diff --git a/go-services/tracker-go/ingest.go b/go-services/tracker-go/ingest.go
index c825094e..925aaf80 100644
--- a/go-services/tracker-go/ingest.go
+++ b/go-services/tracker-go/ingest.go
@@ -32,16 +32,21 @@ type Ingestor struct {
 	liveCombatStats      map[string]map[string]any
 	dungeonMapCache      map[string]map[string]any
 	questStatus          map[string]map[string]string
-	lastKills            map[string]int          // "session_id|character_name" -> kills
+	lastKills            map[string]int            // "session_id|character_name" -> kills
 	combatLastSession    map[string]map[string]any // "char:session_id" -> last cumulative session
 	combatLifetimeCache  map[string]map[string]any // character_name -> accumulated lifetime
+	vitalSubscribers     map[string]bool
+	vitalPeerState       map[string]map[string]any
+
+	plugins *pluginRegistry // for share_* fan-out + plugin_connected status
 }
 
-func newIngestor(pool *pgxpool.Pool, log *slog.Logger, broadcast func(map[string]any)) *Ingestor {
+func newIngestor(pool *pgxpool.Pool, log *slog.Logger, broadcast func(map[string]any), plugins *pluginRegistry) *Ingestor {
 	return &Ingestor{
 		pool:                 pool,
 		log:                  log,
 		broadcast:            broadcast,
+		plugins:              plugins,
 		liveSnapshots:        map[string]map[string]any{},
 		liveVitals:           map[string]map[string]any{},
 		liveCharacterStats:   map[string]map[string]any{},
@@ -53,6 +58,8 @@ func newIngestor(pool *pgxpool.Pool, log *slog.Logger, broadcast func(map[string
 		lastKills:            map[string]int{},
 		combatLastSession:    map[string]map[string]any{},
 		combatLifetimeCache:  map[string]map[string]any{},
+		vitalSubscribers:     map[string]bool{},
+		vitalPeerState:       map[string]map[string]any{},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -84,10 +91,17 @@ func (i *Ingestor) dispatch(ctx context.Context, data map[string]any) {
 		i.handleDungeonMap(data)
 	case t == "combat_stats":
 		i.handleCombatStats(ctx, data)
+	case t == "share_subscribe":
+		i.handleShareSubscribe(data)
+	case t == "share_unsubscribe":
+		i.handleShareUnsubscribe(data)
+		return // unsubscribe broadcasts its own share_peer_removed; don't re-broadcast
+	case strings.HasPrefix(t, "share_"):
+		i.handleShareUpdate(t, data)
 	case t == "register":
 		// no DB / no broadcast; plugin_conns belongs to the /ws/position server
-	case strings.HasPrefix(t, "share_"), t == "chat":
-		// share_* handled in a later pass; chat is broadcast-only
+	case t == "chat":
+		// broadcast-only
 	}
 	if i.broadcast != nil {
 		i.broadcast(data)
diff --git a/go-services/tracker-go/main.go b/go-services/tracker-go/main.go
index 652cfa20..742459b1 100644
--- a/go-services/tracker-go/main.go
+++ b/go-services/tracker-go/main.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func main() {
 				logger.Error("SHADOW_INGEST_WS set but READ_ONLY=true; refusing to ingest into the production DB")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}
-			srv.ingestor = newIngestor(pool, logger, srv.hub.broadcast)
+			srv.ingestor = newIngestor(pool, logger, srv.hub.broadcast, srv.plugins)
 			go srv.runShadowConsumer(ctx, cfg.IngestWS)
 			logger.Info("shadow ingest enabled", "source", cfg.IngestWS)
 		}
diff --git a/go-services/tracker-go/memstate.go b/go-services/tracker-go/memstate.go
index bb746a05..8c0f8853 100644
--- a/go-services/tracker-go/memstate.go
+++ b/go-services/tracker-go/memstate.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 )
 
