From a2540be98b771e59a53d887a7c0f0e13e929df13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iris <iris@hyperhive.local>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:27:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] dashboard: the hive UI no longer shows container load

The cpu, memory and disk figures are exported as OTEL metrics and graphed in Grafana, and the caps are set in the swarm UI, so the C0NT41N3R L04D tab on the C0R3 page only duplicated both. C0R3 is now the kept-state page alone, without a tab strip.
---
 docs/web-ui/dashboard.md                      |  52 +--
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css    |   4 +-
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.css      |  17 +-
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.html     |  77 ++---
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.js       | 322 +-----------------
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css |   6 +-
 .../packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html     |   2 +-
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html    |   2 +-
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js      |   3 +-
 frontend/packages/dashboard/src/stats.css     |   3 +-
 .../dashboard/src/system-sections.css         |  79 +----
 11 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 515 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index b6c86cec..29ee1cfc 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -74,13 +74,17 @@ agent is stale.
 Passive / rare-interaction state, reached from the **Core** tile on the
 H0M3 hub (served at
 `/core.html`), with the same minimal chrome as `/builds.html`: a `← home`
-back-link + a `createTabStrip` sub-tab nav (**K3PT ST4T3** default,
-then **C0NT41N3R L04D**). The page is its own esbuild bundle (`core.js`)
-that cold-loads `/api/state` and subscribes to `/api/dashboard/stream` for
-`tombstones_changed`, `capabilities_changed`, and `tool_groups_changed`
-(the latter two re-render the stale-perms sub-section when permission
-data changes). (Rebuild queue and meta inputs live on the BU1LDS
-page — see below.)
+back-link and a single pane, **K3PT ST4T3**. The page is its own esbuild
+bundle (`core.js`) that cold-loads `/api/state` and subscribes to
+`/api/dashboard/stream` for `tombstones_changed`, `capabilities_changed`,
+and `tool_groups_changed` (the latter two re-render the stale-perms
+sub-section when permission data changes). (Rebuild queue and meta inputs
+live on the BU1LDS page — see below.)
+
+Per-container CPU, memory and disk load is not shown in the hive UI. The
+same figures are exported as OTEL metrics and graphed in Grafana (see
+[observability](../scheduler/observability.md)). An agent's CPU and memory
+caps are set per agent in the swarm UI.
 
 **K3PT ST4T3** — two sub-sections on one pane:
 
@@ -102,32 +106,11 @@ snapshot-storage rework where the problem changes shape.
 *Stale permission entries*: agents with explicit capability or
 tool-group JSON entries but no live container — typically renamed or
 deleted agents whose entries persisted in `capabilities.json` /
-`tool-groups.json`. Lazy-loaded on first K3PT ST4T3 tab activation;
+`tool-groups.json`. Loaded when the page opens;
 autorefreshes on `capabilities_changed` + `tool_groups_changed` SSE
 events. Each ghost agent gets a `✕ clear perms` button
 (`DELETE /api/permissions/{name}`).
 
-**C0NT41N3R L04D** — live CPU + memory per agent container, read
-straight from cgroup v2 on the host (`cpu.stat`, `memory.current`,
-`memory.peak`, `memory.max` under
-`/sys/fs/cgroup/machine.slice/machine-h\x2d<name>.scope/`). CPU is a
-host-normalised percentage (0..100 across all cores) sampled over a
-short (~200 ms) two-read interval; memory shows current + peak with a
-bar against the `memory.max` quota. Backed by
-`GET /api/container-resources` (`container_stats.rs`), which reads the
-files read-only (world-readable; no `hive-priv`) and skips agents whose
-scope dir is absent (= not running). Pull-only: `core.js` polls every
-5 s **only while the C0NT41N3R L04D sub-tab is active** (CPU needs a fresh
-sample each refresh), and stops on sub-tab change. Disk size (`disk_bytes`)
-rides the same row, but a separate background sampler feeds it every
-30 min: `hive-priv` runs one bounded `du -x` as root over the agent's
-`state/` + `work/` + container writable rootfs (shared nix store excluded),
-so the 5 s poll stays cheap cgroup-only reads. The row carries the last
-measured value; the column shows "unknown" (`null`) before the first
-measurement and whenever the last one failed, never 0. Network isn't tracked
-per container — see `docs/networking/network.md` for the current
-per-agent netns model.
-
 ## BU1LDS page (`/builds.html`)
 
 The build lifecycle hub — rebuild queue, live build log, meta inputs,
@@ -765,17 +748,6 @@ below — some endpoints aren't in it yet.
   zero-turn dbs); returns swarm totals, a busiest-first per-agent
   rollup, swarm model mix, and a labelled `est_cost_usd`. Window
   defaults to `24h`.
-- `GET /api/container-resources` — live per-agent-container CPU +
-  memory from cgroup v2 (C0R3 › C0NT41N3R L04D panel). Returns one
-  row per running agent (`name`, `cpu_pct`, `mem_current_bytes`,
-  `mem_peak_bytes`, `mem_max_bytes`, `disk_bytes`); samples CPU over
-  ~200 ms so the call briefly awaits. Skips non-running agents (no scope
-  dir). No network field — agents share the host netns. `disk_bytes` is
-  the last value from a **separate slow sampler** (not this hot path):
-  every 30 min `hive-priv` runs a bounded `du -sxb` as root over the agent's
-  `state/` + `work/` + container writable rootfs, `-x` excluding the shared
-  read-only nix store (`PrivRequest::MeasureAgentDisk`). `null` means
-  unknown: not measured yet, or the last measurement failed.
 - `POST /api/cancel-reminder/{id}` — hard-delete a pending reminder.
 - `POST /api/retry-reminder/{id}` — re-arm a reminder whose delivery
   failed (clears the failure state so the scheduler retries).
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css
index 22b9f871..5d5d57ec 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/common.css
@@ -619,8 +619,8 @@ hive-side-panel .md td {
 
 /* ─── stats table ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
    Shared right-aligned numeric table. Used by /stats.html (busiest
-   agents) and the dashboard SYST3M › C0NT41N3R L04D table — moved here
-   from dashboard.css when ST4TS became its own page. */
+   agents) — moved here from dashboard.css when ST4TS became its own
+   page. */
 .hive-stats-table {
   width: 100%;
   border-collapse: collapse;
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.css
index cb44415e..be613a1d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* ─── /core.html — C0R3 page ───────────────────────────────────────
-   Kept state (tombstones) and container load. Section rules imported
-   from system-sections.css (shared with dashboard.css + builds.css). */
+   Kept state (tombstones) and stale permission entries. Section rules
+   imported from system-sections.css (shared with dashboard.css +
+   builds.css). */
 @import "./system-sections.css";
 
 body.core-shell {
@@ -8,22 +9,10 @@ body.core-shell {
   padding: 0;
 }
 
-/* Fill the header row next to the ← home back-link, same as the
-   builds sub-tab strip. */
-.core-tabbar {
-  flex: 1;
-}
-
 .core-main {
   padding: 1.2em 1.5em 2em;
 }
 
-/* createTabStrip toggles the native `hidden` attribute on inactive
-   panes; ensure it wins over any inherited display. */
-.core-pane[hidden] {
-  display: none;
-}
-
 /* ─── K3PT ST4T3 container cards ────────────────────────────────────
    core.html doesn't load dashboard.css (that's the operator SPA),
    so the .container-row card styles aren't inherited. Redefine them
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.html
index 37210ac8..8728f020 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.html
@@ -13,70 +13,31 @@
   <body class="core-shell">
     <!-- C0R3: the host/coordinator surface. Standalone page (served at
        /core.html) carved out of the dashboard's old SYST3M tab so the
-       dashboard tab strip stays lean. Same minimal chrome as
-       /builds.html — a `← home` back-link to the H0M3 hub + a
-       <hive-tab-strip> sub-tab nav. Two sub-tabs: kept state (tombstones)
-       and container load. Rebuild queue + meta inputs have moved to
-       /builds.html (the build lifecycle hub). Default tab: K3PT ST4T3.
-       The section <div> ids (tombstones-section, container-load-section)
-       match what core.js's renderers target. Hive infra containers
-       (`hive-forge`, `hive-gateway`, `hive-matrix`) have no
-       dashboard panel — `hivectl stop`/`start`/`restart` is the only
+       dashboard tab strip stays lean: kept state (tombstones) and the
+       stale permission entries. The section <div> ids (tombstones-section,
+       tombstones-stale-perms) match what core.js's renderers target. Hive
+       infra containers (`hive-forge`, `hive-gateway`, `hive-matrix`) have
+       no dashboard panel — `hivectl stop`/`start`/`restart` is the only
        control surface. -->
     <header class="page-header">
       <a class="page-back" href="/">← home</a>
-      <hive-tab-strip
-        class="hive-tabbar core-tabbar"
-        id="core-tabbar"
-        prefix="core"
-        role="tablist"
-      ></hive-tab-strip>
+      <span class="page-title">K3PT ST4T3</span>
     </header>
 
     <main class="core-main">
-      <!-- K3PT ST4T3: tombstoned-agent kept state + stale permission entries.
-         tombstones-section shows destroyed agents (purge button).
-         tombstones-stale-perms is lazy-loaded on tab activation and shows
-         agents with explicit capability/tool-group entries but no live
-         container (typically renamed/deleted agents whose JSON entries
-         persisted). Each stale entry gets a "✕ clear perms" button. -->
-      <section
-        class="core-pane"
-        id="core-pane-kept"
-        data-tab-pane="kept"
-        role="tabpanel"
-        aria-labelledby="core-tab-kept"
-      >
-        <p class="meta">
-          kept state from previously tombstoned agents — recreating an agent
-          with the same name reuses it.
-        </p>
-        <div id="tombstones-section">
-          <p class="meta">loading…</p>
-        </div>
-        <div id="tombstones-stale-perms"></div>
-      </section>
-
-      <!-- C0NT41N3R L04D: live cpu + memory per agent container, from
-         cgroup v2 on the host. Polled only while this sub-tab is active. -->
-      <section
-        class="core-pane"
-        id="core-pane-load"
-        data-tab-pane="load"
-        role="tabpanel"
-        aria-labelledby="core-tab-load"
-      >
-        <p class="meta">
-          live cpu + memory per agent container, from cgroup v2 on the host. cpu
-          is % of total host capacity (all cores), sampled over ~200ms each
-          refresh; polled every 5s while this tab is open. network is omitted on
-          purpose — agents share the host netns, so there is no per-container
-          counter (see <code>docs/networking/network.md</code>).
-        </p>
-        <div id="container-load-section">
-          <p class="meta">loading…</p>
-        </div>
-      </section>
+      <!-- tombstones-section shows destroyed agents (purge button).
+         tombstones-stale-perms shows agents with explicit capability/
+         tool-group entries but no live container (typically renamed/deleted
+         agents whose JSON entries persisted). Each stale entry gets a
+         "✕ clear perms" button. -->
+      <p class="meta">
+        kept state from previously tombstoned agents — recreating an agent with
+        the same name reuses it.
+      </p>
+      <div id="tombstones-section">
+        <p class="meta">loading…</p>
+      </div>
+      <div id="tombstones-stale-perms"></div>
     </main>
 
     <script type="module" src="/static/core.js" defer></script>
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.js
index b4be8b03..dec4a397 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/core.js
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 // C0R3 page entry (/core.html). The host/coordinator surface, its own
-// standalone page so the dashboard tab strip stays lean. Two sub-tabs
-// via <hive-tab-strip> (default = K3PT ST4T3): kept state (tombstones)
-// and container load.
+// standalone page so the dashboard tab strip stays lean: kept state
+// (tombstones) and the stale permission entries.
 //
-// Rebuild queue + meta inputs live at /builds.html (the build lifecycle
-// hub), not here. This page is its own esbuild bundle with its own
-// runtime: it cold-loads /api/state and subscribes to /dashboard/stream
-// (the same broker event channel the dashboard uses), maintaining its
-// own copy of the tombstones state.
+// This page is its own esbuild bundle with its own runtime: it cold-loads
+// /api/state and subscribes to /dashboard/stream (the same broker event
+// channel the dashboard uses), maintaining its own copy of the tombstones
+// state.
 
 import { $, form, openStream, initServerWarnings } from "./common.js";
 import { el } from "@hive/shared/dom.js";
 import { asyncBtn, bindAsyncForms } from "@hive/shared/forms.js";
-import "@hive/shared/hive-tab-strip.js";
 
 // ─── derived state (own copies; this bundle has its own runtime) ──────────
 let tombstonesState = [];
-// ContainerView list from the last /api/state snapshot — used by renderContainerLoad
-// to splice in the configured cpu_quota/memory_max limits alongside live cgroup data.
-let containersState = [];
 function syncFromSnapshot(s) {
   tombstonesState = (s.tombstones || []).slice();
-  containersState = (s.containers || []).slice();
 }
 
 // ─── kept state (tombstones) ──────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -187,273 +180,6 @@ async function fetchAndRenderStalePerms() {
   stalePermsLoaded = true;
 }
 
