diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/DiscordServersCard.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/DiscordServersCard.tsx
index 72003b1..b144f40 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/DiscordServersCard.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/DiscordServersCard.tsx
@@ -28,10 +28,17 @@ const SELECT =
 
 // Option values for the bot picker: "" = let C2 choose, "tok:<id>" = one of
 // the org's own bots, "sys:<id>" = whichever bot is preferred for that system.
-function startRequest(choice: string): OAuthStartRequest {
+function startRequest(choice: string, data: OrgPreferredBots | null): OAuthStartRequest {
   const req: OAuthStartRequest = { return_to: "/settings/organization" };
   if (choice.startsWith("tok:")) req.token_id = choice.slice(4);
-  else if (choice.startsWith("sys:")) req.system_id = choice.slice(4);
+  else if (choice.startsWith("sys:")) {
+    const id = choice.slice(4);
+    // The org's own bot preferred for this system: name it by token_id, which
+    // S6 already accepts. Only a platform-pinned pool bot needs system_id.
+    const pref = data?.systems.find((s) => s.system_id === id)?.preferred_token_id;
+    if (pref) req.token_id = pref;
+    else req.system_id = id;
+  }
   return req;
 }
 
@@ -125,18 +132,19 @@ export function DiscordServersCard({ canEdit, isAdmin }: { canEdit: boolean; isA
     setActionError(null);
     setJustLinked(null);
     try {
-      const { url } = await startDiscordOAuth(startRequest(choice));
+      const { url } = await startDiscordOAuth(startRequest(choice, choices));
       window.location.assign(url);
       // Leave the button in its busy state: the page is navigating to Discord.
     } catch (err) {
       if (err instanceof OAuthNotConfigured) {
-        setOauthOff(true);
         setShowCode(true);
-        setActionError(
-          choice
-            ? "That bot can't connect servers yet. Try Automatic, or link with a code below."
-            : "Connecting with Discord isn't set up yet. Link with a code below instead.",
-        );
+        if (choice) {
+          // Only this bot is off: keep Connect and the picker so Automatic can be tried.
+          setActionError("That bot can't connect servers yet. Try Automatic, or link with a code below.");
+        } else {
+          setOauthOff(true);
+          setActionError("Connecting with Discord isn't set up yet. Link with a code below instead.");
+        }
       } else {
         setActionError(parseC2Error(err).message);
       }
diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/discord/RadioBotsPanel.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/discord/RadioBotsPanel.tsx
index c91f9bf..5fb2942 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/discord/RadioBotsPanel.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/discord/RadioBotsPanel.tsx
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ function Checks({ t }: { t: RadioBot }) {
 function ServerCount({ t, cap }: { t: RadioBot; cap: number }) {
   if (t.guild_ids == null) return null;
   const n = t.guild_ids.length;
-  const full = t.org_id == null && n >= cap;
+  const limit = t.server_cap ?? cap;
+  const full = t.org_id == null && n >= limit;
   return (
     <div className={`text-xs mb-1 ${full || n >= DISCORD_UNVERIFIED_GUILD_LIMIT ? "text-sev-moderate" : "text-ink-muted"}`}>
       {n} of {DISCORD_UNVERIFIED_GUILD_LIMIT} servers
-      {full && ` · full at ${cap}: Connect skips it, add another pool bot`}
+      {full && ` · full at ${limit}: Connect skips it, add another pool bot`}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/drb-frontend/lib/discord.ts b/drb-frontend/lib/discord.ts
index 6bda84b..24b8c7a 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/lib/discord.ts
+++ b/drb-frontend/lib/discord.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ export interface RadioBot {
   /** "Connect a Discord server" is on for this bot: its OAuth client secret is
    *  set server-side (server-26#225 S6). The secret itself is never sent. */
   oauth_enabled?: boolean | null;
+  /** GET /tokens (S6): the pool cap for a DRB pool bot, null for a BYO bot. */
+  server_cap?: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface RadioBotAddResult {
diff --git a/drb-frontend/lib/discordOAuth.ts b/drb-frontend/lib/discordOAuth.ts
index 3b2448a..5aaf06f 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/lib/discordOAuth.ts
+++ b/drb-frontend/lib/discordOAuth.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ const post = <T,>(path: string, body: object) => send<T>("POST", path, body);
 export interface OAuthStartRequest {
   /** One of the org's own (BYO) bots, by token_id. */
   token_id?: string;
-  /** The bot marked preferred for this system (works for a DRB bot a platform admin pinned too). */
+  /** The bot marked preferred for this system, when it is a DRB pool bot a platform
+   *  admin pinned (its token_id is not shown to the org). NEEDS S6 to accept
+   *  system_id — until it does, c2-core ignores it and picks Automatic. */
   system_id?: string;
   /** Kept for the plan's node-page entry point: the preferred bot of this node's system. */
   node_id?: string;
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ export interface OAuthStartResult {
 export class OAuthNotConfigured extends Error {}
 
 export async function startDiscordOAuth(req: OAuthStartRequest): Promise<OAuthStartResult> {
-  let raw: { url?: string; authorize_url?: string; bot_name?: string | null; token_name?: string | null };
+  let raw: { url?: string; authorize_url?: string; bot?: { name?: string | null } | null; bot_name?: string | null };
   try {
     raw = await post("/discord/oauth/start", req);
   } catch (err) {
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ export async function startDiscordOAuth(req: OAuthStartRequest): Promise<OAuthSt
   // Only ever send the browser to Discord from here — never to a URL that
   // merely came back in a response body without being Discord's.
   if (!isDiscordAuthorizeUrl(url)) throw new Error("C2 returned an unexpected sign-in link. Nothing was changed.");
-  return { url, bot_name: raw.bot_name ?? raw.token_name ?? null };
+  return { url, bot_name: raw.bot?.name ?? raw.bot_name ?? null };
 }
 
 export function isDiscordAuthorizeUrl(url: string): boolean {
@@ -104,8 +106,9 @@ export async function completeDiscordOAuth(code: string, state: string): Promise
     channels_ready: count(r.channels_ready),
     channels_blocked: count(r.channels_blocked),
     return_to: safeReturnTo(str(r.return_to)),
-    bot_name: str(r.bot_name) ?? str(r.token_name),
-    stopped: count(r.stopped) ?? 0,
+    bot_name: str(r.bot_name),
+    // S6 answers streams_stopped (a count).
+    stopped: count(r.streams_stopped) ?? count(r.stopped) ?? 0,
   };
 }