refactor(ui): alert rows are two lines of text — the heading line was redundant

Creator: system messages are limited to two lines; the label above the message ('STEAM ID NOT
PRESENT', 'STREAM') was repeating what the row already said and pushing the stack past its budget.

AttentionAlert loses Label; rows render Text only. The licence row is now exactly:
    Steam ID Limit: 30fps
    Click for More Info
(60fps with a close control once owned). Rows are identified by Id internally, so nothing in the UI
depends on the removed text. Tests updated to assert position/text rather than the heading.

Controls/LeftPanel.xaml

@@ -81,12 +81,9 @@
                                               Width="14" Height="14" Stretch="Uniform" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                                               Margin="6,2,2,0" ToolTip="Standing indicator"
                                               Visibility="{Binding ShowsPin, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}"/>
-                                        <StackPanel>
+                                        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Text}" Style="{StaticResource AppLogEntryText}"
-                                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Label}" Style="{StaticResource AppLogEntryText}"
+                                                   TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                                                       FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.Error}"/>
+                                                   Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.Error}"/>
-                                            <TextBlock Text="{Binding Text}" Style="{StaticResource AppLogEntryText}"
-                                                       TextWrapping="Wrap" Margin="0,2,0,0"/>
-                                        </StackPanel>
                                     </DockPanel>
                                 </Border>
                             </DataTemplate>

Models/AttentionAlert.cs

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ namespace ytLive.Models;
 /// becomes dismissible — and its dismissal permanent — once ownership is verified).</para>
 /// <para>Clicking a row runs its action: the licence indicator opens About; an event alert opens the
 /// Logs tab with that event's lines highlighted.</para>
+/// <para>Rows are text only — a heading line above the message was redundant and pushed the stack past
+/// its two-line budget (creator, 2026-11-05).</para>
 /// </summary>
 public sealed record AttentionAlert(
     string Id,
-    string Label,
     string Text,
     bool IsPinned,
     AttentionAlertAction Action,

ViewModels/MainViewModel.Alerts.cs

@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
         return $"Steam ID Limit: {entitled}fps\nClick for More Info";
     }
 
-    private string SteamLicenceLabel() => IsAppOwned ? "STEAM ID PRESENT" : "STEAM ID NOT PRESENT";
-
     /// <summary>Recomputes row 1 in place. Called at startup and whenever ownership changes.</summary>
     private void RefreshSteamLicenceAlert()
     {
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
 
         var alert = new AttentionAlert(
             SteamLicenceAlertId,
-            SteamLicenceLabel(),
             SteamLicenceText(),
             IsPinned: !IsAppOwned,
             AttentionAlertAction.About);
@@ -76,9 +73,9 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
 
     /// <summary>Pushes an event alert. Newest sits directly under the licence indicator; older ones
     /// stack beneath, so the newest is the one nearest the eye.</summary>
-    private AttentionAlert? PushAttentionAlert(string id, string label, string text, long logFrom, long logTo)
+    private AttentionAlert? PushAttentionAlert(string id, string text, long logFrom, long logTo)
     {
-        var alert = new AttentionAlert(id, label, text, IsPinned: false, AttentionAlertAction.Logs, logFrom, logTo);
+        var alert = new AttentionAlert(id, text, IsPinned: false, AttentionAlertAction.Logs, logFrom, logTo);
         var insertAt = _attentionAlerts.Count(alert => alert.Id == SteamLicenceAlertId);
         var existing = _attentionAlerts.FirstOrDefault(candidate => candidate.Id == id);
         if (existing != null)
@@ -95,8 +92,8 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
     }
 
     /// <summary>Test seam: pushes an event row without a stream session behind it.</summary>
-    internal AttentionAlert? PushAttentionAlertForTest(string id, string label, string text, long logFrom, long logTo)
+    internal AttentionAlert? PushAttentionAlertForTest(string id, string text, long logFrom, long logTo)
-        => PushAttentionAlert(id, label, text, logFrom, logTo);
+        => PushAttentionAlert(id, text, logFrom, logTo);
 
     private void RemoveAttentionAlert(string id)
     {

ViewModels/MainViewModel.Recovery.cs

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
                         : logFrom;
                     PushAttentionAlert(
                         "stream-recovery",
-                        "STREAM",
                         text,
                         logFrom,
                         Math.Max(logFrom, to));

docs/ai/ui-surface.md

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ A stack of red rows at the top of the left panel, **above both mode grids** (so
 and while live) and pushing the panel's content down. Only red rows belong there — it is the surface for
 "something needs you", never chatter.
 
+- **Rows are text only, two lines at most** — no heading line above the message (creator, 2026-11-05:
+  the heading was redundant and pushed the stack past its budget).
 - **Row 1 is always the Steam licence indicator** and nothing displaces it. It reads as status, not a
-  warning: `Entitlement 30 fps · Maximum 60 fps`, both numbers derived from `QualityOptions` and
+  warning: `Steam ID Limit: 30fps` / `Click for More Info` (60fps once owned), both numbers derived from
-  `HasProOutput`. It shows a **pin** (standing indicator, no close control) while higher tiers are
+  `QualityOptions` and `HasProOutput`. It shows a **pin** (standing indicator, no close control) while higher tiers are
   unavailable, and a **close control once ownership is verified** — that close is persisted
   (`Steam.LicenceIndicatorDismissed`) and permanent *while ownership holds*; losing ownership restores
   the row as pinned, because that is a change of state rather than a preference. Click → About.

ytLive.Tests/AboutHubTests.cs

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public sealed class AboutHubTests
                 // The old red panel under the quality picker is gone (2026-11-05): the licence state
                 // lives in the left panel's alert stack now, as a pinned status indicator.
                 Assert.Null(window.FindName("EntitlementErrorPanel"));
-                var licenceRow = vm.AttentionAlerts.Single(alert => alert.Label == "STEAM ID NOT PRESENT");
+                var licenceRow = vm.AttentionAlerts.Single(alert => alert.Id == "steam-licence");
                 Assert.True(licenceRow.IsPinned);
                 Assert.Contains("Steam ID Limit: 30fps", licenceRow.Text);
                 Assert.Contains("Click for More Info", licenceRow.Text);

ytLive.Tests/AttentionAlertStackTests.cs

@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ public sealed class AttentionAlertStackTests
             vm.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(false, "Steam licensing is not configured in this build.");
 
             var row = Assert.Single(vm.AttentionAlerts);
-            Assert.Equal("STEAM ID NOT PRESENT", row.Label);
+            Assert.Equal("steam-licence", row.Id);
             Assert.True(row.IsPinned);
             Assert.True(row.ShowsPin);
             Assert.False(row.CanDismiss);
             Assert.Equal(AttentionAlertAction.About, row.Action);
+            // Two lines at most: the heading above the message was redundant.
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("\n\n", row.Text);
 
             // Creator wording: the limit this build runs at, and where to find out why.
             Assert.Contains("Steam ID Limit: 30fps", row.Text);
@@ -63,11 +65,11 @@ public sealed class AttentionAlertStackTests
 
             // Permanent: a fresh view-model on the same profile must not bring it back…
             var reloaded = new MainViewModel();
-            Assert.DoesNotContain(reloaded.AttentionAlerts, alert => alert.Label.StartsWith("STEAM ID"));
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(reloaded.AttentionAlerts, alert => alert.Id == "steam-licence");
 
             // …but losing ownership restores it as a pinned indicator: a change of state, not a preference.
             reloaded.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(false, "Steam licensing is not configured in this build.");
-            var restored = reloaded.AttentionAlerts.First(alert => alert.Label == "STEAM ID NOT PRESENT");
+            var restored = reloaded.AttentionAlerts.First(alert => alert.Id == "steam-licence");
             Assert.True(restored.IsPinned);
         });
     }
@@ -90,22 +92,22 @@ public sealed class AttentionAlertStackTests
         WithVm(vm =>
         {
             vm.EntitlementOverride = new FakeEntitlement(false, "Steam licensing is not configured in this build.");
-            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-1", "STREAM", "Stream dropped — reconnecting (attempt 1 of 4)", 10, 12);
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-1", "Stream dropped — reconnecting (attempt 1 of 4)", 10, 12);
-            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-2", "STREAM", "Stream dropped — reconnecting (attempt 2 of 4)", 13, 15);
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-2", "Stream dropped — reconnecting (attempt 2 of 4)", 13, 15);
 
-            Assert.Equal(new[] { "STEAM ID NOT PRESENT", "STREAM", "STREAM" }, vm.AttentionAlerts.Select(a => a.Label));
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { "steam-licence", "drop-2", "drop-1" }, vm.AttentionAlerts.Select(a => a.Id));
             // Newest event sits directly under the indicator.
             Assert.Contains("attempt 2", vm.AttentionAlerts[1].Text);
             Assert.Contains("attempt 1", vm.AttentionAlerts[2].Text);
 
             // The same event advancing updates its row instead of adding another.
-            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-2", "STREAM", "Stream recovered after 1.4 s", 13, 16);
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-2", "Stream recovered after 1.4 s", 13, 16);
             Assert.Equal(3, vm.AttentionAlerts.Count);
             Assert.Contains("recovered", vm.AttentionAlerts[1].Text);
 
             vm.DismissAlertCommand.Execute(vm.AttentionAlerts[1]);
             Assert.Equal(2, vm.AttentionAlerts.Count);
-            Assert.Equal("STEAM ID NOT PRESENT", vm.AttentionAlerts[0].Label);
+            Assert.Equal("steam-licence", vm.AttentionAlerts[0].Id);
         });
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ public sealed class AttentionAlertStackTests
     {
         WithVm(vm =>
         {
-            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-1", "STREAM", "Stream dropped", 41, 47);
+            vm.PushAttentionAlertForTest("drop-1", "Stream dropped", 41, 47);
 
             vm.ActivateAlertCommand.Execute(vm.AttentionAlerts[1]);