diff --git a/AppImage/components/health-status-modal.tsx b/AppImage/components/health-status-modal.tsx
index 0a0d4a69..a55cef58 100644
--- a/AppImage/components/health-status-modal.tsx
+++ b/AppImage/components/health-status-modal.tsx
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export function HealthStatusModal({ open, onOpenChange, getApiUrl }: HealthStatu
               className="flex items-center justify-between gap-1.5 sm:gap-2 text-[10px] sm:text-xs py-1.5 px-2 sm:px-3 rounded-md hover:bg-muted/40 transition-colors"
             >
               <div className="flex items-start gap-1.5 sm:gap-2 min-w-0 flex-1">
-                <span className="mt-0.5 shrink-0">{getStatusIcon(checkData.status, "sm")}</span>
+                <span className="mt-0.5 shrink-0">{getStatusIcon(checkData.dismissed ? "INFO" : checkData.status, "sm")}</span>
                 <span className="font-medium shrink-0">{formatCheckLabel(checkKey)}</span>
                 <span className="text-muted-foreground break-words whitespace-pre-wrap min-w-0">{checkData.detail}</span>
                 {checkData.dismissed && (
diff --git a/AppImage/components/storage-overview.tsx b/AppImage/components/storage-overview.tsx
index 9bbb5602..5af0b3a6 100644
--- a/AppImage/components/storage-overview.tsx
+++ b/AppImage/components/storage-overview.tsx
@@ -266,19 +266,19 @@ export function StorageOverview() {
     setDetailsOpen(true)
     setDiskObservations([])
 
-    if (disk.observations_count && disk.observations_count > 0) {
-      setLoadingObservations(true)
-      try {
-        const params = new URLSearchParams()
-        if (disk.name) params.set('device', disk.name)
-        if (disk.serial && disk.serial !== 'Unknown') params.set('serial', disk.serial)
-        const data = await fetchApi<{ observations: DiskObservation[] }>(`/api/storage/observations?${params.toString()}`)
-        setDiskObservations(data.observations || [])
-      } catch {
-        setDiskObservations([])
-      } finally {
-        setLoadingObservations(false)
-      }
+    // Always attempt to fetch observations -- the count enrichment may lag
+    // behind the actual observation recording (especially for USB disks).
+    setLoadingObservations(true)
+    try {
+      const params = new URLSearchParams()
+      if (disk.name) params.set('device', disk.name)
+      if (disk.serial && disk.serial !== 'Unknown') params.set('serial', disk.serial)
+      const data = await fetchApi<{ observations: DiskObservation[] }>(`/api/storage/observations?${params.toString()}`)
+      setDiskObservations(data.observations || [])
+    } catch {
+      setDiskObservations([])
+    } finally {
+      setLoadingObservations(false)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py b/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py
index e3e6be91..0d452256 100644
--- a/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py
+++ b/AppImage/scripts/health_monitor.py
@@ -1095,27 +1095,11 @@ class HealthMonitor:
             if not has_io:
                 checks['io_errors'] = {'status': 'OK', 'detail': 'No I/O errors in dmesg'}
         if self.capabilities.get('has_smart') and 'smart_health' not in checks:
-            if smart_warnings_found:
-                # Collect the actual warning details for the sub-check
-                smart_details_parts = []
-                smart_error_keys = []
-                for disk_path, issue in disk_health_issues.items():
-                    for sl in (issue.get('smart_lines') or [])[:3]:
-                        smart_details_parts.append(sl)
-                    if issue.get('error_key'):
-                        smart_error_keys.append(issue['error_key'])
-                detail_text = '; '.join(smart_details_parts[:3]) if smart_details_parts else 'SMART warning in journal'
-                # Use the same error_key as the per-disk check so a single dismiss
-                # covers both the /Dev/Sda sub-check AND the SMART Health sub-check
-                shared_key = smart_error_keys[0] if smart_error_keys else 'smart_health_journal'
-                checks['smart_health'] = {
-                    'status': 'WARNING',
-                    'detail': detail_text,
-                    'dismissable': True,
-                    'error_key': shared_key,
-                }
-            else:
+            if not smart_warnings_found:
                 checks['smart_health'] = {'status': 'OK', 'detail': 'No SMART warnings in journal'}
+            # When smart_warnings_found is True, the per-disk sub-checks
+            # (/Dev/Sda etc.) already carry all the detail and dismiss logic.
+            # Adding a separate smart_health WARNING would just duplicate them.
         if self.capabilities.get('has_zfs') and 'zfs_pools' not in checks:
             checks['zfs_pools'] = {'status': 'OK', 'detail': 'ZFS pools healthy'}
         if self.capabilities.get('has_lvm') and 'lvm_volumes' not in checks and 'lvm_check' not in checks: