diff --git a/assets/css/ticket.css b/assets/css/ticket.css
index da43597..7ac6c0b 100644
--- a/assets/css/ticket.css
+++ b/assets/css/ticket.css
@@ -284,3 +284,14 @@ kbd {
   margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
 }
 .ticket-description-view p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+
+/* ── Disabled metadata selects (read mode) ───────────────────── */
+/* base.css sets opacity:0.45 on :disabled — override for read-   */
+/* only display fields so they remain legible on dark/OLED screens */
+.editable-metadata:disabled,
+.editable-metadata[disabled] {
+  opacity: 1;
+  color: var(--text-secondary, #7fa3bf);
+  cursor: default;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
diff --git a/assets/js/ticket.js b/assets/js/ticket.js
index 1130aa4..05925d8 100644
--- a/assets/js/ticket.js
+++ b/assets/js/ticket.js
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ function renderDescriptionView() {
     var raw = textarea.value || '';
     if (!raw.trim()) {
         viewDiv.innerHTML = '<p class="lt-text-muted lt-text-sm"><em>No description provided.</em></p>';
-    } else if (typeof parseMarkdown === 'function') {
-        viewDiv.innerHTML = parseMarkdown(raw);
     } else {
+        // Ticket descriptions are plain text — preserve line breaks, never run markdown.
         viewDiv.innerHTML = lt.escHtml(raw).replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
     }
 }