diff --git a/html/css/app.css b/html/css/app.css
index 074be61..e06f5bd 100644
--- a/html/css/app.css
+++ b/html/css/app.css
@@ -234,6 +234,101 @@ a:hover { color: var(--accent-hover); text-decoration: underline; }
     font-size: 0.82rem;
 }
 
+/* Label row: puts the label and an inline transient status message on the
+   same line without disturbing the vertical rhythm of surrounding fields. */
+.fieldLabelRow {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    gap: 0.75em;
+    margin-bottom: 0.35em;
+}
+
+.fieldLabelRow > label {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    font-weight: 500;
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+    color: var(--text);
+}
+
+.fieldStatus {
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+    color: var(--accent, #2563eb);
+    opacity: 0;
+    transition: opacity 0.2s;
+    min-height: 1em;
+}
+
+.fieldStatus:not(:empty) {
+    opacity: 1;
+}
+
+.fieldStatus--error {
+    color: #b91c1c;
+}
+
+/* Chip strip: compact list of removable pills used by the "Manage
+   favorites" affordance below the favorite-groups picker. Chips are
+   click-target friendly on touch (min 32px tall) and truncate long
+   labels with ellipsis so a wall of group names doesn't blow out the
+   card width. */
+.chipStrip {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 0.4em;
+    margin-top: 0.55em;
+}
+
+.chip {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 0.35em;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    padding: 0.3em 0.35em 0.3em 0.7em;
+    background: var(--surface-muted, #f1f5f9);
+    border: 1px solid var(--border-strong, #cbd5e1);
+    border-radius: 999px;
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+    line-height: 1.3;
+    color: var(--text, #0f172a);
+}
+
+.chip__label {
+    max-width: 22ch;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.chip__close {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    width: 1.35em;
+    height: 1.35em;
+    padding: 0;
+    border: none;
+    background: transparent;
+    color: var(--text-muted, #64748b);
+    font-size: 1.05rem;
+    line-height: 1;
+    border-radius: 999px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    transition: background 0.15s, color 0.15s;
+}
+
+.chip__close:hover:not(:disabled),
+.chip__close:focus-visible {
+    background: #fee2e2;
+    color: #b91c1c;
+    outline: none;
+}
+
+.chip__close:disabled {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+    cursor: default;
+}
+
 .field-row {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
diff --git a/html/sendMessage.html b/html/sendMessage.html
index d416d1e..c88bc8f 100644
--- a/html/sendMessage.html
+++ b/html/sendMessage.html
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="field">
-                    <label for="favGroups">Favorite groups</label>
+                    <div class="fieldLabelRow">
+                        <label for="favGroups">Favorite groups</label>
+                        <span id="favGroupsStatus" class="fieldStatus" role="status" aria-live="polite"></span>
+                    </div>
                     <select id="favGroups" multiple name="favGroups" placeholder="Favorite groups"
                         data-silent-initial-value-set="false"></select>
+                    <div id="favGroupsManager" class="chipStrip hidden" aria-label="Manage favorite groups"></div>
+                    <span class="hint">Selecting a group under <em>Additional groups</em> saves it to your favorites. Click the × on a chip to remove that favorite.</span>
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="field">
diff --git a/html/sendMessage.js b/html/sendMessage.js
index 06a6f44..aa33f55 100644
--- a/html/sendMessage.js
+++ b/html/sendMessage.js
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ var message = new EasyMDE({
     maxHeight: '260px',
 });
 
+// In-memory mirror of the server-side favorites list for this user + bot.
+// Kept in sync with every /user/groups/add and /user/groups/remove response
+// so the chip strip and the "already a favorite?" check stay authoritative
+// without a round-trip.
+var favoriteGroups = [];
+
 CollabCentral.init(function (ctx) {
     // User is authenticated and authorized. Reveal the form + populate the
     // group selectors from the backend.
@@ -72,21 +78,142 @@ function showImagePreview(event) {
     preview.style.display = 'block';
 }
 
+// ---- Favorites -----------------------------------------------------------
+
 function loadFavoriteGroups(appName) {
     var el = document.getElementById('favGroups');
     fetch('/CollabCentral/' + appName + '/user/groups/list')
         .then(function (res) { return res.json(); })
         .then(function (groups) {
-            for (var i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
+            favoriteGroups = Array.isArray(groups) ? groups.slice() : [];
+            for (var i = 0; i < favoriteGroups.length; i++) {
                 var option = document.createElement('option');
-                option.text = groups[i].name;
-                option.value = groups[i].id;
+                option.text = favoriteGroups[i].name;
+                option.value = favoriteGroups[i].id;
                 el.add(option);
             }
             VirtualSelect.init({ ele: '#favGroups' });
+            renderFavoritesManager();
         });
 }
 
