diff --git a/src/operator-dashboard/static/components/ServiceCard.jsx b/src/operator-dashboard/static/components/ServiceCard.jsx
index d398867..8de78df 100644
--- a/src/operator-dashboard/static/components/ServiceCard.jsx
+++ b/src/operator-dashboard/static/components/ServiceCard.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
 import Pill from './Pill.jsx';
-import { formatAge, formatBoolean, formatTimestamp } from '../lib/format.js';
+import { formatAge, formatAgeFromTimestamp, formatBoolean, formatTimestamp } from '../lib/format.js';
+
+function useNow(intervalMs = 1000) {
+  const [now, setNow] = useState(() => Date.now());
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = window.setInterval(() => setNow(Date.now()), intervalMs);
+    return () => window.clearInterval(timer);
+  }, [intervalMs]);
+
+  return now;
+}
 
 export default function ServiceCard({ service }) {
   const healthLabel = service.health_label || service.health_status || (service.reachable ? 'online' : 'offline');
+  const now = useNow();
+  const freshnessAge = service.freshness_at
+    ? formatAgeFromTimestamp(service.freshness_at, now)
+    : formatAge(service.freshness_age_ms);
 
   return (
     <div className="service-card">
@@ -14,7 +31,7 @@ export default function ServiceCard({ service }) {
         <div>{`Reachable ${formatBoolean(service.reachable)}`}</div>
         <div>{`Paused ${formatBoolean(service.paused)}`}</div>
         <div>{`Armed ${formatBoolean(service.armed)}`}</div>
-        <div>{`Freshness ${formatAge(service.freshness_age_ms)}${service.freshness_age_ms == null ? '' : ' ago'}`}</div>
+        <div>{`Freshness ${freshnessAge}${freshnessAge === 'Unavailable' ? '' : ' ago'}`}</div>
         <div>{`Freshness at ${formatTimestamp(service.freshness_at)}`}</div>
         <div className="mono">{service.base_url}</div>
         {service.last_error ? <div>{JSON.stringify(service.last_error)}</div> : null}
diff --git a/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs b/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs
index 2f4c119..f253552 100644
--- a/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs
+++ b/test/operator-dashboard-ui-static.test.mjs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ test('funds page no longer renders duplicate quote and submission tables', () =>
 });
 
 test('dashboard freshness surfaces show age and exact timestamp evidence', () => {
+  assert.match(serviceCardSource, /formatAgeFromTimestamp\(service\.freshness_at, now\)/);
   assert.match(serviceCardSource, /formatTimestamp\(service\.freshness_at\)/);
   assert.match(serviceCardSource, /Freshness at/);
   assert.match(stylesSource, /\.quote-row-flash td/);