From 6d49da17fe8ef74448f95cd903a1a4f3bc75b4aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: npeter83 <npeter83+claude@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:27:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(api): a write that hit a connection failure is still
 reported, and every failure is reported once
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Deep-review round 4, the "one report per failure" contract round 3 introduced.

- `req` marked gateway (502/503/504) and network failures "already reported" because they raise
  the connection notice. But that notice is about connectivity and removes itself on the very next
  answer — which every caller's own resync refetch fetches at once — so a delete that hit a
  keepalive reset flashed the notice and was then reported nowhere, the list still there. Only the
  durable reports (the error dialog, the 401 sign-out) count now; the caller says the action failed.
- A connection notice the user closed swallowed every later one for the rest of the visit; it is
  raised again.
- `req` and `uploadReq` share one failure policy (`reportFailure`). The upload copy had drifted: a
  502 opened the blocking "Server error (502)" dialog and cleared a notice that was still true.
- A taken Plex collection name is a structured 409, localized, and the create/rename calls are
  quiet: it was an English dialog plus a Hungarian toast. `notifyCollectionEditError` is gone.
- The mutation onErrors that toasted unconditionally after a non-quiet request (invite approve /
  deny / add, demo whitelist, audit clear, scheduler, share, full history, edit, config tests, tag
  attach) go through `notifyActionError`; the playlist delete's hand-rolled copy of it too (it takes
  a level now). The user role / suspend / delete actions had no onError at all: a user deleted in
  another tab failed silently and stayed listed — now said, and the list refetched.
---
 backend/app/routes/plex/collections.py        |   4 +-
 backend/tests/test_plex_collections_filter.py |   1 +
 .../src/components/AdminUsers.dom.test.tsx    | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
 frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.tsx        |  28 +++--
 frontend/src/components/AuditLog.tsx          |   3 +-
 frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx          |   5 +-
 frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx       |   7 +-
 .../src/components/PlexCollectionEditor.tsx   |   8 +-
 .../src/components/PlexCollectionView.tsx     |   6 +-
 frontend/src/components/Scheduler.tsx         |   5 +-
 frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx       |   3 +-
 frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx             |   3 +-
 frontend/src/components/VideoEditor.tsx       |   3 +-
 frontend/src/components/plexBrowseLists.tsx   |   7 +-
 frontend/src/components/usePlaylistActions.ts |  18 ++-
 frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/users.json       |   9 +-
 frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/users.json       |   9 +-
 frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.test.ts         |  41 ++++---
 frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.ts              |  29 ++---
 frontend/src/lib/api/core.test.ts             |  58 +++++++++-
 frontend/src/lib/api/core.ts                  |  94 +++++++++-------
 frontend/src/lib/api/plex.ts                  |  21 ++--
 22 files changed, 328 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.dom.test.tsx

diff --git a/backend/app/routes/plex/collections.py b/backend/app/routes/plex/collections.py
index ffcfa397..5719cf3a 100644
--- a/backend/app/routes/plex/collections.py
+++ b/backend/app/routes/plex/collections.py
@@ -347,7 +347,9 @@ def _reject_duplicate_name(
         .first()
     )
     if dup is not None and dup.rating_key != exclude_rk:
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=409, detail="A collection with this name already exists")
+        # Structured, so the bilingual UI says it in the reader's language (it was toasted in
+        # Hungarian beside an English error dialog saying the same thing).
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=409, detail={"code": "collection", "reason": "name_taken"})
 
