fix: keep successful file path attachments silent

components/file-path-drop-zone.tsx

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function FilePathDropZone({ children, className }: { children: React.Reac
 					setNotice("Open a chat to attach file paths.");
 					return;
 				}
-				setNotice(skipped ? "File paths attached. Some dropped items had no available file path." : "File paths attached.");
+				setNotice(skipped ? "Some dropped items had no available file path." : "");
 			}}
 		>
 			{children}

scripts/smoke-file-paths.mjs

@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ try {
 		await blur(page); await syntheticDrop(page, ["/synthetic/collapsed-practice.pdf"]);
 		// Practice keeps the owning hook/state mounted, but hides its field
 		// by returning the bar. Inspect the controlled text after expansion.
-		await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelector('[role="status"]')?.textContent.includes("File paths attached"));
+		assert.equal(await page.$('[role="status"]'), null, "successful attachment has no confirmation bubble");
 		await page.locator('[data-testid="practice-dock-bar"]').click();
 		await page.waitForSelector(practice, { visible: true });
 		await expectValue(page, "`/synthetic/practice.pdf` `/synthetic/collapsed-practice.pdf`", practice);
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ try {
 	await expectValue(desktopPage, `read ${expectedQuoted} this`);
 	assert.equal(await desktopPage.$eval('[data-file-path-input] [role="img"]', chip => chip.title), fixturePath);
 	assert.equal(posts.length, beforeDesktopDrop, "actual OS-backed desktop drop must stage only");
+	assert.equal(await desktopPage.$('[role="status"]'), null, "successful desktop attachment has no confirmation bubble");
 	assert.ok(fs.existsSync(fixturePath));
 	assert.deepEqual(fs.readdirSync(path.join(home, "data")).filter(name => /upload|attachment/i.test(name)), []);
 	checks.push("Actual Electron production preload: Puppeteer-selected OS-backed File resolves exact Unicode/backtick full path; virtual File returns empty; real DataTransfer drop inserts at caret without submit or file reads");

tests/file-path-drop-zone.test.tsx

@@ -124,7 +124,17 @@ test("desktop drop inserts quoted paths at the focused editor caret instead of t
 	assert.equal(f.doc.activeElement, f.editor);
 	assert.deepEqual(f.appends, [], "focused editor wins over the registered question field");
 	assert.deepEqual(f.resolved, files, "only Electron's full path, never File.name, enters the draft");
-	assert.match(f.status, /File paths attached/);
+	assert.equal(f.status, "", "successful file attachment is silent");
+	f.assertPathOnly();
+});
+
+test("a successful drop clears an earlier failure without replacing it with a confirmation bubble", async () => {
+	const f = await fixture();
+	await f.event("drop", f.transfer([f.file("virtual.pdf")]));
+	assert.match(f.status, /No local file paths were available/);
+	await f.event("drop", f.transfer([f.file("valid.pdf", "/existing/valid.pdf")]));
+	assert.deepEqual(f.appends, ["`/existing/valid.pdf`"]);
+	assert.equal(f.doc.querySelector('[role="status"]'), null);
 	f.assertPathOnly();
 });