Fix Admin Notices not showing on the Dashboard (v2.4.2)

admin_notices fires everywhere, but prints inside #wpbody, which
DashboardTakeover hides entirely on the Dashboard (to hide the *native*
dashboard, not ours) — notices went down with it as collateral damage.
Notices::render_for_dashboard() now renders directly inside the visible
dashboard frame instead, called from DashboardTakeover::render_mount();
the normal admin_notices path bails on the Dashboard so it isn't
rendered twice.

Second, independent bug found along the way: wp-admin/js/common.js
unconditionally relocates every .notice element on the page to right
after the page's <h1>, regardless of where it was placed server-side —
without opting out, it would've silently moved our notice right back
into the hidden #wpbody. Used core's own documented `below-h2` class to
opt out, only for the dashboard render path.

Verified live: notice now shows correctly inside the dashboard frame
with proper dark styling, and dismisses correctly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>

PROJECT_STATUS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Aurora Admin v2 — Project Status
 
-_Last updated: 2026-07-04 (latest session — file-integrity tamper protection for the license gate)_
+_Last updated: 2026-07-04 (latest session — remaining placeholder settings wired up, dashboard scrolling and admin notices fixed)_
 
 ## What this project is
 
@@ -628,6 +628,22 @@ compatibility, trust), which wasn't in scope here.
 
 ## Key bugs fixed (root causes, in case they resurface)
 
+- **Admin Notices invisible on the Dashboard**: `admin_notices` prints
+  inside `#wpbody`, which `DashboardTakeover::hide_native()` hides
+  entirely (to hide the *native* dashboard, not ours) — collateral damage
+  for anything else relying on that hook there. Fixed with
+  `Notices::render_for_dashboard()`, called directly inside the visible
+  dashboard frame (`DashboardTakeover::render_mount()`), with `render()`
+  (the normal `admin_notices` hook) bailing on the Dashboard so it isn't
+  rendered twice. **Second, independent bug surfaced by the same fix**:
+  `wp-admin/js/common.js` unconditionally relocates every `.notice`
+  element on the page to right after the page's `<h1>`
+  (`$('.notice').not('.inline, .below-h2').insertAfter($headerEnd)`) —
+  regardless of where it was placed server-side, it would've moved right
+  back into the hidden `#wpbody` on its own. Core's own `.below-h2` class
+  is the documented opt-out; added only for the dashboard render path
+  (`render_notices($keep_in_place)`), not the normal one, where the
+  relocation is harmless/expected.
 - **`.card` global class collision**: original Dashboard cards used
   `class="card"`, colliding with WP core's `.card { max-width: 520px }`.
   Fixed by renaming to `.aurora-card*` everywhere. Never use unprefixed