apps/web/src/App.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   createDashboardRequestAborter,
   runViewportAwareDashboardHydrationQueue,
   shouldPauseDashboardRefresh,
+  subscribeToDashboardTileEvents,
   waitForDashboardHydrationIdle,
   type DashboardIntersectionObserverFactory,
   type DashboardTileReference,
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ export default function App() {
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
     let refreshTimer: number | undefined;
+    let unsubscribeTileEvents: (() => void) | undefined;
     let lastRefreshIntervalMs = dashboardFallbackRefreshIntervalMs;
     let hydrationRun = 0;
     const requestAborter = createDashboardRequestAborter();
@@ -213,6 +215,8 @@ export default function App() {
 
     function pauseRefreshes() {
       clearRefreshTimer();
+      unsubscribeTileEvents?.();
+      unsubscribeTileEvents = undefined;
       requestAborter.abortActiveRequests();
       setHydratingItemIds(new Set());
     }
@@ -266,6 +270,14 @@ export default function App() {
               schemaVersion: restored.dashboard.schemaVersion,
             },
           );
+          subscribeDashboardTileEvents(
+            currentRun,
+            tileSignal,
+            {
+              currentRevisionId: restored.dashboard.currentRevisionId,
+              schemaVersion: restored.dashboard.schemaVersion,
+            },
+          );
         } else {
           setHydratingItemIds(new Set());
         }
@@ -358,6 +370,30 @@ export default function App() {
       });
     }
 
+    function subscribeDashboardTileEvents(
+      run: number,
+      signal: AbortSignal,
+      snapshotContext: DashboardTileSnapshotStoreContext,
+    ) {
+      unsubscribeTileEvents?.();
+      unsubscribeTileEvents = subscribeToDashboardTileEvents({
+        onTile: (event) => {
+          const tileResponse = event as DashboardTileResponse;
+          if (!isDashboardTileResponse(tileResponse)) return;
+          applyDashboardTileHydrationResponse(
+            tileResponse.tile,
+            tileResponse,
+            run,
+            signal,
+            snapshotContext,
+          );
+        },
+        onUnavailable: () => {
+          unsubscribeTileEvents = undefined;
+        },
+      });
+    }
+
     async function hydrateDashboardTileBatch(
       tiles: DashboardTileReference[],
       run: number,
@@ -526,6 +562,7 @@ export default function App() {
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
       clearRefreshTimer();
+      unsubscribeTileEvents?.();
       requestAborter.abortActiveRequests();
       detachRefreshLifecycle();
     };
@@ -625,6 +662,20 @@ function isAbortError(error: unknown): boolean {
   );
 }
 
+function isDashboardTileResponse(value: unknown): value is DashboardTileResponse {
+  return (
+    typeof value === "object" &&
+    value !== null &&
+    "state" in value &&
+    (value.state === "ready" ||
+      value.state === "not_found" ||
+      value.state === "disabled") &&
+    "tile" in value &&
+    typeof value.tile === "object" &&
+    value.tile !== null
+  );
+}
+
 export function restoreDashboardTileSnapshots(
   dashboard: DashboardRuntimeState,
   snapshots: RestoredDashboardTileSnapshot[],

apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   runViewportAwareDashboardHydrationQueue,
   shouldPauseDashboardRefresh,
   splitDashboardHydrationItemsByVisibility,
+  subscribeToDashboardTileEvents,
   waitForDashboardHydrationIdle,
   type DashboardIntersectionEntry,
 } from "./dashboard-refresh";
@@ -302,6 +303,69 @@ describe("dashboard refresh lifecycle", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  test("subscribes to dashboard tile events", () => {
+    const received: unknown[] = [];
+    let listener: ((event: MessageEvent<string>) => void) | undefined;
+    let closed = false;
+
+    const unsubscribe = subscribeToDashboardTileEvents({
+      createEventSource: (url) => {
+        expect(url).toBe("/api/dashboard/events");
+        return {
+          addEventListener(_type, eventListener) {
+            listener = eventListener;
+          },
+          close() {
+            closed = true;
+          },
+          onerror: null,
+        };
+      },
+      onTile: (tile) => received.push(tile),
+    });
+
+    listener?.({ data: JSON.stringify({ state: "ready" }) } as MessageEvent<string>);
+    expect(received).toEqual([{ state: "ready" }]);
+    unsubscribe();
+    expect(closed).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("falls back when dashboard tile events are unavailable or fail", () => {
+    let unavailableCount = 0;
+
+    subscribeToDashboardTileEvents({
+      createEventSource: undefined,
+      onTile: () => undefined,
+      onUnavailable: () => {
+        unavailableCount += 1;
+      },
+    });
+
+    let errorHandler: (() => void) | null = null;
+    const unsubscribe = subscribeToDashboardTileEvents({
+      createEventSource: () => ({
+        addEventListener: () => undefined,
+        close: () => undefined,
+        get onerror() {
+          return errorHandler;
+        },
+        set onerror(handler) {
+          errorHandler = handler;
+        },
+      }),
+      onTile: () => undefined,
+      onUnavailable: () => {
+        unavailableCount += 1;
+      },
+    });
+
+    if (!errorHandler) throw new Error("expected error handler");
+    const triggerError = errorHandler as unknown as () => void;
+    triggerError();
+    unsubscribe();
+    expect(unavailableCount).toBe(2);
+  });
+
   test("backs off failed tile keys and resets after success", () => {
     const backoff = createDashboardTileBackoff();
 

apps/web/src/lib/client/dashboard-refresh.ts

@@ -489,6 +489,51 @@ export function createDashboardPerformanceMarks(
   };
 }
 
+export interface DashboardTileEventSource {
+  addEventListener(
+    type: "dashboard-tile",
+    listener: (event: MessageEvent<string>) => void,
+  ): void;
+  close(): void;
+  onerror: (() => void) | null;
+}
+
+export interface DashboardTileEventSubscriptionOptions {
+  createEventSource?: (url: string) => DashboardTileEventSource;
+  onTile: (data: unknown) => void;
+  onUnavailable?: () => void;
+  url?: string;
+}
+
+export function subscribeToDashboardTileEvents(
+  options: DashboardTileEventSubscriptionOptions,
+): () => void {
+  const createEventSource = options.createEventSource ||
+    (typeof globalThis.EventSource !== "undefined"
+      ? (url: string) => new globalThis.EventSource(url)
+      : undefined);
+
+  if (!createEventSource) {
+    options.onUnavailable?.();
+    return () => undefined;
+  }
+
+  const source = createEventSource(options.url || "/api/dashboard/events");
+  source.addEventListener("dashboard-tile", (event) => {
+    try {
+      options.onTile(JSON.parse(event.data));
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore malformed diagnostics from an optional live transport.
+    }
+  });
+  source.onerror = () => {
+    source.close();
+    options.onUnavailable?.();
+  };
+
+  return () => source.close();
+}
+
 const dashboardTileBackoffDelaysMs = [15_000, 30_000, 60_000, 120_000];
 
 export function createDashboardTileBackoff() {

apps/web/src/server/index.test.ts

@@ -50,4 +50,28 @@ describe("server request routing", () => {
     expect(response.status).toBe(405);
     expect(response.headers.get("allow")).toBe("POST");
   });
+
+  test("routes dashboard event stream requests", async () => {
+    const response = await handleRequest(
+      new Request("https://example.test/api/dashboard/events", {
+        method: "GET",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(response.headers.get("content-type")).toBe(
+      "text/event-stream; charset=utf-8",
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("rejects non-get dashboard event stream requests", async () => {
+    const response = await handleRequest(
+      new Request("https://example.test/api/dashboard/events", {
+        method: "POST",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(405);
+    expect(response.headers.get("allow")).toBe("GET");
+  });
 });

apps/web/src/server/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { extname, normalize } from "node:path";
 import { handleAgentDashboardRoute } from "./routes/agent-dashboard";
 import {
+  handleDashboardEventsRoute,
   handleDashboardRoute,
   handleDashboardTileRoute,
   handleDashboardTilesRoute,
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ export async function handleRequest(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
     return handleDashboardTilesRoute(request);
   }
 
+  if (url.pathname === "/api/dashboard/events") {
+    if (request.method !== "GET") return methodNotAllowed(["GET"]);
+    return handleDashboardEventsRoute({ signal: request.signal });
+  }
+
   if (url.pathname.startsWith("/api/dashboard/tile/")) {
     if (request.method !== "GET") return methodNotAllowed(["GET"]);
     return handleDashboardTileRoute(url.pathname);

apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { dimensionLabDashboardFixture } from "$lib/dashboard-seed/dimensionlab";
 import {
   createDashboardTileCache,
   dashboardTileCacheKey,
+  handleDashboardEventsRoute,
   handleDashboardTilesRoute,
   handleDashboardTileRoute,
   loadDashboardResponse,
@@ -605,6 +606,45 @@ describe("dashboard API route", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test("streams ready dashboard tile events", async () => {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const response = await handleDashboardEventsRoute({
+      refreshSeedDocument: true,
+      seedIfEmpty: true,
+      signal: controller.signal,
+      tileCache: {
+        async resolve(key) {
+          controller.abort();
+          const tile = JSON.parse(key);
+
+          return {
+            cache: "miss",
+            coalesced: false,
+            response: {
+              state: "ready",
+              tile,
+              item: {
+                id: tile.id,
+                label: "Status",
+                severity: "ok",
+                value: "ok",
+              },
+            },
+          };
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(response.headers.get("content-type")).toBe(
+      "text/event-stream; charset=utf-8",
+    );
+    expect(response.headers.get("cache-control")).toBe("no-cache");
+    const body = await response.text();
+    expect(body).toContain("event: dashboard-tile");
+    expect(body).toContain('"state":"ready"');
+    expect(body).toContain('"tile"');
+  });
+
   test("rejects invalid batch tile requests", async () => {
     const response = await handleDashboardTilesRoute(
       new Request("https://example.test/api/dashboard/tiles", {

apps/web/src/server/routes/dashboard.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export interface LoadDashboardResponseOptions
   tileCache?: DashboardTileCache;
 }
 
+export interface DashboardEventsRouteOptions extends LoadDashboardResponseOptions {
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+}
+
 interface DashboardTileCacheEntry {
   expiresAt: number;
   response: DashboardTileResolution;
@@ -293,6 +297,48 @@ export async function handleDashboardTilesRoute(
   });
 }
 
+export async function handleDashboardEventsRoute(
+  options: DashboardEventsRouteOptions = {},
+): Promise<Response> {
+  const stream = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+    async start(controller) {
+      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+      const dashboard = await loadDashboardResponse({
+        ...options,
+        hydrateLiveDatasources: false,
+      });
+
+      if (dashboard.state !== "ready" || options.signal?.aborted) {
+        controller.close();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        for (const tile of dashboardEventTiles(dashboard.document)) {
+          if (options.signal?.aborted) break;
+          const resolution = await loadDashboardTileResponse(tile, options);
+          if (resolution.state === "ready") {
+            controller.enqueue(
+              encoder.encode(dashboardTileEventChunk(resolution)),
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      } finally {
+        controller.close();
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  return new Response(stream, {
+    headers: {
+      "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
+      "Connection": "keep-alive",
+      "Content-Type": "text/event-stream; charset=utf-8",
+      "X-Accel-Buffering": "no",
+    },
+  });
+}
+
 export function dashboardTileCacheKey(tile: DashboardTileReference): string {
   return JSON.stringify(tile);
 }
@@ -422,6 +468,45 @@ function parseDashboardTileReference(value: unknown): DashboardTileReference | n
   return null;
 }
 
+function dashboardEventTiles(document: DashboardDocument): DashboardTileReference[] {
+  const status = document.statusStrips.flatMap((strip) =>
+    strip.items.map((item): DashboardTileReference => ({
+      kind: "status",
+      stripId: strip.id,
+      id: item.id,
+    })),
+  );
+  const telemetry = document.telemetry
+    .filter((card) => card.datasource?.type === "external")
+    .map((card): DashboardTileReference => ({ kind: "telemetry", id: card.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 services = document.serviceGroups.flatMap((group) =>
+    group.services
+      .filter((service) => service.datasource?.type === "external")
+      .map((service): DashboardTileReference => ({
+        kind: "service",
+        groupId: group.id,
+        id: service.id,
+      })),
+  );
+
+  return [...status, ...telemetry, ...modules, ...services];
+}
+
+function dashboardTileEventChunk(resolution: DashboardTileResolution): string {
+  return [
+    "event: dashboard-tile",
+    `data: ${JSON.stringify(resolution)}`,
+    "",
+    "",
+  ].join("\n");
+}
+
 class DashboardTileCacheResolutionError extends Error {
   readonly cache: "hit" | "miss";
   readonly coalesced: boolean;