diff --git a/src/core/operator-dashboard.mjs b/src/core/operator-dashboard.mjs
index 7040fda..d5f1f1e 100644
--- a/src/core/operator-dashboard.mjs
+++ b/src/core/operator-dashboard.mjs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const CONTROL_DEFINITIONS = [
     method: 'POST',
     path: '/arm',
     label: 'Arm Executor',
-    description: 'Persistently arm trade-executor so actionable decisions can submit.',
+    description: 'Persistently arm trade-executor so strategy-approved decisions can submit.',
     page: 'system',
     risk_class: 'safe',
   },
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@ const HUMAN_REASON_TEXT = {
   quote_response_ok: 'Quote response accepted by the relay.',
   reason_unknown: 'Reason not recorded.',
   stale_reference_price: 'Reference price is stale.',
+  strategy_approved: 'Strategy approved the quote.',
   strategy_disarmed: 'Strategy is disarmed.',
   submission_failed: 'Submission failed.',
   unsupported_pair: 'Unsupported pair.',
@@ -910,7 +911,7 @@ function finalizeLifecycleRow(row) {
   } else if (decision?.decision) {
     lifecycle_state = 'evaluated';
     lifecycle_label = 'Approved by strategy';
-    reason_code = normalizeLifecycleToken(decision?.decision_reason || 'actionable');
+    reason_code = normalizeLifecycleToken(decision?.decision_reason || 'strategy_approved');
     reason_text = 'Strategy approved the quote, but no durable execute command is recorded yet.';
   }
 
@@ -1206,6 +1207,7 @@ function normalizeTradeForUi({ config, trade }) {
 
   return {
     ...trade,
+    decision_reason: normalizeDecisionReason(trade.decision_reason),
     asset_in_symbol: assetIn?.symbol || trade.asset_in,
     asset_out_symbol: assetOut?.symbol || trade.asset_out,
     amount_in_display: formatUnits(trade.amount_in || '0', assetIn?.decimals || 0),
@@ -1341,8 +1343,8 @@ function normalizeDecision(decision) {
     pair: decision.pair || null,
     direction: decision.direction || null,
     request_kind: decision.request_kind || null,
-    decision: decision.decision || null,
-    decision_reason: decision.decision_reason || null,
+    decision: normalizeDecisionVerdict(decision.decision),
+    decision_reason: normalizeDecisionReason(decision.decision_reason),
     gross_edge_pct: decision.gross_edge_pct || null,
     threshold_pct: decision.threshold_pct || null,
     max_notional_eure: decision.max_notional_eure || null,
@@ -1352,6 +1354,16 @@ function normalizeDecision(decision) {
   };
 }
 
+function normalizeDecisionVerdict(value) {
+  if (value === 'actionable') return 'approved';
+  return value || null;
+}
+
+function normalizeDecisionReason(value) {
+  if (value === 'actionable') return 'strategy_approved';
+  return value || null;
+}
+
 function normalizeAlertList(alerts) {
   return (alerts || []).map(normalizeAlert).sort((left, right) => sortTimestamps(
     right.raised_at || right.first_raised_at || right.cleared_at,
diff --git a/test/operator-dashboard.test.mjs b/test/operator-dashboard.test.mjs
index 27ead4f..b096c1b 100644
--- a/test/operator-dashboard.test.mjs
+++ b/test/operator-dashboard.test.mjs
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ test('strategy approval no longer renders the forbidden actionable label', () =>
   assert.equal(rows[0].lifecycle_state, 'evaluated');
   assert.equal(rows[0].lifecycle_label, 'Approved by strategy');
   assert.notEqual(rows[0].lifecycle_label, 'Actionable');
+  assert.equal(rows[0].reason_code, 'strategy_approved');
 });
 
 test('bootstrap aggregation keeps Funds as default and carries live control state', () => {
@@ -496,6 +497,71 @@ test('bootstrap aggregation keeps Funds as default and carries live control stat
   assert.equal(bootstrap.strategy.strategy_state.recent_lifecycle_rows[0].reason_code, 'strategy_disarmed');
 });
 
+test('bootstrap normalizes actionable decision vocabulary before exposing it to the dashboard', () => {
+  const config = buildConfig();
+  const bootstrap = buildDashboardBootstrap({
+    config,
+    auth: { authenticated: true, subject: 'local-operator', mode: 'stub', roles: ['operator'] },
+    portfolioMetric: null,
+    inventorySnapshot: null,
+    marketPrice: null,
+    recentQuotes: [],
+    submissionPage: {
+      page: 1,
+      page_size: 20,
+      total: 1,
+      total_pages: 1,
+      items: [{
+        quote_id: 'quote-1',
+        pair: config.activePair,
+        observed_at: '2026-04-04T09:10:03.000Z',
+        status: 'submitted',
+        result_code: 'quote_response_ok',
+        decision_reason: 'actionable',
+      }],
+    },
+    submissionSummary: {
+      total: 1,
+      last_submission_at: '2026-04-04T09:10:03.000Z',
+    },
+    fundingObservations: [],
+    recentDepositStatuses: [],
+    recentTradeDecisions: [{
+      observed_at: '2026-04-04T09:10:00.000Z',
+      payload: {
+        decision_id: 'decision-1',
+        quote_id: 'quote-1',
+        pair: config.activePair,
+        decision: 'actionable',
+        decision_reason: 'actionable',
+      },
+    }],
+    recentExecuteTradeCommands: [{
+      observed_at: '2026-04-04T09:10:01.000Z',
+      command_id: 'cmd-1',
+      decision_id: 'decision-1',
+      quote_id: 'quote-1',
+      pair: config.activePair,
+    }],
+    recentExecutionResults: [{
+      command_id: 'cmd-1',
+      decision_id: 'decision-1',
+      quote_id: 'quote-1',
+      pair: config.activePair,
+      result_at: '2026-04-04T09:10:03.000Z',
+      status: 'submitted',
+      result_code: 'quote_response_ok',
+    }],
+    recentAlertTransitions: [],
+    serviceSnapshots: [],
+  });
+
+  assert.equal(bootstrap.funds.submission_ledger.items[0].decision_reason, 'strategy_approved');
+  assert.equal(bootstrap.strategy.strategy_state.recent_decisions[0].decision, 'approved');
+  assert.equal(bootstrap.strategy.strategy_state.recent_lifecycle_rows[0].reason_code, 'quote_response_ok');
+  assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify(bootstrap), /Actionable/);
+});
+
 test('system service health uses sentinel-derived severity so stale ingest is never shown healthy', () => {
   const config = buildConfig();
   const bootstrap = buildDashboardBootstrap({