diff --git a/cameleer-server-core/src/main/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculator.java b/cameleer-server-core/src/main/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculator.java
index 5239922f..9010bf5a 100644
--- a/cameleer-server-core/src/main/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculator.java
+++ b/cameleer-server-core/src/main/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculator.java
@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ import java.util.UUID;
  */
 public class DirtyStateCalculator {
 
+    // Live-pushed fields are excluded from the deploy diff: changes to them take effect
+    // via SSE config-update without a redeploy, so they are not "pending deploy" when they
+    // differ from the last successful deployment snapshot. See ui/rules: the Traces & Taps
+    // and Route Recording tabs apply with ?apply=live and "never mark dirty".
     private static final Set<String> AGENT_CONFIG_IGNORED_KEYS = Set.of(
-            "version", "updatedAt", "updatedBy", "environment", "application"
+            "version", "updatedAt", "updatedBy", "environment", "application",
+            "taps", "tapVersion", "tracedProcessors", "routeRecording"
     );
 
     private final ObjectMapper mapper;
diff --git a/cameleer-server-core/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculatorTest.java b/cameleer-server-core/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculatorTest.java
index 600e5a40..fa035724 100644
--- a/cameleer-server-core/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculatorTest.java
+++ b/cameleer-server-core/src/test/java/com/cameleer/server/core/runtime/DirtyStateCalculatorTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -114,9 +115,9 @@ class DirtyStateCalculatorTest {
         DirtyStateCalculator calc = CALC;
 
         ApplicationConfig deployed = new ApplicationConfig();
-        deployed.setTracedProcessors(Map.of("proc-1", "DEBUG"));
+        deployed.setSensitiveKeys(List.of("password", "token"));
         ApplicationConfig desired = new ApplicationConfig();
-        desired.setTracedProcessors(Map.of("proc-1", "TRACE"));
+        desired.setSensitiveKeys(List.of("password", "token", "secret"));
         UUID jarId = UUID.randomUUID();
         DeploymentConfigSnapshot snap = new DeploymentConfigSnapshot(jarId, deployed, Map.of(), null);
 
@@ -124,7 +125,29 @@ class DirtyStateCalculatorTest {
 
         assertThat(result.dirty()).isTrue();
         assertThat(result.differences()).extracting(DirtyStateResult.Difference::field)
-                .contains("agentConfig.tracedProcessors.proc-1");
+                .anyMatch(f -> f.startsWith("agentConfig.sensitiveKeys"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void livePushedFields_doNotMarkDirty() {
+        // Taps, tracedProcessors, and routeRecording apply via live SSE push (never redeploy),
+        // so they must not appear as "pending deploy" when they differ from the last deploy snapshot.
+        ApplicationConfig deployed = new ApplicationConfig();
+        deployed.setTracedProcessors(Map.of("proc-1", "DEBUG"));
+        deployed.setRouteRecording(Map.of("route-a", true));
+        deployed.setTapVersion(1);
+
+        ApplicationConfig desired = new ApplicationConfig();
+        desired.setTracedProcessors(Map.of("proc-1", "TRACE", "proc-2", "DEBUG"));
+        desired.setRouteRecording(Map.of("route-a", false, "route-b", true));
+        desired.setTapVersion(5);
+
+        UUID jarId = UUID.randomUUID();
+        DeploymentConfigSnapshot snap = new DeploymentConfigSnapshot(jarId, deployed, Map.of(), null);
+        DirtyStateResult result = CALC.compute(jarId, desired, Map.of(), snap);
+
+        assertThat(result.dirty()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(result.differences()).isEmpty();
     }
 
     @Test