diff --git a/apps/web/src/App.tsx b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
index c886391..206b74f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/App.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ import type {
   TelemetryCard,
 } from "@dimensionlab/dashboard-model";
 import type { DashboardRuntimeState } from "$lib/server/dashboard";
-import {
-  attachDashboardRefreshLifecycle,
-  createDashboardRequestAborter,
-  shouldPauseDashboardRefresh,
-} from "$lib/client/dashboard-refresh";
 import { dashboardDocumentToUiDashboard } from "$lib/ui-adapter/model-renderer";
 import {
   DashboardFrame,
@@ -156,97 +151,65 @@ export default function App() {
     let cancelled = false;
     let refreshTimer: number | undefined;
     let hydrationRun = 0;
-    const requestAborter = createDashboardRequestAborter();
 
-    function refreshPaused() {
-      return shouldPauseDashboardRefresh({
-        visibilityState: document.visibilityState,
-        online: navigator.onLine,
-      });
-    }
+    async function loadDashboard() {
+      const response = await fetch("/api/dashboard");
+      const nextDashboard = (await response.json()) as DashboardRuntimeState;
+
+      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());
+      }
 
-    function clearRefreshTimer() {
       if (refreshTimer) {
         window.clearInterval(refreshTimer);
         refreshTimer = undefined;
       }
-    }
 
-    function pauseRefreshes() {
-      clearRefreshTimer();
-      requestAborter.abortActiveRequests();
-      setHydratingItemIds(new Set());
-    }
+      const refreshIntervalSeconds =
+        nextDashboard.state === "ready"
+          ? nextDashboard.document.metadata.refreshIntervalSeconds
+          : undefined;
 
-    async function loadDashboard() {
-      if (cancelled || refreshPaused()) return;
-
-      const shellSignal = requestAborter.beginShellRun();
-
-      try {
-        const response = await fetch("/api/dashboard", { signal: shellSignal });
-        const nextDashboard = (await response.json()) as DashboardRuntimeState;
-
-        if (cancelled || shellSignal.aborted || refreshPaused()) return;
-        setDashboard(nextDashboard);
-
-        const currentRun = ++hydrationRun;
-        if (
-          nextDashboard.state === "ready" &&
-          nextDashboard.liveDatasourceHydration?.enabled !== false
-        ) {
-          const tiles = dashboardHydrationTiles(nextDashboard.document);
-          const tileSignal = requestAborter.beginTileRun();
-          setHydratingItemIds(new Set(tiles.map(dashboardTileKey)));
-          hydrateDashboardTiles(tiles, currentRun, tileSignal);
-        } else {
-          setHydratingItemIds(new Set());
-        }
-
-        clearRefreshTimer();
-
-        const refreshIntervalSeconds =
-          nextDashboard.state === "ready"
-            ? nextDashboard.document.metadata.refreshIntervalSeconds
-            : undefined;
-
-        if (refreshIntervalSeconds && !refreshPaused()) {
-          refreshTimer = window.setInterval(
-            () => void loadDashboard(),
-            refreshIntervalSeconds * 1000,
-          );
-        }
-      } catch (error) {
-        if (!isAbortError(error) && !cancelled) {
-          console.error("Dashboard refresh failed", error);
-        }
+      if (refreshIntervalSeconds) {
+        refreshTimer = window.setInterval(
+          () => void loadDashboard(),
+          refreshIntervalSeconds * 1000,
+        );
       }
     }
 
     function hydrateDashboardTiles(
       tiles: DashboardTileReference[],
       run: number,
-      signal: AbortSignal,
     ) {
       tiles.forEach((tile) => {
-        void hydrateDashboardTile(tile, run, signal);
+        void hydrateDashboardTile(tile, run);
       });
     }
 
     async function hydrateDashboardTile(
       tile: DashboardTileReference,
       run: number,
-      signal: AbortSignal,
     ) {
       const key = dashboardTileKey(tile);
 
       try {
-        const response = await fetch(dashboardTileUrl(tile), { signal });
+        const response = await fetch(dashboardTileUrl(tile));
         const tileResponse = (await response.json()) as DashboardTileResponse;
 
         if (
           cancelled ||
-          signal.aborted ||
           run !== hydrationRun ||
           !response.ok ||
           tileResponse.state !== "ready"
@@ -263,12 +226,8 @@ export default function App() {
               }
             : current,
         );
-      } catch (error) {
-        if (!isAbortError(error) && !cancelled) {
-          console.error("Dashboard tile hydration failed", error);
-        }
       } finally {
-        if (!cancelled && !signal.aborted && run === hydrationRun) {
+        if (!cancelled && run === hydrationRun) {
           setHydratingItemIds((current) => {
             const next = new Set(current);
             next.delete(key);
@@ -278,21 +237,11 @@ export default function App() {
       }
     }
 
-    const detachRefreshLifecycle = attachDashboardRefreshLifecycle({
-      documentTarget: document,
-      windowTarget: window,
-      loadDashboard,
-      pauseRefreshes,
-      refreshPaused: () => cancelled || refreshPaused(),
-    });
-
     void loadDashboard();
 
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
-      clearRefreshTimer();
-      requestAborter.abortActiveRequests();
-      detachRefreshLifecycle();
+      if (refreshTimer) window.clearInterval(refreshTimer);
     };
   }, []);
 
