diff --git a/apix-admin/src/main/java/org/botstandards/apix/admin/resource/DashboardResource.java b/apix-admin/src/main/java/org/botstandards/apix/admin/resource/DashboardResource.java
index defe785..ac12145 100644
--- a/apix-admin/src/main/java/org/botstandards/apix/admin/resource/DashboardResource.java
+++ b/apix-admin/src/main/java/org/botstandards/apix/admin/resource/DashboardResource.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import io.quarkus.qute.TemplateInstance;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.*;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.*;
+import java.util.Map;
 import org.botstandards.apix.common.AdminStatsResponse;
 import org.botstandards.apix.common.SandboxDashboardResponse;
 import org.botstandards.apix.admin.client.AdminRegistryClient;
@@ -47,6 +48,24 @@ public class DashboardResource {
         }
     }
 
+    @GET
+    @Path("/sandbox/{uuid}/poll")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response sandboxPoll(@PathParam("uuid") String uuid) {
+        try {
+            SandboxDashboardResponse d = registry.sandboxDetail(adminKey, uuid);
+            long total = d.usage() == null ? 0L :
+                    d.usage().values().stream().mapToLong(Long::longValue).sum();
+            return Response.ok(Map.of(
+                    "totalRequests", total,
+                    "ratePerMinute", d.ratePerMinute()
+            )).build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOG.errorf(e, "Poll failed for sandbox %s", uuid);
+            return Response.serverError().build();
+        }
+    }
+
     @GET
     @Path("/sandbox/{uuid}")
     public TemplateInstance sandboxDashboard(@PathParam("uuid") String uuid) {
diff --git a/apix-admin/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/admin.js b/apix-admin/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/admin.js
index faed53e..9999279 100644
--- a/apix-admin/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/admin.js
+++ b/apix-admin/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/admin.js
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@
           points = __D.registrarPoints.map(p => ({
             lat: p.lat, lon: p.lon, label: p.name, tier: p.tier, type: 'registrar'
           }));
-        } else if (__D.registrarLat != null) {
-          // sandbox drill-down — registrar star
-          points.push({ lat: __D.registrarLat, lon: __D.registrarLon, label: __D.name, tier: __D.tier, type: 'registrar' });
-          // agent visits
+        } else if (__D.sandboxId) {
+          // sandbox drill-down
+          if (__D.registrarLat != null) {
+            points.push({ lat: __D.registrarLat, lon: __D.registrarLon, label: __D.name, tier: __D.tier, type: 'registrar' });
+          }
+          // agent blinks — always, even when sandbox has no declared location
           (__D.recentVisits || []).forEach(v => {
             points.push({ lat: v.lat, lon: v.lon, type: 'agent' });
           });
diff --git a/apix-admin/src/main/resources/templates/DashboardResource/sandbox.html b/apix-admin/src/main/resources/templates/DashboardResource/sandbox.html
index 145d903..97aed2d 100644
--- a/apix-admin/src/main/resources/templates/DashboardResource/sandbox.html
+++ b/apix-admin/src/main/resources/templates/DashboardResource/sandbox.html
@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ button.promote:hover { background: #2ea043; }
   0% { opacity:0; r:2; } 25% { opacity:0.9; r:5; } 65% { opacity:0.4; r:4; } 100% { opacity:0; r:2; }
 }
 .agent-blink { fill: #3d8bfd; opacity:0; animation: blink-pulse 2.8s ease-in-out infinite; }
+
+#rate-wrap { background: #060d18; padding: 0 1.5rem 1rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #21262d; }
+.rate-header { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 0.75rem; padding: 0.6rem 0 0.4rem; }
+.rate-title { font-size: 0.65rem; color: #484f58; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; }
+.rate-live { font-size: 0.75rem; color: #388bfd; }
+.rate-limit-label { font-size: 0.65rem; color: #f8514966; margin-left: auto; }
+#rate-chart { display: block; width: 100%; overflow: visible; }
+.rate-area { fill: #1f6feb33; stroke: #388bfd; stroke-width: 1.5; }
+.rate-limit-line { stroke: #f85149; stroke-width: 0.8; stroke-dasharray: 4 3; opacity: 0.5; }
 </style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -93,7 +102,7 @@ button.promote:hover { background: #2ea043; }
   <div class="stat">
     <div class="stat-label">Rate limit</div>
     <div class="stat-value">{dashboard.ratePerMinute}</div>
-    <div class="stat-sub">req / min</div>
+    <div class="stat-sub">now: <span id="rate-now">—</span> req/min</div>
   </div>
   <div class="stat">
     <div class="stat-label">Expires</div>
@@ -109,6 +118,15 @@ button.promote:hover { background: #2ea043; }
   {/if}
 </div>
 
+<div id="rate-wrap">
+  <div class="rate-header">
+    <span class="rate-title">Live rate</span>
+    <span class="rate-live" id="rate-live-val">— req/min</span>
+    <span class="rate-limit-label">limit: {dashboard.ratePerMinute}/min ──</span>
+  </div>
+  <svg id="rate-chart" height="64"></svg>
+</div>
+
 <div id="map-wrap"><svg id="world-map"></svg></div>
 
 <div class="actions">
@@ -132,5 +150,71 @@ button.promote:hover { background: #2ea043; }
 <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3@7/dist/d3.min.js"></script>
 <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/topojson-client@3/dist/topojson-client.min.js"></script>
 <script src="/admin.js"></script>
+<script>
+(function () {
+  const INTERVAL = 5000;
+  const BUCKETS  = 72; // 6 min at 5s
+  const rateLimit = __D.ratePerMinute || 1;
+  const sid = __D.sandboxId;
+
+  const buf = new Array(BUCKETS).fill(0);
+  let lastTotal = null;
+
+  const el   = document.getElementById('rate-chart');
+  const W    = el.parentElement.clientWidth || 900;
+  const H    = 64;
+  el.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 ' + W + ' ' + H);
+  el.style.width = '100%';
+
+  const xS = d3.scaleLinear().domain([0, BUCKETS - 1]).range([0, W]);
+  const yS = d3.scaleLinear().domain([0, Math.max(rateLimit * 1.1, 1)]).range([H, 0]);
+
+  const areaFn = d3.area()
+    .x(function(_, i) { return xS(i); })
+    .y0(H)
+    .y1(function(d) { return yS(d); })
+    .curve(d3.curveCatmullRom.alpha(0.5));
+
+  const svg  = d3.select(el);
+  const path = svg.append('path').attr('class', 'rate-area');
+
+  // Red dashed limit line
+  const ly = yS(rateLimit);
+  svg.append('line')
+    .attr('x1', 0).attr('x2', W)
+    .attr('y1', ly).attr('y2', ly)
+    .attr('class', 'rate-limit-line');
+
+  function fmt(n) {
+    return n >= 1e6 ? (n/1e6).toFixed(1)+'M' : n >= 1e3 ? (n/1e3).toFixed(1)+'k' : String(n);
+  }
+
+  function render(rpm) {
+    buf.push(rpm);
+    buf.shift();
+    path.attr('d', areaFn(buf));
+    const txt = fmt(rpm) + ' req/min';
+    document.getElementById('rate-now').textContent     = fmt(rpm);
+    document.getElementById('rate-live-val').textContent = txt;
+  }
+
+  async function poll() {
+    try {
+      const r = await fetch('/sandbox/' + sid + '/poll');
+      if (!r.ok) return;
+      const d = await r.json();
+      const total = Number(d.totalRequests) || 0;
+      if (lastTotal !== null) {
+        const delta = Math.max(0, total - lastTotal);
+        render(Math.round(delta * (60000 / INTERVAL)));
+      }
+      lastTotal = total;
+    } catch (_) {}
+  }
+
+  poll();
+  setInterval(poll, INTERVAL);
+})();
+</script>
 </body>
 </html>