diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0819839..f80dbef 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
     <div class="control-state">
       <span class="status-dot"></span>
-      <span>LAB CONFIGURATION / VERIFIED OCT 2026</span>
+      <span>LIVE TELEMETRY / CONFIG VERIFIED OCT 2026</span>
     </div>
 
     <nav aria-label="Control plane navigation">
@@ -150,14 +150,10 @@
 
       <aside class="activity-panel">
         <div class="panel-title">
-          <span>OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES</span>
+          <span>PLATFORM CONTROLS</span>
           <small>DOCUMENTED</small>
         </div>
         <ol class="event-list">
-          <li>
-            <span class="event-ok">DEPLOY</span>
-            <p>Automated deployment through Woodpecker CI</p>
-          </li>
           <li>
             <span class="event-info">AUTH</span>
             <p>OIDC authentication through Authentik</p>
@@ -166,10 +162,6 @@
             <span class="event-ok">BACKUP</span>
             <p>Persistent data backup and documented recovery procedures</p>
           </li>
-          <li>
-            <span class="event-warn">SEC</span>
-            <p>CrowdSec threat detection and decision evidence</p>
-          </li>
           <li>
             <span class="event-info">TLS</span>
             <p>Certificate and HTTPS management through the reverse proxy</p>
@@ -248,7 +240,7 @@
           <a href="assets/images/portfolio-grafana-logs.png" target="_blank">
             <img src="assets/images/portfolio-grafana-logs.png" alt="Centralized logs snapshot in Grafana" />
           </a>
-          <p class="evidence-note">CAPTURED OCT 2026 · LOGGING EVIDENCE SNAPSHOT · VALUES SHOWN ARE FROM CAPTURE TIME</p>
+          <p class="evidence-note">OCT 2026 · LOGGING EVIDENCE</p>
         </figure>
 
         <div class="coverage-matrix">
@@ -282,15 +274,15 @@
       <div class="service-layout">
         <div class="service-table" role="table" aria-label="Service inventory">
           <div class="service-row service-head" role="row">
-            <span>Service</span><span>Role</span><span>Access</span><span>State</span>
+            <span>Service</span><span>Role</span><span>Access</span>
           </div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>Gitea</strong><span>Source control</span><span>SSO</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>Wiki.js</strong><span>Documentation</span><span>SSO</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>Dashy</strong><span>Service portal</span><span>SSO</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>Vaultwarden</strong><span>Secrets</span><span>DIRECT</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>Stirling PDF</strong><span>Document tools</span><span>SSO</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>IT Tools</strong><span>Utilities</span><span>SSO</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
-          <div class="service-row"><strong>Uptime Kuma</strong><span>Availability</span><span>SSO</span><i>CONFIGURED</i></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>Gitea</strong><span>Source control</span><span>SSO</span></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>Wiki.js</strong><span>Documentation</span><span>SSO</span></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>Dashy</strong><span>Service portal</span><span>SSO</span></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>Vaultwarden</strong><span>Secrets</span><span>DIRECT</span></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>Stirling PDF</strong><span>Document tools</span><span>SSO</span></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>IT Tools</strong><span>Utilities</span><span>SSO</span></div>
+          <div class="service-row"><strong>Uptime Kuma</strong><span>Availability</span><span>SSO</span></div>
         </div>
 
