diff --git a/server/src/routes/issues.ts b/server/src/routes/issues.ts
index c5d2d40d122..1531441ed1b 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/issues.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/issues.ts
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ export function issueRoutes(
       originId: req.query.originId as string | undefined,
       includeRoutineExecutions:
         req.query.includeRoutineExecutions === "true" || req.query.includeRoutineExecutions === "1",
+      excludeRoutineExecutions:
+        req.query.excludeRoutineExecutions === "true" || req.query.excludeRoutineExecutions === "1",
       q: req.query.q as string | undefined,
       limit,
     });
diff --git a/server/src/services/issues.ts b/server/src/services/issues.ts
index db8eb39a1e6..e18cd7c359a 100644
--- a/server/src/services/issues.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/issues.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ export interface IssueFilters {
   originKind?: string;
   originId?: string;
   includeRoutineExecutions?: boolean;
+  excludeRoutineExecutions?: boolean;
   q?: string;
   limit?: number;
 }
@@ -985,7 +986,7 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
           )!,
         );
       }
-      if (!filters?.includeRoutineExecutions && !filters?.originKind && !filters?.originId) {
+      if (filters?.excludeRoutineExecutions && !filters?.originKind && !filters?.originId) {
         conditions.push(ne(issues.originKind, "routine_execution"));
       }
       conditions.push(isNull(issues.hiddenAt));
@@ -1162,7 +1163,6 @@ export function issueService(db: Db) {
         eq(issues.companyId, companyId),
         isNull(issues.hiddenAt),
         unreadForUserCondition(companyId, userId),
-        ne(issues.originKind, "routine_execution"),
       ];
       if (status) {
         const statuses = status.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
index 10ad1d884f0..dce68776b11 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ describe("IssuesList", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("hides routine-backed issues by default and reveals them when the routine filter is enabled", async () => {
+  it("shows routine-backed issues by default and hides them when the routine filter is toggled off", async () => {
     const manualIssue = createIssue({
       id: "issue-manual",
       identifier: "PAP-10",
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ describe("IssuesList", () => {
 
     await waitForAssertion(() => {
       expect(container.textContent).toContain("Manual issue");
-      expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("Routine issue");
+      expect(container.textContent).toContain("Routine issue");
     });
 
     await act(async () => {
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ describe("IssuesList", () => {
     });
 
     await waitForAssertion(() => {
-      expect(container.textContent).toContain("Routine issue");
+      expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("Routine issue");
     });
 
     act(() => {
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts b/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts
index 37f0fc0fd5e..e7d8dd438b2 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ describe("inbox helpers", () => {
         labels: [],
         projects: ["project-1"],
         workspaces: ["workspace-1"],
-        showRoutineExecutions: false,
+        showRoutineExecutions: true,
       },
     });
   });
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts b/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts
index 9060d0a2026..a14f478d894 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function normalizeIssueFilterState(value: unknown): IssueFilterState {
     labels: normalizeStringArray(candidate.labels),
     projects: normalizeStringArray(candidate.projects),
     workspaces: normalizeStringArray(candidate.workspaces),
-    showRoutineExecutions: candidate.showRoutineExecutions === true,
+    showRoutineExecutions: candidate.showRoutineExecutions !== false,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts b/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts
index 46a77e07273..602232fe91f 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const defaultIssueFilterState: IssueFilterState = {
   labels: [],
   projects: [],
   workspaces: [],
-  showRoutineExecutions: false,
+  showRoutineExecutions: true,
 };
 
 export const issueStatusOrder = ["in_progress", "todo", "backlog", "in_review", "blocked", "done", "cancelled"];
@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ export function countActiveIssueFilters(
   if (state.labels.length > 0) count += 1;
   if (state.projects.length > 0) count += 1;
   if (state.workspaces.length > 0) count += 1;
-  if (enableRoutineVisibilityFilter && state.showRoutineExecutions) count += 1;
+  if (enableRoutineVisibilityFilter && !state.showRoutineExecutions) count += 1;
   return count;
 }