diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue b/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue
index f98521f6..c6035552 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ShopfloorDashboard.vue
@@ -252,9 +252,10 @@ const recertDescriptions = computed(() => {
   return out
 })
 
-// Recertification shows as a single rotating row: one page of tiles at a time
-// so it stays compact on any screen, cycling through everyone due.
-const RECERT_PAGE_SIZE = 8
+// Recertification shows a rotating 2x2 block: one page of tiles at a time so it
+// stays compact on any screen, cycling through everyone due. Eight across left
+// each tile too narrow to read at floor distance.
+const RECERT_PAGE_SIZE = 4
 const currentRecertPage = ref(0)
 const recertPageCount = computed(() =>
   Math.max(1, Math.ceil(recertifications.value.length / RECERT_PAGE_SIZE))
@@ -577,26 +578,29 @@ function handlePhotoError(e) {
   margin: -4px 0 14px;
   line-height: 1.35;
 }
-/* Single row that cycles through pages of employees */
+/* 2x2 block that cycles through pages of employees */
 .recert-row {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(8, 1fr);
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
   gap: 14px;
 }
 .recert-tile {
   background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1e3a5f 0%, #0d2137 100%);
   border: 2px solid #0d6efd;
   border-radius: 10px;
-  padding: 14px 10px;
+  padding: 14px 18px;
+  /* Photo beside the name rather than above it: two rows of stacked tiles
+     would double the section's height, and the whole board is scaled to fit
+     one screen, so height here shrinks everything else. */
   display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
-  gap: 10px;
-  text-align: center;
+  gap: 18px;
+  text-align: left;
 }
 .recert-photo {
-  width: 90px;
-  height: 90px;
+  width: 120px;
+  height: 120px;
+  flex: none;
   border-radius: 50%;
   object-fit: cover;
   border: 3px solid #0d6efd;
@@ -608,7 +612,9 @@ function handlePhotoError(e) {
   background: #fff;
 }
 .recert-name {
-  font-size: 20px;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  font-size: 26px;
   font-weight: 700;
   line-height: 1.15;
   /* Always reserve two lines so a name that wraps does not make its tile
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/api/routes.py b/plugins/notifications/api/routes.py
index da8d187d..844652e6 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/api/routes.py
+++ b/plugins/notifications/api/routes.py
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ def _apply_expiry_fields(t, data):
 
 _DISPLAY_STYLES = ('standard', 'carousel', 'grid', 'banner')
 
+# Ceiling on the per-type post-expiry tail. A day is already far longer than
+# "recently ended"; anything more is an end time that should have been later.
+_MAX_GRACE_MINUTES = 1440
+
 
 def _apply_display_fields(t, data):
     """Set shopfloor display-behavior columns on a NotificationType from request
@@ -153,6 +157,17 @@ def _apply_display_fields(t, data):
         if ds not in _DISPLAY_STYLES:
             return "displaystyle must be one of: %s" % ", ".join(_DISPLAY_STYLES)
         t.displaystyle = ds
+    if 'gracewindowminutes' in data:
+        raw = data.get('gracewindowminutes')
+        raw = 0 if raw in (None, '') else raw
+        try:
+            minutes = int(raw)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            return "gracewindowminutes must be a whole number of minutes"
+        if minutes < 0 or minutes > _MAX_GRACE_MINUTES:
+            return ("gracewindowminutes must be between 0 and %d"
+                    % _MAX_GRACE_MINUTES)
+        t.gracewindowminutes = minutes
     return None
 
 
@@ -163,10 +178,11 @@ def _config_version():
     reach pages that are already open."""
     types = NotificationType.query.order_by(NotificationType.notificationtypeid).all()
     parts = [
-        "%s|%s|%s|%d|%d|%s|%s|%s|%d" % (
+        "%s|%s|%s|%d|%d|%s|%s|%s|%d|%d" % (
             t.notificationtypeid, t.typecolor, t.displaystyle,
             int(bool(t.splitperemployee)), int(bool(t.showemployeephoto)),
             t.expirymode, t.expirydays, t.expiryhour, int(bool(t.isactive)),
+            int(t.gracewindowminutes or 0),
         )
         for t in types
     ]
@@ -698,8 +714,15 @@ def get_shopfloor_notifications():
         # All units: only show notifications with NULL businessunitid
         base_query = base_query.filter(Notification.businessunitid.is_(None))
 
-    # Current notifications (active now or ended within 30 minutes)
-    thirty_min_ago = now - timedelta(minutes=30)
+    # Current notifications: showing now, plus anything whose type asks to keep
+    # ended cards up for a while (gracewindowminutes, 0 by default - an end time
+    # means the card leaves the board then). The window is per type, so the SQL
+    # only widens to the largest configured tail and each row is then held to
+    # its own; that keeps this one portable query instead of a per-type interval
+    # expression, and with every type at 0 it collapses to "still showing".
+    widest_grace = db.session.query(
+        db.func.max(NotificationType.gracewindowminutes)).scalar() or 0
+    widest_grace_start = now - timedelta(minutes=int(widest_grace))
     current_query = base_query.filter(
         db.or_(
             # Active and currently showing
@@ -708,16 +731,23 @@ def get_shopfloor_notifications():
                 db.or_(Notification.starttime.is_(None), Notification.starttime <= now),
                 db.or_(Notification.endtime.is_(None), Notification.endtime >= now)
             ),
-            # Recently ended (within 30 min) - show as resolved
+            # Ended, but possibly inside its type's tail - narrowed below
             db.and_(
                 Notification.endtime.isnot(None),
-                Notification.endtime >= thirty_min_ago,
+                Notification.endtime >= widest_grace_start,
                 Notification.endtime < now
             )
         )
     ).order_by(Notification.notificationid.desc())
 
-    current_notifications = current_query.all()
+    def _within_grace(n):
+        """True unless the row ended outside its own type's tail."""
+        if n.endtime is None or n.endtime >= now:
+            return True
+        grace = (n.notificationtype.gracewindowminutes or 0) if n.notificationtype else 0
+        return n.endtime >= now - timedelta(minutes=int(grace))
+
+    current_notifications = [n for n in current_query.all() if _within_grace(n)]
 
     # Upcoming notifications (starts within next 5 days)
     five_days = now + timedelta(days=5)
@@ -731,7 +761,9 @@ def get_shopfloor_notifications():
 
     def notification_to_shopfloor(n, employee_override=None):
         """Convert notification to shopfloor format."""
-        is_resolved = n.endtime and n.endtime < now
+        # bool, not the datetime-or-None the and-chain yields: a card with no
+        # end time was serializing resolved as null.
+        is_resolved = bool(n.endtime and n.endtime < now)
         ntype = n.notificationtype
         show_photo = bool(ntype and ntype.showemployeephoto)
 
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/NotificationTypesList.vue b/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/NotificationTypesList.vue
index 6642158e..13030475 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/NotificationTypesList.vue
+++ b/plugins/notifications/frontend/views/NotificationTypesList.vue
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@
             </select>
           </label>
 
+          <label class="field">
+            <span>Keep showing after end (minutes)</span>
+            <input v-model.number="form.gracewindowminutes" type="number"
+                   min="0" max="1440" step="5" />
+            <small class="muted">
+              0 means a card leaves the shopfloor board the moment its end time
+              passes. A higher number keeps it up that long afterwards, marked
+              RESOLVED - useful for an incident worth acknowledging once it
+              clears.
+            </small>
+          </label>
+
           <label class="field checkbox">
             <input v-model="form.splitperemployee" type="checkbox" />
             <span>Split one card per employee</span>
@@ -170,9 +182,12 @@ function swatchColor(c) {
 }
 
 function expiryLabel(t) {
-  if (t.expirymode === 'duration' && t.expirydays) return `${t.expirydays} day(s)`
-  if (t.expirymode === 'dailytime') return `daily @ ${String(t.expiryhour ?? 8).padStart(2, '0')}:00 ET`
-  return 'none'
+  const grace = t.gracewindowminutes ?? 0
+  // The tail only means something next to the rule that ends the card.
+  const tail = grace > 0 ? ` (+${grace}m resolved)` : ''
+  if (t.expirymode === 'duration' && t.expirydays) return `${t.expirydays} day(s)${tail}`
+  if (t.expirymode === 'dailytime') return `daily @ ${String(t.expiryhour ?? 8).padStart(2, '0')}:00 ET${tail}`
+  return grace > 0 ? `none${tail}` : 'none'
 }
 
