Don't log on missed login ack and don't make standalone contacts for repeater users

frontend/src/components/RoomServerPanel.tsx

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function RoomServerPanel({ contact, onAuthenticatedChange }: RoomServerPa
       setLoginMessage(null);
       try {
         const result = await api.roomLogin(contact.public_key, password);
-        setAuthenticated(result.authenticated);
+        setAuthenticated(true);
         setLoginMessage(
           result.message ??
             (result.authenticated
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export function RoomServerPanel({ contact, onAuthenticatedChange }: RoomServerPa
         }
       } catch (err) {
         const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Unknown error';
-        setAuthenticated(false);
+        setAuthenticated(true);
         setLoginError(message);
         toast.error('Room login failed', { description: message });
       } finally {

frontend/src/test/roomServerPanel.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest';
+
+import { RoomServerPanel } from '../components/RoomServerPanel';
+import type { Contact } from '../types';
+
+vi.mock('../api', () => ({
+  api: {
+    roomLogin: vi.fn(),
+    roomStatus: vi.fn(),
+    roomAcl: vi.fn(),
+    roomLppTelemetry: vi.fn(),
+    sendRepeaterCommand: vi.fn(),
+  },
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../components/ui/sonner', () => ({
+  toast: Object.assign(vi.fn(), {
+    success: vi.fn(),
+    error: vi.fn(),
+    warning: vi.fn(),
+  }),
+}));
+
+const { api: _rawApi } = await import('../api');
+const mockApi = _rawApi as unknown as Record<string, Mock>;
+
+const roomContact: Contact = {
+  public_key: 'aa'.repeat(32),
+  name: 'Ops Board',
+  type: 3,
+  flags: 0,
+  direct_path: null,
+  direct_path_len: -1,
+  direct_path_hash_mode: 0,
+  last_advert: null,
+  lat: null,
+  lon: null,
+  last_seen: null,
+  on_radio: false,
+  last_contacted: null,
+  last_read_at: null,
+  first_seen: null,
+};
+
+describe('RoomServerPanel', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    localStorage.clear();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps room controls available when login is not confirmed', async () => {
+    mockApi.roomLogin.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      status: 'timeout',
+      authenticated: false,
+      message:
+        'No login confirmation was heard from the room server. The control panel is still available; try logging in again if authenticated actions fail.',
+    });
+    const onAuthenticatedChange = vi.fn();
+
+    render(<RoomServerPanel contact={roomContact} onAuthenticatedChange={onAuthenticatedChange} />);
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('Login with ACL / Guest'));
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(screen.getByText('Room Server Controls')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+    expect(screen.getByText(/control panel is still available/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(onAuthenticatedChange).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(true);
+  });
+});