diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs
index 7e8b352a..22e196cb 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-ag3nt.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             ));
             match initial {
                 LoginState::Online => {
+                    // #682: clear any stale `hyperhive-needs-login`
+                    // sentinel from a prior boot that parked in
+                    // `wait_for_login`. Without this the
+                    // dashboard's `needs_login` chip would survive a
+                    // healthy re-spawn since the `Online` branch goes
+                    // straight into `serve()` and `emit_status("online")`
+                    // — the only callsite that removes the sentinel — is
+                    // never invoked on this path. Idempotent: when no
+                    // sentinel exists the inner `remove_file` is a no-op.
+                    bus.emit_status("online");
                     serve(
                         &cli.socket,
                         Duration::from_millis(poll_ms),
diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-m1nd.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-m1nd.rs
index c9e5e154..ab3bba64 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-m1nd.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/bin/hive-m1nd.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             tokio::spawn(hive_ag3nt::forge_notify::run(cli.socket.clone(), true));
             match initial {
                 LoginState::Online => {
+                    // #682: clear any stale `hyperhive-needs-login`
+                    // sentinel from a prior boot that parked in
+                    // `wait_for_login`. Same bug as the sub-agent
+                    // binary — without this the dashboard's
+                    // `needs_login` chip survives a healthy re-spawn
+                    // because the `Online` branch never invokes
+                    // `emit_status("online")`. Mirror of the fix in
+                    // `hive-ag3nt.rs`. Idempotent.
+                    bus.emit_status("online");
                     serve(
                         &cli.socket,
                         Duration::from_millis(poll_ms),