diff --git a/src/components/daily/today-hero.tsx b/src/components/daily/today-hero.tsx
index b28a536ca..b5a18d4f9 100644
--- a/src/components/daily/today-hero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/daily/today-hero.tsx
@@ -64,6 +64,28 @@ function formatDelta(
   return t("daily.today.deltaVsBaseline", { delta: signed });
 }
 
+/**
+ * The ring already owns the headline number. AI briefing copy can still carry
+ * an older lead sentence that repeats that exact score, so remove only the
+ * sentence containing the displayed number and retain every other useful
+ * sentence verbatim. If the score sentence was the whole lead, render no lead
+ * rather than inventing replacement prose.
+ */
+function withoutRepeatedScore(
+  text: string | null,
+  score: number | null,
+): string | null {
+  if (!text || score === null) return text;
+  const shownScore = String(Math.round(score));
+  const scorePattern = new RegExp(
+    `(^|[^0-9])${shownScore.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, "\\$&")}([^0-9]|$)`,
+  );
+  const sentences = text.match(/[^.!?]+[.!?]+(?:\s+|$)|[^.!?]+$/g) ?? [text];
+  const retained = sentences.filter((sentence) => !scorePattern.test(sentence));
+  const result = retained.join(" ").replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
+  return result.length > 0 ? result : null;
+}
+
 /**
  * The "just in" chip's clock face.
  *
@@ -128,7 +150,14 @@ export function TodayHero({
   // paragraph, so the hero stays exactly one lead line tall and nothing below
   // it shifts. The briefing lead is the standing read; the deterministic
   // `line` is the floor a keyless self-hoster still gets.
-  const lead = digest.reactionLine ?? digest.briefingLead ?? digest.line;
+  const rawLead =
+    digest.reactionLine ??
+    digest.briefingLead ??
+    // The deterministic line is a useful floor only once the ring has a real
+    // score. A provisional/null ring must not pair with a fabricated score
+    // sentence from that fallback.
+    (hasScore ? digest.line : null);
+  const lead = withoutRepeatedScore(rawLead, digest.score?.value ?? null);
   const topSignal = digest.topSignal;
   const justInTime = digest.justIn ? formatJustInTime(digest.justIn.at) : null;
 
@@ -179,12 +208,14 @@ export function TodayHero({
           <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-2">
             {/* Hero numeric face: the read leads large in the foreground
                 token, calm and legible — the day's read, not a slogan. */}
-            <div
-              data-slot="today-hero-lead"
-              className="text-foreground text-lg leading-snug font-semibold tracking-tight sm:text-xl"
-            >
-              <ProseBlocks text={lead} strip linkify={false} />
-            </div>
+            {lead ? (
+              <div
+                data-slot="today-hero-lead"
+                className="text-foreground text-lg leading-snug font-semibold tracking-tight sm:text-xl"
+              >
+                <ProseBlocks text={lead} strip linkify={false} />
+              </div>
+            ) : null}
             {/* Top signal — present-tense headline + optional delta, one
                 muted step down so it supports the lead without competing. */}
             {topSignal ? (
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx
index 6b0bdc16f..bee251687 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-summary-block.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * provider call. With no AI provider configured the block renders the state
  * without an action rather than an button that would 422.
  */
-import { FileText, RefreshCw } from "lucide-react";
+import { FileText } from "lucide-react";
 
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
@@ -63,9 +63,8 @@ export function DocumentSummaryBlock({
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslations();
 
