From 79265e04f8b5f70c95d1983d6e1a9572890b05db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: damocles <damocles@hyperhive.local>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 16:42:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?cleanup(#1014):=20remove=20manager=20pinning=20?=
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---
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js | 14 --------------
 hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs              |  4 ----
 2 files changed, 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index ea62aacb..9d3c0733 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
     if (containersState.delete(ev.name)) renderContainersFromState();
   }
 
-  // Logical name of the manager agent. Populated from `s.manager_name`
-  // on snapshot load so chip lists don't hardcode the manager name.
-  let managerNameState = '';
-  function syncManagerNameFromSnapshot(s) {
-    if (s.manager_name) managerNameState = s.manager_name;
-  }
-
   // Derived tombstones + meta_inputs. Both are emitted as full
   // snapshots (not diffs) — the lists are tiny and recomputing
   // avoids ordering races between a same-tick destroy + purge.
@@ -2593,12 +2586,8 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // one place. Returns the wrapping `<label class="schedule-field">`
   // ready to append to the form.
   function buildTargetChips({ idPrefix, fieldName, checked, extraNames = [] }) {
-    // Surface manager first so it always appears before non-manager agents.
-    const managerName = containersState.has(managerNameState) ? managerNameState : null;
     const candidates = ['operator'];
-    if (managerName) candidates.push(managerName);
     const containerNames = Array.from(containersState.values())
-      .filter((c) => c.name !== managerNameState)
       .map((c) => c.name)
       .filter((n) => n !== 'operator')
       .sort();
@@ -2903,9 +2892,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
     const out = [];
     const push = (n) => { if (!seen.has(n)) { seen.add(n); out.push(n); } };
     push('operator');
-    if (containersState.has(managerNameState)) push(managerNameState);
     const containerNames = Array.from(containersState.values())
-      .filter((c) => c.name !== managerNameState)
       .map((c) => c.name)
       .filter((n) => n !== 'operator')
       .sort();
@@ -3474,7 +3461,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
       // `transientsState` + `containersState`, not from `s.*`).
       syncTransientsFromSnapshot(s);
       syncContainersFromSnapshot(s);
-      syncManagerNameFromSnapshot(s);
       syncTombstonesFromSnapshot(s);
       syncMetaInputsFromSnapshot(s);
       syncRebuildQueueFromSnapshot(s);
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index dad4646c..5165fafe 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ struct StateSnapshot {
     /// "apply everything you've buffered".
     seq: u64,
     hostname: String,
-    /// The logical name of the manager agent. Lets the dashboard identify
-    /// the manager container without a separate `is_manager` bool on each row.
-    manager_name: String,
     manager_port: u16,
     any_stale: bool,
     containers: Vec<ContainerView>,
@@ -449,7 +446,6 @@ async fn api_state(headers: HeaderMap, State(state): State<AppState>) -> axum::J
     axum::Json(StateSnapshot {
         seq,
         hostname,
-        manager_name: MANAGER_NAME.to_owned(),
         manager_port: lifecycle::agent_web_port(MANAGER_NAME),
         any_stale,
         containers,