diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index db3e1e5..6199b24 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -681,13 +681,6 @@ def main_loop(screen, args):
                     if handle_vote_broadcast(message, game_state, ui):
                         continue
 
-                    # Seed the roster from the status dump after connect/map change;
-                    # table chunks stay suppressed, real content flows normally
-                    if status_seeder.is_active():
-                        if not is_real_content(message):
-                            status_seeder.feed(message)
-                            continue
-
                     # Command echoes only show at -v or higher verbosity; a
                     # status echo opens a window that hides its chunked output
                     if is_command_echo(message):
@@ -777,6 +770,16 @@ def main_loop(screen, args):
                             ui.print_message(f"^1[^7{timestamp}^1] Error: Stats connection failed: {e}^7\n")
                             logger.error(f'Stats connection failed: {e}')
 
+                    # Seed the roster from the status dump after connect/map change.
+                    # Must run after the cvar/credential handlers above (their
+                    # responses share the window and are never table rows) and
+                    # before the shape-based suppressor (rows must buffer, not
+                    # vanish). Table chunks stay suppressed, real content flows.
+                    if status_seeder.is_active():
+                        if not is_real_content(message):
+                            status_seeder.feed(message)
+                            continue
+
                     # Hide output of RCON commands (cvar dumps, status tables)
                     if is_command_output(message):
                         logger.debug('Suppressed RCON command output')