diff --git a/veans/AGENTS.md b/veans/AGENTS.md
index adc4d420c..1b0d6c902 100644
--- a/veans/AGENTS.md
+++ b/veans/AGENTS.md
@@ -46,9 +46,36 @@ this file is veans-specific.
 
 ## Vikunja wire-format gotchas
 
-Most failures surface when crossing the JSON boundary. The list below is
-what's bitten me; if a new endpoint behaves oddly, suspect one of these:
+veans targets the Huma-backed **`/api/v2`** exclusively (`apiBasePath` in
+`internal/client/client.go`). v1 is frozen, and the kanban-bucket CRUD veans
+relies on only exists on v2. Most failures surface when crossing the JSON
+boundary. The list below is what's bitten me; if a new endpoint behaves
+oddly, suspect one of these:
 
+- **Lists come wrapped in the standard envelope.** Every v2 list returns
+  `{"items":[...],"total":N,"page":N,"per_page":N,"total_pages":N}`, not a
+  bare array, and there is no `x-pagination-total-pages` header anymore.
+  Decode with the generic `Paginated[T]` helper. **Most lists are
+  server-paginated** — their model's `ReadAll` applies a 50-item page limit:
+  tasks, projects, labels, comments and bots. Page through those with
+  `doListAll` until `page >= total_pages`; returning only page 1 silently
+  truncates (>50 comments on a task is realistic). **Buckets and project
+  views are the exception**: their `ReadAll` takes `_ int, _ int` and returns
+  every row in one page, so fetch them with a single `doList` and unwrap
+  `.items` — paging those would re-fetch the full set and duplicate it.
+  Single-object responses (create/update/read of one entity) stay UNWRAPPED.
+- **v2 flips the create/update verbs.** Creates are **POST** (v1 used PUT):
+  projects, labels, tokens, bot users, project shares, task create,
+  comments, relations, assignees, label-attach, bucket create. Task update
+  is **PATCH** (see below). The bucket-task move is **PUT**.
+- **Task update is `PATCH /tasks/{id}` with `application/merge-patch+json`**
+  (`client.DoMerge` → `UpdateTask(*TaskPatch)`). Only the fields present in
+  the body are written; absent fields are left intact. Build the body from
+  `TaskPatch` (pointer fields, omitempty) — never a whole `client.Task`,
+  whose no-omitempty `done`/`title` would clobber those columns on every
+  call (this was issue #2962).
+- **List search is `q`**, not v1's `s` (`ListParams.Q`). Task-list
+  `filter`/`expand`/`page`/`per_page` keep their names.
 - **`ProjectView.view_kind` and `bucket_configuration_mode` are
   strings**, not ints. The parent enums (`ProjectViewKind`,
   `BucketConfigurationModeKind`) have custom `MarshalJSON` that emits
@@ -58,11 +85,12 @@ what's bitten me; if a new endpoint behaves oddly, suspect one of these:
   `xorm:"-"` on it — the actual bucket lives in a separate
   `task_buckets` table. Fetch with `?expand=buckets` and use
   `task.CurrentBucketID(viewID)` to read it.
-- **`POST /tasks/{id}` does NOT move tasks between buckets.** The
-  task↔bucket relation is row-shaped; use `client.MoveTaskToBucket()`
-  which hits `POST /projects/{p}/views/{v}/buckets/{b}/tasks`. The
-  Update path on the server only auto-moves on `done` flips.
-- **Bot user creation is `PUT /user/bots`**, not `/bots` — the routes
+- **Task updates do NOT move tasks between buckets.** The task↔bucket
+  relation is row-shaped; use `client.MoveTaskToBucket()` which hits
+  **`PUT /projects/{p}/views/{v}/buckets/{b}/tasks`** with a `{"task_id":N}`
+  body (project/view/bucket all come from the URL). The Update path on the
+  server only auto-moves on `done` flips.
+- **Bot user creation is `POST /user/bots`**, not `/bots` — the routes
   are registered under the `/user` subgroup. Same prefix for
   `GET /user/bots`.
 - **`APIToken.expires_at` is required.** The struct field has
@@ -88,6 +116,16 @@ what's bitten me; if a new endpoint behaves oddly, suspect one of these:
   - `/projects/:project/views/:view/buckets/:bucket/tasks` →
     group `projects`, action `views_buckets_tasks`
   - `/tasks/:task/comments` → group `tasks_comments`, action `create`
+- v1 and v2 deliberately share `(group, permission)` keys:
+  `pkg/models/api_routes.go` normalizes the inverted verbs (v2 POST-create
+  and v1 PUT-create both → `create`; v2 PUT/PATCH-update and v1 POST-update
+  both → `update`), and `CanDoAPIRoute` consults both route tables, treating
+  PATCH as an alias for the stored PUT. So `PermissionsForBot`'s scope map
+  authorizes the v2 calls unchanged, including the PATCH task update.
+- The bucket-task MOVE (`PUT …/buckets/:bucket/tasks`) and the
+  buckets-with-tasks LIST (`GET …/buckets/tasks`) collide on subkey
+  `views_buckets_tasks`; which one gets the bare key vs `views_buckets_tasks_put`
+  depends on unspecified route-init order, so the bot requests **both**.
 - `client.PermissionsForBot()` calls `GET /routes` at runtime and
   grants only the intersection of what we want and what the server
   exposes. **Don't hard-code permission group names** — they drift
@@ -96,9 +134,9 @@ what's bitten me; if a new endpoint behaves oddly, suspect one of these:
 
 ## Bot ownership and token minting
 
-- Creating a bot via `PUT /user/bots` automatically sets the bot's
+- Creating a bot via `POST /user/bots` automatically sets the bot's
   `bot_owner_id` to the calling user. Only the owner can mint tokens
-  for the bot via `PUT /tokens` with `owner_id=<bot_id>`. The init
+  for the bot via `POST /tokens` with `owner_id=<bot_id>`. The init
   flow does these as a single human-JWT-authenticated batch.
 - Bots have no password and **cannot** authenticate via `POST /login`.
   After init, `veans login` re-authenticates as the human (not the
@@ -115,9 +153,11 @@ what's bitten me; if a new endpoint behaves oddly, suspect one of these:
   browser, and captures the callback. The `Shutdown` defer uses
   `context.WithoutCancel(ctx)` so cancellation at the outer scope
   still drains the loopback server cleanly.
-- Token exchange is **JSON only**. Form-encoded POSTs to `/oauth/token`
-  fail; the standard `golang.org/x/oauth2` client speaks form encoding,
-  which is why we have a hand-rolled `client.ExchangeOAuthCode`.
+- Token exchange goes out as **JSON**. v2's `/oauth/token` accepts both JSON
+  and form-encoded bodies (Huma picks the decoder off the `Content-Type`
+  header), but the standard `golang.org/x/oauth2` client hard-codes form
+  encoding and its own response shape, so we keep the hand-rolled
+  `client.ExchangeOAuthCode` that speaks JSON.
 
