diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
index df614026410..a679d2267a8 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.test.tsx
@@ -355,6 +355,62 @@ describe("IssuesList", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("filters issue rows by external-object status summaries", async () => {
+    const failedIssue = createIssue({ id: "issue-failed", identifier: "PAP-10", title: "Failed external object" });
+    const freshIssue = createIssue({ id: "issue-fresh", identifier: "PAP-11", title: "Fresh external object" });
+    const noObjectIssue = createIssue({ id: "issue-none", identifier: "PAP-12", title: "No external object" });
+    localStorage.setItem("paperclip:test-issues:company-1", JSON.stringify({ externalObjectStatuses: ["failed"] }));
+    mockExternalObjectsApi.getIssueSummaries.mockResolvedValue({
+      summaries: {
+        "issue-failed": {
+          total: 1,
+          byStatusCategory: { failed: 1 },
+          byLiveness: { fresh: 1 },
+          highestSeverity: "danger",
+          staleCount: 0,
+          authRequiredCount: 0,
+          unreachableCount: 0,
+          objects: [],
+        },
+        "issue-fresh": {
+          total: 1,
+          byStatusCategory: { succeeded: 1 },
+          byLiveness: { fresh: 1 },
+          highestSeverity: "success",
+          staleCount: 0,
+          authRequiredCount: 0,
+          unreachableCount: 0,
+          objects: [],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const { root } = renderWithQueryClient(
+      <IssuesList
+        issues={[failedIssue, freshIssue, noObjectIssue]}
+        agents={[]}
+        projects={[]}
+        viewStateKey="paperclip:test-issues"
+        onUpdateIssue={() => undefined}
+      />,
+      container,
+    );
+
+    await waitForAssertion(() => {
+      expect(mockExternalObjectsApi.getIssueSummaries).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        "company-1",
+        ["issue-failed", "issue-fresh", "issue-none"],
+      );
+      expect(container.textContent).toContain("Failed external object");
+      expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("Fresh external object");
+      expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("No external object");
+    });
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+  });
+
   it("renders server search results instead of filtering the full issue list locally", async () => {
     const localIssue = createIssue({ id: "issue-local", identifier: "PAP-1", title: "Local issue" });
     const serverIssue = createIssue({ id: "issue-server", identifier: "PAP-2", title: "Server result" });
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx
index d61b43cc2a5..c66868f4bcb 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssuesList.tsx
@@ -968,43 +968,57 @@ export function IssuesList({
     [boardIssueQueries, searchWithinLoadedIssues, viewState.viewMode],
   );
 
-  const filtered = useMemo(() => {
+  const sourceIssues = useMemo(() => {
     const useRemoteSearch = normalizedIssueSearch.length > 0 && !searchWithinLoadedIssues;
-    const sourceIssues = boardIssues ?? (useRemoteSearch ? searchedIssues : issues);
-    const searchScopedIssues = normalizedIssueSearch.length > 0 && searchWithinLoadedIssues
+    return boardIssues ?? (useRemoteSearch ? searchedIssues : issues);
+  }, [boardIssues, issues, normalizedIssueSearch, searchedIssues, searchWithinLoadedIssues]);
+
+  const searchScopedIssues = useMemo(
+    () => normalizedIssueSearch.length > 0 && searchWithinLoadedIssues
       ? sourceIssues.filter((issue) => issueMatchesLocalSearch(issue, normalizedIssueSearch))
-      : sourceIssues;
+      : sourceIssues,
+    [normalizedIssueSearch, searchWithinLoadedIssues, sourceIssues],
+  );
+  const hasExternalObjectStatusFilters = viewState.externalObjectStatuses.length > 0;
+  const issueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries = useMemo(
+    () => (viewState.viewMode === "list" || hasExternalObjectStatusFilters
+      ? searchScopedIssues.map((issue) => issue.id)
+      : []),
+    [hasExternalObjectStatusFilters, searchScopedIssues, viewState.viewMode],
+  );
+  const {
+    summaries: externalObjectSummaryByIssueId,
+    isLoading: externalObjectSummariesLoading,
+    isReady: externalObjectSummariesReady,
+  } = useIssueExternalObjectSummaries(
+    selectedCompanyId,
+    issueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries,
