diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.test.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.test.ts
index 4a58391c..4dc618b3 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
 import {
+  abortMerge,
+  abortRebase,
+  applyGitStash,
+  checkoutBranch,
+  checkoutCommit,
+  cherryPick,
+  continueMerge,
+  continueRebase,
+  createBranch,
+  deleteGitBranch,
+  deleteRemoteBranch,
+  dropGitStash,
   getGitBranches,
   getGitStatus,
   gitFetch,
+  merge,
+  popGitStash,
+  rebase,
+  removeRemote,
+  renameBranch,
+  resetToCommit,
+  revertCommit,
   stageGitFile,
   stageGitFiles,
+  stashGitChanges,
   unstageGitFile,
   unstageGitFiles,
 } from './gitApiHttp';
@@ -169,6 +189,200 @@ describe('gitApiHttp status cache', () => {
   });
 });
 
+const statusPayload = (overrides: Record<string, unknown> = {}) => ({
+  current: 'main',
+  tracking: null,
+  ahead: 0,
+  behind: 0,
+  files: [],
+  isClean: true,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const jsonResponse = (payload: unknown) => new Response(JSON.stringify(payload), {
+  status: 200,
+  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+});
+
+const installStatusMutationFetchMock = () => {
+  const mock = {
+    statusUrls: [] as string[],
+    behind: 0,
+  };
+  globalThis.fetch = (async (input) => {
+    const url = String(input);
+    if (url.startsWith('/api/git/status')) {
+      mock.statusUrls.push(url);
+      return jsonResponse(statusPayload({ behind: mock.behind }));
+    }
+    return jsonResponse({ success: true });
+  }) as typeof fetch;
+  return mock;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Seeds the status cache, performs the mutation, and asserts the next status
+ * read issues a fresh request that observes the post-mutation state instead of
+ * serving the pre-mutation cache entry.
+ */
+const expectStatusInvalidatedBy = async (
+  directory: string,
+  mutate: () => Promise<unknown>
+): Promise<void> => {
+  const mock = installStatusMutationFetchMock();
+
+  const seeded = await getGitStatus(directory);
+  expect(seeded.behind).toBe(0);
+
+  mock.behind = 2;
+  const cached = await getGitStatus(directory);
+  expect(cached.behind).toBe(0);
+  expect(mock.statusUrls).toHaveLength(1);
+
+  await mutate();
+
+  const refreshed = await getGitStatus(directory);
+  expect(refreshed.behind).toBe(2);
+  expect(mock.statusUrls).toHaveLength(2);
+};
+
+describe('gitApiHttp post-mutation status invalidation (#2281)', () => {
+  test('checkout and branch mutations invalidate cached status', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    try {
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-checkout', () => checkoutBranch('/repo-2281-checkout', 'feature'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-create-branch', () => createBranch('/repo-2281-create-branch', 'feature/new'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-rename-branch', () => renameBranch('/repo-2281-rename-branch', 'old', 'new'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-delete-branch', () => deleteGitBranch('/repo-2281-delete-branch', { branch: 'feature/old' }));
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('stash lifecycle mutations invalidate cached status', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    try {
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-stash', () => stashGitChanges('/repo-2281-stash', { message: 'WIP' }));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-stash-apply', () => applyGitStash('/repo-2281-stash-apply', { ref: 'stash@{0}' }));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-stash-pop', () => popGitStash('/repo-2281-stash-pop', { ref: 'stash@{0}' }));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-stash-drop', () => dropGitStash('/repo-2281-stash-drop', { ref: 'stash@{0}' }));
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('merge and rebase lifecycle mutations invalidate cached status', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    try {
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-merge', () => merge('/repo-2281-merge', { branch: 'feature' }));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-merge-abort', () => abortMerge('/repo-2281-merge-abort'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-merge-continue', () => continueMerge('/repo-2281-merge-continue'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-rebase', () => rebase('/repo-2281-rebase', { onto: 'main' }));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-rebase-abort', () => abortRebase('/repo-2281-rebase-abort'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-rebase-continue', () => continueRebase('/repo-2281-rebase-continue'));
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('history mutations invalidate cached status', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    try {
