diff --git a/src/app/features/bots/room.ts b/src/app/features/bots/room.ts
index 5a2636ed..cb3c4fae 100644
--- a/src/app/features/bots/room.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/bots/room.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,43 @@ export const isCatalogBotControlRoom = (
   presets: readonly BotPreset[]
 ): boolean => presets.some((preset) => isBotControlRoom(mx, room, preset));
 
+// How long a bridge-ghost invite stays hidden from the Direct invite list
+// while we expect the bridge's double puppet to auto-accept it. Long enough
+// to cover a busy initial chat sync; short enough that a broken double
+// puppet leaves the user a manual Accept button instead of a black hole.
+export const BRIDGE_GHOST_INVITE_GRACE_MS = 2 * 60 * 1000;
+
+// «Is this pending invite from a bridge ghost puppet of a catalog bot?»
+// mautrix ghost mxids follow the `<network>_<remote id>` localpart
+// convention and the catalog bot ids ARE the network slugs (telegram /
+// whatsapp / discord — config.json is the trusted source), so the prefix
+// match needs no client-side knowledge beyond the operator config. Invite
+// rooms carry only stripped state — m.bridge is NOT in it — which is why
+// this matches on the inviter mxid instead of `isBridgedRoom`.
+//
+// Used to suppress the invite-row flicker during bridge sync: the bridge's
+// double puppet auto-accepts portal invites within seconds, and rendering
+// Accept/Decline for something that resolves itself reads as UI noise. Only
+// FRESH invites (younger than the grace window) are hidden — if auto-accept
+// is broken, the invite resurfaces with manual controls.
+export const isFreshBridgeGhostInvite = (
+  mx: MatrixClient,
+  room: Room,
+  presets: readonly BotPreset[]
+): boolean => {
+  const myUserId = mx.getUserId();
+  if (!myUserId) return false;
+  const memberEvent = room.getMember(myUserId)?.events.member;
+  const inviter = memberEvent?.getSender();
+  if (!inviter) return false;
+  const ts = memberEvent?.getTs() ?? 0;
+  if (Date.now() - ts > BRIDGE_GHOST_INVITE_GRACE_MS) return false;
+  return presets.some((preset) => {
+    const botServer = preset.mxid.slice(preset.mxid.indexOf(':'));
+    return inviter.startsWith(`@${preset.id}_`) && inviter.endsWith(botServer);
+  });
+};
+
 // Returns the BotPreset that owns this room, or undefined if the room is
 // not a bot control DM. Used by the RoomMenu's «Show widget» item to
 // know which `/bots/:id` route to navigate to. Wraps the same matcher as
diff --git a/src/app/pages/client/direct/useDirectInvites.ts b/src/app/pages/client/direct/useDirectInvites.ts
index 374684ca..bc021079 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/client/direct/useDirectInvites.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/client/direct/useDirectInvites.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import { useSetting } from '../../../state/hooks/settings';
 import { settingsAtom } from '../../../state/settings';
 import { getMxIdLocalPart } from '../../../utils/matrix';
 import { StateEvent } from '../../../../types/matrix/room';
+import { useBotPresets } from '../../../features/bots/catalog';
+import { isFreshBridgeGhostInvite } from '../../../features/bots/room';
 
 export type DirectInviteEntry = {
   room: Room;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export const useDirectInvites = (): DirectInviteEntry[] => {
   const inviteIds = useAtomValue(allInvitesAtom);
   const allRooms = useAtomValue(allRoomsAtom);
   const [spamFilterEnabled] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'inviteSpamFilter');
+  const bots = useBotPresets();
   const myUserId = mx.getSafeUserId();
 
   return useMemo(() => {
@@ -73,6 +76,13 @@ export const useDirectInvites = (): DirectInviteEntry[] => {
     inviteIds.forEach((roomId) => {
       const room = mx.getRoom(roomId);
       if (!room) return;
+      // Bridge portal invites get auto-accepted by the bridge's double
+      // puppet within seconds of arriving — rendering Accept/Decline rows
+      // that vanish on their own reads as flicker, especially during the
+      // post-login burst when the bridge syncs dozens of chats. Fresh ghost
+      // invites are suppressed; stale ones (auto-accept broken) fall
+      // through and stay actionable.
+      if (isFreshBridgeGhostInvite(mx, room, bots)) return;
       const me = room.getMember(myUserId);
       const senderId = me?.events.member?.getSender() ?? '';
       // Moderation signal — sender is banned in a room we share. This is a
@@ -93,5 +103,5 @@ export const useDirectInvites = (): DirectInviteEntry[] => {
     });
     out.sort((a, b) => b.ts - a.ts);
     return out;
-  }, [mx, inviteIds, allRooms, myUserId, spamFilterEnabled]);
+  }, [mx, inviteIds, allRooms, myUserId, spamFilterEnabled, bots]);
 };