diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.service.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.service.ts
index 7752796..f1699d6 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.service.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.service.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,75 @@ export class MessageService {
     return { threadId, participantCount: participantCount + 1 };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Governed thread rename (a generic subject update). Policy decides who may rename — for a
+   * membership thread the dev OPA requires the caller be a group ADMIN. The kernel only writes
+   * the subject; "group settings" meaning lives in the app + policy, not here.
+   */
+  async renameThread(threadId: string, principal: MessagePrincipal, subject: string): Promise<{ threadId: string; subject: string }> {
+    const thread = await this.prisma.iiosThread.findUnique({ where: { id: threadId } });
+    if (!thread) throw new NotFoundException('thread not found');
+    const caller = await this.actors.resolveActor(thread.scopeId, principal);
+    const callerP = await this.prisma.iiosThreadParticipant.findUnique({ where: { threadId_actorId: { threadId, actorId: caller.id } } });
+    const membership = (thread.metadata as { membership?: string } | null)?.membership;
+
+    await decideOrThrow(this.ports, {
+      action: 'iios.thread.update',
+      threadId,
+      scopeId: thread.scopeId,
+      membership,
+      callerRole: callerP?.participantRole,
+    });
+
+    await this.prisma.iiosThread.update({ where: { id: threadId }, data: { subject } });
+    return { threadId, subject };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Governed participant removal. Policy decides who may remove — for a membership thread the dev
+   * OPA requires the caller be a group ADMIN. Removing a non-participant is a no-op success.
+   */
+  async removeParticipant(threadId: string, principal: MessagePrincipal, targetUserId: string): Promise<{ threadId: string; participantCount: number }> {
+    const thread = await this.prisma.iiosThread.findUnique({ where: { id: threadId } });
+    if (!thread) throw new NotFoundException('thread not found');
+    const caller = await this.actors.resolveActor(thread.scopeId, principal);
+    const callerP = await this.prisma.iiosThreadParticipant.findUnique({ where: { threadId_actorId: { threadId, actorId: caller.id } } });
+    const membership = (thread.metadata as { membership?: string } | null)?.membership;
+
+    await decideOrThrow(this.ports, {
+      action: 'iios.thread.participant.remove',
+      threadId,
+      scopeId: thread.scopeId,
+      membership,
+      callerRole: callerP?.participantRole,
+      targetUserId,
+    });
+
+    const scope = await this.actors.resolveScope(principal);
+    const target = await this.actors.resolveActor(scope.id, {
+      userId: targetUserId, appId: principal.appId, orgId: principal.orgId, tenantId: principal.tenantId, displayName: targetUserId,
+    });
+    await this.prisma.iiosThreadParticipant.deleteMany({ where: { threadId, actorId: target.id } });
+    const participantCount = await this.prisma.iiosThreadParticipant.count({ where: { threadId } });
+    return { threadId, participantCount };
+  }
+
+  /** Members of a thread with their role — drives the group settings member list. Read is policy-scoped. */
+  async listParticipants(threadId: string, principal: MessagePrincipal): Promise<Array<{ userId: string; displayName: string; role: string }>> {
+    const thread = await this.prisma.iiosThread.findUnique({ where: { id: threadId } });
+    if (!thread) throw new NotFoundException('thread not found');
+    await decideOrThrow(this.ports, { action: 'iios.thread.read', threadId, scopeId: thread.scopeId });
+    const parts = await this.prisma.iiosThreadParticipant.findMany({
+      where: { threadId },
+      include: { actor: { include: { sourceHandle: true } } },
+    });
+    return parts.map((p) => ({
+      userId: p.actor?.sourceHandle?.externalId ?? '',
+      displayName: p.actor?.displayName ?? p.actor?.sourceHandle?.externalId ?? 'unknown',
+      role: p.participantRole ?? 'MEMBER',
+    }));
+  }
+
   /** Toggle the caller's per-thread notification mute flag. */
   async muteThread(threadId: string, principal: MessagePrincipal, muted: boolean): Promise<{ threadId: string; muted: boolean }> {
     const thread = await this.prisma.iiosThread.findUnique({ where: { id: threadId } });
diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.spec.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.spec.ts
index 660a4ae..46101ee 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/messaging/message.spec.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,28 @@ describe('Governed membership + replies (v1.1, policy-enforced)', () => {
     await expect(s.addParticipant(threadId, bob, 'carol')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PolicyDeniedError); // bob is MEMBER
   });
 
+  it('group settings: admin renames + lists members + removes; a plain member cannot rename/remove', async () => {
+    const s = gov();
+    const { threadId } = await s.openThread(null, alice, { membership: 'group', creatorRole: 'ADMIN', subject: 'Design' });
+    await s.addParticipant(threadId, alice, 'bob');
+
+    // admin renames
+    expect((await s.renameThread(threadId, alice, 'Design Team')).subject).toBe('Design Team');
+    // a plain member cannot rename
+    await expect(s.renameThread(threadId, bob, 'Hacked')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PolicyDeniedError);
+
+    // member list carries roles
+    const members = await s.listParticipants(threadId, alice);
+    expect(members.map((m) => m.userId).sort()).toEqual(['alice', 'bob']);
+    expect(members.find((m) => m.userId === 'alice')?.role).toBe('ADMIN');
