diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7593cb6c9..f178655c0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ docs/superpowers/
 # Claude
 .claude/scheduled_tasks.lock
 .claude/worktrees
-support.js
 
 # analytics-engine
 apps/analytics-engine/*.md
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/client/App.test.tsx b/apps/control-center/src/client/App.test.tsx
index d22de923d..83e17095d 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/client/App.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/client/App.test.tsx
@@ -235,17 +235,15 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 afterEach(cleanup);
 
 describe('App orchestration', () => {
-  it('protects the invariant that Home renders only after both slow context reads settle', async () => {
-    let releaseQueues!: (value: unknown) => void;
-    const pendingQueues = new Promise((resolve) => {
-      releaseQueues = resolve;
-    });
+  it('renders Home once the four home reads resolve while statements, queues and journey stay pending', async () => {
+    const pending = new Promise(() => {});
     api.getJson.mockImplementation(async (url: string) => {
-      if (url === '/api/pipeline/queues') {
-        return pendingQueues;
-      }
-      if (url === '/api/growth') {
-        return acquisition;
+      if (
+        url === '/api/statements' ||
+        url === '/api/pipeline/queues' ||
+        url === '/api/growth'
+      ) {
+        return pending;
       }
       if (url === '/api/overview') {
         return overview;
@@ -259,19 +257,27 @@ describe('App orchestration', () => {
       if (url === '/api/costs/podcast') {
         return podcastCosts;
       }
-      if (url === '/api/statements') {
-        return statements;
-      }
       throw new Error(`unexpected read ${url}`);
     });
 
     render(<App />);
-    expect(await screen.findByText('skeleton-home')).toBeVisible();
-    expect(screen.queryByText('home-ready')).toBeNull();
-    releaseQueues(queues);
     expect(await screen.findByText('home-ready')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.queryByText('skeleton-home')).toBeNull();
     expect(screen.getByTestId('shell')).toHaveTextContent('overview-at|false');
-    // mutation target — removing queues from dashboardViewReady renders Home early.
+  });
+
+  it('never requests statements on Home and lazy-loads them once on the pipeline view', async () => {
+    await renderReadyHome();
+    expect(api.getJson).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('/api/statements');
+
+    await navigate('pipeline');
+    expect(screen.getByText('statement-pipeline is healthy')).toBeVisible();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('shell')).toHaveTextContent('statements-at');
+    const statementCalls = api.getJson.mock.calls.filter(
+      (call) =>
+        (call[0] as string).replace('?force=1', '') === '/api/statements',
+    );
+    expect(statementCalls).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
   it('protects the invariant that independent context failures degrade to readable data', async () => {
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/client/App.tsx b/apps/control-center/src/client/App.tsx
index cc067880d..8edeaa12f 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/client/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/client/App.tsx
@@ -123,27 +123,25 @@ export function App() {
   // Today is the operator inbox. It composes existing read models rather than
   // creating another server contract: overview supplies company pulse and
   // release data, operations supplies ranked intervention candidates, and the
-  // persisted podcast ledger supplies failed-attempt spend.
+  // persisted podcast ledger supplies failed-attempt spend. Statements stay
+  // lazy: only the pipeline view reads them.
   const loadHome = useCallback(
     (sync = false) =>
       run(async () => {
         if (sync) {
           await sendJson('/api/costs/sync', 'POST');
         }
-        const [next, history, snapshot, episodeCosts, statementsNext] =
-          await Promise.all([
-            getJson<OverviewResponse>('/api/overview'),
-            getJson<CostHistoryResponse>('/api/costs/history'),
-            getJson<OperationsResponse>('/api/operations'),
-            getJson<PodcastCostResponse>('/api/costs/podcast'),
-            getJson<StatementsResponse>('/api/statements'),
-          ]);
+        const [next, history, snapshot, episodeCosts] = await Promise.all([
+          getJson<OverviewResponse>('/api/overview'),
+          getJson<CostHistoryResponse>('/api/costs/history'),
+          getJson<OperationsResponse>('/api/operations'),
+          getJson<PodcastCostResponse>('/api/costs/podcast'),
+        ]);
         setOverview(next);
         setCostHistory(history);
         setPodcastCosts(episodeCosts);
         setSocial(next.social);
         setOperations(snapshot);
-        setStatements(statementsNext);
       }),
     [run],
   );
@@ -530,8 +528,7 @@ function dashboardViewReady(input: {
       input.overview &&
       input.operations &&
       input.podcastCosts &&
-      input.queues &&
-      input.journey,
+      input.costHistory,
     );
   }
   if (input.view === 'pipeline') {
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.test.tsx b/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.test.tsx
index 15b77f774..bc1dca7a8 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @vitest-environment jsdom
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest';
 
