diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 505dd6f..6318955 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Conductor).
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | Herdr | `>= 0.7.0` | Tested with Herdr 0.7.4 |
 | Node.js | `>= 20` | Node 22+ enables live WebSocket streaming |
-| agent-browser | Required | Tested with agent-browser 0.28.x |
+| agent-browser | Required | Tested with agent-browser 0.33.x; failed-request reporting needs the `network requests` command |
 | chafa | Optional | ANSI rendering and streamed JPEGs in Kitty mode |
 | carbonyl | Optional | Only required for the separate interactive Browse action |
 
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ Failed network requests paint as `✖ 404 GET <url>` (HTTP 400–599) or
 `✖ no response GET <url>` (connection-level failures, detected after ~15
 seconds without a status). Only xhr, fetch, and document requests are watched —
 images, stylesheets, and held-open streams (SSE, WebSocket) stay out. Failures
+from before the pane attached are intentionally not replayed, a repeating
+identical failure paints once and stays collapsed until it has been quiet for
+60 seconds, and on very long
 from before the pane attached are intentionally not replayed, repeated
 identical failures are collapsed within a 60-second window, and on very long
 sessions the feed turns itself off with a one-time note once the daemon's
diff --git a/bin/renderer.mjs b/bin/renderer.mjs
index 18dd1ec..8aa0815 100644
--- a/bin/renderer.mjs
+++ b/bin/renderer.mjs
@@ -1480,6 +1480,10 @@ export class Renderer {
 		this.networkState = newNetworkState();
 		this.networkOff = false;
 		if (existed) {
+			// Stays pending until a read actually completes: if a live-timer
+			// poll is in flight, the busy guard skips this read, and clearing
+			// the flag here would let the next poll replay the whole log.
+			this.networkBaselinePending = true;
 			this.networkBaselinePending = false;
 			this.attached = true; // pollNetwork requires it; the session exists
 			await this.pollNetwork(true);