diff --git a/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QHelpContent.kt b/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QHelpContent.kt
index 9a4f39e..f38d6ef 100644
--- a/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QHelpContent.kt
+++ b/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QHelpContent.kt
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
  *******************************************************************************/
 @Serializable
 data class QHelpContent(
-   val content: String,
-   val format: String,
+   val content: String? = null, // QQQ core now sends summary-only help entries
+   val summary: String? = null,
+   val format: String? = null,
    val roles: Set<String> = emptySet(),
    val contentAsText: String? = null
 ) {
diff --git a/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QWidgetMetaData.kt b/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QWidgetMetaData.kt
index 1af3d74..e4245c2 100644
--- a/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QWidgetMetaData.kt
+++ b/qqq/android/core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/QWidgetMetaData.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qqq.frontend.android.core.model.metadata
 
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  *******************************************************************************/
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 data class QWidgetMetaData(
    val name: String,
    val label: String? = null,
-   val icon: QIcon? = null,
+   val icon: JsonElement? = null, // QQQ core serializes a widget icon as a plain string (e.g. "troubleshoot"); tolerate an object too
    val type: String,
 ) {
 }
diff --git a/qqq/android/core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/MetadataDecodingTest.kt b/qqq/android/core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/MetadataDecodingTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..814694f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq/android/core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/core/model/metadata/MetadataDecodingTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004-2024.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.frontend.android.core.model.metadata
+
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Current QQQ core serializes widget icons as plain strings and sends
+ ** summary-only help entries; the decoder must accept those shapes and the
+ ** older object/content shapes.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class MetadataDecodingTest {
+   private val json = Json { ignoreUnknownKeys = true }
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   fun widgetIconAsStringDecodes() {
+      val widget = json.decodeFromString<QWidgetMetaData>("""{"name":"w","type":"table","icon":"troubleshoot"}""")
+      assertEquals(JsonPrimitive("troubleshoot"), widget.icon)
+   }
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   fun widgetIconAsObjectStillDecodes() {
+      val widget = json.decodeFromString<QWidgetMetaData>("""{"name":"w","type":"table","icon":{"name":"troubleshoot"}}""")
+      assertTrue(widget.icon is JsonObject)
+   }
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   fun widgetWithoutIconDecodes() {
+      assertNull(json.decodeFromString<QWidgetMetaData>("""{"name":"w","type":"table"}""").icon)
+   }
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   fun summaryOnlyHelpDecodes() {
+      val help = json.decodeFromString<QHelpContent>("""{"summary":"short help","roles":["ALL_SCREENS"]}""")
+      assertEquals("short help", help.summary)
+      assertNull(help.content)
+      assertNull(help.format)
+   }
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   fun contentHelpStillDecodes() {
+      val help = json.decodeFromString<QHelpContent>("""{"content":"body","format":"TEXT"}""")
+      assertEquals("body", help.content)
+      assertEquals("TEXT", help.format)
+      assertNull(help.summary)
+   }
+}
diff --git a/qqq/android/mobileapp/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/mobileapp/ui/processes/components/ProcessComponentEditForm.kt b/qqq/android/mobileapp/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/mobileapp/ui/processes/components/ProcessComponentEditForm.kt
index 0b93739..f013b3b 100644
--- a/qqq/android/mobileapp/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/mobileapp/ui/processes/components/ProcessComponentEditForm.kt
+++ b/qqq/android/mobileapp/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/frontend/android/mobileapp/ui/processes/components/ProcessComponentEditForm.kt
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ fun ProcessComponentEditForm(processViewModel: ProcessViewModel, component: QFro
                OutlinedButton(onClick = { processViewModel.loadRemoteOptions(field) }) { Text("Retry choices") }
             }
             semanticFieldHint(field)?.let { Text(it) }
-            field.helpContents.orEmpty().forEach { Text(it.contentAsText ?: plainText(it.content)) }
+            field.helpContents.orEmpty().forEach { Text(it.contentAsText ?: it.content?.let { c -> plainText(c) } ?: it.summary.orEmpty()) }
          }
       }
    }