 ## Credential store
 
diff --git a/veans/e2e/init_test.go b/veans/e2e/init_test.go
index cc432d99a..972812169 100644
--- a/veans/e2e/init_test.go
+++ b/veans/e2e/init_test.go
@@ -102,11 +102,14 @@ func TestInit_HappyPath(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bot %q not found on server", ws.BotUsername)
 	}
 
-	// Project shared with the bot at write permission.
-	var shares []map[string]any
+	// Project shared with the bot at write permission. v2 lists come wrapped
+	// in the standard {items,...} envelope.
+	var shares struct {
+		Items []map[string]any `json:"items"`
+	}
 	_ = h.AdminClient.Do(t.Context(), "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/users", project.ID), nil, nil, &shares)
 	shareFound := false
-	for _, s := range shares {
+	for _, s := range shares.Items {
 		if u, _ := s["username"].(string); u == ws.BotUsername {
 			if p, _ := s["permission"].(float64); int(p) >= 1 {
 				shareFound = true
diff --git a/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index a1251be89..5ea9a5e07 100644
--- a/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func Init(ctx context.Context, opts *Options) (*Result, error) {
 		return nil, output.Wrap(output.CodeUnknown, err, "mint bot token: %v", err)
 	}
 	if mintedToken.Token == "" {
-		return nil, output.New(output.CodeUnknown, "PUT /tokens did not return a token plaintext — cannot continue")
+		return nil, output.New(output.CodeUnknown, "POST /tokens did not return a token plaintext — cannot continue")
 	}
 
 	// 11. Persist credentials. Discard human JWT immediately after.
diff --git a/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go b/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
index 8c70fb333..6edf52e1b 100644
--- a/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
+++ b/veans/internal/bootstrap/bootstrap_test.go
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ func TestConfirmOverwriteExistingConfig(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // bucketServer is a minimal httptest server modelling
-// GET/PUT /api/v1/projects/{p}/views/{v}/buckets. The caller pre-seeds
-// existing buckets; PUT requests append to that list with a synthetic ID.
+// GET/POST /api/v2/projects/{p}/views/{v}/buckets. The caller pre-seeds
+// existing buckets; POST requests append to that list with a synthetic ID.
+// GET returns the standard v2 list envelope; POST returns the bare bucket.
 type bucketServer struct {
 	mu       sync.Mutex
 	existing []*client.Bucket
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ func newBucketServer(seed []*client.Bucket) *bucketServer {
 
 func (s *bucketServer) handler() http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		// Path is /api/v1/projects/{p}/views/{v}/buckets.
+		// Path is /api/v2/projects/{p}/views/{v}/buckets.
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/buckets") || !strings.Contains(r.URL.Path, "/views/") {
 			http.Error(w, "unexpected path: "+r.URL.Path, http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
@@ -242,8 +243,15 @@ func (s *bucketServer) handler() http.Handler {
 		switch r.Method {
 		case http.MethodGet:
 			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(s.existing)
-		case http.MethodPut:
+			// v2 list envelope; the buckets list isn't server-paginated.
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{
+				"items":       s.existing,
+				"total":       len(s.existing),
+				"page":        1,
+				"per_page":    50,
+				"total_pages": 1,
+			})
+		case http.MethodPost:
 			var b client.Bucket
 			if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&b); err != nil {
 				http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/assignees.go b/veans/internal/client/assignees.go
index 2e63b46db..6478acd01 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/assignees.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/assignees.go
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ import (
 
 // AddAssignee assigns a user (typically the bot) to a task.
 func (c *Client) AddAssignee(ctx context.Context, taskID, userID int64) error {
-	return c.Do(ctx, "PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/assignees", taskID), nil, &TaskAssignee{UserID: userID}, nil)
+	return c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/assignees", taskID), nil, &TaskAssignee{UserID: userID}, nil)
 }
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/buckets.go b/veans/internal/client/buckets.go
index ba4c324e5..43aa8c398 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/buckets.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/buckets.go
@@ -21,25 +21,28 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 )
 
-// ListBuckets returns the buckets configured on a Kanban view.
+// ListBuckets returns the buckets configured on a Kanban view. Bucket.ReadAll
+// ignores page/per_page and returns every bucket in a single page (the envelope
+// total reflects the full set), so one GET gets them all — paging would
+// re-fetch the same buckets and duplicate them. Unwrap .items.
 func (c *Client) ListBuckets(ctx context.Context, projectID, viewID int64) ([]*Bucket, error) {
-	var out []*Bucket
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/views/%d/buckets", projectID, viewID)
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "GET", path, nil, nil, &out); err != nil {
+	items, _, err := doList[*Bucket](ctx, c, path, nil)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return out, nil
+	return items, nil
 }
 
-// CreateBucket inserts a new bucket into a Kanban view.
+// CreateBucket inserts a new bucket into a Kanban view. The project and view
+// come from the URL; the v2 handler ignores project_view_id in the body.
 func (c *Client) CreateBucket(ctx context.Context, projectID, viewID int64, b *Bucket) (*Bucket, error) {
 	var out Bucket
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/views/%d/buckets", projectID, viewID)
 	if b == nil {
 		b = &Bucket{}
 	}
-	b.ProjectViewID = viewID
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", path, nil, b, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", path, nil, b, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
@@ -47,17 +50,13 @@ func (c *Client) CreateBucket(ctx context.Context, projectID, viewID int64, b *B
 
 // MoveTaskToBucket positions an existing task in `bucketID` on the
 // project's view. Vikunja stores task↔bucket relations in a separate
-// table (`task_buckets`), so POST /tasks/{id} with bucket_id does not
-// reliably move tasks — this dedicated endpoint is the one the Kanban
-// UI's drag-and-drop uses.
+// table (`task_buckets`); a task update with bucket_id does not reliably
+// move tasks — this dedicated endpoint is the one the Kanban UI's
+// drag-and-drop uses. On v2 it's a PUT, and project/view/bucket all come
+// from the URL, so the body only carries the task id.
 func (c *Client) MoveTaskToBucket(ctx context.Context, projectID, viewID, bucketID, taskID int64) error {
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/views/%d/buckets/%d/tasks",
 		projectID, viewID, bucketID)
-	body := map[string]int64{
-		"task_id":         taskID,
-		"project_view_id": viewID,
-		"bucket_id":       bucketID,
-		"project_id":      projectID,
-	}
-	return c.Do(ctx, "POST", path, nil, body, nil)
+	body := map[string]int64{"task_id": taskID}
+	return c.Do(ctx, "PUT", path, nil, body, nil)
 }
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/client.go b/veans/internal/client/client.go
index 19ad0827a..6e45bb53d 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/client.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 // Client is a thin JSON wrapper around the Vikunja REST API. It holds the
 // server base URL and a bearer token (either a JWT from POST /login or an
-// API token minted via PUT /tokens). Every method in this package is a thin
+// API token minted via POST /tokens). Every method in this package is a thin
 // shim over Do.
 type Client struct {
 	BaseURL    string
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ type Client struct {
 	HTTPClient *http.Client
 }
 
+// apiBasePath is the version prefix every request is mounted under. veans
+// targets the Huma-backed /api/v2 exclusively — v1 is frozen and the bucket
+// CRUD endpoints veans needs only exist on v2.
+const apiBasePath = "/api/v2"
+
+// contentTypeJSON / contentTypeMergePatch are the request body content types
+// Do and DoMerge send. Merge-patch (RFC 7396) is how v2 does partial updates:
+// only the fields present in the body are written, the rest are left intact.
+const (
+	contentTypeJSON       = "application/json"
+	contentTypeMergePatch = "application/merge-patch+json"
+)
+
 // UserAgent is the value sent in the User-Agent header on every request.
 // main sets this at startup with the linker-injected version + the
 // runtime os/arch (e.g. "veans/0.3.1 (linux/amd64)"). Tests get the
@@ -61,17 +74,36 @@ func New(baseURL, token string) *Client {
 	}
 }
 
-// vikunjaError matches `web.HTTPError` on the wire.
+// vikunjaError matches the RFC 9457 problem+json body /api/v2 returns
+// (huma.ErrorModel augmented with Vikunja's numeric domain `code`). The
+// human-readable message lives in `detail`; `title` is the status text
+// fallback. `message` is v1's legacy field, kept only as a fallback so a
+// stray legacy/proxy error body still yields a readable message instead of
+// raw JSON. The HTTP status used for output.Code mapping comes from the
+// response status line, not this body.
 type vikunjaError struct {
-	Code    int    `json:"code"`
+	Title   string `json:"title"`
+	Detail  string `json:"detail"`
 	Message string `json:"message"`
+	Code    int    `json:"code"`
 }
 
-// Do performs a single JSON request against /api/v1<path>. body, if non-nil,
+// Do performs a single JSON request against /api/v2<path>. body, if non-nil,
 // is JSON-marshalled. out, if non-nil, is JSON-unmarshalled. query is appended
 // as URL-encoded params.
 func (c *Client) Do(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values, body, out any) error {
-	full := c.BaseURL + "/api/v1" + path
+	return c.do(ctx, method, path, query, body, out, contentTypeJSON)
+}
+
+// DoMerge is like Do but sends the body as a JSON Merge Patch
+// (application/merge-patch+json). Used for PATCH updates so only the fields
+// present in `body` are written server-side — see UpdateTask.
+func (c *Client) DoMerge(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values, body, out any) error {
+	return c.do(ctx, method, path, query, body, out, contentTypeMergePatch)
+}
+
+func (c *Client) do(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values, body, out any, contentType string) error {
+	full := c.BaseURL + apiBasePath + path
 	if len(query) > 0 {
 		full += "?" + query.Encode()
 	}
@@ -91,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *Client) Do(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values,
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
 	if body != nil {
-		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", contentType)
 	}
 	if c.Token != "" {
 		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.Token)
@@ -122,51 +154,55 @@ func (c *Client) Do(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values,
 	return nil
 }
 
-// DoPaginated is like Do but also returns the total page count parsed from
-// the `x-pagination-total-pages` response header (0 if the header is
-// missing or unparseable). Used by the list endpoints so paging terminates
-// against the authoritative server count, not a `len(batch) < per_page`
-// heuristic that loops one extra time on exact-multiple totals.
-func (c *Client) DoPaginated(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values, out any) (totalPages int, err error) {
-	full := c.BaseURL + "/api/v1" + path
-	if len(query) > 0 {
-		full += "?" + query.Encode()
-	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, method, full, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("build request: %w", err)
-	}
-	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
-	if c.Token != "" {
-		req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+c.Token)
-	}
-	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent)
+// Paginated mirrors the standard /api/v2 list envelope. Every v2 list
+// operation returns this shape (v1 returned a bare array plus an
+// x-pagination-total-pages header, which is gone). Single-object responses
+// stay unwrapped.
+type Paginated[T any] struct {
+	Items      []T   `json:"items"`
+	Total      int64 `json:"total"`
+	Page       int   `json:"page"`
+	PerPage    int   `json:"per_page"`
+	TotalPages int   `json:"total_pages"`
+}
 
-	resp, err := c.HTTPClient.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, output.Wrap(output.CodeUnknown, err, "%s %s: %v", method, path, err)
+// doList GETs `path` and decodes the standard v2 list envelope, returning the
+// items plus the server's total page count so a caller can page until
+// page >= totalPages. Generic so each list endpoint reuses it without a
+// per-type wrapper struct.
+func doList[T any](ctx context.Context, c *Client, path string, query url.Values) (items []T, totalPages int, err error) {
+	var env Paginated[T]
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "GET", path, query, nil, &env); err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, err
 	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	return env.Items, env.TotalPages, nil
+}
 
-	respBody, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, maxBodyBytes))
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("read response: %w", err)
-	}
-	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
-		return 0, mapHTTPError(method, path, resp.StatusCode, respBody,
-			parseRetryAfter(resp.Header.Get("Retry-After")))
-	}
-	if out != nil && len(respBody) > 0 {
-		if err := json.Unmarshal(respBody, out); err != nil {
-			return 0, fmt.Errorf("decode %s %s: %w", method, path, err)
+// doListAll pages through a v2 list endpoint, accumulating every item until
+// page >= total_pages.
+//
+// Use it ONLY for endpoints whose model honours page/per_page — the
+// server-paginated lists (tasks, projects, labels, comments, bots). For the
+// endpoints whose ReadAll ignores pagination and returns every row in a single
+// page (buckets, views), call doList instead: looping those re-fetches the full
+// set on every page and duplicates it.
+func doListAll[T any](ctx context.Context, c *Client, path string) ([]T, error) {
+	var all []T
+	page := 1
+	for {
+		q := url.Values{}
+		q.Set("page", strconv.Itoa(page))
+		q.Set("per_page", "50")
+		batch, totalPages, err := doList[T](ctx, c, path, q)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
-	}
-	if v := resp.Header.Get("x-pagination-total-pages"); v != "" {
-		if n, perr := strconv.Atoi(v); perr == nil {
-			totalPages = n
+		all = append(all, batch...)
+		if page >= totalPages {
+			return all, nil
 		}
+		page++
 	}
-	return totalPages, nil
 }
 
 // DoRaw is the escape hatch used by `veans api`. It returns the raw response
@@ -176,7 +212,7 @@ func (c *Client) DoPaginated(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url
 // "stdout is for the success payload; errors go through the envelope on
 // stderr"); see commands/api.go for the canonical handling.
 func (c *Client) DoRaw(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Values, body []byte) (status int, respBody []byte, retryAfter time.Duration, err error) {
-	full := c.BaseURL + "/api/v1" + path
+	full := c.BaseURL + apiBasePath + path
 	if len(query) > 0 {
 		full += "?" + query.Encode()
 	}
@@ -205,18 +241,6 @@ func (c *Client) DoRaw(ctx context.Context, method, path string, query url.Value
 	return resp.StatusCode, respBody, parseRetryAfter(resp.Header.Get("Retry-After")), err
 }
 
