diff --git a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/MembershipReconcileCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/MembershipReconcileCard.vue
index 5c7f511..0c4173a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/MembershipReconcileCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/MembershipReconcileCard.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 <template>
   <!-- Renders nothing when there is nothing to say — same posture as
        NeedsAttentionCard. A reconciliation card that always shows would train
-       the operator to scroll past it. -->
-  <v-card v-if="anythingToSay" variant="tonal" class="mb-4 fc-recon">
+       the operator to scroll past it. It can also be DISMISSED, and stays
+       dismissed until what it would say changes. -->
+  <v-card v-if="visible" variant="tonal" class="mb-4 fc-recon">
     <v-card-text>
+      <v-btn
+        icon="mdi-close" size="small" variant="text" class="fc-recon__dismiss"
+        title="Hide until something changes" aria-label="Hide until something changes"
+        @click="dismiss"
+      />
       <div v-for="p in interesting" :key="p.platform" class="fc-recon__platform">
-        <!-- Bucket 1: the adoption win. The only direction with an action,
-             because adding a source is the reversible half. -->
+        <!-- The adoption win: subscriptions FC doesn't follow yet. The only
+             bucket shown. Sources you follow but no longer pay for are not
+             listed here (operator, 2026-09-13) — the membership sweep stops
+             pulling those instead (#3995). -->
         <template v-if="p.subscribed_not_tracked.length">
           <div class="fc-recon__head">
             <v-icon icon="mdi-account-plus-outline" size="small" class="me-2" />
@@ -36,37 +44,13 @@
           </div>
         </template>
 
-        <!-- Bucket 2: REPORT ONLY. No disable control here by design — the
-             source list on this same page is where that decision belongs. -->
-        <template v-if="p.tracked_not_subscribed.length">
-          <div class="fc-recon__head">
-            <v-icon icon="mdi-help-circle-outline" size="small" class="me-2" />
-            <strong>
-              {{ p.tracked_not_subscribed.length }}
-              {{ p.platform }}
-              {{ p.tracked_not_subscribed.length === 1 ? 'source' : 'sources' }}
-              your roster doesn't account for
-            </strong>
-          </div>
-          <div v-for="s in p.tracked_not_subscribed" :key="s.id" class="fc-recon__row">
-            <div class="fc-recon__body">
-              <strong>{{ s.artist.name }}</strong>
-              <div class="fc-recon__dim">{{ reasonFor(s) }}</div>
-            </div>
-          </div>
-          <div class="fc-recon__dim fc-recon__note">
-            Nothing has been changed. If you want one of these to stop checking,
-            disable it in the list below.
-          </div>
-        </template>
-
-        <!-- The roster could not be trusted, so bucket 2 was not computed. Said
-             in words: an empty list here must never read as "all clear". -->
+        <!-- The roster could not be trusted. Said in words: an empty list here
+             must never read as "all clear". -->
         <div v-if="!p.fresh" class="fc-recon__dim fc-recon__note">
           <v-icon icon="mdi-clock-alert-outline" size="small" class="me-1" />
           <template v-if="!p.last_success_at">
             Your {{ p.platform }} roster has never synced, so FC can't tell which
-            sources you still subscribe to.
+            creators you subscribe to.
           </template>
           <template v-else>
             Your {{ p.platform }} roster last synced
@@ -81,44 +65,62 @@
 </template>
 
 <script setup>
-import { computed, onMounted } from 'vue'
+import { computed, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
 
 import { formatRelative } from '../../utils/date.js'
 import { useMembershipReconcileStore } from '../../stores/membershipReconcile.js'
 
-// #387 C4. Two directions, deliberately unequal: subscriptions FC doesn't
-// follow get a one-click add, while sources the roster doesn't account for are
-// REPORTED ONLY (operator decision, 2026-09-11). The asymmetry is the point —
-// adding a source is trivially undone, and "you no longer subscribe to this" is
-// computed from an absence that has three possible causes.
+// #387 C4. Offers the subscriptions FC doesn't follow yet. The other direction
+// (sources FC follows that the roster says you no longer pay for) used to be
+// listed here as a report. The operator didn't want it listed (2026-09-13); the
+// membership sweep stops pulling those sources instead (#3995).
 const store = useMembershipReconcileStore()
 
 // An untrustworthy roster is only worth mentioning when there is something it
 // would have reconciled — otherwise a failed sweep on a platform with no
 // sources yet would put a warning on a page with nothing to warn about.
 const interesting = computed(() => store.platforms.filter(
-  p => p.subscribed_not_tracked.length
-    || p.tracked_not_subscribed.length
-    || (!p.fresh && p.tracked_total)
+  p => p.subscribed_not_tracked.length || (!p.fresh && p.tracked_total)
 ))
-const anythingToSay = computed(() => interesting.value.length > 0)
 
-function reasonFor (s) {
-  if (s.basis === 'lapsed') {
-    return `Your membership reads "${s.membership?.status}" — you're not a paying supporter of this creator right now.`
-  }
-  if (s.basis === 'absent_exact') {
-    return "FC knows this creator's id on the platform, and it isn't in your roster."
-  }
-  // absent_handle — the weakest claim, and it says so. A renamed creator looks
-  // exactly like this, which is why it is not phrased as a conclusion.
-  return "No membership matched this source's address. It may simply have been renamed."
+// Dismissal is keyed to WHAT the card says, not to the card: a fingerprint of
+// the offered memberships and any stale-roster warnings. Dismissing hides this
+// exact set; a new subscription (or a roster going stale) changes the
+// fingerprint and brings the card back. Per-browser, which is enough for a
+// single-operator instance.
+const DISMISS_KEY = 'fc.recon.dismissed'
+const fingerprint = computed(() => interesting.value
+  .flatMap(p => [
+    ...p.subscribed_not_tracked.map(m => `${p.platform}:${m.id}`),
+    ...(p.fresh ? [] : [`${p.platform}:stale`]),
+  ])
+  .sort()
+  .join('|'))
+
+function readDismissed () {
+  try { return localStorage.getItem(DISMISS_KEY) } catch { return null }
 }
+const dismissed = ref(readDismissed())
+
+function dismiss () {
+  dismissed.value = fingerprint.value
+  try { localStorage.setItem(DISMISS_KEY, fingerprint.value) } catch { /* private mode */ }
+}
+
+const visible = computed(
+  () => interesting.value.length > 0 && fingerprint.value !== dismissed.value,
+)
 
 onMounted(() => { store.load() })
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
+.fc-recon { position: relative; }
+.fc-recon__dismiss {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 6px;
+  right: 6px;
+}
 .fc-recon__platform + .fc-recon__platform {
   margin-top: 16px;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/PostsView.vue b/frontend/src/views/PostsView.vue
index d666c06..6d59e07 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/PostsView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/PostsView.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <!-- Width is set in CSS, not with `max-width` here: below 1600px it is
-       today's 900px column, and above it the feed widens and gains the rail
-       and day gutter (milestone #407). -->
+       today's 900px column, and above it the feed widens and gains the day
+       gutter (milestone #407). -->
   <v-container fluid class="pt-2 pb-6 fc-posts">
     <!-- In-context view: deep-linked to one post, with bidirectional infinite
          scroll — newer posts load above, older posts below. -->
@@ -51,19 +51,20 @@
     </template>
 
     <!-- Normal feed -->
-    <div v-else class="fc-posts__layout">
-      <!-- On a wide window this is a sticky left rail (#407 E); below the
-           breakpoint it lays out exactly as the old inline header did. -->
-      <aside class="fc-posts__rail">
+    <div v-else class="fc-posts__main">
+      <!-- Filters and status sit in one row above the feed. #407 option E put
+           them in a sticky left rail; the operator found it wasted space
+           (2026-09-13), so on a wide window this row lines up with the feed
+           column instead, clear of the day gutter. -->
+      <div class="fc-posts__toolbar">
+        <FeedStatusRibbon v-if="statusRibbon" class="fc-posts__status" />
         <PostsFilterBar
           :artist-id="artistFilter"
           :platform="platformFilter"
           @update:filters="onFilters"
         />
-        <FeedStatusRibbon v-if="statusRibbon" />
-      </aside>
+      </div>
 
-      <div class="fc-posts__main">
       <v-alert v-if="store.error" type="error" variant="tonal" closable class="mb-3">
         {{ String(store.error) }}
       </v-alert>
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@
           <span v-else-if="store.done" class="fc-posts__end">End of stream</span>
         </div>
       </div>
-      </div>
     </div>
   </v-container>
 </template>
@@ -313,44 +313,25 @@ onUnmounted(() => { teardownFeed(); teardownAround() })
 }
 .fc-posts__day-count { font-size: 0.78rem; }
 
-/* Wide window (#407 D + E). The rail holds filters and status; each day's
-   heading moves into a sticky gutter beside its posts; the column widens and
-   the cards switch to their filmstrip layout on their own (PostCard measures
-   itself). 1600px is where a 280px rail and a 150px gutter still leave a card
-   wide enough to be worth the change. */
+/* Wide window (#407 A + D). Each day's heading moves into a sticky gutter
+   beside its posts; the column widens and the cards switch to their filmstrip
+   layout on their own (PostCard measures itself). The toolbar lines up with the
+   feed column, clear of the gutter. */
 @media (min-width: 1600px) {
-  .fc-posts { max-width: 2360px; }
-  .fc-posts__layout {
-    display: grid;
-    grid-template-columns: 280px minmax(0, 1fr);
-    gap: 40px;
-    align-items: start;
-  }
-  .fc-posts__rail {
-    position: sticky;
-    top: calc(var(--fc-nav-h, 64px) + 16px);
+  .fc-posts { max-width: 2080px; }
+  .fc-posts__main { max-width: 2080px; margin: 0 auto; }
+  .fc-posts__toolbar {
     display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    gap: 16px;
+    align-items: center;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 8px 24px;
+    margin-left: calc(150px + 24px);
+    margin-bottom: 8px;
   }
-  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-posts-filters) {
-    flex-direction: column;
-    align-items: stretch;
-    padding-bottom: 0;
-  }
-  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-posts-filters__artist),
-  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-posts-filters__platform) {
-    flex: none;
-    width: 100%;
-    min-width: 0;
-    max-width: none;
-  }
-  .fc-posts__rail :deep(.fc-ribbon) {
-    flex-direction: column;
-    align-items: flex-start;
-    gap: 8px;
-  }
-  .fc-posts__main { max-width: 1900px; }
+  /* Status reads after the filters on a wide row, but stays first when the
+     narrow layout stacks them (it is the front door's headline). */
+  .fc-posts__status { order: 2; padding: 0; }
+  .fc-posts__toolbar :deep(.fc-posts-filters) { padding-bottom: 0; }
   .fc-posts__day {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: 150px minmax(0, 1fr);