-  // A stored summary wins over every state: it is shown from storage. The
-  // adjacent action is explicit, so opening the sheet never spends a provider
-  // call; a successful replacement is persisted by the summary route.
+  // A stored summary wins over every state and is shown read-only from storage.
+  // Generation remains available only for absent terminal states below.
   if (summary) {
     return (
       <section className="space-y-2" data-slot="document-detail-summary">
@@ -76,28 +75,6 @@ export function DocumentSummaryBlock({
           <p className="text-sm leading-none font-medium">
             {t("documents.detail.summary.title")}
           </p>
-          {aiEnabled ? (
-            <Button
-              type="button"
-              variant="ghost"
-              size="sm"
-              data-slot="document-detail-summary-regenerate"
-              onClick={onGenerate}
-              disabled={isGenerating || actionsDisabled}
-            >
-              <RefreshCw
-                className={
-                  isGenerating
-                    ? "size-4 animate-spin motion-reduce:animate-none"
-                    : "size-4"
-                }
-                aria-hidden
-              />
-              {isGenerating
-                ? t("documents.detail.summary.generating")
-                : t("documents.detail.summary.regenerate")}
-            </Button>
-          ) : null}
         </div>
         <p className="text-foreground text-sm">{summary}</p>
         {generatedAtLabel ? (
diff --git a/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx b/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
index 7a5884baa..0df398e8b 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/health-score-card.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useState } from "react";
-import { X } from "lucide-react";
-
 import { ScoreAnatomyView } from "@/components/insights/derived/score-anatomy-view";
 import { CoverageMeter } from "@/components/insights/derived/coverage-meter";
-import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
-import { apiPost } from "@/lib/api/api-fetch";
-import { useOptionalQueryClient } from "@/hooks/_internal/use-query-client-safe";
-import { queryKeys } from "@/lib/query-keys";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { useUnitDisplay } from "@/hooks/use-unit-display";
 import { convertGlucose, resolveGlucoseUnit } from "@/lib/glucose";
@@ -102,10 +95,6 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
   const { t } = useTranslations();
   const { user } = useAuth();
   const glucoseUnit = resolveGlucoseUnit(user?.glucoseUnit);
-  const queryClient = useOptionalQueryClient();
-  const [noticeDismissed, setNoticeDismissed] = useState(
-    report.algorithmNotice?.dismissed ?? false,
-  );
 
   function reasonText(reason: string): string {
     const key = REASON_KEY[reason] ?? "unavailable";
@@ -234,55 +223,11 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
         ? 1 / eligibleCount
         : 0,
   }));
-  const algorithmNotice = report.algorithmNotice;
-
-  async function dismissAlgorithmNotice() {
-    if (!algorithmNotice) return;
-    setNoticeDismissed(true);
-    try {
-      await apiPost("/api/daily/digest/dismiss", {
-        itemKey: algorithmNotice.itemKey,
-      });
-      queryClient?.setQueriesData(
-        { queryKey: queryKeys.analytics() },
-        (payload) =>
-          markAlgorithmNoticeDismissed(payload, algorithmNotice.itemKey),
-      );
-      await queryClient?.invalidateQueries({
-        queryKey: queryKeys.analytics(),
-        refetchType: "active",
-      });
-    } catch {
-      setNoticeDismissed(false);
-    }
-  }
-
   return (
     <div
       data-slot="health-score-card"
       className={cn("flex min-w-0 flex-col gap-3", className)}
     >
-      {algorithmNotice && !noticeDismissed ? (
-        <div
-          data-slot="health-score-algorithm-notice"
-          className="border-border/70 bg-muted/35 flex items-start gap-3 rounded-lg border px-3 py-2.5"
-        >
-          <p className="text-muted-foreground min-w-0 flex-1 text-xs leading-relaxed">
-            {t("insights.healthScore.algorithmChanged")}
-          </p>
-          <Button
-            type="button"
-            variant="ghost"
-            size="icon"
-            className="-mt-1 -mr-2 h-9 w-9 shrink-0"
-            aria-label={t("insights.healthScore.dismissAlgorithmChanged")}
-            onClick={() => void dismissAlgorithmNotice()}
-          >
-            <X className="h-4 w-4" aria-hidden />
-          </Button>
-        </div>
-      ) : null}
-
       <ScoreAnatomyView
         title={t("insights.healthScore.label")}
         score={composite.status === "ok" ? composite.value.score : null}
@@ -296,7 +241,7 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
         coverage={composite.coverage}
         confidence={composite.status === "ok" ? composite.confidence : null}
         provenance={composite.provenance}
-        method={t("insights.healthScore.method")}
+        method={null}
         insufficient={composite.status !== "ok"}
         insufficientNote={
           composite.status === "insufficient"
@@ -315,13 +260,6 @@ export function HealthScoreCard({
         <div className="border-border/70 bg-card/80 space-y-2 rounded-xl border p-4">
           {composite.status === "ok" ? (
             <>
-              <p className="text-foreground text-xs font-semibold">
-                {t("insights.healthScore.composition", {
-                  pillars: composite.value.composition
-                    .map((id) => t(PILLAR_LABEL_KEY[id]))
-                    .join(", "),
-                })}
-              </p>
               <p className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">
                 {t("insights.healthScore.bandSetter", {
                   pillar: composite.value.bandSetter