diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f041f2e916..d468886d6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-only-ios:
     name: Build only (iOS)
-    runs-on: macos-latest
+    runs-on: macos-15
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           dotnet-version: "8.0.x"
 
       - name: Install .NET Workloads
-        run: dotnet workload install ios --from-rollback-file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu-framework/refs/heads/master/workloads.json
+        run: dotnet workload install ios
 
       - name: Build
         run: dotnet build -c Debug osu.iOS.slnf
diff --git a/osu.Android.props b/osu.Android.props
index 0509d86b0a..ebe2ca782a 100644
--- a/osu.Android.props
+++ b/osu.Android.props
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>true</EmbedAssembliesIntoApk>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2025.718.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.Android" Version="2025.715.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Fody does not handle Android build well, and warns when unchanged.
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/CatchBeatmapVerifier.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/CatchBeatmapVerifier.cs
index 374ab16633..0783ec72e9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/CatchBeatmapVerifier.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/CatchBeatmapVerifier.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit
             new CheckBananaShowerGap(),
             new CheckConcurrentObjects(),
 
+            // Spread
+            new CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime(),
+
             // Settings
             new CheckCatchAbnormalDifficultySettings(),
         };
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/Checks/CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/Checks/CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..960469112f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/Edit/Checks/CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public class CheckCatchLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+        {
+            // See lowest difficulty requirements in https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/osu%21catch#general
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 2, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Platter");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 15).TotalMilliseconds, "Rain");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 4, 0).TotalMilliseconds, "Overdose");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e2223467d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Checks/CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public class CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+        {
+            // See lowest difficulty requirements in https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/osu%21mania#rules
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 2, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Hard");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 2, 45).TotalMilliseconds, "Insane");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Expert");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaBeatmapVerifier.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaBeatmapVerifier.cs
index efb1d354af..17997ed463 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaBeatmapVerifier.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/ManiaBeatmapVerifier.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit
             // Compose
             new CheckManiaConcurrentObjects(),
 
+            // Spread
+            new CheckManiaLowestDiffDrainTime(),
+
             // Settings
             new CheckKeyCount(),
             new CheckManiaAbnormalDifficultySettings(),
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Checks/CheckOsuLowestDiffDrainTime.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Checks/CheckOsuLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..283f3b93af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Checks/CheckOsuLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public class CheckOsuLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+        {
+            // See lowest difficulty requirements in https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/osu%21#general
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Hard");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 4, 15).TotalMilliseconds, "Insane");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0).TotalMilliseconds, "Expert");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuBeatmapVerifier.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuBeatmapVerifier.cs
index c3796124b8..67fddfb8a4 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuBeatmapVerifier.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuBeatmapVerifier.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
             new CheckTimeDistanceEquality(),
             new CheckLowDiffOverlaps(),
             new CheckTooShortSliders(),
+            new CheckOsuLowestDiffDrainTime(),
 
             // Settings
             new CheckOsuAbnormalDifficultySettings(),
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/Checks/CheckTaikoLowestDiffDrainTime.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/Checks/CheckTaikoLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ef911c18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/Checks/CheckTaikoLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public class CheckTaikoLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+    {
+        protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+        {
+            // See lowest difficulty requirements in https://osu.ppy.sh/wiki/en/Ranking_criteria/osu%21taiko#general
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Muzukashii");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 4, 15).TotalMilliseconds, "Oni");
+            yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0).TotalMilliseconds, "Inner Oni");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/TaikoBeatmapVerifier.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/TaikoBeatmapVerifier.cs
index 8f695c4834..23d0abed08 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/TaikoBeatmapVerifier.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/Edit/TaikoBeatmapVerifier.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.Edit
             // Compose
             new CheckConcurrentObjects(),
 
+            // Spread
+            new CheckTaikoLowestDiffDrainTime(),
+
             // Settings
             new CheckTaikoAbnormalDifficultySettings(),
         };
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
index de07e2be01..2815c9cd8f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.IO.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Replays;
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
                 CountryCode = CountryCode.PL
             };
             scoreInfo.ClientVersion = "2023.1221.0";
+            scoreInfo.Pauses.AddRange([111111, 222222, 333333]);
 
             var beatmap = new TestBeatmap(ruleset);
             var score = new Score
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
                 Assert.That(decodedAfterEncode.ScoreInfo.Mods, Is.EqualTo(scoreInfo.Mods));
                 Assert.That(decodedAfterEncode.ScoreInfo.ClientVersion, Is.EqualTo("2023.1221.0"));
                 Assert.That(decodedAfterEncode.ScoreInfo.RealmUser.OnlineID, Is.EqualTo(3035836));
+                Assert.That(decodedAfterEncode.ScoreInfo.Pauses, Is.EquivalentTo(new[] { 111111, 222222, 333333 }));
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Editing/Checks/CheckLowestDiffDrainTimeTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Editing/Checks/CheckLowestDiffDrainTimeTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b46378c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Editing/Checks/CheckLowestDiffDrainTimeTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Timing;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Tests.Editing.Checks
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class CheckLowestDiffDrainTimeTest
+    {
+        private TestCheckLowestDiffDrainTime check = null!;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+            check = new TestCheckLowestDiffDrainTime();
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSingleDifficultyMeetsRequirement()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime(4 * 60 * 1000, 3.5, "Hard"); // 4 minutes
+            assertOk(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSingleDifficultyTooShort()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime(2 * 60 * 1000, 3.5, "Hard"); // 2 minutes - too short for Hard
+            assertTooShort(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestHardDifficultyAtThreshold()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime((3 * 60 + 30) * 1000, 3.5, "Hard"); // Exactly 3:30
+            assertOk(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestHardDifficultyJustUnderThreshold()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime((3 * 60 + 29) * 1000, 3.5, "Hard"); // 3:29 - just under threshold
+            assertTooShort(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestInsaneDifficultyAtThreshold()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime((4 * 60 + 15) * 1000, 4.5, "Insane"); // Exactly 4:15
+            assertOk(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestInsaneDifficultyTooShort()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime(4 * 60 * 1000, 4.5, "Insane"); // 4:00 - too short for Insane
+            assertTooShort(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestExpertDifficultyAtThreshold()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime(5 * 60 * 1000, 5.5, "Expert"); // Exactly 5:00
+            assertOk(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestExpertDifficultyTooShort()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime((4 * 60 + 30) * 1000, 5.5, "Expert"); // 4:30 - too short for Expert
+            assertTooShort(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestEasyDifficultyMeetsRequirement()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime(2 * 60 * 1000, 1.5, "Easy"); // 2 minutes - should be ok for Easy
+            assertOk(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestNormalDifficultyMeetsRequirement()
+        {
+            var beatmap = createBeatmapWithDrainTime(2 * 60 * 1000, 2.5, "Normal"); // 2 minutes - should be ok for Normal
+            assertOk(beatmap);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMultipleDifficultiesMeetsRequirement()
+        {
+            var difficulties = new List<IBeatmap>
+            {
+                createBeatmapWithDrainTime((3 * 60 + 30) * 1000, 3.5, "Hard"), // Hard - lowest difficulty, 3:30
+                createBeatmapWithDrainTime((3 * 60 + 30) * 1000, 4.5, "Insane"),
+                createBeatmapWithDrainTime((3 * 60 + 30) * 1000, 5.5, "Expert")
+            };
+
+            // All should be ok because lowest difficulty is Hard and drain time meets Hard requirement
+            assertOkWithMultipleDifficulties(difficulties[0], difficulties);
+            assertOkWithMultipleDifficulties(difficulties[1], difficulties);
+            assertOkWithMultipleDifficulties(difficulties[2], difficulties);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestMultipleDifficultiesTooShort()
+        {
+            var difficulties = new List<IBeatmap>
+            {
+                createBeatmapWithDrainTime(4 * 60 * 1000, 4.5, "Insane"), // Insane - lowest difficulty, 4:00
+                createBeatmapWithDrainTime(4 * 60 * 1000, 5.5, "Expert") // Same drain time
+            };
+
+            // Should be too short because lowest difficulty is Insane and requires 4:15
+            assertTooShortWithMultipleDifficulties(difficulties[0], difficulties);
+            assertTooShortWithMultipleDifficulties(difficulties[1], difficulties);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestPlayTimeVsDrainTimeNotHighestDifficulty()
+        {
+            var expertBeatmap = createBeatmapWithPlayTime(5 * 60 * 1000, 5.5, "Expert"); // 5:00 play time
+            expertBeatmap.Breaks.Add(new BreakPeriod(60000, 100000)); // 40-second break
+
+            var difficulties = new List<IBeatmap>
+            {
+                expertBeatmap, // Expert - 5:00 play, 4:20 drain
+                createBeatmapWithPlayTime(5 * 60 * 1000, 6.5, "ExpertPlus") // ExpertPlus - highest difficulty
+            };
+
+            // The Expert difficulty (not highest) should use play time (5:00) and pass the Expert requirement
+            assertOkWithMultipleDifficulties(difficulties[0], difficulties);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestPlayTimeVsDrainTimeHighestDifficulty()
+        {
+            var expertBeatmap = createBeatmapWithPlayTime(5 * 60 * 1000, 5.5, "Expert"); // 5:00 play time
+            expertBeatmap.Breaks.Add(new BreakPeriod(60000, 100000)); // 40-second break
+
+            // As the highest difficulty with breaks > 30s, it should use drain time and fail
+            assertTooShort(expertBeatmap);
+        }
+
+        private IBeatmap createBeatmapWithDrainTime(double drainTimeMs, double starRating = 3.5, string difficultyName = "Default")
+        {
+            var beatmap = new Beatmap<HitObject>
+            {
+                BeatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo
+                {
+                    StarRating = starRating,
+                    DifficultyName = difficultyName,
+                    Ruleset = new OsuRuleset().RulesetInfo
+                },
+                HitObjects = new List<HitObject>
+                {
+                    new HitObject { StartTime = 0 },
+                    new HitObject { StartTime = drainTimeMs } // Last object at drain time
+                }
+            };
+
+            return beatmap;
+        }
+
+        private IBeatmap createBeatmapWithPlayTime(double playTimeMs, double starRating = 3.5, string difficultyName = "Default")
+        {
+            var beatmap = new Beatmap<HitObject>
+            {
+                BeatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo
+                {
+                    StarRating = starRating,
+                    DifficultyName = difficultyName,
+                    Ruleset = new OsuRuleset().RulesetInfo
+                },
+                HitObjects = new List<HitObject>
+                {
+                    new HitObject { StartTime = 0 },
+                    new HitObject { StartTime = playTimeMs } // Last object at play time
+                }
+            };
+
+            return beatmap;
+        }
+
+        private void assertOk(IBeatmap beatmap)
+        {
+            var difficultyRating = StarDifficulty.GetDifficultyRating(beatmap.BeatmapInfo.StarRating);
+            var context = new BeatmapVerifierContext(beatmap, new TestWorkingBeatmap(beatmap), difficultyRating);
+
+            Assert.That(check.Run(context), Is.Empty);
+        }
+
+        private void assertTooShort(IBeatmap beatmap)
+        {
+            var difficultyRating = StarDifficulty.GetDifficultyRating(beatmap.BeatmapInfo.StarRating);
+            var context = new BeatmapVerifierContext(beatmap, new TestWorkingBeatmap(beatmap), difficultyRating);
+            var issues = check.Run(context).ToList();
+
+            Assert.That(issues, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
+            Assert.That(issues.First().Template is CheckLowestDiffDrainTime.IssueTemplateTooShort);
+        }
+
+        private void assertOkWithMultipleDifficulties(IBeatmap currentBeatmap, IEnumerable<IBeatmap> allDifficulties)
+        {
+            var context = createContextWithMultipleDifficulties(currentBeatmap, allDifficulties);
+
+            Assert.That(check.Run(context), Is.Empty);
+        }
+
+        private void assertTooShortWithMultipleDifficulties(IBeatmap currentBeatmap, IEnumerable<IBeatmap> allDifficulties)
+        {
+            var context = createContextWithMultipleDifficulties(currentBeatmap, allDifficulties);
+            var issues = check.Run(context).ToList();
+
+            Assert.That(issues, Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
+            Assert.That(issues.First().Template is CheckLowestDiffDrainTime.IssueTemplateTooShort);
+        }
+
+        private BeatmapVerifierContext createContextWithMultipleDifficulties(IBeatmap currentBeatmap, IEnumerable<IBeatmap> allDifficulties)
+        {
+            var beatmapSet = new BeatmapSetInfo();
+            var beatmapInfos = allDifficulties.Select(d => d.BeatmapInfo).ToList();
+
+            // Set up the beatmapset with all difficulties
+            beatmapSet.Beatmaps.AddRange(beatmapInfos);
+            currentBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapSet = beatmapSet;
+
+            // Create a resolver that returns the appropriate working beatmap for each difficulty
+            var difficultyDict = allDifficulties.ToDictionary(d => d.BeatmapInfo, d => new TestWorkingBeatmap(d));
+
+            // Use the current beatmap's star rating to determine its difficulty rating
+            var currentDifficultyRating = StarDifficulty.GetDifficultyRating(currentBeatmap.BeatmapInfo.StarRating);
+
+            return new BeatmapVerifierContext(
+                currentBeatmap,
+                new TestWorkingBeatmap(currentBeatmap),
+                currentDifficultyRating,
+                beatmapInfo => difficultyDict.TryGetValue(beatmapInfo, out var workingBeatmap) ? workingBeatmap.Beatmap : null
+            );
+        }
+
+        private class TestCheckLowestDiffDrainTime : CheckLowestDiffDrainTime
+        {
+            protected override IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds()
+            {
+                // Same thresholds as `CheckOsuLowestDiffDrainTime` for testing
+                yield return (DifficultyRating.Hard, new TimeSpan(0, 3, 30).TotalMilliseconds, "Hard");
+                yield return (DifficultyRating.Insane, new TimeSpan(0, 4, 15).TotalMilliseconds, "Insane");
+                yield return (DifficultyRating.Expert, new TimeSpan(0, 5, 0).TotalMilliseconds, "Expert");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/NonVisual/Filtering/FilterMatchingTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/NonVisual/Filtering/FilterMatchingTest.cs
index 1efcc8542d..eeca60a314 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/NonVisual/Filtering/FilterMatchingTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/NonVisual/Filtering/FilterMatchingTest.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.NonVisual.Filtering
                 Author = { Username = "The Author" },
                 Source = "unit tests",
                 Tags = "look for tags too",
+                UserTags =
+                {
+                    "song representation/simple",
+                    "style/clean",
+                }
             },
             DifficultyName = "version as well",
             Length = 2500,
@@ -292,6 +297,33 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.NonVisual.Filtering
             Assert.AreEqual(filtered, carouselItem.Filtered.Value);
         }
 
+        [TestCase("simple", false)]
+        [TestCase("\"style/clean\"", false)]
+        [TestCase("\"style/clean\"!", false)]
+        [TestCase("iNiS-style", true)]
+        [TestCase("\"reading/visually dense\"!", true)]
+        public void TestCriteriaMatchingUserTags(string query, bool filtered)
+        {
+            var beatmap = getExampleBeatmap();
+            var criteria = new FilterCriteria { UserTag = { SearchTerm = query } };
+            var carouselItem = new CarouselBeatmap(beatmap);
+            carouselItem.Filter(criteria);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(filtered, carouselItem.Filtered.Value);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestBeatmapMustHaveAtLeastOneTagIfUserTagFilterActive()
+        {
+            var beatmap = getExampleBeatmap();
+            var criteria = new FilterCriteria { UserTag = { SearchTerm = "simple" } };
+            var carouselItem = new CarouselBeatmap(beatmap);
+            carouselItem.BeatmapInfo.Metadata.UserTags.Clear();
+            carouselItem.Filter(criteria);
+
+            Assert.True(carouselItem.Filtered.Value);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void TestCustomRulesetCriteria([Values(null, true, false)] bool? matchCustomCriteria)
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneBeatmapOffsetControl.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneBeatmapOffsetControl.cs
index 25b36a0f33..aba2cee9f8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneBeatmapOffsetControl.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneBeatmapOffsetControl.cs
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             AddUntilStep("Button is disabled", () => !offsetControl.ChildrenOfType<SettingsButton>().Single().Enabled.Value);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestNegativeZero()
+        {
+            AddAssert("assert", () => BeatmapOffsetControl.GetOffsetExplanatoryText(-0.0001).ToString(), () => Is.EqualTo("0 ms"));
+        }
+
         private void recreateControl()
         {
             AddStep("Create control", () =>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestScenePause.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestScenePause.cs
index 58fe6e8e56..f28baada9e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestScenePause.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestScenePause.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             pauseViaBackAction();
             pauseViaBackAction();
             confirmPausedWithNoOverlay();
+            AddAssert("pause recorded", () => Player.Score.ScoreInfo.Pauses, () => Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
         }
 
         [Test]
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Gameplay
             pauseViaPauseGameplayAction();
             pauseViaPauseGameplayAction();
             confirmPausedWithNoOverlay();
+            AddAssert("pause recorded", () => Player.Score.ScoreInfo.Pauses, () => Has.Count.EqualTo(1));
         }
 
         [Test]
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneScreenNavigation.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneScreenNavigation.cs
index 53cd411bb0..466fbf92a8 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneScreenNavigation.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneScreenNavigation.cs
@@ -697,44 +697,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Navigation
             AddUntilStep("wait for score panel removal", () => scorePanel.Parent == null);
         }
 
-        [TestCase(true)]
-        [TestCase(false)]
-        public void TestSongContinuesAfterExitPlayer(bool withUserPause)
-        {
-            Player player = null;
-
-            IWorkingBeatmap beatmap() => Game.Beatmap.Value;
-
-            Screens.SelectV2.SongSelect songSelect = null;
-            PushAndConfirm(() => songSelect = new SoloSongSelect());
-            AddUntilStep("wait for song select", () => songSelect.CarouselItemsPresented);
-
-            AddStep("import beatmap", () => BeatmapImportHelper.LoadOszIntoOsu(Game, virtualTrack: true).WaitSafely());
-
-            AddUntilStep("wait for selected", () => !Game.Beatmap.IsDefault);
-
-            if (withUserPause)
-                AddStep("pause", () => Game.Dependencies.Get<MusicController>().Stop(true));
-
-            AddStep("press enter", () => InputManager.Key(Key.Enter));
-
-            AddUntilStep("wait for player", () =>
-            {
-                DismissAnyNotifications();
-                return (player = Game.ScreenStack.CurrentScreen as Player) != null;
-            });
-
-            AddUntilStep("wait for fail", () => player.GameplayState.HasFailed);
-
-            AddUntilStep("wait for track stop", () => !Game.MusicController.IsPlaying);
-            AddAssert("Ensure time before preview point", () => Game.MusicController.CurrentTrack.CurrentTime < beatmap().BeatmapInfo.Metadata.PreviewTime);
-
-            pushEscape();
-
-            AddUntilStep("wait for track playing", () => Game.MusicController.IsPlaying);
-            AddAssert("Ensure time wasn't reset to preview point", () => Game.MusicController.CurrentTrack.CurrentTime < beatmap().BeatmapInfo.Metadata.PreviewTime);
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void TestMenuMakesMusic()
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSongSelectNavigation.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSongSelectNavigation.cs
index 676be8fccf..9a1f1dc515 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSongSelectNavigation.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Navigation/TestSceneSongSelectNavigation.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,30 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Navigation
             waitForScreen<SoloSongSelect>();
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestPresentBeatmapFromMainMenuUsesPreviewPoint()
+        {
+            BeatmapSetInfo beatmapInfo = null!;
+
+            AddStep("import beatmap", () =>
+            {
+                var task = BeatmapImportHelper.LoadOszIntoOsu(Game, virtualTrack: true);
+                task.WaitSafely();
+                beatmapInfo = task.GetResultSafely();
+            });
+
+            AddStep("present beatmap", () => Game.PresentBeatmap(beatmapInfo));
+
+            AddUntilStep("wait for track playing", () => Game.MusicController.IsPlaying);
+
+            AddAssert("ensure time is reset to preview point",
+                () =>
+                {
+                    double timeFromPreviewPoint = Math.Abs(Game.MusicController.CurrentTrack.CurrentTime - beatmapInfo.Metadata.PreviewTime);
+                    return timeFromPreviewPoint < 5000;
+                });
+        }
+
         [TestCase(true)]
         [TestCase(false)]
         public void TestSongContinuesAfterExitPlayer(bool withUserPause)
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGroupingTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGroupingTest.cs
index 2874384c4d..946e95398d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGroupingTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGroupingTest.cs
@@ -108,15 +108,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
             addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddHours(-5), beatmapSets, out var todayBeatmap);
             addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-1), beatmapSets, out var yesterdayBeatmap);
             addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-4), beatmapSets, out var lastWeekBeatmap);
-            addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-21), beatmapSets, out var oneMonthBeatmap);
-            addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMonths(-2).AddDays(-3), beatmapSets, out var threeMonthBeatmap);
+            addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-21), beatmapSets, out var lastMonthBeatmap);
+            addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMonths(-1).AddDays(-21), beatmapSets, out var oneMonthAgoBeatmap);
+            addBeatmapSet(s => s.DateAdded = DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMonths(-2).AddDays(-3), beatmapSets, out var twoMonthsAgoBeatmap);
 
             var results = await runGrouping(GroupMode.DateAdded, beatmapSets);
             assertGroup(results, 0, "Today", new[] { todayBeatmap }, ref total);
             assertGroup(results, 1, "Yesterday", new[] { yesterdayBeatmap }, ref total);
             assertGroup(results, 2, "Last week", new[] { lastWeekBeatmap }, ref total);
-            assertGroup(results, 3, "1 month ago", new[] { oneMonthBeatmap }, ref total);
-            assertGroup(results, 4, "3 months ago", new[] { threeMonthBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 3, "Last month", new[] { lastMonthBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 4, "1 month ago", new[] { oneMonthAgoBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 5, "2 months ago", new[] { twoMonthsAgoBeatmap }, ref total);
             assertTotal(results, total);
         }
 
@@ -129,17 +131,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
             addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddHours(-5)), beatmapSets, out var todayBeatmap);
             addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-1)), beatmapSets, out var yesterdayBeatmap);
             addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-4)), beatmapSets, out var lastWeekBeatmap);
-            addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-21)), beatmapSets, out var oneMonthBeatmap);
-            addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMonths(-2).AddDays(-3)), beatmapSets, out var threeMonthBeatmap);
+            addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddDays(-21)), beatmapSets, out var lastMonthBeatmap);
+            addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMonths(-1).AddDays(-21)), beatmapSets, out var oneMonthAgoBeatmap);
+            addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(DateTimeOffset.Now.AddMonths(-2).AddDays(-3)), beatmapSets, out var twoMonthsBeatmap);
             addBeatmapSet(applyLastPlayed(null), beatmapSets, out var neverBeatmap);
 
             var results = await runGrouping(GroupMode.LastPlayed, beatmapSets);
             assertGroup(results, 0, "Today", new[] { todayBeatmap }, ref total);
             assertGroup(results, 1, "Yesterday", new[] { yesterdayBeatmap }, ref total);
             assertGroup(results, 2, "Last week", new[] { lastWeekBeatmap }, ref total);
-            assertGroup(results, 3, "1 month ago", new[] { oneMonthBeatmap }, ref total);
-            assertGroup(results, 4, "3 months ago", new[] { threeMonthBeatmap }, ref total);
-            assertGroup(results, 5, "Never", new[] { neverBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 3, "Last month", new[] { lastMonthBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 4, "1 month ago", new[] { oneMonthAgoBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 5, "2 months ago", new[] { twoMonthsBeatmap }, ref total);
+            assertGroup(results, 6, "Never", new[] { neverBeatmap }, ref total);
             assertTotal(results, total);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapMetadataWedge.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapMetadataWedge.cs
index f18250402e..ca52e476e2 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapMetadataWedge.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapMetadataWedge.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
@@ -25,9 +26,19 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            Child = wedge = new BeatmapMetadataWedge
+            var lookupSource = new RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource();
+            Child = new DependencyProvidingContainer
             {
-                State = { Value = Visibility.Visible },
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                CachedDependencies = [(typeof(RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource), lookupSource)],
+                Children =
+                [
+                    lookupSource,
+                    wedge = new BeatmapMetadataWedge
+                    {
+                        State = { Value = Visibility.Visible },
+                    }
+                ]
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapTitleWedge.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapTitleWedge.cs
index 85d82e536d..2ff677becd 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapTitleWedge.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/SongSelectV2/TestSceneBeatmapTitleWedge.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio;
@@ -50,24 +52,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
 
-            ((DummyAPIAccess)API).HandleRequest = request =>
-            {
-                switch (request)
-                {
-                    case GetBeatmapSetRequest set:
-                        if (set.ID == currentOnlineSet?.OnlineID)
-                        {
-                            set.TriggerSuccess(currentOnlineSet);
-                            return true;
-                        }
-
-                        return false;
-
-                    default:
-                        return false;
-                }
-            };
-
             AddRange(new Drawable[]
             {
                 new Container
@@ -151,6 +135,27 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
         [Test]
         public void TestOnlineAvailability()
         {
+            AddStep("set up request handler", () =>
+            {
+                ((DummyAPIAccess)API).HandleRequest = request =>
+                {
+                    switch (request)
+                    {
+                        case GetBeatmapSetRequest set:
+                            if (set.ID == currentOnlineSet?.OnlineID)
+                            {
+                                set.TriggerSuccess(currentOnlineSet);
+                                return true;
+                            }
+
+                            return false;
+
+                        default:
+                            return false;
+                    }
+                };
+            });
+
             AddStep("online beatmapset", () =>
             {
                 var (working, onlineSet) = createTestBeatmap();
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
                 Beatmap.Value = working;
             });
             AddAssert("play count = 10000", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(0).Text.ToString() == "10,000");
-            AddAssert("favourites count = 2345", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(1).Text.ToString() == "2,345");
+            AddAssert("favourites count = 2345", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "2,345");
             AddStep("online beatmapset with local diff", () =>
             {
                 var (working, onlineSet) = createTestBeatmap();
@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
                 Beatmap.Value = working;
             });
             AddAssert("play count = -", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(0).Text.ToString() == "-");
-            AddAssert("favourites count = 2345", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(1).Text.ToString() == "2,345");
+            AddAssert("favourites count = 2345", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "2,345");
             AddStep("local beatmapset", () =>
             {
                 var (working, _) = createTestBeatmap();
@@ -179,7 +184,75 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.SongSelectV2
                 Beatmap.Value = working;
             });
             AddAssert("play count = -", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(0).Text.ToString() == "-");
-            AddAssert("favourites count = -", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(1).Text.ToString() == "-");
+            AddAssert("favourites count = -", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "-");
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void TestFavouriting()
+        {
+            var resetEvent = new ManualResetEventSlim(false);
+
+            AddStep("set up request handler", () =>
+            {
+                ((DummyAPIAccess)API).HandleRequest = request =>
+                {
+                    switch (request)
+                    {
+                        case GetBeatmapSetRequest set:
+                            if (set.ID == currentOnlineSet?.OnlineID)
+                            {
+                                set.TriggerSuccess(currentOnlineSet);
+                                return true;
+                            }
+
+                            return false;
+
+                        case PostBeatmapFavouriteRequest favourite:
+                            Task.Run(() =>
+                            {
+                                resetEvent.Wait(10000);
+                                favourite.TriggerSuccess();
+                            });
+                            return true;
+
+                        default:
+                            return false;
+                    }
+                };
+            });
+
+            AddStep("online beatmapset", () =>
+            {
+                var (working, onlineSet) = createTestBeatmap();
+
+                currentOnlineSet = onlineSet;
+                Beatmap.Value = working;
+            });
+            AddUntilStep("play count = 10000", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.Statistic>().ElementAt(0).Text.ToString() == "10,000");
+            AddUntilStep("favourites count = 2345", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "2,345");
+
+            AddStep("click favourite button", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().TriggerClick());
+            AddStep("allow request to complete", () => resetEvent.Set());
+            AddAssert("favourites count = 2346", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "2,346");
+
+            AddStep("reset event", () => resetEvent.Reset());
+            AddStep("click favourite button", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().TriggerClick());
+            AddStep("allow request to complete", () => resetEvent.Set());
+            AddAssert("favourites count = 2345", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "2,345");
+
+            AddStep("reset event", () => resetEvent.Reset());
+            AddStep("click favourite button", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().TriggerClick());
+            AddStep("change to another beatmap", () =>
+            {
+                var (working, onlineSet) = createTestBeatmap();
+                onlineSet.FavouriteCount = 9999;
+                working.BeatmapSetInfo.OnlineID = onlineSet.OnlineID = 99999;
+
+                currentOnlineSet = onlineSet;
+                Beatmap.Value = working;
+            });
+            AddStep("allow request to complete", () => resetEvent.Set());
+            AddAssert("favourites count = 9999", () => this.ChildrenOfType<BeatmapTitleWedge.FavouriteButton>().Single().Text.ToString() == "9,999");
         }
 
         [TestCase(120, 125, null, "120-125 (mostly 120)")]
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
index 811dc54e16..1603a9848c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapMetadata.cs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using osu.Game.Models;
+using osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 using osu.Game.Utils;
 using Realms;
@@ -15,10 +17,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
     /// A realm model containing metadata for a beatmap.
     /// </summary>
     /// <remarks>
-    /// This is currently stored against each beatmap difficulty, even when it is duplicated.
+    /// An instance of this object is stored against each beatmap difficulty.
     /// It is also provided via <see cref="BeatmapSetInfo"/> for convenience and historical purposes.
-    /// A future effort could see this converted to an <see cref="EmbeddedObject"/> or potentially de-duped
-    /// and shared across multiple difficulties in the same set, if required.
+    /// Note that accessing the metadata via <see cref="BeatmapSetInfo"/> may result in indeterminate results
+    /// as metadata can meaningfully differ per beatmap in a set.
     ///
     /// Note that difficulty name is not stored in this metadata but in <see cref="BeatmapInfo"/>.
     /// </remarks>
@@ -43,6 +45,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         [JsonProperty(@"tags")]
         public string Tags { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The list of user-voted tags applicable to this beatmap.
+        /// This information is populated from online sources (<see cref="RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource"/>)
+        /// and can meaningfully differ between beatmaps of a single set.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IList<string> UserTags { get; } = null!;
+
         /// <summary>
         /// The time in milliseconds to begin playing the track for preview purposes.
         /// If -1, the track should begin playing at 40% of its length.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/UpdateableOnlineBeatmapSetCover.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/UpdateableOnlineBeatmapSetCover.cs
index 5bce472613..a03ee64ef4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/UpdateableOnlineBeatmapSetCover.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/UpdateableOnlineBeatmapSetCover.cs
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
         protected override DelayedLoadWrapper CreateDelayedLoadWrapper(Func<Drawable> createContentFunc, double timeBeforeLoad)
             => new DelayedLoadUnloadWrapper(createContentFunc, timeBeforeLoad, timeBeforeUnload)
             {
-                Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
-                Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
             };
 
         protected override Drawable CreateDrawable(IBeatmapSetOnlineInfo model)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs b/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
index 59cbfcb1e3..17f4068fc4 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/RealmAccess.cs
@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
         /// 47   2025-01-21    Remove right mouse button binding for absolute scroll. Never use mouse buttons (or scroll) for global actions.
         /// 48   2025-03-19    Clear online status for all qualified beatmaps (some were stuck in a qualified state due to local caching issues).
         /// 49   2025-06-10    Reset the LegacyOnlineID to -1 for all scores that have it set to 0 (which is semantically the same) for consistency of handling with OnlineID.
+        /// 50   2025-07-11    Add UserTags to BeatmapMetadata.
+        /// 51   2025-07-22    Add ScoreInfo.Pauses.
         /// </summary>
-        private const int schema_version = 49;
+        private const int schema_version = 51;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Lock object which is held during <see cref="BlockAllOperations"/> sections, blocking realm retrieval during blocking periods.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/SoloScoreInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/SoloScoreInfo.cs
index da4122c434..58c819f391 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/SoloScoreInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/API/Requests/Responses/SoloScoreInfo.cs
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses
         [JsonProperty("legacy_score_id")]
         public ulong? LegacyScoreId { get; set; }
 
+        [JsonProperty("pauses")]
+        public int[] Pauses { get; set; } = [];
+
         #region osu-web API additions (not stored to database).
 
         [JsonProperty("id")]
@@ -260,6 +263,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses
             Mods = score.APIMods,
             Statistics = score.Statistics.Where(kvp => kvp.Value != 0).ToDictionary(),
             MaximumStatistics = score.MaximumStatistics.Where(kvp => kvp.Value != 0).ToDictionary(),
+            Pauses = score.Pauses.ToArray(),
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs
index 407e9959f0..247faaeabf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.ObjectExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -262,27 +263,31 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Ranks
                 };
             }
 
+            var ppTooltipText = LocalisableString.Interpolate($@"{Score.PP:N1}pp");
+
             return new FillFlowContainer
             {
                 AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                 Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
                 Children = new[]
                 {
-                    new OsuSpriteText
+                    new SpriteTextWithTooltip
                     {
                         Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                         Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                         Font = font,
-                        Text = $"{Score.PP:0}",
-                        Colour = colourProvider.Highlight1
+                        Text = Score.PP.ToLocalisableString(@"N0"),
+                        TooltipText = ppTooltipText,
+                        Colour = colourProvider.Highlight1,
                     },
-                    new OsuSpriteText
+                    new SpriteTextWithTooltip
                     {
                         Anchor = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                         Origin = Anchor.BottomLeft,
                         Font = font.With(size: 12),
-                        Text = "pp",
-                        Colour = colourProvider.Light3
+                        Text = @"pp",
+                        TooltipText = ppTooltipText,
+                        Colour = colourProvider.Light3,
                     }
                 }
             };
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileWeightedScore.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileWeightedScore.cs
index 6cfe34ec6f..36b20d0be5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileWeightedScore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileWeightedScore.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Ranks
                             Child = new OsuSpriteText
                             {
                                 Font = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 14, weight: FontWeight.Bold, italics: true),
-                                Text = Score.PP.HasValue ? $"{Score.PP * weight:0}pp" : string.Empty,
+                                Text = Score.PP.HasValue
+                                    ? LocalisableString.Interpolate($"{Score.PP * weight:N0}pp")
+                                    : string.Empty,
                             },
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/BeatmapVerifierContext.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/BeatmapVerifierContext.cs
index 53bdf3140c..9761212b55 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/BeatmapVerifierContext.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/BeatmapVerifierContext.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
@@ -26,11 +28,44 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit
         /// </summary>
         public DifficultyRating InterpretedDifficulty;
 
-        public BeatmapVerifierContext(IBeatmap beatmap, IWorkingBeatmap workingBeatmap, DifficultyRating difficultyRating = DifficultyRating.ExpertPlus)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// All beatmap difficulties in the same beatmapset, including the current beatmap.
+        /// </summary>
+        public readonly IReadOnlyList<IBeatmap> BeatmapsetDifficulties;
+
+        // TODO: Refactor this to have a simple constructor that only stores data and move the beatmap resolution logic to a static factory method.
+        public BeatmapVerifierContext(IBeatmap beatmap, IWorkingBeatmap workingBeatmap, DifficultyRating difficultyRating = DifficultyRating.ExpertPlus, Func<BeatmapInfo, IBeatmap?>? beatmapResolver = null)
         {
             Beatmap = beatmap;
             WorkingBeatmap = workingBeatmap;
             InterpretedDifficulty = difficultyRating;
+
+            var beatmapSet = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapSet;
+
+            if (beatmapSet?.Beatmaps == null)
+            {
+                BeatmapsetDifficulties = new[] { beatmap };
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var difficulties = new List<IBeatmap>();
+
+            foreach (var beatmapInfo in beatmapSet.Beatmaps)
+            {
+                // Use the current beatmap if it matches this BeatmapInfo
+                if (beatmapInfo.Equals(beatmap.BeatmapInfo))
+                {
+                    difficulties.Add(beatmap);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Try to resolve other difficulties using the provided resolver
+                var resolvedBeatmap = beatmapResolver?.Invoke(beatmapInfo);
+                if (resolvedBeatmap != null)
+                    difficulties.Add(resolvedBeatmap);
+            }
+
+            BeatmapsetDifficulties = difficulties;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckLowestDiffDrainTime.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b9cc7ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckLowestDiffDrainTime.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks.Components;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks
+{
+    public abstract class CheckLowestDiffDrainTime : ICheck
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Defines the minimum drain time thresholds for different difficulty ratings.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected abstract IEnumerable<(DifficultyRating rating, double thresholdMs, string name)> GetThresholds();
+
+        private const double break_time_leniency = 30 * 1000;
+
+        public CheckMetadata Metadata => new CheckMetadata(CheckCategory.Spread, "Lowest difficulty too difficult for the given drain/play time(s)");
+
+        public IEnumerable<IssueTemplate> PossibleTemplates => new IssueTemplate[]
+        {
+            new IssueTemplateTooShort(this)
+        };
+
+        public IEnumerable<Issue> Run(BeatmapVerifierContext context)
+        {
+            IReadOnlyList<IBeatmap> difficulties = context.BeatmapsetDifficulties
+                                                          .Where(d => d.BeatmapInfo.Ruleset.Equals(context.Beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Ruleset))
+                                                          .ToList();
+
+            if (difficulties.Count == 0)
+                yield break;
+
+            var lowestDifficulty = difficulties.OrderBy(b => b.BeatmapInfo.StarRating).First();
+
+            // Get difficulty rating for the lowest difficulty
+            DifficultyRating lowestDifficultyRating = lowestDifficulty == context.Beatmap
+                ? context.InterpretedDifficulty
+                : StarDifficulty.GetDifficultyRating(lowestDifficulty.BeatmapInfo.StarRating);
+
+            double drainTime = context.Beatmap.CalculateDrainLength();
+            double playTime = context.Beatmap.CalculatePlayableLength();
+
+            bool isHighestDifficulty = difficulties.OrderByDescending(b => b.BeatmapInfo.StarRating).First() == context.Beatmap;
+
+            // Use play time unless it's the highest difficulty and has significant breaks
+            bool canUsePlayTime = !isHighestDifficulty || context.Beatmap.TotalBreakTime < break_time_leniency;
+
+            double effectiveTime = canUsePlayTime ? playTime : drainTime;
+            double thresholdReduction = canUsePlayTime ? 0 : break_time_leniency;
+
+            // Check against thresholds based on the lowest difficulty's rating in the beatmapset
+            // Find the most appropriate threshold (highest rating that applies)
+            var applicableThreshold = GetThresholds()
+                                      .Where(t => lowestDifficultyRating >= t.rating)
+                                      .OrderByDescending(t => t.rating)
+                                      .FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (applicableThreshold != default && effectiveTime < applicableThreshold.thresholdMs - thresholdReduction)
+            {
+                yield return new IssueTemplateTooShort(this).Create(
+                    applicableThreshold.name,
+                    canUsePlayTime ? "play" : "drain",
+                    applicableThreshold.thresholdMs - thresholdReduction,
+                    effectiveTime
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        public class IssueTemplateTooShort : IssueTemplate
+        {
+            public IssueTemplateTooShort(ICheck check)
+                : base(check, IssueType.Problem, "With the lowest difficulty being \"{0}\", the {1} time of this difficulty must be at least {2}, currently {3}.")
+            {
+            }
+
+            public Issue Create(string lowestDiffLevel, string timeType, double requiredTime, double currentTime)
+                => new Issue(this,
+                    lowestDiffLevel,
+                    timeType,
+                    TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(requiredTime).ToString(@"m\:ss"),
+                    TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(currentTime).ToString(@"m\:ss"));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckSongFormat.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckSongFormat.cs
index 592d61852f..1a31d19a78 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckSongFormat.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Edit/Checks/CheckSongFormat.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit.Checks
         public class IssueTemplateIncorrectFormat : IssueTemplate
         {
             public IssueTemplateIncorrectFormat(ICheck check)
-                : base(check, IssueType.Problem, "\"{0}\" is using a incorrect format. Use mp3 or ogg for the song's audio.")
+                : base(check, IssueType.Problem, "\"{0}\" is using an incorrect format. Use mp3 or ogg for the song's audio.")
             {
             }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyReplaySoloScoreInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyReplaySoloScoreInfo.cs
index c99f104418..8247dc60cb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyReplaySoloScoreInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyReplaySoloScoreInfo.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
         [JsonProperty("total_score_without_mods")]
         public long? TotalScoreWithoutMods { get; set; }
 
