diff --git a/app/androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/SessionListScreen.kt b/app/androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/SessionListScreen.kt
index c36d310..e702d75 100644
--- a/app/androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/SessionListScreen.kt
+++ b/app/androidApp/src/main/kotlin/com/example/aiapp/SessionListScreen.kt
@@ -57,11 +57,25 @@ fun SessionListScreen(
     var listState by remember { mutableStateOf<LoadState<List<SessionSummary>>>(LoadState.Loading) }
     var confirmingDelete by remember { mutableStateOf<SessionSummary?>(null) }
 
+    // Failures that belong to one session rather than to the list, keyed by
+    // its id and shown on its own card. The two scopes are decided by
+    // whether the server answered: it answered and refused, so this says
+    // nothing about the other rows, where a server that has stopped
+    // answering leaves every row stale and is `listState`'s to report.
+    //
+    // Cleared on the next successful load below -- an entry outlives its
+    // session otherwise, and would reappear against whatever the phone
+    // fetched next.
+    var deleteErrors by remember { mutableStateOf<Map<String, String>>(emptyMap()) }
+
     fun refresh() {
         listState = LoadState.Loading
         scope.launch {
             listState = try {
-                withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { LoadState.Loaded(fetchSessions(settings)) }
+                val loaded =
+                    withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { LoadState.Loaded(fetchSessions(settings)) }
+                deleteErrors = emptyMap()
+                loaded
             } catch (e: ApiException) {
                 LoadState.failed(e)
             }
@@ -114,6 +128,7 @@ fun SessionListScreen(
                         items(ordered, key = { it.id }) { session ->
                             SessionCard(
                                 session = session,
+                                error = deleteErrors[session.id],
                                 onOpen = { onOpen(session) },
                                 onLongPress = { confirmingDelete = session },
                             )
@@ -143,7 +158,8 @@ fun SessionListScreen(
                             withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { deleteSession(settings, session.id) }
                             refresh()
                         } catch (e: ApiException) {
-                            listState = LoadState.Error(e.message ?: "Delete failed")
+                            deleteErrors =
+                                deleteErrors + (session.id to (e.message ?: "Delete failed"))
                         }
                     }
                 }) { Text("Delete") }
@@ -159,6 +175,8 @@ fun SessionListScreen(
 @Composable
 private fun SessionCard(
     session: SessionSummary,
+    /** What went wrong acting on *this* session, if anything has. */
+    error: String?,
     onOpen: () -> Unit,
     onLongPress: () -> Unit,
 ) {
@@ -194,6 +212,16 @@ private fun SessionCard(
                     color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.onSurfaceVariant,
                 )
             }
+            error?.let {
+                Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
+                // The server's own words, unprefixed, the way every other
+                // failure in this app is shown.
+                Text(
+                    it,
+                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.error,
+                )
+            }
         }
     }
 }