feat: collapse status notices into a session-line indicator and Ctrl+b n popup

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ and this project adheres to
   up with two skills claiming the same job. The asset probe accepts a
   pre-rename checkout named via `SINTERACTIVE_SHARE`.
 
+- The notice lines below the status bar are gone. Everything the session has
+  to say about itself is collapsed into a compact `⚠ N notices` counter at
+  the right of the session line — red while the quota warning is among them,
+  yellow otherwise, absent when there is nothing to say — so the panel is
+  always exactly one status line tall. A new `Ctrl-b n` popup shows the
+  notices in full (`Ctrl-b n` overrides tmux's stock next-window, which has
+  nothing to do here with the window list hidden), and `sinteractive
+  --status` prints the same text from the login node, reading the notices
+  file the session maintains in `~/.cache/sinteractive/`.
+
+  While the quota warning holds, the counter shimmers — a lighter band
+  sweeping through the red text, the way Claude Code's spinner verbs do —
+  so the one notice that needs acting on keeps catching the eye without
+  taking any more room than the others.
+
+  The warnings held a row of pane height for their whole life — quota and a
+  maintenance-trimmed end time never clear on their own — and every
+  appearance resized every pane in the session. A counter does neither, at
+  the price of one keypress to read the text; and with the width limit gone,
+  the maintenance notice can afford to say what it means again.
+
+- The `Detach: Ctrl+b d` hint is out of the status line; it already lives in
+  the `Ctrl-b h` help popup, which now also lists `Ctrl-b n`.
+
 ## [0.6.0] - 2026-08-26
 
 ### Changed

docs/scripting.md

@@ -215,10 +215,11 @@ state file and only falls back to the scheduler when it is stale, so a quiet
 session costs nothing.
 
 While Claude Code is running in a session whose hooks are not registered yet,
-a `sinteractive --install-claude` hint sits on the bottom status line, below
-the session line and below any warnings. It is gated on a live `claude`
-process, so it never appears for people who don't use Claude Code, and it
-clears once the hooks are registered — taking its line with it.
+a `sinteractive --install-claude` hint joins the session's notices — the
+`⚠ N notices` counter on the status line, read in full with `Ctrl-b n` or
+`sinteractive --status`. It is gated on a live `claude` process, so it never
+appears for people who don't use Claude Code, and it clears once the hooks
+are registered.
 
 Hooks fire at turn and tool boundaries, so work already in flight cannot be
 warned about — put long work in its own allocation, which outlives the

docs/usage.md

@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ status bar, `squeue`, `--list`, and works with `--attach NAME`.
 | Action | Key |
 |---|---|
 | Show help popup (job info, keys) | `Ctrl-b h` |
+| Show notices popup (quota, maintenance, hints) | `Ctrl-b n` |
 | Detach from session | `Ctrl-b d` |
 | Name/rename session (updates squeue and `--attach` name) | `Ctrl-b $` |
 | Split pane horizontally | `Ctrl-b "` |

man/sinteractive.1

@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ elapsed time, time limit, and the session's current working directory.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-status\  [TARGET]
 Show session status: state, node, partition, allocated CPUs and memory,
-elapsed time, and time remaining.
+elapsed time, time remaining, and the session's active notices (see
+.BR "STATUS BAR" ).
 .I TARGET
 is a
 .I JOBID
@@ -270,10 +271,13 @@ read at all.
 .IP
 Sessions poll this on their own every
 .B $SINTERACTIVE_QUOTA_POLL
-seconds (default 600) and show a red
+seconds (default 600) and, while it holds, carry a red
 .B QUOTA
-notice at the left of a second status line, below the session line, while it
-holds. It reports the overage, not the usage \(em the number to act on.
+notice behind the notices counter on the session line, read in full with
+.B Ctrl\-b n
+(see
+.BR "STATUS BAR" ).
+It reports the overage, not the usage \(em the number to act on.
 Running
 .B \-\-check\-quota
 after freeing space clears that notice within a tick rather than at the end
@@ -400,6 +404,13 @@ reattach commands, and basic tmux keys. Any key closes it.
 Detach from the session; the job keeps running. Reattach later with
 .BR "sinteractive \-\-attach" .
 .TP
+.B Ctrl\-b n
+Open the notices popup: the full text behind the
+.RB \(lq "N notices" \(rq
+counter on the status line (see
+.BR "STATUS BAR" ).
+Any key closes it.
+.TP
 .B Ctrl\-b $
 Name (or rename) the session in place. Updates the squeue job name and
 the name used by
@@ -442,19 +453,22 @@ About ten seconds before the limit, a notice is printed in every pane
 and the session shuts down cleanly, so the job completes instead of
 being killed at timeout.
 .PP
-Nothing else is crowded into that line. Anything the session has to say
-about itself appears below it, on status lines of its own, each present
-only while it has something to say and costing a row of pane height only
-while it is there. Nearest the session line are the warnings:
+Anything else the session has to say about itself is collapsed into a
+compact counter at the right of that same line \(em
+.RB \(lq "N notices" \(rq
+\(em red and shimmering while the quota warning is among them, yellow
+otherwise, and absent while there is nothing to say. Press
+.B Ctrl\-b n
+to read the notices in full;
+.B sinteractive \-\-status
+prints the same text from the login node. Today's notices are the
 .B QUOTA
-in red at the left of the line (see
+warning (see
 .BR \-\-check\-quota ),
-and at its right, in yellow, the end time when the request was trimmed to
-finish before a maintenance reservation. Both hold for the life of the
-session, so when both apply they share the line, one at each end of it \(em
-and each keeps its side whether or not the other is there. Below them, furthest from the session
-line because it is only an offer, is the Claude Code hint (see
+the end time when the request was trimmed to finish before a maintenance
+reservation, and the Claude Code hint (see
 .BR "CLAUDE CODE INTEGRATION" ).
+The panel is always exactly one status line tall.
 .PP
 The rule between the pane and the status bar carries no text at all.
 .SH SCRIPTING AND AGENTS
@@ -559,12 +573,14 @@ is available; see
 .BR \-\-install\-claude .
 .PP
 While Claude Code is running in a session whose integration is not yet
-registered, a yellow
+registered, a
 .B "sinteractive \-\-install\-claude"
-hint sits on the bottom status line, below any warnings \(em furthest
-from the session line, because it is an offer rather than something to
-act on. It is a whole line and fits an 80-column terminal, so it is
-read at a glance rather than scrolled past. It appears only while a
+hint joins the session's notices (the counter on the status line, read
+with
+.BR Ctrl\-b n ;
+see
+.BR "STATUS BAR" ).
+It appears only while a
 .B claude
 process is actually running, and clears once the hooks are registered, so
 it never nags anyone who does not use Claude Code.