diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 93b98034..22171566 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1725,6 +1725,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "hive-jobq",
+ "hive-jobq-wire",
  "hive-sh4re",
  "hive-types",
  "serde",
@@ -1861,6 +1862,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap-markdown",
  "clap_complete",
  "hive-host-sock",
+ "hive-jobq-wire",
  "hive-sh4re",
  "hive-types",
  "http-body-util",
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs
index 6b2411df..d4afeea0 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/job_queue/mod.rs
@@ -289,8 +289,8 @@ impl JobQueue {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn first_error(&self, dag_id: u64) -> Option<String> {
         let inner = self.lock();
-        let container = container(&inner, dag_id)?;
-        inner.graph().first_error(container).map(ToOwned::to_owned)
+        let node = find_node(&inner, dag_id)?;
+        inner.graph().first_error(node).map(ToOwned::to_owned)
     }
 
     /// `(agent, label, takes_container_down)` for the live transient-pill set,
@@ -378,15 +378,45 @@ impl JobQueue {
             .filter_map(|c| dag_view(&inner, c))
             .collect()
     }
+
+    /// One or more nodes plus their live subtrees, as generic wire nodes —
+    /// the `QueueNodes` polling surface behind `hivectl`'s wait/progress
+    /// loop. Sibling of [`Self::snapshot`] (which serves the same graph
+    /// through the typed `DagView`/`NodeView` projection for the
+    /// dashboard's `/api/state.rebuild_queue`), this one goes through
+    /// [`GraphWire::wire_snapshot`] instead — no `Done`-node filtering, no
+    /// roll-up field (a node's own `state` answers that, see
+    /// `hive_jobq_wire`'s doc comment). Looks each id up by identity
+    /// alone — no assumption that it names a DAG container or a root;
+    /// "just show whatever the backend sends" for whatever ids the caller
+    /// asks about. Multiple ids in one call is the normal shape for a
+    /// batch op (e.g. restarting every agent submits one root per agent) —
+    /// callers should request the whole batch together rather than poll
+    /// one id per round-trip.
+    ///
+    /// An id with no matching node in the graph is silently dropped from
+    /// the result rather than erroring the whole batch — some ids in a
+    /// batch may already be evicted while others are still live. Today
+    /// that only happens for a genuinely unknown id: nothing prunes the
+    /// graph yet (bounded-prune is a Stage-C follow-up, see
+    /// [`visible_dags`]), so a *completed* DAG's nodes keep riding here
+    /// with a terminal `state` rather than disappearing — callers
+    /// watching for "done" should read the root's `state`, not absence.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn node_subtrees(&self, ids: &[u64]) -> Vec<GraphNode> {
+        let inner = self.lock();
+        let roots: Vec<NodeId> = ids.iter().filter_map(|id| find_node(&inner, *id)).collect();
+        inner.graph().wire_snapshot(roots)
+    }
 }
 
-/// The container node of `dag_id` — the `NodeKind::Dag` root whose id equals
-/// `dag_id`. `NodeId` is un-fabricable from a raw `u64`, so this is a search.
-fn container(sched: &Sched, dag_id: u64) -> Option<NodeId> {
-    sched.graph().nodes().find_map(|n| {
-        (n.parent.is_none() && n.id.get() == dag_id && matches!(n.payload, NodeKind::Dag { .. }))
-            .then_some(n.id)
-    })
+/// The graph node whose id equals `id`, whatever its kind or depth.
+/// `NodeId` is un-fabricable from a raw `u64`, so this is a search.
+fn find_node(sched: &Sched, id: u64) -> Option<NodeId> {
+    sched
+        .graph()
+        .nodes()
+        .find_map(|n| (n.id.get() == id).then_some(n.id))
 }
 