+  );
+  const issueFilterContext = useMemo(() => ({
+    ...issueFilterWorkspaceContext,
+    externalObjectSummaryByIssueId,
+    externalObjectSummariesReady: externalObjectSummariesReady && !externalObjectSummariesLoading,
+  }), [externalObjectSummariesLoading, externalObjectSummariesReady, externalObjectSummaryByIssueId, issueFilterWorkspaceContext]);
+
+  const filtered = useMemo(() => {
     const filteredByControls = applyIssueFilters(
       searchScopedIssues,
       viewState,
       currentUserId,
       enableRoutineVisibilityFilter,
       liveIssueIds,
-      issueFilterWorkspaceContext,
+      issueFilterContext,
     );
     return sortIssues(filteredByControls, viewState);
   }, [
-    boardIssues,
-    issues,
-    searchedIssues,
-    searchWithinLoadedIssues,
+    searchScopedIssues,
     viewState,
-    normalizedIssueSearch,
     currentUserId,
     enableRoutineVisibilityFilter,
     liveIssueIds,
-    issueFilterWorkspaceContext,
+    issueFilterContext,
   ]);
 
-  const issueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries = useMemo(
-    () => (viewState.viewMode === "list" ? filtered.map((issue) => issue.id) : []),
-    [filtered, viewState.viewMode],
-  );
-  const { summaries: externalObjectSummaryByIssueId } = useIssueExternalObjectSummaries(
-    selectedCompanyId,
-    issueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries,
-  );
-
   const progressSummary = useMemo(
     () => shouldRenderSubIssueProgressSummary(showProgressSummary, issues.length)
       ? buildSubIssueProgressSummary(issues)
diff --git a/ui/src/hooks/useIssueExternalObjects.ts b/ui/src/hooks/useIssueExternalObjects.ts
index f8e8671bcc1..09201579e40 100644
--- a/ui/src/hooks/useIssueExternalObjects.ts
+++ b/ui/src/hooks/useIssueExternalObjects.ts
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ export function useIssueExternalObjectSummaries(
 ): {
   summaries: Map<string, ExternalObjectSummary>;
   isLoading: boolean;
+  isReady: boolean;
 } {
   const normalizedIssueIds = useMemo(
     () => [...new Set(issueIds.filter((issueId) => issueId.length > 0))].sort(),
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export function useIssueExternalObjectSummaries(
   return {
     summaries,
     isLoading: enabled && query.isLoading,
+    isReady: !enabled || query.isSuccess,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts b/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts
index 0c83f8d9f54..e17c8418f61 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/inbox.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   Approval,
   DashboardSummary,
   ExecutionWorkspace,
+  ExternalObjectSummary,
   HeartbeatRun,
   Issue,
   JoinRequest,
@@ -958,6 +959,58 @@ describe("inbox helpers", () => {
     ).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("applies external-object filters to remote inbox search supplements", () => {
+    const failedMatch = makeIssue("failed-match", false);
+    const freshMatch = makeIssue("fresh-match", false);
+    const summaries = new Map<string, ExternalObjectSummary>([
+      ["failed-match", {
+        total: 1,
+        byStatusCategory: { failed: 1 },
+        byLiveness: { fresh: 1 },
+        highestSeverity: "danger",
+        staleCount: 0,
+        authRequiredCount: 0,
+        unreachableCount: 0,
+        objects: [],
+      }],
+      ["fresh-match", {
+        total: 1,
+        byStatusCategory: { succeeded: 1 },
+        byLiveness: { fresh: 1 },
+        highestSeverity: "success",
+        staleCount: 0,
+        authRequiredCount: 0,
+        unreachableCount: 0,
+        objects: [],
+      }],
+    ]);
+
+    expect(
+      getInboxSearchSupplementIssues({
+        query: "github",
+        filteredWorkItems: [],
+        archivedSearchIssues: [],
+        remoteIssues: [failedMatch, freshMatch],
+        issueFilters: {
+          statuses: [],
+          priorities: [],
+          assignees: [],
+          creators: [],
+          labels: [],
+          projects: [],
+          workspaces: [],
+          liveOnly: false,
+          externalObjectStatuses: ["failed"],
+          hideRoutineExecutions: true,
+        },
+        issueFilterContext: {
+          externalObjectSummaryByIssueId: summaries,
+          externalObjectSummariesReady: true,
+        },
+      }).map((issue) => issue.id),
+    ).toEqual(["failed-match"]);
+  });
+
   it("keeps inbox search matches ahead of archived and other result sections", () => {
     const inboxIssue = makeIssue("inbox", false);
     inboxIssue.lastActivityAt = new Date("2026-03-11T04:00:00.000Z");
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts b/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts
index 780aeb3bcf6..48885d80858 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/inbox.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   defaultIssueFilterState,
   normalizeIssueFilterState,
   type IssueFilterState,
+  type IssueFilterWorkspaceContext,
 } from "./issue-filters";
 import { formatAssigneeUserLabel } from "./assignees";
 
@@ -462,6 +463,7 @@ export function getInboxSearchSupplementIssues({
   currentUserId,
   enableRoutineVisibilityFilter = false,
   liveIssueIds,
+  issueFilterContext = {},
 }: {
   query: string;
   filteredWorkItems: InboxWorkItem[];
@@ -471,6 +473,7 @@ export function getInboxSearchSupplementIssues({
   currentUserId?: string | null;
   enableRoutineVisibilityFilter?: boolean;
   liveIssueIds?: ReadonlySet<string>;
+  issueFilterContext?: IssueFilterWorkspaceContext;
 }): Issue[] {
   const normalizedQuery = query.trim();
   if (!normalizedQuery) return [];
@@ -480,7 +483,14 @@ export function getInboxSearchSupplementIssues({
       .map((item) => item.issue.id),
     ...archivedSearchIssues.map((issue) => issue.id),
   ]);
-  return applyIssueFilters(remoteIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, enableRoutineVisibilityFilter, liveIssueIds)
+  return applyIssueFilters(
+    remoteIssues,
+    issueFilters,
+    currentUserId,
+    enableRoutineVisibilityFilter,
+    liveIssueIds,
+    issueFilterContext,
+  )
     .filter((issue) => !visibleIssueIds.has(issue.id));
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.test.ts b/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.test.ts
index bb0afde7ac9..4e210b19bfb 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @vitest-environment node
 
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import type { Issue } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import type { ExternalObjectSummary, Issue } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 import {
   applyIssueFilters,
   countActiveIssueFilters,
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ function makeIssue(overrides: Partial<Issue> = {}): Issue {
   };
 }
 
+function makeExternalObjectSummary(overrides: Partial<ExternalObjectSummary> = {}): ExternalObjectSummary {
+  return {
+    total: 1,
+    byStatusCategory: {},
+    byLiveness: { fresh: 1 },
+    highestSeverity: "neutral",
+    staleCount: 0,
+    authRequiredCount: 0,
+    unreachableCount: 0,
+    objects: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
 describe("issue filters", () => {
   it("filters issues by creator across agents and users", () => {
     const issues = [
@@ -169,4 +183,62 @@ describe("issue filters", () => {
       new Set(["workspace-default"]),
     )).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["failed", ["failed-issue", "blocked-issue"]],
+    ["auth_required", ["auth-issue"]],
+    ["stale", ["stale-issue"]],
+    ["none", ["none-issue"]],
+  ])("filters issues by external-object status token %s", (externalObjectStatus, expectedIssueIds) => {
+    const issues = [
+      makeIssue({ id: "failed-issue" }),
+      makeIssue({ id: "blocked-issue" }),
+      makeIssue({ id: "auth-issue" }),
+      makeIssue({ id: "stale-issue" }),
+      makeIssue({ id: "none-issue" }),
+      makeIssue({ id: "fresh-issue" }),
+    ];
+    const summaries = new Map<string, ExternalObjectSummary>([
+      ["failed-issue", makeExternalObjectSummary({ byStatusCategory: { failed: 1 }, highestSeverity: "danger" })],
+      ["blocked-issue", makeExternalObjectSummary({ byStatusCategory: { blocked: 1 }, highestSeverity: "danger" })],
+      ["auth-issue", makeExternalObjectSummary({
+        byLiveness: { auth_required: 1 },
+        highestSeverity: "danger",
+        authRequiredCount: 1,
+      })],
+      ["stale-issue", makeExternalObjectSummary({
+        byLiveness: { stale: 1 },
+        highestSeverity: "warning",
+        staleCount: 1,
+      })],
+      ["fresh-issue", makeExternalObjectSummary({ byStatusCategory: { succeeded: 1 }, highestSeverity: "success" })],
+    ]);
+
+    const filtered = applyIssueFilters(
+      issues,
+      { ...defaultIssueFilterState, externalObjectStatuses: [externalObjectStatus] },
+      null,
+      false,
+      undefined,
+      {
+        externalObjectSummaryByIssueId: summaries,
+        externalObjectSummariesReady: true,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(filtered.map((issue) => issue.id)).toEqual(expectedIssueIds);
+  });
+
+  it("does not apply external-object filters before summaries are ready", () => {
+    const filtered = applyIssueFilters(
+      [makeIssue({ id: "issue-1" })],
+      { ...defaultIssueFilterState, externalObjectStatuses: ["none"] },
+      null,
+      false,
+      undefined,
+      { externalObjectSummaryByIssueId: new Map(), externalObjectSummariesReady: false },
+    );
+
+    expect(filtered).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts b/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts
index d966ceb66b3..a0576a5305b 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/issue-filters.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Issue } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import type { ExternalObjectSummary, Issue } from "@paperclipai/shared";
 
 export type IssueFilterWorkspaceLookup = {
   mode?: string | null;
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export type IssueFilterWorkspaceLookup = {
 export type IssueFilterWorkspaceContext = {
   executionWorkspaceById?: ReadonlyMap<string, IssueFilterWorkspaceLookup>;
   defaultProjectWorkspaceIdByProjectId?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
+  externalObjectSummaryByIssueId?: ReadonlyMap<string, ExternalObjectSummary>;
+  externalObjectSummariesReady?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type IssueFilterState = {
@@ -159,6 +161,39 @@ export function shouldIncludeIssueFilterWorkspaceOption(
     && defaultProjectWorkspaceIds.has(workspace.projectWorkspaceId));
 }
 
+function summaryRecordCount(record: Record<string, number> | undefined, key: string): number {
+  return record?.[key] ?? 0;
+}
+
+function issueMatchesExternalObjectStatusFilter(
+  summary: ExternalObjectSummary | null | undefined,
+  value: string,
+): boolean {
+  const total = summary?.total ?? 0;
+  switch (value) {
+    case "failed":
+      return summaryRecordCount(summary?.byStatusCategory, "failed") > 0
+        || summaryRecordCount(summary?.byStatusCategory, "blocked") > 0;
+    case "waiting":
+      return summaryRecordCount(summary?.byStatusCategory, "waiting") > 0;
+    case "running":
+      return summaryRecordCount(summary?.byStatusCategory, "running") > 0;
+    case "auth_required":
+      return (summary?.authRequiredCount ?? 0) > 0
+        || summaryRecordCount(summary?.byLiveness, "auth_required") > 0;
+    case "unreachable":
+      return (summary?.unreachableCount ?? 0) > 0
+        || summaryRecordCount(summary?.byLiveness, "unreachable") > 0;
+    case "stale":
+      return (summary?.staleCount ?? 0) > 0
+        || summaryRecordCount(summary?.byLiveness, "stale") > 0;
+    case "none":
+      return total === 0;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export function applyIssueFilters(
   issues: Issue[],
   state: IssueFilterState,
@@ -207,6 +242,16 @@ export function applyIssueFilters(
       return workspaceId != null && state.workspaces.includes(workspaceId);
     });
   }
+  if (state.externalObjectStatuses.length > 0) {
+    const summaries = workspaceContext.externalObjectSummaryByIssueId;
+    if (!summaries || workspaceContext.externalObjectSummariesReady !== true) return [];
+    result = result.filter((issue) => {
+      const summary = summaries.get(issue.id) ?? null;
+      return state.externalObjectStatuses.some((status) =>
+        issueMatchesExternalObjectStatusFilter(summary, status),
+      );
+    });
+  }
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx b/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx
index 865c2238756..3931740b5d7 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/pages/Inbox.tsx
@@ -864,13 +864,49 @@ export function Inbox() {
 
   const mineIssues = useMemo(() => getRecentTouchedIssues(mineIssuesRaw), [mineIssuesRaw]);
   const touchedIssues = useMemo(() => getRecentTouchedIssues(touchedIssuesRaw), [touchedIssuesRaw]);
+  const shouldUseIssueSearchSupplement =
+    !!selectedCompanyId
+    && normalizedSearchQuery.length > 0;
+  const { data: remoteIssueSearchResults = [] } = useQuery({
+    queryKey: [
+      ...queryKeys.issues.search(selectedCompanyId!, normalizedSearchQuery, undefined, 25),
+      "inbox-supplement",
+    ],
+    queryFn: () =>
+      issuesApi.list(selectedCompanyId!, {
+        q: normalizedSearchQuery,
+        limit: 25,
+        includeRoutineExecutions: true,
+      }),
+    enabled: shouldUseIssueSearchSupplement,
+    placeholderData: (previousData) => previousData,
+  });
+  const inboxIssueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries = useMemo(() => {
+    const issueIds = new Set<string>();
+    for (const issue of mineIssues) issueIds.add(issue.id);
+    for (const issue of touchedIssues) issueIds.add(issue.id);
+    for (const issue of remoteIssueSearchResults) issueIds.add(issue.id);
+    return [...issueIds];
+  }, [mineIssues, remoteIssueSearchResults, touchedIssues]);
+  const {
+    summaries: externalObjectSummaryByIssueId,
+    isLoading: externalObjectSummariesLoading,
+    isReady: externalObjectSummariesReady,
+  } = useIssueExternalObjectSummaries(
+    selectedCompanyId,
+    inboxIssueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries,
+  );
+  const issueFilterContext = useMemo(() => ({
+    externalObjectSummaryByIssueId,
+    externalObjectSummariesReady: externalObjectSummariesReady && !externalObjectSummariesLoading,
+  }), [externalObjectSummariesLoading, externalObjectSummariesReady, externalObjectSummaryByIssueId]);
   const visibleMineIssues = useMemo(
-    () => applyIssueFilters(mineIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, true, liveIssueIds),
-    [mineIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, liveIssueIds],
+    () => applyIssueFilters(mineIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, true, liveIssueIds, issueFilterContext),
+    [mineIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, liveIssueIds, issueFilterContext],
   );
   const visibleTouchedIssues = useMemo(
-    () => applyIssueFilters(touchedIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, true, liveIssueIds),
-    [touchedIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, liveIssueIds],
+    () => applyIssueFilters(touchedIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, true, liveIssueIds, issueFilterContext),
+    [touchedIssues, issueFilters, currentUserId, liveIssueIds, issueFilterContext],
   );
   const unreadTouchedIssues = useMemo(
     () => visibleTouchedIssues.filter((issue) => issue.isUnreadForMe),
@@ -1161,23 +1197,6 @@ export function Inbox() {
       visibleTouchedIssues,
     ],
   );
-  const shouldUseIssueSearchSupplement =
-    !!selectedCompanyId
-    && normalizedSearchQuery.length > 0;
-  const { data: remoteIssueSearchResults = [] } = useQuery({
-    queryKey: [
-      ...queryKeys.issues.search(selectedCompanyId!, normalizedSearchQuery, undefined, 25),
-      "inbox-supplement",
-    ],
-    queryFn: () =>
-      issuesApi.list(selectedCompanyId!, {
-        q: normalizedSearchQuery,
-        limit: 25,
-        includeRoutineExecutions: true,
-      }),
-    enabled: shouldUseIssueSearchSupplement,
-    placeholderData: (previousData) => previousData,
-  });
   const issueSearchSupplementResults = useMemo(
     () =>
       getInboxSearchSupplementIssues({
@@ -1189,11 +1208,13 @@ export function Inbox() {
         currentUserId,
         enableRoutineVisibilityFilter: true,
         liveIssueIds,
+        issueFilterContext,
       }),
     [
       archivedSearchIssues,
       currentUserId,
       filteredWorkItems,
+      issueFilterContext,
       issueFilters,
       liveIssueIds,
       normalizedSearchQuery,
@@ -1277,20 +1298,6 @@ export function Inbox() {
     if (!defaults) return;
     openNewIssue(defaults);
   }, [groupBy, inboxWorkspaceGrouping, openNewIssue]);
-
-  const inboxIssueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries = useMemo(() => {
-    const issueIds = new Set<string>();
-    for (const section of groupedSections) {
-      for (const item of section.displayItems) {
-        if (item.kind === "issue") issueIds.add(item.issue.id);
-      }
-    }
-    return [...issueIds];
-  }, [groupedSections]);
-  const { summaries: externalObjectSummaryByIssueId } = useIssueExternalObjectSummaries(
-    selectedCompanyId,
-    inboxIssueIdsForExternalObjectSummaries,
-  );
   const totalVisibleWorkItems = useMemo(
     () => groupedSections.reduce((count, group) => count + group.displayItems.length, 0),
     [groupedSections],