diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts
index 37949d578ec..62c9f1987f7 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.test.ts
@@ -6170,6 +6170,61 @@ describe('OrcaRuntimeService', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  describe('checkRepoHooks status', () => {
+    const remoteStore = {
+      ...store,
+      getRepos: () => [
+        {
+          id: TEST_REPO_ID,
+          path: '/remote/repo',
+          displayName: 'repo',
+          badgeColor: 'blue',
+          addedAt: 1,
+          connectionId: 'ssh-1'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+
+    it('reports an error when the SSH filesystem provider is unavailable', async () => {
+      const runtime = new OrcaRuntimeService(remoteStore as never)
+
+      await expect(runtime.checkRepoHooks('id:repo-1')).resolves.toEqual({
+        status: 'error',
+        hasHooks: false,
+        hooks: null,
+        mayNeedUpdate: false
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('reports ok for a missing remote orca.yaml and error for any other read failure', async () => {
+      const readFile = vi.fn()
+      registerSshFilesystemProvider('ssh-1', { readFile } as never)
+      const runtime = new OrcaRuntimeService(remoteStore as never)
+
+      try {
+        readFile.mockRejectedValueOnce(Object.assign(new Error('missing'), { code: 'ENOENT' }))
+        await expect(runtime.checkRepoHooks('id:repo-1')).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          status: 'ok',
+          hasHooks: false
+        })
+
+        readFile.mockRejectedValueOnce(Object.assign(new Error('down'), { code: 'ECONNRESET' }))
+        await expect(runtime.checkRepoHooks('id:repo-1')).resolves.toMatchObject({
+          status: 'error',
+          hasHooks: false
+        })
+      } finally {
+        unregisterSshFilesystemProvider('ssh-1')
+      }
+    })
+
+    it('reports ok for a local repo hook check', async () => {
+      const runtime = new OrcaRuntimeService(store as never)
+
+      await expect(runtime.checkRepoHooks('id:repo-1')).resolves.toMatchObject({ status: 'ok' })
+    })
+  })
+
   it('resolves SSH issue commands from shared orca.yaml and deletes empty overrides', async () => {
     const remoteStore = {
       ...store,
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
index 731b997c44b..bc72387da21 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/orca-runtime.ts
@@ -19889,28 +19889,42 @@ export class OrcaRuntimeService {
   async checkRepoHooks(repoSelector: string) {
     const repo = await this.resolveRepoSelector(repoSelector)
     if (isFolderRepo(repo)) {
-      return { hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
+      return { status: 'ok' as const, hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
     }
 
     if (repo.connectionId) {
       const fsProvider = getSshFilesystemProvider(repo.connectionId)
+      // Why: callers cache "no hooks" as authoritative, so an unreadable repo must fail
+      // closed with an error status (mirrors the hooks:check IPC handler) instead of
+      // pinning a false "no setup script" verdict until the client remounts.
       if (!fsProvider) {
-        return { hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
+        return { status: 'error' as const, hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
       }
       try {
         const result = await fsProvider.readFile(joinWorktreeRelativePath(repo.path, 'orca.yaml'))
         if (result.isBinary) {
-          return { hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
+          return { status: 'ok' as const, hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
+        }
+        return {
+          status: 'ok' as const,
+          hasHooks: true,
+          hooks: parseOrcaYaml(result.content),
+          mayNeedUpdate: false
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        return {
+          status: isENOENT(error) ? ('ok' as const) : ('error' as const),
+          hasHooks: false,
+          hooks: null,
+          mayNeedUpdate: false
         }
-        return { hasHooks: true, hooks: parseOrcaYaml(result.content), mayNeedUpdate: false }
-      } catch {
-        return { hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
       }
     }
 
     const has = hasHooksFile(repo.path)
     const hooks = has ? loadHooks(repo.path) : null
     return {
+      status: 'ok' as const,
       hasHooks: has,
       hooks,
       mayNeedUpdate: has && !hooks && hasUnrecognizedOrcaYamlKeys(repo.path)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.test.tsx
index 6ea400b5bd8..cb4e364d1b2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.test.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,31 @@ function effectiveSetup(repoId: string): OkSetupScriptPromptState {
   return { ...missingSetup(repoId), hasEffectiveSetup: true }
 }
 
+function inspectionError(repoId: string, hostId = 'local'): SetupScriptPromptState {
+  return {
+    status: 'error',
+    repoId,
+    repoHostIdentity: getRepoHostIdentityForParts(repoId, hostId)
+  }
+}
+
+const RUNTIME_ENVIRONMENT_ID = 'env-1'
+const RUNTIME_REPO = {
+  id: 'repo-1',
+  kind: 'git',
+  executionHostId: `runtime:${RUNTIME_ENVIRONMENT_ID}`
+} as unknown as Repo
+
+async function setRuntimeConnectionGeneration(connectionGeneration: number): Promise<void> {
+  await act(async () => {
+    useAppStore.setState({
+      runtimeStatusByEnvironmentId: new Map([
+        [RUNTIME_ENVIRONMENT_ID, { status: null, checkedAt: 0, connectionGeneration }]
+      ])
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 type HarnessProps = {
   activeRepo: Repo | null
   isDismissed: boolean
@@ -77,7 +102,7 @@ describe('useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation', () => {
   afterEach(() => {
     roots.splice(0).forEach((root) => act(() => root.unmount()))
     document.body.replaceChildren()
-    useAppStore.setState({ activeWorktreeId: null })
+    useAppStore.setState({ activeWorktreeId: null, runtimeStatusByEnvironmentId: new Map() })
     vi.clearAllMocks()
   })
 
@@ -188,4 +213,84 @@ describe('useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation', () => {
 
     expect(requestRevalidation).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('re-inspects on window focus after a failed inspection', async () => {
+    const requestRevalidation = vi.fn()
+    await render({
+      activeRepo: GIT_REPO,
+      isDismissed: false,
+      sidebarOpen: true,
+      promptState: inspectionError('repo-1'),
+      requestRevalidation
+    })
+
+    await dispatchWindowFocus()
+
+    expect(requestRevalidation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('replays a worktree activation that landed while the prompt state was unsettled', async () => {
+    const requestRevalidation = vi.fn()
+    const rerender = await render({
+      activeRepo: GIT_REPO,
+      isDismissed: false,
+      sidebarOpen: true,
+      promptState: missingSetup('repo-1'),
+      requestRevalidation
+    })
+    // The card nulls its state for the whole inspection round trip, so the
+    // activation lands while nothing is revalidatable.
+    await rerender({
+      activeRepo: GIT_REPO,
+      isDismissed: false,
+      sidebarOpen: true,
+      promptState: null,
+      requestRevalidation
+    })
+    await setActiveWorktree('worktree-2')
+    expect(requestRevalidation).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    await rerender({
+      activeRepo: GIT_REPO,
+      isDismissed: false,
+      sidebarOpen: true,
+      promptState: missingSetup('repo-1'),
+      requestRevalidation
+    })
+
+    expect(requestRevalidation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('re-inspects when the repo runtime reconnects', async () => {
+    const requestRevalidation = vi.fn()
+    await setRuntimeConnectionGeneration(1)
+    await render({
+      activeRepo: RUNTIME_REPO,
