diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.add-project.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.add-project.test.tsx
index 02639b9a238..3adbcbc692d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.add-project.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.add-project.test.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function cloudOnly(
     picked: null,
     folderProject: false,
     needsGitHubPick: false,
+    remoteServerProject: false,
     githubStep: null,
     pick: () => {},
     clear: () => {},
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.fixture.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.fixture.tsx
index 89cd74fef6c..e54d3b3b8be 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.fixture.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.fixture.tsx
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ const handoffCloudStart = (githubHandoff: 'waiting' | 'timed-out'): CloudStartVi
     picked: null,
     folderProject: false,
     needsGitHubPick: false,
+    remoteServerProject: false,
     githubStep: null,
     pick: () => {},
     clear: () => {},
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.tsx
index 948b0a9839d..551bfef169a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection.tsx
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ export function NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection({
               }
               triggerClassName="h-9 w-full border-input text-sm focus-visible:border-focus-ring focus-visible:ring-1 focus-visible:ring-focus-ring"
               invalid={Boolean(projectError) || Boolean(needsRepo)}
+              // Waiting for a GitHub repository is a fixable precondition: amber, not red.
+              invalidTone={!projectError && needsRepo ? 'warning' : 'error'}
               describedBy={
                 !projectError && needsRepo ? ORCA_CLOUD_NEEDS_REPO_ID : projectDescriptionId
               }
@@ -255,6 +257,8 @@ export function NewWorkspaceComposerProjectSection({
               <OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine
                 hasRepos={needsRepo.hasRepos}
                 onAddRepository={onAddProject}
+                unreachable={needsRepo.unreachable === true}
+                onMoreAccess={cloudOnly?.moreAccess}
               />
             ) : projectOptions.length === 0 ? (
               <p id={projectDescriptionId} className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/ProjectCombobox.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/ProjectCombobox.tsx
index 5927bfae436..52e4b34c265 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/ProjectCombobox.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/ProjectCombobox.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
 import { ProjectOptionMark, ProjectOptionRow } from './ProjectComboboxRow'
 import { useRecentProjectIds } from './use-recent-project-ids'
 import { isWithinComboboxRoot, useTypeAheadCombobox } from './use-type-ahead-combobox'
-import type { ProjectComboboxProps } from './project-combobox-props'
+import { projectFieldInvalidClass, type ProjectComboboxProps } from './project-combobox-props'
 import { COMBOBOX_FIELD_SHELL, COMBOBOX_POPOVER_SURFACE } from './type-ahead-combobox-styles'
 import {
   cloudRepoKey,
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export default function ProjectCombobox({
   placeholder = 'Choose project',
   triggerClassName,
   invalid = false,
+  invalidTone = 'error',
   describedBy,
   cloudRepos = null,
   cloudRepoValue = null,
@@ -218,9 +219,8 @@ export default function ProjectCombobox({
               }}
               className={cn(
                 COMBOBOX_FIELD_SHELL,
-                // Invalid stays red while focused, so the field and its error read as one.
-                invalid &&
-                  'border-destructive ring-destructive/20 focus-within:border-destructive focus-within:ring-destructive/40 dark:ring-destructive/40',
+                // Invalid stays marked while focused, so the field and its line read as one.
+                invalid && projectFieldInvalidClass(invalidTone),
                 triggerClassName
               )}
             >
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/project-combobox-props.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/project-combobox-props.ts
index 72401f1d6fe..0b37d12577e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/project-combobox-props.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/project-combobox-props.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ export type ProjectComboboxProps = {
   placeholder?: string
   triggerClassName?: string
   invalid?: boolean
+  /**
+   * `warning`: a fixable precondition (Orca Cloud waiting for a GitHub repository), ringed amber
+   * rather than red; still aria-invalid for screen readers. Defaults to `error`.
+   */
+  invalidTone?: 'error' | 'warning'
   describedBy?: string
   /** D4: GitHub repositories with no clone here, listed while Orca Cloud is the Run on target. */
   cloudRepos?: readonly OrcaCloudGitHubRepository[] | null
@@ -32,3 +37,10 @@ export type ProjectComboboxProps = {
    */
   focusSignal?: number
 }
+
+/** The field's invalid ring: red for an error, amber for a fixable precondition (glossary). */
+export function projectFieldInvalidClass(tone: 'error' | 'warning'): string {
+  return tone === 'warning'
+    ? 'border-status-warning ring-status-warning/20 focus-within:border-status-warning focus-within:ring-status-warning/40 dark:ring-status-warning/40'
+    : 'border-destructive ring-destructive/20 focus-within:border-destructive focus-within:ring-destructive/40 dark:ring-destructive/40'
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine.tsx
index ccf006cba43..bf3859a60b3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine.tsx
@@ -10,12 +10,44 @@ import { ORCA_CLOUD_NEEDS_REPO_ID } from './cloud-start-view'
  */
 export function OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine({
   hasRepos,
-  onAddRepository
+  onAddRepository,
+  unreachable = false,
+  onMoreAccess
 }: {
   hasRepos: boolean
   onAddRepository: () => void
+  /** UNREACHABLE-REPO-NO-ROUTE: the project's own GitHub repository is out of Orca Cloud's reach. */
+  unreachable?: boolean
+  /** Opens GitHub to give Orca access to more repositories ("Give Orca access"). */
+  onMoreAccess?: () => void
 }): React.JSX.Element {
   const t = useTranslate()
+  if (unreachable) {
+    return (
+      <div
+        id={ORCA_CLOUD_NEEDS_REPO_ID}
+        role="alert"
+        className="flex flex-col items-start text-[11px]"
+        data-orca-cloud-needs-repo="unreachable"
+      >
+        <p className="text-muted-foreground">
+          {t(
+            'components.newWorkspace.cloudOnly.remoteServerUnreachable',
+            'Orca Cloud starts from a GitHub repository and can’t reach this project’s. Give Orca access to it, or pick another repository.'
+          )}
+        </p>
+        {onMoreAccess ? (
+          <div className="-mx-1">
+            <Button type="button" variant="link" size="statusAction" onClick={onMoreAccess}>
+              <span className="underline underline-offset-4">
+                {t('worktreeCreation.cloneAccess.giveAccess', 'Give Orca access')}
+              </span>
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        ) : null}
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
   return (
     <div
       id={ORCA_CLOUD_NEEDS_REPO_ID}
@@ -23,7 +55,7 @@ export function OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine({
       className="flex flex-col items-start text-[11px]"
       data-orca-cloud-needs-repo
     >
-      <p className="text-destructive">
+      <p className="text-muted-foreground">
         {t(
           'components.newWorkspace.cloudOnly.needsRepository',
           'Orca Cloud needs a GitHub repository.'
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoSubmit.fixture.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoSubmit.fixture.tsx
index 7a6370ac1cb..8a947d9b74d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoSubmit.fixture.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/OrcaCloudNeedsRepoSubmit.fixture.tsx
@@ -37,17 +37,40 @@ const orcaCloud: EphemeralVmRecipeOption = {
   create: 'orca-cloud create'
 }
 const NEEDS_REPO = { hasRepos: true }
+// UNREACHABLE-REPO-NO-ROUTE: Hello-World cloned only on a paired server, out of Orca Cloud's reach.
+const UNREACHABLE = { hasRepos: true, unreachable: true }
 
-function Composer(): React.JSX.Element {
+function Composer({ unreachable = false }: { unreachable?: boolean }): React.JSX.Element {
   const [project, setProject] = useState('folder')
   const [created, setCreated] = useState(false)
-  const needsRepo = project === 'folder' ? NEEDS_REPO : null
+  const needsRepo = project === 'folder' ? (unreachable ? UNREACHABLE : NEEDS_REPO) : null
   const guard = useNeedsRepoSubmitGuard(needsRepo, () => setCreated(true))
   const cloudStart = {
     onSelectOrcaCloud: () => {},
     onUserPick: () => {},
     folderProject: project === 'folder',
-    needsGitHubRepo: guard.shown
+    needsGitHubRepo: guard.shown,
+    ...(unreachable
+      ? {
+          cloudOnly: {
+            repos: [],
+            showMore: null,
+            retryRepos: null,
+            retryingRepos: false,
+            picked: null,
+            folderProject: false,
+            needsGitHubPick: true,
+            remoteServerProject: true,
+            githubStep: null,
+            pick: () => {},
+            clear: () => {},
+            moreAccess: () => {},
+            githubHandoff: 'idle' as const,
+            checkGitHubAgain: () => {},
+            start: async () => false
+          }
+        }
+      : {})
   }
   return (
     <div className="w-[520px] space-y-4 rounded-xl border border-border bg-background p-4">
@@ -99,7 +122,8 @@ function Composer(): React.JSX.Element {
 const wait = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
 const clickCreate = (frame: HTMLElement): void =>
   [...frame.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>('button')]
-    .find((button) => button.textContent?.includes('Create workspace'))
+    // The footer's primary reads "Create" (its shortcut chip follows).
