diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index 9871fc54..4f28b01f 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -1684,10 +1684,16 @@ where
 }
 
 async fn post_kill(State(state): State<AppState>, AxumPath(name): AxumPath<String>) -> Response {
-    let logical = strip_container_prefix(&name);
-    if logical == lifecycle::MANAGER_NAME {
-        return error_response("kill: refusing to stop the manager");
-    }
+    // #443: manager is stoppable from the dashboard like any other
+    // agent. The host's dashboard server keeps running (it's
+    // hive-c0re, not the manager container), per-agent approvals
+    // submitted by other sub-agents still process through the
+    // host-side approval queue without the manager up, and
+    // operator-driven meta-input updates work from the dashboard
+    // either way. The MCP-surface self-kill guard in
+    // `manager_server.rs::ManagerRequest::Kill` stays in place: a
+    // manager calling Kill on its own container is self-suicide
+    // mid-call, not a legitimate operator action.
     lifecycle_action(
         &state,
         &name,