         <div class="portal-shot live-service-panel" aria-label="Live service health">
@@ -299,7 +291,7 @@
             <small>SANITIZED ENDPOINT CHECKS</small>
           </figcaption>
           <div class="service-health-grid">
-            <div><span>GITEA</span><strong id="health-gitea">CHECKING</strong><small id="gitea-version">VERSION --</small></div>
+            <div><span>GITEA</span><strong id="health-gitea">CHECKING</strong><small>SOURCE CONTROL</small></div>
             <div><span>WOODPECKER</span><strong id="health-woodpecker">CHECKING</strong><small>CI / DELIVERY</small></div>
             <div><span>UPTIME KUMA</span><strong id="health-kuma">CHECKING</strong><small>AVAILABILITY</small></div>
             <div><span>PROMETHEUS</span><strong id="health-prometheus">CHECKING</strong><small>METRICS</small></div>
@@ -336,7 +328,7 @@
             <div class="delivery-state">
               <span class="delivery-kicker">SERVICE STATE</span>
               <strong id="pipeline-gitea-state">CHECKING</strong>
-              <small id="pipeline-gitea-version">VERSION --</small>
+              <small>REPOSITORY HOST</small>
             </div>
             <div class="delivery-meta">
               <span>ROLE</span><strong>REPOSITORY HOST</strong>
@@ -392,7 +384,7 @@
           <a href="assets/images/portfolio-crowdsec-decisions.png" target="_blank">
             <img src="assets/images/portfolio-crowdsec-decisions.png" alt="CrowdSec firewall decision evidence snapshot" />
           </a>
-          <p class="evidence-note">CAPTURED OCT 2026 · SECURITY EVIDENCE SNAPSHOT · NOT A LIVE DECISION FEED</p>
+          <p class="evidence-note">OCT 2026 · DECISION-HISTORY EVIDENCE</p>
         </figure>
       </div>
     </section>
@@ -418,7 +410,7 @@
           <a href="assets/images/portfolio-wiki-disaster-recovery.png" target="_blank">
             <img src="assets/images/portfolio-wiki-disaster-recovery.png" alt="ByteGeist disaster recovery runbook documentation snapshot" />
           </a>
-          <p class="evidence-note">CAPTURED OCT 2026 · DOCUMENTED RECOVERY PROCEDURE</p>
+          <p class="evidence-note">OCT 2026 · RUNBOOK CAPTURE</p>
         </figure>
       </div>
     </section>
@@ -429,7 +421,7 @@
       <img src="assets/images/bytegeist-logo.png" alt="" />
       <div><strong>BYTEGEIST</strong><span>KEITH CASKO / INFRASTRUCTURE LAB</span></div>
     </div>
-    <p>PLAIN HTML / CSS / JAVASCRIPT</p>
+    <p>HTML / CSS / JAVASCRIPT · PYTHON STATUS API · NGINX</p>
     <p>VERIFICATION: <span class="status-text">OCT 2026</span></p>
   </footer>
 </body>
diff --git a/script.js b/script.js
index a05b72a..d919275 100644
--- a/script.js
+++ b/script.js
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ const fields = {
   healthWoodpecker: document.querySelector("#health-woodpecker"),
   healthKuma: document.querySelector("#health-kuma"),
   healthPrometheus: document.querySelector("#health-prometheus"),
-  giteaVersion: document.querySelector("#gitea-version"),
   pipelineGiteaState: document.querySelector("#pipeline-gitea-state"),
-  pipelineGiteaVersion: document.querySelector("#pipeline-gitea-version"),
   pipelineWoodpeckerState: document.querySelector("#pipeline-woodpecker-state"),
   deployedCommit: document.querySelector("#deployed-commit"),
 };
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ const telemetryHistory = {
   memory: [],
 };
 
-let lastSuccessfulUpdate = null;
+let lastSampledAt = null;
 let requestInFlight = false;
 
 function updateClock() {
@@ -80,8 +78,6 @@ function setUnavailable() {
       element.classList.add("status-down");
     }
   }
-  fields.giteaVersion.textContent = "VERSION --";
-  fields.pipelineGiteaVersion.textContent = "VERSION --";
   fields.deployedCommit.textContent = "-------";
   refreshElement.textContent = "TELEMETRY UNAVAILABLE";
   refreshElement.classList.add("telemetry-error");
@@ -104,10 +100,6 @@ function pushHistory(series, value) {
   if (series.length > 24) series.shift();
 }
 
-function serviceLabel(service) {
-  return service && service.up ? "ONLINE" : "UNAVAILABLE";
-}
-
 function setServiceState(element, service) {
   if (!element) return;
   const up = Boolean(service && service.up);
@@ -143,11 +135,6 @@ function renderStatus(data) {
   setServiceState(fields.pipelineGiteaState, services.gitea);
   setServiceState(fields.pipelineWoodpeckerState, services.woodpecker);
 
