diff --git a/app/store.ts b/app/store.ts
index 9a4cac6..c165400 100644
--- a/app/store.ts
+++ b/app/store.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export type FinishedStatus = Exclude<
 	"running" | "deleting" | "delete_failed"
 >;
 
-/** Coarse progress for GET /v1/apps/:runId. Cosmetic; never gates a run. */
+/**
+ * Coarse progress for GET /v1/apps/:runId. Cosmetic; never gates a run.
+ * stageOrder in public/app.js must list these stages in this order. If the
+ * stage of a run is not in that list, the UI shows no progress for the run.
+ */
 export type RunStage =
 	| "designing"
 	| "provisioning"
@@ -28,7 +32,6 @@ export type RunStage =
 	| "building"
 	| "verifying"
 	| "publishing"
-	| "deploying"
 	| "waiting_for_services"
 	| "waiting_for_deploys"
 	| "smoke_testing"
diff --git a/app/workflow.ts b/app/workflow.ts
index 5d1b436..9df8ef7 100644
--- a/app/workflow.ts
+++ b/app/workflow.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ async function run(
 		}
 
 		// ── Deploy ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-		await setRunStage(runId, "deploying");
 		return await awaitDeployment({
 			tasks,
 			sandbox,