diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts
index 0161054781567..6910b3c41198d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.test.ts
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ describe("PullRequestSyncReactor", () => {
     ),
   );
 
-  it.effect("leaves a settled thread's links unread until the thread is unsettled", () =>
+  it.effect("reads a settled thread's links once when it settles, then until unsettled", () =>
     Effect.scoped(
       Effect.gen(function* () {
         yield* TestClock.setTime(Date.parse(NOW));
@@ -1269,6 +1269,46 @@ describe("PullRequestSyncReactor", () => {
 
         yield* Effect.gen(function* () {
           const reactor = yield* startAndSweep(fixture);
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(yield* Ref.get(fixture.summaryCalls), []);
+
+          const threadId = ThreadId.make("settled");
+          const at = DateTime.makeUnsafe(NOW);
+          yield* Queue.offer(fixture.domainEvents, {
+            type: "thread.settled",
+            id: EventId.make("event:settled"),
+            threadId,
+            occurredAt: at,
+            payload: {
+              createdBy: "user",
+              creationSource: "web",
+              id: threadId,
+              projectId: PROJECT_ID,
+              title: "settled",
+              providerInstanceId: ProviderInstanceId.make("codex"),
+              modelSelection: { instanceId: ProviderInstanceId.make("codex"), model: "gpt-5" },
+              runtimeMode: "full-access",
+              interactionMode: "default",
+              branch: null,
+              worktreePath: null,
+              activeProviderThreadId: null,
+              lineage: { parentThreadId: null, relationshipToParent: null, rootThreadId: threadId },
+              forkedFrom: null,
+              createdAt: at,
+              updatedAt: at,
+              archivedAt: null,
+              settledOverride: "settled",
+              settledAt: at,
+              lastVisitedAt: null,
+              deletedAt: null,
+            },
+          });
+          yield* Queue.take(fixture.snapshotReads);
+          yield* Queue.take(fixture.snapshotReads);
+          yield* reactor.drain;
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(
+            (yield* Ref.getAndSet(fixture.summaryCalls, [])).map((call) => call.number).toSorted(),
+            [5, 6],
+          );
           for (let index = 0; index < 15; index += 1) yield* sweepAgain(fixture, reactor);
           assert.deepStrictEqual(yield* Ref.get(fixture.summaryCalls), []);
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts
index 9dffe4babb424..3d28743c325af 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/PullRequestSyncReactor.ts
@@ -714,6 +714,9 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
             ended.add(item.id);
             return Effect.andThen(linked, refreshUnmergedLinks(event.threadId));
           }
+          // Settled threads are not swept, so read their links once to settle with fresh status.
+          case "thread.settled":
+            return refreshUnmergedLinks(event.threadId);
           case "run.updated":
             return isTerminalRunStatus(event.payload.status) && closeCommands.delete(event.threadId)
               ? refreshUnmergedLinks(event.threadId)
diff --git a/docs/user/source-control.md b/docs/user/source-control.md
index 949bddd8afbf0..9421cc698c6d7 100644
--- a/docs/user/source-control.md
+++ b/docs/user/source-control.md
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Linking and unlinking are available in the web and desktop clients.
 The **Linked pull requests** panel lists every review and groups stacks. Unlink a review from its
 row menu. An unlinked stack layer stays out of later syncs. Open linked reviews refresh on the server;
 closed reviews refresh periodically so reopening one on the host is detected. Merged reviews refresh
-when requested. A settled thread's reviews stop refreshing until you unsettle it. With **Auto-settle merged threads** enabled, a thread can settle after every linked
+when requested. Settling a thread refreshes its open and closed reviews once; after that they stop refreshing until you unsettle it. With **Auto-settle merged threads** enabled, a thread can settle after every linked
 review is terminal. An open or unsynced link keeps it active.
 
 Ask the agent to watch, monitor, or babysit a pull request and it calls `watch_pull_request`. While