diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index 5aad6263..683f3528 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -986,21 +986,17 @@ agent is stale. Banner pulses on each broker SSE event
 **Build-queue summary banner** — when the job queue has any active
 work, a compact amber banner sits above the container list: `◐ build
 queue — N running · M queued — view queue →` (the link goes to the
-BU1LDS page's R3BU1LD QU3U3). The shared `JobqRollup` Preact component
-(`@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.js` — the same one swarm-ui's `/jobs` page
-mounts, pointed at swarm-controller's own rollup endpoint instead),
-mounted once into `#jobq-rollup-section` by `swarm.js::initJobqRollup`
-and refreshed via its own handle rather than being re-rendered by
-`renderContainers`. Reads `GET /api/jobq/rollup`
-(`hive-jobq-wire::state_rollup`) — `Vec<{ state, nodes, roots }>`,
-every lifecycle state present in a fixed order, zero counts included —
-rather than the full `/api/jobq/graph` tree: `running` sums the
-`Running` and `Finishing` entries' `roots` (`Finishing` = own work
-done, subtree still going, still in flight), `queued` reads the
-`Pending` entry's `roots`. `roots` specifically, not `nodes` — the
-banner means *N whole operations*, not raw steps (one rebuild is ~7
-nodes but 1 root); `nodes` exists on the same endpoint for a consumer
-that wants step-level counts instead, unused here.
+BU1LDS page's R3BU1LD QU3U3). Reads `GET /api/jobq/rollup`
+(`hive-jobq-wire::state_rollup`, `jobqRollupState` in `swarm.js`) —
+`Vec<{ state, nodes, roots }>`, every lifecycle state present in a
+fixed order, zero counts included — rather than the full
+`/api/jobq/graph` tree: `running` sums the `Running` and `Finishing`
+entries' `roots` (`Finishing` = own work done, subtree still going,
+still in flight), `queued` reads the `Pending` entry's `roots`.
+`roots` specifically, not `nodes` — the banner means *N whole
+operations*, not raw steps (one rebuild is ~7 nodes but 1 root);
+`nodes` exists on the same endpoint for a consumer that wants
+step-level counts instead, unused here.
 
 ### Themed dialogs
 
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
index 7e8f9358..16b37662 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/builds.js
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ import { $, fmtAgeSecs, openStream, openBuildLogStream, initServerWarnings } fro
 import { el } from '@hive/shared/dom.js';
 import { bindAsyncForms } from '@hive/shared/forms.js';
 import { themedConfirm } from '@hive/shared/modal.js';
-import { h, render } from 'preact';
 import { fmtAgo, fmtDuration, truncate } from './util.js';
 import '@hive/shared/hive-tab-strip.js';
-import { JobqGraph } from '@hive/shared/jobq-graph.js';
+import { mountJobqGraph } from '@hive/shared/jobq-graph.js';
 
 // ─── derived state ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 let metaInputsState = [];
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ let metaUpdateRunning = false;
 // the tree itself; this flat array exists only for the two things it
 // doesn't render: the count-pill and the live-log panel.
 let jobqNodes = [];
-let jobqGraphToken = 0;
+let jobqGraphHandle = null;
 
 function syncFromSnapshot(s) {
   metaInputsState = (s.meta_inputs || []).slice();
@@ -128,40 +127,27 @@ function renderMetaInputs(s) {
 }
 
