diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.test.tsx
index 950d5c74a31..e922035b351 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.test.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ describe('DaemonDegradedNotice', () => {
     const html = render()
     expect(html).toMatch(/can’t reach those terminals until the host responds/)
     expect(html).not.toMatch(/already open keep working/)
+    // And it must not promise automatic recovery: TerminalErrorToast already tells the user to
+    // "Reopen this pane to retry", because nothing re-attaches a failed pane on its own.
+    expect(html).not.toMatch(/reconnect on their own/)
+    expect(html).toMatch(/reopening a pane retries/)
   })
 
   it('says the restart ends the local terminals too, not just the held ones', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.tsx
index b45a02251e5..004fa150745 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/settings/DaemonDegradedNotice.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function DaemonDegradedNotice(props: {
           <p className="text-xs leading-snug">
             {translate(
               'auto.components.settings.DaemonDegradedNotice.body',
-              'The terminal host stopped responding. Orca kept it rather than ending anything it might still be hosting, but it can’t reach those terminals until the host responds again — the panes reconnect on their own if it recovers. New terminals open outside the host and close when you quit Orca. Restarting the host usually clears this, and ends every terminal — both the ones it is still holding and the ones running outside it.'
+              'The terminal host stopped responding. Orca kept it rather than ending anything it might still be hosting, but it can’t reach those terminals until the host responds again — reopening a pane retries, and works once it does. New terminals open outside the host and close when you quit Orca. Restarting the host usually clears this, and ends every terminal — both the ones it is still holding and the ones running outside it.'
             )}
           </p>
         </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 5fd2b91d8e4..38e01ec0f26 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -10655,7 +10655,7 @@
         },
         "DaemonDegradedNotice": {
           "title": "New terminals aren’t being saved",
-          "body": "The terminal host stopped responding. Orca kept it rather than ending anything it might still be hosting, but it can’t reach those terminals until the host responds again — the panes reconnect on their own if it recovers. New terminals open outside the host and close when you quit Orca. Restarting the host clears this, and ends every terminal — both the ones it is still holding and the ones running outside it.",
+          "body": "The terminal host stopped responding. Orca kept it rather than ending anything it might still be hosting, but it can’t reach those terminals until the host responds again — reopening a pane retries, and works once it does. New terminals open outside the host and close when you quit Orca. Restarting the host usually clears this, and ends every terminal — both the ones it is still holding and the ones running outside it.",
           "action": "Restart host"
         }
       },
@@ -15298,13 +15298,6 @@
       "sent": "Session context sent to {{agent}} in a new session.",
       "deliveryFailed": "The new {{agent}} session started, but its context could not be sent.",
       "launchFailed": "Could not start a new {{agent}} session."
-    },
-    "settings": {
-      "DaemonDegradedNotice": {
-        "title": "New terminals aren’t being saved",
-        "body": "The terminal host stopped responding, so Orca kept it rather than ending anything it may still be running. Terminals it was hosting are still running, but Orca can’t reach them until it responds again. New terminals open outside it and will close when you quit Orca. Restarting the host clears this — and ends whatever it was still hosting, so try reopening those terminals first.",
-        "action": "Restart host"
-      }
     }
   },
   "dashboardPopout": {