diff --git a/src/app.cpp b/src/app.cpp
index 098a427..c0b8ba0 100644
--- a/src/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app.cpp
@@ -2637,7 +2637,9 @@ void App::renderNodeStatusBanner()
     // wallet switch, an in-flight daemon restart, the screenshot sweep (forces demo state), and
     // shutdown. tryConnect() sets connection_in_progress_ before the first render on normal
     // startup, so the ordinary boot path is covered by the evaluator's own in-progress guard.
-    if (capture_mode_ || isShuttingDown()) return;
+    // Suppressed during a UI sweep (its forced demo state would otherwise paint a banner over every
+    // tab) — except on the one sweep target that exists to capture the banner itself.
+    if ((capture_mode_ && !sweep_show_node_banner_) || isShuttingDown()) return;
     if (getWizardPhase() != WizardPhase::None) return;
     if (wallet_switch_phase_.load() != 0) return;
     if (daemon_restarting_.load()) return;
diff --git a/src/app.h b/src/app.h
index aaba7ff..5f7130d 100644
--- a/src/app.h
+++ b/src/app.h
@@ -1676,6 +1676,7 @@ private:
     // The full sweep's private temp dir (demo wallet files and folders); "" when none.
     std::string sweep_sandbox_;
     bool sweep_chat_identity_fabricated_ = false;   // seedChatDemoData() made the demo chat identity
+    bool sweep_show_node_banner_ = false;           // let the node-status banner render on its sweep target
     void applyHealthyDemoState();  // reset the connection/encryption flags to the healthy demo values
     void sweepEnsureDemoChatIdentity();  // re-fabricate a demo chat identity if none (sweep teardown)
     void writeSweepManifest() const;
diff --git a/src/app_sweep.cpp b/src/app_sweep.cpp
index a0a9b8b..c518321 100644
--- a/src/app_sweep.cpp
+++ b/src/app_sweep.cpp
@@ -754,8 +754,10 @@ void App::buildSweepCatalog()
             a.state_.sync.syncing = false;
             a.state_.sync.blocks = 3124322; a.state_.sync.headers = 3124322;
             a.connection_status_ = "Connected";
+            a.connection_in_progress_ = false;  // else the evaluator treats it as "connecting", not no-peers
+            a.sweep_show_node_banner_ = true;   // allow the banner (suppressed on every other target)
         },
-        resetDemoSync);
+        [resetDemoSync](App& a) { a.sweep_show_node_banner_ = false; resetDemoSync(a); });
 
     // Chat with no derived identity yet — the states that previously ALL said "unlock your wallet" (P3).
     // Setup clears the fabricated demo identity (clearIdentity wipes only the key; the demo messages stay