diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
index 01f82015..41a34300 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Y3R C4LL domain — the dashboard pane for things blocked on an operator
-// decision: approvals and the operator inbox (messages agents sent to
+// decision: the operator inbox (messages agents sent to
 // `to="operator"`). Lifted out of the dashboard entry (tabs.js) into its
 // own module so the entry stays a thin coordinator; mirrors the
 // permissions.js / schedules.js extractions.
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 // live-mutation paths call an injected `onCountsChanged` callback the entry
 // registers once via `initCall`.
 
-import { $, form, appendLinkified } from "./common.js";
+import { $, appendLinkified } from "./common.js";
 import { el } from "@hive/shared/dom.js";
-import { epochSec, fmtAgo } from "./util.js";
 
 // Registered by the dashboard entry at boot; defaults to a no-op so the
 // module is safe to call before wiring.
@@ -113,240 +112,3 @@ export function operatorInboxAppendFromEvent(ev) {
   renderOperatorInbox();
   onCountsChanged();
 }
-
-// ─── approvals — the operator config-change approval queue ────────
-const APPROVAL_TAB_KEY = "hyperhive:approvals:tab";
-// Derived approval state — cold-loaded from /api/state, then mutated
-// live by `approval_resolved` dashboard events.
-// `pending` is the open queue (newest-first); `history` is the last
-// 30 resolved rows.
-const APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT = 30;
-const approvalsState = { pending: [], history: [] };
-export function activeApprovalCount() {
-  return approvalsState.pending.length;
-}
-export function syncApprovalsFromSnapshot(s) {
-  approvalsState.pending = (s.approvals || []).slice();
-  approvalsState.history = (s.approval_history || []).slice();
-}
-export function applyApprovalResolved(ev) {
-  // Drop from pending; prepend to history (newest-first), cap at 30.
-  approvalsState.pending = approvalsState.pending.filter((a) => a.id !== ev.id);
-  // Idempotent: a snapshot re-sync (post-disconnect SSE catchup) can
-  // carry this same resolved row in `approval_history` while a live
-  // event also delivers it — guard the unshift so history can't
-  // double a row.
-  if (!approvalsState.history.some((h) => h.id === ev.id)) {
-    approvalsState.history.unshift({
-      id: ev.id,
-      agent: ev.agent,
-      kind: ev.approval_kind,
-      status: ev.status,
-      resolved_at: ev.resolved_at,
-      note: ev.note || null,
-      description: ev.description || null,
-    });
-    if (approvalsState.history.length > APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT) {
-      approvalsState.history.length = APPROVAL_HISTORY_LIMIT;
-    }
-  }
-  renderApprovals();
-}
-export function renderApprovals() {
-  const root = $("approvals-section");
-  // #approvals-section only lives on /dashboard.html (Y3R C4LL tab);
-  // no-op elsewhere — `approval_resolved` SSE
-  // events route through here on every page that loads the bundle.
-  if (!root) return;
-  root.replaceChildren();
-
-  const pending = approvalsState.pending;
-  const history = approvalsState.history;
-  const active = localStorage.getItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY) || "pending";
-  const tabs = el("div", { class: "approval-tabs" });
-  const pendingTab = el(
-    "button",
-    {
-      type: "button",
-      class: "approval-tab" + (active === "pending" ? " active" : ""),
-    },
-    `pending · ${pending.length}`,
-  );
-  const historyTab = el(
-    "button",
-    {
-      type: "button",
-      class: "approval-tab" + (active === "history" ? " active" : ""),
-    },
-    `history · ${history.length}`,
-  );
-  pendingTab.addEventListener("click", () => {
-    localStorage.setItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY, "pending");
-    renderApprovals();
-  });
-  historyTab.addEventListener("click", () => {
-    localStorage.setItem(APPROVAL_TAB_KEY, "history");
-    renderApprovals();
-  });
-  tabs.append(pendingTab, historyTab);
-  root.append(tabs);
-
-  if (active === "history") {
-    renderApprovalHistory(root, history);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (!pending.length) {
-    root.append(el("p", { class: "empty" }, "queue empty"));
-    return;
-  }
-  const ul = el("ul", { class: "approvals" });
-  for (const a of pending) {
-    const isUpdateMeta = a.kind === "update_meta_inputs";
-    const li = el("li", { class: "approval-card" });
-
-    // ── identity header ──────────────────────────────────────────
-    const head = el(
-      "div",
-      { class: "approval-head" },
-      el("span", { class: "glyph" }, "↻"),
-      el("span", { class: "id" }, "#" + a.id),
-      el("span", { class: "agent" }, a.agent),
-      el("span", { class: "kind" }, isUpdateMeta ? "meta-update" : a.kind),
-    );
-    // When the approval was requested — relative time, right-aligned.
-    // Goes amber once it's been pending an hour so a stale request is
-    // obvious at a glance (see docs/web-ui/dashboard.md::Approval card).
-    if (a.requested_at != null) {
-      const requestedSec = epochSec(a.requested_at);
-      const ageSec = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000 - requestedSec));
-      head.append(
-        el(
-          "span",
-          {
-            class: "approval-ts" + (ageSec >= 3600 ? " stale" : ""),
-            title: "requested " + new Date(a.requested_at).toLocaleString(),
-            "data-requested-at": String(requestedSec),
-          },
-          "requested " + fmtAgo(a.requested_at),
-        ),
-      );
-    }
-    li.append(head);
-
-    // ── what-changed body ────────────────────────────────────────
-    const body = el("div", { class: "approval-body" });
-    if (a.description) {
-      body.append(el("div", { class: "approval-description" }, a.description));
-    }
-    if (isUpdateMeta) {
-      let inputs;
-      try {
-        inputs = JSON.parse(a.commit_ref || "[]");
-      } catch (_) {
-        inputs = [];
-      }
-      body.append(
-        el(
-          "span",
-          { class: "meta" },
-          inputs.length
-            ? "bump flake inputs: " + inputs.join(", ")
-            : "bump all flake inputs",
-        ),
-      );
-    } else {
-      body.append(
-        el(
-          "span",
-          { class: "meta" },
-          isInit
-            ? "scaffold proposed config repo — submitting agent customises agent.nix before spawn"
-            : "new sub-agent — container will be created on approve",
-        ),
-      );
-    }
-    li.append(body);
-
-    // ── decision actions ─────────────────────────────────────────
-    // Deny prompts the operator for an optional reason; the submit
-    // handler stashes it into a hidden `note` input that rides along
-    // on the POST and is surfaced to the submitting agent via
-    // HelperEvent::ApprovalResolved { note }.
-    const denyForm = el("form", {
-      method: "POST",
-      action: "/api/deny/" + a.id,
-      class: "inline",
-      "data-async": "",
-      "data-no-refresh": "",
-      "data-prompt": "reason for denying (optional, sent to submitter):",
-    });
-    denyForm.append(
-      el("button", { type: "submit", class: "btn btn-deny" }, "DENY"),
-    );
-    li.append(
-      el(
-        "div",
-        { class: "approval-actions" },
-        form(
-          "/api/approve/" + a.id,
-          "btn-approve",
-          "◆ APPR0VE",
-          null,
-          {},
-          { noRefresh: true },
-        ),
-        denyForm,
-      ),
-    );
-
-    ul.append(li);
-  }
-  root.append(ul);
-}
-
-function renderApprovalHistory(root, history) {
-  if (!history.length) {
-    root.append(el("p", { class: "empty" }, "no resolved approvals yet"));
-    return;
-  }
-  const ul = el("ul", { class: "approvals approvals-history" });
-  for (const a of history) {
-    const li = el("li");
-    const row = el("div", { class: "row" });
-    const glyph =
-      a.status === "approved"
-        ? "✓"
-        : a.status === "denied"
-          ? "✗"
-          : a.status === "cancelled"
-            ? "⊘"
-            : "⚠";
-    row.append(
-      el("span", { class: "glyph glyph-" + a.status }, glyph),
-      " ",
-      el("span", { class: "id" }, "#" + a.id),
-      " ",
-      el("span", { class: "agent" }, a.agent),
-      " ",
-      el(
-        "span",
-        { class: "kind" },
-        a.kind === "update_meta_inputs" ? "meta-update" : a.kind,
-      ),
-      " ",
-    );
-    if (a.sha_short) row.append(el("code", {}, a.sha_short), " ");
-    row.append(
-      el("span", { class: "status status-" + a.status }, a.status),
-      " ",
-      el("span", { class: "msg-ts" }, fmtAgo(a.resolved_at)),
-    );
-    li.append(row);
-    if (a.note) {
-      li.append(el("div", { class: "history-note" }, a.note));
-    }
-    ul.append(li);
-  }
-  root.append(ul);
-}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css
index feb188c1..20840a9d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css
@@ -194,10 +194,6 @@ code {
   color: var(--green);
   border-color: var(--green);
 }
-.btn-deny {
-  color: var(--red);
-  border-color: var(--red);
-}
 .btn-destroy {
   color: var(--red);
   border-color: var(--red);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.js
index 956207b5..5b592d91 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.js
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ export function openBuildLogStream(id, pre, { onDone, onError } = {}) {
 
