitializer,
   deriveOnboardingView,
+  needsVisitStepsInitialization,
   followDataChanges,
   DATA_CHANGE_DELAY_MS,
   type OnboardingChecklistAction,
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ import {
   type OnboardingLoaderDeps,
 } from "./useOnboardingChecklist";
 import { notifyDataChanged } from "../services/dataEvents";
-import { computeChecklist } from "../utils/onboardingChecklist";
+import { computeChecklist, shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps } from "../utils/onboardingChecklist";
 import type { OnboardingSnapshot } from "../services/onboardingService";
 import type { OnboardingCounters } from "../shared/types";
 
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ const snapshot: OnboardingSnapshot = {
   importFolderSet: true,
   hidden: false,
   skipped: [],
+  // Stopped after the import: the visit steps are acknowledged and initialized
+  // (rule of the templates, #425).
+  acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+  visitStepsInitialized: true,
 };
 
 const reduce = (
@@ -60,9 +66,12 @@ describe("onboardingChecklistReducer — load lifecycle (#351, #396)", () => {
       importFolderSet: false,
       hidden: false,
       skipped: [],
+      acknowledged: [],
+      visitStepsInitialized: false,
       loadSeq: 0,
       hiddenSetAt: 0,
       skippedSetAt: 0,
+      acknowledgedSetAt: 0,
       cardPage: null,
     });
   });
@@ -318,6 +327,76 @@ describe("onboardingChecklistReducer — skipped steps and the card latch (#396)
     ).toBe("/import");
   });
 
+  it("ACKNOWLEDGE keeps checklist order, never duplicates a step, and keeps the card latch (#425)", () => {
+    const latched = reduce(
+      [{ type: "SET_CARD_PAGE", cardPage: "/categories" }],
+      ready({ ...snapshot, acknowledged: [] }),
+    );
+    const s = reduce(
+      [
+        { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "reports" },
+        { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "categories" },
+        { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "reports" },
+      ],
+      latched,
+    );
+    expect(s.acknowledged).toEqual(["categories", "reports"]);
+    expect(s.cardPage).toBe("/categories");
+    expect(s.skipped).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("ACKNOWLEDGE during a load wins over that load's snapshot; a later load brings the stored value back (#425)", () => {
+    const base = ready({ ...snapshot, acknowledged: [] });
+    const s = reduce(
+      [
+        { type: "LOAD_START", seq: 2 },
+        { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "categories" },
+        { type: "LOAD_DONE", seq: 2, snapshot: { ...snapshot, acknowledged: [] } },
+      ],
+      base,
+    );
+    expect(s.acknowledged).toEqual(["categories"]);
+    const later = reduce(
+      [
+        { type: "LOAD_START", seq: 3 },
+        { type: "LOAD_DONE", seq: 3, snapshot: { ...snapshot, acknowledged: ["categories"] } },
+      ],
+      s,
+    );
+    expect(later.acknowledged).toEqual(["categories"]);
+  });
+
+  it("ACKNOWLEDGE does not shield the skipped steps, nor SKIP the acknowledged ones (#425)", () => {
+    const base = ready({ ...snapshot, acknowledged: [] });
+    const s = reduce(
+      [
+        { type: "LOAD_START", seq: 2 },
+        { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "categories" },
+        {
+          type: "LOAD_DONE",
+          seq: 2,
+          snapshot: { ...snapshot, acknowledged: [], skipped: ["budget"] },
+        },
+      ],
+      base,
+    );
+    expect(s.skipped).toEqual(["budget"]);
+    const t = reduce(
+      [
+        { type: "LOAD_START", seq: 3 },
+        { type: "SKIP", key: "budget" },
+        { type: "LOAD_DONE", seq: 3, snapshot: { ...snapshot, acknowledged: ["reports"] } },
+      ],
+      s,
+    );
+    expect(t.acknowledged).toEqual(["reports"]);
+  });
+
+  it("LOAD_DONE takes visitStepsInitialized from the snapshot (#425)", () => {
+    expect(ready({ ...snapshot, visitStepsInitialized: false }).visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
+    expect(ready(snapshot).visitStepsInitialized).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("SET_CARD_PAGE with the same page returns the same state object", () => {
     const latched = reduce([{ type: "SET_CARD_PAGE", cardPage: "/import" }], ready());
     expect(onboardingChecklistReducer(latched, { type: "SET_CARD_PAGE", cardPage: "/import" })).toBe(
@@ -465,6 +544,82 @@ describe("createOnboardingLoader (#396)", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Visit steps' one-time initialization (#425)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("createVisitStepsInitializer (#425)", () => {
+  it("runs initializeVisitSteps once, then re-reads, whatever the number of calls", async () => {
+    const init = deferred<void>();
+    const deps = {
+      initializeVisitSteps: vi.fn(() => init.promise),
+      refresh: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      logError: vi.fn(),
+    };
+    const run = createVisitStepsInitializer(deps);
+    // StrictMode's double mount, then renders before the re-read lands.
+    const first = run(true);
+    const second = run(false);
+    expect(deps.refresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    init.resolve();
+    await Promise.all([first, second]);
+    await run(true);
+    expect(deps.initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(deps.initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+    expect(deps.refresh).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("a failure is logged, without a re-read, and not retried by the same instance", async () => {
+    const deps = {
+      initializeVisitSteps: vi.fn(async () => {
+        throw new Error("database is locked");
+      }),
+      refresh: vi.fn(async () => {}),
+      logError: vi.fn(),
+    };
+    const run = createVisitStepsInitializer(deps);
+    await run(false);
+    await run(false);
+    expect(deps.initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(deps.refresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(deps.logError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "Onboarding: failed to initialize the visit steps",
+      "database is locked",
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("needsVisitStepsInitialization (#425)", () => {
+  const notYet = { ...snapshot, acknowledged: [], visitStepsInitialized: false };
+  const listOf = (state: OnboardingChecklistState) =>
+    computeChecklist(state.counters!, {
+      importFolderSet: state.importFolderSet,
+      budgetAllowed: true,
+      visitStepsInitialized: state.visitStepsInitialized,
+    });
+
+  it("true after a successful load, with the entitlement known and the flag unset", () => {
+    const s = ready(notYet);
+    expect(needsVisitStepsInitialization(s, listOf(s), true)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("false before budgetReady: the checklist would count Budget as locked", () => {
+    const s = ready(notYet);
+    expect(needsVisitStepsInitialization(s, listOf(s), false)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("false before any load, after a failed first load, and once the flag is set", () => {
+    expect(needsVisitStepsInitialization(initialOnboardingChecklistState, null, true)).toBe(false);
+    const failed = reduce([
+      { type: "LOAD_START", seq: 1 },
+      { type: "LOAD_ERROR", seq: 1 },
+    ]);
+    expect(needsVisitStepsInitialization(failed, null, true)).toBe(false);
+    const done = ready(snapshot);
+    expect(needsVisitStepsInitialization(done, listOf(done), true)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Provider view: the path end to end, without rendering
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -492,6 +647,8 @@ describe("deriveOnboardingView — the path end to end (#396)", () => {
           importFolderSet: state.importFolderSet,
           budgetAllowed,
           skipped: state.skipped,
+          acknowledged: state.acknowledged,
+          visitStepsInitialized: state.visitStepsInitialized,
         })
       : null;
     const view = deriveOnboardingView({ state, checklist, pathname, budgetReady, cardPages });
@@ -517,7 +674,16 @@ describe("deriveOnboardingView — the path end to end (#396)", () => {
     );
   }
 
-  const fresh: OnboardingSnapshot = { counters: empty, importFolderSet: false, hidden: false, skipped: [] };
+  // The walks below cover the six data steps: the visit steps are acknowledged
+  // and initialized (rule of the templates, #425); their own walk follows.
+  const fresh: OnboardingSnapshot = {
+    counters: empty,
+    importFolderSet: false,
+    hidden: false,
+    skipped: [],
+    acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+  };
 
   it("shows nothing before the first load", () => {
     const { view } = render(initialOnboardingChecklistState, "/import");
@@ -652,7 +818,7 @@ describe("deriveOnboardingView — the path end to end (#396)", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("Free edition: five steps, never the budget card, and the end at 5/5", () => {
+  it("Free edition: seven steps, never the budget card, and the end at 7/7", () => {
     const snap = {
       ...fresh,
       importFolderSet: true,
@@ -660,7 +826,7 @@ describe("deriveOnboardingView — the path end to end (#396)", () => {
     };
     const s = load(initialOnboardingChecklistState, snap);
     const r = render(s, "/budget", { budgetAllowed: false });
-    expect(r.checklist?.total).toBe(5);
+    expect(r.checklist?.total).toBe(7);
     expect(r.view.nextStep).toBeNull();
     expect(r.state.cardPage).toBeNull();
     expect(r.view.mode).toBe("complete");
@@ -677,7 +843,74 @@ describe("deriveOnboardingView — the path end to end (#396)", () => {
     );
     r = render(s, "/import");
     expect(r.view.mode).toBe("card");
-    expect(r.checklist?.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(r.checklist?.total).toBe(8);
+  });
+
+  // The visit steps (#425): until they are initialized, a profile whose path
+  // was complete must not flash a "Next step" towards them.
+  const sixDone = { ...empty, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1, budgetEntries: 1, transactions: 20 };
+  const beforeInit: OnboardingSnapshot = {
+    ...fresh,
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    counters: sixDone,
+    acknowledged: [],
+    visitStepsInitialized: false,
+  };
+
+  it("first render of a profile whose path was complete: no banner before the initialization, then the end", () => {
+    let s = load(initialOnboardingChecklistState, beforeInit);
+    let r = render(s, "/reports");
+    expect(r.view.nextStep).toBeNull();
+    expect(r.view.mode).toBe("none");
+    expect(r.view.mode).not.toBe("banner");
+    expect(needsVisitStepsInitialization(s, r.checklist, true)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(r.checklist!)).toBe(true);
+    // The initializer wrote both acknowledgements and the flag, then re-read.
+    s = load(r.state, { ...beforeInit, acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"], visitStepsInitialized: true });
+    r = render(s, "/reports");
+    expect(r.checklist?.total).toBe(8);
+    expect(r.view.mode).toBe("complete");
+  });
+
+  it("an incomplete path keeps its visit steps to do: after the import, the next step is to browse the categories", () => {
+    const imported = { ...empty, sources: 1, imports: 1, transactions: 20 };
+    let s = load(initialOnboardingChecklistState, {
+      ...beforeInit,
+      counters: imported,
+    });
+    let r = render(s, "/import");
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(r.checklist!)).toBe(false);
+    s = load(r.state, { ...beforeInit, counters: imported, visitStepsInitialized: true });
+    r = render(s, "/import");
+    expect(r.view.nextStep?.key).toBe("categories");
+    expect(r.checklist?.total).toBe(8);
+    // The six other steps done: still two to do.
+    s = load(r.state, { ...beforeInit, visitStepsInitialized: true });
+    r = render(s, "/");
+    expect(r.view.nextStep?.key).toBe("categories");
+    expect(r.view.mode).toBe("banner");
+  });
+
+  it('"Got it" on the last step ends the path; the latched card stays to say so', () => {
+    let s = load(initialOnboardingChecklistState, {
+      ...beforeInit,
+      acknowledged: ["categories"],
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    });
+    s = reduce([{ type: "SET_CARD_PAGE", cardPage: "/reports" }], s);
+    let r = render(s, "/reports", {});
+    expect(r.view.nextStep?.key).toBe("reports");
+    r = render(reduce([{ type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "reports" }], r.state), "/reports");
+    expect(r.view.nextStep).toBeNull();
+    expect(r.checklist?.complete).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.state.cardPage).toBe("/reports");
+    expect(r.view.mode).toBe("card");
+  });
+
+  it("the end waits for the visit steps' initialization even with the entitlement known", () => {
+    const s = load(initialOnboardingChecklistState, beforeInit);
+    expect(render(s, "/").view.mode).toBe("none");
+    expect(render(load(s, { ...beforeInit, visitStepsInitialized: true }), "/").view.mode).toBe("banner");
   });
 });
 

src/hooks/useOnboardingChecklist.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useReducer, useState } from "react";
 import { useLocation } from "react-router-dom";
 import {
+  acknowledgeStep,
   getOnboardingSnapshot,
   hideChecklist,
   initializeGuidedPath,
+  initializeVisitSteps,
   resumeStep,
   showChecklist,
   skipStep,
@@ -11,7 +13,11 @@ import {
 } from "../services/onboardingService";
 import { subscribeDataChanged } from "../services/dataEvents";
 import { logError } from "../services/logService";
-import { computeChecklist, type Checklist } from "../utils/onboardingChecklist";
+import {
+  computeChecklist,
+  shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps,
+  type Checklist,
+} from "../utils/onboardingChecklist";
 import {
   bannerMode,
   latchCardPage,
@@ -44,12 +50,18 @@ export interface OnboardingChecklistState {
   hidden: boolean;
   /** Skipped steps, in checklist order. */
   skipped: ChecklistItemKey[];
+  /** Visit steps done by "Got it" (#425), in checklist order. */
+  acknowledged: ChecklistItemKey[];
+  /** The profile's visit steps are initialized (#425); read from the snapshot only. */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
   /** Number of the last load started: the outcome of any other load is stale. */
   loadSeq: number;
   /** `loadSeq` at the last HIDE / SHOW: the snapshot of a load numbered up to it predates the action. */
   hiddenSetAt: number;
   /** Same, for SKIP / RESUME and the skipped steps. */
   skippedSetAt: number;
+  /** Same, for ACKNOWLEDGE and the acknowledged steps (#425). */
+  acknowledgedSetAt: number;
   /** The page that carries a step card (`latchCardPage`), null otherwise. */
   cardPage: string | null;
 }
@@ -62,6 +74,7 @@ export type OnboardingChecklistAction =
   | { type: "SHOW" }
   | { type: "SKIP"; key: ChecklistItemKey }
   | { type: "RESUME"; key: ChecklistItemKey }
+  | { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE"; key: ChecklistItemKey }
   | { type: "SET_CARD_PAGE"; cardPage: string | null };
 
 export const initialOnboardingChecklistState: OnboardingChecklistState = {
@@ -70,9 +83,12 @@ export const initialOnboardingChecklistState: OnboardingChecklistState = {
   importFolderSet: false,
   hidden: false,
   skipped: [],
+  acknowledged: [],
+  visitStepsInitialized: false,
   loadSeq: 0,
   hiddenSetAt: 0,
   skippedSetAt: 0,
+  acknowledgedSetAt: 0,
   cardPage: null,
 };
 
@@ -106,6 +122,9 @@ export function onboardingChecklistReducer(
         // snapshot, read before the action's write (#384).
         hidden: action.seq <= state.hiddenSetAt ? state.hidden : snapshot.hidden,
         skipped: action.seq <= state.skippedSetAt ? state.skipped : snapshot.skipped,
+        acknowledged:
+          action.seq <= state.acknowledgedSetAt ? state.acknowledged : snapshot.acknowledged,
+        visitStepsInitialized: snapshot.visitStepsInitialized,
       };
     }
     case "LOAD_ERROR":
@@ -132,6 +151,14 @@ export function onboardingChecklistReducer(
         skipped: state.skipped.filter((key) => key !== action.key),
         skippedSetAt: state.loadSeq,
       };
+    case "ACKNOWLEDGE":
+      // Wins over an older snapshot like SKIP, but keeps the card latch: the
+      // card stays to say "Done." and offer the next step (#425).
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        acknowledged: withStep(state.acknowledged, action.key),
+        acknowledgedSetAt: state.loadSeq,
+      };
     case "SET_CARD_PAGE":
       return state.cardPage === action.cardPage ? state : { ...state, cardPage: action.cardPage };
   }
@@ -199,6 +226,53 @@ export function createOnboardingLoader(deps: OnboardingLoaderDeps): () => Promis
   };
 }
 
+export interface VisitStepsInitializerDeps {
+  initializeVisitSteps: (acknowledge: boolean) => Promise<void>;
+  /** The provider's loader: the initializer re-reads once it wrote. */
+  refresh: () => Promise<void>;
+  logError: (...args: unknown[]) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The one-time initialization of the visit steps (#425), kept outside React
+ * like the loader. The provider calls the returned function after each render
+ * where a load succeeded, the Budget entitlement is known and the flag is
+ * unset; it runs `initializeVisitSteps` once per instance, whatever the number
+ * of calls (the promise is shared, so the double mount of StrictMode and the
+ * renders before the re-read lands do not run it twice), then re-reads. A
+ * failure is logged and the flag stays unset: the next opening retries.
+ */
+export function createVisitStepsInitializer(
+  deps: VisitStepsInitializerDeps,
+): (acknowledge: boolean) => Promise<void> {
+  let initialization: Promise<void> | null = null;
+  return (acknowledge) => {
+    if (initialization === null) {
+      initialization = deps.initializeVisitSteps(acknowledge).then(
+        () => deps.refresh(),
+        (e: unknown) => {
+          deps.logError("Onboarding: failed to initialize the visit steps", errorMessage(e));
+        },
+      );
+    }
+    return initialization;
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Whether this render must start the visit steps' initialization (#425): a
+ * load succeeded, the Budget entitlement is known (the checklist counts Budget
+ * as locked until then, and a Base profile would be judged complete one step
+ * early) and the snapshot says the flag is unset.
+ */
+export function needsVisitStepsInitialization(
+  state: OnboardingChecklistState,
+  checklist: Checklist | null,
+  budgetReady: boolean,
+): checklist is Checklist {
+  return state.status === "ready" && checklist !== null && budgetReady && !state.visitStepsInitialized;
+}
+
 /** Wait after a data event before re-reading: a burst of writes costs one read (ADR 0022). */
 export const DATA_CHANGE_DELAY_MS = 150;
 
@@ -255,6 +329,9 @@ export function deriveOnboardingView({
   budgetReady,
   cardPages,
 }: OnboardingViewInput): OnboardingView {
+  // The end of the path waits for the visit steps too (#425): before their
+  // initialization, a profile whose path was complete is two steps short.
+  const totalKnown = budgetReady && state.visitStepsInitialized;
   const nextStep = checklist ? findNextStep(checklist) : null;
   const cardPage = latchCardPage(state.cardPage, {
     pathname,
@@ -268,7 +345,7 @@ export function deriveOnboardingView({
     hidden: state.hidden,
     pathname,
     isEmptyDashboard: pathname === "/" && state.counters?.transactions === 0,
-    budgetReady,
+    budgetReady: totalKnown,
     cardPage,
   });
   return { nextStep, cardPage, mode };
@@ -282,6 +359,11 @@ export interface OnboardingValue {
   counters: OnboardingCounters | null;
   hidden: boolean;
   budgetReady: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The profile's visit steps are initialized (#425). The counters, the rank
+   * of a card and the end of the path wait for `budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized`.
+   */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
   /** First unlocked step neither done nor skipped; its link is `nextStep.to`. */
   nextStep: ChecklistItem | null;
   /** What the current page shows of the path (`bannerMode`). */
@@ -292,18 +374,22 @@ export interface OnboardingValue {
   show: () => Promise<void>;
   skip: (key: ChecklistItemKey) => Promise<void>;
   resume: (key: ChecklistItemKey) => Promise<void>;
+  /** "Got it" on a visit step's card (#425). */
+  acknowledge: (key: ChecklistItemKey) => Promise<void>;
   refresh: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
 /**
  * Getting-started path: counters read from the profile database, hidden and
- * skipped preferences, the Budget entitlement that decides whether the sixth
+ * skipped and acknowledged preferences, the visit-steps flag (#425), the
+ * Budget entitlement that decides whether the seventh
  * row is locked, and what each page shows of it. Called once, by
  * `OnboardingProvider`; pages read it through `useOnboarding()`.
  *
  * Re-read at mount, at every route change and 150 ms after a burst of data
  * events (ADR 0022). The provider is the only writer of the onboarding
- * preferences: its actions update the state themselves, without a re-read.
+ * preferences: its actions update the state themselves, without a re-read;
+ * only the visit steps' one-time initialization (#425) re-reads after it wrote.
  */
 export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
   const [state, dispatch] = useReducer(
@@ -319,6 +405,11 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
     createOnboardingLoader({ initializeGuidedPath, getOnboardingSnapshot, dispatch, logError }),
   );
 
+  // Same lifetime: one visit-steps initialization per profile opening (#425).
+  const [initializeVisitStepsOnce] = useState(() =>
+    createVisitStepsInitializer({ initializeVisitSteps, refresh, logError }),
+  );
+
   // Read at mount, then again at every route change.
   useEffect(() => {
     void refresh();
@@ -363,6 +454,15 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
     }
   }, []);
 
+  const acknowledge = useCallback(async (key: ChecklistItemKey) => {
+    try {
+      await acknowledgeStep(key);
+      dispatch({ type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key });
+    } catch (e) {
+      logError("Onboarding: failed to acknowledge a step", errorMessage(e));
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const checklist: Checklist | null = useMemo(
     () =>
       state.counters
@@ -370,11 +470,28 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
             importFolderSet: state.importFolderSet,
             budgetAllowed,
             skipped: state.skipped,
+            acknowledged: state.acknowledged,
+            visitStepsInitialized: state.visitStepsInitialized,
           })
         : null,
-    [state.counters, state.importFolderSet, state.skipped, budgetAllowed],
+    [
+      state.counters,
+      state.importFolderSet,
+      state.skipped,
+      state.acknowledged,
+      state.visitStepsInitialized,
+      budgetAllowed,
+    ],
   );
 
+  // The visit steps' one-time initialization (#425), after a successful load
+  // with the Budget entitlement known; the initializer re-reads itself.
+  const needsInitialization = needsVisitStepsInitialization(state, checklist, budgetReady);
+  const acknowledgeVisitSteps = checklist !== null && shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(checklist);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (needsInitialization) void initializeVisitStepsOnce(acknowledgeVisitSteps);
+  }, [needsInitialization, acknowledgeVisitSteps, initializeVisitStepsOnce]);
+
   const { nextStep, cardPage, mode } = deriveOnboardingView({
     state,
     checklist,
@@ -396,6 +513,7 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
       counters: state.counters,
       hidden: state.hidden,
       budgetReady,
+      visitStepsInitialized: state.visitStepsInitialized,
       nextStep,
       mode,
       cardPage,
@@ -403,6 +521,7 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
       show,
       skip,
       resume,
+      acknowledge,
       refresh,
     }),
     [
@@ -411,6 +530,7 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
       state.counters,
       state.hidden,
       budgetReady,
+      state.visitStepsInitialized,
       nextStep,
       mode,
       cardPage,
@@ -418,6 +538,7 @@ export function useOnboardingChecklist(): OnboardingValue {
       show,
       skip,
       resume,
+      acknowledge,
       refresh,
     ],
   );

src/hooks/useOnboardingChecklist.wiring.test.ts

@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
 
 vi.mock("react", async (orig) => (await import("../test/hookHarness")).fakeReact(await orig()));
-const ctx = vi.hoisted(() => ({ pathname: "/" }));
+const ctx = vi.hoisted(() => ({ pathname: "/", budgetReady: true }));
 vi.mock("react-router-dom", () => ({ useLocation: () => ({ pathname: ctx.pathname }) }));
-vi.mock("./useEntitlement", () => ({ useEntitlement: () => ({ allowed: true, ready: true }) }));
+vi.mock("./useEntitlement", () => ({
+  useEntitlement: () => ({ allowed: true, ready: ctx.budgetReady }),
+}));
 vi.mock("../services/logService", () => ({ logInfo: vi.fn(), logWarn: vi.fn(), logError: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock("../services/onboardingService", () => ({
   getOnboardingSnapshot: vi.fn(),
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ vi.mock("../services/onboardingService", () => ({
   showChecklist: vi.fn(),
   skipStep: vi.fn(),
   resumeStep: vi.fn(),
+  acknowledgeStep: vi.fn(),
+  initializeVisitSteps: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
 import { hookHarness } from "../test/hookHarness";
@@ -34,9 +38,11 @@ import {
 import { notifyDataChanged } from "../services/dataEvents";
 import { logError } from "../services/logService";
 import {
+  acknowledgeStep,
   getOnboardingSnapshot,
   hideChecklist,
   initializeGuidedPath,
+  initializeVisitSteps,
   resumeStep,
   showChecklist,
   skipStep,
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ const snapshot: OnboardingSnapshot = {
   importFolderSet: true,
   hidden: false,
   skipped: [],
+  // Stopped after the import: the visit steps are acknowledged and initialized
+  // (rule of the templates, #425).
+  acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+  visitStepsInitialized: true,
 };
 
 const ready: OnboardingChecklistState = [
@@ -76,9 +86,17 @@ const actionsOfType = (type: string) =>
 beforeEach(() => {
   harness.clear();
   ctx.pathname = "/";
+  ctx.budgetReady = true;
   vi.mocked(getOnboardingSnapshot).mockReset().mockResolvedValue(snapshot);
   vi.mocked(initializeGuidedPath).mockReset().mockResolvedValue({ hidden: false });
-  for (const write of [hideChecklist, showChecklist, skipStep, resumeStep]) {
+  for (const write of [
+    hideChecklist,
+    showChecklist,
+    skipStep,
+    resumeStep,
+    acknowledgeStep,
+    initializeVisitSteps,
+  ]) {
     vi.mocked(write).mockReset().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
   }
   vi.mocked(logError).mockReset();
@@ -192,7 +210,7 @@ describe("useOnboardingChecklist — wiring (#396)", () => {
     expect(value.nextStep?.key).toBe("manualCategory");
     expect(value.mode).toBe("banner");
     expect(value.cardPage).toBeNull();
-    expect(value.checklist?.done).toBe(4);
+    expect(value.checklist?.done).toBe(6);
   });
 
   it("each action writes its preference first, then updates the state", async () => {
@@ -217,6 +235,32 @@ describe("useOnboardingChecklist — wiring (#396)", () => {
     expect(vi.mocked(hideChecklist).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(hideDispatch);
   });
 
+  it('"Got it" writes the acknowledgement first, then updates the state, keeping the card latch (#425)', async () => {
+    mountWith({ ...ready, acknowledged: [], cardPage: "/import" });
+    ctx.pathname = "/import";
+    const value = render();
+    await value.acknowledge("categories");
+    expect(acknowledgeStep).toHaveBeenCalledWith("categories");
+    expect(harness.dispatch.mock.calls.map((c) => c[0])).toEqual([
+      { type: "ACKNOWLEDGE", key: "categories" },
+    ]);
+    expect(vi.mocked(acknowledgeStep).mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      harness.dispatch.mock.invocationCallOrder[0],
+    );
+    const after = render();
+    expect(after.cardPage).toBe("/import");
+    expect(after.checklist?.items.find((i) => i.key === "categories")?.done).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('a failed "Got it" leaves the state alone and logs (#425)', async () => {
+    mountWith({ ...ready, acknowledged: [] });
+    const value = render();
+    vi.mocked(acknowledgeStep).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("database is locked"));
+    await value.acknowledge("reports");
+    expect(harness.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(logError).toHaveBeenCalledWith("Onboarding: failed to acknowledge a step", "database is locked");
+  });
+
   it("an action whose write fails leaves the state alone and logs", async () => {
     mountWith(ready);
     const value = render();
@@ -283,3 +327,85 @@ describe("useOnboardingChecklist — what survives a render (#409)", () => {
     expect(reports.mode).toBe("banner");
   });
 });
+
+describe("useOnboardingChecklist — the visit steps' initialization (#425)", () => {
+  const sixDone = { sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1, budgetEntries: 1, transactions: 20 };
+  const notInitialized: OnboardingChecklistState = {
+    ...ready,
+    counters: sixDone,
+    acknowledged: [],
+    visitStepsInitialized: false,
+  };
+
+  it("runs once, after a successful load with the entitlement known, then re-reads", async () => {
+    mountWith(notInitialized);
+    ctx.pathname = "/reports";
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+    // The read of the mount plus the re-read of the initializer.
+    expect(getOnboardingSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    // Later renders, the re-read not landed yet (flag still unset in state): no second run.
+    harness.slots[0] = notInitialized;
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("an incomplete path initializes without acknowledging", async () => {
+    mountWith({ ...notInitialized, counters: { ...sixDone, budgetEntries: 0 } });
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
+  });
+
+  it("does not run before budgetReady, then runs once it is known", async () => {
+    ctx.budgetReady = false;
+    mountWith(notInitialized);
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    ctx.budgetReady = true;
+    harness.slots[0] = notInitialized;
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does not run before the first successful load, nor once the flag is set", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getOnboardingSnapshot).mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => {}));
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    harness.unmount();
+    harness.clear();
+    vi.mocked(getOnboardingSnapshot).mockResolvedValue(snapshot);
+    mountWith(ready);
+    render();
+    harness.commit();
+    await flush();
+    expect(initializeVisitSteps).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("shares visitStepsInitialized; before it, a complete path shows no 'Next step' banner", () => {
+    mountWith(notInitialized);
+    ctx.pathname = "/reports";
+    const value = render();
+    expect(value.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
+    expect(value.nextStep).toBeNull();
+    expect(value.mode).toBe("none");
+  });
+});

src/i18n/locales/en.json

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     "card": {
       "stepOf": "Step {{n}} of {{total}}",
       "skip": "Skip this step",
+      "acknowledge": "Got it",
       "done": "Done.",
       "next": "Next step: {{step}} →",
       "import": {
@@ -117,8 +118,10 @@
         "importFolder": "Choose an import folder",
         "source": "Set up an import source",
         "import": "Import a first file",
+        "categories": "Browse categories and keywords",
         "manualCategory": "Categorize a transaction by hand",
-        "budget": "Enter a first budget"
+        "budget": "Enter a first budget",
+        "reports": "Browse the reports"
       }
     }
   },

src/i18n/locales/fr.json

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     "card": {
       "stepOf": "Étape {{n}} sur {{total}}",
       "skip": "Passer cette étape",
+      "acknowledge": "J'ai compris",
       "done": "Fait.",
       "next": "Étape suivante : {{step}} →",
       "import": {
@@ -117,8 +118,10 @@
         "importFolder": "Choisir un dossier d'import",
         "source": "Configurer une source d'import",
         "import": "Importer un premier fichier",
+        "categories": "Parcourir les catégories et les mots-clés",
         "manualCategory": "Classer une transaction à la main",
-        "budget": "Saisir un premier budget"
+        "budget": "Saisir un premier budget",
+        "reports": "Parcourir les rapports"
       }
     }
   },

src/pages/BudgetPage.render.test.tsx

@@ -78,13 +78,20 @@ function budget(overrides: Partial<BudgetState> = {}) {
 
 /** The path latched on /budget (card mode), as the provider shares it. */
 function path(counters: OnboardingCounters, overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> = {}): OnboardingValue {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true });
+  // Stopped after the import: the visit steps are acknowledged (rule of the templates, #425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+  });
   return {
     status: "ready",
     checklist,
     counters,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     mode: "card",
     cardPage: "/budget",
@@ -92,6 +99,7 @@ function path(counters: OnboardingCounters, overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue>
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     ...overrides,
   };
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ describe("BudgetPage — the step card (#400)", () => {
     const html = render();
     expect(count(html, CARD)).toBe(1);
     expect(html.indexOf(CARD)).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("<h1"));
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=6,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=7,total=8])");
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.items.budget)");
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.skip)");
     // The grid is there, below the card.

src/pages/BudgetPage.wiring.test.ts

@@ -63,13 +63,20 @@ const BUDGET_LEFT: OnboardingCounters = {
 
 /** The path latched on /budget (card mode), as the provider shares it. */
 function path(counters: OnboardingCounters, overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> = {}): OnboardingValue {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true });
+  // Stopped after the import: the visit steps are acknowledged (rule of the templates, #425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+  });
   return {
     status: "ready",
     checklist,
     counters,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     mode: "card",
     cardPage: "/budget",
@@ -77,6 +84,7 @@ function path(counters: OnboardingCounters, overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue>
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     ...overrides,
   };
@@ -172,6 +180,8 @@ describe("BudgetPage — the grid's target and the card (#400)", () => {
       importFolderSet: true,
       budgetAllowed: true,
       skipped: ["source", "import", "manualCategory"],
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
     });
     ctx.onboarding = path(counters, { checklist, nextStep: nextStep(checklist) });
     const budget = ctx.budget as { state: BudgetState };

src/pages/DashboardPage.render.test.tsx

@@ -82,10 +82,16 @@ function path(overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> & { transactions?: number } =
   const c = counters(transactions);
   return {
     status: "ready",
-    checklist: computeChecklist(c, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true }),
+    checklist: computeChecklist(c, {
+      importFolderSet: true,
+      budgetAllowed: true,
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      acknowledged: c.imports >= 1 ? ["categories", "reports"] : [],
+    }),
     counters: c,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: null,
     mode: "banner",
     cardPage: null,
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ function path(overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> & { transactions?: number } =
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     ...rest,
   };

src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
         <DashboardEmptyState
           checklist={checklist}
           budgetReady={onboarding.budgetReady}
+          visitStepsInitialized={onboarding.visitStepsInitialized}
           hidden={onboarding.hidden}
           onHide={onboarding.hide}
           onResume={onboarding.resume}

src/pages/ImportPage.render.test.tsx

@@ -82,13 +82,20 @@ function path(
   importFolderSet: boolean,
   overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> = {},
 ): OnboardingValue {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet, budgetAllowed: true });
+  // A template stopped after the import has its visit steps acknowledged (#425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet,
+    budgetAllowed: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: counters.imports >= 1 ? ["categories", "reports"] : [],
+  });
   return {
     status: "ready",
     checklist,
     counters,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     mode: "card",
     cardPage: "/import",
@@ -96,6 +103,7 @@ function path(
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     ...overrides,
   };
@@ -136,7 +144,7 @@ describe("ImportPage — the step card (#398)", () => {
     const html = render();
     expect(count(html, CARD)).toBe(1);
     expect(html.indexOf(CARD)).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("<h1"));
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=2,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=2,total=8])");
   });
 
   it("a new profile: 'Choose a folder' is the one target, and the sentence names it", () => {
@@ -155,7 +163,7 @@ describe("ImportPage — the step card (#398)", () => {
     harness.wizard = wizard({ importFolder: "/home/max/Relevés" });
     harness.onboarding = path(ZERO, true);
     const html = render();
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=3,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=3,total=8])");
     expect(sentence(html)).toBe(
       "t(onboarding.card.import.noSources[folder=Relevés,refresh=t(import.empty.refresh),sample=t(import.empty.createSample)])",
     );
@@ -217,7 +225,7 @@ describe("ImportPage — the step card (#398)", () => {
     const html = render();
     expect(html).toMatch(/<p role="status"[^>]*>.*t\(onboarding\.card\.done\)/);
     expect(html).toMatch(/href="\/transactions"[^>]*>t\(onboarding\.card\.next\[step=/);
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=4,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=4,total=8])");
     expect(count(html, HIGHLIGHT)).toBe(0);
   });
 
@@ -243,7 +251,7 @@ describe("ImportPage — the step card (#398)", () => {
     harness.wizard = wizard({ importFolder: "/home/max/Relevés", scannedSources: SOURCES });
     harness.onboarding = path({ ...ZERO, sources: 1 }, true);
     const html = render();
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=4,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=4,total=8])");
     expect(html).not.toContain("t(onboarding.card.done)");
     expect(sentence(html)).toBe("t(onboarding.card.import.sourceList[])");
     const target = highlighted(html);

src/pages/TransactionsPage.render.test.tsx

@@ -59,13 +59,20 @@ function path(
   overrides: Partial<OnboardingValue> = {},
   budgetAllowed = true,
 ): OnboardingValue {
-  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed });
+  // Stopped after the import: the visit steps are acknowledged (rule of the templates, #425).
+  const checklist = computeChecklist(counters, {
+    importFolderSet: true,
+    budgetAllowed,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
+    acknowledged: ["categories", "reports"],
+  });
   return {
     status: "ready",
     checklist,
     counters,
     hidden: false,
     budgetReady: true,
+    visitStepsInitialized: true,
     nextStep: nextStep(checklist),
     mode: "card",
     cardPage: "/transactions",
@@ -73,6 +80,7 @@ function path(
     show: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     skip: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     resume: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+    acknowledge: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     refresh: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
     ...overrides,
   };
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ describe("TransactionsPage — the step card (#399)", () => {
     const html = render(GUIDED);
     expect(count(html, CARD)).toBe(1);
     expect(html.indexOf(CARD)).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf("<h1"));
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=5,total=6])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=6,total=8])");
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.checklist.items.manualCategory)");
   });
 