-// ─── container load (live cgroup poll while the LOAD sub-tab is open) ──────
-let containerLoadTimer = null;
-
-function cloadFmtBytes(n) {
-  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n <= 0) return "0";
-  const u = ["B", "KiB", "MiB", "GiB", "TiB"];
-  let i = 0;
-  let v = n;
-  while (v >= 1024 && i < u.length - 1) {
-    v /= 1024;
-    i += 1;
-  }
-  return v.toFixed(v < 10 && i > 0 ? 1 : 0) + " " + u[i];
-}
-function cloadMeter(pct) {
-  const p = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, pct));
-  const cls = p >= 90 ? "hot" : p >= 70 ? "warn" : "";
-  const m = document.createElement("span");
-  m.className = "cload-meter";
-  m.title = p.toFixed(0) + "%";
-  const fill = document.createElement("span");
-  fill.className = "fill" + (cls ? " " + cls : "");
-  fill.style.width = p + "%";
-  m.append(fill);
-  return m;
-}
-
-// Stash the last load rows so re-renders triggered by SSE state updates can
-// call renderContainerLoad(lastLoadRows) without waiting for the next poll.
-let lastLoadRows = [];
-
-function renderContainerLoad(rows) {
-  lastLoadRows = rows;
-  const root = $("container-load-section");
-  if (!root) return;
-  if (!Array.isArray(rows) || rows.length === 0) {
-    root.replaceChildren();
-    const p = document.createElement("p");
-    p.className = "meta";
-    p.textContent = "no running agent containers";
-    root.append(p);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Build a name→ContainerView lookup so we can splice in the configured
-  // cpu_quota / memory_max limits (set in meta/resource-limits.json and
-  // resolved by the server) next to the live cgroup readings.
-  const cvByName = new Map(containersState.map((c) => [c.name, c]));
-
-  const table = document.createElement("table");
-  table.className = "hive-stats-table";
-  // "cpu cap" / "mem cap" show the configured ceilings from ContainerView
-  // (effective drop-in values, take effect on next start/restart).
-  // "limit" remains the live cgroup memory ceiling from /api/container-resources.
-  table.innerHTML =
-    "<thead><tr><th>agent</th><th>cpu</th><th>memory</th>" +
-    "<th>peak</th><th>limit</th><th>disk</th>" +
-    '<th class="cload-cap-th" title="configured ceiling — takes effect on next start">cpu cap</th>' +
-    '<th class="cload-cap-th" title="configured ceiling — takes effect on next start">mem cap</th>' +
-    "<th></th></tr></thead>";
-  const tb = document.createElement("tbody");
-  for (const r of rows) {
-    const cv = cvByName.get(r.name);
-    const tr = document.createElement("tr");
-    const name = document.createElement("td");
-    name.textContent = r.name;
-    tr.append(name);
-    const cpu = document.createElement("td");
-    cpu.className = "num";
-    cpu.append(
-      (Number(r.cpu_pct) || 0).toFixed(1) + "%",
-      cloadMeter(Number(r.cpu_pct) || 0),
-    );
-    tr.append(cpu);
-    const mem = document.createElement("td");
-    mem.className = "num";
-    const memCur = Number(r.mem_current_bytes) || 0;
-    if (r.mem_max_bytes) {
-      mem.append(
-        cloadFmtBytes(memCur),
-        cloadMeter((100 * memCur) / r.mem_max_bytes),
-      );
-    } else {
-      mem.textContent = cloadFmtBytes(memCur);
-    }
-    tr.append(mem);
-    const peak = document.createElement("td");
-    peak.className = "num";
-    peak.textContent = r.mem_peak_bytes
-      ? cloadFmtBytes(Number(r.mem_peak_bytes))
-      : "—";
-    tr.append(peak);
-    const lim = document.createElement("td");
-    lim.className = "num";
-    lim.textContent = r.mem_max_bytes
-      ? cloadFmtBytes(Number(r.mem_max_bytes))
-      : "∞";
-    tr.append(lim);
-    // Disk: on-disk footprint (state/ + work/ + container writable rootfs, shared
-    // nix store excluded). Measured out-of-band every 30 min server-side;
-    // null means unknown (not measured yet, or the measurement failed).
-    const disk = document.createElement("td");
-    disk.className = "num";
-    disk.title =
-      "state/ + work/ + container writable rootfs (shared nix store excluded); measured every 30 min";
-    disk.textContent =
-      r.disk_bytes != null ? cloadFmtBytes(Number(r.disk_bytes)) : "unknown";
-    tr.append(disk);
-
-    // Configured CPU / memory caps from ContainerView (resolved effective
-    // values: per-agent override when set, hive-wide default otherwise).
-    const cpuCap = document.createElement("td");
-    cpuCap.className = "num cload-cap";
-    cpuCap.title = "configured ceiling — takes effect on next start";
-    cpuCap.textContent = cv?.cpu_quota || "—";
-    tr.append(cpuCap);
-    const memCap = document.createElement("td");
-    memCap.className = "num cload-cap";
-    memCap.title = "configured ceiling — takes effect on next start";
-    memCap.textContent = cv?.memory_max || "—";
-    tr.append(memCap);
-
-    // S3T button toggles the inline edit row for this agent.
-    const actTd = document.createElement("td");
-    const setBtn = document.createElement("button");
-    setBtn.type = "button";
-    setBtn.className = "btn btn-sm cload-set-btn";
-    setBtn.textContent = "S3T";
-    setBtn.title = "set CPU / memory cap for " + r.name;
-    tr.append(actTd);
-    actTd.append(setBtn);
-    tb.append(tr);
-
-    // Inline edit row (hidden by default, toggled by the S3T button).
-    const editRow = document.createElement("tr");
-    editRow.className = "cload-edit-row";
-    editRow.hidden = true;
-    const editTd = document.createElement("td");
-    editTd.colSpan = 9;
-    editTd.className = "cload-edit-cell";
-
-    const editForm = document.createElement("form");
-    editForm.className = "cload-edit-form";
-    editForm.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
-      e.preventDefault();
-      const cpuInput = editForm.querySelector(".cload-cpu-input");
-      const memInput = editForm.querySelector(".cload-mem-input");
-      const errSpan = editForm.querySelector(".cload-edit-err");
-      const submitBtn = editForm.querySelector('[type="submit"]');
-      errSpan.hidden = true;
-      submitBtn.disabled = true;
-      try {
-        const body = new URLSearchParams({
-          cpu_quota: cpuInput.value.trim(),
-          memory_max: memInput.value.trim(),
-        });
-        const resp = await fetch(
-          "/api/resource-limits/" + encodeURIComponent(r.name),
-          { method: "POST", body },
-        );
-        if (!resp.ok) {
-          errSpan.textContent = await resp
-            .text()
-            .catch(() => "error " + resp.status);
-          errSpan.hidden = false;
-          return;
-        }
-        // Success: collapse the edit row. The SSE rescan will push updated
-        // ContainerView data (cpu_quota/memory_max) to containersState,
-        // triggering a re-render of the cap columns via refreshContainerLoad.
-        editRow.hidden = true;
-        setBtn.textContent = "S3T";
-      } catch (err) {
-        errSpan.textContent = String(err);
-        errSpan.hidden = false;
-      } finally {
-        submitBtn.disabled = false;
-      }
-    });
-
-    const cpuLabel = document.createElement("label");
-    cpuLabel.className = "cload-edit-label";
-    cpuLabel.textContent = "cpu quota";
-    const cpuInput = document.createElement("input");
-    cpuInput.type = "text";
-    cpuInput.className = "cload-cpu-input";
-    // Pre-fill with the current *effective* value (not just a placeholder)
-    // so submitting after editing only the other field round-trips this one
-    // unchanged. The form always posts both fields, and the server treats
-    // an empty field as "clear this override" — a placeholder-only hint
-    // reads as filled to the eye but posts as empty, silently resetting
-    // whichever field the user didn't touch.
-    cpuInput.value = cv ? cv.cpu_quota : "";
-    cpuInput.placeholder = "e.g. 200%";
-    cpuInput.title =
-      'systemd CPUQuota= value (e.g. "400%"). empty = use hive default';
-    cpuLabel.append(cpuInput);
-
-    const memLabel = document.createElement("label");
-    memLabel.className = "cload-edit-label";
-    memLabel.textContent = "mem max";
-    const memInput = document.createElement("input");
-    memInput.type = "text";
-    memInput.className = "cload-mem-input";
-    // Same reasoning as cpuInput above.
-    memInput.value = cv ? cv.memory_max : "";
-    memInput.placeholder = "e.g. 8G";
-    memInput.title =
-      'systemd MemoryMax= value (e.g. "8G", "50%", "infinity"). empty = use hive default';
-    memLabel.append(memInput);
-
-    const submitBtn = document.createElement("button");
-    submitBtn.type = "submit";
-    submitBtn.className = "btn btn-restart cload-save-btn";
-    submitBtn.textContent = "S4V3";
-
-    const hintSpan = document.createElement("span");
-    hintSpan.className = "meta cload-edit-hint";
-    hintSpan.textContent = "↺ restart to apply to a running container";
-
-    const errSpan = document.createElement("span");
-    errSpan.className = "cload-edit-err";
-    errSpan.hidden = true;
-
-    editForm.append(cpuLabel, memLabel, submitBtn, hintSpan, errSpan);
-    editTd.append(editForm);
-    editRow.append(editTd);
-    tb.append(editRow);
-
-    setBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
-      const open = !editRow.hidden;
-      editRow.hidden = open;
-      setBtn.textContent = open ? "S3T" : "✕";
-    });
-  }
-  table.append(tb);
-  root.replaceChildren(table);
-}
-
-async function refreshContainerLoad() {
-  try {
-    const resp = await fetch("/api/container-resources");
-    if (!resp.ok) throw new Error("http " + resp.status);
-    renderContainerLoad(await resp.json());
-  } catch (e) {
-    const root = $("container-load-section");
-    if (root) {
-      root.replaceChildren();
-      const p = document.createElement("p");
-      p.className = "meta";
-      p.textContent = "container load fetch failed: " + e;
-      root.append(p);
-    }
-  }
-}
-function startContainerLoadPolling() {
-  refreshContainerLoad();
-  if (containerLoadTimer) return;
-  containerLoadTimer = setInterval(refreshContainerLoad, 5000);
-}
-function stopContainerLoadPolling() {
-  if (containerLoadTimer) {
-    clearInterval(containerLoadTimer);
-    containerLoadTimer = null;
-  }
-}
-
 // ─── render-all (cold load + any full re-render) ──────────────────────────
 function renderAll() {
   renderTombstones({ tombstones: tombstonesState });
@@ -465,19 +191,6 @@ const SSE_HANDLERS = {
     tombstonesState = (ev.tombstones || []).slice();
     renderTombstones({ tombstones: tombstonesState });
   },
-  // When a container's state changes (e.g. after resource-limits update
-  // triggers rescan_containers_and_emit), update containersState in place
-  // so the cap columns in the LOAD table reflect the new configured values.
-  container_state_changed(ev) {
-    if (!ev.container) return;
-    const idx = containersState.findIndex((c) => c.name === ev.container.name);
-    if (idx >= 0) {
-      containersState[idx] = ev.container;
-    } else {
-      containersState.push(ev.container);
-    }
-    if (lastLoadRows.length) renderContainerLoad(lastLoadRows);
-  },
   // Refresh the stale-perms sub-section when perm data changes (a ghost
   // was cleared, or perms were saved for an agent whose name collides).
   capabilities_changed(_ev) {
@@ -511,33 +224,16 @@ async function init() {
   // to the bare `ok` response page.
   bindAsyncForms(() => refreshState());
 
-  // Hash-routed sub-tab strip; default K3PT ST4T3. Container-load
-  // polling runs only while the LOAD sub-tab is open (cpu is a short
-  // two-sample read each refresh on the server).
-  document.getElementById("core-tabbar").configure({
-    tabs: [
-      { id: "kept", label: "K3PT ST4T3" },
-      { id: "load", label: "C0NT41N3R L04D" },
-    ],
-    defaultId: "kept",
-    onShow: (id) => {
-      if (id === "load") startContainerLoadPolling();
-      else stopContainerLoadPolling();
-      // Lazy-load stale-perms on first K3PT ST4T3 activation; always
-      // re-fetch on subsequent visits in case perms changed.
-      if (id === "kept") fetchAndRenderStalePerms();
-    },
-  });
-
   await refreshState();
+  fetchAndRenderStalePerms();
 
   // kinds= matches SSE_HANDLERS below verbatim — narrows this from all
-  // 13 wire kinds down to the 4 this page acts on. This page was one
+  // 13 wire kinds down to the 3 this page acts on. This page was one
   // of 4 unfiltered `/api/dashboard/stream` subscribers before this
   // (subscription discipline, part 1 of the dashboard-event-stream-
   // split issue).
   const es = openStream(
-    "/api/dashboard/stream?kinds=tombstones_changed,container_state_changed," +
+    "/api/dashboard/stream?kinds=tombstones_changed," +
       "capabilities_changed,tool_groups_changed",
   );
   if (es) {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index a02618b6..897dc467 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    it defines the CSS custom properties, typography, and shared
    component rules that this file depends on. */
 
-/* SYST3M panel rules (rebuild queue / meta inputs / container load)
+/* SYST3M panel rules (rebuild queue / meta inputs / kept state)
    live in system-sections.css, shared with /core.html. A few are still
    referenced from the dashboard (`.rebuild-queue`), so the dashboard
    pulls them in here. */
@@ -771,6 +771,4 @@ body.dashboard-shell.has-selection {
 
 /* ST4TS moved to its own page (`/stats.html`): the
    window selector / summary chips / bars live in stats.css, and the
-   shared `.hive-stats-table` moved to common.css (the SYST3M ›
-   C0NT41N3R L04D table in system-sections.css / on /core.html still
-   uses it). */
+   shared `.hive-stats-table` moved to common.css. */
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
index 3445d881..2af668cc 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.html
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         </section>
 
         <!-- SYST3M pane moved to /core.html (the standalone "C0R3" page):
-         meta inputs, rebuild queue, kept state, container load. Reached
+         kept state and stale permissions. Reached
          from the H0M3 hub. -->
 
         <!-- P3RM1SS10NS: per-agent capability grants + tool-group
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
index 01a2b639..79b0b7b8 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
               <span class="home-tile-icon" aria-hidden="true">⬡</span>
               <span class="home-tile-label">Core</span>
             </span>
-            <span class="home-tile-desc">kept state · container load</span>
+            <span class="home-tile-desc">kept state · stale permissions</span>
           </a>
 