+      isDismissed: false,
+      sidebarOpen: true,
+      promptState: missingSetup('repo-1', `runtime:${RUNTIME_ENVIRONMENT_ID}`),
+      requestRevalidation
+    })
+    expect(requestRevalidation).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    await setRuntimeConnectionGeneration(2)
+
+    expect(requestRevalidation).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('ignores a reconnect of a runtime that does not own the repo', async () => {
+    const requestRevalidation = vi.fn()
+    await setRuntimeConnectionGeneration(1)
+    await render({
+      activeRepo: GIT_REPO,
+      isDismissed: false,
+      sidebarOpen: true,
+      promptState: missingSetup('repo-1'),
+      requestRevalidation
+    })
+
+    await setRuntimeConnectionGeneration(2)
+
+    expect(requestRevalidation).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.ts
index 04f9dbcab90..ce6a5e78fce 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useAppStore } from '@/store'
 import { isGitRepoKind } from '../../../../shared/repo-kind'
 import type { Repo } from '../../../../shared/types'
 import { getRepoHostIdentity } from '@/store/slices/repo-host-identity'
+import { getRepoExecutionHostId, parseExecutionHostId } from '../../../../shared/execution-host'
 import type { SetupScriptPromptState } from './setup-script-prompt-render-state'
 
 /**
@@ -19,15 +20,27 @@ export function useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation(input: {
 }): void {
   const { activeRepo, isDismissed, sidebarOpen, promptState, requestRevalidation } = input
   const activeWorktreeId = useAppStore((s) => s.activeWorktreeId)
+  const activeRepoHostIdentity = activeRepo ? getRepoHostIdentity(activeRepo) : null
+  const repoHost = parseExecutionHostId(activeRepo ? getRepoExecutionHostId(activeRepo) : null)
+  const repoRuntimeEnvironmentId = repoHost?.kind === 'runtime' ? repoHost.environmentId : null
+  // Why: scope to the repo's own runtime so an unrelated host reconnect does not
+  // re-fire inspections for every repo.
+  const repoConnectionGeneration = useAppStore((s) =>
+    repoRuntimeEnvironmentId
+      ? (s.runtimeStatusByEnvironmentId.get(repoRuntimeEnvironmentId)?.connectionGeneration ?? 0)
+      : 0
+  )
 
-  // Why: only revalidate while the prompt still shows no effective setup — there is
-  // nothing to clear (and no RPC worth spending, notably over SSH) once it is
-  // configured.
-  const showsMissingSetup =
-    promptState?.status === 'ok' &&
-    promptState.repoId === activeRepo?.id &&
-    Boolean(activeRepo && promptState.repoHostIdentity === getRepoHostIdentity(activeRepo)) &&
-    !promptState.hasEffectiveSetup
+  // Why: revalidate while the prompt shows no effective setup or a failed inspection —
+  // both can be stale. `forbidden` is permanent and an effective setup has nothing to
+  // clear, so neither is worth an RPC (notably over SSH).
+  const promptBelongsToActiveRepo =
+    promptState?.repoId === activeRepo?.id &&
+    Boolean(activeRepo && promptState?.repoHostIdentity === activeRepoHostIdentity)
+  const promptNeedsRevalidation =
+    promptBelongsToActiveRepo &&
+    (promptState?.status === 'error' ||
+      (promptState?.status === 'ok' && !promptState.hasEffectiveSetup))
 
   // Why: orca.yaml is edited on disk or the hook runs in a terminal outside React
   // state. Re-inspect on window focus so returning to Orca detects it (mirrors
@@ -38,7 +51,7 @@ export function useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation(input: {
       !activeRepo ||
       !isGitRepoKind(activeRepo) ||
       isDismissed ||
-      !showsMissingSetup
+      !promptNeedsRevalidation
     ) {
       return
     }
@@ -46,18 +59,56 @@ export function useSetupScriptPromptRevalidation(input: {
     return () => {
       window.removeEventListener('focus', requestRevalidation)
     }
-  }, [activeRepo, isDismissed, requestRevalidation, showsMissingSetup, sidebarOpen])
+  }, [activeRepo, isDismissed, requestRevalidation, promptNeedsRevalidation, sidebarOpen])
 
   // Why: the setup hook runs during worktree creation, so activating a worktree in
   // this repo can make the setup effective after a negative result was cached. Fire
   // only on an actual activation change, not on mount/remount with a seeded id —
   // the initial inspection already covers the mounted worktree.
   const previousWorktreeIdRef = useRef(activeWorktreeId)
+  const previousRepoHostIdentityRef = useRef(activeRepoHostIdentity)
+  const previousConnectionGenerationRef = useRef(repoConnectionGeneration)
+  // Why: these signals usually land while the prompt state is still unsettled (the
+  // card nulls it for the whole inspection round trip). Remember them instead of
+  // dropping them, then replay once a revalidatable result exists.
