diff --git a/packages/tui/src/hydrate.ts b/packages/tui/src/hydrate.ts
index 33ee8c247..b28cc282d 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/hydrate.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/hydrate.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ interface NodeInventoryRead {
   startupStatus?: string | null;
   terminalActive?: boolean | null;
   agentActivity?: { state?: string } | null;
+  identityVerdict?: { verdict?: string } | null;
   canonicalSessionName: string | null;
   tmuxAttachCommand?: string | null;
   resolvedSpecName: string | null;
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@ function fmtTokens(input: number | null, output: number | null): string | null {
 function toAgentRow(node: NodeInventoryRead): AgentRow {
   const ctx = node.contextUsage;
   const known = ctx?.availability === "known";
+  const identityDownranked = node.identityVerdict?.verdict === "mismatch"
+    || node.identityVerdict?.verdict === "pane_missing";
   return {
     name: node.logicalId,
     runtime: node.runtime ?? "unknown",
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ function toAgentRow(node: NodeInventoryRead): AgentRow {
     // while session/terminal activity drives the visible status label.
     status: node.startupStatus === "failed"
       ? "failed"
-      : node.startupStatus === "attention_required"
+      : node.lifecycleState === "attention_required" || identityDownranked || node.startupStatus === "attention_required"
         ? "attention_required"
         : node.agentActivity?.state === "needs_input"
           ? "needs_input"
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/input.ts b/packages/tui/src/input.ts
index dc85ee718..c4604fb52 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/input.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/input.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ function parseText(text: string, final: boolean): { events: InputEvent[]; remain
 export interface InputDecoder {
   write(bytes: string | Buffer): InputEvent[];
   flush(): InputEvent[];
-  hasPending(): boolean;
 }
 
 /** Stateful terminal-stream decoder: retains split escape sequences and uses
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ export function createInputDecoder(): InputDecoder {
       pending = parsed.remainder;
       return parsed.events;
     },
-    hasPending: () => pending.length > 0,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/tui/src/main.ts b/packages/tui/src/main.ts
index 1bb82413a..316bd7f34 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/main.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   let inputLine = "";
   let lastScreen: Screen | null = null;
   const inputDecoder = createInputDecoder();
-  let inputFlushTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
 
   function draw(): void {
     const cols = process.stdout.columns ?? 120;
@@ -149,14 +148,10 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   process.stdin.on("data", (bytes: Buffer) => {
-    if (inputFlushTimer) clearTimeout(inputFlushTimer);
     handleInput(inputDecoder.write(bytes));
-    if (inputDecoder.hasPending()) {
-      inputFlushTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-        inputFlushTimer = null;
-        handleInput(inputDecoder.flush());
-      }, 25);
-    }
+  });
+  process.stdin.on("end", () => {
+    handleInput(inputDecoder.flush());
   });
 
