diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 3f4ad6a3..54325005 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -1994,6 +1994,22 @@ window.marked = marked;
     });
   }, 30_000);
 
+  // Live ticker for approval request-age chips. Approval cards only
+  // re-render on `approval_added`/`approval_resolved` SSE events, so
+  // a request pending for an hour could still show "0s ago" without
+  // this ticker. Also flips `.stale` (amber highlight) at exactly 1h
+  // rather than only at the next re-render.
+  setInterval(() => {
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    document.querySelectorAll('.approval-ts[data-requested-at]').forEach((node) => {
+      const requestedAt = Number(node.getAttribute('data-requested-at'));
+      if (!Number.isFinite(requestedAt)) return;
+      const ageSec = Math.max(0, now - requestedAt);
+      node.textContent = 'requested ' + fmtAgo(requestedAt);
+      node.classList.toggle('stale', ageSec >= 3600);
+    });
+  }, 1000);
+
   const APPROVAL_TAB_KEY = 'hyperhive:approvals:tab';
   // Derived approval state — cold-loaded from /api/state, then mutated
   // live by `approval_added` / `approval_resolved` dashboard events.
@@ -2248,6 +2264,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
         head.append(el('span', {
           class: 'approval-ts' + (ageSec >= 3600 ? ' stale' : ''),
           title: 'requested ' + new Date(a.requested_at * 1000).toLocaleString(),
+          'data-requested-at': String(a.requested_at),
         }, 'requested ' + fmtAgo(a.requested_at)));
       }
       li.append(head);