diff --git a/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts b/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts
index e1ce5a3628..7cc148e08c 100644
--- a/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/desktop/src/app.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ type PayloadFormat = 'plain' | 'json' | 'jsonl' | 'yaml'
 
 interface DevArtifact {
   readonly id: string
-  readonly group: 'Prompts' | 'Tools' | 'Plugins / Context Providers' | 'Config / Runtime' | 'Change Loop'
+  readonly group: 'Prompts' | 'Tools' | 'Plugins / Context Providers' | 'Config / Runtime'
   readonly title: string
   readonly subtitle: string
-  readonly kind: 'prompt' | 'tool' | 'plugin' | 'config' | 'runtime' | 'change' | 'source'
+  readonly kind: 'prompt' | 'tool' | 'plugin' | 'config' | 'runtime' | 'source'
   readonly status?: string
   readonly source?: string
   readonly owner?: string
@@ -1885,8 +1885,7 @@ function devGroupLabel(group: DevArtifact['group']): string {
   if (group === 'Prompts') return t('dev.group.prompts')
   if (group === 'Tools') return t('dev.group.tools')
   if (group === 'Plugins / Context Providers') return t('dev.group.plugins')
-  if (group === 'Config / Runtime') return t('dev.group.config')
-  return t('dev.group.changeLoop')
+  return t('dev.group.config')
 }
 
 function devListSubtitle(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
@@ -1915,7 +1914,6 @@ function renderDevArtifactDetail(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
         </div>
         <div class="dev-detail-actions">
           ${editablePath === undefined ? '' : `<button type="button" data-open-path="${escapeHtml(editablePath)}">${escapeHtml(t('dev.openInEditor'))}</button>`}
-          <em>${escapeHtml(artifact.status ?? artifact.kind)}</em>
         </div>
       </header>
       <section class="dev-detail-grid">
@@ -1929,7 +1927,6 @@ function renderDevArtifactDetail(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
       ${artifact.kind === 'prompt' ? renderDevRegistrySnapshot() : ''}
       ${artifact.metadata === undefined ? '' : renderDevCodePanel(t('dev.metadata'), t('dev.metadataSubtitle'), artifact.metadata)}
       ${artifact.kind === 'runtime' ? renderRuntimePanel() : ''}
-      ${artifact.kind === 'change' ? renderChangeLoopPanel() : ''}
     </article>
   `
 }
@@ -1974,8 +1971,7 @@ function contentTitleForArtifact(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
   if (artifact.kind === 'plugin') return t('dev.pluginContribution')
   if (artifact.kind === 'source') return t('dev.sourceFileContent')
   if (artifact.kind === 'config') return t('dev.activeConfiguration')
-  if (artifact.kind === 'runtime') return t('dev.runtimeState')
-  return t('dev.suggestedLoop')
+  return t('dev.runtimeState')
 }
 
 function contentMetaForArtifact(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
@@ -1984,30 +1980,14 @@ function contentMetaForArtifact(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
   if (artifact.kind === 'plugin') return t('dev.pluginMeta')
   if (artifact.kind === 'source') return t('dev.sourceMeta')
   if (artifact.kind === 'config') return t('dev.configMeta')
-  if (artifact.kind === 'runtime') return t('dev.runtimeMeta')
-  return t('dev.loopMeta')
+  return t('dev.runtimeMeta')
 }
 
 function reloadLabelForArtifact(artifact: DevArtifact): string {
   if (artifact.kind === 'runtime') return t('dev.manualRestart')
-  if (artifact.kind === 'change') return String(asRecord(state.dev).restartNeeded ?? false) === 'true' ? t('dev.restartRecommended') : t('dev.noRestartSignal')
   return t('dev.restartAfterEdit')
 }
 
