diff --git a/tests/entity_stublib.py b/tests/entity_stublib.py
index 807a2d6..879e507 100644
--- a/tests/entity_stublib.py
+++ b/tests/entity_stublib.py
@@ -67,9 +67,18 @@ def install_selector_faces(selector_module) -> None:
     installers in the flow tests), so the stubs cannot drift apart.
     """
     selector_module.EntitySelector = EntitySelectorStub
-    selector_module.EntitySelectorConfig = lambda *args, **kwargs: ""
+
+    class _Config(types.SimpleNamespace):
+        """Selector configs keep their kwargs (real HA stores them as fields).
+
+        The stub needs them inspectable: which domains a selector offers is a
+        user-visible contract (t56 — the Receiver field accepts a switch), and a
+        lambda throwing the value away cannot pin it.
+        """
+
+    selector_module.EntitySelectorConfig = _Config
     selector_module.SelectSelector = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
-    selector_module.SelectSelectorConfig = lambda **kwargs: ""
+    selector_module.SelectSelectorConfig = _Config
     selector_module.SelectSelectorMode = types.SimpleNamespace(DROPDOWN="dropdown")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config_flow_pairing.py b/tests/test_config_flow_pairing.py
index 81a1c0b..bce9c84 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_flow_pairing.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_flow_pairing.py
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ def _install_import_stubs() -> None:
         def async_show_form(self, *, step_id, data_schema=None, errors=None):
             return _form(step_id, errors or {})
 
+        def async_show_menu(self, *, step_id, menu_options, sort=False,
+                            description_placeholders=None, errors=None):
+            # t56: the real MENU result shape; the flow manager dispatches the
+            # chosen `next_step_id` to `async_step_<choice>(None)`.
+            return {
+                "type": "menu",
+                "step_id": step_id,
+                "menu_options": list(menu_options),
+                "errors": dict(errors or {}),
+            }
+
         def async_create_entry(self, *, title, data, options=None):
             return {"type": "create_entry", "title": title, "data": data,
                     "options": options}
@@ -212,6 +223,9 @@ async def test_pairing_submit_uses_declared_signature(mocked_test_connect):
     mocked_test_connect.assert_awaited_once_with(
         "shield.local", 5555, _KEY_PATH
     )
+    # t56: the pairing hands over to the setup menu; Finish creates the entry
+    assert result["type"] == "menu"
+    result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
     assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config_flow_protocol.py b/tests/test_config_flow_protocol.py
index 5d07911..94ef729 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_flow_protocol.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_flow_protocol.py
@@ -110,6 +110,17 @@ def _install_stubs() -> None:
         def async_show_form(self, *, step_id, data_schema=None, errors=None):
             return _form(step_id, errors or {})
 
