diff --git a/frontend/src/components/SecurityView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/SecurityView.tsx
index 1569ce9a..304e3a85 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/SecurityView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/SecurityView.tsx
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ export function SecurityView({ activeTab, onTabChange }: SecurityViewProps) {
         state={state}
         tone={tone}
         pulsing={pulsing}
+        size="hero"
         className="rounded-lg mb-4"
+        subtitle={overview
+          ? `${overview.scannedImages} ${overview.scannedImages === 1 ? 'image' : 'images'} scanned · scanner ${overview.scanner.available ? 'ready' : 'not installed'}`
+          : undefined}
         metadata={overview ? [
           { label: 'CRITICAL', value: String(overview.critical), tone: overview.critical > 0 ? 'error' : 'value' },
           { label: 'HIGH', value: String(overview.high), tone: overview.high > 0 ? 'warn' : 'value' },
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx b/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx
index 4355c156..a5dfd81b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/security/HistoryTab.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
 import { Checkbox } from '@/components/ui/checkbox';
@@ -98,6 +98,18 @@ export function HistoryTab({ onInspect }: HistoryTabProps) {
 
   useEffect(() => { void load(safePage, search); }, [load, safePage, search, nodeId]);
 
+  // Realtime search: apply the draft automatically a beat after typing stops (no
+  // Enter), then refetch from page 0. Debounced rather than per-keystroke because
+  // the list is server-paginated, so the query searches every completed scan, not
+  // just the loaded page. Skip the initial mount so it does not reset pagination.
+  const prevSearchDraftRef = useRef(searchDraft);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (prevSearchDraftRef.current === searchDraft) return;
+    prevSearchDraftRef.current = searchDraft;
+    const t = setTimeout(() => { setSearch(searchDraft); setPage(0); }, 250);
+    return () => clearTimeout(t);
+  }, [searchDraft]);
+
   const toggleSelect = (scanId: number) => {
     setSelected((prev) => {
       if (prev.includes(scanId)) return prev.filter((x) => x !== scanId);
@@ -157,7 +169,6 @@ export function HistoryTab({ onInspect }: HistoryTabProps) {
           placeholder="Search by image..."
           value={searchDraft}
           onChange={(e) => setSearchDraft(e.target.value)}
-          onKeyDown={(e) => { if (e.key === 'Enter') { setPage(0); setSearch(searchDraft); } }}
           className="pl-8"
         />
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/security/__tests__/HistoryTab.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/security/__tests__/HistoryTab.test.tsx
index e49439a1..eb2c61de 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/security/__tests__/HistoryTab.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/security/__tests__/HistoryTab.test.tsx
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ describe('HistoryTab', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Compare \(2\/2\)/ })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('searches by image on Enter, adding imageRefLike to the request', async () => {
+  it('searches by image as you type (no Enter), adding imageRefLike to the request', async () => {
     mockedFetch.mockResolvedValue(listResponse([scan({ image_ref: 'alpine:3.19' })]));
     render(<HistoryTab onInspect={vi.fn()} />);
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByText('alpine:3.19')).toBeInTheDocument());
-    await userEvent.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Search by image...'), 'redis{Enter}');
+    await userEvent.type(screen.getByPlaceholderText('Search by image...'), 'redis');
     await waitFor(() => {
       const calls = mockedFetch.mock.calls.map((c) => c[0] as string);
       expect(calls.some((u) => u.includes('imageRefLike=redis'))).toBe(true);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/PageMasthead.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ui/PageMasthead.tsx
index e65645ce..d36e5149 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/PageMasthead.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ui/PageMasthead.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,16 @@ export interface PageMastheadProps {
     tone: MastheadTone;
     pulsing?: boolean;
     metadata?: MastheadMetadataItem[];
+    /** Optional meta line under the state word (e.g. a one-line posture summary). */
+    subtitle?: ReactNode;
     children?: ReactNode;
     className?: string;
+    /**
+     * `hero` matches the larger title of the primary nav pages (Home, Fleet);
+     * `default` is the compact title used by the secondary tool pages (Settings,
+     * Console, Logs).
+     */
+    size?: 'default' | 'hero';
 }
 
 const toneConfig: Record<MastheadTone, {
@@ -59,8 +67,10 @@ export function PageMasthead({
     tone,
     pulsing = false,
     metadata,
+    subtitle,
     children,
     className,
+    size = 'default',
 }: PageMastheadProps) {
     const config = toneConfig[tone];
     const shouldPulse = pulsing && (tone === 'live' || tone === 'warn');
@@ -88,9 +98,20 @@ export function PageMasthead({
                         <span className="font-mono text-[10px] leading-3 uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-stat-subtitle">
                             {kicker}
                         </span>
-                        <span className={cn('font-display italic text-[22px] leading-7 tracking-[-0.01em]', config.stateTextClass)}>
+                        <span
+                            className={cn(
+                                'font-display italic tracking-[-0.01em]',
+                                size === 'hero' ? 'text-3xl leading-none' : 'text-[22px] leading-7',
+                                config.stateTextClass,
+                            )}
+                        >
                             {state}
                         </span>
+                        {subtitle ? (
+                            <span className="font-mono text-[11px] leading-tight text-stat-subtitle/90 truncate">
+                                {subtitle}
+                            </span>
+                        ) : null}
                     </div>
                     {children ? <div className="ml-2 min-w-0">{children}</div> : null}
                 </div>