-function renderChangeLoopPanel(): string {
-  return `
-    <section class="dev-loop-card">
-      <strong>${escapeHtml(t('dev.recommendedLoop'))}</strong>
-      <ol>
-        <li>${escapeHtml(t('dev.loopStepEdit'))}</li>
-        <li>${escapeHtml(t('dev.loopStepRestart'))}</li>
-        <li>${escapeHtml(t('dev.loopStepRerun'))}</li>
-        <li>${escapeHtml(t('dev.loopStepCompare'))}</li>
-      </ol>
-    </section>
-  `
-}
-
 function renderRuntimePanel(): string {
   return `
     <section class="module-card dev-status">
@@ -2133,34 +2113,11 @@ function developArtifactGroups(): DevArtifactGroup[] {
       recent: String(asRecord(state.runtime).pid ?? t('dev.noPid')),
     },
   ]
-  const changeArtifacts: DevArtifact[] = [
-    {
-      id: 'change:loop',
-      group: 'Change Loop',
-      kind: 'change',
-      title: t('dev.modifyReloadRerun'),
-      subtitle: t('dev.modifyReloadRerunSubtitle'),
-      status: String(dev.restartNeeded ?? false) === 'true' ? t('dev.statusRestartNeeded') : t('dev.statusReady'),
-      source: runtimeRepoRoot(),
-      owner: 'DeepSeek Harness desktop',
-      value: {
-        git: dev.git,
-        restartNeeded: dev.restartNeeded ?? false,
-        suggestedNextRun: state.selectedSessionId === undefined ? t('dev.startChatThenInspect') : `${t('dev.rerunOrContinue')} ${state.selectedSessionId}`,
-      },
-      metadata: {
-        selectedSessionId: state.selectedSessionId,
-        sessionsAvailable: state.sessions.length,
-      },
-      recent: gitSummary(),
-    },
-  ]
   return [
     { title: 'Prompts', artifacts: [...promptArtifacts, ...promptSources] },
     { title: 'Tools', artifacts: [...toolArtifacts, ...toolSources] },
     { title: 'Plugins / Context Providers', artifacts: [...pluginArtifacts, ...compositionSources] },
     { title: 'Config / Runtime', artifacts: configArtifacts },
-    { title: 'Change Loop', artifacts: changeArtifacts },
   ]
 }
 
@@ -2451,9 +2408,6 @@ function gitField(key: string): string {
   return String(git[key] ?? t('dev.unknown'))
 }
 
-function gitSummary(): string {
-  return `${gitField('branch')} @ ${gitField('commit')}${gitField('dirty') === 'true' ? ` · ${t('app.dirty')}` : ''}`
-}
 
