diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index cb6e8c7d..1a08b36f 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ build log history — is two tabs of the dashboard: **R3BU1LD QU3U3**
 dashboard's one tab strip, `/api/state` snapshot and
 `/api/dashboard/stream` subscription serve them, with
 `rebuild_queue_changed` on the stream alongside the dashboard's other
-kinds. The count pill on
-R3BU1LD QU3U3 is the number of rebuilds in flight.
+kinds.
 The 4G3NTS tab does **not** read the graph endpoint, by design — the swarm
 view stays independent of job-queue internals. Its per-agent pending
 badges are transient-only, and its queue-summary banner reads the much
@@ -157,7 +156,7 @@ the tree — one per lifecycle state, matching the row glyphs — lets the
 operator narrow which root groups render; unchecking a state re-fetches
 `GET /api/jobq/graph?states=<checked, comma-joined>` rather than
 hiding rows client-side, so the `onUpdate` callback's node list (and
-everything downstream of it — the count pill, the live-log panel) only
+everything downstream of it — the live-log panel) only
 ever sees what's actually shown. Filtering is by a **root's own**
 state, which is already its subtree's rolled-up answer, so the filter
 keeps or drops a whole group, never splitting mid-tree. Default selection is
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ Below the queue, a **live build-log panel** (`#rebuild-live-log`,
 inline — collapsible, with a live/ok/fail badge and a `↓ raw`
 download. It's keyed to the first `Running` node (in wire order)
 whose `payload.data.build_log_id` has a value — read from the `onUpdate`
-callback's node list, same source as the count pill, no separate
+callback's node list, no separate
 fetch — and **polls** `GET /api/build-log/{id}` every 2s
 (`fetchAndRenderLiveLog` / `liveLogPollTimer`); not an `EventSource`
 (that's the BUILD L0GS tab's own per-row expand view below — `GET
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
index cfd05299..bd61b712 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
@@ -247,21 +247,6 @@ function renderRebuildLiveLog() {
   );
 }
 
-// ─── rebuild-queue count pill ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// The queue's in-flight count, for the R3BU1LD QU3U3 tab's pill (tabs.js
-// reads it on its refresh tick). Pending/Running/Finishing = in flight
-// (Finishing = own work done, a sub-node still running — still counts).
-// Root nodes only: each is one queue entry.
-export function rebuildCount() {
-  return jobqNodes.filter(
-    (n) =>
-      n.parent == null &&
-      (n.state === "Pending" ||
-        n.state === "Running" ||
-        n.state === "Finishing"),
-  ).length;
-}
-
 // ─── BUILD L0GS tab ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // All-agents build log history with expand-to-detail. Live builds stream in
 // real time. Lazy-loaded on first tab activation; auto-refreshes (debounced
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index a2364718..2a4a0fd8 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 /* ─── tabbed dashboard chrome ──────────────────────────────────────
    Top-of-page sticky header with banner + tab strip. SSE stays
-   alive across tab switches so count pills update live on inactive
-   tabs. See docs/web-ui/dashboard.md::Chrome header + Tab strip for the
+   alive across tab switches. See docs/web-ui/dashboard.md::Chrome header + Tab strip for the
    routing model. */
 
 body.dashboard-shell {
@@ -112,23 +111,6 @@ body.dashboard-shell {
   font-weight: bold;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
-.tab-count {
-  display: inline-block;
-  background: var(--purple-dim);
-  color: var(--purple);
-  border-radius: 999px;
-  padding: 0 0.55em;
-  min-width: 1.6em;
-  text-align: center;
-  font-size: 0.82em;
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-  font-weight: bold;
-}
-/* `display` above beats the UA's `[hidden]` rule, so an empty count (the
-   4G3NTS and R3BU1LD QU3U3 pills at zero) would otherwise draw a "0". */
-.tab-count[hidden] {
-  display: none;
-}
 
 /* Tab pane visibility — createTabStrip (@hive/shared/tabs.js) sets the
    `hidden` attribute on every inactive pane (resolved from the URL hash;
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
index 68af0c61..1092e294 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
           data-tab="agents"
         >
           <span class="tab-label">◆ 4G3NTS ◆</span>
-          <span class="tab-count" id="tab-count-agents" hidden></span>
         </a>
         <!-- The build lifecycle is two tabs here (builds.js): the rebuild
            queue with its live log, and the build log history. Kept state
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@
           data-tab="rebuild"
         >
           <span class="tab-label">◆ R3BU1LD QU3U3 ◆</span>
-          <span class="tab-count" id="tab-count-rebuild" hidden></span>
         </a>
 
