diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
index 9c39035fe..b79bcd460 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/api-contracts.md
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ Own canonical runtime payload shapes between backend and frontend.
 26. Keep storage chart identity canonical on that same shared API surface: the shared storage charts endpoint must key pool and physical-disk series by the resolved unified-resource `MetricsTarget.ResourceID`, not by canonical resource IDs or page-local aliases, so storage rows, focused summary cards, sticky summary shells, and detail charts all address the same history series in live and mock mode.
 27. Keep synthetic summary-chart fallback identity canonical on that same shared API surface: when `internal/api/router.go` has to synthesize mock summary history for infrastructure, workloads, or storage cards, it must derive the fallback from canonical `resourceType`, `resourceID`, and `metricType` ownership instead of raw min/max seed-prefix helpers, so range changes and runtime mock updates stay on one governed timeline.
 28. Keep workload-chart response identity canonical on that same shared API surface: `internal/api/router.go`, `internal/api/contract_test.go`, and workload summary consumers must emit provider-backed VM and system-container series under the same canonical workload IDs that workloads page rows use, while resolving history through the unified `MetricsTarget.ResourceID`, so hover and focus selection do not fall off for provider-backed rows.
+29. Keep the hosted account portal bootstrap intelligible without duplicate
+    chrome. `internal/cloudcp/portal/page.go`, the maintained portal frontend
+    bundle, and the shared portal styles may refine layout density, but the
+    account/billing shell must remain understandable from the primary header,
+    section title, and factual body content alone instead of depending on a
+    second context-chip strip to restate the same scope.
 
 ## Forbidden Paths
 
diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/cloud-paid.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/cloud-paid.md
index d0aa33ed9..b9f55d2a4 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/cloud-paid.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/cloud-paid.md
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ agreement, and cloud-specific enforcement rules.
 19. Add or change cloud plan presentation through `frontend-modern/src/pages/CloudPricing.tsx`
 20. Add contract tests where runtime and pricing need to stay aligned
 21. Add or change hosted browser org-context bootstrap through `frontend-modern/src/App.tsx`, `frontend-modern/src/AppLayout.tsx`, `frontend-modern/src/useAppRuntimeState.ts`, and `frontend-modern/src/utils/apiClient.ts`
+22. Keep the hosted account portal shell task-first and compact. Section
+    headers, billing action rows, and the maintained portal bundle under
+    `internal/cloudcp/portal/` may surface the facts an operator needs, but the
+    shell should not spend vertical space on duplicate context-chip strips when
+    the page header and section body already communicate that scope.
 
 ## Forbidden Paths
 
diff --git a/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/build_manifest.json b/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/build_manifest.json
index f93305f4d..3b7df84d5 100644
--- a/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/build_manifest.json
+++ b/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/build_manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "source_hash": "dee5325d02ca13ee1eb3b4ff7d09478406bbd5805999ced971f4b7f62700d7f0",
+  "source_hash": "8cda796f9a573443304df3d61c11f26041c8cd7f050fc737b67e3c056cd09b6c",
   "build_inputs": [
     "package.json",
     "tsconfig.json",
diff --git a/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.css b/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.css
index 3122a8054..74d82df2e 100644
--- a/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.css
+++ b/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.css
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
   --warn: #9a6700;
   --warn-subtle: #fff8c5;
   --radius: 6px;
+  --header-height: 49px;
 }
 *,
 *::before,
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@
 }
 html {
   scroll-behavior: smooth;
+  background: var(--bg);
 }
 body {
   margin: 0;
@@ -118,15 +120,16 @@ header {
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
   gap: 12px;
-  height: 48px;
-  padding: 0 16px;
+  height: var(--header-height);
+  padding: 0 24px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  background: var(--bg);
+  background: var(--bg-subtle);
 }
 header .brand {
   font-size: 14px;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: var(--ink);
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 .header-account-chip {
   display: inline-flex;
@@ -204,9 +207,9 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   font-size: 12px;
 }
 .main {
-  max-width: 800px;
+  max-width: 960px;
   margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 0 24px 64px;
+  padding: 0 32px 64px;
 }
 .portal-shell {
   display: flex;
@@ -217,13 +220,13 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   display: flex;
   align-items: baseline;
   gap: 8px;
-  padding: 16px 0 12px;
+  padding: 16px 0 0;
   font-size: 13px;
   color: var(--ink-secondary);
 }
 .portal-identity-bar h2 {
   margin: 0;
-  font-size: 20px;
+  font-size: 18px;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: var(--ink);
 }
@@ -234,7 +237,8 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   display: flex;
   align-items: stretch;
   gap: 0;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-muted);
+  margin-top: 8px;
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 .portal-tab {
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   display: none !important;
 }
 .portal-content-panel {
-  padding: 20px 0 0;
+  padding: 16px 0 0;
 }
 .portal-section-header {
   display: flex;
@@ -1591,6 +1595,9 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   background: #82181a;
 }
 @media (max-width: 768px) {
+  header {
+    padding: 0 16px;
+  }
   .main {
     padding: 0 16px 48px;
   }
diff --git a/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.js b/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.js
index 3694bf991..9cf73140f 100644
--- a/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.js
+++ b/internal/cloudcp/portal/dist/portal_app.js
@@ -2062,10 +2062,7 @@
     return '<article class="billing-action-row"><div class="billing-action-main"><div class="billing-action-copy"><h3>' + title + "</h3><p>" + description + '</p></div><div class="billing-action-meta">' + meta + '</div></div><div class="billing-action-cta"><button class="btn-secondary billing-action-button" type="button" id="' + id + '" data-account-billing-action="open-billing-panel" data-account-billing-panel="' + panelID + '" data-account-billing-focus="' + focusID + '" data-shell-target="billing">' + escapeHTML(actionLabel) + "</button></div></article>";
   }
   function renderSectionContextChips(chips) {
-    if (!chips.length) return "";
-    return '<div class="section-context-strip">' + chips.map(function(chip) {
-      return '<span class="section-context-chip">' + escapeHTML(chip) + "</span>";
-    }).join("") + "</div>";
+    return "";
   }
   function attentionWorkspaces(workspaces) {
     var results = [];
diff --git a/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.test.ts b/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.test.ts
index 20ffb486e..3c5345e75 100644
--- a/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.test.ts
+++ b/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.test.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ describe('shell view', function() {
     expect(html).not.toContain('>Licenses<');
     expect(html).not.toContain('>Refunds<');
     expect(html).not.toContain('>Privacy<');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('section-context-strip');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('View roster');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('Owner or admin required');
   });
 