 
 def _write_or_pending_error(wrote: bool, e: Exception) -> HTTPException:
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_plex_collections_filter.py b/backend/tests/test_plex_collections_filter.py
index 67707360..36668044 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_plex_collections_filter.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_plex_collections_filter.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def test_create_collection_rejects_duplicate_name(db, monkeypatch):
             json={"library": "1", "title": "marvel", "item_rating_key": "m1"},
         )
         assert r.status_code == 409, r.text
+        assert r.json()["detail"] == {"code": "collection", "reason": "name_taken"}
     finally:
         app.dependency_overrides.clear()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.dom.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.dom.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d94ad5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.dom.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+//
+// A failed user action is said once, and a user who is gone is not left listed (deep-review round 4).
+// setRole / suspend / delete had no onError at all — "the global error dialog says it" — but a 404
+// (the user was deleted in another tab) gets no dialog, so the click did nothing and the row stayed.
+// And the invite approve/deny toasted unconditionally on top of the dialog `req` opens for a 409.
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+import { render, cleanup, screen, fireEvent, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+
+vi.mock("react-i18next", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("react-i18next")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key, i18n: { language: "en" } }),
+  };
+});
+vi.mock("../lib/useMe", () => ({
+  useMe: () => ({
+    id: 1,
+    email: "admin@x",
+    role: "admin",
+    pending_invites: 0,
+    pending_activations: 0,
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock("./ConfirmProvider", () => ({ useConfirm: () => async () => true }));
+const { notify } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  notify: vi.fn((_n: { level: string; message: string }) => 0),
+}));
+vi.mock("../lib/notifications", async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import("../lib/notifications")>()),
+  notify,
+}));
+vi.mock("../lib/errorDialog", () => ({ reportError: vi.fn() }));
+
+import AdminUsers from "./AdminUsers";
+import { api, type AdminUserRow } from "../lib/api";
+import i18n from "../i18n";
+
+const row = {
+  id: 2,
+  email: "gone@x",
+  role: "user",
+  is_suspended: false,
+  is_demo: false,
+  email_verified: true,
+  is_active: true,
+} as unknown as AdminUserRow;
+
+function answer(status: number, detail: unknown) {
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify({ detail }), {
+    status,
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+  });
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  notify.mockClear();
+  localStorage.clear();
+});
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanup();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+function mount() {
+  const users = vi.spyOn(api, "adminUsers").mockResolvedValue([row] as never);
+  render(
+    <QueryClientProvider
+      client={new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } })}
+    >
+      <AdminUsers />
+    </QueryClientProvider>,
+  );
+  return users;
+}
+
+describe("a user action that fails", () => {
+  it("says a user who is gone, and refetches the list", async () => {
+    const users = mount();
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(
+      answer(404, { code: "not_found", reason: "user" }),
+    );
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByText("users.roles.makeAdmin"));
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(notify).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        level: "error",
+        message: i18n.t("errors.notFound.user"), // the request layer localizes a structured detail
+      }),
+    );
+    await waitFor(() => expect(users).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2));
+  });
+
+  it("is not toasted on top of the error dialog the request already opened", async () => {
+    mount();
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(answer(409, "Cannot demote the last admin"));
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByText("users.roles.makeAdmin"));
+    const { reportError } = await import("../lib/errorDialog");
+    await waitFor(() => expect(reportError).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    expect(notify.mock.calls.filter(([n]) => n.level === "error")).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.tsx
index 55333a27..90ab5f27 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AdminUsers.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 import Tabs, { usePersistedTab } from "./ui/Tabs";
 import { PageToolbar } from "./ui/PageShell";
 import { useMe } from "../lib/useMe";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 
 // Admin-only user & access management: roles, access requests (the Invite whitelist), and the
 // demo whitelist + reset. Each section is its own tab (persisted across reloads); the Access tab
@@ -120,6 +121,13 @@ function UsersRoles({ me }: { me: Me }) {
       n.delete(id);
       return n;
     });
+  // A failed user action: said once (notifyActionError skips what `req` already put in its dialog),
+  // and the list refetched — a user deleted in another tab would otherwise stay listed, every click
+  // on the row doing nothing.
+  const onGoneOrFailed = (e: unknown, fallback: string) => {
+    notifyActionError(e, fallback);
+    qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.adminUsers() });
+  };
   const setRole = useMutation({
     mutationFn: ({ id, role }: { id: number; role: "user" | "admin"; email: string }) =>
       api.setUserRole(id, role),
@@ -129,7 +137,9 @@ function UsersRoles({ me }: { me: Me }) {
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("users.roles.updated", { email: vars.email }) });
     },
     onSettled: (_d, _e, vars) => endPending(vars.id),
-    // Errors (e.g. last-admin / self) surface via the global error dialog with the server's detail.
+    // Guards (last admin / self) surface via the global error dialog with the server's detail; what
+    // it does not show (a user deleted meanwhile, a 404) is said here — see onGoneOrFailed.
+    onError: (e) => onGoneOrFailed(e, t("users.roles.failed")),
   });
 
   const suspend = useMutation({
@@ -146,7 +156,8 @@ function UsersRoles({ me }: { me: Me }) {
       });
     },
     onSettled: (_d, _e, vars) => endPending(vars.id),
-    // Guards (demo / self / last admin) surface via the global error dialog.
+    // Guards (demo / self / last admin) surface via the global error dialog; the rest, as above.
+    onError: (e) => onGoneOrFailed(e, t("users.suspend.failed")),
   });
   const del = useMutation({
     mutationFn: ({ id }: { id: number; email: string }) => api.adminDeleteUser(id),
@@ -156,6 +167,7 @@ function UsersRoles({ me }: { me: Me }) {
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("users.delete.done", { email: vars.email }) });
     },
     onSettled: (_d, _e, vars) => endPending(vars.id),
+    onError: (e) => onGoneOrFailed(e, t("users.delete.failed")),
   });
 
   const onToggle = async (u: AdminUserRow) => {
@@ -518,7 +530,7 @@ function AdminInvites() {
       refresh();
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("settings.invites.approved", { email: vars.email }) });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("settings.invites.approveFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("settings.invites.approveFailed")),
   });
   const deny = useMutation({
     mutationFn: (id: number) => api.denyInvite(id),
@@ -526,7 +538,7 @@ function AdminInvites() {
       refresh();
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("settings.invites.denied") });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("settings.invites.denyFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("settings.invites.denyFailed")),
   });
   const onDeny = async (i: { id: number; email: string }) => {
     const ok = await confirm({
@@ -630,7 +642,7 @@ function AdminInvites() {
       refresh();
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("settings.invites.addedToWhitelist", { email }) });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("settings.invites.addFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("settings.invites.addFailed")),
   });
 
   const list = invites.data ?? [];
@@ -780,7 +792,7 @@ function AdminDemo() {
       qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.demoWhitelist() });
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("settings.demo.added", { email }) });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("settings.demo.addFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("settings.demo.addFailed")),
   });
   const remove = useMutation({
     mutationFn: (id: number) => api.removeDemoWhitelist(id),
@@ -788,7 +800,7 @@ function AdminDemo() {
       qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.demoWhitelist() });
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("settings.demo.removed") });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("settings.demo.removeFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("settings.demo.removeFailed")),
   });
   const onRemove = async (r: { id: number; email: string }) => {
     const ok = await confirm({
@@ -806,7 +818,7 @@ function AdminDemo() {
         level: "success",
         message: t("settings.demo.resetDone", { count: r.playlists_seeded }),
       }),
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("settings.demo.resetFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("settings.demo.resetFailed")),
   });
 
