fix: remove embedded dashboard snapshot

test/fetch-utils.test.mjs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { safeFetch, safeFetchText, getFetchMetrics } from '../apis/utils/fetch.mjs';
 
 test('safeFetch reports HTML as degraded JSON response', async () => {
@@ -34,3 +35,21 @@ test('safeFetchText returns text and byte count', async () => {
     globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
   }
 });
+
+test('server dashboard shell does not embed an operational snapshot', () => {
+  const html = readFileSync(new URL('../dashboard/public/jarvis.html', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+  assert.match(html, /let D = createDashboardShellData\(\);/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /2026-04-03T16:18:10\.188Z/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /Trump announced new strikes on Iran/);
+});
+
+test('server dashboard fetches api data before initialization', () => {
+  const html = readFileSync(new URL('../dashboard/public/jarvis.html', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+  const serverMode = html.indexOf('if (canProbeApi)');
+  const apiFetch = html.indexOf("fetch('/api/data')");
+  const firstInitAfterServerMode = html.indexOf('init();', serverMode);
+
+  assert.ok(serverMode > -1);
+  assert.ok(apiFetch > serverMode);
+  assert.ok(firstInitAfterServerMode > apiFetch);
+});