diff --git a/server/src/routes/agents.ts b/server/src/routes/agents.ts
index 1428fae7b8..f0e5bb351e 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/agents.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/agents.ts
@@ -3996,7 +3996,7 @@ export function agentRoutes(
     const recoveryActionsSvc = issueRecoveryActionService(db);
     const rows = await issuesSvc.list(req.actor.companyId, {
       assigneeAgentId: req.actor.agentId,
-      status: "todo,in_progress,blocked",
+      status: "todo,in_progress,blocked,in_review",
       includeRoutineExecutions: true,
       limit: ISSUE_LIST_DEFAULT_LIMIT,
     });
diff --git a/server/src/routes/issues.ts b/server/src/routes/issues.ts
index 1535317caf..c9123aa020 100644
--- a/server/src/routes/issues.ts
+++ b/server/src/routes/issues.ts
@@ -4156,6 +4156,17 @@ export function issueRoutes(
       return "Recovery action became stale because the source issue was manually moved from blocked to todo.";
     }
 
+    // Check blocked+blockers before any trigger-based early returns: a blocked issue with
+    // active first-class blockers always has a valid disposition regardless of what changed.
+    // This prevents recovery-action loops where the issue is correctly blocked but the
+    // missing_disposition action stays active because no "durable change" has occurred.
+    if (issue.status === "blocked") {
+      const readiness = await svc.getDependencyReadiness(issue.id);
+      if (readiness.unresolvedBlockerCount > 0) {
+        return "Recovery action became stale because the source issue now has unresolved first-class blockers.";
+      }
+    }
+
     if (input.trigger === "read_projection") return null;
     if (
       input.trigger === "comment" &&