 // ─── rebuild queue ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-// R3BU1LD QU3U3 is `JobqGraph` (Preact, rendered via plain `render(h(...))`
-// — no JSX pragma needed for either call, no mount wrapper: `render` is
-// already the re-render/diff entry point, per mara on review) directly —
-// no hand-rolled tree/roll-up rendering here anymore. The component owns
-// fetching GET /api/jobq/graph and its own refetch (bump `jobqGraphToken`
-// and render again); this page just reads its `onUpdate` callback to keep
-// `jobqNodes` (the flat array) in sync for the two things the generic
-// view doesn't render itself: the count-pill and the live-log panel below.
+// R3BU1LD QU3U3 is `JobqGraph` (Preact, mounted imperatively — see
+// mountJobqGraph's own doc comment in @hive/shared/jobq-graph.js for why
+// this file has no JSX pipeline) directly — no hand-rolled tree/roll-up
+// rendering here anymore. The component owns fetching GET /api/jobq/graph
+// and its own refetch (`.refresh()` on the mount handle); this page just
+// reads its `onUpdate` callback to keep `jobqNodes` (the flat array) in
+// sync for the two things the generic view doesn't render itself: the
+// count-pill and the live-log panel below.
 //
 // Cancel is the one action this page *does* wire up: the `cancellable`
 // prop turns on the component's own per-node cancel button, which calls
 // `onCancel(id)` rather than posting anything — the endpoint
 // (`/api/rebuild-queue/{id}/cancel`) is this page's domain concept, not
 // the generic component's.
-// Split from `renderRebuildQueue` below: `replaceChildren()` only
-// belongs on the *first* render, to clear the static "loading…"
-// placeholder `#rebuild-queue-section` starts with in `builds.html` —
-// Preact doesn't know that placeholder is there, so a later render
-// call must NOT repeat `replaceChildren()` (it would wipe Preact's own
-// tracked children out from under its diffing rather than let it
-// update them minimally).
 function mountRebuildQueue() {
   const root = $('rebuild-queue-section');
   if (!root) return;
   root.replaceChildren();
-  renderRebuildQueue();
-}
-function renderRebuildQueue() {
-  const root = $('rebuild-queue-section');
-  if (!root) return;
-  render(h(JobqGraph, {
+  jobqGraphHandle = mountJobqGraph(root, {
     endpoint: '/api/jobq/graph',
     cancellable: true,
-    refreshToken: jobqGraphToken,
     onUpdate: (nodes) => {
       jobqNodes = nodes || [];
       renderRebuildLiveLog();
@@ -179,12 +165,12 @@ function renderRebuildQueue() {
         if (!r.ok) throw new Error('http ' + r.status);
         // No manual refresh: cancel flips node state, which fires
         // rebuild_queue_changed over SSE — the existing handler below
-        // already bumps jobqGraphToken and re-renders on that tick.
+        // already calls jobqGraphHandle.refresh() on that tick.
       } catch (err) {
         console.error('cancel failed', err);
       }
     },
-  }), root);
+  });
 }
 
 // ─── running-rebuild live log ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -485,8 +471,7 @@ const SSE_HANDLERS = {
     // queue snapshot on the wire (tabs.js/SW4RM still consumes it for the
     // swarm badges, untouched by this), this page just treats it as a
     // refetch trigger. `JobqGraph` owns the actual fetch.
-    jobqGraphToken += 1;
-    renderRebuildQueue();
+    if (jobqGraphHandle) jobqGraphHandle.refresh();
     // Auto-refresh build log list when the queue changes and BUILD L0GS is active.
     if (buildTabs && buildTabs.active() === 'buildlogs') {
       if (buildRefreshTimer) clearTimeout(buildRefreshTimer);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index 44899b9e..251652fe 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
    referenced from dashboard JS (the schedules view uses `.rqe-source*`),
    so the dashboard pulls them in here. */
 @import "./system-sections.css";
-@import "@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.css";
 
 /* ─── tabbed dashboard chrome ──────────────────────────────────────
    Top-of-page sticky header with banner + tab strip. SSE stays
@@ -457,9 +456,30 @@ hive-agent-menu {
 
    Notification controls below sit between the banner and the containers. */
 
-/* Build-queue summary banner on the SW4RM tab moved to the shared
-   `JobqRollup` Preact component (`.jqr-*` classes, imported above) —
-   mounted by swarm.js::initJobqRollup into #jobq-rollup-section. */
+/* Build-queue summary banner on the SW4RM tab: one compact line
+   when the rebuild queue has active work, with a link to the full queue on
+   the C0R3 page. Amber to match the in-progress / "rebuilding" card tint. */
+.queue-summary {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.4em;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--amber) 8%, transparent);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--amber) 55%, transparent);
+  color: var(--amber);
+  padding: 0.45em 0.8em;
+  margin-bottom: 0.6em;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+.queue-summary strong { color: var(--amber); }
+.queue-summary-link {
+  margin-left: auto;
+  color: var(--amber);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.queue-summary-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
 