 // These endpoints are backed by ingest-only in-memory state in the Python
@@ -40,10 +41,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleQuestStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // GET /vital-sharing/peers (main.py:1800)
 func (s *Server) handleVitalSharingPeers(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{
-		"peers":            []any{},
-		"subscriber_count": 0,
+	if s.ingestor == nil {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"peers": []any{}, "subscriber_count": 0})
+		return
+	}
+	peers, subCount := s.ingestor.vitalSharingPeers()
+	sort.Slice(peers, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return toStr(peers[i]["character_name"]) < toStr(peers[j]["character_name"])
 	})
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"peers": peers, "subscriber_count": subCount})
 }
 
 // GET /equipment-cantrip-state/{name} (main.py:4167)
diff --git a/go-services/tracker-go/shadow.go b/go-services/tracker-go/shadow.go
index 0545c4ed..619869b6 100644
--- a/go-services/tracker-go/shadow.go
+++ b/go-services/tracker-go/shadow.go
@@ -48,22 +48,8 @@ func (s *Server) shadowConnect(ctx context.Context, wsURL string) error {
 
 	connCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()
-
-	// Keepalive pings.
-	go func() {
-		t := time.NewTicker(20 * time.Second)
-		defer t.Stop()
-		for {
-			select {
-			case <-connCtx.Done():
-				return
-			case <-t.C:
-				pc, cc := context.WithTimeout(connCtx, 10*time.Second)
-				_ = c.Ping(pc)
-				cc()
-			}
-		}
-	}()
+	// No outbound keepalive ping: the firehose is constant, so the connection is
+	// never idle, and the read-deadline watchdog below handles dead connections.
 