           <!-- API tile: the OpenAPI spec + Swagger UI are always served by
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js
index 4e5c69b8..0b3b7a9e 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/state.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 // dashboard SPA: the live agent roster.
 //
 // The roster is read by nearly every tab (the container tree, the
-// capabilities + tool-group matrices, the
-// container-load poll, and the selection bar), so
+// capabilities + tool-group matrices, and the selection bar), so
 // it lives here as a single source of truth that each domain module
 // imports rather than threading through call signatures. Everything
 // else in the dashboard is domain-local and lives with its own module.
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/stats.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/stats.css
index 51de64a8..e8bd8000 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/stats.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/stats.css
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
    chrome pattern as /flow.html: the back-link header +
    title (.page-header / .page-back / .page-title) live in
    @hive/shared/chrome.css.
-   `.hive-stats-table` also lives in common.css — it's shared with the
-   dashboard SYST3M › C0NT41N3R L04D table. Only the ST4TS-specific
+   `.hive-stats-table` lives in common.css. Only the ST4TS-specific
    window selector, summary chips, and bars are page-specific. */
 
 body.stats-shell {
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
index e5a6e561..fd023214 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/system-sections.css
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ─── SYST3M/BU1LDS section panels — shared by dashboard, /core.html,
    and /builds.html ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-   Rebuild queue, meta inputs, kept state, and container-load panels.
+   Rebuild queue, meta inputs and kept-state panels.
    Imported by core.css, dashboard.css, and builds.css. */
 
 /* ─── meta inputs panel ────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -198,83 +198,6 @@
   color: var(--fg);
 }
 
-/* ─── SYST3M › C0NT41N3R L04D: live cgroup cpu/mem ─────────────────────────────
-   Reuses the shared `.hive-stats-table` styling (in common.css); only
-   the inline meter bar is new. */
-.cload-meter {
-  display: inline-block;
-  width: 6em;
-  height: 10px;
-  vertical-align: middle;
-  margin-left: 6px;
-  background: var(--bg-elev);
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: 3px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-.cload-meter .fill {
-  display: block;
-  height: 100%;
-  background: var(--green);
-}
-.cload-meter .fill.warn {
-  background: var(--amber);
-}
-.cload-meter .fill.hot {
-  background: var(--red);
-}
-
-/* Configured-cap columns: muted header so they read apart from live metrics.
-   The S3T button sits in its own column; keep it compact. */
-.cload-cap-th {
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-.cload-cap {
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-.cload-set-btn {
-  padding: 0.1em 0.5em;
-  font-size: 0.8em;
-}
-
-/* Inline edit row — spans all columns, contains a mini-form. */
-.cload-edit-row td {
-  border-top: none;
-  padding-top: 0;
-}
-.cload-edit-cell {
-  padding: 0.2em 0.4em 0.6em 1.2em;
-}
-.cload-edit-form {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.5em;
-}
-.cload-edit-label {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.3em;
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-  color: var(--muted);
-}
-.cload-cpu-input,
-.cload-mem-input {
-  width: 7em;
-  font-size: 0.9em;
-}
-.cload-save-btn {
-  padding: 0.15em 0.6em;
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-}
-.cload-edit-hint {
-  font-size: 0.8em;
-}
-.cload-edit-err {
-  color: var(--red);
-  font-size: 0.85em;
-}
-
 /* Remove the now-dead `.rqe-step` rule (the `step` sub-step label was
    retired from the wire in `feat(job_queue): retire the now-off-wire step
    sub-step label` — the rule has had no JS referents since then). */

From 90e33cbd19d5014caf6f7e849f564a2b6696cf06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iris <iris@hyperhive.local>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:57:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] hive-c0re: the per-agent resource limit override is gone

The hive no longer sets an agent's CPU or memory cap: caps come from the swarm, else the hive-wide defaults. The container load tab was the only hive UI that set them, and its figures are already exported as OTEL metrics, so with the tab gone nothing wrote meta/resource-limits.json.

Removed: the file's reader and writer, the `hivectl agent set-limits` verb with its host-socket request, the `GET /api/container-resources` and `POST /api/resource-limits/{name}` dashboard endpoints, and the `cpu_quota`/`memory_max` fields of the container view that only the tab read. A leftover resource-limits.json is ignored.
---
 docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md           |  30 +-
 docs/scheduler/coordinator.md                 |  13 +-
 docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md                     |  18 -
 docs/tools/hivectl.md                         |  28 --
 hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs | 333 ++++--------------
 hive-c0re/src/container_view.rs               |  60 +---
 hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs                  |   2 +-
 hive-c0re/src/dashboard/lifecycle_ops.rs      |  89 -----
 hive-c0re/src/dashboard/misc_api.rs           |  18 +-
 hive-c0re/src/dashboard/mod.rs                |   4 -
 hive-c0re/src/dashboard/state_snapshot.rs     |   2 -
 hive-c0re/src/lifecycle/host_config.rs        | 164 +++------
 hive-c0re/src/meta.rs                         |  44 +--
 hive-c0re/src/server.rs                       |  79 +----
 hive-c0re/src/stats/host_stats.rs             |   2 -
 hive-c0re/src/workers/swarm_limits.rs         |  34 +-
 hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs                     |  17 -
 hivectl/src/agents.rs                         |  28 +-
 hivectl/src/cli.rs                            |  24 --
 19 files changed, 161 insertions(+), 828 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md b/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
index a6e8d25b..7c0a3efe 100644
--- a/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
@@ -395,26 +395,26 @@ Contents:
   (`{ "ruth": ["manage_root_agent"] }`). Written by
   `capabilities::set_caps`; injected as `HIVE_CAPABILITIES` env
   var. Absent agents have no extra capabilities.
-- `resource-limits.json` — per-agent container resource overrides
+- `swarm-resource-limits.json` — the caps the swarm sets for this
+  hive's agents
   (`{ "sock": { "cpu_quota": "400%", "memory_max": "8G" } }`).
-  Written by `resource_limits::set_limits`; read where
+  Written only by `workers::swarm_limits`, which copies each agent's key of
+  the swarm's `agent-limits` bucket here every 30 seconds. Read where
   `lifecycle::write_dropins` generates the systemd drop-in, **not** injected
   into the container — these are host-side caps on the container, so
   the capped party never sets them. It sees only the resulting memory cap,
-  as a byte count or `infinity` in its runtime dir (below). Fallback is per *field*:
-  an absent file, absent agent, or absent field falls back to the
+  as a byte count or `infinity` in its runtime dir (below). Fallback is per
+  *field*: an absent file, absent agent, or absent field falls back to the
   hive-wide `services.hyperhive.c0re.agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`,
-  so an agent can override only its memory and still track the hive
-  default for CPU. The `CPUWeight=` / `IOWeight=` shares in the same
-  drop-in have **no** per-agent override — they're hive-wide only and
-  come straight off `HiveEnv`, so this file has no field for them.
-- `swarm-resource-limits.json` — the caps the swarm sets for this
-  hive's agents, same shape as `resource-limits.json`. Written only by
-  `workers::swarm_limits`, which copies each agent's key of the swarm's
-  `agent-limits` bucket here every 30 seconds. A field set here replaces
-  that field's answer from `resource-limits.json` and the hive-wide
-  default. Every value passes the same validators as the operator's
-  overrides first, and one bad value makes the worker change nothing here.
+  so an agent can have only its memory capped and still track the hive
+  default for CPU. Every value passes the validators first, and one bad
+  value makes the worker change nothing here. The `CPUWeight=` / `IOWeight=`
+  shares in the same drop-in have **no** per-agent setting — they're
+  hive-wide only and come straight off `HiveEnv`, so this file has no field
+  for them.
+- `resource-limits.json` — retired. Per-agent overrides set on the hive used
+  to live here; nothing reads or writes it now. An old copy in the meta repo
+  is ignored and can be deleted.
 
 The root agent has the meta dir RO-mounted at `/meta/`.
 
diff --git a/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md b/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
index e7fb554e..f1c3cbc7 100644
--- a/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
+++ b/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ requiring a host rebuild.
 The answer per agent and per field is, first match wins:
 
 1. the swarm's cap for the agent (see below);
-2. the operator's per-agent override in `meta/resource-limits.json`;
-3. `agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`.
+2. `agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`.
 
 A swarm cap replaces the hive's answer, so a hive can't raise an agent
 above it. Like the rest of the drop-in, a changed swarm cap reaches a
-running agent at its next spawn or rebuild.
+running agent at its next spawn or rebuild. A hive has no way to set a cap
+for one agent: caps are set per agent in the swarm UI.
 
 The container can't read its own cap, so `write_dropins` also writes the
 effective `MemoryMax=` into the agent's runtime dir
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ effective `MemoryMax=` into the agent's runtime dir
 `infinity` for no cap. A percentage becomes bytes the way systemd resolves
 it, as that share of the host's physical memory rounded down to a page. A
 value systemd ignores (zero, over 100%) is `infinity`. When hive-c0re keeps
-the last drop-in because it can't read the overrides or the swarm caps file,
+the last drop-in because it can't read the swarm caps file,
 the file carries that drop-in's `MemoryMax=`.
 
 At boot the container derives two values from a byte count:
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ given.
 
 Every 30 seconds hive-c0re (`workers::swarm_limits`) reads the key of each
 agent it has and stores the result in `meta/swarm-resource-limits.json`. Each
-value passes the same validators as the operator's overrides first. One bad
+value passes the validators first. One bad
 value or a failed read leaves the file unchanged, and repeated failures raise a
 dashboard banner.
 
@@ -548,8 +548,7 @@ wants it.
 Two things to know about the weights:
 
 - They're **hive-wide** — unlike the caps there is no per-agent
-  override in `meta/resource-limits.json`, so every agent carries the
-  same value and the weight does _not_ rank agents against each other.
+  setting, so every agent carries the same value and the weight does _not_ rank agents against each other.
   What `80` buys is that agents yield to everything **not** on this
   drop-in path: host services (nginx and dnsmasq among them) and the
   infra containers (`hive-forge`, `hive-gateway`, `hive-matrix`), which
diff --git a/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md b/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md
index 99bb2b1e..480bf2d9 100644
--- a/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md
+++ b/docs/tools/hivectl-cli.md
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ This document contains the help content for the `hivectl` command-line program.
 * [`hivectl agent kill`↴](#hivectl-agent-kill)
 * [`hivectl agent destroy`↴](#hivectl-agent-destroy)
 * [`hivectl agent rebuild`↴](#hivectl-agent-rebuild)
-* [`hivectl agent set-limits`↴](#hivectl-agent-set-limits)
 * [`hivectl agent choom`↴](#hivectl-agent-choom)
 * [`hivectl agent watch`↴](#hivectl-agent-watch)
 * [`hivectl agent quota`↴](#hivectl-agent-quota)
@@ -221,7 +220,6 @@ Everything here targets a single named agent (`hivectl agent foo restart`, `hive
 * `kill` — Hard-stop this managed container
 * `destroy` — Tear down this sub-agent container, keeping its state by default. No undo
 * `rebuild` — Apply pending config to this managed container
-* `set-limits` — Declare this agent's CPU/memory limits, overriding the hive-wide defaults
 * `choom` — Open an interactive Claude session inside this agent's container
 * `watch` — Follow this agent's live turn/tool-call event stream from the CLI
 * `quota` — This agent's disk accounting + optional quota via btrfs qgroups
@@ -315,22 +313,6 @@ Apply pending config to this managed container
 
 
 
-## `hivectl agent set-limits`
-
-Declare this agent's CPU/memory limits, overriding the hive-wide defaults.
-
-Replaces the agent's whole override entry rather than merging into it: any limit you don't pass returns to the hive-wide default. To change one and keep the other, pass both. Disk is a separate resource with its own group — see `quota`.
-
-**Usage:** `hivectl agent set-limits [OPTIONS]`
-
-###### **Options:**
-
-* `--cpu-quota <CPU_QUOTA>` — systemd `CPUQuota=` value, for example `400%` (100% = one full core)
-* `--memory-max <MEMORY_MAX>` — systemd `MemoryMax=` value, for example `8G`, `50%`, or `infinity`
-* `--reset` — Drop all overrides — the agent returns to the hive-wide defaults. Required to clear limits, so that a `set-limits` with a forgotten value can't silently reset the agent
-
-
-
 ## `hivectl agent choom`
 
 Open an interactive Claude session inside this agent's container.
diff --git a/docs/tools/hivectl.md b/docs/tools/hivectl.md
index 293ed79e..7629c072 100644
--- a/docs/tools/hivectl.md
+++ b/docs/tools/hivectl.md
@@ -136,34 +136,6 @@ resume drains the backlog rather than dropping it. Points worth knowing:
 - Visible as ` paused` in `list-agents`'s STATUS column, as a `paused`
   field on the JSON rows, and as a badge on the dashboard card.
 
