diff --git a/dashboard/dashboard.py b/dashboard/dashboard.py
index 63b3757..93bafe8 100644
--- a/dashboard/dashboard.py
+++ b/dashboard/dashboard.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def fetch_state():
 
 def broadcast_loop():
     while True:
-        time.sleep(3)
+        time.sleep(5)
         data = fetch_state(); payload = json.dumps(data)
         with sse_lock:
             dead = [q for q in sse_subscribers if not q.put(payload)]
@@ -256,7 +256,13 @@ var aHTML=agents.map(function(a){return'<div class="mb-2" style="font-size:11px"
 $('perf-agents').innerHTML=aHTML;
 }else{$('perf-agents').innerHTML='<div class="text-secondary small text-center py-3">-</div>';}
 }
-function poll(){fetch('/api/state').then(function(r){return r.json()}).then(function(data){render(data);$('connection-status').textContent='live';}).catch(function(){$('connection-status').textContent='reconnecting';});}
+var sseConnected = false;
+function poll(){if(sseConnected)return;fetch('/api/state').then(function(r){return r.json()}).then(function(data){render(data);$('connection-status').textContent='live';}).catch(function(){$('connection-status').textContent='reconnecting';});}
+// SSE connection tracking
+var es = new EventSource('/api/stream');
+es.onopen = function(){sseConnected = true; $('connection-status').textContent = 'live (SSE)';};
+es.onmessage = function(e){try{render(JSON.parse(e.data));}catch(ex){}};
+es.onerror = function(){sseConnected = false; $('connection-status').textContent = 'polling';};
 function loadScatter(){
 var m=$('scatter-model').value;
 fetch('/api/scatter?window=24&model='+m).then(function(r){return r.json()}).then(renderScatter).catch(function(){});
@@ -293,7 +299,7 @@ el.innerHTML='<svg viewBox="-35 0 140 115" style="width:100%;height:200px">'+gri
 var models=[];pts.forEach(function(p){if(models.indexOf(p.model)===-1)models.push(p.model);});
 lg.innerHTML=models.map(function(m){return'<span class="d-flex align-items-center gap-1 small"><svg width="10" height="10"><circle cx="5" cy="5" r="3.5" fill="'+(mcol[m]||'#38bdf8')+'"/></svg>'+mlab[m]+'</span>';}).join('');
 }
-poll();setInterval(poll,3000);loadTS();loadPerf();setInterval(loadPerf,15000);loadScatter();setInterval(loadScatter,30000);
+poll();setInterval(poll,10000);loadTS();loadPerf();setInterval(loadPerf,15000);loadScatter();setInterval(loadScatter,30000);
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>"""
diff --git a/router/router.py b/router/router.py
index 242a74f..67404f7 100644
--- a/router/router.py
+++ b/router/router.py
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ TIER_MODELS = {
     "professional": ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "qwen3.5-9b-vlm"],
     "enterprise": ["qwen3.6-35B-A3B", "qwen3.6-27B-code", "qwen3.5-9b-vlm"],
 }
-API_KEYS = {
+# API keys loaded from env var (JSON string) with hardcoded fallback for dev
+# Set API_KEYS env var in docker-compose.yml to override
+API_KEYS = json.loads(os.environ.get("API_KEYS", json.dumps({
     "sk-syslog-local-master-key": {"tier": "enterprise", "agent": "admin"},
     "sk-syslog-abiba": {"tier": "enterprise", "agent": "Abiba"},
     "sk-syslog-mumuni": {"tier": "enterprise", "agent": "Mumuni"},
@@ -46,8 +48,34 @@ API_KEYS = {
     "sk-syslog-koonimo": {"tier": "enterprise", "agent": "Koonimo"},
     "sk-starter-abc123": {"tier": "starter", "agent": "test-starter"},
     "sk-professional-xyz789": {"tier": "professional", "agent": "test-pro"},
+})))
+# Rate limits: requests per minute per API key tier
+RATE_LIMIT_RPM = {
+    "enterprise": 120,
+    "professional": 60,
+    "starter": 20,
 }
 
