diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/App.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/App.tsx
index b956148..544dc87 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/App.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ import {
 } from './DashboardNav';
 import { formatDate, statusLabel } from './dashboardHelpers';
 import { RoomBoardV2 } from './RoomBoardV2';
-import { ServicePanel, type ServiceActionKey } from './ServicePanel';
 import { SettingsPanel } from './SettingsPanel';
+import { SystemStatusStrip } from './SystemStatusStrip';
 import { TaskPanel, type RoomOption, type TaskActionKey } from './TaskPanel';
 import { UsagePanel } from './UsagePanel';
 import './styles.css';
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ function isDashboardView(
 ): value is DashboardView {
   return (
     value === 'usage' ||
-    value === 'health' ||
     value === 'rooms' ||
     value === 'scheduled' ||
     value === 'settings'
@@ -246,106 +245,6 @@ function LoadingSkeleton({ t }: { t: Messages }) {
   );
 }
 
-function ControlRail({
-  canInstall,
-  data,
-  installed,
-  locale,
-  offlineReady,
-  onInstall,
-  online,
-  secureContext,
-  t,
-}: {
-  canInstall: boolean;
-  data: DashboardState;
-  installed: boolean;
-  locale: Locale;
-  offlineReady: boolean;
-  onInstall: () => void;
-  online: boolean;
-  secureContext: boolean;
-  t: Messages;
-}) {
-  const queue = data.snapshots.reduce(
-    (acc, snapshot) => {
-      for (const entry of snapshot.entries) {
-        acc.pendingTasks += entry.pendingTasks;
-        if (entry.pendingMessages) acc.pendingMessageRooms += 1;
-      }
-      return acc;
-    },
-    { pendingTasks: 0, pendingMessageRooms: 0 },
-  );
-  const freshness = dashboardFreshness(online, data.overview.generatedAt);
-  const age = dashboardAgeMs(data.overview.generatedAt);
-
-  return (
-    <section className="ops-strip" id="overview" aria-label={t.control.aria}>
-      <div className={`ops-tile-freshness ops-${freshness}`}>
-        <span>{t.pwa.updated}</span>
-        <strong>{freshnessLabel(freshness, t)}</strong>
-        <small>
-          {formatDate(data.overview.generatedAt, locale)}
-          {age === null ? '' : ` · ${formatDuration(age, t)}`}
-        </small>
-      </div>
-      <div className="ops-tile-pwa">
-        <span>{t.pwa.app}</span>
-        <strong>
-          {!secureContext
-            ? t.pwa.secureRequired
-            : installed
-              ? t.pwa.installed
-              : offlineReady
-                ? t.pwa.ready
-                : t.pwa.app}
-        </strong>
-        {canInstall ? (
-          <button onClick={onInstall} type="button">
-            {t.pwa.install}
-          </button>
-        ) : (
-          <small>
-            {!secureContext
-              ? t.pwa.secureRequired
-              : offlineReady
-                ? t.pwa.cached
-                : t.pwa.online}
-          </small>
-        )}
-      </div>
-      <div>
-        <span>{t.metrics.rooms}</span>
-        <strong>
-          {data.overview.rooms.active + data.overview.rooms.waiting}/
-          {data.overview.rooms.total}
-        </strong>
-        <small>{t.control.activeRooms}</small>
-      </div>
-      <div>
-        <span>{t.control.queue}</span>
-        <strong>{queue.pendingTasks}</strong>
-        <small>
-          {queue.pendingMessageRooms} {t.control.pendingRooms}
-        </small>
-      </div>
-      <div>
-        <span>{t.metrics.agents}</span>
-        <strong>{data.overview.services.length}</strong>
-        <small>{t.panels.heartbeat}</small>
-      </div>
-      <div>
-        <span>{t.metrics.ciWatchers}</span>
-        <strong>{data.overview.tasks.watchers.active}</strong>
-        <small>
-          {data.overview.tasks.watchers.paused} {t.status.paused}
-        </small>
-      </div>
-    </section>
-  );
-}
-
 function DashboardErrorCard({
   error,
   onRetry,
@@ -388,8 +287,7 @@ function App() {
   const [taskActionKey, setTaskActionKey] = useState<TaskActionKey | null>(
     null,
   );
-  const [serviceActionKey, setServiceActionKey] =
-    useState<ServiceActionKey | null>(null);
+  const [serviceRestarting, setServiceRestarting] = useState(false);
   const [roomMessageKey, setRoomMessageKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [selectedRoomJid, setSelectedRoomJid] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const {