-### Per-agent resource limits
-
-```bash
-hivectl agent sock set-limits --cpu-quota 400% --memory-max 8G
-hivectl agent sock set-limits --memory-max 8G    # CPU falls back to the hive default
-hivectl agent sock set-limits --reset            # drop all overrides
-```
-
-Overrides the hive-wide `services.hyperhive.c0re.agentCpuQuota` /
-`agentMemoryMax` for one agent, persisted to
-`meta/resource-limits.json` (see
-[`persistence.md`](../agent-lifecycle/persistence.md)). Values are systemd's
-`CPUQuota=` / `MemoryMax=` syntax: a percentage (`400%` = four full
-cores) for CPU; a size (`8G`), a percentage of physical RAM, or
-`infinity` for memory. `set-limits` validates both before persisting them —
-they go into a systemd drop-in verbatim, and a typo there makes the
-unit fail to start.
-
-**Declarative, not incremental**: each invocation replaces the agent's
-whole entry. `hivectl agent sock set-limits --memory-max 8G` leaves `sock`
-with _only_ a memory override, reverting any previously set CPU quota to
-the hive default. To avoid a forgotten flag silently wiping an override,
-hivectl rejects `set-limits` with no flags at all — clearing requires the
-explicit `--reset`.
-
-The command rewrites the container's drop-in and reloads systemd, so
-new containers and restarts pick the values up immediately.
-
 ## Choom
 
 Drop into an interactive Claude session inside an agent container.
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs b/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
index 880c87da..c0da2272 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-//! Per-agent CPU/memory limit overrides. Stored at
-//! `/var/lib/hyperhive/meta/resource-limits.json` alongside
+//! CPU/memory limits for an agent's container: the caps the swarm controller
+//! declared, and the validators for the values the systemd drop-in takes.
+//!
+//! The swarm caps are stored at
+//! `/var/lib/hyperhive/meta/swarm-resource-limits.json` alongside
 //! `topology.json`, `tool-groups.json` and `capabilities.json`.
 //!
 //! Format: a JSON object mapping agent name to an object with optional
@@ -14,9 +17,9 @@
 //!
 //! Fallback is **per field**: an absent file, an absent agent, or an
 //! absent field all fall back to the hive-wide
-//! `services.hyperhive.agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`. So an agent
-//! can raise only its memory cap and keep tracking the hive default for
-//! CPU — see [`effective`].
+//! `services.hyperhive.agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`. So a swarm cap on
+//! memory alone leaves CPU on the hive default — see
+//! [`effective_from_with_swarm`].
 //!
 //! Read path: `lifecycle::host_config::write_dropins`, on every spawn
 //! and every rebuild.
@@ -30,10 +33,8 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-const RESOURCE_LIMITS_FILE: &str = "resource-limits.json";
-
-/// One agent's overrides. Both fields optional and independent; `None`
-/// means "use the hive-wide default for this field".
+/// One agent's caps. Both fields optional and independent; `None` means
+/// "use the hive-wide default for this field".
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct AgentLimits {
     /// systemd `CPUQuota=` value, e.g. `"400%"`.
@@ -44,84 +45,6 @@ pub struct AgentLimits {
     pub memory_max: Option<String>,
 }
 
-impl AgentLimits {
-    /// True when neither field is set — such an entry is dropped rather
-    /// than persisted as an empty object.
-    #[must_use]
-    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.cpu_quota.is_none() && self.memory_max.is_none()
-    }
-}
-
-#[must_use]
-pub fn resource_limits_path() -> PathBuf {
-    crate::paths::meta_root().join(RESOURCE_LIMITS_FILE)
-}
-
-/// Read the per-agent limit map. An absent file is the empty map —
-/// callers treat a missing entry as "hive-wide defaults". A file that
-/// exists but can't be read or parsed is an error: an override can be
-/// tighter than the hive default, so reading it as empty is not a safe
-/// fallback.
-pub fn read() -> std::io::Result<BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>> {
-    super::read_map(&resource_limits_path())
-}
-
-/// Resolve the effective values for an agent from the override file at
-/// `path` (normally [`resource_limits_path`]), filling each unset field
-/// from the hive-wide default. This is the single place the fallback
-/// rule lives; `write_dropins` calls it and passes the result straight
-/// to systemd. Errors as [`read`] does.
-///
-/// Use [`effective_from`] when resolving more than one agent in a row.
-pub fn effective(
-    path: &Path,
-    name: &str,
-    hive_cpu_quota: &str,
-    hive_memory_max: &str,
-) -> std::io::Result<(String, String)> {
-    let limits = super::read_map(path)?;
-    Ok(effective_from(
-        &limits,
-        name,
-        hive_cpu_quota,
-        hive_memory_max,
-    ))
-}
-
-/// [`effective`] against an already-loaded map — the multi-agent form.
-///
-/// `container_view::build_all` renders every agent on each SSE scan, so
-/// it loads the map once and calls this per agent rather than re-reading
-/// the same small file N times per scan.
-#[must_use]
-pub fn effective_from(
-    limits: &BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>,
-    name: &str,
-    hive_cpu_quota: &str,
-    hive_memory_max: &str,
-) -> (String, String) {
-    match limits.get(name) {
-        Some(l) => resolve(l, hive_cpu_quota, hive_memory_max),
-        None => (hive_cpu_quota.to_owned(), hive_memory_max.to_owned()),
-    }
-}
-
-/// Pure core of [`effective`], split out so the fallback matrix is
-/// testable without touching the filesystem.
-#[must_use]
-fn resolve(limits: &AgentLimits, hive_cpu_quota: &str, hive_memory_max: &str) -> (String, String) {
-    let cpu = limits
-        .cpu_quota
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| hive_cpu_quota.to_owned());
-    let mem = limits
-        .memory_max
-        .clone()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| hive_memory_max.to_owned());
-    (cpu, mem)
-}
-
 /// Parse a systemd `MemoryMax=`-style byte-size value (`"4G"`, `"512M"`,
 /// `"1048576B"`, a bare byte count, optionally with a decimal like `"1.5G"`)
 /// into a raw byte count, accepting exactly the single-term forms systemd's
@@ -164,35 +87,7 @@ pub fn parse_bytes(value: &str) -> Option<u64> {
     u64::try_from(bytes).ok()
 }
 
-/// Set one agent's overrides and persist the map atomically. An entry
-/// with both fields unset is removed rather than stored, so "reset to
-/// hive defaults" and "never configured" are the same state on disk.
-///
-/// # Errors
-///
-/// Fails without writing when the existing file can't be read or parsed
-/// (`InvalidData` for a parse failure), and otherwise when the meta dir
-/// or the file can't be written.
-pub fn set_limits(name: &str, limits: &AgentLimits) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    set_limits_at(&resource_limits_path(), name, limits)
-}
-
-fn set_limits_at(path: &Path, name: &str, limits: &AgentLimits) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    let mut current: BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits> = super::read_map(path)?;
-    if limits.is_empty() {
-        current.remove(name);
-    } else {
-        current.insert(name.to_owned(), limits.clone());
-    }
-    super::write_map(path, &current)
-}
-
 /// Caps the swarm controller declared for this hive's agents.
-///
-/// A separate file from the operator's overrides above, not a merge into it:
-/// the two have different writers and different lifetimes, and a swarm
-/// declaration landing in the file an operator edits would make "reset to
-/// hive defaults" destroy something the operator never set.
 const SWARM_LIMITS_FILE: &str = "swarm-resource-limits.json";
 
 #[must_use]
@@ -201,9 +96,9 @@ pub fn swarm_limits_path() -> PathBuf {
 }
 
 /// Read the swarm-declared caps. An absent file is the empty map — no swarm
-/// opinion, so the hive's own chain decides. A file that exists but can't be
-/// read or parsed is an error, for the reason [`read`] gives: reading it as
-/// empty would silently drop a cap.
+/// opinion, so the hive-wide defaults decide. A file that exists but can't be
+/// read or parsed is an error: a cap can be tighter than the hive default, so
+/// reading it as empty would silently drop it.
 pub fn read_swarm() -> std::io::Result<BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>> {
     super::read_map(&swarm_limits_path())
 }
@@ -216,55 +111,43 @@ pub fn write_swarm(map: &BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     super::write_map(&swarm_limits_path(), map)
 }
 
-/// [`effective_from`] with the swarm's declaration on top.
+/// Resolve the effective values for an agent from the swarm caps in `swarm`:
+/// each field the swarm declared a cap for, and the hive-wide default for
+/// each it did not. This is the single place the fallback rule lives;
+/// `write_dropins` calls it and passes the result straight to systemd.
 ///
-/// A swarm cap **replaces** the hive's answer for that field rather than
-/// joining the fallback chain as another tier: a tier a hive can out-set is
-/// not a cap. Per field, so a swarm memory ceiling leaves CPU on the hive's
-/// chain.
-///
-/// The chain itself is untouched — [`effective_from`] is called exactly as
-/// before and its result is what a missing swarm value falls back to.
+/// Use this form when resolving more than one agent in a row.
 #[must_use]
-pub fn effective_from_with_swarm(
+pub fn effective_from(
     swarm: &BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>,
-    limits: &BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>,
     name: &str,
     hive_cpu_quota: &str,
     hive_memory_max: &str,
 ) -> (String, String) {
-    let (cpu, mem) = effective_from(limits, name, hive_cpu_quota, hive_memory_max);
-    match swarm.get(name) {
-        Some(s) => (
-            s.cpu_quota.clone().unwrap_or(cpu),
-            s.memory_max.clone().unwrap_or(mem),
-        ),
-        None => (cpu, mem),
-    }
+    let caps = swarm.get(name);
+    (
+        caps.and_then(|c| c.cpu_quota.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| hive_cpu_quota.to_owned()),
+        caps.and_then(|c| c.memory_max.clone())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| hive_memory_max.to_owned()),
+    )
 }
 
-/// [`effective_from_with_swarm`] for a caller resolving a single agent, from
-/// the operator overrides at `limits_path` and the swarm caps at `swarm_path`.
-///
-/// Delegates to [`effective`] rather than re-deriving the hive's answer, so
-/// there stays exactly one place the fallback chain lives. Errors as [`read`]
-/// does, for either file.
-pub fn effective_with_swarm(
-    limits_path: &Path,
+/// [`effective_from`] for a caller resolving a single agent, from the swarm
+/// caps at `swarm_path`. Errors as [`read_swarm`] does.
+pub fn effective(
     swarm_path: &Path,
     name: &str,
     hive_cpu_quota: &str,
     hive_memory_max: &str,
 ) -> std::io::Result<(String, String)> {
-    let (cpu, mem) = effective(limits_path, name, hive_cpu_quota, hive_memory_max)?;
     let swarm: BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits> = super::read_map(swarm_path)?;
-    Ok(match swarm.get(name) {
-        Some(s) => (
-            s.cpu_quota.clone().unwrap_or(cpu),
-            s.memory_max.clone().unwrap_or(mem),
-        ),
-        None => (cpu, mem),
-    })
+    Ok(effective_from(
+        &swarm,
+        name,
+        hive_cpu_quota,
+        hive_memory_max,
+    ))
 }
 
 /// Validate a systemd `CPUQuota=` value. Percentages only, and values
@@ -386,96 +269,66 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn unset_agent_gets_hive_defaults() {
-        let (cpu, mem) = resolve(&AgentLimits::default(), HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM);
-        assert_eq!(cpu, "200%");
-        assert_eq!(mem, "4G");
+    fn an_agent_the_swarm_says_nothing_about_gets_the_hive_defaults() {
+        let swarm = BTreeMap::from([("other".to_owned(), limits(Some("100%"), Some("1G")))]);
+        for map in [BTreeMap::new(), swarm] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                effective_from(&map, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
+                (HIVE_CPU.to_owned(), HIVE_MEM.to_owned())
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn both_fields_override() {
-        let (cpu, mem) = resolve(&limits(Some("400%"), Some("8G")), HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM);
-        assert_eq!(cpu, "400%");
-        assert_eq!(mem, "8G");
+    fn a_swarm_cap_replaces_the_hive_default() {
+        let swarm = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("150%"), Some("2G")))]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_from(&swarm, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
+            ("150%".to_owned(), "2G".to_owned())
+        );
     }
 
-    /// The point of per-field fallback: overriding memory must not drag
-    /// CPU along with it.
+    /// The point of per-field fallback: capping memory must not drag CPU
+    /// along with it.
     #[test]
-    fn partial_override_keeps_other_field_on_hive_default() {
-        let (cpu, mem) = resolve(&limits(None, Some("8G")), HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM);
-        assert_eq!(cpu, "200%", "cpu should still track the hive default");
-        assert_eq!(mem, "8G");
-
-        let (cpu, mem) = resolve(&limits(Some("400%"), None), HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM);
-        assert_eq!(cpu, "400%");
-        assert_eq!(mem, "4G", "memory should still track the hive default");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn empty_entry_is_reported_empty() {
-        assert!(AgentLimits::default().is_empty());
-        assert!(!limits(None, Some("8G")).is_empty());
-        assert!(!limits(Some("400%"), None).is_empty());
+    fn a_swarm_cap_is_per_field() {
+        let swarm = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(None, Some("2G")))]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_from(&swarm, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
+            (HIVE_CPU.to_owned(), "2G".to_owned()),
+            "cpu should still track the hive default"
+        );
+        let swarm = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("150%"), None))]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            effective_from(&swarm, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
+            ("150%".to_owned(), HIVE_MEM.to_owned()),
+            "memory should still track the hive default"
+        );
     }
 
     const TRUNCATED: &str =
         "{\n  \"sock\": { \"cpu_quota\": \"50%\", \"memory_max\": \"1G\" },\n  \"iris\": { \"mem";
 