 	// Decouple socket read from ALL processing, including JSON parsing: the read
 	// loop only copies raw frames onto a queue, so it drains the socket as fast
@@ -96,9 +82,9 @@ func (s *Server) shadowConnect(ctx context.Context, wsURL string) error {
 func (s *Server) shadowReadLoop(ctx context.Context, c *websocket.Conn, queue chan []byte, n, dropped *int) error {
 	for {
 		// Read deadline acts as a liveness watchdog: the firehose is constant, so
-		// a long silence means the upstream evicted us without closing — time out
-		// and let runShadowConsumer reconnect.
-		rctx, rcancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 25*time.Second)
+		// a multi-second silence means the upstream evicted us without closing —
+		// time out quickly and let runShadowConsumer reconnect (high duty cycle).
+		rctx, rcancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 12*time.Second)
 		_, raw, err := c.Read(rctx)
 		rcancel()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/go-services/tracker-go/share.go b/go-services/tracker-go/share.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63090ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go-services/tracker-go/share.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package main
+
+// Cross-machine vital sharing (share_*), a faithful port of main.py:3658-3703 +
+// _update_vital_sharing_peer_state / _broadcast_share_to_plugin_clients.
+// Memory-only: subscriber set + last-known peer snapshot, fanned out to other
+// opted-in plugin clients and to browsers. In shadow mode there are no plugin
+// connections, so the fan-out is a no-op; the peer state still drives
+// /vital-sharing/peers.
+
+func (i *Ingestor) handleShareSubscribe(data map[string]any) {
+	char := toStr(data["character_name"])
+	if char == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	i.mu.Lock()
+	i.vitalSubscribers[char] = true
+	entry := i.vitalPeerEntry(char)
+	if tags, ok := data["tags"].([]any); ok {
+		entry["tags"] = tags
+	}
+	entry["connected"] = true
+	i.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (i *Ingestor) handleShareUnsubscribe(data map[string]any) {
+	char := toStr(data["character_name"])
+	if char == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	i.mu.Lock()
+	delete(i.vitalSubscribers, char)
+	delete(i.vitalPeerState, char)
+	i.mu.Unlock()
+	if i.broadcast != nil {
+		i.broadcast(map[string]any{"type": "share_peer_removed", "character_name": char})
+	}
+}
+
+func (i *Ingestor) handleShareUpdate(msgType string, data map[string]any) {
+	origin := toStr(data["character_name"])
+	i.mu.Lock()
+	i.updateVitalPeerState(msgType, data)
+	// Snapshot subscribers for the fan-out.
+	subs := make(map[string]bool, len(i.vitalSubscribers))
+	for k := range i.vitalSubscribers {
+		subs[k] = true
+	}
+	i.mu.Unlock()
+	// Fan out to other opted-in plugin clients (no-op when no plugins connected).
+	if i.plugins != nil && len(subs) > 0 {
+		i.plugins.fanoutShare(data, origin, subs)
+	}
+}
+
+// vitalPeerEntry returns (creating if needed) the peer snapshot for char. Caller
+// holds i.mu.
+func (i *Ingestor) vitalPeerEntry(char string) map[string]any {
+	entry, ok := i.vitalPeerState[char]
+	if !ok {
+		entry = map[string]any{
+			"character_name": char, "tags": []any{}, "vitals": nil,
+			"position": nil, "items": nil, "connected": true, "last_update": nil,
+		}
+		i.vitalPeerState[char] = entry
+	}
+	return entry
+}
+
+// updateVitalPeerState mirrors _update_vital_sharing_peer_state. Caller holds i.mu.
+func (i *Ingestor) updateVitalPeerState(msgType string, data map[string]any) {
+	char := toStr(data["character_name"])
+	if char == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	entry := i.vitalPeerEntry(char)
+	entry["last_update"] = data["timestamp"]
+	if tags, ok := data["tags"].([]any); ok {
+		entry["tags"] = tags
+	}
+	switch msgType {
+	case "share_vital_update":
+		entry["vitals"] = map[string]any{
+			"current_health": data["current_health"], "max_health": data["max_health"],
+			"current_stamina": data["current_stamina"], "max_stamina": data["max_stamina"],
+			"current_mana": data["current_mana"], "max_mana": data["max_mana"],
+		}
+	case "share_position_update":
+		entry["position"] = map[string]any{
+			"ew": data["ew"], "ns": data["ns"], "z": data["z"], "heading": data["heading"],
+		}
+	case "share_item_update":
+		entry["items"] = data["items"]
+	}
+}
+
+// vitalSharingPeers returns the peer list for /vital-sharing/peers (main.py:1800).
+func (i *Ingestor) vitalSharingPeers() ([]map[string]any, int) {
+	i.mu.RLock()
+	defer i.mu.RUnlock()
+	peers := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(i.vitalPeerState))
+	for char, entry := range i.vitalPeerState {
+		p := make(map[string]any, len(entry)+2)
+		for k, v := range entry {
+			p[k] = v
+		}
+		p["subscribed"] = i.vitalSubscribers[char]
+		p["plugin_connected"] = i.plugins != nil && i.plugins.isConnected(char)
+		peers = append(peers, p)
+	}
+	return peers, len(i.vitalSubscribers)
+}
diff --git a/go-services/tracker-go/wsposition.go b/go-services/tracker-go/wsposition.go
index 73a075d9..84892558 100644
--- a/go-services/tracker-go/wsposition.go
+++ b/go-services/tracker-go/wsposition.go
@@ -69,6 +69,33 @@ func (p *pluginRegistry) send(name string, payload map[string]any) {
 	}
 }
 
+// fanoutShare forwards a share_* message to other opted-in plugin clients
+// (every connected name that is subscribed and isn't the origin). Send failures
+// are logged-and-ignored, not evicted (main.py:2829).
+func (p *pluginRegistry) fanoutShare(data map[string]any, origin string, subs map[string]bool) {
+	p.mu.RLock()
+	type target struct {
+		name string
+		c    *websocket.Conn
+	}
+	var targets []target
+	for n, c := range p.conns {
+		if n != origin && subs[n] {
+			targets = append(targets, target{n, c})
+		}
+	}
+	p.mu.RUnlock()
+	if len(targets) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	b, _ := json.Marshal(data)
+	for _, t := range targets {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
+		_ = t.c.Write(ctx, websocket.MessageText, b)
+		cancel()
+	}
+}
+
 // pluginAuthOK constant-time-compares the supplied secret to SHARED_SECRET (and
 // the optional rotation fallback). Fails closed when unset or left at the
 // placeholder, matching main.py.