 async function load() {
@@ -199,6 +214,7 @@ function openNew() {
     expirymode: 'none',
     expirydays: null,
     expiryhour: null,
+    gracewindowminutes: 0,
     isactive: true
   }
   editing.value = true
@@ -217,6 +233,7 @@ function openEdit(t) {
     expirymode: t.expirymode || 'none',
     expirydays: t.expirydays ?? null,
     expiryhour: t.expiryhour ?? null,
+    gracewindowminutes: t.gracewindowminutes ?? 0,
     isactive: t.isactive !== false
   }
   editing.value = true
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/migrations/versions/0003_gracewindowminutes.py b/plugins/notifications/migrations/versions/0003_gracewindowminutes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c48da42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/notifications/migrations/versions/0003_gracewindowminutes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+"""Add notificationtypes.gracewindowminutes (post-expiry tail on the board).
+
+The shopfloor feed kept every ended notification on the board for a hardcoded
+30 minutes, flagged resolved. A card with an 8:00 end time therefore sat there
+until 8:30, and in the carousel/grid/banner sections it did so with no visual
+sign it had ended at all. The tail is now per type and defaults to 0, so an end
+time means what it says; a type that wants an acknowledged tail opts in.
+
+Idempotent; downgrade drops the column.
+
+Revision ID: notifications0003grace
+Revises: notifications0002buidx
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+revision = 'notifications0003grace'
+down_revision = 'notifications0002buidx'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+_TABLE = 'notificationtypes'
+_COLUMN = 'gracewindowminutes'
+
+
+def _column_names(insp, table):
+    return {c['name'] for c in insp.get_columns(table)}
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    bind = op.get_bind()
+    insp = sa.inspect(bind)
+    if _TABLE not in insp.get_table_names():
+        return
+    if _COLUMN not in _column_names(insp, _TABLE):
+        op.add_column(_TABLE, sa.Column(_COLUMN, sa.Integer(), nullable=False,
+                                        server_default='0'))
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    bind = op.get_bind()
+    insp = sa.inspect(bind)
+    if _TABLE not in insp.get_table_names():
+        return
+    if _COLUMN in _column_names(insp, _TABLE):
+        op.drop_column(_TABLE, _COLUMN)
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/models/notification.py b/plugins/notifications/models/notification.py
index 18708afb..4204a18c 100644
--- a/plugins/notifications/models/notification.py
+++ b/plugins/notifications/models/notification.py
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ class NotificationType(db.Model):
     showemployeephoto = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=False)
     displaystyle = db.Column(db.String(20), default='standard')
 
+    # Minutes a card stays on the shopfloor board AFTER its end time, shown as
+    # RESOLVED. 0 (the default) means it leaves the board the moment it ends,
+    # which is what a reader expects from an end time. A type whose cards are
+    # worth acknowledging after the fact - an incident that just cleared - can
+    # opt into a tail.
+    gracewindowminutes = db.Column(db.Integer, nullable=False,
+                                   server_default='0', default=0)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"<NotificationType {self.typename}>"
 
@@ -91,7 +99,8 @@ class NotificationType(db.Model):
             'expiryminute': self.expiryminute if self.expiryminute is not None else 0,
             'splitperemployee': bool(self.splitperemployee),
             'showemployeephoto': bool(self.showemployeephoto),
-            'displaystyle': self.displaystyle or 'standard'
+            'displaystyle': self.displaystyle or 'standard',
+            'gracewindowminutes': int(self.gracewindowminutes or 0)
         }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin_migrations.py b/tests/test_plugin_migrations.py
index 6d70e75a..8a866322 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin_migrations.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin_migrations.py
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ EXPECTED_HEAD_REVISION['network'] = 'network0002model'
 # printedparts is post-cutover: its 0001 really creates its tables; 0004 adds
 # the per-transaction revision column.
 EXPECTED_HEAD_REVISION['printedparts'] = 'printedparts0004txnrev'
-# notifications indexes businessunitid on top of its anchor.
-EXPECTED_HEAD_REVISION['notifications'] = 'notifications0002buidx'
+# notifications indexes businessunitid, then adds the per-type grace window.
+EXPECTED_HEAD_REVISION['notifications'] = 'notifications0003grace'
 
 # Plugins built after the cutover: their 0001 baseline really creates tables the
 # core chain never owned.
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins/test_shopfloor_grace_window.py b/tests/test_plugins/test_shopfloor_grace_window.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd738c5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_plugins/test_shopfloor_grace_window.py
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+"""Tests for the per-type post-expiry window on the shopfloor feed.
+
+The board used to keep every ended notification for a hardcoded 30 minutes,
+flagged resolved. A card with an 8:00 end time was therefore still up at 8:29,
+and in the carousel/grid/banner sections nothing marked it as ended at all. The
+tail is now notificationtypes.gracewindowminutes, default 0: an end time means
+the card leaves the board then, and a type opts in if its cards are worth
+acknowledging afterwards.
+"""
+
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+
+from plugins.notifications.models import Notification, NotificationType
+
+
+def _utcnow():
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None)
+
+
+def _make_type(db, typename, grace=0, displaystyle='standard'):
+    t = NotificationType(typename=typename, typecolor='#17a2b8', isactive=True,
+                         displaystyle=displaystyle, gracewindowminutes=grace)
+    db.session.add(t)
+    db.session.commit()
+    return t
+
+
+def _make_note(db, ntype, ended_minutes_ago=None, text='msg'):
+    """Shopfloor note that ended N minutes ago (None = still running)."""
+    now = _utcnow()
+    n = Notification(
+        notificationtypeid=ntype.notificationtypeid,
+        notification=text,
+        businessunitid=None,
+        isactive=True,
+        isshopfloor=True,
+        starttime=now - timedelta(hours=2),
+        endtime=None if ended_minutes_ago is None
+        else now - timedelta(minutes=ended_minutes_ago),
+    )
+    db.session.add(n)
+    db.session.commit()
+    return n
+
+
+def _current(client):
+    resp = client.get('/api/notifications/shopfloor')
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.get_json()
+    return resp.get_json()['data']['current']
+
+
+def test_default_type_drops_the_card_at_its_end_time(client, db):
+    """The reported bug: an 8:00 end time meant gone at 8:30."""
+    ntype = _make_type(db, 'General')
+    _make_note(db, ntype, ended_minutes_ago=1)
+
+    assert _current(client) == []
+
+
+def test_new_type_defaults_to_no_tail(client, db):
+    """A type created without naming the field gets 0, not a surprise tail."""
+    ntype = NotificationType(typename='Fresh', typecolor='#17a2b8', isactive=True)
+    db.session.add(ntype)
+    db.session.commit()
+
+    assert (ntype.gracewindowminutes or 0) == 0
+
+
+def test_running_card_is_unaffected(client, db):
+    ntype = _make_type(db, 'General')
+    _make_note(db, ntype)
+
+    current = _current(client)
+    assert len(current) == 1
+    assert current[0]['resolved'] is False
+
+
+def test_type_with_a_tail_keeps_the_card_marked_resolved(client, db):
+    ntype = _make_type(db, 'Incident', grace=30)
+    _make_note(db, ntype, ended_minutes_ago=10)
+
+    current = _current(client)
+    assert len(current) == 1
+    assert current[0]['resolved'] is True
+
+
+def test_card_leaves_once_past_its_own_tail(client, db):
+    ntype = _make_type(db, 'Incident', grace=30)
+    _make_note(db, ntype, ended_minutes_ago=31)
+
+    assert _current(client) == []
+
+
+def test_each_type_is_held_to_its_own_window(client, db):
+    """The widest tail must not leak onto a type that asked for none.
+
+    The query widens to the largest configured window, so without the per-row
+    check the no-tail type would ride along on the incident type's 60 minutes.
+    """
+    lingering = _make_type(db, 'Incident', grace=60)
+    immediate = _make_type(db, 'General', grace=0)
+    _make_note(db, lingering, ended_minutes_ago=20, text='incident')
+    _make_note(db, immediate, ended_minutes_ago=20, text='general')
+
+    texts = {c['notification'] for c in _current(client)}
+    assert texts == {'incident'}
+
+
+def test_carousel_type_obeys_the_window_too(client, db):
+    """Recognition is a carousel card, where nothing renders `resolved`."""
+    ntype = _make_type(db, 'Recognition', grace=0, displaystyle='carousel')
+    _make_note(db, ntype, ended_minutes_ago=5)
+
+    assert _current(client) == []
+
+
+def test_api_rejects_a_negative_window(client, db, auth_headers):
+    resp = client.post('/api/notifications/types',
+                       json={'typename': 'Bad', 'gracewindowminutes': -5},
+                       headers=auth_headers)
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 400
+    assert 'gracewindowminutes' in resp.get_data(as_text=True)
+
+
+def test_api_round_trips_the_window(client, db, auth_headers):
+    create = client.post('/api/notifications/types',
+                         json={'typename': 'Incident', 'gracewindowminutes': 45},
+                         headers=auth_headers)
+    assert create.status_code in (200, 201), create.get_json()
+    typeid = create.get_json()['data']['notificationtypeid']
+
+    listed = client.get('/api/notifications/types', headers=auth_headers)
+    row = next(t for t in listed.get_json()['data']
+               if t['notificationtypeid'] == typeid)
+    assert row['gracewindowminutes'] == 45
+
+    update = client.put(f'/api/notifications/types/{typeid}',
+                        json={'gracewindowminutes': 0}, headers=auth_headers)
+    assert update.status_code == 200, update.get_json()
+    assert update.get_json()['data']['gracewindowminutes'] == 0