diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.test.tsx
index 23af48e6364..5b692ee5909 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.test.tsx
@@ -767,6 +767,36 @@ describe('WorktreeJumpPalette recent chats & terminals', () => {
     expect(getCommandValue()).toBe(movedTo)
   })
 
+  it('re-ranks once when terminal entities hydrate after unified tabs', async () => {
+    // Why split hydration: unified tabs can land before tabsByWorktree; without a re-capture every
+    // row ranks IDLE and the blocked chat stays under focus recency until reopen.
+    const hydrated = makeRecentTabState({
+      agentStatusByPaneKey: {
+        [`term-alpha:${LEAF_ID}`]: makeAgentEntry('term-alpha', 'blocked', Date.now())
+      },
+      lastVisitedAtByWorktreeId: { 'wt-beta': Date.now() }
+    })
+    await renderPalette({ ...hydrated, tabsByWorktree: {} })
+    expect(getTabRowIds()).toEqual(['tab-beta', 'tab-alpha'])
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      useAppStore.setState({ tabsByWorktree: hydrated.tabsByWorktree } as Partial<AppState>)
+    })
+    await flushEffects()
+    expect(getTabRowIds()).toEqual(['tab-alpha', 'tab-beta'])
+
+    // Why: incomplete→complete re-rank is one-shot — later status churn still freezes positions.
+    await act(async () => {
+      useAppStore.setState({
+        agentStatusByPaneKey: {
+          [`term-beta:${LEAF_ID}`]: makeAgentEntry('term-beta', 'blocked', Date.now())
+        }
+      } as Partial<AppState>)
+    })
+    await flushEffects()
+    expect(getTabRowIds()).toEqual(['tab-alpha', 'tab-beta'])
+  })
+
   it('ranks a blocked agent above a more recently visited idle tab', async () => {
     await renderPalette(
       makeRecentTabState({
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.tsx
index c3ff5aae2e8..4a66f6eb2c7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/WorktreeJumpPalette.tsx
@@ -1046,20 +1046,48 @@ export default function WorktreeJumpPalette(): React.JSX.Element | null {
   // send ⌘3 to the wrong row; dots keep updating, positions don't.
   const [recentTabOrder, setRecentTabOrder] = useState<readonly string[]>(EMPTY_RECENT_TAB_ORDER)
   const recentTabOrderCapturedRef = useRef(false)
+  // Why: unified tabs can land before tabsByWorktree entities. A capture then ranks every chat as
+  // IDLE; allow one re-capture when entities arrive, then freeze for good.
+  const recentTabOrderAttentionReadyRef = useRef(false)
+  // Terminal rows without a tabsByWorktree entity can't resolve attention yet (see orderRecent…).
+  const recentOrderAttentionIncomplete = useMemo(() => {
+    for (const item of openTabItems) {
+      if (item.type !== 'workspace-tab' || item.result.contentType !== 'terminal') {
+        continue
+      }
+      const worktree = worktreeMap.get(item.result.worktreeId)
+      if (!worktree || worktree.isArchived || isCurrentOpenTabItem(item)) {
+        continue
+      }
+      if (!terminalTabsById.has(item.result.entityId)) {
+        return true
+      }
+    }
+    return false
+  }, [openTabItems, terminalTabsById, worktreeMap])
   // Why layout, not passive: a post-paint capture shows one frame of worktrees-only, which flashes
   // the list, renumbers ⌘1–6 under the user, and lets cmdk latch a worktree as the Enter target.
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     if (!visible) {
       recentTabOrderCapturedRef.current = false
+      recentTabOrderAttentionReadyRef.current = false
       autoSelectedItemIdRef.current = null
       setRecentTabOrder(EMPTY_RECENT_TAB_ORDER)
       return
     }
     // Why: the query and filter are cleared by the open effect below, which runs after this one —
     // capturing before that lands would freeze the *previous* session's filtered subset for good.
-    if (recentTabOrderCapturedRef.current || hasQuery || query.length > 0 || filterActive) {
+    if (hasQuery || query.length > 0 || filterActive) {
       return
     }
+    // Fully frozen after an attention-ready capture; provisional freeze while entities still pending
+    // so agent-status churn can't reshuffle under the cursor before the one-shot re-rank.
+    if (recentTabOrderCapturedRef.current) {
+      if (recentTabOrderAttentionReadyRef.current || recentOrderAttentionIncomplete) {
+        return
+      }
+      // Incomplete → complete: fall through and re-capture with real attention ranks.
+    }
     const order = orderRecentWorkspaceTabs({
       rows: recentTabRows,
       paneSources: recentTabPaneSources,
@@ -1075,6 +1103,7 @@ export default function WorktreeJumpPalette(): React.JSX.Element | null {
       return
     }
     recentTabOrderCapturedRef.current = true
+    recentTabOrderAttentionReadyRef.current = !recentOrderAttentionIncomplete
     setRecentTabOrder(order)
     // Why: recents render above the worktrees, so a row auto-selected before they arrived is no
     // longer the list head — hand Enter back to the top, matching ⌘1. Untouched selections only:
@@ -1089,6 +1118,7 @@ export default function WorktreeJumpPalette(): React.JSX.Element | null {
     hasQuery,
     lastVisitedAtByWorktreeId,
     query.length,
+    recentOrderAttentionIncomplete,
     recentTabPaneSources,
     recentTabRows,
     visible