diff --git a/apps/lightcraft-web/src/store.rs b/apps/lightcraft-web/src/store.rs
index 8f7c8e2839..7f32051c2e 100644
--- a/apps/lightcraft-web/src/store.rs
+++ b/apps/lightcraft-web/src/store.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
-use lightcraft_engine::files::{load_bytes_with, probe_bytes};
+use lightcraft_engine::files::{load_bytes_decoded, probe_bytes};
 use lightcraft_engine::media::{FileLoader, FileProbe};
 
 /// Prefix of the catalog paths of files kept in browser storage.
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ impl Originals {
         let s = self.clone();
         // (an imported camera profile is not applied on the web, as in the render worker: a raw keeps its own colour,
         // whether it decodes in a worker or inline when workers are unavailable)
-        let loader: FileLoader = Arc::new(move |path: &str, max_edge: usize, _dcp: Option<&lightcraft_engine::media::DcpProfile>| {
+        let loader: FileLoader = Arc::new(move |path: &str, max_edge: usize, with: lightcraft_engine::media::RawDecode<'_>| {
             let bytes = s.get(path).ok_or_else(|| format!("{path}: the original is still loading from browser storage"))?;
-            load_bytes_with(&bytes, max_edge, None)
+            load_bytes_decoded(&bytes, max_edge, lightcraft_engine::media::RawDecode { dcp: None, outliers: with.outliers })
         });
         let s = self.clone();
         let probe: FileProbe = Arc::new(move |path: &str| {
@@ -285,15 +285,15 @@ mod tests {
             color: ColorData { illuminant: [21, 0], color_matrix: [Some(swap), None], ..Default::default() },
         };
         assert_ne!(
-            load_bytes_with(&dng, 64, Some(&profile)).unwrap().0.data,
-            load_bytes_with(&dng, 64, None).unwrap().0.data,
+            lightcraft_engine::files::load_bytes_with(&dng, 64, Some(&profile)).unwrap().0.data,
+            lightcraft_engine::files::load_bytes_with(&dng, 64, None).unwrap().0.data,
             "the profile changes a raw's colour where it is applied"
         );
         let store = Originals::default();
         store.insert("h1", Arc::from(dng));
         let (loader, _) = store.hooks();
-        let with = loader("web/h1/a.dng", 64, Some(&profile)).unwrap();
-        let without = loader("web/h1/a.dng", 64, None).unwrap();
+        let with = loader("web/h1/a.dng", 64, lightcraft_engine::media::RawDecode { dcp: Some(&profile), outliers: false }).unwrap();
+        let without = loader("web/h1/a.dng", 64, Default::default()).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(with.0.data, without.0.data, "the web loader leaves it out");
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/lightcraft-web/src/wire.rs b/apps/lightcraft-web/src/wire.rs
index 53d389b6f7..bad3507783 100644
--- a/apps/lightcraft-web/src/wire.rs
+++ b/apps/lightcraft-web/src/wire.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ impl WireJob {
     /// Identifies the decoded source this job needs.
     fn source_key(&self) -> String {
         match &self.origin {
-            Source::File { path } => format!("{}:{:?}:{}:{path}", self.cache_generation, self.source_identity, self.max_edge),
+            Source::File { path } => {
+                format!("{}:{:?}:{}:{}:{path}", self.cache_generation, self.source_identity, self.max_edge, self.settings.removes_hot_pixels())
+            }
             Source::Demo { scene } => format!("{}:{:?}:{}:demo:{scene}", self.cache_generation, self.source_identity, self.max_edge),
         }
     }
@@ -181,8 +183,10 @@ impl WorkerCore {
             None => {
                 let src = match (&job.origin, original) {
                     (Source::File { .. }, Some(bytes)) => {
-                        let (image, info) = lightcraft_engine::files::load_bytes(bytes, job.max_edge)?;
-                        DecodedSource::new(Arc::new(image), Some(info))
+                        let outliers = job.settings.removes_hot_pixels();
+                        let with = lightcraft_engine::media::RawDecode { dcp: None, outliers };
+                        let (image, info) = lightcraft_engine::files::load_bytes_decoded(bytes, job.max_edge, with)?;
+                        DecodedSource { outliers, ..DecodedSource::new(Arc::new(image), Some(info)) }
                     }
                     (Source::File { path }, None) => return Err(format!("{path}: original not found in browser storage")),
                     (origin @ Source::Demo { .. }, _) => self.media.origin_ref(origin, job.max_edge).load_source()?,
diff --git a/crates/develop/src/lib.rs b/crates/develop/src/lib.rs
index cb6caa3ba0..324fe29a02 100644
--- a/crates/develop/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/develop/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
         s.wb.tint = as_shot_tint;
         s.detail.sharpen_amount = 40.0;
         s.detail.nr_color = 25.0;
+        s.detail.nr_outliers = true;
         s
     }
 
@@ -38,6 +39,18 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
         serde_json::from_value(v.clone())
     }
 
+    /// [`Self::to_json`] with Remove Hot Pixels (`detail.nr_outliers`) stated even when off, for JSON that is copied,
+    /// merged, scaled or compared key by key (copy / paste, presets, Auto Sync). The stored JSON leaves it out when
+    /// off, so settings saved before it keep their hash; a merge needs the `false`, or copying Detail would not turn
+    /// the box off and a preset applied at an amount would not find its base value.
+    pub fn to_json_for_merge(&self) -> Value {
+        let mut v = self.to_json();
+        if let Some(detail) = v.get_mut("detail").and_then(Value::as_object_mut) {
+            detail.insert("nr_outliers".into(), Value::Bool(self.detail.nr_outliers));
+        }
+        v
+    }
+
     /// [`Self::from_json`] for settings from outside the app, such as a sidecar's `lc:settings`
     /// (issue #2555): kept in range as [`Self::merged`] keeps them.
     pub fn from_untrusted_json(v: &Value) -> Result<DevelopSettings, serde_json::Error> {
@@ -141,6 +154,12 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
         std::borrow::Cow::Owned(d)
     }
 
+    /// Whether a raw is decoded with its single outlier photosites replaced: Remove Hot Pixels is on and the Detail
+    /// section's eye is too (an Edit-panel section that is off contributes nothing, as in [`Self::effective`]).
+    pub fn removes_hot_pixels(&self) -> bool {
+        self.detail.nr_outliers && self.section_enabled("detail")
+    }
+
     /// How much of the AI-denoised picture to mix in, 0 (none) to 1 (all of it): the Denoise amount, unless the Detail
     /// section is switched off or the value is not a number.
     pub fn denoise_amount(&self) -> f32 {
@@ -167,7 +186,11 @@ impl DevelopSettings {
                 self.curve = d;
             }
             Section::Color => self.wb.mode = WbMode::AsShot,
-            Section::Detail => self.enhance.denoise_on = None,
+            Section::Detail => {
+                self.enhance.denoise_on = None;
+                // not a slider: reset like them, to the general default (off)
+                self.detail.nr_outliers = false;
+            }
             // the creative profile is not a control: the chosen look goes back to the default one,
             // and so does the camera's own local tone mapping
             Section::Profile => {
@@ -202,6 +225,37 @@ mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use serde_json::json;
 
+    /// Remove Hot Pixels (#1345) is on for a newly imported raw and off for everything else, and an edit saved
+    /// before the box existed reads as off, so it renders as it did.
+    #[test]
+    fn hot_pixel_box_is_on_for_new_raws_only() {
+        assert!(DevelopSettings::for_raw(5500.0, 10.0).detail.nr_outliers);
+        assert!(!DevelopSettings::default().detail.nr_outliers);
+        let mut saved = DevelopSettings::for_raw(5500.0, 10.0).to_json();
+        let detail = saved.get_mut("detail").and_then(|d| d.as_object_mut()).unwrap();
+        assert!(detail.remove("nr_outliers").is_some());
+        let read = DevelopSettings::from_json(&saved).unwrap();
+        assert!(!read.detail.nr_outliers);
+        assert_eq!(read.detail.nr_color, 25.0, "the rest of the saved edit is kept");
+        assert_ne!(read.hash64(), DevelopSettings::for_raw(5500.0, 10.0).hash64(), "cached renders are told apart");
+        // off is omitted: an edit saved before the box keeps its JSON, and so its hash and cached thumbnails
+        assert_eq!(read.to_json(), saved);
+        // copying Detail still carries the box when it is off
+        let copied = crate::extract_groups(&read, &[crate::SettingsGroup::Detail]);
+        assert_eq!(copied["detail"]["nr_outliers"], false);
+        let mut target = DevelopSettings::for_raw(5500.0, 10.0).to_json();
+        crate::presets::deep_merge(&mut target, &copied);
+        assert!(!DevelopSettings::from_json(&target).unwrap().detail.nr_outliers);
+        // the Detail eye switches it off for the decode too, and Reset Detail resets it like the sliders
+        let mut raw = DevelopSettings::for_raw(5500.0, 10.0);
+        assert!(raw.removes_hot_pixels());
+        raw.set_section_enabled("detail", false);
+        assert!(!raw.removes_hot_pixels());
+        raw.set_section_enabled("detail", true);
+        raw.reset_section(Section::Detail);
+        assert!(!raw.detail.nr_outliers && !raw.removes_hot_pixels());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn serde_roundtrip_default_and_edited() {
         let mut s = DevelopSettings::default();
diff --git a/crates/develop/src/presets.rs b/crates/develop/src/presets.rs
index d5a658f51c..b69f2df460 100644
--- a/crates/develop/src/presets.rs
+++ b/crates/develop/src/presets.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ impl SettingsGroup {
 