   const rows = list.data ?? [];
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AuditLog.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AuditLog.tsx
index e382a24a..0fa2618e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AuditLog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AuditLog.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 import DataTable from "./ui/DataTable";
 import { LoadingState, StateMessage } from "./ui/QueryState";
 import { auditColumns } from "./auditColumns";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 
 // Admin-only audit trail: an append-only who/what/when log of admin actions + scheduler run
 // summaries (never per-row). Read-only apart from Clear. Client-side sort/filter/paginate via
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export default function AuditLog() {
       qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.adminAudit() });
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("audit.cleared", { count: r.cleared }) });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("audit.clearFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("audit.clearFailed")),
   });
   const onClear = async () => {
     if (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
index 54799ea6..909c7874 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Channels.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Ban, Eye, EyeOff, History, LayoutGrid, Pencil, RefreshCw, Table, X } fr
 import ExcludedChannelList from "./ExcludedChannelList";
 import { api, NO_TAG_SENTINEL, type ManagedChannel } from "../lib/api";
 import { Sparkles } from "lucide-react";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 import { notifyYouTubeActionError } from "../lib/youtubeErrors";
 import { accountKey, LS } from "../lib/storage";
 import { buildChannelColumns, applySyncFilter } from "./channelColumns";
@@ -182,10 +183,10 @@ export default function Channels() {
     // suggestions: acceptSuggestion optimistically dropped the channel from that cache, and on
     // failure the tag never actually attached — so the server still suggests it and the ghost chips
     // must come back rather than leaving an empty cell (honest states). Surface the write failure too.
-    onError: () => {
+    onError: (e) => {
       qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.channels() });
       qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.tagSuggestions() });
-      notify({ level: "error", message: t("channels.tags.updateFailed") });
+      notifyActionError(e, t("channels.tags.updateFailed"));
     },
   });
   // --- Suggested tags (E8·S4): learned from the user's own manual-tag pattern, shown as accept/dismiss
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx
index 0b8b35ee..a0300760 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ConfigPanel.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { PageToolbar } from "./ui/PageShell";
 import { Switch } from "./ui/form";
 import { DraftSaveBar, type SaveState } from "./ui/DraftSaveBar";
 import { LS } from "../lib/storage";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 
 // Admin Configuration page: edit DB-overridable operational settings (registry-driven from the
 // backend — adding a key there makes it appear here automatically). Edits are drafted and
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ export default function ConfigPanel() {
   const testEmail = useMutation({
     mutationFn: () => api.testEmail(),
     onSuccess: (r) => notify({ level: "success", message: t("config.testSent", { to: r.to }) }),
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("config.testFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("config.testFailed")),
   });
 
   // Plex "Test connection": verifies the server URL + token and returns the library sections,
@@ -138,9 +139,9 @@ export default function ConfigPanel() {
       setPlexResult(r);
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("config.plexTestOk", { name: r.server_name }) });
     },
-    onError: () => {
+    onError: (e) => {
       setPlexResult(null);
-      notify({ level: "error", message: t("config.plexTestFailed") });
+      notifyActionError(e, t("config.plexTestFailed"));
     },
   });
   const plexLibs = (draft["plex_libraries"] ?? "")
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionEditor.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionEditor.tsx
index 6182d8b5..ab5dac28 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionEditor.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { Check, Plus } from "lucide-react";
 import { api } from "../lib/api";
-import { notifyCollectionEditError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 import { useScrollFade } from "../lib/useScrollFade";
 import { Button } from "./ui/Button";
 import Modal from "./ui/Modal";
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ export default function PlexCollectionEditor({
       setMembers((prev) => new Set(prev).add(col.id));
       refresh();
     } catch (e) {
-      // The backend rejects a duplicate name with 409 (Plex conflates same names) — localize it to
-      // nameTaken rather than surfacing the server's raw English detail.
-      notifyCollectionEditError(e, t("plex.collection.editFailed"), t("plex.collection.nameTaken"));
+      // The backend rejects a duplicate name with 409 (Plex conflates same names), structured — so
+      // it reads in the reader's language (see localizeDetail).
+      notifyActionError(e, t("plex.collection.editFailed"));
     } finally {
       setBusy(null);
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionView.tsx
index 02743cdc..8b9d88d4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PlexCollectionView.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Play, Shuffle, Pencil, Trash2, Plus, X, Lock, Check, Search } from "luc
 import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
 import { api, isIntrinsicReadOnly, type PlexCard, type PlexCollectionDetail } from "../lib/api";
 import { formatRuntime } from "../lib/format";
-import { notifyActionError, notifyCollectionEditError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
 import { showEpisodeKeys } from "../lib/plexQueue";
 import { healPlexSort, plexSortOptions } from "../lib/plexSort";
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ export default function PlexCollectionView({
       invalidate();
       setRenaming(false);
     } catch (e) {
-      // The backend enforces per-library name uniqueness — localize its 409 to nameTaken.
-      notifyCollectionEditError(e, t("plex.collection.editFailed"), t("plex.collection.nameTaken"));
+      // The backend enforces per-library name uniqueness — a taken name comes back localized.
+      notifyActionError(e, t("plex.collection.editFailed"));
     } finally {
       setBusy(false);
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Scheduler.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Scheduler.tsx
index eb5cdd5b..b1d779c0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Scheduler.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Scheduler.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 import { relativeTime } from "../lib/format";
 import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
 import Tooltip from "./ui/Tooltip";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 
 const POLL_MS = 4000;
 // While any job is running, poll faster so short scheduled runs aren't missed between ticks.
@@ -375,14 +376,14 @@ export default function Scheduler() {
   const pauseResume = useMutation({
     mutationFn: (paused: boolean) => (paused ? api.resumeSync() : api.pauseSync()),
     onSuccess: () => qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.scheduler() }),
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("scheduler.toggleFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("scheduler.toggleFailed")),
   });
 
   const intervalMut = useMutation({
     mutationFn: (v: { jobId: string; minutes: number }) =>
       api.updateSchedulerJob(v.jobId, v.minutes),
     onSuccess: () => qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.scheduler() }),
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("scheduler.intervalFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("scheduler.intervalFailed")),
   });
 
   // Manual "run now" triggers. The wrapper runs in a background thread server-side; the
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx
index 66b8a85f..67ec04b5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ShareDialog.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import clsx from "clsx";
 import Modal from "./ui/Modal";
 import { useConfirm } from "./ConfirmProvider";
 import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 import { copyText } from "../lib/clipboard";
 import { api, type DownloadJob, type ShareLink } from "../lib/api";
 import { inputCls } from "./ui/form";
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ function UserShare({ job }: { job: DownloadJob }) {
       setQ("");
       setOpen(false);
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("downloads.share.failed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("downloads.share.failed")),
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx
index 7efc4342..d07d62c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Stats.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import FilterChipGroup from "./ui/FilterChipGroup";
 import Tabs from "./ui/Tabs";
 import { Section, SettingRow } from "./ui/form";
 import { useMe } from "../lib/useMe";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 
 const RANGES = [7, 30, 90] as const;
 type StatsTab = "overview" | "system";
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ function Overview({ me }: { me: Me }) {
         message: t("stats.sync.fullHistoryRequested", { count: r.updated ?? 0 }),
       });
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("stats.sync.fullHistoryFailed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("stats.sync.fullHistoryFailed")),
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VideoEditor.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VideoEditor.tsx
index 8b5f563e..ec5c33a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VideoEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VideoEditor.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { api, type DownloadJob, type EditSpec } from "../lib/api";
 import { contentRect, cropToSourcePx, type Frac } from "../lib/cropGeometry";
 import { inputCls, btnCls } from "./ui/form";
 import { Button } from "./ui/Button";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 
 // mm:ss.d timecode <-> seconds.
 function tc(s: number): string {
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ export default function VideoEditor({ job, onClose }: { job: DownloadJob; onClos
       notify({ level: "success", message: t("editor.created", { count: files }) });
       onClose();
     },
-    onError: () => notify({ level: "error", message: t("editor.failed") }),
+    onError: (e) => notifyActionError(e, t("editor.failed")),
   });
 
