diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
index 611921911ad..66df6959376 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("issue blocker attention", () => {
     status: string;
     parentId?: string | null;
     assigneeAgentId?: string | null;
+    originKind?: string | null;
+    originId?: string | null;
+    originFingerprint?: string | null;
   }) {
     const id = input.id ?? randomUUID();
     await db.insert(issues).values({
@@ -87,6 +90,9 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("issue blocker attention", () => {
       priority: "medium",
       parentId: input.parentId ?? null,
       assigneeAgentId: input.assigneeAgentId ?? null,
+      originKind: input.originKind ?? "manual",
+      originId: input.originId ?? null,
+      originFingerprint: input.originFingerprint ?? "default",
     });
     return id;
   }
@@ -356,6 +362,52 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("issue blocker attention", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("treats open liveness escalation blockers as covered waiting paths", async () => {
+    const { companyId, agentId } = await createCompany("PBL");
+    const parentId = await insertIssue({ companyId, identifier: "PBL-1", title: "Parent", status: "blocked" });
+    const cancelledLeafId = await insertIssue({
+      companyId,
+      identifier: "PBL-2",
+      title: "Cancelled blocker",
+      status: "cancelled",
+      assigneeAgentId: agentId,
+    });
+    const incidentKey = [
+      "harness_liveness",
+      companyId,
+      parentId,
+      "blocked_by_cancelled_issue",
+      cancelledLeafId,
+    ].join(":");
+    const escalationId = await insertIssue({
+      companyId,
+      identifier: "PBL-3",
+      title: "Liveness escalation",
+      status: "todo",
+      assigneeAgentId: agentId,
+      originKind: "harness_liveness_escalation",
+      originId: incidentKey,
+      originFingerprint: [
+        "harness_liveness_leaf",
+        companyId,
+        "blocked_by_cancelled_issue",
+        cancelledLeafId,
+      ].join(":"),
+    });
+    await block({ companyId, blockerIssueId: cancelledLeafId, blockedIssueId: parentId });
+    await block({ companyId, blockerIssueId: escalationId, blockedIssueId: parentId });
+
+    const parent = (await svc.list(companyId, { status: "blocked,todo" })).find((issue) => issue.id === parentId);
+
+    expect(parent?.blockerAttention).toMatchObject({
+      state: "covered",
+      reason: "active_dependency",
+      unresolvedBlockerCount: 2,
+      coveredBlockerCount: 2,
+      attentionBlockerCount: 0,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("does not treat a scheduled retry as actively covered work", async () => {
     const { companyId, agentId } = await createCompany("PBY");
     const parentId = await insertIssue({ companyId, identifier: "PBY-1", title: "Parent", status: "blocked" });
diff --git a/server/src/services/issues.ts b/server/src/services/issues.ts
index 741d8ce302c..876b76b70f3 100644
--- a/server/src/services/issues.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/issues.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import {
   issueTreeControlService,
   type ActiveIssueTreePauseHoldGate,
 } from "./issue-tree-control.js";
+import { parseIssueGraphLivenessIncidentKey } from "./recovery/origins.js";
 
 const ALL_ISSUE_STATUSES = ["backlog", "todo", "in_progress", "in_review", "blocked", "done", "cancelled"];
 const MAX_ISSUE_COMMENT_PAGE_LIMIT = 500;
@@ -1160,12 +1161,12 @@ async function listIssueBlockerAttentionMap(
     }
   }
 
-  const reviewNodeIds = [...nodesById.values()]
-    .filter((node) => node.status === "in_review")
+  const explicitWaitCandidateIds = [...nodesById.values()]
+    .filter((node) => node.status !== "done")
     .map((node) => node.id);
   const explicitWaitingIssueIds = new Set<string>();
-  if (reviewNodeIds.length > 0) {
-    for (const chunk of chunkList(reviewNodeIds, ISSUE_LIST_RELATED_QUERY_CHUNK_SIZE)) {
+  if (explicitWaitCandidateIds.length > 0) {
+    for (const chunk of chunkList(explicitWaitCandidateIds, ISSUE_LIST_RELATED_QUERY_CHUNK_SIZE)) {
       const interactionRows: Array<{ issueId: string }> = await dbOrTx
         .select({ issueId: issueThreadInteractions.issueId })
         .from(issueThreadInteractions)
@@ -1190,22 +1191,25 @@ async function listIssueBlockerAttentionMap(
           ),
         );
       for (const row of approvalRows) explicitWaitingIssueIds.add(row.issueId);
+    }
 
-      const recoveryRows: Array<{ originId: string | null }> = await dbOrTx
-        .select({ originId: issues.originId })
-        .from(issues)
-        .where(
-          and(
-            eq(issues.companyId, companyId),
-            eq(issues.originKind, BLOCKER_ATTENTION_OPEN_RECOVERY_ORIGIN_KIND),
-            isNull(issues.hiddenAt),
-            inArray(issues.originId, chunk),
-            notInArray(issues.status, BLOCKER_ATTENTION_OPEN_RECOVERY_TERMINAL_STATUSES),
-          ),
-        );
-      for (const row of recoveryRows) {
-        if (row.originId) explicitWaitingIssueIds.add(row.originId);
-      }
+    const recoveryRows: Array<{ id: string; originId: string | null }> = await dbOrTx
+      .select({ id: issues.id, originId: issues.originId })
+      .from(issues)
+      .where(
+        and(
+          eq(issues.companyId, companyId),
+          eq(issues.originKind, BLOCKER_ATTENTION_OPEN_RECOVERY_ORIGIN_KIND),
+          isNull(issues.hiddenAt),
+          notInArray(issues.status, BLOCKER_ATTENTION_OPEN_RECOVERY_TERMINAL_STATUSES),
+        ),
+      );
+    for (const row of recoveryRows) {
+      const parsed = parseIssueGraphLivenessIncidentKey(row.originId);
+      if (!parsed || parsed.companyId !== companyId) continue;
+      explicitWaitingIssueIds.add(row.id);
+      explicitWaitingIssueIds.add(parsed.issueId);
+      explicitWaitingIssueIds.add(parsed.leafIssueId);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1243,6 +1247,9 @@ async function listIssueBlockerAttentionMap(
     if (node.status === "done") {
       return { covered: true, stalled: false, sampleBlockerIdentifier: nodeSample, sampleStalledBlockerIdentifier: null };
     }
+    if (explicitWaitingIssueIds.has(node.id)) {
+      return { covered: true, stalled: false, sampleBlockerIdentifier: nodeSample, sampleStalledBlockerIdentifier: null };
+    }
     if (node.status === "in_review") {
       const hasWaitingPath = activeIssueIds.has(node.id) || Boolean(node.assigneeUserId) || explicitWaitingIssueIds.has(node.id);
       if (hasWaitingPath) {