 /// Project a DAG into its wire [`DagView`]: a near-raw view of the
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/server.rs b/hive-c0re/src/server.rs
index 26803aa2..5427a7f6 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/server.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/server.rs
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &HostRequest, coord: Arc<Coordinator>) -> HostResponse {
                     .collect();
                 HostResponse::dags(dags)
             }
+            HostRequest::QueueNodes { ids } => {
+                HostResponse::nodes(coord.job_queue.node_subtrees(ids))
+            }
             HostRequest::List => HostResponse::list(lifecycle::list().await?),
             // The agents root is ours and not world-traversable, so this
             // question is only answerable on this side of the socket —
diff --git a/hive-host-sock/Cargo.toml b/hive-host-sock/Cargo.toml
index ffd069fd..dd7fc555 100644
--- a/hive-host-sock/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-host-sock/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 chrono.workspace = true
 hive-jobq.workspace = true
+hive-jobq-wire.workspace = true
 hive-sh4re.workspace = true
 hive-types.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
diff --git a/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs b/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
index 2363e3db..caf7e3d9 100644
--- a/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hive-host-sock/src/lib.rs
@@ -214,6 +214,19 @@ pub enum HostRequest {
     /// `hivectl`'s wait/progress loop. A multi-step op is a single DAG
     /// (its whole graph in `nodes`). Result: [`HostResponse::dags`].
     QueueDag { id: u64 },
+    /// Fetch one or more job-queue nodes plus their live subtrees, as
+    /// generic `hive-jobq-wire` nodes — `hivectl`'s wait/progress loop.
+    /// Sibling of [`Self::QueueDag`]: same graph, through the generic
+    /// projection instead of the typed `DagView`/`NodeView` (kept for
+    /// `QueueDag`'s other consumer, `/api/state.rebuild_queue`). No
+    /// assumption that an id names a DAG container or root — whatever
+    /// node has that id, the backend hands back its subtree as-is. A
+    /// batch op that submits several independent roots (e.g. one per
+    /// agent on a hive-wide restart) is a single request naming all of
+    /// them, not one request per id — the caller owns bundling `ids`,
+    /// this request just answers whatever it's asked. Result:
+    /// [`HostResponse::nodes`].
+    QueueNodes { ids: Vec<u64> },
     /// List pending approval requests.
     Pending,
     /// Approve a pending request by id; the action runs immediately.
@@ -539,6 +552,16 @@ pub struct HostResponse {
     /// been evicted from the queue's history tail.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub dags: Option<Vec<jobs::DagView>>,
+    /// `QueueNodes` result — the requested nodes plus their live subtrees,
+    /// as generic `hive-jobq-wire` nodes, all roots' subtrees combined in
+    /// one flat list. `None` for every other request kind. An id with no
+    /// live node in the graph is silently dropped rather than erroring
+    /// the whole batch — see `JobQueue::node_subtrees`'s doc comment for
+    /// why a *completed* DAG's nodes don't vanish the same way
+    /// `QueueDag`'s do; callers should read each root node's `state` for
+    /// terminality, not absence.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub nodes: Option<Vec<hive_jobq_wire::GraphNode>>,
     /// Free-form operator-facing output lines the client prints verbatim
     /// (one per line). Carries results a request produced daemon-side that
     /// have no structured home — e.g. a freshly-minted matrix token, a
@@ -639,6 +662,17 @@ impl HostResponse {
         }
     }
 
+    /// `QueueNodes` result — the polled node + its subtree, as generic
+    /// wire nodes.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn nodes(nodes: Vec<hive_jobq_wire::GraphNode>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ok: true,
+            nodes: Some(nodes),
+            ..Self::default()
+        }
+    }
+
     /// A success carrying operator-facing output lines the client prints
     /// verbatim — the result shape for the `Matrix*` provisioning requests.
     #[must_use]
diff --git a/hivectl/Cargo.toml b/hivectl/Cargo.toml
index e282912d..baf32cf2 100644
--- a/hivectl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hivectl/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ clap.workspace = true
 clap_complete.workspace = true
 clap-markdown = "0.1"
 hive-host-sock.workspace = true
+hive-jobq-wire.workspace = true
 hive-sh4re.workspace = true
 hive-types.workspace = true
 http-body-util.workspace = true
diff --git a/hivectl/src/agents.rs b/hivectl/src/agents.rs
index c66f7e5d..776ace6f 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/agents.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/agents.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, bail};
 use hive_host_sock::HostRequest;
 
 use crate::cli::{AgentCmd, AgentQuotaCmd};
-use crate::dag_progress::wait_for_dags;
+use crate::dag_progress::wait_for_nodes;
 use crate::util::render;
 
 async fn agents_restart(socket: &Path, name: &str, no_wait: bool) -> Result<()> {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ async fn agents_restart(socket: &Path, name: &str, no_wait: bool) -> Result<()>
     .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
     if resp.ok {
         println!("restart queued: {name}");
-        wait_for_dags(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), no_wait).await
+        wait_for_nodes(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), no_wait).await
     } else {
         bail!(
             "restart {name}: {}",
diff --git a/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs b/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs
index aaca5710..fa25516b 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/dag_progress.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,45 @@
 //! `hivectl` rebuild-queue progress rendering.
 //!
 //! Split out of `hivectl.rs` (which is already large): everything that
-//! polls the daemon's DAG queue (`HostRequest::QueueDag`) and renders the
-//! per-DAG / per-node progress lives here. [`wait_for_dags`] is the entry
-//! point the command handlers call; it dispatches to a live `indicatif`
-//! animation on a TTY and a plain line-on-change stream otherwise.
+//! polls the daemon's node queue (`HostRequest::QueueNodes`) and renders
+//! progress lives here. [`wait_for_nodes`] is the entry point the command
+//! handlers call; it dispatches to a live `indicatif` animation on a TTY
+//! and a plain line-on-change stream otherwise.
+//!
+//! Consumes `hive-jobq-wire`'s generic [`GraphNode`]/`NodePayload`: a
+//! node's kind (and, for a root, what submitted it) comes straight off
+//! `payload.label`; node-specific extras (`agent`) ride in
+//! `payload.data`'s opaque kvps — the shape `hive-c0re`'s
+//! `impl WireNode for NodeKind` produces (see its doc comment). There's
+//! no separate roll-up field on the wire: a node's own
+//! `state` already reflects everything below it (see `hive_jobq_wire`'s
+//! doc comment), so nothing here re-derives a roll-up or waits for every
+//! node to go terminal before reading a result.
+//!
+//! `ids` is always a **batch**, not a single id: a hive-wide op (e.g.
+//! restarting every agent) submits one root per agent, and the whole
+//! batch is polled together in a single `QueueNodes` request per tick —
+//! [`group_by_root`] splits the combined response back into per-root
+//! groups rather than issuing one round-trip per id.
 
