Index: src/assets/css/guardian.css
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--- src/assets/css/guardian.css	(revision e27b8db4e316874f7498fbe36e20270bc39b1d7f)
+++ src/assets/css/guardian.css	(revision 7a93fcf58c1b98f0813247a86370ba0278bd9f98)
@@ -156,4 +156,9 @@
 .g-avlabel { color: var(--sub); font-size: .8rem; white-space: nowrap; }
 .row.g-guard { gap: 8px; margin-top: 6px; }
+/* The status of a proposal this guardian sent (5.6): one quiet line per
+   feature. The colour says the state before the words do. */
+.g-prop { margin: 6px 0 0; color: var(--sub); }
+.g-prop-accepted { color: var(--ok); }
+.g-prop-rejected, .g-prop-expired { color: var(--danger); }
 .g-away-row { display: flex; gap: 8px; }
 .g-card.lapse { border-left: 3px solid #8a93a3; }
Index: src/assets/js/guardian.js
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--- src/assets/js/guardian.js	(revision e27b8db4e316874f7498fbe36e20270bc39b1d7f)
+++ src/assets/js/guardian.js	(revision 7a93fcf58c1b98f0813247a86370ba0278bd9f98)
@@ -361,10 +361,25 @@
     setRow.appendChild(gateButton(w, 'shaer:externalEmbeds', w.embeds, T.embeds_propose, T.embeds_on, T.embeds_off));
     // The heavier sibling (5.6): seeing that a video exists is one decision,
-    // letting a third party's player run inside the app is another. Only
-    // offered once previews are on: you cannot play what you may not see.
-    if (w.embeds === true) {
+    // letting a third party's player run inside the app is another. Hidden
+    // only when previews are known-OFF: for a ward on another server the
+    // value is unknown, and unknown is not off. Hiding it there meant a
+    // guardian elsewhere could never even propose playback, which is how a
+    // whole proposal round went into the wrong gate. The ward's server
+    // enforces play-needs-previews at serve time regardless.
+    if (w.embeds !== false) {
       setRow.appendChild(gateButton(w, 'shaer:externalPlayback', w.playback, T.play_propose, T.play_on, T.play_off));
     }
     set.appendChild(setRow);
+    // What this guardian proposed and how it stands (5.6). This used to be a
+    // button caption that vanished on refresh, so a running decision was
+    // invisible: you could not tell "waiting", "done" and "expired" apart.
+    (w.proposals || []).forEach(function (p) {
+      var what = p.feature === 'shaer:externalPlayback' ? (T.prop_play || 'playback') : (T.prop_embeds || 'link previews');
+      var line = (T.prop_line || 'Proposal {what} {value}: {status}')
+        .replace('{what}', what)
+        .replace('{value}', p.value ? (T.prop_on || 'on') : (T.prop_off || 'off'))
+        .replace('{status}', T['prop_st_' + p.status] || p.status);
+      set.appendChild(el('p', 'small g-prop g-prop-' + p.status, line));
+    });
     panel.appendChild(set);
 
@@ -377,5 +392,25 @@
       w.guardians.forEach(function (g) { gsec.appendChild(availRow(g, uri)); });
     } else {
-      gsec.appendChild(el('p', 'g-empty small', T.panel_guards_remote || ''));
+      // A ward on another server: WHO guards it is public on its actor
+      // (shaer:guardians, 2.1), so list the seats; availability is the ward
+      // server's private ledger (3.6.1) and is not shown, only named.
+      var placeholder = el('p', 'g-empty small', '…');
+      gsec.appendChild(placeholder);
+      fetch('/guardian/wards/guardians?site=' + encodeURIComponent(S.site) + '&uri=' + encodeURIComponent(uri))
+        .then(function (r) { return r.json(); })
+        .then(function (j) {
+          if (!j || !j.guardians || !j.guardians.length) {
+            placeholder.textContent = T.panel_guards_remote || '';
+            return;
+          }
+          placeholder.remove();
+          j.guardians.forEach(function (g) {
+            var row = el('div', 'row g-guard');
+            row.appendChild(el('span', 'who grow', handleOf(g.uri, g.handle)));
+            gsec.appendChild(row);
+          });
+          gsec.appendChild(el('p', 'g-empty small', T.panel_guards_far || ''));
+        })
+        .catch(function () { placeholder.textContent = T.panel_guards_remote || ''; });
     }
     panel.appendChild(gsec);