   const sel = segments.find((s) => s.id === selId) ?? segments[0];
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/plexBrowseLists.tsx b/frontend/src/components/plexBrowseLists.tsx
index 07187a74..036d78c8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/plexBrowseLists.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/plexBrowseLists.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Check, ListMusic, Lock, Plus, Search, X } from "lucide-react";
 import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
 import { api, isIntrinsicReadOnly, type PlexCard, type PlexCollection } from "../lib/api";
 import { formatRuntime } from "../lib/format";
-import { notifyCollectionEditError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 import { useDebounced } from "../lib/useDebounced";
 import { LoadingState, StateMessage } from "./ui/QueryState";
 import PosterTile from "./PosterTile";
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ function NewCollectionPanel({
       const col = await api.plexCreateCollection("", trimmed, card.id); // backend derives the library
       onCreated(col.id);
     } catch (e) {
-      // The backend is authoritative on per-library name uniqueness — its 409 is localized to nameTaken.
-      notifyCollectionEditError(e, t("plex.collection.editFailed"), t("plex.collection.nameTaken"));
+      // The backend is authoritative on per-library name uniqueness — a taken name comes back
+      // structured, and so localized (see localizeDetail).
+      notifyActionError(e, t("plex.collection.editFailed"));
       setBusy(false);
     }
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/usePlaylistActions.ts b/frontend/src/components/usePlaylistActions.ts
index 541f376e..731a7589 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/usePlaylistActions.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/usePlaylistActions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
-import { alreadyReported, api, HttpError, type Playlist } from "../lib/api";
-import { notify } from "../lib/notifications";
+import { api, type Playlist } from "../lib/api";
+import { notifyActionError } from "../lib/actionErrors";
 import { notifyYouTubeActionError } from "../lib/youtubeErrors";
 import { playlistName } from "../lib/playlistName";
 import { useChoice } from "./ConfirmProvider";
@@ -71,14 +71,12 @@ export function usePlaylistActions() {
     } catch (err) {
       // Prefer the server's specific reason (e.g. a local vs YouTube-side failure) over a blanket
       // "couldn't delete on YouTube" that misleads when the failure wasn't the YouTube side — unless
-      // `req` already put it on screen (the error dialog, the connection notice): not twice.
-      if (!alreadyReported(err))
-        notify({
-          level: "warning",
-          message:
-            (err instanceof HttpError && err.detail) ||
-            (onYoutube ? t("playlists.deleteYtFailed") : t("playlists.deleteFailed")),
-        });
+      // `req` already put it in its error dialog: not twice (notifyActionError checks).
+      notifyActionError(
+        err,
+        onYoutube ? t("playlists.deleteYtFailed") : t("playlists.deleteFailed"),
+        "warning",
+      );
     }
     qc.removeQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlist(pl.id) });
     qc.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: qk.playlists() });
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/users.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/users.json
index 1c2e4ff4..99f0ebec 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/users.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/en/users.json
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
     "promoteTitle": "Make admin?",
     "demoteTitle": "Remove admin?",
     "promoteConfirm": "Give {{email}} full admin access (settings, scheduler, user management)?",
-    "demoteConfirm": "Remove admin access from {{email}}? They'll become a regular user."
+    "demoteConfirm": "Remove admin access from {{email}}? They'll become a regular user.",
+    "failed": "Couldn't change the role."
   },
   "suspend": {
     "action": "Suspend",
@@ -51,14 +52,16 @@
     "done": "{{email}} suspended",
     "undone": "{{email}} unsuspended",
     "demoLocked": "The demo account can't be suspended.",
-    "selfLocked": "You can't suspend your own account."
+    "selfLocked": "You can't suspend your own account.",
+    "failed": "Couldn't change the suspension."
   },
   "delete": {
     "action": "Delete",
     "locked": "This account can't be deleted here.",
     "title": "Delete account?",
     "confirm": "Permanently delete {{email}} and all their data — subscriptions, tags, watch history, playlists and settings? This can't be undone.",
-    "done": "{{email}} deleted"
+    "done": "{{email}} deleted",
+    "failed": "Couldn't delete the account."
   },
   "account": {
     "access": "Access",
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/users.json b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/users.json
index 80a6df7e..95e2591c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/users.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/locales/hu/users.json
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
     "promoteTitle": "Adminná teszed?",
     "demoteTitle": "Elveszed az admin jogot?",
     "promoteConfirm": "Teljes admin hozzáférést adsz neki: {{email}} (beállítások, ütemező, felhasználókezelés)?",
-    "demoteConfirm": "Elveszed az admin jogot tőle: {{email}}? Sima felhasználó lesz."
+    "demoteConfirm": "Elveszed az admin jogot tőle: {{email}}? Sima felhasználó lesz.",
+    "failed": "Nem sikerült módosítani a szerepkört."
   },
   "suspend": {
     "action": "Felfüggeszt",
@@ -51,14 +52,16 @@
     "done": "{{email}} felfüggesztve",
     "undone": "{{email}} felfüggesztése feloldva",
     "demoLocked": "A demo fiók nem függeszthető fel.",
-    "selfLocked": "A saját fiókodat nem függesztheted fel."
+    "selfLocked": "A saját fiókodat nem függesztheted fel.",
+    "failed": "Nem sikerült módosítani a felfüggesztést."
   },
   "delete": {
     "action": "Törlés",
     "locked": "Ez a fiók itt nem törölhető.",
     "title": "Törlöd a fiókot?",
     "confirm": "Véglegesen törlöd: {{email}} és minden adatát — feliratkozások, címkék, megtekintési előzmény, lejátszási listák és beállítások? Ez nem visszavonható.",
-    "done": "{{email}} törölve"
+    "done": "{{email}} törölve",
+    "failed": "Nem sikerült törölni a fiókot."
   },
   "account": {
     "access": "Hozzáférés",
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.test.ts
index 721f9ab6..1f64c5b7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.test.ts
@@ -5,28 +5,37 @@ import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 
 // Spy on the toast sink so we can assert exactly what each error maps to.
 vi.mock("./notifications", () => ({ notify: vi.fn(() => 0) }));
+vi.mock("./errorDialog", () => ({ reportError: vi.fn() }));
 
 import { HttpError, api } from "./api";
 import { notify } from "./notifications";
-import { notifyActionError, notifyCollectionEditError } from "./actionErrors";
+import { reportError } from "./errorDialog";
+import { notifyActionError } from "./actionErrors";
+import i18n from "../i18n";
 
 const notifyMock = vi.mocked(notify);
-beforeEach(() => notifyMock.mockClear());
+beforeEach(() => {
+  notifyMock.mockClear();
+  vi.mocked(reportError).mockClear();
+});
 
-describe("notifyCollectionEditError", () => {
-  it("maps a backend 409 to the friendly nameTaken message (not the raw server detail)", () => {
-    notifyCollectionEditError(new HttpError(409, "already exists"), "EDIT_FAILED", "NAME_TAKEN");
-    expect(notifyMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ level: "error", message: "NAME_TAKEN" });
-  });
-
-  it("falls back to the server detail for a non-409 HttpError", () => {
-    notifyCollectionEditError(new HttpError(500, "server boom"), "EDIT_FAILED", "NAME_TAKEN");
-    expect(notifyMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ level: "error", message: "server boom" });
-  });
-
-  it("falls back to the generic edit-failed message for a non-HttpError", () => {
-    notifyCollectionEditError(new Error("network"), "EDIT_FAILED", "NAME_TAKEN");
-    expect(notifyMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ level: "error", message: "EDIT_FAILED" });
+describe("a Plex collection name that is already taken", () => {
+  it("is reported once, in the reader's language", async () => {
+    // The 409 was a bare English string: the global error dialog showed it in English, and the
+    // editor's own toast said the same thing again, translated (deep-review round 4).
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValue(
+      new Response(JSON.stringify({ detail: { code: "collection", reason: "name_taken" } }), {
+        status: 409,
+        headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      }),
+    );
+    const err = await api.plexCreateCollection("1", "Marvel", "m1").catch((e: unknown) => e);
+    notifyMock.mockClear();
+    notifyActionError(err, "EDIT_FAILED");
+    expect(notifyMock.mock.calls).toEqual([
+      [{ level: "error", message: i18n.t("plex.collection.nameTaken") }],
+    ]);
+    expect(reportError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.ts b/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.ts
index 93fd8a6b..e2ad1d26 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/actionErrors.ts
@@ -10,30 +10,15 @@ import { notify } from "./notifications";
  * the Plex watched-toggles and the saved-view ops, and delegated to by `notifyYouTubeActionError`
  * for its non-403 case.
  */
-export function notifyActionError(err: unknown, fallbackMessage: string): void {
-  // Already on screen (`req` opened the error dialog, or raised the connection notice): a toast on
+export function notifyActionError(
+  err: unknown,
+  fallbackMessage: string,
+  level: "error" | "warning" = "error",
+): void {
+  // Already on screen (`req` opened the error dialog, or the tab is being signed out): a toast on
   // top reported one fault twice. Playlists filtered this by status by hand; the watched toggles,
   // the saved views and a playlist delete did not.
   if (alreadyReported(err)) return;
   const detail = err instanceof HttpError ? err.detail : null;
-  notify({ level: "error", message: detail || fallbackMessage });
-}
-
-/**
- * Collection write errors. The backend enforces per-library name uniqueness and returns 409 on a
- * duplicate; localize that specific case to the friendly `nameTaken` copy (notifyActionError would
- * otherwise surface the server's raw English detail). Everything else falls back to the generic
- * edit-failed handling (which still prefers the server's reason when present). Both args are already
- * translated so this stays i18n-agnostic and unit-testable.
- */
-export function notifyCollectionEditError(
-  err: unknown,
-  editFailedMessage: string,
-  nameTakenMessage: string,
-): void {
-  if (err instanceof HttpError && err.status === 409) {
-    notify({ level: "error", message: nameTakenMessage });
-    return;
-  }
-  notifyActionError(err, editFailedMessage);
+  notify({ level, message: detail || fallbackMessage });
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api/core.test.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api/core.test.ts
index ca5c2b79..dc614ed8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api/core.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api/core.test.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
 // each lifecycle branch.
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi } from "vitest";
 
