diff --git a/panel/src/components/players/BansSection.tsx b/panel/src/components/players/BansSection.tsx
index 4f6dce9..8e0948c 100644
--- a/panel/src/components/players/BansSection.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/components/players/BansSection.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   MC_NAME,
   PagerFooter,
   PlayerField,
+  rconReply,
   SearchBox,
   usePagedNames,
   type Feedback,
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ export function BansSection({ name }: { name: string }) {
     setFb(null);
     setBanning(true);
     try {
-      await api.accessBan(name, "ban", player);
-      setFb({ kind: "ok", msg: t("access_banned", { player }) });
+      const res = await api.accessBan(name, "ban", player);
+      setFb({ kind: "ok", msg: rconReply(res.output, t("access_banned", { player })) });
       setValue("");
       setTouched(false);
       setArmed(false);
@@ -86,8 +87,8 @@ export function BansSection({ name }: { name: string }) {
       setFb(null);
       setPardoning(p);
       try {
-        await api.accessBan(name, "pardon", p);
-        setFb({ kind: "ok", msg: t("access_pardoned", { player: p }) });
+        const res = await api.accessBan(name, "pardon", p);
+        setFb({ kind: "ok", msg: rconReply(res.output, t("access_pardoned", { player: p })) });
         reload();
       } catch (e) {
         setFb({ kind: "err", msg: humanizeError(e) });
diff --git a/panel/src/components/players/OnlineSection.tsx b/panel/src/components/players/OnlineSection.tsx
index 3b07668..12e7e55 100644
--- a/panel/src/components/players/OnlineSection.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/components/players/OnlineSection.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   CollapsibleSection,
   FeedbackLine,
   PagerFooter,
+  rconReply,
   SearchBox,
   usePagedNames,
   type Feedback,
@@ -52,11 +53,16 @@ export function OnlineSection({ name, defaultOpen = true }: { name: string; defa
       setFb(null);
       setPending({ player: playerName, action });
       try {
-        if (action === "kick") await api.accessKick(name, playerName);
-        else await api.accessBan(name, "ban", playerName);
+        const res =
+          action === "kick"
+            ? await api.accessKick(name, playerName)
+            : await api.accessBan(name, "ban", playerName);
         setFb({
           kind: "ok",
-          msg: t(action === "kick" ? "access_kicked" : "access_banned", { player: playerName }),
+          msg: rconReply(
+            res.output,
+            t(action === "kick" ? "access_kicked" : "access_banned", { player: playerName }),
+          ),
         });
         reload(); // the player just left — refresh so the roster reflects it
       } catch (e) {
diff --git a/panel/src/components/players/WhitelistSection.tsx b/panel/src/components/players/WhitelistSection.tsx
index b1a998d..a4c3f6f 100644
--- a/panel/src/components/players/WhitelistSection.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/components/players/WhitelistSection.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   MC_NAME,
   PagerFooter,
   PlayerField,
+  rconReply,
   SearchBox,
   usePagedNames,
   type Feedback,
@@ -56,8 +57,11 @@ export function WhitelistSection({ name, defaultOpen = false }: { name: string;
     setFb(null);
     setAdding(true);
     try {
-      await api.accessWhitelist(name, "add", player);
-      setFb({ kind: "ok", msg: t("access_whitelist_added", { player }) });
+      const res = await api.accessWhitelist(name, "add", player);
+      setFb({
+        kind: "ok",
+        msg: rconReply(res.output, t("access_whitelist_added", { player })),
+      });
       setValue("");
       setTouched(false);
       reload();
@@ -73,8 +77,11 @@ export function WhitelistSection({ name, defaultOpen = false }: { name: string;
       setFb(null);
       setRemoving(p);
       try {
-        await api.accessWhitelist(name, "remove", p);
-        setFb({ kind: "ok", msg: t("access_whitelist_removed", { player: p }) });
+        const res = await api.accessWhitelist(name, "remove", p);
+        setFb({
+          kind: "ok",
+          msg: rconReply(res.output, t("access_whitelist_removed", { player: p })),
+        });
         reload();
       } catch (e) {
         setFb({ kind: "err", msg: humanizeError(e) });
diff --git a/panel/src/components/players/shared.tsx b/panel/src/components/players/shared.tsx
index ee2c618..d03f111 100644
--- a/panel/src/components/players/shared.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/components/players/shared.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ export const MC_NAME = /^[A-Za-z0-9_]{1,16}$/;
 
 export type Feedback = { kind: "ok" | "err"; msg: string } | null;
 
+/** rconReply decides what a mutation reports: the server's own reply, verbatim,
+ *  whenever it says anything — the reply is ground truth and names refusals too
+ *  ("That player does not exist"), so a canned confirmation must never speak over
+ *  it. The localized fallback only covers a silent server. */
+export function rconReply(output: string | undefined, fallback: string): string {
+  return (output ?? "").trim() || fallback;
+}
+
 /** FeedbackLine is the shared inline result line for a player action: emerald on
  *  success, destructive on failure. There is no toast library — every section
  *  reports here, in place, right under the control that fired. */