diff --git a/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/detected-provider-listing.ts b/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/detected-provider-listing.ts
index 1f92ff6b981..3252b707663 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/detected-provider-listing.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/detected-provider-listing.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import {
 import { readAllWorktreeMetaForRepo } from '../../../persistence/host-qualified-worktree-meta'
 import { classifyWorktreeScanFailure } from '../../../../shared/worktree-scan-failure'
 import { scanUntilNotOvertaken } from './overtaken-scan-rerun'
+import { withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates } from '../../../worktree-create-in-flight'
 
 export async function listDetectedWorktreesForCapturedRepo(
   store: Store,
@@ -123,7 +124,10 @@ export async function listDetectedWorktreesForCapturedRepo(
       return abortedResult() ?? null
     }
     const { gitWorktrees, fresh: freshScan, sideEffectToken, metadataPrune, hygieneDue } = scan
-    const localRows = await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(repo.id, gitWorktrees)
+    const localRows = await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(
+      repo.id,
+      withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates(repo.id, gitWorktrees)
+    )
     const aborted = abortedResult()
     if (aborted) {
       return aborted
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/register-worktree-catalog-handlers.ts b/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/register-worktree-catalog-handlers.ts
index 2c24d9c1526..f2ba076e8d7 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/register-worktree-catalog-handlers.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/worktrees/listing/register-worktree-catalog-handlers.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts,
   type PendingWorktreeRemovals
 } from '../../../worktree-removal-listing'
+import { withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates } from '../../../worktree-create-in-flight'
 
 const WORKTREE_LIST_ALL_CONCURRENCY = 8
 
@@ -128,7 +129,10 @@ export function registerWorktreeCatalogHandlers(context: WorktreeIpcContext): vo
         }
         loggedWorktreeListFailures.delete(`${repo.id}:${repo.path}`)
         const metadata = metadataForRepo(repo)
-        const rows = await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(repo.id, scan.gitWorktrees)
+        const rows = await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(
+          repo.id,
+          withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates(repo.id, scan.gitWorktrees)
+        )
         const worktrees = buildDetectedGitWorktrees(store, repo, rows, metadata)
           .filter((worktree) => worktree.visible)
           .map((worktree) => stampAndMergeVisibleDetectedWorktree(store, repo, worktree, metadata))
@@ -196,7 +200,10 @@ export function registerWorktreeCatalogHandlers(context: WorktreeIpcContext): vo
       }
       loggedWorktreeListFailures.delete(`${repo.id}:${repo.path}`)
       const metadata = allMeta ?? readAllWorktreeMetaForRepo(store, repo)
-      const rows = await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(repo.id, scan.gitWorktrees)
+      const rows = await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(
+        repo.id,
+        withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates(repo.id, scan.gitWorktrees)
+      )
       const worktrees = buildDetectedGitWorktrees(store, repo, rows, metadata)
         .filter((worktree) => worktree.visible)
         .map((worktree) => stampAndMergeVisibleDetectedWorktree(store, repo, worktree, metadata))
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.test.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.test.ts
index bd3b56d2ee1..0420e137e79 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.test.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ import {
   type WorktreeCreateTimingRecorder
 } from '../worktree-create-timing'
 import type { SparsePreset } from '../../shared/worktree/create-types'
+import { withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates } from '../worktree-create-in-flight'
 
 const worktreePath = resolve('/worktrees', 'app')
 
@@ -184,6 +185,29 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   readSparsePresets.mockReturnValue([WEB_PRESET])
 })
 
+describe('runtime create listing hold', () => {
+  const rows = [{ path: worktreePath }]
+
+  it('holds the checkout during Git creation and releases it once metadata is saved', async () => {
+    mocks.consume.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-1', rows)).toEqual([])
+      return { status: 'hit', result: {}, rearm: mocks.rearm }
+    })
+    mocks.resolveShared.mockImplementation(async () => {
+      expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-1', rows)).toBe(rows)
+      return []
+    })
+    await createWorktree()
+    expect(mocks.resolveShared).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
+  })
+
+  it('releases the checkout when Git creation fails', async () => {
+    mocks.consume.mockRejectedValue(new Error('checkout failed'))
+    await expect(createWorktree()).rejects.toThrow('checkout failed')
+    expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-1', rows)).toBe(rows)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('runtime nested-workspaces layout', () => {
   const addedPath = (): string => String(mocks.add.mock.calls[0]?.[1])
 
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.ts b/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.ts
index d96d2dc5b95..1a4226742cc 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/runtime-local-worktree-create.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from './runtime-local-git-worktree-create'
 import { resolveRuntimeLocalWorktreeCreateBase } from './runtime-local-worktree-create-base'
 import { materializeRuntimeLocalWorktree } from './runtime-local-worktree-materialization'
+import { holdInFlightWorktreeCreate } from '../worktree-create-in-flight'
 import { resolveRuntimeSetupDecision } from './runtime-local-worktree-setup'
 import { WorktreeCreateSetupChoiceRefusedError } from './worktree-create-setup-choice-refusal'
 import type { PreparationRearmHolder } from '../worktree-create-preparation'
@@ -160,48 +161,60 @@ async function performRuntimeLocalWorktreeCreate<T>(args: RuntimeLocalWorktreeCr
       hostedReviewExecutionContext: args.hostedReviewExecutionContext
     })
   )
-  const git = await createRuntimeLocalGitWorktree({
-    request,
-    repo,
-    store,
-    settings,
-    base,
-    workspaceRoot: computeWorkspaceRoot(repo.path, pathSettings),
-    branchName: candidate.branchName,
-    worktreePath: candidate.worktreePath,
-    effectiveSanitizedName: candidate.effectiveSanitizedName,
-    checkoutExistingBranch: candidate.checkoutExistingBranch,
-    localWorktreeGitOptions: worktreeGitOptions,
-    baseRefRefresh,
-    rearm: args.rearm,
-    timing: args.timing
-  })
-  const materialized = await materializeRuntimeLocalWorktree({
-    request,
-    repo,
-    store,
-    settings,
-    created: git.created,
-    remoteTrackingBase: base.remoteTrackingBase,
-    sparseDirectories: git.sparseDirectories,
-    configuredPushTarget: git.configuredPushTarget,
-    checkoutExistingBranch: candidate.checkoutExistingBranch,
-    baseBranch: base.baseBranch,
-    branchName: candidate.branchName,
-    effectiveRequestedName: candidate.effectiveRequestedName,
-    requestedDisplayName: candidate.requestedDisplayName,
-    displayNameKind: candidate.displayNameKind,
-    effectiveSanitizedName: candidate.effectiveSanitizedName,
-    effectiveCreatedWithAgent: args.createdWithAgent,
-    localWorktreeGitOptions: worktreeGitOptions,
-    onMetadataPersisted: args.onWorktreeMetadataPersisted,
-    timing: args.timing
-  })
-  return {
-    ...materialized,
-    worktreePath: candidate.worktreePath,
-    created: git.created,
-    addResult: git.addResult,
-    ...(base.baseFallback ? { baseFallback: base.baseFallback } : {})
+  const releaseInFlightHold = await holdInFlightWorktreeCreate(
+    repo.id,
+    candidate.worktreePath,
+    worktreeGitOptions
+  )
+  try {
+    const git = await createRuntimeLocalGitWorktree({
+      request,
+      repo,
+      store,
+      settings,
+      base,
+      workspaceRoot: computeWorkspaceRoot(repo.path, pathSettings),
+      branchName: candidate.branchName,
+      worktreePath: candidate.worktreePath,
+      effectiveSanitizedName: candidate.effectiveSanitizedName,
+      checkoutExistingBranch: candidate.checkoutExistingBranch,
+      localWorktreeGitOptions: worktreeGitOptions,
+      baseRefRefresh,
+      rearm: args.rearm,
+      timing: args.timing
+    })
+    const materialized = await materializeRuntimeLocalWorktree({
+      request,
+      repo,
+      store,
+      settings,
+      created: git.created,
+      remoteTrackingBase: base.remoteTrackingBase,
+      sparseDirectories: git.sparseDirectories,
+      configuredPushTarget: git.configuredPushTarget,
+      checkoutExistingBranch: candidate.checkoutExistingBranch,
+      baseBranch: base.baseBranch,
+      branchName: candidate.branchName,
+      effectiveRequestedName: candidate.effectiveRequestedName,
+      requestedDisplayName: candidate.requestedDisplayName,
+      displayNameKind: candidate.displayNameKind,
+      effectiveSanitizedName: candidate.effectiveSanitizedName,
+      effectiveCreatedWithAgent: args.createdWithAgent,
+      localWorktreeGitOptions: worktreeGitOptions,
+      onMetadataPersisted: (worktree) => {
+        releaseInFlightHold()
+        return args.onWorktreeMetadataPersisted(worktree)
+      },
+      timing: args.timing
+    })
+    return {
+      ...materialized,
+      worktreePath: candidate.worktreePath,
+      created: git.created,
+      addResult: git.addResult,
+      ...(base.baseFallback ? { baseFallback: base.baseFallback } : {})
+    }
+  } finally {
+    releaseInFlightHold()
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/runtime/workspaces/workspace-catalog.ts b/src/main/runtime/workspaces/workspace-catalog.ts
index f4a17a55988..034d318a0aa 100644
--- a/src/main/runtime/workspaces/workspace-catalog.ts
+++ b/src/main/runtime/workspaces/workspace-catalog.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   LOCAL_EXECUTION_HOST_ID
 } from '../../../shared/execution-host'
 import { withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts } from '../../worktree-removal-listing'
+import { withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates } from '../../worktree-create-in-flight'
 import { preserveFolderUpgradeWorktreePath } from '../../folder-upgrade-worktree-path'
 import type { RuntimeWorktreeScanCache } from '../orca-runtime-core'
 import { resolveWorktreeScanCacheTtlMs } from '../runtime-worktree-scan-cache'
@@ -152,7 +153,13 @@ export abstract class RuntimeWorkspaceCatalog extends OrcaRuntimeWithReadKittyFi
     // checkout must carry the folder's locator here or its id loses metadata and terminals (#30150).
     const scan = { ...cached, worktrees: preserveFolderUpgradeWorktreePath(repo, cached.worktrees) }
     return scan.ok && getRepoExecutionHostId(repo) === LOCAL_EXECUTION_HOST_ID
