diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts
index 181d8b688..28a31c331 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/gl-operations.service.ts
@@ -395,14 +395,20 @@ export class GlOperationsService {
     }
     if (!file) throw new BadRequestException('Attach the invoice document.');
 
+    // Invoiceable once cargo is offloaded, or — for export, where OFFLOADED is a
+    // DJ doc milestone that may never be recorded — once the Djibouti gate pass
+    // is secured. The invoice itself stays optional; nothing forces GL DJ to send one.
     const milestones = await this.milestoneService.listForBooking(bookingId);
     const offloaded = milestones.find(
       (m) => m.milestoneCode === 'OFFLOADED' && m.status === 'COMPLETED',
     );
     if (!offloaded) {
-      throw new BadRequestException(
-        'Cargo must be offloaded before the final invoice can be raised.',
-      );
+      const gatepass = await this.gatepassForBooking(bookingId);
+      if (!gatepass.granted) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          'Cargo must be offloaded (or the gate pass secured) before the final invoice can be raised.',
+        );
+      }
     }
 
     const existing = await this.billingService.findInvoice(
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx
index db6e79430..dc59c4dfc 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/ExportClearanceStepper.tsx
@@ -646,7 +646,9 @@ function FinalInvoiceStep({
   const invoice = clearance.finalInvoice ?? null;
   const paid = invoice?.status === "PAID";
 
-  if (!clearance.offloaded && !invoice) {
+  // Export: OFFLOADED is a DJ doc milestone that may never be recorded, so the
+  // secured gate pass is enough to open invoicing. Sending an invoice is optional.
+  if (!clearance.offloaded && !clearance.gatepassGranted && !invoice) {
     return (
       <StepStatus
         done={false}
@@ -740,7 +742,7 @@ function FinalInvoiceStep({
       ) : canDjAct && bookingId ? (
         <>
           <Text size="sm" c="dimmed">
-            Cargo offloaded — send the final invoice to the customer.
+            Send the final invoice to the customer if post-arrival charges apply (optional).
           </Text>
           <Button
             color="edr-green"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlUpcomingWindowsSection.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlUpcomingWindowsSection.tsx
index 6f21a50a2..cfb79fbcb 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlUpcomingWindowsSection.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/contracts/GlUpcomingWindowsSection.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,28 @@ import { CountdownTimer } from "@edr/ui-common";
 
 import { useBookingWindowSocket } from "@/features/bookingWindows/useBookingWindowSocket";
 import { api } from "@/services/api";
-import type { StaffBookingWindow } from "@/types/trainScheduling";
+
+/**
+ * The fields a window card needs. Structural so both `StaffBookingWindow`
+ * (all-lanes staff feed) and `BookingWindow` (contract-scoped feed, which
+ * carries no train number) satisfy it.
+ */
+interface WindowRow {
+  scheduleId: string;
+  trainNumber?: string | null;
+  direction: string | null;
+  windowPhase: string | null;
+  isOpenNow: boolean;
+  windowOpensAt: string | null;
+  windowClosesAt: string | null;
+  docReviewEndsAt: string | null;
+  paymentPhaseEndsAt: string | null;
+  bookingWindowStatus: string;
+  bookingCycleNo: number;
+  departureDate: string;
+  origin: string | null;
+  destination: string | null;
+}
 
 /** All window times are communicated in East Africa Time. */
 const TZ = "Africa/Addis_Ababa";
@@ -46,7 +67,7 @@ function fmtTime(iso: string): string {
   });
 }
 
-function windowLabel(w: StaffBookingWindow): string {
+function windowLabel(w: WindowRow): string {
   if (w.windowOpensAt && w.windowClosesAt) {
     return `${fmtDay(w.windowOpensAt)} · ${fmtTime(w.windowOpensAt)} – ${fmtTime(
       w.windowClosesAt,
@@ -64,7 +85,7 @@ function windowLabel(w: StaffBookingWindow): string {
  * between refetches announces what comes next rather than the bare "Expired".
  */
 function phaseCountdown(
-  w: StaffBookingWindow,
+  w: WindowRow,
 ): { label: string; deadline: string; expiredText: string } | null {
   switch (w.windowPhase) {
     case "PRE_WINDOW":
@@ -105,7 +126,7 @@ function phaseCountdown(
 }
 
 /** Drop windows whose booking window (or the train itself) has already passed. */
-function isPast(w: StaffBookingWindow): boolean {
+function isPast(w: WindowRow): boolean {
   const now = Date.now();
   const closes = w.windowClosesAt ? new Date(w.windowClosesAt).getTime() : null;
   const departs = w.departureDate ? new Date(w.departureDate).getTime() : null;
@@ -116,7 +137,7 @@ function isPast(w: StaffBookingWindow): boolean {
   return false;
 }
 
