diff --git a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealth.java b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealth.java
index 875d346..5c8ca23 100644
--- a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealth.java
+++ b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealth.java
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ package dev.ltms.bridged.health;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.AgentStatus;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.session.MemberSession;
 
-/** Pure classifier. Collection and repair are deliberately outside this package. */
+/**
+ * Pure classifier. Collection and repair are deliberately outside this package.
+ * {@link HealthState#ERROR_ON_SCREEN} is not decided yet because it needs a bounded pane detection
+ * read and an adapter-specific fatal signature; status facts alone must not guess it.
+ */
 public final class FleetHealth {
     private FleetHealth() { }
 
@@ -24,8 +28,9 @@ public final class FleetHealth {
         if (s.acceptedDelivery() && s.liveStatus() == AgentStatus.BLOCKED) {
             return result(HealthState.BLOCKED_AMBIGUOUS, disagreement);
         }
-        if (s.sessionState() == MemberSession.State.BUSY && s.liveStatus() == AgentStatus.WORKING
-                && s.acceptedDelivery()) return result(HealthState.WORKING, false);
+        // An accepted delivery remains bridge work even when herdr is late, unknown, or has already
+        // reported DONE once. It cannot be IDLE until the delegation has resolved.
+        if (s.acceptedDelivery()) return result(HealthState.WORKING, disagreement);
         return result(HealthState.IDLE, disagreement);
     }
 
diff --git a/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/MuteCounter.java b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/MuteCounter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72f2c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bridged/src/main/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/MuteCounter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package dev.ltms.bridged.health;
+
+import dev.ltms.bridged.msg.Rendezvous;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+/**
+ * Counts turns that ended via the completion fallback instead of {@code bridge_reply}.
+ * MUTE is an observation by target and profile, not a classifier state and never suppresses faults.
+ */
+public final class MuteCounter {
+    private final Map<String, Integer> byTarget = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, Integer> byProfile = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    /** Record only fallback completion; a structured reply does not make a member mute. */
+    public void observe(String target, String profile, Rendezvous.Kind kind) {
+        if (kind != Rendezvous.Kind.COMPLETION) return;
+        byTarget.merge(target, 1, Integer::sum);
+        byProfile.merge(profile, 1, Integer::sum);
+    }
+
+    public int forTarget(String target) { return byTarget.getOrDefault(target, 0); }
+    public int forProfile(String profile) { return byProfile.getOrDefault(profile, 0); }
+}
diff --git a/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealthTest.java b/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealthTest.java
index 22c7d29..6cc2e55 100644
--- a/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealthTest.java
+++ b/bridged/src/test/java/dev/ltms/bridged/health/FleetHealthTest.java
@@ -2,18 +2,42 @@ package dev.ltms.bridged.health;
 
 import dev.ltms.bridged.herdr.AgentStatus;
 import dev.ltms.bridged.session.MemberSession;
+import dev.ltms.bridged.msg.Rendezvous;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 class FleetHealthTest {
+    @Test void muteCountsOnlyCompletionFallbacks() {
+        MuteCounter mute = new MuteCounter();
+        mute.observe("target", "terra", Rendezvous.Kind.REPLY);
+        mute.observe("target", "terra", Rendezvous.Kind.COMPLETION);
+        assertEquals(1, mute.forTarget("target"));
+        assertEquals(1, mute.forProfile("terra"));
+    }
     @Test void turnBoundaryNeedsTwoSnapshots() {
         HealthSnapshot s = snapshot(MemberSession.State.BUSY, AgentStatus.DONE, true);
         HealthDecision first = FleetHealth.decide(s, HealthPrior.NONE, 1);
-        assertEquals(HealthState.IDLE, first.state());
+        assertEquals(HealthState.WORKING, first.state());
+        assertEquals(new HealthPrior(true), first.prior());
         assertEquals(HealthState.TURN_BOUNDARY_LOST, FleetHealth.decide(s, first.prior(), 2).state());
     }
 
+    @Test void unknownLiveStatusWithAcceptedDeliveryIsNotIdle() {
+        assertEquals(HealthState.WORKING, FleetHealth.decide(
+                snapshot(MemberSession.State.BUSY, AgentStatus.UNKNOWN, true), HealthPrior.NONE, 1).state());
+    }
+
+    @Test void acceptedDeliveryNeverReportsIdle() {
+        for (MemberSession.State session : MemberSession.State.values()) {
+            for (AgentStatus live : AgentStatus.values()) {
+                HealthSnapshot s = snapshot(session, live, true);
+                assertEquals(false, FleetHealth.decide(s, HealthPrior.NONE, 1).state() == HealthState.IDLE,
+                        () -> "accepted delivery returned IDLE for " + session + "/" + live);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test void blockedDoesNotGuessPromptKind() {
         assertEquals(HealthState.BLOCKED_AMBIGUOUS, FleetHealth.decide(
                 snapshot(MemberSession.State.BUSY, AgentStatus.BLOCKED, true), HealthPrior.NONE, 1).state());