diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AgentsPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AgentsPage.tsx
index b24cc6a9..6da04c0a 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AgentsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AgentsPage.tsx
@@ -329,17 +329,27 @@ export function AgentsPage() {
         // Already destroyed, or nothing to destroy against — same guard
         // shape as the wanted toggle's own `!a.hive` check.
         const destroyable = a.hive && a.wanted !== "destroyed";
+        const destroyed = a.wanted === "destroyed";
         return (
           <>
             <Badge
               tone={tone}
               value={pending ? "…" : (a.wanted ?? "no declaration")}
-              onClick={a.hive ? () => void toggleWanted(a) : undefined}
-              disabled={pending || !a.hive}
+              // `destroyed` blocks the click too, not just the label —
+              // argus caught this in review: without it, a click here
+              // still computed `target = "up"` and PUT a live
+              // declaration on a destroyed row, contradicting the
+              // destroy confirm's own "not reversible from here" copy.
+              onClick={
+                a.hive && !destroyed ? () => void toggleWanted(a) : undefined
+              }
+              disabled={pending || !a.hive || destroyed}
               title={
-                a.hive
-                  ? `click to ${actionLabel} ${a.name}`
-                  : "no hive on record for this agent — nothing to declare against"
+                destroyed
+                  ? `${a.name} is destroyed — redeploy via "+ agent" to bring it back`
+                  : a.hive
+                    ? `click to ${actionLabel} ${a.name}`
+                    : "no hive on record for this agent — nothing to declare against"
               }
             />
             {destroyable ? (