+use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, bail};
+use hive_host_sock::jobs::State;
+use hive_jobq_wire::{GraphDep, GraphNode, WireId};
 
-/// Poll the submitted DAG ids (`HostRequest::QueueDag`, ~1s interval) and
-/// render progress until they all reach a terminal state. Exits non-zero
-/// (via the returned `Err`) when any DAG (or fan-out child) ends `failed`;
-/// a `cancelled` DAG terminates the wait but is an operator action, not an
-/// error.
+/// Poll the submitted ids (`HostRequest::QueueNodes`, ~1s interval, all
+/// ids in one request per tick) and render progress until they all reach
+/// a terminal state. Exits non-zero (via the returned `Err`) when any
+/// node ends `failed`; a `cancelled` node terminates the wait but is an
+/// operator action, not an error.
 ///
 /// # Errors
 ///
-/// Returns an error if the daemon socket can't be reached, or if any polled
-/// DAG finished in the `failed` state.
-pub(crate) async fn wait_for_dags(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>, no_wait: bool) -> Result<()> {
+/// Returns an error if the daemon socket can't be reached, or if any
+/// polled node finished in the `failed` state.
+pub(crate) async fn wait_for_nodes(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>, no_wait: bool) -> Result<()> {
     use std::io::IsTerminal as _;
     if no_wait || ids.is_empty() {
         return Ok(());
@@ -28,52 +47,72 @@ pub(crate) async fn wait_for_dags(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>, no_wait: bool) -
     // Animate only on a real terminal. Piped / CI output falls back to the
     // plain line-on-change stream so logs stay free of spinner redraw noise.
     if std::io::stderr().is_terminal() {
-        wait_for_dags_animated(socket, ids).await
+        wait_for_nodes_animated(socket, ids).await
     } else {
-        wait_for_dags_plain(socket, ids).await
+        wait_for_nodes_plain(socket, ids).await
     }
 }
 
-/// Non-TTY progress: print a fresh line whenever a DAG's rendered state
+/// Split a combined `QueueNodes` response back into per-root groups, keyed
+/// by each root's own id. A node with `parent: None` is a root and starts
+/// its own group (keyed by its own id); everything else joins its direct
+/// parent's group. Today's job shapes are root + flat children (no deeper
+/// nesting), so a direct-parent lookup is enough — matches the flat
+/// child-iteration every render helper below already assumed.
+fn group_by_root(nodes: Vec<GraphNode>) -> HashMap<u64, Vec<GraphNode>> {
+    let mut groups: HashMap<u64, Vec<GraphNode>> = HashMap::new();
+    for n in nodes {
+        let key = n.parent.unwrap_or(n.id);
+        groups.entry(key).or_default().push(n);
+    }
+    groups
+}
+
+/// This id's own root node within its group, found by id rather than
+/// "no parent" — `group_by_root` already keyed each group by its root's
+/// id, so the root is just the member whose id matches the key.
+fn root_in_group(id: u64, nodes: &[GraphNode]) -> Option<&GraphNode> {
+    nodes.iter().find(|n| n.id == id)
+}
+
+/// Non-TTY progress: print a fresh line whenever a node's rendered state
 /// changes. No cursor tricks, so it's clean in pipes and CI logs.
-async fn wait_for_dags_plain(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut pending: std::collections::BTreeSet<u64> = ids.into_iter().collect();
-    let mut last: std::collections::HashMap<u64, String> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+async fn wait_for_nodes_plain(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
+    let mut pending: BTreeSet<u64> = ids.into_iter().collect();
+    let mut last: HashMap<u64, String> = HashMap::new();
     let mut failed: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
     while !pending.is_empty() {
+        let batch: Vec<u64> = pending.iter().copied().collect();
+        let resp = crate::client::request(
+            socket,
+            hive_host_sock::HostRequest::QueueNodes { ids: batch },
+        )
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
+        let groups = group_by_root(resp.nodes.unwrap_or_default());
         for id in pending.clone() {
-            let resp = crate::client::request(socket, hive_host_sock::HostRequest::QueueDag { id })
-                .await
-                .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
-            let dags = resp.dags.unwrap_or_default();
-            if dags.is_empty() {
-                // Evicted from the queue's history tail — it finished a
-                // while ago; nothing left to report on.
+            let nodes = groups.get(&id);
+            let root = nodes.and_then(|n| root_in_group(id, n));
+            let (Some(nodes), Some(root)) = (nodes, root) else {
+                // Unknown id — nothing prunes the graph yet (see
+                // `JobQueue::node_subtrees`'s doc comment), so an id that
+                // resolves to no node never named a real job. A
+                // *completed* job's nodes keep riding here instead, with a
+                // terminal root `state`, which is what the check below
+                // watches for.
                 println!("job #{id}: gone from queue history");
                 pending.remove(&id);
                 continue;
+            };
+            let line = render_node_line(root, nodes);
+            if last.get(&id) != Some(&line) {
+                println!("{line}");
+                last.insert(id, line);
             }
-            let mut all_terminal = true;
-            for d in &dags {
-                let line = render_dag_line(d);
-                if last.get(&d.id) != Some(&line) {
-                    println!("{line}");
-                    last.insert(d.id, line);
+            if root.state.is_terminal() {
+                if root.state == State::Failed {
+                    failed.push(format!("{} {}", root.payload.label, node_agents(nodes)));
                 }
-                // Node-level terminality, not the roll-up: a DAG rolls
-                // up `failed` the moment one node fails while its
-                // after-any recovery node (rebuild's tail Reconcile)
-                // may still be running — keep watching so the operator
-                // sees whether the agent came back.
-                if d.nodes.iter().all(|n| n.state.is_terminal()) {
-                    if d.rollup_state() == hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Failed {
-                        failed.push(format!("{} {}", d.source.as_str(), dag_agents(d)));
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    all_terminal = false;
-                }
-            }
-            if all_terminal {
                 pending.remove(&id);
             }
         }
@@ -85,11 +124,11 @@ async fn wait_for_dags_plain(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 /// TTY progress: a live `indicatif` render — one braille-spinner line per
-/// DAG node (grouped under a per-DAG header), each with its own elapsed
+/// node (grouped under a per-root header), each with its own elapsed
 /// timer, plus an overall-elapsed footer. A node with more than one
 /// dependency (fan-in) gets its own row with an `(after …)` marker rather
 /// than being crammed onto a chain line.
-async fn wait_for_dags_animated(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
+async fn wait_for_nodes_animated(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
     use indicatif::{MultiProgress, ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 
     let spinner = ProgressStyle::with_template("  {spinner} {msg}")
@@ -100,77 +139,73 @@ async fn wait_for_dags_animated(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
 
     let mp = MultiProgress::new();
     let started = std::time::Instant::now();
-    // Per-DAG header bars + per-node bars, keyed so we update in place. The
-    // insertion order groups a DAG's nodes right under its header.
-    let mut dag_bars: std::collections::HashMap<u64, ProgressBar> =
-        std::collections::HashMap::new();
-    let mut node_bars: std::collections::HashMap<(u64, hive_host_sock::jobs::NodeId), ProgressBar> =
-        std::collections::HashMap::new();
-    let mut node_done: std::collections::HashSet<(u64, hive_host_sock::jobs::NodeId)> =
-        std::collections::HashSet::new();
+    // Per-root header bars + per-node bars, keyed so we update in place.
+    // The insertion order groups a root's nodes right under its header.
+    let mut root_bars: HashMap<u64, ProgressBar> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut node_bars: HashMap<(u64, WireId), ProgressBar> = HashMap::new();
+    let mut node_done: HashSet<(u64, WireId)> = HashSet::new();
 
