diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs
index 941eb29..69f22f3 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/web_ui.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,13 @@ async fn post_send(State(state): State<AppState>, Form(form): Form<SendForm>) ->
         },
     };
     match result {
-        Ok(()) => Redirect::to("/").into_response(),
+        // 200 instead of 303 → the client doesn't refetch /api/state.
+        // The operator message becomes a broker `Sent` (already shown
+        // server-side in the dashboard); on the agent side, the
+        // resulting `TurnStart` SSE event drives the terminal + the
+        // inbox row gets consumed by the time `TurnEnd` fires the
+        // existing turn-end refresh.
+        Ok(()) => (axum::http::StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response(),
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("send failed: {e}")),
     }
 }