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+we make the current session status bar float and display generally short messages for all background tasks like:
+    "Waiting Xs to reconnect... [try now]"
+    "Reconnecting..."
+    "Sending message 1 of 10..."
+
+As it is floating, it doesn't pop they layout and mess up the scroll offset of the timeline.
+Need to find a good place to float it though. Preferably on top for visibility, but it could occlude the room header. Perhaps bottom left?
+
+If more than 1 background thing is going on at the same time we display (1/x).
+If you click the button status bar anywhere, it takes you to a page adjacent to the room view (and e.g. in the future the settings) and you get an overview of all running background tasks.