diff --git a/.fork/customizations.yaml b/.fork/customizations.yaml
index 93af1d112d46..d82430c0fb11 100644
--- a/.fork/customizations.yaml
+++ b/.fork/customizations.yaml
@@ -1744,7 +1744,12 @@
     data-t3-native-source so it is never mistaken for a project tag).
     Elements whose source never resolves stay fully editable and send
     with selector/text/style context; no install prompt, warning toast,
-    or Forge handoff exists anymore. Canvas mode (the Forge's vendored
+    or Forge handoff exists anymore. That downgrade is VISIBLE, not
+    silent: the payload's per-element sourceLabel (null = unaddressed by
+    send time) is counted host-side (protocol.ts
+    countUnresolvedDesignElements) and surfaced on the composer pill and
+    in the send toast, because buildSend's ~1.5s native-source grace
+    means WHEN Send was clicked can change how precise the ask is. Canvas mode (the Forge's vendored
     CanvasMode, engine/vendor/canvas.ts) turns the page into a
     pannable/zoomable artboard — space-drag/middle-drag pan,
     cursor-anchored wheel and pinch zoom, the powers-of-2 ladder,
@@ -1840,6 +1845,7 @@
   tier: 4
   files:
     - apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.ts
+    - apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.test.ts
     # Outside engine/ on purpose: like protocol.ts it crosses the TS-island fence
     # (the engine tsconfig includes it by path) so the web project can type-check
     # and unit-test it, which files under engine/ cannot be.
diff --git a/.fork/notes/design-send-unresolved/pill-after.png b/.fork/notes/design-send-unresolved/pill-after.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb5b9f0d8fbc
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diff --git a/.fork/notes/design-send-unresolved/pill-before.png b/.fork/notes/design-send-unresolved/pill-before.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf3dbb086282
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diff --git a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/ForkComposerDesignChanges.tsx b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/ForkComposerDesignChanges.tsx
index b410d5e2ae47..c36b8ee0693e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/ForkComposerDesignChanges.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/ForkComposerDesignChanges.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   useDesignChangeTargetRef,
   useForkPendingDesignChanges,
 } from "./designChangeDraftStore";
+import { countUnresolvedDesignElements } from "./protocol";
 
 interface Props {
   /** The composer's own draft target — a DraftId for unstarted threads. Resolved to the
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ function DesignChangeChip({
 }) {
   const source = chipSource(entry);
   const summary = chipSummary(entry);
+  const unresolved = countUnresolvedDesignElements(entry);
   return (
     <Tooltip>
       <TooltipTrigger
@@ -81,6 +83,15 @@ function DesignChangeChip({
             <span className="shrink-0">{chipLabel(entry)}</span>
             {source ? <span className="shrink-0">{source}</span> : null}
             {summary ? <span className="truncate">{summary}</span> : null}
+            {/* min-w-0 + truncate: this note must yield BEFORE the remove button. In a
+                squeezed pill every unshrinkable child clips from the right, and the
+                right-most child is the X — an unremovable attachment is a one-way door
+                (PR #71 review). */}
+            {unresolved > 0 ? (
+              <span className="min-w-0 truncate text-[11px] font-medium opacity-80">
+                {entry.elements.length === 1 ? "no source" : `${unresolved} without source`}
+              </span>
+            ) : null}
             <button
               type="button"
               className="flex size-5 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full transition-colors hover:bg-black/16"
@@ -96,6 +107,9 @@ function DesignChangeChip({
         }
       />
       <TooltipPopup className="max-w-96 whitespace-pre-wrap font-mono text-[11px]">
+        {unresolved > 0
+          ? `${unresolved === entry.elements.length ? (unresolved === 1 ? "This element has" : "These elements have") : `${unresolved} of ${entry.elements.length} elements ${unresolved === 1 ? "has" : "have"}`} no source location — the request carries selector and text context instead.\n\n`
+          : ""}
         {entry.markdown.slice(0, 600)}
         {entry.markdown.length > 600 ? "…" : ""}
       </TooltipPopup>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/panel/ForkDesignPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/panel/ForkDesignPanel.tsx
index 0b47f920d6d9..91a8fc1a8a68 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/panel/ForkDesignPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/panel/ForkDesignPanel.tsx
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ import { designModeBridge } from "../designModeBridge";
 import { selectDesignModeTab, useDesignModeStore } from "../designModeStore";
 import { applyDesignUndoEntry } from "../designUndoApply";
 import { designUndoHistory } from "../designUndoHistory";
-import type {
-  DesignModeAlignAxis,
-  DesignModeAlignValue,
-  DesignModeSizeMode,
-  DesignModeWritableKey,
+import {
+  countUnresolvedDesignElements,
+  type DesignModeAlignAxis,
+  type DesignModeAlignValue,
+  type DesignModeSizeMode,
+  type DesignModeWritableKey,
 } from "../protocol";
 import { CanvasControls } from "./CanvasControls";
 import { AppearanceSection } from "./sections/AppearanceSection";
@@ -222,13 +223,20 @@ export function ForkDesignPanel({ runtimeTabId, threadRef, tabId }: Props) {
       // navigation adds one — the drafts behind it are a different page's. See
       // designChangeDraftStore's `add`.