-const { reportError, notify, remove } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+const { reportError, notify, remove, getActiveToasts } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   reportError: vi.fn(),
   notify: vi.fn(() => 1),
   remove: vi.fn(),
+  getActiveToasts: vi.fn((): { id: number }[] => []),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../errorDialog", () => ({ reportError }));
-vi.mock("../notifications", () => ({ notify, remove }));
+vi.mock("../notifications", () => ({ notify, remove, getActiveToasts }));
 vi.mock("../../i18n", () => ({ default: { t: (k: string) => k, language: "en" } }));
 vi.mock("../activeAccount", () => ({
   activeAccountId: () => null,
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ class FakeXHR {
 beforeEach(() => {
   reportError.mockReset();
   notify.mockReset();
+  remove.mockReset();
+  getActiveToasts.mockReset();
+  getActiveToasts.mockReturnValue([]);
   setUnauthorizedHandler(null);
   vi.stubGlobal("XMLHttpRequest", FakeXHR as unknown as typeof XMLHttpRequest);
 });
@@ -167,17 +171,45 @@ describe("req — what it has already put in front of the user", () => {
     expect(alreadyReported(err)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("marks a request that never reached the server (the connection notice says it)", async () => {
+  // The connection notice says the server is unreachable — not that THIS action failed — and it
+  // removes itself on the very next answer (the caller's own resync refetch). Marked as reported, a
+  // delete that hit a keepalive reset flashed the notice and was then reported nowhere at all.
+  it("raises the connection notice for a request that never reached the server, and leaves the failed action to the caller", async () => {
     vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockRejectedValue(new TypeError("Failed to fetch"));
     const err = await req("/api/x", { method: "POST" }).catch((e: unknown) => e);
     expect(notify).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(alreadyReported(err)).toBe(true);
+    expect(alreadyReported(err)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it.each([502, 503, 504])(
+    "raises the connection notice for a %s, and leaves the failed action to the caller",
+    async (status) => {
+      answer(status);
+      const err = await req("/api/x", { method: "POST" }).catch((e: unknown) => e);
+      expect(notify).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(reportError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(err).toMatchObject({ status });
+      expect(alreadyReported(err)).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("raises the connection notice again after the user closed it", async () => {
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockRejectedValue(new TypeError("Failed to fetch"));
+    notify.mockReturnValue(7);
+    await req("/api/x", { method: "POST" }).catch(() => {});
+    getActiveToasts.mockReturnValue([{ id: 7 }]); // still on screen: one notice, not a stack
+    notify.mockClear();
+    await req("/api/x", { method: "POST" }).catch(() => {});
+    expect(notify).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    getActiveToasts.mockReturnValue([]); // closed with its ✕
+    await req("/api/x", { method: "POST" }).catch(() => {});
+    expect(notify).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 
   it("marks what the upload path reported the same way", async () => {
     const dead = uploadReq("/u", form());
     FakeXHR.last.onerror!();
-    expect(alreadyReported(await dead.catch((e: unknown) => e))).toBe(true);
+    expect(alreadyReported(await dead.catch((e: unknown) => e))).toBe(false);
     const refused = uploadReq("/u", form());
     FakeXHR.last.status = 500;
     FakeXHR.last.onload!();
@@ -187,4 +219,20 @@ describe("req — what it has already put in front of the user", () => {
     FakeXHR.last.onload!();
     expect(alreadyReported(await gone.catch((e: unknown) => e))).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("treats a gateway error on the upload path as the connection notice, not a blocking dialog", async () => {
+    // The upload path kept its own copy of this policy, and it had drifted: a 502 opened the
+    // blocking "Server error (502)" dialog and cleared a connection notice that was still true.
+    notify.mockReturnValue(9);
+    vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockRejectedValue(new TypeError("Failed to fetch"));
+    await req("/api/x", { method: "POST" }).catch(() => {}); // a notice is up
+    getActiveToasts.mockReturnValue([{ id: 9 }]);
+    remove.mockClear();
+    const p = uploadReq("/u", form());
+    FakeXHR.last.status = 502;
+    FakeXHR.last.onload!();
+    await expect(p).rejects.toMatchObject({ status: 502 });
+    expect(reportError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(remove).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api/core.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api/core.ts
index 7d598e92..2afc3e66 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api/core.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api/core.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // error, structured-error localization, the connectivity toast, the per-tab active-account plumbing,
 // and the keepalive beacon. Domain modules import from here; nothing here imports a domain module,
 // so the runtime graph is a clean barrel → domain → core with no cycles.
-import { notify, remove } from "../notifications";
+import { getActiveToasts, notify, remove } from "../notifications";
 import i18n from "../../i18n";
 import { formatBytes } from "../format";
 import { reportError } from "../errorDialog";
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@ import { activeAccountId, ACTIVE_ACCOUNT_KEY, notifyActiveAccountChange } from "
  *  field nobody ever filled (E9.5 S6 → S7). */
 export const uiLang = (): string => i18n.language.split("-")[0] || "en";
 
