diff --git a/app/components/docs_ui/archived_page.rb b/app/components/docs_ui/archived_page.rb
index 58e5f22..985d2b5 100644
--- a/app/components/docs_ui/archived_page.rb
+++ b/app/components/docs_ui/archived_page.rb
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ module DocsUI
   # Every kwarg defaults, so even a naive `entry.view_class.new` (a custom
   # registry predating #renderable) renders an empty page rather than raising.
   #
-  # NOTE (issue #61 phase 4): the "you are viewing the 1.0 docs" banner with a
-  # link to the current equivalent lands with the version switcher, not here.
-  #
   # Deliberately does NOT include Phlex::Rails::Helpers::Routes/Request — their
   # bodies run Rails.* at class load, which would make this class (and
   # everything referencing it, like Snapshot::Entry#view_class) unloadable in a
@@ -28,16 +25,53 @@ def view_template
       render DocsUI::Shell.new(title: @entry&.title) { body }
     end
 
-    # The masthead + Markdown body — separated from the Shell wrapper so it can
-    # render (and be specced) without a Rails view context, the same seam as
-    # Shell's own topbar/theme-script specs.
+    # The banner + masthead + Markdown body — separated from the Shell wrapper
+    # so it can render (and be specced) without a Rails view context, the same
+    # seam as Shell's own topbar/theme-script specs.
     def body
+      banner
       render DocsUI::Header.new(@entry.title) if @entry&.title
       render DocsUI::Markdown.new(markdown_source) unless markdown_source.empty?
     end
 
     private
 
+    # The "you are viewing archived docs" banner, linking the same slug in the
+    # current version (falling back to the docs home when the page no longer
+    # exists there). data-md-skip drops it from the Markdown twin — it's chrome,
+    # not page content. Absent for a current-version entry (a snapshot of the
+    # current release rendered directly) and for entries carrying no version.
+    def banner
+      version = entry_version
+      return unless version&.archived?
+
+      current = DocsKit.configuration.current_version
+      div(data: { md_skip: true }) do
+        render DocsUI::Callout.new(:warning) do
+          plain "You are viewing the #{version.label} docs."
+          if current
+            plain " The current version is #{current.label} — "
+            a(href: current_equivalent_href, class: "link") { "read it there" }
+            plain "."
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def entry_version
+      @entry.version if @entry.respond_to?(:version)
+    end
+
+    # The current-version page with this entry's slug, or the docs home when
+    # the slug has no current equivalent (a page removed since this version).
+    def current_equivalent_href
+      config = DocsKit.configuration
+      slug = @entry.respond_to?(:slug) ? @entry.slug : nil
+      live = slug && DocsKit::LlmsText.pages(config, version: config.current_version)
+                                      .find { |page| page.slug.to_s == slug.to_s }
+      live&.href || config.brand_href
+    end
+
     def markdown_source
       @markdown_source ||= @entry ? @entry.markdown.to_s : ""
     end
diff --git a/app/components/docs_ui/meta_tags.rb b/app/components/docs_ui/meta_tags.rb
index 797a14b..d2dfdb5 100644
--- a/app/components/docs_ui/meta_tags.rb
+++ b/app/components/docs_ui/meta_tags.rb
@@ -99,12 +99,22 @@ def favicon_link
       link(rel: "icon", href: seo.favicon)
     end
 
