diff --git a/docs/coordinator.md b/docs/coordinator.md
index 4fc39040..454f17ee 100644
--- a/docs/coordinator.md
+++ b/docs/coordinator.md
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ On startup, `auto_update::run` classifies every agent by rev freshness (the
 per-agent `.{name}.hyperhive-rev` marker under `/var/lib/hyperhive/applied/`
 vs the current flake path) and persisted `wanted` intent, then:
 
-1. **Config path** — when *any* marker is stale, submit one `StartupSweep`
-   DAG: a `MetaLock` (hyperhive input bump, non-fatal) that fans out `Rebuild`
-   children for the stale agents whose `wanted = Up` (topology-sorted, parents
-   first). Stale but wanted-offline agents get no boot-time nix work — their
+1. **Config path** — when *any* marker is stale, submit one `Boot`
+   DAG: a `MetaLock` (hyperhive input bump, non-fatal) that grows an in-DAG
+   `Rebuild` subgraph for each stale agent whose `wanted = Up` (topology-sorted,
+   parents first). Stale but wanted-offline agents get no boot-time nix work — their
    rebuild happens on their next start (the start submit path upgrades a
    stale start to rebuild+start), which is also why the lock bump runs even
    when every stale agent is offline: those later start-upgrades must build
diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index 85c9b405..2cbcd685 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -207,9 +207,9 @@ One operation runs at a time; the worker drains FIFO. Each row
 shows a state glyph (`⏸` queued / `▶` running / `✔` done /
 `✖` failed / `⊘` cancelled), kind glyph + verb (`↻ rebuild`,
 `◆ meta_update`, `✨ spawn`, `🗑 destroy`, `↺ restart`,
-`⚡ startup_sweep`, `🔑 perm_change`, `⏹ graceful_stop`, `▶ start`,
+`⚡ boot`, `🔑 perm_change`, `⏹ graceful_stop`, `▶ start`,
 `■ stop`), agent name,
-source chip (`manual | meta_update | auto_update | startup_sweep | crash_recover | approval`
+source chip (`manual | meta_update | auto_update | crash_recover | approval`
 — green for operator-approved config changes), timing, and an
 optional reason / error. A multi-step op is a single DAG: its
 per-agent subgraphs and sub-steps (a meta-update cascade's per-agent
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
index cab99c11..2d03aaf6 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const QUEUE_KIND_GLYPH = {
   spawn: '✨',
   destroy: '🗑',
   restart: '↺',
-  startup_sweep: '⚡',
+  boot: '⚡',
   perm_change: '🔑',
   graceful_stop: '⏹',
   start: '▶',
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
index 0f44070b..899d6f46 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
 .rqe-source-manual { color: var(--cyan); border-color: var(--cyan); }
 .rqe-source-meta_update { color: var(--purple); border-color: var(--purple); }
 .rqe-source-auto_update { color: var(--muted); }
-.rqe-source-startup_sweep { color: var(--muted); }
 .rqe-source-crash_recover { color: var(--amber); border-color: var(--amber); }
 .rqe-source-approval { color: var(--green); border-color: var(--green); }
 .rqe-when { color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.85em; }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs
index 99b7bfc2..f2ec537c 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/exec.rs
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ pub(super) async fn run_node(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>, claim: &Claim) -> Result<
         NodeKind::WriteDropin => run_write_dropin(coord, claim).await,
         NodeKind::WritePermFile => run_write_perm_file(coord, claim, &ctx).await,
         NodeKind::ApprovalDeploy => run_approval_deploy(coord, claim).await,
-        // A pure grouping anchor (boot root): no work, completes immediately so
-        // its child DAGs settle it and the boot tree resolves.
-        NodeKind::Noop => Ok(NodeOutput::default()),
         NodeKind::SetWanted { up } => run_set_wanted(coord, claim, *up),
     }
 }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs
index 60f7f21b..cf088df9 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/model.rs
@@ -115,11 +115,6 @@ pub enum NodeKind {
     /// deploy stays inside `actions.rs` in v1 — deliberately not
     /// modeled as scheduler nodes (see the design doc §9).
     ApprovalDeploy,
-    /// No-op anchor that completes immediately with no work. Vestigial since
-    /// the boot sweep became one in-DAG graph (no `boot_root` anchor / child
-    /// DAGs) — slated for removal with the other `StartupSweep` residuals.
-    /// Holds no lease and no build slot.
-    Noop,
     /// Write the agent's durable power intent (`wanted = Up` when `up`, else
     /// `Offline`) as a first-class DAG node, at the head of a power-op
     /// template so the downstream `Reconcile` reads it. Replaces the old
@@ -154,7 +149,6 @@ impl NodeKind {
             NodeKind::WriteDropin => "write_dropin",
             NodeKind::WritePermFile => "write_perm_file",
             NodeKind::ApprovalDeploy => "approval_deploy",
-            NodeKind::Noop => "noop",
             NodeKind::SetWanted { .. } => "set_wanted",
         }
     }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs
index 73ec92d3..31b2693c 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/templates.rs
@@ -210,11 +210,10 @@ pub fn meta_update(
     }
 }
 
-// The boot is now assembled inline in `workers/auto_update.rs::submit_boot_tree`
-// as ONE DAG (a sweep `MetaLock` root that grows rebuild subgraphs in-DAG, plus
-// a `Reconcile` root per drifted agent) — no `boot_root` Noop anchor, no
-// `startup_sweep` parent template, no per-agent child DAGs. The old single-use
-// `boot_root` / `startup_sweep` builders were inlined there and removed.
+// The boot is assembled inline in `workers/auto_update.rs::submit_boot_tree`
+// as ONE `Boot` DAG (a sweep `MetaLock` root that grows rebuild subgraphs
+// in-DAG, plus a `Reconcile` root per drifted agent) — no anchor node and no
+// per-agent child DAGs.
 
