diff --git a/ARCHITECTURE.md b/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 47f66614aa..1833a6f11b 100644
--- a/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -614,7 +614,35 @@ The design system provides:
 
 `SessionMaterialTheme` installs both the custom tokens and Material 3. Most Compose entry points use `setThemedContent { ... }` so screens can remain thin.
 
-## 13. Dependency Injection
+## 13. Localization and Translations
+
+UI strings are managed on **Crowdin** (project ID `618696`), not in this repo. This matters because the string resources here are **generated artifacts**, not editable sources.
+
+### Source of truth
+
+Every `app/src/main/res/values*/strings.xml` — including the base English `values/strings.xml` — plus `NonTranslatableStringConstants.kt` (the `{app_name}`, `{entity_stf_short}`, … substitution values) is generated from Crowdin. **Do not hand-edit these files**; changes are overwritten on the next sync. String source text (English) and translations are both authored/managed on Crowdin.
+
+### The sync automation lives in a different repo
+
+There is no Crowdin workflow in this repo. The automation is in **`session-foundation/session-shared-scripts`**, workflow `.github/workflows/check_for_crowdin_updates.yml`:
+
+- Triggers: scheduled (Mondays 00:00 UTC) or manual `workflow_dispatch` (input `UPDATE_PULL_REQUESTS=true`).
+- Downloads from Crowdin, regenerates all `values*/strings.xml` + `NonTranslatableStringConstants.kt` (`crowdin/generate_android_strings.py`), validates via a gradle resource build, then opens/updates a PR using `peter-evans/create-pull-request`.
+- The PR targets the fixed head branch `feature/update-crowdin-translations` → `dev`, opened by the `stfsession` service account. Because the branch is fixed, there is only ever one open translations PR at a time; a re-run updates it in place (unless the previous one was already merged).
+- The same run produces the equivalent PRs for iOS and the desktop localization module.
+
+### Approved-only export
+
+The download requests translations with `exportApprovedOnly=true` and `skipUntranslatedStrings=true`. Consequently, machine/AI pre-translations are **excluded until a proofreader approves them** in Crowdin — unapproved strings are treated as untranslated and dropped. Approval requires a Proofreader/Manager role on the Crowdin project. (A helper for bulk-approving specific string identifiers lives at `session-shared-scripts/crowdin/approve_strings.py`.)
+
+### Shipping a text change
+
+1. Edit/add the source strings on Crowdin (new copy usually warrants **new string keys** — reusing a key keeps its now-stale translations, which will resurface as mismatched text).
+2. Approve the translations you want (see above), or they won't export.
+3. Run `check_for_crowdin_updates.yml` and merge the resulting Crowdin PR — this brings the keys into `strings.xml`.
+4. Only then merge any code referencing the new keys (`R.string.<key>` won't compile until the sync has landed them).
+
+## 14. Dependency Injection
 
 Hilt is the application-wide DI framework.
 
@@ -629,7 +657,7 @@ Important modules include:
 
 The most important architectural convention here is not just "use Hilt", but "inject long-lived managers plus a manager-scoped coroutine scope and let them expose reactive state."
 
-## 14. Other Important Runtime Components
+## 15. Other Important Runtime Components
 
 - `ExpiringMessageManager`: disappearing-message lifecycle
 - `AvatarUploadManager`: avatar upload/sync behavior
@@ -640,7 +668,7 @@ The most important architectural convention here is not just "use Hilt", but "in
 
 If a bug seems to "happen in the background" but does not fit config, polling, notifications, or Pro, it often lives in one of these auth-aware managers.
 
-## 15. End-to-End Flow Summaries
+## 16. End-to-End Flow Summaries
 
 ### App startup and login
 
@@ -695,7 +723,7 @@ User action
   -> reactive flows refresh UI
 ```
 
-## 16. Practical Notes for new Developers
+## 17. Practical Notes for new Developers
 
 For a new developer, the highest-value mental model is:
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/utilities/TextSecurePreferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/utilities/TextSecurePreferences.kt
index 2d75f0c52f..e2787b9d65 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/utilities/TextSecurePreferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/utilities/TextSecurePreferences.kt
@@ -364,11 +364,11 @@ interface TextSecurePreferences {
 
 
         // Donation
-        const val HAS_DONATED = "has_donated_v3"
-        const val HAS_COPIED_DONATION_URL = "has_copied_donation_url_v3"
-        const val SEEN_DONATION_CTA_AMOUNT = "seen_donation_cta_amount_v3"
-        const val LAST_SEEN_DONATION_CTA = "last_seen_donation_cta_v3"
-        const val SHOW_DONATION_CTA_FROM_POSITIVE_REVIEW = "show_donation_cta_from_positive_review_v3"
+        const val HAS_DONATED = "has_donated_v4"
+        const val HAS_COPIED_DONATION_URL = "has_copied_donation_url_v4"
+        const val SEEN_DONATION_CTA_AMOUNT = "seen_donation_cta_amount_v4"
+        const val LAST_SEEN_DONATION_CTA = "last_seen_donation_cta_v4"
+        const val SHOW_DONATION_CTA_FROM_POSITIVE_REVIEW = "show_donation_cta_from_positive_review_v4"
 
         const val DEBUG_HAS_DONATED = "debug_has_donated"
         const val DEBUG_HAS_COPIED_DONATION_URL = "debug_has_copied_donation_url"
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeDialogs.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeDialogs.kt
index a0cb63e0c4..7cc68a022a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeDialogs.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeDialogs.kt
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ fun DonationDialog(
         sendCommand(HideDonationCTADialog)
     }
 
-    val title = Phrase.from(context,R.string.finalAppeal)
+    val title = Phrase.from(context,R.string.ongoingAppeal)
         .put(StringSubstitutionConstants.APP_NAME_KEY, NonTranslatableStringConstants.APP_NAME)
         .format()
 
-    val text = Phrase.from(context,R.string.finalAppealDescription)
+    val text = Phrase.from(context,R.string.ongoingAppealDescription)
         .put(StringSubstitutionConstants.ENTITY_STF_SHORT_KEY, NonTranslatableStringConstants.ENTITY_STF_SHORT)
         .put(StringSubstitutionConstants.APP_NAME_KEY, NonTranslatableStringConstants.APP_NAME)
         .format()
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/cta_hero_donation.webp b/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/cta_hero_donation.webp
index 697f23d6f7..27842a2262 100644
Binary files a/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/cta_hero_donation.webp and b/app/src/main/res/drawable-nodpi/cta_hero_donation.webp differ