-    let mut pending: std::collections::BTreeSet<u64> = ids.into_iter().collect();
+    let mut pending: BTreeSet<u64> = ids.into_iter().collect();
     let mut failed: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
     while !pending.is_empty() {
         let now = now_unix();
+        let batch: Vec<u64> = pending.iter().copied().collect();
+        let resp = crate::client::request(
+            socket,
+            hive_host_sock::HostRequest::QueueNodes { ids: batch },
+        )
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
+        let groups = group_by_root(resp.nodes.unwrap_or_default());
         for id in pending.clone() {
-            let resp = crate::client::request(socket, hive_host_sock::HostRequest::QueueDag { id })
-                .await
-                .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
-            let dags = resp.dags.unwrap_or_default();
-            if dags.is_empty() {
+            let nodes = groups.get(&id);
+            let root = nodes.and_then(|n| root_in_group(id, n));
+            let (Some(nodes), Some(root)) = (nodes, root) else {
                 mp.println(format!("job #{id}: gone from queue history"))
                     .ok();
                 pending.remove(&id);
                 continue;
-            }
-            let mut all_terminal = true;
-            for d in &dags {
-                let hdr = dag_bars.entry(d.id).or_insert_with(|| {
+            };
+            let hdr = root_bars.entry(id).or_insert_with(|| {
+                let b = mp.add(ProgressBar::new_spinner());
+                b.set_style(plain.clone());
+                b
+            });
+            hdr.set_message(format!(
+                "{} {} {} · {}",
+                state_glyph(root.state),
+                root.payload.label,
+                node_agents(nodes),
+                fmt_dur(node_elapsed(root, now)),
+            ));
+            for n in nodes.iter().filter(|n| n.id != root.id) {
+                let key = (id, n.id);
+                if node_done.contains(&key) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                let bar = node_bars.entry(key).or_insert_with(|| {
                     let b = mp.add(ProgressBar::new_spinner());
-                    b.set_style(plain.clone());
+                    b.set_style(spinner.clone());
+                    b.enable_steady_tick(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
                     b
                 });
-                hdr.set_message(format!(
-                    "{} {} {} · {}",
-                    state_glyph(d.rollup_state()),
-                    d.source.as_str(),
-                    dag_agents(d),
-                    fmt_dur(dag_elapsed(d, now)),
-                ));
-                for n in &d.nodes {
-                    let key = (d.id, n.id);
-                    if node_done.contains(&key) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    let bar = node_bars.entry(key).or_insert_with(|| {
-                        let b = mp.add(ProgressBar::new_spinner());
-                        b.set_style(spinner.clone());
-                        b.enable_steady_tick(std::time::Duration::from_millis(120));
-                        b
-                    });
-                    if n.state.is_terminal() {
-                        bar.set_style(plain.clone());
-                        bar.finish_with_message(format!(
-                            "  {} {}",
-                            state_glyph(n.state),
-                            node_line(d, n, now)
-                        ));
-                        node_done.insert(key);
-                    } else {
-                        bar.set_message(node_line(d, n, now));
-                    }
-                }
-                if d.nodes.iter().all(|n| n.state.is_terminal()) {
-                    if d.rollup_state() == hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Failed {
-                        failed.push(format!("{} {}", d.source.as_str(), dag_agents(d)));
-                    }
+                if n.state.is_terminal() {
+                    bar.set_style(plain.clone());
+                    bar.finish_with_message(format!(
+                        "  {} {}",
+                        state_glyph(n.state),
+                        node_line(nodes, n, now)
+                    ));
+                    node_done.insert(key);
                 } else {
-                    all_terminal = false;
+                    bar.set_message(node_line(nodes, n, now));
                 }
             }
-            if all_terminal {
+            if root.state.is_terminal() {
+                if root.state == State::Failed {
+                    failed.push(format!("{} {}", root.payload.label, node_agents(nodes)));
+                }
                 pending.remove(&id);
             }
         }
@@ -180,7 +215,7 @@ async fn wait_for_dags_animated(socket: &Path, ids: Vec<u64>) -> Result<()> {
     }
     // Leave the final node lines on screen; drop the still-spinning headers
     // into their terminal state and print an overall-elapsed footer.
-    for hdr in dag_bars.values() {
+    for hdr in root_bars.values() {
         hdr.finish();
     }
     mp.println(format!(
@@ -202,14 +237,21 @@ fn finish_wait(mut failed: Vec<String>) -> Result<()> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Distinct agents across a DAG's nodes, comma-joined for display — the
-/// per-node replacement for the old DAG-level `agent` field. Single-agent
-/// DAGs render one name; a hive-wide DAG lists each.
-fn dag_agents(d: &hive_host_sock::jobs::DagView) -> String {
+/// Distinct agents across a root's nodes, comma-joined for display. Each
+/// node's `agent` (when it targets one) rides in `payload.data["agent"]` —
+/// an opaque kvp, not a typed field, since `GraphNode` carries nothing
+/// domain-specific (see `hive_jobq_wire::WireNode::data`'s doc comment).
+fn node_agents(nodes: &[GraphNode]) -> String {
     let mut seen: Vec<&str> = Vec::new();
-    for n in &d.nodes {
-        if !seen.contains(&n.agent.as_str()) {
-            seen.push(&n.agent);
+    for n in nodes {
+        if let Some(agent) = n
+            .payload
+            .data
+            .get("agent")
+            .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str)
+            && !seen.contains(&agent)
+        {
+            seen.push(agent);
         }
     }
     seen.join(",")
@@ -224,23 +266,13 @@ fn now_unix() -> i64 {
         .unwrap_or(0)
 }
 
-/// Elapsed seconds for a DAG: `started_at` (falling back to `created_at`)
-/// through `finished_at` or `now`. The wire carries these as RFC3339
-/// `DateTime<Utc>`; compare in unix seconds against `now`.
-fn dag_elapsed(d: &hive_host_sock::jobs::DagView, now: i64) -> i64 {
-    let start = d
-        .started_at
-        .map_or_else(|| d.created_at.timestamp(), |t| t.timestamp());
-    (d.finished_at.map_or(now, |t| t.timestamp()) - start).max(0)
-}
-
-/// Elapsed seconds for a node: `started_at` → `finished_at`/`now`, or 0
-/// when it hasn't started.
-fn node_elapsed(n: &hive_host_sock::jobs::NodeView, now: i64) -> i64 {
-    match n.started_at {
-        Some(start) => (n.finished_at.map_or(now, |t| t.timestamp()) - start.timestamp()).max(0),
-        None => 0,
-    }
+/// Elapsed seconds for a node: `started_at` → `finished_at`/`now` once
+/// it's run; `created_at` → `now` while it's still queued. `GraphNode`
+/// carries no group-level timestamp separate from its own, so a header
+/// line just reads this off whichever node it's summarizing.
+fn node_elapsed(n: &GraphNode, now: i64) -> i64 {
+    let start = n.started_at.unwrap_or(n.created_at);
+    (n.finished_at.map_or(now, |t| t.timestamp()) - start.timestamp()).max(0)
 }
 
 /// Compact duration: `45s` under a minute, else `1m03s`.
@@ -254,20 +286,26 @@ fn fmt_dur(secs: i64) -> String {
 }
 
 /// One animated node line: kind, an `(after …)` marker for a fan-in node
-/// (>1 dep), its elapsed timer, and a truncated error tail.
-fn node_line(
-    d: &hive_host_sock::jobs::DagView,
-    n: &hive_host_sock::jobs::NodeView,
-    now: i64,
-) -> String {
+/// (>1 node-dependency), its elapsed timer, and a truncated error tail.
+/// Resource deps (`GraphDep::Resource`) don't name another node, so they're
+/// filtered out of the fan-in count the same way `hive-c0re`'s own
+/// `dag_view` projection already does.
+fn node_line(nodes: &[GraphNode], n: &GraphNode, now: i64) -> String {
     use std::fmt::Write as _;
-    let mut s = n.kind.clone();
-    if n.deps.len() > 1 {
-        let after: Vec<&str> = n
-            .deps
+    let mut s = n.payload.label.clone();
+    let dep_ids: Vec<WireId> = n
+        .deps
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|d| match d {
+            GraphDep::Node { id, .. } => Some(*id),
+            GraphDep::Resource { .. } => None,
+        })
+        .collect();
+    if dep_ids.len() > 1 {
+        let after: Vec<&str> = dep_ids
             .iter()
-            .filter_map(|dep| d.nodes.iter().find(|m| m.id == *dep))
-            .map(|m| m.kind.as_str())
+            .filter_map(|id| nodes.iter().find(|m| m.id == *id))
+            .map(|m| m.payload.label.as_str())
             .collect();
         if !after.is_empty() {
             let _ = write!(s, " (after {})", after.join(", "));
@@ -284,38 +322,45 @@ fn node_line(
     s
 }
 
-fn state_glyph(state: hive_host_sock::jobs::State) -> &'static str {
+fn state_glyph(state: State) -> &'static str {
     match state {
-        hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Pending => "⏸",
+        State::Pending => "⏸",
         // `Finishing` is own-work-done with sub-nodes still going — in flight,
         // so it reads the same as running.
-        hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Running | hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Finishing => "▶",
-        hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Done => "✔",
-        hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Failed => "✖",
-        hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Cancelled => "⊘",
+        State::Running | State::Finishing => "▶",
+        State::Done => "✔",
+        State::Failed => "✖",
+        State::Cancelled => "⊘",
         // Distinct from cancelled: nothing went wrong, this branch just
         // wasn't the one the run took.
-        hive_host_sock::jobs::State::Skipped => "·",
+        State::Skipped => "·",
     }
 }
 
-/// One progress line for a DAG: roll-up glyph, `source`, agents, then the
-/// node chain — the CLI twin of the dashboard's queue card. The header shows
-/// what the backend sends (`source` + the raw node kinds); only the roll-up
-/// state glyph is derived from the node set. Used by the plain (non-TTY) path.
-fn render_dag_line(d: &hive_host_sock::jobs::DagView) -> String {
+/// One progress line for a root: roll-up glyph, label, agents, then the
+/// node chain — the CLI twin of the dashboard's queue card. The glyph and
+/// label come off `root`; everything else comes straight off the wire.
+/// Used by the plain (non-TTY) path.
+///
+/// The chain shows every entry `wire_snapshot` sends, `Done` ones
+/// included — that filtering was a dashboard-history-bounding concern,
+/// not relevant to a single actively-watched job, so a completed step
+/// keeps its checkmark instead of vanishing from the line, matching how
+/// the animated path already behaves.
+fn render_node_line(root: &GraphNode, nodes: &[GraphNode]) -> String {
     use std::fmt::Write as _;
     let mut out = format!(
         "{} {} {:<12}",
-        state_glyph(d.rollup_state()),
-        d.source.as_str(),
-        dag_agents(d)
+        state_glyph(root.state),
+        root.payload.label,
+        node_agents(nodes)
     );
-    for (i, n) in d.nodes.iter().enumerate() {
+    let children: Vec<&GraphNode> = nodes.iter().filter(|n| n.id != root.id).collect();
+    for (i, n) in children.iter().enumerate() {
         let sep = if i == 0 { "  " } else { " → " };
-        let _ = write!(out, "{sep}{} {}", state_glyph(n.state), n.kind);
+        let _ = write!(out, "{sep}{} {}", state_glyph(n.state), n.payload.label);
     }
-    if let Some(err) = d.nodes.iter().find_map(|n| n.error.as_deref()) {
+    if let Some(err) = children.iter().find_map(|n| n.error.as_deref()) {
         let short: String = err.chars().take(120).collect();
         let _ = write!(out, "  — {short}");
     }
@@ -324,50 +369,62 @@ fn render_dag_line(d: &hive_host_sock::jobs::DagView) -> String {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use hive_host_sock::jobs::{DagView, NodeView, Source, State};
-    use hive_sh4re::wire_time::from_secs;
+    use hive_host_sock::jobs::State;
+    use hive_jobq_wire::{GraphNode, NodePayload};
+    use serde_json::json;
 
-    use super::render_dag_line;
+    use super::render_node_line;
 
-    fn node(id: u64, agent: &str, kind: &str, state: State) -> NodeView {
-        NodeView {
+    fn root_node(id: u64, label: &str, state: State) -> GraphNode {
+        GraphNode {
             id,
             parent: None,
-            agent: agent.to_owned(),
-            kind: kind.to_owned(),
-            deps: if id == 0 { vec![] } else { vec![id - 1] },
             state,
+            deps: Vec::new(),
+            created_at: hive_sh4re::wire_time::from_secs(0),
             started_at: None,
             finished_at: None,
             error: None,
-            approval_id: None,
-            inputs: vec![],
-            build_log_id: None,
+            payload: NodePayload {
+                label: label.to_owned(),
+                data: json!({}),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn work_node(id: u64, root: u64, agent: &str, label: &str, state: State) -> GraphNode {
+        GraphNode {
+            id,
+            parent: Some(root),
+            state,
+            deps: Vec::new(),
+            created_at: hive_sh4re::wire_time::from_secs(0),
+            started_at: None,
+            finished_at: None,
+            error: None,
+            payload: NodePayload {
+                label: label.to_owned(),
+                data: json!({ "agent": agent }),
+            },
         }
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn render_dag_line_shows_source_and_chain() {
-        // The header shows what the backend sends: the roll-up state glyph
-        // (derived — Running here) + the DAG `source` ("manual"); the operation
-        // is read off the node chain, not a client-side label. (`Done` nodes
-        // are included here to exercise glyph rendering; production filters
-        // them off.)
-        let dag = DagView {
-            id: 7,
-            source: Source::Manual,
-            reason: "manual".to_owned(),
-            created_at: from_secs(0),
-            started_at: Some(from_secs(1)),
-            finished_at: None,
-            nodes: vec![
-                node(0, "alice", "prebuild", State::Done),
-                node(1, "alice", "stop_for_update", State::Done),
-                node(2, "alice", "swap", State::Running),
-                node(3, "alice", "reconcile", State::Pending),
-            ],
-        };
-        let line = render_dag_line(&dag);
+    fn render_node_line_shows_label_and_chain() {
+        // The header shows what the backend sends: the glyph off `root`'s
+        // own `state` (`Running` here) + `root`'s own `payload.label`
+        // ("manual"); the operation is read off the node chain, not any
+        // extra metadata. `Done` nodes stay in the chain — nothing here
+        // filters them off.
+        let root = root_node(7, "manual", State::Running);
+        let nodes = vec![
+            root.clone(),
+            work_node(0, 7, "alice", "prebuild", State::Done),
+            work_node(1, 7, "alice", "stop_for_update", State::Done),
+            work_node(2, 7, "alice", "swap", State::Running),
+            work_node(3, 7, "alice", "reconcile", State::Pending),
+        ];
+        let line = render_node_line(&root, &nodes);
         assert!(line.starts_with("▶ manual alice"), "{line}");
         assert!(
             line.contains("✔ prebuild → ✔ stop_for_update → ▶ swap → ⏸ reconcile"),
@@ -376,20 +433,32 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn render_dag_line_surfaces_first_node_error() {
-        let mut failed = node(0, "bob", "prebuild", State::Failed);
+    fn render_node_line_surfaces_first_node_error() {
+        let root = root_node(8, "manual", State::Failed);
+        let mut failed = work_node(0, 8, "bob", "prebuild", State::Failed);
         failed.error = Some("nix build exploded".to_owned());
-        let dag = DagView {
-            id: 8,
-            source: Source::Manual,
-            reason: "manual".to_owned(),
-            created_at: from_secs(0),
-            started_at: Some(from_secs(1)),
-            finished_at: Some(from_secs(2)),
-            nodes: vec![failed],
-        };
-        let line = render_dag_line(&dag);
+        let nodes = vec![root.clone(), failed];
+        let line = render_node_line(&root, &nodes);
         assert!(line.contains("✖ manual"), "{line}");
         assert!(line.contains("— nix build exploded"), "{line}");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn group_by_root_splits_a_combined_batch_response() {
+        // Two independent roots' subtrees riding the same QueueNodes
+        // response (the whole point of batching): each node must land in
+        // its own root's group, not get mixed into the other's.
+        let nodes = vec![
+            root_node(1, "manual", State::Running),
+            work_node(10, 1, "alice", "prebuild", State::Running),
+            root_node(2, "manual", State::Done),
+            work_node(20, 2, "bob", "prebuild", State::Done),
+        ];
+        let groups = super::group_by_root(nodes);
+        assert_eq!(groups.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(groups[&1].len(), 2, "root 1's group must have its child");
+        assert_eq!(groups[&2].len(), 2, "root 2's group must have its child");
+        assert!(groups[&1].iter().any(|n| n.id == 10));
+        assert!(groups[&2].iter().any(|n| n.id == 20));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hivectl/src/main.rs b/hivectl/src/main.rs
index 8c68ac70..95c4751b 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/main.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ mod cli;
 /// The host admin socket client (`request`), split out so it lives with
 /// hivectl rather than in the daemon crate.
 mod client;
-/// Rebuild-queue DAG progress rendering (`wait_for_dags` + the spinner /
+/// Rebuild-queue node progress rendering (`wait_for_nodes` + the spinner /
 /// plain renderers), split out to keep this file manageable.
 mod dag_progress;
 use cli::{Cli, Cmd, ForgeCmd, GatewayCmd, GithubCmd, WgCmd};
diff --git a/hivectl/src/power.rs b/hivectl/src/power.rs
index f082c529..4966e248 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/power.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/power.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
 
-use crate::dag_progress::wait_for_dags;
+use crate::dag_progress::wait_for_nodes;
 use crate::util::render_lifecycle;
 
 pub(crate) async fn stop(
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn stop(
     // watch the already-queued agent DAGs before surfacing the error —
     // they run regardless.
     let rendered = render_lifecycle(&resp, "stop queued");
-    wait_for_dags(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), no_wait).await?;
+    wait_for_nodes(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), no_wait).await?;
     rendered
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn start(
         .await
         .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
     let rendered = render_lifecycle(&resp, "start queued");
-    wait_for_dags(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), no_wait).await?;
+    wait_for_nodes(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), no_wait).await?;
     rendered
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ pub(crate) async fn restart(
     .await
     .with_context(|| format!("connect to daemon socket {}", socket.display()))?;
     let rendered = render_lifecycle(&resp, "restart queued");
-    wait_for_dags(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), false).await?;
+    wait_for_nodes(socket, resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), false).await?;
     rendered
 }
diff --git a/hivectl/src/subvol.rs b/hivectl/src/subvol.rs
index b1427732..f6740fb8 100644
--- a/hivectl/src/subvol.rs
+++ b/hivectl/src/subvol.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, bail};
 
 use crate::cli::{SnapshotCmd, SubvolCmd};
-use crate::dag_progress::wait_for_dags;
+use crate::dag_progress::wait_for_nodes;
 use crate::util::{agent_exists, daemon_request};
 
 /// A [`LifecycleScope`](hive_host_sock::LifecycleScope) targeting exactly one
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ async fn subvol_upgrade(socket: &Path, name: &str, yes: bool) -> Result<()> {
             stop_resp.error.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown error")
         );
     }
-    // The stop is a queued DAG now — the migration below snapshots +
+    // The stop is a queued job now — the migration below snapshots +
     // swaps the state dir and MUST NOT run under a live bind mount, so
     // wait for the stop to actually execute before touching anything.
-    wait_for_dags(socket, stop_resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), false)
+    wait_for_nodes(socket, stop_resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), false)
         .await
         .with_context(|| format!("waiting for {name} to stop before the migration"))?;
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async fn subvol_upgrade(socket: &Path, name: &str, yes: bool) -> Result<()> {
             start_resp.error.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown error")
         );
     }
-    wait_for_dags(socket, start_resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), false)
+    wait_for_nodes(socket, start_resp.queued_dags.unwrap_or_default(), false)
         .await
         .with_context(|| {
             format!(