+  const pendingRevalidationRef = useRef(false)
+
   useEffect(() => {
-    const changed = previousWorktreeIdRef.current !== activeWorktreeId
+    const worktreeChanged = previousWorktreeIdRef.current !== activeWorktreeId
+    const hostChanged = previousRepoHostIdentityRef.current !== activeRepoHostIdentity
+    // Why: a runtime reconnect can turn an unreadable orca.yaml into a readable one,
+    // and nothing else in the card's inputs changes when that happens.
+    const reconnected = repoConnectionGeneration > previousConnectionGenerationRef.current
     previousWorktreeIdRef.current = activeWorktreeId
-    if (changed && showsMissingSetup) {
-      requestRevalidation()
+    previousRepoHostIdentityRef.current = activeRepoHostIdentity
+    previousConnectionGenerationRef.current = repoConnectionGeneration
+    if (hostChanged) {
+      // A repo/host switch re-runs the card's own inspection, so no extra pass is owed.
+      pendingRevalidationRef.current = false
+    } else if (worktreeChanged || reconnected) {
+      pendingRevalidationRef.current = true
     }
-  }, [activeWorktreeId, requestRevalidation, showsMissingSetup])
+
+    if (
+      !pendingRevalidationRef.current ||
+      !sidebarOpen ||
+      !activeRepo ||
+      !isGitRepoKind(activeRepo) ||
+      isDismissed ||
+      !promptNeedsRevalidation
+    ) {
+      return
+    }
+    pendingRevalidationRef.current = false
+    requestRevalidation()
+  }, [
+    activeRepo,
+    activeRepoHostIdentity,
+    activeWorktreeId,
+    isDismissed,
+    promptNeedsRevalidation,
+    repoConnectionGeneration,
+    requestRevalidation,
+    sidebarOpen
+  ])
 }
diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup-script-prompt-unreadable-orca-yaml.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/setup-script-prompt-unreadable-orca-yaml.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5cc07ef0e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup-script-prompt-unreadable-orca-yaml.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import type { ElectronApplication, Page } from '@stablyai/playwright-test'
+import { test, expect } from './helpers/orca-app'
+import { waitForActiveWorktree, waitForSessionReady } from './helpers/store'
+import { worktreeRow, worktreeRowSurface } from './worktree-row-locators'
+
+const INSPECTION_ERROR_TEXT = "Couldn't verify this repo's setup script right now."
+const SETUP_SCRIPT_COMMAND = 'echo orca-e2e-setup'
+const RECORDING_DWELL_MS = 1200
+
+type WorktreeIds = {
+  repoId: string
+  mainWorktreeId: string
+  featureWorktreeId: string
+}
+
+function runGit(cwd: string, args: string[]): void {
+  execFileSync('git', args, { cwd, stdio: 'pipe' })
+}
+
+/** Repo whose shared orca.yaml carries a real setup script, plus a second worktree. */
+function createRepoWithSharedSetupScript(repoPath: string, featureWorktreePath: string): void {
+  rmSync(repoPath, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  rmSync(featureWorktreePath, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  mkdirSync(repoPath, { recursive: true })
+  runGit(repoPath, ['init'])
+  runGit(repoPath, ['config', 'user.email', 'e2e@test.local'])
+  runGit(repoPath, ['config', 'user.name', 'E2E Test'])
+  writeFileSync(path.join(repoPath, 'README.md'), '# Unreadable orca.yaml E2E\n')
+  writeFileSync(path.join(repoPath, 'orca.yaml'), `scripts:\n  setup: ${SETUP_SCRIPT_COMMAND}\n`)
+  runGit(repoPath, ['add', '-A'])
+  runGit(repoPath, ['commit', '-m', 'Initial commit'])
+  runGit(repoPath, ['worktree', 'add', '-b', 'setup-prompt-proof', featureWorktreePath])
+}
+
+/**
+ * Makes the main process report the failure the fix now surfaces: orca.yaml could
+ * not be read (SSH filesystem provider gone), so the hook check fails closed with
+ * `status: 'error'` instead of an authoritative "no setup script".