+    .find((button) => /^Create\b/.test(button.textContent?.trim() ?? ''))
     ?.click()
 
 const base = {
@@ -131,3 +155,12 @@ export const fixed = defineFixture({
     await wait(200)
   }
 })
+/** A remote-server project whose GitHub repository Orca Cloud can't reach, after Create. */
+export const unreachableAfterSubmit = defineFixture({
+  ...base,
+  render: () => <Composer unreachable />,
+  interact: async (frame) => {
+    clickCreate(frame)
+    await wait(200)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/cloud-start-view.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/cloud-start-view.ts
index f61a1ca8391..00135de3a03 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/cloud-start-view.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/cloud-start-view.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export type CloudStartView = {
    * Project. `hasRepos`: any to choose from. `attempt` counts those stopped Creates (focus moves to
    * Project on each); absent until the first.
    */
-  needsGitHubRepo?: { hasRepos: boolean; attempt?: number } | null
+  needsGitHubRepo?: { hasRepos: boolean; unreachable?: boolean; attempt?: number } | null
   /** Bumped to open the Project picker at its GitHub repositories (CLONE-ACCESS-ERROR's Choose another). */
   openRepoPickerSignal?: number
 }
@@ -32,10 +32,19 @@ export function orcaCloudNeedsGitHubRepo(args: {
   pickedRepo: boolean
   repoCount: number
   githubProjectCount: number
-}): { hasRepos: boolean } | null {
-  return args.cloudSelected && args.folderProject && !args.pickedRepo
-    ? { hasRepos: args.repoCount > 0 || args.githubProjectCount > 0 }
-    : null
+  /**
+   * UNREACHABLE-REPO-NO-ROUTE: a GitHub project cloned only on a remote server whose repository
+   * Orca Cloud can't reach. The line says so and offers More access, instead of the folder wording.
+   */
+  remoteServerProject?: boolean
+}): { hasRepos: boolean; unreachable?: true } | null {
+  if (!args.cloudSelected || !args.folderProject || args.pickedRepo) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return {
+    hasRepos: args.repoCount > 0 || args.githubProjectCount > 0,
+    ...(args.remoteServerProject ? { unreachable: true as const } : {})
+  }
 }
 
 /** A project that can start in Orca Cloud: git, with a GitHub remote (or one not read yet). */
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/orca-cloud-unreachable-repo.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/orca-cloud-unreachable-repo.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf86f479f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/orca-cloud-unreachable-repo.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+// UNREACHABLE-REPO-NO-ROUTE: Orca Cloud on a GitHub project cloned only on a remote server, whose
+// repository the team's GitHub access doesn't cover. Create waits, and the line under Project says
+// why (not the folder wording) with More access; the Project picker lists repositories to pick.
+import { cleanup, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { orcaCloudNeedsGitHubRepo } from './cloud-start-view'
+import { OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine } from './OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine'
+
+afterEach(cleanup)
+
+const base = {
+  cloudSelected: true,
+  folderProject: true,
+  pickedRepo: false,
+  repoCount: 2,
+  githubProjectCount: 1
+}
+
+describe('unreachable repository on a remote-server project', () => {
+  it('marks the wait as unreachable only for a remote-server project', () => {
+    expect(orcaCloudNeedsGitHubRepo({ ...base, remoteServerProject: true })).toEqual({
+      hasRepos: true,
+      unreachable: true
+    })
+    expect(orcaCloudNeedsGitHubRepo(base)).toEqual({ hasRepos: true })
+    // Reachable (auto-picked): nothing waits.
