diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
index 590624df..5c3c5932 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
           <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">📜</span>
           <span class="home-tile-label">Logs</span>
         </span>
-        <span class="home-tile-desc">build · agent · system logs</span>
+        <span class="home-tile-desc">build · agent · system logs · privileged-action audit</span>
       </a>
 
       <a class="home-tile" href="/stats.html">
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.css
index fdaeef92..576c699d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.css
@@ -175,3 +175,66 @@ body.logs-shell {
 .build-logs-live-badge.badge-running { animation: live-pulse 1.4s ease-in-out infinite; }
 
 .build-logs-runtime { font-size: 0.85em; color: var(--muted); }
+
+/* ─── AUDIT tab — privileged-actions audit trail table ──────────────── */
+.audit-filter {
+  flex: 1 1 18em;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 0.35em 0.6em;
+  background: var(--bg-elev);
+  color: var(--fg);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+}
+.audit-table-wrap { overflow-x: auto; }
+.audit-table {
+  width: 100%;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  font-size: 0.88em;
+}
+.audit-table th,
+.audit-table td {
+  text-align: left;
+  padding: 0.4em 0.7em;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  vertical-align: top;
+}
+.audit-table th {
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+  font-size: 0.82em;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.audit-table tbody tr:hover {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg-elev) 45%, transparent);
+}
+.audit-when, .audit-when-th { white-space: nowrap; }
+.audit-agent { font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; }
+.audit-action { font-family: monospace; white-space: nowrap; }
+.audit-target { white-space: nowrap; }
+.audit-detail { word-break: break-word; }
+.audit-outcome-th, .audit-outcome-td { white-space: nowrap; }
+.audit-outcome {
+  display: inline-block;
+  padding: 0 0.5em;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  font-size: 0.82em;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.audit-outcome-ok {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--green) 22%, transparent);
+  color: var(--green);
+}
+.audit-outcome-err {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--red) 22%, transparent);
+  color: var(--red);
+}
+.audit-outcome-denied {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--yellow) 22%, transparent);
+  color: var(--yellow);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.html
index 6ce72586..9754e09d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.html
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
          aria-controls="logs-pane-system" data-tab="system">
         <span class="logs-tab-label">SYSTEM</span>
       </a>
+      <a class="hive-tab" id="logs-tab-audit" href="#audit" role="tab"
+         aria-controls="logs-pane-audit" data-tab="audit">
+        <span class="logs-tab-label">AUDIT</span>
+      </a>
     </nav>
   </header>
 
@@ -78,6 +82,21 @@
       <pre id="system-output" class="journal-output">loading…</pre>
     </section>
 
+    <!-- AUDIT: operator-visible trail of agent-initiated privileged
+         actions (infra-container restarts, etc.). Filterable table backed
+         by GET /api/audit-log ({ entries, total }), newest first, server
+         clamped to the latest 500. -->
+    <section class="logs-pane" id="logs-pane-audit" data-tab-pane="audit"
+             role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="logs-tab-audit">
+      <div class="logs-toolbar">
+        <input type="text" id="audit-filter" class="audit-filter"
+               placeholder="filter agent / action / target / detail…" autocomplete="off">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-restart" id="audit-refresh">↻ refresh</button>
+        <span id="audit-count" class="meta"></span>
+      </div>
+      <div id="audit-list"><p class="meta">loading…</p></div>
+    </section>
+
   </main>
 
   <script type="module" src="/static/logs.js" defer></script>
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.js
index 56ddd793..0ab06764 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/logs.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-// /logs.html entry point: log viewer with three sub-tabs (BUILD, AGENT, SYSTEM).
+// /logs.html entry point: log viewer with four sub-tabs (BUILD, AGENT,
+// SYSTEM, AUDIT).
 // BUILD  — all-agents build log history, backed by GET /api/build-logs
 // AGENT  — per-container journald viewer, backed by GET /api/journal/{name}
 // SYSTEM — host service logs, backed by GET /api/journal-host
+// AUDIT  — agent-initiated privileged-action trail, GET /api/audit-log
 //
-// Tab routing via URL hash (#build, #agent, #system). Default: #build.
+// Tab routing via URL hash (#build, #agent, #system, #audit). Default: #build.
 //
 // Live improvements:
 //   - Live build output auto-scrolls to the bottom (sticky-bottom) unless
@@ -368,6 +370,125 @@ import { createTabStrip } from '@hive/shared/tabs.js';
   if (systemUnitSelect) systemUnitSelect.addEventListener('change', fetchSystem);
   if (systemRefresh)    systemRefresh.addEventListener('click', fetchSystem);
 
