diff --git a/src/__tests__/watch-dashboard-actions.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/watch-dashboard-actions.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cf4a40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/watch-dashboard-actions.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render } from 'ink';
+import { Readable, Writable } from 'node:stream';
+import { WatchDashboard } from '../ui/WatchDashboard';
+
+const k8sApiMock = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  deleteNamespacedPod: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
+  readNamespacedPodLog: vi.fn(async () => 'sample log'),
+}));
+
+vi.mock('../kubernetes/pods', () => ({
+  getRunningPods: vi.fn(async () => [{ name: 'api-pod', namespace: 'default', status: 'Running', restarts: 0, node: 'node-1' }]),
+  getK8sClusterStats: vi.fn(async () => null),
+}));
+vi.mock('../docker/containers', () => ({
+  getRunningContainers: vi.fn(async () => []),
+  getDockerSystemStats: vi.fn(async () => null),
+  formatDockerBytes: vi.fn(() => '0 B'),
+}));
+vi.mock('../kubernetes/client', () => ({
+  getK8sApi: vi.fn(() => k8sApiMock),
+}));
+
+class TestStdout extends Writable {
+  output = '';
+  isTTY = true;
+  columns = 100;
+  rows = 30;
+  _write(chunk: any, _encoding: string, callback: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
+    this.output += chunk.toString();
+    callback();
+  }
+}
+class TestStdin extends Readable {
+  isTTY = true;
+  setRawMode = vi.fn();
+  setEncoding = vi.fn();
+  ref = vi.fn();
+  unref = vi.fn();
+  _read() {}
+  send(value: string) { this.push(Buffer.from(value)); }
+}
+const wait = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 80));
+
+describe('WatchDashboard actions', () => {
+  let app: ReturnType<typeof render> | undefined;
+  let stdin: TestStdin | undefined;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    app?.unmount();
+    stdin?.push(null);
+    app = undefined;
+    stdin = undefined;
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('confirms Pod deletion and lets b close the log snapshot', async () => {
+    const stdout = new TestStdout();
+    stdin = new TestStdin();
+    k8sApiMock.deleteNamespacedPod.mockClear();
+    k8sApiMock.readNamespacedPodLog.mockClear();
+    app = render(<WatchDashboard />, { stdin, stdout, debug: true });
+    await wait();
+
+    stdin.send('r');
+    await wait();
+    expect(stdout.output).toContain('Press Y to confirm');
+    expect(k8sApiMock.deleteNamespacedPod).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    stdin.send('n');
+    await wait();
+    expect(k8sApiMock.deleteNamespacedPod).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    stdin.send('r');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('y');
+    await wait();
+    expect(k8sApiMock.deleteNamespacedPod).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ name: 'api-pod', namespace: 'default' });
+
+    stdin.send('l');
+    await wait();
+    expect(stdout.output).toContain('[SNAPSHOT]');
+    expect(stdout.output).toContain('sample log');
+    stdin.send('b');
+    await wait();
+    expect(stdout.output).toContain('KDM Split-Pane Monitoring Dashboard');
+
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/WatchDashboard.tsx b/src/ui/WatchDashboard.tsx
index 1663ad61..f993afcd 100644
--- a/src/ui/WatchDashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/WatchDashboard.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
   const [runningAi, setRunningAi] = useState(false);
   
   const [actionMessage, setActionMessage] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [confirmRestart, setConfirmRestart] = useState(false);
 
   const handleResize = () => {
     setColumns(process.stdout.columns || 80);
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
           name: res.name,
           namespace: res.namespace,
         });
-        setActionMessage(`Pod ${res.name} deleted (restarting via Deployment).`);
+        setActionMessage(`Pod ${res.name} deleted. A controller may recreate it.`);
       } else {
         const docker = getDockerClient();
         await docker.getContainer(res.id).restart();
@@ -238,9 +239,15 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
   useInput((input, key) => {
     const lowerInput = input.toLowerCase();
 
+    if (confirmRestart) {
+      if (lowerInput === 'y' && selectedResource) void restartResource(selectedResource);
+      if (lowerInput === 'y' || lowerInput === 'n' || key.escape) setConfirmRestart(false);
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Close overlays if active
     if (showLogs) {
-      if (key.escape || lowerInput === 'q') {
+      if (key.escape || lowerInput === 'q' || lowerInput === 'b') {
         setShowLogs(false);
       }
       return;
@@ -253,13 +260,6 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
       return;
     }
 
-    if (showLogs) {
-      if (key.escape || lowerInput === 'q' || lowerInput === 'b') {
-        setShowLogs(false);
-      }
-      return;
-    }
-
     if (key.escape || lowerInput === 'b') {
       triggerBack(onBack, exit);
       return;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
         return;
       }
       if (lowerInput === 'r') {
-        void restartResource(selectedResource);
+        setConfirmRestart(true);
         return;
       }
     }
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
     return (
       <Box flexDirection="column" padding={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="cyan">
         <Box justifyContent="space-between" marginBottom={1}>
-          <Text bold color="cyan"> Logs: {selectedResource?.name} [STREAMING] </Text>
+          <Text bold color="cyan"> Logs: {selectedResource?.name} [SNAPSHOT] </Text>
           <Text dimColor>Press [ESC/B] Back</Text>
         </Box>
         <Box borderStyle="single" borderColor="gray" minHeight={15} padding={1} flexDirection="column">
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ export const WatchDashboard: React.FC<WatchDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit }
 
   return (
     <Box flexDirection="column" padding={1} borderStyle="round" borderColor="cyan">
+      {confirmRestart && selectedResource && (
+        <Box borderStyle="round" borderColor="yellow" paddingX={1} marginBottom={1}>
+          <Text color="yellow">Delete/restart {selectedResource.name}? Press Y to confirm or N/Esc to cancel.</Text>
+        </Box>
+      )}
       <Box marginBottom={1} flexDirection={columns < 50 ? 'column' : 'row'} justifyContent="space-between">
         <Box>
           <Text color="cyan" bold> KDM Split-Pane Monitoring Dashboard </Text>