fix(ux): create-pool honesty + Express connect fallback + CWS CTA

frontend/src/components/BoingPoolsSection.jsx

@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@ import BoingPoolsTab from './BoingPoolsTab';
 import BoingYourLiquidityTab from './BoingYourLiquidityTab';
 import BoingLiquidityAdvanced from './BoingLiquidityAdvanced';
 import { useBoingPools } from '../hooks/useBoingPools';
-import { useWallet } from '../contexts/WalletContext';
-import { BOING_NATIVE_L1_CHAIN_ID } from '../config/networks';
-import { getWindowBoingProvider, boingWalletMissingMessage } from '../utils/boingWalletDiscovery';
-import { formatBoingExpressRpcError } from '../utils/boingExpressRpcError';
 import { boingSwapPairHref, parsePoolsTab } from '../utils/swapPoolsRedirect';
+import { useConnectBoingExpress } from './BoingOnlyGate';
 
 const TABS = [
   { id: 'all', label: 'All pools' },
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ const TABS = [
 export default function BoingPoolsSection({ account = null, initialQuery = '' }) {
   const pools = useBoingPools(account || null);
   const navigate = useNavigate();
-  const { connectWalletWithProvider } = useWallet();
+  const { connect: connectBoingExpress } = useConnectBoingExpress();
   const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useSearchParams();
   const tab = parsePoolsTab(searchParams.get('tab'));
   const [addFor, setAddFor] = useState(/** @type {any} */ (null));
@@ -78,18 +75,9 @@ export default function BoingPoolsSection({ account = null, initialQuery = '' })
       setTab('liquidity');
       return;
     }
-    const provider = getWindowBoingProvider();
-    if (!provider) {
-      toast.error(boingWalletMissingMessage());
-      return;
-    }
-    try {
-      await connectWalletWithProvider(provider, 'boingExpress', BOING_NATIVE_L1_CHAIN_ID);
-      // The page re-renders for the connected wallet; the URL carries the pool across.
-      setTab('liquidity', { addPool: c.poolHex });
-    } catch (e) {
-      toast.error(formatBoingExpressRpcError(e));
-    }
+    await connectBoingExpress();
+    // The page re-renders for the connected wallet; the URL carries the pool across.
+    setTab('liquidity', { addPool: c.poolHex });
   };
 
   return (

frontend/src/components/BoingSwapCard.jsx

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import {
   WBOING_HEX,
 } from '../services/boingSwapQuote';
 import { getWindowBoingProvider, boingWalletMissingMessage } from '../utils/boingWalletDiscovery';
+import { useConnectBoingExpress } from './BoingOnlyGate';
 import { formatBoingExpressRpcError } from '../utils/boingExpressRpcError';
 import { useWalletNativeValue } from '../hooks/useWalletNativeValue';
 import { NATIVE_VALUE_MIN_EXPRESS_VERSION } from '../services/boingWalletNativeValue';
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ function TokenSelect({ side, token, tokens, balances, onPick, disabled, otherTok
  * @param {{ slippagePercent?: number, prefill?: { key: number, tokenIn: string, tokenOut: string } }} props
  */
 export default function BoingSwapCard({ slippagePercent = 0.5, prefill }) {
-  const { chainId, walletType, isConnected, getWalletProvider, account, connectWalletWithProvider } = useWallet();
+  const { chainId, walletType, isConnected, getWalletProvider, account } = useWallet();
+  const { connect: connectBoingExpress } = useConnectBoingExpress();
   const { indexerPickerTokens } = useBoingNativeDexIntegration();
   const client = useMemo(() => getSharedBoingClient(), []);
 
@@ -388,16 +390,8 @@ export default function BoingSwapCard({ slippagePercent = 0.5, prefill }) {
 
   const onPrimary = async () => {
     if (button.kind === 'connect') {
-      const provider = getWindowBoingProvider();
-      if (!provider) {
-        toast.error(boingWalletMissingMessage());
-        return;
-      }
-      try {
-        await connectWalletWithProvider(provider, 'boingExpress', BOING_NATIVE_L1_CHAIN_ID);
-      } catch (e) {
-        toast.error(formatBoingExpressRpcError(e));
-      }
+      // Same path as header / BoingOnlyGate: extension first, then boing.express web wallet.
+      await connectBoingExpress();
       return;
     }
     if (button.disabled) return;