+
+    // a plain member cannot remove
+    await expect(s.removeParticipant(threadId, bob, 'alice')).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(PolicyDeniedError);
+    // admin removes bob
+    expect((await s.removeParticipant(threadId, alice, 'bob')).participantCount).toBe(1);
+    expect(await prisma.iiosThreadParticipant.count({ where: { threadId } })).toBe(1);
+  });
+
   it('self-join is governed: a non-member cannot open a thread by id; after being added, they can', async () => {
     const s = gov();
     const { threadId } = await s.openThread(null, alice, { membership: 'group', creatorRole: 'ADMIN' });
diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.spec.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.spec.ts
index 43ae472..d7a05b5 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.spec.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ describe('DevOpaPort (dev policy plane — membership rules)', () => {
     expect(asAdmin.allow).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('group rename (thread.update) requires ADMIN; ungoverned threads allow it', async () => {
+    const asMember = await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.update', membership: 'group', callerRole: 'MEMBER' });
+    expect(asMember.allow).toBe(false);
+    expect(asMember.obligations[0]?.reason).toMatch(/admin/);
+    expect((await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.update', membership: 'group', callerRole: 'ADMIN' })).allow).toBe(true);
+    expect((await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.update' })).allow).toBe(true); // no membership attr → allow
+  });
+
+  it('group remove requires ADMIN; a member on an ungoverned thread may remove', async () => {
+    const asMember = await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.participant.remove', membership: 'group', callerRole: 'MEMBER' });
+    expect(asMember.allow).toBe(false);
+    expect(asMember.obligations[0]?.reason).toMatch(/admin/);
+    expect((await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.participant.remove', membership: 'group', callerRole: 'ADMIN' })).allow).toBe(true);
+    expect((await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.participant.remove', callerRole: 'MEMBER' })).allow).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('self-join is governed only on membership threads', async () => {
     // generic / support thread (no membership attr) → open join, unchanged
     expect((await opa.decide({ action: 'iios.thread.join', alreadyMember: false })).allow).toBe(true);
diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.ts
index 38a1616..b7e1dba 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/platform/dev-opa.port.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ export class DevOpaPort {
         if (i.membership === 'group' && i.callerRole !== 'ADMIN') return deny('only a group admin can add or remove members');
         return allow();
       }
+      case 'iios.thread.participant.remove': {
+        // Same governance as add: for a group, only an ADMIN removes members. Ungoverned
+        // (no membership attr) threads allow removal by any member.
+        if (i.membership === 'group' && i.callerRole !== 'ADMIN') return deny('only a group admin can add or remove members');
+        if (i.membership && i.callerRole !== 'MEMBER' && i.callerRole !== 'ADMIN') return deny('only a member can remove participants');
+        return allow();
+      }
+      case 'iios.thread.update': {
+        // Rename / settings change: for a group, only an ADMIN. Ungoverned threads allow it.
+        if (i.membership === 'group' && i.callerRole !== 'ADMIN') return deny('only a group admin can change group settings');
+        return allow();
+      }
       case 'iios.thread.join': {
         // Only threads that opted into a membership model (chat dm/group) are governed;
         // generic/support threads (no membership attr) keep open-join. For a governed
diff --git a/packages/iios-service/src/threads/threads.controller.ts b/packages/iios-service/src/threads/threads.controller.ts
index 83d28f4..afc32e5 100644
--- a/packages/iios-service/src/threads/threads.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/iios-service/src/threads/threads.controller.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import {
   BadRequestException,
   Body,
   Controller,
+  Delete,
   Get,
   Headers,
   HttpCode,
   Param,
+  Patch,
   Post,
   Query,
   UseGuards,
@@ -56,6 +58,27 @@ export class ThreadsController {
     return this.messages.addParticipant(id, this.principal(auth), body.userId, body.role);
   }
 
+  /** Members of a thread with their role — drives the group settings member list. */
+  @Get(':id/participants')
+  async listParticipants(@Param('id') id: string, @Headers('authorization') auth?: string) {
+    return this.messages.listParticipants(id, this.principal(auth));
+  }
+
+  /** Governed removal: remove a user from a thread — policy enforces group-admin. */
+  @Delete(':id/participants/:userId')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async removeParticipant(@Param('id') id: string, @Param('userId') userId: string, @Headers('authorization') auth?: string) {
+    return this.messages.removeParticipant(id, this.principal(auth), userId);
+  }
+
+  /** Governed rename (group settings): change a thread subject — policy enforces group-admin. */
+  @Patch(':id')
+  @HttpCode(200)
+  async updateThread(@Param('id') id: string, @Body() body: { subject?: string }, @Headers('authorization') auth?: string) {
+    if (body?.subject == null) throw new BadRequestException('subject is required');
+    return this.messages.renameThread(id, this.principal(auth), body.subject);
+  }
+
   @Get(':id/messages')
   async listMessages(@Param('id') id: string) {
     return this.threads.getMessages(id);