-// paginationDone reports whether a paged GET has consumed every page,
-// preferring the server's x-pagination-total-pages count when present and
-// falling back to the len(batch) < per_page heuristic when the header is
-// missing (older server / proxy stripped). Centralized so all list
-// endpoints terminate identically.
-func paginationDone(page, batchLen, perPage, totalPages int) bool {
-	if totalPages > 0 {
-		return page >= totalPages
-	}
-	return batchLen < perPage
-}
-
 // maxBodyBytes caps the size of any response body we'll read into memory.
 // Vikunja JSON payloads are far smaller; the cap exists so a misbehaving
 // proxy can't OOM the CLI by streaming an unbounded body.
@@ -244,7 +268,16 @@ func parseRetryAfter(v string) time.Duration {
 func mapHTTPError(method, path string, status int, body []byte, retryAfter time.Duration) error {
 	var ve vikunjaError
 	_ = json.Unmarshal(body, &ve)
-	msg := strings.TrimSpace(ve.Message)
+	// v2's problem+json carries the human-readable text in `detail`; fall back
+	// to `title`, then v1's legacy `message`, then the raw body, then the
+	// status text.
+	msg := strings.TrimSpace(ve.Detail)
+	if msg == "" {
+		msg = strings.TrimSpace(ve.Title)
+	}
+	if msg == "" {
+		msg = strings.TrimSpace(ve.Message)
+	}
 	if msg == "" {
 		msg = strings.TrimSpace(string(body))
 		if msg == "" {
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/client_test.go b/veans/internal/client/client_test.go
index 5f7144fa2..19bb8ddd7 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/client_test.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/client_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestMapHTTPError_StatusCodeMapping(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := mapHTTPError("GET", "/foo", tc.status, []byte(`{"message":"boom"}`), 0)
+			err := mapHTTPError("GET", "/foo", tc.status, []byte(`{"detail":"boom"}`), 0)
 			var oe *output.Error
 			if !errors.As(err, &oe) {
 				t.Fatalf("expected *output.Error, got %T", err)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestMapHTTPError_StatusCodeMapping(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestMapHTTPError_RetryAfterAppendedToMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	retry := 7 * time.Second
-	err := mapHTTPError("GET", "/foo", http.StatusTooManyRequests, []byte(`{"message":"slow down"}`), retry)
+	err := mapHTTPError("GET", "/foo", http.StatusTooManyRequests, []byte(`{"detail":"slow down"}`), retry)
 	var oe *output.Error
 	if !errors.As(err, &oe) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected *output.Error, got %T", err)
@@ -89,20 +89,53 @@ func TestMapHTTPError_BodyTruncation(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMapHTTPError_VikunjaJSONTakesPrecedenceOverRawBody(t *testing.T) {
-	body := []byte(`{"code":404,"message":"x"}`)
+func TestMapHTTPError_VikunjaProblemJSONTakesPrecedenceOverRawBody(t *testing.T) {
+	// v2 returns RFC 9457 problem+json: the message is in `detail`, and `code`
+	// carries Vikunja's numeric domain error code (not the HTTP status).
+	body := []byte(`{"status":404,"title":"Not Found","detail":"x","code":3001}`)
 	err := mapHTTPError("GET", "/foo", http.StatusNotFound, body, 0)
 	var oe *output.Error
 	if !errors.As(err, &oe) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected *output.Error, got %T", err)
 	}
 	// The formatted message is "METHOD PATH: STATUS MSG"; assert it carries
-	// the decoded message and not the raw JSON envelope.
+	// the decoded `detail` and not the raw JSON envelope.
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(oe.Message, ": 404 x") {
 		t.Errorf("expected formatted message to end with %q, got %q", ": 404 x", oe.Message)
 	}
-	if strings.Contains(oe.Message, `"code":404`) {
-		t.Errorf("expected raw JSON body to be replaced by decoded message, got %q", oe.Message)
+	if strings.Contains(oe.Message, `"code"`) {
+		t.Errorf("expected raw JSON body to be replaced by decoded detail, got %q", oe.Message)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMapHTTPError_FallsBackToTitleWhenNoDetail(t *testing.T) {
+	// A problem+json body with no `detail` (e.g. Huma's own schema-validation
+	// 422 sometimes only sets title) falls back to `title`.
+	body := []byte(`{"status":422,"title":"Unprocessable Entity"}`)
+	err := mapHTTPError("PATCH", "/tasks/1", http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, body, 0)
+	var oe *output.Error
+	if !errors.As(err, &oe) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected *output.Error, got %T", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(oe.Message, ": 422 Unprocessable Entity") {
+		t.Errorf("expected title fallback, got %q", oe.Message)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMapHTTPError_FallsBackToLegacyMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	// Defensive: a stray legacy/proxy body with only v1's `message` field
+	// still yields the message text rather than the raw JSON.
+	body := []byte(`{"code":403,"message":"forbidden"}`)
+	err := mapHTTPError("GET", "/foo", http.StatusForbidden, body, 0)
+	var oe *output.Error
+	if !errors.As(err, &oe) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected *output.Error, got %T", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(oe.Message, ": 403 forbidden") {
+		t.Errorf("expected legacy message fallback, got %q", oe.Message)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(oe.Message, `"message"`) {
+		t.Errorf("expected raw JSON to be replaced by the message text, got %q", oe.Message)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -146,36 +179,9 @@ func TestParseRetryAfter(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPaginationDone(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		name       string
-		page       int
-		batchLen   int
-		perPage    int
-		totalPages int
-		want       bool
-	}{
-		{"server says single page complete", 1, 50, 50, 1, true},
-		{"server says more pages remain", 1, 50, 50, 2, false},
-		{"server says we're on the last page", 2, 10, 50, 2, true},
-		{"no header, full page -> not done", 1, 50, 50, 0, false},
-		{"no header, short page -> done", 1, 10, 50, 0, true},
-		{"no header, empty page -> done", 1, 0, 50, 0, true},
-	}
-	for _, tc := range cases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got := paginationDone(tc.page, tc.batchLen, tc.perPage, tc.totalPages)
-			if got != tc.want {
-				t.Errorf("paginationDone(page=%d, batch=%d, per=%d, total=%d) = %v, want %v",
-					tc.page, tc.batchLen, tc.perPage, tc.totalPages, got, tc.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestCreateBotUser_404TranslatesToBotUsersUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.Method != http.MethodPut || r.URL.Path != "/api/v1/user/bots" {
+		if r.Method != http.MethodPost || r.URL.Path != "/api/v2/user/bots" {
 			http.Error(w, "unexpected route", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
 		}
@@ -196,3 +202,129 @@ func TestCreateBotUser_404TranslatesToBotUsersUnavailable(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("got code %q, want %q", oe.Code, output.CodeBotUsersUnavailable)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestListProjects_PaginatesEnvelope verifies the v2 list shape: each page is
+// the {items,total,page,per_page,total_pages} envelope, and ListProjects keeps
+// requesting until page >= total_pages, accumulating every item.
+func TestListProjects_PaginatesEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotPages []string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/api/v2/projects" {
+			http.Error(w, "unexpected path "+r.URL.Path, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		page := r.URL.Query().Get("page")
+		gotPages = append(gotPages, page)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		switch page {
+		case "1":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":1,"title":"a"},{"id":2,"title":"b"}],"total":3,"page":1,"per_page":2,"total_pages":2}`))
+		case "2":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":3,"title":"c"}],"total":3,"page":2,"per_page":2,"total_pages":2}`))
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected page %q (would loop past the end)", page)
+			http.Error(w, "no such page", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	projects, err := New(srv.URL, "tk").ListProjects(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListProjects: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(projects) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 projects accumulated across 2 pages, got %d", len(projects))
+	}
+	if len(gotPages) != 2 || gotPages[0] != "1" || gotPages[1] != "2" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exactly pages [1 2], got %v", gotPages)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestListTaskComments_PaginatesEnvelope guards the truncation bug: the v2
+// comments endpoint is server-paginated, so a task with >50 comments spans
+// multiple pages and ListTaskComments must accumulate them all, not stop at
+// page 1.
+func TestListTaskComments_PaginatesEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	var pages []string
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/api/v2/tasks/9/comments" {
+			http.Error(w, "unexpected path "+r.URL.Path, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		page := r.URL.Query().Get("page")
+		pages = append(pages, page)
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		switch page {
+		case "1":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":1,"comment":"a"},{"id":2,"comment":"b"}],"total":3,"page":1,"per_page":2,"total_pages":2}`))
+		case "2":
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":3,"comment":"c"}],"total":3,"page":2,"per_page":2,"total_pages":2}`))
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unexpected page %q", page)
+			http.Error(w, "no such page", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	comments, err := New(srv.URL, "tk").ListTaskComments(context.Background(), 9)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListTaskComments: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(comments) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 comments across 2 pages, got %d (truncation regression?)", len(comments))
+	}
+	if len(pages) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to fetch 2 pages, got %v", pages)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestListBuckets_SingleFetchDoesNotPage pins the opposite invariant: the
+// buckets model returns every row in one page, so ListBuckets must issue a
+// single request even when the envelope's total_pages is >1 — paging would
+// re-fetch and duplicate the buckets.
+func TestListBuckets_SingleFetchDoesNotPage(t *testing.T) {
+	var requests int
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		requests++
+		if requests > 1 {
+			t.Errorf("ListBuckets paged a single-page endpoint (request %d) — would duplicate", requests)
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		// total_pages deliberately > 1 to prove ListBuckets ignores it.
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":1,"title":"Todo"},{"id":2,"title":"Doing"}],"total":2,"page":1,"per_page":1,"total_pages":2}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	buckets, err := New(srv.URL, "tk").ListBuckets(context.Background(), 7, 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListBuckets: %v", err)
+	}
+	if requests != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exactly 1 request, got %d", requests)
+	}
+	if len(buckets) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the 2 buckets from the single page, got %d", len(buckets))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestListProjectViews_UnwrapsEnvelope pins that a previously-single-GET list
+// (project views) now unwraps .items from the standard list envelope.
+func TestListProjectViews_UnwrapsEnvelope(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/api/v2/projects/7/views" {
+			http.Error(w, "unexpected path "+r.URL.Path, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"items":[{"id":10,"title":"Kanban","view_kind":"kanban"}],"total":1,"page":1,"per_page":50,"total_pages":1}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	views, err := New(srv.URL, "tk").ListProjectViews(context.Background(), 7)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListProjectViews: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(views) != 1 || views[0].ViewKind != ViewKindKanban {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one kanban view unwrapped from .items, got %+v", views)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/comments.go b/veans/internal/client/comments.go
index 8f4cc493b..331b24591 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/comments.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/comments.go
@@ -24,17 +24,15 @@ import (
 // AddTaskComment posts a new comment on a task.
 func (c *Client) AddTaskComment(ctx context.Context, taskID int64, body string) (*TaskComment, error) {
 	var out TaskComment
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/comments", taskID), nil, &TaskComment{Comment: body}, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/comments", taskID), nil, &TaskComment{Comment: body}, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
 }
 
