diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/CalendarDataSource.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/CalendarDataSource.kt
index de1254b..8e3a193 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/CalendarDataSource.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/CalendarDataSource.kt
@@ -588,13 +588,15 @@ class AndroidCalendarDataSource @Inject constructor(
     ): List<EventInstance> {
         ensureObserversRegistered()
         // Hide cancelled occurrences: "delete only this event" writes a
-        // cancelled exception for the one instance (#47). A NULL status is a
-        // normal, un-cancelled event, so it must survive the filter — a bare
-        // `!= CANCELED` would drop it (NULL != 2 is NULL, not true).
-        // DELETED = 0: a provider that soft-deletes may keep the row's
-        // instances until a purge (#364).
+        // cancelled exception for the one instance (#47). A cancelled event or
+        // series of its own stays, crossed out (#388), so only exception rows
+        // are filtered. A NULL status is a normal, un-cancelled event, so it
+        // must survive the filter — a bare `!= CANCELED` would drop it (NULL !=
+        // 2 is NULL, not true). DELETED = 0: a provider that soft-deletes may
+        // keep the row's instances until a purge (#364).
         val visible = "(${CalendarContract.Instances.STATUS} IS NULL OR " +
-            "${CalendarContract.Instances.STATUS} != ${CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_CANCELED}) AND " +
+            "${CalendarContract.Instances.STATUS} != ${CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_CANCELED} OR " +
+            "${CalendarContract.Instances.ORIGINAL_ID} IS NULL) AND " +
             "${CalendarContract.Events.DELETED} = 0"
         return resolver.query(
             instancesUri(beginMillis, endMillis),
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapper.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapper.kt
index 98dbe3c..3fe03f9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapper.kt
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ internal fun buildEventInsertValues(
     put(CalendarContract.Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE, times.timezone)
     put(CalendarContract.Events.AVAILABILITY, form.availability.toProviderValue())
     put(CalendarContract.Events.ACCESS_LEVEL, form.accessLevel.toProviderValue())
+    if (form.status != EventStatus.Confirmed) put(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS, form.status.toProviderStatus())
     form.location.trim().takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
         ?.let { put(CalendarContract.Events.EVENT_LOCATION, it) }
     form.description.trim().takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
@@ -179,6 +180,9 @@ internal fun buildEventUpdateValues(
     if (updated.accessLevel != original.accessLevel) {
         put(CalendarContract.Events.ACCESS_LEVEL, updated.accessLevel.toProviderValue())
     }
+    if (updated.status != original.status) {
+        put(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS, updated.status.toProviderStatus())
+    }
     if (updated.colorKey != original.colorKey || updated.color != original.color) {
         putAll(eventColorColumns(updated.colorKey, updated.color))
     }
@@ -279,6 +283,7 @@ internal fun buildOccurrenceExceptionValues(
     put(CalendarContract.Events.EVENT_TIMEZONE, times.timezone)
     put(CalendarContract.Events.AVAILABILITY, form.availability.toProviderValue())
     put(CalendarContract.Events.ACCESS_LEVEL, form.accessLevel.toProviderValue())
+    put(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS, form.status.toProviderStatus())
     put(CalendarContract.Events.EVENT_LOCATION, form.location.trim().ifEmpty { null })
     put(CalendarContract.Events.DESCRIPTION, form.description.trim().ifEmpty { null })
     if (form.colorKey == null) putAll(eventColorColumns(null, form.color))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt
index e8b49c6..8d6cb7a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapper.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ internal fun ColumnReader.toEventInstance(): EventInstance? {
         color = color,
         location = getString(InstanceProjection.IDX_LOCATION),
         response = mapEventResponse(getInt(InstanceProjection.IDX_SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS)),
+        status = eventStatus(InstanceProjection.IDX_STATUS),
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt
index e9dae51..69dc43c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/Projections.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ internal object InstanceProjection {
         CalendarContract.Instances.CALENDAR_COLOR,
         CalendarContract.Instances.EVENT_LOCATION,
         CalendarContract.Instances.SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS,
+        CalendarContract.Instances.STATUS,
     )
 
