fix(github): harden terminal PR revalidation after critical review

Recompute focus/visibility staleness at event time, retry closed/merged
sidebar associations on the no-PR cadence, and assert refresh failures
preserve prior PR status.

Co-authored-by: Serhii Dziupin <makeittech@users.noreply.github.com>

packages/ui/src/components/session/SessionSidebar.tsx

@@ -1471,12 +1471,16 @@ const SessionSidebarComponent: React.FC<SessionSidebarProps> = ({
         }
         const key = getGitHubPrStatusKey(directory, branch);
         const entry = useGitHubPrStatusStore.getState().entries[key];
-        const hasPr = Boolean(entry?.status?.pr);
+        const prState = entry?.status?.pr?.state;
+        const isTerminalPr = prState === 'closed' || prState === 'merged';
+        // Closed/merged associations are not live branch status — retry them on
+        // the same cadence as missing PRs so a newer open PR can appear.
+        const hasLivePr = Boolean(entry?.status?.pr) && !isTerminalPr;
         const retryKey = `${directory}::${branch}`;
         const noPrLastCheckedAt = Math.max(entry?.lastRefreshAt ?? 0, entry?.lastDiscoveryPollAt ?? 0);
         const shouldRetryNoPr = Boolean(
           entry?.isInitialStatusResolved
-          && !hasPr
+          && !hasLivePr
           && (
             !retriedNoPrStatusKeysRef.current.has(retryKey)
             || now - noPrLastCheckedAt >= SIDEBAR_PR_NO_PR_RETRY_MS

packages/ui/src/components/views/git/PullRequestSection.tsx

@@ -1169,16 +1169,20 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
   React.useEffect(() => {
     // Terminal (closed/merged) status must still revalidate on focus/visibility:
     // the branch may now have a newer open PR, or the association may clear.
-    const lastRefreshAt = statusEntry?.lastRefreshAt ?? 0;
-    const isStale = Date.now() - lastRefreshAt > 60_000;
-
+    // Recompute staleness inside the handlers — a captured boolean freezes after
+    // the first fresh refresh until lastRefreshAt changes again.
     const onFocus = () => {
-      if (isStale) {
+      const lastRefreshAt = statusEntry?.lastRefreshAt ?? 0;
+      if (Date.now() - lastRefreshAt > 60_000) {
         void refresh({ force: true, silent: true });
       }
     };
     const onVisibility = () => {
-      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible' && isStale) {
+      if (document.visibilityState !== 'visible') {
+        return;
+      }
+      const lastRefreshAt = statusEntry?.lastRefreshAt ?? 0;
+      if (Date.now() - lastRefreshAt > 60_000) {
         void refresh({ force: true, silent: true });
       }
     };