diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52ee4e4..68f7ae1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,41 @@
+- [2026-09-01] scope the installStatus fallback to top-level keys
+
+The parse-failure fallback matched our selection line anywhere in the file,
+but a model_provider under a table belongs to that table: a legacy selection
+swallowed into [notice], or a [profiles.x] naming our provider while another
+is active, would read as routed — and healInstalledConfigs would re-enable
+routing from that. Scan only the region before the first table header.
+Also pin that the installed fixture genuinely breaks Bun.TOML, so the
+regression test keeps exercising the fallback if bun's parser improves.
+- [2026-09-01] [installStatus reads routed state when Bun.TOML cannot parse the config
+
+Bun.TOML.parse rejects bare table keys that start with a digit — a real-world
+example is [mcp_servers.1password], which codex itself writes and accepts.
+On any config containing such a table, installStatus() threw into its catch
+and reported codexRouted = false no matter what the file actually said.
+
+The visible damage: the dashboard's Settings page showed codex routing off
+while model_provider = "tokenmaxx" was actively sending traffic through the
+proxy, and pressing the routing toggle computed enable from that wrong false
+and re-installed the managed block instead of removing it — turning routing
+off through the dashboard was impossible on such a config.
+
+On parse failure, fall back to detecting our own active selection line
+(commented-out lines never match). The semantic TOML check stays the primary
+path for configs that parse.](https://github.com/dallascrilley/tokenmaxx/commit/008b7297c177f2aa122f4ec78517e931f46b47fb)
+- [2026-09-01] [keep settings routing state live
+
+The dashboard received routing once at launch (options.routing) and never
+re-read it, so Settings kept showing the launch-time snapshot for the whole
+session. Routing actually lives in the harness config files and can change
+while the dashboard is open — tokenmaxx install/uninstall from another
+shell, first-login auto-enable, or the daemon's post-update heal — leaving
+Settings contradicting the on-disk config (e.g. showing codex routing off
+while model_provider still points at the proxy).
+
+reload() now re-reads installStatus() alongside piStatus(), so the 2s tick
+and manual refresh both bring the display back to the files' truth, and the
+routing toggle flips from the live value instead of the stale snapshot.](https://github.com/dallascrilley/tokenmaxx/commit/db617e8573c9e5390f43a9f9d732275b2a205c5e)
 - [2026-08-18] meter clients that hang up early
 - [2026-08-18] reclaim bare provider tables
 - [2026-08-18] settings shows pi
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 04a0258..aab76fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@
 		"post-commit": "bun x @rubriclab/package post-commit"
 	},
 	"type": "module",
-	"version": "0.0.65"
+	"version": "0.0.68"
 }
diff --git a/src/config-install.test.ts b/src/config-install.test.ts
index a7da7c3..4fca51e 100644
--- a/src/config-install.test.ts
+++ b/src/config-install.test.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,47 @@ describe('installCodexConfig', () => {
 		expect(status.codexStale).toBe(false)
 	})
 
