diff --git a/backend/app/settings_schema.py b/backend/app/settings_schema.py
index d34e6ce..5e59a7d 100644
--- a/backend/app/settings_schema.py
+++ b/backend/app/settings_schema.py
@@ -20,6 +20,27 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, field_validator
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Timer
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class TimerPreset(BaseModel):
+    """A named, user-editable recipe of durations the UI can apply in one tap."""
+
+    name: str
+    work_minutes: int = Field(default=25, ge=1, le=240)
+    short_break_minutes: int = Field(default=5, ge=1, le=120)
+    long_break_minutes: int = Field(default=15, ge=1, le=240)
+    cycles_before_long_break: int = Field(default=4, ge=1, le=12)
+
+
+def _default_timer_presets() -> list[TimerPreset]:
+    return [
+        TimerPreset(
+            name="Classic", work_minutes=45, short_break_minutes=15, long_break_minutes=30
+        ),
+        TimerPreset(
+            name="Пара", work_minutes=85, short_break_minutes=10, long_break_minutes=10
+        ),
+    ]
+
+
 class PomodoroSettings(BaseModel):
     """Lengths and automation of the timer itself. All durations in minutes."""
 
@@ -28,6 +49,9 @@ class PomodoroSettings(BaseModel):
     long_break_minutes: int = Field(default=15, ge=1, le=240)
     cycles_before_long_break: int = Field(default=4, ge=1, le=12)
 
+    presets: list[TimerPreset] = Field(default_factory=_default_timer_presets)
+    """Saved work/break combinations, applied to the fields above in one tap."""
+
     auto_start_breaks: bool = True
     """Roll straight into the break when a work interval ends."""
 
diff --git a/desktop/kadence_desktop/app.py b/desktop/kadence_desktop/app.py
index 73243c9..20b7c71 100644
--- a/desktop/kadence_desktop/app.py
+++ b/desktop/kadence_desktop/app.py
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ class KadenceApp(QObject):
         config = self._config
         wanted = bool(config.mini_timer) and (
             self._controller.miniVisible
-            or (config.mini_timer_auto and self._controller.running and not self._window.isVisible())
+            or (
+                config.mini_timer_auto
+                and self._controller.running
+                and not self._window.isVisible()
+                and not self._controller.mini_dismissed
+            )
         )
         if bool(self._mini.property("visible")) != wanted:
             if wanted:
diff --git a/desktop/kadence_desktop/controller.py b/desktop/kadence_desktop/controller.py
index 0aa3151..9b0dd6c 100644
--- a/desktop/kadence_desktop/controller.py
+++ b/desktop/kadence_desktop/controller.py
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ class Controller(QObject):
         self._completing = False
         self._paused_by_lock = False
         self._mini_visible = False
+        self._mini_dismissed = False
+        """Set when the ✕ on the mini timer was clicked during a running interval.
+
+        `app._update_mini()` would otherwise bring it straight back up through
+        its "auto-show while running and the window is away" rule, making the
+        close button look broken. Cleared on the next explicit show and on the
+        next interval, so a dismissal only lasts for the one you closed it on.
+        """
 
         # ---- system integrations -------------------------------------------
         self._notifier = Notifier()
@@ -282,6 +290,11 @@ class Controller(QObject):
         """Whether the floating mini timer is pinned open by the user."""
         return self._mini_visible
 
+    @property
+    def mini_dismissed(self) -> bool:
+        """For `app._update_mini()`, not QML: see `_mini_dismissed` above."""
+        return self._mini_dismissed
+
     @pyqtProperty("QVariantMap", notify=configChanged)
     def config(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
         from dataclasses import asdict
@@ -463,6 +476,7 @@ class Controller(QObject):
     @pyqtSlot()
     @pyqtSlot(bool)
     def setMiniVisible(self, visible: bool = True) -> None:
+        self._mini_dismissed = not visible
         if visible == self._mini_visible:
             return
         self._mini_visible = visible
@@ -610,6 +624,11 @@ class Controller(QObject):
     # Transitions → the system integrations
     # ======================================================================
     def _on_transition(self, previous: dict[str, Any], current: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        if current.get("id") and current.get("id") != previous.get("id"):
+            # A new interval — pause/resume of the same one must not do this —
+            # gets its own chance to auto-show, even if the last one was closed.
+            self._mini_dismissed = False
+
         focusing = current.get("kind") == "work" and current.get("status") == "running"
 
         if focusing:
diff --git a/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/MiniTimer.qml b/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/MiniTimer.qml
index c2fe8ff..4e2fc04 100644
--- a/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/MiniTimer.qml
+++ b/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/MiniTimer.qml
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ Window {
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
         }
         HoverHandler { id: buttonHover; cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor }
-        TapHandler { onTapped: button.clicked() }
+        TapHandler {
+            grabPermissions: PointerHandler.TakeOverForbidden
+            onTapped: button.clicked()
+        }
     }
 
