diff --git a/deploy/grafana/stream.json b/deploy/grafana/stream.json
index 70777db..fceaa8b 100644
--- a/deploy/grafana/stream.json
+++ b/deploy/grafana/stream.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       }
     ]
   },
-  "description": "Stream operational dashboard adapted from the checksum-pinned Jetstream V2 dashboard. Protocol and lifecycle rows are unchanged; the runtime row uses Stream process metrics, and final Stream-only rows expose current-batch backfill work and scheduler health.",
+  "description": "Stream operational dashboard adapted from the checksum-pinned Jetstream V2 dashboard. Protocol and lifecycle rows are unchanged; the runtime row uses Stream process metrics, and final Stream-only rows expose backfill work over time and scheduler health.",
   "editable": true,
   "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
   "graphTooltip": 1,
@@ -7214,7 +7214,7 @@
     {
       "id": 80,
       "type": "row",
-      "title": "Backfill batch progress",
+      "title": "Backfill progress over time",
       "collapsed": false,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 1,
@@ -7228,8 +7228,8 @@
     {
       "id": 81,
       "type": "timeseries",
-      "title": "Current dispatch batch over time",
-      "description": "Absolute repository counts in the current process. listRepos is fetched in pages of 1,000; Stream follows upstream Jetstream V2 by accumulating about 100,000 entries before shuffling and dispatching a batch. Durably committed advances only after that batch checkpoint. These lines are not a percentage of the full network.",
+      "title": "Backfill repositories over time",
+      "description": "Absolute repository counts across the current backfill run. listRepos is fetched in pages of 1,000; Stream follows upstream Jetstream V2 by accumulating about 100,000 entries before shuffling and dispatching a batch. Durably committed advances only after that batch checkpoint. These lines are not a percentage of the full network.",
       "datasource": {
         "type": "prometheus",
         "uid": "${datasource}"
diff --git a/docs/grafana-dashboard.md b/docs/grafana-dashboard.md
index 01b74a5..08d59b6 100644
--- a/docs/grafana-dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/grafana-dashboard.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The exact reviewed bytes are vendored at
 `deploy/grafana/jetstream-upstream.json`; deployment does not depend on the
 network or a moving branch. Stream provisions
 `deploy/grafana/stream.json` (SHA-256
-`630cc34ad8cc22944871c00759b905c8b4eef25e7d4a792b4822dd983d3f46e8`). It is
+`c2600122ad4cf2acd81d013438c5b536cc46f37255ea8cf7e829e7536c9321f9`). It is
 deterministically generated by `tools/adapt_dashboard.py` from the pinned
 source. The generator refuses a changed source checksum, and the tests prove
 every upstream non-runtime panel remains structurally identical. Stream adds
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ The following dashboard families already have non-placeholder producers:
 - `jetstream_compaction_watermark_seq`
 - `jetstream_compaction_watermark_lag_seconds`
 
-The Stream-only backfill chart plots absolute repository counts over time:
+The Stream-only backfill chart plots absolute repository counts across the
+current run over time:
 `discovered`, `processed`, and `durably committed`. It deliberately does not
 present a whole-network percentage while `listRepos` is still discovering the
 denominator. Upstream requests are pages of 1,000 entries; the production
diff --git a/tests/test_dashboard_contract.py b/tests/test_dashboard_contract.py
index fd1a05a..dca5c3a 100644
--- a/tests/test_dashboard_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_dashboard_contract.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class DashboardContractTest(unittest.TestCase):
         progress = stream_panels[81]
 
         self.assertEqual("timeseries", progress["type"])
-        self.assertEqual("Current dispatch batch over time", progress["title"])
+        self.assertEqual("Backfill repositories over time", progress["title"])
         self.assertIn("pages of 1,000", progress["description"])
         self.assertIn("100,000", progress["description"])
         self.assertIn("not a percentage of the full network", progress["description"])
diff --git a/tools/adapt_dashboard.py b/tools/adapt_dashboard.py
index 8fc4175..2bbf939 100644
--- a/tools/adapt_dashboard.py
+++ b/tools/adapt_dashboard.py
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ def progress_panel(template: dict) -> dict:
     panel.update(
         id=81,
         type="timeseries",
-        title="Current dispatch batch over time",
+        title="Backfill repositories over time",
         description=(
-            "Absolute repository counts in the current process. listRepos is fetched in pages "
+            "Absolute repository counts across the current backfill run. listRepos is fetched in pages "
             "of 1,000; Stream follows upstream Jetstream V2 by accumulating about 100,000 "
             "entries before shuffling and dispatching a batch. Durably committed advances only "
             "after that batch checkpoint. These lines are not a percentage of the full network."
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def adapt(raw: bytes) -> bytes:
     progress_row = copy.deepcopy(panels[75])
     progress_row.update(
         id=80,
-        title="Backfill batch progress",
+        title="Backfill progress over time",
         description="The final network denominator is unknown until listRepos discovery finishes.",
         gridPos={"h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 170},
     )
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def adapt(raw: bytes) -> bytes:
     dashboard["description"] = (
         "Stream operational dashboard adapted from the checksum-pinned Jetstream V2 dashboard. "
         "Protocol and lifecycle rows are unchanged; the runtime row uses Stream process metrics, "
-        "and final Stream-only rows expose current-batch backfill work and scheduler health."
+        "and final Stream-only rows expose backfill work over time and scheduler health."
     )
     return (json.dumps(dashboard, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n").encode()
 
diff --git a/tools/check_dashboard.py b/tools/check_dashboard.py
index a2feb6d..5eba6cd 100755
--- a/tools/check_dashboard.py
+++ b/tools/check_dashboard.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ UPSTREAM_DASHBOARD = ROOT / "deploy/grafana/jetstream-upstream.json"
 DEFAULT_DASHBOARD = ROOT / "deploy/grafana/stream.json"
 EXPECTED_SHA256 = {
     UPSTREAM_DASHBOARD.resolve(): "ef6033c182d8c3f9d88af7d91e61126724efbe72e6b940984c9de12e9530cd91",
-    DEFAULT_DASHBOARD.resolve(): "630cc34ad8cc22944871c00759b905c8b4eef25e7d4a792b4822dd983d3f46e8",
+    DEFAULT_DASHBOARD.resolve(): "c2600122ad4cf2acd81d013438c5b536cc46f37255ea8cf7e829e7536c9321f9",
 }
 METRIC_RE = re.compile(r"\b(?:jetstream|go|process|stream)_[a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9_:]*")
 TYPE_RE = re.compile(r"^# TYPE ([a-zA-Z_:][a-zA-Z0-9_:]*) (\w+)$")