@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     copied = false,
     ondone,
     onshare,
+    linkOnly = false,
+    shareFirst = false,
     oncopy,
   }: {
     theme?: Theme;
@@ -20,6 +22,10 @@
     copied?: boolean;
     ondone?: () => void;
     onshare?: () => void;
+    /** No share sheet in this browser: Share copies the link. */
+    linkOnly?: boolean;
+    /** Share is the main button (not linked to Telegram). */
+    shareFirst?: boolean;
     oncopy?: () => void;
   } = $props();
 </script>
@@ -38,9 +44,11 @@
     {#if copied}<p class="t-small" role="status">{t("sent.copied")}</p>{/if}
   </div>
   {#snippet actions()}
-    <Button onclick={ondone}>{t("sent.pocket")}</Button>
+    {@const share = t(linkOnly ? "share.copyLink" : "sent.shareAgain")}
+    <!-- shareFirst: the Flare exists and the link is ready, so this tap opens the sheet at once. -->
+    {#if shareFirst}<Button icon="share" onclick={onshare}>{share}</Button>{:else}<Button onclick={ondone}>{t("sent.pocket")}</Button>{/if}
     <div class="row">
-      <Button variant="text" icon="share" onclick={onshare}>{t("sent.shareAgain")}</Button>
+      {#if shareFirst}<Button variant="text" onclick={ondone}>{t("sent.pocket")}</Button>{:else}<Button variant="text" icon="share" onclick={onshare}>{share}</Button>{/if}
       <Button variant="text" onclick={oncopy}>{t("sent.copyText")}</Button>
     </div>
   {/snippet}
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     ontextyes,
     oncancel,
     onshare,
+    linkOnly = false,
     onclose,
   }: {
     /** The Flare photo behind the screen (2026 direction); the warm light when there is none. */
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@
     ontextyes?: (code: string) => void;
     oncancel?: () => void;
     onshare?: () => void;
+    /** No share sheet in this browser: Share copies the link. */
+    linkOnly?: boolean;
     onclose?: () => void;
   } = $props();
   // svelte-ignore state_referenced_locally
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@
   {#if error}<p class="err" role="alert">{error}</p>{/if}
   {#snippet actions()}
     <div class="row">
-      <Button variant="secondary" icon="share" onclick={onshare}>{t("sent.shareAgain")}</Button>
+      <Button variant="secondary" icon="share" onclick={onshare}>{t(linkOnly ? "share.copyLink" : "sent.shareAgain")}</Button>
       <Button variant="secondary" onclick={() => (sheet = "text-yes")}>{t("host.textYes.open")}</Button>
     </div>
     <Button variant="text" onclick={() => (sheet = "cancel")}>{t("host.kindling.cancel")}</Button>
 
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     busy = false,
     onplusone,
     ontell,
+    linkOnly = false,
     ondone,
     onclose,
   }: {
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
     onplusone?: (who: { id: string } | "someone_else") => void;
     /** Automations: tell the group chat it's on (share sheet, or copy). */
     ontell?: () => void;
+    /** No share sheet in this browser: Tell the chat copies the link. */
+    linkOnly?: boolean;
     ondone?: () => void;
     onclose?: () => void;
   } = $props();
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@
   {#if error}<p class="err" role="alert">{error}</p>{/if}
   {#snippet actions()}
     <Button onclick={() => (sheet = "done")}>{t("host.lit.done")}</Button>
-    {#if ontell}<Button variant="text" icon="share" onclick={ontell}>{t("host.lit.tell")}</Button>{/if}
+    {#if ontell}<Button variant="text" icon="share" onclick={ontell}>{t(linkOnly ? "share.copyLink" : "host.lit.tell")}</Button>{/if}
   {/snippet}
   {#snippet overlay()}
     {#if sheet === "plusone"}
 
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@
 
   async function send() {
     if (!flow.spot?.name && typedSpot.trim()) flow.typeSpot(typedSpot);
-    const ok = await flow.send(kind);
-    // The share sheet opens on its own (H4), unless the crew is linked to Telegram: then the server
-    // already posted the card to the group, one tap fewer (automations, ADR-0030).
-    if (ok && !flow.postedToTelegram) void flow.share();
+    await flow.send(kind);
+    // No share sheet here: Send awaits the seal and the POST, and iOS drops the tap by then, so the
+    // sheet would fail with nothing on screen. H4's Share is the next tap, with the link ready.
+    // Linked to Telegram, the server already posted the card to the group (automations, ADR-0030).
   }
 
   // Plans: datetime-local values in this phone's zone.
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@
 {:else if flow.screen === "send"}
   <H3Send view={flow.sending ? "sending" : flow.error ? "error" : "ready"} photo={flow.photo} scene={flow.alt} words={flow.words} spot={flow.spot?.name ?? ""} bind:quorum={flow.quorum} bind:hostLine={flow.hostLine} bind:hostName={flow.hostName} askName={flow.askName} askSpot={!flow.spot?.name} bind:typedSpot access={flow.access} nature={flow.nature} error={flow.error} onsend={send} onclose={exit} />
 {:else if flow.screen === "sent"}
-  <H4Sent kind={flow.view?.kind ?? kind} deadline={flow.deadlineAt ? clock(flow.deadlineAt, flow.tz) : ""} copied={flow.copied} ondone={() => flow.pocket()} onshare={() => flow.share()} oncopy={() => flow.copyText()} />
+  <H4Sent kind={flow.view?.kind ?? kind} deadline={flow.deadlineAt ? clock(flow.deadlineAt, flow.tz) : ""} copied={flow.copied} linkOnly={flow.linkOnly} shareFirst={!flow.postedToTelegram} ondone={() => flow.pocket()} onshare={() => flow.share()} oncopy={() => flow.copyText()} />
 {:else if flow.screen === "kindling"}
-  <H5HostKindling photo={flow.photo} scene={flow.alt} have={flow.have} quorum={flow.view?.quorum ?? 2} sentMin={flow.sentMin} shrinkMin={flow.shrinkMin} hostLine={flow.hostLine} code={flow.view?.short_code ?? ""} textYesUsed={flow.textYesUsed} error={flow.error} busy={flow.busy} ontextyes={(c) => flow.textYes(c)} oncancel={() => flow.cancel()} onshare={() => flow.share()} onclose={exit} />
+  <H5HostKindling photo={flow.photo} scene={flow.alt} have={flow.have} quorum={flow.view?.quorum ?? 2} sentMin={flow.sentMin} shrinkMin={flow.shrinkMin} hostLine={flow.hostLine} code={flow.view?.short_code ?? ""} textYesUsed={flow.textYesUsed} error={flow.error} busy={flow.busy} ontextyes={(c) => flow.textYes(c)} oncancel={() => flow.cancel()} onshare={() => flow.share()} linkOnly={flow.linkOnly} onclose={exit} />
 {:else if flow.screen === "lit"}
-  <H6HostLit ontell={() => void flow.shareLit()} coming={Math.max(0, flow.have - 1)} spot={flow.spot?.name ?? ""} here={flow.view?.headcount ?? 0} members={flow.members} marked={flow.marked} error={flow.error} busy={flow.busy} onplusone={(w) => flow.plusOne(w)} ondone={() => flow.done()} onclose={exit} />
+  <H6HostLit ontell={() => void flow.shareLit()} linkOnly={flow.linkOnly} coming={Math.max(0, flow.have - 1)} spot={flow.spot?.name ?? ""} here={flow.view?.headcount ?? 0} members={flow.members} marked={flow.marked} error={flow.error} busy={flow.busy} onplusone={(w) => flow.plusOne(w)} ondone={() => flow.done()} onclose={exit} />
 {:else if flow.screen === "outside"}
   <I12Outside view="end" sunset={flow.nature} minutes={flow.outsideMin} photo={flow.photo} onclose={exit} />
 {:else if flow.screen === "gone"}
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
 {#if flow.screen === "sent" && flow.postedToTelegram}
   <p class="posted" role="status">{t("sent.telegram")}</p>
 {/if}
+<p class="toast" role="status">{flow.note}</p>
 
 <!-- Remember this (ADR-0031): the host turns it on; the recording sign shows here too. -->
 {#if (flow.screen === "kindling" || flow.screen === "lit") && flow.rememberCtx()}
@@ -263,4 +264,7 @@
   .row { width: 100%; min-height: 56px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 8px 6px; border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--text); text-decoration: none; font: inherit; text-align: left; border-radius: var(--r-md); }
   .txt { flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
   .foot { margin: 0; }
+  .toast { position: fixed; top: calc(env(safe-area-inset-top, 0) + 72px); left: 16px; right: 16px; z-index: 30; margin: 0 auto; width: fit-content; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+    padding: 10px 18px; border-radius: 20px; background: var(--c-gold-400); color: #111; font-weight: 700; }
+  .toast:empty { display: none; }
 </style>
@@ -491,8 +491,13 @@ export class HostFlow {
 
   // ---------- H4: share ----------
 
-  /** The share sheet with the link (SRS-CRE-8). Call from a tap. */
-  async share(): Promise<void> {
+  /** No share sheet here, or it failed: the share buttons say Copy link. */
+  linkOnly = $state<boolean>(typeof navigator !== "undefined" && !navigator.share);
+  note = $state("");
+
+  /** The share sheet with the link (SRS-CRE-8). Call from a tap: navigator.share runs before any
+   * await, or iOS drops the tap and nothing opens. */
+  share(): Promise<void> {
     const host = this.hostName || storedName();
     const v = this.view;
     const kind = v?.kind ?? "flare";
@@ -501,24 +506,33 @@ export class HostFlow {
       kind === "plan"
         ? t("share.plan.text", { ask: this.ask, deadline: this.deadlineAt ? clock(this.deadlineAt, this.#d.tz) : "" })
         : t("share.flare.text", { invite: this.words, n: v?.need ?? Number(this.quorum) - 1 });
-    try {
-      if (navigator.share) await navigator.share({ title, text, url: this.link });
-      else await this.copyText();
-    } catch {
-      // The host closed the share sheet: nothing to do.
-    }
+    return this.#sheet({ title, text, url: this.link });
   }
 
   /** Automations, "Tell the chat": once it's lit, one tap tells the group chat it's on and where.
    * The same link as the invite; the count only, never who. */
-  async shareLit(): Promise<void> {
-    const spot = this.spot?.name ?? "";
-    const text = t("share.lit.text", { spot });
+  shareLit(): Promise<void> {
+    const text = t("share.lit.text", { spot: this.spot?.name ?? "" });
+    return this.#sheet({ title: t("share.lit.title"), text, url: this.link });
+  }
+
+  async #sheet(data: ShareData): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.linkOnly)
+      try {
+        return await navigator.share(data); // the first await in the tap
+      } catch (e) {
+        // AbortError: the host closed the sheet. Otherwise the next tap copies, in its own activation.
+        if ((e as Error).name === "AbortError") return;
+        this.linkOnly = true;
+        this.note = t("share.failed");
+        return;
+      }
     try {
-      if (navigator.share) await navigator.share({ title: t("share.lit.title"), text, url: this.link });
-      else await navigator.clipboard?.writeText(`${text} ${this.link}`);
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(`${data.text} ${data.url}`);
+      this.note = t("share.linkCopied");
+      setTimeout(() => (this.note = ""), 2500);
     } catch {
-      // The host closed the share sheet.
+      this.note = t("share.copyFailed", { url: data.url ?? "" }); // stays, so the link can be copied by hand
     }
   }