 /// The subset of `s` covering `groups`, as a partial JSON object.
 pub fn extract_groups(s: &DevelopSettings, groups: &[SettingsGroup]) -> Value {
-    let full = s.to_json();
+    let full = s.to_json_for_merge();
     let mut out = Map::new();
     for g in groups {
         for k in g.keys() {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fn scale_patch(base: &Value, patch: &Value, t: f64) -> Value {
 /// Apply a partial settings object with an amount (1.0 = 100 %). Out-of-range values are clamped
 /// through the control specs, as every merge does ([`DevelopSettings::merged`]).
 pub fn apply_partial(s: &DevelopSettings, partial: &Value, amount: f64) -> DevelopSettings {
-    let patch = if (amount - 1.0).abs() < 1e-9 { Cow::Borrowed(partial) } else { Cow::Owned(scale_patch(&s.to_json(), partial, amount)) };
+    let patch = if (amount - 1.0).abs() < 1e-9 { Cow::Borrowed(partial) } else { Cow::Owned(scale_patch(&s.to_json_for_merge(), partial, amount)) };
     // (a white balance without a scale keeps its old meaning: `DevelopSettings::merged`)
     s.merged(&patch).unwrap_or_else(|_| s.clone())
 }
diff --git a/crates/develop/src/settings.rs b/crates/develop/src/settings.rs
index 201b33d5f0..82de362e5f 100644
--- a/crates/develop/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/develop/src/settings.rs
@@ -632,6 +632,13 @@ pub struct Detail {
     pub nr_color: f64,
     pub nr_color_detail: f64,
     pub nr_color_smoothness: f64,
+    /// Replace single outlier photosites (noise spikes far above all their same-colour neighbours) in the
+    /// raw mosaic before demosaicing, so they do not become coloured dots (#1345). On for newly imported
+    /// raws ([`crate::DevelopSettings::for_raw`]); off for edits saved before it existed, so they look the
+    /// same. Raw files only. Omitted when off, so settings saved before it keep their JSON (and hash, and with it
+    /// their cached thumbnails).
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not")]
+    pub nr_outliers: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for Detail {
@@ -649,6 +656,7 @@ impl Default for Detail {
             nr_color: 0.0,
             nr_color_detail: 50.0,
             nr_color_smoothness: 50.0,
+            nr_outliers: false,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/engine/examples/render_bench.rs b/crates/engine/examples/render_bench.rs
index 789867c665..23e577b010 100644
--- a/crates/engine/examples/render_bench.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/examples/render_bench.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn benchmark_load(args: &[String], n: usize, only: &str) {
         }
         println!("  {:<36} {}", "load_bytes(2560):", best(n, || drop(lightcraft_engine::files::load_bytes(&bytes, 2560).expect("load"))));
         let (loader, _) = lightcraft_engine::files::fs_hooks();
-        println!("  {:<36} {}", "fs loader (2560, read+load):", best(n, || drop(loader(path, 2560, None).expect("load"))));
+        println!("  {:<36} {}", "fs loader (2560, read+load):", best(n, || drop(loader(path, 2560, Default::default()).expect("load"))));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/develop.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/develop.rs
index 292ad27795..e78407f5ea 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/develop.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/develop.rs
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             |s, p| {
                 let c = "preset.update";
                 let id = active(s, c)?;
-                let current = s.develop_of(id).unwrap_or_default().to_json();
+                let current = s.develop_of(id).unwrap_or_default().to_json_for_merge();
                 let groups = groups_param(p, c)?;
                 let pr = user_preset(s, p, c)?;
                 pr.settings = match groups {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/previews.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/previews.rs
index e9c40232e9..0d506b5adf 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/previews.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/previews.rs
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ fn original_only(source: crate::media::SourceRef) -> Option<crate::media::Source
     use crate::media::SourceRef;
     match source {
         // (a smart preview keeps the file's own colour: an imported camera profile is applied when the original is read)
-        SourceRef::File { path, max_edge, loader, denoise, .. } => {
-            Some(SourceRef::File { path, max_edge, loader, fallback: None, denoise, camera_profile: None, reduced: None })
+        SourceRef::File { path, max_edge, loader, denoise, outliers, .. } => {
+            Some(SourceRef::File { path, max_edge, loader, fallback: None, denoise, camera_profile: None, outliers, reduced: None })
         }
         SourceRef::Loaded(d) if d.info.is_some() && !d.from_proxy && !d.reduced => Some(SourceRef::Loaded(d)),
         _ => None,
@@ -1042,6 +1042,7 @@ mod tests {
             fallback: None,
             denoise: None,
             camera_profile: None,
+            outliers: false,
             reduced: None,
         };
         assert!(run_photo(jobs), "the thumbnail rendered from the view's decoded source");
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs
index 5ceacb9539..8b96430248 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/query.rs
@@ -273,6 +273,21 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             }
             Ok(serde_json::to_value(s.memory_report()).unwrap_or_default())
         }),
+        cmd!(query "app.hotPixelLimit", "Hot Pixel Limit", [], None, "{percent?: number} — Remove Hot Pixels leaves a raw alone when more than this share of its photosites would be replaced (0.001..100 %, default 0.2 %; real light it keeps doesn't count); returns {percent, default}", always, |s, p| {
+            if let Some(v) = p.get("percent").filter(|v| !v.is_null()) {
+                let Some(percent) = v.as_f64().filter(|x| (0.001..=100.0).contains(x)) else {
+                    return Err(bad("app.hotPixelLimit", "percent must be a number in 0.001..100"));
+                };
+                // (the default as an `f32` from the app's settings, 0.2000000029…, is the default: its keys stay)
+                let default = lightcraft_raw::HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE;
+                let share = if (percent / 100.0 / default - 1.0).abs() < 1e-6 { default } else { percent / 100.0 };
+                if crate::files::set_hot_pixel_limit(share) {
+                    // decoded with the old limit, and their render keys change
+                    s.media.clear_sources();
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(json!({"percent": crate::files::hot_pixel_limit() * 100.0, "default": lightcraft_raw::HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE * 100.0}))
+        }),
         cmd!(query "journal.list", "Command Journal", [], None, "{limit?}", always, |s, p| {
             let lim = p.get("limit").and_then(Value::as_u64).unwrap_or(100) as usize;
             let start = s.journal.len().saturating_sub(lim);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/files.rs b/crates/engine/src/files.rs
index 4f09be75ba..0e40d0fc5f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/files.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/files.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub(crate) use colour::clipped_white;
 use fs::quick_image_srgb;
 pub use fs::{fs_hooks, fs_pair_loader, fs_reduced_loader};
 pub(crate) use load::{DngWhite, WbScaleOf, dng_tone_curve};
-pub use load::{load_bytes, load_bytes_with, load_vec, load_vec_pair, load_vec_reduced};
+pub use load::{load_bytes, load_bytes_decoded, load_bytes_with, load_vec, load_vec_pair, load_vec_reduced};
 #[cfg(test)]
 use preview::PLAN_PREFIX;
 pub(crate) use preview::decode_raw_preview;
@@ -109,5 +109,33 @@ impl CameraColourModel<'_> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Remove Hot Pixels leaves a raw alone when more than this share of its photosites would be replaced (Settings ▸
+/// Performance ▸ Hot pixel limit, `app.hotPixelLimit`), as `f64` bits. Process-wide, like the GPU switch.
+static HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64 = std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(lightcraft_raw::HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE.to_bits());
+
+/// The share of a raw's photosites Remove Hot Pixels may replace (0..1).
+pub fn hot_pixel_limit() -> f64 {
+    f64::from_bits(HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed))
+}
+
+/// Set [`hot_pixel_limit`]; false (nothing changed) unless `share` is a new value in 0..=1. Sources decoded before
+/// keep the old limit: the caller forgets them ([`crate::media::MediaCache::clear_sources`]).
+pub fn set_hot_pixel_limit(share: f64) -> bool {
+    if !(0.0..=1.0).contains(&share) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT.swap(share.to_bits(), std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) != share.to_bits()
+}
+
+/// What [`hot_pixel_limit`] adds to the render cache keys of `settings`: nothing at the default limit or when they
+/// don't remove hot pixels, so those renders stay valid whatever the limit.
+pub fn hot_pixel_key(settings: &lightcraft_develop::DevelopSettings) -> u64 {
+    let limit = hot_pixel_limit();
+    if !settings.removes_hot_pixels() || limit.to_bits() == lightcraft_raw::HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE.to_bits() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    limit.to_bits().wrapping_mul(0x9e37_79b9_7f4a_7c15).rotate_left(29)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 pub(crate) mod tests;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/files/fs.rs b/crates/engine/src/files/fs.rs
index ce8347d701..e839873cf0 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/files/fs.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/files/fs.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use super::load::{load_vec, load_vec_pair, load_vec_reduced};
 use super::preview::{fit_box, fs_preview_loader, preview_orientation};
 use super::probe::probe_bytes;
-use super::{Arc, DcpProfile, DenoiseSpec, FileLoader, FileProbe, Filter, PairLoader, ReducedLoader, fit};
+use super::{Arc, DenoiseSpec, FileLoader, FileProbe, Filter, PairLoader, ReducedLoader, fit};
+use crate::media::RawDecode;
 
 /// The file's first [`lightcraft_raw::PREVIEW_PREFIX`] bytes (or the whole file when it is shorter),
 /// which is what every format [`lightcraft_raw::bounded_preview`] covers keeps its pointer in.
@@ -60,13 +61,13 @@ pub(super) fn quick_image_srgb(header: &[u8], window: &[u8], adobe_rgb: bool, ma
 /// The filesystem-backed [`PairLoader`]: the file is read and decoded once, and developed as usual and from the photo's
 /// denoised picture. It holds two pictures at once, so it counts for more at the memory gate than a plain load.
 pub fn fs_pair_loader() -> PairLoader {
-    Arc::new(|path: &str, max_edge: usize, spec: &DenoiseSpec, dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>| {
+    Arc::new(|path: &str, max_edge: usize, spec: &DenoiseSpec, with: RawDecode<'_>| {
         let len = std::fs::metadata(path).map(|m| m.len() as usize).unwrap_or(0);
         let weight = len * if max_edge <= crate::media::SourceLevel::Thumb.max_edge() { 4 } else { 10 };
         let gate = crate::memory::work_gate();
         let _permit = if crate::memory::is_background() { gate.acquire(weight) } else { gate.acquire_urgent(weight) };
         let bytes = std::fs::read(path).map_err(|e| format!("{path}: {e}"))?;
-        let r = load_vec_pair(bytes, max_edge, spec, dcp);
+        let r = load_vec_pair(bytes, max_edge, spec, with);
         crate::memory::release();
         r
     })
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ pub fn fs_pair_loader() -> PairLoader {
 /// yields to them.
 pub fn fs_hooks() -> (FileLoader, FileProbe) {
     let loader: FileLoader =
-        Arc::new(|path: &str, max_edge: usize, dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>| fs_load(path, max_edge, |bytes| load_vec(bytes, max_edge, dcp)));
+        Arc::new(|path: &str, max_edge: usize, with: RawDecode<'_>| fs_load(path, max_edge, |bytes| load_vec(bytes, max_edge, with)));
     let probe: FileProbe = Arc::new(|path: &str| {
         use std::io::Read;
         // one open, then everything from the open file: its size and modification time are not
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ pub fn fs_hooks() -> (FileLoader, FileProbe) {
 
 /// The filesystem [`ReducedLoader`]: [`load_vec_reduced`] of the file, gated like [`fs_hooks`]' loader.
 pub fn fs_reduced_loader() -> ReducedLoader {
-    Arc::new(|path: &str, max_edge: usize, dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>| fs_load(path, max_edge, |bytes| load_vec_reduced(bytes, max_edge, dcp)))
+    Arc::new(|path: &str, max_edge: usize, with: RawDecode<'_>| fs_load(path, max_edge, |bytes| load_vec_reduced(bytes, max_edge, with)))
 }
 
 /// Read `path` and `load` it, waiting on [`crate::memory::work_gate`] as [`fs_hooks`] explains.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/files/load.rs b/crates/engine/src/files/load.rs
index 004723dca8..0e396dd815 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/files/load.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/files/load.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use super::colour::bin_factor;
 use super::preview::{fit_box, load_embedded_preview};
 use super::probe::preview_reason;
 use super::{Arc, CameraColourModel, DcpProfile, DenoiseSpec, Filter, HIGHLIGHT_CLIP, Orientation, Rgb32f, SourceInfo, fit, xy_to_temp_tint};
+use crate::media::RawDecode;
 
 /// Decode a file into a linear Rec.2020 image no larger than `max_edge`, oriented.
 ///
@@ -9,26 +10,31 @@ use super::{Arc, CameraColourModel, DcpProfile, DenoiseSpec, Filter, HIGHLIGHT_C
 /// instead of each one waking the pool from outside and waiting for it (which costs more than the
 /// loops themselves when the machine is busy).
 pub fn load_bytes(bytes: &[u8], max_edge: usize) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> {
-    rayon::scope(|_| load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(bytes), max_edge, None, false, None).map(|(img, _, info, _)| (img, info)))
+    load_bytes_decoded(bytes, max_edge, RawDecode::default())
 }
 
 /// [`load_bytes`] developing a raw file with an imported camera profile (`dcp`) in place of its own colour model.
 pub fn load_bytes_with(bytes: &[u8], max_edge: usize, dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> {
-    rayon::scope(|_| load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(bytes), max_edge, None, false, dcp).map(|(img, _, info, _)| (img, info)))
+    load_bytes_decoded(bytes, max_edge, RawDecode { dcp, outliers: false })
+}
+
+/// [`load_bytes`] decoding a raw file as `with` says.
+pub fn load_bytes_decoded(bytes: &[u8], max_edge: usize, with: RawDecode<'_>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> {
+    rayon::scope(|_| load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(bytes), max_edge, None, false, with).map(|(img, _, info, _)| (img, info)))
 }
 
 /// [`load_bytes`] taking the file's bytes: a raw file's bytes are freed as soon as it is decoded
 /// (less memory held while it is developed).
-pub fn load_vec(bytes: Vec<u8>, max_edge: usize, dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> {
-    rayon::scope(move |_| load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(bytes), max_edge, None, false, dcp).map(|(img, _, info, _)| (img, info)))
+pub fn load_vec(bytes: Vec<u8>, max_edge: usize, with: RawDecode<'_>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> {
+    rayon::scope(move |_| load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(bytes), max_edge, None, false, with).map(|(img, _, info, _)| (img, info)))
 }
 
 /// [`load_vec`] for a thumbnail: a DNG that keeps reduced-resolution copies of its raw image (Lightroom's HDR and
 /// panorama merges) develops the smallest that covers `max_edge` instead of the whole image. The flag says whether
 /// it did: such a picture is not the full image, and an export never renders from it.
-pub fn load_vec_reduced(bytes: Vec<u8>, max_edge: usize, dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo, bool), String> {
+pub fn load_vec_reduced(bytes: Vec<u8>, max_edge: usize, with: RawDecode<'_>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo, bool), String> {
     rayon::scope(move |_| {
-        load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(bytes), max_edge, None, true, dcp).map(|(img, _, info, reduced)| (img, info, reduced))
+        load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(bytes), max_edge, None, true, with).map(|(img, _, info, reduced)| (img, info, reduced))
     })
 }
 
@@ -39,10 +45,10 @@ pub fn load_vec_pair(
     bytes: Vec<u8>,
     max_edge: usize,
     spec: &DenoiseSpec,
-    dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>,
+    with: RawDecode<'_>,
 ) -> Result<(Rgb32f, Option<Rgb32f>, SourceInfo), String> {
     rayon::scope(move |_| {
-        load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(bytes), max_edge, Some(spec), false, dcp).map(|(img, twin, info, _)| (img, twin, info))
+        load_bytes_now(std::borrow::Cow::Owned(bytes), max_edge, Some(spec), false, with).map(|(img, twin, info, _)| (img, twin, info))
     })
 }
 
@@ -73,8 +79,9 @@ fn load_bytes_now(
     max_edge: usize,
     denoise: Option<&DenoiseSpec>,
     allow_reduced: bool,
-    dcp: Option<&DcpProfile>,
+    with: RawDecode<'_>,
 ) -> Result<(Rgb32f, Option<Rgb32f>, SourceInfo, bool), String> {
+    let dcp = with.dcp;
     if lightcraft_raw::probe(&bytes).is_some() {
         // a thumbnail (`allow_reduced`, never an export) of a DNG that keeps smaller copies of its raw image
         // (Lightroom's merges) develops the smallest that covers it; a denoised photo's twin needs the full mosaic
@@ -96,6 +103,14 @@ fn load_bytes_now(
             }
             Err(Err(e)) => return Err(e),
         };
+        // single outlier photosites, replaced in the mosaic before anything is developed from it (#1345)
+        if with.outliers {
+            let t = std::time::Instant::now();
+            let n = raw.suppress_hot_pixels_with(super::hot_pixel_limit());
+            if lightcraft_pipeline::profiling() {
+                eprintln!("[profile] raw outliers: {n} photosites replaced in {:.1} ms", t.elapsed().as_secs_f64() * 1e3);
+            }
+        }
         // Embedded lens corrections are applied by the pipeline ("Enable Profile Corrections"), not baked in
         // (removed before the camera look's binned sensor proxy too, which needs an empty `OpcodeList3`).
         let info = raw.info();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/files/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/files/tests.rs
index 4fab917c82..e8eabc72db 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/files/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/files/tests.rs
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ fn cached_denoise_uses_the_same_white_balance_profile_and_orientation_as_plain_r
     product::write(&path, &camera_rgb, key).unwrap();
     let spec = DenoiseSpec { product: path, key: key.into(), make: None };
     let (ordinary, _) = load_bytes(&bytes, 2048).unwrap();
-    let (plain, cached, _) = load_vec_pair(bytes, 2048, &spec, None).unwrap();
+    let (plain, cached, _) = load_vec_pair(bytes, 2048, &spec, Default::default()).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(plain.data, ordinary.data, "requesting a twin must not change the ordinary path");
     let cached = cached.unwrap();
     assert_eq!((plain.width, plain.height), (24, 32));
@@ -1255,10 +1255,10 @@ fn exports_never_develop_a_dngs_reduced_copy() {
     let mean = |img: &lightcraft_raster::Rgba8| img.data.iter().map(|p| p[1] as f64).sum::<f64>() / img.data.len().max(1) as f64;
 
     // the loaders: only the thumbnail's develops the copy, and only when it covers the size
-    let (copy, _, used) = load_vec_reduced(bytes.clone(), 512, None).unwrap();
+    let (copy, _, used) = load_vec_reduced(bytes.clone(), 512, Default::default()).unwrap();
     assert!(used, "a thumbnail develops the copy");
-    assert!(!load_vec_reduced(bytes.clone(), 1024, None).unwrap().2, "no copy covers 1024 px");
-    let (full, _) = load_vec(bytes.clone(), 512, None).unwrap();
+    assert!(!load_vec_reduced(bytes.clone(), 1024, Default::default()).unwrap().2, "no copy covers 1024 px");
+    let (full, _) = load_vec(bytes.clone(), 512, Default::default()).unwrap();
     assert!(g(&copy) > 4.0 * g(&full), "the fixture's copy is much brighter: {} vs {}", g(&copy), g(&full));
 
     let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("lc-reduced-export-{}", std::process::id()));
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
index bade3892d3..b0e3d2b9e5 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -1016,8 +1016,9 @@ impl Session {
             return Vec::new();
         }
         let Some(old) = self.develop_of(id) else { return Vec::new() };
-        let mut old_json = old.to_json();
-        let mut new_json = new.to_json();
+        // (Remove Hot Pixels, omitted when off, is stated: switching it off is a change)
+        let mut old_json = old.to_json_for_merge();
+        let mut new_json = new.to_json_for_merge();
         // False is omitted from stored profile JSON. Keep it explicit for this comparison so
         // switching camera local tone mapping off is a change without copying untouched values.
         old_json["profile"]["camera_local_tone"] = Value::Bool(old.profile.camera_local_tone);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media.rs b/crates/engine/src/media.rs
index 9c6de8dd2c..dcba02494d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ use settings_hash::SETTINGS_HASH_ENTRIES;
 use settings_hash::SettingsHashes;
 pub use source::{
     DISK_CACHE_BYTES, DISK_CACHE_PER_PHOTO, DecodedSource, DenoiseSpec, FACE_EDGE_STEP, FileLoader, FileProbe, MakeProduct, PairLoader,
-    PreviewLoader, ProbeInfo, RENDER_CACHE_VERSION, ReducedLoader, SourceLevel, SourceRef, THUMB_SIZES, Twin, default_disk_cache_bytes, face_edge,
-    thumb_bucket,
+    PreviewLoader, ProbeInfo, RENDER_CACHE_VERSION, RawDecode, ReducedLoader, SourceLevel, SourceRef, THUMB_SIZES, Twin, default_disk_cache_bytes,
+    face_edge, thumb_bucket,
 };
 
 pub struct MediaCache {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media/cache.rs b/crates/engine/src/media/cache.rs
index 036b4730a4..acba8b85be 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media/cache.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media/cache.rs
@@ -334,11 +334,12 @@ impl MediaCache {
     }
 
     fn source_ref_plain(&mut self, p: &Photo, level: SourceLevel, cached: bool, wanted: Option<(String, Arc<DcpProfile>)>) -> SourceRef {
+        let outliers = p.develop.removes_hot_pixels();
         // (a source developed with another camera profile, or none, doesn't stand in; a smart preview
         // has no camera profile, and decoding it again gives the same picture, so it stands in while the
         // original is offline)
         if cached
-            && let Some(a) = self.get_source(p.id, level)
+            && let Some(a) = self.get_source(p.id, level).filter(|a| a.fits_outliers(outliers))
             && (a.camera_profile == wanted.as_ref().map(|(id, _)| id.clone()) || (a.from_proxy && self.original_offline(p)))
         {
             return SourceRef::Loaded(Box::new(a));
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ impl MediaCache {
         if cached
             && level == SourceLevel::Thumb
             && self.denoise.spec(p.id).is_none()
-            && let Some(big) = self.get_source(p.id, SourceLevel::Preview)
+            && let Some(big) = self.get_source(p.id, SourceLevel::Preview).filter(|b| b.fits_outliers(outliers))
             && (big.camera_profile == wanted.as_ref().map(|(tag, _)| tag.clone()) || (big.from_proxy && self.original_offline(p)))
         {
             return SourceRef::Fit { from: Box::new(big), max_edge: level.max_edge() };
@@ -372,15 +373,17 @@ impl MediaCache {
                 return SourceRef::Smart { path: sp };
             }
             let mut r = self.origin_ref(&p.source, max_edge);
-            if let SourceRef::File { fallback, camera_profile, .. } = &mut r {
+            if let SourceRef::File { fallback, camera_profile, outliers: o, .. } = &mut r {
                 *fallback = Some(sp);
                 *camera_profile = wanted;
+                *o = outliers;
             }
             return r;
         }
         let mut r = self.origin_ref(&p.source, max_edge);
-        if let SourceRef::File { camera_profile, .. } = &mut r {
+        if let SourceRef::File { camera_profile, outliers: o, .. } = &mut r {
             *camera_profile = wanted;
+            *o = outliers;
         }
         r
     }
@@ -421,6 +424,7 @@ impl MediaCache {
                         fallback: None,
                         denoise: None,
                         camera_profile: None,
+                        outliers: false,
                         reduced: None,
                     },
                 }
@@ -432,6 +436,7 @@ impl MediaCache {
                 fallback: None,
                 denoise: None,
                 camera_profile: None,
+                outliers: false,
                 reduced: None,
             },
         }
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media/session.rs b/crates/engine/src/media/session.rs
index ed472972bd..a3d5069177 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media/session.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media/session.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ impl crate::Session {
         let content = Hasher128::new().str(&content_key).finish().0 as u64;
         let source_key = super::quick::source_identity(&p);
         // Temporary "before" settings must not replace the photo's cached develop hash.
-        let settings_hash = if before { settings.hash64() } else { self.media.settings_hashes.get(id, &settings) };
+        let settings_hash =
+            if before { settings.hash64() ^ crate::files::hot_pixel_key(&settings) } else { self.media.settings_hashes.get(id, &settings) };
         let salt = self.media.denoise_salt(id, &settings);
         let profile_salt = self.media.camera_profile_salt(&settings.profile.id);
         let lens = super::quick::lens_key(&p);
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ impl crate::Session {
         // (the photo's database lens profile stays part of it: a profile looked up again renders afresh)
         let lens = self.catalog.photo(id).map_or(0, |p| super::quick::lens_key(p));
         job.key = settings.hash64()
+            ^ crate::files::hot_pixel_key(settings)
             ^ ((max_w as u64) << 40)
             ^ ((max_h as u64) << 20)
             ^ (apply_crop as u64)
@@ -144,7 +146,11 @@ impl crate::Session {
     /// `profile_salt`: [`MediaCache::camera_profile_salt`] of `settings`' profile.
     pub fn variant_key(p: &Photo, settings: &DevelopSettings, edge: usize, profile_salt: u64) -> Hash128 {
         let mut k = Hasher128::new();
-        k.str(&content_key(p)).str("variant").u64(settings.hash64()).u64(edge as u64).u64(RENDER_CACHE_VERSION);
+        k.str(&content_key(p))
+            .str("variant")
+            .u64(settings.hash64() ^ crate::files::hot_pixel_key(settings))
+            .u64(edge as u64)
+            .u64(RENDER_CACHE_VERSION);
         with_process(&mut k, settings).u64(crate::camera_profiles::cache_key());
         if profile_salt != 0 {
             k.str("dcp").u64(profile_salt);
@@ -272,7 +278,11 @@ impl crate::Session {
         let salt = self.media.denoise_salt(p.id, &p.develop);
         let profile_salt = self.media.camera_profile_salt(&p.develop.profile.id);
         let mut k = Hasher128::new();
-        k.str(&content_key(p)).str("view").u64(p.develop.hash64()).u64(apply_crop as u64).u64(RENDER_CACHE_VERSION);
+        k.str(&content_key(p))
+            .str("view")
+            .u64(p.develop.hash64() ^ crate::files::hot_pixel_key(&p.develop))
+            .u64(apply_crop as u64)
+            .u64(RENDER_CACHE_VERSION);
         with_process(&mut k, &p.develop).u64(crate::camera_profiles::cache_key());
         if salt != 0 {
             k.u64(salt);
@@ -404,8 +414,14 @@ impl crate::Session {
         let profile_salt = self.media.camera_profile_salt(&p.develop.profile.id);
         let cached = vec![(self.media.rendered.clone(), self.view_key(&p, apply_crop))];
         // (the photo too: a virtual copy shares the file and, unedited, the settings)
-        let h =
-            Hasher128::new().str(&content_key(&p)).str("quick").u64(p.develop.hash64()).u64(apply_crop as u64).u64(id.0).u64(profile_salt).finish();
+        let h = Hasher128::new()
+            .str(&content_key(&p))
+            .str("quick")
+            .u64(p.develop.hash64() ^ crate::files::hot_pixel_key(&p.develop))
+            .u64(apply_crop as u64)
+            .u64(id.0)
+            .u64(profile_salt)
+            .finish();
         let key = h.0 as u64;
         let embedded = self.embedded_of(&p).map(|(path, l)| (path, l, max_edge.clamp(1, SourceLevel::Preview.max_edge())));
         let embedded_cache = embedded.as_ref().map(|(_, _, edge)| {
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media/settings_hash.rs b/crates/engine/src/media/settings_hash.rs
index 39f76d52bb..66598924dc 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media/settings_hash.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media/settings_hash.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl SettingsHashes {
         {
             return *hash;
         }
-        let hash = settings.hash64();
+        let hash = settings.hash64() ^ crate::files::hot_pixel_key(settings);
         #[cfg(test)]
         {
             self.computations += 1;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media/source.rs b/crates/engine/src/media/source.rs
index 50cedabe5a..ce2e89862f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media/source.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media/source.rs
@@ -87,15 +87,22 @@ pub(super) fn source_edge_needed(p: &Photo, settings: &DevelopSettings, apply_cr
     if needed.is_finite() { needed.min(usize::MAX as f64 / 2.0) as usize } else { out_long }
 }
 
