diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx
index a15aa5fa..925bebf3 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/MazeNET.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import type { Net, MazeNode, Edge, DeckyNode } from './types';
 import { useMazeApi } from './useMazeApi';
 import { useMazeInteraction, type PaletteDrag } from './useMazeInteraction';
 import { useLayoutPersistor } from './useMazeLayoutStore';
+import { useTopologyStream, type TopologyStreamEvent } from './useTopologyStream';
 import { ARCHETYPES as DEFAULT_ARCHETYPES } from './data';
 
 /* Short unique suffix for default names — avoids the DB uniqueness
@@ -424,6 +425,29 @@ const MazeNET: React.FC = () => {
 
   useEffect(() => { refetch(); }, [refetch]);
 
+  /* Live topology stream. Open only when the topology is deployed —
+   * pending topologies have no mutator loop and would just idle on
+   * keepalives.  On any state-transition event we refetch; DB is the
+   * source of truth and the bus is at-most-once. */
+  const [streamLive, setStreamLive] = useState(false);
+  const streamEnabled = topoStatus === 'active' || topoStatus === 'degraded';
+  const onStreamEvent = useCallback((event: TopologyStreamEvent) => {
+    setStreamLive(true);
+    if (event.name === 'mutation.applied'
+      || event.name === 'mutation.failed'
+      || event.name === 'status') {
+      refetch();
+    }
+  }, [refetch]);
+  const onStreamError = useCallback(() => { setStreamLive(false); }, []);
+  useTopologyStream({
+    topologyId: streamEnabled ? topologyId : null,
+    enabled: streamEnabled,
+    onEvent: onStreamEvent,
+    onError: onStreamError,
+  });
+  useEffect(() => { if (!streamEnabled) setStreamLive(false); }, [streamEnabled]);
+
   const onDeploy = async () => {
     if (!topologyId) return;
     setDeploying(true);
@@ -455,6 +479,11 @@ const MazeNET: React.FC = () => {
           <div className="maze-page-sub">
             NETWORK OF NETWORKS · {topoStatus.toUpperCase()} · v{topoVersion} ·{' '}
             {nets.length} NETS · {nodes.length} NODES · {edges.length} PATHS
+            {streamEnabled && (
+              <span className="alert-text" style={{ color: streamLive ? undefined : 'var(--fg-dim)' }}>
+                {' '}· {streamLive ? 'LIVE' : 'CONNECTING…'}
+              </span>
+            )}
             {loadErr && <span className="alert-text"> · {loadErr}</span>}
             {actionErr && <span className="alert-text"> · {actionErr}</span>}
           </div>
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useMazeApi.ts b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useMazeApi.ts
index 45ecc6f4..72e89b9b 100644
--- a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useMazeApi.ts
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useMazeApi.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ export interface CreateDeckyBody {
   decky_config?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
+export type MutationOp =
+  | 'add_lan' | 'remove_lan' | 'update_lan'
+  | 'attach_decky' | 'detach_decky' | 'remove_decky' | 'update_decky';
+
+export interface EnqueueMutationResponse {
+  mutation_id: string;
+  state: string;
+}
+
 export interface MazeApi {
   listTopologies:       () => Promise<TopologySummary[]>;
   createBlankTopology:  (name: string) => Promise<TopologySummary>;
@@ -213,6 +222,13 @@ export interface MazeApi {
   attachEdge:  (topologyId: string, body: { decky_uuid: string; lan_id: string; is_bridge?: boolean; forwards_l3?: boolean }) => Promise<EdgeRow>;
   detachEdge:  (topologyId: string, edgeId: string) => Promise<void>;
 
+  enqueueMutation: (
+    topologyId: string,
+    op: MutationOp,
+    payload: Record<string, unknown>,
+    expectedVersion?: number,
+  ) => Promise<EnqueueMutationResponse>;
+
   deployTopology: (topologyId: string) => Promise<void>;
 }
 
@@ -356,6 +372,24 @@ export function useMazeApi(): MazeApi {
     [],
   );
 