-import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { cleanup, render, screen, act } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import type { SocialGrowthJourney } from '../../shared/growth-journey.js';
@@ -307,6 +307,53 @@ describe('Today observer trust', () => {
       screen.queryByText('目前沒有需要你處理的 operational issue'),
     ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('names the unobserved domain instead of reporting healthy', () => {
+    renderToday({
+      data: null,
+      operations: {
+        domains: [{ domain: 'costs', signalCount: 1, status: 'unknown' }],
+        generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        priorities: [],
+        signals: [],
+        status: 'healthy',
+      },
+      podcastCosts: null,
+    });
+    expect(
+      screen.queryByText('目前沒有需要你處理的 operational issue'),
+    ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('status')).toHaveTextContent('costs');
+  });
+
+  it('flips from healthy to stale on a timer without a refetch', () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    try {
+      renderToday({
+        data: null,
+        operations: {
+          domains: [],
+          generatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+          priorities: [],
+          signals: [],
+          status: 'healthy',
+        },
+        podcastCosts: null,
+      });
+      expect(
+        screen.getByText('目前沒有需要你處理的 operational issue'),
+      ).toBeInTheDocument();
+      act(() => {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(16 * 60_000);
+      });
+      expect(screen.getByRole('status')).toHaveTextContent('已過期');
+      expect(
+        screen.queryByText('目前沒有需要你處理的 operational issue'),
+      ).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    } finally {
+      vi.useRealTimers();
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Today degradation', () => {
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.tsx b/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.tsx
index cfd6e2f20..beeeb4d83 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/client/pages/TodayPage.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   ShieldCheck,
   TrendingUp,
 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import type { SocialGrowthJourney } from '../../shared/growth-journey.js';
 import { podcastCostEvidenceTotals } from '../../shared/podcast-cost-evidence.js';
@@ -53,7 +54,19 @@ export function TodayPage(props: {
 }) {
   const operations = props.operations;
   const top = operations?.priorities.slice(0, 3) ?? [];
+  // Re-evaluate staleness on a timer so an idle tab flips from healthy to
+  // stale without a refetch. The tick carries no data; Date.now() is read
+  // during render.
+  const [, setTick] = useState(0);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const id = setInterval(() => setTick((tick) => tick + 1), 60_000);
+    return () => clearInterval(id);
+  }, []);
   const stale = isStale(operations);
+  const unknownDomains = (operations?.domains ?? [])
+    .filter((entry) => entry.status === 'unknown')
+    .map((entry) => entry.domain);
+  const hasUnknown = unknownDomains.length > 0;
 
