diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-mobile-agent-status-ordering.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-mobile-agent-status-ordering.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..211e593424f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime-mobile-agent-status-ordering.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// #28102: a paired client keeps whichever row has the newer `updatedAt`, so the host's
+// published stamp for one pane must never move backwards across a turn's end.
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { OrcaRuntimeService } from './orca-runtime'
+import type { AgentStatusEntry, AgentStatusIpcPayload } from '../../shared/agent-status-types'
+import { makePaneKey } from '../../shared/stable-pane-id'
+
+vi.mock('electron', () => ({
+  BrowserWindow: { fromId: vi.fn(() => null) },
+  webContents: { fromId: vi.fn(() => null) },
+  ipcMain: { on: vi.fn(), removeListener: vi.fn() },
+  app: { getPath: vi.fn(() => '/tmp') }
+}))
+
+const LEAF_ID = '22222222-2222-4222-8222-222222222222'
+const TAB_ID = 'muse-tab'
+const WORKTREE_ID = 'wt-muse'
+const PANE_KEY = makePaneKey(TAB_ID, LEAF_ID)
+const PTY_ID = 'pty-muse'
+// Hook Stop time; the rest are the deltas from the issue's 200 ms poll of session.tabs.list.
+const STOP_AT = 1_700_000_000_000
+const TRAILING_SPINNER_AT = STOP_AT + 4_534
+const PLAIN_TITLE_AT = STOP_AT + 4_800
+
+async function createRuntime(rows: AgentStatusIpcPayload[]): Promise<OrcaRuntimeService> {
+  const runtime = new OrcaRuntimeService(null, undefined, {
+    getAgentStatusSnapshot: () => rows
+  })
+  // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: resolveTerminalWorkspaceLaunchScope is a member of OrcaRuntimeService; the cast only exposes it to the spy.
+  const internals = runtime as unknown as {
+    resolveTerminalWorkspaceLaunchScope: (selector: string) => Promise<unknown>
+  }
+  vi.spyOn(internals, 'resolveTerminalWorkspaceLaunchScope').mockResolvedValue({
+    id: WORKTREE_ID,
+    path: '/repo/app',
+    connectionId: null,
+    repo: null,
+    folderWorkspace: null
+  })
+  runtime.setPtyController({
+    spawn: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: PTY_ID }),
+    write: () => true,
+    kill: () => true,
+    getForegroundProcess: async () => null
+  })
+  await runtime.createTerminal(`id:${WORKTREE_ID}`, {
+    tabId: TAB_ID,
+    leafId: LEAF_ID,
+    launchAgent: 'claude',
+    title: 'Terminal'
+  })
+  return runtime
+}
+
+async function projectAgentStatus(
+  runtime: OrcaRuntimeService
+): Promise<AgentStatusEntry | null | undefined> {
+  const result = await runtime.listMobileSessionTabs(`id:${WORKTREE_ID}`)
+  const tab = result.tabs[0]
+  return tab?.type === 'terminal' ? tab.agentStatus : undefined
+}
+
+describe('session.tabs agent status ordering after a turn ends', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers()
+    vi.setSystemTime(STOP_AT)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('publishes the final done with a stamp no older than the trailing spinner frame', async () => {
+    const stopRow: AgentStatusIpcPayload = {
+      paneKey: PANE_KEY,
+      state: 'done',
+      prompt: 'Reply with just the word OK3',
+      agentType: 'claude',
+      connectionId: null,
+      receivedAt: STOP_AT,
+      stateStartedAt: STOP_AT,
+      tabId: TAB_ID,
+      worktreeId: WORKTREE_ID,
+      lastAssistantMessage: 'OK3'
+    }
+    const runtime = await createRuntime([stopRow])
+
+    // The agent keeps animating its title for a few seconds after Stop.
+    vi.setSystemTime(TRAILING_SPINNER_AT)
+    runtime.onPtyData(PTY_ID, '\x1b]0;⠧ muse\x07', TRAILING_SPINNER_AT)
+    const spinning = await projectAgentStatus(runtime)
+    expect(spinning).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ state: 'working', updatedAt: TRAILING_SPINNER_AT })
+    )
+
+    vi.setSystemTime(PLAIN_TITLE_AT)
+    runtime.onPtyData(PTY_ID, '\x1b]0;muse\x07', PLAIN_TITLE_AT)
+    const settled = await projectAgentStatus(runtime)
+    expect(settled?.state).toBe('done')
+    expect(settled?.updatedAt).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(TRAILING_SPINNER_AT)
+    // Freshness still dates from the Stop hook, not from the title repaint.
+    expect(settled?.evidenceObservedAt).toBe(STOP_AT)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-agent-status-projection.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-agent-status-projection.ts
index b21fd8bb3ff..7482effbabd 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-agent-status-projection.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-mobile-agent-status-projection.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,16 @@ export function renewRuntimeMobileAgentStatusFromPtyTitle(
       return status
     }
     if (pty.lastAgentStatus === null && !terminalTitleBlocksExplicitAgentStatus(pty.lastOscTitle)) {
-      return status
+      // Why: an earlier title-only `working` was published at a later stamp; returning the
+      // older hook stamp makes clients keep that `working` forever (#28102). updatedAt is
+      // the ordering clock, so advance it while evidenceObservedAt keeps freshness honest.
+      return status.state !== 'working' && titleEvidenceAt > status.updatedAt
+        ? {
+            ...status,
+            updatedAt: titleEvidenceAt,
+            evidenceObservedAt: agentStatusAuthorityObservedAt(status)
+          }
+        : status
     }
     const titleState =
       pty.lastAgentStatus === 'working'