-/// Decodes a file into a linear Rec.2020 image no larger than `max_edge` (set by the app).
-/// The third argument is the photo's imported camera profile ([`crate::cmd::dcp_profiles`]): a raw file is developed
-/// with its colour model.
-pub type FileLoader = Arc<dyn Fn(&str, usize, Option<&DcpProfile>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> + Send + Sync>;
+/// How a raw file is decoded for a photo.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct RawDecode<'a> {
+    /// The photo's imported camera profile ([`crate::cmd::dcp_profiles`]): a raw file is developed with its colour model.
+    pub dcp: Option<&'a DcpProfile>,
+    /// Replace a raw's single outlier photosites first ([`DevelopSettings`] `detail.nr_outliers`).
+    pub outliers: bool,
+}
+
+/// Decodes a file into a linear Rec.2020 image no larger than `max_edge` (set by the app), as the third argument says.
+pub type FileLoader = Arc<dyn Fn(&str, usize, RawDecode<'_>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo), String> + Send + Sync>;
 
 /// [`FileLoader`] for a thumbnail: a raw file that keeps smaller copies of its raw image (Lightroom's merged DNGs)
 /// develops the smallest that covers `max_edge` (set by the app); the flag says it did. Never used for an export,
 /// which must render the full image.
-pub type ReducedLoader = Arc<dyn Fn(&str, usize, Option<&DcpProfile>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo, bool), String> + Send + Sync>;
+pub type ReducedLoader = Arc<dyn Fn(&str, usize, RawDecode<'_>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, SourceInfo, bool), String> + Send + Sync>;
 
 /// A raw file's embedded (camera-rendered) preview as display sRGB, oriented, no larger than
 /// `max_edge` (set by the app). `None`: no usable preview.
@@ -118,8 +125,7 @@ pub struct DenoiseSpec {
 
 /// Decodes a raw file once and develops it twice: as usual, and from the denoised picture in `spec` when that can be
 /// read (`None` when it cannot). Both are at most `max_edge` long and the same size.
-pub type PairLoader =
-    Arc<dyn Fn(&str, usize, &DenoiseSpec, Option<&DcpProfile>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, Option<Rgb32f>, SourceInfo), String> + Send + Sync>;
+pub type PairLoader = Arc<dyn Fn(&str, usize, &DenoiseSpec, RawDecode<'_>) -> Result<(Rgb32f, Option<Rgb32f>, SourceInfo), String> + Send + Sync>;
 
 /// A photo's denoised picture next to its plain one, and the last mix of the two that was asked for.
 pub struct Twin {
@@ -152,6 +158,8 @@ pub struct DecodedSource {
     /// The imported camera profile (`dcp:…` id) the raw file was developed with, if any: a cached source made with
     /// another one (or none) doesn't stand in for it.
     pub camera_profile: Option<String>,
+    /// Decoded with a raw's single outlier photosites replaced (`detail.nr_outliers`).
+    pub outliers: bool,
     /// These pixels came from the photo's smart preview (an offline original), not from its file.
     /// A refresh must never rebuild a proxy from itself: that would stamp its older look as current.
     pub from_proxy: bool,
@@ -162,7 +170,14 @@ pub struct DecodedSource {
 
 impl DecodedSource {
     pub fn new(image: Arc<Rgb32f>, info: Option<SourceInfo>) -> Self {
-        DecodedSource { image, info, camera_tone: None, denoised: None, camera_profile: None, from_proxy: false, reduced: false }
+        DecodedSource { image, info, camera_tone: None, denoised: None, camera_profile: None, outliers: false, from_proxy: false, reduced: false }
+    }
+
+    /// Whether this source can stand for one decoded with `outliers`: a raw decode must match it; anything without a
+    /// mosaic (a rendered file, a smart preview, a demo scene) has nothing the flag would change. A smart preview's
+    /// facts say `raw` for a raw photo, so it is told apart by `from_proxy`.
+    pub fn fits_outliers(&self, outliers: bool) -> bool {
+        self.outliers == outliers || self.from_proxy || !self.info.as_ref().is_some_and(|i| i.raw)
     }
 
     /// The picture to develop for a Denoise `amount` (0 to 1, see [`DevelopSettings::denoise_amount`]): the plain one,
@@ -256,6 +271,8 @@ pub enum SourceRef {
         denoise: Option<(DenoiseSpec, PairLoader)>,
         /// The photo's imported camera profile (id and profile): its raw file is developed with it.
         camera_profile: Option<(String, Arc<DcpProfile>)>,
+        /// Replace a raw's single outlier photosites before developing it (`detail.nr_outliers`).
+        outliers: bool,
         /// A thumbnail's loader, used instead of `loader` (see [`ReducedLoader`]); `None` for every other job.
         reduced: Option<ReducedLoader>,
     },
@@ -283,17 +300,21 @@ impl SourceRef {
                 return Ok(DecodedSource { image: Arc::new(image), denoised: None, ..(**from).clone() });
             }
             SourceRef::Demo { scene, max_edge } => crate::demo::scene_pixels(scene, *max_edge)?,
-            SourceRef::File { path, max_edge, loader, fallback, denoise, camera_profile, reduced } => {
-                let dcp = camera_profile.as_ref().map(|(_, p)| p.as_ref());
+            SourceRef::File { path, max_edge, loader, fallback, denoise, camera_profile, outliers, reduced } => {
+                let with = RawDecode { dcp: camera_profile.as_ref().map(|(_, p)| p.as_ref()), outliers: *outliers };
                 let made_with = camera_profile.as_ref().map(|(id, _)| id.clone());
                 let plain = || match (reduced, loader) {
-                    (Some(l), _) => l(path, *max_edge, dcp).map(|(image, info, reduced)| DecodedSource {
+                    (Some(l), _) => l(path, *max_edge, with).map(|(image, info, reduced)| DecodedSource {
                         reduced,
                         camera_profile: made_with.clone(),
+                        outliers: *outliers,
+                        ..DecodedSource::new(Arc::new(image), Some(info))
+                    }),
+                    (None, Some(l)) => l(path, *max_edge, with).map(|(image, info)| DecodedSource {
+                        camera_profile: made_with.clone(),
+                        outliers: *outliers,
                         ..DecodedSource::new(Arc::new(image), Some(info))
                     }),
-                    (None, Some(l)) => l(path, *max_edge, dcp)
-                        .map(|(image, info)| DecodedSource { camera_profile: made_with.clone(), ..DecodedSource::new(Arc::new(image), Some(info)) }),
                     (None, None) => Err(format!("no decoder available for {path}")),
                 };
                 // the denoised picture comes with the plain one from a single decode; when it cannot be read the
@@ -307,7 +328,7 @@ impl SourceRef {
                             None => true,
                         };
                         if made {
-                            pair(path, *max_edge, spec, dcp).and_then(|(image, twin, info)| {
+                            pair(path, *max_edge, spec, with).and_then(|(image, twin, info)| {
                                 if spec.make.is_some() && twin.is_none() {
                                     return Err("the cached AI Denoise picture could not be read; clear the denoise cache and retry".into());
                                 }
@@ -317,6 +338,7 @@ impl SourceRef {
                                     camera_tone: None,
                                     denoised: twin.map(|t| Arc::new(Twin::new(Arc::new(t)))),
                                     camera_profile: made_with.clone(),
+                                    outliers: *outliers,
                                     from_proxy: false,
                                     reduced: false,
                                 })
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/media/tests.rs
index 7d5f80b6e5..0db6e0a958 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media/tests.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ fn decoder_info_survives_render_jobs_cache_and_eviction() {
         fallback: None,
         denoise: None,
         camera_profile: None,
+        outliers: false,
         reduced: None,
     };
     job.info = SourceInfo::default(); // Header facts cannot override decoder facts.
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ fn old_relative_white_balance_on_a_kelvin_camera_keeps_its_look_and_learns_the_a
         fallback: None,
         denoise: None,
         camera_profile: None,
+        outliers: false,
         reduced: None,
     };
     let undo_before = s.undo.len();
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/media/thumbnail_hash_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/media/thumbnail_hash_tests.rs
index 6f9fcab339..9379288e26 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/media/thumbnail_hash_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/media/thumbnail_hash_tests.rs
@@ -281,6 +281,83 @@ fn a_render_that_panics_fails_instead_of_never_answering() {
     assert_eq!(r.rendered.err().as_deref(), Some("the render failed unexpectedly: preview reader bug"));
 }
 
