diff --git a/configs/config-large.json b/configs/config-large.json
index f57b32d1..79ba02a3 100644
--- a/configs/config-large.json
+++ b/configs/config-large.json
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
     "short-running-jobs-duration": 300,
     "emission-constant": 317,
     "resampling": {
-      "minimum-points": 600,
-      "trigger": 30,
-      "resolutions": [600, 300, 120, 60]
+      "default-policy": "medium",
+      "default-algo": "average"
     },
     "api-subjects": {
       "subject-job-event": "cc.job.event",
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
index 14eb570f..a2a3fb3d 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,25 @@ func TestInitMinimal(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// config-large.json carried the removed resampling keys (minimum-points,
+// trigger, resolutions), which DisallowUnknownFields rejects.
+func TestInitLarge(t *testing.T) {
+	fp := "../../configs/config-large.json"
+	ccconf.Init(fp)
+	if cfg := ccconf.GetPackageConfig("main"); cfg != nil {
+		Init(cfg)
+	} else {
+		cclog.Abort("Main configuration must be present")
+	}
+
+	if Keys.EnableResampling == nil {
+		t.Fatal("resampling config missing")
+	}
+	if Keys.EnableResampling.DefaultAlgo != "average" {
+		t.Errorf("wrong default algo\ngot: %s \nwant: average", Keys.EnableResampling.DefaultAlgo)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestTargetPointsForPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		policy string
diff --git a/web/frontend/src/generic/plots/MetricPlot.svelte b/web/frontend/src/generic/plots/MetricPlot.svelte
index e937f32f..63e31950 100644
--- a/web/frontend/src/generic/plots/MetricPlot.svelte
+++ b/web/frontend/src/generic/plots/MetricPlot.svelte
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@
   const subClusterTopology = $derived(getContext("getHardwareTopology")(cluster, subCluster));
   const metricConfig = $derived(getContext("getMetricConfig")(cluster, subCluster, metric));
   const usesMeanStatsSeries = $derived((statisticsSeries?.mean && statisticsSeries.mean.length != 0));
-  const resampleTrigger = $derived(resampleConfig?.trigger ? Number(resampleConfig.trigger) : (resampleConfig?.targetPoints ? Math.floor(resampleConfig.targetPoints / 4) : null));
-  const resampleResolutions = $derived(resampleConfig?.resolutions ? [...resampleConfig.resolutions] : null);
-  const resampleMinimum = $derived(resampleConfig?.resolutions ? Math.min(...resampleConfig.resolutions) : null);
+  const nativeTimestep = $derived(metricConfig?.timestep || timestep);
   const resampleTargetPoints = $derived(resampleConfig?.targetPoints ? Number(resampleConfig.targetPoints) : null);
+  // Zoom in far enough that fewer than a quarter of the target point count is
+  // visible, and a finer resolution is requested from the backend.
+  const resampleTrigger = $derived(resampleTargetPoints ? Math.floor(resampleTargetPoints / 4) : null);
   const useStatsSeries = $derived(!!statisticsSeries); // Display Stats Series By Default if Exists
   const thresholds = $derived(findJobAggregationThresholds(
     subClusterTopology,
@@ -515,21 +516,11 @@
           (u, key) => { // If ZoomResample is Configured && Not System/Node View
             if (resampleConfig && !forNode && key === 'x') {
               const numX = (u.series[0].idxs[1] - u.series[0].idxs[0])
-              if (numX <= resampleTrigger && timestep !== resampleMinimum) {
-                let newRes;
-                if (resampleTargetPoints && !resampleResolutions) {
-                  // Policy-based: compute resolution dynamically from visible window
-                  const visibleDuration = (u.scales.x.max - u.scales.x.min);
-                  const nativeTimestep = metricConfig?.timestep || timestep;
-                  newRes = Math.ceil(visibleDuration / resampleTargetPoints / nativeTimestep) * nativeTimestep;
-                  if (newRes < nativeTimestep) newRes = nativeTimestep;
-                } else if (resampleResolutions) {
-                  // Array-based: find closest configured resolution
-                  const target = (numX * timestep) / resampleTrigger;
-                  newRes = resampleResolutions.reduce(function(prev, curr) {
-                    return (Math.abs(curr - target) < Math.abs(prev - target) ? curr : prev);
-                  });
-                }
+              if (resampleTargetPoints && numX <= resampleTrigger) {
+                // Compute the resolution for the visible window
+                const visibleDuration = (u.scales.x.max - u.scales.x.min);
+                let newRes = Math.ceil(visibleDuration / resampleTargetPoints / nativeTimestep) * nativeTimestep;
+                if (newRes < nativeTimestep) newRes = nativeTimestep;
                 // Prevents non-required dispatches
                 if (newRes && timestep !== newRes) {
                   onZoom({
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 685256f9..4e695386 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ type Page struct {
 	FilterPresets map[string]any         // For pages with the Filter component, this can be used to set initial filters.
 	Infos         map[string]any         // For generic use (e.g. username for /monitoring/user/<id>, job id for /monitoring/job/<id>)
 	Config        map[string]any         // UI settings for the currently logged in user (e.g. line width, ...)
-	Resampling    *config.ResampleConfig // If not nil, defines resampling trigger and resolutions
+	Resampling    *config.ResampleConfig // If not nil, defines the target point count for zoom resampling
 	Redirect      string                 // The originally requested URL, for intermediate login handling
 	FooterLinks   FooterLinks            // Resolved legal links for the site footer
 }