ui/e2e/game.spec.ts

@@ -70,19 +70,21 @@ test('new game: variant buttons show a rules summary and the move-limit', async
   await expect(page.locator('.movelimit')).toBeVisible(); // turn-time under the buttons
 });
 
-test('new game: auto-match selects a variant, then a Russian pick reveals the off-by-default toggle', async ({ page }) => {
+test('new game: auto-match shows the off-by-default rule toggle from the start (no layout jump on selection)', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/');
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: /guest/i }).click();
   await page.getByRole('button', { name: /New/ }).click(); // auto-match
-  // Several variants are offered, so nothing is selected: Start is disabled and there is no toggle yet.
+  // Several variants are offered, so nothing is selected: Start is disabled. The rule toggle is shown
+  // from the start (a Russian variant is available), so selecting one does not shift the layout.
   const start = page.getByRole('button', { name: /Start game/i });
   await expect(start).toBeDisabled();
-  await expect(page.getByLabel('Multiple words per turn')).toHaveCount(0);
-  // Selecting the Russian Scrabble variant highlights it, enables Start, and reveals the rule toggle (off).
+  const toggle = page.getByLabel('Multiple words per turn');
+  await expect(toggle).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(toggle).not.toBeChecked();
+  // Selecting the Russian Scrabble variant highlights it and enables Start; the toggle stays put.
   await page.locator('.variant', { hasText: 'Скрэббл' }).click();
   await expect(page.locator('.variant.selected')).toHaveCount(1);
   await expect(start).toBeEnabled();
-  const toggle = page.getByLabel('Multiple words per turn');
   await expect(toggle).toBeVisible();
   await expect(toggle).not.toBeChecked();
 });

ui/src/game/Game.svelte

@@ -769,6 +769,14 @@
     return s.displayName;
   }
 
+  // turnLabel is the under-board status when it is not the viewer's turn: the opponent's name
+  // once they have joined, or a generic "opponent's turn" while the seat is still empty (waiting).
+  function turnLabel(): string {
+    const s = view?.game.seats[view?.game.toMove ?? -1];
+    if (s && s.accountId && s.accountId !== app.session?.userId) return s.displayName;
+    return t('game.opponentsTurn');
+  }
+
   // canAddFriend reports whether a seat shows the 🤝: a non-guest viewing a seated opponent
   // (not the still-empty seat of an open game) who is not yet a friend (an already-requested
   // opponent still shows it, but disabled).
@@ -877,7 +885,7 @@
       {#if gameOver}
         <strong class="over">{t('game.over')} — {resultText()}</strong>
       {:else if placement.pending.length === 0}
-        <span class="turn-ind">{isMyTurn ? t('game.yourTurn') : seatName(view.game.seats[view.game.toMove])}</span>
+        <span class="turn-ind">{isMyTurn ? t('game.yourTurn') : turnLabel()}</span>
       {/if}
       <span class="scores">
         {#if preview}{preview.legal ? t('game.previewWords', { words: preview.words.join(', '), n: preview.score }) : t('game.previewIllegal')}{:else if !view.game.multipleWordsPerTurn}<span class="oneword" title={t('game.oneWordRule')}>1️⃣</span>{/if}

ui/src/lib/codec.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   decodeGameList,
   decodeInvitation,
   decodeLinkResult,
+  decodeMatchResult,
   decodeOutgoingList,
   decodeSession,
   decodeStateView,
@@ -278,6 +279,35 @@ describe('codec', () => {
       state: undefined,
     });
   });
+
+  it('decodes the match game even when matched is false (an open game awaiting an opponent)', () => {
+    const b = new Builder(256);
+    const id = b.createString('g-open');
+    const variant = b.createString('scrabble_en');
+    const dv = b.createString('v1');
+    const status = b.createString('open');
+    const er = b.createString('');
+    fb.GameView.startGameView(b);
+    fb.GameView.addId(b, id);
+    fb.GameView.addVariant(b, variant);
+    fb.GameView.addDictVersion(b, dv);
+    fb.GameView.addStatus(b, status);
+    fb.GameView.addPlayers(b, 2);
+    fb.GameView.addToMove(b, 0);
+    fb.GameView.addTurnTimeoutSecs(b, 86400);
+    fb.GameView.addMoveCount(b, 0);
+    fb.GameView.addEndReason(b, er);
+    fb.GameView.addLastActivityUnix(b, BigInt(0));
+    const game = fb.GameView.endGameView(b);
+    fb.MatchResult.startMatchResult(b);
+    fb.MatchResult.addMatched(b, false);
+    fb.MatchResult.addGame(b, game);
+    b.finish(fb.MatchResult.endMatchResult(b));
+    const r = decodeMatchResult(b.asUint8Array());
+    expect(r.matched).toBe(false);
+    expect(r.game?.id).toBe('g-open');
+    expect(r.game?.status).toBe('open');
+  });
 });
 
