diff --git a/web/src/components/Slate.tsx b/web/src/components/Slate.tsx
index 2123475..4930107 100644
--- a/web/src/components/Slate.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/Slate.tsx
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ interface StreaksResponse { streaks?: StreakApiRow[] }
 // Session 45 — pre-graded snapshot response (snapshot:{sport}:latest).
 interface SnapshotGrade { player?: string; player_name?: string; stat_type?: string; line?: number; direction?: string; grade?: string; archetype?: string | null; projection?: number | null; model_value?: number | null; gradedAt?: { line: number; odds?: number | null; timestamp?: string } | null }
 interface SnapshotDelta { player?: string; stat?: string; side?: string; delta?: number; direction?: string; currentLine?: number }
-interface SnapshotResponse { grades?: SnapshotGrade[]; deltas?: SnapshotDelta[] }
+interface SnapshotResponse { grades?: SnapshotGrade[]; deltas?: SnapshotDelta[]; updated_at?: string | null; refreshed_at?: string | null }
 
 // Session 46 — MLB probable pitchers response.
 interface PitcherSide { team?: string | null; pitcher?: string | null; era?: number | null }
@@ -583,6 +583,10 @@ export default function Slate({ initialTab = 'all', tier = 'free', preferredBook
   const [games, setGames] = useState<SlateGame[]>([]);
   // Session 45 — merged pre-graded snapshot across the loaded sports.
   const [snapGrades, setSnapGrades] = useState<SnapshotGrade[]>([]);
+  // P1-6 — the PIPELINE's freshness (refreshed_at, the same field the app-bar
+  // clock reads). "UPDATED Xs ago" must show the DATA age, not the client's poll
+  // time — else the strip claims "0s ago" while the clock (honestly) says 46m.
+  const [snapRefreshedAt, setSnapRefreshedAt] = useState<number | null>(null);
   const [snapDeltas, setSnapDeltas] = useState<SnapshotDelta[]>([]);
   const [pitcherGames, setPitcherGames] = useState<PitcherGame[]>([]);
   // Session 64 (A1-S5) — prop viability (lineup confirmation + injury wire).
@@ -685,7 +689,7 @@ export default function Slate({ initialTab = 'all', tier = 'free', preferredBook
         const oddsGames = groupByGame(oddsProps, sport);
         const scheduleGames = schedule?.games || [];
         const merged = mergeSlate(sport, scheduleGames, oddsGames, lines?.games, streaksRes?.streaks);
-        return { sport, merged, oddsOk, hadSchedule: scheduleGames.length > 0, snapGrades: snap?.grades || [], snapDeltas: snap?.deltas || [], pitcherGames: pitchersRes?.games || [], lineups: lineupsRes || null, injuries: injuriesRes?.byPlayer || null };
+        return { sport, merged, oddsOk, hadSchedule: scheduleGames.length > 0, snapGrades: snap?.grades || [], snapDeltas: snap?.deltas || [], snapRefreshed: snap?.refreshed_at || snap?.updated_at || null, pitcherGames: pitchersRes?.games || [], lineups: lineupsRes || null, injuries: injuriesRes?.byPlayer || null };
       }),
     );
 
@@ -717,6 +721,12 @@ export default function Slate({ initialTab = 'all', tier = 'free', preferredBook
 
     setGames(allGames);
     setSnapGrades(allSnapGrades);
+    // P1-6 — newest pipeline refreshed_at across the loaded sports (the real
+    // data age, shared with the app-bar clock — one source of truth).
+    {
+      const stamps = perSport.map((s) => (s.snapRefreshed ? Date.parse(s.snapRefreshed) : NaN)).filter((t) => Number.isFinite(t));
+      setSnapRefreshedAt(stamps.length ? Math.max(...stamps) : null);
+    }
     setSnapDeltas(allSnapDeltas);
     setPitcherGames(allPitcherGames);
     setViability({ lineups: mergedLineups || undefined, injuries: Object.keys(mergedInjuries).length ? mergedInjuries : undefined });
@@ -952,8 +962,12 @@ export default function Slate({ initialTab = 'all', tier = 'free', preferredBook
           {games.some((g) => g.status === 'in') && (
             <><span style={{ color: '#3A3A48' }}>·</span><span style={{ color: 'var(--g-a)', fontWeight: 700 }}>{games.filter((g) => g.status === 'in').length} LIVE</span></>
           )}
-          {lastRefreshed && (
-            <><span style={{ color: '#3A3A48' }}>·</span><span title="The slate auto-refreshes every 60 seconds">UPDATED {freshLabel(lastRefreshed, nowTick)}</span></>
+          {/* P1-6 — DATA age from the pipeline's refreshed_at (the same field the
+              app-bar clock reads), NOT the client poll time. "UPDATED 0s ago"
+              while the clock said "SYNC 46:03" was the contradiction; both now
+              read refreshed_at. The clock owns the amber/STALE reaction. */}
+          {snapRefreshedAt && (
+            <><span style={{ color: '#3A3A48' }}>·</span><span title="Data age — the pipeline's last refresh (one source of truth with the app-bar clock)">UPDATED {freshLabel(snapRefreshedAt, nowTick)}</span></>
           )}
         </div>
         <input