-    fn corrupt_file() -> (tempfile::TempDir, PathBuf) {
-        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let path = dir.path().join(RESOURCE_LIMITS_FILE);
-        std::fs::write(&path, TRUNCATED).expect("seed");
-        (dir, path)
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn effective_of_a_corrupt_file_is_an_error() {
-        let (_dir, path) = corrupt_file();
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
+        let path = dir.path().join(SWARM_LIMITS_FILE);
+        std::fs::write(&path, TRUNCATED).expect("seed");
         let err = effective(&path, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM)
             .expect_err("a corrupt file must not resolve to hive defaults");
         assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn set_limits_leaves_a_corrupt_file_untouched() {
-        let (_dir, path) = corrupt_file();
-        let err = set_limits_at(&path, "ruth", &limits(Some("400%"), None))
-            .expect_err("a corrupt file must not be overwritten");
-        assert_eq!(err.kind(), std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData);
-        assert_eq!(std::fs::read(&path).expect("read"), TRUNCATED.as_bytes());
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn missing_file_resolves_to_hive_defaults() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let path = dir.path().join(RESOURCE_LIMITS_FILE);
+        let path = dir.path().join(SWARM_LIMITS_FILE);
         let (cpu, mem) = effective(&path, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM).expect("missing file");
         assert_eq!((cpu.as_str(), mem.as_str()), (HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM));
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn set_limits_keeps_other_agents_and_leaves_no_temp_file() {
-        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let path = dir.path().join(RESOURCE_LIMITS_FILE);
-        set_limits_at(&path, "sock", &limits(None, Some("8G"))).expect("set on missing file");
-        set_limits_at(&path, "iris", &limits(Some("50%"), None)).expect("set");
-        let (cpu, mem) = effective(&path, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM).expect("read");
-        assert_eq!((cpu.as_str(), mem.as_str()), (HIVE_CPU, "8G"));
-        let (cpu, _) = effective(&path, "iris", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM).expect("read");
-        assert_eq!(cpu, "50%");
-        let entries: Vec<_> = std::fs::read_dir(dir.path())
-            .expect("read_dir")
-            .map(|e| e.expect("entry").file_name())
-            .collect();
-        assert_eq!(
-            entries,
-            vec![std::ffi::OsString::from(RESOURCE_LIMITS_FILE)]
-        );
-    }
-
     /// Absent fields must deserialize to `None`, not fail — an entry
-    /// written by an older version with only one field must still load.
+    /// with only one field must still load.
     #[test]
     fn partial_entry_deserializes() {
         let map: BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits> =
@@ -605,52 +458,4 @@ mod tests {
             );
         }
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn a_swarm_cap_replaces_the_hive_answer_rather_than_joining_the_chain() {
-        // The whole point of the ruling: a tier a hive can out-set is not a
-        // cap. The agent override below is the strongest hive-side value
-        // there is, and the swarm still wins.
-        let hive_side = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("800%"), Some("16G")))]);
-        let swarm = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("150%"), Some("2G")))]);
-        assert_eq!(
-            effective_from_with_swarm(&swarm, &hive_side, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
-            ("150%".to_owned(), "2G".to_owned())
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn a_swarm_cap_is_per_field_like_every_other_tier() {
-        // A swarm that caps memory and says nothing about CPU leaves CPU on
-        // the hive's chain — here the per-agent override, not the hive default.
-        let hive_side = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("800%"), None))]);
-        let swarm = BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(None, Some("2G")))]);
-        assert_eq!(
-            effective_from_with_swarm(&swarm, &hive_side, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
-            ("800%".to_owned(), "2G".to_owned())
-        );
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn an_empty_swarm_map_leaves_the_existing_chain_bit_for_bit() {
-        // The control that makes the two tests above mean something: the
-        // wrapper must be a no-op when the swarm has said nothing, for every
-        // shape the old chain distinguishes. If this drifts, the swarm tier
-        // changed behaviour it was explicitly told not to change.
-        let none = BTreeMap::new();
-        let cases = [
-            BTreeMap::new(),
-            BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("400%"), Some("8G")))]),
-            BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(Some("400%"), None))]),
-            BTreeMap::from([("sock".to_owned(), limits(None, Some("8G")))]),
-            BTreeMap::from([("other".to_owned(), limits(Some("100%"), Some("1G")))]),
-        ];
-        for hive_side in &cases {
-            assert_eq!(
-                effective_from_with_swarm(&none, hive_side, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
-                effective_from(hive_side, "sock", HIVE_CPU, HIVE_MEM),
-                "the wrapper changed the answer with no swarm value present"
-            );
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/container_view.rs b/hive-c0re/src/container_view.rs
index d55686cc..67e98753 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/container_view.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/container_view.rs
@@ -76,16 +76,6 @@ pub struct ContainerView {
     /// a legitimate way to keep it idle when it next boots.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub paused: bool,
-    /// Effective systemd `CPUQuota=` for this container (e.g. `"400%"`) —
-    /// the per-agent override from `meta/resource-limits.json` when set,
-    /// otherwise the hive-wide `agentCpuQuota`. Always populated: there
-    /// is no "unset" state to render, only "same as everyone else".
-    /// Reflects what the *drop-in says*, which is what the next start
-    /// will enforce — not a live cgroup reading.
-    pub cpu_quota: String,
-    /// Effective systemd `MemoryMax=` for this container (e.g. `"8G"`).
-    /// Same resolution + caveat as [`ContainerView::cpu_quota`].
-    pub memory_max: String,
 }
 
 impl From<ContainerView> for hive_sh4re::container::AgentStatusRow {
@@ -99,10 +89,9 @@ impl From<ContainerView> for hive_sh4re::container::AgentStatusRow {
     /// anymore. Stubbed to `0` rather than dropping the wire field
     /// outright — leaves `hivectl status`/the dashboard column intact
     /// syntactically, just always empty, until iris's frontend follow-up
-    /// decides whether to drop the column entirely. `port`, `cpu_quota`,
-    /// `memory_max` have no equivalent on the row at all and are simply
-    /// not carried over. `url` has no source on `ContainerView` at all —
-    /// see [`agent_url`].
+    /// decides whether to drop the column entirely. `port` has no
+    /// equivalent on the row at all and is simply not carried over. `url`
+    /// has no source on `ContainerView` at all — see [`agent_url`].
     fn from(v: ContainerView) -> Self {
         Self {
             url: agent_url(&v.name),
@@ -148,37 +137,12 @@ fn agent_url_for_domain(domain: &str, name: &str) -> String {
 /// Build the full container list. Wraps `lifecycle::list()` and
 /// resolves every per-agent attribute the dashboard surfaces.
 ///
-/// Takes `hive` because the effective resource limits are a per-field
-/// fallback onto the hive-wide `agent_cpu_quota` / `agent_memory_max`,
-/// and those live on [`crate::coordinator::HiveEnv`], not on disk. Both callers already
-/// hold a `Coordinator`, so this is a parameter rather than a global.
-///
 /// # Errors
 ///
 /// The container list could not be read.
-pub async fn build_all(hive: &crate::coordinator::HiveEnv) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<ContainerView>> {
+pub async fn build_all() -> anyhow::Result<Vec<ContainerView>> {
     let raw = lifecycle::list().await?;
     let locked = read_meta_locked_revs();
-    // Read once per scan rather than re-read for every container on every
-    // SSE scan. An unreadable file shows every row at the hive defaults;
-    // the error log is the only signal, as `ContainerView` has no field
-    // to carry it.
-    let limits = crate::resource_limits::read().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        tracing::error!(
-            path = %crate::resource_limits::resource_limits_path().display(),
-            error = ?e,
-            "resource limits unreadable — container rows show hive defaults"
-        );
-        std::collections::BTreeMap::new()
-    });
-    let swarm_limits = crate::resource_limits::read_swarm().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-        tracing::error!(
-            path = %crate::resource_limits::swarm_limits_path().display(),
-            error = ?e,
-            "swarm resource caps unreadable — container rows ignore them"
-        );
-        std::collections::BTreeMap::new()
-    });
     let mut out = Vec::new();
     for c in &raw {
         let Some(logical) = c.strip_prefix(AGENT_PREFIX) else {
@@ -243,13 +207,6 @@ pub async fn build_all(hive: &crate::coordinator::HiveEnv) -> anyhow::Result<Vec
             (None, None)
         };
         let paused = Coordinator::is_paused(&logical);
-        let (cpu_quota, memory_max) = crate::resource_limits::effective_from_with_swarm(
-            &swarm_limits,
-            &limits,
-            logical.as_str(),
-            &hive.agent_cpu_quota,
-            &hive.agent_memory_max,
-        );
         out.push(ContainerView {
             port: lifecycle::agent_web_port(logical.as_str()),
             running,
@@ -263,8 +220,6 @@ pub async fn build_all(hive: &crate::coordinator::HiveEnv) -> anyhow::Result<Vec
             status_text,
             status_set_at,
             paused,
-            cpu_quota,
-            memory_max,
         });
     }
     Ok(out)
@@ -570,9 +525,8 @@ mod tests {
 
     /// The `From` impl both `handle_agent_status`'s poll path and
     /// `stream_agent_status`'s push path go through — pins the field
-    /// mapping so the two can't quietly diverge, and that `port` /
-    /// `cpu_quota` / `memory_max` (no equivalent on the row) are dropped
-    /// on purpose rather than by omission.
+    /// mapping so the two can't quietly diverge, and that `port` (no
+    /// equivalent on the row) is dropped on purpose rather than by omission.
     #[test]
     fn agent_status_row_carries_every_field_the_row_has_and_drops_the_rest() {
         use super::ContainerView;
@@ -592,8 +546,6 @@ mod tests {
             status_text: Some("shipping".to_owned()),
             status_set_at: Some(Utc.timestamp_opt(1_700_000_000, 0).unwrap()),
             paused: true,
-            cpu_quota: "400%".to_owned(),
-            memory_max: "8G".to_owned(),
         };
 
         let row = AgentStatusRow::from(view);
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs b/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs
index 927d470e..26815947 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/coordinator.rs
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ impl Coordinator {
     pub async fn rescan_containers_and_emit(self: &Arc<Self>) {
         // An unreadable list says nothing about which containers exist, so
         // the last snapshot stands rather than every row being reported gone.
-        let fresh = match container_view::build_all(&self.hive_env()).await {
+        let fresh = match container_view::build_all().await {
             Ok(fresh) => fresh,
             Err(e) => {
                 tracing::warn!(error = ?e, "container rescan: list failed; keeping last snapshot");
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/lifecycle_ops.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/lifecycle_ops.rs
index c26995e6..d93be152 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/lifecycle_ops.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/lifecycle_ops.rs
@@ -311,95 +311,6 @@ fn set_paused_error_response(
     }
 }
 
-/// Form fields for `post_resource_limits`. Both fields are optional strings;
-/// an empty value clears the per-agent override for that field, falling back
-/// to the hive-wide default.
-#[derive(Deserialize, Default, ToSchema)]
-pub(super) struct ResourceLimitsForm {
-    #[serde(default)]
-    cpu_quota: String,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    memory_max: String,
-}
-
-/// Write per-agent CPU/memory limit
-/// overrides for `name`.
-///
-/// An empty `cpu_quota` or `memory_max` field clears that field's override,
-/// falling back to the hive-wide default. Both empty together removes the
-/// agent's entry entirely. The new drop-in is written immediately — the
-/// limits take effect on the next container start or restart. Triggers an
-/// immediate rescan so `ContainerView.cpu_quota`/`memory_max` update on
-/// the dashboard via SSE without waiting for the next periodic sweep.
-#[utoipa::path(
-    post,
-    path = "/api/resource-limits/{name}",
-    params(("name" = String, Path, description = "agent name")),
-    request_body(content = ResourceLimitsForm, content_type = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),
-    responses(
-        (status = 200, description = "limits written", body = String),
-        (status = 400, description = "bad agent name"),
-        (status = 404, description = "no such agent"),
-        (status = 422, description = "invalid cpu_quota/memory_max value"),
-        (status = 500, description = "commit or drop-in write failed"),
-    ),
-    tag = "lifecycle_ops"
-)]
-pub(super) async fn post_resource_limits(
-    State(state): State<AppState>,
-    AxumPath(name): AxumPath<String>,
-    Form(form): Form<ResourceLimitsForm>,
-) -> Response {
-    let logical = strip_container_prefix(&name);
-    if let Some(reject) = guard_agent_name(&state, &logical).await {
-        return reject;
-    }
-    let ident = match Ident::parse(&logical) {
-        Ok(i) => i,
-        Err(e) => return (StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST, format!("bad agent name: {e}")).into_response(),
-    };
-    let cpu_quota = if form.cpu_quota.is_empty() {
-        None
-    } else {
-        Some(form.cpu_quota.as_str())
-    };
-    let memory_max = if form.memory_max.is_empty() {
-        None
-    } else {
-        Some(form.memory_max.as_str())
-    };
-    if let Some(v) = cpu_quota
-        && let Err(e) = crate::resource_limits::validate_cpu_quota(v)
-    {
-        return (StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, e).into_response();
-    }
-    // Returns the value to store, not just an ok/err verdict — see
-    // `validate_memory_max`'s own doc for why that isn't always `v`.
-    let memory_max = match memory_max.map(crate::resource_limits::validate_memory_max) {
-        Some(Err(e)) => return (StatusCode::UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY, e).into_response(),
-        Some(Ok(v)) => Some(v),
-        None => None,
-    };
-    let limits = crate::resource_limits::AgentLimits {
-        cpu_quota: cpu_quota.map(str::to_owned),
-        memory_max,
-    };
-    if let Err(e) = crate::meta::commit_resource_limits(ident.as_str(), &limits).await {
-        return error_response(&format!("set limits {logical}: {e:#}"));
-    }
-    let agent_dir = crate::paths::agent_runtime_dir(ident.as_str());
-    let hive = state.coord.hive_env();
-    let paths = match crate::coordinator::Coordinator::agent_paths(ident.as_str(), agent_dir) {
-        Ok(p) => p,
-        Err(e) => return error_response(&format!("write_dropins {logical}: {e:#}")),
-    };
-    if let Err(e) = crate::lifecycle::write_dropins(ident.as_str(), &hive, &paths).await {
-        return error_response(&format!("write_dropins {logical}: {e:#}"));
-    }
-    state.coord.rescan_containers_and_emit().await;
-    (StatusCode::OK, "ok").into_response()
-}
-
 /// Queue a rebuild DAG for every live agent
 /// container.
 #[utoipa::path(
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/misc_api.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/misc_api.rs
index 1d0d63ec..845303f2 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/misc_api.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/misc_api.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 //! Remaining single-endpoint dashboard handlers: mark-all-read, operator
-//! compose (`op-send`), spawn-request, hive-wide turn stats, and container
-//! resources.
+//! compose (`op-send`), spawn-request and hive-wide turn stats.
 
 use axum::{
     extract::{Form, Path as AxumPath, State},
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use utoipa::{IntoParams, ToSchema};
 
 use super::{AppState, Ident, error_response};
-use crate::container_stats::ContainerResource;
 use crate::hive_stats::HiveStats;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, IntoParams)]
@@ -43,20 +41,6 @@ pub(super) async fn api_stats_hive(
     .into_response()
 }
 