+        [JsonProperty("pauses")]
+        public int[] Pauses { get; set; } = [];
+
         public static LegacyReplaySoloScoreInfo FromScore(ScoreInfo score) => new LegacyReplaySoloScoreInfo
         {
             OnlineID = score.OnlineID,
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
             Rank = score.Rank,
             UserID = score.User.OnlineID,
             TotalScoreWithoutMods = score.TotalScoreWithoutMods > 0 ? score.TotalScoreWithoutMods : null,
+            Pauses = score.Pauses.ToArray(),
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs
index ec2b567a7b..393df65cc8 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreDecoder.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.IO.Legacy;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Replays;
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
                             score.ScoreInfo.TotalScoreWithoutMods = totalScoreWithoutMods;
                         else
                             PopulateTotalScoreWithoutMods(score.ScoreInfo);
+
+                        score.ScoreInfo.Pauses.AddRange(readScore.Pauses);
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
index a3dabc7945..9e10b93168 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring
         [MapTo("MaximumStatistics")]
         public string MaximumStatisticsJson { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+        public IList<int> Pauses { get; } = null!;
+
         public ScoreInfo(BeatmapInfo? beatmap = null, RulesetInfo? ruleset = null, RealmUser? realmUser = null)
         {
             Ruleset = ruleset ?? new RulesetInfo();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/EditorBackgroundScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/EditorBackgroundScreen.cs
index 9982357157..24b582b71b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/EditorBackgroundScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Backgrounds/EditorBackgroundScreen.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Backgrounds
 {
     public partial class EditorBackgroundScreen : BackgroundScreen
     {
-        private readonly WorkingBeatmap beatmap;
         private readonly Container dimContainer;
 
         private CancellationTokenSource? cancellationTokenSource;
@@ -31,10 +30,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Backgrounds
 
         private IFrameBasedClock? clockSource;
 
-        public EditorBackgroundScreen(WorkingBeatmap beatmap)
-        {
-            this.beatmap = beatmap;
+        // We retrieve IBindable<WorkingBeatmap> from our dependency cache instead of passing WorkingBeatmap directly into EditorBackgroundScreen.
+        // Otherwise, DummyWorkingBeatmap will be erroneously passed in whenever creating a new beatmap (since the Schedule() in the Editor that populates
+        // a new WorkingBeatmap with correct values generally runs after EditorBackgroundScreen is created), which causes any background changes to not be displayed.
+        [Resolved]
+        private IBindable<WorkingBeatmap> beatmap { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        public EditorBackgroundScreen()
+        {
             InternalChild = dimContainer = new Container
             {
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
@@ -54,14 +57,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Backgrounds
 
         private IEnumerable<Drawable> createContent() =>
         [
-            new BeatmapBackground(beatmap) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both, },
+            new BeatmapBackground(beatmap.Value) { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both, },
             // this kooky container nesting is here because the storyboard needs a custom clock
             // but also needs it on an isolated-enough level that doesn't break screen stack expiry logic (which happens if the clock was put on `this`),
             // or doesn't make it literally impossible to fade the storyboard in/out in real time (which happens if the fade transforms were to be applied directly to the storyboard).
             new Container
             {
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                Child = new DrawableStoryboard(beatmap.Storyboard)
+                Child = new DrawableStoryboard(beatmap.Value.Storyboard)
                 {
                     Clock = clockSource ?? Clock,
                 }
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Backgrounds
             storyboardContainer.FadeTo(showStoryboard.Value ? 1 : 0, duration, Easing.OutQuint);
             // yes, this causes overdraw, but is also a (crude) fix for bad-looking transitions on screen entry
             // caused by the previous background on the background stack poking out from under this one and then instantly fading out
-            background.FadeColour(beatmap.Storyboard.ReplacesBackground && showStoryboard.Value ? Colour4.Black : Colour4.White, duration, Easing.OutQuint);
+            background.FadeColour(beatmap.Value.Storyboard.ReplacesBackground && showStoryboard.Value ? Colour4.Black : Colour4.White, duration, Easing.OutQuint);
         }
 
         public void ChangeClockSource(IFrameBasedClock frameBasedClock)
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Backgrounds
                 background = dimContainer.OfType<BeatmapBackground>().Single();
                 storyboardContainer = dimContainer.OfType<Container>().Single();
                 updateState(0);
-            }, (cancellationTokenSource ??= new CancellationTokenSource()).Token);
+            }, (cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource()).Token);
         }
 
         public override bool Equals(BackgroundScreen? other)
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
index 365a59b033..05f74c8514 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
         [Resolved]
         private MusicController musicController { get; set; }
 
-        protected override BackgroundScreen CreateBackground() => new EditorBackgroundScreen(Beatmap.Value);
+        protected override BackgroundScreen CreateBackground() => new EditorBackgroundScreen();
 
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Submission/SubmissionStageProgress.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Submission/SubmissionStageProgress.cs
index 8af4e3fe52..49fd28ee62 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Submission/SubmissionStageProgress.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Submission/SubmissionStageProgress.cs
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Submission
             progress.BindValueChanged(_ => Scheduler.AddOnce(updateProgress), true);
 
             progressSampleChannel = progressSample?.GetChannel();
-            if (progressSampleChannel != null)
-                progressSampleChannel.ManualFree = true;
+            // TODO: add back once framework revert is reverted.
+            // if (progressSampleChannel != null)
+            //     progressSampleChannel.ManualFree = true;
         }
 
         public void SetNotStarted() => status.Value = StageStatusType.NotStarted;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Verify/IssueList.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Verify/IssueList.cs
index de7b760bcd..e2eeff9ad5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Verify/IssueList.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Verify/IssueList.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Verify
         [Resolved]
         private VerifyScreen verify { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private BeatmapManager beatmapManager { get; set; }
+
         private IBeatmapVerifier rulesetVerifier;
         private BeatmapVerifier generalVerifier;
         private BeatmapVerifierContext context;
@@ -43,7 +46,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Verify
             generalVerifier = new BeatmapVerifier();
             rulesetVerifier = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.Ruleset.CreateInstance().CreateBeatmapVerifier();
 
-            context = new BeatmapVerifierContext(beatmap, workingBeatmap.Value, verify.InterpretedDifficulty.Value);
+            context = new BeatmapVerifierContext(
+                beatmap,
+                workingBeatmap.Value,
+                verify.InterpretedDifficulty.Value,
+                beatmapInfo => beatmapManager.GetWorkingBeatmap(beatmapInfo).GetPlayableBeatmap(beatmapInfo.Ruleset)
+            );
+
             verify.InterpretedDifficulty.BindValueChanged(difficulty => context.InterpretedDifficulty = difficulty.NewValue);
 
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index 6ee3ed13a0..2a98527c16 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             // already resuming
             && !IsResuming;
 
-        public bool Pause()
+        public virtual bool Pause()
         {
             if (!pausingSupportedByCurrentState) return false;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerSettings/BeatmapOffsetControl.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerSettings/BeatmapOffsetControl.cs
index 5efef16d08..2bfc6a9a9d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerSettings/BeatmapOffsetControl.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PlayerSettings/BeatmapOffsetControl.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Utils;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
@@ -321,9 +322,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play.PlayerSettings
 
         public static LocalisableString GetOffsetExplanatoryText(double offset)
         {
-            return offset == 0
-                ? LocalisableString.Interpolate($@"{offset:0.0} ms")
-                : LocalisableString.Interpolate($@"{offset:0.0} ms {getEarlyLateText(offset)}");
+            string formatOffset = offset.ToStandardFormattedString(1);
+
+            return formatOffset == "0"
+                ? LocalisableString.Interpolate($@"{formatOffset} ms")
+                : LocalisableString.Interpolate($@"{formatOffset} ms {getEarlyLateText(offset)}");
 
             LocalisableString getEarlyLateText(double value)
             {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs
index 7becb2b33e..9f0ae7168b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/SubmittingPlayer.cs
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
             spectatorClient.BeginPlaying(token, GameplayState, Score);
         }
 
+        public override bool Pause()
+        {
+            bool wasPaused = GameplayClockContainer.IsPaused.Value;
+
+            bool paused = base.Pause();
+
+            if (!wasPaused && paused)
+                Score.ScoreInfo.Pauses.Add((int)Math.Round(GameplayClockContainer.CurrentTime));
+
+            return paused;
+        }
+
         protected override void OnFail()
         {
             base.OnFail();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
index 02b5eb5b7a..f7bf1eb778 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/CarouselBeatmap.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
                      criteria.Title.Matches(BeatmapInfo.Metadata.TitleUnicode);
             match &= !criteria.DifficultyName.HasFilter || criteria.DifficultyName.Matches(BeatmapInfo.DifficultyName);
             match &= !criteria.Source.HasFilter || criteria.Source.Matches(BeatmapInfo.Metadata.Source);
+
+            if (criteria.UserTag.HasFilter)
+            {
+                bool anyTagMatched = false;
+                foreach (string tag in BeatmapInfo.Metadata.UserTags)
+                    anyTagMatched |= criteria.UserTag.Matches(tag);
+                match &= anyTagMatched;
+            }
+
             match &= !criteria.UserStarDifficulty.HasFilter || criteria.UserStarDifficulty.IsInRange(BeatmapInfo.StarRating);
 
             if (!match) return false;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
index cc8a92c7c7..05c36a43cf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterCriteria.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
         public OptionalTextFilter Title;
         public OptionalTextFilter DifficultyName;
         public OptionalTextFilter Source;
+        public OptionalTextFilter UserTag;
 
         public OptionalRange<double> UserStarDifficulty = new OptionalRange<double>
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs
index 02a6da146e..36afd8fb72 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/FilterQueryParser.cs
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
                 case "source":
                     return TryUpdateCriteriaText(ref criteria.Source, op, value);
 
+                case "tag":
+                    return TryUpdateCriteriaText(ref criteria.UserTag, op, value);
+
                 default:
                     return criteria.RulesetCriteria?.TryParseCustomKeywordCriteria(key, op, value) ?? false;
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/IGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/IGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs
index 6118529780..9c4875477c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/IGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/IGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
         /// <summary>
         /// List of all scores to display on the leaderboard.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Implementors should ensure that this list is only mutated from the update thread.
+        /// </remarks>
         IBindableList<GameplayLeaderboardScore> Scores { get; }
     }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/PlaylistsGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/PlaylistsGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs
index 206b1375de..c60e06939b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/PlaylistsGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Leaderboards/PlaylistsGameplayLeaderboardProvider.cs
@@ -34,24 +34,22 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(IAPIProvider api, GameplayState? gameplayState)
         {
+            var scoresToShow = new List<GameplayLeaderboardScore>();
+
             var scoresRequest = new IndexPlaylistScoresRequest(room.RoomID!.Value, playlistItem.ID);
             scoresRequest.Success += response =>
             {
-                var newScores = new List<GameplayLeaderboardScore>();
-
                 isPartial = response.Scores.Count < response.TotalScores;
 
                 for (int i = 0; i < response.Scores.Count; i++)
                 {
                     var score = response.Scores[i];
                     score.Position = i + 1;
-                    newScores.Add(new GameplayLeaderboardScore(score, tracked: false, GameplayLeaderboardScore.ComboDisplayMode.Highest));
+                    scoresToShow.Add(new GameplayLeaderboardScore(score, tracked: false, GameplayLeaderboardScore.ComboDisplayMode.Highest));
                 }
 
                 if (response.UserScore != null && response.Scores.All(s => s.ID != response.UserScore.ID))
-                    newScores.Add(new GameplayLeaderboardScore(response.UserScore, tracked: false, GameplayLeaderboardScore.ComboDisplayMode.Highest));
-
-                scores.AddRange(newScores);
+                    scoresToShow.Add(new GameplayLeaderboardScore(response.UserScore, tracked: false, GameplayLeaderboardScore.ComboDisplayMode.Highest));
             };
             api.Perform(scoresRequest);
 
