diff --git a/bin/doom b/bin/doom
index 8104260a8..32504f224 100755
--- a/bin/doom
+++ b/bin/doom
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
   (user-error (message "Error: %s" (cadr e))
               (kill-emacs 2)))
 
-;; UX: Abort if the user is using 'doom' as root, unless ~/.config/emacs is
-;;   owned by root, in which case we assume the user genuinely wants root to be
-;;   their primary user account for Emacs.
+;; UX: Abort if the user is using 'doom' as root, unless $EMACSDIR is owned by
+;;   root, in which case we can safely assume the user genuinely wants root to
+;;   be their primary user account for this session.
 (when (equal 0 (user-real-uid))
   (unless (equal 0 (file-attribute-user-id (file-attributes doom-emacs-dir)))
     (message
diff --git a/lisp/cli/install.el b/lisp/cli/install.el
index 27dad9bc9..3e1e4ef21 100644
--- a/lisp/cli/install.el
+++ b/lisp/cli/install.el
@@ -55,20 +55,19 @@ Change `$DOOMDIR' with the `--doomdir' option, e.g.
             (setq doom-user-dir (expand-file-name "doom/" xdg-config-dir)))))
 
       (if (file-directory-p doom-user-dir)
-          (print! (item "Skipping %s (already exists)") (relpath doom-user-dir))
+          (print! (item "Skipping %s (already exists)") (path doom-user-dir))
         (make-directory doom-user-dir 'parents)
-        (print! (success "Created %s") (relpath doom-user-dir)))
+        (print! (success "Created %s") (path doom-user-dir)))
 
       ;; Create init.el, config.el & packages.el
       (print-group!
         (mapc (lambda (file)
                 (cl-destructuring-bind (filename . template) file
-                  (if (file-exists-p! filename doom-user-dir)
-                      (print! (item "Skipping %s (already exists)")
-                              (path filename))
-                    (print! (item "Creating %s%s") (relpath doom-user-dir) filename)
-                    (with-temp-file (doom-path doom-user-dir filename)
-                      (insert-file-contents template))
+                  (setq filename (doom-path doom-user-dir filename))
+                  (if (file-exists-p filename)
+                      (print! (item "Skipping %s (already exists)...") (path filename))
+                    (print! (item "Creating %s...") (path filename))
+                    (with-temp-file filename (insert-file-contents template))
                     (print! (success "Done!")))))
               (let ((template-dir (doom-path doom-emacs-dir "templates")))
                 `((,doom-module-init-file
diff --git a/lisp/cli/packages.el b/lisp/cli/packages.el
index 26018ae91..527bfb31b 100644
--- a/lisp/cli/packages.el
+++ b/lisp/cli/packages.el
@@ -799,5 +799,31 @@ However, in batch mode, print to stdout instead of stderr."
                                      "/dev/null")))
     (apply fn args)))
 
+;; If the repo failed to clone correctly (usually due to a connection failure),
+;; straight proceeds as normal until a later call produces a garbage result
+;; (typically, when it fails to fetch the remote branch of the empty directory).
+;; This causes Straight to throw an otherwise cryptic type error when it tries
+;; to sanitize the result for its log buffer.
+;;
+;; This error is a common source of user confusion and false positive bug
+;; reports, so this advice catches them to regurgitates a more cogent
+;; explanation.
+(defadvice! doom-cli--straight-throw-error-on-no-branch-a (fn &rest args)
+  :around #'straight--process-log
+  (letf! ((defun shell-quote-argument (&rest args)
+            (unless (car args)
+              (error "Package was not properly cloned due to a connection failure, please try again later"))
+            (apply shell-quote-argument args)))
+    (apply fn args)))
+
+(defadvice! doom-cli--straight-regurgitate-empty-string-error-a (fn &rest args)
+  :around #'straight-vc-git-local-repo-name
+  (condition-case-unless-debug e
+      (apply fn args)
+    (wrong-type-argument
+   (if (eq (cadr e) 'stringp)
+       (error "Package was not properly cloned due to a connection failure, please try again later")
+     (signal (car e) (cdr e))))))
+
 (provide 'doom-cli-packages)
 ;;; packages.el ends here
diff --git a/lisp/cli/sync.el b/lisp/cli/sync.el
index f74a97923..6b7274e0e 100644
--- a/lisp/cli/sync.el
+++ b/lisp/cli/sync.el
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
      (noupdate? ("-U") "Don't update any packages")
      (purge?    ("--gc") "Purge orphaned package repos & regraft them")
      (jobs      ("-j" "--jobs" num) "How many threads to use for native compilation")
-     (rebuild?  ("-b" "--rebuild") "Rebuild, compile, & symlink installed packages")
-     (auto?     ("-B") "Rebuild packages, but only if necessary")
+     (rebuild?  ("-b" "--rebuild") "Rebuild all installed packages, unconditionally")
+     (nobuild?  ("-B") "Don't rebuild packages when hostname or Emacs version has changed")
      &context context)
   "Synchronize your config with Doom Emacs.
 
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ OPTIONS:
   :benchmark t
   (when (doom-profiles-bootloadable-p)
     (call! '(profiles sync "--reload")))
-  (when (doom-cli-context-suppress-prompts-p context)
-    (setq auto? t))
   (when jobs
     (setq native-comp-async-jobs-number (truncate jobs)))
   (run-hooks 'doom-before-sync-hook)
@@ -75,11 +73,15 @@ OPTIONS:
           (when (and old-host (not (equal old-host (system-name))))
             (print! (warn "Your system has changed since last sync"))
             (setq to-rebuild t))
-          (when (and to-rebuild (not auto?))
-            (or (y-or-n-p
-                 (format! "  %s" "Your installed packages will need to be recompiled. Do so now?"))
-                (exit! 0))
-            (setq rebuild? t)))
+          (when (and to-rebuild (not (doom-cli-context-suppress-prompts-p context)))
+            (cond (nobuild?
+                   (print! (warn "Packages must be rebuilt, but -B has prevented it. Skipping...")))
+                  ((doom-cli-context-get context 'upgrading)
+                   (print! (warn "Packages will be rebuilt"))
+                   (setq rebuild? t))
+                  ((y-or-n-p (format! "  %s" "Installed packages must be rebuilt. Do so now?"))
+                   (setq rebuild? t))
+                  ((exit! 0)))))
         (when (and (not noenvvar?)
                    (file-exists-p doom-env-file))
           (call! '(env)))
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ OPTIONS:
         (when (doom-profile-generate)
           (print! (item "Restart Emacs or use 'M-x doom/reload' for changes to take effect"))
           (run-hooks 'doom-after-sync-hook))
-        (with-temp-file doom-cli-sync-info-file (prin1 (cons emacs-version (system-name)) (current-buffer)))
+        (when (and (not rebuild?) (not nobuild?))
+          (with-temp-file doom-cli-sync-info-file
+            (prin1 (cons emacs-version (system-name)) (current-buffer))))
         t)
     (remove-hook 'kill-emacs-hook #'doom-sync--abort-warning-h)))
 
diff --git a/lisp/cli/upgrade.el b/lisp/cli/upgrade.el
index 9f44d6e93..13614c62a 100644
--- a/lisp/cli/upgrade.el
+++ b/lisp/cli/upgrade.el
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 (defcli! ((upgrade up))
     ((packages?  ("-p" "--packages") "Only upgrade packages, not Doom")
      (jobs       ("-j" "--jobs" num) "How many CPUs to use for native compilation")
+     (nobuild?   ("-B") "Don't rebuild packages when hostname or Emacs version has changed")
      &context context)
   "Updates Doom and packages.
 