-// ListTaskComments returns all comments on a task.
+// ListTaskComments returns all comments on a task. The v2 comments endpoint is
+// server-paginated (TaskComment.ReadAll applies a 50-item page limit), so page
+// through to the end instead of returning only the first page.
 func (c *Client) ListTaskComments(ctx context.Context, taskID int64) ([]*TaskComment, error) {
-	var out []*TaskComment
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/comments", taskID), nil, nil, &out); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return out, nil
+	return doListAll[*TaskComment](ctx, c, fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/comments", taskID))
 }
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/discover.go b/veans/internal/client/discover.go
index 8cad249e7..1e71e404c 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/discover.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/discover.go
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ import (
 const defaultAPIPort = "3456"
 
 // DiscoverServer normalizes `input` and probes a small set of plausible
-// URLs for /api/v1/info, returning the canonical base URL (without the
-// /api/v1 suffix — that's what client.New expects) and the parsed Info.
+// URLs for /api/v2/info, returning the canonical base URL (without the
+// /api/v2 suffix — that's what client.New expects) and the parsed Info.
+//
+// Probing /api/v2/info doubles as the "is this server new enough" check: a
+// Vikunja without /api/v2 fails discovery cleanly rather than limping along
+// against endpoints veans needs.
 //
 // Mirrors the discovery the Vikunja web frontend does in
-// helpers/checkAndSetApiUrl.ts: try the URL as-given, with /api/v1
+// helpers/checkAndSetApiUrl.ts: try the URL as-given, with the API path
 // appended, and with the default :3456 port — across http / https. The
 // first response that parses as Info wins.
 func DiscoverServer(ctx context.Context, input string) (string, *Info, error) {
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ func DiscoverServer(ctx context.Context, input string) (string, *Info, error) {
 	var attempts []string
 	var lastErr error
 	for _, base := range candidates {
-		attempts = append(attempts, base+"/api/v1/info")
+		attempts = append(attempts, base+"/api/v2/info")
 		info, err := New(base, "").Info(ctx)
 		if err == nil && info != nil {
 			return base, info, nil
@@ -67,15 +71,16 @@ func DiscoverServer(ctx context.Context, input string) (string, *Info, error) {
 }
 
 // serverCandidates expands `input` into the ordered list of base URLs
-// to probe for /api/v1/info. A "base URL" here is what client.New wants:
-// the origin + the path that should sit BEFORE /api/v1 (typically empty
-// or a reverse-proxy prefix). The probe itself adds /api/v1/info.
+// to probe for /api/v2/info. A "base URL" here is what client.New wants:
+// the origin + the path that should sit BEFORE /api/v2 (typically empty
+// or a reverse-proxy prefix). The probe itself adds /api/v2/info.
 func serverCandidates(input string) ([]string, error) {
-	// Strip a trailing /api/v1[/] the user might have copied from a
-	// curl example. We add it back in the probe, and otherwise we'd
-	// end up calling /api/v1/api/v1/info.
+	// Strip a trailing /api/v1 or /api/v2[/] the user might have copied
+	// from a curl example. We add the API path back in the probe, and
+	// otherwise we'd end up calling /api/v2/api/v2/info.
 	trimmed := strings.TrimRight(input, "/")
 	trimmed = strings.TrimSuffix(trimmed, "/api/v1")
+	trimmed = strings.TrimSuffix(trimmed, "/api/v2")
 	trimmed = strings.TrimRight(trimmed, "/")
 
 	withScheme := trimmed
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/labels.go b/veans/internal/client/labels.go
index 1681b49a1..24ce13c28 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/labels.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/labels.go
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ func (c *Client) ListLabels(ctx context.Context, search string) ([]*Label, error
 		q.Set("page", strconv.Itoa(page))
 		q.Set("per_page", "50")
 		if search != "" {
-			q.Set("s", search)
+			// v2's list search param is `q` (v1 used `s`).
+			q.Set("q", search)
 		}
-		var batch []*Label
-		total, err := c.DoPaginated(ctx, "GET", "/labels", q, &batch)
+		batch, totalPages, err := doList[*Label](ctx, c, "/labels", q)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		all = append(all, batch...)
-		if paginationDone(page, len(batch), 50, total) {
+		if page >= totalPages {
 			return all, nil
 		}
 		page++
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (c *Client) ListLabels(ctx context.Context, search string) ([]*Label, error
 // CreateLabel creates a new label owned by the authenticated user.
 func (c *Client) CreateLabel(ctx context.Context, l *Label) (*Label, error) {
 	var out Label
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", "/labels", nil, l, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", "/labels", nil, l, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (c *Client) CreateLabel(ctx context.Context, l *Label) (*Label, error) {
 
 // AddLabelToTask attaches an existing label to a task.
 func (c *Client) AddLabelToTask(ctx context.Context, taskID, labelID int64) error {
-	return c.Do(ctx, "PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/labels", taskID), nil, &LabelTask{LabelID: labelID}, nil)
+	return c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/labels", taskID), nil, &LabelTask{LabelID: labelID}, nil)
 }
 
 // RemoveLabelFromTask detaches a label.
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/projects.go b/veans/internal/client/projects.go
index e0f23eccb..eb2357430 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/projects.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/projects.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
-// ListProjects pages through GET /projects, accumulating until the server's
-// x-pagination-total-pages header says we're done.
+// ListProjects pages through GET /projects, accumulating until the list
+// envelope's total_pages says we're done.
 func (c *Client) ListProjects(ctx context.Context) ([]*Project, error) {
 	var all []*Project
 	page := 1
@@ -32,13 +32,12 @@ func (c *Client) ListProjects(ctx context.Context) ([]*Project, error) {
 		q := url.Values{}
 		q.Set("page", strconv.Itoa(page))
 		q.Set("per_page", "50")
-		var batch []*Project
-		total, err := c.DoPaginated(ctx, "GET", "/projects", q, &batch)
+		batch, totalPages, err := doList[*Project](ctx, c, "/projects", q)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		all = append(all, batch...)
-		if paginationDone(page, len(batch), 50, total) {
+		if page >= totalPages {
 			return all, nil
 		}
 		page++
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetProject(ctx context.Context, id int64) (*Project, error) {
 // auto-creates the default views (List, Gantt, Table, Kanban) on insert.
 func (c *Client) CreateProject(ctx context.Context, p *Project) (*Project, error) {
 	var out Project
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", "/projects", nil, p, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", "/projects", nil, p, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
@@ -67,17 +66,20 @@ func (c *Client) CreateProject(ctx context.Context, p *Project) (*Project, error
 // ShareProjectWithUser grants `username` `permission` on project `id`.
 func (c *Client) ShareProjectWithUser(ctx context.Context, projectID int64, share *ProjectUser) (*ProjectUser, error) {
 	var out ProjectUser
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/users", projectID), nil, share, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/users", projectID), nil, share, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
 }
 
