fix(status): ignore terminal workers in stale fallback

src/forge_loop/cli_status_commands.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def _cmd_status(self, args: SimpleNamespace) -> int:
         last_failure: dict[str, Any] | None = None
         last_5_events: list[dict[str, str]] = []
         active_workers_by_issue: dict[int, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+        terminal_worker_issues: set[int] = set()
         worker_terminal_kinds = {
             "worker_done",
             "worker_failed",
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ def _cmd_status(self, args: SimpleNamespace) -> int:
                             "log_path": e.get("log_path"),
                         }
                     elif kind in worker_terminal_kinds:
+                        terminal_worker_issues.add(issue)
                         active_workers_by_issue.pop(issue, None)
                     elif issue in active_workers_by_issue:
                         active_workers_by_issue[issue]["last_event_ts"] = ts
@@ -123,7 +125,11 @@ def _cmd_status(self, args: SimpleNamespace) -> int:
         active_workers = list(active_workers_by_issue.values())
         if not active_workers and state_blob.get("state") == "running":
             for entry in state_blob.get("dispatched") or []:
-                if isinstance(entry, dict) and isinstance(entry.get("issue"), int):
+                if (
+                    isinstance(entry, dict)
+                    and isinstance(entry.get("issue"), int)
+                    and entry["issue"] not in terminal_worker_issues
+                ):
                     active_workers.append(
                         {
                             "issue": entry["issue"],

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -418,6 +418,44 @@ def test_status_json_falls_back_to_dispatched_state_when_worker_events_missing(
     assert blob["runner_stale"] is True
 
 
+def test_status_json_does_not_resurrect_terminal_worker_from_dispatched_state(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+) -> None:
+    fake_cfg = SimpleNamespace(
+        pid_file=tmp_path / "pid",
+        state_dir=tmp_path,
+        stop_file=tmp_path / "stop",
+        state_file=tmp_path / "state.json",
+        events_file=tmp_path / "events.jsonl",
+        github_repo="o/r",
+        labels=SimpleNamespace(ready="loop:ready"),
+    )
+    fake_cfg.state_file.write_text(
+        json.dumps({"state": "running", "tick": 4, "dispatched": [{"issue": 9, "title": "x"}]})
+    )
+    fake_cfg.events_file.write_text(
+        "\n".join(
+            [
+                json.dumps({"ts": "2026-05-30T10:00:00Z", "kind": "worker_start", "issue": 9}),
+                json.dumps({"ts": "2026-05-30T10:01:00Z", "kind": "worker_done", "issue": 9}),
+            ]
+        )
+        + "\n"
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "load", lambda: fake_cfg)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        cli.subprocess,
+        "run",
+        lambda *a, **k: (_ for _ in ()).throw(FileNotFoundError("gh")),
+    )
+
+    rc = cli._cmd_status(SimpleNamespace(json=True))
+
+    assert rc == 0
+    blob = json.loads(capsys.readouterr().out)
+    assert blob["active_workers"] == []
+
+
 def test_events_raw_falls_back_to_local_ops_without_github_config(
     monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, tmp_path: Path, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
 ) -> None: