diff --git a/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.test.ts b/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.test.ts
index aaa1034f4..60177c0bb 100644
--- a/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.test.ts
+++ b/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.test.ts
@@ -614,4 +614,103 @@ describe("buildWorkItems", () => {
     expect(items[0].latestEvent?.delivery_id).toBe("live-older-3");
   });
 
+  test("suppresses an orphan failed recent event superseded by a newer done recent event for the same absent issue", () => {
+    const items = buildWorkItems(
+      status({
+        recent_events: [
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "done-newer-orphan",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#30",
+            state: "done",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:06:00Z",
+            last_error: null,
+          }),
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "failed-older-orphan",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#30",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:04:00Z",
+            last_error: "superseded orphan failure",
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(items.some((item) => item.deliveryId === "failed-older-orphan")).toBe(false);
+    expect(items).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("suppresses an orphan failed recent event when a newer queued event appears later in the list", () => {
+    const items = buildWorkItems(
+      status({
+        recent_events: [
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "failed-older-out-of-order",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#32",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:04:00Z",
+            last_error: "older failure",
+          }),
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "queued-newer-out-of-order",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#32",
+            state: "queued",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:06:00Z",
+            last_error: null,
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(items).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("suppresses a same-timestamp orphan failure when a non-failed recent event exists", () => {
+    const items = buildWorkItems(
+      status({
+        recent_events: [
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "failed-same-time",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#33",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:06:00Z",
+            last_error: "ambiguous failure",
+          }),
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "done-same-time",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#33",
+            state: "done",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:06:00Z",
+            last_error: null,
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(items).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("renders an orphan failed recent event that is the newest for an absent issue", () => {
+    const items = buildWorkItems(
+      status({
+        recent_events: [
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "failed-newest-orphan",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#31",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:06:00Z",
+            last_error: "current orphan failure",
+          }),
+          recentEvent({
+            delivery_id: "done-older-orphan",
+            issue_key: "owner/repo#31",
+            state: "done",
+            received_at: "2026-06-17T00:04:00Z",
+            last_error: null,
+          }),
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(items).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(items[0]).toMatchObject({
+      key: "owner/repo#31",
+      deliveryId: "failed-newest-orphan",
+      bucket: "failed",
+      error: "current orphan failure",
+    });
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.ts b/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.ts
index e2851ff2f..be9645342 100644
--- a/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.ts
+++ b/python/robomp/web/src/work-items.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ export function buildWorkItems(status: StatusResponse): WorkItem[] {
     items.push(orphanLiveItem(key, null, true));
   }
 
+  const newestRecentByKey = new Map<string, RecentEvent>();
+  for (const event of status.recent_events) {
+    if (!event.issue_key) continue;
+    const current = newestRecentByKey.get(event.issue_key);
+    const eventTs = parseTs(event.received_at);
+    const currentTs = current ? parseTs(current.received_at) : 0;
+    const nonFailedBreaksTie =
+      current != null && eventTs === currentTs && current.state === "failed" && event.state !== "failed";
+    if (!current || eventTs > currentTs || nonFailedBreaksTie) {
+      newestRecentByKey.set(event.issue_key, event);
+    }
+  }
+
   for (const event of status.recent_events) {
     if (event.state !== "failed" || !event.delivery_id || seen.has(event.delivery_id)) continue;
     if (event.issue_key) {
@@ -149,6 +162,13 @@ export function buildWorkItems(status: StatusResponse): WorkItem[] {
       if (latest && (latest.delivery_id !== event.delivery_id || latest.state !== "failed")) {
         continue;
       }
+      // For issues outside the capped `status.issues` window, fall back to the
+      // newest recent event for this issue_key. If a newer (or non-failed)
+      // delivery exists for the same issue, this older failed orphan is stale.
+      const newestRecent = newestRecentByKey.get(event.issue_key);
+      if (newestRecent && (newestRecent.delivery_id !== event.delivery_id || newestRecent.state !== "failed")) {
+        continue;
+      }
       if (seen.has(event.issue_key)) continue;
     }