Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into claude/plugin-hang-containment

# Conflicts:
#	CHANGELOG.md

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ each other. They share three things:
 | Preview viewer marker | `/tmp/led_matrix_preview_viewer` | web, while a preview is open | display: writes full-rate snapshots only while it is fresh |
 | Hardware init status | `/tmp/led_matrix_hw_status.json` | display | web: `/api/v3/hardware/status` |
 
-The on-demand start route also restarts `ledmatrix.service` by default so the
-request takes effect straight away.
+The on-demand start route starts `ledmatrix.service` when it is not running
+(`start_service`, on by default) but never restarts a running one: the display
+reads the mailbox every `ON_DEMAND_POLL_INTERVAL` (0.25s), from its dwell
+sleep, its render loops and Vegas's interrupt check as well as the main loop.
 
 ## Display loop
 

docs/REST_API_REFERENCE.md

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ Request a specific plugin to display on-demand.
 - `mode` (string, optional): Display mode name (plugin_id inferred if not provided)
 - `duration` (number, optional): Duration in seconds (0 = until stopped)
 - `pinned` (boolean, optional): Pin display (pause rotation)
-- `start_service` (boolean, optional): (Re)start the display service so it picks the request up (default: true)
+- `start_service` (boolean, optional): Start the display service if it is not running (default: true). A running service is never restarted: it picks the request up within about a quarter of a second. When false and the service is stopped, the route returns 400.
 
 **Response**:
 ```json