Add registration status badges and auto-dismissing dashboard messages

Two consistency fixes requested after the payment-method work:

1. Registration status (pending/confirmed/partial_paid/paid/cancelled)
   was printed as a raw string on the user dashboard. Added
   RegistrationStatusBadge mirroring the existing EventStatusBadge
   pattern, using the same status colors already established on
   dashboard/admin/registrations.

2. Inline success/error banners across dashboard pages persisted
   indefinitely. Added a shared useDismissingState hook (drop-in
   useState replacement that auto-clears a truthy value after 7s,
   resetting the timer on each update) and swapped it in across ~24
   dashboard files. Excluded: message-only modal dialogs (ticket-
   scanning's success/error confirmations) and two states that mix
   live form-validation feedback with async results inside actively-
   open forms (the registration-edit modal's editError, the event
   create/edit modal's error) - those keep persisting until the user
   acts, since auto-hiding a "fix this field" message mid-edit would
   be a regression. Also fixed at-the-door's existing bespoke
   auto-dismiss timers (10s/15s, one mislabeled as "5s") to the same
   consistent 7s, and removed admin/settings' manual x dismiss button
   in favor of the same auto-only behavior.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 
 - User dashboard: new "Payment history" page listing the user's own payments (donations excluded), with server-side pagination (25 per page), date range, method, and payment/refund filters.
+- User dashboard: registration status (Pending/Confirmed/Partially Paid/Paid/Cancelled) is now shown as a colored badge, matching the existing event Closed/Past/Inactive badge convention, instead of a raw status string.
+- Dashboard-wide: inline success/error/confirmation messages (e.g. after creating a manual registration on `/dashboard/supervisor/manual`) now auto-dismiss after 7 seconds instead of persisting indefinitely, via a new shared `useDismissingState` hook. Applied consistently across all dashboard pages with this pattern; excluded are message-only modal dialogs (e.g. ticket-scanning's success/error confirmations, which still require a manual OK) and a couple of mixed validation/async error states shown inside actively-open forms (the registration-edit modal and the event create/edit modal), which continue to persist until the user acts.
 
 ### Fixed
 

frontend/src/app/dashboard/admin/cashup/[id]/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useParams, useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 import type { EventCost, EventCostType, EventFinancials, CashupMethod } from "@/types";
 
 const METHOD_LABELS: Record<CashupMethod, string> = { cash: "Cash", card: "Card", eft: "EFT", other: "Other" };
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export default function EventCashupPage() {
   const [data, setData] = useState<EventFinancials | null>(null);
   const [eventOptions, setEventOptions] = useState<{ id: string; name: string }[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
 
   const isClosed = data?.event?.cashupStatus === "closed";

frontend/src/app/dashboard/admin/cashup/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 export default function CashupLandingPage() {
   const { token } = useAuth();
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export default function CashupLandingPage() {
 
   const [events, setEvents] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [search, setSearch] = useState("");
   const [showPast, setShowPast] = useState(true);
   const [showInactive, setShowInactive] = useState(false);

frontend/src/app/dashboard/admin/registrations/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 const STATUS_OPTIONS = ["pending", "confirmed", "partial_paid", "paid", "cancelled"] as const;
 
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ export default function AdminRegistrationsPage() {
   const [registrations, setRegistrations] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [events, setEvents] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loadingRegs, setLoadingRegs] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Filters
   const [query, setQuery] = useState("");

frontend/src/app/dashboard/admin/settings/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, API_BASE, resolveToApiOrigin } from "@/lib/api";
 import { useSiteSettings } from "@/contexts/SiteSettingsContext";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 type TabId = "organisation" | "branding" | "notifications" | "email" | "legal";
 
@@ -36,19 +37,17 @@ function Field({
 }
 
 function SaveBar({
-  saving, onSave, result, onDismiss,
+  saving, onSave, result,
 }: {
   saving: boolean;
   onSave: () => void;
   result: { ok: boolean; message: string } | null;
-  onDismiss: () => void;
 }) {
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center justify-between pt-4 border-t mt-6 flex-wrap gap-3">
       {result ? (
         <span className={`text-sm flex items-center gap-1.5 ${result.ok ? "text-green-600" : "text-red-600"}`}>
           {result.ok ? "✓" : "✗"} {result.message}
-          <button type="button" onClick={onDismiss} className="ml-1 text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-600 text-xs">×</button>
         </span>
       ) : (
         <span />
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
 
   // Per-tab save state
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
-  const [result, setResult] = useState<{ ok: boolean; message: string } | null>(null);
+  const [result, setResult] = useDismissingState<{ ok: boolean; message: string } | null>(null);
 
