diff --git a/docs/swarm/ui.md b/docs/swarm/ui.md
index b6c4e42b..566a5f6b 100644
--- a/docs/swarm/ui.md
+++ b/docs/swarm/ui.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ domain, covers host-level detail for one hive.
 | `/agents`                                      | every agent: status, config PR, wanted state, inference settings, resource caps; create agents (with their permissions, optionally from an [archetype](archetypes.md)), link forge, matrix and GitHub accounts               |
 | `/agents/<name>/terminal`                      | one agent's live terminal                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `/agents/<name>/subagents/<subagent>/terminal` | one of that agent's subagents' live terminal                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| `/alerts`                                      | the alerts the swarm's Grafana holds now (firing, pending, no data, error), read through the controller with a Viewer service-account token                                                                                  |
+| `/alerts`                                      | the alerts of the swarm's Grafana that are firing now, with a link to Grafana's full alert list for the pending, no-data and error ones; read through the controller with a Viewer service-account token                     |
 | `/jobs`                                        | the controller's job graph — where agent creation and credential mints show progress                                                                                                                                         |
 | `/schedules`                                   | the scheduled prompts: add, edit, pause, resume and remove                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `/broadcast`                                   | send one message to several agents at once, picked from a grid of their icons                                                                                                                                                |
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx
index b13d2ef7..1cb90f9b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/AlertsPage.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-// <AlertsPage> — `/alerts`' content: the alerts the swarm's Grafana holds
-// now, from swarm-controller's `GET /api/alerts`. Same shape as `HivesPage`:
-// one fetch on a `RefreshIntervalPicker` cadence, rendered as a `Table`.
+// <AlertsPage> — `/alerts`' content: the alerts of the swarm's Grafana that
+// are firing now, from swarm-controller's `GET /api/alerts` (which also lists
+// pending, no-data and errored instances; those stay in Grafana). Same shape
+// as `HivesPage`: one fetch on a `RefreshIntervalPicker` cadence, rendered as
+// a `Table`.
 import { useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { ApiErrorPanel } from "@hive/shared/api-error-panel.js";
 import { readApiError, type ProblemDetails } from "@hive/shared/api-error.js";
-import { Badge, type BadgeTone } from "@hive/shared/badge.js";
+import { Badge } from "@hive/shared/badge.js";
 import { Panel } from "../ui/panel/Panel.js";
 import { RelativeTime } from "../ui/relative-time/RelativeTime.js";
 import {
@@ -17,19 +19,18 @@ import { Table, type TableColumn } from "../ui/table/Table.js";
 interface Alert {
   name: string;
   // Grafana's state for the instance: `Alerting`, `Pending`, `NoData` or
-  // `Error`. Anything else renders neutral.
+  // `Error`.
   state: string;
   active_at: string | null;
   summary: string | null;
   labels: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
-const STATE_TONE: Record<string, BadgeTone> = {
-  Alerting: "negative",
-  Error: "negative",
-  NoData: "warning",
-  Pending: "warning",
-};
+// Grafana's alert-groups view, where the instances this page leaves out are.
+const GRAFANA_ALERTS_URL =
+  "https://grafana.constellation.darkest.space/alerting/groups";
+
+const FIRING = "Alerting";
 
 // Grafana reports an instance that never became active with the zero time,
 // which `Date.parse` reads as year 1.
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ const COLUMNS: TableColumn<Alert>[] = [
       const since = activeSinceMs(a);
       return (
         <Badge
-          tone={STATE_TONE[a.state] ?? "neutral"}
+          tone="negative"
           value={
             since !== null ? (
               <>
@@ -72,9 +73,7 @@ const COLUMNS: TableColumn<Alert>[] = [
         />
       );
     },
-    sortBy: (a) => a.state,
-    filterValues: (a) => [a.state],
-    filterMode: "multiselect",
+    sortBy: (a) => activeSinceMs(a) ?? 0,
   },
   {
     key: "summary",
@@ -90,6 +89,7 @@ const DEFAULT_INTERVAL_MS: RefreshIntervalMs = 30_000;
 export function AlertsPage() {
   const [alerts, setAlerts] = useState<Alert[] | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<ProblemDetails | null>(null);
+  const firing = alerts?.filter((a) => a.state === FIRING) ?? null;
   const [intervalMs, setIntervalMs] =
     useState<RefreshIntervalMs>(DEFAULT_INTERVAL_MS);
 
@@ -110,11 +110,20 @@ export function AlertsPage() {
       title="alerts"
       icon="🚨"
       actions={
-        <RefreshIntervalPicker
-          id="alerts-refresh"
-          value={intervalMs}
-          onChange={setIntervalMs}
-        />
+        <>
+          <a
+            href={GRAFANA_ALERTS_URL}
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          >
+            all alerts in Grafana
+          </a>
+          <RefreshIntervalPicker
+            id="alerts-refresh"
+            value={intervalMs}
+            onChange={setIntervalMs}
+          />
+        </>
       }
     >
       {error ? (
@@ -124,11 +133,11 @@ export function AlertsPage() {
         />
       ) : null}
       {!error && alerts === null ? <p>loading…</p> : null}
-      {alerts && alerts.length === 0 ? <p>no alerts.</p> : null}
-      {alerts && alerts.length > 0 ? (
+      {firing && firing.length === 0 ? <p>nothing is alerting.</p> : null}
+      {firing && firing.length > 0 ? (
         <Table
           columns={COLUMNS}
-          rows={alerts}
+          rows={firing}
           rowKey={alertKey}
           storageKey="swarm-ui:alerts:table-filters"
         />