@@ -29,10 +30,11 @@ following shell commands:
 
     cd ~/.emacs.d
     git pull --rebase
-    doom clean
     doom sync -u"
   (let* ((force? (doom-cli-context-suppress-prompts-p context))
-         (sync-cmd (append '("sync" "-u" "-B") (if jobs `("-j" ,num)))))
+         (sync-cmd (append '("sync" "-u")
+                           (if nobuild? '("-B"))
+                           (if jobs `("-j" ,num)))))
     (cond
      (packages?
       ;; HACK It's messy to use straight to upgrade straight, due to the
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ following shell commands:
       ;; Reload Doom's CLI & libraries, in case there were any upstream changes.
       ;; Major changes will still break, however
       (print! (item "Reloading Doom Emacs"))
+      (doom-cli-context-put context 'upgrading t)
       (exit! "doom" "upgrade" "-p"
+             (if nobuild? "-B")
              (if force? "--force")
              (if jobs (format "--jobs=%d" jobs))))
 
@@ -95,6 +99,8 @@ following shell commands:
           (sh! "git" "reset" "--hard" (format "origin/%s" branch))
           (sh! "git" "clean" "-ffd")))
 
+      ;; In case of leftover state from a partial/incomplete 'doom upgrade'
+      (sh! "git" "branch" "-D" target-remote)
       (sh! "git" "remote" "remove" doom-upgrade-remote)
       (unwind-protect
           (let (result)
@@ -135,7 +141,6 @@ following shell commands:
                     (ignore (print! (error "Aborted")))
                   (print! (start "Upgrading Doom Emacs..."))
                   (print-group!
-                   (doom-compile-clean)
                    (doom-cli-context-put context 'straight-recipe (doom-upgrade--get-straight-recipe))
                    (or (and (zerop (car (sh! "git" "reset" "--hard" target-remote)))
                             (equal (cdr (sh! "git" "rev-parse" "HEAD")) new-rev))
diff --git a/lisp/doom-keybinds.el b/lisp/doom-keybinds.el
index 856ea72bb..802993642 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-keybinds.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-keybinds.el
@@ -265,9 +265,12 @@ localleader prefix."
                    (set-keymap-parent doom-leader-map mode-specific-map))
                   ((equal doom-leader-alt-key "C-x")
                    (set-keymap-parent doom-leader-map ctl-x-map)))
-            (define-key map (kbd doom-leader-alt-key) 'doom/leader))
-        (evil-define-key* doom-leader-key-states map (kbd doom-leader-key) 'doom/leader)
-        (evil-define-key* doom-leader-alt-key-states map (kbd doom-leader-alt-key) 'doom/leader))
+            (define-key map (kbd doom-leader-alt-key) #'doom-leader-map)
+            (define-key map (kbd doom-localleader-alt-key) #'doom-localleader-map))
+        (evil-define-key* '(normal visual motion) map (kbd doom-leader-key) #'doom-leader-map)
+        (evil-define-key* '(emacs insert) map (kbd doom-leader-alt-key) #'doom-leader-map)
+        (evil-define-key* '(normal visual motion) map (kbd doom-localleader-key) #'doom-localleader-map)
+        (evil-define-key* '(emacs insert) map (kbd doom-localleader-alt-key) #'doom-localleader-map))
       (general-override-mode +1))))
 
 
diff --git a/lisp/doom-profiles.el b/lisp/doom-profiles.el
index 94dd3dd09..26ae373d1 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-profiles.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-profiles.el
@@ -368,7 +368,8 @@ Defaults to the profile at `doom-profile-default'."
   ;; FIX: Make sure this only runs at startup to protect us Emacs' interpreter
   ;;   re-evaluating this file when lazy-loading dynamic docstrings from the
   ;;   byte-compiled init file.
-  `((when (doom-context-p 'init)
+  `((when (or (doom-context-p 'init)
+              (doom-context-p 'reload))
       ,@(cl-loop for var in doom-autoloads-cached-vars
                  if (boundp var)
                  collect `(set-default ',var ',(symbol-value var)))
diff --git a/modules/app/everywhere/config.el b/modules/app/everywhere/config.el
index 9f5052784..4e235b7af 100644
--- a/modules/app/everywhere/config.el
+++ b/modules/app/everywhere/config.el
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   :config
   (set-yas-minor-mode! 'emacs-everywhere-mode)
 