-/// Live per-agent-container CPU + memory load from cgroup v2.
-///
-/// Samples CPU over a short interval (~200 ms), so this call briefly
-/// awaits.
-#[utoipa::path(
-    get,
-    path = "/api/container-resources",
-    responses((status = 200, description = "live per-container CPU + memory load", body = Vec<ContainerResource>)),
-    tag = "misc_api"
-)]
-pub(super) async fn api_container_resources() -> Response {
-    axum::Json(crate::container_stats::gather().await).into_response()
-}
-
 #[derive(Serialize, ToSchema)]
 pub(super) struct MarkAllReadBody {
     marked: u64,
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/mod.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/mod.rs
index 79d808bc..6f1fec8d 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/mod.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ fn app(coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> axum::Router {
         .routes(routes!(state_snapshot::api_state))
         .routes(routes!(state_files::get_state_file))
         .routes(routes!(misc_api::api_stats_hive))
-        .routes(routes!(misc_api::api_container_resources))
         .routes(routes!(misc_api::post_mark_all_read))
         .routes(routes!(misc_api::post_op_send))
         .routes(routes!(build_logs::get_build_logs_all))
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ fn app(coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> axum::Router {
         .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_rebuild))
         .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_pause))
         .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_resume))
-        .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_resource_limits))
         .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_update_all))
         .routes(routes!(tombstones::post_purge_tombstone))
         .routes(routes!(meta_inputs::post_meta_update))
@@ -372,7 +370,6 @@ mod router_build_probe {
             .routes(routes!(state_snapshot::api_state))
             .routes(routes!(state_files::get_state_file))
             .routes(routes!(misc_api::api_stats_hive))
-            .routes(routes!(misc_api::api_container_resources))
             .routes(routes!(misc_api::post_mark_all_read))
             .routes(routes!(misc_api::post_op_send))
             .routes(routes!(build_logs::get_build_logs_all))
@@ -396,7 +393,6 @@ mod router_build_probe {
             .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_rebuild))
             .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_pause))
             .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_resume))
-            .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_resource_limits))
             .routes(routes!(lifecycle_ops::post_update_all))
             .routes(routes!(tombstones::post_purge_tombstone))
             .routes(routes!(meta_inputs::post_meta_update))
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/state_snapshot.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/state_snapshot.rs
index c647fd74..ac406e44 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/state_snapshot.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/state_snapshot.rs
@@ -603,8 +603,6 @@ mod tests {
             status_text: None,
             status_set_at: None,
             paused: false,
-            cpu_quota: "200%".to_owned(),
-            memory_max: "4G".to_owned(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle/host_config.rs b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle/host_config.rs
index 9e5a0b98..a0fdd10f 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle/host_config.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/lifecycle/host_config.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ pub async fn write_dropins(name: &str, hive: &HiveEnv, paths: &AgentPaths) -> Re
     set_nspawn_flags(&container, &paths.agent, &paths.claude, &paths.notes).await?;
     if let Some((cpu_quota, memory_max)) = stage_limits(
         name,
-        &crate::resource_limits::resource_limits_path(),
         &crate::resource_limits::swarm_limits_path(),
         &limits_dropin_path(&container),
         &paths.agent,
@@ -97,14 +96,13 @@ impl HostMemory {
 /// `MemoryMax=` the agent will start under: the new one, or the kept drop-in's.
 fn stage_limits(
     agent_name: &str,
-    limits_path: &Path,
     swarm_path: &Path,
     dropin_path: &Path,
     runtime_dir: &Path,
     hive: &HiveEnv,
     host: Option<HostMemory>,
 ) -> Result<Option<(String, String)>> {
-    let limits = limits_to_apply(agent_name, limits_path, swarm_path, dropin_path, hive);
+    let limits = limits_to_apply(agent_name, swarm_path, dropin_path, hive);
     let memory_max = match &limits {
         Some((_, memory_max)) => Some(memory_max.clone()),
         None => dropin_memory_max(agent_name, dropin_path),
@@ -226,35 +224,27 @@ fn write_memory_cap(runtime_dir: &Path, cap: Option<&str>) -> Result<()> {
 /// The `(CPUQuota, MemoryMax)` to write into `agent_name`'s limits
 /// drop-in, or `None` to leave the drop-in at `dropin_path` as it is.
 ///
-/// When the overrides file at `limits_path` or the swarm caps at
-/// `swarm_path` can't be read, the error is logged and the agent still starts.
-/// The last-applied drop-in is kept, because the hive defaults can be looser
-/// than the agent's own override.
+/// When the swarm caps at `swarm_path` can't be read, the error is logged and
+/// the agent still starts. The last-applied drop-in is kept, because the hive
+/// defaults can be looser than the swarm's cap.
 /// With no drop-in yet, the agent gets the hive defaults: without one it
 /// would run uncapped.
 fn limits_to_apply(
     agent_name: &str,
-    limits_path: &Path,
     swarm_path: &Path,
     dropin_path: &Path,
     hive: &HiveEnv,
 ) -> Option<(String, String)> {
     let hive_cpu = &hive.agent_cpu_quota;
     let hive_mem = &hive.agent_memory_max;
-    let e = match crate::resource_limits::effective_with_swarm(
-        limits_path,
-        swarm_path,
-        agent_name,
-        hive_cpu,
-        hive_mem,
-    ) {
+    let e = match crate::resource_limits::effective(swarm_path, agent_name, hive_cpu, hive_mem) {
         Ok(limits) => return Some(limits),
         Err(e) => e,
     };
     if dropin_path.exists() {
         tracing::error!(
             agent = %agent_name,
-            path = %limits_path.display(),
+            path = %swarm_path.display(),
             error = ?e,
             "resource limits unreadable — keeping the last-applied limits drop-in"
         );
@@ -262,7 +252,7 @@ fn limits_to_apply(
     } else {
         tracing::error!(
             agent = %agent_name,
-            path = %limits_path.display(),
+            path = %swarm_path.display(),
             error = ?e,
             "resource limits unreadable and no limits drop-in yet — applying hive defaults"
         );
@@ -271,14 +261,14 @@ fn limits_to_apply(
 }
 
 /// Write a systemd drop-in for `container@<container>.service` that applies
-/// the agent's effective resource caps — its per-agent overrides from
-/// `meta/resource-limits.json` where set, the hive-wide defaults
+/// the agent's effective resource caps — the swarm's cap from
+/// `meta/swarm-resource-limits.json` where set, the hive-wide defaults
 /// otherwise. Goes under `/run/systemd/system/...` so it's ephemeral
 /// (regenerated on every spawn / rebuild, except as [`limits_to_apply`] says).
 ///
 /// The weights are hive-wide (`services.hyperhive.agentCpuWeight` /
-/// `agentIoWeight`) — unlike the caps they have no per-agent override in
-/// `meta/resource-limits.json`, so they come straight off [`HiveEnv`].
+/// `agentIoWeight`) — unlike the caps they have no swarm cap, so they come
+/// straight off [`HiveEnv`].
 /// `None` (the nix option set to `null`) means the weight line is left out
 /// and the container keeps the kernel default.
 async fn set_resource_limits(
@@ -848,42 +838,35 @@ mod tests {
 
     const TRUNCATED_LIMITS: &str = "{\n  \"sock\": { \"cpu_quota\": \"50%\", \"mem";
 
-    fn absent_swarm(dir: &tempfile::TempDir) -> std::path::PathBuf {
-        dir.path().join("absent-swarm-resource-limits.json")
+    fn swarm_file(dir: &tempfile::TempDir) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        dir.path().join("swarm-resource-limits.json")
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn corrupt_limits_keep_an_existing_dropin() {
+    fn corrupt_swarm_caps_keep_an_existing_dropin() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
         let dropin = dir.path().join("hyperhive-limits.conf");
-        std::fs::write(&limits, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed limits");
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed swarm caps");
         std::fs::write(&dropin, "MemoryMax=1G\n").expect("seed drop-in");
         assert_eq!(
-            limits_to_apply(
-                "sock",
-                &limits,
-                &absent_swarm(&dir),
-                &dropin,
-                &HiveEnv::default()
-            ),
+            limits_to_apply("sock", &swarm, &dropin, &HiveEnv::default()),
             None
         );
         assert_eq!(
-            std::fs::read(&limits).expect("read"),
+            std::fs::read(&swarm).expect("read"),
             TRUNCATED_LIMITS.as_bytes()
         );
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn corrupt_limits_without_a_dropin_apply_hive_defaults() {
+    fn corrupt_swarm_caps_without_a_dropin_apply_hive_defaults() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
-        std::fs::write(&limits, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed limits");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed swarm caps");
         let applied = limits_to_apply(
             "sock",
-            &limits,
-            &absent_swarm(&dir),
+            &swarm,
             &dir.path().join("absent.conf"),
             &HiveEnv::default(),
         );
@@ -891,32 +874,12 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn corrupt_swarm_caps_keep_an_existing_dropin() {
+    fn a_swarm_cap_is_applied_over_the_hive_default() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let swarm = dir.path().join("swarm-resource-limits.json");
-        let dropin = dir.path().join("hyperhive-limits.conf");
-        std::fs::write(&swarm, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed swarm caps");
-        std::fs::write(&dropin, "MemoryMax=1G\n").expect("seed drop-in");
-        let applied = limits_to_apply(
-            "sock",
-            &dir.path().join("resource-limits.json"),
-            &swarm,
-            &dropin,
-            &HiveEnv::default(),
-        );
-        assert_eq!(applied, None);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn a_swarm_cap_is_applied_over_the_operator_override() {
-        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
-        let swarm = dir.path().join("swarm-resource-limits.json");
-        std::fs::write(&limits, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "16G"}}"#).expect("seed limits");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
         std::fs::write(&swarm, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "2G"}}"#).expect("seed swarm caps");
         let applied = limits_to_apply(
             "sock",
-            &limits,
             &swarm,
             &dir.path().join("absent.conf"),
             &HiveEnv::default(),
@@ -925,19 +888,13 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn readable_limits_are_applied_over_an_existing_dropin() {
+    fn readable_swarm_caps_are_applied_over_an_existing_dropin() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
         let dropin = dir.path().join("hyperhive-limits.conf");
-        std::fs::write(&limits, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "1G"}}"#).expect("seed limits");
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "1G"}}"#).expect("seed swarm caps");
         std::fs::write(&dropin, "MemoryMax=8G\n").expect("seed drop-in");
-        let applied = limits_to_apply(
-            "sock",
-            &limits,
-            &absent_swarm(&dir),
-            &dropin,
-            &HiveEnv::default(),
-        );
+        let applied = limits_to_apply("sock", &swarm, &dropin, &HiveEnv::default());
         assert_eq!(applied, Some(("200%".to_owned(), "1G".to_owned())));
     }
 
@@ -953,8 +910,7 @@ mod tests {
         let runtime = dir.path().join("runtime");
         let applied = stage_limits(
             "sock",
-            &dir.path().join("resource-limits.json"),
-            &dir.path().join("swarm-resource-limits.json"),
+            &swarm_file(dir),
             &dir.path().join("hyperhive-limits.conf"),
             &runtime,
             &HiveEnv::default(),
@@ -965,40 +921,18 @@ mod tests {
         (applied.map(|(_, mem)| mem), copy)
     }
 
-    /// The agent's copy follows the swarm's cap, the one systemd enforces, over
-    /// the operator's override: a heap sized against the override would
-    /// outgrow the cgroup.
-    #[test]
-    fn the_agent_reads_the_swarm_cap_over_the_operator_override() {
-        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        std::fs::write(
-            dir.path().join("resource-limits.json"),
-            r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "16G"}}"#,
-        )
-        .expect("seed limits");
-        std::fs::write(
-            dir.path().join("swarm-resource-limits.json"),
-            r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "2G"}}"#,
-        )
-        .expect("seed swarm caps");
-        assert_eq!(
-            stage(&dir),
-            (Some("2G".to_owned()), Some("2147483648\n".to_owned()))
-        );
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn the_agent_reads_the_cap_its_dropin_carries() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
 
-        // No overrides anywhere: the hive-wide default, 4G.
+        // No swarm cap anywhere: the hive-wide default, 4G.
         assert_eq!(
             stage(&dir),
             (Some("4G".to_owned()), Some("4294967296\n".to_owned()))
         );
 
-        std::fs::write(&limits, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "16G"}}"#).expect("seed limits");
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "16G"}}"#).expect("seed swarm caps");
         assert_eq!(
             stage(&dir),
             (Some("16G".to_owned()), Some("17179869184\n".to_owned()))
@@ -1008,17 +942,17 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn every_kind_of_cap_is_written_for_the_agent() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
         for (memory_max, copy) in [
             ("infinity", "infinity\n"),
             ("50%", "8192004096\n"),
             ("8G", "8589934592\n"),
         ] {
             std::fs::write(
-                &limits,
+                &swarm,
                 format!(r#"{{"sock": {{"memory_max": "{memory_max}"}}}}"#),
             )
-            .expect("seed limits");
+            .expect("seed swarm caps");
             assert_eq!(
                 stage(&dir),
                 (Some(memory_max.to_owned()), Some(copy.to_owned())),
@@ -1072,14 +1006,14 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn a_kept_dropin_hands_the_agent_its_cap() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
         let dropin = dir.path().join("hyperhive-limits.conf");
         let copy = dir.path().join("runtime").join(MEMORY_CAP_FILE);
-        std::fs::write(&limits, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "1G"}}"#).expect("seed limits");
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "1G"}}"#).expect("seed swarm caps");
         assert_eq!(stage(&dir).1, Some("1073741824\n".to_owned()));
 
-        // Unreadable limits keep the drop-in; the copy follows the drop-in.
-        std::fs::write(&limits, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed limits");
+        // Unreadable caps keep the drop-in; the copy follows the drop-in.
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed swarm caps");
         std::fs::write(
             &dropin,
             "[Unit]\nConditionPathIsDirectory=/rt/sock\n\n[Service]\nRestartSec=5\nMemoryMax=2G\nCPUQuota=200%\n",
@@ -1103,29 +1037,21 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn an_unknown_cap_leaves_no_copy() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("tempdir");
-        let limits = dir.path().join("resource-limits.json");
+        let swarm = swarm_file(&dir);
         let dropin = dir.path().join("hyperhive-limits.conf");
         assert_eq!(stage(&dir).1, Some("4294967296\n".to_owned()));
 
-        // Unreadable limits and an unreadable drop-in: nothing says what the
+        // Unreadable caps and an unreadable drop-in: nothing says what the
         // cgroup enforces.
-        std::fs::write(&limits, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed limits");
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, TRUNCATED_LIMITS).expect("seed swarm caps");
         std::fs::create_dir(&dropin).expect("seed unreadable drop-in");
         assert_eq!(stage(&dir), (None, None));
 
         // A percentage with no host memory to resolve it against.
-        std::fs::write(&limits, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "50%"}}"#).expect("seed limits");
+        std::fs::write(&swarm, r#"{"sock": {"memory_max": "50%"}}"#).expect("seed swarm caps");
         let runtime = dir.path().join("runtime");
-        let applied = stage_limits(
-            "sock",
-            &limits,
-            &dir.path().join("swarm-resource-limits.json"),
-            &dropin,
-            &runtime,
-            &HiveEnv::default(),
-            None,
-        )
-        .expect("stage limits");
+        let applied = stage_limits("sock", &swarm, &dropin, &runtime, &HiveEnv::default(), None)
+            .expect("stage limits");
         assert_eq!(applied.map(|(_, mem)| mem), Some("50%".to_owned()));
         assert!(!runtime.join(MEMORY_CAP_FILE).exists());
     }
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs b/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs
index 1c8f88d6..ce916fa8 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/meta.rs
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ pub struct AgentSpec {
 