   process.stdout.write(ALT_SCREEN_ON + MOUSE_ENABLE);
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/hydrate.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/hydrate.test.ts
index 37c09df61..47f35f96c 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/hydrate.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/hydrate.test.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ describe("snapshot hydration over the §4.A reads (Phase 2)", () => {
       { ...base, logicalId: "dev.attention", startupStatus: "attention_required", lifecycleState: "attention_required", terminalActive: false },
       { ...base, logicalId: "dev.input", startupStatus: "ready", agentActivity: { state: "needs_input" }, terminalActive: true },
       { ...base, logicalId: "dev.active", startupStatus: "ready", agentActivity: { state: "running" }, terminalActive: true },
+      { ...base, logicalId: "dev.mismatch", startupStatus: "ready", lifecycleState: "attention_required", agentActivity: { state: "running" }, terminalActive: true, identityVerdict: { verdict: "mismatch" } },
+      { ...base, logicalId: "dev.missing", startupStatus: "ready", lifecycleState: "attention_required", agentActivity: { state: "running" }, terminalActive: true, identityVerdict: { verdict: "pane_missing" } },
     ];
     const snap = await hydrateSnapshot(fixtureClient({}, { "/api/rigs/01JRIG/nodes": nodes }));
     const statuses = Object.fromEntries(snap.hosts[0]!.rigs[0]!.pods[0]!.agents.map((agent) => [agent.name, agent.status]));
@@ -259,6 +261,8 @@ describe("snapshot hydration over the §4.A reads (Phase 2)", () => {
       "dev.attention": "attention_required",
       "dev.input": "needs_input",
       "dev.active": "active",
+      "dev.mismatch": "attention_required",
+      "dev.missing": "attention_required",
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/input-stream.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/input-stream.test.ts
index 5bd0e2942..e90875bf4 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/input-stream.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/input-stream.test.ts
@@ -26,4 +26,13 @@ describe("stateful stdin decoding", () => {
       expect(decoder.write(bytes.subarray(split))).toEqual([{ type: "char", ch: "界" }]);
     }
   });
+
+  it("defines EOF flush for an incomplete CSI prefix", () => {
+    const decoder = createInputDecoder();
+    expect(decoder.write("\x1b[")).toEqual([]);
+    expect(decoder.flush()).toEqual([
+      { type: "key", key: "escape" },
+      { type: "char", ch: "[" },
+    ]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/scripts/test-tui-package.mjs b/scripts/test-tui-package.mjs
index 74f050da2..3daa27910 100644
--- a/scripts/test-tui-package.mjs
+++ b/scripts/test-tui-package.mjs
@@ -2,13 +2,49 @@ import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { execFileSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const root = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "..");
 const cli = path.join(root, "packages", "cli");
 const temp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openrig-tui-pack-"));
 
+const wait = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+
+async function assertDelayedSplits(entry, pkgDir) {
+  const vectors = [
+    ["up", "\x1b[A"], ["down", "\x1b[B"], ["right", "\x1b[C"], ["left", "\x1b[D"],
+    ["pageup", "\x1b[5~"], ["pagedown", "\x1b[6~"],
+    ["mouse", "\x1b[<0;47;12M\x1b[<0;47;12m"],
+  ];
+  let run = 0;
+  for (const [label, sequence] of vectors) {
+    const bytes = Buffer.from(sequence);
+    for (let split = 1; split < bytes.length; split++) {
+      const socket = path.join(temp, `split-${run++}.sock`);
+      const child = spawn(process.execPath, [entry, "--demo", "--socket", socket], {
+        cwd: pkgDir,
+        stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+        env: process.env,
+      });
+      let stderr = "";
+      child.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => { stderr += chunk; });
+      await wait(40);
+      child.stdin.write(bytes.subarray(0, split));
+      await wait(80);
+      child.stdin.write(bytes.subarray(split));
+      await wait(20);
+      child.stdin.write("q");
+      const code = await Promise.race([
+        new Promise((resolve) => child.once("exit", resolve)),
+        wait(1_000).then(() => "timeout"),
+      ]);
+      if (code === "timeout") child.kill("SIGTERM");
+      assert.equal(code, 0, `${label} split ${split}/${bytes.length} failed delayed packed-entry decoding: ${stderr}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 try {
   execFileSync("npm", ["run", "build:package"], { cwd: root, stdio: "inherit" });
   const packed = JSON.parse(execFileSync("npm", ["pack", "--ignore-scripts", "--json", "--pack-destination", temp], { cwd: cli, encoding: "utf8" }));
@@ -31,6 +67,7 @@ try {
     env: process.env,
   });
   assert.equal(launched.status, 0, launched.stderr || `packed TUI exited ${launched.status}`);
+  await assertDelayedSplits(entry, pkgDir);
   console.log(`packed TUI launch PASS: ${packed[0].filename}`);
 } finally {
   fs.rmSync(temp, { recursive: true, force: true });