diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-drop.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-drop.test.ts
index af9f9eaa7ed..5a4b86838c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-drop.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-drop.test.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ describe('dropAgentStatus + retention suppressor', () => {
     expect(s.tabsByWorktree['wt-1']?.some((tab) => tab.id === 'tab-closed')).toBe(false)
     expect(s.agentStatusByPaneKey['tab-closed:0']).toBeUndefined()
     expect(s.agentStatusByPaneKey['tab-orphan:0']).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(s.retentionSuppressedPaneKeys['tab-orphan:0']).toBe(true)
+    // No suppressor for the orphan: its tab is already gone, so retention sync
+    // never re-surfaces it and a suppressor would leak permanently.
+    expect(s.retentionSuppressedPaneKeys['tab-orphan:0']).toBeUndefined()
     expect(s.agentStatusByPaneKey['tab-active-child:0']).toBeDefined()
     expect(s.agentStatusByPaneKey['tab-live:0']).toBeDefined()
     expect(s.agentStatusByPaneKey['tab-other-orphan:0']).toBeDefined()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status.ts
index 80be0c22e3a..52809ebaa2c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status.ts
@@ -1895,7 +1895,13 @@ export const createAgentStatusSlice: StateCreator<AppState, [], [], AgentStatusS
         // the user just tore it down. Planting suppressors is the cheap guard
         // for the common ordering; the rare inverse ordering has the same
         // bounded suppressor-leak tradeoff described in dropAgentStatus.
-        const suppressorAdds = liveKeys.filter((k) => !(k in s.retentionSuppressedPaneKeys))
+        //
+        // Skip completed-orphan keys: their tab is already gone, so retention
+        // sync never snapshots them and no live→gone transition ever fires to
+        // consume the suppressor — planting one would leak permanently.
+        const suppressorAdds = liveKeys.filter(
+          (k) => !completedOrphanKeySet.has(k) && !(k in s.retentionSuppressedPaneKeys)
+        )
         let nextRetentionSuppressedPaneKeys = s.retentionSuppressedPaneKeys
         if (suppressorAdds.length > 0) {
           nextRetentionSuppressedPaneKeys = { ...s.retentionSuppressedPaneKeys }