diff --git a/dashboard/backend/src/modules/hermes-ops/repository.ts b/dashboard/backend/src/modules/hermes-ops/repository.ts
index fe252aa..9b95255 100644
--- a/dashboard/backend/src/modules/hermes-ops/repository.ts
+++ b/dashboard/backend/src/modules/hermes-ops/repository.ts
@@ -98,13 +98,15 @@ async function isUmaGatewayEnabled(): Promise<boolean> {
 }
 
 async function getRepo(path: string): Promise<HermesOpsRepo> {
-  const [branch, status, head, lastCommitAt, size] = await Promise.all([
+  const [branch, status, head, lastCommitAt, gitSize, backupSize] = await Promise.all([
     run('git', ['branch', '--show-current'], path),
     run('git', ['status', '--porcelain'], path),
     run('git', ['rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], path),
     run('git', ['log', '-1', '--format=%cI'], path),
-    run('du', ['-sh', '.git', 'hermes_persistent_backup'], path),
+    run('du', ['-sh', '.git'], path),
+    run('du', ['-sh', 'hermes_persistent_backup'], path),
   ]);
+  const size = [gitSize, backupSize].filter(Boolean).join(' / ');
 
   return {
     path,
@@ -169,7 +171,10 @@ export async function getHermesOpsSnapshot(): Promise<HermesOpsSnapshot> {
 
     const dashboardUrl = tailscaleIp ? `http://${tailscaleIp}:${item.dashboardPort}/` : `:${item.dashboardPort}`;
     if (!gatewayActive) warnings.push(`${item.label} gateway is not active`);
+    if (!gatewayEnabled) warnings.push(`${item.label} gateway auto-start is not enabled`);
+    if (!dashboardActive) warnings.push(`${item.label} private dashboard is not active`);
     if (!backupTimer.active) warnings.push(`${item.label} backup timer is not active`);
+    if (!repo.head) warnings.push(`${item.label} backup repo HEAD could not be read`);
     if (!repo.clean) warnings.push(`${item.label} backup repo has uncommitted changes`);
     if (!googleToken) warnings.push(`${item.label} Google Workspace token is missing`);
 
diff --git a/dashboard/web/src/components/hermes-ops-panel.tsx b/dashboard/web/src/components/hermes-ops-panel.tsx
index d7b0725..417064a 100644
--- a/dashboard/web/src/components/hermes-ops-panel.tsx
+++ b/dashboard/web/src/components/hermes-ops-panel.tsx
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@ function boolText(value: boolean) {
 
 function formatDate(value: string | null) {
   if (!value) return 'unknown';
+  const date = new Date(value);
+  if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) return value;
   return new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en', {
     month: 'short',
     day: 'numeric',
     hour: 'numeric',
     minute: '2-digit',
-  }).format(new Date(value));
+  }).format(date);
 }
 
 function StatusRow({ label, value, ok }: { label: string; value: string; ok: boolean }) {
@@ -71,8 +73,8 @@ function InstanceCard({ instance }: { instance: HermesOpsInstance }) {
             <DatabaseBackup className="h-4 w-4" />
             Backup repo
           </div>
-          <p className="mt-2">HEAD {instance.backup.repo.head ?? 'unknown'}</p>
-          <p>Last commit {formatDate(instance.backup.repo.lastCommitAt)}</p>
+          <p className="mt-2 break-words">HEAD {instance.backup.repo.head ?? 'unknown'}</p>
+          <p className="break-words">Last commit {formatDate(instance.backup.repo.lastCommitAt)}</p>
           <p>{instance.backup.repo.clean ? 'Clean working tree' : 'Uncommitted changes present'}</p>
         </div>
         <div className="rounded-xl border border-[var(--bl-border)] bg-[var(--bl-surface-muted)] p-3">
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ function InstanceCard({ instance }: { instance: HermesOpsInstance }) {
           </div>
           <p className="mt-2">{instance.backup.restoredFileCount ?? 'unknown'} tracked files</p>
           <p>{instance.backup.restoredCronJobs ?? 'unknown'} cron job definitions</p>
-          <p>{instance.backup.repo.size ?? 'size unknown'}</p>
+          <p className="break-words">{instance.backup.repo.size ?? 'size unknown'}</p>
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ export function HermesOpsPanel() {
 