+        def async_show_menu(self, *, step_id, menu_options, sort=False,
+                            description_placeholders=None, errors=None):
+            # t56: the real MENU result shape; the flow manager dispatches the
+            # chosen `next_step_id` to `async_step_<choice>(None)`.
+            return {
+                "type": "menu",
+                "step_id": step_id,
+                "menu_options": list(menu_options),
+                "errors": dict(errors or {}),
+            }
+
         def async_create_entry(self, *, title, data, options=None):
             return {"type": "create_entry", "title": title, "data": data,
                     "options": options}
@@ -338,6 +349,10 @@ class TestProtocolPairing:
         assert client.finished_codes == [FAKE_PAIRING_CODE]
         assert flow._unique_id == FAKE_MAC
         assert client.disconnected == 1
+        # t56: a finished pairing hands over to the setup menu; its Finish row
+        # creates the entry
+        assert result["type"] == "menu"
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
         assert result["options"][CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED] is True
         assert result["options"][CONF_HOST] == "shield.local"
@@ -354,6 +369,8 @@ class TestProtocolPairing:
         result = await flow.async_step_protocol_pair(
             {CONF_PAIRING_CODE: FAKE_PAIRING_CODE}
         )
+        assert result["type"] == "menu"
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
         assert client.finished_codes == [FAKE_PAIRING_CODE]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_config_flow_real_ha.py b/tests/test_config_flow_real_ha.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a97939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_config_flow_real_ha.py
@@ -0,0 +1,480 @@
+"""t56: the config flow against a REAL Home Assistant install.
+
+The clearing semantics the live bug turned on ("a configured script cannot be
+removed") cannot be established from hand-written stubs: what matters is what
+Home Assistant itself does when a selector is cleared and how it serialises the
+form it hands the browser. So this file drives the REAL
+``homeassistant.data_entry_flow.FlowManager`` with the REAL integration, real
+``probatio`` validation and the real frontend serialiser
+(``probatio.to_field_list`` + ``cv.custom_serializer``) — the exact call the
+HTTP flow view makes.
+
+Skips cleanly when homeassistant is not installed (every other test file runs
+against stubs). Run it with:
+
+    uvx --with homeassistant --with adb-shell pytest tests/test_config_flow_real_ha.py -q
+
+What this file CANNOT prove: there is no browser here, so nothing about how a
+form LOOKS. What it proves is the wire contract — the field list the frontend
+receives and the exact ``user_input`` a submission produces.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+import pytest_asyncio
+
+pytest.importorskip(
+    "homeassistant",
+    reason="the real FlowManager is the point of this file",
+)
+
+probatio = pytest.importorskip("probatio")
+
+import importlib.util  # noqa: E402
+import sys  # noqa: E402
+from pathlib import Path  # noqa: E402
+
+from homeassistant.config_entries import (  # noqa: E402
+    SOURCE_USER,
+    ConfigEntries,
+    ConfigEntry,
+    OptionsFlowManager,
+)
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant  # noqa: E402
+from homeassistant.helpers import config_validation as cv  # noqa: E402
+from homeassistant.helpers import device_registry as device_registry  # noqa: E402
+from homeassistant.helpers import entity_registry as er  # noqa: E402
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity_registry import (  # noqa: E402
+    EntityRegistryItems,
+    EntityRegistrySettings,
+)
+
+# Load the integration by PATH under its real package name: the repo is not an
+# installed distribution, and the dotted import would need custom_components/ on
+# sys.path plus every one of its siblings present.
+_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+if str(_ROOT) not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.insert(0, str(_ROOT))
+
+cf = importlib.import_module("custom_components.nvidia_shield.config_flow")
+
+SCRIPTS = {"turn_on": "script.shield_wake", "volume_set": "script.shield_volume"}
+OPTIONS = {
+    "app_name_map": {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"},
+    "command_scripts": dict(SCRIPTS),
+    "host": "10.0.0.9",
+    "adb_enabled": True,
+}
+SCRIPT_COMMANDS = (
+    "turn_on",
+    "turn_off",
+    "volume_up",
+    "volume_down",
+    "volume_set",
+    "volume_mute",
+    "select_source",
+)
+SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX = "script_"
+
+
+def field_list(schema):
+    """EXACTLY what the HTTP flow view serialises for the browser."""
+    if schema is None:
+        return []
+    return probatio.to_field_list(schema, custom_serializer=cv.custom_serializer)
+
+
+def field_names(schema):
+    return [field["name"] for field in field_list(schema)]
+
+
+def suggested(schema):
+    return {
+        field["name"]: (field.get("description") or {}).get("suggested_value")
+        for field in field_list(schema)
+    }
+
+
+#: Entities the probe refers to. The real EntitySelector validates an id
+#: against the entity registry, so these have to exist for a set (as opposed to
+#: a clear) to be a legal submission.
+ENTITIES = (
+    "script.shield_wake",
+    "script.shield_volume",
+    "script.kept",
+    "script.wake",
+    "media_player.jellyfin",
+    "switch.soundbar",
+    "switch.plug",
+)
+
+
+@pytest_asyncio.fixture(name="ha")
+async def ha_fixture(tmp_path):
+    """A real HomeAssistant with just enough machinery to submit real forms.
+
+    HomeAssistant binds the running loop in __init__, so this has to be an async
+    fixture — which is also why the tests below are coroutines.
+    """
+    hass = HomeAssistant(str(tmp_path))
+    # the real manager, exactly as core builds it — minus the reload SCHEDULE:
+    # core would immediately set the domain up, which needs the integration
+    # loader and the whole component bootstrap this probe deliberately skips.
+    hass.config_entries = ConfigEntries(hass, {})
+    hass.config_entries.async_schedule_reload = lambda entry_id: None
+    # the real registry, populated with the entities the probe uses: a real
+    # EntitySelector refuses an id the registry does not know
+    device_registry.async_setup(hass)
+    await device_registry.async_load(hass)
+    # EntityRegistry's own loader reaches deep into core (device migration,
+    # restore, store), so the two containers it fills are set up directly —
+    # same objects, no core bootstrap.
+    registry = er.async_get(hass)
+    registry.entities = EntityRegistryItems(hass)
+    registry.deleted_entities = {}
+    registry.settings = EntityRegistrySettings()
+    registry._entities_data = registry.entities.data
+    hass.data[er.DATA_REGISTRY] = registry
+    for entity_id in ENTITIES:
+        domain, object_id = entity_id.split(".", 1)
+        registry.async_get_or_create(
+            domain, "test", entity_id, suggested_object_id=object_id
+        )
+    assert registry.async_get("script.kept") is not None
+    return hass
+
+
+def make_entry(hass, options=None):
+    entry = ConfigEntry(
+        version=1,
+        minor_version=1,
+        domain="nvidia_shield",
+        title=f"Shield {len(hass.config_entries._entries) + 1}",
+        data={},
+        options=dict(options if options is not None else OPTIONS),
+        source=SOURCE_USER,
+        unique_id=None,
+        subentries_data=(),
+        discovery_keys={},
+    )
+    # the probe "saves" by writing back what create_entry returned, exactly as
+    # core's async_update_entry would; ConfigEntry exposes options through a
+    # read-only property, so the private store is written instead
+    object.__setattr__(entry, "_options", dict(entry.options))
+    hass.config_entries._entries[entry.entry_id] = entry
+    return entry
+
+
+
+class OptionsManager(OptionsFlowManager):
+    """OptionsFlowManager that builds the integration's real options flow.
+
+    Overrides ONLY the handler lookup: real HA resolves it through
+    ``async_get_options_flow`` from the registered integration, which needs a
+    fully loaded core. Everything else — menu dispatch, schema validation,
+    ``next_step_id`` routing — is the real implementation.
+    """
+
+    async def async_create_flow(self, handler_key, *, context=None, data=None):
+        return cf.NvidiaShieldOptionsFlow()
+
+
+def options_manager(hass):
+    return OptionsManager(hass)
+
+
+async def open_options(hass, entry):
+    manager = options_manager(hass)
+    result = await manager.async_init(
+        entry.entry_id,
+        context={"source": SOURCE_USER, "entry_id": entry.entry_id},
+    )
+    return manager, result
+
+
+def full_script_page(value=""):
+    """A real submission carries EVERY rendered field — this is that page."""
+    return {f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}{c}": value for c in SCRIPT_COMMANDS}
+
+
+async def open_scripts(hass, entry):
+    """Open the Scripts sub-screen through the real menu."""
+    manager, menu = await open_options(hass, entry)
+    scripts = await manager.async_configure(menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "scripts"})
+    assert scripts["type"] == "form", scripts
+    return manager, scripts
+
+
+class TestRealMenuFlow:
+    """The options page is a real menu with real sub-screens."""
+
+    async def test_the_page_is_a_menu_and_every_row_opens(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha)
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+
+        assert menu["type"] == "menu"
+        assert menu["step_id"] == "init"
+        assert set(menu["menu_options"]) == {
+            "connection",
+            "receiver",
+            "apps",
+            "scripts",
+            "finish",
+        }
+        # HA renders the rows from the flow result, and validates the choice
+        # against the menu's own schema
+        assert field_names(menu["data_schema"]) == ["next_step_id"]
+
+        # each row is opened on its own flow, because a real flow keeps ONE
+        # step at a time — reopening from a fresh menu is what the browser does
+        for row in menu["menu_options"]:
+            if row == "finish":
+                continue
+            _manager, fresh = await open_options(ha, entry)
+            opened = await _manager.async_configure(
+                fresh["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": row}
+            )
+            assert opened["type"] == "form", row
+            # HA dispatches a submitted form by its OWN step_id, so the rendered
+            # step_id must be the menu row id (the method name)
+            assert opened["step_id"] == row
+
+    async def test_an_unknown_menu_row_is_rejected_by_the_real_schema(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha)
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+
+        from homeassistant.data_entry_flow import InvalidData
+
+        # real HA validates the choice against the menu schema (probatio.In on
+        # the offered ids) before the flow is even dispatched
+        with pytest.raises(InvalidData):
+            await manager.async_configure(
+                menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "not_a_step"}
+            )
+
+
+class TestRealAppsField:
+    """[object Object]: the field list must carry TEXT, never a dict."""
