diff --git a/frontend/src/components/PluginAssetPanels.vue b/frontend/src/components/PluginAssetPanels.vue
index f8e4d3ea..d5b8ab92 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/PluginAssetPanels.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/PluginAssetPanels.vue
@@ -31,8 +31,25 @@
 
       <!-- list: items each with a title, optional status badge, meta lines -->
       <div v-if="panel.render === 'list'" class="pap-list">
-        <template v-if="rows(panel).length">
-          <div v-for="(item, index) in rows(panel)" :key="index" class="pap-item">
+        <!-- Filter chips for any list panel that shows a health dot. Client
+             side over rows already fetched, so the counts cannot disagree with
+             what is on screen. -->
+        <div v-if="facets(panel).length > 1" class="pap-facets">
+          <button
+            v-for="facet in facets(panel)"
+            :key="facet.value"
+            type="button"
+            class="pap-facet"
+            :class="{ on: isFacetOn(panel, facet.value) }"
+            @click="toggleFacet(panel, facet.value)"
+          >{{ facet.label }} <span class="pap-facet-count">{{ facet.count }}</span></button>
+          <button v-if="facetSelection[panel.id] && facetSelection[panel.id].length"
+                  type="button" class="pap-facet pap-facet-clear"
+                  @click="facetSelection[panel.id] = []">Clear</button>
+        </div>
+
+        <template v-if="visibleRows(panel).length">
+          <div v-for="(item, index) in visibleRows(panel)" :key="index" class="pap-item">
             <div class="pap-item-top">
               <span class="pap-title">{{ mapTitle(panel, item) }}</span>
               <span v-if="mapBadge(panel, item)" class="status-badge"
@@ -59,6 +76,9 @@
             {{ actionError[panel.id] }}
           </div>
         </template>
+        <div v-else-if="rows(panel).length" class="pap-empty">
+          Nothing matches that filter. {{ rows(panel).length }} row(s) hidden.
+        </div>
         <div v-else class="pap-empty">
           <span class="muted">{{ panel.empty || 'Nothing to show.' }}</span>
           <router-link v-if="panel.manage" :to="manageLink(panel, assetid)" class="pap-manage">
@@ -135,9 +155,32 @@ import { colorStyle } from '@/utils/colorStyle'
 import {
   toApiPath, rows, panelVisible, mapTitle, mapBadge, mapMeta, manageLink,
   keyvalueFields, tableColumns, cell, badges, tabSections, rollupStatus,
-  rowAction,
+  rowAction, facets, facetedRows,
 } from './pluginAssetPanels'
 
+// Which filter chips are active, per panel id. Deliberately NOT reset when the
+// data refreshes: a viewer who filtered to criticals and then hit refresh means
+// to still be looking at criticals.
+const facetSelection = ref({})
+
+function isFacetOn(panel, value) {
+  return (facetSelection.value[panel.id] || []).includes(value)
+}
+
+function toggleFacet(panel, value) {
+  const current = facetSelection.value[panel.id] || []
+  facetSelection.value = {
+    ...facetSelection.value,
+    [panel.id]: current.includes(value)
+      ? current.filter((v) => v !== value)
+      : [...current, value],
+  }
+}
+
+function visibleRows(panel) {
+  return facetedRows(panel, facetSelection.value[panel.id])
+}
+
 const props = defineProps({
   assetid: { type: [Number, String], default: null },
 })
@@ -302,6 +345,33 @@ defineExpose({ refresh: load })
 .status-badge { padding: 0.15rem 0.6rem; border-radius: 12px; font-size: 0.75rem; font-weight: 600; }
 .pap-meta { margin-top: 0.35rem; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.75rem; font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--text-light); }
 .pap-empty { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.6rem; }
+
+.pap-facets {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
+}
+
+.pap-facet {
+  font: inherit;
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  line-height: 1.6;
+  padding: 0.05rem 0.5rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  background: transparent;
+  color: var(--text-light);
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.pap-facet:hover { border-color: var(--primary); }
+.pap-facet.on { border-color: var(--primary); color: var(--primary); }
+.pap-facet-clear { border-style: dashed; }
+
+/* The count is the point: a red dot over a list of info rows is confusing
+   until the chip says "Critical 2" and one click shows them. */
+.pap-facet-count { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; opacity: 0.75; }
 .pap-manage { font-size: 0.82rem; }
 /* Two aligned columns rather than space-between: a ragged right edge is hard
    to scan once a panel carries more than a handful of rows, and a long value
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.js b/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.js
index 28fa9c52..310e2485 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.js
@@ -45,6 +45,73 @@ export function rows(panel) {
   return list
 }
 