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-checkout-commit', () => checkoutCommit('/repo-2281-checkout-commit', 'abc123'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-cherry-pick', () => cherryPick('/repo-2281-cherry-pick', 'abc123'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-revert-commit', () => revertCommit('/repo-2281-revert-commit', 'abc123'));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-reset', () => resetToCommit('/repo-2281-reset', 'abc123', 'mixed'));
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('remote-side mutations invalidate cached status', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    try {
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-delete-remote-branch', () => deleteRemoteBranch('/repo-2281-delete-remote-branch', { branch: 'feature', remote: 'origin' }));
+      await expectStatusInvalidatedBy('/repo-2281-remove-remote', () => removeRemote('/repo-2281-remove-remote', { remote: 'origin' }));
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a failed mutation does not invalidate cached status', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    const statusUrls: string[] = [];
+    globalThis.fetch = (async (input) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+      if (url.startsWith('/api/git/status')) {
+        statusUrls.push(url);
+        return jsonResponse(statusPayload());
+      }
+      return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: 'checkout failed' }), {
+        status: 500,
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      });
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+
+    try {
+      const directory = '/repo-2281-failed-checkout';
+      await getGitStatus(directory);
+
+      const error = await captureError(async () => {
+        await checkoutBranch(directory, 'feature');
+      });
+      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+      expect((error as Error).message).toBe('checkout failed');
+
+      await getGitStatus(directory);
+      expect(statusUrls).toHaveLength(1);
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+
+  test('a status request admitted before a mutation cannot satisfy the post-mutation refresh', async () => {
+    installWindowMock();
+    const statusResolvers: Array<(response: Response) => void> = [];
+    const statusUrls: string[] = [];
+    globalThis.fetch = (async (input) => {
+      const url = String(input);
+      if (url.startsWith('/api/git/status')) {
+        statusUrls.push(url);
+        return new Promise<Response>((resolve) => {
+          statusResolvers.push(resolve);
+        });
+      }
+      return jsonResponse({ success: true });
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+
+    try {
+      const directory = '/repo-2281-deferred';
+      const preMutationRead = getGitStatus(directory);
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+      expect(statusUrls).toHaveLength(1);
+
+      await checkoutBranch(directory, 'feature');
+
+      const postMutationRead = getGitStatus(directory);
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+      expect(statusUrls).toHaveLength(2);
+
+      statusResolvers[1](jsonResponse(statusPayload({ current: 'feature' })));
+      statusResolvers[0](jsonResponse(statusPayload({ current: 'main' })));
+
+      const [preMutationStatus, postMutationStatus] = await Promise.all([preMutationRead, postMutationRead]);
+      expect(preMutationStatus.current).toBe('main');
+      expect(postMutationStatus.current).toBe('feature');
+
+      // The late pre-mutation response must not repopulate the cache.
+      const cachedRead = await getGitStatus(directory);
+      expect(cachedRead.current).toBe('feature');
+      expect(statusUrls).toHaveLength(2);
+    } finally {
+      restoreMocks();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe('gitApiHttp request priority', () => {
   test('leaves low-level reads outside the background policy', async () => {
     installWindowMock();
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.ts
index 24317b24..80385dc0 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/gitApiHttp.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import type {
 import { runtimeFetch } from './runtime-fetch';
 import { getRuntimeUrlResolver } from './runtime-url';
 import { getRuntimeKey } from './runtime-switch';
+import { notifyGitStatusInvalidated } from './gitStatusInvalidation';
 
 const API_BASE = '/api/git';
 const GIT_STATUS_CACHE_TTL_MS = 1200;
@@ -65,6 +66,16 @@ const invalidateGitStatusCache = (directory: string): void => {
     gitStatusCache.delete(statusKey);
     gitStatusInFlight.delete(statusKey);
   }
+  notifyGitStatusInvalidated(directory);
+};
+
+// Shared success path for status-affecting mutations. The payload is parsed
+// before invalidating so a failed mutation (non-ok response handled by the
+// caller, or a malformed body) cannot publish a false state change.
+const completeStatusMutation = async <T>(directory: string, response: Response): Promise<T> => {
+  const result = await response.json() as T;
+  invalidateGitStatusCache(directory);
+  return result;
 };
 
 function buildUrl(
@@ -418,7 +429,7 @@ export async function deleteGitBranch(directory: string, payload: GitDeleteBranc
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to delete branch');
   }
 
