diff --git a/app/layout/Rail.zig b/app/layout/Rail.zig
index a2cc01cd1..eef483634 100644
--- a/app/layout/Rail.zig
+++ b/app/layout/Rail.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const dvui = @import("dvui");
 const core = @import("core");
-const PluginStore = @import("../store/PluginStore.zig");
 const Layout = @import("Layout.zig");
 const Chooser = Layout.Chooser;
 
@@ -20,8 +19,8 @@ pub const Host = struct {
         drawFooterItems: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, size: f32) void,
         /// Whether the side pane is on screen, as opposed to closed or folded away.
         sidePaneShown: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque) bool,
-        /// How many installed plugins wait for the person to say whether to load them.
-        undecidedPluginCount: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque) usize,
+        /// How many plugins wait for a load decision in this view; zero for other views.
+        undecidedPluginCount: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, view_id: []const u8) usize,
         /// An icon's rect in physical pixels, to register with a custom title bar it overlaps.
         iconRect: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, r: dvui.Rect.Physical) void,
     };
@@ -174,14 +173,10 @@ fn pickAction(host: Host, c: *const Chooser, so_far: Action) Action {
     return if (host.vtable.sidePaneShown(host.ctx)) .close else .open;
 }
 
-/// One rail icon: the chooser's item, drawn as the view's glyph with the store's attention badge.
+/// One rail icon: the chooser's item, drawn as the view's glyph with the host's attention badge for that view.
 /// Returns the bottom of the item's cell, in physical pixels.
 fn drawIcon(host: Host, c: *Chooser, view: *Layout.Surface, index: usize) f32 {
-    // Only the store view can carry one; nothing else in the rail has a pending-decision notion.
-    const undecided_count: usize = if (std.mem.eql(u8, view.id, PluginStore.view_id))
-        host.vtable.undecidedPluginCount(host.ctx)
-    else
-        0;
+    const undecided_count = host.vtable.undecidedPluginCount(host.ctx, view.id);
     // Say what the dot means — a bare badge on a 20px rail icon is otherwise a riddle.
     const detail: ?[]const u8 = if (undecided_count > 0)
         dvui.currentWindow().arena().print("{d} plugin{s} ready to load", .{
diff --git a/src/editor/layout.zig b/src/editor/layout.zig
index 40d70df6b..4d6412d68 100644
--- a/src/editor/layout.zig
+++ b/src/editor/layout.zig
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ fn explorerPane(ctx: ?*anyopaque, f: *Layout, keywords: []const []const u8) Layo
     return editor.explorer.draw(editor, f, keywords);
 }
 
-fn railHost(editor: *fizzy.Editor) Rail.Host {
+pub fn railHost(editor: *fizzy.Editor) Rail.Host {
     return .{ .ctx = editor, .vtable = &.{
         .drawFooterItems = railFooterItems,
         .sidePaneShown = railSidePaneShown,
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ fn railSidePaneShown(ctx: ?*anyopaque) bool {
     return if (editor.regionFor(sidebar)) |r| !r.isClosed() and !r.isFolded() else !editor.explorer.closed;
 }
 
-fn railUndecidedCount(ctx: ?*anyopaque) usize {
+fn railUndecidedCount(ctx: ?*anyopaque, view_id: []const u8) usize {
+    // The rail knows no view by name; only the store's view holds the card that offers a build.
+    if (!std.mem.eql(u8, view_id, app.store.Store.view_id)) return 0;
     const editor: *fizzy.Editor = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx.?));
     return editor.app.undecidedPluginCount();
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration.zig b/tests/integration.zig
index 888ae523b..663648f27 100644
--- a/tests/integration.zig
+++ b/tests/integration.zig
@@ -3067,6 +3067,23 @@ fn expectNoPanel(editor: *fizzy.Editor) !void {
     try std.testing.expect(editor.regionFor(fizzy.sdk.keywords.ide.panel) == null);
 }
 
+test "rail: the undecided-plugin badge counts for the store view and no other" {
+    var ctx = try shim.init(std.testing.allocator);
+    defer ctx.deinit(std.testing.allocator);
+    const editor = ctx.editor;
+    editor.app.gpa = std.testing.allocator;
+    defer {
+        for (editor.app.undecided_plugin_ids.items) |id| editor.app.gpa.free(id);
+        editor.app.undecided_plugin_ids.clearAndFree(editor.app.gpa);
+    }
+    try editor.app.trackUndecidedPlugin("one");
+    try editor.app.trackUndecidedPlugin("two");
+
+    const host = fizzy.layout.railHost(editor);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 2), host.vtable.undecidedPluginCount(host.ctx, @import("app").store.Store.view_id));
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), host.vtable.undecidedPluginCount(host.ctx, "test.files"));
+}
+
 test "chrome: the defaults are fizzy's own frame, Sidebar left of Main with a Panel" {
     try std.testing.expectEqual(fizzy.Editor.Chrome{}, fizzy.Editor.Chrome.configured);
     try withChrome(.{}, expectSidebarLeft);