@@ -498,7 +396,7 @@ function App() {
       return;
     }
 
-    setServiceActionKey('stack:restart');
+    setServiceRestarting(true);
     try {
       await runServiceAction('stack', 'restart', {
         requestId: makeClientRequestId(),
@@ -507,7 +405,7 @@ function App() {
     } catch (err) {
       setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
     } finally {
-      setServiceActionKey(null);
+      setServiceRestarting(false);
     }
   }
 
@@ -793,43 +691,12 @@ function App() {
         {data ? (
           <div className={`view-stack view-${activeView}`}>
             {activeView === 'usage' ? (
-              <>
-                <section className="panel usage-first" id="usage">
-                  <div className="panel-title">
-                    <h2>{t.panels.usage}</h2>
-                    <span>{t.panels.usageWindow}</span>
-                  </div>
-                  <UsagePanel overview={data.overview} t={t} />
-                </section>
-                <ControlRail
-                  canInstall={canInstall}
-                  data={data}
-                  installed={installed}
-                  locale={locale}
-                  offlineReady={offlineReady}
-                  online={online}
-                  onInstall={() => void handleInstallApp()}
-                  secureContext={secureContext}
-                  t={t}
-                />
-              </>
-            ) : null}
-
-            {activeView === 'health' ? (
-              <section className="panel view-panel" id="health">
+              <section className="panel usage-first" id="usage">
                 <div className="panel-title">
-                  <h2>{t.panels.health}</h2>
-                  <span>{t.panels.healthSignals}</span>
+                  <h2>{t.panels.usage}</h2>
+                  <span>{t.panels.usageWindow}</span>
                 </div>
-                <ServicePanel
-                  formatDuration={formatDuration}
-                  locale={locale}
-                  onRestartStack={() => void handleServiceRestart()}
-                  overview={data.overview}
-                  serviceActionKey={serviceActionKey}
-                  snapshots={data.snapshots}
-                  t={t}
-                />
+                <UsagePanel overview={data.overview} t={t} />
               </section>
             ) : null}
 
@@ -839,6 +706,7 @@ function App() {
                   <h2>{t.panels.rooms}</h2>
                   <span>{t.panels.queue}</span>
                 </div>
+                <SystemStatusStrip overview={data.overview} t={t} />
                 <RoomBoardV2
                   {...ROOM_BOARD_FORMATTERS}
                   createRequestId={makeClientRequestId}
@@ -890,7 +758,9 @@ function App() {
                   nickname={nickname}
                   onLocaleChange={setDashboardLocale}
                   onNicknameChange={setNickname}
-                  onRestartStack={() => void handleServiceRestart()}
+                  onRestartStack={() => {
+                    if (!serviceRestarting) void handleServiceRestart();
+                  }}
                   t={t}
                 />
               </section>
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/DashboardNav.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/DashboardNav.tsx
index 2ab40b6..f0d98cf 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/DashboardNav.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/DashboardNav.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { type ReactNode } from 'react';
 import {
-  Activity,
   Clock,
   Download,
   Gauge,
@@ -12,12 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { type DashboardOverview, type StatusSnapshot } from './api';
 import { type Messages } from './i18n';
 
-export type DashboardView =
-  | 'usage'
-  | 'health'
-  | 'rooms'
-  | 'scheduled'
-  | 'settings';
+export type DashboardView = 'usage' | 'rooms' | 'scheduled' | 'settings';
 export type DashboardFreshness = 'fresh' | 'stale' | 'offline';
 
 interface DashboardNavData {
@@ -27,7 +21,6 @@ interface DashboardNavData {
 
 const NAV_ICONS: Record<DashboardView, ReactNode> = {
   usage: <Gauge size={20} strokeWidth={2} aria-hidden />,
-  health: <Activity size={20} strokeWidth={2} aria-hidden />,
   rooms: <MessageSquare size={20} strokeWidth={2} aria-hidden />,
   scheduled: <Clock size={20} strokeWidth={2} aria-hidden />,
   settings: <Settings size={20} strokeWidth={2} aria-hidden />,
@@ -37,7 +30,6 @@ function navItems(t: Messages) {
   return [
     { href: '#/rooms', label: t.nav.rooms, view: 'rooms' as const },
     { href: '#/scheduled', label: t.nav.scheduled, view: 'scheduled' as const },
-    { href: '#/health', label: t.nav.health, view: 'health' as const },
     { href: '#/usage', label: t.nav.usage, view: 'usage' as const },
     { href: '#/settings', label: t.nav.settings, view: 'settings' as const },
   ];
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/ServicePanel.test.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/ServicePanel.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 416fb8a..0000000
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/ServicePanel.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-import { createElement } from 'react';
-import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-
-import type { DashboardOverview, StatusSnapshot } from './api';
-import { messages, type Messages } from './i18n';
-import { ServicePanel, type ServicePanelProps } from './ServicePanel';
-
-const t = messages.en;
-
-function formatDuration(value: number | null, t: Messages): string {
-  if (value === null) return '-';
-  const seconds = Math.floor(value / 1000);
-  if (seconds < 60) return `${seconds}${t.units.second}`;
-  const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
-  if (minutes < 60) return `${minutes}${t.units.minute}`;
-  const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
-  return `${hours}${t.units.hour} ${minutes % 60}${t.units.minute}`;
-}
-
-function overview(
-  services: DashboardOverview['services'],
-  overrides: Partial<DashboardOverview> = {},
-): DashboardOverview {
-  return {
-    generatedAt: '2026-04-28T04:15:00.000Z',
-    inbox: [],
-    operations: { serviceRestarts: [] },
-    rooms: { active: 0, inactive: 0, total: 0, waiting: 0 },
-    services,
-    tasks: {
-      active: 0,
-      completed: 0,
-      paused: 0,
-      total: 0,
-      watchers: { active: 0, completed: 0, paused: 0 },
-    },
-    usage: { fetchedAt: '2026-04-28T04:15:00.000Z', rows: [] },
-    ...overrides,
-  };
-}
-
-const snapshots: StatusSnapshot[] = [
-  {
-    agentType: 'codex',
-    assistantName: 'owner',
-    entries: [
-      {
-        agentType: 'codex',
-        elapsedMs: null,
-        folder: 'eyejokerdb',
-        jid: 'room-1',
-        name: 'eyejokerdb-main',
-        pendingMessages: true,
-        pendingTasks: 3,
-        status: 'waiting',
-      },
-    ],
-    serviceId: 'svc-owner',
-    updatedAt: '2026-04-28T04:14:00.000Z',
-  },
-];
-
-const baseProps: ServicePanelProps = {
-  formatDuration,
-  locale: 'en',
-  onRestartStack: () => {},
-  overview: overview(
-    [
-      {
-        activeRooms: 2,
-        agentType: 'codex',
-        assistantName: 'owner',
-        serviceId: 'svc-owner',
-        totalRooms: 3,
-        updatedAt: '2026-04-28T04:14:00.000Z',
-      },
-      {
-        activeRooms: 0,
-        agentType: 'claude',
-        assistantName: 'reviewer',
-        serviceId: 'svc-reviewer',
-        totalRooms: 1,
-        updatedAt: '2026-04-28T04:08:00.000Z',
-      },
-    ],
-    {
-      operations: {
-        serviceRestarts: [
-          {
-            completedAt: null,
-            id: 'restart-1',
-            requestedAt: '2026-04-28T04:13:00.000Z',
-            services: ['owner', 'reviewer'],
-            status: 'running',
-            target: 'stack',
-          },
-        ],
-      },
-      tasks: {
-        active: 0,
-        completed: 0,
-        paused: 2,
-        total: 2,
-        watchers: { active: 0, completed: 0, paused: 2 },
-      },
-    },
-  ),
-  serviceActionKey: null,
-  snapshots,
-  t,
-};
-
-describe('ServicePanel', () => {
-  it('renders service health, queue signals, and restart log', () => {
-    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(createElement(ServicePanel, baseProps));
-
-    expect(html).toContain(t.health.levels.stale);
-    expect(html).toContain(t.health.ciFailures);
-    expect(html).toContain('2');
-    expect(html).toContain('3');
-    expect(html).toContain('reviewer');
-    expect(html).toContain(t.health.restartLog);
-    expect(html).toContain('owner, reviewer');
-  });
-
-  it('renders restart pending state and empty services state', () => {
-    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
-      createElement(ServicePanel, {
-        ...baseProps,
-        overview: overview([]),
-        serviceActionKey: 'stack:restart',
-        snapshots: [],
-      }),
-    );
-
-    expect(html).toContain(t.health.restarting);
-    expect(html).toContain('disabled=""');
-    expect(html).toContain(t.service.empty);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/ServicePanel.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/ServicePanel.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index e87ab5a..0000000
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/ServicePanel.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-import type { DashboardOverview, StatusSnapshot } from './api';
-import { formatDate } from './dashboardHelpers';
-import { EmptyState } from './EmptyState';
-import type { Locale, Messages } from './i18n';
-
-export type ServiceActionKey = 'stack:restart';
-
-type HealthLevel = 'ok' | 'stale' | 'down';
-type ServiceRow = DashboardOverview['services'][number];
-
-export interface ServicePanelProps {
-  formatDuration: (value: number | null, t: Messages) => string;
-  locale: Locale;
-  onRestartStack: () => void;
-  overview: DashboardOverview;
-  serviceActionKey: ServiceActionKey | null;
-  snapshots: StatusSnapshot[];
-  t: Messages;
-}
-
-const HEALTH_STALE_MS = 5 * 60_000;
-const HEALTH_DOWN_MS = 15 * 60_000;
-
-function serviceAgeMs(service: ServiceRow, generatedAt: string): number | null {
-  const updated = new Date(service.updatedAt).getTime();
-  const now = new Date(generatedAt).getTime();
-  if (Number.isNaN(updated) || Number.isNaN(now)) return null;
-  return Math.max(0, now - updated);
-}
-
-function serviceHealthLevel(
-  service: ServiceRow,
-  generatedAt: string,
-): HealthLevel {
-  const age = serviceAgeMs(service, generatedAt);
-  if (age === null) return 'stale';
-  if (age >= HEALTH_DOWN_MS) return 'down';
-  if (age >= HEALTH_STALE_MS) return 'stale';
-  return 'ok';
-}
-
-export function ServicePanel({
-  formatDuration,
-  locale,
-  onRestartStack,
-  overview,
-  serviceActionKey,
-  snapshots,
-  t,
-}: ServicePanelProps) {
-  const services = overview.services;
-  const restarts = overview.operations?.serviceRestarts ?? [];
-  const serviceLevels = services.map((service) => ({
-    service,
-    level: serviceHealthLevel(service, overview.generatedAt),
-    age: serviceAgeMs(service, overview.generatedAt),
-  }));
-  const down = serviceLevels.filter((item) => item.level === 'down').length;
-  const stale = serviceLevels.filter((item) => item.level === 'stale').length;
-  const queue = snapshots.reduce(
-    (acc, snapshot) => {
-      for (const entry of snapshot.entries) {
-        acc.pendingTasks += entry.pendingTasks;
-        if (entry.pendingMessages) acc.pendingMessageRooms += 1;
-      }
-      return acc;
-    },
-    { pendingTasks: 0, pendingMessageRooms: 0 },
-  );
-  const ciFailures = overview.tasks.watchers.paused;
-  const healthLevel: HealthLevel =
-    down > 0 ? 'down' : stale > 0 || ciFailures > 0 ? 'stale' : 'ok';
-  const affectedServices = serviceLevels.filter((item) => item.level !== 'ok');
-
-  return (
-    <div className="health-board">
-      <section className={`health-overview health-${healthLevel}`}>
-        <span className="eyebrow">{t.health.system}</span>
-        <strong>{t.health.levels[healthLevel]}</strong>
-      </section>
-
-      <section className="health-signals" aria-label={t.health.signals}>
-        <div>
-          <span>{t.health.services}</span>
-          <strong>
-            {services.length - stale - down}/{services.length}
-          </strong>
-          <small>{t.health.fresh}</small>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-          <span>{t.health.stale}</span>
-          <strong>{stale + down}</strong>
-          <small>
-            {down} {t.health.levels.down}
-          </small>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-          <span>{t.health.queue}</span>
-          <strong>{queue.pendingTasks}</strong>
-          <small>
-            {queue.pendingMessageRooms} {t.control.pendingRooms}
-          </small>
-        </div>
-        <div>
-          <span>{t.health.ciFailures}</span>
-          <strong>{ciFailures}</strong>
-        </div>
-      </section>
-
-      <section className="health-actions" aria-label={t.health.restart}>
-        <div>
-          <span className="eyebrow">{t.health.restart}</span>
-          <strong>{t.health.restartStack}</strong>
-          <small>{t.health.restartHint}</small>
-        </div>
-        <button
-          disabled={serviceActionKey === 'stack:restart'}
-          onClick={onRestartStack}
-          type="button"
-        >
-          {serviceActionKey === 'stack:restart'
-            ? t.health.restarting
-            : t.health.restartStack}
-        </button>
-      </section>
-
-      {restarts.length > 0 ? (
-        <details className="health-restart-log">
-          <summary>
-            {t.health.restartLog}
-            <strong>{restarts.length}</strong>
-          </summary>
-          <div className="health-restart-list">
-            {restarts.map((restart) => {
-              const pill =
-                restart.status === 'success'
-                  ? 'ok'
-                  : restart.status === 'failed'
-                    ? 'error'
-                    : 'stale';
-              return (
-                <article className="health-restart-record" key={restart.id}>
-                  <div>
-                    <small>{t.health.restartTarget}</small>
-                    <strong>{restart.target}</strong>
-                  </div>
-                  <span
-                    aria-label={`${t.health.restartStatus}: ${restart.status}`}
-                    className={`pill pill-${pill}`}
-                  >
-                    {restart.status}
-                  </span>
-                  <div>
-                    <small>{t.health.restartRequested}</small>
-                    <strong>{formatDate(restart.requestedAt, locale)}</strong>
-                  </div>
-                  <div>
-                    <small>{t.health.restartServices}</small>
-                    <strong>
-                      {restart.services.length > 0
-                        ? restart.services.join(', ')
-                        : '-'}
-                    </strong>
-                  </div>
-                  {restart.error ? (
-                    <p className="health-restart-error">{restart.error}</p>
-                  ) : null}
-                </article>
-              );
-            })}
-          </div>
-        </details>
-      ) : null}
-
-      {services.length === 0 ? (
-        <EmptyState>{t.service.empty}</EmptyState>
-      ) : affectedServices.length === 0 ? null : (
-        <details className="health-service-details">
-          <summary>
-            {t.health.affectedServices}
-            <strong>{affectedServices.length}</strong>
-          </summary>
-          <div className="health-service-list">
-            {affectedServices.map(({ service, level, age }) => (
-              <article className="health-service" key={service.serviceId}>
-                <div>
-                  <strong>{service.assistantName || service.serviceId}</strong>
-                </div>
-                <span className={`pill pill-${level}`}>
-                  {t.health.levels[level]}
-                </span>
-                <div>
-                  <small>{t.service.updated}</small>
-                  <strong>{formatDate(service.updatedAt, locale)}</strong>
-                  <em>{formatDuration(age, t)}</em>
-                </div>
-                <div>
-                  <small>{t.service.rooms}</small>
-                  <strong>
-                    {service.activeRooms}/{service.totalRooms}
-                  </strong>
-                </div>
-              </article>
-            ))}
-          </div>
-        </details>
-      )}
-    </div>
-  );
-}
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/SystemStatusStrip.test.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/SystemStatusStrip.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a48555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/SystemStatusStrip.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { createElement } from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import type { DashboardOverview } from './api';
+import { messages } from './i18n';
+import { SystemStatusStrip } from './SystemStatusStrip';
+
+const t = messages.en;
+
+function overview(
+  overrides: Partial<DashboardOverview> = {},