 // ListProjectViews returns saved views (Kanban, List, …) on a project.
+// ProjectView.ReadAll ignores page/per_page and returns every view in a single
+// page, so one GET gets them all — paging would re-fetch the same views and
+// duplicate them. Unwrap .items.
 func (c *Client) ListProjectViews(ctx context.Context, projectID int64) ([]*ProjectView, error) {
-	var out []*ProjectView
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/views", projectID), nil, nil, &out); err != nil {
+	items, _, err := doList[*ProjectView](ctx, c, fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/views", projectID), nil)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return out, nil
+	return items, nil
 }
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/relations.go b/veans/internal/client/relations.go
index 136e57c58..8de7e3920 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/relations.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/relations.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 func (c *Client) CreateRelation(ctx context.Context, taskID int64, otherTaskID int64, relationKind string) (*TaskRelation, error) {
 	var out TaskRelation
 	body := &TaskRelation{OtherTaskID: otherTaskID, RelationKind: relationKind}
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/relations", taskID), nil, body, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d/relations", taskID), nil, body, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/routes.go b/veans/internal/client/routes.go
index 179773f20..84cab0b41 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/routes.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/routes.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (c *Client) Routes(ctx context.Context) (map[string]RouteGroup, error) {
 // PermissionsForBot picks a curated subset of route groups the veans bot
 // needs and projects the available actions of each. Groups not present on
 // the server are silently dropped, so the resulting permission map is
-// always valid for PUT /tokens regardless of Vikunja version.
+// always valid for POST /tokens regardless of Vikunja version.
 //
 // The action names reflect Vikunja's actual route map (see GET /routes):
 // bucket CRUD and the bucket-task move endpoint live under the `projects`
@@ -56,10 +56,16 @@ func PermissionsForBot(routes map[string]RouteGroup) map[string][]string {
 		},
 		// Project access: read project metadata, manage buckets & move
 		// tasks between them. tasks_by-index resolves #NN / PROJ-NN.
+		// The bucket-task MOVE (PUT .../buckets/:bucket/tasks) and the
+		// buckets-with-tasks LIST (GET .../buckets/tasks) collide on subkey
+		// `views_buckets_tasks`; which one gets the bare key vs the
+		// `_put`-suffixed key depends on unspecified route-init order, so we
+		// request BOTH and let the runtime intersection drop whichever the
+		// server didn't register.
 		"projects": {
 			"read_one", "read_all", "tasks_by-index",
 			"views_buckets", "views_buckets_put", "views_buckets_post",
-			"views_buckets_delete", "views_buckets_tasks",
+			"views_buckets_delete", "views_buckets_tasks", "views_buckets_tasks_put",
 		},
 		"projects_views":  {"read_one", "read_all"},
 		"labels":          {"read_one", "read_all", "create", "update", "delete"},
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/routes_test.go b/veans/internal/client/routes_test.go
index 8fc2ab369..fc9687518 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/routes_test.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/routes_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package client
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestPermissionsForBot_DropsUnknownGroups(t *testing.T) {
 	// Server only exposes a subset of what we ask for.
@@ -61,3 +64,42 @@ func TestPermissionsForBot_EmptyWhenServerIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected empty map, got %v", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPermissionsForBot_ProjectsBucketScopes pins the project-group scopes the
+// bot needs for the v2 kanban-bucket calls: list/create/update/delete buckets
+// plus the bucket-task MOVE. The MOVE and the buckets-with-tasks LIST collide
+// on the `views_buckets_tasks` subkey and the bare-vs-_put assignment depends
+// on unspecified route-init order, so the bot must request BOTH keys; the
+// runtime intersection keeps whichever the server actually exposes.
+func TestPermissionsForBot_ProjectsBucketScopes(t *testing.T) {
+	// A server that registered the move under the bare key and the list under
+	// the _put key (one of the two possible orderings).
+	server := map[string]RouteGroup{
+		"projects": {
+			"read_one":                {},
+			"read_all":                {},
+			"tasks_by-index":          {},
+			"views_buckets":           {}, // list buckets
+			"views_buckets_post":      {}, // create bucket
+			"views_buckets_put":       {}, // update bucket
+			"views_buckets_delete":    {}, // delete bucket
+			"views_buckets_tasks":     {}, // bucket-task move OR buckets-with-tasks list
+			"views_buckets_tasks_put": {}, // the other of the colliding pair
+		},
+	}
+	got := PermissionsForBot(server)
+	projects, ok := got["projects"]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected projects group in result")
+	}
+	want := []string{
+		"read_one", "read_all", "tasks_by-index",
+		"views_buckets", "views_buckets_post", "views_buckets_put",
+		"views_buckets_delete", "views_buckets_tasks", "views_buckets_tasks_put",
+	}
+	for _, w := range want {
+		if !slices.Contains(projects, w) {
+			t.Errorf("projects scope %q missing from bot grant; got %v", w, projects)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/tasks.go b/veans/internal/client/tasks.go
index c53c219c5..dbbdbbc2b 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/tasks.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/tasks.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (o *TaskListOptions) values() url.Values {
 }
 
 // ListProjectTasks paginates `GET /projects/{id}/tasks` exhaustively,
-// terminating against the server's x-pagination-total-pages header.
+// terminating against the list envelope's total_pages.
 func (c *Client) ListProjectTasks(ctx context.Context, projectID int64, opts *TaskListOptions) ([]*Task, error) {
 	if opts == nil {
 		opts = &TaskListOptions{}
@@ -61,19 +61,19 @@ func (c *Client) ListProjectTasks(ctx context.Context, projectID int64, opts *Ta
 	if per <= 0 {
 		per = 50
 	}
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/tasks", projectID)
 	var all []*Task
 	page := 1
 	for {
 		o := *opts
 		o.Page = page
 		o.PerPage = per
-		var batch []*Task
-		total, err := c.DoPaginated(ctx, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/tasks", projectID), o.values(), &batch)
+		batch, totalPages, err := doList[*Task](ctx, c, path, o.values())
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		all = append(all, batch...)
-		if paginationDone(page, len(batch), per, total) {
+		if page >= totalPages {
 			return all, nil
 		}
 		page++
@@ -114,24 +114,26 @@ func (t *Task) CurrentBucketID(viewID int64) int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-// CreateTask inserts a task into a project (PUT /projects/{id}/tasks).
+// CreateTask inserts a task into a project (POST /projects/{id}/tasks).
 func (c *Client) CreateTask(ctx context.Context, projectID int64, t *Task) (*Task, error) {
 	var out Task
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/tasks", projectID), nil, t, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/projects/%d/tasks", projectID), nil, t, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
 }
 
-// UpdateTask updates a task (POST /tasks/{id}). This endpoint does NOT
-// move tasks between buckets — the task↔bucket relation is row-shaped in
-// task_buckets, and bucket_id on the request body is ignored. Use
-// MoveTaskToBucket() for that. The server does auto-flip the bucket
-// when `done` toggles, but only between the canonical "todo" and "done"
-// buckets the project view is configured with.
-func (c *Client) UpdateTask(ctx context.Context, id int64, t *Task) (*Task, error) {
+// UpdateTask partially updates a task via PATCH /tasks/{id} with a JSON Merge
+// Patch body: only the fields set on `patch` are written, the rest are left
+// intact (the fix for issue #2962, where a status-only update used to zero
+// description and priority). This endpoint does NOT move tasks between
+// buckets — the task↔bucket relation is row-shaped in task_buckets, and
+// bucket_id on the request body is ignored. Use MoveTaskToBucket() for that.
+// The server still auto-flips the bucket when `done` toggles, between the
+// canonical "todo" and "done" buckets the project view is configured with.
+func (c *Client) UpdateTask(ctx context.Context, id int64, patch *TaskPatch) (*Task, error) {
 	var out Task
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d", id), nil, t, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.DoMerge(ctx, "PATCH", fmt.Sprintf("/tasks/%d", id), nil, patch, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/tokens.go b/veans/internal/client/tokens.go
index 58a99b682..a8c0bc054 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/tokens.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/tokens.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import "context"
 // the bot in step 8 of init).
 func (c *Client) CreateToken(ctx context.Context, t *APIToken) (*APIToken, error) {
 	var out APIToken
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", "/tokens", nil, t, &out); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", "/tokens", nil, t, &out); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &out, nil
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/types.go b/veans/internal/client/types.go
index edcabc766..930004c6c 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/types.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/types.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type User struct {
 	Email    string `json:"email,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// BotUser is what `PUT /bots` returns.
+// BotUser is what `POST /user/bots` returns.
 type BotUser struct {
 	ID       int64     `json:"id"`
 	Username string    `json:"username"`
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type BotUser struct {
 	Created  time.Time `json:"created,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// BotUserCreate is the request body for PUT /bots.
+// BotUserCreate is the request body for POST /user/bots.
 type BotUserCreate struct {
 	Username string `json:"username"`
 	Name     string `json:"name,omitempty"`
@@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ type Task struct {
 	PercentDone  float64            `json:"percent_done,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// TaskPatch is the JSON Merge Patch body for UpdateTask (PATCH /tasks/{id}).
+// Every field is a pointer with omitempty so only the fields the caller sets
+// are serialized; absent fields are left untouched server-side. This is the
+// fix for issue #2962 — a status-only update no longer zeroes description or
+// priority the way the old whole-object write did. A non-nil pointer to a zero
+// value (e.g. *Priority = 0, *Done = false) still serializes, which is how an
+// explicit "clear priority" or "reopen" reaches the server.
+type TaskPatch struct {
+	Title       *string `json:"title,omitempty"`
+	Description *string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	Done        *bool   `json:"done,omitempty"`
+	Priority    *int64  `json:"priority,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // TaskComment matches pkg/models/task_comments.TaskComment.
 type TaskComment struct {
 	ID      int64     `json:"id"`
@@ -138,12 +152,12 @@ type Label struct {
 	Updated     time.Time `json:"updated,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// LabelTask is the body for `PUT /tasks/{id}/labels`.
+// LabelTask is the body for `POST /tasks/{id}/labels`.
 type LabelTask struct {
 	LabelID int64 `json:"label_id"`
 }
 
-// TaskRelation is the body for `PUT /tasks/{id}/relations` and the row
+// TaskRelation is the body for `POST /tasks/{id}/relations` and the row
 // returned. RelationKind is one of: subtask, parenttask, related, duplicates,
 // duplicateof, blocking, blocked, precedes, follows, copiedfrom, copiedto.
 type TaskRelation struct {
@@ -152,12 +166,12 @@ type TaskRelation struct {
 	RelationKind string `json:"relation_kind"`
 }
 
-// TaskAssignee is the body for `PUT /tasks/{id}/assignees`.
+// TaskAssignee is the body for `POST /tasks/{id}/assignees`.
 type TaskAssignee struct {
 	UserID int64 `json:"user_id"`
 }
 
-// ProjectUser is the body and response for `PUT /projects/{id}/users`.
+// ProjectUser is the body and response for `POST /projects/{id}/users`.
 type ProjectUser struct {
 	ID         int64  `json:"id,omitempty"`
 	Username   string `json:"username"`
@@ -171,7 +185,7 @@ const (
 	PermissionAdmin     = 2
 )
 
-// APIToken is the request and response shape for `PUT /tokens`. The plaintext
+// APIToken is the request and response shape for `POST /tokens`. The plaintext
 // `Token` field is only populated on creation. Vikunja requires ExpiresAt;
 // callers that want a long-lived token use FarFuture (year 9999).
 type APIToken struct {
@@ -223,8 +237,9 @@ type LoginResponse struct {
 	Token string `json:"token"`
 }
 
-// OAuthTokenRequest is the JSON body for POST /api/v1/oauth/token. Vikunja's
-// OAuth server explicitly rejects form-encoded requests; everything is JSON.
+// OAuthTokenRequest is the JSON body for POST /api/v2/oauth/token. The v2
+// endpoint accepts both JSON and form-encoded bodies; veans sends JSON, which
+// Huma decodes off the Content-Type header regardless of the declared form.
 type OAuthTokenRequest struct {
 	GrantType    string `json:"grant_type"`
 	Code         string `json:"code,omitempty"`
diff --git a/veans/internal/client/users.go b/veans/internal/client/users.go
index eb2335610..9308fd9ae 100644
--- a/veans/internal/client/users.go
+++ b/veans/internal/client/users.go
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ import (
 	"code.vikunja.io/veans/internal/output"
 )
 
-// CreateBotUser provisions a bot user via PUT /user/bots. The username must
+// CreateBotUser provisions a bot user via POST /user/bots. The username must
 // be prefixed `bot-` (Vikunja enforces this). The caller becomes the bot's
 // owner, which is what allows them to mint API tokens for the bot via
-// PUT /tokens with owner_id.
+// POST /tokens with owner_id.
 //
 // On Vikunja versions that predate the /user/bots endpoint, the server
 // returns 404, which we surface as BOT_USERS_UNAVAILABLE so init can fail
 // fast with a clear message.
 func (c *Client) CreateBotUser(ctx context.Context, username, name string) (*BotUser, error) {
 	var out BotUser
-	err := c.Do(ctx, "PUT", "/user/bots", nil, &BotUserCreate{Username: username, Name: name}, &out)
+	err := c.Do(ctx, "POST", "/user/bots", nil, &BotUserCreate{Username: username, Name: name}, &out)
 	if err != nil {
 		var oe *output.Error
 		if errors.As(err, &oe) && oe.Code == output.CodeNotFound {
@@ -45,13 +45,11 @@ func (c *Client) CreateBotUser(ctx context.Context, username, name string) (*Bot
 	return &out, nil
 }
 
-// ListBotUsers returns all bot users owned by the authenticated user.
+// ListBotUsers returns all bot users owned by the authenticated user. The v2
+// endpoint is server-paginated (BotUser.ReadAll applies a 50-item page limit),
+// so page through to the end instead of returning only the first page.
 func (c *Client) ListBotUsers(ctx context.Context) ([]*BotUser, error) {
-	var out []*BotUser
-	if err := c.Do(ctx, "GET", "/user/bots", nil, nil, &out); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return out, nil
+	return doListAll[*BotUser](ctx, c, "/user/bots")
 }
 
 // FindMyBotByUsername scans the caller's owned bots for one with the given
diff --git a/veans/internal/commands/api.go b/veans/internal/commands/api.go
index d1e9669c9..b36964ba2 100644
--- a/veans/internal/commands/api.go
+++ b/veans/internal/commands/api.go
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ func newAPICmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "api <METHOD> <PATH>",
 		Short: "Raw REST passthrough — escape hatch for endpoints veans doesn't wrap",
-		Long: `Sends a request to /api/v1<PATH> as the bot. Use this when curated
+		Long: `Sends a request to /api/v2<PATH> as the bot. Use this when curated
 commands don't shape the data the way you need. The response body is
 written to stdout verbatim.
 
 Examples:
   veans api GET /projects
   veans api GET /tasks/123
-  veans api POST /tasks/123 --data '{"description":"updated"}'
+  veans api POST /tasks/123/comments --data '{"comment":"<p>note</p>"}'
   veans api GET /tasks --query expand=reactions --query per_page=100`,
 		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(2),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
diff --git a/veans/internal/commands/login.go b/veans/internal/commands/login.go
index dbc2c9cf4..6d5b9411e 100644
--- a/veans/internal/commands/login.go
+++ b/veans/internal/commands/login.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ you want to rotate.`,
 				return err
 			}
 			if minted.Token == "" {
-				return output.New(output.CodeUnknown, "PUT /tokens did not return token plaintext")
+				return output.New(output.CodeUnknown, "POST /tokens did not return token plaintext")
 			}
 
 			if err := credentials.Default().Set(cfg.Server, cfg.Bot.Username, minted.Token); err != nil {
diff --git a/veans/internal/commands/update.go b/veans/internal/commands/update.go
index a0d272864..63540ee99 100644
--- a/veans/internal/commands/update.go
+++ b/veans/internal/commands/update.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func newUpdateCmd() *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 // runUpdate is intentionally a single linear flow — the steps it performs
-// (concurrency check → status → field changes → comments → field POST →
+// (concurrency check → status → field changes → comments → field PATCH →
 // bucket move → label add/remove → refetch) all share the same task,
 // flag set, and error-handling shape. Splitting them produces five tiny
 // functions that each take the same five arguments.
@@ -126,17 +126,18 @@ func runUpdate(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime, id int64, f *updateFlags) (*cli
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Build the update payload incrementally so we don't clobber unmentioned
-	// fields. The base must include the ID; bucket/done are conditional.
-	body := &client.Task{ID: id}
+	// Build the merge-patch payload from only the changed fields. PATCH leaves
+	// absent fields untouched, so omitting a field preserves it — the id rides
+	// in the URL, not the body.
+	body := &client.TaskPatch{}
 	dirty := false
 
 	if f.title != "" {
-		body.Title = f.title
+		body.Title = &f.title
 		dirty = true
 	}
 	if f.priorityIsSet {
-		body.Priority = f.priority
+		body.Priority = &f.priority
 		dirty = true
 	}
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ func runUpdate(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime, id int64, f *updateFlags) (*cli
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if descChanged {
-		body.Description = newDesc
+		body.Description = &newDesc
 		dirty = true
 	}
 
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ func runUpdate(ctx context.Context, rt *runtime, id int64, f *updateFlags) (*cli
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		bucketTransitionTarget = bid
-		body.Done = newStatus.Done()
+		done := newStatus.Done()
+		body.Done = &done
 		dirty = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/veans/internal/commands/update_test.go b/veans/internal/commands/update_test.go
index 716ab9e8c..6a66fb6b8 100644
--- a/veans/internal/commands/update_test.go
+++ b/veans/internal/commands/update_test.go
@@ -155,28 +155,29 @@ func startRecordingServer(t *testing.T) (*httptest.Server, *[]recordedCall) {
 
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 		switch {
-		case r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/tasks/42":
+		case r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/api/v2/tasks/42":
 			// Initial fetch + the final refetch both land here. Return a
 			// fixed task with an empty label set — labels.go's
 			// findLabelOnTask only iterates t.Labels.
 			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{
 				"id": 42, "title": "t", "updated": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
 			})
-		case r.Method == http.MethodPut && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/tasks/42/comments":
+		case r.Method == http.MethodPost && r.URL.Path == "/api/v2/tasks/42/comments":
 			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"id": 1, "comment": ""})
-		case r.Method == http.MethodPost && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/tasks/42":
-			// UpdateTask. Echo back the id so the encoder downstream is
-			// happy with a non-nil Task.
+		case r.Method == http.MethodPatch && r.URL.Path == "/api/v2/tasks/42":
+			// UpdateTask (merge-patch). Echo back the id so the encoder
+			// downstream is happy with a non-nil Task.
 			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"id": 42})
-		case r.Method == http.MethodPost && strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/v1/projects/") && strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/tasks"):
+		case r.Method == http.MethodPut && strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/api/v2/projects/") && strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/tasks"):
+			// Bucket-task move (PUT .../buckets/{b}/tasks).
 			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"id": 42})
-		case r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/labels":
-			// getOrCreateLabelByTitle's lookup. Empty array → falls through
+		case r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/api/v2/labels":
+			// getOrCreateLabelByTitle's lookup. Empty envelope → falls through
 			// to label creation.
-			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode([]any{})
-		case r.Method == http.MethodPut && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/labels":
+			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"items": []any{}, "total_pages": 1})
+		case r.Method == http.MethodPost && r.URL.Path == "/api/v2/labels":
 			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"id": 99, "title": "veans:bug"})
-		case r.Method == http.MethodPut && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/tasks/42/labels":
+		case r.Method == http.MethodPost && r.URL.Path == "/api/v2/tasks/42/labels":
 			_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{"id": 99})
 		default:
 			t.Errorf("unexpected request: %s %s", r.Method, r.URL.Path)
@@ -222,11 +223,11 @@ func TestRunUpdate_ScrappedOrdersCommentUpdateMove(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := []recordedCall{
-		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/tasks/42"},                             // current task fetch
-		{http.MethodPut, "/api/v1/tasks/42/comments"},                    // "Scrapped: obsolete"
-		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/tasks/42"},                            // field update (done=true)
-		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/projects/7/views/1/buckets/14/tasks"}, // bucket move to Scrapped
-		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/tasks/42"},                             // refetch with new bucket
+		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v2/tasks/42"},                            // current task fetch
+		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v2/tasks/42/comments"},                  // "Scrapped: obsolete"
+		{http.MethodPatch, "/api/v2/tasks/42"},                          // field update (done=true)
+		{http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/projects/7/views/1/buckets/14/tasks"}, // bucket move to Scrapped
+		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v2/tasks/42"},                            // refetch with new bucket
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(*calls, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("call order mismatch:\nwant: %#v\ngot:  %#v", want, *calls)
@@ -253,13 +254,13 @@ func TestRunUpdate_BucketMoveBeforeLabelAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	want := []recordedCall{
-		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/tasks/42"},                             // current task fetch
-		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/tasks/42"},                            // field update (done=false)
-		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/projects/7/views/1/buckets/11/tasks"}, // bucket move to In Progress
-		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/labels"},                               // getOrCreateLabelByTitle lookup
-		{http.MethodPut, "/api/v1/labels"},                               // create veans:bug
-		{http.MethodPut, "/api/v1/tasks/42/labels"},                      // attach label
-		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v1/tasks/42"},                             // refetch
+		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v2/tasks/42"},                            // current task fetch
+		{http.MethodPatch, "/api/v2/tasks/42"},                          // field update (done=false)
+		{http.MethodPut, "/api/v2/projects/7/views/1/buckets/11/tasks"}, // bucket move to In Progress
+		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v2/labels"},                              // getOrCreateLabelByTitle lookup
+		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v2/labels"},                             // create veans:bug
+		{http.MethodPost, "/api/v2/tasks/42/labels"},                    // attach label
+		{http.MethodGet, "/api/v2/tasks/42"},                            // refetch
 	}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(*calls, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("call order mismatch:\nwant: %#v\ngot:  %#v", want, *calls)