+  // ─── AUDIT tab ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Operator-visible trail of agent-initiated privileged actions, backed
+  // by GET /api/audit-log → { entries: [...], total: N } (entries
+  // newest-first, server-clamped to 500; `total` drives "latest 500 of N").
+  // Per-entry: { id, ts_unix (secs), agent, action, target, outcome, detail }.
+  // outcome is 'ok' | 'err'; a capability denial is 'err' with detail
+  // starting "denied:" — coloured amber to read apart from an execution
+  // failure. Lazy-fetched on tab show (like SYSTEM); filter is a
+  // client-side substring on the cached rows.
+
+  const auditList    = $('audit-list');
+  const auditFilter  = $('audit-filter');
+  const auditRefresh = $('audit-refresh');
+  const auditCount   = $('audit-count');
+
+  let auditEntries = [];
+  let auditTotal   = 0;
+  let auditFetching = false;
+
+  // ts_unix is unix seconds — fmtAgeSecs wants an age in seconds.
+  function auditFmtWhen(tsUnix) {
+    if (!tsUnix) return '';
+    const age = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - tsUnix;
+    return fmtAgeSecs(Math.max(0, age)) + ' ago';
+  }
+
+  // outcome → badge. 'ok' green; an 'err' whose detail starts "denied:" is a
+  // capability refusal (amber, labelled "denied"); other 'err' red. The
+  // literal outcome is the fallback label so a new value still renders.
+  function auditOutcomeBadge(outcome, detail) {
+    const denied = outcome === 'err'
+      && typeof detail === 'string' && detail.startsWith('denied:');
+    const cls = outcome === 'ok'
+      ? 'audit-outcome audit-outcome-ok'
+      : denied
+        ? 'audit-outcome audit-outcome-denied'
+        : 'audit-outcome audit-outcome-err';
+    return el('span', { class: cls }, denied ? 'denied' : (outcome || '?'));
+  }
+
+  function auditMatches(e, q) {
+    if (!q) return true;
+    return `${e.agent || ''} ${e.action || ''} ${e.target || ''} ${e.detail || ''}`
+      .toLowerCase().includes(q);
+  }
+
+  function renderAudit() {
+    if (!auditList) return;
+    const q = (auditFilter ? auditFilter.value : '').trim().toLowerCase();
+    const rows = auditEntries.filter((e) => auditMatches(e, q));
+
+    if (auditCount) {
+      const shown = auditEntries.length;
+      const clamped = auditTotal > shown;
+      let txt = clamped
+        ? `latest ${shown} of ${auditTotal}`
+        : `${shown} entr${shown === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}`;
+      if (q) txt += ` · ${rows.length} match${rows.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}`;
+      auditCount.textContent = txt;
+    }
+
+    auditList.replaceChildren();
+    if (rows.length === 0) {
+      auditList.append(el('p', { class: 'meta' },
+        q ? '(no matching entries)' : '(no privileged actions recorded yet)'));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const table = el('table', { class: 'audit-table' });
+    table.append(el('thead', {},
+      el('tr', {},
+        el('th', { class: 'audit-when-th' }, 'when'),
+        el('th', {}, 'agent'),
+        el('th', {}, 'action'),
+        el('th', {}, 'target'),
+        el('th', { class: 'audit-outcome-th' }, 'outcome'),
+        el('th', {}, 'detail'),
+      )));
+    const tbody = el('tbody', {});
+    for (const e of rows) {
+      tbody.append(el('tr', {},
+        el('td', {
+          class: 'audit-when meta',
+          title: e.ts_unix ? new Date(e.ts_unix * 1000).toISOString() : '',
+        }, auditFmtWhen(e.ts_unix)),
+        el('td', { class: 'audit-agent' }, e.agent || ''),
+        el('td', { class: 'audit-action' }, e.action || ''),
+        el('td', { class: 'audit-target' }, e.target || ''),
+        el('td', { class: 'audit-outcome-td' }, auditOutcomeBadge(e.outcome, e.detail)),
+        el('td', { class: 'audit-detail meta' }, e.detail || ''),
+      ));
+    }
+    table.append(tbody);
+    const wrap = el('div', { class: 'audit-table-wrap' });
+    wrap.append(table);
+    auditList.append(wrap);
+  }
+
+  async function fetchAudit() {
+    if (!auditList || auditFetching) return;
+    auditFetching = true;
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch('/api/audit-log');
+      if (!resp.ok) throw new Error('http ' + resp.status);
+      const data = await resp.json();
+      auditEntries = Array.isArray(data.entries) ? data.entries : [];
+      auditTotal = typeof data.total === 'number' ? data.total : auditEntries.length;
+      renderAudit();
+    } catch (err) {
+      auditList.replaceChildren();
+      auditList.append(el('p', { class: 'meta' }, 'fetch failed: ' + err));
+    } finally {
+      auditFetching = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (auditRefresh) auditRefresh.addEventListener('click', fetchAudit);
+  if (auditFilter)  auditFilter.addEventListener('input', renderAudit);
+
   // ─── init ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   // Wire the shared tab strip now that fetchSystem + the element refs it
@@ -375,7 +496,10 @@ import { createTabStrip } from '@hive/shared/tabs.js';
   // the deep-linked tab is SYSTEM, kicks off the lazy fetch via onShow.
   logTabs = createTabStrip(document.getElementById('logs-tabbar'), {
     defaultId: 'build',
-    onShow: (id) => { if (id === 'system') fetchSystem(); },
+    onShow: (id) => {
+      if (id === 'system') fetchSystem();
+      else if (id === 'audit') fetchAudit();
+    },
   });
   loadAgentList();
   fetchBuild();
@@ -389,6 +513,8 @@ import { createTabStrip } from '@hive/shared/tabs.js';
     if (systemLastFetch && systemFetchTs && !systemFetchTs.hidden) {
       systemFetchTs.textContent = fmtFetchTs(systemLastFetch);
     }
+    // Keep the audit "ago" column honest while that tab is in view.
+    if (auditEntries.length && logTabs.active() === 'audit') renderAudit();
   }, 30_000);
 
 })();