diff --git a/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js b/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
index f5389ee6..60995f29 100644
--- a/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
+++ b/packages/webui/src/public/bus.js
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
   const stamp = iso => { const t = Date.parse(iso); return Number.isFinite(t) ? `${new Date(t).toISOString().slice(11, 19)} UTC` : 'unknown'; };
   function freshBus(state) {
     $('fresh-bus').innerHTML = state === 'failed' ? 'Bus <span class="warn">not read: the read failed</span>'
-      : `Bus read <b>${esc(stamp(readAt))}</b>${readAt ? ` (${esc(ago(readAt))})` : ''}${state === 'stale' ? ' · <span class="warn">stale: the last read failed</span>' : ''}`;
+      : `Bus read <b>${esc(stamp(readAt))}</b>${readAt ? ` (${esc(ago(readAt))})` : ''}`;
   }
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------- router