diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 54069c86..1d4d21ea 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -2585,9 +2585,15 @@ window.marked = marked;
     // Source chip (manual / meta_update / auto_update / crash_recover).
     li.append(' ', el('span', { class: 'rqe-source rqe-source-' + entry.source }, entry.source));
     // Timing: queued Xs ago when pending, elapsed when running,
-    // finished Xs ago for terminal.
+    // finished Xs ago for terminal. Queued + terminal stamps use
+    // data-rqe-enqueued / data-rqe-finished so the 30s ticker below
+    // can keep them fresh — keyed rows persist across snapshots, so
+    // without a ticker "queued 2m ago" would never advance.
     if (entry.state === 'queued') {
-      li.append(' ', el('span', { class: 'rqe-when' }, '· queued ' + fmtAgo(entry.enqueued_at)));
+      li.append(' ', el('span', {
+        class: 'rqe-when',
+        'data-rqe-enqueued': String(entry.enqueued_at),
+      }, '· queued ' + fmtAgo(entry.enqueued_at)));
     } else if (entry.state === 'running' && entry.started_at) {
       const elapsed = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000 - entry.started_at));
       li.append(' ', el('span', {
@@ -2595,7 +2601,11 @@ window.marked = marked;
         'data-rqe-elapsed': String(entry.started_at),
       }, '· ' + fmtElapsed(elapsed)));
     } else if (entry.finished_at) {
-      li.append(' ', el('span', { class: 'rqe-when' }, '· ' + entry.state + ' ' + fmtAgo(entry.finished_at)));
+      li.append(' ', el('span', {
+        class: 'rqe-when',
+        'data-rqe-finished': String(entry.finished_at),
+        'data-rqe-state': entry.state,
+      }, '· ' + entry.state + ' ' + fmtAgo(entry.finished_at)));
     }
     // Reason (truncated; full text on hover).
     if (entry.reason) {
@@ -2671,14 +2681,39 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // `renderQueueEntry`; the ticker avoids a full re-render just for the
   // wall-clock update.
   setInterval(() => {
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
     for (const span of document.querySelectorAll('.rqe-when[data-rqe-elapsed]')) {
       const started = parseInt(span.dataset.rqeElapsed, 10);
       if (!started) continue;
-      const elapsed = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000 - started));
+      const elapsed = Math.max(0, now - started);
       span.textContent = '· ' + fmtElapsed(elapsed);
     }
+    for (const span of document.querySelectorAll('.build-logs-runtime[data-bl-elapsed]')) {
+      const started = parseInt(span.dataset.blElapsed, 10);
+      if (!started) continue;
+      const elapsed = Math.max(0, now - started);
+      span.textContent = fmtElapsed(elapsed);
+    }
   }, 1000);
 
+  // 30s ticker for queued-age and terminal-age labels. Keyed rows
+  // persist across rebuild_queue_changed snapshots, so without this
+  // "queued 1m ago" / "done 5m ago" labels would never advance.
+  setInterval(() => {
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    for (const span of document.querySelectorAll('.rqe-when[data-rqe-enqueued]')) {
+      const enqueued = parseInt(span.dataset.rqeEnqueued, 10);
+      if (!enqueued) continue;
+      span.textContent = '· queued ' + fmtAgo(enqueued);
+    }
+    for (const span of document.querySelectorAll('.rqe-when[data-rqe-finished]')) {
+      const finished = parseInt(span.dataset.rqeFinished, 10);
+      if (!finished) continue;
+      const state = span.dataset.rqeState || '';
+      span.textContent = '· ' + state + ' ' + fmtAgo(finished);
+    }
+  }, 30_000);
+
   // ─── reminders ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   // Reminders aren't part of /api/state (separate sqlite table, separate
   // mutation cadence). refreshReminders() is called from refreshState() for