diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c28aa7f55a..02dbda7c4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "windows 0.58.0",
+ "windows-core 0.58.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/main/body/sessions/index.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/main/body/sessions/index.tsx
index 1d09374d65..d6733af21e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/main/body/sessions/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/main/body/sessions/index.tsx
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ function TabContentNoteInner({
       <StatusBanner
         skipReason={skipReason}
         showConsentBanner={showConsentBanner}
+        showTimeline={showTimeline}
       />
     </>
   );
@@ -272,9 +273,11 @@ function TabContentNoteInner({
 function StatusBanner({
   skipReason,
   showConsentBanner,
+  showTimeline,
 }: {
   skipReason: string | null;
   showConsentBanner: boolean;
+  showTimeline: boolean;
 }) {
   const { leftsidebar, chat } = useShell();
   const [chatPanelWidth, setChatPanelWidth] = useState(0);
@@ -329,9 +332,10 @@ function StatusBanner({
           transition={{ duration: 0.3, ease: "easeOut" }}
           style={{ left: `calc(50% + ${totalOffset}px)` }}
           className={cn([
-            "fixed -translate-x-1/2 bottom-6 z-50",
+            "fixed -translate-x-1/2 z-50",
             "whitespace-nowrap text-center text-xs",
             skipReason ? "text-red-400" : "text-stone-300",
+            showTimeline ? "bottom-[76px]" : "bottom-6",
           ])}
         >
           {skipReason || "Ask for consent when using Hyprnote"}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/routeTree.gen.ts b/apps/web/src/routeTree.gen.ts
index 413b094d8a..9aa3380291 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/routeTree.gen.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/routeTree.gen.ts
@@ -2583,8 +2583,6 @@ declare module '@tanstack/react-router' {
       fullPath: '/api/admin/kanban/create'
       preLoaderRoute: typeof ApiAdminKanbanCreateRouteImport
       parentRoute: typeof rootRouteImport
-    }
-      parentRoute: typeof rootRouteImport
     }
     '/api/admin/import/google-docs': {
       id: '/api/admin/import/google-docs'
diff --git a/crates/audio-device/Cargo.toml b/crates/audio-device/Cargo.toml
index 0d6961f865..96a9864c74 100644
--- a/crates/audio-device/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/audio-device/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ cidre = { workspace = true, features = ["av"] }
 libpulse-binding = "2.30.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
-windows = { version = "0.58", features = ["Win32_Media_Audio", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_UI_Shell_PropertiesSystem", "Win32_Devices_FunctionDiscovery"] }
+windows = { version = "0.58", features = ["Win32_Media_Audio", "Win32_Media_Audio_Endpoints", "Win32_System_Com", "Win32_UI_Shell_PropertiesSystem", "Win32_Devices_FunctionDiscovery"] }
+windows-core = "0.58"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "macros"] }
diff --git a/crates/audio-device/src/windows.rs b/crates/audio-device/src/windows.rs
index 6d2762d27b..d0acd81fc7 100644
--- a/crates/audio-device/src/windows.rs
+++ b/crates/audio-device/src/windows.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStringExt;
 use windows::Win32::Devices::FunctionDiscovery::PKEY_Device_FriendlyName;
 use windows::Win32::Media::Audio::{
-    DEVICE_STATE_ACTIVE, Endpoints, IAudioEndpointVolume, IMMDevice, IMMDeviceEnumerator,
-    MMDeviceEnumerator, eAll, eCapture, eConsole, eRender,
+    DEVICE_STATE_ACTIVE, IMMDevice, IMMDeviceEnumerator, MMDeviceEnumerator, eAll, eCapture,
+    eConsole, eRender,
 };
+use windows::Win32::Media::Audio::Endpoints::IAudioEndpointVolume;
 use windows::Win32::System::Com::{
     CLSCTX_ALL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED, CoCreateInstance, CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, STGM_READ,
 };
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ struct ComGuard;
 impl ComGuard {
     fn new() -> Result<Self, Error> {
         unsafe {
-            CoInitializeEx(None, COINIT_MULTITHREADED).map_err(|e| {
+            CoInitializeEx(None, COINIT_MULTITHREADED).ok().map_err(|e| {
                 Error::AudioSystemError(format!("COM initialization failed: {}", e))
             })?;
         }
@@ -122,18 +123,12 @@ fn get_device_name(device: &IMMDevice) -> Result<String, Error> {
             .GetValue(&PKEY_Device_FriendlyName)
             .map_err(|e| Error::EnumerationFailed(format!("Failed to get device name: {}", e)))?;
 
-        let name = prop.Anonymous.Anonymous.Anonymous.pwszVal;
-        if name.is_null() {
+        let name = prop.to_string();
+        if name.is_empty() {
             return Err(Error::EnumerationFailed("Device name is null".into()));
         }
 
-        let len = (0..).take_while(|&i| *name.add(i) != 0).count();
-        let slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(name, len);
-        let os_string = OsString::from_wide(slice);
-
-        os_string
-            .into_string()
-            .map_err(|_| Error::EnumerationFailed("Invalid device name encoding".into()))
+        Ok(name)
     }
 }
 
@@ -355,6 +350,7 @@ impl AudioDeviceBackend for WindowsBackend {
             for role in 0..3u32 {
                 policy_config
                     .SetDefaultEndpoint(PCWSTR(device_id_wide.as_ptr()), role)
+                    .ok()
                     .map_err(|e| {
                         Error::SetDefaultFailed(format!("Failed to set default endpoint: {}", e))
                     })?;