+/// A raw photo's smart preview has no mosaic left: it stands in with the box on or off, so an offline raw keeps
+/// reusing the decoded proxy instead of reading the file again for every render.
+#[test]
+fn a_smart_preview_fits_either_hot_pixel_setting() {
+    let raw = SourceInfo { raw: true, ..Default::default() };
+    let decoded = DecodedSource::new(Arc::new(Rgb32f::new(8, 8)), Some(raw));
+    assert!(decoded.fits_outliers(false) && !decoded.fits_outliers(true), "a raw decode must match the box");
+    let proxy = DecodedSource { from_proxy: true, ..decoded };
+    assert!(proxy.fits_outliers(false) && proxy.fits_outliers(true));
+}
+
+/// The Remove Hot Pixels box decides how a raw is decoded (#1345): the loader is told, and a source decoded with
+/// the other setting is not reused. A rendered file has no mosaic, so its source stays.
+#[test]
+fn hot_pixel_box_decodes_the_raw_again() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let asked = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+    let log = asked.clone();
+    let raw = Arc::new(std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(true));
+    let is_raw = raw.clone();
+    s.media.file_loader = Some(Arc::new(move |_, _, with: crate::media::RawDecode<'_>| {
+        log.lock().unwrap().push(with.outliers);
+        Ok((Rgb32f::new(8, 8), SourceInfo { raw: is_raw.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed), ..Default::default() }))
+    }));
+    let set = |s: &mut crate::Session, on: bool| {
+        let mut d = (*s.catalog.photo(PhotoId(1)).unwrap().develop).clone();
+        d.detail.nr_outliers = on;
+        // a new edit each time, so a render cached for earlier settings is not simply shown again
+        d.light.exposure += 0.1;
+        s.catalog.apply(Op::SetDevelop { id: PhotoId(1), settings: Arc::new(d), label: "box".into(), edited: None }).unwrap();
+    };
+    let render = |s: &mut crate::Session| {
+        let r = s.thumb_job(PhotoId(1), 256).unwrap().run();
+        s.accept(&r);
+    };
+    render(&mut s);
+    render(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(*asked.lock().unwrap(), [false], "decoded once, then cached");
+    set(&mut s, true);
+    render(&mut s);
+    render(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(*asked.lock().unwrap(), [false, true], "switched on: decoded again with the filter, then cached");
+    set(&mut s, false);
+    render(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(*asked.lock().unwrap(), [false, true, false]);
+    // not a raw: the box changes nothing, the cached source is kept
+    raw.store(false, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+    s.media.forget(PhotoId(1));
+    set(&mut s, false);
+    render(&mut s);
+    set(&mut s, true);
+    render(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(*asked.lock().unwrap(), [false, true, false, false]);
+}
+
+/// With the Detail section's eye off, Remove Hot Pixels contributes nothing either: the raw is decoded without it.
+#[test]
+fn detail_eye_off_decodes_the_raw_without_hot_pixel_removal() {
+    let mut s = session();
+    let asked = Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
+    let log = asked.clone();
+    s.media.file_loader = Some(Arc::new(move |_, _, with: crate::media::RawDecode<'_>| {
+        log.lock().unwrap().push(with.outliers);
+        Ok((Rgb32f::new(8, 8), SourceInfo { raw: true, ..Default::default() }))
+    }));
+    for eye in [true, false] {
+        let mut d = (*s.catalog.photo(PhotoId(1)).unwrap().develop).clone();
+        d.detail.nr_outliers = true;
+        d.set_section_enabled("detail", eye);
+        d.light.exposure += 0.1;
+        s.catalog.apply(Op::SetDevelop { id: PhotoId(1), settings: Arc::new(d), label: "eye".into(), edited: None }).unwrap();
+        let r = s.thumb_job(PhotoId(1), 256).unwrap().run();
+        s.accept(&r);
+    }
+    assert_eq!(*asked.lock().unwrap(), [true, false]);
+}
+
 /// CodeRabbit on #3544: a stand-in job decoding a camera JPEG when Discard Preview Cache clears the
 /// cache doesn't put the picture back: it writes for the generation it was made in (memory and
 /// disk alike), as render jobs do.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/smart.rs b/crates/engine/src/smart.rs
index 77f78bd299..b44d1f35a1 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/smart.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/smart.rs
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ pub fn load(path: &Path) -> Result<crate::media::DecodedSource, String> {
         camera_tone,
         denoised: None,
         camera_profile: None,
+        outliers: false,
         from_proxy: true,
         reduced: false,
     })
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index 3393eca3fc..03592df41b 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -1041,6 +1041,48 @@ fn auto_sync_carries_only_the_changed_settings() {
     assert_eq!(s.develop_of(PhotoId(ids[1])).unwrap().light.exposure, 0.7);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn auto_sync_carries_remove_hot_pixels_off() {
+    use lightcraft_catalog::PhotoId;
+    let mut s = demo();
+    let ids: Vec<PhotoId> = s.catalog.photos().take(2).map(|p| p.id).collect();
+    for id in &ids {
+        let mut d = (*s.develop_of(*id).unwrap()).clone();
+        d.detail.nr_outliers = true;
+        s.set_develop(*id, d, "Setup").unwrap();
+    }
+    s.execute("library.select", &json!({"ids": [ids[0].0, ids[1].0], "active": ids[0].0})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("develop.autoSync", &json!({"on": true})).unwrap();
+    // off is omitted from the stored JSON: switching it off is still a change Auto Sync carries
+    let mut d = (*s.develop_of(ids[0]).unwrap()).clone();
+    d.detail.nr_outliers = false;
+    s.set_develop(ids[0], d, "Remove Hot Pixels").unwrap();
+    assert!(!s.develop_of(ids[1]).unwrap().detail.nr_outliers);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn the_hot_pixel_limit_renders_afresh_only_the_photos_that_remove_hot_pixels() {
+    use lightcraft_catalog::PhotoId;
+    let mut s = demo();
+    let ids: Vec<PhotoId> = s.catalog.photos().take(2).map(|p| p.id).collect();
+    let mut d = (*s.develop_of(ids[0]).unwrap()).clone();
+    d.detail.nr_outliers = true;
+    s.set_develop(ids[0], d, "Setup").unwrap();
+    let keys = |s: &mut crate::Session| ids.iter().map(|id| s.thumb_job(*id, 256).unwrap().cache.unwrap().1).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let before = keys(&mut s);
+    assert_eq!(s.execute("app.hotPixelLimit", &json!({})).unwrap()["default"], 0.2);
+    assert!(s.execute("app.hotPixelLimit", &json!({"percent": 0})).is_err());
+    assert!(s.execute("app.hotPixelLimit", &json!({"percent": "1"})).is_err());
+    let r = s.execute("app.hotPixelLimit", &json!({"percent": 1.5}));
+    let after = keys(&mut s);
+    // (process-wide: back to the default before anything can fail)
+    s.execute("app.hotPixelLimit", &json!({"percent": 0.2f32})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(r.unwrap()["percent"], 1.5);
+    assert_ne!(after[0], before[0], "a photo that removes hot pixels renders with the new limit");
+    assert_eq!(after[1], before[1], "the other photo's thumbnail stays valid");
+    assert_eq!(keys(&mut s), before, "the default limit keeps the keys it always had");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn auto_sync_camera_local_tone_off_preserves_other_settings() {
     use lightcraft_catalog::PhotoId;
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests/face_tiles.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests/face_tiles.rs
index b166dcd859..d3b50aefc4 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests/face_tiles.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests/face_tiles.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ fn count_loads(s: &mut Session) -> Loads {
     let loads = Loads::default();
     let file = s.media.file_loader.clone().unwrap();
     let n = loads.files.clone();
-    s.media.file_loader = Some(Arc::new(move |p: &str, e: usize, dcp: Option<&crate::media::DcpProfile>| {
+    s.media.file_loader = Some(Arc::new(move |p: &str, e: usize, dcp: crate::media::RawDecode<'_>| {
         n.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
         file(p, e, dcp)
     }));
diff --git a/crates/raw/src/hotpixel.rs b/crates/raw/src/hotpixel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa6131b18b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/raw/src/hotpixel.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,519 @@
+//! Hot pixels on sensors that don't list their defects.
+//!
+//! A hot pixel is a single photosite that reads far too bright: a leaky or stuck cell, most visible
+//! at high ISO and in dark areas. Demosaicing turns it into a small saturated dot of its colour
+//! (red, green or blue), and colour noise reduction can only make that dot fainter, since the photosite
+//! is too bright, not just the wrong colour. DNGs list such pixels in their opcodes and Panasonic marks
+//! them in the data (both repaired elsewhere); other raws, such as Sony ARWs, carry no list.
+//!
+//! [`RawImage::suppress_hot_pixels`] finds them in the mosaic, before demosaicing:
+//!
+//! 1. **Noise model.** On a sparse sample of the image, each photosite is compared with the median of
+//!    its same-colour neighbours. The spread of that difference, per brightness, gives the noise
+//!    σ(level) as `σ² = a · level + b` (shot noise plus read noise), fitted to the image itself.
+//! 2. **Candidates.** A photosite more than [`K_HOT`] σ above *every* same-colour neighbour (the
+//!    nearest eight, two photosites away on a Bayer grid, the nearest greens for green).
+//! 3. **Real light is kept.** A star, a spark or a specular point lights more than one photosite: its
+//!    direct neighbours are raised too. A candidate with at least [`MIN_LIT`] neighbours more than
+//!    [`K_SPOT`] σ above their own surroundings is left alone. Hot photosites also come in adjacent
+//!    pairs, so a single lit neighbour doesn't count.
+//! 4. The rest are replaced by the median of their same-colour neighbours.
+//!
+//! If more than a share of the photosites would be replaced (by default [`HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE`]; the caller may
+//! choose another), the image doesn't fit the model (a synthetic pattern, a star field shot through a pinhole) and
+//! nothing is changed. Real light kept in step 3 doesn't count: a dense star field still has its hot pixels removed.
+
+use crate::{RawData, RawImage};
+use rayon::prelude::*;
+
+/// A candidate stands more than this many σ above the brightest of its same-colour neighbours (pure noise
+/// hardly reaches 4.5 σ above the brightest of eight; measured on two ILCE-7M4 files at ISO 3200 and 25600).
+const K_HOT: f32 = 5.0;
+/// A direct neighbour this many σ above its own surroundings means the light is real.
+const K_SPOT: f32 = 4.0;
+/// ...and it takes this many lit neighbours (a hot pair has one).
+const MIN_LIT: usize = 2;
+/// Every this many rows and columns are sampled for the noise model.
+const SAMPLE_STEP: usize = 5;
+/// Brightness bins of the noise model (on a square-root scale), and the samples a bin needs.
+const BINS: usize = 32;
+const MIN_BIN_SAMPLES: usize = 64;
+/// Photosites this close to the active area's edge are left alone (their neighbourhood is cut).
+const MARGIN: usize = 4;
+/// More replaced than this share of the photosites and the result is discarded (unless the caller chooses another).
+pub const HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE: f64 = 2e-3;
+
+/// For one position in the CFA pattern: the offsets of the nearest same-colour photosites (at most 8,
+/// within two photosites) and of the 8 direct neighbours.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct Phase {
+    same: Vec<(isize, isize)>,
+    around: [(isize, isize); 8],
+}
+
+fn phases(cfa: &crate::Cfa) -> Vec<Phase> {
+    let around = [(-1, -1), (0, -1), (1, -1), (-1, 0), (1, 0), (-1, 1), (0, 1), (1, 1)];
+    let (pw, ph) = (cfa.width, cfa.height);
+    (0..ph)
+        .flat_map(|j| (0..pw).map(move |i| (i, j)))
+        .map(|(i, j)| {
+            // anchored far enough from 0 that i + dx stays positive
+            let (x0, y0) = (i + 2 * pw, j + 2 * ph);
+            let c = cfa.color_at(x0, y0);
+            let mut same: Vec<(isize, isize)> = (-2isize..=2)
+                .flat_map(|dy| (-2isize..=2).map(move |dx| (dx, dy)))
+                .filter(|&(dx, dy)| (dx, dy) != (0, 0) && cfa.color_at((x0 as isize + dx) as usize, (y0 as isize + dy) as usize) == c)
+                .collect();
+            same.sort_by_key(|&(dx, dy)| dx * dx + dy * dy);
+            same.truncate(8);
+            Phase { same, around }
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// The noise σ at a brightness (in raw counts above black): `sqrt(a · level + b)`.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+struct Noise {
+    a: f32,
+    b: f32,
+}
+
+impl Noise {
+    fn sigma(&self, level: f32) -> f32 {
+        (self.a * level.max(0.0) + self.b).max(1.0).sqrt()
+    }
+}
+
+fn median(v: &mut [f32]) -> f32 {
+    if v.is_empty() {
+        return 0.0;
+    }
+    v.sort_by(f32::total_cmp);
+    let n = v.len();
+    if n % 2 == 1 { v[n / 2] } else { 0.5 * (v[n / 2 - 1] + v[n / 2]) }
+}
+
+/// The sample view the passes work on: the u16 mosaic, its width, the active area, the CFA phases.
+struct View<'a> {
+    d: &'a [u16],
+    w: usize,
+    pw: usize,
+    ph: usize,
+    phases: &'a [Phase],
+}
+
+impl View<'_> {
+    /// Value at full-image `(x, y)`; callers keep `(x, y)` inside the image.
+    #[inline]
+    fn at(&self, x: isize, y: isize) -> f32 {
+        self.d[y as usize * self.w + x as usize] as f32
+    }
+    #[inline]
+    fn phase(&self, x: usize, y: usize) -> &Phase {
+        &self.phases[(y % self.ph) * self.pw + (x % self.pw)]
+    }
+    /// The same-colour neighbours' values around `(x, y)` into `buf`, and their maximum.
+    #[inline]
+    fn neighbours(&self, x: usize, y: usize, buf: &mut Vec<f32>) -> f32 {
+        buf.clear();
+        let mut max = f32::MIN;
+        for &(dx, dy) in &self.phase(x, y).same {
+            let v = self.at(x as isize + dx, y as isize + dy);
+            max = max.max(v);
+            buf.push(v);
+        }
+        max
+    }
+}
+
+impl RawImage {
+    /// Replace isolated hot photosites by the median of their same-colour neighbours (see the module docs).
+    /// Returns how many were replaced. Only single-plane integer CFA data is examined.
+    pub fn suppress_hot_pixels(&mut self) -> usize {
+        self.suppress_hot_pixels_with(HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE)
+    }
+
+    /// [`Self::suppress_hot_pixels`], giving up when more than `max_share` of the photosites (0..1) would be replaced.
+    pub fn suppress_hot_pixels_with(&mut self, max_share: f64) -> usize {
+        let Some(cfa) = self.cfa.clone() else { return 0 };
+        let (w, h, a) = (self.width, self.height, self.active_area);
+        let black = self.black.mean();
+        let RawData::U16(d) = &mut self.data else { return 0 };
+        if self.cpp != 1
+            || !cfa.valid()
+            || w.checked_mul(h) != Some(d.len())
+            || a.width < 4 * MARGIN
+            || a.height < 4 * MARGIN
+            || a.x + a.width > w
+            || a.y + a.height > h
+            || !black.is_finite()
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        let phases = phases(&cfa);
+        if phases.iter().any(|p| p.same.len() < 4) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        let (x0, x1, y0, y1) = (a.x + MARGIN, a.x + a.width - MARGIN, a.y + MARGIN, a.y + a.height - MARGIN);
+        let range = (self.white.iter().copied().fold(0.0f32, f32::max) - black).max(1.0);
+        let fixes = {
+            let v = View { d: d.as_slice(), w, pw: cfa.width, ph: cfa.height, phases: &phases };
+            let Some(noise) = noise_model(&v, (x0, x1, y0, y1), black, range) else { return 0 };
+            let candidates = candidates(&v, (x0, x1, y0, y1), black, noise);
+            let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(8);
+            let n_cand = candidates.len();
+            let kept: Vec<_> = candidates.into_iter().filter(|&(x, y, _)| !lit_around(&v, x, y, black, noise, &mut buf)).collect();
+            // (real light kept above doesn't count against the limit)
+            let sites = (x1 - x0) * (y1 - y0);
+            let limit = max_share * sites as f64;
+            if limit.is_nan() || kept.len() as f64 > limit {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if std::env::var_os("LIGHTCRAFT_PROFILE").is_some() {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "  hot pixels: noise σ² = {:.3}·L + {:.1} (σ at 0: {:.1}, at 1 %: {:.1}), {n_cand} candidates, {} real light",
+                    noise.a,
+                    noise.b,
+                    noise.sigma(0.0),
+                    noise.sigma(0.01 * range),
+                    n_cand - kept.len()
+                );
+                // the strongest excesses below the threshold, to see how far the dots are
+                let mut hist = [0usize; 12];
+                let mut buf2 = Vec::with_capacity(8);
+                for y in (y0..y1).step_by(1) {
+                    for x in x0..x1 {
+                        let s = v.at(x as isize, y as isize);
+                        let max = v.neighbours(x, y, &mut buf2);
+                        if s <= max {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        let m = median(&mut buf2);
+                        let k = ((s - max) / noise.sigma(m - black)) as usize;
+                        hist[k.min(11)] += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                eprintln!("  hot pixels: photosites by (s - max neighbour) / σ, 0..11+: {hist:?}");
+                // very bright photosites in dark surroundings, whatever the verdict
+                let mut bright = 0;
+                let mut buf4 = Vec::with_capacity(8);
+                for y in y0..y1 {
+                    for x in x0..x1 {
+                        let s = v.at(x as isize, y as isize) - black;
+                        if s < 1500.0 {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        v.neighbours(x, y, &mut buf4);
+                        let m = median(&mut buf4) - black;
+                        if m > 300.0 {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        bright += 1;
+                        if bright <= 4 {
+                            eprintln!(
+                                "  bright at ({x}, {y}), colour {}, s {s:.0}, median {m:.0}, lit {}:",
+                                cfa.color_at(x, y),
+                                lit_around(&v, x, y, black, noise, &mut buf4)
+                            );
+                            for dy in -3isize..=3 {
+                                let row: Vec<String> =
+                                    (-3isize..=3).map(|dx| format!("{:6.0}", v.at(x as isize + dx, y as isize + dy) - black)).collect();
+                                eprintln!("    {}", row.join(" "));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                eprintln!("  bright photosites in dark surroundings: {bright}");
+                // a few candidates rejected as real light: their 5 × 5 neighbourhood above black
+                let mut shown = 0;
+                let mut buf3 = Vec::with_capacity(8);
+                for y in y0..y1 {
+                    for x in x0..x1 {
+                        if shown >= 6 {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        let s = v.at(x as isize, y as isize);
+                        let max = v.neighbours(x, y, &mut buf3);
+                        if s <= max {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        let m = median(&mut buf3);
+                        if s - max > 8.0 * noise.sigma(m - black) && lit_around(&v, x, y, black, noise, &mut buf3) {
+                            shown += 1;
+                            eprintln!("  rejected at ({x}, {y}), colour {}:", cfa.color_at(x, y));
+                            for dy in -2isize..=2 {
+                                let row: Vec<String> =
+                                    (-2isize..=2).map(|dx| format!("{:6.0}", v.at(x as isize + dx, y as isize + dy) - black)).collect();
+                                eprintln!("    {}", row.join(" "));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            kept
+        };
+        for &(x, y, r) in &fixes {
+            d[y * w + x] = r;
+        }
+        fixes.len()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Fit `σ² = a · level + b` to the spread of (photosite − median of its same-colour neighbours) on a sample.
+fn noise_model(v: &View<'_>, (x0, x1, y0, y1): (usize, usize, usize, usize), black: f32, range: f32) -> Option<Noise> {
+    let bin_of = |level: f32| (((level.max(0.0) / range).sqrt() * BINS as f32) as usize).min(BINS - 1);
+    let rows: Vec<usize> = (y0..y1).step_by(SAMPLE_STEP).collect();
+    let per_row: Vec<Vec<(usize, f32, f32)>> = rows
+        .par_iter()
+        .map(|&y| {
+            let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(8);
+            (x0..x1)
+                .step_by(SAMPLE_STEP)
+                .map(|x| {
+                    v.neighbours(x, y, &mut buf);
+                    let m = median(&mut buf);
+                    let level = m - black;
+                    (bin_of(level), level, (v.at(x as isize, y as isize) - m).abs())
+                })
+                .collect()
+        })
+        .collect();
+    let mut bins: Vec<(Vec<f32>, f64, usize)> = vec![(Vec::new(), 0.0, 0); BINS];
+    for (b, level, dev) in per_row.into_iter().flatten() {
+        bins[b].0.push(dev);
+        bins[b].1 += level as f64;
+        bins[b].2 += 1;
+    }
+    // per bin: mean level and σ from the median absolute deviation (robust to the hot pixels themselves)
+    let pts: Vec<(f64, f64, f64)> = bins
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter(|(dev, _, n)| *n >= MIN_BIN_SAMPLES && !dev.is_empty())
+        .map(|(mut dev, sum, n)| {
+            let s = 1.4826 * median(&mut dev) as f64;
+            (sum / n as f64, s * s, n as f64)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    if pts.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    // weighted least squares for σ² = a·L + b, both kept ≥ 0
+    let (sw, sl, sv) = pts.iter().fold((0.0, 0.0, 0.0), |(w, l, s), &(lv, var, n)| (w + n, l + n * lv, s + n * var));
+    let (ml, mv) = (sl / sw, sv / sw);
+    let (cov, varl) = pts.iter().fold((0.0, 0.0), |(c, vl), &(lv, var, n)| (c + n * (lv - ml) * (var - mv), vl + n * (lv - ml) * (lv - ml)));
+    let a = if varl > 0.0 { (cov / varl).max(0.0) } else { 0.0 };
+    let b = (mv - a * ml).max(0.0);
+    (a.is_finite() && b.is_finite()).then_some(Noise { a: a as f32, b: b as f32 })
+}
+
+/// Photosites far above every same-colour neighbour, with the value to replace them by.
+fn candidates(v: &View<'_>, (x0, x1, y0, y1): (usize, usize, usize, usize), black: f32, noise: Noise) -> Vec<(usize, usize, u16)> {
+    (y0..y1)
+        .into_par_iter()
+        .flat_map_iter(|y| {
+            let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(8);
+            let mut out = Vec::new();
+            for x in x0..x1 {
+                let s = v.at(x as isize, y as isize);
+                let max = v.neighbours(x, y, &mut buf);
+                if s <= max {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let m = median(&mut buf);
+                if s - max > K_HOT * noise.sigma(m - black) {
+                    out.push((x, y, m.round().clamp(0.0, u16::MAX as f32) as u16));
+                }
+            }
+            out
+        })
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Are at least [`MIN_LIT`] direct neighbours of `(x, y)` clearly above their own same-colour surroundings
+/// (real light)? A single one is not enough: hot photosites also come in adjacent pairs.
+fn lit_around(v: &View<'_>, x: usize, y: usize, black: f32, noise: Noise, buf: &mut Vec<f32>) -> bool {
+    v.phase(x, y)
+        .around
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|&&(dx, dy)| {
+            let (nx, ny) = ((x as isize + dx) as usize, (y as isize + dy) as usize);
+            let s = v.at(nx as isize, ny as isize);
+            v.neighbours(nx, ny, buf);
+            let m = median(buf);
+            s - m > K_SPOT * noise.sigma(m - black)
+        })
+        .count()
+        >= MIN_LIT
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::*;
+
+    /// A `w × h` RGGB mosaic, black 512, white 16383, flat grey 2000 counts above black with
+    /// deterministic noise of about σ ≈ 30 counts.
+    fn mosaic(w: usize, h: usize) -> RawImage {
+        let mut seed = 0x2545_f491_4f6c_dd1du64;
+        let mut noise = || {
+            // sum of 4 uniforms, about N(0, 1)
+            (0..4)
+                .map(|_| {
+                    seed ^= seed << 13;
+                    seed ^= seed >> 7;
+                    seed ^= seed << 17;
+                    (seed >> 11) as f32 / (1u64 << 53) as f32 - 0.5
+                })
+                .sum::<f32>()
+                * 1.732
+        };
+        let data = (0..w * h).map(|_| (512.0 + 2000.0 + 30.0 * noise()).round() as u16).collect();
+        RawImage {
+            format: RawFormat::Arw,
+            width: w,
+            height: h,
+            cpp: 1,
+            data: RawData::U16(data),
+            cfa: Cfa::bayer("RGGB"),
+            bits: 14,
+            black: BlackLevel::uniform(512.0),
+            white: vec![16383.0],
+            active_area: Rect::new(0, 0, w, h),
+            crop: Rect::new(0, 0, w, h),
+            orientation: Orientation::Normal,
+            color: ColorData::default(),
+            wb_multipliers: None,
+            linearized: false,
+            opcodes: OpcodeLists::default(),
+            lens_metadata: Default::default(),
+            pixel_aspect: 1.0,
+            metadata: Metadata::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn get(r: &RawImage, x: usize, y: usize) -> u16 {
+        match &r.data {
+            RawData::U16(d) => d[y * r.width + x],
+            RawData::F32(_) => 0,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn set(r: &mut RawImage, x: usize, y: usize, v: u16) {
+        let w = r.width;
+        if let RawData::U16(d) = &mut r.data {
+            d[y * w + x] = v;
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn flat_noise_is_left_alone() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        let before = r.data.clone();
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(r.data, before);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn single_hot_photosites_of_each_colour_are_replaced() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        // red (even, even), green (odd, even), blue (odd, odd)
+        for &(x, y) in &[(100, 100), (101, 60), (151, 151)] {
+            set(&mut r, x, y, 9000);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 3);
+        for &(x, y) in &[(100, 100), (101, 60), (151, 151)] {
+            let v = get(&r, x, y) as f32;
+            assert!((v - 2512.0).abs() < 120.0, "({x}, {y}) = {v}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn an_adjacent_hot_pair_is_replaced() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        set(&mut r, 80, 80, 9000);
+        set(&mut r, 80, 81, 8000);
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 2);
+        assert!(get(&r, 80, 80) < 2700 && get(&r, 80, 81) < 2700);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_small_star_is_kept() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        // a point of light over a 3 × 3 block: brightest in the middle, its neighbours lit too
+        for dy in -1i32..=1 {
+            for dx in -1i32..=1 {
+                let v = if dx == 0 && dy == 0 { 12000 } else { 5000 };
+                set(&mut r, (120 + dx) as usize, (90 + dy) as usize, v);
+            }
+        }
+        let before = r.data.clone();
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(r.data, before);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_hot_photosite_in_a_dark_area_is_replaced() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        // a dark patch near black (noise is then read noise, smaller)
+        for y in 32..96 {
+            for x in 32..96 {
+                set(&mut r, x, y, 512 + 20 + ((x * 7 + y * 13) % 11) as u16);
+            }
+        }
+        set(&mut r, 64, 64, 1500);
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 1);
+        assert!(get(&r, 64, 64) < 600);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_dense_star_field_keeps_its_stars_and_loses_its_hot_pixels() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        // 225 small stars: more candidates than 0.2 % of the photosites, every one of them real light
+        for sy in 0..15 {
+            for sx in 0..15 {
+                let (cx, cy) = (16 + 16 * sx, 16 + 16 * sy);
+                for dy in -1i32..=1 {
+                    for dx in -1i32..=1 {
+                        let v = if dx == 0 && dy == 0 { 12000 } else { 5000 };
+                        set(&mut r, (cx + dx) as usize, (cy + dy) as usize, v);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let hot = [(24, 24), (105, 72), (201, 153)];
+        for &(x, y) in &hot {
+            set(&mut r, x, y, 9000);
+        }
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 3);
+        for &(x, y) in &hot {
+            assert!(get(&r, x, y) < 2700, "({x}, {y}) = {}", get(&r, x, y));
+        }
+        assert_eq!(get(&r, 16, 16), 12000, "a star is left alone");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_limit_is_the_callers() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(256, 256);
+        let hot = [(40, 40), (101, 60), (151, 151), (200, 30)];
+        for &(x, y) in &hot {
+            set(&mut r, x, y, 9000);
+        }
+        let before = r.data.clone();
+        // 4 of 248 × 248 photosites: above a limit of 0.005 %, within 0.01 %
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels_with(5e-5), 0);
+        assert_eq!(r.data, before);
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels_with(1e-4), 4);
+        assert_eq!(r.clone().suppress_hot_pixels_with(f64::NAN), 0, "a limit that is not a number replaces nothing");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn too_many_candidates_change_nothing() {
+        let mut r = mosaic(128, 128);
+        for y in (8..120).step_by(4) {
+            for x in (8..120).step_by(4) {
+                set(&mut r, x, y, 12000);
+            }
+        }
+        let before = r.data.clone();
+        assert_eq!(r.suppress_hot_pixels(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(r.data, before);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/raw/src/lib.rs b/crates/raw/src/lib.rs
index e8052c3bbb..371891ddf7 100644
--- a/crates/raw/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/raw/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ mod dng;
 pub mod dngwrite;
 pub mod gaintable;
 pub mod highlight;
+mod hotpixel;
 #[cfg(feature = "jxl")]
 mod jxl;
 pub mod kelvin_builtin;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ mod wb_estimate;
 