       useDesignChangeDraftStore.getState().add(threadRef, runtimeTabId, result);
+      // Precision is part of the receipt: buildSend's ~1.5s native-source grace can expire
+      // and downgrade elements to selector/text context. Say so here rather than letting
+      // WHEN Send was clicked silently change what the agent gets (the pill repeats it).
+      const unresolved = countUnresolvedDesignElements(result);
       toastManager.add({
         type: "success",
         title:
           result.elementCount === 1
             ? "Design change attached"
             : `Design changes for ${result.elementCount} elements attached`,
-        description: "It rides along with your next message — add a comment or just press Enter.",
+        description:
+          unresolved > 0
+            ? `${unresolved === result.elements.length ? (unresolved === 1 ? "The element has" : "All of them have") : `${unresolved} of them ${unresolved === 1 ? "has" : "have"}`} no source location — sent with selector and text context. Rides along with your next message.`
+            : "It rides along with your next message — add a comment or just press Enter.",
       });
     } finally {
       setSending(false);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.test.ts b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92fb30219190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { countUnresolvedDesignElements } from "./protocol";
+
+/**
+ * The unresolved-count rule the pill and send toast surface: an element with a null
+ * sourceLabel is one the request could not source-address by send time (the
+ * SEND_SOURCE_WAIT_MS grace expired, or the page has no source mapping at all).
+ */
+
+const element = (sourceLabel: string | null) => ({ sourceLabel });
+
+describe("countUnresolvedDesignElements", () => {
+  it("counts only null sourceLabels", () => {
+    expect(
+      countUnresolvedDesignElements({
+        elements: [element("App.tsx:12"), element(null), element("Card.tsx:8"), element(null)],
+      }),
+    ).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("is zero when every element resolved", () => {
+    expect(countUnresolvedDesignElements({ elements: [element("App.tsx:12")] })).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("is zero for an empty element list", () => {
+    expect(countUnresolvedDesignElements({ elements: [] })).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("an empty-string label is resolved, not unresolved — only null means no source", () => {
+    expect(countUnresolvedDesignElements({ elements: [element("")] })).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.ts b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.ts
index 17f9b6ed4672..27bf7e2332c6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/custom/designMode/protocol.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,15 @@ export interface DesignChangeElementSummary {
   readonly deltas: readonly string[];
 }
 
+/** Elements the request could not source-address by send time. buildSend waits at most
+ * ~1.5s for in-flight native resolution and then ships selector/text context for whatever
+ * is left (`sourceLabel` null) — WHEN the user pressed Send silently changed how precise
+ * the ask was. This count is what the pill and the send toast surface so the downgrade is
+ * visible instead. */
+export const countUnresolvedDesignElements = (payload: {
+  readonly elements: ReadonlyArray<{ readonly sourceLabel: string | null }>;
+}): number => payload.elements.filter((element) => element.sourceLabel === null).length;
+
 /** Longest `pageUrl` accepted — the guest reads it off a page-controlled `location.href`,
  * which a data: document can make arbitrarily long. Only ever compared, never rendered. */
 export const DESIGN_MODE_PAGE_URL_CAP = 2048;