diff --git a/dashboard/web/components/Dialog.tsx b/dashboard/web/components/Dialog.tsx
index 19872a085f8ec460d5679d1afb73d6f6048ebdb4..9a85165ec68fd75f00182ed224bd83779dbf5cfa 100644
--- a/dashboard/web/components/Dialog.tsx
+++ b/dashboard/web/components/Dialog.tsx
@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ const SHAKE = [0, -8, 8, -8, 8, -8, 8, 0].map((x) => ({ transform: `translateX($
 const reduced = matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)");
 let dialogs = 0;
 
-/**
- * Enter confirms and Esc, the backdrop, and "back" cancel. Confirm starts focused unless the body has an
- * `autofocus` field; the browser checks the body's constraints (`required`, `pattern`…) before `onConfirm` runs.
- */
+/** Destructive confirmations focus back; fields with autofocus take precedence. */
 export const showConfirmDialog = (options: DialogOptions) => open(options);
 
 /** Like showConfirmDialog with a text field; Enter submits once `validateInput` passes. */
@@ -120,10 +117,10 @@ function open(options: DialogOptions, field?: TextDialogOptions) {
           <Show when={options.body}><fieldset disabled={pending()}>{body}</fieldset></Show>
           <Show when={error()}><p class="error" role="alert">{error()}</p></Show>
           <div class="actions">
-            <button type="button" class="button" disabled={pending()} onClick={close}>back<kbd aria-hidden="true">esc</kbd></button>
+            <button type="button" class="button" disabled={pending()} autofocus={options.destructive} onClick={close}>back<kbd aria-hidden="true">esc</kbd></button>
             {/* aria-disabled rather than disabled while pending, so focus stays put for a retry. */}
             <button type="submit" class="button primary" classList={{ danger: options.destructive }}
-              autofocus={!field} disabled={!valid()} aria-disabled={pending()} aria-busy={pending()}>
+              autofocus={!field && !options.destructive} disabled={!valid()} aria-disabled={pending()} aria-busy={pending()}>
               {options.confirmLabel}<kbd aria-hidden="true">enter</kbd>
             </button>
           </div>