diff --git a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
index 4082db246..778ebf6eb 100644
--- a/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/chat-statefulset.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
         ai.bstein.dev/role: isolated-user-chat
         ai.bstein.dev/isolation: one Hermes process and PVC per Keycloak subject
         ai.bstein.dev/model-policy: uniform automatic policy with per-user overrides
-        ai.bstein.dev/config-rev: "20260808-quality-sandbox"
+        ai.bstein.dev/config-rev: "20260809-tool-loop-budgets"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: hermes-chat
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-anthropic-token: kv/data/atlas/hermes/agent-tokens
diff --git a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
index 4ad239f70..85f207aa2 100644
--- a/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
+++ b/services/hermes/plugins/auto-router/__init__.py
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ def _status_text(ctx: Any) -> str:
     return (
         f"Route mode: {policy['mode'].upper()}\n"
         f"Current runtime: {current}\n"
-        f"Last AUTO decision: {last_text}\n"
+        f"Last routed turn: {last_text}\n"
         "Commands: /route auto | /route manual <codex|claude> "
         "<low|medium|high|xhigh> [model] | /route status"
     )