     const val IDX_INSTANCE_ID = 0
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ internal object InstanceProjection {
     const val IDX_CALENDAR_COLOR = 8
     const val IDX_LOCATION = 9
     const val IDX_SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS = 10
+    const val IDX_STATUS = 11
 }
 
 internal object EventDetailProjection {
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ internal object SearchProjection {
         // Excerpted, not just filtered on: a hit has to show what it matched.
         CalendarContract.Events.DESCRIPTION,
         CalendarContract.Events.SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS,
+        CalendarContract.Events.STATUS,
     )
 
     const val IDX_ID = 0
@@ -214,6 +217,7 @@ internal object SearchProjection {
     const val IDX_RDATE = 11
     const val IDX_DESCRIPTION = 12
     const val IDX_SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS = 13
+    const val IDX_STATUS = 14
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt
index 1b7dcf2..81d4f86 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/SearchMapper.kt
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ internal fun ColumnReader.toSearchResult(): EventInstance? {
         isRecurring = !getString(SearchProjection.IDX_RRULE).isNullOrEmpty() ||
             !getString(SearchProjection.IDX_RDATE).isNullOrEmpty(),
         response = mapEventResponse(getInt(SearchProjection.IDX_SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS)),
+        status = eventStatus(SearchProjection.IDX_STATUS),
     )
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventDisplayOrder.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventDisplayOrder.kt
index 1240c5f..0138511 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventDisplayOrder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventDisplayOrder.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import kotlinx.datetime.TimeZone
 
 /** Lower values appear first in lists and get the upper visible lanes in grids. */
 fun EventInstance.displayPriority(zone: TimeZone): Int = when {
-    isDeclined -> 3
+    isCrossedOut -> 3
     spansMultipleDays(zone) -> 0
     isAllDay -> 1
     else -> 2
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventForm.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventForm.kt
index bbd9646..06d96be 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventForm.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventForm.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ data class EventForm(
     val reminders: List<Int> = emptyList(),
     val availability: Availability = Availability.Busy,
     val accessLevel: AccessLevel = AccessLevel.Default,
+    /** Confirmed / Tentative / Cancelled (#388). */
+    val status: EventStatus = EventStatus.Confirmed,
     /**
      * Bare RRULE value (`Events.RRULE` convention, no "RRULE:" prefix); null
      * means a one-off event. May hold rules the simple picker can't express —
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ enum class EventFormField {
     Reminders,
     Recurrence,
     Availability,
+    Status,
     Visibility,
     Color,
     Attendees,
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ fun EventDetail.toEditForm(beginMillis: Long, endMillis: Long, zone: TimeZone):
         reminders = reminders.map { it.minutes }.distinct().sorted(),
         availability = availability,
         accessLevel = accessLevel,
+        status = status,
         rrule = rrule.normalizedRrule(),
         // The provider fills EVENT_COLOR from the key, so [color] is the
         // swatch either way; a null colour means the event inherits its
@@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ fun EventDetail.toEditForm(beginMillis: Long, endMillis: Long, zone: TimeZone):
  * re-deriving with the same occurrence would mask an externally moved
  * event. Guests are covered (the form writes editable attendees), so an
  * external attendee change now also trips the conflict check. Still not
- * covered: status, the user's own response, reminder methods, the
+ * covered: the user's own response, reminder methods, the
  * organizer/resource rows, and a recurring event's duration.
  */
 data class EditSnapshot(
@@ -269,6 +273,7 @@ fun EventForm.populatedFields(): Set<EventFormField> = buildSet {
     if (reminders.isNotEmpty()) add(EventFormField.Reminders)
     if (rrule != null) add(EventFormField.Recurrence)
     if (availability != Availability.Busy) add(EventFormField.Availability)
+    if (status != EventStatus.Confirmed) add(EventFormField.Status)
     if (accessLevel != AccessLevel.Default) add(EventFormField.Visibility)
     if (colorKey != null || color != null) add(EventFormField.Color)
     if (attendees.isNotEmpty()) add(EventFormField.Attendees)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/Models.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/Models.kt
index 9ea1a91..ae091ca 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/Models.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/Models.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ data class EventInstance(
      * (#180, #230).
      */
     val response: EventResponse = EventResponse.Going,
+    /** The event's own Confirmed / Tentative / Cancelled (`Events.STATUS`, #388). */
+    val status: EventStatus = EventStatus.Confirmed,
 )
 