 /* .notif-row / .btn-notif moved to settings.css with the S3TT1NGS
    page. */
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
index b1baf418..d9bd8b53 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@
       <!-- Swarm / hive identity headline. Populated by refreshState from
            hive_name + swarm_name; stays hidden when neither is set. -->
       <h2 id="swarm-identity" hidden></h2>
-      <!-- JobqRollup mount point, kept outside #containers-section
-           deliberately — that section is wiped + rebuilt on every
-           container-list render (see swarm.js::renderContainers), which
-           would tear down and remount the Preact tree on every
-           container-state tick. Mounted once by swarm.js::initJobqRollup,
-           refreshed via its own handle rather than by re-rendering. -->
-      <div id="jobq-rollup-section"></div>
       <div id="containers-section">
         <p class="meta">loading…</p>
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js
index 6c4d2e3a..b2966320 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/swarm.js
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from './common.js';
 import { el } from '@hive/shared/dom.js';
 import { themedConfirm, themedToast } from '@hive/shared/modal.js';
-import { h, render } from 'preact';
-import { JobqRollup } from '@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.js';
 import {
   containersState, questionsState,
 } from './state.js';
@@ -64,39 +62,35 @@ const selectionState = new Set();
 // a card's pending badges are transients-only now, which already means
 // "what is running") and this banner, which was pulled entirely per "dont
 // replace one legacy thing with another" (a client-side tally over the
-// generic graph was itself judged a stopgap). Rendering itself later
-// moved out to the shared `JobqRollup` Preact component (same one
-// swarm-ui's /jobs page mounts), which owns its own fetch of
-// GET /api/jobq/rollup — this file just calls Preact's own
-// `render(h(...))` directly (no `mountX()` wrapper: `render` is
-// already the re-render/diff entry point, per mara on review) and
-// bumps a refresh token to force a refetch.
-//
-// Rendered into #jobq-rollup-section, a sibling of #containers-section
-// kept OUTSIDE that section's per-render `replaceChildren()` wipe (see
-// dashboard.html's comment on the mount div) — rendering into a
-// section that gets wiped on every container-state tick would defeat
-// the component owning its own fetch lifecycle.
-let jobqRollupToken = 0;
+// generic graph was itself judged a stopgap). Now that the dedicated
+// rollup endpoint exists (hive-jobq-wire::state_rollup, served at
+// GET /api/jobq/rollup), the banner reads *that* instead — a handful of
+// pre-tallied counts, not the graph.
+let jobqRollupState = [];
 
-export function initJobqRollup() {
-  const root = $('jobq-rollup-section');
-  if (!root) return;
-  render(h(JobqRollup, {
-    endpoint: '/api/jobq/rollup',
-    queueHref: '/builds.html',
-    refreshToken: jobqRollupToken,
-  }), root);
-}
-// Refetches on cold load (tabs.js's refreshState) and whenever
-// `rebuild_queue_changed` fires — a payload-less push trigger by
+// Fetches the rollup fresh and re-renders. Called on cold load (see
+// tabs.js's refreshState) and whenever `rebuild_queue_changed` fires
+// (applyRebuildQueueChanged below) — a payload-less push trigger by
 // design, confirmed with atlas on the jobq-deletion tracker: the event
 // carries no `queue` field this page reads, same "something changed,
-// go refetch" treatment builds.js already gives its own JobqGraph mount
+// go refetch" treatment builds.js already gives its JobqGraph mount
 // handle's .refresh().
+// Best-effort: a failed fetch leaves the previous snapshot in place
+// rather than wiping the banner on a network blip.
+export async function refreshJobqRollup() {
+  let counts;
+  try {
+    const r = await fetch('/api/jobq/rollup');
+    if (!r.ok) return;
+    counts = await r.json();
+  } catch {
+    return;
+  }
+  jobqRollupState = counts;
+  renderContainersFromState();
+}
 export function applyRebuildQueueChanged() {
-  jobqRollupToken += 1;
-  initJobqRollup();
+  refreshJobqRollup();
 }
 
 // ─── transients ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -633,9 +627,31 @@ export function renderContainers(s) {
     ));
   }
 
