diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 20a8e9f..4b78cec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ How to use this file:
 
 ### Changed
 
+- The note confirming the payslips added goes after five seconds: it
+  dissolves, then the room it took closes smoothly; not while the pointer
+  or the focus is on it.
 - In the web app the page no longer lists the files: it says only how many
   need a look, if any. The files are in a sheet of their own, opened from
   that line or from "Files read" under the report: what needs a look
diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 0b87a95..1b6e59d 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -321,9 +321,51 @@ function added(files) {
   let text = t('web.added.none');
   if (months.length === 1) text = t('web.added.one', months[0]);
   if (months.length > 1) text = t('web.added.many', months.length, months.join(', '));
-  $('added').textContent = text;
-  $('added').classList.toggle('none', months.length === 0);
-  $('added').hidden = false;
+  const note = $('added');
+  note.textContent = text;
+  note.classList.toggle('none', months.length === 0);
+  note.classList.remove('fading', 'going');
+  note.style.height = '';
+  note.hidden = false;
+  fadeAdded();
+}
+
+// The confirmation goes after a few seconds, dissolving and then folding
+// away so that the report rises smoothly under it; not while the pointer
+// or the focus is on it, so that it can be read.
+const ADDED_FOR = 5000;
+let addedTimer = 0, addedTurn = 0;
+function fadeAdded() {
+  clearTimeout(addedTimer);
+  // A note shown again ends the fading of the one before.
+  const turn = ++addedTurn;
+  addedTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    const note = $('added');
+    if (note.hidden) return;
+    if (note.matches(':hover, :focus-within')) {
+      fadeAdded();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (calm()) {
+      note.hidden = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    // First it dissolves, then the room it took closes.
+    note.classList.add('fading');
+    note.addEventListener('transitionend', () => {
+      if (turn !== addedTurn) return;
+      note.style.height = `${note.offsetHeight}px`;
+      note.getBoundingClientRect();
+      note.classList.add('going');
+      note.style.height = '0px';
+      note.addEventListener('transitionend', () => {
+        if (turn !== addedTurn) return;
+        note.hidden = true;
+        note.classList.remove('fading', 'going');
+        note.style.height = '';
+      }, { once: true });
+    }, { once: true });
+  }, ADDED_FOR);
 }
 
 // progress shows how many files have been read, or hides the bar.
@@ -347,6 +389,8 @@ async function handle(fileList) {
   // the progress and any password.
   const adding = !$('result').hidden;
   const before = state.files.length;
+  clearTimeout(addedTimer);
+  addedTurn++;
   $('added').hidden = true;
   if (adding) {
     $('pick').hidden = false;
diff --git a/web/style.css b/web/style.css
index 50d1062..a40ad57 100644
--- a/web/style.css
+++ b/web/style.css
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ h1 { font-size: clamp(30px, 6vw, 40px); line-height: 1.1; margin: 0 0 12px; lett
 .added::before { content: "✓ "; color: var(--good); font-weight: 700; }
 .added.none { background: var(--raised); color: var(--ink-2); }
 .added.none::before { content: ""; }
+.added.fading { opacity: 0; transition: opacity .6s ease; }
+.added.going { overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 0; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0;
+  transition: height .25s ease, margin .25s ease, padding .25s ease; }
 .misread { margin: 16px 0 0; text-align: center; }
 .report-tabs { display: flex; gap: 4px; margin: 0 -16px; padding: 0 16px; overflow-x: auto; scrollbar-width: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
 .report-tabs[hidden] { display: none; }
diff --git a/web/test/e2e.test.mjs b/web/test/e2e.test.mjs
index d80541a..b42c508 100644
--- a/web/test/e2e.test.mjs
+++ b/web/test/e2e.test.mjs
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ test('adds payslips to a report', async () => {
   await frame.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelectorAll('.picker button').length === 3);
   // The report opens on the latest month again.
   assert.equal(await frame.$eval('.picker button[aria-pressed="true"]', (b) => b.textContent), 'Mar 26');
+  // The confirmation goes by itself after a few seconds.
+  await page.waitForSelector('#added', { state: 'hidden', timeout: 8000 });
   assert.deepEqual(seen.errors, []);
   onlyThisSite(seen);
   await page.close();