diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
index c0b478ff..83d205c2 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/call.js
@@ -22,9 +22,17 @@ import { questionsState, QUESTION_HISTORY_LIMIT } from './state.js';
 // Registered by the dashboard entry at boot; defaults to a no-op so the
 // module is safe to call before wiring.
 let onCountsChanged = () => {};
+// Re-render the SW4RM container rows (their per-agent question-count badges
+// read questionsState). `renderContainersFromState` is a tabs.js closure-local
+// — not in this module's scope — so the entry injects it here via `initCall`,
+// same pattern as `onCountsChanged`. Referencing it directly threw
+// `ReferenceError: renderContainersFromState is not defined` and aborted the
+// `question_added` / `question_resolved` SSE handlers.
+let onContainersDirty = () => {};
 
 export function initCall(opts = {}) {
   if (typeof opts.onCountsChanged === 'function') onCountsChanged = opts.onCountsChanged;
+  if (typeof opts.onContainersDirty === 'function') onContainersDirty = opts.onContainersDirty;
 }
 
 // ─── operator inbox — unread agent→operator messages ────────────
@@ -438,7 +446,7 @@ export function applyQuestionAdded(ev) {
     question_refs: ev.question_refs || [],
   });
   renderQuestions();
-  renderContainersFromState();
+  onContainersDirty();
 }
 export function applyQuestionResolved(ev) {
   const idx = questionsState.pending.findIndex((q) => q.id === ev.id);
@@ -468,7 +476,7 @@ export function applyQuestionResolved(ev) {
     }
   }
   renderQuestions();
-  renderContainersFromState();
+  onContainersDirty();
 }
 // Filter selection for the questions section. Persisted so the
 // operator's preferred view (all / operator-targeted / peer)
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 0b3325cd..c35e036f 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
   // Register the Y3R C4LL domain's count callback (call.js) — its live
   // mutations (inbox stream append, mark-read) trigger a tab-count refresh
   // through this instead of reaching back into the coordinator directly.
-  initCall({ onCountsChanged: refreshTabCounts });
+  initCall({ onCountsChanged: refreshTabCounts, onContainersDirty: renderContainersFromState });
 
 
   // Tab count pills — pure derived data from the existing state