diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
index e242e5bdd0..23f7c46465 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
 import { createGatewayEventHandler } from '../app/createGatewayEventHandler.js'
-import { resetOverlayState } from '../app/overlayStore.js'
+import { getOverlayState, resetOverlayState } from '../app/overlayStore.js'
 import { turnController } from '../app/turnController.js'
-import { resetTurnState } from '../app/turnStore.js'
+import { getTurnState, resetTurnState } from '../app/turnStore.js'
 import { patchUiState, resetUiState } from '../app/uiStore.js'
 import { estimateTokensRough } from '../lib/text.js'
 import type { Msg } from '../types.js'
@@ -273,4 +273,42 @@ describe('createGatewayEventHandler', () => {
       role: 'system'
     })
   })
+
+  it('keeps gateway noise informational and approval out of Activity', async () => {
+    const appended: Msg[] = []
+    const ctx = buildCtx(appended)
+    ctx.gateway.rpc = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error('cold start')
+    })
+
+    const onEvent = createGatewayEventHandler(ctx)
+
+    onEvent({ payload: { line: 'Traceback: noisy but non-fatal' }, type: 'gateway.stderr' } as any)
+    onEvent({ payload: { preview: 'bad framing' }, type: 'gateway.protocol_error' } as any)
+    onEvent({
+      payload: { command: 'rm -rf /tmp/nope', description: 'dangerous command' },
+      type: 'approval.request'
+    } as any)
+    onEvent({ payload: {}, type: 'gateway.ready' } as any)
+
+    await Promise.resolve()
+    await Promise.resolve()
+
+    expect(getOverlayState().approval).toMatchObject({ description: 'dangerous command' })
+    expect(getTurnState().activity).toMatchObject([
+      { text: 'Traceback: noisy but non-fatal', tone: 'info' },
+      { text: 'protocol noise detected · /logs to inspect', tone: 'info' },
+      { text: 'protocol noise: bad framing', tone: 'info' },
+      { text: 'command catalog unavailable: cold start', tone: 'info' }
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('still surfaces terminal turn failures as errors', () => {
+    const appended: Msg[] = []
+    const onEvent = createGatewayEventHandler(buildCtx(appended))
+
+    onEvent({ payload: { message: 'boom' }, type: 'error' } as any)
+
+    expect(getTurnState().activity).toMatchObject([{ text: 'boom', tone: 'error' }])
+  })
 })
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts b/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts
index 35c412f6bb..e5324e4605 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts
+++ b/ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { patchOverlayState } from './overlayStore.js'
 import { turnController } from './turnController.js'
 import { getUiState, patchUiState } from './uiStore.js'
 
-const ERRLIKE_RE = /\b(error|traceback|exception|failed|spawn)\b/i
 const NO_PROVIDER_RE = /\bNo (?:LLM|inference) provider configured\b/i
 
 const statusFromBusy = () => (getUiState().busy ? 'running…' : 'ready')
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
           turnController.pushActivity(String(r.warning), 'warn')
         }
       })
-      .catch((e: unknown) => turnController.pushActivity(`command catalog unavailable: ${rpcErrorMessage(e)}`, 'warn'))
+      .catch((e: unknown) => turnController.pushActivity(`command catalog unavailable: ${rpcErrorMessage(e)}`, 'info'))
 
     if (!STARTUP_RESUME_ID) {
       patchUiState({ status: 'forging session…' })
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
       case 'gateway.stderr': {
         const line = String(ev.payload.line).slice(0, 120)
 
-        turnController.pushActivity(line, ERRLIKE_RE.test(line) ? 'error' : 'warn')
+        turnController.pushActivity(line, 'info')
 
         return
       }
@@ -222,11 +221,11 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
 
         if (!turnController.protocolWarned) {
           turnController.protocolWarned = true
-          turnController.pushActivity('protocol noise detected · /logs to inspect', 'warn')
+          turnController.pushActivity('protocol noise detected · /logs to inspect', 'info')
         }
 
         if (ev.payload?.preview) {
-          turnController.pushActivity(`protocol noise: ${String(ev.payload.preview).slice(0, 120)}`, 'warn')
+          turnController.pushActivity(`protocol noise: ${String(ev.payload.preview).slice(0, 120)}`, 'info')
         }
 
         return
@@ -299,7 +298,6 @@ export function createGatewayEventHandler(ctx: GatewayEventHandlerContext): (ev:
         const description = String(ev.payload.description ?? 'dangerous command')
 
         patchOverlayState({ approval: { command: String(ev.payload.command ?? ''), description } })
-        turnController.pushActivity(`approval needed · ${description}`, 'warn')
         setStatus('approval needed')
 
         return