@@ -221,7 +229,7 @@ describe("TransactionsPage — the step card (#399)", () => {
   it("in the Free edition, the step checked ends the path", () => {
     harness.onboarding = path(CATEGORIZED, {}, false);
     const html = render();
-    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=5,total=5])");
+    expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.stepOf[n=6,total=7])");
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.card.done)");
     expect(html).toContain("t(onboarding.banner.complete)");
     expect(html).not.toContain('href="/budget"');

src/services/onboardingService.test.ts

@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ import { subscribeDataChanged } from "./dataEvents";
 import {
   ONBOARDING_CHECKLIST_HIDDEN_KEY,
   ONBOARDING_GUIDED_INITIALIZED_KEY,
+  ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY,
+  acknowledgeStep,
+  acknowledgedStepKey,
   getOnboardingSnapshot,
   hideChecklist,
   initializeGuidedPath,
+  initializeVisitSteps,
   resumeStep,
   showChecklist,
   skipStep,
@@ -66,6 +70,11 @@ function makeFakeDb(options: FakeDbOptions = {}) {
         .filter(([key]) => /^onboarding.skipped./.test(key))
         .map(([key, value]) => ({ key, value }));
     }
+    if (sql.includes("LIKE 'onboarding_acknowledged_%'")) {
+      return Object.entries(prefs)
+        .filter(([key]) => /^onboarding.acknowledged./.test(key))
+        .map(([key, value]) => ({ key, value }));
+    }
     if (sql.includes("FROM user_preferences WHERE key = $1")) {
       const key = String(params?.[0]);
       return key in prefs ? [{ key, value: prefs[key], updated_at: "" }] : [];
@@ -125,10 +134,10 @@ describe("getOnboardingSnapshot (#351, #396)", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("runs the five sub-counts in one query, plus the two preference reads and the skipped steps", async () => {
+  it("runs the five sub-counts in one query, plus the three preference reads and the skipped and acknowledged steps", async () => {
     const { db } = useFakeDb();
     await getOnboardingSnapshot();
-    expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4);
+    expect(db.select).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(6);
     const sqls = db.select.mock.calls.map((c) => String(c[0]));
     const aggregate = sqls.find((s) => s.includes("import_sources"))!;
     expect(aggregate).toContain("FROM transactions WHERE is_manually_categorized = 1");
@@ -138,9 +147,14 @@ describe("getOnboardingSnapshot (#351, #396)", () => {
       .filter((c) => String(c[0]).includes("WHERE key = $1"))
       .map((c) => (c[1] as unknown[])[0]);
     expect(prefKeys).toEqual(
-      expect.arrayContaining(["import_folder", ONBOARDING_CHECKLIST_HIDDEN_KEY]),
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "import_folder",
+        ONBOARDING_CHECKLIST_HIDDEN_KEY,
+        ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY,
+      ]),
     );
     expect(sqls.filter((s) => s.includes("LIKE 'onboarding_skipped_%'"))).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(sqls.filter((s) => s.includes("LIKE 'onboarding_acknowledged_%'"))).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
   // The tests run without SQLite, so the rule is pinned on the query itself.
@@ -208,6 +222,40 @@ describe("getOnboardingSnapshot (#351, #396)", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("reports no acknowledged step and visitStepsInitialized=false without preferences (#425)", async () => {
+    useFakeDb();
+    const snapshot = await getOnboardingSnapshot();
+    expect(snapshot.acknowledged).toEqual([]);
+    expect(snapshot.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('reports visitStepsInitialized=true only for the value "1" (#425)', async () => {
+    useFakeDb({ prefs: { [ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY]: "1" } });
+    expect((await getOnboardingSnapshot()).visitStepsInitialized).toBe(true);
+    useFakeDb({ prefs: { [ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY]: "true" } });
+    expect((await getOnboardingSnapshot()).visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("reads the acknowledged steps in checklist order, only the visit keys at \"1\" (#425)", async () => {
+    useFakeDb({
+      prefs: {
+        [acknowledgedStepKey("reports")]: "1",
+        [acknowledgedStepKey("categories")]: "1",
+        [acknowledgedStepKey("budget")]: "1",
+        onboarding_acknowledged_dragons: "1",
+        onboarding_acknowledged_reports_extra: "1",
+      },
+    });
+    expect((await getOnboardingSnapshot()).acknowledged).toEqual(["categories", "reports"]);
+    useFakeDb({
+      prefs: {
+        [acknowledgedStepKey("categories")]: "0",
+        [acknowledgedStepKey("reports")]: "1",
+      },
+    });
+    expect((await getOnboardingSnapshot()).acknowledged).toEqual(["reports"]);
+  });
+
   it("reads the skipped steps in checklist order", async () => {
     useFakeDb({
       prefs: {
@@ -218,7 +266,7 @@ describe("getOnboardingSnapshot (#351, #396)", () => {
     expect((await getOnboardingSnapshot()).skipped).toEqual(["source", "budget"]);
   });
 
-  it("keeps only the six keys: an unknown step, or what LIKE's `_` wildcard lets through, is ignored", async () => {
+  it("keeps only the eight keys: an unknown step, or what LIKE's `_` wildcard lets through, is ignored", async () => {
     useFakeDb({
       prefs: {
         onboarding_skipped_dragons: "1",
@@ -468,3 +516,97 @@ describe("skipStep / resumeStep (#396, D3)", () => {
     expect(listener).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
+
+describe("acknowledgeStep / initializeVisitSteps (#425)", () => {
+  it('acknowledgeStep writes "1" under onboarding_acknowledged_<key>, without reading first', async () => {
+    const fake = useFakeDb();
+    await acknowledgeStep("categories");
+    expect(fake.db.select).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(fake.db.execute).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(fake.db.execute.mock.calls[0][1]).toEqual(["onboarding_acknowledged_categories", "1"]);
+    expect(fake.prefs()).toEqual({ onboarding_acknowledged_categories: "1" });
+  });
+
+  it("acknowledgeStep round-trips through the snapshot, as a done step, not a skipped one", async () => {
+    useFakeDb();
+    await acknowledgeStep("reports");
+    const snapshot = await getOnboardingSnapshot();
+    expect(snapshot.acknowledged).toEqual(["reports"]);
+    expect(snapshot.skipped).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("initializeVisitSteps(true) writes both acknowledgements, then the flag", async () => {
+    const fake = useFakeDb();
+    await initializeVisitSteps(true);
+    expect(fake.db.execute.mock.calls.map((c) => (c[1] as unknown[])[0])).toEqual([
+      "onboarding_acknowledged_categories",
+      "onboarding_acknowledged_reports",
+      ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY,
+    ]);
+    expect(fake.prefs()).toEqual({
+      onboarding_acknowledged_categories: "1",
+      onboarding_acknowledged_reports: "1",
+      [ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY]: "1",
+    });
+    const snapshot = await getOnboardingSnapshot();
+    expect(snapshot.acknowledged).toEqual(["categories", "reports"]);
+    expect(snapshot.visitStepsInitialized).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("initializeVisitSteps(false) writes the flag only", async () => {
+    const fake = useFakeDb();
+    await initializeVisitSteps(false);
+    expect(fake.prefs()).toEqual({ [ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY]: "1" });
+    expect(logInfo).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("runs without any transaction: no withTransaction, no BEGIN (D16)", async () => {
+    const fake = useFakeDb();
+    await initializeVisitSteps(true);
+    await initializeVisitSteps(false);
+    expect(withTransaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(fake.statements.filter((sql) => /^(BEGIN|COMMIT|ROLLBACK)/.test(sql))).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("a failed acknowledgement leaves the flag unset, so the next opening computes again", async () => {
+    const fake = useFakeDb({
+      failOn: (_sql, params) => params[0] === "onboarding_acknowledged_reports",
+    });
+    await expect(initializeVisitSteps(true)).rejects.toThrow("database is locked");
+    expect(fake.prefs()).toEqual({ onboarding_acknowledged_categories: "1" });
+    expect((await getOnboardingSnapshot()).visitStepsInitialized).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("is idempotent: run again after a stop, it ends in the same state", async () => {
+    const fake = useFakeDb({ prefs: { onboarding_acknowledged_categories: "1" } });
+    await initializeVisitSteps(true);
+    await initializeVisitSteps(true);
+    expect(fake.prefs()).toEqual({
+      onboarding_acknowledged_categories: "1",
+      onboarding_acknowledged_reports: "1",
+      [ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY]: "1",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("logs a fixed line only when it marks the visit steps done", async () => {
+    useFakeDb();
+    await initializeVisitSteps(true);
+    expect(vi.mocked(logInfo).mock.calls.map((c) => c[0])).toContain(
+      "Onboarding: the path was already complete, visit steps marked done",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("neither announces on the data channel", async () => {
+    useFakeDb();
+    const listener = vi.fn();
+    const unsubscribe = subscribeDataChanged(listener);
+    try {
+      await acknowledgeStep("categories");
+      await initializeVisitSteps(true);
+      await initializeVisitSteps(false);
+    } finally {
+      unsubscribe();
+    }
+    expect(listener).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

src/services/onboardingService.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { logInfo } from "./logService";
 import {
   CHECKLIST_ITEM_KEYS,
+  VISIT_STEP_KEYS,
   type ChecklistItemKey,
   type OnboardingCounters,
 } from "../shared/types";
@@ -17,9 +18,11 @@ import {
  *
  * `getOnboardingSnapshot` reads everything the path needs in one round of
  * parallel reads, and writes nothing: the counters, the import folder, the
- * "hidden" preference and the skipped steps. The writes are separate, and the
+ * "hidden" preference, the skipped and acknowledged steps, and the visit-steps
- * onboarding provider is their only caller: `initializeGuidedPath` (rule D9),
+ * flag. The writes are separate, and the onboarding provider is their only
- * `hideChecklist` / `showChecklist`, `skipStep` / `resumeStep`. None of them is
+ * caller: `initializeGuidedPath` (rule D9), `initializeVisitSteps` (#425),
+ * `hideChecklist` / `showChecklist`, `skipStep` / `resumeStep`,
+ * `acknowledgeStep`. None of them is
  * announced on the data channel: the provider updates its own state. No UI
  * lives here; `computeChecklist` turns the snapshot into rows and
  * `useOnboardingChecklist` holds the state.
@@ -36,14 +39,26 @@ export function skippedStepKey(key: ChecklistItemKey): string {
   return `onboarding_skipped_${key}`;
 }
 