 // ─── side panel ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Singleton drawer that swipes in from the right. Long content
-// (file previews, approval diffs, journald logs, applied config)
+// (file previews, journald logs, applied config)
 // opens here via `sidePanel.open(title, node)` instead of expanding
 // inline. Body is swapped on each open; closing just slides out so
 // the content stays visible through the transition.
@@ -566,9 +566,7 @@ export function appendLinkified(parent, text, refs) {
 }
 
 // ─── browser notifications ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-// Fires OS notifications on two operator-bound signals:
-//   - new approval landed in the queue
-//   - broker message sent `to: "operator"`
+// Fires OS notifications on broker messages sent `to: "operator"`.
 // Permission grant is per-browser; a localStorage "muted" toggle lets
 // the operator silence without revoking. Secure-context only (HTTPS /
 // localhost) — on other origins the API is unavailable and we hide
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index 6fd695a5..fa84305e 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -496,55 +496,6 @@ hive-agent-menu {
   }
 }
 
-/* Pending approval: a card with three stacked sections — identity
-   header, what-changed body, decision actions. */
-.approvals {
-  list-style: none;
-  padding: 0;
-  margin: 0.4em 0 0;
-}
-.approval-card {
-  background: var(--bg-elev);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-left: 3px solid var(--purple);
-  border-radius: 4px;
-  padding: 0.6em 0.8em;
-  margin-bottom: 0.6em;
-}
-.approval-head {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: baseline;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 0.3em;
-}
-.approval-ts {
-  margin-left: auto;
-  color: var(--muted);
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-}
-.approval-ts.stale {
-  color: var(--amber);
-  text-shadow: 0 0 6px color-mix(in srgb, var(--amber) 50%, transparent);
-}
-.approval-body {
-  margin: 0.45em 0;
-  padding-left: 1.3em;
-}
-.approval-description {
-  font-size: 0.9em;
-  color: var(--fg);
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
-  margin-bottom: 0.35em;
-}
-.approval-actions {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 0.5em;
-  padding-top: 0.45em;
-  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
-}
-.approval-actions form.inline {
-  display: inline;
-}
 /* Inline drill-in triggers (logs / config repo / view diff). */
 .drill-ins {
   display: flex;
@@ -556,91 +507,6 @@ hive-agent-menu {
   margin-top: 0;
 }
 
-.approval-tabs {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 0.4em;
-  margin: 0.6em 0 0.4em;
-}
-.approval-tab {
-  background: transparent;
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  color: var(--muted);
-  font: inherit;
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
-  padding: 0.25em 0.9em;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  transition:
-    color 0.15s ease,
-    border-color 0.15s ease,
-    background 0.15s ease;
-}
-.approval-tab:hover {
-  color: var(--fg);
-}
-.approval-tab.active {
-  color: var(--purple);
-  border-color: var(--purple);
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--purple) 8%, transparent);
-  text-shadow: 0 0 4px currentColor;
-}
-/* History items: lighter card treatment so they're visually coherent with
-   the pending .approval-card items above them. Left accent colour reflects
-   the outcome via :has() on the per-status glyph span. */
-.approvals-history li {
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg-elev) 40%, transparent);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-left: 3px solid var(--subtext0);
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  padding: 0.35em 0.8em;
-  margin-bottom: 0.4em;
-}
-.approvals-history li:has(.glyph-approved) {
-  border-left-color: var(--green);
-}
-.approvals-history li:has(.glyph-denied) {
-  border-left-color: var(--red);
-}
-.approvals-history li:has(.glyph-failed) {
-  border-left-color: var(--amber);
-}
-.approvals-history .status {
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-  padding: 0 0.5em;
-}
-.status-approved {
-  color: var(--green);
-}
-.status-denied {
-  color: var(--red);
-}
-.status-failed {
-  color: var(--amber);
-}
-.status-cancelled {
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-.glyph-approved {
-  color: var(--green);
-}
-.glyph-denied {
-  color: var(--red);
-}
-.glyph-failed {
-  color: var(--amber);
-}
-.glyph-cancelled {
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-
-.history-note {
-  margin-left: 1.8em;
-  margin-top: 0.2em;
-  color: var(--muted);
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
-  word-break: break-word;
-}
 ul form.inline {
   display: inline-block;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
index 062015fc..34d42ef9 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
           </div>
         </section>
 
-        <!-- Y3R C4LL: things blocked on operator decision — the approval
-         queue; surfaces full bodies inline so the operator can decide
+        <!-- Y3R C4LL: things blocked on operator decision — the operator
+         inbox; surfaces full bodies inline so the operator can decide
          without leaving the pane. -->
         <section
           class="tab-pane"
@@ -157,20 +157,12 @@
             <p class="meta">loading…</p>
           </div>
 
-          <h2>◆ P3NDING APPR0VALS ◆</h2>
-          <div class="divider">
-            ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-          </div>
-          <div id="approvals-section">
-            <p class="meta">loading…</p>
-          </div>
-
           <!-- Operator-local preferences (browser notifications). Was its own
            S3TT1NGS page (`/settings.html`); mara moved it in here since a
            standalone page for one toggle didn't earn its own tile. State
            lives in the browser's localStorage — NOTIF.bind() (common.js)
            wires the buttons, same dispatch NOTIF.show() already used for
-           approval/inbox notifications above. -->
+           inbox notifications above. -->
           <h2>◆ PR3F3R3NC3S ◆</h2>
           <div class="divider">
             ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
@@ -182,10 +174,9 @@
           </p>
           <h3>◇ browser notifications</h3>
           <p class="meta">
-            desktop notifications for new approvals and broker messages
-            addressed to you. requires a secure context (https or localhost).
-            mute silences the notifications without revoking the OS-level
-            permission.
+            desktop notifications for broker messages addressed to you. requires
+            a secure context (https or localhost). mute silences the
+            notifications without revoking the OS-level permission.
           </p>
           <div id="notif-row" class="notif-row">
             <button
@@ -344,8 +335,8 @@
       </p>
     </footer>
 