 /**
@@ -95,8 +97,19 @@ enum class EventResponse {
     Declined,
 }
 
-/** Shorthand for the declined case, which most surfaces test on its own (#180). */
-val EventInstance.isDeclined: Boolean get() = response == EventResponse.Declined
+/**
+ * Struck through on every surface and sorted last: an invitation you declined
+ * (#180), or an event its organizer cancelled (#388). Neither plans reminders.
+ */
+val EventInstance.isCrossedOut: Boolean
+    get() = response == EventResponse.Declined || status == EventStatus.Cancelled
+
+/**
+ * Drawn as an outline, still undecided: an invitation you have not answered
+ * (#230), or a tentative event (#388).
+ */
+val EventInstance.isOutlined: Boolean
+    get() = !isCrossedOut && (response == EventResponse.Invited || status == EventStatus.Tentative)
 
 /**
  * Whether this event has finished relative to [now] — its end is at or before
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/ics/ParsedIcsForm.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/ics/ParsedIcsForm.kt
index 1467e04..b2db413 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/ics/ParsedIcsForm.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/ics/ParsedIcsForm.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ fun ParsedIcsEvent.toEventForm(zone: TimeZone): EventForm {
         description = description.orEmpty(),
         reminders = semanticReminderMinutes(),
         availability = availability,
+        status = status,
         rrule = recurrenceRule.normalizedRrule(),
     )
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/agenda/AgendaRows.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/agenda/AgendaRows.kt
index 0859beb..3c91a94 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/agenda/AgendaRows.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/agenda/AgendaRows.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextAlign
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.R
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventInstance
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.EventDimAlpha
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.ViewMorphKey
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.declinedTitle
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ internal fun AgendaEventRow(
     val title = event.title.ifBlank { stringResource(R.string.event_untitled) }
     GroupedRow(
         modifier = if (dimmed) modifier.alpha(EventDimAlpha) else modifier,
-        title = declinedTitle(title, event.isDeclined),
+        title = declinedTitle(title, event.isCrossedOut),
         summary = AnnotatedString(agendaTimeSummary(event, day, zone)),
         position = position,
         minHeight = 64.dp,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventFormFieldVisuals.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventFormFieldVisuals.kt
index 91d84a5..33f3b7d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventFormFieldVisuals.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventFormFieldVisuals.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.People
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Place
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Public
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.Repeat
+import androidx.compose.material.icons.filled.TaskAlt
 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.vector.ImageVector
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.R
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventFormField
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ fun eventFormFieldLabel(field: EventFormField): Int = when (field) {
     EventFormField.Reminders -> R.string.event_detail_reminders
     EventFormField.Recurrence -> R.string.event_detail_recurrence
     EventFormField.Availability -> R.string.event_edit_availability
+    EventFormField.Status -> R.string.event_edit_status
     EventFormField.Visibility -> R.string.event_edit_visibility
     EventFormField.Color -> R.string.event_edit_color
     EventFormField.Attendees -> R.string.event_edit_attendees
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ fun eventFormFieldIcon(field: EventFormField): ImageVector = when (field) {
     EventFormField.Reminders -> Icons.Default.Notifications
     EventFormField.Recurrence -> Icons.Default.Repeat
     EventFormField.Availability -> Icons.Default.EventAvailable
+    EventFormField.Status -> Icons.Default.TaskAlt
     EventFormField.Visibility -> Icons.Default.Lock
     EventFormField.Color -> Icons.Default.Palette
     EventFormField.Attendees -> Icons.Default.People
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventPaint.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventPaint.kt
index f29321e..99db3d0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventPaint.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/EventPaint.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.text.style.TextDecoration
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.LayoutDirection
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventInstance
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventResponse
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isOutlined
 
 /** Stroke an invitation you have not answered is outlined with. */
 val EVENT_OUTLINE_WIDTH = 1.dp
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ fun timedBlockCuts(continuesBefore: Boolean, continuesAfter: Boolean): ChipCuts
 
 /**
  * How one event's chip or block is painted, which turns on your answer to its
- * invitation (#180, #230).
+ * invitation (#180, #230) and on the event's own status (#388).
  *
- * An invitation you have not answered is drawn as an outline: its calendar's
- * colour on the border and on the title, over the surface the chip sits on. So
- * it holds a chip's shape and a chip's weight without claiming the filled
- * container an event you are going to gets. A declined one keeps the fill and
- * its strike-through.
+ * An invitation you have not answered, or a tentative event, is drawn as an
+ * outline: its calendar's colour on the border and on the title, over the
+ * surface the chip sits on. So it holds a chip's shape and a chip's weight
+ * without claiming the filled container an event you are going to gets. A
+ * declined or cancelled one keeps the fill and its strike-through.
  */
 @Immutable
 data class EventPaint(
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ data class EventPaint(
 @Composable
 fun eventPaint(event: EventInstance, dark: Boolean): EventPaint {
     val soften = LocalSoftenColors.current
-    if (event.response == EventResponse.Invited) {
+    if (event.isOutlined) {
         // Harmonised even when the setting is off. Raw mode exists so a filled
         // container matches what the sync source paints, and an outlined chip
         // has no container — what it has is coloured *text*, which needs the
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fun eventPaint(event: EventInstance, dark: Boolean): EventPaint {
         outline = null,
         titleInk = eventInk(fill, alpha = TITLE_INK_ALPHA),
         secondaryInk = eventInk(fill, alpha = SECONDARY_INK_ALPHA),
-        decoration = declinedDecoration(event.isDeclined),
+        decoration = declinedDecoration(event.isCrossedOut),
         titleWeight = null,
     )
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/PastEvents.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/PastEvents.kt
index 14d8de8..d0fea92 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/PastEvents.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/common/PastEvents.kt
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@ const val EventDimAlpha = 0.4f
  * is still something the organiser expects you at. Null for everything else, so
  * it drops straight into a `Text`'s `textDecoration`.
  */
-fun declinedDecoration(isDeclined: Boolean): TextDecoration? =
-    if (isDeclined) TextDecoration.LineThrough else null
+fun declinedDecoration(isCrossedOut: Boolean): TextDecoration? =
+    if (isCrossedOut) TextDecoration.LineThrough else null
 
 /** [declinedDecoration] for the rows that take styled text rather than a `String`. */
-fun declinedTitle(title: String, isDeclined: Boolean): AnnotatedString = if (isDeclined) {
+fun declinedTitle(title: String, isCrossedOut: Boolean): AnnotatedString = if (isCrossedOut) {
     AnnotatedString(title, SpanStyle(textDecoration = TextDecoration.LineThrough))
 } else {
     AnnotatedString(title)
 }
 
 /** [declinedTitle] over already-styled text, e.g. a search hit's marked runs. */
-fun declinedTitle(title: AnnotatedString, isDeclined: Boolean): AnnotatedString =
-    if (!isDeclined) {
+fun declinedTitle(title: AnnotatedString, isCrossedOut: Boolean): AnnotatedString =
+    if (!isCrossedOut) {
         title
     } else {
         buildAnnotatedString {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
index d920b15..4c6ed9b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditScreen.kt
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ import androidx.lifecycle.compose.collectAsStateWithLifecycle
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.R
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.AccessLevel
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.Availability
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventStatus
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.CalendarSource
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventAttendee
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventColorOption
@@ -892,6 +893,11 @@ private fun EventEditContent(
             AvailabilityCard(availability = form.availability, onSelect = viewModel::setAvailability)
         }
 
