diff --git a/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/OverlapReportState.cs b/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/OverlapReportState.cs
index 9a32e93e..ee2f32ba 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/OverlapReportState.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Core/Diagnostics/OverlapReportState.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ public sealed class OverlapReportState
     public bool IsAllClear => Status == OverlapCheckStatus.Current && Report.Pairs.Count == 0
         && Report.ClampFindings.Count == 0 && Report.CutOffClampFindings.Count == 0
         && Report.SpacingPairs.Count == 0;
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The last published result's message, kept through layout edits and rechecks so the canvas
+    /// stays quiet until the next result; never a claim about the current layout. Null when none.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string SettledMessage { get; private set; }
+    /// <summary>Whether that last published result was all clear.</summary>
+    public bool SettledClear { get; private set; }
 
     public string Message => Status switch
     {
@@ -91,6 +98,8 @@ public sealed class OverlapReportState
         observedDisplayStamp = stamp;
         uncheckedPartCount = CountUncheckedParts(report.Issues.Concat(report.SpacingIssues));
         Status = report.IsComplete ? OverlapCheckStatus.Current : OverlapCheckStatus.Incomplete;
+        SettledMessage = Message;
+        SettledClear = IsAllClear;
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -175,7 +184,11 @@ public sealed class OverlapReportState
     private void Clear(OverlapCheckStatus status, bool preserveDisplay = false)
     {
         if (!preserveDisplay)
+        {
             ClearDisplayPairs();
+            SettledMessage = null;
+            SettledClear = false;
+        }
         Generation++;
         Report = null;
         uncheckedPartCount = 0;
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/OverlapSpacingLabelTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/OverlapSpacingLabelTests.cs
index 592241ca..4b494d4b 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/OverlapSpacingLabelTests.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Tests/Diagnostics/OverlapSpacingLabelTests.cs
@@ -200,6 +200,29 @@ public class OverlapSpacingLabelTests
         Assert.False(state.IsAllClear);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void SettledResult_SurvivesEditsAndRechecksButNotFailureOrCancel()
+    {
+        var plate = PlateWith(Spacing, Square(0), Square(4.1));
+        var state = new OverlapReportState();
+        Assert.Null(state.SettledMessage);
+        Assert.True(state.TryPublish(state.Begin(plate), plate, Analyze(plate)));
+        const string message = "No material overlaps; part spacing: 1 pairs too close";
+
+        plate.Parts[1].Offset(1, 0);
+        state.EnsureFresh(plate);
+        Assert.Equal((message, false), (state.SettledMessage, state.SettledClear));
+        var request = state.Begin(plate);
+        Assert.Equal(message, state.SettledMessage);
+
+        Assert.True(state.TryPublish(request, plate, Analyze(plate)));
+        Assert.True(state.SettledClear);
+
+        Assert.True(state.TryFail(state.Begin(plate), plate));
+        Assert.Null(state.SettledMessage);
+        Assert.False(state.SettledClear);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Presentation_ShowsPositionsNamesAndGap()
     {
diff --git a/OpenNest.WinForms.Tests/PlateOverlapOverlayTests.cs b/OpenNest.WinForms.Tests/PlateOverlapOverlayTests.cs
index 15d5d813..aa42adbd 100644
--- a/OpenNest.WinForms.Tests/PlateOverlapOverlayTests.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.WinForms.Tests/PlateOverlapOverlayTests.cs
@@ -358,6 +358,62 @@ public class PlateOverlapOverlayTests
         Assert.False(CheckIsDrawn(run));
     });
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void ClearPlateKeepsAGrayCheckWhileRechecking() => RunSta(() =>
+    {
+        using var run = new OverlayRun();
+        run.View.Plate.Parts.RemoveAt(1);
+        run.EnableAutoCheck();
+        var overlay = run.View.OverlapOverlay;
+        var task = run.AutoTick();
+        run.Next().Complete();
+        run.Pump(task);
+        Assert.True(overlay.ShowsAllClear);
+
+        run.View.Plate.Parts[0].Offset(1, 0);
+        run.Paint();
+        Assert.True(overlay.IsAutoCheckScheduled);
+        Assert.True(overlay.ShowsPendingCheck);
+        Assert.False(overlay.ShowsAllClear);
+        Assert.False(CheckIsDrawn(run)); // Gray, not green: this layout is unconfirmed.
+
+        task = run.AutoTick();
+        var work = run.Next();
+        Assert.True(overlay.ShowsPendingCheck);
+        work.Complete();
+        run.Pump(task);
+        Assert.False(overlay.ShowsPendingCheck);
+        Assert.True(overlay.ShowsAllClear);
+    });
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FindingsStayInTheLabelWhileRechecking() => RunSta(() =>
+    {
+        using var run = new OverlayRun();
+        run.EnableAutoCheck();
+        var task = run.AutoTick();
+        run.Next().Complete();
+        run.Pump(task);
+
+        run.View.Plate.Parts[1].Offset(0.5, 0);
+        run.Paint();
+        Assert.False(run.View.OverlapOverlay.ShowsPendingCheck);
+        Assert.False(run.View.OverlapOverlay.ShowsAllClear);
+    });
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void StaleWithoutAutoCheckStillAsksForACheck() => RunSta(() =>
+    {
+        using var run = new OverlayRun();
+        run.View.Plate.Parts.RemoveAt(1);
+        run.Finish();
+        run.View.Plate.Parts[0].Offset(1, 0);
+        run.Paint();
+        Assert.Equal(OverlapCheckStatus.Stale, run.View.OverlapStatus);
+        Assert.False(run.View.OverlapOverlay.ShowsPendingCheck);
+        Assert.False(run.View.OverlapOverlay.ShowsAllClear);
+    });
+
     private static bool CheckIsDrawn(OverlayRun run)
     {
         using var image = new Bitmap(64, 64);
diff --git a/OpenNest/Controls/OverlapOverlayController.cs b/OpenNest/Controls/OverlapOverlayController.cs
index c2fbaa52..c532f538 100644
--- a/OpenNest/Controls/OverlapOverlayController.cs
+++ b/OpenNest/Controls/OverlapOverlayController.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ internal sealed class OverlapOverlayController : IDisposable
         : state.Message;
 
