diff --git a/apps/machine/electron/main.ts b/apps/machine/electron/main.ts
index 0331392..f74d534 100644
--- a/apps/machine/electron/main.ts
+++ b/apps/machine/electron/main.ts
@@ -841,6 +841,11 @@ function startCommandPoller(): void {
           error: result.error,
         })
 
+        // This dispense happened entirely in the main process, so the renderer
+        // has no idea the bays moved — it would keep serving a stale inventory
+        // and would never republish the operator's view. Tell it.
+        mainWindow?.webContents.send('cassettes:changed')
+
         // Only remediate the original tx if ALL requested bills were dispensed
         let refRemediated = false
         if (parsed.ref_txid && result.dispensed) {
diff --git a/apps/machine/electron/preload.ts b/apps/machine/electron/preload.ts
index df4ba0b..78b0e13 100644
--- a/apps/machine/electron/preload.ts
+++ b/apps/machine/electron/preload.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,13 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
   // Bolt Card reader (main process → renderer). removeAllListeners first: a
   // renderer reload re-runs this, and a duplicated card-tap listener would
   // trigger the LNURL-withdraw twice.
+  // The main process changed the cassettes table (an operator-command dispense,
+  // boot seeding). The renderer reloads its inventory and republishes state.
+  onCassettesChanged: (callback: () => void) => {
+    ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('cassettes:changed')
+    ipcRenderer.on('cassettes:changed', () => callback())
+  },
+
   onNfcCardTapped: (callback: (lnurlw: string) => void) => {
     ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('nfc:card-tapped')
     ipcRenderer.on('nfc:card-tapped', (_event, lnurlw) => callback(lnurlw))
diff --git a/apps/machine/src/stores/atm.ts b/apps/machine/src/stores/atm.ts
index 8751861..ec8b41e 100644
--- a/apps/machine/src/stores/atm.ts
+++ b/apps/machine/src/stores/atm.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ async function handleManagementCommand(
   request: ManagementRequest,
   dispenseFn: (amounts: { denomination: number; count: number }[]) => Promise<any>,
   machineIdle: boolean,
-  currency: string
+  currency: string,
+  /**
+   * Called once the dispense has been persisted. Bills left the bays whether or
+   * not the dispense completed, so the caller refreshes its inventory and
+   * republishes the operator's view — this path used to do neither.
+   */
+  onCassettesChanged?: () => Promise<void>
 ): Promise<ManagementResponse | null> {
   if (!isMachineDispenseRequest(request)) return null
 
@@ -130,6 +136,7 @@ async function handleManagementCommand(
       cassettes: result.cassettes,
       error: result.error,
     })
+    await onCassettesChanged?.()
 
     // Only remediate the original tx if ALL requested bills were dispensed
     let refRemediated = false
@@ -450,6 +457,16 @@ export const useAtmStore = defineStore('atm', () => {
    */
   const persistedInventory = ref<Record<number, number>>({})
 
+  /**
+   * The bays moved outside the normal cash-out flow — an operator-command
+   * dispense, a main-process seed. Refresh the renderer's view and push the
+   * operator's. Best-effort: a publish failure must not fail the dispense.
+   */
+  async function refreshAndPublishCassettes() {
+    await reloadPersistedInventory()
+    await operatorConfigSvc?.publishCassettesState()
+  }
+
   async function reloadPersistedInventory() {
     const inv = await loadInventoryFromDb()
     // Only a failed read is ignored. An empty map used to be skipped too,
@@ -709,6 +726,7 @@ export const useAtmStore = defineStore('atm', () => {
     // Start the machine
     actor.value.start()
     setupNfcListener()
+    setupCassettesChangedListener()
     console.log('[ATM] State machine initialized')
   }
 
@@ -922,6 +940,21 @@ export const useAtmStore = defineStore('atm', () => {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The main process can move the bays without the renderer knowing — an
+   * operator-command dispense runs entirely there, and boot seeding writes the
+   * table before the store exists. Listen for that and catch up, otherwise the
+   * renderer serves a stale inventory and the operator's view never updates.
+   * Idempotent via preload removeAllListeners.
+   */
+  function setupCassettesChangedListener() {
+    if (!isElectron || !window.electronAPI?.onCassettesChanged) return
+    window.electronAPI.onCassettesChanged(() => {
+      console.log('[ATM] Cassettes changed in the main process — refreshing')
+      void refreshAndPublishCassettes()
+    })
+  }
+
   /** Wire the main-process reader once (idempotent via preload removeAllListeners). */
   function setupNfcListener() {
     if (!isElectron || !window.electronAPI?.onNfcCardTapped) return
@@ -1319,7 +1352,8 @@ export const useAtmStore = defineStore('atm', () => {
           request,
           (amounts) => hal.atmServices.dispenseCash(amounts),
           isIdle.value,
-          fiatCode.value
+          fiatCode.value,
+          refreshAndPublishCassettes
         )
       })
 
@@ -1651,7 +1685,8 @@ export const useAtmStore = defineStore('atm', () => {
           request,
           (amounts) => api.halDispense(amounts),
           isIdle.value,
-          fiatCode.value
+          fiatCode.value,
+          refreshAndPublishCassettes
         )
       })
 
diff --git a/apps/machine/src/types/electron.d.ts b/apps/machine/src/types/electron.d.ts
index 1ab609c..20e0e6a 100644
--- a/apps/machine/src/types/electron.d.ts
+++ b/apps/machine/src/types/electron.d.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ declare global {
       onHalBillInserted: (callback: (denomination: number) => void) => void
       onHalBillRejected: (callback: (reason: string) => void) => void
       onHalError: (callback: (error: string) => void) => void
+      /** The main process mutated the cassettes table; reload + republish. */
+      onCassettesChanged: (callback: () => void) => void
       /** Bolt Card reader: a tapped card's lnurlw voucher. */
       onNfcCardTapped: (callback: (lnurlw: string) => void) => void
       /** Bolt Card reader status (ready / reading / error / unavailable). */