diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1cb4e2a0..f21e5709 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -247,7 +247,19 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'pnpm'
 
       - name: Run security audit
-        run: pnpm audit --audit-level=high --prod
+        # The npm audit endpoint has intermittent outages (ERR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT).
+        # Treat registry connectivity failures as a warning instead of failing
+        # the build; real vulnerability findings still fail.
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          output=$(pnpm audit --audit-level=high --prod 2>&1)
+          exit_code=$?
+          echo "$output"
+          if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ] && echo "$output" | grep -qE 'ERR_SOCKET_TIMEOUT|ECONNRESET|ECONNREFUSED|ETIMEDOUT|ENOTFOUND|EAI_AGAIN|FetchError'; then
+            echo "::warning::npm audit registry endpoint unreachable — skipping audit (network error, not a vulnerability finding)"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          exit $exit_code
 
       - name: Run dependency license check
         run: pnpm dlx license-checker --onlyAllow 'MIT;Apache-2.0;ISC;BSD;BSD-2-Clause;BSD-3-Clause;Apache;Unlicense'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/DataVisNITRO/DataVisNITRO.stories.tsx b/src/components/DataVisNITRO/DataVisNITRO.stories.tsx
index 71072d06..0f292ffe 100644
--- a/src/components/DataVisNITRO/DataVisNITRO.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DataVisNITRO/DataVisNITRO.stories.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,25 @@
-import { useContext, useState } from 'react';
+import { useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react-vite';
-import { GridAssistant, type GridAssistantColumn } from '@mieweb/datavis';
+import {
+  GridAssistant,
+  type GridAssistantColumn,
+  type PrefsInstance,
+} from '@mieweb/datavis';
+import { Prefs } from 'datavis-ace';
 import {
   DataVisNitroContext,
   DataVisNitroGrid,
   DataVisNitroSource,
 } from './DataVisNITRO';
 
+// datavis-ace is untyped JS (`Prefs` is built with a runtime `makeSubclass`
+// helper), so give it an explicit constructor signature for use below.
+const PrefsConstructor = Prefs as unknown as new (
+  name: string,
+  moduleBindings: unknown,
+  opts: Record<string, unknown>
+) => PrefsInstance;
+
 const meta: Meta<typeof DataVisNitroGrid> = {
   title: 'Components/Text & Data Display/DataVis NITRO',
   component: DataVisNitroGrid,
@@ -302,3 +315,78 @@ export const OzwellAssistant: Story = {
     </DataVisNitroSource>
   ),
 };
+
+const PREFS_STORAGE_KEY = 'mieweb-ui-storybook:datavis-prefs';
+
+/**
+ * Reads the shared view from DataVisNitroContext, binds a localStorage-backed
+ * Prefs module to it, and passes the module to the grid so the perspective
+ * toolbar ("Main Perspective" dropdown, save/reset/history buttons) renders.
+ */
+const PerspectivesGrid = () => {
+  const view = useContext(DataVisNitroContext);
+
+  const prefs = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!view) return null;
+
+    return new PrefsConstructor('mieweb-ui-storybook:employees', null, {
+      autoSave: true,
+      backend: {
+        type: 'localStorage',
+        localStorage: {
+          key: PREFS_STORAGE_KEY,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  }, [view]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!view || !prefs) return;
+    view.setPrefs(prefs);
+    prefs.prime?.();
+  }, [view, prefs]);
+
+  if (!prefs) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <DataVisNitroGrid
+      title="Employees"
+      columns={EMPLOYEE_COLUMNS}
+      prefs={prefs}
+      showControls
+      height="480px"
+    />
+  );
+};
+
+export const WithPerspectives: Story = {
+  loaders: [
+    () => {
+      // Clear saved perspectives in automated runs (test runner, visual
+      // regression) so the story renders deterministically, while keeping
+      // localStorage persistence for normal browsing. localStorage access
+      // can throw in restricted contexts, so fall back to defaults quietly.
+      try {
+        if (typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && navigator.webdriver) {
+          window.localStorage.removeItem(PREFS_STORAGE_KEY);
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Storage unavailable — the story just renders its defaults.
+      }
+      return {};
+    },
+  ],
+  parameters: {
+    docs: {
+      description: {
+        story:
+          'Passing a `prefs` module (a `PrefsInstance` from `datavis-ace`) enables the perspective toolbar: the "Main Perspective" dropdown, save / save-as / reset buttons, and undo/redo history. Perspectives capture the grid configuration (sort, filter, group, pivot, aggregate, column layout) and here persist to `localStorage`. Create the `Prefs` instance, bind it to the shared view with `view.setPrefs(prefs)`, and pass it to `<DataVisNitroGrid prefs={…}>`. In minimal mode the same toolbar appears inside the hamburger menu.',
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  render: () => (
+    <DataVisNitroSource type="http" url="/sample-data.json">
+      <PerspectivesGrid />
+    </DataVisNitroSource>
+  ),
+};