diff --git a/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad66359d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+import {
+  matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds,
+  type WorktreeBaseWatchTarget
+} from './worktree-base-directory-event-filter'
+
+const COMMON_DIR = join('/repos', 'project', '.git')
+
+function makeGitCommonTarget(): WorktreeBaseWatchTarget {
+  return {
+    key: `git-common:local:${COMMON_DIR}`,
+    kind: 'git-common',
+    path: COMMON_DIR,
+    repos: new Map([['repo-1', { repoId: 'repo-1', repoName: 'project', nestWorkspaces: false }]])
+  }
+}
+
+describe('matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds (git-common)', () => {
+  it('matches linked-worktree metadata under worktrees/', () => {
+    const target = makeGitCommonTarget()
+    expect(
+      matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds(target, {
+        type: 'update',
+        path: join(COMMON_DIR, 'worktrees', 'wt-a', 'HEAD')
+      })
+    ).toEqual(['repo-1'])
+    expect(
+      matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds(target, {
+        type: 'create',
+        path: join(COMMON_DIR, 'worktrees', 'wt-b')
+      })
+    ).toEqual(['repo-1'])
+  })
+
+  it('matches primary-checkout branch/index metadata at the common-dir top level', () => {
+    const target = makeGitCommonTarget()
+    for (const file of ['HEAD', 'packed-refs', 'index']) {
+      expect(
+        matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds(target, { type: 'update', path: join(COMMON_DIR, file) })
+      ).toEqual(['repo-1'])
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('ignores non-status common-dir churn', () => {
+    const target = makeGitCommonTarget()
+    for (const path of [
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'config'),
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'FETCH_HEAD'),
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'COMMIT_EDITMSG'),
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'objects', 'ab', 'cdef'),
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'refs', 'heads', 'main'),
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'logs', 'HEAD'),
+      // Nested HEAD outside worktrees/ must not be mistaken for the primary's.
+      join(COMMON_DIR, 'modules', 'sub', 'HEAD')
+    ]) {
+      expect(matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds(target, { type: 'update', path })).toEqual([])
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('ignores paths outside the watch root', () => {
+    const target = makeGitCommonTarget()
+    expect(
+      matchingWorktreeBaseRepoIds(target, {
+        type: 'update',
+        path: join('/repos', 'project', 'HEAD')
+      })
+    ).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.ts b/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.ts
index 4c9d294cf..c12da5d21 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-event-filter.ts
@@ -82,11 +82,22 @@ function matchingBaseRepoIds(
   return repoIds
 }
 
+// Why: branch switches and commits in the primary checkout rewrite these
+// top-level common-dir files; matching them keeps root-checkout branch/status
+// as fresh as linked worktrees. Deeper churn (objects, refs, logs) is ignored.
+const GIT_COMMON_PRIMARY_METADATA_FILES = new Set(['HEAD', 'packed-refs', 'index'])
+
 // Why: Git records linked worktrees under the common dir's `worktrees`
 // metadata, which is lower churn than watching checkout contents.
 function matchingGitCommonRepoIds(target: WorktreeBaseWatchTarget, eventPath: string): string[] {
   const parts = pathRelativeToWorktreeWatchRoot(target.path, eventPath)
-  if (!parts || parts[0] !== 'worktrees') {
+  if (!parts) {
+    return []
+  }
+  if (
+    parts[0] !== 'worktrees' &&
+    !(parts.length === 1 && GIT_COMMON_PRIMARY_METADATA_FILES.has(parts[0]))
+  ) {
     return []
   }
   return [...target.repos.keys()]
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-poller.test.ts b/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-poller.test.ts
index cf8ce22a6..292530f08 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-poller.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/worktree-base-directory-poller.test.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,33 @@ describe('worktree base directory poller', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('reports primary-checkout HEAD changes via polling', async () => {
+    const commonDir = await makeRoot()
+    const received: WorktreeBasePollEvent[][] = []
+    const target = makeTarget('git-common', commonDir)
+    const poller = await startWorktreeBaseDirectoryPoller(
+      target,
+      () => target.repos,
+      (events) => received.push(events),
+      // Force the non-darwin poll path so this test is deterministic on all CI.
+      { pollIntervalMs: POLL_MS, platform: 'linux' }
+    )
+    cleanups.push(() => poller.unsubscribe())
+
+    const headFile = join(commonDir, 'HEAD')
+    await writeFile(headFile, 'ref: refs/heads/main')
+    await waitForEvents(received, (flat) =>
+      flat.some((event) => event.type === 'create' && event.path === headFile)
+    )
+
+    // A branch switch rewrites HEAD in place; the mtime diff must surface it.
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+    await writeFile(headFile, 'ref: refs/heads/feature')
+    await waitForEvents(received, (flat) =>
+      flat.some((event) => event.type === 'update' && event.path === headFile)
+    )
+  })
+
   it('emits deletes for all known worktrees when the root vanishes', async () => {
     const root = await makeRoot()
     const worktree = join(root, 'external-5')
@@ -255,6 +282,34 @@ describe('worktree base directory poller', () => {
       )
     })
 
+    it('covers primary-checkout metadata alongside the narrow stream', async () => {
+      const commonDir = await makeRoot()
+      await mkdir(join(commonDir, 'worktrees'))
+      const received: WorktreeBasePollEvent[][] = []
+      const target = makeTarget('git-common', commonDir)
+      const poller = await startWorktreeBaseDirectoryPoller(
+        target,
+        () => target.repos,
+        (events) => received.push(events),
+        { pollIntervalMs: POLL_MS, platform: 'darwin' }
+      )
+      cleanups.push(() => poller.unsubscribe())
+
+      // The narrow stream is rooted at worktrees/, so top-level HEAD writes
+      // must arrive through the companion metadata poll.
+      const headFile = join(commonDir, 'HEAD')
+      await writeFile(headFile, 'ref: refs/heads/main')
+      await waitForEvents(received, (flat) =>
+        flat.some((event) => event.type === 'create' && event.path === headFile)
+      )
+
+      await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+      await writeFile(headFile, 'ref: refs/heads/feature')
+      await waitForEvents(received, (flat) =>
+        flat.some((event) => event.type === 'update' && event.path === headFile)
+      )
+    })
+
     it('arms via existence polling when the worktrees dir appears later', async () => {
       const commonDir = await makeRoot()
       const received: WorktreeBasePollEvent[][] = []
diff --git a/src/main/ipc/worktree-git-common-watch.ts b/src/main/ipc/worktree-git-common-watch.ts
index d328220aa..1529f9de1 100644
--- a/src/main/ipc/worktree-git-common-watch.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipc/worktree-git-common-watch.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,37 @@ import type {
   WorktreeBaseSubscription
 } from './worktree-base-directory-poller'
 
-// Watches a repo's `<common>/.git/worktrees` metadata — the only subtree the
-// git-common event filter consumes.
-// macOS: a narrow native stream rooted there — a tiny, rare-churn tree —
-// gives instant detection with zero idle cost and zero wide-scope fseventsd
-// delivery. Other platforms: dir-listing poll (no fseventsd to protect, and
+// Watches a repo's `<common>/.git/worktrees` metadata plus the primary
+// checkout's shallow branch/index files — the only paths the git-common event
+// filter consumes.
+// macOS: a narrow native stream rooted at `worktrees/` — a tiny, rare-churn
+// tree — gives instant detection with zero idle cost and zero wide-scope
+// fseventsd delivery; the primary files are covered by a few stat calls per
+// tick (a native stream would have to span the whole common dir, objects
+// included). Other platforms: dir-listing poll (no fseventsd to protect, and
 // on Windows an open directory handle on `worktrees/` could interfere with
 // `git worktree prune` removing it).
 
+// Why: branch switches and commits made in the primary checkout rewrite these
+// top-level files (linked-worktree equivalents live under `worktrees/`).
+// Deliberately excludes FETCH_HEAD-style churn that carries no status change.
+const PRIMARY_CHECKOUT_METADATA_FILES = ['HEAD', 'packed-refs', 'index']
+
+async function snapshotPrimaryCheckoutMetadata(
+  commonDirPath: string
+): Promise<Map<string, number>> {
+  const mtimes = new Map<string, number>()
+  for (const name of PRIMARY_CHECKOUT_METADATA_FILES) {
+    const filePath = join(commonDirPath, name)
+    try {
+      mtimes.set(filePath, (await stat(filePath)).mtimeMs)
+    } catch {
+      // Missing file (e.g. no packed-refs yet) diffs into a create later.
+    }
+  }
+  return mtimes
+}
+
 async function snapshotGitCommon(commonDirPath: string): Promise<Map<string, number>> {
   const mtimes = new Map<string, number>()
   const worktreesDir = join(commonDirPath, 'worktrees')
@@ -59,15 +82,15 @@ function diffGitCommon(
   return events
 }
 
-async function startGitCommonPoller(
-  target: WorktreeBaseWatchTarget,
+async function startSnapshotDiffPoller(
+  takeSnapshot: () => Promise<Map<string, number>>,
   onEvents: (events: WorktreeBasePollEvent[]) => void,
   pollIntervalMs: number,
   onFullScan?: () => void
 ): Promise<WorktreeBaseSubscription> {
   let disposed = false
   let ticking = false
-  let snapshot = await snapshotGitCommon(target.path)
+  let snapshot = await takeSnapshot()
 
   const timer = setInterval(() => {
     if (disposed || ticking) {
@@ -75,7 +98,7 @@ async function startGitCommonPoller(
     }
     ticking = true
     onFullScan?.()
-    void snapshotGitCommon(target.path)
+    void takeSnapshot()
       .then((next) => {
         if (disposed) {
           return
@@ -103,6 +126,19 @@ async function startGitCommonPoller(
   }
 }
 
+async function snapshotGitCommonAndPrimaryMetadata(
+  commonDirPath: string
+): Promise<Map<string, number>> {
+  const [worktrees, primary] = await Promise.all([
+    snapshotGitCommon(commonDirPath),
+    snapshotPrimaryCheckoutMetadata(commonDirPath)
+  ])
+  for (const [path, mtime] of primary) {
+    worktrees.set(path, mtime)
+  }
+  return worktrees
+}
+
 async function startGitCommonNarrowWatch(
   target: WorktreeBaseWatchTarget,
   onEvents: (events: WorktreeBasePollEvent[]) => void,
@@ -227,7 +263,25 @@ export async function startGitCommonWatch(
   onFullScan?: () => void
 ): Promise<WorktreeBaseSubscription> {
   if (platform === 'darwin') {
-    return startGitCommonNarrowWatch(target, onEvents, pollIntervalMs)
+    const [narrowWatch, primaryMetadataPoll] = await Promise.all([
+      startGitCommonNarrowWatch(target, onEvents, pollIntervalMs),
+      startSnapshotDiffPoller(
+        () => snapshotPrimaryCheckoutMetadata(target.path),
+        onEvents,
+        pollIntervalMs,
+        onFullScan
+      )
+    ])
+    return {
+      unsubscribe: async () => {
+        await Promise.all([narrowWatch.unsubscribe(), primaryMetadataPoll.unsubscribe()])
+      }
+    }
   }
-  return startGitCommonPoller(target, onEvents, pollIntervalMs, onFullScan)
+  return startSnapshotDiffPoller(
+    () => snapshotGitCommonAndPrimaryMetadata(target.path),
+    onEvents,
+    pollIntervalMs,
+    onFullScan
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-push-signal-refresh.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-push-signal-refresh.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5bbde860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-push-signal-refresh.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import type * as React from 'react'
+import { ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT } from '@/hooks/terminal-command-finished-event'
+
+type WorktreesChangedCallback = (data: { repoId: string }) => void
+type HookParams = {
+  activeRepoId: string | null
+  activeWorktreeId: string | null
+  enabled: boolean
+  fetchStatus: () => void
+}
+
+async function renderHookOnce(params: HookParams): Promise<{
+  emitWorktreesChanged: (repoId: string) => void
+  emitCommandFinished: (worktreeId: string) => void
+  onChangedSubscribe: ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+  windowListeners: Map<string, EventListener>
+  cleanups: (() => void)[]
+}> {
+  vi.resetModules()
+
+  const cleanups: (() => void)[] = []
+  vi.doMock('react', async () => {
+    const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof React>('react')
+    return {
+      ...actual,
+      useEffect: (effect: () => void | (() => void)) => {
+        const cleanup = effect()
+        if (typeof cleanup === 'function') {
+          cleanups.push(cleanup)
+        }
+      },
+      useRef: <T>(initial: T) => ({ current: initial })
+    }
+  })
+
+  let worktreesChangedCallback: WorktreesChangedCallback | null = null
+  const onChangedUnsubscribe = vi.fn()
+  const onChangedSubscribe = vi.fn((callback: WorktreesChangedCallback) => {
+    worktreesChangedCallback = callback
+    return onChangedUnsubscribe
+  })
+  const windowListeners = new Map<string, EventListener>()
+