-  const giteaVersion = services.gitea && services.gitea.version
-    ? "VERSION " + services.gitea.version
-    : "VERSION --";
-  fields.giteaVersion.textContent = giteaVersion;
-  fields.pipelineGiteaVersion.textContent = giteaVersion;
   fields.deployedCommit.textContent = data.deployment && data.deployment.commit
     ? data.deployment.commit
     : "-------";
@@ -159,14 +146,21 @@ function renderStatus(data) {
   fields.telemetry.classList.remove("metric-error");
   refreshElement.classList.remove("telemetry-error");
 
-  lastSuccessfulUpdate = Date.now();
+  lastSampledAt = Number(data.sampled_at) * 1000;
   updateRefreshLabel();
 }
 
 function updateRefreshLabel() {
-  if (!lastSuccessfulUpdate) return;
-  const ageSeconds = Math.max(0, Math.floor((Date.now() - lastSuccessfulUpdate) / 1000));
-  refreshElement.textContent = "LIVE TELEMETRY | UPDATED " + String(ageSeconds).padStart(2, "0") + "s AGO";
+  if (!lastSampledAt) return;
+  const ageSeconds = Math.max(0, Math.floor((Date.now() - lastSampledAt) / 1000));
+  const stale = ageSeconds > 45;
+
+  refreshElement.textContent = (stale ? "TELEMETRY STALE | SAMPLE " : "LIVE TELEMETRY | SAMPLE ")
+    + String(ageSeconds).padStart(2, "0") + "s AGO";
+  refreshElement.classList.toggle("telemetry-error", stale);
+
+  fields.telemetry.textContent = stale ? "STALE" : "LIVE";
+  fields.telemetry.classList.toggle("metric-error", stale);
 }
 
 async function refreshTelemetry() {
@@ -198,4 +192,3 @@ refreshTelemetry();
 window.setInterval(updateClock, 1000);
 window.setInterval(updateRefreshLabel, 1000);
 window.setInterval(refreshTelemetry, 15000);
-
diff --git a/status-api/status_api.py b/status-api/status_api.py
index 498df3d..96b2c65 100644
--- a/status-api/status_api.py
+++ b/status-api/status_api.py
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ def check_services():
         try:
             status, body = get_text(url)
             services[name] = {"up": 200 <= status < 400, "status": status}
-            if name == "gitea":
-                try:
-                    services[name]["version"] = json.loads(body).get("version")
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
         except Exception:
             services[name] = {"up": False, "status": None}
     return services
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 0ad2a65..a267473 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -664,10 +664,10 @@ h1 {
 .module-header {
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: 1fr minmax(260px, .75fr) auto;
-  gap: 40px;
+  gap: 28px;
   align-items: end;
-  min-height: 132px;
-  padding: 28px 30px;
+  min-height: 108px;
+  padding: 22px 28px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line-strong);
 }
 
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ h1 {
 
 .module h2 {
   margin: 7px 0 0;
-  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3vw, 3.3rem);
+  font-size: clamp(1.65rem, 2.5vw, 2.7rem);
   font-weight: 500;
   line-height: 1;
   letter-spacing: -.05em;
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ h1 {
 
 .service-row {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.2fr .65fr .55fr;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.25fr .7fr;
   gap: 12px;
   align-items: center;
   min-height: 53px;
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ footer {
 
   .service-row span:nth-child(3),
   .service-head span:nth-child(3) {
-    display: none;
+    display: block;
   }
 
   .system-map {
@@ -1376,3 +1376,57 @@ footer {
     animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
   }
 }
+
+
+/* Final rhythm and evidence polish */
+.module + .module {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.module + .module::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  top: -1px;
+  left: 28px;
+  width: 48px;
+  height: 1px;
+  background: var(--purple-low);
+}
+
+.evidence-note {
+  opacity: .72;
+  font-size: .49rem;
+  letter-spacing: .05em;
+}
+
+.evidence-wide img,
+.crowdsec-shot img,
+.recovery-layout img {
+  max-height: 430px;
+  object-fit: contain;
+  object-position: top center;
+  background: #050608;
+}
+
+.activity-panel .event-list li {
+  padding: 15px 0;
+}
+
+.activity-panel .event-list p {
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 560px) {
+  .module-header {
+    min-height: auto;
+    padding: 20px 16px;
+  }
+
+  .module + .module::before {
+    left: 16px;
+  }
+
+  .service-row {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr auto;
+  }
+}