diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/Orchestrator.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/Orchestrator.tsx
index 39352152..d6c41c54 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/Orchestrator.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/Orchestrator.tsx
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ const Orchestrator: React.FC = () => {
                   r.kind === 'traffic' || r.kind === 'file' || r.kind === 'email'
                     ? r.kind : '';
                 const isEmail = r.kind === 'email';
+                // FileAction and EditAction both write kind="file"; the
+                // discriminator lives in `action` ("file:create" vs
+                // "file:edit"). Surface the difference visually without
+                // widening the kind enum (which doubles as the bus
+                // topic family).
+                const isEdit = r.kind === 'file' && r.action?.startsWith('file:edit');
                 return (
                   <tr
                     key={r.uuid}
@@ -268,6 +274,15 @@ const Orchestrator: React.FC = () => {
                     <td className="dim">{timeAgo(r.ts)}</td>
                     <td>
                       <span className={`kind-chip ${kindCls}`}>{r.kind}</span>
+                      {isEdit && (
+                        <span
+                          className="chip dim-chip"
+                          style={{ marginLeft: 4 }}
+                          title="In-place edit of a previously planted file"
+                        >
+                          EDIT
+                        </span>
+                      )}
                     </td>
                     <td className="mono matrix-text">
                       {isEmail && r.language && (
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/OrchestratorInspector.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/OrchestratorInspector.tsx
index 918906a3..4e652094 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/OrchestratorInspector.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/OrchestratorInspector.tsx
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const OrchestratorInspector: React.FC<Props> = ({ event, onClose }) => {
     event.kind === 'traffic' || event.kind === 'file' || event.kind === 'email'
       ? event.kind : '';
   const isEmail = event.kind === 'email';
+  const isEdit = event.kind === 'file' && event.action?.startsWith('file:edit');
   const srcSrc = sourceTag(event.src_decky_uuid);
   const dstSrc = sourceTag(event.dst_decky_uuid);
   const isLive = event.uuid.startsWith('live-');
@@ -84,6 +85,15 @@ const OrchestratorInspector: React.FC<Props> = ({ event, onClose }) => {
             <span className={`kind-chip ${kindCls}`} style={{ marginLeft: 8 }}>
               {event.kind.toUpperCase()}
             </span>
+            {isEdit && (
+              <span
+                className="chip dim-chip"
+                style={{ marginLeft: 4 }}
+                title="In-place edit of a previously planted file"
+              >
+                EDIT
+              </span>
+            )}
           </h3>
           <button className="close-btn" onClick={onClose} aria-label="Close">
             <X size={16} />