+  vi.stubGlobal('window', {
+    api: {
+      worktrees: {
+        onChanged: onChangedSubscribe
+      }
+    },
+    addEventListener: vi.fn((type: string, listener: EventListener) => {
+      windowListeners.set(type, listener)
+    }),
+    removeEventListener: vi.fn((type: string) => {
+      windowListeners.delete(type)
+    })
+  })
+  vi.stubGlobal('document', {
+    visibilityState: 'visible',
+    addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+    removeEventListener: vi.fn()
+  })
+
+  const { useGitStatusPushSignalRefresh } = await import('./git-status-push-signal-refresh')
+  function PushSignalRefreshHarness(props: HookParams): null {
+    useGitStatusPushSignalRefresh(props)
+    return null
+  }
+  PushSignalRefreshHarness(params)
+
+  return {
+    emitWorktreesChanged: (repoId: string) => worktreesChangedCallback?.({ repoId }),
+    emitCommandFinished: (worktreeId: string) => {
+      const listener = windowListeners.get(ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT)
+      listener?.({ detail: { worktreeId } } as unknown as Event)
+    },
+    onChangedSubscribe,
+    windowListeners,
+    cleanups
+  }
+}
+
+describe('useGitStatusPushSignalRefresh', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks()
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals()
+  })
+
+  it('nudges status when the active repo reports a worktrees change', async () => {
+    const fetchStatus = vi.fn()
+    const harness = await renderHookOnce({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo-1',
+      activeWorktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      enabled: true,
+      fetchStatus
+    })
+
+    harness.emitWorktreesChanged('repo-1')
+    expect(fetchStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    harness.emitWorktreesChanged('repo-other')
+    expect(fetchStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('nudges status when a terminal command finishes in the active worktree', async () => {
+    const fetchStatus = vi.fn()
+    const harness = await renderHookOnce({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo-1',
+      activeWorktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      enabled: true,
+      fetchStatus
+    })
+
+    harness.emitCommandFinished('wt-1')
+    expect(fetchStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    harness.emitCommandFinished('wt-other')
+    expect(fetchStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  })
+
+  it('drops nudges while the window is hidden', async () => {
+    const fetchStatus = vi.fn()
+    const harness = await renderHookOnce({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo-1',
+      activeWorktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      enabled: true,
+      fetchStatus
+    })
+
+    ;(document as unknown as { visibilityState: string }).visibilityState = 'hidden'
+    harness.emitWorktreesChanged('repo-1')
+    harness.emitCommandFinished('wt-1')
+    expect(fetchStatus).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('subscribes to nothing while disabled', async () => {
+    const fetchStatus = vi.fn()
+    const harness = await renderHookOnce({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo-1',
+      activeWorktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      enabled: false,
+      fetchStatus
+    })
+
+    expect(harness.onChangedSubscribe).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(harness.windowListeners.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('unsubscribes both signals on cleanup', async () => {
+    const fetchStatus = vi.fn()
+    const harness = await renderHookOnce({
+      activeRepoId: 'repo-1',
+      activeWorktreeId: 'wt-1',
+      enabled: true,
+      fetchStatus
+    })
+
+    expect(harness.cleanups.length).toBe(2)
+    for (const cleanup of harness.cleanups) {
+      cleanup()
+    }
+    expect(harness.windowListeners.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-push-signal-refresh.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-push-signal-refresh.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6e0ea6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/git-status-push-signal-refresh.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { isWindowVisible } from '@/lib/window-visibility-interval'
+import {
+  ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT,
+  type TerminalCommandFinishedEventDetail
+} from '@/hooks/terminal-command-finished-event'
+
+type UseGitStatusPushSignalRefreshParams = {
+  activeRepoId: string | null
+  activeWorktreeId: string | null
+  enabled: boolean
+  fetchStatus: () => void
+}
+
+// Why: these push signals close the latency gap left by the slow terminal-only
+// fallback poll — branch switches and commits made inside shells surface at
+// the coalescer's floor instead of waiting out the fallback cadence. Bursts
+// are safe: the main-process watcher debounces and fetchStatus feeds a
+// coalesced runner with a minimum interval.
+export function useGitStatusPushSignalRefresh({
+  activeRepoId,
+  activeWorktreeId,
+  enabled,
+  fetchStatus
+}: UseGitStatusPushSignalRefreshParams): void {
+  const fetchStatusRef = useRef(fetchStatus)
+  fetchStatusRef.current = fetchStatus
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled || !activeRepoId) {
+      return
+    }
+    // Why: remote web surfaces have no preload bridge; the fallback poll
+    // still covers them.
+    const subscribeToWorktreesChanged = window.api?.worktrees?.onChanged
+    if (!subscribeToWorktreesChanged) {
+      return
+    }
+    // Repo metadata (HEAD/index/worktrees) changed on disk. Hidden windows
+    // skip the nudge; the visibility interval refreshes immediately on reveal.
+    return subscribeToWorktreesChanged(({ repoId }) => {
+      if (repoId !== activeRepoId || !isWindowVisible()) {
+        return
+      }
+      fetchStatusRef.current()
+    })
+  }, [enabled, activeRepoId])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled || !activeWorktreeId) {
+      return
+    }
+    const handleCommandFinished = (event: Event): void => {
+      const detail = (event as CustomEvent<TerminalCommandFinishedEventDetail>).detail
+      if (detail?.worktreeId !== activeWorktreeId || !isWindowVisible()) {
+        return
+      }
+      fetchStatusRef.current()
+    }
+    window.addEventListener(ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT, handleCommandFinished)
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener(ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT, handleCommandFinished)
+    }
+  }, [enabled, activeWorktreeId])
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.test.ts
index 83ad40e3a..5c4d57338 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.test.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ async function usePollingOnce(
         watchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
         unwatchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
         onFsChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
+      },
+      worktrees: {
+        onChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
       }
     },
     addEventListener: vi.fn(),
@@ -362,6 +365,9 @@ describe('useGitStatusPolling', () => {
           watchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           unwatchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           onFsChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
+        },
+        worktrees: {
+          onChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
         }
       },
       addEventListener: vi.fn((type: string, listener: EventListener) => {
@@ -471,6 +477,9 @@ describe('useGitStatusPolling', () => {
           watchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           unwatchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           onFsChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
+        },
+        worktrees: {
+          onChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
         }
       },
       addEventListener: vi.fn((type: string, listener: EventListener) => {
@@ -592,6 +601,9 @@ describe('useGitStatusPolling', () => {
           watchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           unwatchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           onFsChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
+        },
+        worktrees: {
+          onChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
         }
       },
       addEventListener: vi.fn((type: string, listener: EventListener) => {
@@ -707,6 +719,9 @@ describe('useGitStatusPolling', () => {
           watchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           unwatchWorktree: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
           onFsChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
+        },
+        worktrees: {
+          onChanged: vi.fn(() => vi.fn())
         }
       },
       addEventListener: vi.fn(),
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.ts
index 0fc1bc8b4..895b69012 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/useGitStatusPolling.ts
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ import {
 } from '@/lib/passive-macos-app-data-access'
 import { getRightSidebarWorktreeRuntimeSettings } from './file-explorer-runtime-owner'
 import { useGitStatusFileWatchRefresh } from './git-status-file-watch-refresh'
+import { useGitStatusPushSignalRefresh } from './git-status-push-signal-refresh'
 
 const MIN_STATUS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 3000
 const INTERACTIVE_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = MIN_STATUS_REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS
-// Why: file-watch refreshes cover content changes; terminal-only polling is
-// just a fallback for branch switches made inside shells.
+// Why: file-watch refreshes cover content changes and push signals (repo
+// metadata watch, shell command completion) cover branch switches; the
+// terminal-only poll is a last-resort backstop for shells without either.
 const TERMINAL_ONLY_STATUS_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000
 
 export function useGitStatusPolling(options: { enabled?: boolean } = {}): void {
@@ -182,6 +184,13 @@ export function useGitStatusPolling(options: { enabled?: boolean } = {}): void {
     worktreePath
   })
 
+  useGitStatusPushSignalRefresh({
+    activeRepoId,
+    activeWorktreeId,
+    enabled: shouldPollActiveWorktreeGitStatus,
+    fetchStatus
+  })
+
   // Why: poll conflict operation for non-active worktrees that have a stale
   // non-unknown operation. This is a lightweight fs-only check (no git status)
   // so it won't cause performance issues even with many worktrees.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
index 3147e2916..f9b025da2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/pty-connection.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ import {
 import { createBrowserUuid } from '@/lib/browser-uuid'
 import { makePaneKey, parseLegacyNumericPaneKey } from '../../../../shared/stable-pane-id'
 import { createTerminalCommandLifecycle } from './terminal-command-lifecycle'
+import { dispatchTerminalCommandFinishedEvent } from '@/hooks/terminal-command-finished-event'
 import { e2eConfig } from '@/lib/e2e-config'
 import type { AgentStatusEntry, AgentType } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
 import { isWebTerminalSurfaceTabId } from '@/runtime/web-terminal-surface-id'
@@ -1373,6 +1374,9 @@ export function connectPanePty(
   }
   const commandLifecycle = createTerminalCommandLifecycle({
     onCommandFinished: () => {
+      // Why: the finished command may have moved HEAD or the index (e.g.
+      // `git checkout`); nudge git UI now instead of waiting for a poll.
+      dispatchTerminalCommandFinishedEvent(deps.worktreeId)
       const state = useAppStore.getState()
       const entry = state.agentStatusByPaneKey[cacheKey]
       const inferenceResult = flushPendingInterruptInference()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/hooks/terminal-command-finished-event.ts b/src/renderer/src/hooks/terminal-command-finished-event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79bf8a978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/hooks/terminal-command-finished-event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export const ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT = 'orca:terminal-command-finished'
+
+export type TerminalCommandFinishedEventDetail = {
+  worktreeId: string
+}
+
+// Why: the OSC 133;D handler lives in a per-pane closure; a window event lets
+// decoupled consumers (e.g. git status refresh) react to shell commands
+// finishing without reaching into terminal internals.
+export function dispatchTerminalCommandFinishedEvent(worktreeId: string): void {
+  window.dispatchEvent(
+    new CustomEvent<TerminalCommandFinishedEventDetail>(ORCA_TERMINAL_COMMAND_FINISHED_EVENT, {
+      detail: { worktreeId }
+    })
+  )
+}