diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
index 5661ed53..2c9c8a18 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/__manifest__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # License OPL-1 (Odoo Proprietary License v1.0)
 {
     'name': 'Fusion Plating — Native Jobs',
-    'version': '19.0.8.18.1',
+    'version': '19.0.8.18.2',
     'category': 'Manufacturing/Plating',
     'summary': 'Native plating job model — replaces mrp.production / mrp.workorder bridge.',
     'author': 'Nexa Systems Inc.',
diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py
index 4523b25e..8e2cb053 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_jobs/models/fp_job_workflow_state.py
@@ -139,10 +139,11 @@ class FpJobWorkflowState(models.Model):
          'Workflow state code must be unique.'),
     ]
 
-    @api.depends('name', 'code')
-    def _compute_display_name(self):
-        for s in self:
-            s.display_name = '%s [%s]' % (s.name or '', s.code or '')
+    # NOTE: no display_name override on purpose. Earlier draft computed
+    # "Name [code]" so admin pages could disambiguate at a glance, but
+    # that string bled into the operator status bar (every pill rendered
+    # as "Received [received]"). The admin list view shows code as its
+    # own column, so we don't need it baked into display_name.
 
     # ---- Trigger evaluation --------------------------------------------------