diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js b/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js
index 4903be17..f2f2f5d0 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js
@@ -171,14 +171,6 @@
       warn.append(el("div", "render-prompt-text", promptMismatch.rendered || "(empty)"));
       body.append(warn);
     }
-    const anchorMismatch = S.renderAnchorMismatch ? S.renderAnchorMismatch(scene.id) : null;
-    if (anchorMismatch) {
-      const warn = el("div", "render-prompt-warn render-anchor-warn");
-      warn.append(el("div", "render-prompt-warn-title", "i2v image changed · showing previous generation"));
-      warn.append(el("div", "render-prompt-text", anchorMismatch.renderedLabel || "(none)"));
-      body.append(warn);
-    }
-
     const src = el("select");
     SRC.forEach(([v, label]) => { const o = el("option", null, label); o.value = v; if ((root.source?.type) === v) o.selected = true; src.append(o); });
     src.onchange = () => {
diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/player.js b/movie_editor/frontend/player.js
index bbe13752..f7fe7ce4 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/player.js
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/player.js
@@ -119,29 +119,15 @@
   }
   function _showRenderPrompt(sceneId) {
     if (!_promptEl) return;
-    const promptMismatch = sceneId && S.renderPromptMismatch ? S.renderPromptMismatch(sceneId) : null;
-    const anchorMismatch = sceneId && S.renderAnchorMismatch ? S.renderAnchorMismatch(sceneId) : null;
-    if (!promptMismatch && !anchorMismatch) {
+    const mismatch = sceneId && S.renderPromptMismatch ? S.renderPromptMismatch(sceneId) : null;
+    if (!mismatch) {
       _promptEl.style.display = "none";
       _promptEl.textContent = "";
-      _promptEl.classList.remove("anchor-stale");
       return;
     }
     _promptEl.style.display = "";
-    if (anchorMismatch && !promptMismatch) {
-      _promptEl.classList.add("anchor-stale");
-      _promptEl.title = `Generated with i2v image: ${anchorMismatch.renderedLabel}`;
-      _promptEl.textContent = "i2v image changed · showing previous generation";
-    } else {
-      _promptEl.classList.remove("anchor-stale");
-      if (anchorMismatch && promptMismatch) {
-        _promptEl.title = `i2v: ${anchorMismatch.renderedLabel} · prompt: ${promptMismatch.rendered}`;
-        _promptEl.textContent = `i2v image changed · generated with: ${promptMismatch.rendered}`;
-      } else {
-        _promptEl.title = "Timeline prompt was edited after generation - rate against this text";
-        _promptEl.textContent = `Generated with: ${promptMismatch.rendered}`;
-      }
-    }
+    _promptEl.title = "Timeline prompt was edited after generation - rate against this text";
+    _promptEl.textContent = `Generated with: ${mismatch.rendered}`;
   }
 
   // ── video pool management ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/store.js b/movie_editor/frontend/store.js
index 0574d48c..dd0d498f 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/store.js
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/store.js
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
         anchor: rp.anchor ?? anchor,
         sourceType: rp.sourceType ?? sourceType,
         mediaRef: rp.mediaRef !== undefined ? rp.mediaRef : mediaRef,
+        sourceSnapshotted: true,
       };
     });
   }
@@ -1089,6 +1090,7 @@
       anchor: (state.project?.anchor || "").trim(),
       sourceType: src.type || "carry",
       mediaRef: src.media_ref || null,
+      sourceSnapshotted: true,
     };
   }
 
