diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2ec75ce..fcb7095 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jank",
-  "version": "26.14.0",
+  "version": "26.14.1",
   "description": "A TweetDeck-style multi-column deck for Nostr — just another nostr klient",
   "type": "module",
   "author": "DocNR",
diff --git a/src/components/Mute/MutedUserItem.tsx b/src/components/Mute/MutedUserItem.tsx
index 096857a..4ef2ab3 100644
--- a/src/components/Mute/MutedUserItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Mute/MutedUserItem.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,67 @@
 import MuteButton from '@/components/MuteButton'
 import Nip05 from '@/components/Nip05'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import UserAvatar from '@/components/UserAvatar'
 import Username from '@/components/Username'
 import { useSecondaryPage } from '@/DeckManager'
 import { useFetchProfile } from '@/hooks'
 import { toProfile } from '@/lib/link'
 import { useMuteList } from '@/providers/UserListsProvider'
-import { Loader, Lock, Unlock } from 'lucide-react'
-import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
+import { Globe, Loader, Lock } from 'lucide-react'
+import { useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 
 export default function MutedUserItem({ pubkey }: { pubkey: string }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation()
   const { push } = useSecondaryPage()
-  const { changing, getMuteType, switchToPrivateMute, switchToPublicMute } = useMuteList()
+  const { getMuteType, switchToPrivateMute, switchToPublicMute } = useMuteList()
   const { profile } = useFetchProfile(pubkey)
-  const muteType = useMemo(() => getMuteType(pubkey), [pubkey, getMuteType])
-  const [switching, setSwitching] = useState(false)
+  const realType = useMemo(() => getMuteType(pubkey), [pubkey, getMuteType])
+
+  // Coalesced optimistic visibility toggle. The label flips instantly on every
+  // click (`override`); underneath we publish at most one mutation per settled
+  // target — extra clicks while a publish is in flight just update `pendingRef`,
+  // so furious flipping never fans out into a cascade of signed kind-10000
+  // events (each is a relay publish + a remote sign on a NIP-46 bunker).
+  const [override, setOverride] = useState<'public' | 'private' | null>(null)
+  const [saving, setSaving] = useState(false)
+  const pendingRef = useRef<'public' | 'private' | null>(null)
+  const runningRef = useRef(false)
+
+  const shownType = override ?? realType
+
+  const runCommit = async () => {
+    runningRef.current = true
+    setSaving(true)
+    try {
+      while (pendingRef.current !== null) {
+        const target = pendingRef.current
+        pendingRef.current = null
+        try {
+          await (target === 'public' ? switchToPublicMute(pubkey) : switchToPrivateMute(pubkey))
+        } catch {
+          // The provider already surfaced a toast. Don't break: if a newer click
+          // queued a different target while this one was failing, honor it on the
+          // next iteration. Otherwise the loop exits and the label reconciles to
+          // the real state below.
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      runningRef.current = false
+      setSaving(false)
+      // Drop the optimistic override: a successful switch leaves the real type
+      // at `target` (label unchanged); a no-op / failure reverts it.
+      setOverride(null)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const handleToggleVisibility = () => {
+    const target = shownType === 'private' ? 'public' : 'private'
+    setOverride(target)
+    pendingRef.current = target
+    if (!runningRef.current) void runCommit()
+  }
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -34,37 +80,34 @@ export default function MutedUserItem({ pubkey }: { pubkey: string }) {
       </div>
       {/* Action controls: stop row-click navigation so toggling/unmuting
           doesn't also open the profile. */}
-      <div className="flex items-center gap-2" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
-        {switching ? (
-          <Button disabled variant="ghost" size="icon">
-            <Loader className="animate-spin" />
-          </Button>
-        ) : muteType === 'private' ? (
-          <Button
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="icon"
-            onClick={() => {
-              if (switching) return
-              setSwitching(true)
-              switchToPublicMute(pubkey).finally(() => setSwitching(false))
-            }}
-            disabled={changing}
-          >
-            <Lock className="text-green-400" />
-          </Button>
-        ) : muteType === 'public' ? (
-          <Button
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="icon"
-            onClick={() => {
-              if (switching) return
-              setSwitching(true)
-              switchToPrivateMute(pubkey).finally(() => setSwitching(false))
-            }}
-            disabled={changing}
-          >
-            <Unlock className="text-muted-foreground" />
-          </Button>
+      <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1" onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+        {shownType === 'private' || shownType === 'public' ? (
+          <Tooltip>
+            <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+              <Button
+                variant="ghost"
+                size="sm"
+                className="text-muted-foreground h-7 gap-1.5 px-2"
+                onClick={handleToggleVisibility}
+              >
+                {saving ? (
+                  <Loader className="size-3.5 animate-spin" />
+                ) : shownType === 'private' ? (
+                  <Lock className="size-3.5" />
+                ) : (
+                  <Globe className="size-3.5" />
+                )}
+                <span className="text-xs">
+                  {shownType === 'private' ? t('Private') : t('Public')}
+                </span>
+              </Button>
+            </TooltipTrigger>
+            <TooltipContent>
+              {shownType === 'private'
+                ? t('Only you can see this mute. Click to make it public.')