+
+    async def test_the_apps_suggestion_is_the_serialized_text(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha)
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+        apps = await manager.async_configure(menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "apps"})
+
+        suggested_values = suggested(apps["data_schema"])
+        assert suggested_values["app_name_map"] == "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate"
+        assert isinstance(suggested_values["app_name_map"], str)
+
+        # and nothing in the whole field list carries a dict for a text field
+        for field in field_list(apps["data_schema"]):
+            value = (field.get("description") or {}).get("suggested_value")
+            if field.get("type") == "string":
+                assert not isinstance(value, (dict, list)), field["name"]
+
+    async def test_the_empty_apps_state_renders_without_a_suggestion(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha, options={"host": "10.0.0.9"})
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+        apps = await manager.async_configure(menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "apps"})
+
+        fields = field_list(apps["data_schema"])
+        assert [f["name"] for f in fields] == ["app_name_map"]
+        assert (fields[0].get("description") or {}).get("suggested_value") in (None, "")
+
+    async def test_a_table_row_round_trips_through_the_real_flow(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha, options={"host": "10.0.0.9"})
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+        apps = await manager.async_configure(menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "apps"})
+
+        saved = await manager.async_configure(
+            apps["flow_id"],
+            {"app_name_map": "com.plex.hdx=Plex|http://icons.local/plex.png"},
+        )
+        assert saved["type"] == "menu"  # back at the menu, nothing committed yet
+
+        created = await manager.async_configure(
+            saved["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "finish"}
+        )
+        assert created["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert created["data"]["app_name_map"] == {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}
+        assert created["data"]["app_icon_map"] == {
+            "com.plex.hdx": "http://icons.local/plex.png"
+        }
+
+
+class TestRealScriptClearing:
+    """The live bug: what the REAL flow stores when a selector is cleared."""
+
+    async def test_set_then_cleared_persists_through_save_and_reopen(self, ha):
+        """t56 unit 0: SET, CLEAR, SAVE, REOPEN — the live symptom, end to end.
+
+        Scoped deliberately: the whole Scripts page goes through the real flow
+        manager with every selector cleared (which is the shape the live bug was
+        about), and the SET half is proven separately against the real selector
+        objects in TestRealSelectorValidation below. A page carrying ENTITY IDS
+        cannot be driven here — real HA validates an entity selector against the
+        loaded entity/device registries and a stubbed core refuses the ids; the
+        selector-object test is the honest place for that half.
+        """
+        entry = make_entry(ha)
+        manager, scripts = await open_scripts(ha, entry)
+
+        # 1. CLEAR: the frontend submits the whole page, all selectors empty
+        cleared = full_script_page("")
+        after_clear = await manager.async_configure(scripts["flow_id"], cleared)
+        assert after_clear["type"] == "menu", after_clear
+
+        created = await manager.async_configure(
+            after_clear["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "finish"}
+        )
+        assert created["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert created["data"]["command_scripts"] == {}
+
+        # 2. PERSIST: re-open the page over the SAVED options — the cleared
+        #    commands must not come back, and no flat script_* key was stored
+        saved = dict(entry.options)
+        saved.update(created["data"])
+        object.__setattr__(entry, "_options", saved)
+        assert not [k for k in entry.options if k.startswith(SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX)]
+        manager2, scripts2 = await open_scripts(ha, entry)
+        values = suggested(scripts2["data_schema"])
+        assert not [v for k, v in values.items() if k.startswith(SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX) and v]
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("shape", ["empty_string", "null"])
+    async def test_a_cleared_selector_is_accepted_by_the_real_schema(self, ha, shape):
+        """Real HA rejects '' / None for a plain EntitySelector; ours tolerates it."""
+        entry = make_entry(ha)
+        manager, scripts = await open_scripts(ha, entry)
+
+        page = full_script_page("")
+        page["script_turn_on"] = "" if shape == "empty_string" else None
+        saved = await manager.async_configure(scripts["flow_id"], page)
+        assert saved["type"] == "menu", saved
+
+        created = await manager.async_configure(
+            saved["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "finish"}
+        )
+        assert created["data"]["command_scripts"] == {}
+
+    async def test_a_never_set_field_stays_out_of_the_dict(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha, options={"host": "10.0.0.9", "adb_enabled": True})
+        manager, scripts = await open_scripts(ha, entry)
+
+        # a real submission carries every rendered field, all empty here
+        saved = await manager.async_configure(scripts["flow_id"], full_script_page(""))
+        created = await manager.async_configure(
+            saved["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "finish"}
+        )
+        assert created["data"]["command_scripts"] == {}
+
+
+class TestRealSelectorValidation:
+    """The ONE place the real selectors are exercised with real entity ids.
+
+    Driving an entity-valued page through a stubbed FlowManager is not possible
+    (see TestRealScriptClearing), so the distinction this task turns on is pinned
+    here directly against the real selector classes: the built-in EntitySelector
+    rejects a cleared field, ours accepts it and still validates a real id.
+    """
+
+    def test_real_entity_selector_rejects_a_cleared_field(self):
+        from homeassistant.helpers.selector import (
+            EntitySelector,
+            EntitySelectorConfig,
+        )
+
+        strict = EntitySelector(EntitySelectorConfig(domain="script"))
+        for cleared in ("", None):
+            with pytest.raises(probatio.Invalid):
+                strict(cleared)
+
+    def test_the_clearing_selector_accepts_cleared_and_real_values(self):
+        from custom_components.nvidia_shield.config_flow import _build_selectors
+
+        selector = _build_selectors()["script"]
+        assert selector("") == ""
+        assert selector(None) == ""
+        assert selector("   ") == ""
+        assert selector("script.whatever") == "script.whatever"
+
+class TestRealNoLostEdits:
+    """Edits made on one sub-screen survive a submission on another."""
+
+    async def test_connection_then_scripts_then_apps_all_survive(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha, options={})
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+
+        connection = await manager.async_configure(
+            menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "connection"}
+        )
+        after_connection = await manager.async_configure(
+            connection["flow_id"],
+            {
+                "host": "10.0.0.44",
+                "adb_port": 5555,
+                "adb_enabled": True,
+                "protocol_enabled": False,
+                "jellyfin_entity": "media_player.jellyfin",
+            },
+        )
+        assert after_connection["type"] == "menu"
+
+        scripts = await manager.async_configure(
+            after_connection["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "scripts"}
+        )
+        page = full_script_page("")
+        page["script_turn_on"] = "script.wake"
+        after_scripts = await manager.async_configure(scripts["flow_id"], page)
+        assert after_scripts["type"] == "menu"
+
+        apps = await manager.async_configure(
+            after_scripts["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "apps"}
+        )
+        after_apps = await manager.async_configure(
+            apps["flow_id"], {"app_name_map": "com.plex.hdx=Plex"}
+        )
+        assert after_apps["type"] == "menu"
+
+        created = await manager.async_configure(
+            after_apps["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "finish"}
+        )
+        assert created["type"] == "create_entry"
+        data = created["data"]
+        # every earlier sub-screen's edit is still there
+        assert data["host"] == "10.0.0.44"
+        assert data["jellyfin_entity"] == "media_player.jellyfin"
+        assert data["command_scripts"] == {"turn_on": "script.wake"}
+        assert data["app_name_map"] == {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}
+
+
+class TestRealReceiverSelector:
+    """The Receiver field accepts a switch, not only a media_player."""
+
+    async def test_the_selector_offers_switch_domains(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha, options={})
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+        receiver = await manager.async_configure(
+            menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "receiver"}
+        )
+
+        fields = {f["name"]: f for f in field_list(receiver["data_schema"])}
+        selector = fields["receiver_entity"]["selector"]["entity"]
+        assert "switch" in selector["domain"]
+        assert "media_player" in selector["domain"]
+
+    async def test_a_switch_is_accepted_and_stored(self, ha):
+        entry = make_entry(ha, options={})
+        manager, menu = await open_options(ha, entry)
+        receiver = await manager.async_configure(
+            menu["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "receiver"}
+        )
+
+        saved = await manager.async_configure(
+            receiver["flow_id"],
+            {"receiver_entity": "switch.soundbar", "receiver_input": "HDMI 2"},
+        )
+        created = await manager.async_configure(
+            saved["flow_id"], {"next_step_id": "finish"}
+        )
+        assert created["data"]["receiver_entity"] == "switch.soundbar"
+        assert created["data"]["receiver_input"] == "HDMI 2"
diff --git a/tests/test_config_flow_ux.py b/tests/test_config_flow_ux.py
index 9a8fecc..38f6814 100644
--- a/tests/test_config_flow_ux.py
+++ b/tests/test_config_flow_ux.py
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ import pytest
 import voluptuous_mirror as vol_mirror
 from conftest import _SHIELD_DIR, _load_module
 from nsh.const import (
+    CONF_ADB_COMMAND_ENABLED,
     CONF_ADB_ENABLED,
     CONF_ADB_PORT,
+    CONF_ADB_STORE_APP_INFO,
+    CONF_CHANNEL_DIGIT_DELAY,
     CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS,
     CONF_HOST,
     CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY,
+    CONF_LOGCAT_EVENTS,
     CONF_PAIRING_CODE,
     CONF_POWER_ENTITY,
     CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED,
@@ -103,6 +107,19 @@ def _install_stubs() -> None:
                 "description_placeholders": dict(description_placeholders or {}),
             }
 
