diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ForecastWidget.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ForecastWidget.tsx
index ddab05b..ef750a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ForecastWidget.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/ForecastWidget.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 import { useBoundValue } from "./dataContext"
-import { ICON_COLORS, ICONS } from "./icons"
+import { resolveIcon, resolveIconColor } from "./icons"
 import { config } from "./ui/core/config"
 import type { WidgetProps } from "./widgets"
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function ForecastWidget({ widget }: WidgetProps) {
   return (
     <div className="flex min-h-0 items-stretch justify-between gap-2">
       {items.map((item, index) => {
-        const Glyph = ICONS[item.icon ?? ""] ?? null
+        const Glyph = resolveIcon(item.icon ?? "")
         return (
           <div
             // Two steps can carry the same label and reading; position is the
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function ForecastWidget({ widget }: WidgetProps) {
               <Glyph
                 className={cn(
                   "dui-glyph-sm shrink-0",
-                  ICON_COLORS[item.color ?? ""] ?? ICON_COLORS.default,
+                  resolveIconColor(item.color ?? ""),
                 )}
               />
             ) : null}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/IconWidget.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/IconWidget.tsx
index d634251..03822ca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/IconWidget.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/IconWidget.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils"
 import { useBoundValue } from "./dataContext"
-import { ICON_COLORS, ICONS } from "./icons"
+import { resolveIcon, resolveIconColor } from "./icons"
 import { config, text } from "./ui/core/config"
 import type { WidgetProps } from "./widgets"
 
@@ -41,15 +41,19 @@ export function IconWidget({ widget }: WidgetProps) {
     value === null || value === undefined
       ? undefined
       : rules.find((rule) => matches(value, coerce(text(rule.at))))
-  const Glyph = ICONS[matched?.icon ?? text(cfg.icon)] ?? null
+  const Glyph = resolveIcon(matched?.icon ?? text(cfg.icon))
 
-  // Unbound, unmatched, or pointed at a glyph that is not in the map.
+  // Unbound or unmatched — a named-but-unknown glyph resolves to the
+  // placeholder above rather than falling through to here.
   if (!Glyph) return <p className="dui-clock text-muted-foreground">—</p>
 
   return (
     <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-col items-center justify-center gap-1">
       <Glyph
-        className={cn("dui-glyph", ICON_COLORS[matched?.color ?? "default"])}
+        className={cn(
+          "dui-glyph",
+          resolveIconColor(matched?.color ?? "default"),
+        )}
         // State is never carried by colour alone.
         aria-label={matched?.label || text(value, "—")}
         data-testid="icon-glyph"
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/icons.ts b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/icons.ts
index 3bc7edb..1d3d714 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/icons.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/icons.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Bed,
   Check,
   CircleCheck,
+  CircleHelp,
   CloudDrizzle,
   CloudFog,
   CloudLightning,
@@ -81,6 +82,24 @@ export const ICONS: Record<string, LucideIcon> = {
 
 export const ICON_NAMES = Object.keys(ICONS)
 
+/**
+ * A tile's glyph, or the neutral placeholder for a name nothing maps to.
+ *
+ * A flow author names an icon by guess as often as by picking one from the
+ * panel, so a name outside {@link ICONS} is a typo, not "no icon" — unlike an
+ * empty name, which stays undrawn rather than warning. The warning is what
+ * makes the typo findable; the placeholder is what makes it visible.
+ */
+export function resolveIcon(name: string): LucideIcon | null {
+  if (!name) return null
+  const icon = ICONS[name]
+  if (icon) return icon
+  warnOnce(
+    `Dashboard: unknown icon "${name}", expected one of: ${ICON_NAMES.join(", ")}`,
+  )
+  return CircleHelp
+}
+
 /**
  * What an icon may be tinted, by name.
  *
@@ -94,3 +113,28 @@ export const ICON_COLORS: Record<string, string> = {
   success: "text-status-success",
   danger: "text-destructive",
 }
+
+/** A tile's tint, or the widget's own default for a name nothing maps to. */
+export function resolveIconColor(name: string): string {
+  const color = ICON_COLORS[name]
+  if (color) return color
+  if (name) {
+    warnOnce(
+      `Dashboard: unknown icon color "${name}", expected one of: ${Object.keys(ICON_COLORS).join(", ")}`,
+    )
+  }
+  return ICON_COLORS.default
+}
+
+/**
+ * Both lookups sit in a render, and a bound widget renders as often as its
+ * value arrives — so a typo would otherwise be a warning a second, for as long
+ * as the panel is open.
+ */
+const warned = new Set<string>()
+
+function warnOnce(message: string) {
+  if (warned.has(message)) return
+  warned.add(message)
+  console.warn(message)
+}