-function WindowCard({ w }: { w: StaffBookingWindow }) {
+function WindowCard({ w }: { w: WindowRow }) {
   const cd = phaseCountdown(w);
   const open = w.isOpenNow;
   const isImport = w.direction === "IMPORT";
@@ -218,21 +239,45 @@ function WindowCard({ w }: { w: StaffBookingWindow }) {
   );
 }
 
+interface GlUpcomingWindowsSectionProps {
+  /**
+   * Scope the card to one contract: only windows on that contract's routes
+   * (and therefore its import/export direction) are shown. Omit for the
+   * all-lanes staff feed on the clearance queue.
+   */
+  contractId?: string;
+}
+
 /**
- * All announced booking windows (import cycles + export FCFS) across every lane,
- * shown to GL ET on the clearance queue as a paged carousel — three lanes per
- * page, arrows to flip. Mirrors the customer's portal "Booking Windows" card.
- * Hidden when nothing is pending.
+ * Announced booking windows (import cycles + export FCFS) as a paged carousel —
+ * three lanes per page, arrows to flip. Without `contractId` it shows every
+ * lane (GL ET clearance queue); with `contractId` it shows only the windows
+ * matching that contract's routes/direction (clearance detail page). Mirrors
+ * the customer's portal "Booking Windows" card. Hidden when nothing is pending.
  */
-export function GlUpcomingWindowsSection() {
+export function GlUpcomingWindowsSection({
+  contractId,
+}: GlUpcomingWindowsSectionProps = {}) {
   // Live pushes flip cards the moment the window engine transitions a phase;
   // the 60s poll below stays only as a fallback.
   useBookingWindowSocket();
-  const { data, isLoading } = useQuery(
-    api.trainScheduling.allBookingWindows.queryOptions({
+  const allLanes = useQuery({
+    ...api.trainScheduling.allBookingWindows.queryOptions({
       refetchInterval: 60_000,
     }),
-  );
+    enabled: !contractId,
+  });
+  const contractLanes = useQuery({
+    ...api.trainScheduling.contractBookingWindows.queryOptions({
+      input: { contractId: contractId ?? "" },
+      refetchInterval: 60_000,
+    }),
+    enabled: Boolean(contractId),
+  });
+  const data: WindowRow[] | undefined = contractId
+    ? contractLanes.data
+    : allLanes.data;
+  const isLoading = contractId ? contractLanes.isLoading : allLanes.isLoading;
   const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
 
   const windows = useMemo(() => {
@@ -270,7 +315,9 @@ export function GlUpcomingWindowsSection() {
               Booking windows
             </Text>
             <Text fz={13} c="dimmed">
-              Import and export booking windows across all lanes (EAT)
+              {contractId
+                ? "Booking windows on this contract's routes (EAT)"
+                : "Import and export booking windows across all lanes (EAT)"}
             </Text>
           </Box>
         </Group>
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceDetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceDetailPage.tsx
index 7482ca2fb..76666c320 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/pages/contracts/ContractClearanceDetailPage.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { PageContainer } from "@/components/page/PageContainer";
 import { PageHeader } from "@/components/page/PageHeader";
 import { SectionCard } from "@/components/bookings/detail/SectionCard";
 import { ContractClearanceReviewSection } from "@/components/contracts/ContractClearanceReviewSection";
+import { GlUpcomingWindowsSection } from "@/components/contracts/GlUpcomingWindowsSection";
 import { PhasedClearanceActionPanel } from "@/components/contracts/PhasedClearanceActionPanel";
 import { QUERY_KEYS } from "@/constants/QUERY_KEYS";
 import { useFileViewer } from "@/hooks/useFileViewer";
@@ -199,6 +200,10 @@ export default function ContractClearanceDetailPage() {
 