-// Errors `req` has already put in front of the user — the blocking error dialog, or the connection
-// notice. A caller that toasts a failed action as well reported the same fault twice (a modal AND a
-// toast); `notifyActionError` asks this instead of each caller filtering statuses by hand.
+// Errors `req` has already put in front of the user for good — the blocking error dialog, or the
+// sign-out a 401 triggers. A caller that toasts a failed action as well reported the same fault twice
+// (a modal AND a toast); `notifyActionError` asks this instead of each caller filtering statuses by
+// hand.
+//
+// NOT the connection notice. It says the server is unreachable, not that this action failed, and it
+// removes itself on the next answer — which every caller's own resync refetch fetches at once. Marked
+// as reported, a delete that hit a keepalive reset (a 502) flashed the notice for a moment and was
+// then reported nowhere at all, the list still there (deep-review round 4).
 const reported = new WeakSet<object>();
 export function alreadyReported(err: unknown): boolean {
   return typeof err === "object" && err !== null && reported.has(err);
@@ -90,6 +96,11 @@ function localizeDetail(d: unknown): string {
   // unknown reason falls back to the plain failure rather than printing a key.
   if (o?.code === "playlist_move")
     return t(`playlists.moveErrors.${o.reason}`, t("playlists.moveFailed"));
+  // A Plex collection name already taken in that library (the one collection-edit refusal).
+  if (o?.code === "collection")
+    return o.reason === "name_taken"
+      ? t("plex.collection.nameTaken")
+      : t("plex.collection.editFailed");
   // A playlist action the server refused (Watch later can't be deleted, YouTube said no, …).
   if (o?.code === "playlist") return t(`playlists.errors.${o.reason}`, t("errors.generic"));
   // Any row that is gone — deleted in another tab or device, or never the caller's (a stranger's
@@ -109,7 +120,11 @@ function localizeDetail(d: unknown): string {
 // bursts of concurrent failures from stacking up — there's only ever one live handle.
 let connectivityNotifId: number | null = null;
 function markConnectivityLost(): void {
-  if (connectivityNotifId !== null) return;
+  // One live notice — but a notice the user closed is not live: it used to swallow every later
+  // "connection lost" for the rest of the visit.
+  const id = connectivityNotifId;
+  if (id !== null && getActiveToasts().some((n) => n.id === id)) return;
+  if (id !== null) remove(id);
   connectivityNotifId = notify({
     level: "error",
     title: i18n.t("errors.offline.title"),
@@ -129,6 +144,35 @@ function markConnectivityRestored(): void {
 const RETRIABLE_GATEWAY = new Set([502, 503, 504]);
 const delay = (ms: number) => new Promise((res) => window.setTimeout(res, ms));
 
+// What a failed answer puts on screen — ONE policy for `req` and `uploadReq` (the upload path kept
+// its own copy, and it had drifted: a 502 there opened the blocking "Server error" dialog and
+// cleared a connection notice that was still true).
+//
+// 502/503/504 mean the gateway couldn't reach the app (restarting / connection reset), not a
+// request the app refused — the soft, self-clearing connection notice rather than a blocking modal,
+// and still the caller's to report as a failed action (see `reported`). A genuine 500 (real fault,
+// carries a JSON detail) gets the modal, as do 400/409/422 (validation/conflict). 401 is the app
+// shell's; 403/404/429 are caller-handled control flow.
+function reportFailure(err: HttpError, quiet: boolean): void {
+  if (RETRIABLE_GATEWAY.has(err.status)) {
+    markConnectivityLost();
+  } else if (err.status === 401) {
+    // Session ended server-side (e.g. the account was suspended or deleted mid-visit). Let the app
+    // shell decide what to do (drop to the login page if we were signed in). Not a modal — but
+    // handled all the same, so not the caller's to toast either.
+    onUnauthorized?.();
+    reported.add(err);
+  } else if (quiet) {
+    /* caller handles the error inline — no global modal */
+  } else if (err.status >= 500) {
+    reportError(err.detail || `${i18n.t("errors.server")} (${err.status})`);
+    reported.add(err);
+  } else if (err.status === 400 || err.status === 409 || err.status === 422) {
+    reportError(err.detail);
+    reported.add(err);
+  }
+}
+
 // `idempotent`: may this request be replayed after a transient gateway/network failure?
 // GETs always can; non-GET callers opt in (e.g. the player's progress/state writes, which
 // are safe to repeat). Used to recover from the keepalive race without surfacing a 502.
@@ -235,8 +279,7 @@ export async function req<T = unknown>(
         await delay(250);
         continue;
       }
-      markConnectivityLost();
-      if (typeof e === "object" && e !== null) reported.add(e);
+      markConnectivityLost(); // the connection notice; the failed action is still the caller's
       throw e;
     }
 
