diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.test.tsx
index fbb133d..71353f4 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { renderToString } from "react-dom/server";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { genericDashboardFixture } from "@dimensionlab/dashboard-model/fixtures";
 import { AppStateView } from "./App";
 
 describe("React app dashboard state view", () => {
@@ -41,4 +42,35 @@ describe("React app dashboard state view", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("Dark");
     expect(html).toContain("Light");
   });
+
+  test("renders the dashboard shell while individual items hydrate", () => {
+    const html = renderToString(
+      <AppStateView
+        dashboard={{
+          state: "ready",
+          document: genericDashboardFixture,
+          schemaVersion: "dashboard.v1",
+          currentRevisionId: "revision-1234567890",
+        }}
+        hydratingItemIds={new Set([
+          "telemetry:service-uptime",
+          "service:identity",
+          "module:ambient",
+          "status:runtime:status",
+        ])}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(html).toContain("Operations Console");
+    expect(html).toContain("Service Uptime");
+    expect(html).toContain("Identity");
+    expect(html).toContain("Environment");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("Loading Dashboard");
+    expect(html).toContain(
+      'data-severity="loading" data-model-id="service-uptime"',
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain('data-severity="loading" data-model-id="identity"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-severity="loading" data-model-id="ambient"');
+    expect(html).toContain('data-severity="loading" data-model-id="runtime:status"');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index 0099173..6a19bd5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import type {
+  DashboardDocument,
+  DashboardModule,
+  ServiceEntry,
+  StatusItem,
+  TelemetryCard,
+} from "@dimensionlab/dashboard-model";
 import type { DashboardRuntimeState } from "$lib/server/dashboard";
 import { dashboardDocumentToUiDashboard } from "$lib/ui-adapter/model-renderer";
 import {
@@ -9,21 +16,35 @@ import {
   resolveInitialUiTheme,
   type UiTheme,
   type UiSeverity,
+  type UiDashboardPreview,
 } from "@dimensionlab/ui";
 
-const loadingDashboardState: DashboardRuntimeState = {
-  state: "loading",
-  title: "Loading Dashboard",
-  subtitle: "Fetching active model",
-  message: "Waiting for the active dashboard document.",
-};
+type DashboardTileReference =
+  | { kind: "telemetry"; id: string }
+  | { kind: "service"; id: string }
+  | { kind: "module"; id: string }
+  | { kind: "status"; stripId: string; id: string };
+
+type DashboardTileResponse =
+  | {
+      state: "ready";
+      tile: DashboardTileReference;
+      item: DashboardModule | ServiceEntry | StatusItem | TelemetryCard;
+    }
+  | {
+      state: "not_found";
+      tile: DashboardTileReference;
+      message: string;
+    };
 
 export function AppStateView({
   dashboard,
   onThemeChange,
   theme,
+  hydratingItemIds,
 }: {
   dashboard: DashboardRuntimeState;
+  hydratingItemIds?: ReadonlySet<string>;
   onThemeChange?: (theme: UiTheme) => void;
   theme?: UiTheme;
 }) {
@@ -33,9 +54,14 @@ export function AppStateView({
     ) : null;
 
   if (dashboard.state === "ready") {
+    const uiDashboard = markHydratingItems(
+      dashboardDocumentToUiDashboard(dashboard.document),
+      hydratingItemIds,
+    );
+
     return (
       <DashboardFrame
-        dashboard={dashboardDocumentToUiDashboard(dashboard.document)}
+        dashboard={uiDashboard}
         actions={themeToggle}
       />
     );
@@ -89,7 +115,10 @@ export function resolveDocumentMetadata(dashboard: DashboardRuntimeState): {
 
 export default function App() {
   const [dashboard, setDashboard] =
-    useState<DashboardRuntimeState>(loadingDashboardState);
+    useState<DashboardRuntimeState | null>(null);
+  const [hydratingItemIds, setHydratingItemIds] = useState<Set<string>>(
+    () => new Set(),
+  );
   const [theme, setTheme] = useState<UiTheme>(() => {
     if (typeof window === "undefined") return "dark";
 
@@ -97,6 +126,8 @@ export default function App() {
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!dashboard) return;
+
     const metadata = resolveDocumentMetadata(dashboard);
     document.title = metadata.title;
 
@@ -119,6 +150,7 @@ export default function App() {
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
     let refreshTimer: number | undefined;
+    let hydrationRun = 0;
 
     async function loadDashboard() {
       const response = await fetch("/api/dashboard");
@@ -127,6 +159,18 @@ export default function App() {
       if (cancelled) return;
       setDashboard(nextDashboard);
 
+      const currentRun = ++hydrationRun;
+      if (
+        nextDashboard.state === "ready" &&
+        nextDashboard.liveDatasourceHydration?.enabled !== false
+      ) {
+        const tiles = dashboardHydrationTiles(nextDashboard.document);
+        setHydratingItemIds(new Set(tiles.map(dashboardTileKey)));
+        hydrateDashboardTiles(tiles, currentRun);
+      } else {
+        setHydratingItemIds(new Set());
+      }
+
       if (refreshTimer) {
         window.clearInterval(refreshTimer);
         refreshTimer = undefined;
@@ -145,6 +189,54 @@ export default function App() {
       }
     }
 
+    function hydrateDashboardTiles(
+      tiles: DashboardTileReference[],
+      run: number,
+    ) {
+      tiles.forEach((tile) => {
+        void hydrateDashboardTile(tile, run);
+      });
+    }
+
+    async function hydrateDashboardTile(
+      tile: DashboardTileReference,
+      run: number,
+    ) {
+      const key = dashboardTileKey(tile);
+
+      try {
+        const response = await fetch(dashboardTileUrl(tile));
+        const tileResponse = (await response.json()) as DashboardTileResponse;
+
+        if (
+          cancelled ||
+          run !== hydrationRun ||
+          !response.ok ||
+          tileResponse.state !== "ready"
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const readyTileResponse = tileResponse;
+        setDashboard((current) =>
+          current?.state === "ready"
+            ? {
+                ...current,
+                document: applyDashboardTile(current.document, readyTileResponse),
+              }
+            : current,
+        );
+      } finally {
+        if (!cancelled && run === hydrationRun) {
+          setHydratingItemIds((current) => {
+            const next = new Set(current);
+            next.delete(key);
+            return next;
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     void loadDashboard();
 
     return () => {
@@ -153,13 +245,14 @@ export default function App() {
     };
   }, []);
 
-  return (
+  return dashboard ? (
     <AppStateView
       dashboard={dashboard}
+      hydratingItemIds={hydratingItemIds}
       theme={theme}
       onThemeChange={setTheme}
     />
-  );
+  ) : null;
 }
 
 function stateSeverity(state: DashboardRuntimeState["state"]): UiSeverity {
@@ -181,3 +274,144 @@ function getThemeStorage(): Storage | undefined {
     return undefined;
   }
 }
+
+function markHydratingItems(
+  dashboard: UiDashboardPreview,
+  hydratingItemIds?: ReadonlySet<string>,
+): UiDashboardPreview {
+  if (!hydratingItemIds?.size) return dashboard;
+
+  return {
+    ...dashboard,
+    telemetry: dashboard.telemetry.map((card) =>
+      hydratingItemIds.has(`telemetry:${card.id}`)
+        ? {
+            ...card,
+            severity: "loading",
+            detail: "loading live telemetry",
+          }
+        : card,
+    ),
+    serviceGroups: dashboard.serviceGroups.map((group) => ({
+      ...group,
+      services: group.services.map((service) =>
+        hydratingItemIds.has(`service:${service.id}`)
+          ? {
+              ...service,
+              severity: "loading",
+              detail: "loading",
+            }
+          : service,
+      ),
+    })),
+    modules: dashboard.modules.map((module) =>
+      hydratingItemIds.has(`module:${module.id}`)
+        ? {
+            ...module,
+            severity: "loading",
+            detail: "loading live data",
+          }
+        : module,
+    ),
+    statusItems: dashboard.statusItems.map((item) =>
+      hydratingItemIds.has(`status:${item.id}`)
+        ? {
+            ...item,
+            severity: "loading",
+            value: "loading",
+          }
+        : item,
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
+function dashboardHydrationTiles(document: DashboardDocument): DashboardTileReference[] {
+  const telemetry = document.telemetry
+    .filter((card) => card.datasource?.type === "external")
+    .map((card): DashboardTileReference => ({ kind: "telemetry", id: card.id }));
+  const services = document.serviceGroups.flatMap((group) =>
+    group.services
+      .filter((service) => service.datasource?.type === "external")
+      .map((service): DashboardTileReference => ({ kind: "service", id: service.id })),
+  );
+  const modules = (document.modules || [])
+    .filter((module) =>
+      module.datasource?.type === "external" ||
+      module.id === "runtime-health-summary"
+    )
+    .map((module): DashboardTileReference => ({ kind: "module", id: module.id }));
+  const status = document.statusStrips.flatMap((strip) =>
+    strip.items
+      .filter((item) => item.id !== "auto-refresh")
+      .map((item): DashboardTileReference => ({
+        kind: "status",
+        stripId: strip.id,
+        id: item.id,
+      })),
+  );
+
+  return [...telemetry, ...services, ...modules, ...status];
+}
+
+function dashboardTileKey(tile: DashboardTileReference): string {
+  return tile.kind === "status"
+    ? `${tile.kind}:${tile.stripId}:${tile.id}`
+    : `${tile.kind}:${tile.id}`;
+}
+
+function dashboardTileUrl(tile: DashboardTileReference): string {
+  const parts = tile.kind === "status"
+    ? ["api", "dashboard", "tile", tile.kind, tile.stripId, tile.id]
+    : ["api", "dashboard", "tile", tile.kind, tile.id];
+  return `/${parts.map(encodeURIComponent).join("/")}`;
+}
+
+function applyDashboardTile(
+  document: DashboardDocument,
+  response: Extract<DashboardTileResponse, { state: "ready" }>,
+): DashboardDocument {
+  if (response.tile.kind === "telemetry") {
+    return {
+      ...document,
+      telemetry: document.telemetry.map((card) =>
+        card.id === response.tile.id ? response.item as TelemetryCard : card,
+      ),
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (response.tile.kind === "service") {
+    return {
+      ...document,
+      serviceGroups: document.serviceGroups.map((group) => ({
+        ...group,
+        services: group.services.map((service) =>
+          service.id === response.tile.id ? response.item as ServiceEntry : service,
+        ),
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (response.tile.kind === "module") {
+    return {
+      ...document,
+      modules: (document.modules || []).map((module) =>
+        module.id === response.tile.id ? response.item as DashboardModule : module,
+      ),
+    };
+  }
+
+  const tile = response.tile;
+  return {
+    ...document,
+    statusStrips: document.statusStrips.map((strip) =>
+      strip.id === tile.stripId
+        ? {
+            ...strip,
+            items: strip.items.map((item) =>
+              item.id === tile.id ? response.item as StatusItem : item,
+            ),
+          }
+        : strip,
+    ),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/server/dashboard.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/server/dashboard.ts
index 47ebfa2..33afa3a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/server/dashboard.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/server/dashboard.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ export interface DashboardRuntimeReady {
   document: DashboardDocument;
   schemaVersion: string;
   currentRevisionId: string;
+  liveDatasourceHydration?: {
+    enabled: boolean;
+  };
 }
 
 export interface DashboardRuntimeEmpty {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/server/datasources/index.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/server/datasources/index.ts
index d69db86..ff0c675 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/server/datasources/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/lib/server/datasources/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ import type {
   TelemetryCard,
 } from "@dimensionlab/dashboard-model";
 
+export type DashboardTileReference =
+  | { kind: "telemetry"; id: string }
+  | { kind: "service"; id: string }
+  | { kind: "module"; id: string }
+  | { kind: "status"; stripId: string; id: string };
+
+export type DashboardTileItem =
+  | DashboardModule
+  | ServiceEntry
+  | StatusItem
+  | TelemetryCard;
+
+export type DashboardTileResolution =
+  | {
+      state: "ready";
+      tile: DashboardTileReference;
+      item: DashboardTileItem;
+    }
+  | {
+      state: "not_found";
+      tile: DashboardTileReference;
+      message: string;
+    };
+
 export interface DatasourceResolutionOptions {
   fetch?: DatasourceFetch;
   prometheusBaseUrl?: string;
@@ -46,6 +70,69 @@ export async function resolveDashboardDatasources(
   };
 }
 