-  // Queue-summary banner lives outside this section now — see
-  // #jobq-rollup-section / initJobqRollup, mounted once rather than
-  // rebuilt on every render this function does.
+  // Queue-summary banner: one compact line above the container list when
+  // the job queue has active work, linking to the full queue on the
+  // BU1LDS page. Reads GET /api/jobq/rollup's pre-tallied `roots` counts
+  // (see jobqRollupState above) rather than the full graph — `roots`
+  // because "N running / M queued" has always meant *operations*, not
+  // raw steps (one rebuild is ~7 nodes but 1 root); `nodes` exists on
+  // the same endpoint for a consumer that wants steps instead, unused
+  // here. `Finishing` counts as running (own work done, subtree still
+  // going, still in flight) — same treatment `roots` gets nowhere else,
+  // since the rollup endpoint doesn't collapse the two itself.
+  const byState = new Map(jobqRollupState.map((c) => [c.state, c]));
+  const running = (byState.get('Running')?.roots ?? 0)
+    + (byState.get('Finishing')?.roots ?? 0);
+  const queued = byState.get('Pending')?.roots ?? 0;
+  if (running || queued) {
+    const parts = [];
+    if (running) parts.push(`${running} running`);
+    if (queued) parts.push(`${queued} queued`);
+    root.append(el('div', { class: 'queue-summary' },
+      el('span', { class: 'glyph spinner' }, '◐'), ' ',
+      el('strong', {}, 'build queue'), ' — ',
+      parts.join(' · '), ' ',
+      el('a', { class: 'queue-summary-link', href: '/builds.html' }, 'view queue →'),
+    ));
+  }
 
   if (!containers.length && !transientsState.size) {
     root.append(el('p', { class: 'empty' }, 'no managed containers'));
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 46d7502c..9e0fe748 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import {
   renderQuestions, activeQuestionCount,
 } from './call.js';
 import {
-  initJobqRollup, syncTransientsFromSnapshot,
+  refreshJobqRollup, syncTransientsFromSnapshot,
   applyRebuildQueueChanged, applyContainerStateChanged, applyContainerRemoved,
   applyTransientSet, applyTransientCleared,
   renderContainers, renderContainersFromState,
@@ -232,12 +232,13 @@ window.marked = marked;
       syncTransientsFromSnapshot(s);
       syncContainersFromSnapshot(s);
       // Job-queue rollup feeds only the SW4RM queue-summary banner
-      // (per-agent card badges are transient-only — see swarm.js). Its
-      // own `JobqRollup` mount self-fetches GET /api/jobq/rollup — not
-      // read off `s` (this page's snapshot carries no jobq field).
-      // initJobqRollup mounts once and is a no-op on later calls; the
-      // mount's own effect handles the actual fetch.
-      initJobqRollup();
+      // (per-agent card badges are transient-only — see swarm.js).
+      // Self-fetches GET /api/jobq/rollup — not read off `s` (this
+      // page's snapshot carries no jobq field) — fire-and-forget:
+      // renderContainers below runs off whatever jobqRollupState
+      // already holds, and refreshJobqRollup's own re-render catches
+      // up once the fetch resolves.
+      refreshJobqRollup();
       renderContainers(s);
       // Sync the derived approvals + questions stores from the
       // snapshot, then render. Live `*_added` / `*_resolved` events
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/package.json b/frontend/packages/shared/package.json
index ba195859..05d490e9 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@
     "./hive-warn.js": "./src/hive-warn/hive-warn.js",
     "./side-panel.js": "./src/side-panel/hive-side-panel.js",
     "./jobq-graph.js": "./src/jobq-graph/JobqGraph.tsx",
-    "./jobq-graph.css": "./src/jobq-graph/jobq-graph.css",
-    "./jobq-rollup.js": "./src/jobq-rollup/JobqRollup.tsx",
-    "./jobq-rollup.css": "./src/jobq-rollup/jobq-rollup.css"
+    "./jobq-graph.css": "./src/jobq-graph/jobq-graph.css"
   },
   "files": [
     "src/"
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/JobqGraph.tsx b/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/JobqGraph.tsx
index 8c335ba4..3c549f83 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/JobqGraph.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/JobqGraph.tsx
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 // needing the raw list (a count badge, a live-log panel) without its
 // own parallel fetch.
 //
-// JSX (swarm-ui) — `<JobqGraph endpoint="..." cancellable
-// onCancel={...} onUpdate={...} />`. Or plain `render(h(JobqGraph,
-// props), container)` (dashboard/src/builds.js, no JSX pragma needed)
-// — call again with a bumped `refreshToken` to refetch.
+// Two ways to use this: JSX (swarm-ui, or any dashboard page that
+// renders it directly) — `<JobqGraph endpoint="..." cancellable
+// onCancel={...} onUpdate={...} />`. Or imperative mount
+// (dashboard/src/builds.js, plain `.js` — mounting needs no JSX pragma)
+// — `mountJobqGraph(container, props)` returns `{ refresh(), update(props) }`.
 //
 // Styles live in `@hive/shared/jobq-graph.css`, `@import`ed from a
 // page/component CSS file rather than imported here — dashboard bundles
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 // loader is `text` (for unrelated shadow-DOM components' CSS-as-string
 // needs), and that loader is global per call, not per-module.
 
