diff --git a/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html b/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
index 89897c1..50ca770 100644
--- a/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
+++ b/zebra-report/zebra-spaces.html
@@ -2925,17 +2925,12 @@ async function handleSignal(raw){
}
break;
case 'space-closing':
- /* server arms this for the full grace window every time the host
- * leaves. will_close=true means the room actually ends if nobody
- * reclaims; will_close=false means a cohost will succeed the host
- * at expiry so the room stays open either way. */
- if (m.will_close === false){
- logLine('', 'host away — cohost will succeed in '+m.grace_seconds+'s if host doesn\'t return');
- setStatus('host away — cohost succession in '+m.grace_seconds+'s', 'warn');
- } else {
- logLine('err','space closing in '+m.grace_seconds+'s — '+m.reason);
- setStatus('host left — space closing in '+m.grace_seconds+'s', 'err');
- }
+ /* host left — 2h deadman is running. Only the host can chime to
+ * extend; cohosts can moderate the room during the absence but
+ * cannot keep the room alive. Room WILL close at grace expiry
+ * unless the host reclaims. */
+ logLine('err','space closing in '+m.grace_seconds+'s — '+m.reason);
+ setStatus('host left — space closing in '+m.grace_seconds+'s', 'err');
break;
case 'error':
logLine('err','signal: '+m.message);
@@ -3622,8 +3617,8 @@ logLine('', 'ready — pick a handle, type a rendezvous code, enter the space');