diff --git a/engine/web/src/app.jsx b/engine/web/src/app.jsx
index d5ea4fe..46cd27a 100644
--- a/engine/web/src/app.jsx
+++ b/engine/web/src/app.jsx
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ export function App({ store, liveRegion }) {
   const state = store.getState();
   return (
     <div id="dash-app" class="dash-app" data-tab={state.activeTab}>
-      {/* The persistent status strip — the honesty spine on every view. Before the first snapshot
-          lands there is no strip data, so nothing renders here (blank is honest — absent is never a
-          green all-clear; the ConnectionBanner already says "connecting…"). */}
-      <StatusStrip strip={state.data?.strip} />
+      {/* The persistent status strip — the honesty spine on every view. Read from the store's
+          decoupled `strip` (global posture), NOT the per-tab `data`, so a tab-swap never tears it
+          down; it stays mounted and reconciles in place as posture changes. Before the first
+          snapshot there is no strip, so nothing renders (blank is honest — absent is never a green
+          all-clear; the ConnectionBanner already says "connecting…"). */}
+      <StatusStrip strip={state.strip} />
       <ConnectionBanner status={state.status} lastGoodAt={state.lastGoodAt} />
       <TabNav activeTab={state.activeTab} store={store} />
       <ActiveView store={store} state={state} />
diff --git a/engine/web/src/store.js b/engine/web/src/store.js
index 4a7c92a..643073d 100644
--- a/engine/web/src/store.js
+++ b/engine/web/src/store.js
@@ -67,13 +67,17 @@ export class Store {
     /** @type {Set<() => void>} */
     this.listeners = new Set();
     /** @type {{ activeTab: string, expandedRows: Set<string>, openPrompts: Set<string>,
-     *           data: unknown, status: Status, lastGoodAt: number | null }} */
+     *           data: unknown, strip: unknown, status: Status, lastGoodAt: number | null }} */
     this.state = {
       activeTab: seed.activeTab || "findings",
       expandedRows: loadSet(EXPANDED_KEY),
       openPrompts: loadSet(PROMPT_KEY),
       disclosures: loadSet(DISCLOSURE_KEY),
       data: null,
+      // The persistent status strip (global cluster posture), decoupled from the per-tab `data`
+      // so a tab-swap (which nulls `data`) never tears the header down. Updated on every snapshot;
+      // held across swaps. Null before the first snapshot (blank is honest — absent is never green).
+      strip: null,
       status: "first-load",
       lastGoodAt: null,
     };
@@ -104,7 +108,10 @@ export class Store {
    * @param {unknown} data
    */
   applySnapshot(data) {
-    this.state = { ...this.state, data, status: "live", lastGoodAt: Date.now() };
+    // Refresh the persistent strip from this snapshot's global posture (present in every tab's
+    // payload). Keep the last strip if a snapshot somehow omits it, so the header never blanks.
+    const strip = data && data.strip ? data.strip : this.state.strip;
+    this.state = { ...this.state, data, strip, status: "live", lastGoodAt: Date.now() };
     this.emit();
   }
 
@@ -215,7 +222,8 @@ export class Store {
     // Drop the previous tab's snapshot: each tab has its own JSON shape, so rendering the old
     // snapshot under the new view would be wrong. The next poll (repointed to the new tab) lands its
     // snapshot; until then the view shows its quiet first-paint body, and the status remains LIVE
-    // (this is a local view change, not a connection problem).
+    // (this is a local view change, not a connection problem). `strip` is deliberately NOT cleared —
+    // it is global posture that must persist across the swap so the header never tears down.
     this.state = { ...this.state, activeTab: tab, data: null };
     this.emit();
   }
diff --git a/engine/web/test/store.test.js b/engine/web/test/store.test.js
index 9fb6ac7..89a0b18 100644
--- a/engine/web/test/store.test.js
+++ b/engine/web/test/store.test.js
@@ -97,3 +97,28 @@ describe("subscribe", () => {
     expect(n).toBe(1);
   });
 });
+
+describe("persistent status strip (JEF-410)", () => {
+  it("updates the strip from each snapshot and holds it across a tab swap", () => {
+    const store = new Store();
+    expect(store.getState().strip).toBe(null); // no snapshot yet — blank is honest
+
+    const strip = { "all-clear": false, "judging-state": "watching" };
+    store.applySnapshot({ strip, rows: [] });
+    expect(store.getState().strip).toBe(strip);
+    expect(store.getState().data).toEqual({ strip, rows: [] });
+
+    // A tab swap drops the per-tab body but MUST NOT tear down the global strip.
+    store.setActiveTab("alerts");
+    expect(store.getState().data).toBe(null); // body cleared for the new tab
+    expect(store.getState().strip).toBe(strip); // header persists — no blank/redraw
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the last strip if a later snapshot omits it", () => {
+    const store = new Store();
+    const strip = { "all-clear": true, "judging-state": "all-clear" };
+    store.applySnapshot({ strip, rows: [] });
+    store.applySnapshot({ rows: [] }); // malformed / strip-less snapshot
+    expect(store.getState().strip).toBe(strip); // never regress the header to blank
+  });
+});