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function deleteRemoteBranch(directory: string, payload: GitDeleteRemoteBranchPayload): Promise<{ success: boolean }> {
@@ -437,7 +448,7 @@ export async function deleteRemoteBranch(directory: string, payload: GitDeleteRe
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to delete remote branch');
   }
 
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function removeRemote(directory: string, payload: GitRemoveRemotePayload): Promise<{ success: boolean }> {
@@ -457,7 +468,7 @@ export async function removeRemote(directory: string, payload: GitRemoveRemotePa
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to remove remote');
   }
 
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function generateCommitMessage(
@@ -664,9 +675,7 @@ export async function createGitCommit(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to create commit');
   }
-  const result = await response.json();
-  invalidateGitStatusCache(directory);
-  return result;
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function gitPush(
@@ -682,9 +691,7 @@ export async function gitPush(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to push');
   }
-  const result = await response.json();
-  invalidateGitStatusCache(directory);
-  return result;
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function gitPull(
@@ -700,9 +707,7 @@ export async function gitPull(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to pull');
   }
-  const result = await response.json();
-  invalidateGitStatusCache(directory);
-  return result;
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function gitFetch(
@@ -718,9 +723,7 @@ export async function gitFetch(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to fetch');
   }
-  const result = await response.json();
-  invalidateGitStatusCache(directory);
-  return result;
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function listGitStashes(directory: string): Promise<{ stashes: GitStashEntry[] }> {
@@ -755,7 +758,7 @@ export async function stashGitChanges(directory: string, options: { message?: st
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to stash changes');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 const postStashRef = async (directory: string, path: string, options: { ref: string }): Promise<{ success: boolean; ref: string }> => {
@@ -768,7 +771,7 @@ const postStashRef = async (directory: string, path: string, options: { ref: str
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || `Failed to ${path}`);
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 };
 
 export const applyGitStash = (directory: string, options: { ref: string }) => postStashRef(directory, 'stash/apply', options);
@@ -785,7 +788,7 @@ export async function checkoutBranch(directory: string, branch: string): Promise
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to checkout branch');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function createBranch(
@@ -802,7 +805,7 @@ export async function createBranch(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to create branch');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function renameBranch(
@@ -819,7 +822,7 @@ export async function renameBranch(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to rename branch');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function getGitLog(
@@ -1022,7 +1025,7 @@ export async function rebase(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to rebase');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function abortRebase(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boolean }> {
@@ -1033,7 +1036,7 @@ export async function abortRebase(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boolean
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to abort rebase');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function merge(
@@ -1049,7 +1052,7 @@ export async function merge(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to merge');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function checkoutCommit(
@@ -1065,7 +1068,7 @@ export async function checkoutCommit(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to checkout commit');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function cherryPick(
@@ -1081,7 +1084,7 @@ export async function cherryPick(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to cherry-pick');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function revertCommit(
@@ -1097,7 +1100,7 @@ export async function revertCommit(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to revert commit');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function resetToCommit(
@@ -1115,7 +1118,7 @@ export async function resetToCommit(
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to reset');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function abortMerge(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boolean }> {
@@ -1126,7 +1129,7 @@ export async function abortMerge(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boolean
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to abort merge');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function continueRebase(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boolean; conflict: boolean; conflictFiles?: string[] }> {
@@ -1137,7 +1140,7 @@ export async function continueRebase(directory: string): Promise<{ success: bool
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to continue rebase');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function continueMerge(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boolean; conflict: boolean; conflictFiles?: string[] }> {
@@ -1148,7 +1151,7 @@ export async function continueMerge(directory: string): Promise<{ success: boole
     const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ error: response.statusText }));
     throw new Error(error.error || 'Failed to continue merge');
   }
-  return response.json();
+  return completeStatusMutation(directory, response);
 }
 
 export async function stash(
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/gitStatusInvalidation.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/gitStatusInvalidation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bd672ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/gitStatusInvalidation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Minimal notification channel for git status invalidation.
+ *
+ * A runtime adapter that caches git status (currently only the HTTP adapter in
+ * `gitApiHttp.ts`) must call `notifyGitStatusInvalidated` whenever a successful
+ * status-affecting mutation invalidates its cache. `useGitStore` subscribes and
+ * bumps its per-directory status mutation revision so an immediate refresh
+ * cannot join an in-flight status request admitted before the mutation, and a
+ * stale response cannot commit over newer authoritative state.
+ *
+ * Runtime parity: the VS Code bridge adapter performs no client-side status
+ * caching (every `getGitStatus` is a fresh bridge request), so it has no cache
+ * to invalidate and does not emit this signal today. Any adapter that adds
+ * caching must emit on invalidation.
+ */
+
+type GitStatusInvalidationListener = (directory: string) => void;
+
+const listeners = new Set<GitStatusInvalidationListener>();
+
+export const subscribeGitStatusInvalidations = (
+  listener: GitStatusInvalidationListener
+): (() => void) => {
+  listeners.add(listener);
+  return () => {
+    listeners.delete(listener);
+  };
+};
+
+export const notifyGitStatusInvalidated = (directory: string): void => {
+  for (const listener of listeners) {
+    listener(directory);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/stores/DOCUMENTATION.md b/packages/ui/src/stores/DOCUMENTATION.md
index a578d61f..91387fff 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/stores/DOCUMENTATION.md
+++ b/packages/ui/src/stores/DOCUMENTATION.md
@@ -132,10 +132,12 @@ Important properties:
 - `directories: Map<string, DirectoryGitState>` is the source of truth
 - loading state is per-directory, not global
 - `ensureStatus()` and `ensureAll()` are the preferred entry points for consumers
-- in-flight dedupe exists for status and `ensureAll()`
+- in-flight dedupe exists for status and `ensureAll()`; status dedupe is scoped to the per-directory status mutation revision, so a refresh requested after a mutation never joins a pre-mutation in-flight request
 - runtime reset replaces all live entries with that runtime's persisted branch seeds and invalidates old completions
 - status, branches, log, identity, repository probes, and prefetch diffs commit through runtime and per-channel generations
 - status mutations advance a revision so older refreshes cannot undo optimistic or confirmed index changes
+- a successful status-affecting git mutation also advances that revision: the HTTP adapter's cache invalidation notifies the store through `lib/gitStatusInvalidation.ts` (the VS Code bridge adapter has no client-side status cache, so it emits nothing today)
+- `fetchAll({ force: true })` forces the status fetch as well as the log refresh
 - branch persistence is versioned, bounded, runtime-scoped, and claims the ambiguous legacy cache once
 - diff data has per-directory and aggregate count/UTF-8-byte limits; oversized single entries are rejected
 
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ Expected model:
 
 - `GitView` / `DiffView` ensure current-directory Git state when visible
 - explicit Git actions refresh status/branches/log as needed
+- every status-affecting git mutation invalidates the HTTP adapter's status cache on its success path (failed mutations invalidate nothing), so the follow-up refresh is authoritative instead of the pre-mutation cache entry
 - a mounted file-mutating tool issues a one-shot Git refresh hint when it transitions from active to successfully finalized; remounting historical completed tools does not replay the hint
 - a successful dirty save from the in-app file editor issues a path-scoped Git refresh hint; clean autosave checks remain no-ops
 - refresh hints with authoritative file paths invalidate only those cached and currently rendered diffs before status refresh; pathless tools request status reconciliation without broadly remounting DiffView
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.test.ts b/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.test.ts
index 2512989a..15e22afd 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
 import type { GitStatus } from '@/lib/api/types';
 import { useGitStore } from './useGitStore';
 import { getRuntimeKey } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
+import { notifyGitStatusInvalidated } from '@/lib/gitStatusInvalidation';
 
 type Deferred<T> = {
   promise: Promise<T>;
@@ -126,6 +127,85 @@ describe('useGitStore', () => {
     expect(lightResult).toBe(fullResult);
   });
 
+  test('deduplicates concurrent status requests when no mutation occurs', async () => {
+    setDirectoryStatus(createStatus());
+    let statusCalls = 0;
+    const request = createDeferred<GitStatus>();
+    const git = createGitApi(() => {
+      statusCalls += 1;
+      return request.promise;
+    });
+
+    const first = useGitStore.getState().fetchStatus('/repo', git, { silent: true });
+    const second = useGitStore.getState().fetchStatus('/repo', git, { silent: true });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+
+    expect(statusCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    request.resolve(createStatus());
+    await Promise.all([first, second]);
+    expect(statusCalls).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  test('a refresh after a mutation does not join the pre-mutation in-flight status request', async () => {
+    setDirectoryStatus(createStatus());
+    const requests: Deferred<GitStatus>[] = [];
+    let statusCalls = 0;
+    const git = createGitApi(() => {
+      statusCalls += 1;
+      const request = createDeferred<GitStatus>();
+      requests.push(request);
+      return request.promise;
+    });
+
+    const preMutation = useGitStore.getState().fetchStatus('/repo', git, { silent: true });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(statusCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    // A successful git mutation invalidates the adapter status cache, which
+    // notifies the store that the in-flight request predates the mutation.
+    notifyGitStatusInvalidated('/repo');
+
+    const postMutation = useGitStore.getState().fetchStatus('/repo', git, { silent: true });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(statusCalls).toBe(2);
+
+    requests[1].resolve({ ...createStatus(), current: 'feature' });
+    await postMutation;
+    expect(useGitStore.getState().getDirectoryState('/repo')?.status?.current).toBe('feature');
+
+    // The late pre-mutation response cannot overwrite the newer authoritative one.
+    requests[0].resolve(createStatus());
+    await preMutation;
+    expect(useGitStore.getState().getDirectoryState('/repo')?.status?.current).toBe('feature');
+  });
+
+  test('fetchAll({ force: true }) forces a fresh status fetch past the in-flight dedup', async () => {
+    setDirectoryStatus(createStatus());
+    const requests: Deferred<GitStatus>[] = [];
+    let statusCalls = 0;
+    const git = createGitApi(() => {
+      statusCalls += 1;
+      const request = createDeferred<GitStatus>();
+      requests.push(request);
+      return request.promise;
+    });
+
+    const inFlight = useGitStore.getState().fetchStatus('/repo', git, { silent: true });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(statusCalls).toBe(1);
+
+    const all = useGitStore.getState().fetchAll('/repo', git, { force: true });
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(statusCalls).toBe(2);
+
+    requests[1].resolve({ ...createStatus(), current: 'feature' });
+    requests[0].resolve(createStatus());
+    await Promise.allSettled([inFlight, all]);
+
+    expect(useGitStore.getState().getDirectoryState('/repo')?.status?.current).toBe('feature');
+  });
+
   test('does not let an older status fetch undo an optimistic mutation', async () => {
     const initial = createStatus(undefined, [{ path: 'src/index.ts', index: ' ', working_dir: 'M' }]);
     setDirectoryStatus(initial);
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.ts b/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.ts
index aec942ba..dbffb679 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/stores/useGitStore.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import type {
 } from '@/lib/api/types';
 import { getDeferredSafeStorage } from '@/stores/utils/safeStorage';
 import { getRuntimeKey } from '@/lib/runtime-switch';
+import { subscribeGitStatusInvalidations } from '@/lib/gitStatusInvalidation';
 
 const LOG_STALE_THRESHOLD = 10000;
 const REPO_CHECK_STALE_THRESHOLD = 60_000;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ interface GitStore {
   setActiveDirectory: (directory: string | null) => void;
   getDirectoryState: (directory: string) => DirectoryGitState | null;
 
-  fetchStatus: (directory: string, git: GitAPI, options?: { silent?: boolean; mode?: 'light' }) => Promise<boolean>;
+  fetchStatus: (directory: string, git: GitAPI, options?: { silent?: boolean; mode?: 'light'; force?: boolean }) => Promise<boolean>;
   fetchBranches: (directory: string, git: GitAPI) => Promise<void>;
   fetchLog: (directory: string, git: GitAPI, maxCount?: number) => Promise<void>;
   fetchIdentity: (directory: string, git: GitAPI) => Promise<void>;
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ interface GitAPI {
 
 const inFlightDiffFetchesByDirectory = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
 const diffFetchGenerationByDirectory = new Map<string, number>();
-const inFlightStatusFetches = new Map<string, Promise<boolean>>();
+const inFlightStatusFetches = new Map<string, { promise: Promise<boolean>; statusMutationRevision: number }>();
 const inFlightEnsureAllByDirectory = new Map<string, Promise<void>>();
 const requestGenerationByChannel = new Map<string, number>();
 const statusMutationRevisionByDirectory = new Map<string, number>();
@@ -150,6 +151,18 @@ const bumpStatusMutationRevision = (runtimeKey: string, directory: string): void
   statusMutationRevisionByDirectory.set(key, (statusMutationRevisionByDirectory.get(key) ?? 0) + 1);
 };
 
+const getStatusMutationRevision = (runtimeKey: string, directory: string): number =>
+  statusMutationRevisionByDirectory.get(runtimeDirectoryKey(runtimeKey, directory)) ?? 0;
+
+// A successful status-affecting git mutation invalidates the runtime adapter's
+// status cache (see lib/gitStatusInvalidation.ts). Bump the per-directory
+// mutation revision so a status request admitted before the mutation can
+// neither be joined by a post-mutation refresh nor commit its stale payload
+// over the refreshed state.
+subscribeGitStatusInvalidations((directory) => {
+  bumpStatusMutationRevision(getRuntimeKey(), directory);
+});
+
 const getDiffFetchGeneration = (directory: string): number =>
   diffFetchGenerationByDirectory.get(runtimeDirectoryKey(getRuntimeKey(), directory)) ?? 0;
 
@@ -590,10 +603,16 @@ export const useGitStore = create<GitStore>()(
         const statusFetchMode: GitStatusFetchMode = options.mode ?? 'full';
         const runtimeKey = getRuntimeKey();
         const statusFetchKey = getStatusFetchKey(runtimeKey, directory, statusFetchMode);
-        const existing = inFlightStatusFetches.get(statusFetchKey)
-          ?? (statusFetchMode === 'light' ? inFlightStatusFetches.get(getStatusFetchKey(runtimeKey, directory, 'full')) : undefined);
-        if (existing) {
-          return existing;
+        const statusMutationRevision = getStatusMutationRevision(runtimeKey, directory);
+        if (!options.force) {
+          const existing = inFlightStatusFetches.get(statusFetchKey)
+            ?? (statusFetchMode === 'light' ? inFlightStatusFetches.get(getStatusFetchKey(runtimeKey, directory, 'full')) : undefined);
+          // Join an in-flight request only when it was admitted at the current
+          // mutation revision; a request that predates a mutation must not
+          // satisfy the post-mutation refresh.
+          if (existing && existing.statusMutationRevision === statusMutationRevision) {
+            return existing.promise;
+          }
         }
 
         const token = startRequest(directory, 'status', true);
@@ -727,12 +746,12 @@ export const useGitStore = create<GitStore>()(
           return statusChanged;
         })();
 
-        inFlightStatusFetches.set(statusFetchKey, fetchPromise);
+        inFlightStatusFetches.set(statusFetchKey, { promise: fetchPromise, statusMutationRevision });
 
         try {
           return await fetchPromise;
         } finally {
-          if (inFlightStatusFetches.get(statusFetchKey) === fetchPromise) {
+          if (inFlightStatusFetches.get(statusFetchKey)?.promise === fetchPromise) {
             inFlightStatusFetches.delete(statusFetchKey);
           }
         }
@@ -936,8 +955,11 @@ export const useGitStore = create<GitStore>()(
         const { force = false, silentIfCached = false } = options;
         const now = Date.now();
 
+        // `force` applies to status as well as log: a forced refresh must not
+        // resolve from an in-flight status request admitted earlier.
         await get().fetchStatus(directory, git, {
           silent: silentIfCached && Boolean(dirState?.status),
+          force,
         });
 
         const updatedDirState = get().directories.get(directory);