diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs b/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
index fc18d29..bfa7904 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/actions.rs
@@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ pub async fn destroy(coord: &Coordinator, name: &str, purge: bool) -> Result<()>
             }
         }
     }
+    // Meta flake: drop the agent's input + nixosConfiguration so a
+    // future spawn under the same name re-seeds cleanly, and so the
+    // meta lock doesn't reference a vanished applied repo. Log + keep
+    // going on failure — destroy already succeeded at the
+    // nixos-container level, the meta repo is just bookkeeping.
+    if let Err(e) = sync_meta_after_lifecycle(coord).await {
+        tracing::warn!(error = ?e, %name, "meta sync after destroy failed");
+    }
     let _ = coord.approvals.fail_pending_for_agent(
         name,
         if purge {
@@ -276,6 +284,14 @@ pub async fn destroy(coord: &Coordinator, name: &str, purge: bool) -> Result<()>
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Rerender the meta flake from whatever containers still exist on
+/// disk. Called after lifecycle ops that change the agent set (today:
+/// destroy). Idempotent — a no-op when nothing changed.
+async fn sync_meta_after_lifecycle(coord: &Coordinator) -> Result<()> {
+    let agents = lifecycle::agents_for_meta_listing().await?;
+    crate::meta::sync_agents(&coord.hyperhive_flake, coord.dashboard_port, &agents).await
+}
+
 pub async fn deny(coord: &Coordinator, id: i64, note: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     let approval = coord.approvals.get(id)?;
     coord.approvals.mark_denied(id, note)?;
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
index 93e6bdf..1004c45 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ async fn agents_after_spawn(name: &str) -> Result<Vec<crate::meta::AgentSpec>> {
     agents_for_meta(Some(name)).await
 }
 
+/// Public enumeration of currently-existing agents (whatever
+/// `nixos-container list` says), sorted, no extras. For callers
+/// outside this module that need to reseed meta after lifecycle
+/// changes — destroy, startup reconciliation, etc.
+pub async fn agents_for_meta_listing() -> Result<Vec<crate::meta::AgentSpec>> {
+    agents_for_meta(None).await
+}
+
 pub async fn kill(name: &str) -> Result<()> {
     validate(name)?;
     let container = container_name(name);