     Rectangle {
@@ -151,7 +154,14 @@ Window {
                     opacity: hover.hovered ? 1 : 0.35
                     Behavior on opacity { NumberAnimation { duration: 120 } }
                     HoverHandler { id: closeHover; cursorShape: Qt.PointingHandCursor }
-                    TapHandler { onTapped: controller.setMiniVisible(false) }
+                    // The card's DragHandler has CanTakeOverFromAnything so the whole
+                    // pill is draggable; without refusing the take-over here, the tiny
+                    // press-move jitter of a real click steals this tap into a
+                    // startSystemMove() and the close button never fires.
+                    TapHandler {
+                        grabPermissions: PointerHandler.TakeOverForbidden
+                        onTapped: controller.setMiniVisible(false)
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/SettingsPage.qml b/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/SettingsPage.qml
index 993cae8..9d802e9 100644
--- a/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/SettingsPage.qml
+++ b/desktop/kadence_desktop/qml/SettingsPage.qml
@@ -29,6 +29,29 @@ ScrollView {
         controller.patchSettings({ notifications: { telegram: patch } })
     }
 
+    // Presets are a saved list on the server (`pomodoro.presets`), each one a
+    // name plus its own work/short/long minutes — editable here, not baked
+    // into the UI. `_merge` on the backend replaces list fields wholesale, so
+    // editing one preset's number means resending the whole list.
+    function patchPreset(index, key, value) {
+        if (!page.pomodoro || !page.pomodoro.presets) return
+        var presets = page.pomodoro.presets.map(function (p) { return Object.assign({}, p) })
+        presets[index][key] = value
+        controller.patchSettings({ pomodoro: { presets: presets } })
+    }
+    function applyPreset(index) {
+        if (!page.pomodoro || !page.pomodoro.presets) return
+        var preset = page.pomodoro.presets[index]
+        controller.patchSettings({
+            pomodoro: {
+                work_minutes: preset.work_minutes,
+                short_break_minutes: preset.short_break_minutes,
+                long_break_minutes: preset.long_break_minutes,
+                cycles_before_long_break: preset.cycles_before_long_break
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
     component Field: ColumnLayout {
         property string label: ""
         default property alias content: holder.data
@@ -104,6 +127,70 @@ ScrollView {
             spacing: 12
             SectionTitle { text: "Timer" }
 
+            // Presets: a saved list of work/short/long combos. "Apply" copies
+            // one onto the live settings below; the numbers on each row are
+            // the preset's own and edit it in place.
+            ColumnLayout {
+                Layout.fillWidth: true
+                spacing: 8
+
+                Repeater {
+                    model: page.pomodoro && page.pomodoro.presets ? page.pomodoro.presets : []
+
+                    RowLayout {
+                        id: presetRow
+                        required property var modelData
+                        required property int index
+                        Layout.fillWidth: true
+                        spacing: 16
+
+                        readonly property bool isActive: page.pomodoro
+                            && page.pomodoro.work_minutes === modelData.work_minutes
+                            && page.pomodoro.short_break_minutes === modelData.short_break_minutes
+                            && page.pomodoro.long_break_minutes === modelData.long_break_minutes
+
+                        Label {
+                            text: presetRow.modelData.name
+                            color: presetRow.isActive ? Theme.ember : Theme.ink
+                            font.pixelSize: 13
+                            font.weight: presetRow.isActive ? Font.DemiBold : Font.Medium
+                            font.family: Theme.sansFamily
+                            Layout.preferredWidth: 70
+                        }
+                        Field {
+                            label: "Focus"
+                            SpinBox {
+                                from: 1; to: 240
+                                value: presetRow.modelData.work_minutes
+                                onValueModified: page.patchPreset(presetRow.index, "work_minutes", value)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Field {
+                            label: "Short break"
+                            SpinBox {
+                                from: 1; to: 120
+                                value: presetRow.modelData.short_break_minutes
+                                onValueModified: page.patchPreset(presetRow.index, "short_break_minutes", value)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Field {
+                            label: "Long break"
+                            SpinBox {
+                                from: 1; to: 240
+                                value: presetRow.modelData.long_break_minutes
+                                onValueModified: page.patchPreset(presetRow.index, "long_break_minutes", value)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        GhostButton {
+                            text: presetRow.isActive ? "Active" : "Apply"
+                            enabled: !presetRow.isActive
+                            onClicked: page.applyPreset(presetRow.index)
+                        }
+                        Item { Layout.fillWidth: true }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             Flow {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                 spacing: 20