diff --git a/agent-team/web/src/components/Board.tsx b/agent-team/web/src/components/Board.tsx
index c818c9c..a2d1dbf 100644
--- a/agent-team/web/src/components/Board.tsx
+++ b/agent-team/web/src/components/Board.tsx
@@ -223,14 +223,16 @@ interface ColumnProps {
 
 function KanbanColumn({ stage, topology, selectedId, onSelect }: ColumnProps) {
   const gate = isGate(stage, topology);
-  // `gated` here means INERT (disabled P3 node), not a human gate — dim it.
-  const inert = stage.gated;
+
+  // NOTE: we intentionally do NOT dim stages from the backend `stage.gated`
+  // flag. In the live deployment build/verify/dispatch are wired and active even
+  // though they're still flagged gated, so that flag is a stale "P3 opt-in" hint,
+  // not a real "inactive" signal. Activity is conveyed by live task counts/status.
 
   return (
     <div
       className={cn(
         "flex h-full min-h-0 w-52 shrink-0 flex-col gap-1.5 rounded-lg border border-border bg-muted/40 p-2",
-        inert && "opacity-60",
       )}
       role="listitem"
       aria-label={`Stage: ${stage.label}`}
@@ -239,11 +241,6 @@ function KanbanColumn({ stage, topology, selectedId, onSelect }: ColumnProps) {
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-1 mb-0.5">
         <span className="flex items-center gap-1 truncate text-xs font-semibold text-foreground">
           {stage.label}
-          {inert && (
-            <span className="text-[9px] font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
-              inert
-            </span>
-          )}
         </span>
         <div className="flex items-center gap-1 shrink-0">
           <Badge variant="outline" className="px-1.5 py-0 text-xs">
diff --git a/agent-team/web/src/components/MapNode.tsx b/agent-team/web/src/components/MapNode.tsx
index 95ac022..c4a45e7 100644
--- a/agent-team/web/src/components/MapNode.tsx
+++ b/agent-team/web/src/components/MapNode.tsx
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ function MapNodeImpl({ data }: NodeProps<RFData>) {
         onPath && "ring-2 ring-primary shadow-md shadow-primary/20",
         // Dimmed when a task is selected and this node is not on its path
         dimmed && "opacity-30",
-        // Gated / inert nodes
-        meta.gated && "opacity-60",
       )}
       role="group"
       aria-label={`${meta.label} stage, ${state}, ${count} task${count === 1 ? "" : "s"}`}
@@ -77,13 +75,6 @@ function MapNodeImpl({ data }: NodeProps<RFData>) {
         {meta.agent}
       </div>
 
-      {/* Inert tag — bottom-right corner */}
-      {meta.gated && (
-        <span className="absolute bottom-1 right-1.5 text-[9px] uppercase tracking-wide font-semibold text-muted-foreground">
-          inert
-        </span>
-      )}
-
       <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} />
     </div>
   );