Enhance submitted candidates display by adding dynamic exam status indicators and improving badge tooltip functionality for better user feedback.

generic/views.py

@@ -2347,6 +2347,25 @@ class ExamViews(View, LoginRequiredMixin):
             .order_by("start_time")
         )
 
+        # Determine which submitted entries correspond to candidates/users
+        # that are actually added to the exam so we can highlight those that
+        # are not. Collect valid IDs once to avoid per-row queries.
+        valid_cid_pks = set(exam.valid_cid_users.values_list("pk", flat=True))
+        valid_user_pks = set(exam.valid_user_users.values_list("pk", flat=True))
+
+        for ue in user_exam_data:
+            in_exam = False
+            try:
+                if ue.cid_user_id and ue.cid_user_id in valid_cid_pks:
+                    in_exam = True
+                if ue.user_user_id and ue.user_user_id in valid_user_pks:
+                    in_exam = True
+            except Exception:
+                in_exam = False
+
+            # Attach a dynamic attribute the template can read
+            setattr(ue, "in_exam", in_exam)
+
         return render(
             request,
             "generic/partials/exam_cids_submitted_list.html",