diff --git a/docs/screenshots/ux/pending.png b/docs/screenshots/ux/pending.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be3ab96
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diff --git a/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.jsx b/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.jsx
index cee26c6..a02c0f0 100644
--- a/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.jsx
+++ b/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useConnection, usePresence } from '../../../hooks/useConnection';
+import { usePendingCount } from '../../../hooks/usePendingSync';
 import styles from './ConnectionBadge.module.scss';
 
 const LABELS = {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ const TITLES = {
 const ConnectionBadge = () => {
   const status = useConnection();
   const players = usePresence();
+  const pending = usePendingCount();
   const showPresence = status === 'connected' && players > 0;
   return (
     <div className={`${styles.badge} ${styles[status]}`} title={TITLES[status]}>
@@ -31,6 +33,18 @@ const ConnectionBadge = () => {
           {players}
         </span>
       )}
+      {pending > 0 && (
+        <span
+          className={styles.pending}
+          title={`${pending} ${pending === 1 ? 'change is' : 'changes are'} waiting to sync`}
+          aria-label={`${pending} unsynced ${pending === 1 ? 'change' : 'changes'}`}
+        >
+          <span className={styles.pendingGlyph} aria-hidden="true">
+            ⟳
+          </span>
+          {pending}
+        </span>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.module.scss b/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.module.scss
index e35b7f6..16a3e7a 100644
--- a/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.module.scss
+++ b/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.module.scss
@@ -47,6 +47,44 @@
   background: currentColor;
 }
 
+.pending {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 2px;
+  min-width: 1.1rem;
+  height: 1.1rem;
+  padding: 0 5px;
+  margin-left: -2px;
+
+  font-size: 0.62rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+
+  color: #f0d28a;
+  background: rgba(240, 169, 154, 0.16);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(240, 200, 120, 0.7);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+}
+
+.pendingGlyph {
+  display: inline-block;
+  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  line-height: 1;
+  animation: pending-spin 1.6s linear infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes pending-spin {
+  to {
+    transform: rotate(360deg);
+  }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .pendingGlyph {
+    animation: none;
+  }
+}
+
 .connected {
   color: #b9e2a0;
   border-color: rgba(185, 226, 160, 0.6);
diff --git a/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.test.jsx b/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.test.jsx
index 1c9a24a..636ec18 100644
--- a/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.test.jsx
+++ b/src/components/common/ConnectionBadge/ConnectionBadge.test.jsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ vi.mock('../../../socket/socket', () => ({
 }));
 
 import ConnectionBadge from './ConnectionBadge';
+import { markDirty, markClean, __resetPending } from '../../../utils/pendingSync';
 
 const setStatus = (next) => {
   status = next;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ const setPresence = (next) => {
 beforeEach(() => {
   status = 'connected';
   presence = 0;
+  __resetPending();
 });
 
 describe('ConnectionBadge', () => {
@@ -64,4 +66,21 @@ describe('ConnectionBadge', () => {
     expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/player.* online/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByText('Offline')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('shows an unsynced-changes count while edits are pending', () => {
+    render(<ConnectionBadge />);
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/unsynced/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    act(() => markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 5 }));
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText('1 unsynced change')).toHaveTextContent('1');
+
+    act(() => markDirty('fame', '/api/fame', { fame: 2 }));
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText('2 unsynced changes')).toHaveTextContent('2');
+
+    act(() => {
+      markClean('gold');
+      markClean('fame');
+    });
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(/unsynced/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/hooks/useGameChannel.js b/src/hooks/useGameChannel.js
index 2802425..7be7ff8 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useGameChannel.js
+++ b/src/hooks/useGameChannel.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { debounce } from 'lodash';
 import { get, post } from '../utils/networkUtils';
 import { getSocket, getClientId } from '../socket/socket';
 import { cacheGet, cacheSet } from '../utils/localStorageUtil';
+import { markDirty, markClean } from '../utils/pendingSync';
 import { toast } from '../components/common/Toast/toastStore';
 
 // One hook to own a single game "channel" (gold, fame, heroes, storyPoints):
@@ -81,14 +82,19 @@ export const useGameChannel = ({
 
   const debouncedPostRef = useRef();
   if (!debouncedPostRef.current) {
-    debouncedPostRef.current = debounce((targetPath, payload) => {
-      post(targetPath, payload).catch(() => {
-        toast.error(
-          'Could not save',
-          'Your change is shown here but did not reach the archive.',
-          'save-error'
-        );
-      });
+    debouncedPostRef.current = debounce((targetPath, payload, ch) => {
+      post(targetPath, payload)
+        .then(() => markClean(ch))
+        .catch(() => {
+          // Remember the unsynced edit so the pending indicator can show it and
+          // the next reconnect can replay it automatically.
+          markDirty(ch, targetPath, payload);
+          toast.error(
+            'Could not save',
+            'Your change is kept here and will sync when the link returns.',
+            'save-error'
+          );
+        });
     }, 400);
   }
 
