Keep room confirmations visible until acknowledged

Show confirmed create/join guidance until local Continue without polling or ordinary game actions clearing unread text. Default shared toasts to no timeout with visible Dismiss controls.

Validation: 23 focused entry/action/seat tests, types/lint/build, and original local room creation with 43-second retention through polls and a circle change, explicit dismissal and no replay. No console errors. QA room preserved. Deployed acceptance remains open. Runtime fingerprint d57fa6a34bb1738017c2690ca5ad9f04b0b99458078a60c7ddd51e2c29483301; documentation overlay a8baa23802ac1c79321d67913c27512a199699839c1932947dfa3af95434cc37.

docs/CURRENT_STATUS.md

@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ open mode gates.
 
 
 ## Current checkpoint and work
+**Readable room confirmations — 18 October.** The user-requested create/join
+confirmation stays above the table until local Continue, independently of
+polling and game actions. Shared toasts default to no timeout and a visible
+Dismiss control. Local QA room NAZLA8P4 retained the message for43 seconds,
+including a circle change; Continue removed it without leaving the room and it
+did not return on later polls. No browser console errors. Focused23/23,
+types/lint/build pass; the QA room is preserved. Deployed verification remains
+open. [Behavior and boundaries](READABLE_NOTICES.md).
+
 **Classic independent World/Nexus — 18 October. Prototyped / Partial.**
 Fresh classic2–6 independent36 + Homeworlds + Nexus12 now retains optional all14,
 Tech3+ and Advanced Strongholds2+ through original module selection/setup.

docs/IMPLEMENTATION_STATUS.md

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Dune implementation status
 
+## 18 October 2026 — Persistent room entry confirmations
+
+Successful create/join now shows the room code and concise invitation/seat
+protection guidance above the table until Continue. Polls and ordinary actions
+cannot replace this local acknowledgement. The shared toast provider defaults
+to no automatic dismissal and its standard list has a visible Dismiss button.
+Existing persistent recovery/action controls and concise first-request progress
+remain. Focused23/23, types/lint/build and a real local room creation pass:
+43-second retention, circle change, Continue and later polling, no browser
+console errors. QA room preserved; deployed acceptance remains open.
+See [readable notices](READABLE_NOTICES.md).
+
 ## 18 October 2026 — Classic independent World/Nexus
 
 Fresh classic independent36/World/Nexus now retains optional14 and original

docs/READABLE_NOTICES.md

@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ then removed it immediately, making actionable recovery instructions appear to
 flash on screen even when nothing had gone wrong.
 
 First submissions now show only **Creating your room…** or **Joining the room…**
-and a short progress message. Successful responses still open the confirmed
-table. A lost/uncertain response, saved request after refresh, or storage problem
+and a short progress message. Successful responses open the confirmed
+table with a **Room created** or **Room joined** confirmation above it. The
+confirmation shows the room code and invitation/seat-protection guidance, and
+stays until **Continue**. Polling, reconnecting and ordinary game actions do not
+dismiss it. Continue acknowledges only local text, without submitting a game
+action. Leaving, reloading or claiming a different seat clears the local notice.
+A lost/uncertain response, saved request after refresh, or storage problem
 shows the existing persistent recovery panel. Its exact retry, deliberate
 abandonment and saved-kit recovery controls remain available until the player
 resolves the request. The private retry proof is still saved before submission;
@@ -37,11 +42,22 @@ it. Continue dismisses only the message. Leaving or reloading the page clears th
 local confirmation, without changing the recovered seat.
 
 Errors and recovery prompts have explicit controls; component inspectors have
-close buttons. Network progress, polling deadlines and permission-expiry
+close buttons. The shared toast provider also defaults to no automatic timeout;
+its standard notice list provides a visible **Dismiss** button. Network
+progress, polling deadlines and permission-expiry
 countdowns keep their existing behavior.
 
 ## Verification
 
+18 October follow-up: local QA room NAZLA8P4 kept its unread confirmation for
+43 seconds through background polling and a normal player-circle change.
+Continue removed only the notice; the same room stayed open and subsequent
+polls did not restore the notice. The screenshot and browser record are kept
+outside Git. No console errors; focused23/23 existing entry/notice/seat tests,
+types/lint and production build pass. The dedicated QA room is preserved.
+This is local evidence; deployed verification remains open.
+
+
 Browser QA uses dedicated rooms and a temporary local transport that delays the
 first response and can lose one successful create response. This verifies actual
 rendered progress, durable recovery instructions, and explicit same-request retry