+): DashboardOverview {
+  return {
+    generatedAt: '2026-04-28T04:15:00.000Z',
+    inbox: [],
+    operations: { serviceRestarts: [] },
+    rooms: { active: 0, inactive: 0, total: 0, waiting: 0 },
+    services: [
+      {
+        activeRooms: 2,
+        agentType: 'codex',
+        assistantName: 'owner',
+        serviceId: 'svc-owner',
+        totalRooms: 3,
+        updatedAt: '2026-04-28T04:14:00.000Z',
+      },
+    ],
+    tasks: {
+      active: 0,
+      completed: 0,
+      paused: 0,
+      total: 0,
+      watchers: { active: 0, completed: 0, paused: 0 },
+    },
+    usage: { fetchedAt: '2026-04-28T04:15:00.000Z', rows: [] },
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('SystemStatusStrip', () => {
+  it('stays hidden when services and CI watchers are healthy', () => {
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(SystemStatusStrip, { overview: overview(), t }),
+    );
+
+    expect(html).toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('surfaces paused CI watchers as a room-level system warning', () => {
+    const html = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(SystemStatusStrip, {
+        overview: overview({
+          tasks: {
+            active: 0,
+            completed: 0,
+            paused: 2,
+            total: 2,
+            watchers: { active: 0, completed: 0, paused: 2 },
+          },
+        }),
+        t,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(html).toContain('system-status-strip');
+    expect(html).toContain(t.health.ciFailures);
+    expect(html).toContain('2');
+  });
+
+  it('surfaces stale and missing service heartbeat signals', () => {
+    const staleHtml = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(SystemStatusStrip, {
+        overview: overview({
+          services: [
+            {
+              activeRooms: 0,
+              agentType: 'claude',
+              assistantName: 'reviewer',
+              serviceId: 'svc-reviewer',
+              totalRooms: 1,
+              updatedAt: '2026-04-28T03:58:00.000Z',
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+        t,
+      }),
+    );
+    const missingHtml = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(SystemStatusStrip, {
+        overview: overview({ services: [] }),
+        t,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(staleHtml).toContain(t.health.levels.down);
+    expect(missingHtml).toContain(t.service.empty);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/SystemStatusStrip.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/SystemStatusStrip.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..408b763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/SystemStatusStrip.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import type { DashboardOverview } from './api';
+import type { Messages } from './i18n';
+
+type HealthLevel = 'stale' | 'down';
+type ServiceRow = DashboardOverview['services'][number];
+
+export interface SystemStatusStripProps {
+  overview: DashboardOverview;
+  t: Messages;
+}
+
+const HEALTH_STALE_MS = 5 * 60_000;
+const HEALTH_DOWN_MS = 15 * 60_000;
+
+function serviceAgeMs(service: ServiceRow, generatedAt: string): number | null {
+  const updated = new Date(service.updatedAt).getTime();
+  const now = new Date(generatedAt).getTime();
+  if (Number.isNaN(updated) || Number.isNaN(now)) return null;
+  return Math.max(0, now - updated);
+}
+
+function serviceHealthLevel(
+  service: ServiceRow,
+  generatedAt: string,
+): HealthLevel | null {
+  const age = serviceAgeMs(service, generatedAt);
+  if (age === null) return 'stale';
+  if (age >= HEALTH_DOWN_MS) return 'down';
+  if (age >= HEALTH_STALE_MS) return 'stale';
+  return null;
+}
+
+export function SystemStatusStrip({ overview, t }: SystemStatusStripProps) {
+  const serviceLevels = overview.services.map((service) =>
+    serviceHealthLevel(service, overview.generatedAt),
+  );
+  const down = serviceLevels.filter((level) => level === 'down').length;
+  const stale = serviceLevels.filter((level) => level === 'stale').length;
+  const ciPaused = overview.tasks.watchers.paused;
+  const hasNoHeartbeat = overview.services.length === 0;
+  const level: HealthLevel = hasNoHeartbeat || down > 0 ? 'down' : 'stale';
+
+  if (!hasNoHeartbeat && down === 0 && stale === 0 && ciPaused === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const signals: string[] = [];
