diff --git a/src/supervisor/runtime.test.ts b/src/supervisor/runtime.test.ts
index 4691cef..b48dbd8 100644
--- a/src/supervisor/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/supervisor/runtime.test.ts
@@ -492,6 +492,109 @@ describe("SupervisorRuntime thread input", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("flushes buffered runtime events before emitting a structured turn-end idle", () => {
+    const emitted: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [];
+    const runtime = makeRuntime((event) => {
+      emitted.push(event as Record<string, unknown>);
+    });
+
+    (
+      runtime as unknown as {
+        spawnThread: (input: Record<string, unknown>) => { status: string };
+      }
+    ).spawnThread({
+      threadId: "thread-gui-flush",
+      agentKind: "codex",
+      adapter: {
+        kind: "codex",
+        label: "Codex",
+        capabilities: {
+          models: [{ id: "gpt-5.4", label: "5.4" }],
+          efforts: ["low"],
+          modelEfforts: {},
+          modes: ["agent"],
+          approvalPolicies: [{ id: "on-request", label: "On Request" }],
+          sandboxModes: [{ id: "read-only", label: "Read Only" }],
+          supportsResume: true,
+          supportsDirectInput: true,
+          liveInputMode: "server",
+          presentationMode: "gui",
+        },
+      },
+      projectLocation: {
+        kind: "windows",
+        path: "C:\\repo",
+      },
+      config: {
+        model: "gpt-5.4",
+      },
+      initialSize: {
+        cols: 120,
+        rows: 30,
+      },
+      launchPrompt: "",
+      structuredSession: {
+        launchOptions: {},
+        setListener: vi.fn<(listener: unknown) => void>(),
+        dispose: vi.fn<() => Promise<void>>().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+        startTurn: vi.fn<() => Promise<void>>().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+      },
+      presentationMode: "gui",
+    });
+
+    const session = (
+      runtime as unknown as {
+        sessions: Map<
+          string,
+          {
+            status: string;
+            attention: string;
+            structuredSession: { setListener: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn> };
+          }
+        >;
+      }
+    ).sessions.get("thread-gui-flush")!;
+    session.status = "working";
+    session.attention = "working";
+
+    const listener = (session.structuredSession.setListener as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mock
+      .calls[0]?.[0] as {
+      onUpdate: (update: { status: string; attention: string }) => void;
+      onRuntimeEvent: (event: RuntimeEvent) => void;
+    };
+
+    // Isolate the turn-end sequence from any spawn-time emits.
+    emitted.length = 0;
+
+    // The turn's final assistant delta is appended to the 16ms runtime-event
+    // batch buffer (timer not yet fired — no emit yet).
+    listener.onRuntimeEvent({
+      type: "content.delta",
+      threadId: "thread-gui-flush",
+      itemId: "assistant-1",
+      stream: "assistant_text",
+      delta: "done",
+    });
+
+    // Turn completes: the structured session reports idle. The status
+    // `thread-state` is emitted immediately, so without flushing first it would
+    // overtake the still-buffered runtime event on the wire and let the renderer
+    // re-open the GUI turn to "working".
+    listener.onUpdate({ status: "idle", attention: "none" });
+
+    const runtimeIdx = emitted.findIndex(
+      (e) =>
+        e.type === "thread-runtime-event" ||
+        e.type === "thread-runtime-events" ||
+        e.type === "thread-runtime-events-multi",
+    );
+    const idleIdx = emitted.findIndex((e) => e.type === "thread-state" && e.status === "idle");
+
+    expect(runtimeIdx).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(idleIdx).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
+    expect(runtimeIdx).toBeLessThan(idleIdx);
+  });
+
   it("drains a pending steer when the working turn fails with error status", async () => {
     const runtime = makeRuntime(() => undefined);
     const startTurn = vi.fn<() => Promise<void>>().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
diff --git a/src/supervisor/runtime/threadSessionManager.ts b/src/supervisor/runtime/threadSessionManager.ts
index b29a43e..6523b81 100644
--- a/src/supervisor/runtime/threadSessionManager.ts
+++ b/src/supervisor/runtime/threadSessionManager.ts
@@ -1703,6 +1703,17 @@ export class ThreadSessionManager {
           session.suppressInitialStructuredIdle = undefined;
         }
 
+        // Wire-ordering: `thread-state` (status) events are emitted to the
+        // renderer immediately, but this session's runtime events are batched
+        // (RuntimeEventBuffer, ~16ms). Without flushing here, a turn-end `idle`
+        // can overtake the turn's final runtime events on the IPC wire; those
+        // trailing events then land after `idle` in the renderer and re-open the
+        // GUI turn to "working" via reopenGuiTurnForLiveRuntimeActivity, leaving a
+        // stale "working" until the next snapshot reconcile (on thread switch).
+        // Flushing first guarantees the renderer applies the final events before
+        // the status change, mirroring its own flushPendingRuntimeEventsSync.
+        this.flushRuntimeEvents();
+
         this.outputPipeline.updateState(
           session,
           update.status,