diff --git a/monitor.lua b/monitor.lua
index 40c0ca4..4ae61df 100644
--- a/monitor.lua
+++ b/monitor.lua
@@ -755,34 +755,16 @@ function Rule:render_background(cr)
 end
 local function rule() return Rule() end
 
---- Full-screen backdrop: vertical gradient + coloured light blooms (desktop only).
---- The gradient is the MOOD of the machine (Anton, 2026-09-14): blue = everything fine (the original palette, whatever the load),
---- yellow = one warning, orange = several warnings, red = something is overloaded. Colours drift smoothly (~10 s) so it never flickers.
---- Anton explicitly rejected a green "busy" state: "по умолчанию когда всё хорошо — синий, как был".
--- MOOD = one number 0..1: 0 = the original blue palette (everything fine), 1 = red (overload). Warnings push it up
--- gradually (each yellow +0.25, any red = 1), so the desktop "reddens" with trouble instead of jumping between colours.
-local MOOD_BLUE = {top = {0.05, 0.06, 0.14}, mid = {0.08, 0.07, 0.18}, bot = {0.04, 0.05, 0.11}}
-local MOOD_RED  = {top = {0.20, 0.04, 0.06}, mid = {0.25, 0.05, 0.08}, bot = {0.14, 0.03, 0.05}}
-MOOD_TARGET = 0
-local mood_cur = 0
-local function mood_step()  -- returns true while still drifting toward the target
-  local d = MOOD_TARGET - mood_cur
-  if math.abs(d) < 0.003 then mood_cur = MOOD_TARGET; return false end
-  mood_cur = mood_cur + d * 0.12
-  return true
-end
-local function mix(a, b, t) return {a[1] + (b[1] - a[1]) * t, a[2] + (b[2] - a[2]) * t, a[3] + (b[3] - a[3]) * t} end
+--- Full-screen backdrop: the ORIGINAL fixed blue gradient + light blooms (desktop only).
+--- 2026-09-15 Anton: the alert-driven blue→red mood is removed — with agents at work something is always
+--- over a threshold, so the desktop stayed red. Alerts still show in the summary line and on the sensors.
 local Backdrop = util.class(widget.Frame)
--- polycore paints backgrounds into a cached surface at layout time; while the mood colour drifts we ask for a relayout
--- each second (return true) so the cache is repainted. Once settled the cache is reused — no per-frame cost.
-function Backdrop:update() return mood_step() end
 function Backdrop:render_background(cr)
   local w, h = SCREEN_W, SCREEN_H
   local pat = cairo_pattern_create_linear(0, 0, 0, h)
-  local t = mood_cur
-  cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgb(pat, 0, unpack(mix(MOOD_BLUE.top, MOOD_RED.top, t)))
-  cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgb(pat, 0.55, unpack(mix(MOOD_BLUE.mid, MOOD_RED.mid, t)))
-  cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgb(pat, 1, unpack(mix(MOOD_BLUE.bot, MOOD_RED.bot, t)))
+  cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgb(pat, 0, 0.05, 0.06, 0.14)
+  cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgb(pat, 0.55, 0.08, 0.07, 0.18)
+  cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgb(pat, 1, 0.04, 0.05, 0.11)
   cairo_rectangle(cr, 0, 0, w, h); cairo_set_source(cr, pat); cairo_fill(cr); cairo_pattern_destroy(pat)
   local function bloom(x, y, rad, c, a)
     local rp = cairo_pattern_create_radial(x, y, 0, x, y, rad)
@@ -790,11 +772,10 @@ function Backdrop:render_background(cr)
     cairo_pattern_add_color_stop_rgba(rp, 1, c[1], c[2], c[3], 0)
     cairo_rectangle(cr, 0, 0, w, h); cairo_set_source(cr, rp); cairo_fill(cr); cairo_pattern_destroy(rp)
   end
-  -- blooms keep the original colours and warm toward red with the mood
-  bloom(120, 120, 620, mix(BLUE, RED, t), 0.16 + 0.10 * t)
-  bloom(w - 160, 240, 560, mix(MAUVE, RED, t), 0.14)
-  bloom(w * 0.5, h - 80, 700, mix(PINK, RED, t), 0.10)
-  bloom(220, h - 120, 480, mix(TEAL, RED, t), 0.08)
+  bloom(120, 120, 620, BLUE, 0.16)
+  bloom(w - 160, 240, 560, MAUVE, 0.14)
+  bloom(w * 0.5, h - 80, 700, PINK, 0.10)
+  bloom(220, h - 120, 480, TEAL, 0.08)
   widget.Frame.render_background(self, cr)
 end
 
@@ -856,8 +837,6 @@ local function clock_block()
     local reds, yellows = {}, {}
     for name, l in pairs(ALERTS) do if l == 2 then reds[#reds + 1] = name elseif l == 1 then yellows[#yellows + 1] = name end end
     table.sort(reds); table.sort(yellows)
-    -- mood of the whole desktop (drives the backdrop colour): 0 = blue, each warning +0.25, any overload = 1 (red)
-    MOOD_TARGET = #reds > 0 and 1 or math.min(0.75, #yellows * 0.25)
     if #reds > 0 then status_t:set_text("ПЕРЕГРУЗКА: " .. table.concat(reds, ", ")); paint(status_t, 2)
     elseif #yellows > 0 then status_t:set_text("Внимание: " .. table.concat(yellows, ", ")); paint(status_t, 1)
     else status_t:set_text("Всё в норме"); paint(status_t, 0) end