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ export const useGameChannel = ({
       setValue(resolved);
       const payload = toServerRef.current(resolved);
       cacheSet(channel, payload);
-      debouncedPostRef.current(path, payload);
+      debouncedPostRef.current(path, payload, channel);
     },
     [channel, path]
   );
diff --git a/src/hooks/usePendingSync.js b/src/hooks/usePendingSync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10db754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/usePendingSync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
+import { subscribePending, getPendingCount } from '../utils/pendingSync';
+
+// Number of channels with edits not yet confirmed by the server (i.e. made
+// while offline). Zero when everything is in sync.
+export const usePendingCount = () =>
+  useSyncExternalStore(subscribePending, getPendingCount, getPendingCount);
diff --git a/src/utils/pendingSync.js b/src/utils/pendingSync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14929c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/pendingSync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { post } from './networkUtils';
+import { subscribeConnectionStatus, getConnectionStatus } from '../socket/socket';
+
+// Tracks channels whose latest edit has not yet reached the server — the edits
+// a player makes while the realtime link is down. A small pub/sub store (not
+// React context) so the data hook can report into it without prop drilling.
+//
+// When the connection returns, every still-dirty channel is re-posted once, so
+// offline edits sync themselves instead of waiting for the next manual change.
+
+let pending = new Map(); // channel -> { path, payload }
+const listeners = new Set();
+let retryWired = false;
+
+const emit = () => listeners.forEach((listener) => listener(pending.size));
+
+const flush = () => {
+  for (const [channel, { path, payload }] of [...pending]) {
+    post(path, payload)
+      .then(() => markClean(channel))
+      .catch(() => {
+        /* still unreachable — keep it dirty for the next reconnect */
+      });
+  }
+};
+
+// Lazily watch the connection so importing this module has no side effects
+// (and tests can drive it explicitly). Re-flush on each rising edge to
+// 'connected'.
+const wireRetry = () => {
+  if (retryWired) return;
+  retryWired = true;
+  let previous = getConnectionStatus();
+  subscribeConnectionStatus((status) => {
+    const was = previous;
+    previous = status;
+    if (status === 'connected' && was !== 'connected') flush();
+  });
+};
+
+export const markDirty = (channel, path, payload) => {
+  wireRetry();
+  pending.set(channel, { path, payload });
+  emit();
+};
+
+export const markClean = (channel) => {
+  if (pending.delete(channel)) emit();
+};
+
+export const getPendingCount = () => pending.size;
+
+export const subscribePending = (listener) => {
+  listeners.add(listener);
+  return () => listeners.delete(listener);
+};
+
+// Test-only: drop all state so specs don't bleed into one another.
+export const __resetPending = () => {
+  pending = new Map();
+  retryWired = false;
+  emit();
+};
diff --git a/src/utils/pendingSync.test.js b/src/utils/pendingSync.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc88b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/pendingSync.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+
+let statusListener;
+let currentStatus = 'disconnected';
+const post = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve());
+
+vi.mock('../socket/socket', () => ({
+  subscribeConnectionStatus: (listener) => {
+    statusListener = listener;
+    return () => {};
+  },
+  getConnectionStatus: () => currentStatus,
+}));
+vi.mock('./networkUtils', () => ({
+  post: (...args) => post(...args),
+}));
+
+import {
+  markDirty,
+  markClean,
+  getPendingCount,
+  subscribePending,
+  __resetPending,
+} from './pendingSync';
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  __resetPending();
+  post.mockClear();
+  post.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  currentStatus = 'disconnected';
+  statusListener = undefined;
+});
+
+describe('pendingSync', () => {
+  it('counts dirty channels and dedupes by channel', () => {
+    markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 1 });
+    markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 2 });
+    markDirty('fame', '/api/fame', { fame: 1 });
+    expect(getPendingCount()).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it('clears a channel once it syncs', () => {
+    markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 1 });
+    markClean('gold');
+    expect(getPendingCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('notifies subscribers of the current count', () => {
+    const listener = vi.fn();
+    const unsubscribe = subscribePending(listener);
+    markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 1 });
+    expect(listener).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(1);
+    markClean('gold');
+    expect(listener).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(0);
+    unsubscribe();
+  });
+
+  it('replays dirty channels when the connection returns', async () => {
+    markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 7 });
+    markDirty('fame', '/api/fame', { fame: 3 });
+    expect(getPendingCount()).toBe(2);
+
+    // Simulate the link coming back.
+    currentStatus = 'connected';
+    statusListener('connected');
+
+    // Let the resolved post promises settle.
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(post).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(post).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/gold', { gold: 7 });
+    expect(getPendingCount()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a channel dirty if the replay post fails', async () => {
+    post.mockRejectedValue(new Error('still offline'));
+    markDirty('gold', '/api/gold', { gold: 7 });
+
+    currentStatus = 'connected';
+    statusListener('connected');
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(getPendingCount()).toBe(1);
+  });
+});