diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index e9b902c..fcde381 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -19947,6 +19947,12 @@ func (a *App) SaveChaseSettings(cs ChaseSettings) error {
 	a.clusterStatusMu.Lock()
 	a.clusterStatusIdx = nil
 	a.clusterStatusMu.Unlock()
+	// The frontend caches resolved verdicts and only asks about unknown keys —
+	// without this it kept judging half the screen under the OLD rules until a
+	// restart, which read as the new mode simply not working.
+	if a.ctx != nil {
+		wruntime.EventsEmit(a.ctx, "spotstatus:invalidate")
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 8d08514..b721428 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -3862,6 +3862,12 @@ export default function App() {
     // The DX Call was cleared in WSJT-X / JTDX / MSHV → clear our entry to match.
     // Only when something is actually in the entry, so an idle digital app doesn't
     // wipe a call being typed by hand.
+    const unsubStatusInval = EventsOn('spotstatus:invalidate', () => {
+      // The chase rules changed: every resolved verdict is stale. Cleared, and
+      // the flushes re-ask as rows repaint.
+      setSpotStatus({});
+      spotStatusRef.current = {};
+    });
     const unsubClear = EventsOn('udp:clear_call', () => {
       // The decoder cleared its DX Call: the next call it announces — even the
       // same one re-selected — is a fresh edge.
@@ -3925,7 +3931,7 @@ export default function App() {
       const file = String(p?.file ?? '').replace(/^.*[\\/]/, '');
       showToast(file ? t('adifmon.toastFrom', { n, file }) : t('adifmon.toast', { n }));
     });
-    return () => { unsubDX?.(); unsubRC?.(); unsubClear?.(); unsubFlexSpot?.(); unsubTciSpot?.(); unsubProg?.(); unsubBulk?.(); unsubLog?.(); unsubAdifMon?.(); };
+    return () => { unsubDX?.(); unsubRC?.(); unsubClear?.(); unsubStatusInval?.(); unsubFlexSpot?.(); unsubTciSpot?.(); unsubProg?.(); unsubBulk?.(); unsubLog?.(); unsubAdifMon?.(); };
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx
index 0dfa164..b48cc03 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/DecodesPanel.tsx
@@ -1151,8 +1151,9 @@ export function DecodesPanel({ decodes, txMsgs, txState, txStates, spotStatus, o
                     {entities.map((b) => (
                       <span key={b.label}
                         title={e?.unconf_status ? t('dec.unconfTip') : undefined}
-                        className={cn('rounded px-1 py-px text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wide shrink-0', b.cls, e?.unconf_status && 'opacity-50')}>
-                        {t(b.label)}
+                        className={cn('rounded px-1 py-px text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-wide shrink-0', b.cls,
+                          e?.unconf_status && 'opacity-60 border border-dashed border-current bg-transparent')}>
+                        {t(b.label)}{e?.unconf_status ? '?' : ''}
                       </span>
                     ))}
                     {extras.map((b) => {