diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/chronotype-section.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/chronotype-section.test.tsx
index a96866b28..a0cc000da 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/chronotype-section.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/chronotype-section.test.tsx
@@ -65,14 +65,18 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("<ChronotypeSection>", () => {
-  it("renders the quiet inline notice on a query error", () => {
+  it("renders nothing on a query error — the page owns the one notice", () => {
+    // All three rhythm cards resolve the same query, so a per-card notice
+    // printed the identical sentence three times. /insights/sleep now renders
+    // a single QueryErrorCard with a retry in place of the row. The card must
+    // still not fall through to its skeleton, which would spin forever.
     rhythmMock.mockReturnValue({
       data: undefined,
       isLoading: false,
       isError: true,
     });
     const html = render(<ChronotypeSection enabled />);
-    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="chronotype-error"');
+    expect(html).toBe("");
     expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="chronotype-loading"');
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx
index a5ff44d3c..13aa523b2 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx
@@ -73,16 +73,17 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("<SleepRhythmSection>", () => {
-  it("renders the quiet inline notice on a query error, not an infinite skeleton", () => {
+  it("renders nothing on a query error, and never an infinite skeleton", () => {
+    // The shared-read notice moved to /insights/sleep so one failure prints
+    // one message instead of three. The card must still bail rather than
+    // fall through to a skeleton that can never resolve.
     rhythmMock.mockReturnValue({
       data: undefined,
       isLoading: false,
       isError: true,
     });
     const html = render(<SleepRhythmSection enabled />);
-    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="sleep-rhythm-error"');
-    expect(html).toContain("Your sleep rhythm");
-    // No skeletons while errored.
+    expect(html).toBe("");
     expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="sleep-rhythm-loading"');
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/average-sleep-section.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/average-sleep-section.tsx
index f708ac0cf..87de5b1c0 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/average-sleep-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/average-sleep-section.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@ import { AverageSleepCard } from "./average-sleep-card";
  */
 export function AverageSleepSection({ enabled }: { enabled: boolean }) {
   const { isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
-  const { data, isLoading } = useSleepRhythm(isAuthenticated && enabled);
+  const { data, isLoading, isError } = useSleepRhythm(
+    isAuthenticated && enabled,
+  );
 
   if (!enabled) return null;
 
+  // The page owns the single error notice for this shared read (all three
+  // cards resolve the same query, so a per-card notice printed it three
+  // times). Bail out here rather than falling through to the skeleton below,
+  // which would otherwise spin forever on a failed read.
+  if (isError) return null;
+
   if (isLoading || !data) {
     return (
       <Skeleton
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/chronotype-section.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/chronotype-section.tsx
index 3f7699a5a..09c4bddbc 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/chronotype-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/chronotype-section.tsx
@@ -25,10 +25,18 @@ import { ChronotypeCard } from "./chronotype-card";
  */
 export function ChronotypeSection({ enabled }: { enabled: boolean }) {
   const { isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
-  const { data, isLoading } = useSleepRhythm(isAuthenticated && enabled);
+  const { data, isLoading, isError } = useSleepRhythm(
+    isAuthenticated && enabled,
+  );
 
   if (!enabled) return null;
 
+  // The page owns the single error notice for this shared read (all three
+  // cards resolve the same query, so a per-card notice printed it three
+  // times). Bail out here rather than falling through to the skeleton below,
+  // which would otherwise spin forever on a failed read.
+  if (isError) return null;
+
   if (isLoading || !data) {
     return (
       <Skeleton
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx
index 8110d0648..d40cf03ff 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx
@@ -26,10 +26,18 @@ import { SleepDebtCard } from "./sleep-debt-card";
  */
 export function SleepRhythmSection({ enabled }: { enabled: boolean }) {
   const { isAuthenticated } = useAuth();
-  const { data, isLoading } = useSleepRhythm(isAuthenticated && enabled);
+  const { data, isLoading, isError } = useSleepRhythm(
+    isAuthenticated && enabled,
+  );
 
   if (!enabled) return null;
 
+  // The page owns the single error notice for this shared read (all three
+  // cards resolve the same query, so a per-card notice printed it three
+  // times). Bail out here rather than falling through to the skeleton below,
+  // which would otherwise spin forever on a failed read.
+  if (isError) return null;
+
   if (isLoading || !data) {
     return (
       <div className="space-y-4" data-slot="sleep-rhythm-loading">