diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/agent-live-run-routes.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/agent-live-run-routes.test.ts
index c8243370023..2ac8658da59 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/agent-live-run-routes.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/agent-live-run-routes.test.ts
@@ -343,4 +343,42 @@ describe("agent live run routes", () => {
     expect(res.body).toHaveLength(50);
     expect(mockHeartbeatService.buildRunOutputSilence).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(50);
   });
+
+  it("treats explicit zero live run limits as the capped default", async () => {
+    const rows = Array.from({ length: 75 }, (_, index) => ({
+      id: `run-${index}`,
+      companyId: "company-1",
+      status: "running",
+      invocationSource: "on_demand",
+      triggerDetail: "manual",
+      startedAt: new Date("2026-04-10T09:30:00.000Z"),
+      finishedAt: null,
+      createdAt: new Date(`2026-04-10T09:${String(index % 60).padStart(2, "0")}:00.000Z`),
+      agentId: "agent-1",
+      agentName: "Builder",
+      adapterType: "codex_local",
+      logBytes: 0,
+      livenessState: "healthy",
+      livenessReason: null,
+      continuationAttempt: 0,
+      lastUsefulActionAt: null,
+      nextAction: null,
+      lastOutputAt: null,
+      lastOutputSeq: null,
+      lastOutputStream: null,
+      lastOutputBytes: 0,
+      processStartedAt: null,
+      issueId: "issue-1",
+    }));
+    const { db, limit } = createLiveRunsDbStub(rows);
+
+    const res = await requestApp(
+      await createApp(db),
+      (baseUrl) => request(baseUrl).get("/api/companies/company-1/live-runs?limit=0&minCount=0"),
+    );
+
+    expect(res.status, JSON.stringify(res.body)).toBe(200);
+    expect(limit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(50);
+    expect(res.body).toHaveLength(50);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/server/src/routes/agents.ts b/server/src/routes/agents.ts
index 47d586687f5..6dde3e8706c 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/agents.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/agents.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ function readRunLogLimitBytes(value: unknown) {
 function readLiveRunsQueryInt(value: unknown, max: number, fallback = 0) {
   const parsed = Number(value);
   if (!Number.isFinite(parsed)) return fallback;
-  return Math.max(0, Math.min(max, Math.trunc(parsed)));
+  if (parsed <= 0) return fallback;
+  return Math.min(max, Math.trunc(parsed));
 }
 
 export function agentRoutes(
diff --git a/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts b/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts
index 74ba45e19a0..966f92e3a73 100644
--- a/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/recovery/service.ts
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ function isSuccessfulInProgressContinuationRun(latestRun: LatestIssueRun) {
 
 function isProductiveContinuationRun(latestRun: LatestIssueRun) {
   return latestRun?.status === "succeeded" &&
-    (latestRun.livenessState === "advanced" ||
-      latestRun.livenessState === "completed" ||
+    (latestRun.livenessState === "completed" ||
       latestRun.livenessState === "blocked" ||
       latestRun.livenessState === "needs_followup");
 }