diff --git a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
index f8e4d09e..1592aa07 100644
--- a/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
+++ b/public/js/clinicalAssistant.js
@@ -1710,6 +1710,7 @@ import {
     renderImageJobs(row.querySelector('.assistant-bubble') || row, message.imageJobs, 'clinical_assistant', function(card, data) {
       card.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', imageStore.renderGeneratedImage(data.imageUrl, 'Generated teaching visual', data.downloadUrl));
       exporter.invalidate();
+      loadImageGallery(); // completed images join the user's library immediately
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/public/js/generatedImages.js b/public/js/generatedImages.js
index b1266c4e..57ae1eca 100644
--- a/public/js/generatedImages.js
+++ b/public/js/generatedImages.js
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ export function renderImageJobs(container, jobs, workflow, onDone) {
         if (data.status === 'error') return;
       } catch (error) {
         if (!validSharingOwner(ticket) || error.name === 'AbortError') return;
-        status.textContent = 'Image status unavailable. Reopen image history to resume; no new paid job was started.';
+        // Transient status failures keep polling; the job is durable server-side.
+        status.textContent = 'Image: checking status…';
+        setTimeout(poll, 2500);
         return;
       }
       setTimeout(poll, 2000);