         <ClearanceHero contract={contract} stats={stats} />
 
+        {/* Windows on this contract's routes/direction only — tells GL ET when
+            it can actually create the booking without checking the schedule board. */}
+        {id ? <GlUpcomingWindowsSection contractId={id} /> : null}
+
         {bookingAlreadyCreated ? (
           <Alert
             color="blue"
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts
index 68ad375d8..395a8c5de 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/types/trainScheduling.ts
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ export interface BookingWindow {
   isOpenNow: boolean;
   windowOpensAt: string | null;
   windowClosesAt: string | null;
+  docReviewEndsAt: string | null;
+  paymentPhaseEndsAt: string | null;
   bookingWindowStatus: string;
   bookingCycleNo: number;
   departureDate: string;
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractBookingWindowsSection.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractBookingWindowsSection.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c63f1b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractBookingWindowsSection.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+import { useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import {
+  ActionIcon,
+  Badge,
+  Box,
+  Group,
+  Paper,
+  SimpleGrid,
+  Skeleton,
+  Stack,
+  Text,
+} from "@mantine/core";
+import {
+  ArrowRight,
+  CalendarClock,
+  ChevronLeft,
+  ChevronRight,
+} from "lucide-react";
+import { CountdownTimer } from "@edr/ui-common";
+
+import type { MyBookingWindow } from "@/services/bookings.service";
+
+const INK = "#10202F";
+const MUTED = "#6B7C8E";
+const BORDER = "#E6ECF2";
+
+/** All window times are communicated in East Africa Time. */
+const TZ = "Africa/Addis_Ababa";
+/** Cards visible per carousel page. */
+const PER_PAGE = 3;
+
+function fmtDay(iso: string): string {
+  return new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString("en-GB", {
+    weekday: "short",
+    day: "numeric",
+    month: "short",
+    timeZone: TZ,
+  });
+}
+
+function fmtTime(iso: string): string {
+  return new Date(iso).toLocaleTimeString("en-GB", {
+    hour: "2-digit",
+    minute: "2-digit",
+    hour12: false,
+    timeZone: TZ,
+  });
+}
+
+/** "Thu, 10 Jul · 08:00 – 11:00 EAT" (or a phase label when times are unset). */
+function windowLabel(w: MyBookingWindow): string {
+  if (w.windowOpensAt && w.windowClosesAt) {
+    return `${fmtDay(w.windowOpensAt)} · ${fmtTime(w.windowOpensAt)} – ${fmtTime(
+      w.windowClosesAt,
+    )} EAT`;
+  }
+  if (w.windowOpensAt) {
+    return `Opens ${fmtDay(w.windowOpensAt)} · ${fmtTime(w.windowOpensAt)} EAT`;
+  }
+  return (w.windowPhase ?? w.bookingWindowStatus).replace(/_/g, " ");
+}
+
+/**
+ * The countdown for whichever phase the window is currently in, mirroring the
+ * home dashboard's Booking Windows card. `expiredText` names the NEXT step so a
+ * deadline that lapses between refetches announces what comes next rather than
+ * the bare "Expired".
+ */
+function phaseCountdown(
+  w: MyBookingWindow,
+): { label: string; deadline: string; expiredText: string } | null {
+  switch (w.windowPhase) {
+    case "PRE_WINDOW":
+      return w.windowOpensAt
+        ? {
+            label: "Booking opens in",
+            deadline: w.windowOpensAt,
+            expiredText: "Booking opening now…",
+          }
+        : null;
+    case "OPEN":
+      return w.windowClosesAt
+        ? {
+            label: "Window closes in",
+            deadline: w.windowClosesAt,
+            expiredText: "Document review starting…",
+          }
+        : null;
+    case "DOC_REVIEW":
+      return w.docReviewEndsAt
+        ? {
+            label: "Document review ends in",
+            deadline: w.docReviewEndsAt,
+            expiredText: "Payment starting…",
+          }
+        : null;
+    case "PAYMENT":
+      return w.paymentPhaseEndsAt
+        ? {
+            label: "Payment due in",
+            deadline: w.paymentPhaseEndsAt,
+            expiredText: "Payment window closing…",
+          }
+        : null;
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Drop windows whose booking window (or the train itself) has already passed. */
+function isPast(w: MyBookingWindow): boolean {
+  const now = Date.now();
+  const closes = w.windowClosesAt ? new Date(w.windowClosesAt).getTime() : null;
+  const departs = w.departureDate ? new Date(w.departureDate).getTime() : null;
+  // Still live while in a post-close staff phase (doc review / payment).
+  if (w.windowPhase === "DOC_REVIEW" || w.windowPhase === "PAYMENT") return false;
+  if (departs != null && departs <= now) return true;
+  if (closes != null && closes <= now) return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+function WindowCard({ w }: { w: MyBookingWindow }) {
+  const cd = phaseCountdown(w);
+  const open = w.isOpenNow;
+  const isImport = w.direction === "IMPORT";
+
+  return (
+    <Box
+      p="md"
+      style={{
+        borderRadius: 14,
+        height: "100%",
+        border: `1px solid ${open ? "#CDEBDD" : BORDER}`,
+        background: open
+          ? "linear-gradient(160deg, #F4FBF7 0%, #FFFFFF 85%)"
+          : "#FFFFFF",
+        boxShadow: open ? "0 2px 10px rgba(10,111,77,0.10)" : "none",
+      }}
+    >
+      <Stack gap={8} h="100%" justify="space-between">
+        <Box>
+          <Group justify="space-between" wrap="nowrap" gap={8}>
+            {w.direction ? (
+              <Badge
+                variant="light"
+                color={isImport ? "blue" : "teal"}
+                radius="sm"
+                size="sm"
+              >
+                {isImport ? "Import" : "Export"}
+              </Badge>
+            ) : (
+              <span />
+            )}
+            <Badge
+              variant={open ? "filled" : "light"}
+              color={open ? "edr-green" : "gray"}
+              radius="sm"
+              size="sm"
+            >
+              {open
+                ? "Open now"
+                : (w.windowPhase ?? w.bookingWindowStatus).replace(/_/g, " ")}
+            </Badge>
+          </Group>
+
+          <Group gap={6} wrap="nowrap" mt={10}>
+            <Text fz={15} fw={700} style={{ color: INK }} truncate>
+              {w.origin ?? "—"}
+            </Text>
+            <ArrowRight size={14} color={MUTED} style={{ flexShrink: 0 }} />
