diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/fallback.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/fallback.php
index 16534f0..acb8c63 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/fallback.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/fallback.php
@@ -427,13 +427,21 @@ function _daemonRow(p, checkInterval) {
 // intervals is a wedged process or a dead one — and the state value it left behind is a claim
 // about the past, not the present.
 function _freshness(node, checkInterval) {
-  const a = node.state_age;
+  const a   = node.state_age;
+  // A dry run redirects its state writes to a per-PID copy so the live file is never touched.
+  // That is the point of it — but it means the live file goes on ageing while a preview runs,
+  // and "daemon: dry run" beside "state age: 5d — stale" reads as a fault when it is the
+  // designed behaviour. Say which it is rather than leaving the operator to chase it.
+  const dry = node.proc && node.proc.running && node.proc.mode === 'dry-run';
+
   if (a === null || a === undefined) {
+    if (dry) return ['dim', 'none — dry run does not write live state'];
     return node.is_me
       ? ['bad', 'no state file — fallback has never run here']
       : ['dim', 'not readable from here'];
   }
   const limit = Math.max(120, (checkInterval || 30) * 4);
+  if (a > limit && dry) return ['dim', _age(a) + ' — not refreshed: dry run writes elsewhere'];
   return [a > limit ? 'bad' : 'good', _age(a) + (a > limit ? ' — stale' : '')];
 }
 
@@ -495,7 +503,7 @@ function _nodeCard(node, data) {
       <span class="vv-fb-hnm">${vvEscHtml(node.hostname)}</span>
       ${node.is_me ? '<span class="vv-fb-usbadge">US</span>' : ''}
       <span style="flex:1"></span>
-      ${(node.is_me && fCls !== 'bad') ? _ptStatus(st) : ''}
+      ${(node.is_me && fCls === 'good') ? _ptStatus(st) : ''}
       ${_stateBadge(state)}
     </div>