diff --git a/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoHeatmap.tsx b/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoHeatmap.tsx
index ece91fc..b961e5e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoHeatmap.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoHeatmap.tsx
@@ -523,12 +523,10 @@ function HeatmapGrid({ days, range, onRangeChange }: {
       {/* Contributions summary */}
       <p className="text-center">
         <span className="text-2xl font-bold tabular-nums" style={{color:GREEN}}>
-          {displayedCount.toLocaleString()}
+          {heatmap.totalEvents.toLocaleString()}
         </span>
         <span className="ml-1.5 text-sm" style={{color:W70}}>
-          {hoveredDay
-            ? `contributions on ${displayedLabel}`
-            : `contributions across all tracked repositories in the last ${RANGE_SUMMARY[range]}`}
+          contributions across all tracked repositories in the last {RANGE_SUMMARY[range]}
         </span>
       </p>
 
@@ -583,7 +581,7 @@ export function ForgejoHeatmap({
           style={{background:"rgba(139,92,246,0.07)", border:"1px solid rgba(139,92,246,0.20)"}}>
           <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-0.5">
             <span className="text-2xl font-bold tabular-nums" style={{color:GREEN}}>+{fmtLines(totalAdditions)}</span>
-            <span className="text-xs font-medium" style={{color:"rgba(52,211,153,0.70)"}}>lines added</span>
+            <span className="text-xs font-medium" style={{color:"rgba(52,211,153,0.70)"}}>lines of code added</span>
           </div>
           <div style={{width:1,height:40,background:"rgba(139,92,246,0.25)"}}/>
           <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-0.5">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoIssueMetricCards.tsx b/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoIssueMetricCards.tsx
index d341794..2c01279 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoIssueMetricCards.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/git/ForgejoIssueMetricCards.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client";
 
-import type { ComponentType } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useState, type ComponentType } from "react";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import {
   AlertCircle,
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 } from "lucide-react";
 
 import type { ForgejoIssueMetrics, ForgejoRepository } from "@/lib/api-forgejo";
-import { formatRelativeTimestamp } from "@/lib/formatters";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
 type ForgejoIssueMetricCardsProps = {
@@ -48,6 +47,17 @@ const parseDate = (value: string | null | undefined): Date | null => {
   return Number.isNaN(date.getTime()) ? null : date;
 };
 
+const formatRelativeTimestampLive = (date: Date, nowMs: number): string => {
+  const diff = Math.max(0, nowMs - date.getTime());
+  const minutes = Math.round(diff / 60000);
+  if (minutes < 1) return "Just now";
+  if (minutes < 60) return `${minutes}m ago`;
+  const hours = Math.round(minutes / 60);
+  if (hours < 24) return `${hours}h ago`;
+  const days = Math.round(hours / 24);
+  return `${days}d ago`;
+};
+
 const newestDate = (dates: Date[]): Date | null => {
   if (dates.length === 0) return null;
   return dates.reduce((latest, date) =>
@@ -89,6 +99,7 @@ const toneValueClasses: Record<MetricTone, string> = {
 function buildSyncHealthCard(
   metrics: ForgejoIssueMetrics | null,
   repositories: ForgejoRepository[],
+  nowMs: number,
 ): MetricCard {
   const repositoryCount = repositories.length;
   const syncErrorCount = Object.values(metrics?.sync_error_counts ?? {}).filter(
@@ -104,7 +115,7 @@ function buildSyncHealthCard(
     metricSyncDates.length > 0 ? metricSyncDates : repositorySyncDates,
   );
   const latestSyncAge = latestSync
-    ? Date.now() - latestSync.getTime()
+    ? Math.max(0, nowMs - latestSync.getTime())
     : Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
 
   if (repositoryCount === 0) {
@@ -141,7 +152,7 @@ function buildSyncHealthCard(
     return {
       title: "Last Sync Health",
       value: "Stale",
-      caption: `Last sync ${formatRelativeTimestamp(latestSync.toISOString())}.`,
+      caption: `Last sync ${formatRelativeTimestampLive(latestSync, nowMs)}.`,
       href: "/git-projects/repositories",
       tone: "amber",
       icon: Clock3,
@@ -150,7 +161,7 @@ function buildSyncHealthCard(
   return {
     title: "Last Sync Health",
     value: "Healthy",
-    caption: `Last sync ${formatRelativeTimestamp(latestSync.toISOString())}.`,
+    caption: `Last sync ${formatRelativeTimestampLive(latestSync, nowMs)}.`,
     href: "/git-projects/repositories",
     tone: "cyan",
     icon: ShieldCheck,
@@ -213,6 +224,13 @@ export function ForgejoIssueMetricCards({
   isLoading = false,
   error,
 }: ForgejoIssueMetricCardsProps) {
+  const [nowMs, setNowMs] = useState(0);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const id = window.setInterval(() => setNowMs(Date.now()), 1000);
+    return () => window.clearInterval(id);
+  }, []);
+
   const openIssues    = metrics?.open_issues        ?? 0;
   const recentlyClosed = metrics?.closed_last_7_days ?? 0;
   const staleOpen     = metrics?.stale_open_issues   ?? 0;
@@ -255,7 +273,7 @@ export function ForgejoIssueMetricCards({
       tone: staleTone,
       icon: staleOpen === 0 ? CheckCircle2 : Clock3,
     },
-    buildSyncHealthCard(metrics, repositories),
+    buildSyncHealthCard(metrics, repositories, nowMs),
   ];
 
   return (