+import { h, render } from 'preact';
 import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'preact/hooks';
 
 // Mirrors `hive_jobq_wire::StateSchema` verbatim (variant names, no
@@ -231,8 +233,8 @@ export interface JobqGraphProps {
 }
 
 // `refreshToken` is not read anywhere in the body — its only job is to
-// change identity so the effect below re-runs, giving a host an
-// explicit "refetch now" lever (bump it and re-render) without an
+// change identity so the effect below re-runs, giving a host (or
+// `mountJobqGraph`) an explicit "refetch now" lever without an
 // imperative ref into this component.
 export function JobqGraph({ endpoint, cancellable = false, onUpdate, onCancel, refreshToken = 0 }: JobqGraphProps) {
   const [selectedStates, setSelectedStates] = useState<Set<NodeState>>(
@@ -292,3 +294,19 @@ export function JobqGraph({ endpoint, cancellable = false, onUpdate, onCancel, r
     </div>
   );
 }
+
+// Imperative mount helper for a call site that isn't itself a JSX file
+// (dashboard/src/builds.js — plain `.js`, no per-file JSX pragma to
+// write `<JobqGraph .../>` inline). Returns a handle: `.refresh()`
+// (re-fetch with the current props) and `.update(props)` (merge new
+// props — e.g. a different `endpoint` — and re-render).
+export function mountJobqGraph(container: Element, initialProps: JobqGraphProps) {
+  let props = initialProps;
+  let token = 0;
+  const draw = () => render(h(JobqGraph, { ...props, refreshToken: token }), container);
+  draw();
+  return {
+    refresh() { token += 1; draw(); },
+    update(next: Partial<JobqGraphProps>) { props = { ...props, ...next }; draw(); },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-rollup/JobqRollup.tsx b/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-rollup/JobqRollup.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 85c6dea6..00000000
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-rollup/JobqRollup.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-// JobqRollup.tsx — <JobqRollup>, a compact one-line banner over
-// GET .../api/jobq/rollup's pre-tallied `Vec<hive_jobq_wire::StateCount>`
-// (any endpoint serving that shape works — hive-c0re and swarm-controller
-// both do). Extracted out of dashboard/src/swarm.js's hand-rolled
-// queue-summary banner, which this component now replaces there too —
-// same "one shared component, not two parallel implementations" pattern
-// `JobqGraph` already established for the rebuild-queue tree view.
-//
-// Reads `roots` (not `nodes`) — "N running / M queued" has always meant
-// *operations*, not raw steps (one rebuild is ~7 nodes but 1 root).
-// `Finishing` counts as running (own work done, subtree still going,
-// still in flight) — the rollup endpoint doesn't collapse the two
-// itself, so this component does. Renders nothing at all when there's
-// no active work, matching the banner it replaces (an idle queue is not
-// worth a line of chrome).
-//
-// `queueHref`, when given, adds a "view queue →" link (dashboard links to
-// /builds.html; swarm-ui's /jobs page omits it — a link to the page
-// you're already on is noise).
-//
-// The glyph carries `.spinner` (`@hive/shared/base.css`, imported by
-// both consumers) for the "actively happening" spin — a static
-// screenshot can't tell a frozen spinner from a missing one.
-//
-// JSX (swarm-ui) — `<JobqRollup endpoint="..." queueHref="..." />`. Or
-// plain `render(h(JobqRollup, props), container)` (dashboard/src/
-// swarm.js, no JSX pragma needed) — call again with a bumped
-// `refreshToken` to force a refetch. No mount wrapper: `render` is
-// already the re-render/diff entry point.
-
-import { useState, useEffect } from 'preact/hooks';
-
-// Mirrors `hive_jobq_wire::StateSchema` — only the subset this banner
-// cares about, not the full union `JobqGraph.tsx` mirrors, since a
-// rollup row's `state` is read by exact string match, not rendered.
-type NodeState = 'Pending' | 'Running' | 'Finishing' | 'Done' | 'Failed' | 'Cancelled' | 'Skipped';
-
-interface StateCount {
-  state: NodeState;
-  nodes: number;
-  roots: number;
-}
-
-export interface JobqRollupProps {
-  endpoint?: string;
-  queueHref?: string;
-  refreshToken?: number;
-}
-
-export function JobqRollup({ endpoint, queueHref, refreshToken = 0 }: JobqRollupProps) {
-  const [counts, setCounts] = useState<StateCount[]>([]);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!endpoint) return undefined;
-    let cancelled = false;
-    // Best-effort: a failed fetch leaves the previous snapshot in