   // ── Organisation ──
   const [orgName, setOrgName] = useState("");
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
   const [smtpPass, setSmtpPass] = useState("");
   const [smtpPassSet, setSmtpPassSet] = useState(false);
   const [smtpTesting, setSmtpTesting] = useState(false);
-  const [smtpTestResult, setSmtpTestResult] = useState<{ ok: boolean; message: string; raw?: string } | null>(null);
+  const [smtpTestResult, setSmtpTestResult] = useDismissingState<{ ok: boolean; message: string; raw?: string } | null>(null);
 
   // ── Legal ──
   const [legalOperatorName, setLegalOperatorName] = useState("");
@@ -332,7 +331,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
             <input className={inputCls} placeholder="https://events.yourchurch.org"
               value={appBaseUrl} onChange={e => setAppBaseUrl(e.target.value)} />
           </Field>
-          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveOrganisation} result={result} onDismiss={() => setResult(null)} />
+          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveOrganisation} result={result} />
         </div>
       )}
 
@@ -371,7 +370,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
             }} className="text-sm" />
           </Field>
 
-          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveBranding} result={result} onDismiss={() => setResult(null)} />
+          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveBranding} result={result} />
         </div>
       )}
 
@@ -385,7 +384,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
             <input className={inputCls} placeholder="registrations@yourchurch.org, admin@yourchurch.org"
               value={notifEmails} onChange={e => setNotifEmails(e.target.value)} />
           </Field>
-          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveNotifications} result={result} onDismiss={() => setResult(null)} />
+          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveNotifications} result={result} />
         </div>
       )}
 
@@ -464,7 +463,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
             )}
           </div>
 
-          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveSmtp} result={result} onDismiss={() => setResult(null)} />
+          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveSmtp} result={result} />
         </div>
       )}
 
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@ export default function SiteSettingsPage() {
             </div>
           </div>
 
-          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveLegal} result={result} onDismiss={() => setResult(null)} />
+          <SaveBar saving={saving} onSave={saveLegal} result={result} />
         </div>
       )}
     </div>

frontend/src/app/dashboard/admin/users/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 interface UserItem {
   id: string;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export default function AdminUsersPage() {
   // Data state
   const [users, setUsers] = useState<UserItem[]>([]);
   const [fetching, setFetching] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
   const [totalPages, setTotalPages] = useState(1);
   const [total, setTotal] = useState(0);

frontend/src/app/dashboard/admin/whatsapp/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react"
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // ─── Types ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export default function WhatsAppAdminPage() {
   const [pairingPhone, setPairingPhone] = useState("");
 
   // ── Shared action feedback ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  const [actionMsg, setActionMsg] = useState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
+  const [actionMsg, setActionMsg] = useDismissingState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
   const [busy, setBusy]           = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   // ── Load config ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

frontend/src/app/dashboard/staff/event-tickets/page.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { formatDate } from "@/lib/date";
 import { QrImage } from "@/components/shared/QrImage";
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ function EventTicketsContent() {
   const [events, setEvents] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [eventId, setEventId] = useState<string>(paramEventId);
   const [tickets, setTickets] = useState<any[]>([]);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
 
   const [selectedUserId, setSelectedUserId] = useState<string>(paramUserId);

frontend/src/app/dashboard/staff/ticket-scanning/page.tsx

@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { QRScanner, QRScannerHandle } from "@/components/qr/QRScanner";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 
 export default function TicketScanningPage() {
   const router = useRouter();
   const scannerRef = useRef<QRScannerHandle>(null);
   const [lastResult, setLastResult] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [scanInfo, setScanInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [scanInfo, setScanInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [alreadyUsedModal, setAlreadyUsedModal] = useState<{ message: string; ticket?: any } | null>(null);
   const [errorModal, setErrorModal] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const { token, user } = useAuth();

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/at-the-door/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
 import { scoreUser } from "@/lib/fuzzyMatch";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 type Mode = "registration" | "payment" | "tickets" | "refund";
 