+            <Text fz={15} fw={700} style={{ color: INK }} truncate>
+              {w.destination ?? "—"}
+            </Text>
+          </Group>
+
+          <Group gap={6} wrap="nowrap" mt={8}>
+            <CalendarClock size={13} color={MUTED} style={{ flexShrink: 0 }} />
+            <Text fz={12} style={{ color: MUTED }} truncate>
+              {windowLabel(w)}
+            </Text>
+          </Group>
+          {w.departureDate ? (
+            <Text fz={12} style={{ color: MUTED }}>
+              Departs {fmtDay(w.departureDate)}
+            </Text>
+          ) : null}
+        </Box>
+
+        {cd ? (
+          <Box
+            px={10}
+            py={6}
+            style={{
+              borderRadius: 10,
+              background: open ? "rgba(10,111,77,0.08)" : "#F8FAFC",
+            }}
+          >
+            <CountdownTimer
+              deadline={cd.deadline}
+              label={cd.label}
+              expiredText={cd.expiredText}
+              size="xs"
+            />
+          </Box>
+        ) : null}
+      </Stack>
+    </Box>
+  );
+}
+
+interface ContractBookingWindowsSectionProps {
+  /** Windows already scoped to this contract's routes/direction by the API. */
+  windows: MyBookingWindow[];
+  isLoading: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Booking windows on THIS contract's routes only (the API filters by the
+ * contract's route lanes, which also pins the import/export direction) — the
+ * contract-scoped counterpart of the home dashboard's all-lanes Booking Windows
+ * card. Paged three cards at a time; hidden when nothing is announced.
+ */
+export function ContractBookingWindowsSection({
+  windows,
+  isLoading,
+}: ContractBookingWindowsSectionProps) {
+  const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
+
+  const sorted = useMemo(() => {
+    const rows = windows.filter(
+      (w) => w.windowPhase != null && w.windowPhase !== "DONE" && !isPast(w),
+    );
+    // Open lanes first, then by opening time.
+    return rows.sort((a, b) => {
+      const openDiff = Number(b.isOpenNow) - Number(a.isOpenNow);
+      if (openDiff !== 0) return openDiff;
+      const at = a.windowOpensAt ? new Date(a.windowOpensAt).getTime() : Infinity;
+      const bt = b.windowOpensAt ? new Date(b.windowOpensAt).getTime() : Infinity;
+      return at - bt;
+    });
+  }, [windows]);
+
+  const pageCount = Math.max(1, Math.ceil(sorted.length / PER_PAGE));
+  const safePage = Math.min(page, pageCount - 1);
+  const visible = sorted.slice(
+    safePage * PER_PAGE,
+    safePage * PER_PAGE + PER_PAGE,
+  );
+
+  if (!isLoading && sorted.length === 0) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <Paper withBorder radius="lg" p="lg" style={{ borderColor: BORDER }}>
+      <Group justify="space-between" align="flex-start" mb="md" wrap="nowrap">
+        <Group gap={8} wrap="nowrap">
+          <CalendarClock size={18} color={MUTED} />
+          <Box>
+            <Text fw={700} fz={16} style={{ color: INK }}>
+              Booking windows
+            </Text>
+            <Text fz={13} style={{ color: MUTED }}>
+              Windows on this contract&apos;s routes (EAT)
+            </Text>
+          </Box>
+        </Group>
+
+        {pageCount > 1 ? (
+          <Group gap={8} wrap="nowrap">
+            <ActionIcon
+              variant="default"
+              radius="xl"
+              size="lg"
+              aria-label="Previous windows"
+              disabled={safePage <= 0}
+              onClick={() => setPage((p) => Math.max(0, p - 1))}
+            >
+              <ChevronLeft size={18} />
+            </ActionIcon>
+            <Group gap={5} wrap="nowrap">
+              {Array.from({ length: pageCount }, (_, i) => (
+                <Box
+                  key={i}
+                  onClick={() => setPage(i)}
+                  style={{
+                    width: i === safePage ? 18 : 7,
+                    height: 7,
+                    borderRadius: 999,
+                    cursor: "pointer",
+                    background: i === safePage ? "#0A6F4D" : "#D8E2EB",
+                    transition: "width 200ms ease, background 200ms ease",
+                  }}
+                />
+              ))}
+            </Group>
+            <ActionIcon
+              variant="default"
+              radius="xl"
+              size="lg"
+              aria-label="Next windows"
+              disabled={safePage >= pageCount - 1}
+              onClick={() => setPage((p) => Math.min(pageCount - 1, p + 1))}
+            >
+              <ChevronRight size={18} />
+            </ActionIcon>
+          </Group>
+        ) : null}
+      </Group>
+
+      {isLoading ? (
+        <SimpleGrid cols={{ base: 1, sm: 2, lg: 3 }} spacing="md">
+          {[1, 2, 3].map((i) => (
+            <Skeleton key={i} height={150} radius="md" />
+          ))}
+        </SimpleGrid>
+      ) : (
+        <SimpleGrid key={safePage} cols={{ base: 1, sm: 2, lg: 3 }} spacing="md">
+          {visible.map((w) => (
+            <WindowCard key={`${w.scheduleId}-${w.bookingCycleNo}`} w={w} />
+          ))}
+        </SimpleGrid>
+      )}
+    </Paper>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx
index 560d7b11e..8f045861c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/ContractDetailPage.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import { ClearanceUploadedDocumentsPanel } from "@/components/contracts/Clearanc
 import { formatRateUnit } from "./new-contract-form/unit-rates";
 import { getContractBookingAction } from "./contract-booking-action";
 import { closedWindowMessage, hasOpenWindow } from "./booking-window";
+import { ContractBookingWindowsSection } from "./ContractBookingWindowsSection";
 import {
   BORDER,
   ContractStatusBadge,
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ export default function ContractDetailPage() {
   // Booking windows for this contract's routes — gates the direct "New shipment
   // booking" entry so the customer only sees it while a window is open.
   // Refetched every minute so "Open now" flips without a manual reload.
-  const { data: bookingWindows = [] } = useQuery({
+  const { data: bookingWindows = [], isLoading: windowsLoading } = useQuery({
     ...api.bookings.getContractBookingWindows.queryOptions({
       input: { contractId: id! },
       refetchInterval: 60_000,
@@ -515,6 +516,16 @@ export default function ContractDetailPage() {
           </SimpleGrid>
         </Paper>
 