   return (
     <div className="cc-stack today-page">
@@ -74,7 +87,12 @@ export function TodayPage(props: {
           </div>
         </header>
         <div className="cc-card-body">
-          <HeroNotice operations={operations} stale={stale} top={top.length} />
+          <HeroNotice
+            operations={operations}
+            stale={stale}
+            top={top.length}
+            unknownDomains={unknownDomains}
+          />
           <div className="today-actions">
             {top.map((priority) => (
               <ActionCard
@@ -83,7 +101,10 @@ export function TodayPage(props: {
                 priority={priority}
               />
             ))}
-            {operations?.status === 'healthy' && !stale && top.length === 0 ? (
+            {operations?.status === 'healthy' &&
+            !stale &&
+            !hasUnknown &&
+            top.length === 0 ? (
               <EmptyState
                 detail="系統仍在收集 signals；有事情跨過 action threshold 才會出現在這裡。"
                 icon={ShieldCheck}
@@ -188,6 +209,7 @@ function HeroNotice(props: {
   operations: OperationsResponse | null;
   stale: boolean;
   top: number;
+  unknownDomains: string[];
 }) {
   if (!props.operations) {
     return <p className="today-notice">Waiting for operational signals.</p>;
@@ -199,6 +221,13 @@ function HeroNotice(props: {
       </p>
     );
   }
+  if (props.unknownDomains.length > 0 && props.top === 0) {
+    return (
+      <p className="today-notice" role="status">
+        部分觀測缺失（{props.unknownDomains.join('、')}），請查看可靠性。
+      </p>
+    );
+  }
   if (props.operations.status !== 'healthy' && props.top === 0) {
     return (
       <p className="today-notice" role="status">
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/render-signals.ts b/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/render-signals.ts
index 3a74c4780..34b2b058a 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/render-signals.ts
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/render-signals.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ function isRetryableRenderFailure(target: RenderTarget): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+export { isRetryableRenderFailure };
+
 export async function renderSignals(
   store: OperatorStore,
   now: Date,
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.coverage.test.ts b/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.coverage.test.ts
index 92112f4cf..9e197691e 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.coverage.test.ts
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.coverage.test.ts
@@ -233,4 +233,100 @@ describe('runOperatorCycle coverage gaps', () => {
       'ops_retry_render',
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('skips an abandoned failed render and selects the retryable one', async () => {
+    const retryableId = '33333333-3333-4333-8333-333333333333';
+    const abandoned = {
+      ...failedTarget(),
+      localizationId,
+      abandonedAt: '2026-09-05T11:34:35Z',
+    };
+    const retryable = {
+      ...failedTarget(),
+      localizationId: retryableId,
+      abandonedAt: null,
+    };
+    const persistence = store({
+      renderTargets: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([abandoned, retryable]),
+    });
+    const ops = operations();
+
+    const result = await runOperatorCycle({
+      operations: ops,
+      store: persistence as unknown as OperatorStore,
+      config,
+      actor: 'test',
+      mutationsEnabled: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(ops.investigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      `social-queue:render/${retryableId}`,
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({
+      fingerprint: `social-queue:render/${retryableId}`,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('falls through to snapshot priorities when every failed render is terminal', async () => {
+    const fingerprint = 'sentry:issues/podcast-pipeline';
+    const persistence = store({
+      renderTargets: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([
+        {
+          ...failedTarget(),
+          abandonedAt: '2026-09-05T11:34:35Z',
+        },
+        {
+          ...failedTarget(),
+          localizationId: '33333333-3333-4333-8333-333333333333',
+          visualVersion: 'v3',
+        },
+      ]),
+    });
+    const ops = operations({
+      getOperations: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        generatedAt: now.toISOString(),
+        priorities: [{ signal: { fingerprint } }],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    const result = await runOperatorCycle({
+      operations: ops,
+      store: persistence as unknown as OperatorStore,
+      config,
+      actor: 'test',
+      mutationsEnabled: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(ops.investigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fingerprint, false);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: 'needs_human', fingerprint, action: null });
+  });
+
+  it('goes idle when failed renders are terminal and there are no priorities', async () => {
+    const persistence = store({
+      renderTargets: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue([
+        {
+          ...failedTarget(),
+          abandonedAt: '2026-09-05T11:34:35Z',
+        },
+      ]),
+    });
+    const ops = operations({
+      getOperations: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        generatedAt: now.toISOString(),
+        priorities: [],
+      }),
+    });
+
+    const result = await runOperatorCycle({
+      operations: ops,
+      store: persistence as unknown as OperatorStore,
+      config,
+      actor: 'test',
+      mutationsEnabled: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ state: 'idle' });
+    expect(ops.investigate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.ts b/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.ts
index 1a6c76487..52b283aca 100644
--- a/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.ts
+++ b/apps/control-center/src/server/services/operations/operator/runner.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { fixSchema, observeRecovery } from './observe.js';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import type { OpsMcpOperations } from '../../../mcp/types.js';
 import { renderAction } from './actions.js';
+import { isRetryableRenderFailure } from './render-signals.js';
 import type { OperatorStore } from './store.js';
 
 type OperatorCycleInput = {
@@ -95,8 +96,8 @@ async function runOperatorCycleBody(input: OperatorCycleInput) {
   }
   const snapshot = await input.operations.getOperations(false);
   const targets = await input.store.renderTargets();
-  const target = targets.find(
-    (candidate) => candidate.renderStatus === 'failed',
+  const target = targets.find((candidate) =>
+    isRetryableRenderFailure(candidate),
   );
   const fingerprint = target
     ? `social-queue:render/${target.localizationId}`