@@ -154,30 +155,8 @@ export default function AtTheDoorPage() {
     const [mode, setMode] = useState<Mode>("registration");
 
     const [activeRegistration, setActiveRegistration] = useState<any | null>(null);
-    const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+    const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-    const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+    const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        if (!info) return;
-
-        const id = setTimeout(() => {
-            setInfo(null);
-        }, 10000); // ⏱ disappears after 5s
-
-        return () => clearTimeout(id);
-
-    }, [info]);
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        if (!error) return;
-
-        const id = setTimeout(() => {
-            setError(null);
-        }, 15000); // errors linger slightly longer
-
-        return () => clearTimeout(id);
-
-    }, [error]);
 
     const handleRegistrationCreated = (registration: any) => {
         setActiveRegistration(registration);
@@ -1332,7 +1311,7 @@ function SendTicketsModal({ open, onClose, token, registration, setError, setInf
     const [phone, setPhone] = useState("");
     const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
     const [sending, setSending] = useState(false);
-    const [localError, setLocalError] = useState("");
+    const [localError, setLocalError] = useDismissingState("");
     const [localInfo, setLocalInfo] = useState("");
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -1369,7 +1348,7 @@ function SendTicketsModal({ open, onClose, token, registration, setError, setInf
                 },
             });
             setLocalInfo("Tickets sent successfully.");
-            setTimeout(() => { setLocalInfo(""); onClose(); }, 2000);
+            setTimeout(() => { setLocalInfo(""); onClose(); }, 7000);
         } catch (e: any) {
             setLocalError(e?.message || "Failed to send tickets");
         } finally {
@@ -1461,7 +1440,7 @@ function RefundModal({ open, onClose, token, registration, maxRefund, onRefunded
     const [method, setMethod] = useState("cash");
     const [reason, setReason] = useState("");
     const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
-    const [localError, setLocalError] = useState("");
+    const [localError, setLocalError] = useDismissingState("");
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (open) { setAmount(""); setReason(""); setLocalError(""); }

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/email-attendees/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, fetchAllUsers } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 type Attendee = { id: string; name: string; email: string; pref: string };
 
@@ -171,8 +172,8 @@ function EmailAttendeesPageInner() {
 
   // Load events for selection
   const [loadingEvents, setLoadingEvents] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Tabs: attendees (current), automations (coming soon), broadcasts
   const [tab, setTab] = useState<'attendees'|'automations'|'broadcasts'|'scheduled'>('attendees');

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/event-options/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // Format a Date (or date-like input) to the value expected by <input type="datetime-local">
 // This returns local time (browser timezone) as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm
@@ -112,8 +113,8 @@ function EventOptionsContent() {
   const [selectedEventId, setSelectedEventId] = useState<string>("");
   const [options, setOptions] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loadingEv, setLoadingEv] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   const loadEvents = async () => {
     if (!token) return;

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/events/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, resolveToApiOrigin } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // ─── helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -690,7 +691,7 @@ function NotifyRecipientsManager({ eventId, creator, initialRecipients }: { even
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState<NotifyUser[]>(initialRecipients || []);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(!hasInitial);
   const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (hasInitial) return; // already have the data — skip the network round trip entirely
@@ -1415,7 +1416,7 @@ export default function ManageEventsPage() {
 
   const [events, setEvents] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loadingEvents, setLoadingEvents] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   const loadEvents = async () => {
     if (!token) return;

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/forms/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, fetchAllUsers } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 type FormFieldType = 'yes_no' | 'text' | 'date' | 'numeric' | 'statement' | 'paragraph';
 
@@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ export default function FormsBrowserPage() {
   const [items, setItems] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [nextCursor, setNextCursor] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [loadingList, setLoadingList] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   const loadEvents = async () => {
     if (!token) return;

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/manual-registration/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 type FormField = { id: string; type: 'yes_no'|'text'|'date'|'numeric'|'statement'|'paragraph'; label: string; isRequired?: boolean; helpText?: string|null };
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ export default function ManualRegistrationPage() {
   const [phoneNumber, setPhoneNumber] = useState("");
   const [registerAsGuest, setRegisterAsGuest] = useState(false);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [createdReg, setCreatedReg] = useState<any | null>(null);
   const [form, setForm] = useState<{ isRequired: boolean; fields: FormField[] } | null>(null);
   const [formsData, setFormsData] = useState<Record<number, Record<string, string>>>({});
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ export default function ManualRegistrationPage() {
 function AttendeeFormsSection({ registration, form, formsData, setFormsData }: { registration: any; form: { isRequired: boolean; fields: FormField[] }; formsData: Record<number, Record<string,string>>; setFormsData: any; }) {
   const { token } = useAuth();
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const mainTickets = (registration?.registrationOptions || []).filter((o: any) => o?.eventOption?.isMainTicket).reduce((s: number, o: any) => s + (o.quantity || 0), 0);
   const count = Math.max(0, mainTickets);
 

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/manual/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, fetchAllUsers } from "@/lib/api";
 import { scoreUser } from "@/lib/fuzzyMatch";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // ─── Pricing helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ export default function ManualRegistrationPage() {
   const searchRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   const [submitting, setSubmitting] = useState(false);
-  const [message, setMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [message, setMessage] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Load all users for client-side fuzzy matching
   useEffect(() => {

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/payments/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, fetchAllUsers, fetchAllPayments } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 import { scoreUser } from "@/lib/fuzzyMatch";
 
 function RegistrationOptions({ regs, regOutstanding }: {
@@ -115,8 +116,8 @@ function PaymentsContent() {
 
   const [payments, setPayments] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loadingList, setLoadingList] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [registrations, setRegistrations] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [loadingRegs, setLoadingRegs] = useState(false);
   const [regOutstanding, setRegOutstanding] = useState<Record<string, { totalDue: number; totalPaid: number; outstanding: number }>>({});

frontend/src/app/dashboard/supervisor/whatsapp-attendees/page.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch, fetchAllUsers } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // Attendee with preference info
 type Attendee = { id: string; name: string; phone: string; pref: string };
@@ -358,8 +359,8 @@ function WhatsAppAttendeesPageInner() {
     if (!user) router.replace("/login");
   }, [user, loading, router]);
 
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [tab, setTab] = useState<"attendees" | "automations" | "broadcasts" | "scheduled">("attendees");
   const [loadingEvents, setLoadingEvents] = useState(false);
   const [allEvents, setAllEvents] = useState<any[]>([]);

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/donate/page.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 export default function DonatePage() {
   const { token } = useAuth();
@@ -9,8 +10,8 @@ export default function DonatePage() {
   const [eventId, setEventId] = useState<string>("");
   const [amount, setAmount] = useState<string>("");
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     (async () => {

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/forms/page.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useSearchParams, useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // Types for form fields
 type FormField = { id: string; type: 'yes_no'|'text'|'date'|'numeric'|'statement'|'paragraph'; label: string; isRequired?: boolean; helpText?: string|null };
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ function FormsContent() {
   const [registration, setRegistration] = useState<any | null>(null);
   const [eventForm, setEventForm] = useState<{ isRequired: boolean; fields: FormField[] } | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Local entry state for new responses
   const [formsData, setFormsData] = useState<Record<number, Record<string, string>>>({});

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/page.tsx

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { formatDate } from "@/lib/date";
 import { formatPaymentMethod } from "@/lib/paymentMethod";
 import { QrImage } from "@/components/shared/QrImage";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 // Helper formatters
 const formatRand = (n: number) => `R ${n.toFixed(2)}`;
@@ -30,6 +31,20 @@ function EventStatusBadge({ event }: { event: any }) {
   return <span className={`text-[10px] px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded ${className}`}>{label}</span>;
 }
 
+// Status badge for a registration, shown wherever registration.status is displayed on this
+// page. Colors match the status coloring already used on dashboard/admin/registrations.
+const REGISTRATION_STATUS_STYLES: Record<string, { label: string; className: string }> = {
+  pending: { label: 'Pending', className: 'bg-gray-100 text-gray-600' },
+  confirmed: { label: 'Confirmed', className: 'bg-blue-50 text-blue-700' },
+  partial_paid: { label: 'Partially Paid', className: 'bg-amber-50 text-amber-700' },
+  paid: { label: 'Paid', className: 'bg-green-50 text-green-700' },
+  cancelled: { label: 'Cancelled', className: 'bg-red-50 text-red-700' },
+};
+function RegistrationStatusBadge({ status }: { status: string }) {
+  const s = REGISTRATION_STATUS_STYLES[status] || { label: status, className: 'bg-gray-100 text-gray-500' };
+  return <span className={`text-[10px] px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded ${s.className}`}>{s.label}</span>;
+}
+
 // Effective unit price for an event option (or one of its variants), early-bird aware.
 // Used by the registration editor, which works off raw /api/events/:id data rather than
 // a registration's priceSnapshot — mirrors the pricing logic in register/[eventId]/RegisterForm.tsx.
@@ -53,8 +68,8 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
   const { token, user } = useAuth();
   const [registrations, setRegistrations] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [tickets, setTickets] = useState<any[]>([]);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
 
   // Filters
@@ -682,7 +697,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
                           <EventStatusBadge event={r.event} />
                         </div>
                         <div className="text-xs text-gray-600">
-                          Status: {r.status}{isCancelled && <span className="ml-2 inline-block text-[10px] px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded bg-gray-200 text-gray-700">cancelled</span>}
+                          Status: <RegistrationStatusBadge status={r.status} />
                         </div>
                         {(() => {
                           const fs = formStatuses[r.id];
@@ -869,7 +884,7 @@ export default function UserDashboardPage() {
             </div>
             <div className="space-y-3">
               <div>
-                <div className="text-sm text-gray-600">Status: {activeReg.status}</div>
+                <div className="text-sm text-gray-600">Status: <RegistrationStatusBadge status={activeReg.status} /></div>
                 {activeBill && (
                   <div className="text-sm">
                     <div>Total: {formatRand(activeBill.totalDue)}</div>

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/pay/page.tsx

@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ import React, { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 function MakePaymentContent() {
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
   const registrationId = searchParams.get("registrationId");
   const { token } = useAuth();
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
-  const [info, setInfo] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [info, setInfo] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [registration, setRegistration] = useState<any | null>(null);
   const [payments, setPayments] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const [amount, setAmount] = useState<string>("");

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/payments/page.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 import { formatDateTime } from "@/lib/date";
 import { formatPaymentMethod } from "@/lib/paymentMethod";
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export default function UserPaymentsPage() {
 
   const [payments, setPayments] = useState<PaymentItem[]>([]);
   const [fetching, setFetching] = useState(false);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [page, setPage] = useState(1);
   const [totalPages, setTotalPages] = useState(1);
   const [total, setTotal] = useState(0);

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/profile/page.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
 import { isValidZAPhone } from "@/lib/phone";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 
 export default function UserProfilePage() {
   const { user, token, logout, updateToken } = useAuth();
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export default function UserProfilePage() {
   const [email, setEmail] = useState("");
   const [phone, setPhone] = useState("");
   const [notifPref, setNotifPref] = useState<"email" | "whatsapp" | "both">("email");
-  const [profileMsg, setProfileMsg] = useState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
+  const [profileMsg, setProfileMsg] = useDismissingState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
   const [savingProfile, setSavingProfile] = useState(false);
 
   const hasValidPhone = isValidZAPhone(phone);
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export default function UserProfilePage() {
   const [currentPassword, setCurrentPassword] = useState("");
   const [newPassword, setNewPassword] = useState("");
   const [confirmPassword, setConfirmPassword] = useState("");
-  const [pwMsg, setPwMsg] = useState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
+  const [pwMsg, setPwMsg] = useDismissingState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
   const [savingPw, setSavingPw] = useState(false);
 
   const changePassword = async (e: React.FormEvent) => {
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ export default function UserProfilePage() {
   };
 
   // ── Revoke sessions ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  const [revokeMsg, setRevokeMsg] = useState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
+  const [revokeMsg, setRevokeMsg] = useDismissingState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
   const [revoking, setRevoking] = useState(false);
 
   const revokeSessions = async () => {
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ export default function UserProfilePage() {
   const [closeStep, setCloseStep] = useState<"idle" | "confirm">("idle");
   const [deleteData, setDeleteData] = useState(false);
   const [closePassword, setClosePassword] = useState("");
-  const [closeMsg, setCloseMsg] = useState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
+  const [closeMsg, setCloseMsg] = useDismissingState<{ type: "ok" | "err"; text: string } | null>(null);
   const [closing, setClosing] = useState(false);
 
   const submitAccountClosure = async (e: React.FormEvent) => {

frontend/src/app/dashboard/user/reset-password/page.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import React, { useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/useAuth";
 import { apiFetch } from "@/lib/api";
+import { useDismissingState } from "@/hooks/useDismissingState";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
 
 export default function ResetPasswordPage() {
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export default function ResetPasswordPage() {
   const [password, setPassword] = useState("");
   const [confirm, setConfirm] = useState("");
   const [status, setStatus] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useDismissingState<string | null>(null);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
 
   const canSubmit = useMemo(() => current.length > 0 && password.length >= 8 && password === confirm, [current, password, confirm]);

frontend/src/hooks/useDismissingState.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Like useState, but a truthy value auto-clears back to the initial falsy value after
+ * `ms` milliseconds. Every call to the setter cancels any pending timer and (if the new
+ * value is truthy) arms a fresh one, so rapid-fire updates reset the countdown instead of
+ * cutting it short. Meant for post-action confirmation/error banners that shouldn't linger.
+ */
+export function useDismissingState<T>(initial: T, ms = 7000) {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState<T>(initial);
+  const timeoutRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+
+  const set = useCallback((next: T) => {
+    if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current);
+    setValue(next);
+    if (next) {
+      timeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => setValue(initial), ms);
+    }
+  }, [ms, initial]);
+
+  useEffect(() => () => { if (timeoutRef.current) clearTimeout(timeoutRef.current); }, []);
+
+  return [value, set] as const;
+}