 function asSessionUpdate(value: unknown): SessionUpdatePayload {
   const record = asRecord(value)
diff --git a/packages/ui/desktop/src/i18n.ts b/packages/ui/desktop/src/i18n.ts
index 9df2a98174..26860a7648 100644
--- a/packages/ui/desktop/src/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/desktop/src/i18n.ts
@@ -183,29 +183,19 @@ const messages = {
     'dev.pluginContribution': '插件配置 / 贡献',
     'dev.activeConfiguration': '当前配置',
     'dev.runtimeState': '运行时状态',
-    'dev.suggestedLoop': '建议验证循环',
     'dev.promptMeta': '当前源码级提示词文本或提示词归属信息',
     'dev.toolMeta': '模型请求最近一次看到的已注册 schema',
     'dev.pluginMeta': '基于当前 Cordis 配置识别提示词/上下文注入者和工具注册者',
     'dev.sourceMeta': '当前运行时组合暴露的源码事实，用于定位实现和修改入口',
     'dev.configMeta': '模型/运行时参数，以及修改后需要重载的文件',
     'dev.runtimeMeta': '当前 Electron 主进程和 ACP 桥接状态',
-    'dev.loopMeta': '编辑智能体后如何重新运行并对比',
     'dev.manualRestart': '这里可以手动重启',
-    'dev.restartRecommended': '建议重启',
-    'dev.noRestartSignal': '没有重启信号',
     'dev.restartAfterEdit': '编辑后重启 ACP',
-    'dev.recommendedLoop': '推荐循环',
-    'dev.loopStepEdit': '修改提示词、工具、插件或配置源文件。',
-    'dev.loopStepRestart': '如果修改的文件是在进程启动时加载的，就重启 ACP 运行时。',
-    'dev.loopStepRerun': '回到聊天，重新运行历史任务或开始新任务。',
-    'dev.loopStepCompare': '用轨迹 / 瀑布图对比行为和耗时证据。',
     'dev.restartRuntime': '重启 ACP 运行时',
     'dev.group.prompts': '提示词',
     'dev.group.tools': '工具',
     'dev.group.plugins': '插件 / 上下文提供者',
     'dev.group.config': '配置 / 运行时',
-    'dev.group.changeLoop': '变更循环',
     'dev.requestSystemPrompt': '当前请求的系统提示词',
     'dev.requestSystemPromptSubtitle': '最近一次模型请求实际收到的完整系统提示词',
     'dev.noRequestSystemPrompt': '还没有从当前会话的请求头里看到系统提示词。先在聊天里运行一次任务，再回到这里查看。',
@@ -219,20 +209,14 @@ const messages = {
     'dev.activeCordisSubtitle': '桌面 ACP 运行时在进程启动时加载的 Cordis 组合',
     'dev.acpRuntime': 'ACP 运行时',
     'dev.acpRuntimeSubtitle': '聊天和轨迹捕获使用的托管后端进程',
-    'dev.modifyReloadRerun': '修改、重载、重跑',
-    'dev.modifyReloadRerunSubtitle': '编辑 Harness、插件、提示词、工具或配置之后的产品循环',
     'dev.statusActive': '已启用',
     'dev.statusMissing': '缺失',
     'dev.statusSource': '源码',
     'dev.statusRegistered': '已注册',
     'dev.statusProvider': '提供者',
-    'dev.statusReady': '就绪',
-    'dev.statusRestartNeeded': '需要重启',
     'dev.noPersona': '当前配置里没有找到身份设定片段。',
     'dev.noConfigText': '开发后端没有返回配置文本。',
     'dev.noPid': '没有 pid',
-    'dev.startChatThenInspect': '先开始一个聊天任务，然后检查它的轨迹/瀑布图。',
-    'dev.rerunOrContinue': '重新运行或继续会话',
     'dev.registeredModelTool': '已注册的模型可见工具',
     'dev.toolProviderPlugin': '工具提供插件',
     'dev.noMatchingPlugin': '没有从当前配置推断出匹配插件',
@@ -459,23 +443,14 @@ const messages = {
     'dev.pluginContribution': 'Plugin config / contribution',
     'dev.activeConfiguration': 'Active configuration',
     'dev.runtimeState': 'Runtime state',
-    'dev.suggestedLoop': 'Suggested verification loop',
     'dev.promptMeta': 'Current source-level prompt text or prompt owner metadata',
     'dev.toolMeta': 'Current registered schema when last seen by a model request',
     'dev.pluginMeta': 'Who injects prompt/context or registers tools, based on active Cordis config',
     'dev.sourceMeta': 'Source-level evidence from the active runtime composition, useful for locating implementation and edit entry points',
     'dev.configMeta': 'Model/runtime parameters and files whose edits require reload',
     'dev.runtimeMeta': 'Current Electron main process and ACP bridge state',
-    'dev.loopMeta': 'How to rerun and compare after editing the agent',
     'dev.manualRestart': 'Manual restart available here',
-    'dev.restartRecommended': 'Restart recommended',
-    'dev.noRestartSignal': 'No restart signal',
     'dev.restartAfterEdit': 'Restart ACP after editing',
-    'dev.recommendedLoop': 'Recommended loop',
-    'dev.loopStepEdit': 'Edit the prompt, tool, plugin, or config source.',
-    'dev.loopStepRestart': 'Restart ACP runtime if the changed file is loaded at process start.',
-    'dev.loopStepRerun': 'Return to Chat and rerun a previous task or start a new one.',
-    'dev.loopStepCompare': 'Use Trajectory / Waterfall to compare behavior and timing evidence.',
     'dev.restartRuntime': 'Restart ACP runtime',
     'dev.requestSystemPrompt': 'Current request system prompt',
     'dev.requestSystemPromptSubtitle': 'The full system prompt actually sent in the latest model request',
@@ -486,7 +461,6 @@ const messages = {
     'dev.group.tools': 'Tools',
     'dev.group.plugins': 'Plugins / Context Providers',
     'dev.group.config': 'Config / Runtime',
-    'dev.group.changeLoop': 'Change Loop',
     'dev.systemPersona': 'System persona',
     'dev.systemPersonaSubtitle': 'Current deployment persona forwarded from cordis.yml',
     'dev.promptAssemblyService': 'Prompt assembly service',
@@ -495,20 +469,14 @@ const messages = {
     'dev.activeCordisSubtitle': 'Process-start Cordis composition loaded by the desktop ACP runtime',
     'dev.acpRuntime': 'ACP runtime',
     'dev.acpRuntimeSubtitle': 'Managed backend process used by Chat and trace capture',
-    'dev.modifyReloadRerun': 'Modify, reload, rerun',
-    'dev.modifyReloadRerunSubtitle': 'The product loop after editing Harness, plugins, prompts, tools, or config',
     'dev.statusActive': 'active',
     'dev.statusMissing': 'missing',
     'dev.statusSource': 'source',
     'dev.statusRegistered': 'registered',
     'dev.statusProvider': 'provider',
-    'dev.statusReady': 'ready',
-    'dev.statusRestartNeeded': 'restart needed',
     'dev.noPersona': 'No persona block found in the active config.',
     'dev.noConfigText': 'No config text reported by dev backend.',
     'dev.noPid': 'No pid',
-    'dev.startChatThenInspect': 'Start a chat task, then inspect its trajectory/waterfall.',
-    'dev.rerunOrContinue': 'Rerun or continue session',
     'dev.registeredModelTool': 'Registered model-facing tool',
     'dev.toolProviderPlugin': 'Tool provider plugin',
     'dev.noMatchingPlugin': 'No matching plugin inferred from active config',