+    # An archived version in scope is noindex'd ("noindex, follow" — search
+    # engines keep pointing at the current docs while still crawling through)
+    # unless the version opts out with noindex: false; the canonical stays
+    # self-referential (pointing it at different content would send a second,
+    # conflicting signal). Otherwise: today's opt-in seo.robots exactly.
     def robots_meta
+      return meta(name: "robots", content: "noindex, follow") if scope_noindex?
       return unless seo.robots
 
       meta(name: "robots", content: seo.robots)
     end
 
+    def scope_noindex?
+      !!DocsKit::Scope.version&.noindex
+    end
+
     def theme_color_meta
       return unless seo.theme_color
 
diff --git a/app/components/docs_ui/shell.rb b/app/components/docs_ui/shell.rb
index 8214e36..01bbfd3 100644
--- a/app/components/docs_ui/shell.rb
+++ b/app/components/docs_ui/shell.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ def topbar
         end
         render DocsUI::SearchBox.new if config.search_enabled?
         div(class: "flex-none items-center") do
+          # The docs-version switcher (config.versions) renders first; nothing
+          # unless versioning is enabled, so an unversioned topbar is unchanged.
+          render DocsUI::VersionSwitcher.new
           # Config-driven repo/social links (config.topbar_links) render as
           # icon-only ghost buttons BEFORE the switcher; nothing when unset.
           render DocsUI::TopbarLinks.new
diff --git a/app/components/docs_ui/version_switcher.rb b/app/components/docs_ui/version_switcher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..015d726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/docs_ui/version_switcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DocsUI
+  # The topbar documentation-version switcher — the DocsUI::ThemeSwitcher
+  # dropdown pattern (tabindex/role=button + dropdown-content): daisyUI's
+  # dropdown opens on CSS :focus-within, so it works with JavaScript off, and
+  # every entry is a plain <a> — no Stimulus controller (the ONE-controller
+  # rule).
+  #
+  # Renders NOTHING unless config.versioning_enabled? (two or more configured
+  # versions), so an unversioned site's topbar is byte-identical to before.
+  #
+  # Each link targets the SAME slug in the target version when that page exists
+  # there, falling back to the target version's first page — a slug missing
+  # from an older snapshot must never link a 404.
+  class VersionSwitcher < Phlex::HTML
+    include Phlex::Rails::Helpers::Request
+
+    def view_template
+      return unless config.versioning_enabled?
+
+      div(class: "dropdown dropdown-end", data: { testid: "version-switcher" }) do
+        div(tabindex: "0", role: "button", class: "btn btn-sm btn-ghost gap-1") do
+          render DocsUI::Icon.new("layers", class: "size-4")
+          plain scope_version.label
+        end
+        ul(tabindex: "0",
+           class: "dropdown-content bg-base-300 rounded-box z-10 w-44 p-2 shadow-2xl") do
+          config.versions.each { |version| version_option(version) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def config = DocsKit.configuration
+
+    # The version this render serves: the request scope, else the current
+    # version (versioning_enabled? guarantees one exists — with none marked
+    # current, the first configured entry is it).
+    def scope_version
+      DocsKit::Scope.version || config.current_version
+    end
+
+    def version_option(version)
+      in_scope = version.id == scope_version&.id
+      li do
+        a(
+          href: target_href(version),
+          class: "btn btn-sm btn-block btn-ghost justify-start",
+          aria_current: (in_scope ? "true" : nil)
+        ) { version.label }
+      end
+    end
+
+    # The same slug in the target version when it exists there; else the
+    # target's first page (guaranteed routable — never a 404); else the
+    # target-prefixed docs root (an empty snapshot is already a degraded state).
+    def target_href(version)
+      pages = DocsKit::LlmsText.pages(config, version: version)
+      candidate = candidate_href(version)
+      return candidate if candidate && pages.any? { |page| page.href == candidate }
+
+      pages.first&.href || "#{version.path_prefix}/docs"
+    end
+
+    # The current request path re-prefixed for the target version: strip the
+    # in-scope version's prefix, add the target's. nil without a request.
+    def candidate_href(version)
+      path = current_path
+      return unless path
+
+      "#{version.path_prefix}#{path.delete_prefix(DocsKit::Scope.path_prefix)}"
+    end
+
+    # The request path, nil when rendered without a live request (an isolated
+    # render, a static build) — the DocsUI::Sidebar#current_path guard.
+    def current_path
+      request&.path
+    rescue StandardError
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/docs_kit/snapshot/entry.rb b/lib/docs_kit/snapshot/entry.rb
index d119af3..5758e93 100644
--- a/lib/docs_kit/snapshot/entry.rb
+++ b/lib/docs_kit/snapshot/entry.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Snapshot
     # DocsUI::ArchivedPage constant, so the `select(&:view_class)` authored-page
     # filter passes unchanged.
     class Entry
-      attr_reader :slug, :title, :group, :icon, :file, :digest, :href
+      attr_reader :slug, :title, :group, :icon, :file, :digest, :href, :version
 
       def initialize(attrs, version:, root:, registry_prefix:)
         @slug = attrs["slug"]
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def initialize(attrs, version:, root:, registry_prefix:)
         @file = attrs["file"]
         @digest = attrs["digest"]
         @root = root
+        @version = version
         @href = "#{version.path_prefix}#{registry_prefix}/#{@slug}"
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/docs_kit/snapshot_spec.rb b/spec/docs_kit/snapshot_spec.rb
index 9005cec..3d7b336 100644
--- a/spec/docs_kit/snapshot_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/docs_kit/snapshot_spec.rb
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ def snapshot
     it "reads the entry's markdown body from its snapshot file" do
       expect(snapshot.from_slug("installation").markdown).to include('gem "docs_kit"')
     end
+
+    it "exposes the entry's version (the ArchivedPage banner reads it)" do
+      expect(snapshot.from_slug("installation").version).to eq(version)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "degrading to an empty snapshot" do
diff --git a/spec/docs_ui/archived_page_spec.rb b/spec/docs_ui/archived_page_spec.rb
index 739d9f6..0bef13d 100644
--- a/spec/docs_ui/archived_page_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/docs_ui/archived_page_spec.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,35 @@ def view_template = body
     end
   end
 
+  let(:archived_version) { DocsKit::DocVersion.new(id: "1.0") }
+
   let(:entry) do
-    Struct.new(:title, :markdown).new("Installation", "Add the **gem** first.")
+    entry_struct.new(title: "Installation", markdown: "Add the **gem** first.",
+                     slug: "installation", version: archived_version)
+  end
+
+  def entry_struct
+    Struct.new(:title, :markdown, :slug, :version, keyword_init: true)
+  end
+
+  # A live registry authoring the same slug, so the banner can link the
+  # current-version equivalent.
+  def live_registry
+    page_struct = Struct.new(:title, :href, :slug, :group, :icon, :view_class, keyword_init: true)
+    page = page_struct.new(title: "Installation", href: "/docs/installation", slug: "installation",
+                           group: "Guide", icon: nil, view_class: Class.new)
+    Class.new do
+      define_singleton_method(:all) { [page] }
+      define_singleton_method(:nav_items) { {} }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def configure_versions
+    registry = live_registry
+    DocsKit.configure do |c|
+      c.versions = [{ id: "1.1", current: true }, { id: "1.0" }]
+      c.nav_registries = { "Docs" => registry }
+    end
   end
 
   it "renders the entry's Markdown body through the chrome's Markdown island" do
@@ -35,4 +62,49 @@ def view_template = body
     expect(described_class.new).to be_a(described_class)
     expect(body_only.new.call).to eq("")
   end
+
+  describe "the archived banner" do
+    it "names both versions and links the current-version equivalent" do
+      configure_versions
+
+      html = body_only.new(entry: entry).call
+
+      expect(html).to include("You are viewing the 1.0 docs")
+      expect(html).to include("The current version is 1.1")
+      expect(html).to include('href="/docs/installation"')
+    end
+
+    it "falls back to the docs home when the slug has no current equivalent" do
+      configure_versions
+      gone = entry_struct.new(title: "Removed", markdown: "Old.", slug: "removed",
+                              version: archived_version)
+
+      html = body_only.new(entry: gone).call
+
+      expect(html).to include("You are viewing the 1.0 docs")
+      expect(html).to include(%(href="#{DocsKit.configuration.brand_href}"))
+    end
+
+    it "is absent for a current-version entry" do
+      configure_versions
+      current = entry_struct.new(title: "Installation", markdown: "New.", slug: "installation",
+                                 version: DocsKit::DocVersion.new(id: "1.1", current: true))
+
+      expect(body_only.new(entry: current).call).not_to include("You are viewing")
+    end
+
+    it "is absent for an entry that carries no version (a bare stub)" do
+      versionless = Struct.new(:title, :markdown).new("Installation", "Body.")
+
+      expect(body_only.new(entry: versionless).call).not_to include("You are viewing")
+    end
+
+    it "carries data-md-skip so it never leaks into the .md twin" do
+      configure_versions
+
+      html = body_only.new(entry: entry).call
+
+      expect(html).to match(/data-md-skip[^>]*>.*You are viewing/m)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/docs_ui/meta_tags_spec.rb b/spec/docs_ui/meta_tags_spec.rb
index b84af73..0cbc3ee 100644
--- a/spec/docs_ui/meta_tags_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/docs_ui/meta_tags_spec.rb
@@ -174,6 +174,34 @@ def image_url(path) = "https://d.example.com/assets/#{path.sub('.png', '-abc123.
       expect(render_tags).to include('<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">')
     end
 
+    describe "robots under a version scope" do
+      it "emits noindex, follow for an archived version (canonical untouched)" do
+        archived = DocsKit::DocVersion.new(id: "1.0")
+
+        html = DocsKit::Scope.with(version: archived) { render_tags }
+
+        expect(html).to include('<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">')
+        expect(html).not_to include('rel="canonical"')
+      end
+
+      it "keeps today's behavior for the current version in scope (regression pin)" do
+        current = DocsKit::DocVersion.new(id: "1.1", current: true)
+
+        html = DocsKit::Scope.with(version: current) { render_tags }
+
+        expect(html).not_to include('name="robots"')
+      end
+
+      it "restores seo.robots for a version with noindex: false" do
+        DocsKit.configure { |c| c.seo.robots = "index, follow" }
+        opted_out = DocsKit::DocVersion.new(id: "1.0", noindex: false)
+
+        html = DocsKit::Scope.with(version: opted_out) { render_tags }
+
+        expect(html).to include('<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">')
+      end
+    end
+
     it "emits <meta name=\"theme-color\"> only when config.seo.theme_color is set" do
       html = render_tags
       expect(html).not_to include("theme-color")
diff --git a/spec/docs_ui/shell_spec.rb b/spec/docs_ui/shell_spec.rb
index fd9d2a8..2da67a6 100644
--- a/spec/docs_ui/shell_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/docs_ui/shell_spec.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,34 @@ def view_template = topbar
     end
   end
 
+  # The version switcher sits in the topbar right before the repo/social links.
+  # It renders NOTHING unless versioning is enabled, so an unversioned site's
+  # topbar stays byte-identical.
+  describe "the topbar version switcher" do
+    let(:topbar_only) do
+      Class.new(described_class) do
+        def view_template = topbar
+      end
+    end
+
+    it "renders no switcher on an unversioned site (the byte-identical pin)" do
+      html = topbar_only.new.call
+
+      expect(html).not_to include("version-switcher")
+    end
+
+    it "renders the switcher when two or more versions are configured" do
+      DocsKit.configure do |c|
+        c.versions = [{ id: "1.1", current: true }, { id: "1.0" }]
+      end
+
+      html = topbar_only.new.call
+
+      expect(html).to include("1.1")
+      expect(html).to include("1.0")
+    end
+  end
+
   # The opt-in brand mark (config.brand_logo) — rendered inside the brand anchor
   # in place of the text brand. Absent config → the text brand, byte-identical
   # to before. config.topbar_brand = :mobile_only additionally hides the topbar
diff --git a/spec/docs_ui/version_switcher_spec.rb b/spec/docs_ui/version_switcher_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57df6bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/docs_ui/version_switcher_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe DocsUI::VersionSwitcher do
+  let(:fixtures_root) { File.expand_path("../fixtures/snapshots", __dir__) }
+
+  # A live registry with an authored "installation" page (the slug the 1.0
+  # fixture snapshot also has) plus a live-only page absent from the snapshot.
+  let(:live_registry) do
+    entry = Struct.new(:title, :href, :slug, :group, :icon, :view_class, keyword_init: true)
+    pages = [
+      entry.new(title: "Installation", href: "/docs/installation", slug: "installation",
+                group: "Guide", icon: nil, view_class: Class.new),
+      entry.new(title: "Live only", href: "/docs/live-only", slug: "live-only",
+                group: "Guide", icon: nil, view_class: Class.new)
+    ]
+    Class.new do
+      define_singleton_method(:all) { pages }
+      define_singleton_method(:nav_items) { {} }
+    end
+  end
+
+  def configure_versions
+    DocsKit.configure do |c|
+      c.versions = [{ id: "1.1", current: true }, { id: "1.0" }]
+      c.snapshots_path = fixtures_root
+      c.nav_registries = { "Docs" => live_registry }
+    end
+  end
+
+  # The switcher reads the request path through the guarded #current_path seam
+  # (like DocsUI::Sidebar); pin it per example instead of faking a Rails request.
+  def switcher(path: nil)
+    Class.new(described_class) do
+      define_method(:current_path) { path }
+    end.new
+  end
+
+  before { DocsKit::Snapshot.reset_cache! }
+
+  it "renders NOTHING when versioning is not enabled (the byte-identical-topbar pin)" do
+    expect(switcher(path: "/docs/installation").call).to eq("")
+  end
+
+  it "renders one link per configured version" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    html = switcher(path: "/docs/installation").call
+
+    expect(html).to include('href="/docs/installation"')
+    expect(html).to include('href="/1.0/docs/installation"')
+  end
+
+  it "keeps the same slug when moving from an archived version back to current" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    html = nil
+    DocsKit::Scope.with(version: DocsKit.configuration.version("1.0")) do
+      html = switcher(path: "/1.0/docs/installation").call
+    end
+
+    expect(html).to include('href="/docs/installation"')
+    expect(html).to include('href="/1.0/docs/installation"')
+  end
+
+  it "marks the in-scope version" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    html = nil
+    DocsKit::Scope.with(version: DocsKit.configuration.version("1.0")) do
+      html = switcher(path: "/1.0/docs/installation").call
+    end
+
+    expect(html).to include('aria-current="true"')
+    expect(html).to match(/aria-current="true"[^>]*>(\s*)1\.0/m)
+  end
+
+  it "shows the in-scope version's label on the trigger" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    DocsKit::Scope.with(version: DocsKit.configuration.version("1.0")) do
+      expect(switcher(path: "/1.0/docs/installation").call).to include("1.0")
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "falls back to the target version's first page when the slug is absent there" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    # /docs/live-only has no 1.0 twin → the 1.0 link goes to 1.0's first page,
+    # never a 404.
+    html = switcher(path: "/docs/live-only").call
+
+    expect(html).to include('href="/1.0/docs/installation"')
+    expect(html).not_to include('href="/1.0/docs/live-only"')
+  end
+
+  it "works without a request path (isolated render — links fall back, no raise)" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    expect { switcher.call }.not_to raise_error
+  end
+
+  it "is a CSS-only daisyUI dropdown (no Stimulus controller, works with JS off)" do
+    configure_versions
+
+    html = switcher(path: "/docs/installation").call
+
+    expect(html).to include("dropdown")
+    expect(html).not_to include("data-controller")
+  end
+end