diff --git a/dashboard/handlers/eco.py b/dashboard/handlers/eco.py
index c029fc1..6a46e1e 100644
--- a/dashboard/handlers/eco.py
+++ b/dashboard/handlers/eco.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
+import urllib.request
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlparse
@@ -285,22 +286,23 @@ class EcoHandlers:
         except Exception as e:
             checks.append({'name': 'Config', 'pass': False, 'detail': str(e)})
 
-        # 6. WhatsApp bridge log
-        wa_log = constants.ECHO_CORE_DIR / 'logs' / 'whatsapp-bridge.log'
+        # 6. WhatsApp bridge — connectivity, not log grepping. The bridge
+        # (Baileys) logs transient, non-fatal errors (timeouts on internal
+        # init queries) at pino level 50 even while connected; a "does the
+        # last log line contain 'error'" check flagged those as failures.
+        # /status is what the bridge itself considers its health.
         try:
-            if wa_log.exists():
-                r = subprocess.run(['tail', '-1', str(wa_log)], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=5)
-                last = r.stdout.strip()
-                has_error = 'error' in last.lower() or 'fatal' in last.lower()
-                checks.append({
-                    'name': 'WhatsApp bridge log',
-                    'pass': not has_error,
-                    'detail': last[:80] if last else 'Empty',
-                })
-            else:
-                checks.append({'name': 'WhatsApp bridge log', 'pass': False, 'detail': 'Not found'})
+            with urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8098/status', timeout=5) as resp:
+                status = json.loads(resp.read())
+            connected = bool(status.get('connected'))
+            phone = status.get('phone') or 'unknown'
+            checks.append({
+                'name': 'WhatsApp bridge',
+                'pass': connected,
+                'detail': f'connected as {phone}' if connected else 'not connected (qr pending?)',
+            })
         except Exception as e:
-            checks.append({'name': 'WhatsApp bridge log', 'pass': False, 'detail': str(e)})
+            checks.append({'name': 'WhatsApp bridge', 'pass': False, 'detail': f'unreachable: {e}'})
 
         # 7. Claude CLI
         try: