diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
index 59eed2f7..848694c2 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ const QUEUE_STATE_GLYPH = {
   done: '✔',
   failed: '✖',
   cancelled: '⊘',
+  // Not-taken branch of an outcome split (e.g. the failure tail on a
+  // successful deploy) — expected, not an error, so a quiet glyph rather
+  // than an attention-grabbing one. Only ever visible while the owning
+  // DAG is still live/failed — a fully-settled green DAG drops off the
+  // wire entirely (see hive-host-sock::jobs::dag_view). Same glyph
+  // hivectl uses for the same state (no contract between them, just
+  // consistent taste).
+  skipped: '·',
 };
 
 function firstFailedNode(entry) {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
index 1f848ac5..131979a8 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
 .rqe-node-done { color: var(--green); border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--green) 45%, transparent); }
 .rqe-node-failed { color: var(--red); border-color: var(--red); }
 .rqe-node-cancelled { opacity: 0.55; text-decoration: line-through; }
+/* Not-taken outcome branch — expected, quiet, distinct from cancelled
+   (dimmed only, no strikethrough: this wasn't dropped mid-flight, it was
+   never going to run). */
+.rqe-node-skipped { opacity: 0.5; }
 .rqe-node-arrow { color: var(--muted); }
 .rqe-node-log { margin-left: 0.1em; text-decoration: none; }