-  ;; HACK Inhibit MAJOR-MODE-local-vars-hook in emacs-everywhere buffers,
+  ;; HACK: Inhibit MAJOR-MODE-local-vars-hook in emacs-everywhere buffers,
   ;;   because Doom commonly starts servers and other extraneous services on
   ;;   this hook, which will rarely work well in emacs-everywhere's temporary
   ;;   buffers anyway.
diff --git a/modules/completion/corfu/config.el b/modules/completion/corfu/config.el
index d3f6263c9..0ac23185f 100644
--- a/modules/completion/corfu/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/corfu/config.el
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ TAB/S-TAB.")
         (corfu-mode +1))))
   :config
   (setq corfu-auto t
-        corfu-auto-delay 0.1
+        corfu-auto-delay 0.18
         corfu-auto-prefix 2
         global-corfu-modes '((not
                               erc-mode
diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index d2092fa9c..2fcd75a23 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -413,20 +413,6 @@ This generally applies to your private config (`doom-user-dir') or Doom's source
 ;;
 ;;; Fontification
 
-;;;###autoload
-(defun +emacs-lisp-truncate-pin ()
-  "Truncates long SHA1 hashes in `package!' :pin's."
-  (save-excursion
-    (goto-char (match-beginning 0))
-    (and (stringp (plist-get (sexp-at-point) :pin))
-         (search-forward ":pin" nil t)
-         (let ((start (re-search-forward "\"[^\"\n]\\{12\\}" nil t))
-               (finish (and (re-search-forward "\"" (line-end-position) t)
-                            (match-beginning 0))))
-           (when (and start finish)
-             (put-text-property start finish 'display "...")))))
-  nil)
-
 (defvar +emacs-lisp--face nil)
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun +emacs-lisp-highlight-vars-and-faces (end)
diff --git a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
index 389589689..4a7b532f8 100644
--- a/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/emacs-lisp/config.el
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ See `+emacs-lisp-non-package-mode' for details.")
    'emacs-lisp-mode
    (append `(;; custom Doom cookies
              ("^;;;###\\(autodef\\|if\\|package\\)[ \n]" (1 font-lock-warning-face t)))
-           ;; Shorten the :pin of `package!' statements to 10 characters
-           `(("(package!\\_>" (0 (+emacs-lisp-truncate-pin))))
            ;; highlight defined, special variables & functions
            (when +emacs-lisp-enable-extra-fontification
              `((+emacs-lisp-highlight-vars-and-faces . +emacs-lisp--face)))))
diff --git a/modules/lang/nix/config.el b/modules/lang/nix/config.el
index 5e6677220..10bfb1731 100644
--- a/modules/lang/nix/config.el
+++ b/modules/lang/nix/config.el
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
   :interpreter ("\\(?:cached-\\)?nix-shell" . +nix-shell-init-mode)
   :mode "\\.nix\\'"
   :init
-  ;; Treat flake.lock files as json. Fall back to js-mode because it's faster
-  ;; than js2-mode, and its extra features aren't needed there.
   (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist
                (cons "/flake\\.lock\\'"
                      (if (modulep! :lang json)
diff --git a/modules/tools/magit/packages.el b/modules/tools/magit/packages.el
index 7bebc3a57..c48e55650 100644
--- a/modules/tools/magit/packages.el
+++ b/modules/tools/magit/packages.el
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
 ;;; tools/magit/packages.el
 
-(when (package! magit :pin "0963697f24cfbe80f92312044bd9ab28b914b053")
+(when (package! magit :pin "0e8f25a8d8011328f2bf082232c720b24c2a12c2")
   (when (modulep! +forge)
-    (package! forge :pin "68771ca4d53c3aea5c860eeb888cee8e9cb5ca37")
+    (package! forge :pin "2a3b41eb6235b3f39c017c1f86b3928a45c5a64d")
     (package! code-review
       :recipe (:host github
                :repo "doomelpa/code-review"
                :files ("graphql" "code-review*.el"))
       :pin "e4c34fa284da25d8e0bafbae4300f1db5bdcda44"))
-  (package! magit-todos :pin "1e9acc0ba63fbc297001bf334d63cb4326be80df"))
+  (package! magit-todos :pin "332ce763f7336ea356964b92723678aa1ed4640f"))
diff --git a/modules/ui/ligatures/config.el b/modules/ui/ligatures/config.el
index 6312493ba..ad8baab5e 100644
--- a/modules/ui/ligatures/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/ligatures/config.el
@@ -161,12 +161,13 @@ and cannot run in."
       (fboundp 'mac-auto-operator-composition-mode))
   (add-hook 'doom-init-ui-hook #'mac-auto-operator-composition-mode 'append))
 
