diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/CloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback.fixture.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/CloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback.fixture.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f532e11a05f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/CloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback.fixture.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// EP-6-FLAKE: the three states of a cloud workspace open that does not finish quickly: still opening
+// (loading), taking longer than usual (warning, Try again), and gone (error, Show cloud workspaces).
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import { toast } from 'sonner'
+import { defineFixture } from '../../component-fixtures/component-fixture'
+import { Toaster } from '@/components/ui/sonner'
+import {
+  beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback,
+  endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback,
+  resetCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedbackForTests,
+  type OpenFeedbackFailure
+} from './cloud-workspace-open-feedback'
+
+const noActions = { retry: () => undefined, showWorkspaces: () => undefined }
+
+function OpenToast({ failure }: { failure: OpenFeedbackFailure | null }): React.JSX.Element {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // After the Toaster has mounted: a toast raised before it subscribes is not shown.
+    const timer = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('fixture', 'web')
+      if (failure) {
+        endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('fixture', { ok: false, failure }, noActions)
+      }
+    }, 100)
+    return () => {
+      window.clearTimeout(timer)
+      resetCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedbackForTests()
+      toast.dismiss()
+    }
+  }, [failure])
+  return (
+    <>
+      <div className="h-[900px]" />
+      <Toaster toastOptions={{ className: 'font-sans text-sm' }} />
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+async function toastShown(): Promise<void> {
+  const deadline = performance.now() + 6000
+  while (document.querySelector('[data-sonner-toast][data-mounted="true"]') === null) {
+    if (performance.now() > deadline) {
+      throw new Error('Timed out waiting for the open toast')
+    }
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+  }
+  // Let the toast finish its entrance before the shot.
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+}
+
+/** Still opening after the delay (loading). */
+export const opening = defineFixture({
+  width: 1280,
+  render: () => <OpenToast failure={null} />,
+  interact: toastShown
+})
+
+/** The open timed out while the workspace is still starting (warning, Try again). */
+export const takingLonger = defineFixture({
+  width: 1280,
+  render: () => <OpenToast failure="timeout" />,
+  interact: toastShown
+})
+
+/** The workspace is gone (error, Show cloud workspaces). */
+export const gone = defineFixture({
+  width: 1280,
+  render: () => <OpenToast failure="gone" />,
+  interact: toastShown
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-links.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-links.ts
index ce383f6ba66..529fdf24323 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-links.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-links.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ export async function handleCloudWorkspaceLink(link: string): Promise<void> {
   rememberCloudWorkspaces([workspace])
   const outcome = await openCloudWorkspace(workspace)
   if (!outcome.ok) {
-    toast.error(outcome.message)
+    if (!outcome.notified) {
+      toast.error(outcome.message)
+    }
   } else if (resolved.value.chatId) {
     await focusCloudChat(outcome.worktreeId, resolved.value.chatId)
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-open-feedback.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-open-feedback.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9d0046c1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-open-feedback.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// EP-6-FLAKE: a slow open says so after a few seconds; a timeout says it is still starting (Try
+// again); a workspace the server no longer has fails at once (Couldn't find it).
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+const toast = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  loading: vi.fn(),
+  warning: vi.fn(),
+  error: vi.fn(),
+  dismiss: vi.fn()
+}))
+vi.mock('sonner', () => ({ toast }))
+
+import {
+  OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS,
+  beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback,
+  endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback,
+  resetCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedbackForTests,
+  showCloudWorkspaceOpenInPicker
+} from './cloud-workspace-open-feedback'
+import { openFailureKind } from './open-cloud-workspace'
+
+const actions = { retry: vi.fn(), showWorkspaces: vi.fn() }
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.useFakeTimers()
+  for (const fn of Object.values(toast)) {
+    fn.mockReset()
+  }
+})
+afterEach(() => {
+  resetCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedbackForTests()
+  vi.useRealTimers()
+})
+
+describe('cloud workspace open feedback', () => {
+  it('a quick open shows nothing', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS - 1)
+    expect(endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', { ok: true }, actions)).toBe(false)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS)
+    expect(toast.loading).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(toast.dismiss).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('a slow open says so after the delay, and the toast closes when it opens', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS)
+    expect(toast.loading).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Opening web…', expect.anything())
+    endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', { ok: true }, actions)
+    expect(toast.dismiss).toHaveBeenCalledWith('cloud-workspace-open:ws')
+  })
+
+  it('a timeout is a warning with Try again, and the caller shows nothing more', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS)
+    expect(endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', { ok: false, failure: 'timeout' }, actions)).toBe(
+      true
+    )
+    const [title, options] = toast.warning.mock.calls[0]!
+    expect(title).toBe('web is taking longer than usual')
+    expect(options.action.label).toBe('Try again')
+    options.action.onClick()
+    expect(actions.retry).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('a workspace that is gone fails at once with Show cloud workspaces', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    expect(endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', { ok: false, failure: 'gone' }, actions)).toBe(true)
+    const [title, options] = toast.error.mock.calls[0]!
+    expect(title).toBe('Couldn’t find web')
+    expect(options.action.label).toBe('Show cloud workspaces')
+  })
+
+  it('any other failure leaves the message to the caller', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    expect(endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', { ok: false }, actions)).toBe(false)
+    expect(toast.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('waits while the picker shows the open, and shows at once when the picker closes', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    const release = showCloudWorkspaceOpenInPicker('ws')
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS * 2)
+    expect(toast.loading).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    release()
+    expect(toast.loading).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('the picker closing before the delay shows it at once too, without restarting the wait', () => {
+    beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback('ws', 'web')
+    const release = showCloudWorkspaceOpenInPicker('ws')
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(1_000)
+    release()
+    expect(toast.loading).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS)
+    expect(toast.loading).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('classifies a grant or wake refusal: timeout is still starting, not_found is gone', () => {
+    expect(openFailureKind('timeout')).toBe('timeout')
+    expect(openFailureKind('not_found')).toBe('gone')
+    expect(openFailureKind('entitlement_denied')).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(openFailureKind(undefined)).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-open-feedback.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-open-feedback.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca82aecd6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/cloud-workspace-open-feedback.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+// EP-6-FLAKE: opening a cloud workspace can wait a long while (a wake, a just-created VM, a grant
+// that times out) with nothing on screen, then drop the person on Home. While an open runs, a
+// loading toast says so after a few seconds; a timeout says it is still starting (Try again); a
+// workspace the server no longer has fails at once (Couldn't find it). The picker shows its own
+// spinner on the row, so the toast waits while that row is on screen and shows at once if the
+// picker closes mid-open.
+import { toast } from 'sonner'
+import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
+
+export const OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS = 3_000
+
+export type OpenFeedbackFailure = 'timeout' | 'gone'
+
+type Flight = {
+  name: string
+  timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null
+  shown: boolean
+}
+
+const flights = new Map<string, Flight>()
+// Workspaces whose open the picker is showing (its row spinner), counted per mount.
+const pickerShown = new Map<string, number>()
+
+function toastId(workspaceId: string): string {
+  return `cloud-workspace-open:${workspaceId}`
+}
+
+function showLoading(workspaceId: string, flight: Flight): void {
+  if (flight.shown) {
+    return
+  }
+  flight.shown = true
+  toast.loading(
+    translate('cloudWorkspaceOpen.opening', 'Opening {{name}}…', { name: flight.name }),
+    {
+      id: toastId(workspaceId),
+      duration: Infinity,
+      description: translate(
+        'cloudWorkspaceOpen.openingDescription',
+        'Workspaces that were asleep or just created can take a minute or two.'
+      )
+    }
+  )
+}
+
+/** An open began: after the delay, a loading toast unless the picker row shows the open. */
+export function beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback(workspaceId: string, name: string): void {
+  endFlight(workspaceId)
+  const flight: Flight = { name, timer: null, shown: false }
+  flight.timer = setTimeout(() => {
+    flight.timer = null
+    if (!pickerShown.get(workspaceId)) {
+      showLoading(workspaceId, flight)
+    }
+  }, OPEN_FEEDBACK_DELAY_MS)
+  flights.set(workspaceId, flight)
+}
+
+function endFlight(workspaceId: string): Flight | undefined {
+  const flight = flights.get(workspaceId)
+  if (flight?.timer) {
+    clearTimeout(flight.timer)
+  }
+  flights.delete(workspaceId)
+  return flight
+}
+
+/**
+ * The open settled. A timeout or a missing workspace gets its own toast (true: the caller shows
+ * nothing more); anything else only clears the loading toast and leaves the message to the caller.
+ */
+export function endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback(
+  workspaceId: string,
+  outcome: { ok: true } | { ok: false; failure?: OpenFeedbackFailure },
+  actions: { retry: () => void; showWorkspaces: () => void }
+): boolean {
+  const flight = endFlight(workspaceId)
+  const name = flight?.name ?? ''
+  const id = toastId(workspaceId)
+  if (outcome.ok || !outcome.failure) {
+    if (flight?.shown) {
+      toast.dismiss(id)
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+  if (outcome.failure === 'timeout') {
+    // Still starting, not failed: the warning tone.
+    toast.warning(
+      translate('cloudWorkspaceOpen.slowTitle', '{{name}} is taking longer than usual', { name }),
+      {
+        id,
+        duration: Infinity,
+        description: translate(
+          'cloudWorkspaceOpen.slowDescription',
+          'It’s still starting. Try again in a moment.'
+        ),
+        action: {
+          label: translate('cloudWorkspaceOpen.tryAgain', 'Try again'),
+          onClick: actions.retry
+        }
+      }
+    )
+    return true
+  }
+  toast.error(translate('cloudWorkspaceOpen.goneTitle', 'Couldn’t find {{name}}', { name }), {
+    id,
+    description: translate('cloudWorkspaceOpen.goneDescription', 'It may have been deleted.'),
+    action: {
+      label: translate(
+        'auto.components.cloudWorkspaces.showCloudWorkspaces',
+        'Show cloud workspaces'
+      ),
+      onClick: actions.showWorkspaces
+    }
+  })
+  return true
+}
+
+/** Runs an open with its feedback; a failure a toast already explained comes back `notified`. */
+export async function withCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback<
+  T extends { ok: true } | { ok: false; failure?: OpenFeedbackFailure; notified?: true }
+>(
+  workspaceId: string,
+  name: string,
+  run: () => Promise<T>,
+  actions: { retry: () => void; showWorkspaces: () => void }
+): Promise<T> {
+  beginCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback(workspaceId, name)
+  let outcome: T
+  try {
+    outcome = await run()
+  } catch (error) {
+    endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback(workspaceId, { ok: false }, actions)
+    throw error
+  }
+  const notified = endCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback(workspaceId, outcome, actions)
+  return notified && !outcome.ok ? { ...outcome, notified: true } : outcome
+}
+
+/**
+ * The picker shows this workspace's open on its row while mounted. Returns the release: when the
+ * picker closes mid-open past the delay, the loading toast shows at once.
+ */
+export function showCloudWorkspaceOpenInPicker(workspaceId: string): () => void {
+  pickerShown.set(workspaceId, (pickerShown.get(workspaceId) ?? 0) + 1)
+  let released = false
+  return () => {
+    if (released) {
+      return
+    }
+    released = true
+    const left = (pickerShown.get(workspaceId) ?? 1) - 1
+    if (left > 0) {
+      pickerShown.set(workspaceId, left)
+      return
+    }
+    pickerShown.delete(workspaceId)
+    const flight = flights.get(workspaceId)
+    if (flight) {
+      // Closed mid-open: say so now, without restarting the delay.
+      if (flight.timer) {
+        clearTimeout(flight.timer)
+        flight.timer = null
+      }
+      showLoading(workspaceId, flight)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** Tests only. */
+export function resetCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedbackForTests(): void {
+  for (const flight of flights.values()) {
+    if (flight.timer) {
+      clearTimeout(flight.timer)
+    }
+  }
+  flights.clear()
+  pickerShown.clear()
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/open-cloud-workspace.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/open-cloud-workspace.ts
index 956c30f6e47..290a3728456 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/open-cloud-workspace.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/open-cloud-workspace.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,34 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../shared/execution-host'
 import { refreshCloudMessageSenders } from '@/lib/cloud-message-sender'
 import { describeError, isUnknownServerFailure } from './cloud-workspace-errors'
+import {
+  type OpenFeedbackFailure,
+  withCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback
+} from './cloud-workspace-open-feedback'
+import { openCloudWorkspacePicker } from './cloud-workspace-picker-store'
 
 /** On success, the worktree that was revealed (null when its projects are still syncing). */
 export type OpenOutcome =
   | { ok: true; worktreeId: string | null; hostId?: string }
-  /** `unknownServerError`: the wake failed on the server for no known reason (shared copy). */
-  | { ok: false; message: string; unknownServerError?: boolean }
+  /**
+   * `unknownServerError`: the wake failed on the server for no known reason (shared copy).
+   * `notified`: a toast already said what happened (EP-6-FLAKE); the caller shows nothing more.
+   */
+  | {
+      ok: false
+      message: string
+      unknownServerError?: boolean
+      failure?: OpenFeedbackFailure
+      notified?: true
+    }
+
+/** EP-6-FLAKE: a refusal that has its own toast: still starting (timeout) or gone (not found). */
+export function openFailureKind(error: string | undefined): OpenFeedbackFailure | undefined {
+  if (error === 'timeout') {
+    return 'timeout'
+  }
+  return error === 'not_found' ? 'gone' : undefined
+}
 
 // Rejections that mean this device's pairing is no longer accepted (revoked grant, rebuilt VM).
 const PAIRING_REJECTED_CODES = new Set(['unauthorized', 'device_revoked', 'forbidden'])
@@ -76,6 +98,8 @@ export type OpenCloudWorkspaceOptions = {
    * hides that server's rows until it hands off to them, so its pending row never doubles up.
    */
   onHost?: (hostId: string) => void
+  /** False: the caller shows the open's progress itself (a GitHub-only create's pending row). */
+  feedback?: false
 }
 
 async function connectAndReveal(
@@ -159,10 +183,12 @@ async function wakeIfAsleep(workspace: CloudWorkspace): Promise<OpenOutcome | nu
     self: workspace.access === 'owner',
     name: workspace.memberNames?.[workspace.ownerUserId] ?? null
   }
+  const failure = openFailureKind(woke.error)
   return {
     ok: false,
     message: describeError(woke.error, woke.reason, translate, owner),
-    unknownServerError: isUnknownServerFailure(woke.error, woke.status)
+    unknownServerError: isUnknownServerFailure(woke.error, woke.status),
+    ...(failure ? { failure } : {})
   }
 }
 
@@ -206,10 +232,12 @@ async function pairAndReveal(
       self: workspace.access === 'owner',
       name: workspace.memberNames?.[workspace.ownerUserId] ?? null
     }
+    const failure = openFailureKind(grant.error)
     return {
       ok: false,
       message: describeError(grant.error, grant.reason, translate, owner),
-      unknownServerError: isUnknownServerFailure(grant.error, grant.status)
+      unknownServerError: isUnknownServerFailure(grant.error, grant.status),
+      ...(failure ? { failure } : {})
     }
   }
   const added = await window.api.runtimeEnvironments.verifyAndAddFromPairingCode({
@@ -301,7 +329,15 @@ export function openCloudWorkspace(
   if (existing) {
     return existing
   }
-  const attempt = openOnce(workspace, options).finally(() => opening.delete(workspace.id))
+  const run = (): Promise<OpenOutcome> => openOnce(workspace, options)
+  const attempt = (
+    options.feedback === false
+      ? run()
+      : withCloudWorkspaceOpenFeedback(workspace.id, cloudWorkspaceTitle(workspace), run, {
+          retry: () => void openCloudWorkspace(workspace, options),
+          showWorkspaces: () => openCloudWorkspacePicker()
+        })
+  ).finally(() => opening.delete(workspace.id))
   opening.set(workspace.id, attempt)
   return attempt
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/use-cloud-workspace-row-actions.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/use-cloud-workspace-row-actions.tsx
index 7c4b3ead91d..9d08ab51220 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/use-cloud-workspace-row-actions.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cloud-workspaces/use-cloud-workspace-row-actions.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // What a cloud workspace row can do from "Open cloud workspace…": open (or read an Asleep one's
 // saved copy), copy its link, share or hand it over, sleep, archive and delete. Opening goes through
 // openCloudWorkspace, the same path as a workspace link and a teammate's profile.
