diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.css b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.css
index a8c98492..1f21e5a5 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.css
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.css
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ body.maze-fullscreen .maze-shell {
   opacity: 0.42; filter: grayscale(0.7); border-style: dotted;
 }
 .maze-net-box.inactive .maze-net-box-head { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); }
+/* Optimistic placeholder for an enqueued LAN-add. Amber tint matches
+ * the REAP button voice — clearly "in-flight, not committed" without
+ * collapsing into the dimmed-out 'inactive' style which means the
+ * opposite (no traffic on a deployed LAN). */
+.maze-net-box.pending {
+  border-color: var(--warn, #e0a040);
+  background: rgba(224, 160, 64, 0.04);
+  border-style: dashed;
+  filter: none; opacity: 1;
+}
+.maze-net-box.pending .maze-net-box-head {
+  color: var(--warn, #e0a040);
+  border-bottom-color: rgba(224, 160, 64, 0.45);
+}
+.maze-net-box.pending .cidr { color: rgba(224, 160, 64, 0.7); }
 .maze-net-box-head {
   position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
   padding: 6px 12px; border-bottom: 1px dashed var(--border);
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx
index 13dedb99..f2f4d080 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ const MazeNET: React.FC = () => {
             setNets((p) => [...p, {
               id: tempId, name, label: name.toUpperCase(),
               cidr: subnet ?? '', kind: isDmz ? 'dmz' : 'subnet',
-              x, y, w, h,
+              x, y, w, h, pending: true,
             }]);
             return;
           }
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/NetBox.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/NetBox.tsx
index c8787398..666bb837 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/NetBox.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/NetBox.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const NetBox: React.FC<Props> = ({
     dropTarget ? 'drop-target' : '',
     inactive ? 'inactive' : '',
     deployed ? 'deployed' : '',
+    net.pending ? 'pending' : '',
   ].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
 
   const Icon = net.kind === 'internet' ? Globe : net.kind === 'dmz' ? ShieldAlert : GitMerge;
@@ -53,12 +54,20 @@ const NetBox: React.FC<Props> = ({
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 8, alignItems: 'center' }}>
           <Icon size={10} />
           <span>{net.label}</span>
-          {inactive && (
+          {inactive && !net.pending && (
             <span className="chip-mini"
                   style={{ marginLeft: 4, borderColor: 'var(--border)', color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.45)' }}>
               INACTIVE
             </span>
           )}
+          {net.pending && (
+            <span className="chip-mini"
+                  style={{ marginLeft: 4,
+                           borderColor: 'var(--warn, #e0a040)',
+                           color: 'var(--warn, #e0a040)' }}>
+              PENDING
+            </span>
+          )}
         </div>
         <span className="cidr">{net.cidr}</span>
       </div>
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/types.ts b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/types.ts
index c113d238..a25d9e76 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/types.ts
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/types.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ export interface Net {
   y: number;
   w: number;
   h: number;
+  /** Optimistic placeholder for an enqueued mutation on a live
+   *  topology. Replaced on next refetch when the mutator emits the
+   *  applied event. Rendered with an amber tint so the user can tell
+   *  it's a queued add, not a regular non-deployed LAN. */
+  pending?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type NodeKind = 'decky' | 'observed';