diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/TaffybarConfig/Widgets.hs b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/TaffybarConfig/Widgets.hs
index ce417101..50e70d4d 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/TaffybarConfig/Widgets.hs
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/TaffybarConfig/Widgets.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ where
 
 import Control.Concurrent (threadDelay)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
-import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ask, runReaderT)
 import Data.Char (toLower)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import Data.Ratio ((%))
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ import System.Taffybar.Widget.Util
   )
 import qualified System.Taffybar.Widget.Wlsunset as Wlsunset
 import qualified System.Taffybar.Widget.Workspaces as Workspaces
-import System.Timeout (timeout)
 import TaffybarConfig.AIUsage (aiUsageWidget)
 import TaffybarConfig.Host (laptopHosts)
 import TaffybarConfig.WidgetUtil
@@ -409,19 +407,9 @@ sniTrayWidget = do
             prioritizedCollapsibleSNITrayVisibilityThreshold = Just visibilityThreshold,
             prioritizedCollapsibleSNITrayHoverExpand = True
           }
-      buildSNITray =
-        decorateWithClassAndBoxM
-          "sni-tray"
-          (sniTrayPrioritizedCollapsibleNewFromParams prioritizedParams)
-  context <- ask
-  liftIO $ do
-    maybeTray <- timeout (3 * 1000000) (runReaderT buildSNITray context)
-    case maybeTray of
-      Just tray -> return tray
-      Nothing -> do
-        fallback <- Gtk.boxNew Gtk.OrientationHorizontal 0
-        _ <- widgetSetClassGI fallback "sni-tray-unavailable"
-        Gtk.toWidget fallback
+  decorateWithClassAndBoxM
+    "sni-tray"
+    (sniTrayPrioritizedCollapsibleNewFromParams prioritizedParams)
 
 startWidgetsForBackend :: Backend -> [TaffyIO Gtk.Widget]
 startWidgetsForBackend backend =
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock
index 274bf410..99ae520e 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock
@@ -136,18 +136,14 @@
         "xmonad-contrib": "xmonad-contrib"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1781172310,
-        "narHash": "sha256-mBd3obUUS+ICqL+U2bOanGwaGl2rfbMZdGzAFiqRSaE=",
-        "owner": "taffybar",
-        "repo": "taffybar",
-        "rev": "7beecc89928df669281977e41ceed213c5ede88f",
-        "type": "github"
+        "lastModified": 1783024760,
+        "narHash": "sha256-sNu7UVJ0ExuLPYdJakrDvD1AEqyfbmibMdOGKIwbuiA=",
+        "path": "/srv/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar",
+        "type": "path"
       },
       "original": {
-        "owner": "taffybar",
-        "ref": "anthropic-usage-rate-limit-backoff",
-        "repo": "taffybar",
-        "type": "github"
+        "path": "/srv/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar",
+        "type": "path"
       }
     },
     "weeder-nix": {
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
index cfcc5375..6635c9c0 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 {
   inputs = {
     taffybar = {
-      # Keep the default source usable in CI. Local iteration uses
-      # IMALISON_TAFFYBAR_LIVE_CHECKOUT below via `just switch-local-taffybar`.
-      # Pinned to the rate-limit-backoff PR branch (taffybar/taffybar#681);
-      # revert to master after it merges.
-      url = "github:taffybar/taffybar/anthropic-usage-rate-limit-backoff";
+      # Use the vendored checkout so normal NixOS rebuilds consume the same
+      # taffybar tree used for local development.
+      url = "path:/srv/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar";
       inputs.weeder-nix = {
         url = "github:NorfairKing/weeder-nix";
         inputs.pre-commit-hooks.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
@@ -40,14 +38,7 @@
           config.allowBroken = true;
         };
 
-        # Default to the flake input so normal NixOS rebuilds stay pinned and
-        # reproducible. switch-local-taffybar opts into the live checkout via
-        # IMALISON_TAFFYBAR_LIVE_CHECKOUT when iterating on the vendored stack.
-        liveTaffybarCheckout = builtins.getEnv "IMALISON_TAFFYBAR_LIVE_CHECKOUT";
-        taffybarSourceRoot =
-          if liveTaffybarCheckout != ""
-          then /. + liveTaffybarCheckout
-          else taffybar.outPath;
+        taffybarSourceRoot = taffybar.outPath;
 
         cleanedTaffybarSource = pkgs.lib.cleanSourceWith {
           src = taffybarSourceRoot;
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar
index feab5bf0..f0302a78 160000
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit feab5bf025c51eae47d6ccfb214e2062d2c25578
+Subproject commit f0302a788290651c710a5bba138bd5dd0f89baa9