drb-frontend/app/network/page.tsx

@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ export default function NetworkPage() {
           count={systemsLoading ? null : systems.length}
           countLabel={systemsLoading ? "" : "configured"}
         />
+        {/* The radio-bot pool is platform-admin only (server-26#204 item 6);
+            an operator following this card only hit a 403 (server-26#213). */}
+        {isAdmin && (
           <HubCard
             href="/tokens"
             title="Bot Tokens"
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ export default function NetworkPage() {
             count={null}
             countLabel="manage"
           />
+        )}
       </div>
     </div>
   );

drb-frontend/app/systems/page.tsx

@@ -1220,13 +1220,16 @@ function PreferredTokenPanel({ systemId, initialTokenId }: { systemId: string; i
   const [tokens, setTokens]           = useState<TokenOption[] | null>(null);
   const [saving, setSaving]           = useState(false);
   const [open, setOpen]               = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError]             = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   async function load() {
     if (tokens !== null) return;
     try {
       const data = await c2api.getTokens();
       setTokens(data as TokenOption[]);
-    } catch {
+    } catch (err) {
+      // An error used to render as "No tokens in pool." — a false empty state.
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Could not load radio bots.");
       setTokens([]);
     }
   }
@@ -1241,6 +1244,8 @@ function PreferredTokenPanel({ systemId, initialTokenId }: { systemId: string; i
     try {
       await c2api.setPreferredToken(tokenId, systemId);
       setPreferredId(tokenId);
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Could not save the preference.");
     } finally {
       setSaving(false);
     }
@@ -1252,6 +1257,8 @@ function PreferredTokenPanel({ systemId, initialTokenId }: { systemId: string; i
     try {
       await c2api.setPreferredToken(preferredId, "_none");
       setPreferredId(null);
+    } catch (err) {
+      setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Could not clear the preference.");
     } finally {
       setSaving(false);
     }
@@ -1276,6 +1283,8 @@ function PreferredTokenPanel({ systemId, initialTokenId }: { systemId: string; i
         <div className="mt-3 space-y-2 font-mono text-xs">
           {tokens === null ? (
             <p className="text-gray-600 italic">Loading tokens…</p>
+          ) : error ? (
+            <p className="text-red-400">{error}</p>
           ) : tokens.length === 0 ? (
             <p className="text-gray-600 italic">No tokens in pool.</p>
           ) : (
@@ -2016,7 +2025,10 @@ export default function SystemsPage() {
                     Delete
                   </button>
                 </div>
-                <PreferredTokenPanel systemId={s.system_id} initialTokenId={s.preferred_token_id} />
+                {/* GET /tokens and PUT /tokens/{id}/prefer are platform-admin only
+                    (server-26#204 item 6), so for anyone else this panel could
+                    neither list the pool nor save a choice (server-26#213 item 4). */}
+                {isAdmin && <PreferredTokenPanel systemId={s.system_id} initialTokenId={s.preferred_token_id} />}
                 <AiFlagsPanel systemId={s.system_id} initial={(s as unknown as { ai_flags?: SystemAiFlags }).ai_flags ?? {}} />
                 <AreaContextPanel systemId={s.system_id} />
                 <TalkgroupPendingPanel systemId={s.system_id} />

drb-frontend/app/tokens/page.tsx

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ interface TokenRecord {
 }
 
 export default function TokensPage() {
-  const { isAdmin, isOperator, loading: authLoading } = useAuth();
+  // Platform admin only: every /tokens route is require_admin_token since
+  // server-26#204 item 6, so an operator here only ever saw a failed fetch.
+  const { isAdmin, loading: authLoading } = useAuth();
   const router = useRouter();
   const [tokens, setTokens] = useState<TokenRecord[]>([]);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
@@ -26,8 +28,8 @@ export default function TokensPage() {
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!authLoading && !isAdmin && !isOperator) router.replace("/");
+    if (!authLoading && !isAdmin) router.replace("/network");
-  }, [authLoading, isAdmin, isOperator, router]);
+  }, [authLoading, isAdmin, router]);
 
   const refresh = useCallback(async () => {
     try {
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ export default function TokensPage() {
     }
   }, []);
 
-  useEffect(() => { refresh(); }, [refresh]);
+  useEffect(() => { if (isAdmin) refresh(); }, [isAdmin, refresh]);
 
   async function handleAdd(e: React.FormEvent) {
     e.preventDefault();
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ export default function TokensPage() {
     }
   }
 
-  if (authLoading || (!isAdmin && !isOperator)) return null;
+  if (authLoading || !isAdmin) return null;
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-6">