diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md
index c11f2c4ea..cadea5989 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/patrol-intelligence.md
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ overall-health summary is degraded or not fully verified. The green healthy
 empty state belongs only to an actually healthy Patrol summary, while degraded
 coverage or paused-runtime states must surface the governing warning/error copy
 through `frontend-modern/src/utils/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.ts`.
+That degraded empty-state copy must also interpret the finding state rather
+than simply replaying the primary assessment sentence verbatim: when coverage
+is incomplete, the findings panel should tell the operator that Patrol has not
+surfaced active findings but that this is not a full all-clear, so the page
+does not duplicate the summary prediction as if it were a second independent
+status surface.
 The Patrol summary surface must follow that same hierarchy. The primary summary
 headline in `frontend-modern/src/features/patrol/PatrolIntelligenceSummary.tsx`
 should state Patrol's current assessment first, such as verified healthy,
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/pages/__tests__/AIIntelligence.test.tsx b/frontend-modern/src/pages/__tests__/AIIntelligence.test.tsx
index ea3400a89..15985b191 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/pages/__tests__/AIIntelligence.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/pages/__tests__/AIIntelligence.test.tsx
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@ describe('AIIntelligence entitlement gating', () => {
 
     expect(screen.queryByText('No issues found')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.queryByText('Partial verification')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getAllByText(
+        'Patrol coverage is incomplete: recent activity was limited to scoped runs and ended with errors, so overall health is not fully verified.',
+      ),
+    ).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
   it('treats a selected zero-finding run as an empty snapshot and uses effective scope ids', async () => {
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.test.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.test.ts
index a55abac34..5a21e2b31 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.test.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/__tests__/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.test.ts
@@ -59,11 +59,38 @@ describe('patrolEmptyStatePresentation', () => {
       }),
     ).toEqual({
       title: 'No active findings',
-      body: 'Patrol coverage is incomplete: recent activity was limited to scoped runs and ended with errors, so overall health is not fully verified.',
+      body: 'Patrol has not surfaced active findings, but coverage is incomplete, so this is not a full all-clear.',
       tone: 'warning',
     });
   });
 
+  it('uses an attention-focused empty state when patrol health is degraded for non-coverage reasons', () => {
+    expect(
+      getPatrolFindingsEmptyState({
+        filter: 'active',
+        overallHealth: {
+          score: 45,
+          grade: 'D',
+          trend: 'declining',
+          factors: [
+            {
+              name: 'Critical unresolved risk',
+              impact: -0.55,
+              description: 'Recent Patrol evidence indicates unresolved infrastructure risk.',
+              category: 'findings',
+            },
+          ],
+          prediction: 'Critical infrastructure risk still requires attention.',
+        },
+        runtimeState: 'active',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      title: 'No active findings',
+      body: 'Patrol has not surfaced active findings, but the overall Patrol assessment still needs attention.',
+      tone: 'error',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('returns the patrol runtime explanation when the runtime is blocked', () => {
     expect(
       getPatrolFindingsEmptyState({
diff --git a/frontend-modern/src/utils/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.ts b/frontend-modern/src/utils/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.ts
index f8c0ed892..bdde8839b 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/src/utils/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.ts
+++ b/frontend-modern/src/utils/patrolEmptyStatePresentation.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export interface PatrolFindingsEmptyStateCopy {
 }
 
 const HEALTHY_PATROL_EMPTY_STATE_BODY = 'Your infrastructure looks healthy!';
+const DEGRADED_COVERAGE_EMPTY_STATE_BODY =
+  'Patrol has not surfaced active findings, but coverage is incomplete, so this is not a full all-clear.';
+const DEGRADED_HEALTH_EMPTY_STATE_BODY =
+  'Patrol has not surfaced active findings, but the overall Patrol assessment still needs attention.';
 
 function getHealthDegradedTone(overallHealth: IntelligenceHealthScore): SemanticTone {
   return overallHealth.grade === 'D' || overallHealth.grade === 'F' ? 'error' : 'warning';
@@ -77,6 +81,14 @@ function shouldSuppressHealthyEmptyState(overallHealth: IntelligenceHealthScore
   return overallHealth.grade !== 'A';
 }
 
+function getDegradedPatrolEmptyStateBody(overallHealth: IntelligenceHealthScore): string {
+  if (overallHealth.factors.some((factor) => factor.category === 'coverage')) {
+    return DEGRADED_COVERAGE_EMPTY_STATE_BODY;
+  }
+
+  return DEGRADED_HEALTH_EMPTY_STATE_BODY;
+}
+
 export function getPatrolFindingsEmptyState(args: {
   filter: FindingsFilter;
   overallHealth?: IntelligenceHealthScore;
@@ -106,9 +118,7 @@ export function getPatrolFindingsEmptyState(args: {
   if (shouldSuppressHealthyEmptyState(args.overallHealth)) {
     return {
       title: 'No active findings',
-      body:
-        args.overallHealth?.prediction?.trim() ||
-        'Patrol has not surfaced active findings, but overall infrastructure health is not fully verified.',
+      body: getDegradedPatrolEmptyStateBody(args.overallHealth!),
       tone: getHealthDegradedTone(args.overallHealth!),
     };
   }