diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index feedcce7..70db5adc 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -1431,38 +1431,11 @@ window.marked = marked;
       return false;
     }
     function renderStream(v, api) {
-      // Drop claude's result line and rate-limit — noise. TurnEnd
-      // communicates pass/fail; rate-limit events are noisy status chatter.
+      // Drop session init, claude's result line, rate-limit — noise.
+      // TurnEnd communicates pass/fail; session init isn't actionable.
+      if (v.type === 'system' && v.subtype === 'init') return;
       if (v.type === 'rate_limit_event') return;
       if (v.type === 'result') return;
-      // `system` events: `init` is silent startup noise; `api_retry`
-      // and `api_error` get human-readable notes; unknown subtypes get a
-      // muted line rather than a raw-JSON dump in the loud `sys` colour.
-      if (v.type === 'system') {
-        if (v.subtype === 'init') return;
-        if (v.subtype === 'api_retry') {
-          const parts = ['⚠ api retry'];
-          if (v.attempt != null && v.max_retries != null)
-            parts.push(v.attempt + '/' + v.max_retries);
-          if (v.error) parts.push(String(v.error));
-          else if (v.error_status) parts.push('HTTP ' + v.error_status);
-          if (v.retry_delay_ms != null)
-            parts.push(Math.round(v.retry_delay_ms) + 'ms');
-          api.row('note', parts.join(' · '));
-          return;
-        }
-        if (v.subtype === 'api_error') {
-          const msg = v.error || v.message
-            || (v.error_status ? 'HTTP ' + v.error_status : 'unknown');
-          api.row('note stderr', '✗ api error · ' + msg);
-          return;
-        }
-        // Other system subtypes (context_window_exceeded, etc.) — render a
-        // muted note with the subtype label; reserve the loud orange `sys`
-        // catch-all for truly unrecognised top-level types.
-        api.row('note', '⚙ ' + (v.subtype || 'system'));
-        return;
-      }
       // Background-task subagent events (claude's `Task` tool spawns
       // a separate session whose progress lands here as `task_*`
       // subtypes). Match by subtype so we don't have to track which
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
index 9b6fc238..9895687a 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js
@@ -651,11 +651,9 @@ window.marked = marked;
         || (op && (op.state === 'running'
               ? (op.kind === 'meta_update' ? 'meta-updating'
                   : op.kind === 'destroy'  ? 'destroying'
-                  : op.kind === 'restart'  ? 'restarting'
                   : 'rebuilding')
               : (op.kind === 'meta_update' ? 'meta-update queued'
                   : op.kind === 'destroy'  ? 'destroy queued'
-                  : op.kind === 'restart'  ? 'restart queued'
                   : 'rebuild queued')));
       const opRunning = transientKind != null
         || (op != null && op.state === 'running');
@@ -2179,9 +2177,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
     meta_update: '◆',
     spawn: '✨',
     destroy: '🗑',
-    restart: '↺',
-    startup_sweep: '⚡',
-    perm_change: '🔑',
   };
   const QUEUE_STATE_GLYPH = {
     queued: '⏸',