   return (
     <SectionCard
-      title="Live Recovery And Dashboard Status"
+      title="Live Recovery and Dashboard Status"
       subtitle="Real VM status for Vijay/root and Bheem/Uma: gateways, private dashboards, backups, Google auth, and restore payload health."
       actions={(
         <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
@@ -150,28 +152,28 @@ export function HermesOpsPanel() {
                 <Wifi className="h-4 w-4" />
                 Tailscale IP
               </div>
-              <p className="mt-2 text-xl font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{snapshot.tailscaleIp ?? 'unknown'}</p>
+              <p className="mt-2 break-words text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{snapshot.tailscaleIp ?? 'unknown'}</p>
             </div>
             <div className="rounded-2xl border border-[var(--bl-border)] bg-[var(--bl-surface-muted)] p-4">
               <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-[var(--bl-text-secondary)]">
                 <Cloud className="h-4 w-4" />
                 Emergency Drive
               </div>
-              <p className="mt-2 text-xl font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{snapshot.emergencyDriveUpload.active ? 'active' : 'inactive'}</p>
+              <p className="mt-2 break-words text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{snapshot.emergencyDriveUpload.active ? 'active' : 'inactive'}</p>
             </div>
             <div className="rounded-2xl border border-[var(--bl-border)] bg-[var(--bl-surface-muted)] p-4">
               <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-[var(--bl-text-secondary)]">
                 <Timer className="h-4 w-4" />
                 Next Drive bundle
               </div>
-              <p className="mt-2 text-xl font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{snapshot.emergencyDriveUpload.nextRun ?? 'unknown'}</p>
+              <p className="mt-2 break-words text-base font-semibold leading-6 text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{snapshot.emergencyDriveUpload.nextRun ?? 'unknown'}</p>
             </div>
             <div className="rounded-2xl border border-[var(--bl-border)] bg-[var(--bl-surface-muted)] p-4">
               <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-[var(--bl-text-secondary)]">
                 <ShieldCheck className="h-4 w-4" />
                 Generated
               </div>
-              <p className="mt-2 text-xl font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{formatDate(snapshot.generatedAt)}</p>
+              <p className="mt-2 break-words text-lg font-semibold text-[var(--bl-text-primary)]">{formatDate(snapshot.generatedAt)}</p>
             </div>
           </div>
 
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ export function HermesOpsPanel() {
           <div className="text-sm text-[var(--bl-text-secondary)]">
             Disaster recovery details live in{' '}
             <Link href="/hermes/settings" className="text-[var(--bl-accent)] hover:underline">Hermes settings</Link>
-            {' '}and the tracked runbook in `docs/hermes-disaster-recovery.md`.
+            {' '}and the tracked runbook in <span className="font-mono text-xs">docs/hermes-disaster-recovery.md</span>.
           </div>
         </div>
       ) : (
diff --git a/dashboard/web/src/lib/api.test.ts b/dashboard/web/src/lib/api.test.ts
index d8eac5d..fc7f12e 100644
--- a/dashboard/web/src/lib/api.test.ts
+++ b/dashboard/web/src/lib/api.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,35 @@ describe('API Client', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('getHermesOps', () => {
+    it('fetches the live Hermes operations snapshot', async () => {
+      const snapshot = {
+        generatedAt: '2026-05-27T13:03:14.848Z',
+        tailscaleIp: '100.87.53.10',
+        emergencyDriveUpload: {
+          name: 'hermes-emergency-drive-upload.timer',
+          active: true,
+          nextRun: 'Thu 2026-05-28 03:26:15 UTC',
+          lastRun: null,
+        },
+        instances: [],
+        warnings: [],
+      };
+
+      vi.mocked(global.fetch).mockResolvedValueOnce(mockJsonResponse(snapshot));
+
+      await expect(api.getHermesOps()).resolves.toEqual(snapshot);
+      expect(global.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'http://localhost:4004/api/hermes/ops',
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          headers: expect.objectContaining({
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+          }),
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('state-changing requests', () => {
     it('triggers a deployment without CSRF when no user token exists', async () => {
       const mockResponse = {