diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js
index d2c673bb..3a597a8d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/app.js
@@ -796,18 +796,13 @@ window.marked = marked;
     });
     // #443 also lifts the manager-stop guard: when the whole selection
     // is running, ST0P applies — manager included. host-side hive-c0re
-    // keeps serving the dashboard either way. Per-agent confirm message
-    // calls out the manager case ("approvals pause until restart") when
-    // the manager is in the set.
+    // keeps serving the dashboard either way + per-agent approvals +
+    // meta-input updates still work without the manager up, so we
+    // don't special-case the confirm prompt when the manager is in
+    // the selection (mara: "dont special case manager for stopping").
     addBulkButton(actions, 'btn-stop', '■ ST0P', allRunning, selected, {
       action: '/kill/',
-      confirm: (names) => {
-        const hasManager = selected.some((c) => c.is_manager);
-        const base = `stop ${names.length} agent${names.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} (${names.join(', ')})?`;
-        return hasManager
-          ? base + ' approvals + meta operations pause until the manager is restarted.'
-          : base;
-      },
+      confirm: (names) => `stop ${names.length} agent${names.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} (${names.join(', ')})?`,
       disabledTitle: why('■ ST0P', stoppedNames.map((n) => `\`${n}\` is already stopped`)),
     });
     addBulkButton(actions, 'btn-start', '▶ ST4RT', allStopped, selected, {