@@ -1121,7 +1123,7 @@
 
   function renderAnchorMismatch(sceneId) {
     const snap = renderPromptForScene(sceneId);
-    if (!snap) return null;
+    if (!snap?.sourceSnapshotted) return null;
     const current = _snapshotRenderSource(sceneId);
     if (!current) return null;
     const renderedType = snap.sourceType || "carry";
@@ -1130,10 +1132,10 @@
     return {
       renderedType,
       renderedRef,
-      renderedLabel: renderMediaLabel(renderedRef),
+      renderedLabel: renderedRef ? renderMediaLabel(renderedRef) : null,
       currentType: current.sourceType,
       currentRef: current.mediaRef,
-      currentLabel: renderMediaLabel(current.mediaRef),
+      currentLabel: current.mediaRef ? renderMediaLabel(current.mediaRef) : null,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/styles.css b/movie_editor/frontend/styles.css
index fc6918be..49137b29 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/styles.css
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/styles.css
@@ -674,11 +674,7 @@ body.tl-reordering { cursor: grabbing; user-select: none; }
 .clip.prompt-mismatch { border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--amber) 45%, var(--line)); }
 .clip.anchor-mismatch { border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--teal-soft) 42%, var(--line)); }
 .clip.stale-render.rendered::after { color: var(--amber-2); text-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(224, 162, 58, .7); }
-.clip-gen-anchor .clip-gen-prompt-label { color: var(--teal-soft); }
 .clip-gen-anchor .clip-gen-prompt-text { color: #c8fff4; }
-.tl-render-anchor { color: #c8fff4; border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--teal-soft) 40%, var(--line)); }
-.render-anchor-warn { border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--teal-soft) 35%, var(--line)); }
-.render-anchor-warn .render-prompt-warn-title { color: var(--teal-soft); }
 .clip-actions { position: absolute; top: 5px; right: 8px; display: flex; gap: 2px; opacity: 0; transition: opacity .12s; }
 .clip:hover .clip-actions { opacity: 1; }
 .ic-btn { width: 18px; height: 18px; padding: 0; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; border: 1px solid var(--line);
diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js b/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js
index 2a50f37b..421a23c3 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js
@@ -445,9 +445,11 @@
       if (anchorMismatch) {
         clip.classList.add("anchor-mismatch");
         const gen = el("div", "clip-gen-prompt clip-gen-anchor");
-        gen.title = "i2v anchor changed after generation - preview shows the previous render";
+        gen.title = anchorMismatch.renderedLabel
+          ? `Generated with i2v image: ${anchorMismatch.renderedLabel}`
+          : "i2v anchor changed after generation - preview shows the previous render";
         gen.append(el("span", "clip-gen-prompt-label", "i2v image changed"));
-        gen.append(el("span", "clip-gen-prompt-text", `Showing previous generation (${anchorMismatch.renderedLabel})`));
+        gen.append(el("span", "clip-gen-prompt-text", "Showing previous generation"));
         clip.append(gen);
       }
       if (S.renderPromptMismatch) {
@@ -836,15 +838,9 @@
     const sc = S.scene(st.selectedSceneId);
     if (!sc) return wrap;
     const sceneNo = p.scenes.indexOf(sc) + 1;
-    const promptMismatch = S.renderPromptMismatch ? S.renderPromptMismatch(sc.id) : null;
-    const anchorMismatch = S.renderAnchorMismatch ? S.renderAnchorMismatch(sc.id) : null;
     const rlabel = el("span", "tl-keys", `★ Scene ${sceneNo}`);
     const rsel = el("select", "tl-rating");
-    rsel.title = anchorMismatch
-      ? "i2v image changed - rate the previous generation shown in preview"
-      : promptMismatch
-        ? "Rate against the generated prompt - timeline text was edited after this render"
-        : "Rate this scene's render - FunPack Studio refines from it on next generation";
+    rsel.title = "Rate this scene's render - FunPack Studio refines from it on next generation";
     rsel.append(new Option("- rate -", ""));
     (st.ratingLabels || []).forEach((l) => {
       const o = new Option(l, l);
@@ -854,15 +850,6 @@
     rsel.onchange = () => S.setSceneRating(sc.id, rsel.value);
     wrap.append(rlabel);
     wrap.append(rsel);
-    if (anchorMismatch) {
-      const hint = el("span", "tl-render-prompt tl-render-anchor", "i2v image changed · showing previous generation");
-      hint.title = `Generated with ${anchorMismatch.renderedLabel}`;
-      wrap.append(hint);
-    } else if (promptMismatch) {
-      const hint = el("span", "tl-render-prompt", promptMismatch.rendered);
-      hint.title = "Generated with this prompt - use it when rating (timeline text differs)";
-      wrap.append(hint);
-    }
     return wrap;
   }