-      ? { ok: true, worktrees: await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(repo.id, scan.worktrees) }
+      ? {
+          ok: true,
+          worktrees: await withUnregisteredRemovalCheckouts(
+            repo.id,
+            withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates(repo.id, scan.worktrees)
+          )
+        }
       : scan
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/worktree-create-in-flight.test.ts b/src/main/worktree-create-in-flight.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ab9043cbab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/worktree-create-in-flight.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, realpath, rm, symlink } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  holdInFlightWorktreeCreate,
+  withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates
+} from './worktree-create-in-flight'
+
+const rows = [{ path: '/repo' }, { path: '/ws/new' }, { path: '/ws/other' }]
+
+describe('withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates', () => {
+  it('omits a held checkout from its own repo until released', async () => {
+    const release = await holdInFlightWorktreeCreate('repo-a', '/ws/new')
+    expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-a', rows)).toEqual([
+      { path: '/repo' },
+      { path: '/ws/other' }
+    ])
+    expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-b', rows)).toBe(rows)
+    release()
+    expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-a', rows)).toBe(rows)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a second hold on the same path after the first releases', async () => {
+    const releaseFirst = await holdInFlightWorktreeCreate('repo-a', '/ws/new')
+    const releaseSecond = await holdInFlightWorktreeCreate('repo-a', '/ws/new/')
+    releaseFirst()
+    releaseFirst()
+    expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-a', rows)).toHaveLength(2)
+    releaseSecond()
+    expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-a', rows)).toBe(rows)
+  })
+
+  it('hides the real path Git lists under a symlinked workspace with missing parents', async () => {
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'orca-create-hold-'))
+    let release = () => {}
+    try {
+      const actual = join(root, 'actual')
+      const alias = join(root, 'alias')
+      await mkdir(actual)
+      await symlink(actual, alias, 'junction')
+      const requested = join(alias, 'nested', 'new')
+      release = await holdInFlightWorktreeCreate('repo-alias', requested)
+      await mkdir(requested, { recursive: true })
+      const canonical = await realpath(requested)
+      const listed = [{ path: requested }, { path: canonical }, { path: join(actual, 'other') }]
+      expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-alias', listed)).toEqual([listed[2]])
+      expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('other-repo', listed)).toBe(listed)
+      release()
+      expect(withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates('repo-alias', listed)).toBe(listed)
+    } finally {
+      release()
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/worktree-create-in-flight.ts b/src/main/worktree-create-in-flight.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3f52a5adfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/worktree-create-in-flight.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { realpath } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { basename, dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { toWindowsWslPath } from '../shared/wsl-paths'
+import { areWorktreePathsEqual } from './git/worktree-path-comparison'
+
+type InFlightWorktreeCreate = { repoId: string; paths: string[] }
+
+const inFlightCreates = new Set<InFlightWorktreeCreate>()
+
+// Git lists real paths even when creation uses a symlink and the leaf does not exist yet.
+async function resolveCreatePathAlias(worktreePath: string): Promise<string> {
+  let ancestor = worktreePath
+  const missing: string[] = []
+  for (;;) {
+    try {
+      return resolve(await realpath(ancestor), ...missing)
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (
+        typeof error !== 'object' ||
+        error === null ||
+        !('code' in error) ||
+        error.code !== 'ENOENT'
+      ) {
+        return worktreePath
+      }
+      const parent = dirname(ancestor)
+      if (parent === ancestor) {
+        return worktreePath
+      }
+      missing.unshift(basename(ancestor))
+      ancestor = parent
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** Hide untagged checkouts until metadata makes sidebar filters reliable. */
+export async function holdInFlightWorktreeCreate(
+  repoId: string,
+  worktreePath: string,
+  options: { wslDistro?: string } = {}
+): Promise<() => void> {
+  const hostPath =
+    process.platform === 'win32' && options.wslDistro && worktreePath.startsWith('/')
+      ? toWindowsWslPath(worktreePath, options.wslDistro)
+      : worktreePath
+  const entry: InFlightWorktreeCreate = {
+    repoId,
+    paths: [worktreePath, hostPath, await resolveCreatePathAlias(hostPath)]
+  }
+  inFlightCreates.add(entry)
+  return () => {
+    inFlightCreates.delete(entry)
+  }
+}
+
+export function withoutInFlightWorktreeCreates<T extends { path: string }>(
+  repoId: string,
+  rows: T[]
+): T[] {
+  if (inFlightCreates.size === 0) {
+    return rows
+  }
+  const held = [...inFlightCreates].filter((entry) => entry.repoId === repoId)
+  if (held.length === 0) {
+    return rows
+  }
+  return rows.filter(
+    (row) =>
+      !held.some((entry) => entry.paths.some((path) => areWorktreePathsEqual(row.path, path)))
+  )
+}