+export async function resolveDashboardTile(
+  document: DashboardDocument,
+  tile: DashboardTileReference,
+  options: DatasourceResolutionOptions = {},
+): Promise<DashboardTileResolution> {
+  const context = datasourceContext(options);
+
+  if (tile.kind === "telemetry") {
+    const card = document.telemetry.find((item) => item.id === tile.id);
+    if (!card) return missingTile(tile);
+
+    return {
+      state: "ready",
+      tile,
+      item: await resolveTelemetryCard(card, context),
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (tile.kind === "service") {
+    const service = document.serviceGroups
+      .flatMap((group) => group.services)
+      .find((item) => item.id === tile.id);
+    if (!service) return missingTile(tile);
+
+    return {
+      state: "ready",
+      tile,
+      item: await resolveService(service, context),
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (tile.kind === "module") {
+    const module = document.modules?.find((item) => item.id === tile.id);
+    if (!module) return missingTile(tile);
+
+    const item = module.id === "runtime-health-summary"
+      ? runtimeHealthSummary(
+          module,
+          await Promise.all(
+            document.serviceGroups.map((group) => resolveServiceGroup(group, context)),
+          ),
+        )
+      : await resolveModule(module, context);
+
+    return { state: "ready", tile, item };
+  }
+
+  const strip = document.statusStrips.find((item) => item.id === tile.stripId);
+  const statusItem = strip?.items.find((item) => item.id === tile.id);
+  if (!strip || !statusItem) return missingTile(tile);
+
+  return {
+    state: "ready",
+    tile,
+    item: await resolveStatusTile(
+      statusItem,
+      document.metadata.refreshIntervalSeconds,
+      document.serviceGroups,
+      context,
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
 interface DatasourceContext {
   fetch: DatasourceFetch;
   prometheusBaseUrl: string;
@@ -390,6 +477,68 @@ function resolveStatusItem(
   return structuredClone(item);
 }
 
+async function resolveStatusTile(
+  item: StatusItem,
+  refreshIntervalSeconds: number | undefined,
+  serviceGroups: ServiceGroup[],
+  context: DatasourceContext,
+): Promise<StatusItem> {
+  if (item.id === "system-status") {
+    const resolvedGroups = await Promise.all(
+      serviceGroups.map((group) => resolveServiceGroup(group, context)),
+    );
+    const health = serviceHealthSummary(resolvedGroups);
+    return {
+      ...structuredClone(item),
+      value: health.value,
+      severity: health.severity,
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (item.id === "last-sync") {
+    return {
+      ...structuredClone(item),
+      value: "just now",
+      severity: "ok",
+    };
+  }
+
+  if (item.id === "uptime") {
+    const uptime = await prometheusScalar(
+      'time() - node_boot_time_seconds{job="node",host="linux-infra"}',
+      context,
+    ).catch(() => null);
+    return uptime === null
+      ? structuredClone(item)
+      : {
+          ...structuredClone(item),
+          value: formatDuration(uptime),
+          severity: "ok",
+        };
+  }
+
+  if (item.id === "load-avg") {
+    const loadAverage = await prometheusLoadAverage(context).catch(() => null);
+    return loadAverage
+      ? {
+          ...structuredClone(item),
+          value: loadAverage,
+          severity: "neutral",
+        }
+      : structuredClone(item);
+  }
+
+  if (item.id === "auto-refresh" && refreshIntervalSeconds) {
+    return {
+      ...structuredClone(item),
+      value: `${refreshIntervalSeconds}s`,
+      severity: "neutral",
+    };
+  }
+
+  return structuredClone(item);
+}
+
 function serviceHealthSummary(serviceGroups: ServiceGroup[]): {
   severity: Severity;
   value: string;
@@ -673,3 +822,17 @@ function formatDuration(totalSeconds: number): string {
   const minutes = Math.floor((seconds % 3_600) / 60);
   return `${days}d ${hours}h ${minutes}m`;
 }
+
+function missingTile(tile: DashboardTileReference): DashboardTileResolution {
+  return {
+    state: "not_found",
+    tile,
+    message: `Dashboard tile not found: ${tileKey(tile)}`,
+  };
+}
+
+function tileKey(tile: DashboardTileReference): string {
+  return tile.kind === "status"
+    ? `${tile.kind}:${tile.stripId}:${tile.id}`
+    : `${tile.kind}:${tile.id}`;
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/server/index.ts b/apps/web/src/server/index.ts
index 860d042..ba2135f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/server/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { extname, normalize } from "node:path";
 import { handleAgentDashboardRoute } from "./routes/agent-dashboard";
-import { handleDashboardRoute } from "./routes/dashboard";
+import { handleDashboardRoute, handleDashboardTileRoute } from "./routes/dashboard";
 