+/** `user_preferences` key of a visit step done by "Got it" (#425): `onboarding_acknowledged_<key>`, value "1". */
+export function acknowledgedStepKey(key: ChecklistItemKey): string {
+  return `onboarding_acknowledged_${key}`;
+}
+
+/** `user_preferences` key set to "1" once the visit steps were initialized for the profile (#425). */
+export const ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY = "onboarding_visit_steps_initialized";
+
 export interface OnboardingSnapshot {
   counters: OnboardingCounters;
   /** True when an import folder has been chosen. */
   importFolderSet: boolean;
   /** True when the path is hidden (by the user, or by rule D9). */
   hidden: boolean;
-  /** Skipped steps, in checklist order: only the six keys, only the value "1". */
+  /** Skipped steps, in checklist order: only the eight keys, only the value "1". */
   skipped: ChecklistItemKey[];
+  /** Visit steps done by "Got it" (#425), in checklist order: only the visit keys, only the value "1". */
+  acknowledged: ChecklistItemKey[];
+  /** True once `initializeVisitSteps` ran for the profile (only the value "1" counts). */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
 }
 
 interface CountersRow {
@@ -74,6 +89,10 @@ const COUNTERS_SQL = `
 const SKIPPED_SQL =
   "SELECT key, value FROM user_preferences WHERE key LIKE 'onboarding_skipped_%'";
 
+// Same caveat: `readAcknowledgedSteps` keeps only the exact keys of the visit steps.
+const ACKNOWLEDGED_SQL =
+  "SELECT key, value FROM user_preferences WHERE key LIKE 'onboarding_acknowledged_%'";
+
 const UPSERT_PREFERENCE_SQL = `INSERT INTO user_preferences (key, value, updated_at)
      VALUES ($1, $2, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
      ON CONFLICT(key) DO UPDATE SET value = $2, updated_at = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP`;
@@ -99,23 +118,37 @@ async function readSkippedSteps(): Promise<ChecklistItemKey[]> {
   return CHECKLIST_ITEM_KEYS.filter((key) => marked.has(skippedStepKey(key)));
 }
 
+/** Acknowledged visit steps, read in one query and kept only for a visit key holding "1". */
+async function readAcknowledgedSteps(): Promise<ChecklistItemKey[]> {
+  const db = await getDb();
+  const rows = await db.select<Array<{ key: string; value: string }>>(ACKNOWLEDGED_SQL);
+  const marked = new Set(rows.filter((row) => row.value === "1").map((row) => row.key));
+  return VISIT_STEP_KEYS.filter((key) => marked.has(acknowledgedStepKey(key)));
+}
+
 /**
- * Reads the counters, the import folder, the hidden flag and the skipped steps
+ * Reads the counters, the import folder, the hidden flag, the skipped and
- * in parallel. A pure read: it never writes (rule D9 lives in
+ * acknowledged steps and the visit-steps flag in parallel. A pure read: it
- * `initializeGuidedPath`).
+ * never writes (rule D9 lives in `initializeGuidedPath`, the visit steps'
+ * initialization in `initializeVisitSteps`).
  */
 export async function getOnboardingSnapshot(): Promise<OnboardingSnapshot> {
-  const [counters, importFolder, hiddenPref, skipped] = await Promise.all([
+  const [counters, importFolder, hiddenPref, skipped, acknowledged, visitFlag] =
+    await Promise.all([
       readCounters(),
       getImportFolder(),
       getPreference(ONBOARDING_CHECKLIST_HIDDEN_KEY),
       readSkippedSteps(),
+      readAcknowledgedSteps(),
+      getPreference(ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY),
     ]);
   return {
     counters,
     importFolderSet: importFolder !== null && importFolder !== "",
     hidden: hiddenPref === "1",
     skipped,
+    acknowledged,
+    visitStepsInitialized: visitFlag === "1",
   };
 }
 
@@ -201,3 +234,34 @@ export async function resumeStep(key: ChecklistItemKey): Promise<void> {
   await deletePreference(skippedStepKey(key));
   logInfo(`Onboarding: step ${key} resumed`);
 }
+
+/** Marks a visit step done ("Got it", #425). Idempotent: an UPSERT, no read before the write. */
+export async function acknowledgeStep(key: ChecklistItemKey): Promise<void> {
+  await setPreference(acknowledgedStepKey(key), "1");
+  logInfo(`Onboarding: step ${key} acknowledged`);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The visit steps' initialization (#425), once per profile: the provider calls
+ * it after the first successful load where the Budget entitlement is known and
+ * the flag is unset, with `acknowledge` = `shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps`, then
+ * re-reads. A profile whose other steps were all done or skipped gets both
+ * visit steps acknowledged, so it keeps "Getting started complete".
+ *
+ * Deliberately without a transaction (D16): under the strict lock of `db.ts`
+ * (#408), a service call made from a transaction's callback would wait behind
+ * that very lock, and every write here is idempotent anyway. The two
+ * acknowledgements come first, then the flag: a stop between two writes leaves
+ * the flag unset, and the next opening makes the same computation again.
+ * Not announced on the data channel.
+ */
+export async function initializeVisitSteps(acknowledge: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  if (acknowledge) {
+    await acknowledgeStep("categories");
+    await acknowledgeStep("reports");
+  }
+  await setPreference(ONBOARDING_VISIT_STEPS_INITIALIZED_KEY, "1");
+  if (acknowledge) {
+    logInfo("Onboarding: the path was already complete, visit steps marked done");
+  }
+}

src/shared/types/index.ts

@@ -982,19 +982,30 @@ export type ChecklistItemKey =
   | "importFolder"
   | "source"
   | "import"
+  | "categories"
   | "manualCategory"
-  | "budget";
+  | "budget"
+  | "reports";
 
-/** The six checklist keys, in checklist order (#396: the only valid skipped-step keys). */
+/** The eight checklist keys, in checklist order (#396: the only valid skipped-step keys; #425: eight). */
 export const CHECKLIST_ITEM_KEYS: readonly ChecklistItemKey[] = [
   "profile",
   "importFolder",
   "source",
   "import",
+  "categories",
   "manualCategory",
   "budget",
+  "reports",
 ];
 
+/**
+ * The visit steps (#425): nothing in the database counts them, they are done
+ * by "Got it" on their card (`onboarding_acknowledged_<key>`), and the only
+ * valid acknowledged-step keys.
+ */
+export const VISIT_STEP_KEYS: readonly ChecklistItemKey[] = ["categories", "reports"];
+
 /** One row of the getting-started checklist. `to` is the route the row links to. */
 export interface ChecklistItem {
   key: ChecklistItemKey;
@@ -1002,7 +1013,10 @@ export interface ChecklistItem {
   done: boolean;
   /** The user skipped the step (#396, D3). A row can be done and skipped. */
   skipped: boolean;
-  /** True when the feature behind the row is not part of the current edition. */
+  /**
+   * True when the feature behind the row is not part of the current edition,
+   * or for a visit step (#425) until the profile's visit steps are initialized.
+   */
   locked: boolean;
   to: string;
 }

src/utils/onboardingChecklist.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { computeChecklist } from "./onboardingChecklist";
+import { computeChecklist, shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps } from "./onboardingChecklist";
 import type { ChecklistItemKey, OnboardingCounters } from "../shared/types";
 
 const zero: OnboardingCounters = {
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ const zero: OnboardingCounters = {
   transactions: 0,
 };
 
-const open = { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: true };
+const open = { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: true, visitStepsInitialized: true };
+/** Both visit steps acknowledged (#425): the old six-step fixtures, complete again at 8/8. */
+const visited: ChecklistItemKey[] = ["categories", "reports"];
 
 function keys(counters: OnboardingCounters, opts = open): ChecklistItemKey[] {
   return computeChecklist(counters, opts).items.map((i) => i.key);
@@ -23,22 +25,24 @@ function doneKeys(counters: OnboardingCounters, opts = open): ChecklistItemKey[]
 }
 
 describe("computeChecklist — rows (#351)", () => {
-  it("lists the six rows in order", () => {
+  it("lists the eight rows in order (#425)", () => {
     expect(keys(zero)).toEqual([
       "profile",
       "importFolder",
       "source",
       "import",
+      "categories",
       "manualCategory",
       "budget",
+      "reports",
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("zero counters → only profile is done (1/6)", () => {
+  it("zero counters → only profile is done (1/8)", () => {
     const list = computeChecklist(zero, open);
     expect(doneKeys(zero)).toEqual(["profile"]);
     expect(list.done).toBe(1);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
     expect(list.complete).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -79,8 +83,10 @@ describe("computeChecklist — rows (#351)", () => {
       importFolder: "/import",
       source: "/import",
       import: "/import",
+      categories: "/categories",
       manualCategory: "/transactions",
       budget: "/budget",
+      reports: "/reports",
     });
   });
 