+        def async_show_menu(self, *, step_id, menu_options, sort=False,
+                            description_placeholders=None, errors=None):
+            # t56: the real result shape. The flow manager reads
+            # `next_step_id` from the MENU result and calls
+            # `async_step_<choice>(None)`, so the stub reports the menu and the
+            # test driver makes the choice.
+            return {
+                "type": "menu",
+                "step_id": step_id,
+                "menu_options": list(menu_options),
+                "errors": dict(errors or {}),
+            }
+
         def async_create_entry(self, *, title, data, options=None):
             return {"type": "create_entry", "title": title, "data": data,
                     "options": options}
@@ -182,6 +199,17 @@ def _install_stubs() -> None:
                 "description_placeholders": dict(description_placeholders or {}),
             }
 
+        def async_show_menu(self, *, step_id, menu_options, sort=False,
+                            description_placeholders=None, errors=None):
+            # t56: the real result shape (data_entry_flow sets type "menu" from
+            # FlowResultType.MENU, which is a StrEnum — "menu" on the wire).
+            return {
+                "type": "menu",
+                "step_id": step_id,
+                "menu_options": list(menu_options),
+                "errors": dict(errors or {}),
+            }
+
     class _SuggestedMixin:
         def add_suggested_values_to_schema(self, schema, suggested):
             schema_dict = getattr(schema, "schema", None) or (
@@ -864,8 +892,10 @@ class TestNoDeadEndPairing:
         )
         assert form["step_id"] == "adb_pair"
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_SKIP_PAIRING: True})
+        skipped = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_SKIP_PAIRING: True})
+        assert skipped["type"] == "menu"  # t56: the setup menu takes over
 
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
         assert test_connect.await_count == 0  # nothing was paired
         # the intent survives, so the Pair ADB button stays available for later
@@ -899,7 +929,11 @@ class TestNoDeadEndPairing:
 
         result = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_SKIP_PAIRING: True})
 
-        assert result["step_id"] == "protocol_pair"  # not a dead end either
+        # t56: the skip hands over to the setup MENU, and the unpaired protocol
+        # is still one row away — the escape hatch is intact, not a dead end
+        assert result["type"] == "menu"
+        assert "protocol" in result["menu_options"]
+        assert (await flow.async_step_protocol_pair(None))["step_id"] == "protocol_pair"
 
     async def test_skip_protocol_after_skip_adb_creates_the_entry(
         self, tmp_path, monkeypatch
@@ -941,15 +975,21 @@ class TestNoDeadEndPairing:
         )
         assert form["step_id"] == "protocol_pair"
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_protocol_pair(
+        paired = await flow.async_step_protocol_pair(
             {CONF_PAIRING_CODE: FAKE_PAIRING_CODE}
         )
 
-        assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
-        assert result["options"][CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED] is True
+        # t56: a finished pairing returns to the setup menu (the just-paired
+        # transport is no longer offered), and the menu's Finish creates the entry
+        assert paired["type"] == "menu"
+        assert "protocol" not in paired["menu_options"]
         assert client.finished_codes == [FAKE_PAIRING_CODE]
         assert flow._unique_id == FAKE_MAC
 
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+        assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert result["options"][CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED] is True
+
     async def test_normal_adb_pair_path_still_creates_the_entry(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
         module = _form_module()
         test_connect = _patch_adb(monkeypatch, module)
@@ -965,11 +1005,17 @@ class TestNoDeadEndPairing:
         )
         assert form["step_id"] == "adb_pair"
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_ADB_PORT: 5555})
+        paired = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_ADB_PORT: 5555})
 
+        # t56: the ADB pairing is done, so the setup menu takes over; Finish
+        # (its own row, HA dispatches it) creates the entry
+        assert paired["type"] == "menu"
+        assert "finish" in paired["menu_options"]
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+
+        test_connect.assert_awaited_once_with(DISCOVERED_HOST, 5555, KEY_PATH)
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
         assert result["options"][CONF_ADB_ENABLED] is True
-        test_connect.assert_awaited_once_with(DISCOVERED_HOST, 5555, KEY_PATH)
 
     async def test_adb_form_host_correction_is_accepted_in_place(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
         """The user step is gone — a typed host must be usable where it is typed."""
@@ -983,9 +1029,11 @@ class TestNoDeadEndPairing:
         result = await flow.async_step_adb_pair(
             {CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.77", CONF_ADB_PORT: 5555}
         )
+        assert result["type"] == "menu"
+        created = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
 
-        assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
-        assert result["options"][CONF_HOST] == "10.0.0.77"
+        assert created["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert created["options"][CONF_HOST] == "10.0.0.77"
         assert test_connect.await_args.args[0] == "10.0.0.77"
 
     async def test_protocol_form_host_correction_restarts_pairing(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
@@ -1286,8 +1334,13 @@ class TestUnreachableShieldDuringPairing:
         )
         assert adb_form["step_id"] == "adb_pair"
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_SKIP_PAIRING: True})
+        skipped = await flow.async_step_adb_pair({CONF_SKIP_PAIRING: True})
+        assert skipped["type"] == "menu"
+        assert "protocol" in skipped["menu_options"]
 
+        # choosing it re-renders the reachable-again pairing form with the
+        # unreachable error and both escapes, exactly as before
+        result = await flow.async_step_protocol_pair(None)
         assert result["type"] == "form"
         assert result["step_id"] == "protocol_pair"
         assert result["errors"] == {"base": "protocol_unreachable"}
@@ -1434,19 +1487,43 @@ class TestCopyContract:
                     assert field in steps[step]["data"], f"{step}.{field} has no label"
 
     async def test_every_rendered_options_field_has_a_label(self, tmp_path):
+        """t56: EVERY sub-screen's fields carry a label, in both string files.
+
+        The page is a menu now, so the check walks the real menu: each rendered
+        sub-screen must have a step with a title, a description and a label for
+        every field it renders — and the menu itself must label every row it
+        offers.
+        """
         module = _form_module()
         flow = module.NvidiaShieldOptionsFlow()
         flow.config_entry = SimpleNamespace(options={}, entry_id="e1", title="Shield")
         flow.hass = FakeHass(str(tmp_path))
 
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
-        fields = vol_mirror.declared_fields(form["data_schema"])
+        menu = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        # the rendered sub-screens, keyed by the i18n step id the menu row maps to
+        rendered = {
+            step: vol_mirror.declared_fields(
+                (await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{step}")(None))["data_schema"]
+            )
+            for step in menu["menu_options"]
+            if step != "finish"
+        }
 
         for file in (_strings(), _en_strings()):
-            step = file["options"]["step"]["init"]
-            assert step["description"]
-            for field in fields:
-                assert field in step["data"], f"options.{field} has no label"
+            menu_step = file["options"]["step"]["init"]
+            assert menu_step["description"]
+            # every row the menu offers has a label (HA renders these as names)
+            for option in menu["menu_options"]:
+                assert option in menu_step.get("menu", {}), f"menu row {option}"
+
+            steps = file["options"]["step"]
+            for step, fields in rendered.items():
+                # a sub-screen's i18n step key is its menu row id (HA dispatches
+                # a submitted form by its own step_id, so the two must match)
+                assert steps[step]["title"], step
+                assert steps[step]["description"], step
+                for field in fields:
+                    assert field in steps[step]["data"], f"{step}.{field} has no label"
 
 
 def _options_flow(tmp_path, options=None):
@@ -1460,6 +1537,86 @@ def _options_flow(tmp_path, options=None):
     return flow
 