 /// Validate a spec before it enters the queue: node ids are dense
 /// (index = id), deps reference existing nodes, and the dep graph is
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/workers/auto_update.rs b/hive-c0re/src/workers/auto_update.rs
index 23c2283d..d115e232 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/workers/auto_update.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/workers/auto_update.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Boot reconcile: on `hive-c0re serve` boot, (a) run the config path
-//! for agents whose per-agent rev marker is stale — a `StartupSweep`
-//! DAG (meta hyperhive lock bump) fanning out `Rebuild` children for
-//! the stale agents whose `wanted` power intent is `Up` — and (b)
+//! for agents whose per-agent rev marker is stale — one `Boot` DAG
+//! (meta hyperhive lock bump) that grows a `Rebuild` subgraph for each
+//! stale agent whose `wanted` power intent is `Up` — and (b)
 //! converge every other drifted agent to its persisted `wanted` via
 //! `Reconcile` DAGs. Two rules keep boot-time nix work minimal:
 //!
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ pub fn topology_sort(
 }
 
 /// Boot reconcile (see the module doc): classify every agent by rev
-/// freshness + persisted `wanted` intent, submit one `StartupSweep`
-/// DAG (hyperhive lock bump → fan-out rebuilds for stale wanted-up
-/// agents) when anything is stale, and `Reconcile` DAGs for agents
-/// whose observed power state drifted from `wanted`. Returns Ok even
+/// freshness + persisted `wanted` intent, submit one `Boot` DAG
+/// (hyperhive lock bump growing an in-DAG rebuild subgraph per stale
+/// wanted-up agent) when anything is stale, and `Reconcile` DAGs for
+/// agents whose observed power state drifted from `wanted`. Returns Ok even
 /// if some submissions failed.
 pub async fn run(coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> Result<()> {
     let containers = match lifecycle::list().await {
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ pub async fn run(coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Submit this boot's work as **one DAG** (no `boot_root` Noop anchor, no
-/// per-agent child DAGs). Node 0 is the sweep `MetaLock` (only when
+/// Submit this boot's work as **one DAG** (no anchor node, no per-agent
+/// child DAGs). Node 0 is the sweep `MetaLock` (only when
 /// something is stale) — its executor bumps the hyperhive lock, then grows
 /// one rebuild subgraph per stale agent into *this same* DAG (rooted on the
 /// `MetaLock`, so they build against the post-bump lock; see
diff --git a/hive-sh4re/src/jobs.rs b/hive-sh4re/src/jobs.rs
index 9a85432f..d060a1ba 100644
--- a/hive-sh4re/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/hive-sh4re/src/jobs.rs
@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@ pub enum Template {
     /// Rebuild one agent's container (prebuild → stop → profile-swap →
     /// reconcile).
     Rebuild,
-    /// Bump meta flake locks; child `Rebuild` DAGs fan out on
-    /// completion for every affected agent.
+    /// Bump meta flake locks; grows a rebuild subgraph per affected
+    /// agent into the same DAG on completion.
     MetaUpdate,
     /// First-deploy spawn (approval-driven).
     Spawn,
     /// Reserved for a future destroy integration.
     Destroy,
-    /// Boot-time config sweep (hyperhive lock bump + stale-agent
-    /// rebuild fan-out).
-    StartupSweep,
     /// Mechanical stop + converge to `wanted = Up` (a restart).
     Restart,
     /// Signal → drain → mechanical stop → converge to `wanted = Up` — a
@@ -45,9 +42,9 @@ pub enum Template {
     /// Bare converge of observed power state to the persisted intent
     /// (boot reconcile).
     Reconcile,
-    /// Boot-time root anchor: a single no-op node that groups this boot's
-    /// `StartupSweep` + per-agent `Reconcile` child DAGs under one tree, so the
-    /// dashboard renders the whole boot as one entry instead of N+1 rows.
+    /// Boot-time config sweep as one DAG: a hyperhive lock bump that grows
+    /// a rebuild subgraph per stale agent, plus a `Reconcile` per drifted
+    /// agent — all in a single DAG (no anchor node, no child DAGs).
     Boot,
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ impl Template {
             Template::MetaUpdate => "meta_update",
             Template::Spawn => "spawn",
             Template::Destroy => "destroy",
-            Template::StartupSweep => "startup_sweep",
             Template::Restart => "restart",
             Template::GracefulRestart => "graceful_restart",
             Template::PermChange => "perm_change",
@@ -79,12 +75,10 @@ impl Template {
 pub enum Source {
     /// Operator action (dashboard button, CLI, manager tool).
     Manual,
-    /// Cascade child of a `MetaUpdate` DAG's fan-out.
+    /// Meta-update cascade rebuild (grown into the meta-update DAG).
     MetaUpdate,
-    /// Boot-time submission (sweep parent, boot reconciles).
+    /// Boot-time submission (the boot sweep DAG + boot reconciles).
     AutoUpdate,
-    /// Cascade child of a `StartupSweep` DAG's fan-out.
-    StartupSweep,
     /// Crash recovery path (future use).
     CrashRecover,
     /// Operator approved a pending `Approval` row; `approval_id` on
@@ -99,7 +93,6 @@ impl Source {
             Source::Manual => "manual",
             Source::MetaUpdate => "meta_update",
             Source::AutoUpdate => "auto_update",
-            Source::StartupSweep => "startup_sweep",
             Source::CrashRecover => "crash_recover",
             Source::Approval => "approval",
         }