diff --git a/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.css b/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.css
index 47bdfd8..25247c2 100644
--- a/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.css
+++ b/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.css
@@ -5669,6 +5669,47 @@
   letter-spacing: 0.04em;
 }
 
+/* Rider/customer/delivery-id stack on the left, Step badge pinned to the
+   right so operators can read the sequence position without opening the
+   Details section. */
+.dispatch-container .dispatch-popup .pu-header-main {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+
+.dispatch-container .dispatch-popup .pu-header-left {
+  min-width: 0;
+  flex: 1;
+}
+
+.dispatch-container .dispatch-popup .pu-header-step {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 4px 10px;
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  background: #fff;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
+}
+
+.dispatch-container .dispatch-popup .pu-header-step-label {
+  font-size: 9px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: #7b1fa2;
+}
+
+.dispatch-container .dispatch-popup .pu-header-step-value {
+  font-size: 15px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  color: #7b1fa2;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 /* --- Body sections ---
    No scroll: the popup expands to fit its content. Width is the dimension
    we constrain (via leaflet's maxWidth prop) so the body grows downward as
diff --git a/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.js b/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.js
index 4399108..315c8b2 100644
--- a/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.js
+++ b/src/pages/nearle/dispatch/Dispatch.js
@@ -1987,12 +1987,19 @@ const Dispatch = ({
         : riders,
     [isAllActiveView, riders, activeOrderRiderIdSet]
   );
-  // Active section sidebar riders — built from the FULL day's unfiltered rows
-  // (liveRows, all batches, no GPS-status gate). Uses a sticky cache so cards
-  // only disappear when the API returns an explicit terminal status (delivered /
-  // cancelled / skipped). Temporary row omissions during the 15-second poll
-  // cycle (single-page refetch, brief API inconsistency) no longer cause cards
-  // to flash away and reappear.
+  // Active section sidebar riders — built from filteredLiveRows (the SAME
+  // batch-filtered rows that drive activeStats' "Orders/Riders" header tiles
+  // and every other view), not the raw unfiltered liveRows. Building this off
+  // liveRows previously showed active orders from every batch regardless of
+  // the selected Morning/Afternoon/Evening pill, while the header tiles above
+  // it (sourced from allOrders → filteredLiveRows) reported the batch-filtered
+  // count — e.g. tiles reading "0 Orders" while afternoon-batch cards still
+  // rendered underneath. Uses a sticky cache so cards only disappear when the
+  // API returns an explicit terminal status (delivered / cancelled / skipped).
+  // Temporary row omissions during the 15-second poll cycle (single-page
+  // refetch, brief API inconsistency) no longer cause cards to flash away and
+  // reappear. The cache is reset on batch change (see the effect below) so
+  // switching slots doesn't leak a previous batch's sticky cards forward.
   const activeViewRiders = useMemo(() => {
     if (!isAllActiveView) {
       stickyActiveRef.current = {};
@@ -2001,7 +2008,7 @@ const Dispatch = ({
 
     const TERMINAL = new Set(['delivered', 'cancelled', 'skipped', 'complete', 'completed']);
 
-    liveRows.forEach((o) => {
+    filteredLiveRows.forEach((o) => {
       const id = String(o.orderid);
       const s = String(o.orderstatus || '').toLowerCase();
       if (s === 'active') {
@@ -2035,7 +2042,7 @@ const Dispatch = ({
       }
     });
     return Object.values(byRider);
-  }, [isAllActiveView, liveRows, riders]);
+  }, [isAllActiveView, filteredLiveRows, riders]);
 
   // Live GPS coordinates of exactly the riders this view shows (active + has an
   // order), fed to MapController's auto-fit so the map frames what's rendered.
@@ -2050,11 +2057,11 @@ const Dispatch = ({
   );
 
   // Clear the sticky active-order cache whenever the operator switches to a
-  // different date or zone — stale cards from the previous filter must not leak
-  // into the new view.
+  // different date, zone, or batch slot — stale cards from the previous filter
+  // must not leak into the new view.
   useEffect(() => {
     stickyActiveRef.current = {};
-  }, [selectedDate, selectedAppLocationId]);
+  }, [selectedDate, selectedAppLocationId, selectedBatch]);
 
   // Count of in-progress deliveries shown in the Active view list. Derives from
   // the sticky cache (via activeViewRiders) so header and card list always agree.
@@ -2979,18 +2986,30 @@ const Dispatch = ({
               </span>
             )}
           </div>
-          <div className="pu-rider">
-            <MdTwoWheeler /> <span>{o.rider_name || o.ridername || 'Unassigned'}</span>
-          </div>
-          {(o.deliverycustomer || o.customername) && (
-            <div className="pu-customer" title={o.deliverycustomer || o.customername}>
-              <MdMarkunreadMailbox />
-              <span>{o.deliverycustomer || o.customername}</span>
+          <div className="pu-header-main">
+            <div className="pu-header-left">
+              <div className="pu-rider">
+                <MdTwoWheeler /> <span>{o.rider_name || o.ridername || 'Unassigned'}</span>
+              </div>
+              {(o.deliverycustomer || o.customername) && (
+                <div className="pu-customer" title={o.deliverycustomer || o.customername}>
+                  <MdMarkunreadMailbox />
+                  <span>{o.deliverycustomer || o.customername}</span>
+                </div>
+              )}
+              {o.deliveryid != null && (
+                <div className="pu-delivery-id">Delivery #{o.deliveryid}</div>
+              )}
             </div>
-          )}
-          {o.deliveryid != null && (
-            <div className="pu-delivery-id">Delivery #{o.deliveryid}</div>
-          )}
+            {o.step != null && (
+              <div className="pu-header-step">
+                <span className="pu-header-step-label">Step</span>
+                <span className="pu-header-step-value">
+                  {o.trip_number != null && o.trip_number > 1 ? `T${o.trip_number}·` : ''}{o.step}
+                </span>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
         </div>
 
         <div className="pu-body">
@@ -5019,6 +5038,15 @@ const Dispatch = ({
                       ))
                     ) : isAllActiveView ? (
                       <ActiveSection
+                        // Remount on batch/date/zone change so its internal
+                        // prevStatusMapRef (used to detect real status
+                        // transitions and fire the "now delivering" /
+                        // "reached location" toasts) resets. Without this,
+                        // switching e.g. Morning → Afternoon swaps in a new
+                        // set of orders the ref has never seen, so every
+                        // already-active order in the new batch looks like a
+                        // fresh transition and fires a stale toast.
+                        key={`${selectedDate}-${selectedAppLocationId}-${selectedBatch}`}
                         visibleRiders={activeViewRiders}
                         riders={riders}
                         focusedStop={focusedStop}