diff --git a/ui/package-lock.json b/ui/package-lock.json
index e541018..1233c83 100644
--- a/ui/package-lock.json
+++ b/ui/package-lock.json
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
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       "version": "5.4.0",
       "resolved": "file:vendor/perspective-dev-client-5.4.0.tgz",
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       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@perspective-dev/server": "^5.4.0",
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
     "node_modules/@perspective-dev/viewer": {
       "version": "5.4.0",
       "resolved": "file:vendor/perspective-dev-viewer-5.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dioznGFDoR2fx+0JBdg4SP/WWUxcCeZ9XrKuUiYOgJaXYadegESS0yr1rhMbMNJlG9IQzBCi/WFOvKKzcxkJJA==",
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       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@perspective-dev/client": "^5.4.0",
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
     "node_modules/@perspective-dev/viewer-datagrid": {
       "version": "5.4.0",
       "resolved": "file:vendor/perspective-dev-viewer-datagrid-5.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-J5UL8GNqi5rrmeiOpyGanosSTxRi2bwHNxEHode/DMRP55FEMt+gMVqkC/LfuINi1b0TKVtJQCP+UN8MlnGgpw==",
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       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@perspective-dev/client": "^5.4.0",
diff --git a/ui/vendor/PROVENANCE.txt b/ui/vendor/PROVENANCE.txt
index 11a6a63..2976f05 100644
--- a/ui/vendor/PROVENANCE.txt
+++ b/ui/vendor/PROVENANCE.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Built from https://github.com/fleetside72/perspective
   branch  expand-blank-tree-nodes
-  commit  40266dc6ec4d83895483124386f0c79938d639ca
+  commit  751dcfe136c6455e3cd02a7b75a6df79cbe8e064
   based on unknown
-  built   2026-09-22T04:06:28Z on usmidsap02
+  built   2026-09-22T04:18:51Z on usmidsap02
   dirty   0 uncommitted file(s) in the source tree at build time
 
 Regenerate with ui/vendor/rebuild-perspective.sh
diff --git a/ui/vendor/README.md b/ui/vendor/README.md
index 7cc2872..587b3fc 100644
--- a/ui/vendor/README.md
+++ b/ui/vendor/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ following row. Flat rollup (`group_rollup_mode: 'flat'`) writes each level into
 its own cell with no padding, so there is nothing structural to test there and
 it keeps the text test.
 
+The class was only half of it. `tbody th:empty { pointer-events: none }` in
+`regular_table.css` makes the padding cells inert, and a blank label cell is
+`:empty` as well — a `::before` caret is not content — so the fixed node drew
+its `+`, then ignored the click and would not even take the hover. The rule now
+excludes the tree classes, which is the distinction it was reaching for: a
+padding cell never carries one.
+
+`row-hover.css` uses `:empty` the same way in six border selectors. Those are a
+hover tint and are left alone; a row whose first level is blank loses a border
+highlight, and nothing else.
+
 Separate from the data question: null and `''` group as two distinct rows that
 look identical, so a `COALESCE(NULLIF(col,''), '(none)')` at load time is still
 worth doing on its own merits.
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