+    expect(
+      orcaCloudNeedsGitHubRepo({ ...base, remoteServerProject: true, pickedRepo: true })
+    ).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('says Orca Cloud cannot reach the repository and offers Give Orca access, in a muted tone', () => {
+    const onMoreAccess = vi.fn()
+    render(
+      <OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine
+        hasRepos
+        onAddRepository={() => {}}
+        unreachable
+        onMoreAccess={onMoreAccess}
+      />
+    )
+    expect(screen.getByRole('alert').textContent).toContain('can’t reach this project’s')
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Orca Cloud needs a GitHub repository.')).toBeNull()
+    // A fixable access precondition, not an error: never red.
+    expect(screen.getByRole('alert').querySelector('p')?.className).not.toContain('destructive')
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Give Orca access' }))
+    expect(onMoreAccess).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('a folder keeps its own wording', () => {
+    render(<OrcaCloudNeedsRepoLine hasRepos onAddRepository={() => {}} />)
+    expect(screen.getByRole('alert').textContent).toBe('Orca Cloud needs a GitHub repository.')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-only-repo.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-only-repo.ts
index 7eac4f9db25..2ec95248dc5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-only-repo.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-only-repo.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export type CloudOnlyRepo = {
    * cloned only on a remote server (RUNON-NO-NEW-SANDBOX). Create waits until one is picked.
    */
   needsGitHubPick: boolean
+  /** A GitHub project cloned only on a remote server (RUNON-NO-NEW-SANDBOX). */
+  remoteServerProject: boolean
   /** The GitHub row is done for a repository listed from the team's installations. */
   githubStep: CloudSetupStep | null
   pick: (fullName: string) => void
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ export function useCloudOnlyRepo({
     githubStep: githubStep ?? folderStep ?? (remoteServer ? remoteServerStep() : null),
     folderProject,
     needsGitHubPick: folderProject || remoteServer,
+    remoteServerProject: remoteServer,
     pick,
     clear,
     moreAccess,
@@ -159,8 +162,8 @@ function remoteServerStep(): CloudSetupStep {
     label: translate('orcaCloud.setup.github.repositoryLabel', 'GitHub repository'),
     status: translate('orcaCloud.setup.github.neededStatus', 'Needed'),
     detail: translate(
-      'components.newWorkspace.cloudOnly.remoteServerDetail',
-      'Orca Cloud starts from a GitHub repository and can’t reach this project’s. Give Orca access with More access, or pick another repository.'
+      'components.newWorkspace.cloudOnly.remoteServerUnreachable',
+      'Orca Cloud starts from a GitHub repository and can’t reach this project’s. Give Orca access to it, or pick another repository.'
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-start-composer.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-start-composer.ts
index fb5f4953159..88c77fd57be 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-start-composer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/new-workspace/run-on/use-cloud-start-composer.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ export function useCloudStartComposer({
             needsGitHubRepo: orcaCloudNeedsGitHubRepo({
               cloudSelected,
               folderProject: cloudOnly.needsGitHubPick,
+              remoteServerProject: cloudOnly.remoteServerProject,
               pickedRepo: cloudOnly.picked !== null,
               repoCount: cloudOnly.repos?.length ?? 0,
               githubProjectCount
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/en-runtime-required.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/en-runtime-required.json
index e3243ae9c76..605ac027522 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/en-runtime-required.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/en-runtime-required.json
@@ -2731,13 +2731,6 @@
         "sendingNotConfigured": "sending diagnostics is not configured for this build"
       }
     },
-    "enterprise": {
-      "audit": {
-        "action": {
-          "wsOwnerNotified": "Notified the previous owner about an owner change"
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "groups": {
       "orcaCloud": "Orca Cloud"
     },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index d954b701df3..ccfbd3ce3bd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -24287,7 +24287,7 @@
         "theAgent": "The agent",
         "showMore": "Show more repositories…",
         "folderDetail": "Orca Cloud starts from a GitHub repository. This project is a folder on this computer.",
-        "remoteServerDetail": "Orca Cloud starts from a GitHub repository and can’t reach this project’s. Give Orca access with More access, or pick another repository.",
+        "remoteServerUnreachable": "Orca Cloud starts from a GitHub repository and can’t reach this project’s. Give Orca access to it, or pick another repository.",
         "headingShort": "GitHub",
         "badge": "Cloud only. Orca Cloud clones it, so no copy on this computer is needed.",
         "rowPrivate": "{{repo}}, private, cloud only",