 pub use demosaic::{Method, demosaic};
 pub use dngwrite::{DngCompression, DngWriteOptions, write_dng, write_rendered_dng};
+pub use hotpixel::HOT_PIXEL_MAX_SHARE;
 pub use lens_metadata::LensMetadata;
 pub use lightcraft_color::Mat3;
 pub use lightcraft_geom::Orientation;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/examples/thumb_request_bench.rs b/crates/ui-egui/examples/thumb_request_bench.rs
index ada42356de..980434b317 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/examples/thumb_request_bench.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/examples/thumb_request_bench.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn verify_texture(h: &Headless, id: PhotoId) {
     let edge = tex.size[0].max(tex.size[1]);
     assert!([128, 256, 384, 512].contains(&edge), "thumbnail must use a supported size bucket");
     let Source::File { path } = &p.source else { unreachable!() };
-    let (source, info) = h.app.session.media.file_loader.as_ref().unwrap()(path, 512, None).unwrap();
+    let (source, info) = h.app.session.media.file_loader.as_ref().unwrap()(path, 512, Default::default()).unwrap();
     println!("decode,path={path},raw={},preview_only={:?}", info.raw, p.preview_only);
     if std::env::var_os("REQUIRE_RAW").is_some() {
         assert!(p.preview_only.is_none(), "embedded-preview fallback does not validate RAW decoding");
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.json
index 5a5b8e9a2b..0310ef5f20 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/de.json
@@ -1229,6 +1229,7 @@
   "Remove (H)": "Entfernen (H)",
   "Remove CA": "Chromatische Aberration entfernen",
   "Remove Chromatic Aberration": "Chromatische Aberration entfernen",
+  "Remove Hot Pixels": "Hotpixel entfernen",
   "Camera local tone mapping": "Lokale Tonwertzuordnung der Kamera",
   "Apply the local tone mapping stored in the raw (Apple ProRAW), as the camera renders it": "Die in der RAW-Datei gespeicherte lokale Tonwertzuordnung (Apple ProRAW) anwenden, wie die Kamera sie rendert",
   "Remove Disk from Library": "Datenträger aus Bibliothek entfernen",
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
index 34ffc3811b..6c2f1d7d9d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ impl LightcraftApp {
             disk_space_notice: false,
             disk_notice: None,
             memory_applied: None,
+            hot_pixels_applied: None,
             display_applied: None,
             display_error: None,
             screen_profile: None,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/prefs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/prefs.rs
index 9a5c612f12..64331a0995 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/app/prefs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/app/prefs.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ impl LightcraftApp {
             let _ = self.session.execute("app.memoryBudget", &serde_json::json!({"mb": mb}));
         }
         self.memory_applied = Some(mb);
+        let limit = self.ui.settings.hot_pixel_limit;
+        if self.hot_pixels_applied != Some(limit) {
+            self.hot_pixels_applied = Some(limit);
+            // (a value the engine refuses, from a hand-edited file, leaves its limit as it was)
+            let _ = self.session.execute("app.hotPixelLimit", &serde_json::json!({"percent": limit}));
+        }
         // the monitor profile (Settings ▸ Display): previews follow it from the next frame
         if self.display_applied.as_ref() != Some(&self.ui.settings.display_profile) {
             let path = self.ui.settings.display_profile.clone();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings.rs
index cada6c7fba..900ee796ca 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use egui::RichText;
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 
 use crate::LightcraftApp;
-use crate::state::{GridBadges, PREVIEW_LIMITS, StartupView};
+use crate::state::{GridBadges, HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT, HOT_PIXEL_LIMITS, PREVIEW_LIMITS, StartupView};
 use crate::theme::Tokens;
 use crate::widgets::register;
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings/performance.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings/performance.rs
index 214dd38243..4fe223f696 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings/performance.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/settings/performance.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use super::widgets::{check, choices, heading, hint, row};
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use super::widgets::{label_width, path_label};
-use super::{CACHE_SIZES, LABEL_W, LightcraftApp, PREVIEW_LIMITS, RichText, Tokens, Value, json, register};
+use super::{
+    CACHE_SIZES, HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT, HOT_PIXEL_LIMITS, LABEL_W, LightcraftApp, PREVIEW_LIMITS, RichText, Tokens, Value, json, register,
+};
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Performance
 