+                : t('Anyone can see this mute. Click to make it private.')}
+            </TooltipContent>
+          </Tooltip>
         ) : null}
         <MuteButton pubkey={pubkey} />
       </div>
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en.ts b/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
index 709b3f4..94efcc9 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en.ts
@@ -1091,6 +1091,12 @@ export default {
     'Muted words apply to all your accounts.': 'Muted words apply to all your accounts.',
     'Reveal muted thread': 'Reveal muted thread',
     'Waiting for signer approval...': 'Waiting for signer approval...',
-    'Signer did not respond in time': 'Signer did not respond in time'
+    'Signer did not respond in time': 'Signer did not respond in time',
+    Private: 'Private',
+    Public: 'Public',
+    'Only you can see this mute. Click to make it public.':
+      'Only you can see this mute. Click to make it public.',
+    'Anyone can see this mute. Click to make it private.':
+      'Anyone can see this mute. Click to make it private.'
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/ScopedUserListsProvider.tsx b/src/providers/ScopedUserListsProvider.tsx
index 8c5a437..3471e1d 100644
--- a/src/providers/ScopedUserListsProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/providers/ScopedUserListsProvider.tsx
@@ -463,7 +463,13 @@ function ScopedMuteListInner({ viewContext, signingIdentity, children }: InnerPr
         if (!current) return
         const currentPrivate = await decryptSignerPrivateTags(current)
         const newPrivate = currentPrivate.filter((t) => t[0] !== 'p' || t[1] !== pubkey)
-        if (newPrivate.length === currentPrivate.length) return
+        if (newPrivate.length === currentPrivate.length) {
+          // The pubkey wasn't in the decrypted private list — usually the private
+          // portion failed to decrypt (e.g. a bunker round-trip). Don't fail
+          // silently; surface it so the toggle doesn't just snap back.
+          toast.error('Could not change mute visibility. Please try again.', { duration: 10_000 })
+          return
+        }
         const content = await signer.nip44Encrypt(signingIdentity, JSON.stringify(newPrivate))
         const newTags = current.tags
           .filter((t) => t[0] !== 'p' || t[1] !== pubkey)
@@ -489,7 +495,10 @@ function ScopedMuteListInner({ viewContext, signingIdentity, children }: InnerPr
         const current = await muteListService.fetchMuteListEvent(signingIdentity)
         if (!current) return
         const newTags = current.tags.filter((t) => t[0] !== 'p' || t[1] !== pubkey)
-        if (newTags.length === current.tags.length) return
+        if (newTags.length === current.tags.length) {
+          toast.error('Could not change mute visibility. Please try again.', { duration: 10_000 })
+          return
+        }
         const currentPrivate = await decryptSignerPrivateTags(current)
         const newPrivate = currentPrivate
           .filter((t) => t[0] !== 'p' || t[1] !== pubkey)
diff --git a/src/release-notes.ts b/src/release-notes.ts
index 392a143..c6ace8c 100644
--- a/src/release-notes.ts
+++ b/src/release-notes.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ export type ReleaseNote = {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseNote[] = [
+  {
+    version: '26.14.1',
+    date: '2026-06-14',
+    highlights: [
+      'The Muted list now spells out whether each muted user is Public or Private, with a globe or lock label and a tooltip explaining what it means, instead of an unlabeled icon. Switching a mute between public and private is now instant, and tells you if it could not be saved instead of silently doing nothing.'
+    ]
+  },
   {
     version: '26.14.0',
     date: '2026-06-14',