From de68d5e8e7cb97dbb2a1cca29d299c7507964635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciregenz <ciregenz@berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 11:36:26 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [eric] browser: drop the top border-shimmer strip, static
 border and tether arrow are the in-use cue

---
 .../app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx | 21 -------------------
 1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
index b57d3e3f..cb0c6e77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/BrowserCard.tsx
@@ -599,7 +599,6 @@ const BrowserCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const isSearch = isGoogleSearch(activeUrl);
 
   const accentColor = c.accent.primary;
-  const accentHover = c.accent.hover;
 
   const glowingBrowserCards = useAppSelector((s) => s.dashboardLayout.glowingBrowserCards);
   const isGlowingFromRedux = !!glowingBrowserCards[browserId];
@@ -689,26 +688,6 @@ const BrowserCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
       }}
     >
 
-      {agentActive && (
-        <Box
-          sx={{
-            position: 'absolute',
-            top: 0,
-            left: 0,
-            right: 0,
-            height: '2px',
-            zIndex: 20,
-            background: `linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, ${accentColor}, ${accentHover}, ${accentColor}, transparent)`,
-            backgroundSize: '200% 100%',
-            animation: 'border-shimmer 2s linear infinite',
-            '@keyframes border-shimmer': {
-              '0%': { backgroundPosition: '200% 0' },
-              '100%': { backgroundPosition: '-200% 0' },
-            },
-          }}
-        />
-      )}
-
       <Box
         ref={tabBarRef}
         onPointerDown={handleDragPointerDown}