diff --git a/src/__tests__/api/analytics/since-cap.test.ts b/src/__tests__/api/analytics/since-cap.test.ts
index d9f481d70..221f1342e 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/api/analytics/since-cap.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/api/analytics/since-cap.test.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db-compat", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/logging/transports", () => ({ emitIfSampled: vi.fn() }));
 
+// The slim slice now strips disabled-module types before answering, from
+// the same map the snapshot builder gates on — so it resolves the module
+// map. Spread the real module so only that call is stubbed.
+vi.mock("@/lib/modules/gate", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/modules/gate")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    resolveModuleMap: vi.fn(async () =>
+      Object.fromEntries(actual.MODULE_KEYS.map((k) => [k, true])),
+    ),
+  };
+});
+
 vi.mock("next/headers", () => ({
   headers: vi.fn(async () => ({ get: () => null })),
   cookies: vi.fn(async () => ({
diff --git a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts
index 03fcb3375..177950e2f 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/__tests__/route.test.ts
@@ -27,11 +27,24 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/db", () => ({
     auditLog: {
       create: vi.fn(),
     },
+    // The GET probes for an SDNN row to decide whether the `hrv` toggle is
+    // a dead switch for this account. Only reached when recovery is off.
+    measurement: {
+      findFirst: vi.fn(),
+    },
     $transaction: vi.fn(),
   },
   toJson: (v: unknown) => v,
 }));
 
+// The GET reads one module flag to decide whether a toggle can do anything.
+// Spread the real module so only that one call is stubbed — every other
+// export stays live for whatever else pulls this in.
+vi.mock("@/lib/modules/gate", async (importOriginal) => ({
+  ...(await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/modules/gate")>()),
+  isModuleEnabled: vi.fn(async () => true),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("@/lib/auth/session", () => ({
   getSession: vi.fn(),
 }));
@@ -66,6 +79,7 @@ import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { getSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 import { __resetAllCachesForTests } from "@/lib/cache/server-cache";
+import { isModuleEnabled } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
 import {
   DASHBOARD_WIDGET_IDS,
   DASHBOARD_IOS_ONLY_WIDGET_IDS,
@@ -104,6 +118,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   __resetAuditDedupMemoForTests();
   vi.mocked(getSession).mockResolvedValue(SESSION_OK as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.auditLog.create).mockResolvedValue({} as never);
+  // `resetAllMocks` strips the factory's implementation, so state the
+  // default here beside the others: modules on, which is the shape every
+  // test below the dead-switch block assumes.
+  vi.mocked(isModuleEnabled).mockResolvedValue(true as never);
   vi.mocked(prisma.$transaction).mockImplementation((async (
     callback: (tx: { user: typeof transactionUser }) => Promise<unknown>,
   ) => callback({ user: transactionUser })) as never);
@@ -1057,3 +1075,57 @@ describe("dashboard widgets — hero primary content", () => {
     expect(body.data.hero).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+describe("a toggle that cannot do anything is not offered", () => {
+  // A switch that is on over a tile that can never paint, with nothing
+  // saying why, is the defect the HRV fallback exists to remove — so the
+  // GET tells the client which toggles are dead rather than leaving the
+  // Settings screen to draw one.
+  //
+  // `hrv` falls back to nightly RMSSD when an account has no SDNN, and
+  // RMSSD is recovery-owned. Recovery off + no SDNN = a dead switch.
+  function storeLayout() {
+    vi.mocked(prisma.user.findUnique).mockResolvedValue({
+      dashboardWidgetsJson: serializeDashboardLayout(DEFAULT_DASHBOARD_LAYOUT),
+    } as never);
+  }
+
+  async function getBody() {
+    const res = await callGet();
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    return (await res.json()) as {
+      data: { unavailableWidgetIds?: string[] };
+    };
+  }
+
+  it("marks hrv unavailable for a ring account with recovery off", async () => {
+    storeLayout();
+    vi.mocked(isModuleEnabled).mockResolvedValue(false);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findFirst).mockResolvedValue(null as never);
+
+    expect((await getBody()).data.unavailableWidgetIds).toEqual(["hrv"]);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves hrv available when the account has SDNN", async () => {
+    // SDNN is a plain vital no module owns, so the tile still works with
+    // recovery off. Taking this row away would be a new bug.
+    storeLayout();
+    vi.mocked(isModuleEnabled).mockResolvedValue(false);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findFirst).mockResolvedValue({
+      id: "m1",
+    } as never);
+
+    expect((await getBody()).data.unavailableWidgetIds).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("does not probe for SDNN at all when recovery is on", async () => {
+    // The probe is the only added read on this hot, cached route; it must
+    // not run for the common account.
+    storeLayout();
+    vi.mocked(isModuleEnabled).mockResolvedValue(true);
+    vi.mocked(prisma.measurement.findFirst).mockClear();
+
+    expect((await getBody()).data.unavailableWidgetIds).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(prisma.measurement.findFirst).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
index e1fe467d9..13a1c37a7 100644
--- a/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/dashboard/widgets/route.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   sanitiseZodIssues,
 } from "@/lib/api-response";
 import { annotate } from "@/lib/logging/context";
-import { resolveModuleMap } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
+import { isModuleEnabled } from "@/lib/modules/gate";
 import { unavailableWidgetIds } from "@/lib/dashboard/widget-modules";
 import { prisma, toJson } from "@/lib/db";
 import {
@@ -235,16 +235,22 @@ export const GET = apiHandler(async () => {
   // The SDNN probe is an index-only existence check
   // (`@@index([userId, type, measuredAt])`), not a summaries read; it runs
   // only when Recovery is off, so the common account pays nothing.
-  const modules = await resolveModuleMap(user.id);
+  // One flag, read the way this codebase reads one flag — not the whole
+  // module map. `hrv` is the only conditionally-dead widget and `recovery`
+  // is the only module that decides it.
+  const recoveryEnabled = await isModuleEnabled(user.id, "recovery");
   let hasSdnn = true;
-  if (modules.recovery === false) {
+  if (!recoveryEnabled) {
     const sdnnRow = await prisma.measurement.findFirst({
       where: { userId: user.id, type: "HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY" },
       select: { id: true },
     });
     hasSdnn = sdnnRow !== null;
   }
-  const unavailable = unavailableWidgetIds(modules, { hasSdnn });
+  const unavailable = unavailableWidgetIds(
+    { recovery: recoveryEnabled },
+    { hasSdnn },
+  );
   return apiSuccess(
     unavailable.length > 0
       ? { ...layout, unavailableWidgetIds: unavailable }