 // The live play loop exchanges alphabet indices, mapped through the per-variant

ui/src/lib/codec.ts

@@ -407,7 +407,9 @@ export function decodeGameList(buf: Uint8Array): GameList {
 export function decodeMatchResult(buf: Uint8Array): MatchResult {
   const m = fb.MatchResult.getRootAsMatchResult(new ByteBuffer(buf));
   const g = m.game();
-  return { matched: m.matched(), game: m.matched() && g ? decodeGameView(g) : undefined };
+  // Enqueue always lands the caller in a game — an open game awaiting an opponent has
+  // matched=false but still carries it — so decode the game whenever it is present.
+  return { matched: m.matched(), game: g ? decodeGameView(g) : undefined };
 }
 
 export function decodeChatMessage(buf: Uint8Array): ChatMessage {

ui/src/lib/i18n/en.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export const en = {
   'game.bagEmpty': 'Bag is empty',
   'game.hints': 'Hints {n}',
   'game.yourTurn': 'Your turn',
+  'game.opponentsTurn': "Opponent's turn",
   'game.searchingForOpponent': 'Searching for opponent…',
   'game.waiting': "Waiting for {name}",
   'game.makeMove': 'Make move',

ui/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export const ru: Record<MessageKey, string> = {
   'game.bagEmpty': 'Мешок пуст',
   'game.hints': 'Подсказки {n}',
   'game.yourTurn': 'Ваш ход',
+  'game.opponentsTurn': 'Ход соперника',
   'game.searchingForOpponent': 'Поиск соперника...',
   'game.waiting': 'Ожидаем {name}',
   'game.makeMove': 'Сделать ход',

ui/src/lib/lobbysort.test.ts

@@ -66,4 +66,18 @@ describe('groupGames', () => {
     expect(isMyTurn(game('x', 'active', 0, 0), ME)).toBe(true);
     expect(isMyTurn(game('x', 'active', 1, 0), ME)).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it('treats an open game (awaiting an opponent) as in progress, not finished', () => {
+    const g = groupGames(
+      [
+        game('open_mine', 'open', 0, 100), // my turn while waiting
+        game('open_wait', 'open', 1, 100), // the empty seat's turn
+      ],
+      ME,
+    );
+    expect(g.yourTurn.map((x) => x.id)).toEqual(['open_mine']);
+    expect(g.theirTurn.map((x) => x.id)).toEqual(['open_wait']);
+    expect(g.finished).toEqual([]);
+    expect(isMyTurn(game('x', 'open', 0, 0), ME)).toBe(true);
+  });
 });

ui/src/lib/lobbysort.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import type { GameView } from './model';
 /** isMyTurn reports whether an active game's seat-to-move belongs to the caller. */
 export function isMyTurn(game: GameView, myId: string): boolean {
   const me = game.seats.find((s) => s.accountId === myId);
-  return game.status === 'active' && !!me && game.toMove === me.seat;
+  // 'open' (an auto-match game still awaiting an opponent) is in progress like 'active'.
+  return (game.status === 'active' || game.status === 'open') && !!me && game.toMove === me.seat;
 }
 
 /** LobbyGroups holds the three ordered lobby sections. */
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export function groupGames(games: GameView[], myId: string): LobbyGroups {
   const theirTurn: GameView[] = [];
   const finished: GameView[] = [];
   for (const g of games) {
-    if (g.status !== 'active') finished.push(g);
+    if (g.status !== 'active' && g.status !== 'open') finished.push(g);
     else if (isMyTurn(g, myId)) yourTurn.push(g);
     else theirTurn.push(g);
   }

ui/src/lib/result.test.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ describe('resultBadge', () => {
     expect(resultBadge({ ...g, toMove: 1 }, 'me').key).toBe('result.oppMove');
   });
 
+  it('open (awaiting an opponent) reads as in-progress, not a finished result', () => {
+    const g = game([seat(0, 'me', 0), seat(1, '', 0)], 'open', 0);
+    expect(resultBadge(g, 'me')).toEqual({ key: 'result.yourMove', emoji: '🟢' });
+    expect(resultBadge({ ...g, toMove: 1 }, 'me').key).toBe('result.oppMove');
+  });
+
   it('finished two-player: victory / defeat / draw', () => {
     expect(resultBadge(game([seat(0, 'me', 300, true), seat(1, 'a', 200)]), 'me')).toEqual({
       key: 'result.victory',

ui/src/lib/result.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export interface ResultBadge {
 export function resultBadge(game: GameView, myId: string): ResultBadge {
   const me = game.seats.find((s) => s.accountId === myId);
 
-  if (game.status === 'active') {
+  if (game.status === 'active' || game.status === 'open') {
     return game.toMove === me?.seat
       ? { key: 'result.yourMove', emoji: '🟢' }
       : { key: 'result.oppMove', emoji: '⏳' };

ui/src/screens/NewGame.svelte

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             </button>
           {/each}
         </div>
-        {#if selectedAuto && supportsMultipleWordsToggle(selectedAuto)}
+        {#if variants.some((v) => supportsMultipleWordsToggle(v.id))}
           <label class="toggle">
             <span>{t('new.multipleWordsPerTurn')}</span>
             <input type="checkbox" bind:checked={multipleWords} />