diff --git a/app/markets/quick-view/page.tsx b/app/markets/quick-view/page.tsx
index 63c6a06..d095ab5 100644
--- a/app/markets/quick-view/page.tsx
+++ b/app/markets/quick-view/page.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { useBuy, useOnChainMarket, usePosition, useQuoteBuy, useUsdcBalance } fr
 import { useWallet } from "@/lib/contexts/WalletContext";
 import { explorerTx } from "@/lib/stellar/config";
 import { formatUsdc, minOut, tryParseUsdc } from "@/lib/stellar/units";
+import { buyBreakdown } from "@/lib/stellar/buy-breakdown";
 
 const SLIPPAGE_BPS = 100; // 1%
 
@@ -77,11 +78,17 @@ function MarketQuickViewContent() {
   const amountRaw = tryParseUsdc(amountInput);
   const debouncedAmount = useDebounced(amountRaw, 400);
   const quote = useQuoteBuy(onChainMarketId, side, debouncedAmount);
+  const view = chain.data;
+  const breakdown = view && debouncedAmount && debouncedAmount > 0n
+    ? (() => {
+        const [bought, other] = side === "Yes" ? [view.market.reserve_yes, view.market.reserve_no] : [view.market.reserve_no, view.market.reserve_yes];
+        try { return buyBreakdown(bought, other, debouncedAmount, BigInt(view.market.fee_bps)); } catch { return null; }
+      })()
+    : null;
 
   // Illustrative only: there is no price history source yet.
   const sparklinePath = "M0 25 L10 22 L20 28 L30 18 L40 20 L50 15 L60 17 L70 10 L80 12 L90 5 L100 8";
 
-  const view = chain.data;
   const fromChain = Boolean(view);
   const backendProb = market ? Math.round((market.currentYesProb ?? market.initialYesProb) * 100) : 50;
   const yesProb = view ? Math.round(view.yesBps / 100) : backendProb;
@@ -297,6 +304,13 @@ function MarketQuickViewContent() {
                       </span>
                       {balance.data !== undefined && <span>Balance {formatUsdc(balance.data, { maxDecimals: 2, grouping: true })}</span>}
                     </div>
+                    {breakdown && (
+                      <div className="grid grid-cols-3 gap-2 text-[10px] font-data-mono text-on-surface-variant" aria-label="Trade breakdown">
+                        <span>Fee {formatUsdc(breakdown.fee, { maxDecimals: 4 })} USDC</span>
+                        <span>Impact {(Number(breakdown.priceImpactBps) / 100).toFixed(2)}%</span>
+                        <span>Net {formatUsdc(breakdown.net, { maxDecimals: 4 })} USDC</span>
+                      </div>
+                    )}
                     {!isOpen && view && (
                       <p className="text-[11px] text-on-surface-variant">This market is closed to trading.</p>
                     )}
diff --git a/lib/hooks/useStellar.ts b/lib/hooks/useStellar.ts
index 574738f..a385a7f 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/useStellar.ts
+++ b/lib/hooks/useStellar.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { collateralOutForShares, priceYesBps } from "@/lib/stellar/generated/fpm
 import type { Market as OnChainMarket, Position } from "@/lib/stellar/generated/market-core";
 import { fetchAndVerifyTrace, type TraceCheck } from "@/lib/stellar/trace";
 import { maxIn, minOut } from "@/lib/stellar/units";
+import { inspectTransactionAuthorization } from "@/lib/stellar/authorization";
 