@@ -90,11 +96,11 @@ describe("computeChecklist — rows (#351)", () => {
 });
 
 describe("computeChecklist — budget gating (#351)", () => {
-  const locked = { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: false };
+  const locked = { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: false, visitStepsInitialized: true };
 
-  it("budgetAllowed=false → total=5 and the budget row is locked", () => {
+  it("budgetAllowed=false → total=7 and the budget row is locked", () => {
     const list = computeChecklist(zero, locked);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(5);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(7);
     const budget = list.items.find((i) => i.key === "budget")!;
     expect(budget.locked).toBe(true);
     expect(budget.to).toBe("/settings/users");
@@ -106,27 +112,27 @@ describe("computeChecklist — budget gating (#351)", () => {
     expect(list.done).toBe(1);
   });
 
-  it("complete is true at 5/5 when Budget is locked", () => {
+  it("complete is true at 7/7 when Budget is locked", () => {
     const all = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1 };
-    const list = computeChecklist(all, { ...locked, importFolderSet: true });
+    const list = computeChecklist(all, { ...locked, importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: visited });
-    expect(list.done).toBe(5);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(7);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(5);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(7);
     expect(list.complete).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("complete is false at 5/6 when Budget is open but empty", () => {
+  it("complete is false at 7/8 when Budget is open but empty", () => {
     const all = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1 };
-    const list = computeChecklist(all, { ...open, importFolderSet: true });
+    const list = computeChecklist(all, { ...open, importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: visited });
-    expect(list.done).toBe(5);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(7);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
     expect(list.complete).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it("complete is true at 6/6 when Budget is open", () => {
+  it("complete is true at 8/8 when Budget is open", () => {
     const all = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1, budgetEntries: 1 };
-    const list = computeChecklist(all, { ...open, importFolderSet: true });
+    const list = computeChecklist(all, { ...open, importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: visited });
-    expect(list.done).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(8);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
     expect(list.complete).toBe(true);
   });
 });
@@ -147,21 +153,31 @@ describe("computeChecklist — skipped steps (#396, D3)", () => {
     expect(row.skipped).toBe(true);
     expect(row.done).toBe(false);
     expect(list.done).toBe(2); // profile + the skipped row
-    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
   });
 
   it("complete with done and skipped rows", () => {
-    const list = computeChecklist(fiveDone, { ...open, importFolderSet: true, skipped: ["budget"] });
+    const list = computeChecklist(fiveDone, {
-    expect(list.done).toBe(6);
+      ...open,
-    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+      importFolderSet: true,
+      skipped: ["budget"],
+      acknowledged: visited,
+    });
+    expect(list.done).toBe(8);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
     expect(list.complete).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("a locked row stays out of the total, even skipped", () => {
-    const list = computeChecklist(zero, { importFolderSet: false, budgetAllowed: false, skipped: ["budget"] });
+    const list = computeChecklist(zero, {
+      importFolderSet: false,
+      budgetAllowed: false,
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      skipped: ["budget"],
+    });
     const budget = list.items.find((i) => i.key === "budget")!;
     expect(budget.locked).toBe(true);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(5);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(7);
     expect(list.done).toBe(1);
     expect(list.complete).toBe(false);
   });
@@ -171,12 +187,13 @@ describe("computeChecklist — skipped steps (#396, D3)", () => {
       ...open,
       importFolderSet: true,
       skipped: ["source", "import", "budget"],
+      acknowledged: visited,
     });
     const source = list.items.find((i) => i.key === "source")!;
     expect(source.done).toBe(true);
     expect(source.skipped).toBe(true);
-    expect(list.done).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(8);
-    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
   });
 
   it("skipping does not change the rows' links", () => {
@@ -186,3 +203,115 @@ describe("computeChecklist — skipped steps (#396, D3)", () => {
     expect(to).toEqual(computeChecklist(zero, open).items.map((i) => i.to));
   });
 });
+
+describe("computeChecklist — visit steps (#425)", () => {
+  const sixDone = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1, budgetEntries: 1 };
+  const row = (list: ReturnType<typeof computeChecklist>, key: ChecklistItemKey) =>
+    list.items.find((i) => i.key === key)!;
+
+  it("a visit step is to do until acknowledged; nothing in the counters marks it done", () => {
+    const list = computeChecklist(
+      { ...sixDone, transactions: 50 },
+      { ...open, importFolderSet: true },
+    );
+    expect(row(list, "categories").done).toBe(false);
+    expect(row(list, "reports").done).toBe(false);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(8);
+    expect(list.complete).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("an acknowledged step is done, not skipped", () => {
+    const list = computeChecklist(zero, { ...open, acknowledged: ["categories"] });
+    expect(row(list, "categories").done).toBe(true);
+    expect(row(list, "categories").skipped).toBe(false);
+    expect(row(list, "reports").done).toBe(false);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("only a visit step can be acknowledged: another key in the option changes nothing", () => {
+    const list = computeChecklist(zero, { ...open, acknowledged: ["budget", "source"] });
+    expect(row(list, "budget").done).toBe(false);
+    expect(row(list, "source").done).toBe(false);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("a visit step can be skipped", () => {
+    const list = computeChecklist(zero, { ...open, skipped: ["reports"] });
+    expect(row(list, "reports").skipped).toBe(true);
+    expect(row(list, "reports").done).toBe(false);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("before the initialization, both visit rows are locked: out of the total and of `complete`, links kept", () => {
+    const list = computeChecklist(sixDone, {
+      importFolderSet: true,
+      budgetAllowed: true,
+      visitStepsInitialized: false,
+    });
+    expect(row(list, "categories").locked).toBe(true);
+    expect(row(list, "reports").locked).toBe(true);
+    expect(row(list, "categories").to).toBe("/categories");
+    expect(row(list, "reports").to).toBe("/reports");
+    expect(list.items.filter((i) => i.locked).map((i) => i.key)).toEqual(["categories", "reports"]);
+    expect(list.total).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(6);
+    expect(list.complete).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("before the initialization, a visit row is out of the total even when acknowledged or skipped", () => {
+    const list = computeChecklist(zero, {
+      importFolderSet: false,
+      budgetAllowed: false,
+      visitStepsInitialized: false,
+      acknowledged: ["categories"],
+      skipped: ["reports"],
+    });
+    expect(list.total).toBe(5);
+    expect(list.done).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps (#425)", () => {
+  const sixDone = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1, budgetEntries: 1 };
+  const before = { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: true, visitStepsInitialized: false };
+
+  it("true when the six other rows are done (Base+)", () => {
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(computeChecklist(sixDone, before))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("true when the six other rows are done or skipped", () => {
+    const counters = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1 };
+    const list = computeChecklist(counters, { ...before, skipped: ["manualCategory", "budget"] });
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(list)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("true in the Free edition with Budget locked and the five others done", () => {
+    const counters = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1 };
+    const list = computeChecklist(counters, { ...before, budgetAllowed: false });
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(list)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("false while one row is left", () => {
+    const counters = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1, manualCategorized: 1 };
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(computeChecklist(counters, before))).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(computeChecklist(sixDone, { ...before, importFolderSet: false })),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("the visit rows do not enter the computation, locked or not", () => {
+    // Unlocked and to do: still true.
+    expect(
+      shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(computeChecklist(sixDone, { ...before, visitStepsInitialized: true })),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    // Acknowledged or skipped: does not make an incomplete path complete.
+    const list = computeChecklist(zero, {
+      ...before,
+      visitStepsInitialized: true,
+      acknowledged: ["categories"],
+      skipped: ["reports"],
+    });
+    expect(shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(list)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

src/utils/onboardingChecklist.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
-import type { ChecklistItem, ChecklistItemKey, OnboardingCounters } from "../shared/types";
+import {
+  VISIT_STEP_KEYS,
+  type ChecklistItem,
+  type ChecklistItemKey,
+  type OnboardingCounters,
+} from "../shared/types";
 
 /**
- * Pure computation of the getting-started checklist (#351).
+ * Pure computation of the getting-started checklist (#351, #425).
  *
- * Six rows in a fixed order. The `profile` row is always done (the checklist
+ * Eight rows in a fixed order. The `profile` row is always done (the checklist
  * is only reachable from an open profile). The `budget` row is locked when the
  * edition does not include Budget; a locked row is excluded from `total` and
  * from `complete`, and links to the Users settings (license card) instead.
  *
+ * The two visit steps, `categories` and `reports` (#425), are done when the
+ * user acknowledged them ("Got it"): nothing in the database counts them.
+ * Until the profile's visit steps are initialized (`visitStepsInitialized`),
+ * they are locked the same way, so a profile whose path was complete does not
+ * flash a "Next step" before they are marked done; their `to` stays the page.
+ *
  * A row can also be skipped by the user (#396, D3). A skipped row counts like a
  * done one, once even when it is both, unless it is locked: a locked row stays
  * out of the total whatever its state.
@@ -20,13 +31,17 @@ export interface ChecklistOptions {
   budgetAllowed: boolean;
   /** Steps the user skipped (#396). None when omitted. */
   skipped?: readonly ChecklistItemKey[];
+  /** Visit steps the user acknowledged with "Got it" (#425). None when omitted. */
+  acknowledged?: readonly ChecklistItemKey[];
+  /** The profile's visit steps are initialized (#425): until then, they are locked. */
+  visitStepsInitialized: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface Checklist {
   items: ChecklistItem[];
   /** Number of unlocked rows that are done or skipped. */
   done: number;
-  /** Number of unlocked rows (6, or 5 when Budget is locked). */
+  /** Number of unlocked rows (8, or 7 when Budget is locked; 2 fewer before the visit steps are initialized). */
   total: number;
   /** True when every unlocked row is done or skipped. */
   complete: boolean;
@@ -37,7 +52,9 @@ export function computeChecklist(
   options: ChecklistOptions
 ): Checklist {
   const budgetLocked = !options.budgetAllowed;
+  const visitLocked = !options.visitStepsInitialized;
   const skipped = new Set(options.skipped ?? []);
+  const acknowledged = new Set(options.acknowledged ?? []);
   const row = (
     key: ChecklistItemKey,
     done: boolean,
@@ -52,6 +69,7 @@ export function computeChecklist(
     row("importFolder", options.importFolderSet, "/import"),
     row("source", counters.sources >= 1, "/import"),
     row("import", counters.imports >= 1, "/import"),
+    row("categories", acknowledged.has("categories"), "/categories", visitLocked),
     row("manualCategory", counters.manualCategorized >= 1, "/transactions"),
     row(
       "budget",
@@ -59,6 +77,7 @@ export function computeChecklist(
       budgetLocked ? "/settings/users" : "/budget",
       budgetLocked,
     ),
+    row("reports", acknowledged.has("reports"), "/reports", visitLocked),
   ];
 