+  const enqueueMutation = useCallback(
+    async (
+      topologyId: string,
+      op: MutationOp,
+      payload: Record<string, unknown>,
+      expectedVersion?: number,
+    ): Promise<EnqueueMutationResponse> => {
+      const body: { op: MutationOp; payload: Record<string, unknown>; expected_version?: number } = { op, payload };
+      if (expectedVersion !== undefined) body.expected_version = expectedVersion;
+      const { data } = await api.post<EnqueueMutationResponse>(
+        `/topologies/${topologyId}/mutations`,
+        body,
+      );
+      return data;
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
   return useMemo(
     () => ({
       listTopologies, createBlankTopology, getTopology, getServices, getArchetypes,
@@ -363,6 +397,7 @@ export function useMazeApi(): MazeApi {
       createLan, updateLan, deleteLan,
       createDecky, updateDecky, deleteDecky,
       attachEdge, detachEdge,
+      enqueueMutation,
       deployTopology,
     }),
     [
@@ -371,6 +406,7 @@ export function useMazeApi(): MazeApi {
       createLan, updateLan, deleteLan,
       createDecky, updateDecky, deleteDecky,
       attachEdge, detachEdge,
+      enqueueMutation,
       deployTopology,
     ],
   );
diff --git a/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useTopologyStream.ts b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useTopologyStream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68d4a549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/decnet_web/src/components/MazeNET/useTopologyStream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/**
+ * Topology event stream — opens an SSE connection to
+ * `/topologies/{id}/events` and dispatches typed events to the caller.
+ *
+ * Mirrors the reconnect shape used by the dashboard's `/stream` consumer:
+ * on any error we close the current EventSource and retry after 3s.  The
+ * hook is inert until `topologyId` is non-empty and `enabled` is true —
+ * typical usage is to gate on `topoStatus === 'active' || 'degraded'` so
+ * pending topologies don't open a useless channel.
+ */
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+
+export type TopologyStreamEventName =
+  | 'snapshot'
+  | 'mutation.enqueued'
+  | 'mutation.applying'
+  | 'mutation.applied'
+  | 'mutation.failed'
+  | 'status';
+
+export interface TopologyStreamEvent {
+  name: TopologyStreamEventName | string;
+  topic?: string;
+  type?: string;
+  ts?: string;
+  payload: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+
+export interface UseTopologyStreamOptions {
+  topologyId: string | null;
+  enabled: boolean;
+  onEvent: (event: TopologyStreamEvent) => void;
+  onError?: () => void;
+}
+
+const NAMED_EVENTS: TopologyStreamEventName[] = [
+  'snapshot',
+  'mutation.enqueued',
+  'mutation.applying',
+  'mutation.applied',
+  'mutation.failed',
+  'status',
+];
+
+export function useTopologyStream({
+  topologyId,
+  enabled,
+  onEvent,
+  onError,
+}: UseTopologyStreamOptions): void {
+  const esRef = useRef<EventSource | null>(null);
+  const reconnectRef = useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
+  // Keep the latest callbacks in refs so reconnect logic doesn't tear
+  // down and rebuild the connection every time the consumer rerenders.
+  const onEventRef = useRef(onEvent);
+  const onErrorRef = useRef(onError);
+  useEffect(() => { onEventRef.current = onEvent; }, [onEvent]);
+  useEffect(() => { onErrorRef.current = onError; }, [onError]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled || !topologyId) return;
+
+    const connect = () => {
+      if (esRef.current) esRef.current.close();
+      const token = localStorage.getItem('token') ?? '';
+      const baseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL || 'http://localhost:8000/api/v1';
+      const url = `${baseUrl}/topologies/${topologyId}/events?token=${encodeURIComponent(token)}`;
+
+      const es = new EventSource(url);
+      esRef.current = es;
+
+      const dispatch = (name: string) => (event: MessageEvent) => {
+        try {
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(event.data) as Partial<TopologyStreamEvent>;
+          onEventRef.current({
+            name,
+            topic: parsed.topic,
+            type: parsed.type,
+            ts: parsed.ts,
+            payload: (parsed.payload ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>,
+          });
+        } catch (err) {
+          console.error('useTopologyStream: parse failed', err);
+        }
+      };
+
+      for (const name of NAMED_EVENTS) {
+        es.addEventListener(name, dispatch(name) as EventListener);
+      }
+
+      es.onerror = () => {
+        es.close();
+        esRef.current = null;
+        onErrorRef.current?.();
+        reconnectRef.current = setTimeout(connect, 3000);
+      };
+    };
+
+    connect();
+
+    return () => {
+      if (reconnectRef.current) clearTimeout(reconnectRef.current);
+      if (esRef.current) esRef.current.close();
+      esRef.current = null;
+    };
+  }, [topologyId, enabled]);
+}