diff --git a/frontend/src/components/admin/AdminSidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/admin/AdminSidebar.tsx
index 41659f58..be14135c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/admin/AdminSidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/admin/AdminSidebar.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ interface NavItem {
 // Feature-gated (only render when the corresponding feature flag is on):
 //   Analytics → flags.analytics
 //   Users     → flags.userManagement
-const navigation: NavItem[] = [
+// Exported so Settings → Features can render its "Sidebar preview" against
+// the same declaration the real sidebar uses (it used to keep a second,
+// hand-maintained array that only knew about 2 of the feature gates).
+export const adminNavigation: NavItem[] = [
   { nameKey: 'navigation.dashboard', href: '/admin/dashboard', icon: LayoutDashboard, permission: false },
   { nameKey: 'navigation.events',    href: '/admin/events',    icon: Calendar,        permission: 'events.view' },
   { nameKey: 'navigation.archives',  href: '/admin/archives',  icon: Archive,         permission: 'archives.view' },
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ export const AdminSidebar: React.FC<AdminSidebarProps> = ({ isOpen, onClose, col
   const showLogoBrand = logoInSidebar && !!sidebarBrandImageUrl;
   const brandAlt = publicSettings?.branding_company_name?.trim() || t('admin.title');
 
-  const filteredNavigation = navigation.filter((item) => {
+  const filteredNavigation = adminNavigation.filter((item) => {
     if (item.permission && !hasPermission(item.permission as string)) return false;
     if (item.featureFlag && !flags[item.featureFlag]) return false;
     // featureFlagsAny: entry is hidden when none of the listed
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/settings/__tests__/SidebarPreview.featureGates.test.tsx b/frontend/src/features/settings/__tests__/SidebarPreview.featureGates.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb00b805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/features/settings/__tests__/SidebarPreview.featureGates.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * The "Sidebar preview" on Settings → Features kept its own hardcoded
+ * 6-item array with 2 of the feature gates wired, so toggling e.g.
+ * Workflows changed nothing in the preview (QA J.14). It now derives
+ * from AdminSidebar's own `adminNavigation` declaration.
+ */
+import React from 'react';
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+
+vi.mock('react-i18next', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import('react-i18next')>('react-i18next');
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useTranslation: () => ({ t: (k: string, fb?: unknown) => (typeof fb === 'string' ? fb : k) }),
+  };
+});
+
+import { SidebarPreview } from '../components/SidebarPreview';
+import { DEFAULT_FLAGS, type FeatureFlags } from '../../../contexts/FeatureFlagsContext';
+
+const staged = (overrides: Partial<FeatureFlags>): FeatureFlags =>
+  ({ ...DEFAULT_FLAGS, ...overrides }) as FeatureFlags;
+
+describe('SidebarPreview feature gates (QA J.14)', () => {
+  it('always lists the unconditional entries', () => {
+    render(<SidebarPreview staged={staged({})} />);
+
+    expect(screen.getByText('navigation.dashboard')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('navigation.events')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText('navigation.settings')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ['workflows', 'navigation.workflows'],
+    ['transfers', 'navigation.transfers'],
+    ['messaging', 'navigation.messages'],
+    ['accounting', 'navigation.accounting'],
+    ['analytics', 'admin.analytics'],
+    ['userManagement', 'navigation.users'],
+  ] as const)('reflects the %s toggle', (flag, label) => {
+    const { unmount } = render(<SidebarPreview staged={staged({ [flag]: false })} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText(label)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    unmount();
+
+    render(<SidebarPreview staged={staged({ [flag]: true })} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(label)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows the CRM entry only when one of its sub-features is on', () => {
+    // `clients` is derived, so the entry needs a real sub-feature — mirrors
+    // AdminSidebar's featureFlagsAny check.
+    const { unmount } = render(<SidebarPreview staged={staged({ clients: true })} />);
+    expect(screen.queryByText('navigation.clients')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    unmount();
+
+    render(<SidebarPreview staged={staged({ clients: true, contracts: true })} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText('navigation.clients')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/features/settings/components/SidebarPreview.tsx b/frontend/src/features/settings/components/SidebarPreview.tsx
index d9f9ee00..8a88529a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/features/settings/components/SidebarPreview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/features/settings/components/SidebarPreview.tsx
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import clsx from 'clsx';
-import {
-  LayoutDashboard,
-  Calendar,
-  Archive,
-  BarChart3,
-  Settings,
-  Users,
-} from 'lucide-react';
-import type { LucideIcon } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Card } from '../../../components/common';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { adminNavigation } from '../../../components/admin/AdminSidebar';
 import type { FeatureFlags } from '../../../contexts/FeatureFlagsContext';
 
 interface PreviewItem {
   key: string;
   label: string;
-  icon: LucideIcon;
+  icon: React.ComponentType<{ className?: string }>;
   featureDriven: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -28,21 +20,25 @@ interface SidebarPreviewProps {
  * Renders the live shape of the main admin sidebar based on the user's
  * staged (unsaved) feature flags. Items in green (primary tint) are
  * controlled by toggles above; greyscale items are unconditional.
+ *
+ * Derived from AdminSidebar's own `adminNavigation` declaration so every
+ * feature-gated entry is covered automatically — the previous hand-kept
+ * copy had drifted to 2 of the gates (QA J.14). Permissions are
+ * deliberately NOT applied here: the preview answers "what do these flags
+ * do to the sidebar", not "what can this particular admin see".
  */
 export const SidebarPreview: React.FC<SidebarPreviewProps> = ({ staged }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
-  const items = useMemo<PreviewItem[]>(() => {
-    const all: Array<PreviewItem & { gate?: keyof FeatureFlags }> = [
-      { key: 'dashboard', label: t('navigation.dashboard'),         icon: LayoutDashboard, featureDriven: false },
-      { key: 'events',    label: t('navigation.events'),            icon: Calendar,        featureDriven: false },
-      { key: 'archives',  label: t('navigation.archives'),          icon: Archive,         featureDriven: false },
-      { key: 'analytics', label: t('admin.analytics', 'Analytics'), icon: BarChart3,       featureDriven: true,  gate: 'analytics' },
-      { key: 'settings',  label: t('navigation.settings'),          icon: Settings,        featureDriven: false },
-      { key: 'users',     label: t('navigation.users'),             icon: Users,           featureDriven: true,  gate: 'userManagement' },
-    ];
-    return all.filter((it) => !it.gate || staged[it.gate]);
-  }, [staged, t]);
+  const items = useMemo<PreviewItem[]>(() => adminNavigation
+    .filter((it) => (!it.featureFlag || staged[it.featureFlag])
+      && (!it.featureFlagsAny?.length || it.featureFlagsAny.some((k) => staged[k])))
+    .map((it) => ({
+      key: it.nameKey,
+      label: t(it.nameKey),
+      icon: it.icon,
+      featureDriven: Boolean(it.featureFlag || it.featureFlagsAny?.length),
+    })), [staged, t]);
 
   return (
     <Card padding="md">