+        OptionalFormSection(visible = EventFormField.Status in state.visibleFields) {
+            Spacer(Modifier.height(gap))
+            StatusCard(status = form.status, onSelect = viewModel::setStatus)
+        }
+
         OptionalFormSection(visible = EventFormField.Visibility in state.visibleFields) {
             Spacer(Modifier.height(gap))
             IconInfoCard(
@@ -1343,6 +1349,37 @@ private fun AvailabilityCard(availability: Availability, onSelect: (Availability
     }
 }
 
+@OptIn(ExperimentalMaterial3Api::class)
+@Composable
+private fun StatusCard(status: EventStatus, onSelect: (EventStatus) -> Unit) {
+    IconInfoCard(
+        icon = eventFormFieldIcon(EventFormField.Status),
+        iconContentDescription = null,
+        header = {
+            Text(
+                text = stringResource(R.string.event_edit_status),
+                style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium,
+            )
+        },
+    ) {
+        Spacer(Modifier.height(8.dp))
+        val options = listOf(
+            EventStatus.Confirmed to R.string.event_status_confirmed,
+            EventStatus.Tentative to R.string.event_status_tentative,
+            EventStatus.Cancelled to R.string.event_status_cancelled,
+        )
+        SingleChoiceSegmentedButtonRow(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()) {
+            options.forEachIndexed { index, (value, label) ->
+                SegmentedButton(
+                    selected = status == value,
+                    onClick = { onSelect(value) },
+                    shape = SegmentedButtonDefaults.itemShape(index = index, count = options.size),
+                ) { Text(stringResource(label), maxLines = 1, overflow = TextOverflow.Ellipsis) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * The swatch the event will paint with: its own [color], else the calendar's.
  * The Palette icon takes that colour as a preview.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditViewModel.kt
index 8bfddab..8f7680a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/edit/EventEditViewModel.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.resolveDefaultEventDuration
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.prefs.resolveDefaultReminder
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.AccessLevel
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.Availability
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventStatus
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.CalendarSource
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EditSnapshot
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventAttendee
@@ -671,6 +672,7 @@ class EventEditViewModel @Inject constructor(
         applyDefaultDuration(id)
     }
     fun setAvailability(value: Availability) = edit { it.copy(availability = value) }
+    fun setStatus(value: EventStatus) = edit { it.copy(status = value) }
     fun setAccessLevel(value: AccessLevel) = edit { it.copy(accessLevel = value) }
 