-    <!-- Slide-in detail panel (clicked file previews, approval diffs,
-       journald logs, applied config) is a <hive-side-panel> element
+    <!-- Slide-in detail panel (clicked file previews, journald logs,
+       applied config) is a <hive-side-panel> element
        (@hive/shared/side-panel.js) — the Panel singleton in common.js
        creates + appends it to <body> lazily on first use, so nothing
        needs to be pre-declared here. -->
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
index 4c5fab56..ef00a4a6 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
               <span class="home-tile-label">Dashboard</span>
             </span>
             <span class="home-tile-desc"
-              >containers · approvals · permissions · schedules · system</span
+              >containers · permissions · schedules · system</span
             >
           </a>
 
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js
index 7ae5c817..ad1ec12e 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ export function renderContainers(s) {
   // Belt-and-suspenders for any future page that adds tabs.js
   // without a #containers-section — matches the
   // no-op-when-target-absent convention the other renderers
-  // (renderApprovals, etc.) follow.
+  // (renderOperatorInbox, etc.) follow.
   if (!root) return;
 
   // Containers come from the derived map (event-driven) rather than
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 25e01a7e..2ce67a2b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-// /dashboard.html entry point: tab renderers + tab routing + refreshState
-// + notification deltas. Reads /api/state on cold load and after every
-// async-form submit; live updates run through `applyXxx` mutation
-// handlers triggered by the dashboard event stream (subscribed via
-// `openStream` from common.js). See docs/web-ui/shape.md::Shape (shared by
-// both) for the broader contract.
+// /dashboard.html entry point: tab renderers + tab routing + refreshState.
+// Reads /api/state on cold load and after every async-form submit; live
+// updates run through `applyXxx` mutation handlers triggered by the
+// dashboard event stream (subscribed via `openStream` from common.js). See
+// docs/web-ui/shape.md::Shape (shared by both) for the broader contract.
 //
 // Pure helpers (DOM, side panel, OS notifications, path linkification)
 // live in `./common.js`; the flow-page surface (operator inbox, broker
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import { el } from "@hive/shared/dom.js";
 import { bindAsyncForms } from "@hive/shared/forms.js";
 import { createTabStrip } from "@hive/shared/tabs.js";
 import { containersState, syncContainersFromSnapshot } from "./state.js";
-import { fmtAgo } from "./util.js";
 import {
   applyCapabilitiesChanged,
   applyToolGroupsChanged,
@@ -31,10 +29,6 @@ import {
   refreshOperatorInbox,
   operatorInboxAppendFromEvent,
   operatorInboxCount,
-  syncApprovalsFromSnapshot,
-  applyApprovalResolved,
-  renderApprovals,
-  activeApprovalCount,
 } from "./call.js";
 import {
   initJobqRollup,
@@ -54,58 +48,12 @@ import {
 window.marked = marked;
 
 (() => {
-  // Track which items we've already notified about so a re-render
-  // doesn't re-fire for the same row. Keyed by stable ids; reset only
-  // when the page reloads.
-  const seenApprovals = new Set();
-  let seededNotify = false;
-
-  function notifyDeltas(s) {
-    const approvals = s.approvals || [];
-    if (!seededNotify) {
-      // First render after page load — fill the "seen" set without
-      // firing notifications. We only want to notify on NEW items
-      // that arrived while the page is open. The inbox no longer
-      // needs seeding here: it's derived from the broker stream which
-      // does its own per-event notification on live arrival, and
-      // history-replayed events are silent by virtue of `fromHistory`.
-      for (const a of approvals) seenApprovals.add(a.id);
-      seededNotify = true;
-      return;
-    }
-    for (const a of approvals) {
-      if (seenApprovals.has(a.id)) continue;
-      seenApprovals.add(a.id);
-      NOTIF.show(
-        "◆ approval #" + a.id,
-        `config commit for ${a.agent}`,
-        "hyperhive:approval:" + a.id,
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
   // ─── async forms ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   // Shared `data-async` submit interceptor (now in common.js so /core.html's
   // bundle gets it too). On success it re-runs refreshState unless the form
   // opts out via `data-no-refresh` (its mutation arrives via an SSE event).
   bindAsyncForms(() => refreshState());
 
-  // Refreshes approval request-age chips (`.approval-ts`, flips `.stale`
-  // at the 1h mark), which would otherwise only update on the next
-  // SSE-triggered re-render.
-  setInterval(() => {
-    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-    document
-      .querySelectorAll(".approval-ts[data-requested-at]")
-      .forEach((node) => {
-        const requestedAt = Number(node.getAttribute("data-requested-at"));
-        if (!Number.isFinite(requestedAt)) return;
-        const ageSec = Math.max(0, now - requestedAt);
-        node.textContent = "requested " + fmtAgo(requestedAt);
-        node.classList.toggle("stale", ageSec >= 3600);
-      });
-  }, 1000);
-
   // ─── state polling ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   let pollTimer = null;
   // Sections whose innerHTML gets blown away on each refresh. If the
@@ -114,7 +62,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
   const MANAGED_SECTION_IDS = [
     "containers-section",
     "inbox-section",
-    "approvals-section",
     "schedules-section",
     "capabilities-section",
     "tool-groups-section",
@@ -211,18 +158,12 @@ window.marked = marked;
       // mount's own effect handles the actual fetch.
       initJobqRollup();
       renderContainers(s);
-      // Sync the derived approvals store from the snapshot, then
-      // render. Live `*_added` / `*_resolved` events mutate the store
-      // directly and re-render without a snapshot refetch.
-      syncApprovalsFromSnapshot(s);
-      renderApprovals();
       refreshSchedules();
       restoreOpenDetails(openDetails);
-      notifyDeltas(s);
       // No periodic refresh timer. Phase 6 covers every container
       // mutation with `ContainerStateChanged` / `ContainerRemoved`
       // (lifecycle ops, destroy, rebuild, crash_watch's 10s poll);
-      // approvals + transients have their own events;
+      // transients have their own events;
       // broker traffic flows through the SSE channel. The only
       // /api/state fetches are the initial cold load and the
       // post-submit refetch on forms without `data-no-refresh`
@@ -246,7 +187,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
   refreshOperatorInbox();
   // NOTIF.bind() wires the enable/mute/unmute toggle buttons that now
   // live in the Y3R C4LL tab's ◆ PR3F3R3NC3S ◆ section. NOTIF.show()
-  // (approval/inbox notifications) reads the same browser permission +
+  // (inbox notifications) reads the same browser permission +
   // localStorage mute flag regardless of which page fires it — bind()
   // only needs to run once, here, where the buttons live. The side
   // panel (<hive-side-panel>) wires its own internals in
@@ -270,7 +211,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // and filter client-side — the dashboard ignores broker traffic
   // and the inbox ignores mutation events.
   const MUTATION_HANDLERS = {
-    approval_resolved: applyApprovalResolved,
     transient_set: applyTransientSet,
     transient_cleared: applyTransientCleared,
     container_state_changed: applyContainerStateChanged,
@@ -293,12 +233,12 @@ window.marked = marked;
     //
     // kinds= matches MUTATION_HANDLERS below verbatim, plus `sent`
     // (checked separately, just above, for the operator inbox) —
-    // narrows this from all 13 wire kinds down to the 9 this page
+    // narrows this from all 12 wire kinds down to the 8 this page
     // actually acts on. This page was one of 4 unfiltered
     // `/api/dashboard/stream` subscribers before this (subscription
     // discipline, part 1 of the dashboard-event-stream-split issue).
     const es = openStream(
-      "/api/dashboard/stream?kinds=sent,approval_resolved," +
+      "/api/dashboard/stream?kinds=sent," +
         "transient_set,transient_cleared," +
         "container_state_changed,container_removed,rebuild_queue_changed," +
         "capabilities_changed,tool_groups_changed",
@@ -358,8 +298,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
     document.body.dataset.activeTab = target;
     renderSelectionBar(Array.from(containersState.values()));
     // Re-fetch on activation as a safety net: SSE covers live mutations,
-    // re-sync covers disconnect windows / approval-path inserts that
-    // don't yet emit.
+    // re-sync covers disconnect windows.
     if (target === "schedules") {
       refreshSchedules();
     }
@@ -410,8 +349,8 @@ window.marked = marked;
       if (c.needs_update) swarm++;
     }
     setTabCount("swarm", swarm);
-    // Y3R C4LL — pending approvals + unread agent->operator messages.
-    const callCount = activeApprovalCount() + operatorInboxCount();
+    // Y3R C4LL — unread agent->operator messages.
+    const callCount = operatorInboxCount();
     setTabCount("call", callCount);
     // Browser tab title prefix — lets the operator see the pending
     // call count without switching to the window. Strips any existing
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/util.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/util.js
index 2a187b44..2cbdbf14 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/util.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/util.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Shared dashboard render + format helpers.
 //
 // Small pure utilities used across most dashboard tabs (the container
-// tree, the rebuild queue, approvals, schedules + reminders):
+// tree, the rebuild queue, schedules + reminders):
 // an atomic-swap render helper and a handful of relative-time / duration
 // formatters. They live here — a dashboard-internal module — rather than
 // in the cross-page `common.js`, because they're specific to the
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/forms.js b/frontend/packages/shared/src/forms.js
index 966b52d8..25397809 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/forms.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/forms.js
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ export function asyncBtn(btn, fn) {
 // successful submit unless the form opts out with `data-no-refresh` (forms
 // whose mutation arrives faster via an SSE event).
 //
-// Confirmation (`data-confirm`) and free-text prompts (`data-prompt` /
-// `data-prompt-field`) are surfaced via the themed dialogs in `modal.js`
-// rather than native `confirm()`/`prompt()`, and errors via `themedToast`
+// Confirmation (`data-confirm`) is surfaced via the themed dialog in
+// `modal.js` rather than native `confirm()`, and errors via `themedToast`
 // rather than `alert()`, so every page gets the same in-theme experience.
-import { themedConfirm, themedPrompt, themedToast } from "./modal.js";
+import { themedConfirm, themedToast } from "./modal.js";
 
 export function bindAsyncForms(onSuccess) {
   document.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
@@ -64,21 +63,6 @@ export function bindAsyncForms(onSuccess) {
       !(await themedConfirm({ message: f.dataset.confirm }))
     )
       return;
-    if (f.dataset.prompt) {
-      const ans = await themedPrompt({ message: f.dataset.prompt });
-      if (ans === null) return; // operator hit Cancel
-      // Drop into a hidden input named after `data-prompt-field` (or
-      // 'note' by default) so the value rides along on the POST.
-      const field = f.dataset.promptField || "note";
-      let input = f.querySelector(`input[name="${field}"]`);
-      if (!input) {
-        input = document.createElement("input");
-        input.type = "hidden";
-        input.name = field;
-        f.append(input);
-      }
-      input.value = ans;
-    }
     const btn = f.querySelector(
       'button[type="submit"], button:not([type]), .btn-inline',
     );
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/hive-dialog/hive-dialog.css b/frontend/packages/shared/src/hive-dialog/hive-dialog.css
index 33ce877b..df228492 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/hive-dialog/hive-dialog.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/hive-dialog/hive-dialog.css
@@ -63,31 +63,3 @@
   gap: 0.6em;
   margin-top: 0.2em;
 }
-.promptfield {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  gap: 0.4em;
-}
-.promptlabel {
-  color: var(--subtext0);
-  font-size: 0.9em;
-}
-.input {
-  font-family: inherit;
-  font-size: 1em;
-  width: 100%;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  background: var(--crust);
-  color: var(--fg);
-  border: 1px solid var(--purple-dim);
-  padding: 0.4em 0.6em;
-}
-.input:focus {
-  outline: 1px solid var(--green);
-}
-.textarea {
-  resize: vertical;
-  min-height: 4.5em;
-  line-height: 1.4;
-  white-space: pre-wrap;
-}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/modal.js b/frontend/packages/shared/src/modal.js
index 5e964fcf..4ba08ed5 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/modal.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/modal.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // (see each component's own header comment for the design rationale).
 // This file is the orchestration layer on top: `openDialog` is the
 // general primitive (any title/message/content + a row of buttons);
-// `themedConfirm`/`themedPrompt`/`themedToast` are thin wrappers built on
+// `themedConfirm`/`themedToast` are thin wrappers built on
 // it. It's the single entry point external packages import
 // (`@hive/shared/modal.js`) — the component internals aren't exported
 // individually.
@@ -107,66 +107,6 @@ export function themedConfirm(opts = {}) {
   });
 }
 
-// themedPrompt({ title, message, label, placeholder, value, confirmLabel, cancelLabel })
-//   → Promise<string | null>. Themed replacement for window.prompt(): a
-//   resizable <textarea> dialog that resolves to the entered string on confirm,
-//   or null on cancel. Chat-box key behaviour: **Enter submits**, **Shift+Enter
-//   inserts a newline** — so short answers are one keystroke while multi-line
-//   reasons (e.g. an approval deny note) are still possible. Escape cancels
-//   (via openDialog).
-export function themedPrompt(opts = {}) {
-  const {
-    title = "",
-    message = "",
-    label = "",
-    placeholder = "",
-    value = "",
-    confirmLabel = "ok",
-    cancelLabel = "cancel",
-  } = opts;
-  const input = el("textarea", {
-    class: "input textarea",
-    rows: "3",
-    placeholder,
-  });
-  if (value) input.value = value;
-  // Enter submits (clicks the confirm button mounted by openDialog);
-  // Shift+Enter falls through to the textarea's default newline insert.
-  // `closest()`/`querySelector()` stay within the shadow tree the input
-  // lives in, so this resolves to the dialog's own `.box`/confirm button
-  // without leaking across instances. The confirm button is selected by
-  // its `variant` attribute now (hive-btn.js), not a CSS class.
-  input.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
-    if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
-      e.preventDefault();
-      input.closest(".box")?.querySelector('[variant="confirm"]')?.click();
-    }
-  });
-  const content = el(
-    "div",
-    { class: "promptfield" },
-    label ? el("label", { class: "promptlabel" }, label) : null,
-    input,
-  );
-  const result = openDialog({
-    title,
-    message,
-    content,
-    buttons: [
-      { label: cancelLabel, value: "__cancel__", class: "cancel" },
-      {
-        label: confirmLabel,
-        value: "__ok__",
-        class: "confirm",
-        autofocus: true,
-      },
-    ],
-  }).then((v) => (v === "__ok__" ? input.value : null));
-  // Prefer focusing the field over the OK button once the dialog has mounted.
-  setTimeout(() => input.focus(), 0);
-  return result;
-}
-
 // themedToast(message, { type, duration }) — non-blocking transient
 //   notification; a lighter alternative to a modal for feedback that needs no
 //   decision (errors, validation, status). Stacks in a fixed top-right
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal/terminal.js b/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal/terminal.js
index 36d8732e..b510c75c 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal/terminal.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/terminal/terminal.js
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ export function create(opts) {
         // Seq-dedupe only events of a kind that actually appeared in
         // the history replay — those are the only ones that could
         // double (once via history, once via the live buffer).
-        // Mutation events (approval/container/…) are never
+        // Mutation events (container/transient/…) are never
         // carried by the history endpoint; deduping them against the
         // broker-history seq would wrongly drop ones that fired
         // between a consumer's own snapshot read and this history