From dc6519d5b2d28d7e6d9597fc2442179f5a2c28a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzstoatzz <thrast36@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 18:02:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?stats:=20chart=20caption=20honors=20tail=20stat?=
 =?UTF-8?q?e=20=E2=80=94=20no=20fake=20live=20rate=20during=20a=20pause?=
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the decaying EMA read as 'live 1/s' while the header correctly said the
tail was paused; the caption now says 'tail paused · archive serving'
until the seq is actually advancing again.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 deploy/site/stats.html | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/deploy/site/stats.html b/deploy/site/stats.html
index 9c31466..439c2c8 100644
--- a/deploy/site/stats.html
+++ b/deploy/site/stats.html
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ footer a:hover{color:var(--hot);border-bottom-color:var(--water)}
 <script>
 const $ = (id) => document.getElementById(id);
 let _prevSeq = null;
+let _tailFlowing = false;
 let _prevSeqAt = 0, _rateEma = null;
 // cross-page continuity: polls persist {seq, t, ema}; the next page load
 // compares its first read against a fresh stored point instead of waiting
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ async function fetchStatus(){
   const upN = up ? BigInt(up.replace(/,/g,"")) : 0n;
   const flowing = upN > 0n && _prevSeq !== null && upN > _prevSeq;
   const stalled = upN > 0n && _prevSeq !== null && upN === _prevSeq;
+  _tailFlowing = flowing;
   noteRate(upN);
   saveCont(upN);
   _prevSeq = upN;
@@ -272,7 +274,11 @@ function drawProfile(){
   ctx.font = "24px ui-monospace,Menlo,monospace"; ctx.textAlign = "center";
   const isNow = _scrub === null || Math.round(sh) % 24 === now.getUTCHours();
   let line = String(hi).padStart(2,"0") + ":00z · typically " + q.med + "/s (" + q.p25 + "–" + q.p75 + ")";
-  if (isNow && _rateEma !== null) line += " · live " + Math.round(_rateEma) + "/s";
+  // during a pause the EMA decays toward zero — that is not a live rate,
+  // and the header already knows the tail state; say the same thing here
+  if (isNow) line += _tailFlowing && _rateEma !== null
+    ? " · live " + Math.round(_rateEma) + "/s"
+    : " · tail paused · archive serving";
   ctx.fillStyle = css("--hot"); ctx.fillText(line, (L+W-R)/2, 30);
   ctx.textAlign = "start";
 }
-- 
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