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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+- Dashboard submenu entry as default landing page with `class:home` icon
+- `[DEFAULT_DIR]` placeholder for portable backup directory configuration — resolves to `administrator/components/com_mokojoombackup/backups` at runtime
+- Live AJAX directory validation on backup_dir field — checks existence, writability, and placeholder resolution as user types (debounced 400ms)
+- `checkDir` AJAX endpoint for real-time directory permission checking
+- Web-accessible warning badge on backup download buttons when archive is inside web root
+- Inline security warning in FolderPicker when default directory is selected
+- Auto `.htaccess` and `index.html` protection for web-accessible backup directories on profile save and at backup time
+- Font Awesome 6 submenu icons via CSS injection in `MokoJoomBackupComponent::boot()`
+- `syncMenuIcons()` installer postflight — syncs icon classes to `#__menu` on install and update
+- `encryptionPassword` property on `SteppedSession` for upcoming stepped backup encryption support
+
+### Changed
+- Profile `backup_dir` default changed from literal path to `[DEFAULT_DIR]` placeholder
+- Backup engine fallback directory changed from hardcoded path to `[DEFAULT_DIR]`
+- `isUsingDefaultBackupDir()` now matches `[DEFAULT_DIR]` placeholder in addition to literal path and empty values
+- Dashboard submenu language key added to `.sys.ini` files (en-GB, en-US)
 
 ## [01.04.00] --- 2026-06-07