diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 3ec0662..1ec01c3 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ VIDEO_PATH=/path/to/video/hls
 GIFS_DIRECTORY=/path/to/gifs
 PREVIEW_CLIPS_DIRECTORY=/path/to/preview-clips
 BIND_URL=0.0.0.0:8080
+# Secondary loopback listener (default localhost:8088). Empty = don't bind it
+# (e.g. a second instance next to one that already owns 8088).
+# LOCAL_BIND_URL=localhost:8088
 CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000
 SECRET_KEY=replace-me-with-a-long-random-secret
 RUST_LOG=info
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 693d977..16a161c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ They should be defined where the binary is located or above it in an `.env` file
 - `VIDEO_PATH` is a path where HLS playlists and video parts should be stored
 - `GIFS_DIRECTORY` is a path where generated video GIF thumbnails should be stored
 - `BIND_URL` is the url and port to bind to (typically your own IP address)
+- `LOCAL_BIND_URL` (optional) is a second, loopback listener [default: `localhost:8088`]. Set it to an empty string to skip it, e.g. to run a second instance such as the `dev/e2e` harness alongside one that already owns 8088
 - `SECRET_KEY` is the *hopefully* random string to sign Tokens with
 - `RUST_LOG` is one of `off, error, warn, info, debug, trace`, from least to most noisy [default: `info` for spans, `error` for dev console logs]. It also gates tracing-span export, so keep it at `info` or `debug`
 - `OTLP_OTLS_ENDPOINT` (optional) is an OTLP/gRPC collector URL (e.g. SigNoz, Jaeger) for span export, in any build [default: unset, no export]
diff --git a/docs/agents/issue-tracker.md b/docs/agents/issue-tracker.md
index 6a63ea0..f2c9db4 100644
--- a/docs/agents/issue-tracker.md
+++ b/docs/agents/issue-tracker.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ Issues and specs for this repo live as issues on Gitea
 
 - **Create an issue**: `tea issues create --title "..." --description-file -`
   (read the body from a heredoc on stdin), or `--description "..."` for a
-  one-liner. Add labels at creation with `--labels "..."`.
+  one-liner. Add labels at creation with `--labels "..."` (the labels
+  must already exist — see below).
 - **Read an issue**: `tea issues <index> --comments`. Use
   `tea issues list -f index,title,body,labels,comments -o json` for
   machine-readable output.
@@ -16,8 +17,16 @@ Issues and specs for this repo live as issues on Gitea
 - **Comment on an issue**: `tea comments add <index> "..."` (alias:
   `tea comments <index> "..."`).
 - **Apply / remove labels**: `tea issues edit <index> --add-labels "..."` /
-  `--remove-labels "..."`. Labels that don't exist yet are created by the
-  server on first use.
+  `--remove-labels "..."`.
+- **Labels must exist first.** Neither `issues create --labels` nor
+  `issues edit --add-labels` creates a missing label: an unknown name is
+  **silently dropped** — the command succeeds and the issue ends up
+  unlabelled (verified against this server, tea 0.16). Check with
+  `tea labels list`; create with
+  `tea labels create --name "..." --color "#rrggbb" --description "..."`,
+  then apply. After labelling, confirm it stuck (`tea issues <index>`).
+  The triage labels (`triage-labels.md`) exist; the `wayfinder:*` labels
+  below must be created before first use.
 - **Close**: `tea issues close <index>`. It does not accept a closing
   comment, so post the explanation first with
   `tea comments add <index> "..."`, then close.