@@ -59,9 +57,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Leaderboards
             {
                 var localScore = new GameplayLeaderboardScore(gameplayState, tracked: true, GameplayLeaderboardScore.ComboDisplayMode.Highest);
                 localScore.TotalScore.BindValueChanged(_ => sorting.Invalidate());
-                scores.Add(localScore);
+                scoresToShow.Add(localScore);
             }
 
+            // touching the public bindable must happen on the update thread for general thread safety,
+            // since we may have external subscribers bound already
+            Schedule(() => scores.AddRange(scoresToShow));
             Scheduler.AddDelayed(sort, 1000, true);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGrouping.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGrouping.cs
index eb55e03d6b..cb68e2d6b5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGrouping.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterGrouping.cs
@@ -261,12 +261,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 return new GroupDefinition(2, "Last week");
 
             if (elapsed.TotalDays < 30)
-                return new GroupDefinition(3, "1 month ago");
+                return new GroupDefinition(3, "Last month");
 
-            for (int i = 60; i <= 150; i += 30)
+            if (elapsed.TotalDays < 60)
+                return new GroupDefinition(4, "1 month ago");
+
+            for (int i = 90; i <= 150; i += 30)
             {
                 if (elapsed.TotalDays < i)
-                    return new GroupDefinition(i, $"{i / 30} months ago");
+                    return new GroupDefinition(i, $"{i / 30 - 1} months ago");
             }
 
             return new GroupDefinition(151, "Over 5 months ago");
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterMatching.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterMatching.cs
index f2f246093d..166ca72487 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterMatching.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapCarouselFilterMatching.cs
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                      criteria.Title.Matches(beatmap.Metadata.TitleUnicode);
             match &= !criteria.DifficultyName.HasFilter || criteria.DifficultyName.Matches(beatmap.DifficultyName);
             match &= !criteria.Source.HasFilter || criteria.Source.Matches(beatmap.Metadata.Source);
+
+            if (criteria.UserTag.HasFilter)
+            {
+                bool anyTagMatched = false;
+                foreach (string tag in beatmap.Metadata.UserTags)
+                    anyTagMatched |= criteria.UserTag.Matches(tag);
+                match &= anyTagMatched;
+            }
+
             match &= !criteria.UserStarDifficulty.HasFilter || criteria.UserStarDifficulty.IsInRange(beatmap.StarRating);
 
             if (!match) return false;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge.cs
index 8d1dd105a3..0c8d5d288c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge.cs
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Logging;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Database;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Game.Localisation;
 using osu.Game.Online;
 using osu.Game.Online.API;
-using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
 using osu.Game.Online.Chat;
 using osu.Game.Resources.Localisation.Web;
@@ -51,6 +54,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
         [Resolved]
         private IAPIProvider api { get; set; } = null!;
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource onlineLookupSource { get; set; } = null!;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private RealmAccess realm { get; set; } = null!;
+
         private IBindable<APIState> apiState = null!;
 
         [Resolved]
@@ -314,34 +323,34 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
         }
 
         private APIBeatmapSet? currentOnlineBeatmapSet;
-        private GetBeatmapSetRequest? currentRequest;
+        private CancellationTokenSource? cancellationTokenSource;
+        private Task<APIBeatmapSet?>? currentFetchTask;
 
         private void refetchBeatmapSet()
         {
             var beatmapSetInfo = beatmap.Value.BeatmapSetInfo;
 
-            currentRequest?.Cancel();
-            currentRequest = null;
+            cancellationTokenSource?.Cancel();
             currentOnlineBeatmapSet = null;
 
             if (beatmapSetInfo.OnlineID >= 1)
             {
-                // todo: consider introducing a BeatmapSetLookupCache for caching benefits.
-                currentRequest = new GetBeatmapSetRequest(beatmapSetInfo.OnlineID);
-                currentRequest.Failure += _ => updateOnlineDisplay();
-                currentRequest.Success += s =>
+                cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
+                currentFetchTask = onlineLookupSource.GetBeatmapSetAsync(beatmapSetInfo.OnlineID);
+                currentFetchTask.ContinueWith(t =>
                 {
-                    currentOnlineBeatmapSet = s;
-                    updateOnlineDisplay();
-                };
-
-                api.Queue(currentRequest);
+                    if (t.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
+                        currentOnlineBeatmapSet = t.GetResultSafely();
+                    if (t.Exception != null)
+                        Logger.Log($"Error when fetching online beatmap set: {t.Exception}", LoggingTarget.Network);
+                    Scheduler.AddOnce(updateOnlineDisplay);
+                });
             }
         }
 
         private void updateOnlineDisplay()
         {
-            if (currentRequest?.CompletionState == APIRequestCompletionState.Waiting)
+            if (currentFetchTask?.IsCompleted == false)
             {
                 genre.Data = null;
                 language.Data = null;
@@ -379,28 +388,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
 
         private void updateUserTags()
         {
-            var beatmapInfo = beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo;
-            var onlineBeatmapSet = currentOnlineBeatmapSet;
-            var onlineBeatmap = onlineBeatmapSet?.Beatmaps.SingleOrDefault(b => b.OnlineID == beatmapInfo.OnlineID);
+            string[] tags = realm.Run(r =>
+            {
+                // need to refetch because `beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo` is not going to have the latest tags
+                var refetchedBeatmap = r.Find<BeatmapInfo>(beatmap.Value.BeatmapInfo.ID);
+                return refetchedBeatmap?.Metadata.UserTags.ToArray() ?? [];
+            });
 
-            if (onlineBeatmap?.TopTags == null || onlineBeatmap.TopTags.Length == 0 || onlineBeatmapSet?.RelatedTags == null)
+            if (tags.Length == 0)
             {
                 userTags.FadeOut(transition_duration, Easing.OutQuint);
                 return;
             }
 
-            var tagsById = onlineBeatmapSet.RelatedTags.ToDictionary(t => t.Id);
-            string[] userTagsArray = onlineBeatmap.TopTags
-                                                  .Select(t => (topTag: t, relatedTag: tagsById.GetValueOrDefault(t.TagId)))
-                                                  .Where(t => t.relatedTag != null)
-                                                  // see https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/bb3bd2e7c6f84f26066df5ea20a81c77ec9bb60a/resources/js/beatmapsets-show/controller.ts#L103-L106 for sort criteria
-                                                  .OrderByDescending(t => t.topTag.VoteCount)
-                                                  .ThenBy(t => t.relatedTag!.Name)
-                                                  .Select(t => t.relatedTag!.Name)
-                                                  .ToArray();
-
             userTags.FadeIn(transition_duration, Easing.OutQuint);
-            userTags.Tags = (userTagsArray, t => songSelect?.Search(t));
+            userTags.Tags = (tags, t => songSelect?.Search($@"tag=""{t}""!"));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_MetadataDisplay.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_MetadataDisplay.cs
index a98c806634..606b5e6a8c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_MetadataDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_MetadataDisplay.cs
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 }
             }
 
-            public (string[] tags, Action<string> linkAction)? Tags
+            public (string[] tags, Action<string> searchAction)? Tags
             {
                 set
                 {
                     if (value != null)
-                        setTags(value.Value.tags, value.Value.linkAction);
+                        setTags(value.Value.tags, value.Value.searchAction);
                     else
                         setLoading();
                 }
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 contentDate.Date = date;
             }
 
-            private void setTags(string[] tags, Action<string> link)
+            private void setTags(string[] tags, Action<string> searchAction)
             {
                 clear();
 
                 contentTags.Tags = tags;
-                contentTags.Action = link;
+                contentTags.PerformSearch = searchAction;
             }
 
             private void setLoading()
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_TagsLine.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_TagsLine.cs
index 683cd428e9..aee7731f55 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_TagsLine.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapMetadataWedge_TagsLine.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 }
             }
 
-            public Action<string>? Action;
+            public Action<string>? PerformSearch { get; set; }
 
             [Resolved]
             private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 ChildrenEnumerable = tags.Select(t => new OsuHoverContainer
                 {
                     AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
-                    Action = () => Action?.Invoke(t),
+                    Action = () => PerformSearch?.Invoke(t),
                     IdleColour = colourProvider.Light2,
                     AlwaysPresent = true,
                     Alpha = 0f,
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 Add(overflowButton = new TagsOverflowButton(tags)
                 {
                     Alpha = 0f,
+                    PerformSearch = PerformSearch,
                 });
 
                 drawSizeLayout.Invalidate();
@@ -132,11 +133,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                 [Resolved]
                 private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
 
-                [Resolved]
-                private ISongSelect? songSelect { get; set; }
-
                 public float LineBaseHeight => text.LineBaseHeight;
 
+                public Action<string>? PerformSearch { get; set; }
+
                 public TagsOverflowButton(string[] tags)
                 {
                     this.tags = tags;
@@ -188,18 +188,18 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                     return true;
                 }
 
-                public Popover GetPopover() => new TagsOverflowPopover(tags, songSelect);
+                public Popover GetPopover() => new TagsOverflowPopover(tags, PerformSearch);
             }
 
             public partial class TagsOverflowPopover : OsuPopover
             {
                 private readonly string[] tags;
-                private readonly ISongSelect? songSelect;
+                private readonly Action<string>? performSearch;
 
-                public TagsOverflowPopover(string[] tags, ISongSelect? songSelect)
+                public TagsOverflowPopover(string[] tags, Action<string>? performSearchAction)
                 {
                     this.tags = tags;
-                    this.songSelect = songSelect;
+                    performSearch = performSearchAction;
                 }
 