-    // place rather than wiping the banner on a network blip — same
-    // rule the hand-rolled version followed.
-    (async () => {
-      try {
-        const r = await fetch(endpoint);
-        if (!r.ok) return;
-        const data = (await r.json()) as StateCount[];
-        if (!cancelled) setCounts(data);
-      } catch {
-        // ignore — keep the previous snapshot
-      }
-    })();
-    return () => { cancelled = true; };
-  }, [endpoint, refreshToken]);
-
-  const byState = new Map(counts.map((c) => [c.state, c]));
-  const running = (byState.get('Running')?.roots ?? 0) + (byState.get('Finishing')?.roots ?? 0);
-  const queued = byState.get('Pending')?.roots ?? 0;
-  if (!running && !queued) return null;
-
-  const parts: string[] = [];
-  if (running) parts.push(`${running} running`);
-  if (queued) parts.push(`${queued} queued`);
-
-  return (
-    <div class="jqr-summary">
-      <span class="jqr-glyph spinner">◐</span>{' '}
-      <strong>build queue</strong> — {parts.join(' · ')}{' '}
-      {queueHref && (
-        <a class="jqr-link" href={queueHref}>view queue →</a>
-      )}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-rollup/jobq-rollup.css b/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-rollup/jobq-rollup.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 530c8f5a..00000000
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-rollup/jobq-rollup.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/* JobqRollup.tsx styles — light DOM, `.jqr-*` prefixed to avoid
-   colliding with a host page's own classes (same convention
-   jobq-graph.css uses with `.jg-*`). Amber to match the in-progress /
-   "rebuilding" card tint dashboard.css already uses elsewhere. */
-.jqr-summary {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.4em;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--amber) 8%, transparent);
-  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--amber) 55%, transparent);
-  color: var(--amber);
-  padding: 0.45em 0.8em;
-  margin-bottom: 0.6em;
-  border-radius: 4px;
-}
-.jqr-summary strong { color: var(--amber); }
-.jqr-link {
-  margin-left: auto;
-  color: var(--amber);
-  text-decoration: none;
-  font-weight: bold;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-}
-.jqr-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.css b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.css
index 579a8824..beb79c0a 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.css
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-/* JobsPage — wraps the shared JobqGraph + JobqRollup components pointed
-   at the swarm-controller's own /api/jobq/{graph,rollup} endpoints (same
-   wire shapes hive-c0re's dashboard consumes, see hive-jobq-wire's
-   README). Styles are @hive/shared's own CSS files, @import'ed here
-   rather than from the component files themselves — see JobqGraph.tsx's
-   own comment for why that split exists (esbuild's loader map is global
-   per bundle call). */
+/* JobsPage — wraps the shared JobqGraph component pointed at the
+   swarm-controller's own /api/jobq/graph endpoint (same wire shape
+   hive-c0re's dashboard consumes, see hive-jobq-wire's README). Styles
+   are @hive/shared's jobq-graph.css, @import'ed here rather than from
+   the component file itself — see JobqGraph.tsx's own comment for why
+   that split exists (esbuild's loader map is global per bundle call). */
 @import "@hive/shared/jobq-graph.css";
-@import "@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.css";
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx
index 3e95b00b..0645a566 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/JobsPage.tsx
@@ -7,19 +7,13 @@
 // SwarmNodeKind/SwarmResourceKind), so this renders an empty tree today
 // — the page exists so the wiring is in place before the first real
 // swarm-level job (e.g. CreateAgent) lands.
-//
-// JobqRollup sits above the graph, same "N running / M queued" banner
-// the dashboard's SW4RM tab shows — no `queueHref`, since a "view
-// queue →" link back to this same page would be noise.
 import { JobqGraph } from '@hive/shared/jobq-graph.js';
-import { JobqRollup } from '@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.js';
 import { Panel } from '../ui/panel/Panel.js';
 import './JobsPage.css';
 
 export function JobsPage() {
   return (
     <Panel title="jobs">
-      <JobqRollup endpoint="/api/jobq/rollup" />
       <JobqGraph endpoint="/api/jobq/graph" />
     </Panel>
   );