   const unlocked = items.filter((item) => !item.locked);
@@ -67,3 +86,15 @@ export function computeChecklist(
 
   return { items, done, total, complete: done === total };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Whether the one-time initialization of the visit steps (#425) marks them
+ * done: true when every unlocked row other than the visit steps is done or
+ * skipped, so a profile that had finished the path before they existed keeps
+ * "Getting started complete". The visit rows themselves do not count.
+ */
+export function shouldAcknowledgeVisitSteps(checklist: Checklist): boolean {
+  return checklist.items
+    .filter((item) => !item.locked && !VISIT_STEP_KEYS.includes(item.key))
+    .every((item) => item.done || item.skipped);
+}

src/utils/onboardingPath.test.ts

@@ -47,14 +47,27 @@ const upToManual: OnboardingCounters = {
   transactions: 20,
 };
 
+/**
+ * The checklist of `counters`. The visit steps are acknowledged and initialized
+ * unless told otherwise (rule of the templates, #425): the fixtures below are
+ * about the six data steps.
+ */
 const checklistOf = (
   counters: OnboardingCounters,
-  options: { importFolderSet?: boolean; budgetAllowed?: boolean; skipped?: ChecklistItemKey[] } = {},
+  options: {
+    importFolderSet?: boolean;
+    budgetAllowed?: boolean;
+    skipped?: ChecklistItemKey[];
+    acknowledged?: ChecklistItemKey[];
+    visitStepsInitialized?: boolean;
+  } = {},
 ): Checklist =>
   computeChecklist(counters, {
     importFolderSet: options.importFolderSet ?? false,
     budgetAllowed: options.budgetAllowed ?? true,
     skipped: options.skipped,
+    acknowledged: options.acknowledged ?? ["categories", "reports"],
+    visitStepsInitialized: options.visitStepsInitialized ?? true,
   });
 
 /** A row of the given step, as `computeChecklist` builds it. */
@@ -112,6 +125,22 @@ describe("nextStep (#396)", () => {
     expect(nextStep(checklistOf({ ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1 }, { importFolderSet: true })))
       .toMatchObject({ key: "manualCategory", to: "/transactions" });
   });
+
+  it("leads to the visit steps once initialized and not acknowledged (#425)", () => {
+    const imported = { ...zero, sources: 1, imports: 1 };
+    expect(nextStep(checklistOf(imported, { importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: [] })))
+      .toMatchObject({ key: "categories", to: "/categories" });
+    const allButReports = { ...upToManual, budgetEntries: 1 };
+    expect(
+      nextStep(checklistOf(allButReports, { importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: ["categories"] })),
+    ).toMatchObject({ key: "reports", to: "/reports" });
+    // Before the initialization, they are passed over.
+    expect(
+      nextStep(
+        checklistOf(imported, { importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: [], visitStepsInitialized: false }),
+      )?.key,
+    ).toBe("manualCategory");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("stepsOfPage (#396)", () => {
@@ -286,7 +315,7 @@ describe("bannerMode (#396)", () => {
   });
 
   it("waits for the Budget entitlement before announcing the end", () => {
-    // Until the license is known, Budget counts as locked: 5/5 could be 5/6.
+    // Until the license is known, Budget counts as locked: 7/7 could be 7/8.
     const failClosed = checklistOf(upToManual, { importFolderSet: true, budgetAllowed: false });
     expect(failClosed.complete).toBe(true);
     expect(mode({ checklist: failClosed, budgetReady: false })).toBe("none");
@@ -296,6 +325,17 @@ describe("bannerMode (#396)", () => {
   it("shows the banner before the Budget entitlement is known when steps remain", () => {
     expect(mode({ budgetReady: false })).toBe("banner");
   });
+
+  it("before the visit steps' initialization, a complete path is complete without them (#425)", () => {
+    // The provider passes `budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized`: until then, no end.
+    const beforeInit = checklistOf(
+      { ...upToManual, budgetEntries: 1 },
+      { importFolderSet: true, acknowledged: [], visitStepsInitialized: false },
+    );
+    expect(beforeInit.complete).toBe(true);
+    expect(nextStep(beforeInit)).toBeNull();
+    expect(mode({ checklist: beforeInit, budgetReady: false })).toBe("none");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("readOnboardingNavState (#396)", () => {
@@ -391,12 +431,12 @@ describe("cardStep (#398)", () => {
   };
 
   it("on /import, shows the first of the page's steps not done yet, ranked among the unlocked rows", () => {
-    expect(at(checklistOf(zero))).toEqual({ key: "importFolder", n: 2, total: 6 });
+    expect(at(checklistOf(zero))).toEqual({ key: "importFolder", n: 2, total: 8 });
-    expect(at(checklistOf(zero, { importFolderSet: true }))).toEqual({ key: "source", n: 3, total: 6 });
+    expect(at(checklistOf(zero, { importFolderSet: true }))).toEqual({ key: "source", n: 3, total: 8 });
     expect(at(checklistOf({ ...zero, sources: 1 }, { importFolderSet: true }))).toEqual({
       key: "import",
       n: 4,
-      total: 6,
+      total: 8,
     });
   });
 
@@ -404,7 +444,7 @@ describe("cardStep (#398)", () => {
     expect(at(checklistOf(upToManual, { importFolderSet: true }))).toEqual({
       key: "import",
       n: 4,
-      total: 6,
+      total: 8,
     });
   });
 
@@ -418,17 +458,23 @@ describe("cardStep (#398)", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("counts the unlocked rows only: five in the Free edition", () => {
+  it("counts the unlocked rows only: seven in the Free edition", () => {
     expect(at(checklistOf(zero, { budgetAllowed: false }))).toEqual({
       key: "importFolder",
       n: 2,
-      total: 5,
+      total: 7,
     });
     expect(at(checklistOf(upToManual, { importFolderSet: true }), "/transactions")).toEqual({
       key: "manualCategory",
-      n: 5,
+      n: 6,
-      total: 6,
+      total: 8,
     });
+    expect(at(checklistOf(zero), "/budget")).toEqual({ key: "budget", n: 7, total: 8 });
+  });
+
+  it("ranks the steps without the visit steps until they are initialized (#425)", () => {
+    const beforeInit = checklistOf(upToManual, { importFolderSet: true, visitStepsInitialized: false });
+    expect(at(beforeInit, "/transactions")).toEqual({ key: "manualCategory", n: 5, total: 6 });
   });
 
   it("is null on a page that guides no unlocked step", () => {

src/utils/onboardingPath.ts

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export interface BannerModeInput {
   pathname: string;
   /** The dashboard of a profile without any transaction (D11). */
   isEmptyDashboard: boolean;
-  /** False until the Budget entitlement is known. */
+  /** False until the Budget entitlement is known (and, from the provider, the visit steps initialized, #425). */
   budgetReady: boolean;
   /** The latched card page (`latchCardPage`). */
   cardPage: string | null;
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ export interface BannerModeInput {
  *   then says so itself);
  * - `complete` when every unlocked step is done or skipped (D4), and only once
  *   Budget's entitlement is known: until then the checklist is computed with
- *   Budget locked, and "complete" could be a sixth step away;
+ *   Budget locked, and "complete" could be one step away; the provider passes
+ *   `budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized` as `budgetReady` (#425), the visit
+ *   steps being locked the same way until their initialization;
  * - `banner` everywhere else. Its counter waits for `budgetReady` too.
  *
  * A failed re-read after a first success keeps status `ready` (reducer), so
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ export type StepCardNext =
  * - `step`: the next step, which lives on another page;
  * - `end`: no step left (end mode), once the Budget entitlement is known:
  *   until then the checklist counts Budget as locked, and the end could be a
- *   sixth step away (the rule of `bannerMode`);
+ *   step away (the rule of `bannerMode`); the caller passes
+ *   `budgetReady && visitStepsInitialized` (#425);
  * - `wait`: nothing yet, while the entitlement is unknown at the end, or
  *   while the next step is still one of this page's own: the re-read that
  *   follows the write that completed them (ADR 0022) has not landed, and a