diff --git a/Controls/TopBar.xaml b/Controls/TopBar.xaml
index 63512b9..1db99db 100644
--- a/Controls/TopBar.xaml
+++ b/Controls/TopBar.xaml
@@ -118,11 +118,9 @@
                       Stretch="Uniform" Fill="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurface}"
                       HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
             </Button>
-            <!-- THE OUTPUT STAGE (creator ruling 2026-11-12): which single output, and the one action
-                 that starts it. Appears only in the Record / Go Live world and only while nothing is
-                 running — a live session cannot change its output. YouTube and Local MP4 are one axis,
-                 so the two switches are radio-exclusive in the view model, not by luck here. -->
-            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"
+            <!-- THE OUTPUT LINE (creator ruling 2026-11-12): which single output. Nothing else
+                 belongs in it — the action is not part of this row. -->
+            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                         Visibility="{Binding ShowOutputStage, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}">
                 <TextBlock Text="Output" FontSize="12" FontWeight="Bold" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                            Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurfaceVariant}" Margin="0,0,8,0"/>
@@ -154,30 +152,6 @@
                 </Border>
                 <TextBlock Text="One output at a time" FontSize="11" VerticalAlignment="Center"
                            Foreground="{StaticResource Brush.OnSurfaceVariant}" Margin="8,0,0,0"/>
-                <!-- The action follows the armed output (creator ruling 2026-11-12).
-                     MP4: one button. YouTube: the test run AND the real one, side by side — Test is
-                     something the creator asks for now, not something inferred from EDIT — with
-                     Review & Go Live carrying the primary face because it is the default ask. -->
-                <Button Content="Start Recording" Style="{StaticResource YtButton}"
-                        Height="32" Margin="10,0,0,0" Command="{Binding StartRecordingCommand}"
-                        Visibility="{Binding ShowStartRecordingAction, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}"/>
-                <Button Content="Private Test Stream" Style="{StaticResource YtButtonSecondary}"
-                        Height="32" Margin="10,0,0,0" Command="{Binding TestStreamCommand}"
-                        Visibility="{Binding ShowYouTubeStartActions, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}"/>
-                <Button Content="Review &amp; Go Live" Style="{StaticResource YtButton}"
-                        Height="32" Margin="8,0,0,0" Command="{Binding GoLiveCommand}"
-                        Visibility="{Binding ShowYouTubeStartActions, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}"/>
-                <!-- TASK 32·3: the drop ended this broadcast. YouTube cannot resume a completed one, so
-                     the only honest action is a new broadcast — one click, saved details, and the title
-                     says it is a resume so the channel shows what happened. -->
-                <Button x:Name="BackOnAirButton" Content="{Binding BackOnAirLabel}"
-                        Style="{StaticResource YtButton}" Height="32" Margin="10,0,0,0"
-                        Background="{StaticResource Brush.Primary}"
-                        Command="{Binding BackOnAirCommand}"
-                        ToolTip="Start a new broadcast from your saved details — this begins a new video"
-                        Visibility="{Binding IsOffAirAfterDrop, Converter={StaticResource BoolToVis}}"/>
-                <!-- No separate TEST button (creator ruling 2026-10-30): EDIT decides whether
-                     the ON-AIR start is the real livestream or the test one. -->
             </StackPanel>
 
             <!-- RUNNING: one reality line (dot + word + elapsed) and the stop -->
diff --git a/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs b/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs
index ec8c84b..4769099 100644
--- a/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs
+++ b/ytLive.Tests/UiShellTests.cs
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ public class UiShellTests
         Assert.Contains("IsChecked=\"{Binding OnAirPillOn}\"", topBar);
         Assert.Contains("IsChecked=\"{Binding RecordPillOn}\"", topBar);
 
-        // 2d. The action follows the armed output, and Test is an explicit ask again.
-        Assert.Contains("Content=\"Start Recording\"", topBar);
-        Assert.Contains("Content=\"Private Test Stream\"", topBar);
-        Assert.Contains("Content=\"Review &amp; Go Live\"", topBar);
+        // 2d. The bar carries NO action button: the output line is the bar's whole middle
+        //     (creator ruling 2026-11-12 — the action is placed elsewhere, on instruction).
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Content=\"Start Recording\"", topBar);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Content=\"Private Test Stream\"", topBar);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("Content=\"Review &amp; Go Live\"", topBar);
 
         // 3. Active scene = orange; live stays red.
         Assert.Contains("IsStaged}\" Value=\"True\">\n                                        <Setter Property=\"BorderBrush\" Value=\"{StaticResource Brush.Attention}\"/>", strip);