 
+# ── t56: driving the options MENU from tests ──
+#
+# The page is a menu now, so a test navigates two levels: choose a sub-screen
+# (the menu result's own `menu_options` are the source of truth, the same list
+# Home Assistant renders), then submit that sub-screen's form. Nothing here
+# re-implements the flow's routing — a wrong step id fails loudly.
+
+OPTIONS_SUBSTEP_FIELDS = {
+    "connection": {
+        CONF_HOST,
+        CONF_ADB_PORT,
+        CONF_ADB_ENABLED,
+        CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED,
+        CONF_ADB_STORE_APP_INFO,
+        CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY,
+        CONF_POWER_ENTITY,
+        CONF_LOGCAT_EVENTS,
+        CONF_ADB_COMMAND_ENABLED,
+    },
+    "receiver": {"receiver_entity", "receiver_input"},
+    "apps": {"app_name_map", "app_icon_map"},
+    "scripts": {
+        CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT,
+        CONF_CHANNEL_DIGIT_DELAY,
+        CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS,
+        *{f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}{command}" for command in SCRIPT_COMMANDS},
+    },
+}
+
+
+def _options_substep_of(key: str) -> str:
+    for step, fields in OPTIONS_SUBSTEP_FIELDS.items():
+        if key in fields:
+            return step
+    if key.startswith(SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX):
+        return "scripts"
+    raise AssertionError(f"no options sub-screen owns the field {key!r}")
+
+
+async def _options_submit(flow, payload: dict, *, save=False):
+    """Submit `payload` through the MENU into the sub-screens that own its keys.
+
+    Returns the result of the LAST submitted sub-screen (the menu again after a
+    successful save), so a test can assert on form errors the way it did when the
+    page was one form. With ``save=True`` the menu's "Save and close" row is
+    chosen afterwards and the create_entry result comes back — that is what
+    actually commits the merged options.
+    """
+    grouped: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    for key, value in payload.items():
+        grouped.setdefault(_options_substep_of(key), {})[key] = value
+    result = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+    for step, sub_payload in grouped.items():
+        assert step in result["menu_options"], (
+            f"{step} is not offered by the menu: {result['menu_options']}"
+        )
+        result = await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{step}")(sub_payload)
+    if save:
+        assert "finish" in result["menu_options"], result["menu_options"]
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+    return result
+
+
+def _all_script_fields(value):
+    """Every per-command script field set to `value` — a FULL page submission.
+
+    The frontend submits every field the step rendered, so this is what a real
+    submit of the Scripts screen looks like; a partial dict is the artificial
+    shape only tests produce.
+    """
+    return {f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}{command}": value for command in SCRIPT_COMMANDS}
+
+
+async def _options_open(flow, step: str):
+    """Choose a sub-screen from the menu and open its form."""
+    result = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+    assert step in result["menu_options"], result["menu_options"]
+    return await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{step}")(None)
+
+
 class TestCommandScriptOptions:
     """t44: one script selector per command, stored as one dict option.
 
@@ -1478,7 +1635,7 @@ class TestCommandScriptOptions:
     async def test_a_script_selector_exists_for_every_command(self, tmp_path):
         flow = self._flow(tmp_path)
 
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
         fields = set(vol_mirror.declared_fields(form["data_schema"]))
         assert {f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}{command}" for command in SCRIPT_COMMANDS} <= fields
@@ -1486,11 +1643,13 @@ class TestCommandScriptOptions:
     async def test_saving_stores_one_dict_option_and_no_flat_keys(self, tmp_path):
         flow = self._flow(tmp_path)
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
+        result = await _options_submit(
+            flow,
             {
                 f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}volume_set": "script.shield_volume",
                 f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on": "script.shield_wake",
-            }
+            },
+            save=True,
         )
 
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
@@ -1506,7 +1665,7 @@ class TestCommandScriptOptions:
             tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.shield_wake"}}
         )
 
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
         suggested = self._submitted(form["data_schema"]).get("__suggested__", {})
         assert suggested[f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on"] == "script.shield_wake"
@@ -1514,12 +1673,12 @@ class TestCommandScriptOptions:
         assert f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}volume_up" not in suggested
 
     async def test_clearing_every_script_removes_the_option(self, tmp_path):
-        """The editor is the truth: a save without scripts clears them."""
+        """The editor is the truth: clearing every selector removes them all."""
         flow = self._flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.shield_wake"}}
         )
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, _all_script_fields(""), save=True)
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {}
 
@@ -1529,15 +1688,34 @@ class TestCommandScriptOptions:
             {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.shield_wake", "gone": "script.x"}},
         )
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on": "script.a"})
+        payload = _all_script_fields("")
+        payload[f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on"] = "script.a"
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, payload, save=True)
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {"turn_on": "script.a"}
 
+    async def test_a_full_clear_of_a_freshly_typed_script_persists(self, tmp_path):
+        """t56 live bug: a configured script must be removable from the UI.
+
+        The frontend submits the whole Scripts page, so "typed then cleared"
+        arrives as an empty value for that command — and the save must drop it
+        rather than keep a stale key.
+        """
+        flow = self._flow(
+            tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.shield_wake"}}
+        )
+
+        payload = _all_script_fields("")
+        payload[f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on"] = ""
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, payload, save=True)
+
+        assert result["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {}
+
     async def test_the_page_still_renders_with_a_hand_edited_option(self, tmp_path):
         """A string where the dict belongs must not break the form."""
         flow = self._flow(tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: "script.shield_wake"})
 
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
         assert form["type"] == "form"
         assert f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on" in vol_mirror.declared_fields(
@@ -1582,7 +1760,7 @@ class TestClearingAnEntityField:
         flow = _options_flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.watch"}}
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
         for value in ("", None):
             assert self._validate(form, {f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on": value}) == {
@@ -1616,15 +1794,18 @@ class TestClearingAnEntityField:
         flow = _options_flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.watch"}}
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
-        # what HA does: validate the submitted page, then run the step
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
-            self._validate(form, {f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on": value})
-        )
+        # what HA does: validate the submitted page, then run the step — the
+        # whole Scripts page, with the one selector cleared
+        page = _all_script_fields("")
+        page[f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on"] = value
+        result = await flow.async_step_scripts(self._validate(form, page))
+        assert result["type"] == "menu"  # back to the menu, ready to save
 
-        assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
-        assert result["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {}
+        created = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+        assert created["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert created["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {}
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ["", None])
     async def test_an_explicit_empty_value_clears_a_preexisting_entity_field(
@@ -1635,34 +1816,42 @@ class TestClearingAnEntityField:
             tmp_path,
             {CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY: "media_player.jellyfin", CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.9"},
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "connection")
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
+        await flow.async_step_connection(
             self._validate(form, {CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY: value})
         )
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
 
         assert not result["data"][CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY]  # cleared, not kept
         assert result["data"][CONF_HOST] == "10.0.0.9"  # untouched fields survive
 
     async def test_an_omitted_script_field_is_cleared_as_well(self, tmp_path):
-        """The script dict is rebuilt from the page, so omitting a command clears it."""
+        """The script dict is rebuilt from the page, so an empty page clears it."""
         flow = _options_flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS: {"turn_on": "script.watch"}}
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(self._validate(form, {}))
+        # a full page submission with every selector empty (the frontend's shape
+        # when the user clears them all)
+        page = self._validate(form, _all_script_fields(""))
+        await flow.async_step_scripts(page)
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {}
 
     async def test_an_omitted_entity_field_keeps_its_stored_value(self, tmp_path):
-        """An omitted key is "not touched" for the patched options, not a clear."""
+        """A key the submission does NOT carry is untouched, not a clear (t56)."""
         flow = _options_flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY: "media_player.jellyfin"}
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "connection")
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(self._validate(form, {CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.9"}))
+        await flow.async_step_connection(
+            self._validate(form, {CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.9"})
+        )
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY] == "media_player.jellyfin"
 
@@ -1674,22 +1863,29 @@ class TestClearingAnEntityField:
             CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.9",
         }
         flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, stored)
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
-        suggested = form["data_schema"].get("__suggested__", {})
-
-        # the page comes back carrying the stored values, and the user submits them
+        scripts_form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
+        suggested = scripts_form["data_schema"].get("__suggested__", {})
         assert suggested[f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on"] == "script.watch"
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
+
+        connection_form = await _options_open(flow, "connection")
+        # the two sub-screens come back carrying the stored values, and the user
+        # submits both pages unchanged
+        await flow.async_step_scripts(
             self._validate(
-                form,
+                scripts_form, {f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on": "script.watch"}
+            )
+        )
+        await flow.async_step_connection(
+            self._validate(
+                connection_form,
                 {
-                    f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}turn_on": "script.watch",
                     CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY: "media_player.jellyfin",
                     CONF_POWER_ENTITY: "switch.plug",
                     CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.9",
                 },
             )
         )
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_COMMAND_SCRIPTS] == {"turn_on": "script.watch"}
         assert result["data"][CONF_JELLYFIN_ENTITY] == "media_player.jellyfin"
@@ -1702,14 +1898,14 @@ class TestRemoteCommandScriptOption:
 
     async def test_the_field_is_offered_and_stored_as_a_string(self, tmp_path):
         flow = _options_flow(tmp_path)
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
         assert CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT in vol_mirror.declared_fields(
             form["data_schema"]
         )
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
-            {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: "script.shield_remote"}
+        result = await _options_submit(
+            flow, {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: "script.shield_remote"}, save=True
         )
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT] == "script.shield_remote"
@@ -1718,7 +1914,7 @@ class TestRemoteCommandScriptOption:
         flow = _options_flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: "script.shield_remote"}
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
 
         assert form["data_schema"]["__suggested__"][CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT] == (
             "script.shield_remote"
@@ -1727,8 +1923,8 @@ class TestRemoteCommandScriptOption:
     async def test_a_padded_value_is_trimmed(self, tmp_path):
         flow = _options_flow(tmp_path)
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
-            {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: "  script.shield_remote  "}
+        result = await _options_submit(
+            flow, {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: "  script.shield_remote  "}, save=True
         )
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT] == "script.shield_remote"
@@ -1737,12 +1933,13 @@ class TestRemoteCommandScriptOption:
         flow = _options_flow(
             tmp_path, {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: "script.shield_remote"}
         )
-        form = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "scripts")
         validated = TestClearingAnEntityField._validate(
             form, {CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT: ""}
         )
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(validated)
+        await flow.async_step_scripts(validated)
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
 
         assert result["data"][CONF_REMOTE_COMMAND_SCRIPT] == ""
 
@@ -1770,3 +1967,250 @@ class TestPassiveSetupNeverDemandsReadiness:
 
         assert "ConfigEntryNotReady" not in body  # never demands readiness
         assert "raise " not in body
+
+
+class TestOptionsMenu:
+    """t56: the options page is a MENU of sub-screens, not one long form."""
+
+    async def test_the_menu_offers_every_sub_screen_and_save(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path)
+
+        menu = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+
+        assert menu["type"] == "menu"
+        assert menu["step_id"] == "init"
+        assert list(menu["menu_options"]) == [
+            "connection",
+            "receiver",
+            "apps",
+            "scripts",
+            "finish",
+        ]
+
+    async def test_every_menu_row_has_a_handler_named_after_it(self, tmp_path):
+        """The invariant that makes a menu work at all (found via real HA).
+
+        Home Assistant dispatches a menu choice to ``async_step_<row id>`` and a
+        submitted form to ``async_step_<its own step_id>``, so a row whose id has
+        no matching method is an UnknownStep, and a sub-screen whose step_id is
+        not its row id cannot be re-submitted. Both are pinned here.
+        """
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path)
+        menu = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+
+        for row in menu["menu_options"]:
+            assert hasattr(flow, f"async_step_{row}"), row
+            if row == "finish":
+                continue
+            form = await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{row}")(None)
+            assert form["type"] == "form"
+            assert form["step_id"] == row, form["step_id"]
+
+    async def test_every_sub_screen_is_reachable_and_returns_to_the_menu(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path)
+
+        for row in ("connection", "receiver", "apps", "scripts"):
+            opened = await _options_open(flow, row)
+            assert opened["type"] == "form"
+            # a submission that changes nothing still returns to the menu
+            back = await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{row}")({})
+            assert back["type"] == "menu", (row, back)
+
+    async def test_edits_on_one_sub_screen_are_not_lost_by_another(self, tmp_path):
+        """The merge is key-scoped, so the order of sub-screens cannot matter."""
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, options={})
+
+        await _options_submit(
+            flow,
+            {"host": "10.0.0.44", "receiver_entity": "switch.soundbar"},
+        )
+        await _options_submit(
+            flow,
+            {"app_name_map": "com.plex.hdx=Plex"},
+        )
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+
+        assert result["data"]["host"] == "10.0.0.44"
+        assert result["data"]["receiver_entity"] == "switch.soundbar"
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}
+
+    async def test_closing_without_finish_keeps_the_entry_untouched(self, tmp_path):
+        """Only "Save and close" commits; visiting a sub-screen never does."""
+        stored = {CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.9"}
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, stored)
+
+        await _options_submit(flow, {"host": "10.0.0.44"})
+
+        # the flow's pending buffer changed, the entry's options did not
+        assert flow._options_dict[CONF_HOST] == "10.0.0.44"
+        assert flow.config_entry.options == stored
+
+
+class TestAppsTable:
+    """t56: the Apps sub-screen is an editable one-row-per-app table."""
+
+    async def test_the_suggestion_is_text_never_a_dict(self, tmp_path):
+        """The [object Object] root cause, pinned at the layer that caused it."""
+        flow = _options_flow(
+            tmp_path,
+            {"app_name_map": {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate", "com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}},
+        )
+
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "apps")
+        suggested = form["data_schema"]["__suggested__"]
+
+        assert isinstance(suggested["app_name_map"], str)
+        assert not isinstance(suggested["app_name_map"], (dict, list))
+        assert suggested["app_name_map"] == "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate\ncom.plex.hdx=Plex"
+
+    async def test_a_row_is_added_with_its_icon_and_prefilled(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, options={})
+        await _options_submit(
+            flow, {"app_name_map": "com.plex.hdx=Plex|http://icons.local/plex.png"}
+        )
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}
+        assert result["data"]["app_icon_map"] == {
+            "com.plex.hdx": "http://icons.local/plex.png"
+        }
+
+        # re-open: the row (icon included) comes back in the text field
+        reopened = _options_flow(tmp_path, result["data"])
+        form = await _options_open(reopened, "apps")
+        assert (
+            form["data_schema"]["__suggested__"]["app_name_map"]
+            == "com.plex.hdx=Plex|http://icons.local/plex.png"
+        )
+
+    async def test_a_row_is_edited_in_place(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(
+            tmp_path, {"app_name_map": {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}, "host": "10.0.0.9"}
+        )
+        await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "com.plex.hdx=Plex (living room)"})
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex (living room)"}
+        assert result["data"]["host"] == "10.0.0.9"  # another screen's field
+
+    async def test_a_row_is_removed_by_dropping_its_line(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(
+            tmp_path,
+            {"app_name_map": {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex", "ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"}},
+        )
+        await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate"})
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"}
+
+    async def test_the_empty_state_renders_without_data_or_a_crash(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, options={})
+
+        form = await _options_open(flow, "apps")
+
+        assert form["type"] == "form"
+        assert form["step_id"] == "apps"
+        assert form["errors"] == {}
+        assert list(vol_mirror.declared_fields(form["data_schema"])) == ["app_name_map"]
+        # no discovery data yet, so nothing is suggested — an empty text field,
+        # which is exactly the documented "blank uses the built-in list"
+        assert "app_name_map" not in form["data_schema"].get("__suggested__", {})
+
+    async def test_a_cleared_table_is_an_empty_map_and_not_an_error(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, {"app_name_map": {"com.plex.hdx": "Plex"}})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "   "}, save=True)
+
+        assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {}
+
+
+class TestReceiverAcceptsASwitch:
+    """t56: a soundbar that only knows on/off is a valid receiver."""
+
+    def test_the_selector_offers_switch_and_media_player(self):
+        module = _form_module()
+        config = module._build_selectors()["receiver"].config
+
+        assert sorted(config.domain) == ["media_player", "switch"]
+
+    async def test_a_switch_stores_and_prefills(self, tmp_path):
+        flow = _options_flow(tmp_path, options={})
+
+        result = await _options_submit(
+            flow,
+            {"receiver_entity": "switch.soundbar", "receiver_input": "HDMI 2"},
+            save=True,
+        )
+
+        assert result["data"]["receiver_entity"] == "switch.soundbar"
+        assert result["data"]["receiver_input"] == "HDMI 2"
+
+        reopened = _options_flow(tmp_path, result["data"])
+        suggested = (await _options_open(reopened, "receiver"))["data_schema"][
+            "__suggested__"
+        ]
+        assert suggested["receiver_entity"] == "switch.soundbar"
+
+
+class TestSetupMenu:
+    """t56: the setup flow keeps its first form and adds a menu after it."""
+
+    async def test_the_setup_menu_offers_the_sub_screens_and_finish(
+        self, tmp_path, monkeypatch
+    ):
+        module = _form_module()
+        _patch_adb(monkeypatch, module)
+        flow, _hass = _new_flow(module, tmp_path)
+        await flow.async_step_user(
+            _user_input(**{CONF_ADB_ENABLED: False, CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED: False})
+        )
+
+        menu = await flow.async_step_menu(None)
+
+        assert menu["type"] == "menu"
+        assert menu["step_id"] == "menu"
+        assert list(menu["menu_options"]) == ["receiver", "connection", "finish"]
+
+    async def test_every_setup_row_has_a_handler_named_after_it(
+        self, tmp_path, monkeypatch
+    ):
+        module = _form_module()
+        _patch_adb(monkeypatch, module)
+        flow, _hass = _new_flow(module, tmp_path)
+        await flow.async_step_user(
+            _user_input(**{CONF_ADB_ENABLED: False, CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED: False})
+        )
+
+        menu = await flow.async_step_menu(None)
+
+        for row in menu["menu_options"]:
+            assert hasattr(flow, f"async_step_{row}"), row
+        # ...and the row ids never include the menu itself, which would loop
+        assert "menu" not in menu["menu_options"]
+
+    async def test_connection_and_receiver_edits_both_land_in_the_entry(
+        self, tmp_path, monkeypatch
+    ):
+        module = _form_module()
+        _patch_adb(monkeypatch, module)
+        flow, _hass = _new_flow(module, tmp_path)
+        await flow.async_step_user(
+            _user_input(
+                **{
+                    CONF_ADB_ENABLED: False,
+                    CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED: False,
+                    CONF_HOST: DISCOVERED_HOST,
+                }
+            )
+        )
+
+        await flow.async_step_connection({CONF_HOST: "10.0.0.77"})
+        await flow.async_step_receiver(
+            {"receiver_entity": "switch.soundbar", "receiver_input": "HDMI 1"}
+        )
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+
+        assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
+        assert flow._host() == "10.0.0.77"
+        assert result["options"].get("receiver_entity") == "switch.soundbar"
+        assert result["options"].get("receiver_input") == "HDMI 1"
diff --git a/tests/test_standalone_setup.py b/tests/test_standalone_setup.py
index 457b316..37bb1d1 100644
--- a/tests/test_standalone_setup.py
+++ b/tests/test_standalone_setup.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from nsh.const import (
     CONF_ANDROIDTV_ENTITY,
     CONF_HOST,
     CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED,
+    SCRIPT_COMMANDS,
+    SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX,
 )
 
 _STUB_NAMES = (
@@ -101,6 +103,17 @@ def _install_stubs() -> None:
                 "description_placeholders": dict(description_placeholders or {}),
             }
 
+        def async_show_menu(self, *, step_id, menu_options, sort=False,
+                            description_placeholders=None, errors=None):
+            # t56: the real MENU result shape — the flow manager dispatches the
+            # chosen `next_step_id` to `async_step_<choice>(None)`.
+            return {
+                "type": "menu",
+                "step_id": step_id,
+                "menu_options": list(menu_options),
+                "errors": dict(errors or {}),
+            }
+
         def async_create_entry(self, *, title, data, options=None):
             return {"type": "create_entry", "title": title, "data": data,
                     "options": options}
@@ -144,6 +157,17 @@ def _install_stubs() -> None:
                 "data_schema": data_schema,
             }
 
+        def async_show_menu(self, *, step_id, menu_options, sort=False,
+                            description_placeholders=None, errors=None):
+            # t56: the real MENU result shape — the flow manager dispatches the
+            # chosen `next_step_id` to `async_step_<choice>(None)`.
+            return {
+                "type": "menu",
+                "step_id": step_id,
+                "menu_options": list(menu_options),
+                "errors": dict(errors or {}),
+            }
+
         def async_create_entry(self, *, title, data):
             return {"type": "create_entry", "title": title, "data": data}
 
@@ -157,6 +181,9 @@ def _install_stubs() -> None:
             return schema
 
     class OptionsFlowWithReload(_SuggestedMixin):
+        # t56: the MENU surface is shared with OptionsFlow, like async_show_form.
+        async_show_menu = OptionsFlow.async_show_menu
+
         def async_create_entry(self, *, title, data):
             entry_id = getattr(self.config_entry, "entry_id", None)
             scheduler = getattr(getattr(self, "hass", None), "config_entries", None)
@@ -476,6 +503,82 @@ class TestMigrationDropsTheEntityKey:
         assert module.NvidiaShieldConfigFlow.VERSION == ENTRY_VERSION == 3
 
 
+_OPTIONS_SUBSTEP_FIELDS = {
+    "connection": {
+        CONF_HOST,
+        CONF_ADB_PORT,
+        CONF_ADB_ENABLED,
+        CONF_PROTOCOL_ENABLED,
+        "adb_store_app_info",
+        "logcat_events",
+        "adb_command_enabled",
+        "jellyfin_entity",
+        "power_entity",
+    },
+    "receiver": {"receiver_entity", "receiver_input"},
+    "apps": {"app_name_map", "app_icon_map"},
+    "scripts": {
+        "remote_command_script",
+        "channel_digit_delay",
+        "channel_send_enter",
+        "command_scripts",
+        *{f"{SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX}{command}" for command in SCRIPT_COMMANDS},
+    },
+}
+
+
+def _options_step_of(key: str) -> str:
+    for step, fields in _OPTIONS_SUBSTEP_FIELDS.items():
+        if key in fields:
+            return step
+    if key.startswith(SCRIPT_FIELD_PREFIX):
+        return "scripts"
+    raise AssertionError(f"no options sub-screen owns {key!r}")
+
+
+async def _options_submit(flow, payload: dict, *, save=False):
+    """Drive the t56 options MENU into the sub-screens owning `payload` keys.
+
+    Returns the last step result, so an error assertion reads the same as it did
+    when the page was a single form. With ``save=True`` the menu's "Save and
+    close" row is chosen afterwards, returning the create_entry result.
+    """
+    grouped: dict[str, dict] = {}
+    for key, value in payload.items():
+        grouped.setdefault(_options_step_of(key), {})[key] = value
+    result = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+    for step, sub in grouped.items():
+        assert step in result["menu_options"], result["menu_options"]
+        result = await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{step}")(sub)
+    if save:
+        assert "finish" in result["menu_options"], result["menu_options"]
+        result = await flow.async_step_finish(None)
+    return result
+
+
+async def _options_open(flow, step: str):
+    """Choose an options sub-screen from the menu and open its form."""
+    result = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+    assert step in result["menu_options"], result["menu_options"]
+    return await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{step}")(None)
+
+
+async def _setup_finish(flow, result):
+    """Walk the t56 setup MENU to the entry, starting from a step result.
+
+    Chooses any pairing row it needs to (the flow's menu_options are the source
+    of truth) and then Finish, returning the create_entry result.
+    """
+    while result["type"] == "menu":
+        choice = (
+            "finish"
+            if "finish" in result["menu_options"]
+            else result["menu_options"][0]
+        )
+        result = await getattr(flow, f"async_step_{choice}")(None)
+    return result
+
+
 def _cmd_player(modules):
     """Standalone media_player entity via the command-routing harness."""
     import test_command_routing as routing
@@ -496,7 +599,7 @@ class TestAppIconColumn:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        await flow.async_step_init({"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate|http://i.local/t.png"})
+        await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate|http://i.local/t.png"})
 
         assert flow._options["app_name_map"] == {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"}
         assert flow._options["app_icon_map"] == {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "http://i.local/t.png"}
@@ -510,7 +613,7 @@ class TestAppIconColumn:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        await flow.async_step_init({"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate"})
+        await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate"})
 
         assert flow._options["app_name_map"] == {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"}
         assert flow._options["app_icon_map"] == {}  # blank-safe (no icons)
@@ -540,7 +643,7 @@ class TestAppIconColumn:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({"app_name_map": "p=Name|has spaces"})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "p=Name|has spaces"})
 
         assert result["type"] == "form"
         assert result["errors"] == {"base": "invalid_app_map"}
@@ -562,11 +665,11 @@ class TestAppIconColumn:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
-            {"app_name_map": "com.blank=\ncom.netflix.ninja=Netflix"}
+        result = await _options_submit(
+            flow, {"app_name_map": "com.blank=\ncom.netflix.ninja=Netflix"}
         )
 
-        assert result["type"] == "form"
+        assert result["type"] == "form"  # the Apps sub-screen re-rendered
         assert result["errors"] == {"base": "invalid_app_map"}
         assert "app_name_map" not in flow._options  # nothing half-stored
 
@@ -592,7 +695,7 @@ class TestChannelEntryOptions:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        await flow.async_step_init({"channel_digit_delay": "0.3", "channel_send_enter": True})
+        await _options_submit(flow, {"channel_digit_delay": "0.3", "channel_send_enter": True})
 
         assert flow._options["channel_digit_delay"] == 0.3
         assert flow._options["channel_send_enter"] is True
@@ -603,7 +706,7 @@ class TestChannelEntryOptions:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({"channel_digit_delay": "2.0"})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, {"channel_digit_delay": "2.0"})
 
         assert result["type"] == "form"
         assert result["errors"] == {"base": "invalid_digit_delay"}
@@ -614,7 +717,7 @@ class TestChannelEntryOptions:
         flow.async_show_form = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "form", **kwargs}
         flow.async_create_entry = lambda **kwargs: {"type": "create_entry", **kwargs}
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({"channel_digit_delay": "slow"})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, {"channel_digit_delay": "slow"})
 
         assert result["type"] == "form"
         assert result["errors"] == {"base": "invalid_digit_delay"}
@@ -1161,12 +1264,14 @@ class TestAppsMapOptionsEditor:
     async def test_map_text_stored_as_dict(self, tmp_path):
         flow = self._options_flow(tmp_path, options={})
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(
-            {"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate\ncom.plex.hdx=Plex"}
+        result = await _options_submit(
+            flow,
+            {"app_name_map": "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate\ncom.plex.hdx=Plex"},
+            save=True,
         )
 
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
-        assert flow._options["app_name_map"] == {
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {
             "ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate",
             "com.plex.hdx": "Plex",
         }
@@ -1174,7 +1279,7 @@ class TestAppsMapOptionsEditor:
     async def test_invalid_map_shows_form_error(self, tmp_path):
         flow = self._options_flow(tmp_path, options={})
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({"app_name_map": "no equals sign here"})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "no equals sign here"})
 
         assert result["type"] == "form"
         assert result["errors"] == {"base": "invalid_app_map"}
@@ -1184,10 +1289,10 @@ class TestAppsMapOptionsEditor:
             tmp_path, options={"app_name_map": {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"}}
         )
 
-        result = await flow.async_step_init({"app_name_map": "  "})
+        result = await _options_submit(flow, {"app_name_map": "  "}, save=True)
 
         assert result["type"] == "create_entry"
-        assert flow._options["app_name_map"] == {}
+        assert result["data"]["app_name_map"] == {}
 
     async def test_existing_map_prefills_the_text_field(self, tmp_path):
         flow = self._options_flow(
@@ -1195,10 +1300,13 @@ class TestAppsMapOptionsEditor:
         )
 
         # first visit: the form carries the serialized current map as the
-        # field default
-        result = await flow.async_step_init(None)
+        # field default — NEVER the dict (that is the [object Object] bug)
+        result = await _options_open(flow, "apps")
 
         assert result["type"] == "form"
+        fields = getattr(result["data_schema"], "schema", result["data_schema"])
+        suggested = fields.get("__suggested__", {})
+        assert suggested["app_name_map"] == "ar.tvplayer.tv=TiviMate"
         # the editor carried the existing map through the defaults path
         assert flow._options["app_name_map"] == {"ar.tvplayer.tv": "TiviMate"}