PAYG usage card: review nits on the pending-sync note

- Gate the unsynced-only note on pendingUnits (not meterUnits) and interpolate
  pendingUnits directly, so the "pending sync from linked instances" wording is
  always exact — robust to a hypothetical zero-doc entry carrying synced units.
- Pluralise the key (unitsPending_one/_other + count) so it reads "1 meter unit"
  not "1 meter units", matching the project's _one/_other convention.

(Headline still shows the synced PDF count — "0 PDFs" in the unsynced-only state
is by design: count dimension vs meter units, with the note explaining the gap.)

app/saas/src/main/java/stirling/software/saas/payg/wallet/WalletLedgerEntry.java

@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ public class WalletLedgerEntry implements Serializable {
     private Integer docCount = 1;
 
     /**
-     * SHA-256 of this entry's input file set; {@code COUNT(DISTINCT ...)} over a period gives
-     * unique PDFs processed. {@code null} for aggregate/system entries (grants, linked-instance
-     * sync) that don't map to a single document set.
+     * SHA-256 of this entry's input file <em>set</em> (the charge's whole input list, sorted).
+     * {@code COUNT(DISTINCT ...)} over a period approximates unique PDFs processed. Exact within a
+     * run (a file's chain/split steps share the run's charge, so one fingerprint), and for the
+     * single-input common case; but the <em>same</em> file reused across different groupings — e.g.
+     * standalone, then later merged as {A,B} — yields different set-fingerprints and is counted
+     * once per grouping. {@code null} for aggregate/system entries (grants, linked-instance sync)
+     * that don't map to a single document set.
      */
     @Column(name = "document_fingerprint", length = 64)
     private String documentFingerprint;

frontend/editor/public/locales/en-US/translation.toml

@@ -6330,6 +6330,8 @@ sizeMultiplier = "{{formatted}} PDFs used a size multiplier"
 summary = "{{unique}} unique · {{units}} meter units · {{avg}} avg per PDF"
 summaryNoRate = "{{unique}} unique · {{units}} meter units"
 unit = "PDFs"
+unitsPending_one = "{{units}} meter unit pending sync from linked instances"
+unitsPending_other = "{{units}} meter units pending sync from linked instances"
 
 [portal.billing.spendLimit]
 adjustLimit = "Adjust limit"

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/billing/PdfsProcessedCard.stories.tsx

@@ -43,3 +43,26 @@ export const Empty: Story = {
     },
   },
 };
+
+/** Combined-billing: zero synced PDFs but unsynced instance units → "pending sync" note (no 0-PDF summary). */
+export const UnsyncedOnly: Story = {
+  args: {
+    wallet: {
+      ...subscribedWallet,
+      billableUsed: 0,
+      spendUnitsThisPeriod: 0,
+      categoryBreakdown: { api: 0, ai: 0, automation: 0 },
+      categoryDocs: { api: 0, ai: 0, automation: 0 },
+      docsProcessedThisPeriod: 0,
+      uniquePdfsThisPeriod: 0,
+      sizeMultiplierPdfsThisPeriod: 0,
+    },
+    unsynced: {
+      periodStart: subscribedWallet.billingPeriodStart,
+      apiUnsyncedUnits: 8,
+      aiUnsyncedUnits: 0,
+      automationUnsyncedUnits: 4,
+      totalUnsyncedUnits: 12,
+    },
+  },
+};

frontend/editor/src/portal/components/billing/PdfsProcessedCard.tsx

@@ -73,17 +73,15 @@ export function PdfsProcessedCard({
   const perDocs: WalletCategoryBreakdown = wallet.categoryDocs;
   const totalDocs = perDocs.api + perDocs.ai + perDocs.automation;
 
-  // Average cost per PDF in minor currency units — meter units × the per-unit rate,
-  // spread over the input files processed. Shown only when the rate is known (free-tier
-  // and unknown-price snapshots omit the term rather than imply $0.00).
+  // Average cost per PDF in minor currency units — SYNCED units × the per-unit rate,
+  // spread over the (synced) input files. Deliberately excludes combined-billing
+  // pendingUnits: those are units-only (no doc count), so dividing them over synced docs
+  // would inflate the average. Numerator and denominator therefore cover the same
+  // population. Shown only when the rate is known (free-tier / unknown-price omit it).
   const rate = wallet.pricePerDocMinor;
   const showAvgCost = docs > 0 && rate != null;
   const avgCostMinor =
-    rate != null && docs > 0 ? (meterUnits / docs) * rate : 0;
-
-  // Something ran once there are either counted PDFs or metered units (instance-local
-  // unsynced usage is units-only, so it keeps the card out of the empty state).
-  const hasActivity = docs > 0 || meterUnits > 0;
+    rate != null && docs > 0 ? (wallet.spendUnitsThisPeriod / docs) * rate : 0;
 
   return (
     <Card padding="loose">
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ export function PdfsProcessedCard({
         </span>
       </div>
 
-      {hasActivity ? (
+      {docs > 0 ? (
         <>
           <p className="portal-billing__section-sub">
             {showAvgCost
@@ -182,6 +180,18 @@ export function PdfsProcessedCard({
             </p>
           ) : null}
         </>
+      ) : pendingUnits > 0 ? (
+        // docs == 0 but instance-local units have accrued that SaaS hasn't billed yet
+        // (combined-billing, units-only, no PDF count). Surface the pending figure directly
+        // instead of a bare "0 PDFs" headline with a count-less summary + no split. Gated on
+        // pendingUnits (not meterUnits) so the "pending sync" wording is always exact.
+        <p className="portal-billing__section-sub">
+          {t(
+            "portal.billing.pdfsProcessed.unitsPending",
+            "{{units}} meter units pending sync from linked instances",
+            { count: pendingUnits, units: pendingUnits.toLocaleString() },
+          )}
+        </p>
       ) : (
         <p className="portal-billing__section-sub">
           {t(

frontend/editor/src/proprietary/billing/types.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ export interface Wallet {
   categoryDocs: WalletCategoryBreakdown;
   /** Total input files processed this period (Σ doc_count). */
   docsProcessedThisPeriod: number;
-  /** Distinct input documents this period — a file hit by N operations counts once. */
+  /**
+   * Distinct input document-sets this period — `COUNT(DISTINCT document_fingerprint)`, where the
+   * fingerprint is the hash of a charge's whole input set. A file processed repeatedly within one
+   * run (chain/split) counts once; the same file reused across *different* groupings (e.g.
+   * standalone, then later in a merge {A,B}) has different fingerprints and so counts per grouping.
+   * A close approximation of "unique PDFs", exact for the single-input common case.
+   */
   uniquePdfsThisPeriod: number;
   /** Input files on charges where the size multiplier applied (units billed > input files). */
   sizeMultiplierPdfsThisPeriod: number;