diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/realtime.ts b/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/realtime.ts
index 1dfb2276..d8548704 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/realtime.ts
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/src/lib/realtime.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@ export async function emitAppsChangedToRoleHolders(roleId: number): Promise<void
   await emitAppsChangedToUsers(userIds);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Broadcast that an executive-meetings day has changed (a meeting was
+ * created/updated/deleted/duplicated, attendees changed, or a cell-merge
+ * was set/cleared). Listeners on the executive-meetings page invalidate
+ * their cached query for the affected day so all viewers stay in sync
+ * without a manual refresh. The payload is just the ISO date string —
+ * no PII — and clients without executive access simply ignore it.
+ */
+export async function emitExecutiveMeetingsDayChanged(
+  date: string | null | undefined,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (typeof date !== "string" || date.length === 0) return;
+  const { io } = await import("../index.js");
+  io.emit("executive_meetings_changed", { date });
+}
+
 /**
  * Notify every holder of `roleId` that the role's permission set has been
  * updated, so the client can invalidate cached `/api/auth/me` and
diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts b/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts
index 9a438e6a..09ccda3c 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   getEffectiveRoleIds,
 } from "../middlewares/auth";
 import { sanitizeRichText } from "../lib/sanitize";
+import { emitExecutiveMeetingsDayChanged } from "../lib/realtime";
 import { ExecutiveMeetingsReorderBody } from "@workspace/api-zod";
 import type { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";
 
@@ -780,6 +781,9 @@ router.patch(
         });
       });
       const updated = await fetchMeetingWithAttendees(id);
+      void emitExecutiveMeetingsDayChanged(
+        updated?.meetingDate ?? existing.meetingDate,
+      );
       res.json(updated);
     } catch (err) {
       const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/hooks/use-notifications-socket.ts b/artifacts/tx-os/src/hooks/use-notifications-socket.ts
index 9ed1baf0..ce448522 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/hooks/use-notifications-socket.ts
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/hooks/use-notifications-socket.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,21 @@ export function useNotificationsSocket() {
       queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: getGetMeQueryKey() });
     });
 
+    socket.on(
+      "executive_meetings_changed",
+      (payload?: { date?: string }) => {
+        if (typeof payload?.date === "string" && payload.date.length > 0) {
+          queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+            queryKey: ["/api/executive-meetings", payload.date],
+          });
+        } else {
+          queryClient.invalidateQueries({
+            queryKey: ["/api/executive-meetings"],
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    );
+
     socket.on(
       "role_permissions_changed",
       (payload?: { roleId?: number }) => {
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx
index a31da44a..d6c160cb 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/pages/executive-meetings.tsx
@@ -1879,7 +1879,15 @@ function MeetingRow({
           <td
             key="number"
             className={`relative group ${numberCellCls}`}
-            style={cellStyle(col)}
+            style={
+              tintBg
+                ? {
+                    ...cellStyle(col),
+                    backgroundColor: highlightColor,
+                    color: "white",
+                  }
+                : cellStyle(col)
+            }
           >
             <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-1">
               {canMutate && (
@@ -2155,7 +2163,7 @@ function MergeMenu({
       <PopoverTrigger asChild>
         <button
           type="button"
-          className="absolute bottom-1 inline-end-1 p-1 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:text-[#0B1E3F] hover:bg-white/70 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 focus:opacity-100 transition-opacity print:hidden"
+          className="absolute bottom-1 inline-end-1 p-1 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:text-[#0B1E3F] hover:bg-white/70 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 focus:opacity-100 [@media(hover:none)_and_(pointer:coarse)]:opacity-40 [@media(hover:none)_and_(pointer:coarse)]:p-1.5 transition-opacity print:hidden"
           aria-label={t("executiveMeetings.merge.label")}
           data-testid={`em-merge-trigger-${meetingId}`}
         >