diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts b/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts
index 09b5e252..7432a57d 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/executive-meetings.ts
@@ -2210,6 +2210,18 @@ router.post(
           isHighlighted: 0,
           notes: stripTagsToPlainTextOrNull(source.notes),
           attachments: source.attachments,
+          // #678: Carry the external-meeting flag onto the copy. Omitting it
+          // silently reset duplicates/repeats to "internal" (default false),
+          // losing the red tint + no-auto-postpone behavior of the source.
+          isExternal: source.isExternal,
+          // Same class of bug: rowColor is a shared editorial signal about
+          // the meeting (urgent / VIP), and the merge overlay is user
+          // content — both should survive a duplicate. mergeText is
+          // re-sanitized like the other rich-text fields above.
+          rowColor: source.rowColor,
+          mergeStartColumn: source.mergeStartColumn,
+          mergeEndColumn: source.mergeEndColumn,
+          mergeText: source.mergeText ? sanitizeRichText(source.mergeText) : source.mergeText,
           createdBy: userId,
           updatedBy: userId,
         };
diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs b/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs
index 6306e544..759199be 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/tests/executive-meetings.test.mjs
@@ -409,6 +409,36 @@ test("Meetings: POST /duplicate clones a meeting onto another date", async () =>
   assert.ok(dayBody.meetings.some((m) => m.id === newRow.id));
 });
 
+// #678: duplicating/repeating must preserve the external-meeting flag
+// (and the shared row colour) instead of silently resetting the copy
+// to a normal internal meeting.
+test("Meetings: POST /duplicate preserves isExternal and rowColor on the copy", async () => {
+  const create = await api(adminCookie, "POST", "/api/executive-meetings", {
+    titleAr: "خارجي",
+    titleEn: "External",
+    meetingDate: today,
+    isExternal: true,
+    attendees: [],
+  });
+  assert.equal(create.status, 201);
+  const original = await create.json();
+  created.meetingIds.push(original.id);
+  assert.equal(original.isExternal, true, "source must be external");
+  assert.equal(original.rowColor, "red", "external source is force-tinted red");
+
+  const dup = await api(
+    adminCookie,
+    "POST",
+    `/api/executive-meetings/${original.id}/duplicate`,
+    { targetDate: tomorrow },
+  );
+  assert.equal(dup.status, 201);
+  const copy = await dup.json();
+  created.meetingIds.push(copy.id);
+  assert.equal(copy.isExternal, true, "duplicate must stay external (#678)");
+  assert.equal(copy.rowColor, "red", "duplicate keeps the red row colour");
+});
+
 // #189: plain-text sanitization for location / meetingUrl / notes.
 test("Sanitization: POST strips HTML from location, meetingUrl, and notes", async () => {
   const create = await api(adminCookie, "POST", "/api/executive-meetings", {
diff --git a/artifacts/tx-os/src/components/ui/switch.tsx b/artifacts/tx-os/src/components/ui/switch.tsx
index 4c43adf5..449d9ff5 100644
--- a/artifacts/tx-os/src/components/ui/switch.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/tx-os/src/components/ui/switch.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ const Switch = React.forwardRef<
   >
     <SwitchPrimitives.Thumb
       className={cn(
-        "pointer-events-none block h-4 w-4 rounded-full bg-background shadow-lg ring-0 transition-transform data-[state=checked]:ltr:translate-x-4 data-[state=checked]:rtl:-translate-x-4 data-[state=unchecked]:ltr:translate-x-0 data-[state=unchecked]:rtl:translate-x-4"
+        // #682: in RTL the flex container already places the resting
+        // (unchecked) thumb at the track's start edge, so unchecked must
+        // be translate-x-0 in BOTH directions. The old rtl:translate-x-4
+        // pushed the resting thumb sideways, making OFF look like ON in
+        // Arabic. Checked travel: +x in LTR, -x in RTL.
+        "pointer-events-none block h-4 w-4 rounded-full bg-background shadow-lg ring-0 transition-transform data-[state=unchecked]:translate-x-0 data-[state=checked]:ltr:translate-x-4 data-[state=checked]:rtl:-translate-x-4"
       )}
     />
   </SwitchPrimitives.Root>