From 275e78ac2b65b307c5efa0b49fdc4e59faaaf071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean O'Connor <sean@soconnor.dev>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:11:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify guest upload completion and retry messages

---
 apps/web/src/app/e/[slug]/guest-upload.tsx | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/web/src/app/e/[slug]/guest-upload.tsx b/apps/web/src/app/e/[slug]/guest-upload.tsx
index 4bbb46b..8804658 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/app/e/[slug]/guest-upload.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/app/e/[slug]/guest-upload.tsx
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ export function GuestUpload({
         <Card>
           <CardHeader>
             <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4">
-              <CardTitle>{busy ? "Uploading your photos" : progress.failed ? "Some photos need attention" : "Photos uploaded"}</CardTitle>
+              <CardTitle>{busy ? "Uploading your photos" : progress.failed ? "Some photos didn’t upload" : "Thanks for sharing your photos!"}</CardTitle>
               <span className="text-2xl font-semibold tabular-nums">{progress.percent}%</span>
             </div>
-            <CardDescription role="status">{progress.completed} of {progress.total} photos uploaded{progress.failed ? ` · ${progress.failed} need retry` : ""}</CardDescription>
+            <CardDescription role="status">{progress.completed} of {progress.total} photos uploaded{progress.failed ? ` · ${progress.failed} to retry` : ""}</CardDescription>
           </CardHeader>
           <CardContent className="flex flex-col gap-4">
             <Progress value={progress.percent} aria-label="Overall upload progress" />
-            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{busy ? "Keep this page open until uploading finishes." : progress.failed ? "Open file details below to retry unsuccessful uploads." : "Your originals are saved. Gallery previews may take a moment to appear."}</p>
+            <p role="status" className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{busy ? "Keep this page open while your photos upload. We’ll let you know when you’re all done." : progress.failed ? "Your uploaded photos are saved. Open file details below and retry the ones that didn’t upload." : "Your photos are saved. You can close this page or add more photos whenever you like."}</p>
             <details className="group">
               <summary className="flex min-h-11 cursor-pointer list-none items-center justify-between gap-3 text-sm font-medium [&::-webkit-details-marker]:hidden">File details<ChevronDownIcon className="size-4 transition-transform group-open:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true" /></summary>
         <ul className="flex max-h-80 flex-col gap-4 overflow-y-auto pt-3">
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export function GuestUpload({
             <li key={item.id} className="flex flex-col gap-1">
               <div className="flex justify-between gap-3 text-sm">
                 <span className="truncate">{item.name}</span>
-                <span className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">{item.status === "done" ? "Uploaded · processing for gallery" : item.status === "uploading" ? `${item.progress}% uploaded` : item.status === "error" ? "Needs retry" : "Waiting"}</span>
+                <span className="shrink-0 text-muted-foreground">{item.status === "done" ? "Uploaded" : item.status === "uploading" ? item.progress >= 100 ? "Confirming upload…" : `Uploading · ${item.progress}%` : item.status === "error" ? "Couldn’t upload" : "Up next"}</span>
               </div>
               <Progress value={item.progress} />
               {item.error ? (