+	test('installStatus stays truthful when Bun.TOML cannot parse the config', async () => {
+		// Bun.TOML rejects bare table keys that start with a digit, like
+		// [mcp_servers.1password]; codex accepts them. A parse failure must not
+		// read as "not routed" while our selection line is active.
+		await writeCodexConfig(
+			`${legacyBrokenConfig}\n[mcp_servers.1password]\ncommand = "1password-mcp"\nenabled = false\n`
+		)
+		await installCodexConfig(paths())
+		const written = await readCodexConfig()
+		expect(() => Bun.TOML.parse(written)).toThrow()
+		const status = await installStatus()
+		expect(status.codexRouted).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	test('an unparseable config without our selection still reads as not routed', async () => {
+		await writeCodexConfig(
+			'model = "gpt-5.6-sol"\n\n[mcp_servers.1password]\ncommand = "1password-mcp"\n'
+		)
+		const status = await installStatus()
+		expect(status.codexRouted).toBe(false)
+	})
+
+	test('the fallback ignores a swallowed legacy selection under a table', async () => {
+		// legacyBrokenConfig's model_provider = "tokmax" sits under [notice], so
+		// codex never routes through it; the digit table only breaks parsing.
+		await writeCodexConfig(
+			`${legacyBrokenConfig}\n[mcp_servers.1password]\ncommand = "1password-mcp"\n`
+		)
+		const status = await installStatus()
+		expect(status.codexRouted).toBe(false)
+		expect(status.codexStale).toBe(true)
+	})
+
+	test('the fallback ignores our provider named inside a codex profile', async () => {
+		await writeCodexConfig(
+			'model_provider = "ollama"\n\n[profiles.work]\nmodel_provider = "tokenmaxx"\n\n[mcp_servers.1password]\ncommand = "1password-mcp"\n'
+		)
+		const status = await installStatus()
+		expect(status.codexRouted).toBe(false)
+	})
+
 	test('reinstall is idempotent', async () => {
 		await writeCodexConfig(legacyBrokenConfig)
 		await installCodexConfig(paths())
diff --git a/src/config-install.ts b/src/config-install.ts
index fb10149..033a999 100644
--- a/src/config-install.ts
+++ b/src/config-install.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,15 @@ export async function installStatus(): Promise<InstallStatus> {
 		const baseUrl = selected === null ? undefined : parsed.model_providers?.[selected]?.base_url
 		codexRouted = typeof baseUrl === 'string' && baseUrl.includes('127.0.0.1')
 	} catch {
-		codexRouted = false
+		// Bun.TOML rejects configs codex accepts — bare table keys starting with a
+		// digit, like [mcp_servers.1password]. Reading that as "not routed" makes
+		// the dashboard show routing off while traffic flows through the proxy,
+		// and turns the routing toggle into a re-install. Fall back to our own
+		// active selection line, scanning only the top-level region: a
+		// model_provider line under a table belongs to that table, not to codex.
+		const firstTable = codexRaw.search(/^\[/m)
+		const topLevel = firstTable === -1 ? codexRaw : codexRaw.slice(0, firstTable)
+		codexRouted = topLevel.split('\n').some(line => ownProviderSelection.test(line))
 	}
 	const codexStale =
 		!codexRouted &&
diff --git a/src/tui/dashboard.ts b/src/tui/dashboard.ts
index 61209ad..4cebbfb 100644
--- a/src/tui/dashboard.ts
+++ b/src/tui/dashboard.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { Box, createCliRenderer, parseColor, type RGBA, Text } from '@opentui/core'
-import { installPiConfig, type PiStatus, piStatus, uninstallPiConfig } from '../config-install.ts'
+import {
+	installPiConfig,
+	installStatus,
+	type PiStatus,
+	piStatus,
+	uninstallPiConfig
+} from '../config-install.ts'
 import type {
 	Account,
 	AnalyticsSnapshot,
@@ -1347,6 +1353,11 @@ export async function runTuiDashboard(
 			: buildScenario(fixture.name, simulatedNow)
 	let rows = orderedRows(analytics.snapshot)
 	let pi: PiStatus = live ? await piStatus() : { present: true, routed: true }
+	// Routing is derived from the harness config files, which can change while
+	// this dashboard is open (tokenmaxx install/uninstall from another shell,
+	// first-login auto-enable, daemon heal after an update). options.routing is
+	// only the launch-time snapshot; reload() keeps this current.
+	let routing = options.routing
 	const state: ViewState = {
 		addConfirm: null,
 		alert: options.alert ?? '',
@@ -1387,7 +1398,7 @@ export async function runTuiDashboard(
 					columns,
 					now: live ? Date.now() : simulatedNow,
 					pi,
-					routing: options.routing,
+					routing,
 					rows: process.stdout.rows ?? 24,
 					switchFlagMs: fixture !== undefined && fixture.timewarp > 0 ? 24 * 60_000 : 120_000,
 					theme: currentTheme(),
@@ -1436,6 +1447,8 @@ export async function runTuiDashboard(
 			analytics = await readAnalytics(socketPath)
 			rows = orderedRows(analytics.snapshot)
 			pi = await piStatus()
+			const status = await installStatus()
+			routing = { anthropic: status.claudeRouted, openai: status.codexRouted }
 			clampSelection()
 		})
 
@@ -1573,7 +1586,7 @@ export async function runTuiDashboard(
 	}
 
 	const toggleRouting = (provider: ProviderId) => {
-		finish({ enable: !options.routing[provider], kind: 'routing', provider })
+		finish({ enable: !routing[provider], kind: 'routing', provider })
 	}
 
 	const adjustSetting = (delta: number) => {