diff --git a/charts/nudgebee-agent/values.yaml b/charts/nudgebee-agent/values.yaml
index bbf14b10..e3beaa5d 100644
--- a/charts/nudgebee-agent/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/nudgebee-agent/values.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ runnerServiceAccount:
 runner:
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/nudgebee/nudgebee-agent
-    tag: 2026-08-12T06-01-54_7ec58f7701909a3ce172ad2a9235f8b15255e363
+    tag: 2026-08-12T08-10-04_e13ce92bc8c238e883d050b1276c6128b2c8fb44
   # Image template the pod_profiler action launches debugger pods from.
   # The agent substitutes `{}` for the variant (bpf, jvm, python, perf, ruby).
   # Surfaces as PROFILER_IMAGE; leave empty to fall back to the binary default.
diff --git a/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces.go b/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces.go
index 278aa486..739c62e4 100644
--- a/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces.go
+++ b/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces.go
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ func buildTracesPayload(ctx context.Context, ch *clickhouse.Client, params map[s
 		"data": []map[string]any{},
 	}
 	if ch == nil {
-		// The legacy get_application_traces would raise on the run_query call
-		// if CH were down; we surface the same `error` field so the caller
-		// can show it in the UI.
-		out["error"] = "clickhouse: not configured"
+		// ClickHouse isn't configured on this agent. Return an empty—but
+		// successful—traces payload (no `error` key) so the backend traces
+		// parser renders "no traces" instead of surfacing a hard error to
+		// the user. Matches the legacy nudgebee_actions.get_application_traces,
+		// which returns an empty result when the trace store is absent.
 		return out
 	}
 
diff --git a/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces_test.go b/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces_test.go
index 166ac73f..34fab0c0 100644
--- a/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces_test.go
+++ b/runner/pkg/enrichers/api_traces_test.go
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // TestApiTraces_NoClickHouseReturnsEmpty covers the "CH not configured"
-// path. The legacy get_application_traces would crash on the run_query
-// call in that case; we surface a clean empty Finding with `error` set
-// so the api-server caller can render the empty state.
+// path. We return a clean, successful empty Finding with NO `error` key,
+// so the backend traces parser renders "no traces" rather than surfacing
+// a hard error. Matches the legacy get_application_traces empty-result
+// behavior when the trace store is absent.
 func TestApiTraces_NoClickHouseReturnsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	a := NewAPITracesEnricher(nil, "acc-1")
 	resp, err := a.Handler()(context.Background(), map[string]any{
@@ -35,8 +36,8 @@ func TestApiTraces_NoClickHouseReturnsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	if rows := body["data"].([]any); len(rows) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("data = %v; want []", rows)
 	}
-	if body["error"] != "clickhouse: not configured" {
-		t.Errorf("error = %v", body["error"])
+	if _, hasErr := body["error"]; hasErr {
+		t.Errorf("expected no error key when CH unconfigured; got error = %v", body["error"])
 	}
 }