@@ -326,15 +275,6 @@ function getThemeStorage(): Storage | undefined {
   }
 }
 
-function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
-  return (
-    typeof error === "object" &&
-    error !== null &&
-    "name" in error &&
-    error.name === "AbortError"
-  );
-}
-
 function markHydratingItems(
   dashboard: UiDashboardPreview,
   hydratingItemIds?: ReadonlySet<string>,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.test.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 75305d5..0000000
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
-import {
-  attachDashboardRefreshLifecycle,
-  createDashboardRequestAborter,
-  shouldPauseDashboardRefresh,
-} from "./dashboard-refresh";
-
-describe("dashboard refresh lifecycle", () => {
-  test("pauses refreshes when the document is hidden or the browser is offline", () => {
-    expect(
-      shouldPauseDashboardRefresh({ visibilityState: "visible", online: true }),
-    ).toBe(false);
-    expect(
-      shouldPauseDashboardRefresh({ visibilityState: "hidden", online: true }),
-    ).toBe(true);
-    expect(
-      shouldPauseDashboardRefresh({ visibilityState: "visible", online: false }),
-    ).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test("aborts shell and tile requests when a new shell run starts", () => {
-    const aborter = createDashboardRequestAborter();
-    const shellSignal = aborter.beginShellRun();
-    const tileSignal = aborter.beginTileRun();
-
-    const nextShellSignal = aborter.beginShellRun();
-
-    expect(shellSignal.aborted).toBe(true);
-    expect(tileSignal.aborted).toBe(true);
-    expect(nextShellSignal.aborted).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  test("aborts active requests when refreshes are paused", () => {
-    const aborter = createDashboardRequestAborter();
-    const shellSignal = aborter.beginShellRun();
-    const tileSignal = aborter.beginTileRun();
-
-    aborter.abortActiveRequests();
-
-    expect(shellSignal.aborted).toBe(true);
-    expect(tileSignal.aborted).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  test("pauses on hidden, offline, and pagehide events then resumes immediately when visible", () => {
-    const documentTarget = new EventTarget();
-    const windowTarget = new EventTarget();
-    const calls: string[] = [];
-    let paused = true;
-
-    const detach = attachDashboardRefreshLifecycle({
-      documentTarget,
-      windowTarget,
-      loadDashboard: () => {
-        calls.push("load");
-      },
-      pauseRefreshes: () => {
-        calls.push("pause");
-      },
-      refreshPaused: () => paused,
-    });
-
-    documentTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
-    windowTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("offline"));
-    windowTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("pagehide"));
-
-    paused = false;
-    documentTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
-    windowTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("online"));
-
-    detach();
-    documentTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange"));
-    windowTarget.dispatchEvent(new Event("online"));
-
-    expect(calls).toEqual(["pause", "pause", "pause", "load", "load"]);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1124b27..0000000
--- a/apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-export interface DashboardRefreshPauseState {
-  visibilityState: DocumentVisibilityState;
-  online: boolean;
-}
-
-export function shouldPauseDashboardRefresh(
-  state: DashboardRefreshPauseState,
-): boolean {
-  return state.visibilityState !== "visible" || !state.online;
-}
-
-export function createDashboardRequestAborter() {
-  let shellController: AbortController | undefined;
-  let tileController: AbortController | undefined;
-
-  function abortController(controller: AbortController | undefined) {
-    if (controller && !controller.signal.aborted) {
-      controller.abort();
-    }
-  }
-
-  return {
-    beginShellRun(): AbortSignal {
-      abortController(shellController);
-      abortController(tileController);
-      shellController = new AbortController();
-      tileController = undefined;
-      return shellController.signal;
-    },
-    beginTileRun(): AbortSignal {
-      abortController(tileController);
-      tileController = new AbortController();
-      return tileController.signal;
-    },
-    abortActiveRequests(): void {
-      abortController(shellController);
-      abortController(tileController);
-      shellController = undefined;
-      tileController = undefined;
-    },
-  };
-}
-
-type DashboardRefreshEventTarget = Pick<
-  EventTarget,
-  "addEventListener" | "removeEventListener"
->;
-
-export interface DashboardRefreshLifecycleOptions {
-  documentTarget: DashboardRefreshEventTarget;
-  windowTarget: DashboardRefreshEventTarget;
-  loadDashboard: () => void | Promise<void>;
-  pauseRefreshes: () => void;
-  refreshPaused: () => boolean;
-}
-
-export function attachDashboardRefreshLifecycle(
-  options: DashboardRefreshLifecycleOptions,
-): () => void {
-  function handleRefreshLifecycleChange() {
-    if (options.refreshPaused()) {
-      options.pauseRefreshes();
-      return;
-    }
-
-    void options.loadDashboard();
-  }
-
-  function handlePageHide() {
-    options.pauseRefreshes();
-  }
-
-  options.documentTarget.addEventListener(
-    "visibilitychange",
-    handleRefreshLifecycleChange,
-  );
-  options.windowTarget.addEventListener("online", handleRefreshLifecycleChange);
-  options.windowTarget.addEventListener("offline", handleRefreshLifecycleChange);
-  options.windowTarget.addEventListener("pagehide", handlePageHide);
-
-  return () => {
-    options.documentTarget.removeEventListener(
-      "visibilitychange",
-      handleRefreshLifecycleChange,
-    );
-    options.windowTarget.removeEventListener("online", handleRefreshLifecycleChange);
-    options.windowTarget.removeEventListener("offline", handleRefreshLifecycleChange);
-    options.windowTarget.removeEventListener("pagehide", handlePageHide);
-  };
-}