diff --git a/views_api.py b/views_api.py
index 35da0cd..f04f24e 100644
--- a/views_api.py
+++ b/views_api.py
@@ -623,6 +623,29 @@ async def api_ticket_create(
     )
 
 
+@tickets_api_router.post("/{event_id}/{payment_hash}")
+async def api_ticket_payment_status(event_id: str, payment_hash: str) -> dict:
+    """Poll-style payment confirmation for a pending ticket.
+
+    The webapp's `useTicketPurchase` polls this every 2s after firing
+    `Pay with Wallet` (or after presenting the QR for an external
+    wallet) until `paid: true` comes back, then advances to the
+    ticket-QR success state. The companion WebSocket at
+    `/tickets/ws/{payment_hash}` is more efficient for pushes — this
+    endpoint is the fallback for clients that can't open a relay-side
+    socket.
+
+    Returns `{paid: bool, ticket_id?: str}` so the client can hand off
+    to the ticket-detail flow without an extra GET. A missing /
+    cross-event ticket returns `paid: false` rather than 404 so the
+    poll loop doesn't have to special-case the not-yet-created race.
+    """
+    ticket = await get_ticket(payment_hash)
+    if not ticket or ticket.event != event_id:
+        return {"paid": False}
+    return {"paid": ticket.paid, "ticket_id": ticket.id}
+
+
 @tickets_api_router.websocket("/ws/{payment_hash}")
 async def websocket_endpoint(payment_hash: str, websocket: WebSocket) -> None:
     await websocket.accept()