diff --git a/adminsite/app/(staff)/staff/page.tsx b/adminsite/app/(staff)/staff/page.tsx
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+"use client";
+
+import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { API_BASE, NotConnected, api } from "@/lib/api";
+import { NotConnectedPanel } from "@/components/NotConnected";
+import { Queue } from "@/components/Queue";
+import { daysRemaining } from "@/lib/format";
+
+const HOURS_48 = 48 * 3600_000;
+
+export default function StaffDashboard() {
+    const injection = useQuery({ queryKey: ["injection"], queryFn: api.staff.injectionHealth });
+    const expiring = useQuery({
+        queryKey: ["instances", "expiring"],
+        queryFn: () => api.staff.instances({ expiring: "true" }),
+    });
+    const pastDue = useQuery({
+        queryKey: ["subs", "past_due"],
+        queryFn: () => api.staff.subscriptions("past_due"),
+    });
+    const unlinked = useQuery({
+        queryKey: ["instances", "awaiting_link"],
+        queryFn: () => api.staff.instances({ status: "awaiting_link" }),
+    });
+
+    if (injection.error instanceof NotConnected) return <NotConnectedPanel url={API_BASE} />;
+
+    const stale = (unlinked.data ?? []).filter(
+        (i) => Date.now() - new Date(i.created_at).getTime() > HOURS_48,
+    );
+
+    return (
+        <div className="grid gap-6">
+            <h1 className="text-3xl">Operations</h1>
+            <div className="grid gap-4 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4">
+                <Queue
+                    title="Failed injections"
+                    tone="expired"
+                    count={injection.data?.count ?? 0}
+                    items={(injection.data?.failed ?? []).slice(0, 4).map((i) => ({
+                        label: i.name || i.instance_id,
+                        href: `/staff/instances/${i.instance_id}`,
+                        meta: i.inject_failed_at
+                            ? new Date(i.inject_failed_at).toISOString().slice(11, 16)
+                            : "",
+                    }))}
+                />
+                <Queue
+                    title="Expiring ≤ 14 days"
+                    tone="warn"
+                    count={expiring.data?.length ?? 0}
+                    items={(expiring.data ?? []).slice(0, 4).map((i) => ({
+                        label: i.name || i.instance_id,
+                        href: `/staff/instances/${i.instance_id}`,
+                        meta: i.tier ?? "",
+                    }))}
+                />
+                <Queue
+                    title="Past due"
+                    tone="expired"
+                    count={pastDue.data?.length ?? 0}
+                    items={(pastDue.data ?? []).slice(0, 4).map((s) => ({
+                        label: s.instance_id || s.account_id,
+                        href: `/staff/accounts/${s.account_id}`,
+                        meta: `${daysRemaining(s.current_period_end)}d`,
+                    }))}
+                />
+                <Queue
+                    title="Unlinked > 48h"
+                    tone="accent"
+                    count={stale.length}
+                    items={stale.slice(0, 4).map((i) => ({
+                        label: i.name || i.instance_id,
+                        href: `/staff/accounts/${i.account_id}`,
+                        meta: `${Math.floor((Date.now() - new Date(i.created_at).getTime()) / 86_400_000)}d`,
+                    }))}
+                />
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/adminsite/components/Queue.test.tsx b/adminsite/components/Queue.test.tsx
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+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { Queue } from "./Queue";
+
+describe("Queue", () => {
+    it("shows the count and links every row to the work", () => {
+        render(
+            <Queue
+                title="Failed injections"
+                tone="expired"
+                count={2}
+                items={[
+                    { label: "Acme Production", href: "/staff/instances/i1", meta: "4h ago" },
+                    { label: "Globex EU", href: "/staff/instances/i2", meta: "26m ago" },
+                ]}
+            />,
+        );
+        expect(screen.getByText("Failed injections")).toBeInTheDocument();
+        expect(screen.getByText("2")).toBeInTheDocument();
+        expect(screen.getByRole("link", { name: "Acme Production" })).toHaveAttribute(
+            "href",
+            "/staff/instances/i1",
+        );
+    });
+
+    it("says so plainly when there is nothing to do", () => {
+        render(<Queue title="Past due" tone="expired" count={0} items={[]} />);
+        expect(screen.getByText(/nothing to do/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/adminsite/components/Queue.tsx b/adminsite/components/Queue.tsx
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+import Link from "next/link";
+import clsx from "clsx";
+
+const TONE = {
+    expired: "border-l-expired text-expired",
+    warn: "border-l-warn text-warn",
+    accent: "border-l-accent text-accent",
+} as const;
+
+export function Queue({
+    title,
+    count,
+    tone,
+    items,
+}: {
+    title: string;
+    count: number;
+    tone: keyof typeof TONE;
+    items: { label: string; href: string; meta: string }[];
+}) {
+    return (
+        <section
+            className={clsx(
+                "grid gap-2 rounded border border-l-4 border-rule bg-panel p-4",
+                TONE[tone],
+            )}
+        >
+            <h2 className="font-mono text-[0.72rem] font-normal uppercase tracking-[0.1em] text-ink-3">
+                {title}
+            </h2>
+            <p className="text-3xl font-extrabold leading-none tabular-nums tracking-[-0.03em]">
+                {count}
+            </p>
+            {items.length === 0 ? (
+                <p className="text-[0.72rem] text-ink-3">Nothing to do here.</p>
+            ) : (
+                <ul className="grid gap-1">
+                    {items.map((i) => (
+                        <li
+                            key={i.href}
+                            className="flex justify-between gap-2 font-mono text-[0.72rem] text-ink-2"
+                        >
+                            <Link href={i.href} className="text-accent underline">
+                                {i.label}
+                            </Link>
+                            <span className="tabular-nums">{i.meta}</span>
+                        </li>
+                    ))}
+                </ul>
+            )}
+        </section>
+    );
+}