+ * The real handler stays captured so healing restores production behavior.
+ */
+async function installUnreadableOrcaYamlFault(electronApp: ElectronApplication): Promise<void> {
+  await electronApp.evaluate(({ ipcMain }) => {
+    type InvokeHandler = (event: unknown, ...args: unknown[]) => unknown
+    const faultState = globalThis as typeof globalThis & { __orcaE2eOrcaYamlUnreadable?: boolean }
+    const registry = (ipcMain as unknown as { _invokeHandlers?: Map<string, InvokeHandler> })
+      ._invokeHandlers
+    const productionHandler = registry?.get('hooks:check')
+    if (!productionHandler) {
+      throw new Error('hooks:check handler was not registered in the main process')
+    }
+    faultState.__orcaE2eOrcaYamlUnreadable = true
+    ipcMain.removeHandler('hooks:check')
+    ipcMain.handle('hooks:check', async (event, ...args) => {
+      if (faultState.__orcaE2eOrcaYamlUnreadable) {
+        return { status: 'error', hasHooks: false, hooks: null, mayNeedUpdate: false }
+      }
+      return productionHandler(event, ...args)
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+/** orca.yaml becomes readable again — every later check runs the production handler. */
+async function healOrcaYamlRead(electronApp: ElectronApplication): Promise<void> {
+  await electronApp.evaluate(() => {
+    ;(globalThis as typeof globalThis & { __orcaE2eOrcaYamlUnreadable?: boolean })
+      .__orcaE2eOrcaYamlUnreadable = false
+  })
+}
+
+async function addRepoAndActivateMainWorktree(
+  page: Page,
+  repoPath: string,
+  featureWorktreePath: string
+): Promise<WorktreeIds> {
+  // Why: repos hide externally created worktrees by default, so the second
+  // worktree only reaches the sidebar once the repo opts into showing them.
+  const repoId = await page.evaluate(async (targetRepoPath) => {
+    const store = window.__store
+    if (!store) {
+      throw new Error('window.__store is not available')
+    }
+    const addedRepo = await store.getState().addRepoPath(targetRepoPath)
+    if (!addedRepo) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to add repo at ${targetRepoPath}`)
+    }
+    await store.getState().updateRepo(addedRepo.id, { externalWorktreeVisibility: 'show' })
+    return addedRepo.id
+  }, repoPath)
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(
+      () =>
+        page.evaluate(async (targetRepoId) => {
+          const store = window.__store
+          if (!store) {
+            return 0
+          }
+          await store.getState().fetchWorktrees(targetRepoId)
+          return store.getState().worktreesByRepo[targetRepoId]?.length ?? 0
+        }, repoId),
+      { timeout: 20_000, message: 'proof repo worktrees did not load' }
+    )
+    .toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2)
+
+  return page.evaluate(
+    ({ targetRepoId, targetRepoPath, targetFeaturePath }) => {
+      const store = window.__store
+      if (!store) {
+        throw new Error('window.__store is not available')
+      }
+      const normalize = (value: string): string =>
+        value.startsWith('/private/var/') ? value.slice('/private'.length) : value
+
+      const state = store.getState()
+      const worktrees = state.worktreesByRepo[targetRepoId] ?? []
+      const mainWorktree = worktrees.find(
+        (entry) => normalize(entry.path) === normalize(targetRepoPath)