 const host = process.env.HOST || "0.0.0.0";
 const port = Number(process.env.PORT || 3000);
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ export async function handleRequest(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
     return handleDashboardRoute();
   }
 
+  if (url.pathname.startsWith("/api/dashboard/tile/")) {
+    if (request.method !== "GET") return methodNotAllowed(["GET"]);
+    return handleDashboardTileRoute(url.pathname);
+  }
+
   if (url.pathname === "/api/agent/dashboard") {
     if (request.method !== "POST") return methodNotAllowed(["POST"]);
     return handleAgentDashboardRoute(request);
diff --git a/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.test.ts b/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.test.ts
index 21ad58d..ae68e78 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import { dimensionLabDashboardFixture } from "$lib/dashboard-seed/dimensionlab";
-import { loadDashboardResponse } from "./dashboard";
+import { loadDashboardResponse, loadDashboardTileResponse } from "./dashboard";
 
 describe("dashboard API route", () => {
-  test("returns ready dashboard runtime state from the existing model loader", async () => {
+  test("returns the ready dashboard shell without hydrating live datasources", async () => {
+    const fetch = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockRejectedValue(
+      new Error("live datasource fetch should not run for the shell response"),
+    );
+
     const response = await loadDashboardResponse({
-      disableLiveDatasources: true,
       refreshSeedDocument: true,
       seedIfEmpty: true,
     });
@@ -15,5 +18,105 @@ describe("dashboard API route", () => {
     expect(response.document.metadata.title).toBe(
       dimensionLabDashboardFixture.metadata.title,
     );
+    expect(fetch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    fetch.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  test("reports when client-side live hydration is disabled", async () => {
+    const previous = process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES;
+    process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES = "1";
+
+    try {
+      const response = await loadDashboardResponse({
+        refreshSeedDocument: true,
+        seedIfEmpty: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(response.state).toBe("ready");
+      if (response.state !== "ready") throw new Error("expected ready dashboard");
+      expect(response.liveDatasourceHydration).toEqual({ enabled: false });
+    } finally {
+      if (previous === undefined) {
+        delete process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES;
+      } else {
+        process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES = previous;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("hydrates a telemetry tile independently from the dashboard shell", async () => {
+    const fetch = vi.fn(async (input: RequestInfo | URL) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+
+      if (url.startsWith("https://prometheus.example/api/v1/query_range")) {
+        return jsonResponse({
+          status: "success",
+          data: {
+            result: [
+              {
+                metric: { host: "linux-infra" },
+                values: [
+                  [1771430000, "10"],
+                  [1771430060, "20"],
+                  [1771430120, "42"],
+                ],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (url.startsWith("https://prometheus.example/api/v1/query")) {
+        return jsonResponse({
+          status: "success",
+          data: {
+            result: [
+              {
+                metric: { host: "linux-infra" },
+                value: [1771430400, "42"],
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        });
+      }
+
+      throw new Error(`Unhandled test request: ${url}`);
+    });
+
+    const response = await loadDashboardTileResponse(
+      { kind: "telemetry", id: "infra-ram" },
+      {
+        fetch,
+        prometheusBaseUrl: "https://prometheus.example",
+        refreshSeedDocument: true,
+        seedIfEmpty: true,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(response.state).toBe("ready");
+    if (response.state !== "ready") throw new Error("expected ready tile");
+    expect(response.tile).toEqual({ kind: "telemetry", id: "infra-ram" });
+    expect(response.item).toMatchObject({
+      id: "infra-ram",
+      value: { kind: "percent", value: 42 },
+      severity: "ok",
+      detail: "linux-infra",
+      sparkline: [10, 20, 42],
+    });
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining("/api/v1/query?"),
+      expect.objectContaining({ cache: "no-store" }),
+    );
+    expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining("/api/v1/query_range?"),
+      expect.objectContaining({ cache: "no-store" }),
+    );
   });
 });
+
+function jsonResponse(payload: unknown): Response {
+  return new Response(JSON.stringify(payload), {
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.ts b/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.ts
index 21c30e4..d4a6b72 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,30 @@ import {
   type DashboardRuntimeOptions,
   type DashboardRuntimeState,
 } from "$lib/server/dashboard";
-import { resolveDashboardDatasources } from "$lib/server/datasources";
+import {
+  resolveDashboardDatasources,
+  resolveDashboardTile,
+  type DashboardTileReference,
+  type DashboardTileResolution,
+  type DatasourceResolutionOptions,
+} from "$lib/server/datasources";
 
 export interface LoadDashboardResponseOptions
   extends Pick<
     DashboardRuntimeOptions,
     "refreshSeedDocument" | "seedIfEmpty" | "seedDocument"
-  > {
+  >,
+    DatasourceResolutionOptions {
   disableLiveDatasources?: boolean;
+  hydrateLiveDatasources?: boolean;
 }
 
 export async function loadDashboardResponse(
   options: LoadDashboardResponseOptions = {},
 ): Promise<DashboardRuntimeState> {
+  const liveHydrationEnabled =
+    !options.disableLiveDatasources &&
+    process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES !== "1";
   const dashboard = loadDashboardRuntime(undefined, {
     refreshSeedDocument: options.refreshSeedDocument ?? true,
     seedIfEmpty: options.seedIfEmpty ?? true,
@@ -26,16 +37,87 @@ export async function loadDashboardResponse(
     return dashboard;
   }
 
-  if (options.disableLiveDatasources || process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES === "1") {
-    return dashboard;
+  if (
+    !options.hydrateLiveDatasources ||
+    options.disableLiveDatasources ||
+    process.env.DISABLE_LIVE_DATASOURCES === "1"
+  ) {
+    return {
+      ...dashboard,
+      liveDatasourceHydration: {
+        enabled: liveHydrationEnabled,
+      },
+    };
   }
 
   return {
     ...dashboard,
-    document: await resolveDashboardDatasources(dashboard.document),
+    document: await resolveDashboardDatasources(dashboard.document, options),
+    liveDatasourceHydration: {
+      enabled: false,
+    },
   };
 }
 
+export async function loadDashboardTileResponse(
+  tile: DashboardTileReference,
+  options: LoadDashboardResponseOptions = {},
+): Promise<DashboardTileResolution> {
+  const dashboard = loadDashboardRuntime(undefined, {
+    refreshSeedDocument: options.refreshSeedDocument ?? true,
+    seedIfEmpty: options.seedIfEmpty ?? true,
+    seedDocument: options.seedDocument,
+  });
+
+  if (dashboard.state !== "ready") {
+    return {
+      state: "not_found",
+      tile,
+      message: `Dashboard is not ready: ${dashboard.state}`,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return resolveDashboardTile(dashboard.document, tile, options);
+}
+
 export async function handleDashboardRoute(): Promise<Response> {
   return Response.json(await loadDashboardResponse());
 }
+
+export async function handleDashboardTileRoute(pathname: string): Promise<Response> {
+  const tile = parseDashboardTilePath(pathname);
+  if (!tile) {
+    return Response.json(
+      { ok: false, message: "Invalid dashboard tile route" },
+      { status: 404 },
+    );
+  }
+
+  const response = await loadDashboardTileResponse(tile);
+  return Response.json(response, {
+    status: response.state === "ready" ? 200 : 404,
+  });
+}
+
+function parseDashboardTilePath(pathname: string): DashboardTileReference | null {
+  const parts = pathname.split("/").filter(Boolean);
+  const [, dashboard, tileRoot, kind, firstId, secondId] = parts;
+  if (dashboard !== "dashboard" || tileRoot !== "tile" || !kind || !firstId) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const id = decodeURIComponent(firstId);
+  if (kind === "telemetry" || kind === "service" || kind === "module") {
+    return { kind, id };
+  }
+
+  if (kind === "status" && secondId) {
+    return {
+      kind,
+      stripId: id,
+      id: decodeURIComponent(secondId),
+    };
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}