diff --git a/src/projected_grpo/train.py b/src/projected_grpo/train.py
index 52f4c0c..add0162 100644
--- a/src/projected_grpo/train.py
+++ b/src/projected_grpo/train.py
@@ -1651,16 +1651,11 @@ def main(cfg: Config) -> int:
             opt.zero_grad(set_to_none=True)  # extract leaves .grad populated
             if _was_training:
                 model.train()
-            refr = f"route2:{cfg.route2_mask}"
-            # Announce it -- the route2 refresh was previously silent (only the
-            # v_hack path logged "refresh@step"), so it looked like the mask never
-            # refreshed. NOTE: this fires AFTER opt.step(), so if the model is
-            # already diverging the re-extracted direction is extracted on a broken
-            # model -- watch lp_t / ppl_t around the refresh step.
-            _ov_str = f", basis_overlap_with_prev={_act_overlap:.3f}" if cfg.route2_mask == "act" else ""
-            logger.info(f"route2 {cfg.route2_mask}-mask refreshed@step{step} "
-                        f"({len(wrappers)} modules, quarantine ablated during extract{_ov_str})  "
-                        f"SHOULD: overlap ~1 => stable hack subspace; low => v_act chasing a drifting target")
+            # No verbose per-refresh log line (it was noise). The compact `refr`
+            # column marks the refresh and, for act, carries the basis-overlap
+            # (mean |cos| old-vs-new v_act): ~1 = stable subspace, low = chasing a
+            # drifting target. grad-mask has no cheap overlap -> bare marker.
+            refr = f"{_act_overlap:.2f}" if cfg.route2_mask == "act" else "rfr"
         if v_hack is not None and do_refresh:
             from .extract_vhack_grad import extract_v_hack
             if cfg.vhack_pairs_path is not None: