diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/client-mr-branch-lookup.test.ts b/src/main/gitlab/client-mr-branch-lookup.test.ts
index 36e64984c96..3ae00222b19 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/client-mr-branch-lookup.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/client-mr-branch-lookup.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type * as GlUtils from './gl-utils'
+import { derivePipelineStatus, mapMRInfo } from './mappers'
+import { gitlabMrCheckCases } from '../../shared/gitlab-mr-checks.test-fixture'
+import { mapGitLabReview } from '../source-control/forge-review-mappers'
+import {
+  __resetHostedReviewBranchCacheForTests,
+  withHostedReviewBranchCache
+} from '../source-control/hosted-review-branch-cache'
 
 const {
   glabExecFileAsyncMock,
@@ -48,7 +55,20 @@ import {
 } from './client'
 import { resetGitLabMrMocks } from './client-mr-test-harness'
 
+type MergeRequestDetail = Parameters<typeof mapMRInfo>[0]
+
+function mockBranchLookup(mr: MergeRequestDetail): void {
+  glabExecFileAsyncMock
+    .mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: JSON.stringify([mr]) })
+    .mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: JSON.stringify(mr) })
+}
+
 describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+    __resetHostedReviewBranchCacheForTests()
+  })
+
   beforeEach(() => {
     resetGitLabMrMocks({
       glabExecFileAsyncMock,
@@ -73,6 +93,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it.each(gitlabMrCheckCases)('maps $name to the shared consumer review', ({ raw, review }) => {
+    expect(mapGitLabReview(mapMRInfo(raw, derivePipelineStatus(raw.head_pipeline)))).toStrictEqual(
+      review
+    )
+  })
+
   describe('getMergeRequest', () => {
     it('fetches the MR with rolled-up pipeline status', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
@@ -137,18 +163,36 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
   })
 
   describe('getMergeRequestForBranch', () => {
+    it('settles mergeable manual pipelines consistently for by-number, linked and discovered MRs', async () => {
+      getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValue({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
+      const detail = {
+        iid: 7,
+        title: 'Manual release',
+        state: 'opened',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'manual' },
+        detailed_merge_status: 'mergeable'
+      }
+      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockImplementation(async (args: string[]) => ({
+        stdout: JSON.stringify(args[1].includes('source_branch=') ? [{ iid: 7 }] : detail)
+      }))
+      const reviews = await Promise.all([
+        getMergeRequest('/repo', 7),
+        getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/manual', 7),
+        getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/manual')
+      ])
+      expect(reviews.every((mr) => mr?.pipelineStatus === 'neutral')).toBe(true)
+      expect(reviews.every((mr) => mr?.mergeable === 'MERGEABLE')).toBe(true)
+      expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4)
+    })
+
     it('finds the most recently updated MR for a branch across states', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 7,
-            title: 'WIP',
-            state: 'merged',
-            sha: 'abc',
-            head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 7,
+        title: 'WIP',
+        state: 'merged',
+        sha: 'abc',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
       })
 
       const mr = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/foo')
@@ -176,16 +220,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
 
     it('uses legacy pipeline payloads when branch MR lists omit head_pipeline', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 8,
-            title: 'Legacy pipeline branch',
-            state: 'opened',
-            sha: 'def',
-            pipeline: { status: 'failed' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 8,
+        title: 'Legacy pipeline branch',
+        state: 'opened',
+        sha: 'def',
+        pipeline: { status: 'failed' }
       })
 
       const mr = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/legacy-pipeline')
@@ -193,6 +233,95 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
       expect(mr?.pipelineStatus).toBe('failure')
     })
 
+    it.each([{}, { head_pipeline: null }, { head_pipeline: { status: 'success' } }])(
+      'reads the failed head pipeline from detail instead of the branch list: %j',
+      async (pipelineFields) => {
+        const detail = {
+          iid: 5049,
+          title: 'Pipeline regression',
+          state: 'opened',
+          sha: 'abc',
+          head_pipeline: { status: 'failed' }
+        }
+        getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValue({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
+        glabExecFileAsyncMock
+          .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+            stdout: JSON.stringify([{ ...detail, head_pipeline: undefined, ...pipelineFields }])
+          })
+          .mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: JSON.stringify(detail) })
+          .mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: JSON.stringify(detail) })
+
+        const discovered = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/pipeline')
+        const linked = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/pipeline', 5049)
+        expect(discovered).toEqual(linked)
+        expect(discovered).toMatchObject({ number: 5049, pipelineStatus: 'failure' })
+        expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
+        expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock.mock.calls[1]).toEqual(glabExecFileAsyncMock.mock.calls[2])
+      }
+    )
+
+    it('preserves detail failures for strict callers instead of returning a neutral list row', async () => {
+      getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValue({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
+      for (const lookup of [getMergeRequestForBranch, getMergeRequestForBranchOrThrow]) {
+        glabExecFileAsyncMock
+          .mockResolvedValueOnce({
+            stdout: JSON.stringify([{ iid: 6, title: 'Flaky', state: 'opened' }])
+          })
+          .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('glab: 502'))
+        const result = lookup('/repo', 'flaky')
+        await (lookup === getMergeRequestForBranchOrThrow
+          ? expect(result).rejects.toThrow('glab: 502')
+          : expect(result).resolves.toBeNull())
+      }
+      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('glab: 502'))
+      await expect(getMergeRequestForBranchOrThrow('/repo', 'flaky', 6)).rejects.toThrow(
+        'glab: 502'
+      )
+      expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock.mock.calls[4]).toEqual(glabExecFileAsyncMock.mock.calls[3])
+      expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(5)
+      expect(releaseMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3)
+    })
+
+    it.each([10, 100])(
+      'caches list and detail together while polling %i branch rows',
+      async (rows) => {
+        vi.useFakeTimers()
+        getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValue({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
+        const detail = {
+          iid: 7,
+          title: 'CI failure',
+          state: 'opened',
+          head_pipeline: { status: 'failed' }
+        }
+        glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockImplementation(async (args: string[]) => ({
+          stdout: JSON.stringify(args[1].includes('source_branch=') ? [{ iid: 7 }] : detail)
+        }))
+        const poll = () =>
+          Promise.all(
+            Array.from({ length: rows }, (_, row) => {
+              const branch = `feature/${row}`
+              return withHostedReviewBranchCache(
+                { repoPath: '/repo', executionHostId: 'local', branch },
+                { headOid: null },
+                async () => {
+                  const mr = await getMergeRequestForBranchOrThrow('/repo', branch)
+                  return mr ? mapGitLabReview(mr) : null
+                }
+              )
+            })
+          )
+        const results = await Promise.all([poll(), poll()])
+        expect(results[0]).toHaveLength(rows)
+        expect(results[0].every((review) => review?.status === 'failure')).toBe(true)
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(59_999)
+        await poll()
+        expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2 * rows)
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(1)
+        await poll()
+        expect(glabExecFileAsyncMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(4 * rows)
+      }
+    )
+
     it('strips refs/heads/ prefix from the branch arg', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
       glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: '[]' })
@@ -299,16 +428,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
 
     it('routes local WSL merge-request branch lookup through the selected distro', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 12,
-            title: 'WSL branch',
-            state: 'opened',
-            sha: 'abc',
-            head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 12,
+        title: 'WSL branch',
+        state: 'opened',
+        sha: 'abc',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
       })
 
       const mr = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/wsl', null, null, {
@@ -327,16 +452,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
 
     it('hides a stale closed MR whose source branch is the repo default branch (#9171)', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 7,
-            title: 'Accidental MR from main',
-            state: 'closed',
-            sha: 'stale-main-oid',
-            head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 7,
+        title: 'Accidental MR from main',
+        state: 'closed',
+        sha: 'stale-main-oid',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
       })
 
       await expect(getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'main')).resolves.toBeNull()
@@ -344,16 +465,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
 
     it('hides a stuck-locked MR whose source branch is the repo default branch (#9171)', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 9,
-            title: 'Wedged mid-merge MR from main',
-            state: 'locked',
-            sha: 'locked-main-oid',
-            head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 9,
+        title: 'Wedged mid-merge MR from main',
+        state: 'locked',
+        sha: 'locked-main-oid',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
       })
 
       await expect(getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'main')).resolves.toBeNull()
@@ -361,16 +478,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
 
     it('keeps an open MR whose source branch is the repo default branch', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 8,
-            title: 'main → release',
-            state: 'opened',
-            sha: 'abc',
-            head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 8,
+        title: 'main → release',
+        state: 'opened',
+        sha: 'abc',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'success' }
       })
 
       const mr = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'main')
@@ -380,16 +493,12 @@ describe('gitlab client — MR operations', () => {
 
     it('keeps a closed MR on a feature branch (behavior preserved)', async () => {
       getProjectRefMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ host: 'gitlab.com', path: 'g/p' })
-      glabExecFileAsyncMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
-        stdout: JSON.stringify([
-          {
-            iid: 9,
-            title: 'Rejected work',
-            state: 'closed',
-            sha: 'def',
-            head_pipeline: { status: 'failed' }
-          }
-        ])
+      mockBranchLookup({
+        iid: 9,
+        title: 'Rejected work',
+        state: 'closed',
+        sha: 'def',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'failed' }
       })
 
       const mr = await getMergeRequestForBranch('/repo', 'feature/rejected')
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/mappers.test.ts b/src/main/gitlab/mappers.test.ts
index 8626b085181..e3dc2d24163 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/mappers.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/mappers.test.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,32 @@ describe('mapGitLabIssueInfo', () => {
 })
 
 describe('mapMRInfo', () => {
+  it('settles mergeable manual pipelines without claiming they passed, while preserving blockers', () => {
+    for (const pipelineField of ['head_pipeline', 'pipeline']) {
+      for (const [status, detailed_merge_status, expected] of [
+        ['manual', 'mergeable', 'neutral'],
+        ['manual', 'ci_must_pass', 'pending'],
+        ['manual', 'merge_request_blocked', 'pending'],
+        ['manual', 'draft_status', 'pending'],
+        ['manual', undefined, 'pending'],
+        ['running', 'mergeable', 'pending'],
+        ['failed', 'mergeable', 'failure']
+      ] as const) {
+        const raw = {
+          iid: 1,
+          title: 'Manual release stage',
+          state: 'opened',
+          [pipelineField]: { status },
+          detailed_merge_status
+        }
+        const info = mapMRInfo(raw, derivePipelineStatus({ status }))
+        expect(info.pipelineStatus, `${pipelineField}: ${status} / ${detailed_merge_status}`).toBe(
+          expected
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
   it('builds an MRInfo from a typical glab payload', () => {
     expect(
       mapMRInfo(
@@ -166,12 +192,14 @@ describe('mapMRInfo', () => {
         title: 't',
         state: 'opened',
         has_conflicts: true,
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'manual' },
         detailed_merge_status: 'mergeable'
       },
       'pending'
     )
     expect(info.mergeable).toBe('CONFLICTING')
     expect(info.mergeStateStatus).toBe('conflict')
+    expect(info.pipelineStatus).toBe('pending')
   })
 
   it('marks UNKNOWN when detailed_merge_status is non-mergeable but not a conflict', () => {
@@ -186,10 +214,17 @@ describe('mapMRInfo', () => {
   // GitLab <15.6 lacks detailed_merge_status; legacy positive mergeability keeps actions usable.
   it('falls back to legacy merge_status when detailed_merge_status is absent', () => {
     const info = mapMRInfo(
-      { iid: 1, title: 't', state: 'opened', merge_status: 'can_be_merged' },
-      'success'
+      {
+        iid: 1,
+        title: 't',
+        state: 'opened',
+        merge_status: 'can_be_merged',
+        head_pipeline: { status: 'manual' }
+      },
+      'pending'
     )
     expect(info.mergeable).toBe('MERGEABLE')
+    expect(info.pipelineStatus).toBe('pending')
   })
 
   it('does not let legacy merge_status override a present detailed_merge_status', () => {
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/mappers.ts b/src/main/gitlab/mappers.ts
index 62deccf3da8..ce4a21cc03e 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/mappers.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/mappers.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ type GitLabMRRaw = {
   description?: string | null
   target_branch?: string
   author?: { username?: string | null; avatar_url?: string | null } | null
+  head_pipeline?: { status?: string } | null
+  pipeline?: { status?: string } | null
 }
 
 export function mapMRInfo(data: GitLabMRRaw, pipelineStatus: CheckStatus): MRInfo {
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ export function mapMRInfo(data: GitLabMRRaw, pipelineStatus: CheckStatus): MRInf
     title: data.title,
     state: mapMRState(data.state, data.draft, data.title),
     url: data.web_url ?? data.url ?? '',
-    pipelineStatus,
+    pipelineStatus: settleManualPipelineStatus(data, pipelineStatus),
     updatedAt: data.updated_at ?? data.updatedAt ?? '',
     mergeable,
     ...(mergeStateStatus ? { mergeStateStatus } : {}),
@@ -99,6 +101,16 @@ export function mapMRInfo(data: GitLabMRRaw, pipelineStatus: CheckStatus): MRInf
   }
 }
 
+// A mergeable manual pipeline has no automatic work outstanding, but its manual stage has not passed.
+function settleManualPipelineStatus(data: GitLabMRRaw, pipelineStatus: CheckStatus): CheckStatus {
+  const raw = (data.head_pipeline ?? data.pipeline)?.status?.toLowerCase()
+  return raw === 'manual' &&
+    data.detailed_merge_status === 'mergeable' &&
+    data.has_conflicts !== true
+    ? 'neutral'
+    : pipelineStatus
+}
+
 function deriveMergeable(data: GitLabMRRaw): MRInfo['mergeable'] {
   if (data.has_conflicts === true) {
     return 'CONFLICTING'
diff --git a/src/main/gitlab/merge-request-lookup.ts b/src/main/gitlab/merge-request-lookup.ts
index aa54316f5f2..206f54e2931 100644
--- a/src/main/gitlab/merge-request-lookup.ts
+++ b/src/main/gitlab/merge-request-lookup.ts
@@ -96,22 +96,23 @@ export async function getMergeRequestForBranch(
   }
   await acquire()
   try {
-    if (typeof linkedMRIid === 'number') {
+    const fetchByIid = async (iid: number): Promise<MRInfo> => {
       const { stdout } = await glabExecFileAsync(
         [
           'api',
           ...glabHostnameArgs(projectRef, connectionId),
-          `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/merge_requests/${linkedMRIid}?with_merge_status_recheck=true`
+          `projects/${encodedProject(projectRef.path)}/merge_requests/${iid}?with_merge_status_recheck=true`
         ],
         glabRepoExecOptions(repoPath, connectionId, localGitOptions)
       )
-      const raw = JSON.parse(stdout) as Parameters<typeof mapMRInfo>[0] & {
-        head_pipeline?: { status?: string } | null
-        pipeline?: { status?: string } | null
-      }
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the single-MR endpoint returns the MR fields and its optional pipeline.
+      const raw = JSON.parse(stdout) as Parameters<typeof mapMRInfo>[0]
       const pipelineStatus = derivePipelineStatus(raw.head_pipeline ?? raw.pipeline ?? null)
       return mapMRInfo(raw, pipelineStatus)
     }
+    if (typeof linkedMRIid === 'number') {
+      return await fetchByIid(linkedMRIid)
+    }
     if (branchName) {
       const { stdout } = await glabExecFileAsync(
         [
@@ -122,15 +123,11 @@ export async function getMergeRequestForBranch(
         ],
         glabRepoExecOptions(repoPath, connectionId, localGitOptions)
       )
-      const data = JSON.parse(stdout) as (Parameters<typeof mapMRInfo>[0] & {
-        head_pipeline?: { status?: string } | null
-        pipeline?: { status?: string } | null
-      })[]
+      // oxlint-disable-next-line typescript/consistent-type-assertions -- SAFETY: the branch-list endpoint returns MR summaries; only their identity is used.
+      const data = JSON.parse(stdout) as Parameters<typeof mapMRInfo>[0][]
       if (Array.isArray(data) && data.length > 0) {
-        const raw = data[0]
-        // Older GitLab uses pipeline instead of head_pipeline.
-        const pipelineStatus = derivePipelineStatus(raw.head_pipeline ?? raw.pipeline ?? null)
-        const info = mapMRInfo(raw, pipelineStatus)
+        // List summaries omit head_pipeline; only detail can supply an authoritative check result.
+        const info = await fetchByIid(data[0].iid ?? data[0].number ?? 0)
         const hideOnDefaultBranch = await shouldHideNonOpenReviewOnDefaultBranch({
           state: info.state,
           reviewNumber: info.number,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardStatusSlot.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardStatusSlot.test.tsx
index 1b5067c6fdd..996ddc7aef5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardStatusSlot.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardStatusSlot.test.tsx
@@ -2,10 +2,26 @@ import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { WorktreeCardStatusSlot } from './WorktreeCardStatusSlot'
-import type { WorktreeCardPrDisplay } from './worktree-card-pr-display'
+import { getWorktreeCardPrDisplay, type WorktreeCardPrDisplay } from './worktree-card-pr-display'
+import { gitlabMrCheckCases } from '../../../../shared/gitlab-mr-checks.test-fixture'
+import { buildParentPrChecksProjection } from '../right-sidebar/parent-pr-checks-rows'
+import { FolderWorkspacePrChecksRow } from '../right-sidebar/FolderWorkspacePrChecksRow'
+import { presentGitLabMRMergeState } from '../right-sidebar/gitlab-mr-merge-state'
+import { getActiveChecksStatus } from '../right-sidebar/active-checks-status'
+import { ReviewChecksBadge, ReviewChecksIndicator } from './WorktreeCardMetadataStatusBadges'
+import { WorktreeReferenceStack } from './WorktreeReferenceStack'
+import type { WorkspaceReferenceDetailsMap } from './workspace-reference-details'
+import { getFolderWorkspaceCardPrDisplay } from './folder-workspace-card-pr-display'
+import { formatHostedReviewLabel } from '../status-bar/hosted-review-label'
+import { reviewRefreshIntervalMs } from '../../../../shared/review-refresh-policy'
 import { summarizeWorkspaceReviewChecks } from '../../../../shared/workspace-review-checks'
 import { getWorkspaceAttachmentKey } from '../../../../shared/workspace-attachment-normalization'
-import { referenceAttachment, referenceReview } from './workspace-reference-fixtures.test-support'
+import {
+  referenceAttachment,
+  referenceReview,
+  referenceRepo,
+  referenceWorkspace
+} from './workspace-reference-fixtures.test-support'
 