+def check_rate_limit(api_key, tier):
+    """Token bucket rate limiter using Redis. Returns (allowed, retry_after_or_remaining, reset_seconds)."""
+    if not r:
+        return True, 999, 60
+    limit = RATE_LIMIT_RPM.get(tier, 30)
+    key = f"ratelimit:{api_key}"
+    current = int(r.get(key) or 0)
+    if current >= limit:
+        ttl = r.ttl(key)
+        retry = max(ttl, 1) if ttl and ttl > 0 else 60
+        return False, retry, 0
+    pipe = r.pipeline()
+    pipe.incr(key)
+    pipe.expire(key, 60)  # 1-minute sliding window
+    pipe.execute()
+    remaining = limit - (current + 1)
+    reset_seconds = r.ttl(key) or 60
+    return True, remaining, reset_seconds
+
+
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s [ROUTER] %(levelname)s %(message)s")
 log = logging.getLogger("router")
 try: r = redis.from_url(REDIS_URL, decode_responses=True); r.ping()
@@ -318,6 +346,17 @@ def chat():
         ki = API_KEYS[ak]
         tier, agent = ki["tier"], ki["agent"]
         
+        # Rate limit check
+        allowed, rl_val, reset_sec = check_rate_limit(ak, tier)
+        if not allowed:
+            resp = jsonify({"error": "Rate limit exceeded", "retry_after_s": rl_val})
+            resp.headers["Retry-After"] = str(rl_val)
+            resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Limit"] = str(RATE_LIMIT_RPM.get(tier, 30))
+            resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Remaining"] = "0"
+            resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Reset"] = str(int(time.time() + rl_val))
+            log.warning("RATE_LIMIT: %s (%s) exceeded limit", agent, ak[-8:])
+            return resp, 429
+        
         # Allow agent to override queue timeout via header
         q_timeout = int(request.headers.get("X-Queue-Timeout", str(QUEUE_TIMEOUT)))
         
@@ -350,6 +389,11 @@ def chat():
         if queue_ms > 500:
             log.info("QUEUED: %s waited %.0fms before slot opened", agent, queue_ms)
         model, reason, url = d["model"], d["reason"], GPU_URLS[d["model"]]
+        
+        # Stash rate limit values for response headers
+        _rl_remaining = rl_val
+        _rl_limit = RATE_LIMIT_RPM.get(tier, 30)
+        _rl_reset = reset_sec
         is_stream = rd.get("stream", False)
         