- ;; NOTE: the module does not support Emacs 27 and less, but if we still try to enable ligatures,
- ;; it will end up in catastrophic work-loss errors, so we leave the check here for safety.
+ ;; This module does not support Emacs 27 and less, but if we still try to
+ ;; enable ligatures, it will end up in catastrophic work-loss errors, so we
+ ;; leave the check here for safety.
  ((and (> emacs-major-version 27)
        (or (featurep 'ns)
-           (string-match-p "HARFBUZZ" system-configuration-features))
-       (featurep 'composite))           ; Emacs loads `composite' at startup
+           (featurep 'harfbuzz))
+       (featurep 'composite))   ; Emacs loads `composite' at startup
 
   (use-package! ligature
     :config
diff --git a/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el b/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el
index d232ec1b0..62e3e6ddb 100644
--- a/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/treemacs/config.el
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ This must be set before `treemacs' has loaded.")
         treemacs-persist-file (concat doom-cache-dir "treemacs-persist")
         treemacs-last-error-persist-file (concat doom-cache-dir "treemacs-last-error-persist"))
   :config
-  ;; Don't follow the cursor
+  ;; Don't follow the cursor (it's more disruptive/jarring than helpful as a default)
   (treemacs-follow-mode -1)
 
   (set-popup-rule! "^ ?\\*Treemacs" :ignore t)
diff --git a/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/ivy.el b/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/ivy.el
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b84baf4..000000000
--- a/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/ivy.el
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-;;; ui/workspaces/autoload/ivy.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
-;;;###if (modulep! :completion ivy)
-
-;;;###autoload
-(defun +workspace--ivy-rich-preview (workspace)
-  (if-let (buffers (when-let (workspace (gethash workspace *persp-hash*))
-                     (cl-loop for (type . rest) in (persp-window-conf workspace)
-                              if (eq type 'buffer)
-                              collect (car leaf)
-                              else if (eq type 'leaf)
-                              append (cl-loop for (type . leaf) in rest
-                                              if (eq type 'buffer)
-                                              collect (car leaf)))))
-      (string-join buffers " ")
-    "*No buffers*"))
-
-;;; ivy.el ends here
diff --git a/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el b/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el
index 840ca1d5c..4cca0c7a8 100644
--- a/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el
+++ b/modules/ui/workspaces/autoload/workspaces.el
@@ -318,12 +318,7 @@ workspace, otherwise the new workspace is blank."
 end of the workspace list."
   (interactive
    (list (or current-prefix-arg
-             (if (modulep! :completion ivy)
-                 (ivy-read "Switch to workspace: "
-                           (+workspace-list-names)
-                           :caller #'+workspace/switch-to
-                           :preselect (+workspace-current-name))
-               (completing-read "Switch to workspace: " (+workspace-list-names))))))
+             (completing-read "Switch to workspace: " (+workspace-list-names)))))
   (when (and (stringp index)
              (string-match-p "^[0-9]+$" index))
     (setq index (string-to-number index)))
diff --git a/modules/ui/workspaces/config.el b/modules/ui/workspaces/config.el
index 68c5d9221..0fb223bf2 100644
--- a/modules/ui/workspaces/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/workspaces/config.el
@@ -206,13 +206,6 @@ stored in `persp-save-dir'.")
             ("xt" counsel-projectile-switch-project-action-run-term "invoke term from project root")
             ("X" counsel-projectile-switch-project-action-org-capture "org-capture into project")))
 
-  (when (modulep! :completion ivy)
-    (after! ivy-rich
-      (cl-callf plist-put ivy-rich-display-transformers-list
-        '+workspace/switch-to
-        '(:columns ((ivy-rich-candidate (:width 50))
-                    (+workspace--ivy-rich-preview))))))
-
   (when (modulep! :completion helm)
     (after! helm-projectile
       (setcar helm-source-projectile-projects-actions