 const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   status: 'active',
@@ -49,6 +65,105 @@ describe('WorktreeCardStatusSlot', () => {
     status: 'pending'
   }
 
+  it.each(gitlabMrCheckCases)(
+    'presents the normalized $name without claiming passing',
+    ({ review: mapped, cardLabel, tone, rowSummary, mergeLabel, directMergeAvailable }) => {
+      const { status } = mapped
+      const worktree = { ...referenceWorkspace, linkedPR: null, linkedGitLabMR: 7 }
+      const hostedReviewCache = {
+        'local::repo::feature': { data: mapped, fetchedAt: 1, linkedReviewHintKey: 'gitlab:7' }
+      }
+      const context = {
+        worktrees: [worktree],
+        repos: [referenceRepo],
+        settings: null,
+        hostedReviewCache,
+        prCache: {},
+        checksCache: {}
+      }
+      const projection = buildParentPrChecksProjection(context)
+      const card = renderToStaticMarkup(
+        <WorktreeCardStatusSlot
+          worktreeId={worktree.id}
+          showStatus
+          showUnreadAction={false}
+          isUnread={false}
+          unreadTooltip=""
+          onPointerDown={vi.fn()}
+          onToggleUnread={vi.fn()}
+          newCardStyle
+          prDisplay={getWorktreeCardPrDisplay(mapped, null, 7)}
+        />
+      )
+      expect(card).toContain(cardLabel)
+      expect(card).toContain(tone)
+      expect(card).not.toContain('Passing')
+      const row = renderToStaticMarkup(
+        <FolderWorkspacePrChecksRow
+          row={projection.rows[0]}
+          expanded={false}
+          onToggle={vi.fn()}
+          onLoadCheckDetails={async () => null}
+        />
+      )
+      expect(row).toContain(rowSummary)
+      expect(row).not.toMatch(/Checks passing|lucide-circle-check/)
+      expect(projection.summary.passing).toBe(0)
+      expect(presentGitLabMRMergeState(mapped)).toMatchObject({
+        label: mergeLabel,
+        directMergeAvailable
+      })
+      expect(
+        getActiveChecksStatus({
+          ...context,
+          activeWorktreeId: worktree.id,
+          worktreesByRepo: { repo: [worktree] }
+        })
+      ).toBe(status)
+      const item = { provider: 'gitlab', type: 'mr', number: 7 } as const
+      const details = {
+        [getWorkspaceAttachmentKey(item)]: { title: mapped.title, url: mapped.url, review: mapped }
+      } satisfies WorkspaceReferenceDetailsMap
+      expect(summarizeWorkspaceReviewChecks([item], details)).toMatchObject({
+        state: status,
+        passed: 0
+      })
+      expect(
+        renderToStaticMarkup(<WorktreeReferenceStack items={[item]} details={details} />)
+      ).toContain(tone)
+      const checkLabel = { failure: 'Failing', pending: 'Pending', neutral: '' }[status]
+      for (const Badge of [ReviewChecksBadge, ReviewChecksIndicator]) {
+        const badge = renderToStaticMarkup(<Badge status={mapped.status} />)
+        expect(badge).toEqual(checkLabel ? expect.stringContaining(`Checks: ${checkLabel}`) : '')
+      }
+      expect(
+        getFolderWorkspaceCardPrDisplay({
+          ...context,
+          folderWorkspaceId: 'folder',
+          worktreeMap: new Map([[worktree.id, worktree]]),
+          repoMap: new Map([['repo', referenceRepo]]),
+          worktreeLineageById: {},
+          workspaceLineageByChildKey: {
+            child: {
+              childWorkspaceKey: `worktree:${worktree.id}`,
+              parentWorkspaceKey: 'folder:folder',
+              origin: 'cli',
+              capture: { source: 'env-workspace', confidence: 'inferred' },
+              createdAt: 1
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      ).toMatchObject({ state: 'open', status })
+      expect(formatHostedReviewLabel(mapped)).toBe(`MR !7 Open, ${status}`)
+      expect(reviewRefreshIntervalMs({ state: mapped.state, checksStatus: mapped.status })).toBe(
+        120_000
+      )
+      expect(reviewRefreshIntervalMs({ state: 'merged', checksStatus: mapped.status })).toBe(
+        status === 'pending' ? 60_000 : null
+      )
+    }
+  )
+
   it('uses checks from every attached review rather than the legacy passing review', () => {
     const items = [referenceAttachment(1), referenceAttachment(2)]
     const details = Object.fromEntries(
diff --git a/src/shared/gitlab-mr-checks.test-fixture.ts b/src/shared/gitlab-mr-checks.test-fixture.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3225e0de5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/gitlab-mr-checks.test-fixture.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import type { HostedReviewInfo } from './hosted-review'
+
+const rawIdentity = { iid: 7, title: 'Release', state: 'opened', has_conflicts: false }
+const reviewIdentity = {
+  provider: 'gitlab',
+  number: 7,
+  title: 'Release',
+  state: 'open',
+  url: '',
+  updatedAt: ''
+} satisfies Omit<HostedReviewInfo, 'status' | 'mergeable'>
+
+export const gitlabMrCheckCases = [
+  {
+    name: 'failed pipeline',
+    raw: {
+      ...rawIdentity,
+      head_pipeline: { status: 'failed' },
+      detailed_merge_status: 'ci_must_pass'
+    },
+    review: {
+      ...reviewIdentity,
+      status: 'failure',
+      mergeable: 'UNKNOWN',
+      mergeStateStatus: 'ci_must_pass'
+    } satisfies HostedReviewInfo,
+    cardLabel: 'MR checks: Failed',
+    tone: 'text-rose-500/85',
+    rowSummary: 'Checks failing',
+    mergeLabel: 'Checks must pass',
+    directMergeAvailable: false
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'mergeable manual pipeline',
+    raw: {
+      ...rawIdentity,
+      head_pipeline: { status: 'manual' },
+      detailed_merge_status: 'mergeable'
+    },
+    review: {
+      ...reviewIdentity,
+      status: 'neutral',
+      mergeable: 'MERGEABLE',
+      mergeStateStatus: 'mergeable'
+    } satisfies HostedReviewInfo,
+    cardLabel: 'MR: Open',
+    tone: 'text-emerald-500/80',
+    rowSummary: 'No check signal',
+    mergeLabel: 'Able to merge',
+    directMergeAvailable: true
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'blocked manual pipeline',
+    raw: {
+      ...rawIdentity,
+      head_pipeline: { status: 'manual' },
+      detailed_merge_status: 'ci_must_pass'
+    },
+    review: {
+      ...reviewIdentity,
+      status: 'pending',
+      mergeable: 'UNKNOWN',
+      mergeStateStatus: 'ci_must_pass'
+    } satisfies HostedReviewInfo,
+    cardLabel: 'MR checks: Pending',
+    tone: 'text-amber-500/85',
+    rowSummary: 'Checks pending',
+    mergeLabel: 'Checks must pass',
+    directMergeAvailable: false
+  }
+]