         gpu_incr(model)
@@ -412,6 +456,9 @@ def chat():
             ctx_pct = ctx_remaining / GPU_CONTEXT.get(model, 65536) * 100
             ctx_warning = "compact_urgent" if ctx_pct < 5 else ("compact_recommended" if ctx_pct < 15 else ("compact_soon" if ctx_pct < 30 else "ok"))
             sse_resp = Response(stream_with_context(gen()), mimetype="text/event-stream")
+            sse_resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Limit"] = str(_rl_limit)
+            sse_resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Remaining"] = str(max(0, _rl_remaining))
+            sse_resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Reset"] = str(int(time.time() + _rl_reset))
             sse_resp.headers["X-Context-Remaining"] = str(max(0, ctx_remaining))
             sse_resp.headers["X-Context-Warning"] = ctx_warning
             sse_resp.headers["X-Context-Model"] = model
@@ -433,6 +480,9 @@ def chat():
         ctx_warning = "compact_urgent" if ctx_pct < 5 else ("compact_recommended" if ctx_pct < 15 else ("compact_soon" if ctx_pct < 30 else "ok"))
         data["routing"] = {"model":model,"reason":reason,"gpu":url,"tier":tier,"agent":agent,"latency_ms":lat,"queue_ms": round(queue_ms,1),"active_gpu":gpu_active_count(model),"context_remaining": max(0, ctx_remaining),"context_pct": round(ctx_pct,1),"context_warning": ctx_warning}
         resp = jsonify(data)
+        resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Limit"] = str(_rl_limit)
+        resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Remaining"] = str(max(0, _rl_remaining))
+        resp.headers["X-RateLimit-Reset"] = str(int(time.time() + _rl_reset))
         resp.headers["X-Context-Remaining"] = str(max(0, ctx_remaining))
         resp.headers["X-Context-Warning"] = ctx_warning
         resp.headers["X-Context-Model"] = model
diff --git a/router/ts_patch.py b/router/ts_patch.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9554bd8..0000000
--- a/router/ts_patch.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-# Add time-series tracking and endpoint to router
-with open('/opt/inference-harness/router/router.py') as f:
-    code = f.read()
-
-# Add time-series tracking in the chat handler (after Redis incr)
-old_track = '''r.incr('routes:'+model); r.incr('routes:tier:'+tier); r.incr('routes:agent:'+agent)
-                r.lpush('routes:recent', json.dumps'''
-new_track = '''r.incr('routes:'+model); r.incr('routes:tier:'+tier); r.incr('routes:agent:'+agent)
-                # Time-series: hourly bucket
-                hour_key = 'ts:'+model+':'+time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H')
-                r.incr(hour_key)
-                r.expire(hour_key, 86400*31)  # keep 31 days
-                r.lpush('routes:recent', json.dumps'''
-
-code = code.replace(old_track, new_track)
-
-# Add /metrics/timeseries endpoint before if __name__
-ts_endpoint = '''
-@app.route('/metrics/timeseries')
-def metrics_timeseries():
-    period = request.args.get('period', 'day')
-    models = list(GPU_URLS.keys())
-    data = {'models': {}, 'labels': []}
-    
-    if period == 'day':
-        # Last 24 hours, hourly buckets
-        buckets = []
-        for h in range(23, -1, -1):
-            t = time.time() - h * 3600
-            buckets.append(time.strftime('%Y%m%d%H', time.gmtime(t)))
-        data['labels'] = [time.strftime('%H:00', time.gmtime(time.time() - h*3600)) for h in range(23, -1, -1)]
-    elif period == 'week':
-        # Last 7 days, daily buckets
-        buckets = []
-        for d in range(6, -1, -1):
-            t = time.time() - d * 86400
-            buckets.append(time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.gmtime(t)))
-        data['labels'] = [time.strftime('%a', time.gmtime(time.time() - d*86400)) for d in range(6, -1, -1)]
-    else:
-        # Month — last 30 days, 3-day buckets
-        buckets = []
-        for d in range(29, -1, -3):
-            t = time.time() - d * 86400
-            buckets.append(time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.gmtime(t)))
-        data['labels'] = [time.strftime('%m/%d', time.gmtime(time.time() - d*86400)) for d in range(29, -1, -3)]
-    
-    if r:
-        for model in models:
-            counts = []
-            for bucket in buckets:
-                if period == 'month':
-                    # Sum 3 consecutive days per bucket
-                    total = 0
-                    base = time.strptime(bucket, '%Y%m%d')
-                    for offset in range(3):
-                        d = time.strftime('%Y%m%d', time.gmtime(time.mktime(base) + offset*86400))
-                        total += int(r.get('ts:'+model+':'+d) or 0)
-                        # Also check hourly keys for today
-                        for hh in range(24):
-                            total += int(r.get('ts:'+model+':'+d+'{:02d}'.format(hh)) or 0)
-                    counts.append(total)
-                else:
-                    key = 'ts:'+model+':'+bucket
-                    if period == 'week':
-                        # Sum all hours in the day
-                        total = sum(int(r.get(key+'{:02d}'.format(h)) or 0) for h in range(24))
-                    else:
-                        total = int(r.get(key) or 0)
-                    counts.append(total)
-            data['models'][model] = counts
-    
-    return jsonify(data)
-'''
-
-# Insert before if __name__
-code = code.replace(if __name__ == __main__:, ts_endpoint + nif __name__ == __main__:)
-
-with open('/opt/inference-harness/router/router.py', 'w') as f:
-    f.write(code)
-print('Time-series tracking and endpoint added')
diff --git a/ssl/README.md b/ssl/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9897fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ssl/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SSL Directory
+
+SSL termination is handled upstream by NetBird/Authentik.
+This directory is intentionally empty — no certs stored here.
+
+For local dev SSL, use the docker-compose.override.yml pattern.