 /// Stage every generated meta JSON file that exists: topology.json is
 /// regenerated by `reconcile` whenever the agent set changed;
-/// tool-groups/capabilities/resource-limits are created lazily on
-/// first write (`set_groups`/`set_caps`/`set_limits`) — absent means
+/// tool-groups/capabilities are created lazily on
+/// first write (`set_groups`/`set_caps`) — absent means
 /// every agent is on defaults, no file needed. Without staging, an
 /// existing-but-untracked file shows up as untracked in the meta repo,
 /// which can confuse nix's dirty-tree fetch. `git add` is a no-op when
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ async fn stage_generated_meta_files(dir: &std::path::Path) -> Result<()> {
             crate::capabilities::capabilities_path(),
             "capabilities.json",
         ),
-        (
-            crate::resource_limits::resource_limits_path(),
-            "resource-limits.json",
-        ),
     ] {
         if path.exists() {
             git(dir, &["add", name]).await?;
@@ -202,7 +198,6 @@ pub async fn sync_agents(hive: &HiveEnv, agents: &[AgentSpec]) -> Result<()> {
                 f if f.starts_with("peer-ca-") && has_pem_ext(f) => Some("peer-ca"),
                 "topology.json" => Some("topology"),
                 "capabilities.json" => Some("capabilities"),
-                "resource-limits.json" => Some("resource-limits"),
                 "tool-groups.json" => Some("tool-groups"),
                 _ => None,
             })
@@ -352,41 +347,6 @@ pub async fn commit_capabilities(agent: &str, caps: &[String]) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Write the resource-limits file for `agent` and commit it atomically
-/// under `META_LOCK`. Same rationale as `commit_tool_groups`: the
-/// working tree must never be left dirty for the next `sync_agents` to trip
-/// over.
-///
-/// Unlike the perm files this one is never injected into the container —
-/// it's a host-side cap *on* the agent — but it lives in the same repo
-/// so a limit change gets the same auditable one-commit-per-change trail.
-///
-/// # Errors
-///
-/// Returns an error if writing the JSON file fails or a git stage/commit
-/// step fails.
-pub async fn commit_resource_limits(
-    agent: &str,
-    limits: &crate::resource_limits::AgentLimits,
-) -> Result<()> {
-    let _guard = META_LOCK.lock().await;
-    crate::resource_limits::set_limits(agent, limits)
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("set resource limits for {agent}: {e}"))?;
-    let dir = crate::paths::meta_root();
-    if crate::resource_limits::resource_limits_path().exists() {
-        git(&dir, &["add", "resource-limits.json"]).await?;
-    }
-    if paths_dirty(&dir, &["resource-limits.json"]).await? {
-        git_commit_paths(
-            &dir,
-            &format!("set resource limits for {agent}"),
-            &["resource-limits.json"],
-        )
-        .await?;
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// Write both perm files for `agent` (whichever are `Some`) and commit
 /// them in a SINGLE git commit under `META_LOCK` — the batch
 /// `POST /api/permissions` path. A `None` field leaves that file
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/server.rs b/hive-c0re/src/server.rs
index ea283fda..db4b4aad 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/server.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/server.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &HostRequest, coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> HostResponse {
             // question is only answerable on this side of the socket —
             // see the request's doc comment for why the client asks.
             HostRequest::AgentExists { name } => HostResponse::agent_exists(agent_exists(name)?),
-            HostRequest::AgentStatus => handle_agent_status(&coord).await,
+            HostRequest::AgentStatus => handle_agent_status().await,
             // Intercepted in `handle()` before a request ever reaches
             // `dispatch` — see `stream_agent_status`'s doc comment. This
             // arm exists only so the match stays exhaustive; reaching it
@@ -184,19 +184,6 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &HostRequest, coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> HostResponse {
             // federation peer-config block) and open the web surfaces
             // (`hivectl open`).
             HostRequest::Urls => HostResponse::urls(hive_urls()),
-            HostRequest::SetResourceLimits {
-                name,
-                cpu_quota,
-                memory_max,
-            } => {
-                handle_set_resource_limits(
-                    &coord,
-                    name,
-                    cpu_quota.as_deref(),
-                    memory_max.as_deref(),
-                )
-                .await?
-            }
             HostRequest::MatrixInvite { user, room } => {
                 handle_matrix_invite(user, room.as_deref()).await?
             }
@@ -293,8 +280,8 @@ async fn handle_set_paused(
 }
 
 /// Collect per-agent status rows for `hivectl status` and the dashboard.
-async fn handle_agent_status(coord: &Arc<Coordinator>) -> HostResponse {
-    match crate::container_view::build_all(&coord.hive_env()).await {
+async fn handle_agent_status() -> HostResponse {
+    match crate::container_view::build_all().await {
         Ok(views) => HostResponse::agent_statuses(
             views
                 .into_iter()
@@ -380,66 +367,6 @@ fn agent_exists(name: &hive_types::Ident) -> Result<bool> {
         .with_context(|| format!("check agent state dir for {name}"))
 }
 
-/// Validate + persist an agent's CPU/memory overrides, then re-apply the
-/// drop-in so the change lands without waiting for a rebuild.
-///
-/// Validation is here rather than only in `hivectl` because the values
-/// are written verbatim into the systemd drop-in: a malformed
-/// `CPUQuota=` makes systemd reject the unit, and the container stops
-/// starting. Every client (CLI, dashboard, anything later) goes through
-/// this path, so the guard belongs on this side of the socket.
-///
-/// `None`/`None` removes the agent's entry, returning it to the
-/// hive-wide defaults.
-async fn handle_set_resource_limits(
-    coord: &Arc<Coordinator>,
-    name: &hive_types::Ident,
-    cpu_quota: Option<&str>,
-    memory_max: Option<&str>,
-) -> Result<HostResponse> {
-    if let Some(value) = cpu_quota {
-        crate::resource_limits::validate_cpu_quota(value).map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
-    }
-    // `validate_memory_max` returns the value to store, not just an
-    // ok/err verdict: a friendly spelling like "8GB" is accepted but
-    // normalized to the "8G" systemd's own parser actually takes.
-    let memory_max = memory_max
-        .map(crate::resource_limits::validate_memory_max)
-        .transpose()
-        .map_err(anyhow::Error::msg)?;
-    tracing::info!(%name, ?cpu_quota, ?memory_max, "set_resource_limits");
-    let limits = crate::resource_limits::AgentLimits {
-        cpu_quota: cpu_quota.map(ToOwned::to_owned),
-        memory_max,
-    };
-    // Goes through `meta::commit_resource_limits`, not the bare
-    // `resource_limits::set_limits`: the write has to be staged +
-    // committed under `META_LOCK` or it leaves the meta working tree
-    // dirty for the next `sync_agents` to trip over.
-    crate::meta::commit_resource_limits(name.as_str(), &limits).await?;
-
-    // Re-apply the drop-in straight away — same three lines as the job
-    // queue's `WriteDropin` node. Without this the new values would sit
-    // in the JSON until the agent's next spawn or rebuild.
-    let agent_dir = crate::paths::agent_runtime_dir(name.as_str());
-    let hive = coord.hive_env();
-    let paths = Coordinator::agent_paths(name.as_str(), agent_dir)?;
-    crate::lifecycle::write_dropins(name.as_str(), &hive, &paths).await?;
-
-    let (cpu, mem) = crate::resource_limits::effective_with_swarm(
-        &crate::resource_limits::resource_limits_path(),
-        &crate::resource_limits::swarm_limits_path(),
-        name.as_str(),
-        &hive.agent_cpu_quota,
-        &hive.agent_memory_max,
-    )?;
-    Ok(HostResponse::messages(vec![format!(
-        "{name}: CPUQuota={cpu} MemoryMax={mem} — the cgroup cap itself is live now; the \
-         Claude/JSC heap ceiling and the subagent MemoryHigh= derived from it follow at the \
-         container's next start (restart it if it's running and needs them now)"
-    )]))
-}
-
 /// Guard: matrix provisioning needs a homeserver to provision against.
 ///
 /// Answers "is one configured", not "is one running here": the address is
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/stats/host_stats.rs b/hive-c0re/src/stats/host_stats.rs
index 6a38db23..1787ddc2 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/stats/host_stats.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/stats/host_stats.rs
@@ -234,8 +234,6 @@ mod tests {
             status_text: None,
             status_set_at: None,
             paused: false,
-            cpu_quota: "200%".to_owned(),
-            memory_max: "4G".to_owned(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/workers/swarm_limits.rs b/hive-c0re/src/workers/swarm_limits.rs
index ec3b0979..a362b356 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/workers/swarm_limits.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/workers/swarm_limits.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! swarm-controller keeps one key per agent in the `agent-limits` bucket
 //! ([`swarm_queue_client::agent_limits`]). Every [`READ_INTERVAL`] this reads
 //! the key of each agent this hive has and stores what it finds in
-//! `swarm-resource-limits.json`, where the drop-in and the dashboard read it.
+//! `swarm-resource-limits.json`, where the drop-in reads it.
 //! A running agent gets a changed cap at its first spawn or rebuild after
 //! that read.
 //!
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ async fn sync(client: &async_nats::Client) -> Result<()> {
 /// The caps to store for `declared`, by agent. An agent with no field set
 /// gets no entry.
 ///
-/// Every value goes through the validators the operator's own input path
-/// uses, because it is rendered verbatim into the container's systemd
-/// drop-in. One bad value refuses the whole set.
+/// Every value goes through the `resource_limits` validators, because it is
+/// rendered verbatim into the container's systemd drop-in. One bad value
+/// refuses the whole set.
 fn validated(declared: &BTreeMap<String, AgentCaps>) -> Result<BTreeMap<String, AgentLimits>> {
     let mut out = BTreeMap::new();
     for (agent, caps) in declared {
@@ -127,48 +127,38 @@ mod tests {
     use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 
     use super::validated;
-    use crate::resource_limits::AgentLimits;
     use swarm_queue_client::agent_limits::AgentCaps;
 
-    /// `atlas`'s answer with `atlas_key` as the value read for it, over a hive
-    /// chain that caps it at 800% / 16G.
+    /// `atlas`'s answer with `atlas_key` as the value read for it, over the
+    /// hive-wide defaults of 200% / 4G.
     fn atlas_with(atlas_key: &str) -> (String, String) {
         let declared = BTreeMap::from([(
             "atlas".to_owned(),
             serde_json::from_str::<AgentCaps>(atlas_key).expect("decodes"),
         )]);
         let stored = validated(&declared).expect("valid caps");
-        let hive_side = BTreeMap::from([(
-            "atlas".to_owned(),
-            AgentLimits {
-                cpu_quota: Some("800%".to_owned()),
-                memory_max: Some("16G".to_owned()),
-            },
-        )]);
-        crate::resource_limits::effective_from_with_swarm(
-            &stored, &hive_side, "atlas", "200%", "4G",
-        )
+        crate::resource_limits::effective_from(&stored, "atlas", "200%", "4G")
     }
 
     /// The other half of swarm-controller's
     /// `agent_limits::the_route_writes_the_caps_a_hive_reads_and_delete_clears_them`:
     /// the first value is the bytes that route stores. The cap replaces the
-    /// hive's chain; a deleted key reads as `{}` and gives the chain back.
+    /// hive default; a deleted key reads as `{}` and gives the default back.
     #[test]
-    fn the_caps_the_route_stores_replace_the_hive_chain_and_a_cleared_key_restores_it() {
+    fn the_caps_the_route_stores_replace_the_hive_default_and_a_cleared_key_restores_it() {
         assert_eq!(
             atlas_with(r#"{"cpu_quota":"400%","memory_max":"8G"}"#),
             ("400%".to_owned(), "8G".to_owned())
         );
-        assert_eq!(atlas_with("{}"), ("800%".to_owned(), "16G".to_owned()));
+        assert_eq!(atlas_with("{}"), ("200%".to_owned(), "4G".to_owned()));
     }
 