                 [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
 
                     foreach (string tag in tags)
                     {
-                        textFlow.AddLink(tag, () => songSelect?.Search(tag));
+                        textFlow.AddLink(tag, () => performSearch?.Invoke(tag));
                         textFlow.AddText(" ");
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge.cs
index 6b80fc69c9..28031f12fc 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
-using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
         internal string DisplayedArtist => artistLabel.Text.ToString();
 
         private StatisticPlayCount playCount = null!;
-        private Statistic favouritesStatistic = null!;
+        private FavouriteButton favouriteButton = null!;
         private Statistic lengthStatistic = null!;
         private Statistic bpmStatistic = null!;
 
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
                                 {
                                     Margin = new MarginPadding { Left = -SongSelect.WEDGE_CONTENT_MARGIN },
                                 },
-                                favouritesStatistic = new Statistic(OsuIcon.Heart, background: true, minSize: 25f)
+                                favouriteButton = new FavouriteButton
                                 {
                                     TooltipText = BeatmapsStrings.StatusFavourites,
                                 },
@@ -316,20 +315,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
             if (currentRequest?.CompletionState == APIRequestCompletionState.Waiting)
             {
                 playCount.Value = null;
-                favouritesStatistic.Text = null;
-            }
-            else if (currentOnlineBeatmapSet == null)
-            {
-                playCount.Value = new StatisticPlayCount.Data(-1, -1);
-                favouritesStatistic.Text = "-";
+                favouriteButton.SetLoading();
             }
             else
             {
-                var onlineBeatmapSet = currentOnlineBeatmapSet;
-                var onlineBeatmap = currentOnlineBeatmapSet.Beatmaps.SingleOrDefault(b => b.OnlineID == working.Value.BeatmapInfo.OnlineID);
-
+                var onlineBeatmap = currentOnlineBeatmapSet?.Beatmaps.SingleOrDefault(b => b.OnlineID == working.Value.BeatmapInfo.OnlineID);
                 playCount.Value = new StatisticPlayCount.Data(onlineBeatmap?.PlayCount ?? -1, onlineBeatmap?.UserPlayCount ?? -1);
-                favouritesStatistic.Text = onlineBeatmapSet.FavouriteCount.ToLocalisableString(@"N0");
+                favouriteButton.SetBeatmapSet(currentOnlineBeatmapSet);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge_FavouriteButton.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge_FavouriteButton.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae44442876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/BeatmapTitleWedge_FavouriteButton.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
+using osu.Framework.Extensions.LocalisationExtensions;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
+using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using osu.Game.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
+using osu.Game.Overlays;
+using osuTK;
+using osuTK.Graphics;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
+{
+    public partial class BeatmapTitleWedge
+    {
+        public partial class FavouriteButton : OsuClickableContainer
+        {
+            private readonly BindableBool isFavourite = new BindableBool();
+
+            private Box background = null!;
+            private OsuSpriteText valueText = null!;
+            private LoadingSpinner loadingSpinner = null!;
+            private Box hoverLayer = null!;
+            private HeartIcon icon = null!;
+
+            private APIBeatmapSet? onlineBeatmapSet;
+            private PostBeatmapFavouriteRequest? favouriteRequest;
+
+            [Resolved]
+            private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
+
+            [Resolved]
+            private OsuColour colours { get; set; } = null!;
+
+            [Resolved]
+            private IAPIProvider api { get; set; } = null!;
+
+            internal LocalisableString Text => valueText.Text;
+
+            public FavouriteButton()
+            {
+                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+            }
+
+            [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
+            private void load()
+            {
+                Masking = true;
+                CornerRadius = 5;
+                Shear = OsuGame.SHEAR;
+
+                AddRange(new Drawable[]
+                {
+                    background = new Box
+                    {
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Colour = Color4.Black.Opacity(0.2f),
+                    },
+                    new FillFlowContainer
+                    {
+                        Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                        Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                        AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal,
+                        Margin = new MarginPadding { Left = 10, Right = 10, Vertical = 5f },
+                        Spacing = new Vector2(4f, 0f),
+                        Shear = -OsuGame.SHEAR,
+                        Children = new Drawable[]
+                        {
+                            icon = new HeartIcon
+                            {
+                                Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                Size = new Vector2(OsuFont.Style.Heading2.Size),
+                            },
+                            new Container
+                            {
+                                Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                AutoSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                                Height = 20,
+                                Children = new Drawable[]
+                                {
+                                    loadingSpinner = new LoadingSpinner
+                                    {
+                                        Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                                        Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                                        Size = new Vector2(12f),
+                                        State = { Value = Visibility.Visible },
+                                    },
+                                    new GridContainer
+                                    {
+                                        Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                        Origin = Anchor.CentreLeft,
+                                        AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                                        RowDimensions = new[] { new Dimension(GridSizeMode.AutoSize) },
+                                        ColumnDimensions = new[]
+                                        {
+                                            new Dimension(GridSizeMode.AutoSize, minSize: 25),
+                                        },
+                                        Content = new[]
+                                        {
+                                            new[]
+                                            {
+                                                valueText = new OsuSpriteText
+                                                {
+                                                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                                                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                                                    Font = OsuFont.Style.Heading2,
+                                                    Colour = colourProvider.Content2,
+                                                    Margin = new MarginPadding { Bottom = 2f },
+                                                    AlwaysPresent = true,
+                                                },
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                    },
+                                },
+                            },
+                        },
+                    },
+                    hoverLayer = new Box
+                    {
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                        Alpha = 0,
+                        Colour = Colour4.White.Opacity(0.1f),
+                        Blending = BlendingParameters.Additive,
+                    },
+                });
+                Action = toggleFavourite;
+            }
+
+            protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e)
+            {
+                hoverLayer.FadeIn(500, Easing.OutQuint);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            protected override void OnHoverLost(HoverLostEvent e)
+            {
+                base.OnHoverLost(e);
+                hoverLayer.FadeOut(500, Easing.OutQuint);
+            }
+
+            // Note: `setLoading()` and `setBeatmapSet()` are called externally via their public counterparts by song select when the beatmap changes,
+            // as well as internally in order to display the progress and result of the (un)favourite operation when the button is clicked.
+            // In case of external calls, we want to cancel pending favourite requests, primarily to avoid a situation when a late success callback from an (un)favourite
+            // could show the favourite count from a prior beatmap.
+
+            public void SetLoading()
+            {
+                if (favouriteRequest?.CompletionState == APIRequestCompletionState.Waiting)
+                    favouriteRequest.Cancel();
+                setLoading();
+            }
+
+            private void setLoading()
+            {
+                loadingSpinner.State.Value = Visibility.Visible;
+                valueText.FadeOut(120, Easing.OutQuint);
+
+                onlineBeatmapSet = null;
+                updateFavouriteState();
+            }
+
+            public void SetBeatmapSet(APIBeatmapSet? beatmapSet)
+            {
+                if (favouriteRequest?.CompletionState == APIRequestCompletionState.Waiting)
+                    favouriteRequest.Cancel();
+                setBeatmapSet(beatmapSet);
+            }
+
+            private void setBeatmapSet(APIBeatmapSet? beatmapSet, bool withHeartAnimation = false)
+            {
+                loadingSpinner.State.Value = Visibility.Hidden;
+                valueText.FadeIn(120, Easing.OutQuint);
+
+                onlineBeatmapSet = beatmapSet;
+                updateFavouriteState(withHeartAnimation);
+            }
+
+            private void updateFavouriteState(bool withAnimation = false)
+            {
+                Enabled.Value = onlineBeatmapSet != null;
+
+                if (loadingSpinner.State.Value == Visibility.Hidden)
+                    valueText.Text = onlineBeatmapSet?.FavouriteCount.ToLocalisableString(@"N0") ?? "-";
+
+                isFavourite.Value = onlineBeatmapSet?.HasFavourited == true;
+
+                background.FadeColour(isFavourite.Value ? colours.Pink4.Darken(1f).Opacity(0.5f) : Color4.Black.Opacity(0.2f), 500, Easing.OutQuint);
+                valueText.FadeColour(isFavourite.Value ? colours.Pink1 : colourProvider.Content2, 500, Easing.OutQuint);
+                icon.SetActive(isFavourite.Value, withAnimation);
+            }
+
+            private void toggleFavourite()
+            {
+                Debug.Assert(onlineBeatmapSet != null);
+
+                // having this copy locally is important to capture this particular beatmap set instance rather than the field in the request success callback,
+                // because if it was captured via the field / `this`, it could change value due to an external `setLoading()` or `setBeatmapSet()` call.
+                // there's also the part where we want to call `setLoading()` here to show the spinner, but that also sets `onlineBeatmapSet` to null.
+                var beatmapSet = onlineBeatmapSet;
+
+                favouriteRequest = new PostBeatmapFavouriteRequest(beatmapSet.OnlineID, isFavourite.Value ? BeatmapFavouriteAction.UnFavourite : BeatmapFavouriteAction.Favourite);
+                favouriteRequest.Success += () =>
+                {
+                    bool hasFavourited = favouriteRequest.Action == BeatmapFavouriteAction.Favourite;
+                    beatmapSet.HasFavourited = hasFavourited;
+                    beatmapSet.FavouriteCount += hasFavourited ? 1 : -1;
+                    setBeatmapSet(beatmapSet, withHeartAnimation: hasFavourited);
+                };
+                api.Queue(favouriteRequest);
+                setLoading();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private partial class HeartIcon : CompositeDrawable
+        {
+            private readonly SpriteIcon icon;
+
+            [Resolved]
+            private OverlayColourProvider colourProvider { get; set; } = null!;
+
+            [Resolved]
+            private OsuColour colours { get; set; } = null!;
+
+            public HeartIcon()
+            {
+                InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
+                {
+                    icon = new SpriteIcon
+                    {
+                        Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                        Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                        Icon = FontAwesome.Regular.Heart,
+                        RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    },
+                };
+            }
+
+            private const double pop_out_duration = 100;
+            private const double pop_in_duration = 500;
+
+            private bool active;
+
+            public void SetActive(bool active, bool withAnimation = false)
+            {
+                if (this.active == active)
+                    return;
+
+                this.active = active;
+
+                FinishTransforms(true);
+
+                if (active)
+                {
+                    transitionIcon(FontAwesome.Solid.Heart, colours.Pink1, emphasised: withAnimation);
+
+                    if (withAnimation)
+                        playFavouriteAnimation();
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    transitionIcon(FontAwesome.Regular.Heart, colourProvider.Content2);
+                }
+            }
+
+            private void transitionIcon(IconUsage newIcon, Color4 colour, bool emphasised = false)
+            {
+                icon.ScaleTo(emphasised ? 0.5f : 0.8f, pop_out_duration, Easing.OutQuad)
+                    .Then()
+                    .FadeColour(colour)
+                    .Schedule(() => icon.Icon = newIcon)
+                    .ScaleTo(1, pop_in_duration, Easing.OutElasticHalf);
+            }
+
+            private void playFavouriteAnimation()
+            {
+                var circle = new FastCircle
+                {
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                    Scale = new Vector2(0.5f),
+                    Blending = BlendingParameters.Additive,
+                    Alpha = 0,
+                    Depth = float.MinValue,
+                };
+
+                AddInternal(circle);
+
+                circle.Delay(pop_out_duration)
+                      .FadeTo(0.35f)
+                      .FadeOut(1400, Easing.OutCubic)
+                      .ScaleTo(10f, 750, Easing.OutQuint)
+                      .Expire();
+
+                const int num_particles = 8;
+
+                static float randomFloat(float min, float max) => min + Random.Shared.NextSingle() * (max - min);
+
+                for (int i = 0; i < num_particles; i++)
+                {
+                    double duration = randomFloat(600, 1000);
+                    float angle = (i + randomFloat(0, 0.75f)) / num_particles * MathF.PI * 2;
+                    var direction = new Vector2(MathF.Cos(angle), MathF.Sin(angle));
+                    float distance = randomFloat(DrawWidth / 2, DrawWidth);
+
+                    var particle = new FastCircle
+                    {
+                        Position = direction * DrawWidth / 4,
+                        Size = new Vector2(3),
+                        Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
+                        Origin = Anchor.Centre,
+                        Blending = BlendingParameters.Additive,
+                        Alpha = 0,
+                        Depth = 2,
+                        Colour = colours.Pink,
+                    };
+
+                    AddInternal(particle);
+
+                    particle
+                        .Delay(pop_out_duration)
+                        .FadeTo(0.5f)
+                        .MoveTo(direction * distance, 1300, Easing.OutQuint)
+                        .FadeOut(duration, Easing.Out)
+                        .ScaleTo(0.5f, duration)
+                        .Expire();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2ede24a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
+using osu.Game.Database;
+using osu.Game.Extensions;
+using osu.Game.Online.API;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
+using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests.Responses;
+using Realms;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This component is designed to perform lookups of online data
+    /// and store portions of it for later local use to the realm database.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <example>
+    /// This component is designed to locally persist potentially-volatile online information such as:
+    /// <list type="bullet">
+    /// <item>user tags assigned to difficulties of a beatmap,</item>
+    /// <item>guest mappers assigned to difficulties of a beatmap,</item>
+    /// <item>the local user's best score on a given beatmap.</item>
+    /// </list>
+    /// </example>
+    public partial class RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource : Component
+    {
+        [Resolved]
+        private IAPIProvider api { get; set; } = null!;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private RealmAccess realm { get; set; } = null!;
+
+        public Task<APIBeatmapSet?> GetBeatmapSetAsync(int id, CancellationToken token = default)
+        {
+            var request = new GetBeatmapSetRequest(id);
+            var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<APIBeatmapSet?>();
+
+            request.Success += onlineBeatmapSet =>
+            {
+                if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
+                {
+                    tcs.SetCanceled(token);
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                var tagsById = (onlineBeatmapSet.RelatedTags ?? []).ToDictionary(t => t.Id);
+                var onlineBeatmaps = onlineBeatmapSet.Beatmaps.ToDictionary(b => b.OnlineID);
+                realm.Write(r =>
+                {
+                    foreach (var dbBeatmap in r.All<BeatmapInfo>().Filter($@"{nameof(BeatmapInfo.BeatmapSet)}.{nameof(BeatmapSetInfo.OnlineID)} == $0", id))
+                    {
+                        if (onlineBeatmaps.TryGetValue(dbBeatmap.OnlineID, out var onlineBeatmap))
+                        {
+                            string[] userTagsArray = onlineBeatmap.TopTags?
+                                                                  .Select(t => (topTag: t, relatedTag: tagsById.GetValueOrDefault(t.TagId)))
+                                                                  .Where(t => t.relatedTag != null)
+                                                                  // see https://github.com/ppy/osu-web/blob/bb3bd2e7c6f84f26066df5ea20a81c77ec9bb60a/resources/js/beatmapsets-show/controller.ts#L103-L106 for sort criteria
+                                                                  .OrderByDescending(t => t.topTag.VoteCount)
+                                                                  .ThenBy(t => t.relatedTag!.Name)
+                                                                  .Select(t => t.relatedTag!.Name)
+                                                                  .ToArray() ?? [];
+                            dbBeatmap.Metadata.UserTags.Clear();
+                            dbBeatmap.Metadata.UserTags.AddRange(userTagsArray);
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+                tcs.SetResult(onlineBeatmapSet);
+            };
+            request.Failure += tcs.SetException;
+            api.Queue(request);
+            return tcs.Task;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/SongSelect.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/SongSelect.cs
index c4d12844eb..6b1e812cdd 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/SongSelect.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/SelectV2/SongSelect.cs
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
         [Resolved]
         private IDialogOverlay? dialogOverlay { get; set; }
 
+        [Cached]
+        private RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource onlineLookupSource = new RealmPopulatingOnlineLookupSource();
+
         private Bindable<bool> configBackgroundBlur = null!;
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -143,6 +146,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
             AddRangeInternal(new Drawable[]
             {
                 new GlobalScrollAdjustsVolume(),
+                onlineLookupSource,
                 mainContent = new Container
                 {
                     Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
@@ -342,7 +346,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
 
                 ensureGlobalBeatmapValid();
 
-                ensurePlayingSelected(true);
+                ensurePlayingSelected();
                 updateBackgroundDim();
                 updateWedgeVisibility();
             });
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
         /// Ensures some music is playing for the current track.
         /// Will resume playback from a manual user pause if the track has changed.
         /// </summary>
-        private void ensurePlayingSelected(bool restart)
+        private void ensurePlayingSelected()
         {
             if (!ControlGlobalMusic)
                 return;
@@ -387,7 +391,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
             if (!track.IsRunning && (music.UserPauseRequested != true || isNewTrack))
             {
                 Logger.Log($"Song select decided to {nameof(ensurePlayingSelected)}");
-                music.Play(restart);
+
+                // Only restart playback if a new track.
+                // This is important so that when exiting gameplay, the track is not restarted back to the preview point.
+                music.Play(isNewTrack);
             }
 
             lastTrack.SetTarget(track);
@@ -630,7 +637,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.SelectV2
 
             ensureGlobalBeatmapValid();
 
-            ensurePlayingSelected(false);
+            ensurePlayingSelected();
             updateBackgroundDim();
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index c4553828d5..31a9e07c24 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Realm" Version="20.1.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework" Version="2025.718.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework" Version="2025.715.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Game.Resources" Version="2025.708.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Sentry" Version="5.1.1" />
     <!-- Held back due to 0.34.0 failing AOT compilation on ZstdSharp.dll dependency. -->
diff --git a/osu.iOS.props b/osu.iOS.props
index 99eed6c204..74b56bbaf6 100644
--- a/osu.iOS.props
+++ b/osu.iOS.props
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     <MtouchInterpreter>-all</MtouchInterpreter>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.iOS" Version="2025.718.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="ppy.osu.Framework.iOS" Version="2025.715.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/osu.iOS/OsuGameIOS.cs b/osu.iOS/OsuGameIOS.cs
index c7ef1c885a..fff781f38f 100644
--- a/osu.iOS/OsuGameIOS.cs
+++ b/osu.iOS/OsuGameIOS.cs
@@ -20,15 +20,9 @@ namespace osu.iOS
     {
         private readonly AppDelegate appDelegate;
 
-        public override Version AssemblyVersion
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                // Example: 2025.613.0-tachyon
-                string bundleVersion = NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary["CFBundleVersion"].ToString();
-                return new Version(bundleVersion.Split('-')[0]);
-            }
-        }
+        public override Version AssemblyVersion => new Version(NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary["CFBundleVersion"].ToString());
+
+        public override string Version => NSBundle.MainBundle.InfoDictionary["OsuVersion"].ToString();
 
         public override bool HideUnlicensedContent => true;
 
diff --git a/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj b/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj
index 19c0c610b5..3e8beddaa4 100644
--- a/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj
+++ b/osu.iOS/osu.iOS.csproj
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
     <SupportedOSPlatformVersion>13.4</SupportedOSPlatformVersion>
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <Version>0.1.0</Version>
-    <ApplicationVersion Condition=" '$(ApplicationVersion)' == '' ">$(Version)</ApplicationVersion>
-    <ApplicationDisplayVersion Condition=" '$(ApplicationDisplayVersion)' == '' ">$(Version)</ApplicationDisplayVersion>
+
+    <!-- Incoming version string will be e.g. 2025.723.0-tachyon -->
+    <VersionNoSuffix>$([System.String]::Copy('$(Version)').Split('-')[0])</VersionNoSuffix>
+
+    <ApplicationVersion Condition=" '$(ApplicationVersion)' == '' ">$(VersionNoSuffix)</ApplicationVersion>
+    <ApplicationDisplayVersion Condition=" '$(ApplicationDisplayVersion)' == '' ">$(VersionNoSuffix)</ApplicationDisplayVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\osu.iOS.props" />
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -18,4 +22,14 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Maui.Essentials" Version="8.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <!-- https://github.com/dotnet/macios/blob/eabcdee2ac43a0cc8324396a1bf75f8797d71810/msbuild/Xamarin.Shared/Xamarin.Shared.targets#L1328 -->
+  <Target Name="AddOsuVersionToBundle" AfterTargets="_CreateAppBundle">
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <PlistFilePath>$(AppBundleDir)/Info.plist</PlistFilePath>
+      <OsuVersionKey>OsuVersion</OsuVersionKey>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+    <Exec Command="bash -c &quot;(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :$(OsuVersionKey)' '$(PlistFilePath)' &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 \
+                                 &amp;&amp; /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Set :$(OsuVersionKey) $(Version)' '$(PlistFilePath)') \
+                                 || /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Add :$(OsuVersionKey) string $(Version)' '$(PlistFilePath)'&quot;"/>
+  </Target>
 </Project>