   it('defaults the authenticated hosted shell to workspaces', function() {
diff --git a/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.ts b/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.ts
index 25f3a218c..9c44e3b4b 100644
--- a/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.ts
+++ b/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/shell_view.ts
@@ -217,10 +217,7 @@ function renderBillingActionRow(
 }
 
 function renderSectionContextChips(chips: string[]): string {
-  if (!chips.length) return '';
-  return '<div class="section-context-strip">' + chips.map(function(chip) {
-    return '<span class="section-context-chip">' + escapeHTML(chip) + '</span>';
-  }).join('') + '</div>';
+  return '';
 }
 
 function renderFactLine(className: string, facts: string[]): string {
diff --git a/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/styles.css b/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/styles.css
index a8287ed1d..f8d710f01 100644
--- a/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/styles.css
+++ b/internal/cloudcp/portal/frontend/src/styles.css
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@
   --warn: #9a6700;
   --warn-subtle: #fff8c5;
   --radius: 6px;
+  --header-height: 49px;
 }
 
 /* ── Reset ────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; }
-html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
+html { scroll-behavior: smooth; background: var(--bg); }
 
 body {
   margin: 0;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
 a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
 [hidden] { display: none !important; }
 
-/* ── Header ───────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+/* ── Header (top bar) ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
 header {
   position: sticky;
   top: 0;
@@ -68,16 +69,17 @@ header {
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: space-between;
   gap: 12px;
-  height: 48px;
-  padding: 0 16px;
+  height: var(--header-height);
+  padding: 0 24px;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  background: var(--bg);
+  background: var(--bg-subtle);
 }
 
 header .brand {
   font-size: 14px;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: var(--ink);
+  white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
 .header-account-chip {
@@ -158,9 +160,9 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
 
 /* ── Main container ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .main {
-  max-width: 800px;
+  max-width: 960px;
   margin: 0 auto;
-  padding: 0 24px 64px;
+  padding: 0 32px 64px;
 }
 
 /* ── Portal shell (signed-in) ─────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -170,19 +172,19 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   gap: 0;
 }
 
-/* Identity bar — tighter, no padding top */
+/* ── Identity bar — compact page header ───────────────────────── */
 .portal-identity-bar {
   display: flex;
   align-items: baseline;
   gap: 8px;
-  padding: 16px 0 12px;
+  padding: 16px 0 0;
   font-size: 13px;
   color: var(--ink-secondary);
 }
 
 .portal-identity-bar h2 {
   margin: 0;
-  font-size: 20px;
+  font-size: 18px;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: var(--ink);
 }
@@ -191,12 +193,13 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   color: var(--border);
 }
 
-/* Tab navigation */
+/* ── Tab navigation ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
 .portal-tab-bar {
   display: flex;
   align-items: stretch;
   gap: 0;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-muted);
+  margin-top: 8px;
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
   font-weight: 400;
 }
 
-/* Content panels — hide/show logic */
+/* ── Content panels — hide/show logic ─────────────────────────── */
 .portal-shell-main {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
 }
 
 .portal-content-panel {
-  padding: 20px 0 0;
+  padding: 16px 0 0;
 }
 
 /* ── Section headers ──────────────────────────────────────────── */
@@ -1306,6 +1309,7 @@ header .logout-btn:hover,
 
 /* ── Responsive ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
 @media (max-width: 768px) {
+  header { padding: 0 16px; }
   .main { padding: 0 16px 48px; }
 
   .portal-tab-bar { overflow-x: auto; scrollbar-width: none; gap: 0; }