diff --git a/docs/2-handbook/agents/persistence.md b/docs/2-handbook/agents/persistence.md
index b38949d15..57b4ff900 100644
--- a/docs/2-handbook/agents/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/2-handbook/agents/persistence.md
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Shape:
 - `needs_login` — set when a turn hits 401 (expired OAuth credentials);
   cleared by `"online"` status (re-auth completed). Drives the
   `needs_login` flag alongside the `claude_has_session` check.
-- `active_model` — the resolved Claude model for the dashboard badge.
+- `active_model` — the resolved Claude model. The hive dashboard no longer shows it; hive-c0re still reads it into the container view.
 
 The turn loop is the only writer today, but it still goes
 read-modify-write under a shared in-process lock and merges into the