diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.ts
index 6c66d5cb9d3..e33256cbea7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ export type SummaryAgentGroup = {
   agents: DashboardAgentRowData[]
 }
 
+// Why interrupted sits below done (STA-5357): Esc / Ctrl+C is a deliberate act, so the user already
+// knows — it demands the least attention of any live-ish state, matching smart-attention's Class 4.
 const SUMMARY_STATE_ORDER: AgentDotState[] = [
   'waiting',
   'blocked',
-  'interrupted',
   'working',
   'monitoring',
   'done',
+  'interrupted',
   'idle'
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.test.ts
index 43662bff074..63de1ec11a5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.test.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ describe('resolveTerminalTabActivityStatus', () => {
     ).toBe('interrupted')
   })
 
-  it('does not let a finished sibling mask an interrupted pane', () => {
+  it('lets a finished sibling win — interrupted is the quietest state', () => {
+    // Why: Esc / Ctrl+C is deliberate, so the user already knows. Interrupted must be
+    // DISTINGUISHABLE from done (that is the bug) without being LOUDER than anything live.
     const interrupted = entry(FIRST_LEAF_ID, 'done', { interrupted: true })
     const finished = entry(SECOND_LEAF_ID, 'done')
     expect(
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ describe('resolveTerminalTabActivityStatus', () => {
         },
         ptyIdsByTabId: LIVE_PTY
       })
-    ).toBe('interrupted')
+    ).toBe('done')
   })
 
   it('falls back to a live working title when hook status is stale', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.ts
index 923a26c006d..6350422fcfa 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/tab-bar/terminal-tab-activity-status.ts
@@ -213,16 +213,17 @@ export function resolveTerminalTabAttentionBadge({
   if (status === 'monitoring') {
     return 'monitoring'
   }
-  // Why above unread and done: a cancelled turn needs a human, and an unread bell would bury it.
-  if (status === 'interrupted') {
-    return 'interrupted'
-  }
   if (hasUnread) {
     return 'unread'
   }
   if (status === 'done') {
     return 'done'
   }
+  // Why last (STA-5357): the user pressed Esc / Ctrl+C, so this is the least attention-demanding
+  // signal — it must be distinguishable from `done`, but it must not outrank anything live.
+  if (status === 'interrupted') {
+    return 'interrupted'
+  }
   return null
 }
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.interrupted.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.interrupted.test.ts
index e51d68d8741..33cdd2355a1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.interrupted.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.interrupted.test.ts
@@ -16,23 +16,21 @@ const base = {
 
 describe('resolveWorktreeStatus — interrupted (STA-5357)', () => {
   it('reports interrupted rather than done for an interrupted agent', () => {
-    // Why `hasLiveDone` is also set: `interrupted` only ever coexists with `done`
-    // (agent-status-types.ts clamps it), so the done flag is always present too.
-    // Before the fix that made the card indistinguishable from a clean finish.
-    expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true, hasLiveDone: true })).toBe(
-      'interrupted'
-    )
+    // The bug: `interrupted` is clamped onto `done` at parse time, so the summary swallowed it into
+    // hasLiveDone and the card rendered a cancelled turn as a clean finish.
+    expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true })).toBe('interrupted')
   })
 
-  it('keeps interrupted visible when a sibling agent merely finished', () => {
-    expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true, hasLiveDone: true })).not.toBe(
-      'done'
-    )
+  it('is never the emerald done state on its own', () => {
+    expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true })).not.toBe('done')
   })
 
-  it('outranks working, so a cancelled turn is not hidden by a busy sibling', () => {
+  // Why interrupted YIELDS to everything else: Esc / Ctrl+C is a deliberate act, so the user already
+  // knows. It is the least attention-demanding state — smart-attention already classes it 4 (idle),
+  // below both done and working. Distinguishable from done, never louder than a live agent.
+  it('yields to a working sibling — the live agent is the louder signal', () => {
     expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true, hasLiveWorking: true })).toBe(
-      'interrupted'
+      'working'
     )
   })
 
@@ -42,12 +40,16 @@ describe('resolveWorktreeStatus — interrupted (STA-5357)', () => {
     )
   })
 
-  it('outranks monitoring', () => {
+  it('yields to monitoring — background work is still live', () => {
     expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true, hasLiveMonitoring: true })).toBe(
-      'interrupted'
+      'monitoring'
     )
   })
 
+  it('yields to a sibling that genuinely finished', () => {
+    expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasInterrupted: true, hasLiveDone: true })).toBe('done')
+  })
+
   it('leaves every other combination alone', () => {
     expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasLiveDone: true })).toBe('done')
     expect(resolveWorktreeStatus({ ...base, hasLiveWorking: true })).toBe('working')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.ts
index d9092e78950..0f52fe232a5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/worktree-status.ts
@@ -167,13 +167,6 @@ export function resolveWorktreeStatus(args: {
   if (heuristic === 'permission') {
     return 'permission'
   }
-  // Why above working (STA-5357): `interrupted` only ever rides on `done`, so before this it set
-  // `hasLiveDone` and the card rendered a cancelled turn as a clean finish — and a busy sibling could
-  // hide it entirely. It sits below permission because a prompt waiting on the user is the more urgent
-  // ask, and matches SUMMARY_STATE_ORDER so the card and the expanded agent list agree.
-  if (args.hasInterrupted) {
-    return 'interrupted'
-  }
   // Why: restored cards get the hook snapshot before panes mount; trust the explicit working row so they stay yellow on restart.
   if (args.hasLiveWorking || heuristic === 'working') {
     return 'working'
@@ -184,5 +177,13 @@ export function resolveWorktreeStatus(args: {
   if (args.hasLiveDone || args.hasRetainedDone) {
     return 'done'
   }
+  // Why LAST (STA-5357): `interrupted` means the user pressed Esc or Ctrl+C, so they already know —
+  // it is the least attention-demanding state, exactly as smart-attention classes it (Class 4, idle,
+  // below both done and working). It still needs its own branch rather than folding into `done`,
+  // because the flag rides on `done` and rendering it as a completion is the bug this fixes: a
+  // cancelled turn is not a finished one.
+  if (args.hasInterrupted) {
+    return 'interrupted'
+  }
   return heuristic
 }