diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.pr-display.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.pr-display.test.tsx
index f3bc4768bc2..92282083b26 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.pr-display.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.pr-display.test.tsx
@@ -668,4 +668,173 @@ describe('WorktreeCard linked PR display', () => {
     expect(markup).not.toContain('Branch')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('lucide-git-branch')
   })
+
+  it('keeps the detailed right-side PR badge during a transient hosted-review miss', async () => {
+    settings = { compactWorktreeCards: false, experimentalNewWorktreeCardStyle: false }
+    worktreeCardProperties = ['pr']
+    hostedReviewCache = {
+      'local::repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: null,
+        fetchedAt: 100
+      }
+    }
+    prCache = {
+      'repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: makePRInfo({
+          number: 6340,
+          title: 'Remove split terminal from onboarding checklist',
+          state: 'open',
+          checksStatus: 'success'
+        }),
+        fetchedAt: 200
+      }
+    }
+    const { default: WorktreeCard } = await import('./WorktreeCard')
+
+    const markup = renderWorktreeCardMarkup(
+      <WorktreeCard
+        worktree={makeWorktree({ linkedPR: null })}
+        repo={makeRepo()}
+        isActive={false}
+      />
+    )
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('Linked PR #6340')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Linked PR #456')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the detailed PR badge when a transient miss still has an older review hint', async () => {
+    settings = { compactWorktreeCards: false, experimentalNewWorktreeCardStyle: false }
+    worktreeCardProperties = ['pr']
+    hostedReviewCache = {
+      'local::repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: null,
+        fetchedAt: 100,
+        linkedReviewHintKey: 'github:999'
+      }
+    }
+    prCache = {
+      'repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: makePRInfo({
+          number: 6340,
+          title: 'Remove split terminal from onboarding checklist',
+          state: 'open',
+          checksStatus: 'success'
+        }),
+        fetchedAt: 200
+      }
+    }
+    const { default: WorktreeCard } = await import('./WorktreeCard')
+
+    const markup = renderWorktreeCardMarkup(
+      <WorktreeCard
+        worktree={makeWorktree({ linkedPR: null })}
+        repo={makeRepo()}
+        isActive={false}
+      />
+    )
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('Linked PR #6340')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Linked PR #456')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps durable non-GitHub linked review metadata ahead of branch PR cache', async () => {
+    settings = { compactWorktreeCards: false, experimentalNewWorktreeCardStyle: false }
+    worktreeCardProperties = ['pr']
+    hostedReviewCache = {
+      'local::repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: null,
+        fetchedAt: 100
+      }
+    }
+    prCache = {
+      'repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: makePRInfo({
+          number: 6340,
+          title: 'Remove split terminal from onboarding checklist',
+          state: 'open',
+          checksStatus: 'success'
+        }),
+        fetchedAt: 200
+      }
+    }
+    const { default: WorktreeCard } = await import('./WorktreeCard')
+
+    const markup = renderWorktreeCardMarkup(
+      <WorktreeCard
+        worktree={makeWorktree({ linkedGitLabMR: 77 })}
+        repo={makeRepo()}
+        isActive={false}
+      />
+    )
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('Linked MR #77')
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Linked PR #6340')
+  })
+
+  it('does not resurrect an older PR cache entry after a newer hosted-review miss', async () => {
+    settings = { compactWorktreeCards: false, experimentalNewWorktreeCardStyle: false }
+    worktreeCardProperties = ['pr']
+    hostedReviewCache = {
+      'local::repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: null,
+        fetchedAt: 200
+      }
+    }
+    prCache = {
+      'repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: makePRInfo({
+          number: 6340,
+          title: 'Remove split terminal from onboarding checklist',
+          state: 'open',
+          checksStatus: 'success'
+        }),
+        fetchedAt: 100
+      }
+    }
+    const { default: WorktreeCard } = await import('./WorktreeCard')
+
+    const markup = renderWorktreeCardMarkup(
+      <WorktreeCard
+        worktree={makeWorktree({ linkedPR: null })}
+        repo={makeRepo()}
+        isActive={false}
+      />
+    )
+
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Linked PR #6340')
+  })
+
+  it('does not resurrect PR cache on the same millisecond as a hosted-review miss', async () => {
+    settings = { compactWorktreeCards: false, experimentalNewWorktreeCardStyle: false }
+    worktreeCardProperties = ['pr']
+    hostedReviewCache = {
+      'local::repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: null,
+        fetchedAt: 200
+      }
+    }
+    prCache = {
+      'repo-1::feature/local-branch': {
+        data: makePRInfo({
+          number: 6340,
+          title: 'Remove split terminal from onboarding checklist',
+          state: 'open',
+          checksStatus: 'success'
+        }),
+        fetchedAt: 200
+      }
+    }
+    const { default: WorktreeCard } = await import('./WorktreeCard')
+
+    const markup = renderWorktreeCardMarkup(
+      <WorktreeCard
+        worktree={makeWorktree({ linkedPR: null })}
+        repo={makeRepo()}
+        isActive={false}
+      />
+    )
+
+    expect(markup).not.toContain('Linked PR #6340')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx
index 7945c35a149..4d88afd55dd 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCard.tsx
@@ -441,26 +441,48 @@ const WorktreeCard = React.memo(function WorktreeCard({
 
   const hostedReview: HostedReviewInfo | null | undefined =
     hostedReviewEntry !== undefined ? hostedReviewEntry.data : undefined
-  // Why: ChecksPanel can discover a branch PR before hosted-review metadata
-  // warms. The sidebar status slot should not fall back to "branch" while
-  // the branch PR cache already knows the review state.
-  const cachedBranchReview =
-    hostedReview === undefined && prCacheEntry?.data
-      ? hostedReviewInfoFromGitHubPRInfo(prCacheEntry.data)
-      : hostedReview
+  const linkedGitHubPR = worktree.linkedPR ?? null
   const linkedGitLabMR = worktree.linkedGitLabMR ?? null
   const linkedBitbucketPR = worktree.linkedBitbucketPR ?? null
   const linkedAzureDevOpsPR = worktree.linkedAzureDevOpsPR ?? null
   const linkedGiteaPR = worktree.linkedGiteaPR ?? null
+  const hasNonGitHubLinkedReview =
+    linkedGitLabMR !== null ||
+    linkedBitbucketPR !== null ||
+    linkedAzureDevOpsPR !== null ||
+    linkedGiteaPR !== null
+  const hasLinkedReview =
+    linkedGitHubPR !== null ||
+    linkedGitLabMR !== null ||
+    linkedBitbucketPR !== null ||
+    linkedAzureDevOpsPR !== null ||
+    linkedGiteaPR !== null
+  // Why: ChecksPanel can discover a branch PR before hosted-review metadata
+  // warms, and transient older hosted-review misses can race with that cache.
+  // Newer hosted-review misses still win so stale PR cache cannot resurrect.
+  const cachedBranchPR = prCacheEntry?.data
+  const cachedBranchPRFetchedAt = prCacheEntry?.fetchedAt
+  const useCachedBranchReview =
+    cachedBranchPR !== undefined &&
+    cachedBranchPR !== null &&
+    !hasNonGitHubLinkedReview &&
+    (hostedReview === undefined ||
+      (hostedReview === null &&
+        cachedBranchPRFetchedAt !== undefined &&
+        cachedBranchPRFetchedAt > (hostedReviewEntry?.fetchedAt ?? 0)))
+  const cachedBranchReview = useCachedBranchReview
+    ? hostedReviewInfoFromGitHubPRInfo(cachedBranchPR)
+    : hostedReview
   const prDisplay = getWorktreeCardPrDisplay(
     cachedBranchReview,
-    worktree.linkedPR,
+    linkedGitHubPR,
     linkedGitLabMR,
     linkedBitbucketPR,
     linkedAzureDevOpsPR,
     linkedGiteaPR,
     {
-      reviewHintKey: hostedReviewEntry?.linkedReviewHintKey ?? (prCacheEntry?.data ? '' : undefined)
+      reviewHintKey:
+        useCachedBranchReview && !hasLinkedReview ? '' : hostedReviewEntry?.linkedReviewHintKey
     }
   )
   const issue: IssueInfo | null | undefined = worktree.linkedIssue