feat(ui): left-panel alert stack — licence indicator pinned on top, events LIFO below

Creator design (2026-11-05). A stack of red rows at the top of the left panel, above both mode grids
so it shows while editing and while live, pushing the panel's content down.

- Row 1 is 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
  HasProOutput. While higher tiers are unavailable it shows a **pin** (standing indicator, no close
  control); once ownership is verified the pin becomes a **close control** and the dismissal is
  persisted (`Steam.LicenceIndicatorDismissed`), permanent while ownership holds. Losing ownership
  restores it as pinned — a change of state, not a preference. Click → About.
- **Event rows stack beneath, newest first**, one row per episode (an episode advancing its state
  updates its own row rather than adding another). Each is dismissible. Click → the Logs tab opens
  with that event's sequence range painted red (`HighlightedLogFrom/To` + `LogInRangeConverter`; two
  numbers rather than a collection because the log list is virtualised and realised rows do not
  re-evaluate on membership changes).
- Replaces the old red panel under the quality picker, which is removed.
- The Steam diagnostic text loses "Contact the creator or support" for a neutral
  "Steam licensing is not configured in this build."

Tests: `AttentionAlertStackTests` — pinned first with the status text; owned → closable and the close
survives a reload but ownership loss restores it pinned; pinned cannot be dismissed; event rows LIFO
with in-place episode updates; clicking an event opens Logs and sets its range. AboutHub + Entitlement
tests updated for the removed panel and the new wording. FAST gate: 532 passed, 0 failed, 0 warnings.

ViewModels/MainViewModel.Alerts.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
+using System.Linq;
+using ytLive.Helpers;
+using ytLive.Models;
+
+namespace ytLive.ViewModels;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The left panel's alert stack (creator design, 2026-11-05): standing state on top, transient events
+/// beneath it, newest first, pushing the panel's content down. Only red rows belong here — the panel
+/// is where "something needs you" lives, so it never fills with chatter.
+/// <para><b>Row 1 is the Steam licence indicator</b> and nothing displaces it. It is pinned while
+/// higher output tiers are unavailable, and becomes dismissible — permanently — once ownership is
+/// verified. If ownership is later lost, it comes back as a pinned indicator, because that is a change
+/// of state rather than a preference.</para>
+/// </summary>
+public partial class MainViewModel
+{
+    private const string SteamLicenceAlertId = "steam-licence";
+
+    private readonly ObservableCollection<AttentionAlert> _attentionAlerts = new();
+    private bool _steamLicenceDismissed;
+
+    public ObservableCollection<AttentionAlert> AttentionAlerts => _attentionAlerts;
+
+    public bool HasAttentionAlerts => _attentionAlerts.Count > 0;
+
+    public RelayCommand<AttentionAlert> DismissAlertCommand => new(DismissAlert);
+
+    public RelayCommand<AttentionAlert> ActivateAlertCommand => new(ActivateAlert);
+
+    /// <summary>The licence indicator's text: what this build is entitled to, and the maximum.
+    /// A status readout — deliberately not a description of what is missing (creator ruling: the
+    /// resolution picker explains that).</summary>
+    private string SteamLicenceText()
+    {
+        if (QualityOptions.Length == 0) return "Entitlement 30 fps · Maximum 60 fps";
+
+        var max = QualityOptions.Max(option => option.Fps);
+        var entitled = QualityOptions
+            .Where(option => HasProOutput || !option.RequiresPro)
+            .Select(option => option.Fps)
+            .DefaultIfEmpty(max)
+            .Max();
+        return $"Entitlement {entitled} fps · Maximum {max} fps";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Recomputes row 1 in place. Called at startup and whenever ownership changes.</summary>
+    private void RefreshSteamLicenceAlert()
+    {
+        var existing = _attentionAlerts.FirstOrDefault(alert => alert.Id == SteamLicenceAlertId);
+        var hidden = IsAppOwned && _steamLicenceDismissed;
+
+        if (hidden)
+        {
+            if (existing != null) _attentionAlerts.Remove(existing);
+            RaiseAttentionChanged();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var alert = new AttentionAlert(
+            SteamLicenceAlertId,
+            "STEAM LICENCE",
+            SteamLicenceText(),
+            IsPinned: !IsAppOwned,
+            AttentionAlertAction.About);
+
+        var index = existing == null ? -1 : _attentionAlerts.IndexOf(existing);
+        if (index < 0) _attentionAlerts.Insert(0, alert);
+        else _attentionAlerts[index] = alert;   // same row, updated state
+        RaiseAttentionChanged();
+    }
+
+    /// <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)
+    {
+        var alert = new AttentionAlert(id, label, 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)
+        {
+            // Same event advancing (reconnecting attempt 2 → 3): update the row, never duplicate it.
+            _attentionAlerts[_attentionAlerts.IndexOf(existing)] = alert;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _attentionAlerts.Insert(insertAt, alert);
+        }
+        RaiseAttentionChanged();
+        return alert;
+    }
+
+    /// <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)
+        => PushAttentionAlert(id, label, text, logFrom, logTo);
+
+    private void RemoveAttentionAlert(string id)
+    {
+        var existing = _attentionAlerts.FirstOrDefault(alert => alert.Id == id);
+        if (existing == null) return;
+        _attentionAlerts.Remove(existing);
+        RaiseAttentionChanged();
+    }
+
+    private void DismissAlert(AttentionAlert? alert)
+    {
+        if (alert == null || alert.IsPinned) return;
+
+        if (alert.Id == SteamLicenceAlertId)
+        {
+            // Permanent for this profile: the creator said "I have seen it". Only honoured while
+            // ownership holds — RefreshSteamLicenceAlert ignores it when Steam stops confirming.
+            _steamLicenceDismissed = true;
+            _layoutStore.SaveSteamLicenceIndicatorDismissed(true);
+        }
+
+        RemoveAttentionAlert(alert.Id);
+    }
+
+    private void ActivateAlert(AttentionAlert? alert)
+    {
+        if (alert == null) return;
+
+        if (alert.Action == AttentionAlertAction.About)
+        {
+            ShowAbout();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Event alert: open the log and paint this event's lines, so the alert is an entry point to
+        // the detail rather than a dead end.
+        HighlightLogRange(alert.LogFrom, alert.LogTo);
+        SelectLogsTab(true);
+    }
+
+    private void RaiseAttentionChanged() => OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasAttentionAlerts));
+}

ViewModels/MainViewModel.Logs.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
 
     public ObservableCollection<AppLogEntry> CurrentLaunchLogEntries => _currentLaunchLogEntries;
     public ObservableCollection<AppLogEntry> PinnedLogEntries => _pinnedLogEntries;
+
+    // The event range a clicked alert points at. A range rather than a collection: the log list is
+    // virtualised, and a membership change would not re-evaluate realised rows — two numbers do.
+    private long _highlightedLogFrom;
+    private long _highlightedLogTo;
+    public long HighlightedLogFrom => _highlightedLogFrom;
+    public long HighlightedLogTo => _highlightedLogTo;
+
+    private void HighlightLogRange(long from, long to)
+    {
+        SetProperty(ref _highlightedLogFrom, from, nameof(HighlightedLogFrom));
+        SetProperty(ref _highlightedLogTo, to, nameof(HighlightedLogTo));
+    }
     public bool HasPinnedLogEntries => _pinnedLogEntries.Count > 0;
     public RelayCommand<AppLogEntry> AcknowledgeLogEntryCommand => new(AcknowledgeLogEntry);
 

ViewModels/MainViewModel.OutputProfile.cs

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
             EntitlementErrorMessage = _entitlement.ErrorMessage;
             if (!changed) return;
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasProOutput));
+            RefreshSteamLicenceAlert();
             if (!HasProOutput && _selectedQuality is { RequiresPro: true } && CanChangeQuality)
                 SelectedQuality = QualityOptions.Single(option => option.Display == OutputProfile.FreeFallbackName);
         }
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public partial class MainViewModel
             if (!DevBuild.IsDevelopment) return;
             if (!SetProperty(ref _developerMode, value)) return;
             OnPropertyChanged(nameof(HasProOutput));
+            RefreshSteamLicenceAlert();
         }
     }
 }

ViewModels/MainViewModel.cs

@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ public partial class MainViewModel : ViewModelBase
         AudioSyncOffsetMs = _layoutStore.LoadAudioSyncOffsetMs();
         _zoomFollowsBox = _layoutStore.LoadZoomFollowBox();
         _autoChromaScreen = _layoutStore.LoadAutoChromaScreen();
+        _steamLicenceDismissed = _layoutStore.LoadSteamLicenceIndicatorDismissed();
+        RefreshSteamLicenceAlert();
         MonoOutput = _layoutStore.LoadMonoOutput();   // applied to the mixer by the setter
         _musicPlayer.UserGain = (float)Helpers.GainDb.FromDb(TraxDefaultDb);   // background by default
         InitScoreboard();