diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js b/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js
index ff409c969..a3c10d7a3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.js
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
         document.getElementById('message').innerText = `${sms_sent.toLocaleString()} sent / ${sms_remaining_messages.toLocaleString()} remaining`;
 
         // Calculate minimum width for "Messages Sent" as 1% of the total chart width
-        var minSentPercentage = 0.01; // Minimum width as a percentage of total messages (1% in this case)
+        var minSentPercentage = 0.02; // Minimum width as a percentage of total messages (1% in this case)
         var minSentValue = totalMessages * minSentPercentage;
         var displaySent = Math.max(sms_sent, minSentValue);
         var displayRemaining = totalMessages - displaySent;
 
         var svg = d3.select("#totalMessageChart");
         var width = chartContainer.clientWidth;
-        var height = 64;
+        var height = 48;
 
         // Ensure the width is set correctly
         if (width === 0) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
             .attr("x", 0) // Initially set to 0, will be updated during animation
             .attr("y", 0)
             .attr("height", height)
-            .attr("fill", '#fa9441')
+            .attr("fill", '#C7CACE')
             .attr("width", 0) // Start with width 0 for animation
             .on('mouseover', function(event) {
                 tooltip.style('display', 'block')
diff --git a/app/assets/sass/uswds/_data-visualization.scss b/app/assets/sass/uswds/_data-visualization.scss
index 6139933be..48c5f1256 100644
--- a/app/assets/sass/uswds/_data-visualization.scss
+++ b/app/assets/sass/uswds/_data-visualization.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 $delivered: color('blue-50v');
 $pending: color('green-cool-40v');
-$failed: color('orange-30v');
+$failed: color('gray-cool-20');
 
 .chart-container {
   display: flex;
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ $failed: color('orange-30v');
   }
 }
 
+#totalMessageChartContainer {
+  max-width: 600px;
+}
+
 .bar {
   border-radius: units(0.5);
   &.delivered, &.usage {
diff --git a/app/notify_client/__init__.py b/app/notify_client/__init__.py
index 5f65e85c6..8db3425f2 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/__init__.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/__init__.py
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ class NotifyAdminAPIClient(BaseAPIClient):
         ):
             abort(403)
 
+    def is_calling_signin_url(self, arg):
+        return arg.startswith("('/user")
+
     def check_inactive_user(self, *args):
         still_signing_in = False
 
@@ -64,14 +67,7 @@ class NotifyAdminAPIClient(BaseAPIClient):
         # and we only want to check the first arg
         for arg in args:
             arg = str(arg)
-            if (
-                "get-login-gov-user" in arg
-                or "user/email" in arg
-                or "/activate" in arg
-                or "/email-code" in arg
-                or "/verify/code" in arg
-                or "/user" in arg
-            ):
+            if self.is_calling_signin_url(arg):
                 still_signing_in = True
 
             # This seems to be a weird edge case that happens intermittently with invites
diff --git a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
index eeca2b213..2c1af4909 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
       <div id="message"></div>
     </div>
     <div id="totalMessageTable" class="margin-0"></div>
-    <p class="align-with-heading-copy margin-bottom-4">
-      What counts as 1 text message part?<br />
-      See <a class="usa-link" href="{{ url_for('.pricing') }}">Tracking usage</a>.
-    </p>
 
     <h2 class="line-height-sans-2 margin-bottom-0 margin-top-4">
       Activity snapshot
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a636a17e7..88cec6cce 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.21.0,<2.0a0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "botocore"
-version = "1.34.150"
+version = "1.34.156"
 description = "Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "botocore-1.34.150-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b988d47f4d502df85befce11a48002421e4e6ea4289997b5e0261bac5fa76ce6"},
-    {file = "botocore-1.34.150.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4d23387e0f076d87b637a2a35c0ff2b8daca16eace36b63ce27f65630c6b375a"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.34.156-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c48f8c8996216dfdeeb0aa6d3c0f2c7ae25234766434a2ea3e57bdc08494bdda"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.34.156.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5d1478c41ab9681e660b3322432fe09c4055759c317984b7b8d3af9557ff769a"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ python-dateutil = ">=2.1,<3.0.0"
 urllib3 = {version = ">=1.25.4,<2.2.0 || >2.2.0,<3", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\""}
 
 [package.extras]
-crt = ["awscrt (==0.20.11)"]
+crt = ["awscrt (==0.21.2)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cachecontrol"
@@ -3088,4 +3088,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12.2"
-content-hash = "b271104f669ce0a8e78fb09299b61cf0502cc81a18213dda00f77c759b6e0209"
+content-hash = "9d6309a76755b2639d787f99944c1ead0bd93ab9f2f13208f88c51cecb5e0081"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5a9dc8727..915f23610 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ markdown = "^3.5.2"
 async-timeout = "^4.0.3"
 bleach = "^6.1.0"
 boto3 = "^1.34.150"
-botocore = "^1.34.150"
+botocore = "^1.34.156"
 cachetools = "^5.4.0"
 cffi = "^1.16.0"
 cryptography = "^43.0.0"
diff --git a/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py b/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py
index e68d4669f..d15eebfc3 100644
--- a/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/notify_client/test_notify_admin_api_client.py
@@ -41,6 +41,26 @@ def test_active_service_can_be_modified(notify_admin, method, user, service):
     assert ret == request.return_value
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("arg", "expected_result"),
+    [
+        (
+            "('/user/c5f8a5c9-56d5-4fa9-8c30-3449ae10c072/verify/code',)",
+            True,
+        ),
+        ("('/user/get-login-gov-user',)", True),
+        (
+            "('/service/blahblahblah',)",
+            False,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_is_calling_signin_url(arg, expected_result):
+    api_client = NotifyAdminAPIClient()
+    result = api_client.is_calling_signin_url(arg)
+    assert result == expected_result
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("method", ["put", "post", "delete"])
 def test_inactive_service_cannot_be_modified_by_normal_user(
     notify_admin, api_user_active, method
diff --git a/tests/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.test.js b/tests/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.test.js
index 22bc39500..87c671430 100644
--- a/tests/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.test.js
+++ b/tests/javascripts/totalMessagesChart.test.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test('SVG element is correctly set up', done => {
   setTimeout(() => {
     const svg = document.getElementById('totalMessageChart');
     expect(svg.getAttribute('width')).toBe('600');
-    expect(svg.getAttribute('height')).toBe('64');
+    expect(svg.getAttribute('height')).toBe('48');
     done();
   }, 1000); // Ensure enough time for the DOM updates
 });
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ test('SVG bars are created and animated correctly', done => {
 
   // Initial check
   const sentBar = svg.querySelector('rect[fill="#0076d6"]');
-  const remainingBar = svg.querySelector('rect[fill="#fa9441"]');
+  const remainingBar = svg.querySelector('rect[fill="#C7CACE"]');
 
   expect(sentBar).not.toBeNull();
   expect(remainingBar).not.toBeNull();