+// Renders the chip strip below the favorites picker. Each chip has an
+// × button that removes the group from favorites. The chip strip is
+// intentionally separate from the VirtualSelect widget: the picker answers
+// "which favorites am I sending to right now?", the chip strip answers
+// "which groups do I want to remember for next time?".
+function renderFavoritesManager() {
+    var el = document.getElementById('favGroupsManager');
+    if (!el) return;
+    el.innerHTML = '';
+    if (!favoriteGroups.length) {
+        el.classList.add('hidden');
+        return;
+    }
+    el.classList.remove('hidden');
+    for (var i = 0; i < favoriteGroups.length; i++) {
+        var g = favoriteGroups[i];
+        var chip = document.createElement('span');
+        chip.className = 'chip';
+        var label = document.createElement('span');
+        label.className = 'chip__label';
+        label.textContent = g.alias ? g.alias : g.name;
+        if (g.alias && g.name && g.alias !== g.name) {
+            chip.title = g.name;
+        }
+        var btn = document.createElement('button');
+        btn.type = 'button';
+        btn.className = 'chip__close';
+        btn.setAttribute('aria-label', 'Remove ' + (g.name || 'favorite'));
+        btn.textContent = '×';
+        btn.dataset.groupId = g.id;
+        btn.addEventListener('click', onRemoveFavorite);
+        chip.appendChild(label);
+        chip.appendChild(btn);
+        el.appendChild(chip);
+    }
+}
+
+function onRemoveFavorite(event) {
+    var groupId = event.currentTarget.dataset.groupId;
+    if (!groupId) return;
+    event.currentTarget.disabled = true;
+    fetch('/CollabCentral/' + CollabCentral.appName + '/user/groups/remove', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: JSON.stringify({ id: groupId })
+    })
+        .then(function (res) {
+            if (!res.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + res.status);
+            return res.json();
+        })
+        .then(function (updatedFavorites) {
+            favoriteGroups = updatedFavorites || [];
+            renderFavoritesManager();
+            flashFavoritesStatus('Removed from favorites.');
+        })
+        .catch(function (err) {
+            console.error('Failed to remove favorite:', err);
+            flashFavoritesStatus('Could not remove favorite.', true);
+            event.currentTarget.disabled = false;
+        });
+}
+
+// Fires when the "Additional groups" multi-select changes. For each newly
+// selected id that isn't already a favorite we POST /user/groups/add. The
+// picker itself keeps the selection (so this send still uses the group);
+// the group starts appearing in the Favorite Groups picker on the next
+// page load, and immediately in the chip strip below.
+function onNewGroupsChange(newlySelectedIds) {
+    if (!newlySelectedIds || !newlySelectedIds.length) return;
+    var newGroupsEl = document.getElementById('newGroups');
+    var pending = 0;
+    var successes = 0;
+
+    newlySelectedIds.forEach(function (id) {
+        if (favoriteGroups.some(function (g) { return g.id === id; })) return;
+        pending++;
+        fetch('/CollabCentral/' + CollabCentral.appName + '/user/groups/add', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+            body: JSON.stringify({ id: id })
+        })
+            .then(function (res) {
+                if (!res.ok) throw new Error('HTTP ' + res.status);
+                return res.json();
+            })
+            .then(function (updatedFavorites) {
+                favoriteGroups = updatedFavorites || favoriteGroups;
+                successes++;
+                renderFavoritesManager();
+            })
+            .catch(function (err) {
+                console.error('Failed to add favorite ' + id + ':', err);
+                flashFavoritesStatus('Could not save one or more favorites.', true);
+            })
+            .finally(function () {
+                pending--;
+                if (pending === 0 && successes > 0) {
+                    flashFavoritesStatus(successes === 1
+                        ? 'Added to favorites.'
+                        : 'Added ' + successes + ' to favorites.');
+                }
+            });
+    });
+}
+
+function flashFavoritesStatus(text, isError) {
+    var el = document.getElementById('favGroupsStatus');
+    if (!el) return;
+    el.textContent = text;
+    el.classList.toggle('fieldStatus--error', !!isError);
+    clearTimeout(flashFavoritesStatus._t);
+    flashFavoritesStatus._t = setTimeout(function () {
+        el.textContent = '';
+        el.classList.remove('fieldStatus--error');
+    }, 4000);
+}
+
 function loadNewGroups(appName) {
     var el = document.getElementById('newGroups');
     fetch('/CollabCentral/' + appName + '/user/groups/find')
@@ -99,9 +226,25 @@ function loadNewGroups(appName) {
                 el.add(option);
             }
             VirtualSelect.init({ ele: '#newGroups' });
+
+            // VirtualSelect emits a standard 'change' event on the original
+            // <select>. We diff against the previous selection so we only
+            // fire /user/groups/add for the newly-picked ids, not the whole
+            // set on every change.
+            var previous = [];
+            el.addEventListener('change', function () {
+                var current = [];
+                var selected = el.getSelectedOptions();
+                for (var j = 0; j < selected.length; j++) current.push(selected[j].value);
+                var added = current.filter(function (id) { return previous.indexOf(id) === -1; });
+                previous = current;
+                if (added.length) onNewGroupsChange(added);
+            });
         });
 }
 
+// ---- send-flow modal ------------------------------------------------------
+
 function submit() {
     var appName = CollabCentral.appName;
     var scheduled = document.getElementById('scheduledFor').value;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2d12385..c33d675 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -467,6 +467,79 @@ app.get('/CollabCentral/:app/user/:scope/:action', (req, res) => {
     } else { res.status(401) }
 })
 
+// Add / remove a favorite group for the calling user. Favorites live inside
+// config.json under `webex.bot[app].authorized[personId].groups` so they
+// survive restarts and are picklable in the compose page's Favorite Groups
+// selector. Both endpoints validate that:
+//   - the caller is authorized for :app
+//   - :id looks like a Webex SCIM group id we know about (present in the
+//     cached org-wide group list) — this stops a bad actor from stuffing
+//     arbitrary strings into the config.
+// Because index.js is single-process and node is single-threaded, concurrent
+// requests here can't corrupt config.json — every read/mutate/write executes
+// atomically within one handler.
+app.post('/CollabCentral/:app/user/groups/add', async function (req, res) {
+    if (!isAuthorized(req.params.app, req.cookies.id)) return res.status(401).send('Unauthorized.');
+    var appName = req.params.app;
+    var personId = req.cookies.id;
+    var groupId = req.body && req.body.id;
+    if (!groupId) return res.status(400).send('Missing group id.');
+
+    var group;
+    try {
+        var allGroups = await getGroupsFromCache();
+        group = allGroups.find(function (g) { return g.id === groupId; });
+    } catch (err) {
+        logger('apiEndpoint(' + appName + ')',
+            'groups/add cache lookup failed: ' + (err && err.message || err));
+        return res.status(502).send('Group list unavailable.');
+    }
+    if (!group) return res.status(404).send('Unknown group id.');
+
+    var favorites = config.webex.bot[appName].authorized[personId].groups || [];
+    if (favorites.find(function (g) { return g.id === groupId; })) {
+        return res.status(200).send(favorites);
+    }
+    favorites.push({ name: group.displayName, id: group.id });
+    config.webex.bot[appName].authorized[personId].groups = favorites;
+    try {
+        saveConfig(config, './config/config.json');
+    } catch (err) {
+        logger('apiEndpoint(' + appName + ')',
+            'groups/add save failed: ' + (err && err.message || err));
+        return res.status(500).send('Failed to save favorite.');
+    }
+    logger('apiEndpoint(' + appName + ')',
+        'groups/add ' + personId.slice(-8) + ' + "' + group.displayName + '"');
+    res.status(200).send(favorites);
+});
+
+app.post('/CollabCentral/:app/user/groups/remove', function (req, res) {
+    if (!isAuthorized(req.params.app, req.cookies.id)) return res.status(401).send('Unauthorized.');
+    var appName = req.params.app;
+    var personId = req.cookies.id;
+    var groupId = req.body && req.body.id;
+    if (!groupId) return res.status(400).send('Missing group id.');
+
+    var favorites = config.webex.bot[appName].authorized[personId].groups || [];
+    var before = favorites.length;
+    var removed = favorites.find(function (g) { return g.id === groupId; });
+    favorites = favorites.filter(function (g) { return g.id !== groupId; });
+    if (favorites.length === before) return res.status(200).send(favorites);
+
+    config.webex.bot[appName].authorized[personId].groups = favorites;
+    try {
+        saveConfig(config, './config/config.json');
+    } catch (err) {
+        logger('apiEndpoint(' + appName + ')',
+            'groups/remove save failed: ' + (err && err.message || err));
+        return res.status(500).send('Failed to remove favorite.');
+    }
+    logger('apiEndpoint(' + appName + ')',
+        'groups/remove ' + personId.slice(-8) + ' - "' + (removed && removed.name || groupId) + '"');
+    res.status(200).send(favorites);
+});
+
 // Options for the session cookies set after a successful OAuth round-trip.
 //
 // httpOnly is deliberately false: js/app.js reads `id` (to decide whether to