diff --git a/agent/BACKLOG.md b/agent/BACKLOG.md
index bacad4b..2d12df6 100644
--- a/agent/BACKLOG.md
+++ b/agent/BACKLOG.md
@@ -31,31 +31,6 @@ post-boot sessions). Preserve separation: the installer bake failure and the
 flake pin are different root causes even when they show up on the same machine.
 (Terminal / Ghostty-on-Acer → shipped as Kitty-only, #95.)
 
-### 94. Live ISO/install: no default browser observed
-
-**Progress 2026-07-13:** installed path VERIFIED at V1 — the exact HM
-generation the ISO pins for offline installs contains the chromium binary,
-`chromium-browser.desktop`, and all three HTTP/HTML handlers
-(mime.nix sets them; template ships the package). The Acer sighting is the
-LIVE session, which shipped NO browser by design (mime defaults name chromium,
-GIO skips it while absent).
-
-**Update 2026-07-14:** the live half is **gone** — #103 shipped, so the live
-session now carries chromium (plus office/editor/music/camera) on PATH and in
-the launcher, and `checks.live-baseline-apps` asserts HTTPS still resolves to
-`chromium-browser.desktop` *and* that the entry it names is actually present —
-the exact "mime names a package nothing ships" trap this item found. What
-remains here is only the **installed** path: a test-install VM run proving
-chromium launches post-install (chain #97's Bluetooth-click V2 into the same
-run).
-
-Chromium is the resolved default-browser decision and is present in the
-downstream template, but this hardware pass found no usable default browser.
-Trace the live-to-installed Home Manager path rather than merely checking the
-template source. Pass = Chromium launches after installation and HTTP/HTTPS
-mime defaults resolve to `chromium-browser.desktop` (and the intended live-ISO
-browser posture is explicit).
-
 ### 98. Boreal: button text renders black and is difficult to read
 
 Audit GTK button foreground/background contrast under Boreal, including the
diff --git a/agent/JOURNAL.md b/agent/JOURNAL.md
index 7cce8e7..b0525ae 100644
--- a/agent/JOURNAL.md
+++ b/agent/JOURNAL.md
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ Template:
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-07-15 — Close #94 installed chromium + kill Hyprland update-news
+- **Task:** Residual #94 (chromium on installed path) + first-boot polish
+  seen while probing.
+- **Did:** Re-booted leftover offline install disk (`target.img`). Probe:
+  Chromium 150 on PATH, https/html → `chromium-browser.desktop`, Chromium
+  window opens (`about:blank` + keyring prompt). Closed #94. Added
+  `ecosystem.no_update_news` + `no_donation_nag` (every first boot showed
+  “Hyprland updated to 0.55.x!”).
+- **Verified:** **V2** install re-boot screenshots `/tmp/nomarchy-v2-94/`;
+  V0 `nix flake check --no-build`; HM gen conf contains ecosystem keys.
+- **Pending:** V3 optional on Acer (hardware already had no browser on
+  *live* before #103; installed path is the one that mattered).
+- **Next suggestion:** #107 state.json rename, or #98 if screenshot lands.
+
 ## 2026-07-15 — File #127 docked idle blackout (no code)
 - **Task:** Bernardo: docked laptop idle → black screens; external KB/mouse
   no wake; unplug external did not restore panel; Caps Lock still worked.
diff --git a/docs/ROADMAP.md b/docs/ROADMAP.md
index fc1b355..e86a22c 100644
--- a/docs/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/ROADMAP.md
@@ -427,6 +427,14 @@ Design/decision records and a running log of shipped work (items marked
   default `$TERMINAL` / SUPER+Return, doctor + calendar + what-changed use
   `kitty --class=com.nomarchy.*`. Ghostty module and install-time GL probe
   removed. V3: Acer SUPER+Return + doctor float.
+- ✓ **Installed default browser path (#94 residual):** live half closed by
+  #103 + `checks.live-baseline-apps`. Installed path V2 (2026-07-15): re-boot
+  of offline `test-install` disk — `chromium --version` on PATH (150.x),
+  `xdg-mime` https/html → `chromium-browser.desktop`, Chromium window opens
+  (`about:blank`). Artifacts `/tmp/nomarchy-v2-94/{probe,chromium}.png`.
+- ✓ **No Hyprland update-news on first boot:** `ecosystem.no_update_news` +
+  `no_donation_nag` so the first session is Nomarchy’s, not upstream’s
+  “Hyprland updated to …!” dialog (seen on every #94/#123 install re-boot).
 - ✓ **Mime defaults must name a present .desktop (#119):** same bug class as
   #94, one key over. `text/plain` pointed at `code.desktop` (vscode), which
   the live ISO never ships — GIO skips the missing entry and leaves no
diff --git a/modules/home/hyprland.nix b/modules/home/hyprland.nix
index a4644ad..090605c 100644
--- a/modules/home/hyprland.nix
+++ b/modules/home/hyprland.nix
@@ -998,6 +998,15 @@ in
         background_color = rgb c.base;
       };
 
+      # First boot of every installed image was showing "Hyprland updated to
+      # 0.55.x!" over the themed desktop (V2 re-boot of the #94 install disk,
+      # 2026-07-15). That dialog is Hyprland's update-news popup, not our
+      # welcome toast — kill it so the first session is ours, not upstream's.
+      ecosystem = {
+        no_update_news = lib.mkDefault true;
+        no_donation_nag = lib.mkDefault true;
+      };
+
       # Window rules — float + center small config/utility dialogs that
       # tile awkwardly. Normal-priority list like `bind`/`exec-once` below,
       # so a downstream `windowrule = [...]` concatenates rather than