 /** Query keys all start with "stellar" so a disconnect can drop them in one go. */
 export const stellarKeys = {
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ export function simulated<T>(tx: AssembledTransaction<unknown>, contract: Contra
 async function send<T>(tx: AssembledTransaction<unknown>, contract: ContractName = "marketCore"): Promise<{ value: T; txHash: string | null }> {
   // Surface simulation failures before asking the wallet to sign.
   simulated<T>(tx, contract);
+  const authorization = inspectTransactionAuthorization(tx);
+  if (!authorization.valid) {
+    throw new UserFacingError({ kind: "contract", message: "The wallet authorization does not match this transaction." });
+  }
   try {
     const sent = await tx.signAndSend();
     const value = sent.result as unknown;
diff --git a/lib/stellar/__tests__/reliability.test.ts b/lib/stellar/__tests__/reliability.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4277676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stellar/__tests__/reliability.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { buyBreakdown } from "../buy-breakdown";
+import { isArchivedStateError, simulateWithRestore } from "../archival";
+import { isExpiredTransaction, isFeeSurge, transactionRecoveryAdvice } from "../transaction-recovery";
+
+describe("buy breakdown", () => {
+  it("reports fee, net collateral and price impact from FPMM math", () => {
+    const result = buyBreakdown(1_000_000n, 1_000_000n, 100_000n, 100n);
+    expect(result.fee).toBe(1_000n);
+    expect(result.net).toBe(99_000n);
+    expect(result.sharesOut).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
+    expect(result.priceImpactBps).toBeGreaterThan(0n);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("transaction recovery", () => {
+  it("classifies fee surges and expiry with actionable advice", () => {
+    expect(isFeeSurge("tx_bad_seq")).toBe(true);
+    expect(transactionRecoveryAdvice("tx_bad_seq").kind).toBe("fee-bump");
+    expect(isExpiredTransaction("tx_too_late")).toBe(true);
+    expect(transactionRecoveryAdvice("tx_too_late").kind).toBe("rebuild");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("archived state recovery", () => {
+  it("restores and rebuilds when simulation exposes an archived entry", async () => {
+    let attempts = 0;
+    const build = async () => {
+      attempts += 1;
+      if (attempts === 1) throw new Error("archived ledger entry");
+      return {} as never;
+    };
+    // Build failures occur before an assembled transaction exists, so callers
+    // can also use this predicate around their restore endpoint.
+    expect(isArchivedStateError("archived ledger entry")).toBe(true);
+    await expect(simulateWithRestore(build, async () => undefined)).resolves.toBeDefined();
+    expect(attempts).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/stellar/archival.ts b/lib/stellar/archival.ts
index e9c7566..7ffca6c 100644
--- a/lib/stellar/archival.ts
+++ b/lib/stellar/archival.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ export const isArchivedStateError = (error: unknown): boolean => /archiv|missing
 
 /** Re-simulate after restoring archived entries through the supplied backend/client. */
 export async function simulateWithRestore<T>(build: () => Promise<AssembledTransaction<T>>, restore: () => Promise<void>): Promise<AssembledTransaction<T>> {
-  const tx = await build();
-  try { tx.simulation; return tx; }
+  try {
+    const tx = await build();
+    // `simulation` is only metadata; reading `result` forces the SDK to
+    // surface expired/missing state errors from the simulation.
+    void tx.result;
+    return tx;
+  }
   catch (error) {
     if (!isArchivedStateError(error)) throw error;
     await restore();
diff --git a/lib/stellar/authorization.ts b/lib/stellar/authorization.ts
index 0f0f82f..45cd0fd 100644
--- a/lib/stellar/authorization.ts
+++ b/lib/stellar/authorization.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Address, xdr } from '@stellar/stellar-sdk';
+import type { AssembledTransaction } from '@stellar/stellar-sdk/contract';
 
 export interface AuthorizationInspection { count: number; signers: string[]; functions: string[]; warnings: string[]; valid: boolean; }
 
@@ -17,3 +18,11 @@ export function inspectAuthorizationEntries(entries: readonly xdr.SorobanAuthori
   }
   return { count: entries.length, signers, functions, warnings, valid: warnings.length === 0 };
 }
+
+/** Decode the authorization entries returned by Soroban simulation. */
+export function inspectTransactionAuthorization<T>(tx: AssembledTransaction<T>, expectedAddress?: string): AuthorizationInspection {
+  const entries = tx.simulation && "auth" in tx.simulation
+    ? (tx.simulation.auth as readonly xdr.SorobanAuthorizationEntry[])
+    : [];
+  return inspectAuthorizationEntries(entries, expectedAddress);
+}
diff --git a/lib/stellar/buy-breakdown.ts b/lib/stellar/buy-breakdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c185085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stellar/buy-breakdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { calcBuy, type BuyQuote } from "./generated/fpmm";
+
+export interface BuyBreakdown extends BuyQuote {
+  /** Price impact in basis points, measured against the pre-trade marginal price. */
+  priceImpactBps: bigint;
+}
+
+/** Calculate the same fee, output and price impact used by the FPMM locally. */
+export function buyBreakdown(
+  reserveBought: bigint,
+  reserveOther: bigint,
+  collateralIn: bigint,
+  feeBps: bigint,
+): BuyBreakdown {
+  const quote = calcBuy(reserveBought, reserveOther, collateralIn, feeBps);
+  const before = reserveBought * 10_000n / (reserveBought + reserveOther);
+  const after = quote.newReserveBought * 10_000n /
+    (quote.newReserveBought + quote.newReserveOther);
+  return { ...quote, priceImpactBps: after > before ? after - before : before - after };
+}