+      )
+      const featureWorktree = worktrees.find(
+        (entry) => normalize(entry.path) === normalize(targetFeaturePath)
+      )
+      if (!mainWorktree || !featureWorktree) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Missing worktrees for ${targetRepoPath}: ${worktrees.map((entry) => entry.path).join(', ')}`
+        )
+      }
+
+      state.setSidebarOpen(true)
+      state.setGroupBy('none')
+      state.setSortBy('recent')
+      state.setShowActiveOnly(false)
+      state.setShowSleepingWorkspaces(true)
+      state.setHideDefaultBranchWorkspace(false)
+      state.setFilterRepoIds([])
+      state.setActiveRepo(targetRepoId)
+      state.setActiveWorktree(mainWorktree.id)
+      state.revealWorktreeInSidebar(featureWorktree.id, { behavior: 'auto' })
+      return {
+        repoId: targetRepoId,
+        mainWorktreeId: mainWorktree.id,
+        featureWorktreeId: featureWorktree.id
+      }
+    },
+    { targetRepoId: repoId, targetRepoPath: repoPath, targetFeaturePath: featureWorktreePath }
+  )
+}
+
+test.describe('Setup script prompt', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ orcaPage }) => {
+    await waitForSessionReady(orcaPage)
+    await waitForActiveWorktree(orcaPage)
+  })
+
+  test('recovers from an unreadable orca.yaml instead of pinning the failed verdict', async ({
+    electronApp,
+    orcaPage
+  }, testInfo) => {
+    const repoPath = testInfo.outputPath('unreadable-orca-yaml-repo')
+    const featureWorktreePath = testInfo.outputPath('unreadable-orca-yaml-feature')
+    createRepoWithSharedSetupScript(repoPath, featureWorktreePath)
+
+    await installUnreadableOrcaYamlFault(electronApp)
+    const { repoId, featureWorktreeId } = await addRepoAndActivateMainWorktree(
+      orcaPage,
+      repoPath,
+      featureWorktreePath
+    )
+
+    const promptCard = orcaPage.locator('[data-setup-script-prompt-layer]')
+    const inspectionError = promptCard.getByText(INSPECTION_ERROR_TEXT)
+    await expect(inspectionError).toBeVisible({ timeout: 20_000 })
+
+    // orca.yaml is readable again; the card is still pinned to the failed verdict.
+    await healOrcaYamlRead(electronApp)
+    const healthyCheck = await orcaPage.evaluate(
+      (targetRepoId) => window.api.hooks.check({ repoId: targetRepoId }),
+      repoId
+    )
+    expect(healthyCheck.status).toBe('ok')
+    expect((healthyCheck.hooks as { scripts?: { setup?: string } } | null)?.scripts?.setup).toBe(
+      SETUP_SCRIPT_COMMAND
+    )
+    await expect(inspectionError).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(promptCard.getByRole('button', { name: 'Retry' })).toBeVisible()
+    // Not a wait for state: holds the pinned card on screen for the proof recording.
+    await orcaPage.waitForTimeout(RECORDING_DWELL_MS)
+
+    // Activating another worktree in the same repo must re-inspect.
+    const featureRow = worktreeRow(orcaPage, featureWorktreeId)
+    await expect(featureRow).toBeVisible()
+    await worktreeRowSurface(orcaPage, featureWorktreeId).click()
+    await expect(featureRow).toHaveAttribute('aria-current', 'page')
+
+    // The repo has a valid orca.yaml scripts.setup, so no prompt may remain.
+    await expect(inspectionError).toBeHidden({ timeout: 20_000 })
+    await expect(promptCard).toHaveCount(0)
+    await orcaPage.waitForTimeout(RECORDING_DWELL_MS)
+  })
+})