-    /// Per field: a swarm memory cap leaves CPU on the hive's chain.
+    /// Per field: a swarm memory cap leaves CPU on the hive default.
     #[test]
     fn a_field_the_swarm_leaves_unset_stays_with_the_hive() {
         assert_eq!(
             atlas_with(r#"{"memory_max":"2G"}"#),
-            ("800%".to_owned(), "2G".to_owned())
+            ("200%".to_owned(), "2G".to_owned())
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs b/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
index e2bc0c78..4adc8233 100644
--- a/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
@@ -211,23 +211,6 @@ pub enum HostRequest {
     /// this request just answers whatever it's asked. Result:
     /// [`HostResponse::nodes`].
     QueueNodes { ids: Vec<u64> },
-    /// Declare an agent's CPU/memory overrides for the per-container
-    /// systemd drop-in, persisted to `meta/resource-limits.json`.
-    ///
-    /// **Replace, not merge** — the pair given here becomes the agent's
-    /// entire entry, matching how tool-groups/capabilities are set. A
-    /// `None` field falls back to the hive-wide
-    /// `agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`, so passing both as `None`
-    /// removes the entry entirely (reset to hive defaults).
-    ///
-    /// Values are passed verbatim to systemd, so the server validates
-    /// their shape before persisting: a malformed `CPUQuota=` makes
-    /// systemd reject the unit, which would stop the container starting.
-    SetResourceLimits {
-        name: Ident,
-        cpu_quota: Option<String>,
-        memory_max: Option<String>,
-    },
     /// Stop managed containers hive-wide in one operator action
     /// (`hivectl stop`): agents plus the selected infra containers. `scope`
     /// selects which classes; an all-false scope means **everything** (the
diff --git a/hivectl/src/agents.rs b/hivectl/src/agents.rs
index f8400580..0d98eca5 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/agents.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/agents.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! `hivectl agent <name>` — everything scoped to ONE managed agent:
 //! container lifecycle over the host admin socket (restart/pause/resume/
-//! spawn/kill/destroy/rebuild/set-limits/choom/watch), plus the
+//! spawn/kill/destroy/rebuild/choom/watch), plus the
 //! `quota` and `subvol` groups, whose handlers live in their own modules.
 //! `agents_list` (`hivectl list-agents`) is the one genuinely hive-wide
 //! read that lives in this module too since it shares the same daemon
@@ -282,32 +282,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_agent(socket: &Path, name: &str, cmd: AgentCmd) -> Resul
             let name = crate::util::parse_ident(name)?;
             render(crate::client::request(socket, HostRequest::Rebuild { name }).await?)
         }
-        AgentCmd::SetLimits {
-            cpu_quota,
-            memory_max,
-            reset,
-        } => {
-            let name = crate::util::parse_ident(name)?;
-            // `--reset` is the only way to reach an all-`None` request;
-            // clap rejects a bare `set-limits` with neither flag, so a
-            // forgotten value can't silently clear the overrides.
-            let (cpu_quota, memory_max) = if reset {
-                (None, None)
-            } else {
-                (cpu_quota, memory_max)
-            };
-            render(
-                crate::client::request(
-                    socket,
-                    HostRequest::SetResourceLimits {
-                        name,
-                        cpu_quota,
-                        memory_max,
-                    },
-                )
-                .await?,
-            )
-        }
         AgentCmd::Choom { resume_session } => {
             crate::choom::choom(socket, name, resume_session.as_deref()).await
         }
diff --git a/hivectl/src/cli.rs b/hivectl/src/cli.rs
index 89348e78..b407d745 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/cli.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/cli.rs
@@ -393,30 +393,6 @@ pub enum AgentCmd {
     },
     /// Apply pending config to this managed container.
     Rebuild,
-    /// Declare this agent's CPU/memory limits, overriding the hive-wide
-    /// defaults.
-    ///
-    /// Replaces the agent's whole override entry rather than merging into
-    /// it: any limit you don't pass returns to the hive-wide default. To
-    /// change one and keep the other, pass both. Disk is a separate
-    /// resource with its own group — see `quota`.
-    SetLimits {
-        /// systemd `CPUQuota=` value, for example `400%` (100% = one full core).
-        #[arg(long, conflicts_with = "reset")]
-        cpu_quota: Option<String>,
-        /// systemd `MemoryMax=` value, for example `8G`, `50%`, or `infinity`.
-        #[arg(long, conflicts_with = "reset")]
-        memory_max: Option<String>,
-        /// Drop all overrides — the agent returns to the hive-wide
-        /// defaults. Required to clear limits, so that a `set-limits`
-        /// with a forgotten value can't silently reset the agent.
-        #[arg(
-            long,
-            conflicts_with_all = ["cpu_quota", "memory_max"],
-            required_unless_present_any = ["cpu_quota", "memory_max"],
-        )]
-        reset: bool,
-    },
     /// Open an interactive Claude session inside this agent's container.
     ///
     /// A fresh session by default, or resume a prior one. Requires root

From 23cedf3fa87c9c7bc48e5694f73518fb792ae7fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iris <iris@hyperhive.local>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:58:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] hive-c0re: shorten the resource limits module header
 under the comment-block limit

---
 hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs b/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
index c0da2272..2adc3623 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
 //! and every rebuild.
 //!
 //! Why host-side JSON and not an option in the agent's own `agent.nix`:
-//! the drop-in lands on the *host's* `container@h-<name>.service`, so
-//! c0re would have to `nix eval` the agent's whole nixosConfiguration
-//! just to read two strings. It is also the wrong trust boundary —
-//! a resource *cap* should not be sourced from the capped party.
+//! the drop-in lands on the *host's* `container@h-<name>.service`, and a
+//! resource *cap* should not be sourced from the capped party.
 
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};

From c875223db7baeb11c5d6467fb61360793d4f154b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iris <iris@hyperhive.local>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:06:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] hive-c0re: the container stats comments and docs name the
 OTEL exporter as the consumer, not the removed tab

---
 docs/scheduler/coordinator.md                 |  3 ++-
 docs/scheduler/observability.md               |  6 +++---
 hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs |  2 +-
 hive-c0re/src/main.rs                         |  6 +++---
 hive-c0re/src/stats/container_stats.rs        | 14 +++++++-------
 5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md b/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
index f1c3cbc7..74500d3e 100644
--- a/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
+++ b/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
@@ -548,7 +548,8 @@ wants it.
 Two things to know about the weights:
 
 - They're **hive-wide** — unlike the caps there is no per-agent
-  setting, so every agent carries the same value and the weight does _not_ rank agents against each other.
+  setting, so every agent carries the same value and the weight does _not_
+  rank agents against each other.
   What `80` buys is that agents yield to everything **not** on this
   drop-in path: host services (nginx and dnsmasq among them) and the
   infra containers (`hive-forge`, `hive-gateway`, `hive-matrix`), which
diff --git a/docs/scheduler/observability.md b/docs/scheduler/observability.md
index 8749d221..41c4922e 100644
--- a/docs/scheduler/observability.md
+++ b/docs/scheduler/observability.md
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ cleanly and the affected level button goes on returning zero rows:
 <!-- vale write-good.Passive = NO -->
 
 When OTEL is enabled, **hive-c0re itself** also exports each agent
-container's resource load — the same cgroup gauges shown on the dashboard
-LOAD tab — to this hive's own collector, exactly like an agent does and with
+container's resource load — the same cgroup gauges —
+to this hive's own collector, exactly like an agent does and with
 no separate toggle. These come from the host, not the in-container Claude SDK,
 so they cover containers even when their agent is idle.
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ exists, so off-the-shelf OTEL/Grafana container dashboards work. Resource
 | `hyperhive.container.memory.limit`  | `By` | gauge   | `memory.max` (custom — semconv has no `.limit` metric; omitted when unlimited)                                                                                                            |
 | `hyperhive.container.memory.peak`   | `By` | gauge   | `memory.peak` (custom — no semconv metric; omitted if unavailable)                                                                                                                        |
 | `hyperhive.container.storage.usage` | `By` | gauge   | `state/` + `work/` + writable rootfs, measured by `hive-priv` every 30 min (custom — semconv only has `disk.io`; omitted while unknown: not measured yet, or the last measurement failed) |
-| `hyperhive.container.cpu.percent`   | `%`  | gauge   | host-normalised percent (custom — the value the dashboard LOAD tab shows, no `rate()` needed)                                                                                             |
+| `hyperhive.container.cpu.percent`   | `%`  | gauge   | host-normalised percent (custom — no `rate()` needed)                                                                                                                                     |
 
 The `hyperhive.`-prefixed metrics have no semconv equivalent (memory
 limit + peak, on-disk footprint, and an instantaneous cpu percent kept
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs b/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
index 2adc3623..d9e058c9 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/agent_config/resource_limits.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 //! absent field all fall back to the hive-wide
 //! `services.hyperhive.agentCpuQuota` / `agentMemoryMax`. So a swarm cap on
 //! memory alone leaves CPU on the hive default — see
-//! [`effective_from_with_swarm`].
+//! [`effective_from`].
 //!
 //! Read path: `lifecycle::host_config::write_dropins`, on every spawn
 //! and every rebuild.
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/main.rs b/hive-c0re/src/main.rs
index 4ebfec67..c0ff3bed 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/main.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/main.rs
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@ async fn cmd_serve(
     // ~hundreds of KB, and the /stats + hive-stats views read it
     // directly; pruning it would just lose trend history for no gain.)
     // Slow per-container disk sampler: hive-priv measures each agent's state/
-    // + work/ + writable rootfs every 30 min, cached so the 5s container-load
-    // poll stays cheap cgroup-only reads. Feeds `disk_bytes` on the LOAD
-    // tab. See container_stats::disk_sampler_loop.
+    // + work/ + writable rootfs every 30 min, cached so a sample only reads
+    // cgroup files. Feeds `disk_bytes` to the OTEL exporter. See
+    // container_stats::disk_sampler_loop.
     crate::container_stats::spawn_disk_sampler();
     // Per-agent container-resource OTEL export: rides the same
     // cgroup gauges out to the configured OTLP endpoint, reusing the hive
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/stats/container_stats.rs b/hive-c0re/src/stats/container_stats.rs
index 99b4a26a..0612b2e9 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/stats/container_stats.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/stats/container_stats.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Live per-agent-container resource load (CPU + memory, plus the slow
-//! disk sample from hive-priv in [`disk_sampler_loop`]) for the
-//! dashboard. Reads cgroup v2 stat files for each running agent
+//! disk sample from hive-priv in [`disk_sampler_loop`]) for the OTEL
+//! exporter. Reads cgroup v2 stat files for each running agent
 //! machine directly — same privsep-clean posture as the turn-stats
 //! sqlite reads (`cpu.stat` / `memory.*` are world-readable; no
 //! `hive-priv` needed). Runs host-side in hive-c0re, where
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ use utoipa::ToSchema;
 
 use crate::coordinator::Coordinator;
 
-/// Sampling interval for the two CPU reads. Short enough to keep the
-/// endpoint snappy, long enough that the delta isn't dominated by read
+/// Sampling interval for the two CPU reads. Short enough to keep a sample
+/// quick, long enough that the delta isn't dominated by read
 /// jitter.
 const CPU_SAMPLE: Duration = Duration::from_millis(200);
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ pub struct ContainerResource {
 const DISK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL: Duration = Duration::from_mins(30);
 
 /// Last per-agent disk measurement, keyed by agent name; `None` is a failed
-/// one. Written by [`disk_sampler_loop`], read by [`gather`] so the hot
-/// poll never measures.
+/// one. Written by [`disk_sampler_loop`], read by [`gather`], so a sample
+/// never measures.
 fn disk_cache() -> &'static RwLock<HashMap<String, Option<u64>>> {
     static CACHE: OnceLock<RwLock<HashMap<String, Option<u64>>>> = OnceLock::new();
     CACHE.get_or_init(|| RwLock::new(HashMap::new()))
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ fn disk_reading(name: &hive_types::Ident, measured: anyhow::Result<u64>) -> Opti
 
 /// Background loop: every [`DISK_SAMPLE_INTERVAL`], remeasure disk usage
 /// for every kept-state agent and refresh [`disk_cache`]. The first pass
-/// runs immediately so the dashboard shows disk shortly after boot.
+/// runs immediately so the exporter has disk shortly after boot.
 /// Runs forever; spawn once at hive-c0re startup via [`spawn_disk_sampler`].
 pub async fn disk_sampler_loop() {
     loop {

From 1a86304f922e0378e2b453f6389ad5c3a458d986 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iris <iris@hyperhive.local>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:17:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] hive-c0re: the OTEL exporter doc says it is what the
 container stats feed, not a second consumer

---
 hive-c0re/src/stats/otel_metrics.rs | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/stats/otel_metrics.rs b/hive-c0re/src/stats/otel_metrics.rs
index bfb28f52..d5c394a3 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/stats/otel_metrics.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/stats/otel_metrics.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-//! Per-agent container-resource OTEL export. hive-c0re already samples each
-//! agent container's cgroup load for the dashboard
-//! ([`super::container_stats`]); this rides those same gauges out to the
+//! Per-agent container-resource OTEL export. This is what the cgroup load
+//! sampled in [`super::container_stats`] feeds: it rides those gauges out to the
 //! hive's own collector — the same first hop the agents use, named by the
 //! standard `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` (see `nix/host-modules/hive-c0re`,
 //! which sets it from the same binding it hands agents). No toggle of
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ fn register_instruments(provider: &SdkMeterProvider, snapshot: Arc<Mutex<Vec<Con
         .build();
 
     // Custom (`hyperhive.`) metrics semconv doesn't standardise: memory peak,
-    // on-disk footprint, and the instantaneous cpu percent the dashboard shows.
+    // on-disk footprint, and the instantaneous cpu percent.
     let snap = snapshot.clone();
     meter
         .u64_observable_gauge("hyperhive.container.memory.peak")

From 6f2455f84a2f3f0a51c1cf728c987265ca0ebf69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iris <iris@hyperhive.local>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:47:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] docs: rewrite the container load and retired limits prose
 in active voice for the vale error rules

---
 docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md | 2 +-
 docs/scheduler/coordinator.md       | 2 +-
 docs/web-ui/dashboard.md            | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md b/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
index 7c0a3efe..1dbc2cb8 100644
--- a/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
+++ b/docs/agent-lifecycle/persistence.md
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ Contents:
   for them.
 - `resource-limits.json` — retired. Per-agent overrides set on the hive used
   to live here; nothing reads or writes it now. An old copy in the meta repo
-  is ignored and can be deleted.
+  is harmless and you can delete it.
 
 The root agent has the meta dir RO-mounted at `/meta/`.
 
diff --git a/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md b/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
index 74500d3e..4634269f 100644
--- a/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
+++ b/docs/scheduler/coordinator.md
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ The answer per agent and per field is, first match wins:
 A swarm cap replaces the hive's answer, so a hive can't raise an agent
 above it. Like the rest of the drop-in, a changed swarm cap reaches a
 running agent at its next spawn or rebuild. A hive has no way to set a cap
-for one agent: caps are set per agent in the swarm UI.
+for one agent: you set caps per agent in the swarm UI.
 
 The container can't read its own cap, so `write_dropins` also writes the
 effective `MemoryMax=` into the agent's runtime dir
diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index 29ee1cfc..f65593e5 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ and `tool_groups_changed` (the latter two re-render the stale-perms
 sub-section when permission data changes). (Rebuild queue and meta inputs
 live on the BU1LDS page — see below.)
 
-Per-container CPU, memory and disk load is not shown in the hive UI. The
-same figures are exported as OTEL metrics and graphed in Grafana (see
+Per-container CPU, memory and disk load isn't shown in the hive UI. The
+same figures go out as OTEL metrics and appear in Grafana (see
 [observability](../scheduler/observability.md)). An agent's CPU and memory
-caps are set per agent in the swarm UI.
+caps live per agent in the swarm UI.
 
 **K3PT ST4T3** — two sub-sections on one pane: