diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
index 5fd0030..4d247a7 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
     }
     return e;
   };
-  const form = (action, btnClass, btnLabel, confirmMsg, extra = {}) => {
+  const form = (action, btnClass, btnLabel, confirmMsg, extra = {}, opts = {}) => {
     const f = el('form', {
       method: 'POST', action, class: 'inline', 'data-async': '',
       ...(confirmMsg ? { 'data-confirm': confirmMsg } : {}),
+      // Endpoints whose mutation fires a DashboardEvent (and whose
+      // derived store applies it live) opt out of the post-submit
+      // /api/state refetch. See the async-form handler.
+      ...(opts.noRefresh ? { 'data-no-refresh': '' } : {}),
     });
     for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(extra)) {
       f.append(el('input', { type: 'hidden', name, value }));
@@ -195,7 +199,15 @@
       if (btn) { btn.disabled = false; btn.innerHTML = original; }
       // Clear text inputs whose value was just submitted.
       f.querySelectorAll('input[type="text"], input:not([type]), textarea').forEach((i) => { i.value = ''; });
-      refreshState();
+      // Forms whose endpoint already emits a DashboardEvent that
+      // updates the derived store can opt out of the post-submit
+      // /api/state refetch (the event delivers the new row faster
+      // than the snapshot poll anyway). Container-lifecycle forms
+      // still rely on the refresh since `ContainerView` isn't yet
+      // event-derivable.
+      if (!f.hasAttribute('data-no-refresh')) {
+        refreshState();
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       alert('action failed: ' + err);
       if (btn) { btn.disabled = false; btn.innerHTML = original; }
@@ -587,7 +599,7 @@
       li.append(head, el('div', { class: 'q-body' }, q.question));
       const f = el('form', {
         method: 'POST', action: '/answer-question/' + q.id,
-        class: 'qform', 'data-async': '',
+        class: 'qform', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
       });
       const hasOptions = q.options && q.options.length;
       const isMulti = !!q.multi && hasOptions;
@@ -638,7 +650,7 @@
       // merge-on-submit handler attached to the main form.
       const cancelForm = el('form', {
         method: 'POST', action: '/cancel-question/' + q.id,
-        class: 'qform-cancel', 'data-async': '',
+        class: 'qform-cancel', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
         'data-confirm': 'cancel this question? manager will see '
           + '"[cancelled]" as the answer.',
       });
@@ -768,7 +780,7 @@
     // the containers list (the agent doesn't exist yet).
     const spawn = el('form', {
       method: 'POST', action: '/request-spawn',
-      class: 'spawnform', 'data-async': '',
+      class: 'spawnform', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
     });
     spawn.append(
       el('input', {
@@ -851,13 +863,13 @@
       // HelperEvent::ApprovalResolved { note }.
       const denyForm = el('form', {
         method: 'POST', action: '/deny/' + a.id,
-        class: 'inline', 'data-async': '',
+        class: 'inline', 'data-async': '', 'data-no-refresh': '',
         'data-prompt': 'reason for denying (optional, sent to manager):',
       });
       denyForm.append(el('button', { type: 'submit', class: 'btn btn-deny' }, 'DENY'));
       row.append(
         ' ',
-        form('/approve/' + a.id, 'btn-approve', '◆ APPR0VE'),
+        form('/approve/' + a.id, 'btn-approve', '◆ APPR0VE', null, {}, { noRefresh: true }),
         ' ',
         denyForm,
       );
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index f5720e9..8054fff 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -783,7 +783,11 @@ async fn dashboard_stream(
 
 async fn post_approve(State(state): State<AppState>, AxumPath(id): AxumPath<i64>) -> Response {
     match actions::approve(state.coord.clone(), id).await {
-        Ok(()) => Redirect::to("/").into_response(),
+        // 200 instead of 303 — `actions::approve` fires
+        // `ApprovalResolved` (success path) or the eventual failure
+        // event, both of which the dashboard's derived store applies
+        // live. The matching form carries `data-no-refresh`.
+        Ok(()) => (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response(),
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("approve {id} failed: {e:#}")),
     }
 }
@@ -805,7 +809,7 @@ async fn post_deny(
         .map(str::trim)
         .filter(|s| !s.is_empty());
     match actions::deny(&state.coord, id, note).await {
-        Ok(()) => Redirect::to("/").into_response(),
+        Ok(()) => (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response(),
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("deny {id} failed: {e:#}")),
     }
 }
@@ -853,7 +857,7 @@ async fn post_answer_question(
                     false,
                 );
             }
-            Redirect::to("/").into_response()
+            (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response()
         }
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("answer {id} failed: {e:#}")),
     }
@@ -894,7 +898,7 @@ async fn post_cancel_question(
                     answerer: hive_sh4re::OPERATOR_RECIPIENT.to_owned(),
                 },
             );
-            Redirect::to("/").into_response()
+            (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response()
         }
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("cancel-question {id} failed: {e:#}")),
     }
@@ -1199,7 +1203,7 @@ async fn post_request_spawn(
             state
                 .coord
                 .emit_approval_added(id, &name, "spawn", None, None, None);
-            Redirect::to("/").into_response()
+            (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response()
         }
         Err(e) => error_response(&format!("request-spawn {name} failed: {e:#}")),
     }