     /** Pick a palette colour (round-trips via its key); [argb] is its swatch. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/month/MonthViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/month/MonthViewModel.kt
index 69b29c4..f588d8f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/month/MonthViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/month/MonthViewModel.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.agenda.AgendaDay
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.agenda.anchorTodayIfMissing
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.CalendarSpan
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.PageStateCache
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.eventDisplayComparator
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.week.coversDay
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.week.layoutAllDay
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ internal fun layoutCalendarWeek(
             // Declined last, so a day that overflows drops the events you said
             // no to before the ones you are actually going to (#230).
             singles.filter { it.coversDay(d, zone) }
-                .sortedWith(compareBy<EventInstance> { it.isDeclined }.thenBy { it.start })
+                .sortedWith(compareBy<EventInstance> { it.isCrossedOut }.thenBy { it.start })
         },
         countByDay = days.associateWith { d -> weekEvents.count { it.coversDay(d, zone) } },
     )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
index 58f39a5..df35de1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/ui/search/SearchScreen.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.MatchSpan
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.RecurringWriteScope
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.SearchHit
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.SearchMonth
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.identity.LocalFloretDarkTheme
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.identity.animateItemMotion
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.identity.fadeThrough
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ private fun SearchResultRow(
         // Faded like a past event anywhere else in the app — search reaches back
         // through the whole history.
         modifier = if (hit.isPast) modifier.alpha(EventDimAlpha) else modifier,
-        title = declinedTitle(marked(title, hit.titleSpans, highlight), event.isDeclined),
+        title = declinedTitle(marked(title, hit.titleSpans, highlight), event.isCrossedOut),
         summary = searchSummary(hit, highlight),
         position = position,
         minHeight = 64.dp,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetEventRow.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetEventRow.kt
index 90629b9..311715f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetEventRow.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetEventRow.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import androidx.glance.text.TextStyle
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.MainActivity
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.R
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventInstance
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.CalendarView
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.SECONDARY_INK_ALPHA
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.eventFill
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ internal fun WidgetEventRow(
                     color = titleInk,
                     fontSize = metrics.title,
                     fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
-                    textDecoration = glanceDeclinedDecoration(event.isDeclined),
+                    textDecoration = glanceDeclinedDecoration(event.isCrossedOut),
                 ),
             )
             Text(text = secondary, maxLines = 1, style = TextStyle(color = timeInk, fontSize = metrics.time))
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetTheme.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetTheme.kt
index 271fa34..6dd319e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetTheme.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/WidgetTheme.kt
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ internal fun CalendulaWidgetRoot(appearance: WidgetAppearance, appTheme: ThemeMo
  * Glance's counterpart to the app's `declinedDecoration`: a declined invitation
  * reads the same on the home screen as it does inside the app (#180).
  */
-fun glanceDeclinedDecoration(isDeclined: Boolean): TextDecoration =
-    if (isDeclined) TextDecoration.LineThrough else TextDecoration.None
+fun glanceDeclinedDecoration(isCrossedOut: Boolean): TextDecoration =
+    if (isCrossedOut) TextDecoration.LineThrough else TextDecoration.None
 
 /** Static, so a language change recomposes the whole widget rather than letting unchanged parts skip. */
 private val LocalWidgetLanguage = staticCompositionLocalOf<String?> { null }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/agenda/AgendaWidget.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/agenda/AgendaWidget.kt
index 14ad34b..03dde16 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/agenda/AgendaWidget.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/agenda/AgendaWidget.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.widget.widgetLocale
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.widget.WidgetKind
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.widget.previewSizeOf
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.widget.provideSamplePreview
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.widget.glanceDeclinedDecoration
 import android.content.Context
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ private fun EventRow(
                 color = titleInk,
                 fontSize = metrics.eventTitle,
                 fontWeight = FontWeight.Medium,
-                textDecoration = glanceDeclinedDecoration(event.isDeclined),
+                textDecoration = glanceDeclinedDecoration(event.isCrossedOut),
             ),
         )
         Text(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/countdown/Countdown.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/countdown/Countdown.kt
index 30ba653..e4ca6f2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/countdown/Countdown.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/countdown/Countdown.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.widget.countdown
 
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventInstance
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import kotlinx.datetime.DateTimeUnit
 import kotlinx.datetime.TimeZone
 import kotlinx.datetime.atStartOfDayIn
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ fun nextLabelChange(event: EventInstance, now: Instant, zone: TimeZone): Instant
 }
 
 /**
- * The next-event mode's pick: timed, not declined, not over; of those, the one
+ * The next-event mode's pick: timed, not declined or cancelled, not over; of those, the one
  * whose countdown changes soonest — a running event's end, else a start.
  */
 fun pickNextEvent(instances: List<EventInstance>, now: Instant): EventInstance? =
     instances
-        .filter { !it.isAllDay && !it.isDeclined && it.end > now }
+        .filter { !it.isAllDay && !it.isCrossedOut && it.end > now }
         .minByOrNull { target(it, now) }
 