+// Optional in-card filter chips. A list panel declares facets: {key, order,
+// labels} and the renderer offers one chip per distinct value of that key,
+// with a count. Filtering is client-side over rows the panel already fetched -
+// no extra request, and the counts stay honest because they are computed from
+// the same array.
+//
+// Declared rather than hardcoded because the reason it exists is generic: the
+// activity feed mixes info, warning and critical, and somebody triaging wants
+// the criticals alone. Any list panel with a category column has that problem.
+// Colour names carry no meaning to a reader. A panel keyed on statecolor
+// (green/yellow/red) is labelled by the LEVEL those map to, while one keyed on
+// a word (info/warning/critical) is labelled by the word itself.
+const COLOUR_VALUES = ['green', 'yellow', 'red', 'grey', 'gray', 'blue']
+const LEVEL_ORDER = ['critical', 'warning', 'ok', 'unknown']
+
+// A panel that shows a health dot has already declared what it is dotting on.
+// Reuse that instead of asking every panel to declare filters a second time:
+// any card with a status rollup gets chips, and the two cannot disagree.
+function facetSpec(panel) {
+  if (panel.facets && panel.facets.key) return panel.facets
+  const status = panel.status
+  if (!status || !status.key) return null
+  const levels = status.levels || {}
+  const order = Object.keys(levels).sort(
+    (a, b) => LEVEL_ORDER.indexOf(levels[a]) - LEVEL_ORDER.indexOf(levels[b])
+  )
+  const labels = {}
+  Object.keys(levels).forEach((value) => {
+    labels[value] = COLOUR_VALUES.includes(String(value).toLowerCase())
+      ? humanize(levels[value])
+      : humanize(value)
+  })
+  return { key: status.key, order, labels }
+}
+
+export function facets(panel) {
+  const spec = facetSpec(panel)
+  if (!spec || !spec.key) return []
+  const all = rows(panel)
+  const counts = new Map()
+  all.forEach((item) => {
+    const value = item[spec.key]
+    if (value === null || value === undefined || value === '') return
+    const key = String(value)
+    counts.set(key, (counts.get(key) || 0) + 1)
+  })
+  // Declared order first, so severity reads critical-warning-info rather than
+  // alphabetically; anything unexpected in the data still gets a chip.
+  const declared = (spec.order || []).filter((value) => counts.has(value))
+  const extra = [...counts.keys()].filter((value) => !declared.includes(value)).sort()
+  return [...declared, ...extra].map((value) => ({
+    value,
+    label: (spec.labels && spec.labels[value]) || humanize(value),
+    count: counts.get(value)
+  }))
+}
+
+// rows() after the viewer's chip selection. An empty selection means "no filter
+// applied", NOT "hide everything": a card that vanished when you deselected the
+// last chip would read as broken.
+export function facetedRows(panel, selected) {
+  const all = rows(panel)
+  const spec = facetSpec(panel)
+  if (!spec || !spec.key || !selected || !selected.length) return all
+  return all.filter((item) => selected.includes(String(item[spec.key])))
+}
+
 export function mapTitle(panel, item) {
   const key = panel.map && panel.map.title
   return key ? item[key] : ''
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.spec.js b/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.spec.js
index 184bbe42..5ef5b255 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/pluginAssetPanels.spec.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
 import {
   toApiPath, subst, rows, mapTitle, mapBadge, mapMeta, manageLink,
   keyvalueFields, tableColumns, badges, panelVisible, tabSections, rollupStatus,
-  rowAction,
+  rowAction, facets, facetedRows,
 } from './pluginAssetPanels'
 
 const warrantyPanel = {
@@ -228,3 +228,68 @@ describe('rowAction (inline MTConnect toggle)', () => {
     expect(info.toggleLabel).toBe('Start')
   })
 })
+
+describe('facet chips on a card that shows a health dot', () => {
+  // The case that prompted this: the Activity card shows a RED dot because a
+  // critical event is in the data, while the visible rows are all info because
+  // the critical is older and sits further down. The dot and the list appear to
+  // disagree. Chips resolve it: the count sits under the dot, and one click
+  // brings the critical rows to the surface.
+  const activity = {
+    id: 'endpoints-activity',
+    render: 'list',
+    status: {
+      key: 'severity',
+      levels: { info: 'ok', warning: 'warning', critical: 'critical' },
+    },
+    _data: [
+      { title: 'Successful logon', severity: 'info' },
+      { title: 'Successful logon', severity: 'info' },
+      { title: 'Scheduled task created', severity: 'warning' },
+      { title: 'Unexpected shutdown', severity: 'critical' },
+    ],
+  }
+
+  it('derives chips from the status declaration, so no panel declares filters twice', () => {
+    const chips = facets(activity)
+    expect(chips.map((c) => c.value)).toEqual(['critical', 'warning', 'info'])
+  })
+
+  it('orders worst first rather than alphabetically', () => {
+    expect(facets(activity)[0].value).toBe('critical')
+  })
+
+  it('counts from the same rows the dot is computed from, so they cannot disagree', () => {
+    const chips = facets(activity)
+    expect(chips.find((c) => c.value === 'critical').count).toBe(1)
+    expect(chips.find((c) => c.value === 'info').count).toBe(2)
+    expect(rollupStatus(activity).level).toBe('critical')
+  })
+
+  it('labels a colour-keyed panel by its level, not by the colour name', () => {
+    const services = {
+      id: 'svc',
+      render: 'list',
+      status: { key: 'statecolor', levels: { green: 'ok', red: 'critical' } },
+      _data: [{ statecolor: 'green' }, { statecolor: 'red' }],
+    }
+    const labels = facets(services).map((c) => c.label)
+    expect(labels).toContain('Critical')
+    expect(labels).not.toContain('Red')
+  })
+
+  it('shows everything when nothing is selected, rather than hiding the card', () => {
+    expect(facetedRows(activity, []).length).toBe(4)
+    expect(facetedRows(activity, undefined).length).toBe(4)
+  })
+
+  it('filters to the selected severities, and allows more than one', () => {
+    expect(facetedRows(activity, ['critical']).map((r) => r.title))
+      .toEqual(['Unexpected shutdown'])
+    expect(facetedRows(activity, ['critical', 'warning']).length).toBe(2)
+  })
+
+  it('offers no chips for a panel with no status rollup', () => {
+    expect(facets({ id: 'x', render: 'list', _data: [{ a: 1 }] })).toEqual([])
+  })
+})