diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 6c27723..df210e7 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -222,24 +222,12 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
     } catch (e) {
       console.error('context failed', e);
       liveMode = false;
-      setStatus('Mock');
-      qs('#context').innerHTML = '<div class="kv"><div class="label">User</div><div class="value">Timmy Jr</div><div class="label">Repos</div><div class="value">3</div><div class="label">Issues</div><div class="value">—</div><div class="label">PRs</div><div class="value">—</div></div>';
-      qs('#view-hint').textContent = 'Active view: dashboard';
-      const mockIssues = [
-        { number: 1, title: 'Kickoff issue', state: 'open', labels: ['epic'], url: '#1' },
-        { number: 8, title: 'Live UI implementation', state: 'open', labels: ['frontend'], url: '#8' },
-        { number: 37, title: 'Docker build and push', state: 'open', labels: ['devops'], url: '#37' },
-      ];
-      qs('#issues-content').innerHTML = mockIssues.map(i => '<div style="margin:6px 0;"><a href="' + escAttr(i.url) + '">#' + i.number + ' ' + escapeHtml(i.title) + '</a><div class="muted">' + (i.labels||[]).map(l=>'<span class="pill">'+escapeHtml(String(l))+'</span>').join(' ') + '</div></div>').join('');
-      const mockPrs = [
-        { number: 4, title: 'Agent UI delta binding', state: 'open', user: 'turdbot', url: '#4' },
-      ];
-      qs('#prs-content').innerHTML = mockPrs.map(p => '<div style="margin:6px 0;"><a href="' + escAttr(p.url) + '">#' + p.number + ' ' + escapeHtml(p.title) + '</a><div class="muted">' + escapeHtml(p.state) + ' by ' + escapeHtml(String(p.user||'')) + '</div></div>').join('');
-      paintDeltas([
-        {panel:'triage', action:'open', target:'#1', priority:'high'},
-        {panel:'review', action:'review', target:'#4', priority:'medium'},
-        {panel:'layout', action:'highlight', target:'issues', priority:'low'},
-      ]);
+      setStatus('Unavailable');
+      qs('#context').innerHTML = '<div class="muted">Context unavailable.</div>';
+      qs('#view-hint').textContent = 'Active view unavailable.';
+      qs('#issues-content').innerHTML = '<div class="muted">Work items unavailable.</div>';
+      qs('#prs-content').innerHTML = '<div class="muted">Work items unavailable.</div>';
+      paintDeltas([]);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_widgets.py b/tests/test_widgets.py
index 6fd68f6..a01811d 100644
--- a/tests/test_widgets.py
+++ b/tests/test_widgets.py
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ async def test_dashboard_marks_fallback_context_as_degraded_instead_of_live():
     assert "data.error ? 'Degraded · ' + data.error : 'Live · updated just now'" in html
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_dashboard_does_not_offer_fabricated_work_when_context_fetch_fails():
+    html = await dashboard()
+
+    assert "Work items unavailable." in html
+    assert "Kickoff issue" not in html
+    assert "Live UI implementation" not in html
+    assert "Docker build and push" not in html
+    assert "Agent UI delta binding" not in html
+
+
 def test_repo_mix_reports_unavailable_for_failed_context_response():
     script = f"""
 const updateRepoMix = require({json.dumps(str(WIDGETS))});