+        {/* Booking windows on this contract's routes/direction only (the API
+            filters by the contract's lanes). Intercity contracts aren't
+            window-gated, so nothing is shown for them. */}
+        {contract.tradeDirection !== "DOMESTIC" && (
+          <ContractBookingWindowsSection
+            windows={bookingWindows}
+            isLoading={windowsLoading}
+          />
+        )}
+
         {/* Tabs: Details · Documents · Bookings (pill style, like the
             backoffice booking-requests page; each tab shows a count badge). */}
         <Tabs
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx
index 613d3dcc6..c3c7710e6 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/contracts/NewContractPage.tsx
@@ -662,7 +662,9 @@ export default function NewContractPage({
           </Title>
           <Text size="sm" c="edr-muted" mt={4}>
             {isEdit
-              ? "Update your contract details and documents, then resubmit it for EDR staff review."
+              ? editContract?.status === "CHANGES_REQUESTED"
+                ? "Update your contract details and documents, then resubmit it for EDR staff review."
+                : "Update your draft contract details and documents, then submit it for EDR staff review."
               : "Define your freight contract — scope, routes, and unit rates. Book shipments against it after signing."}
           </Text>
         </Box>
@@ -685,7 +687,7 @@ export default function NewContractPage({
         onSubmit={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
       >
         <Box flex={1} p="24px">
-          {isEdit && (
+          {isEdit && editContract?.status === "CHANGES_REQUESTED" && (
             <Alert
               color="orange"
               radius="lg"