 /** A pinned event's occurrence to count to: the running or next one. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/month/MonthGridViews.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/month/MonthGridViews.kt
index 80b3ae0..f5854d2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/month/MonthGridViews.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/widget/month/MonthGridViews.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.MainActivity
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.R
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventInstance
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.CalendarView
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.eventFill
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.ui.common.eventInk
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ private fun bar(context: Context, event: EventInstance, cols: Int, soften: Boole
     views.setImageTint(context, R.id.bar_bg, mode.remoteColor(dayFill, nightFill))
     val title = event.title.ifBlank { context.getString(R.string.event_untitled) }
     // A span, like Glance's own decoration: paint flags would drop the text's defaults.
-    views.setTextViewText(R.id.bar_title, if (event.isDeclined) span(title, StrikethroughSpan()) else title)
+    views.setTextViewText(R.id.bar_title, if (event.isCrossedOut) span(title, StrikethroughSpan()) else title)
     views.setTextColor(context, R.id.bar_title, mode.remoteColor(eventInk(dayFill), eventInk(nightFill)))
     return views
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 371fcbc..b9baff1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
     <string name="reminder_unit_days">days</string>
     <string name="reminder_unit_weeks">weeks</string>
     <string name="event_edit_availability">Availability</string>
+    <string name="event_edit_status">Status</string>
     <string name="event_edit_visibility">Visibility</string>
 
     <!-- Event form — time zone -->
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@
     <!-- Event detail — full read (v0.6) -->
     <string name="event_detail_reminders">Reminders</string>
     <string name="event_detail_timezone">Time zone</string>
+    <string name="event_status_confirmed">Confirmed</string>
     <string name="event_status_tentative">Tentative</string>
     <string name="event_status_cancelled">Cancelled</string>
     <string name="event_availability_free">Free</string>
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapperTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapperTest.kt
index 802d89d..358ba57 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapperTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventWriteMapperTest.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.provider.CalendarContract
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.AccessLevel
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.Availability
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventStatus
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventForm
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.FormTime
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.realignRecurrence
@@ -1112,6 +1113,40 @@ class EventWriteMapperTest {
         assertThat(values).containsEntry(CalendarContract.Events.EVENT_COLOR_KEY, null)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `a status change on update writes just the status`() {
+        val original = form()
+        val values = update(original, original.copy(status = EventStatus.Cancelled))
+        assertThat(values).containsExactly(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS, CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_CANCELED)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an unchanged status writes no status column`() {
+        val original = form().copy(status = EventStatus.Tentative)
+        assertThat(update(original, original.copy(title = "Renamed")))
+            .doesNotContainKey(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a new event writes its status only when it is not confirmed`() {
+        val confirmed = form()
+        assertThat(buildEventInsertValues(confirmed, "uid", confirmed.toWriteTimes(berlin)))
+            .doesNotContainKey(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS)
+        val tentative = form().copy(status = EventStatus.Tentative)
+        assertThat(buildEventInsertValues(tentative, "uid", tentative.toWriteTimes(berlin)))
+            .containsEntry(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS, CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_TENTATIVE)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `occurrence exception writes the form's status`() {
+        val values = buildOccurrenceExceptionValues(
+            form = form().copy(status = EventStatus.Tentative),
+            originalInstanceMillis = 0L,
+            zone = berlin,
+        )
+        assertThat(values).containsEntry(CalendarContract.Events.STATUS, CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_TENTATIVE)
+    }
+
     // --- buildMovedMasterValues (calendar move: verbatim series copy) ---
 
     private fun masterSnapshot(
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt
index 2c58954..c4bc0d9 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/InstanceMapperTest.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.data.calendar
 import android.provider.CalendarContract
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventResponse
-import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isDeclined
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.EventStatus
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isCrossedOut
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula.domain.isOutlined
 import kotlin.time.Instant
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ class InstanceMapperTest {
         calendarColor: Int = 0xFFAABBCC.toInt(),
         location: String? = null,
         selfAttendeeStatus: Int = CalendarContract.Attendees.ATTENDEE_STATUS_NONE,
+        status: Int? = null,
     ): MapColumnReader = MapColumnReader(
         InstanceProjection.IDX_INSTANCE_ID to instanceId,
         InstanceProjection.IDX_EVENT_ID to eventId,
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ class InstanceMapperTest {
         InstanceProjection.IDX_CALENDAR_COLOR to calendarColor,
         InstanceProjection.IDX_LOCATION to location,
         InstanceProjection.IDX_SELF_ATTENDEE_STATUS to selfAttendeeStatus,
+        InstanceProjection.IDX_STATUS to status,
     )
 
     @Test
@@ -98,17 +102,17 @@ class InstanceMapperTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `a declined invitation is marked, any other answer is not`() {
-        assertThat(reader().toEventInstance()!!.isDeclined).isFalse()
+        assertThat(reader().toEventInstance()!!.isCrossedOut).isFalse()
         assertThat(
             reader(selfAttendeeStatus = CalendarContract.Attendees.ATTENDEE_STATUS_DECLINED)
-                .toEventInstance()!!.isDeclined,
+                .toEventInstance()!!.isCrossedOut,
         ).isTrue()
         listOf(
             CalendarContract.Attendees.ATTENDEE_STATUS_ACCEPTED,
             CalendarContract.Attendees.ATTENDEE_STATUS_TENTATIVE,
             CalendarContract.Attendees.ATTENDEE_STATUS_INVITED,
         ).forEach { status ->
-            assertThat(reader(selfAttendeeStatus = status).toEventInstance()!!.isDeclined).isFalse()
+            assertThat(reader(selfAttendeeStatus = status).toEventInstance()!!.isCrossedOut).isFalse()
         }
     }
 
@@ -129,4 +133,33 @@ class InstanceMapperTest {
                 .isEqualTo(expected)
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `the event status is read, a missing one is confirmed`() {
+        assertThat(reader().toEventInstance()!!.status).isEqualTo(EventStatus.Confirmed)
+        assertThat(reader(status = CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_TENTATIVE).toEventInstance()!!.status)
+            .isEqualTo(EventStatus.Tentative)
+        assertThat(reader(status = CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_CANCELED).toEventInstance()!!.status)
+            .isEqualTo(EventStatus.Cancelled)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a cancelled event is crossed out, a tentative one outlined`() {
+        val cancelled = reader(status = CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_CANCELED).toEventInstance()!!
+        val tentative = reader(status = CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_TENTATIVE).toEventInstance()!!
+        assertThat(cancelled.isCrossedOut).isTrue()
+        assertThat(cancelled.isOutlined).isFalse()
+        assertThat(tentative.isCrossedOut).isFalse()
+        assertThat(tentative.isOutlined).isTrue()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a cancelled unanswered invitation is crossed out rather than outlined`() {
+        val event = reader(
+            selfAttendeeStatus = CalendarContract.Attendees.ATTENDEE_STATUS_INVITED,
+            status = CalendarContract.Events.STATUS_CANCELED,
+        ).toEventInstance()!!
+        assertThat(event.isCrossedOut).isTrue()
+        assertThat(event.isOutlined).isFalse()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventFormTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventFormTest.kt
index cd9f7d5..01ff74a 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventFormTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/domain/EventFormTest.kt
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ class EventFormTest {
             rrule = "FREQ=DAILY",
             availability = Availability.Free,
             accessLevel = AccessLevel.Private,
+            status = EventStatus.Tentative,
             color = 0xFFD50000.toInt(),
         )
         assertThat(full.populatedFields()).containsExactly(
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ class EventFormTest {
             EventFormField.Reminders,
             EventFormField.Recurrence,
             EventFormField.Availability,
+            EventFormField.Status,
             EventFormField.Visibility,
             EventFormField.Color,
         )
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 5d58523..771d9bd 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Right before writing, the event is re-read and snapshots compared: a
 mismatch parks the save in an overwrite/discard dialog; a vanished event
 informs and closes. Overwrite still writes only dirty fields, so external
 changes to untouched fields survive either way. Fields the form cannot
-write (attendees, status, reminder methods) are excluded so sync noise
+write (your own response, reminder methods) are excluded so sync noise
 can't fake a conflict.
 
 A **dropped** event gets no conflict dialog, deliberately. Its blast radius is