diff --git a/src/unified-dashboard.test.ts b/src/unified-dashboard.test.ts
index 9a30881..e8a8e89 100644
--- a/src/unified-dashboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/unified-dashboard.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { UsageRow } from './dashboard-usage-rows.js';
 import {
   buildWebUsageRowsForSnapshot,
   formatStatusHeader,
+  getDashboardDuplicateCleanupIntervalMs,
   renderUsageTable,
   shouldPurgeDashboardChannelOnStart,
   summarizeWatcherTasks,
@@ -82,6 +83,13 @@ describe('shouldPurgeDashboardChannelOnStart', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('getDashboardDuplicateCleanupIntervalMs', () => {
+  it('polls duplicate cleanup faster than the status update interval', () => {
+    expect(getDashboardDuplicateCleanupIntervalMs(10_000)).toBe(2_000);
+    expect(getDashboardDuplicateCleanupIntervalMs(1_000)).toBe(1_000);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('renderUsageTable', () => {
   const claudeRow: UsageRow = {
     name: 'Claude pro',
diff --git a/src/unified-dashboard.ts b/src/unified-dashboard.ts
index ffe726e..3f581f2 100644
--- a/src/unified-dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/unified-dashboard.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ const USAGE_SNAPSHOT_MAX_AGE_MS = 600_000;
  * so this only affects how quickly Codex snapshot data is picked up.
  */
 const RENDERER_USAGE_REFRESH_MS = 30_000;
+const DASHBOARD_DUPLICATE_CLEANUP_POLL_MS = 2_000;
 
 let statusMessageId: string | null = null;
 let cachedUsageContent = '';
@@ -171,6 +172,12 @@ export function shouldPurgeDashboardChannelOnStart(args: {
   return args.purgeOnStart === true;
 }
 
+export function getDashboardDuplicateCleanupIntervalMs(
+  statusUpdateInterval: number,
+): number {
+  return Math.min(statusUpdateInterval, DASHBOARD_DUPLICATE_CLEANUP_POLL_MS);
+}
+
 async function refreshChannelMeta(
   opts: UnifiedDashboardOptions,
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -798,6 +805,10 @@ export async function startUnifiedDashboard(
   };
 
   setInterval(updateStatus, opts.statusUpdateInterval);
+  setInterval(() => {
+    if (!isRenderer || !statusMessageId) return;
+    void cleanupDashboardDuplicateMessages(opts, statusMessageId);
+  }, getDashboardDuplicateCleanupIntervalMs(opts.statusUpdateInterval));
   await updateStatus();
 
   if (isRenderer) {