frontend/src/components/BoingYourLiquidityTab.jsx

@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
 import { formatTokenAmount, isNativeBoingId, NATIVE_FEE_RESERVE, parseTokenAmount, sanitizeAmountInput, toAmountInput } from '../services/boingSwapQuote';
 import { addLiquidityPreview, pairedAmount, removeLiquidityPreview, withSlippageFloor } from '../services/boingPoolsSimple';
 import { executeAddLiquidity, executeRemoveLiquidity } from '../services/boingLiquidityTx';
-import { getWindowBoingProvider, boingWalletMissingMessage } from '../utils/boingWalletDiscovery';
+import { getWindowBoingProvider } from '../utils/boingWalletDiscovery';
 import { formatBoingExpressRpcError } from '../utils/boingExpressRpcError';
 import { useWalletNativeValue } from '../hooks/useWalletNativeValue';
 import { NATIVE_VALUE_MIN_EXPRESS_VERSION } from '../services/boingWalletNativeValue';
 import BoingTokenPairIcons from './BoingTokenPairIcons';
 import { PoolDetails, PRIMARY_BTN } from './BoingPoolsTab';
+import { useConnectBoingExpress } from './BoingOnlyGate';
 
 const panel = { borderColor: 'var(--border-color)', backgroundColor: 'var(--bg-secondary)' };
 const muted = { color: 'var(--text-tertiary)' };
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@
   return () => {
     if (walletType !== 'boingExpress') throw new Error('Liquidity on Boing is confirmed in Boing Express. Connect it from the header.');
     const provider = expressProvider(getWalletProvider);
     if (!provider) throw new Error(boingWalletMissingMessage());
     return (tx, o) =>
       boingExpressContractCallSignSimulateSubmit(provider, tx, { senderHex: account, waitForInclusion: o?.waitForInclusion, returnSubmitMeta: true });
   };
@@ -346,7 +347,8 @@
 
 /** Your liquidity: positions (share, what you'd get back) with Add / Remove, and the add form. */
 export default function BoingYourLiquidityTab({ pools, addFor, onAddForConsumed }) {
-  const { isConnected, account, chainId, connectWalletWithProvider } = useWallet();
+  const { isConnected, account, chainId } = useWallet();
+  const { connect } = useConnectBoingExpress();
   const connected = Boolean(isConnected && account);
   const [mode, setMode] = useState(/** @type {null | { kind: 'add' | 'remove', card?: any }} */ (null));
 
@@ -362,15 +364,6 @@
     setMode(null);
     pools.reload();
   };
-  const connect = async () => {
-    const provider = getWindowBoingProvider();
-    if (!provider) return toast.error(boingWalletMissingMessage());
-    try {
-      await connectWalletWithProvider(provider, 'boingExpress', BOING_NATIVE_L1_CHAIN_ID);
-    } catch (e) {
-      toast.error(formatBoingExpressRpcError(e));
-    }
-  };
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-4" data-testid="boing-your-liquidity-tab">

frontend/src/components/NativeBoingCreatePoolPanel.jsx

@@ -574,7 +574,11 @@ export default function NativeBoingCreatePoolPanel() {
           style={{ borderColor: 'var(--border-color)' }}
           data-testid="create-pool-success"
         >
-          <p style={{ color: 'var(--text-primary)' }}>Pool created. It now shows in the swap token list and on Pools.</p>
+          <p style={{ color: 'var(--text-primary)' }}>
+            {lastResult.registerSkipped
+              ? 'Pool created on-chain. Pair listing was skipped — it may not appear in Swap / Pools until an operator registers it.'
+              : 'Pool created. It now shows in the swap token list and on Pools.'}
+          </p>
           <div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap gap-2">
             <Link
               className="td-btn td-btn--primary"

frontend/src/utils/boingWalletDiscovery.js

@@ -150,9 +150,12 @@ export async function switchToBoingTestnetInWallet(provider) {
 
 export { BOING_TESTNET_CHAIN_HEX };
 
-/** Chrome Web Store listing for the Boing Express extension. */
-export const BOING_EXPRESS_CHROME_STORE_URL =
-  'https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hhknjdhknnghccmfnfafbkapjljicbfh';
+/**
+ * Where users get Boing Express today.
+ * Chrome Web Store item ID is not published in-repo yet (was a literal `[REDACTED]`
+ * path that broke install CTAs). Point CTAs at the live web wallet until a real CWS URL lands.
+ */
+export const BOING_EXPRESS_CHROME_STORE_URL = 'https://boing.express';
 
 /**
  * User-facing message when no Boing Express provider is injected. Explains mobile / non-Chromium
@@ -168,5 +171,5 @@ export function boingWalletMissingMessage(userAgent) {
   if (!chromium) {
     return 'Boing Express is a Chrome extension. Open boing.finance in Chrome, Edge, or Brave with the extension installed (or use boing.express).';
   }
-  return `Boing Express isn't installed in this browser. Install it from the Chrome Web Store (${BOING_EXPRESS_CHROME_STORE_URL}), then reload.`;
-}
+  return "Boing Express isn't installed in this browser. Open https://boing.express to use the web wallet (or install the Chrome extension when the store listing is live), then reload.";
+}