diff --git a/crates/lantern-tui/src/bus_diagnostics_render.rs b/crates/lantern-tui/src/bus_diagnostics_render.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec9c333d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lantern-tui/src/bus_diagnostics_render.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+use lantern_app::{ApplicationView, MonitoringDiagnosticsView};
+use ratatui::text::Line;
+
+/// Presentation-only Bus Diagnostics view.
+///
+/// All values originate in the immutable monitoring snapshot exposed through `ApplicationView`.
+/// This renderer has no transport handle and cannot issue Modbus requests.
+pub(crate) fn bus_diagnostics_lines(view: &ApplicationView) -> Vec<Line<'static>> {
+    if view.active_session().is_none() {
+        return vec![
+            Line::from("Verified session required."),
+            Line::from(
+                "Bus diagnostics reads immutable application snapshots and issues no Modbus requests.",
+            ),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    let monitoring = view.monitoring();
+    let mut lines = vec![
+        Line::from(format!(
+            "session={} profile={} connectivity={:?}",
+            view.active_session()
+                .map_or_else(|| "—".to_owned(), |id| id.get().to_string()),
+            view.session().verified_profile_id().unwrap_or("—"),
+            view.session().phase(),
+        )),
+        Line::from(
+            "Immutable diagnostics snapshot only; opening this screen creates no bus traffic.",
+        ),
+        Line::from(""),
+    ];
+
+    lines.extend(
+        diagnostics_text(monitoring.diagnostics)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(Line::from),
+    );
+    if let Some(error) = &monitoring.error {
+        lines.push(Line::from(""));
+        lines.push(Line::from(format!("MONITORING ERROR: {error}")));
+    }
+    lines
+}
+
+fn diagnostics_text(diagnostics: MonitoringDiagnosticsView) -> Vec<String> {
+    vec![
+        "RTU / transport".to_owned(),
+        format!(
+            "  round-trip-p95={} bus-utilization={}",
+            format_micros(diagnostics.round_trip_p95_micros),
+            format_ppm(diagnostics.bus_utilization_ppm),
+        ),
+        format!(
+            "  timeout-events={} queue-full={}",
+            diagnostics.timeout_events, diagnostics.queue_full,
+        ),
+        "Polling".to_owned(),
+        format!(
+            "  plan-utilization={} deadline-skips={} result-drops={}",
+            format_ppm(diagnostics.plan_utilization_ppm),
+            diagnostics.poll_deadlines_skipped,
+            diagnostics.poll_results_dropped,
+        ),
+        "Bounded consumer queues".to_owned(),
+        format!(
+            "  csv-drops={} fault-drops={} diagnostics-drops={}",
+            diagnostics.csv_drops, diagnostics.fault_drops, diagnostics.diagnostics_drops,
+        ),
+    ]
+}
+
+fn format_micros(value: Option<u64>) -> String {
+    value.map_or_else(|| "—".to_owned(), |value| format!("{value}µs"))
+}
+
+fn format_ppm(ppm: u32) -> String {
+    let whole = ppm / 10_000;
+    let tenth = (ppm % 10_000) / 1_000;
+    format!("{whole}.{tenth}%")
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use lantern_app::MonitoringDiagnosticsView;
+
+    use super::diagnostics_text;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn diagnostics_text_projects_existing_snapshot_without_transport_state() {
+        let text = diagnostics_text(MonitoringDiagnosticsView {
+            round_trip_p95_micros: Some(875),
+            plan_utilization_ppm: 321_000,
+            bus_utilization_ppm: 456_000,
+            timeout_events: 7,
+            queue_full: 2,
+            poll_deadlines_skipped: 3,
+            poll_results_dropped: 4,
+            csv_drops: 5,
+            fault_drops: 6,
+            diagnostics_drops: 7,
+        })
+        .join("\n");
+
+        assert!(text.contains("round-trip-p95=875µs bus-utilization=45.6%"));
+        assert!(text.contains("timeout-events=7 queue-full=2"));
+        assert!(text.contains("plan-utilization=32.1% deadline-skips=3 result-drops=4"));
+        assert!(text.contains("csv-drops=5 fault-drops=6 diagnostics-drops=7"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn diagnostics_text_keeps_missing_latency_explicit() {
+        let text = diagnostics_text(MonitoringDiagnosticsView::default()).join("\n");
+        assert!(text.contains("round-trip-p95=—"));
+        assert!(text.contains("bus-utilization=0.0%"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/lantern-tui/src/lib.rs b/crates/lantern-tui/src/lib.rs
index 47e09d44..1b3e5d5c 100644
--- a/crates/lantern-tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/lantern-tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 
 mod backup_render;
+mod bus_diagnostics_render;
 mod fault_keymap;
 mod fault_render;
 mod fault_state;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ use ratatui::{
 
 use crate::{
     backup_render::backup_lines,
+    bus_diagnostics_render::bus_diagnostics_lines,
     screens::render_screen,
     widgets::{render_footer, render_header, render_modal, render_navigation, render_too_small},
 };
@@ -69,9 +71,14 @@ pub fn render(frame: &mut Frame<'_>, view: &ApplicationView, ui: &UiState, theme
 
     render_header(frame, header, view, theme);
     render_navigation(frame, navigation, ui, theme);
-    if ui.screen == Screen::Backup {
+    let custom_lines = match ui.screen {
+        Screen::Backup => Some(backup_lines(view, ui)),
+        Screen::BusDiagnostics => Some(bus_diagnostics_lines(view)),
+        _ => None,
+    };
+    if let Some(lines) = custom_lines {
         let scroll = u16::try_from(ui.scroll_offset).unwrap_or(u16::MAX);
-        let paragraph = Paragraph::new(Text::from(backup_lines(view, ui)))
+        let paragraph = Paragraph::new(Text::from(lines))
             .block(Block::bordered().title(format!(" {} ", ui.screen.title())))
             .wrap(Wrap { trim: false })
             .scroll((scroll, 0))
@@ -152,6 +159,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(!text.contains("presentation boundary is ready"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn bus_diagnostics_screen_is_not_a_placeholder() {
+        let backend = TestBackend::new(120, 32);
+        let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).expect("test terminal");
+        let view = ApplicationView::default();
+        let ui = UiState {
+            screen: Screen::BusDiagnostics,
+            ..UiState::default()
+        };
+        terminal
+            .draw(|frame| render(frame, &view, &ui, Theme::new(false)))
+            .expect("draw");
+        let text = buffer_text(terminal.backend().buffer());
+        assert!(text.contains("Verified session required."));
+        assert!(text.contains("issues no Modbus requests"));
+        assert!(!text.contains("later diagnostics integration"));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn undersized_terminal_renders_only_resize_warning() {
         let backend = TestBackend::new(40, 10);