From f563068ccff7187a509f2924a5fef95d78ab6f3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciregenz <ciregenz@berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:10:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "[eric] canvas: render ring gains the harness kill
 switch so A/B runs on identical bits"

This reverts commit 5c88246bd781c4554c21c476a077c05a098b2105.
---
 .../src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useRenderRing.ts | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useRenderRing.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useRenderRing.ts
index 2df37472..de2f8980 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useRenderRing.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/hooks/interaction/useRenderRing.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ export function useRenderRing(
   rectRef.current = { x: cardX, y: cardY, w: cardWidth, h: cardHeight };
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // Measurement escape hatch: lets the perf harness A/B ring-on vs ring-off on identical bits.
-    if (!active || localStorage.getItem('osw-render-ring') === 'off') return undefined;
+    if (!active) return undefined;
     let raf = 0;
     const evaluate = (): void => {
       raf = 0;