         <a
@@ -63,7 +61,6 @@
           data-tab="kept"
         >
           <span class="tab-label">◆ K3PT ST4T3 ◆</span>
-          <span class="tab-count" id="tab-count-kept" hidden></span>
         </a>
 
         <!-- (Peer hives are no longer a tab — they render as a headline
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/kept.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/kept.js
index 5a3b357f..2b8f5366 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/kept.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/kept.js
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ const fmtAgeDays = (ts) => {
   return d + " days ago";
 };
 
-/** Number of kept-state entries, for the tab's count pill. */
-export function keptCount() {
-  return tombstonesState.length;
-}
-
 export function syncKeptFromSnapshot(s) {
   tombstonesState = (s.tombstones || []).slice();
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 6bb4a8f1..b656a4c6 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -28,11 +28,9 @@ import {
   initBuilds,
   onBuildsTabShown,
   onRebuildQueueChanged,
-  rebuildCount,
 } from "./builds.js";
 import {
   applyTombstonesChanged,
-  keptCount,
   renderKept,
   syncKeptFromSnapshot,
 } from "./kept.js";
@@ -286,41 +284,6 @@ import { renderUserMenu } from "./user-menu.js";
   // (default 4G3NTS), toggles the active tab/pane + aria-selected, and
   // fires activateTab for the per-tab side-effects on every change.
   createTabStrip($("tabbar"), { defaultId: "agents", onShow: activateTab });
-  // The rebuild queue mounts now, not on first show, so its tab's count pill
-  // is live from the start.
+  // The rebuild queue mounts now, not on first show.
   initBuilds();
-
-  // Tab count pills — pure derived data from the existing state
-  // stores so SSE-driven updates flow through without extra plumbing.
-  // Set `hidden` when the count is zero so the pill doesn't draw
-  // attention to an empty room.
-
-  function setTabCount(tab, n) {
-    const el_ = $("tab-count-" + tab);
-    if (!el_) return;
-    el_.textContent = String(n);
-    el_.hidden = n <= 0;
-  }
-  /** Recompute every tab's count from the current state. Called on
-   *  every renderXxx that's tab-relevant. */
-  function refreshTabCounts() {
-    // 4G3NTS — flag any container that's stale (needs_update). Empty
-    // when everyone's current. Container-row pulse signals state
-    // transitions; the pill catches "deploy-pending" specifically.
-    let stale = 0;
-    for (const c of containersState.values()) {
-      if (c.needs_update) stale++;
-    }
-    setTabCount("agents", stale);
-    // R3BU1LD QU3U3 — rebuilds in flight.
-    setTabCount("rebuild", rebuildCount());
-    // K3PT ST4T3 — entries of kept state.
-    setTabCount("kept", keptCount());
-  }
-  // Poll the state stores on a 1s tick to keep the pill counts in
-  // sync. The state stores are mutated synchronously by every SSE
-  // event + refreshState call, so polling them is correct and cheap
-  // — no per-renderer hookup needed.
-  refreshTabCounts();
-  setInterval(refreshTabCounts, 1000);
 })();
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/tabs/hive-tab-strip.js b/frontend/packages/shared/src/tabs/hive-tab-strip.js
index 500d1578..c3aed73a 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/tabs/hive-tab-strip.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/tabs/hive-tab-strip.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // duplication, this is markup only.
 //
 // Light-DOM (no shadow root): the existing .hive-tabbar/.hive-tab/
-// .tab-count CSS (tabs.css + dashboard.css) already targets plain classes
+// CSS (tabs.css) already targets plain classes
 // on the tabbar/tab elements directly, and tab *panes* stay page-owned
 // content this element never touches — no slotting/scoping need the way
 // <hive-menu>/<hive-side-panel> have.
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 //      aria-controls="${prefix}-pane-${id}" data-tab="${id}">${label}</a>
 // — same id/aria-controls scheme the hand-written markup used, so each
 // page's panes (aria-labelledby="${prefix}-tab-${id}") don't need to
-// change. A `badgeId` tab also gets a nested `<span class="tab-count"
-// id="${badgeId}" hidden>` (e.g. a rebuild-queue count
-// pill), then wires up createTabStrip() and returns exactly what it
+// change. It then wires up createTabStrip() and returns exactly what it
 // returns ({ show, active }) — every existing `.active()`/`.show(id)`
 // call site keeps working unchanged. Call configure() exactly once per
 // element (throws if called twice), mirroring the old call sites.
@@ -54,11 +52,6 @@ class HiveTabStrip extends HTMLElement {
         },
         tab.label,
       );
-      if (tab.badgeId) {
-        a.append(
-          el("span", { class: "tab-count", id: tab.badgeId, hidden: "" }),
-        );
-      }
       this.append(a);
     }
     this._api = createTabStrip(this, { defaultId, onShow });