+  if (hasNoHeartbeat) signals.push(t.service.empty);
+  if (down > 0) signals.push(`${down} ${t.health.levels.down}`);
+  if (stale > 0) signals.push(`${stale} ${t.health.stale}`);
+  if (ciPaused > 0) signals.push(`${ciPaused} ${t.health.ciFailures}`);
+
+  return (
+    <aside
+      aria-label={t.health.signals}
+      className={`system-status-strip system-status-${level}`}
+      role="status"
+    >
+      <div>
+        <span className="eyebrow">{t.health.system}</span>
+        <strong>{t.health.levels[level]}</strong>
+      </div>
+      <p>{signals.join(' · ')}</p>
+    </aside>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/styles.css b/apps/dashboard/src/styles.css
index 7a125d7..00b2069 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/styles.css
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/styles.css
@@ -1576,6 +1576,54 @@ dd,
   padding: 12px;
 }
 
+.system-status-strip {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr);
+  gap: 12px;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 12px 14px;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(181, 138, 34, 0.32);
+  border-radius: 16px;
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(
+      135deg,
+      rgba(255, 241, 213, 0.86),
+      rgba(255, 250, 240, 0.94)
+    ),
+    var(--bg-card);
+}
+
+.system-status-strip.system-status-down {
+  border-color: rgba(183, 71, 52, 0.36);
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(
+      135deg,
+      rgba(255, 230, 220, 0.88),
+      rgba(255, 250, 240, 0.96)
+    ),
+    var(--bg-card);
+}
+
+.system-status-strip > div {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 2px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.system-status-strip strong {
+  color: var(--bg-ink);
+  font-size: var(--text-lg);
+  line-height: 1;
+}
+
+.system-status-strip p {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
+  font-weight: 700;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+
 .panel-title {
   display: flex;
   gap: 10px;
@@ -2875,6 +2923,10 @@ progress::-moz-progress-bar {
   .ops-strip {
     grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
   }
+
+  .system-status-strip {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
 }
 
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
diff --git a/scripts/dashboard-ux.ts b/scripts/dashboard-ux.ts
index ef8ba40..6064971 100644
--- a/scripts/dashboard-ux.ts
+++ b/scripts/dashboard-ux.ts
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ async function main() {
         await page.waitForURL(/#\/rooms$/);
         await assertVisible(page.locator('#rooms .rooms-v2'));
         assert.equal(await page.locator('a[href="#/inbox"]').count(), 0);
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('a[href="#/health"]').count(), 0);
         await assertVisible(page.getByText(/승인|Approval/).first());
-        assert.equal(await page.getByText(/CI 실패|CI failure/).count(), 0);
+        await assertVisible(page.locator('.system-status-strip'));
         assert.equal(
           await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Dismiss' }).count(),
           0,
@@ -141,6 +142,33 @@ async function main() {
       },
     );
 
+    await runScenario(
+      'health route redirects to rooms and degraded state is conditional',
+      browser,
+      baseUrl,
+      async (page, state) => {
+        state.approvalAction = true;
+
+        await page.goto(new URL('/#/rooms', baseUrl).toString(), {
+          waitUntil: 'networkidle',
+        });
+        await assertVisible(page.locator('#rooms .rooms-v2'));
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('.system-status-strip').count(), 0);
+
+        state.ciWatcherFailures = 2;
+        await page.goto(new URL('/?degraded=1#/health', baseUrl).toString(), {
+          waitUntil: 'networkidle',
+        });
+
+        await page.waitForURL(/#\/rooms$/);
+        await assertVisible(page.locator('#rooms .rooms-v2'));
+        await assertVisible(page.locator('.system-status-strip'));
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('#health').count(), 0);
+        assert.equal(await page.locator('a[href="#/health"]').count(), 0);
+        await assertVisible(page.getByText(/CI 실패|CI failure/).first());
+      },
+    );
+
     console.log('dashboard:ux passed');
   } finally {
     await browser.close();