@@ -266,30 +309,8 @@ export async function req<T = unknown>(
       } catch {
         /* no JSON body */
       }
-      // 502/503/504 mean the gateway couldn't reach the app (restarting / connection reset),
-      // not a request the app refused — treat them like a network blip with the soft,
-      // self-clearing toast rather than a blocking modal the user must acknowledge.
-      // A genuine 500 (real fault, carries a JSON detail) still gets the modal, as do
-      // 400/409/422 (validation/conflict). 401/403/404 are caller-handled control flow.
       const err = new HttpError(r.status, detail, detailData);
-      if (RETRIABLE_GATEWAY.has(r.status)) {
-        markConnectivityLost();
-        reported.add(err);
-      } else if (r.status === 401) {
-        // Session ended server-side (e.g. the account was suspended or deleted mid-visit). Let the
-        // app shell decide what to do (drop to the login page if we were signed in). Not a modal —
-        // but handled all the same, so not the caller's to toast either.
-        onUnauthorized?.();
-        reported.add(err);
-      } else if (cfg.quiet) {
-        /* caller handles the error inline — no global modal */
-      } else if (r.status >= 500) {
-        reportError(detail || `${i18n.t("errors.server")} (${r.status})`);
-        reported.add(err);
-      } else if (r.status === 400 || r.status === 409 || r.status === 422) {
-        reportError(detail);
-        reported.add(err);
-      }
+      reportFailure(err, !!cfg.quiet);
       throw err;
     }
     // The single audited cast in this layer: the server contract is asserted here, once, so
@@ -325,7 +346,7 @@ export function uploadReq<T = unknown>(
       cfg.signal.addEventListener("abort", () => xhr.abort());
     }
     xhr.onload = () => {
-      markConnectivityRestored();
+      if (!RETRIABLE_GATEWAY.has(xhr.status)) markConnectivityRestored(); // as in `req`
       if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
         try {
           resolve((xhr.responseText ? JSON.parse(xhr.responseText) : null) as T);
@@ -347,20 +368,13 @@ export function uploadReq<T = unknown>(
         /* no JSON body */
       }
       const err = new HttpError(xhr.status, detail, detailData);
-      if (xhr.status === 401) onUnauthorized?.();
-      else if (xhr.status >= 500)
-        reportError(detail || `${i18n.t("errors.server")} (${xhr.status})`);
-      else if (xhr.status === 400 || xhr.status === 409 || xhr.status === 422) reportError(detail);
-      if (xhr.status === 401 || xhr.status >= 500 || [400, 409, 422].includes(xhr.status))
-        reported.add(err); // as in `req`: already on screen, not the caller's to toast again
+      reportFailure(err, false);
       reject(err);
     };
     // A network-level failure (server unreachable) — same soft "connection lost" status as `req`.
     xhr.onerror = () => {
       markConnectivityLost();
-      const err = new HttpError(0, i18n.t("errors.offline.body"));
-      reported.add(err);
-      reject(err);
+      reject(new HttpError(0, i18n.t("errors.offline.body")));
     };
     xhr.onabort = () => reject(new HttpError(0, "aborted"));
     xhr.send(form);
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api/plex.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api/plex.ts
index 9be6b783..5042a861 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api/plex.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api/plex.ts
@@ -505,15 +505,19 @@ export const plexApi = {
     return req(`/api/plex/collections/${encodeURIComponent(rk)}${qs ? `?${qs}` : ""}`);
   },
   // --- Collection editing (admin only; writes back to Plex) ---
+  // `quiet`: the editor reports a failure itself, as a toast beside the name being typed (a taken
+  // name comes back structured and localized — see localizeDetail). Not quiet, it was reported twice:
+  // the global error dialog in English AND the editor's toast.
   plexCreateCollection: (
     library: string,
     title: string,
     item_rating_key: string,
   ): Promise<PlexCollection> =>
-    req(`/api/plex/collections`, {
-      method: "POST",
-      body: JSON.stringify({ library, title, item_rating_key }),
-    }),
+    req(
+      `/api/plex/collections`,
+      { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify({ library, title, item_rating_key }) },
+      { quiet: true },
+    ),
   plexCollectionAddItem: (rk: string, itemRk: string): Promise<PlexCollection> =>
     req(`/api/plex/collections/${encodeURIComponent(rk)}/items/${encodeURIComponent(itemRk)}`, {
       method: "POST",
@@ -523,10 +527,11 @@ export const plexApi = {
       method: "DELETE",
     }),
   plexRenameCollection: (rk: string, title: string): Promise<PlexCollection> =>
-    req(`/api/plex/collections/${encodeURIComponent(rk)}`, {
-      method: "PATCH",
-      body: JSON.stringify({ title }),
-    }),
+    req(
+      `/api/plex/collections/${encodeURIComponent(rk)}`,
+      { method: "PATCH", body: JSON.stringify({ title }) },
+      { quiet: true }, // as plexCreateCollection
+    ),
   plexDeleteCollection: (rk: string): Promise<{ deleted: string }> =>
     req(`/api/plex/collections/${encodeURIComponent(rk)}`, { method: "DELETE" }),
   plexSetCollectionEditable: (rk: string, editable: boolean): Promise<PlexCollection> =>