-import React, { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
 import { useTranslate } from '@/i18n/use-translate'
 import { refreshCloudMessageSenders } from '@/lib/cloud-message-sender'
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { focusCloudChat } from './cloud-chat-focus'
 import * as archive from './cloud-workspace-home-archive'
 import { focusedKind, frontCloudChat } from './cloud-workspace-links'
 import { copyCloudWorkspaceLink, openCloudWorkspace } from './open-cloud-workspace'
+import { showCloudWorkspaceOpenInPicker } from './cloud-workspace-open-feedback'
 import type { RowActions } from './CloudWorkspaceRowMenu'
 import { CloudWorkspaceConfirmDialog, type PendingConfirm } from './CloudWorkspaceConfirmDialog'
 import { CloudReadSnapshotSheet } from './CloudReadSnapshotSheet'
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ export function useCloudWorkspaceRowActions({
   const [openingId, setOpeningId] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [confirm, setConfirm] = useState<PendingConfirm | null>(null)
   const { readingId, readingRef, setReadingId, readWake, setReadWake } = useCloudReadPanel()
+  // EP-6-FLAKE: the row's spinner shows this open; the open's toast waits while the picker is up and
+  // shows at once if it closes mid-open.
+  useEffect(() => (openingId ? showCloudWorkspaceOpenInPicker(openingId) : undefined), [openingId])
 
   /** Opens the workspace, then (going to a teammate's chat) the chat they have in front. */
   const open = useCallback(
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ export function useCloudWorkspaceRowActions({
           if (fromPanel && readingRef.current === w.id) {
             // The panel shows the failure in place (with the reason) instead of a toast.
             setReadWake({ ...outcome, phase: 'failed' })
-          } else {
+          } else if (!outcome.notified) {
             toast.error(outcome.message)
           }
           return
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/cloud-workspaces/TeamWorkspacesSettings.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/cloud-workspaces/TeamWorkspacesSettings.tsx
index 0b330812538..55bc20629d9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/cloud-workspaces/TeamWorkspacesSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/cloud-workspaces/TeamWorkspacesSettings.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export function TeamWorkspacesSettings({ orgId }: { orgId: string | null }): Rea
   )
   const open = (w: CloudWorkspace): void => {
     void openCloudWorkspace(w).then((outcome) => {
-      if (!outcome.ok) {
+      if (!outcome.ok && !outcome.notified) {
         toast.error(outcome.message)
       }
     })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/teammates/TeammateProfileDialog.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/teammates/TeammateProfileDialog.tsx
index ccd68a28629..648d2046d4f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/teammates/TeammateProfileDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/teammates/TeammateProfileDialog.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function ProfileBody({ userId }: { userId: string }): React.JSX.Element {
       onOpenWorkspace={(workspace) => {
         closeTeammateProfile()
         void openCloudWorkspace(workspace).then((outcome) => {
-          if (!outcome.ok) {
+          if (!outcome.ok && !outcome.notified) {
             toast.error(outcome.message)
           }
         })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index c2fd8a81981..f0fab10dc95 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -29807,5 +29807,14 @@
     "title": "You can’t open this cloud workspace anymore",
     "description": "Its owner or a team admin changed who can open it. Ask them for access, or remove it from this computer. This doesn’t delete the workspace.",
     "remove": "Remove from this computer"
+  },
+  "cloudWorkspaceOpen": {
+    "opening": "Opening {{name}}…",
+    "openingDescription": "Workspaces that were asleep or just created can take a minute or two.",
+    "slowTitle": "{{name}} is taking longer than usual",
+    "slowDescription": "It’s still starting. Try again in a moment.",
+    "tryAgain": "Try again",
+    "goneTitle": "Couldn’t find {{name}}",
+    "goneDescription": "It may have been deleted."
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/start-cloud-workspace-from-github.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/start-cloud-workspace-from-github.ts
index b71097c3f5c..b578ab68b8d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/start-cloud-workspace-from-github.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/orca-cloud/start-cloud-workspace-from-github.ts
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ async function runGitHubCloudCreate(creationId: string): Promise<boolean> {
   const workspace = await window.api.cloudWorkspaces.get(sandboxId).catch(() => null)
   const opened = workspace?.ok
     ? await openCloudWorkspace(workspace.value, {
+        // Its pending row shows the open's progress and failure (no open toasts).
+        feedback: false,
         // GH-CREATE-NO-ROW: that server's rows wait behind the pending row until the hand-off.
         onHost: (hostId) =>
           useAppStore