diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesPageSurface.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesPageSurface.tsx
index 273d9edd2f..8286830cbc 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesPageSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/KubernetesPageSurface.tsx
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ function KubernetesOverview(props: KubernetesOverviewProps) {
         emptyDescription="Kubernetes nodes appear here as soon as the agent enumerates them."
         showToolbar={false}
       />
+      <Show when={props.model().deployments.length > 0}>
+        <KubernetesDeploymentsTable
+          resources={filteredDeployments()}
+          emptyIcon={k8sIcon()}
+          emptyTitle="No deployments reported"
+          emptyDescription="Deployments appear here once the cluster reports them."
+          showToolbar={false}
+        />
+      </Show>
       <WorkloadsSurface
         state={workloadsState}
         vms={[]}
@@ -201,15 +210,6 @@ function KubernetesOverview(props: KubernetesOverviewProps) {
         forcedViewMode={KUBERNETES_WORKLOAD_FORCED_VIEW_MODE}
         compactGroupHeaders
       />
-      <Show when={props.model().deployments.length > 0}>
-        <KubernetesDeploymentsTable
-          resources={filteredDeployments()}
-          emptyIcon={k8sIcon()}
-          emptyTitle="No deployments reported"
-          emptyDescription="Deployments appear here once the cluster reports them."
-          showToolbar={false}
-        />
-      </Show>
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts
index 2ac2c94b70..789e293b27 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/features/kubernetes/kubernetesPageModel.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import { resolveResourcePlatformType } from '@/utils/sourcePlatforms';
 import type { Resource, ResourceType } from '@/types/resource';
 
-// The Overview tab mirrors Proxmox / Docker: cluster + nodes table on top,
-// embedded WorkloadsSurface (pods) underneath, deployments table beneath
-// that when the cluster reports any. The standalone Nodes / Pods /
-// Deployments tabs that used to live here were pure duplicates of the
-// Overview stack, so they're intentionally absent — the Workloads filter
-// inside Overview owns search/grouping for pods. Services are not surfaced
-// by the canonical unified resource model today (no ResourceTypeK8sService
-// projection on the backend), so a Services tab is similarly absent until
-// that gap is closed in the canonical adapter.
+// The Overview tab stacks the K8s object graph from logical aggregate down
+// to runtime detail: clusters → nodes → deployments → pods. Deployments
+// (desired state) sit above pods (the actual runtime result) so a reader
+// scanning for "did my rollout converge?" hits Ready/Available before
+// scrolling into the per-pod list. The deployments table is gated on the
+// cluster reporting any; when it's empty the pods section follows nodes
+// directly. The standalone Nodes / Pods / Deployments tabs that used to
+// live here were pure duplicates of the Overview stack, so they're
+// intentionally absent — the Workloads filter inside Overview owns
+// search/grouping for pods. Services are not surfaced by the canonical
+// unified resource model today (no ResourceTypeK8sService projection on
+// the backend), so a Services tab is similarly absent until that gap is
+// closed in the canonical adapter.
 export type KubernetesPageTabId = 'overview';
 
 export type KubernetesTabSpec = {