frontend/index.html

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; min-height: 120px; }
       paintEventStream(await res.json());
       setEventStreamStatus('Updated ' + fmt(new Date()));
     } catch (e) {
-      setEventStreamStatus('Update failed · showing last activity');
+      qs('#gitea-events').innerHTML = '<div class="muted">Event stream unavailable.</div>';
     }
   }
 

tests/test_event_stream.py

@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ def test_event_stream_reports_when_activity_was_refreshed():
     assert "setEventStreamStatus('Updated ' + fmt(new Date()))" in html
 
 
-def test_event_stream_reports_refresh_failure_without_erasing_visible_events():
-    html = DASHBOARD.read_text()
-
-    assert "setEventStreamStatus('Update failed · showing last activity')" in html
-    assert "qs('#gitea-events').innerHTML = '<div class=\"muted\">Event stream unavailable.</div>'" not in html
-
-
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_event_stream_returns_recent_authenticated_gitea_activity(monkeypatch):
     expected = [{"type": "create", "actor": {"login": "timmy"}}]