@@ -49,6 +51,21 @@ pub(super) fn performance_tab(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, t: &To
         let opts = [(0u32, auto.as_str()), (512, "512 MB"), (1024, "1 GB"), (2048, "2 GB"), (4096, "4 GB")];
         choices(ui, "settingsMemory", &opts, &mut app.ui.settings.memory_mb);
     });
+    row(ui, t, crate::i18n::tr("Hot pixel limit"), |ui| {
+        let opts: Vec<(f32, String)> = HOT_PIXEL_LIMITS
+            .iter()
+            .map(|p| (*p, if *p == HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT { format!("{p} % ({})", crate::i18n::tr("default")) } else { format!("{p} %") }))
+            .collect();
+        let opts: Vec<(f32, &str)> = opts.iter().map(|(p, l)| (*p, l.as_str())).collect();
+        choices(ui, "settingsHotPixels", &opts, &mut app.ui.settings.hot_pixel_limit);
+    });
+    hint(
+        ui,
+        t,
+        crate::i18n::tr(
+            "Remove Hot Pixels (Detail) leaves a raw unchanged when more than this share of its photosites would be replaced: such a photo doesn't look like hot pixels on a sensor.",
+        ),
+    );
     heading(ui, t, crate::i18n::tr("Preview cache"));
     let cur = app.session.cache_mb;
     row(ui, t, crate::i18n::tr("Size limit"), |ui| {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 009238d2bb..0c5e9b2cf8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ pub struct LightcraftApp {
     pub(crate) disk_notice: Option<(u64, String)>,
     /// The memory budget setting last applied (MB, 0 = automatic).
     memory_applied: Option<u32>,
+    /// The hot pixel limit last applied (percent).
+    hot_pixels_applied: Option<f32>,
     /// The display profile setting last applied (`app.displayProfile`).
     pub(crate) display_applied: Option<String>,
     /// Why the display profile setting could not be applied (shown in Settings ▸ Display).
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs
index 632bad5cbb..195bcb6488 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs
@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId) {
         {
             control(app, ui, d, c, true);
         }
+        // single outlier photosites, replaced in the raw mosaic (#1345): raws only
+        if app.session.catalog.photo(id).is_some_and(|p| p.develops_raw()) {
+            egui::Frame::NONE.inner_margin(egui::Margin { left: 24, right: 22, top: 4, bottom: 0 }).show(ui, |ui| {
+                let mut on = d.detail.nr_outliers;
+                if crate::dialogs::settings::check(ui, "detail.nrOutliers", &mut on, "Remove Hot Pixels") {
+                    let _ = app.run("develop.merge", json!({"settings": {"detail": {"nr_outliers": on}}, "label": "Remove Hot Pixels"}));
+                }
+            });
+        }
         ui.add_space(8.0);
     });
     section(app, ui, &d, "optics", "Optics", |app, ui, d| {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
index 6f4b42723f..6d25426298 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/state.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ mod view;
 
 pub use dialog::{Dialog, NameEdit, SyncCounts, default_preset_groups};
 pub use settings::{
-    AppSettings, AppearanceMode, DarkTheme, EditFile, EditFormat, EditSpace, GridBadges, KeywordChips, LOUPE_EDGE_CEILING, LOUPE_EDGE_STEP,
-    LaunchLibrary, LightTheme, LightroomImport, MIN_TEXTURE_SIDE, PHOTOCRAFT, PREVIEW_LIMITS, RECENT_LIBRARIES, STANDARD_PREVIEW_EDGE, StartupView,
-    WINDOW_FRAME_CEILING,
+    AppSettings, AppearanceMode, DarkTheme, EditFile, EditFormat, EditSpace, GridBadges, HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT, HOT_PIXEL_LIMITS, KeywordChips,
+    LOUPE_EDGE_CEILING, LOUPE_EDGE_STEP, LaunchLibrary, LightTheme, LightroomImport, MIN_TEXTURE_SIDE, PHOTOCRAFT, PREVIEW_LIMITS, RECENT_LIBRARIES,
+    STANDARD_PREVIEW_EDGE, StartupView, WINDOW_FRAME_CEILING,
 };
 pub use view::{
     BRIEF_INFO_SECS, BeforeAfter, BriefInfo, CLICK_ZOOMS, CropOverlay, FOCUS_KEYWORDS_PASSES, InfoOverlay, KeywordingView, LEFT_WIDTH, LayoutImage,
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/state/settings.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/state/settings.rs
index 0fae2ed8e7..62b50557cc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/state/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/state/settings.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ pub struct AppSettings {
     pub photocraft_file: EditFile,
     /// Memory the caches may hold together, in MB (0 = automatic; `app.memoryBudget`).
     pub memory_mb: u32,
+    /// Remove Hot Pixels leaves a raw alone when more than this share of its photosites, in percent, would be
+    /// replaced (`app.hotPixelLimit`).
+    pub hot_pixel_limit: f32,
     /// The Info panel's metadata fields with several photos selected: true (the default) shows the
     /// values the selected photos share and marks each field where they differ (Selected Photos),
     /// false shows the active photo's values (Target Photo) (`view.infoSelectedPhotos`).
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ impl Default for AppSettings {
             photocraft_path: String::new(),
             photocraft_file: EditFile { format: EditFormat::Psd, ..EditFile::default() },
             memory_mb: 0,
+            hot_pixel_limit: HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT,
             info_selected_photos: true,
             film_names: true,
             film_badges: true,
@@ -321,6 +325,10 @@ impl EditFile {
 /// Preview size limits offered in Settings → Performance (0 = Automatic).
 pub const PREVIEW_LIMITS: [u32; 5] = [0, 1600, 2560, 3840, 5120];
 
+/// Hot pixel limits offered in Settings → Performance (percent of a raw's photosites), and the default.
+pub const HOT_PIXEL_LIMITS: [f32; 5] = [0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0];
+pub const HOT_PIXEL_LIMIT_DEFAULT: f32 = 0.2;
+
 /// The most the loupe ever renders in one go (memory and GPU texture size), whatever the setting.
 pub const LOUPE_EDGE_CEILING: u32 = 8192;
 
diff --git a/docs/parity-checklist.md b/docs/parity-checklist.md
index 811c1b4b22..8a857e58d8 100644
--- a/docs/parity-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/parity-checklist.md
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ differences and missing bindings are in [ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md#shortcuts).
 | LR-EDIT-DETAIL-RAWDETAILS | Improved demosaic toggle | P2 | ⬜ | | |
 | LR-EDIT-DETAIL-SUPERRES | Super resolution | P2 | ⬜ | | |
 | LR-EDIT-DETAIL-AISHARPEN | AI sharpen | OOS | 🚫 | | |
+| LR-EDIT-DETAIL-HOTPIXELS | Hot pixel removal | P1 | ✅ | `check:detail.nrOutliers`, `crates/raw/src/hotpixel.rs`, `crates/engine/src/files/load.rs` (`load_bytes_now`), `cmd:app.hotPixelLimit` | Lightroom has no control for this. Here a box under Noise Reduction (raws only), on for newly imported raws and off for edits saved before it existed (issue #1345): single photosites far above all their same-colour neighbours are replaced in the mosaic before demosaicing; a point lit across neighbouring photosites (a star, a spark) is kept. A raw with more than 0.2 % of its photosites to replace (real light kept doesn't count) is left unchanged; Settings ▸ Performance ▸ Hot pixel limit sets the share (test `the_hot_pixel_limit_renders_afresh_only_the_photos_that_remove_hot_pixels`). Switching it decodes the raw again (tests `hot_pixel_box_is_on_for_new_raws_only`, `hot_pixel_box_decodes_the_raw_again`) |
 | LR-EDIT-OPTICS-CA | Remove chromatic aberration | P1 | ✅ | `crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs` (checkbox), `ctl:optics.caRed`, `ctl:optics.caBlue` | |
 | LR-EDIT-OPTICS-PROFILE | Lens profile corrections | P1 | 🟡 | `ctl:optics.profileDistortion`, `ctl:optics.profileVignetting`, `crates/pipeline/src/optics.rs`, `crates/raw/src/vendor/rw2.rs`, `crates/raw/src/vendor/raf_lens.rs`, `crates/engine/src/crs.rs` | uses corrections embedded in the file: DNG `WarpRectilinear` / `WarpRectilinear2` (opcode 14, DNG 1.6: degree-14 radial polynomial, valid-radius clamp, reciprocal option, applied in list order with the spec's skip rule for a `WarpRectilinear` after an optional one, so Pixel DNGs' two-stage warp is corrected; up to 3 chained stages, sampled on the CPU because the polynomials need `f64`; issue #635) / `FixVignetteRadial`, and the camera's own distortion correction in Panasonic / Leica RW2 / RWL files (tag `0x0119`, read as the equivalent `WarpRectilinear`; on 79 photos from 13 bodies and 11 lenses the corrected render lines up with the camera JPEG within 0.75 px at 1440 px at the corners, from up to 13 % of the half diagonal uncorrected; issue #256); an imported preset's `LensProfileEnable=0` leaves them on, as Lightroom applies built-in corrections regardless (inferred); Sony ILCE-7RM4A Bayer ARW raw-IFD distortion tables (`0x7037`, 16-sample layout, native 3:2 framing) use the same warp path, enabled for the independently validated ILCE-7RM4A with FE 24–105 and FE 200–600 lenses, ILCE-7M3 (FE 16–35 F4 ZA, FE 28–70, FE 50 F1.8; 26 shots within 0.06–0.44 px median of the camera JPEG at 6000 px, from up to 26 px uncorrected), and ILCE-7CR full-frame Bayer 3:2 files with correction Auto or forced Auto (a separate corrected-radius conversion validated against camera JPEGs with FE 24-50mm, FE 16-25mm and FE 50mm lenses); A7CR Off, APS-C, aspect crops and lossless M/S remain uncorrected; ILCE-7RM6 verified against the camera JPEG on 54 photos with three lenses (`docs/sony-ilce7rm6-lens-corrections.md`); other Sony models remain uncorrected (see `docs/sony-lens-corrections.md`); Nikon NEF distortion from NikonNEFInfo (`0xc7d5`: polynomial, frame-filling zoom and the optical-centre offset left by in-body stabilisation; `crates/raw/src/vendor/nef_lens.rs`, `docs/nikon-lens-corrections.md`) for the Z 6II, Z 8 and Z f, full-frame image area only: F-mount lenses on the FTZ match the camera JPEG within 0.2 px median, Z lenses within 0.5–1.5 px except the 24-70 f/4's wide end, where the camera applies a further correction that is not in the readable data (7 px median at 24 mm, from 16 px / 106 px p95 uncorrected); Fujifilm RAF raw-IFD tables (`0xf00b` distortion, `0xf010` vignetting; `crates/raw/src/vendor/raf_lens.rs`, `docs/fuji-lens-corrections.md`) become a `WarpRectilinear` with the camera's frame-filling zoom and a `FixVignetteRadial` gain for 59 body models with sample files checked against the camera JPEG (the table indexed by the source radius with last knot at the corner; on 67 body/lens combinations the corrected render's radial shape error against the camera JPEG falls from a median of 0.72 % to 0.05 % of the half diagonal, largest 0.42 %, and the vignetting gain of the JPEG tracks the table at a median correlation of 0.987); files whose table scale is not the recorded image's half diagonal (X-T30 III, X-M5, X-T5 crops; X-S20 supported) and six unmatched bodies stay uncorrected; Fujifilm's lateral CA table (`0xf00f`) is real but is not applied, because our demosaic already registers the planes and the stored shift over-corrects; vignetting and lateral CA data of Olympus raws not read yet; Sony ARW shading, lateral CA and distortion tables (raw IFD `0x7031`–`0x7037`, with the encrypted `SR2SubIFD` copies as a checked fallback) are decoded with their camera settings, provenance and framing evidence for every body that records them (`crates/raw/src/lens_metadata.rs`), but only the ILCE-7RM4A, ILCE-7M3, ILCE-7RM6 and ILCE-7CR use the separate distortion conversions above; Sony shading and CA semantics are not validated beyond the ILCE-7RM6's (lateral CA off) (`docs/sony-lens-corrections.md`); Reload from Disk reads the file's lens data for photos catalogued without it and turns the correction on for those still at import settings (issue #314); lens-profile database: a lensfun-format XML database in `LIGHTCRAFT_LENSFUN_DIR` (none is bundled) supplies distortion (poly3 / poly5 / PTLens), TCA and vignetting for lenses it lists (`crates/lensdb`, `crates/engine/src/lens_profiles.rs`, `docs/lens-profiles.md`); raws that name no lens model (Nikon DSLRs: maker-note lens specification only) look it up by a name built from the specification (`24-70mm f/2.8`) and take only a profile named exactly that; lens database: the desktop app offers lensfun's `data/db` once on the first launch (Download / Not Now with its size; Settings ▸ General ▸ Lens profiles downloads it later; nothing is fetched without that click; CC BY-SA 3.0, pinned by commit, size and SHA-256, never bundled; `cmd:lens.downloadDatabase`, `crates/engine/src/lensfun_download.rs`) and downloads it with an activity row, and when it arrives every library raw whose lens it knows is looked up again in the background (`cmd:library.refreshLensProfiles`, `crates/engine/src/cmd/lens_refresh.rs`), as is a photo whose Enable Lens Corrections is ticked; the Optics panel names the loaded profile and its source, or says "No lens profile found for <lens>" (`crates/ui-egui/src/lens_db.rs`); presets, Copy / Paste and Sync carry only the switch and amounts, never a profile (`crates/engine/src/tests/lens_refresh.rs`); no source picker or own calibration yet |
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 # What's new in LightCraft
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Remove Hot Pixels
+- Detail ▸ Noise Reduction has a new box, Remove Hot Pixels (raws only), on for newly imported raws (issue #1345).
+  At high ISO single photosites read far brighter than all their neighbours and turn into small red, green or blue
+  dots that noise reduction only makes fainter. They are now replaced before the raw is developed. A point of light
+  spread over neighbouring photosites, such as a star, is kept; untick the box for star fields that need every
+  single-photosite point. Photos edited earlier keep their look: the box is off for them.
+- A raw that would have more than 0.2 % of its photosites replaced is left unchanged: such a photo doesn't look like
+  hot pixels on a sensor. Stars and other points of light that are kept don't count, so a dense star field still
+  loses its hot pixels. Settings ▸ Performance ▸ Hot pixel limit sets the share (0.05 % to 1 %).
+
 ## 2026-11-01
 
 ### Korean and Vietnamese text in exports draws whole