     /// <summary>The canvas shows a green check instead of the label: a pending recheck is not clear.</summary>
-    internal bool ShowsAllClear => state.IsAllClear && !autoCheck.IsWaiting;
+    internal bool ShowsAllClear => state.IsAllClear && !IsSettling;
+
+    /// <summary>A gray check while a recheck settles: unconfirmed, and steady in the corner.</summary>
+    internal bool ShowsPendingCheck => IsSettling && (state.SettledMessage == null || state.SettledClear);
+
+    private bool IsSettling => autoCheck.IsWaiting || state.IsRunning;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Recheck automatically after layout edits settle. Units are read when each request
@@ -683,13 +688,13 @@ internal sealed class OverlapOverlayController : IDisposable
     }
 
     // Same corner as the label; Message keeps the words for the status bar.
-    private void DrawAllClear(Graphics graphics)
+    private void DrawCheck(Graphics graphics, Color color)
     {
         var scale = view.DeviceDpi / 96f;
         var box = 24 * scale;
         using var background = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(235, Color.White));
         graphics.FillRectangle(background, 6, 6, box, box);
-        using var pen = new Pen(Color.FromArgb(0, 140, 60), 3 * scale)
+        using var pen = new Pen(color, 3 * scale)
         {
             StartCap = LineCap.Round,
             EndCap = LineCap.Round,
@@ -712,16 +717,19 @@ internal sealed class OverlapOverlayController : IDisposable
         try
         {
             graphics.ResetTransform();
-            if (ShowsAllClear)
+            if (ShowsAllClear || ShowsPendingCheck)
             {
-                DrawAllClear(graphics);
+                DrawCheck(graphics, ShowsAllClear ? Color.FromArgb(0, 140, 60) : Color.FromArgb(150, 150, 150));
                 return;
             }
-            var text = Message + (state.DisplayMode == OverlapDisplayMode.Off ? " (display off)" : "");
+            // While settling, the last findings stay put, dimmed, instead of status text flickering.
+            var settling = IsSettling;
+            var text = (settling ? state.SettledMessage : Message)
+                + (state.DisplayMode == OverlapDisplayMode.Off ? " (display off)" : "");
             var size = graphics.MeasureString(text, view.Font);
             using var background = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(235, Color.White));
             graphics.FillRectangle(background, 6, 6, size.Width + 8, size.Height + 6);
-            graphics.DrawString(text, view.Font, Brushes.DarkRed, 10, 9);
+            graphics.DrawString(text, view.Font, settling ? Brushes.Gray : Brushes.DarkRed, 10, 9);
         }
         finally
         {
diff --git a/docs/geometry/visual-overlap-check.md b/docs/geometry/visual-overlap-check.md
index a3b9da7b..47d59614 100644
--- a/docs/geometry/visual-overlap-check.md
+++ b/docs/geometry/visual-overlap-check.md
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ zero. Selection and dragging remain ordinary plate operations, not overlay
 interactions.
 
 A current, fully checked report with no finding of any kind draws a green check in
-the corner instead of words; the status bar still uses the wording below. Every
+the corner instead of words; the status bar still uses the wording below. While a
+recheck is pending or running the corner stays quiet: a gray check after a clear
+result or when there is no result yet, or the last findings dimmed in gray, neither
+of which says anything about the edited layout. Every
 other state keeps a persistent label, which distinguishes unchecked, checking,
 current with findings, incomplete, stale,
 canceled, and failed checks. Only a completed, current, fully checked report can