diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/run_state.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/run_state.rs
index 19c6c6a3d..1b8305f94 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/run_state.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-store/src/run_state.rs
@@ -546,18 +546,27 @@ impl RunProjectionReducer for RunProjection {
                 stage.state = StageState::from(outcome);
             }
             EventBody::TodoCreated(props) => {
+                if !should_project_stage_todo_event(stored, props.list_kind) {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
                 let Some(stage) = stage_at_stored_or_current_visit(self, stored, event.seq) else {
                     return Ok(());
                 };
-                apply_todo_created(stage, props, stored.parent_session_id.as_deref());
+                apply_todo_created(stage, props);
             }
             EventBody::TodoUpdated(props) => {
+                if !should_project_stage_todo_event(stored, props.list_kind) {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
                 let Some(stage) = stage_at_stored_or_current_visit(self, stored, event.seq) else {
                     return Ok(());
                 };
                 apply_todo_updated(stage, props);
             }
             EventBody::TodoDeleted(props) => {
+                if !should_project_stage_todo_event(stored, props.list_kind) {
+                    return Ok(());
+                }
                 let Some(stage) = stage_at_stored_or_current_visit(self, stored, event.seq) else {
                     return Ok(());
                 };
@@ -681,25 +690,21 @@ impl RunProjectionReducer for RunProjection {
     }
 }
 
-fn apply_todo_created(
-    stage: &mut StageProjection,
-    props: &TodoCreatedProps,
-    parent_session_id: Option<&str>,
-) {
-    // OpenAI plan lists are scoped per agent session (`openai_plan:<session_id>`).
-    // A child subagent must not displace a different list already in the slot
-    // (which would clobber the root agent's plan); but it may create the slot
-    // when empty, or extend its own list. Anthropic task lists are root-scoped
-    // and pass through unchanged.
-    if matches!(props.list_kind, TodoListKind::OpenAiPlan)
-        && parent_session_id.is_some()
-        && stage
-            .todos
-            .as_ref()
-            .is_some_and(|list| list.list_id != props.list_id)
-    {
-        return;
-    }
+/// Decide whether a TODO event should mutate `StageProjection.todos`.
+///
+/// OpenAI plan lists are scoped per agent session (`openai_plan:<session_id>`),
+/// so a child/subagent session emits its own list events on the same stage.
+/// The stage sidebar represents the root stage agent, so child OpenAI plan
+/// events do not belong in this projection. Anthropic task lists are
+/// root-scoped (`anthropic_tasks:<root_session_id>`) and intentionally shared
+/// with subagents, so they always project.
+fn should_project_stage_todo_event(stored: &RunEvent, list_kind: TodoListKind) -> bool {
+    let is_child_openai_plan_event =
+        matches!(list_kind, TodoListKind::OpenAiPlan) && stored.parent_session_id.is_some();
+    !is_child_openai_plan_event
+}
+
+fn apply_todo_created(stage: &mut StageProjection, props: &TodoCreatedProps) {
     if stage
         .todos
         .as_ref()
@@ -4712,50 +4717,35 @@ mod tests {
         }
 
         #[test]
-        fn child_openai_plan_projects_when_no_root_plan_exists() {
-            // Regression: when a stage's root agent never calls update_plan but
-            // a subagent does, the subagent's plan must still surface in
-            // StageProjection.todos. Observed on run 01KSDXK5DJ61CFCK9YSDR8AETQ
-            // (implement@1), where a gpt-5.5 root delegated to a subagent that
-            // owned the only plan list — and the sidebar showed no todos.
+        fn child_openai_plan_does_not_project_when_root_has_no_plan() {
             let mut state = initialized_projection();
             let stage_id = stage_id();
-            let child_list = "openai_plan:child_session";
             state
-                .apply_event(&child_stage_event(
+                .apply_event(&test_stage_event(
                     1,
-                    created(child_list, TodoListKind::OpenAiPlan, "c-a", 0, "first"),
+                    EventBody::StageStarted(started_props()),
                     stage_id.clone(),
                 ))
                 .unwrap();
             state
                 .apply_event(&child_stage_event(
                     2,
-                    created(child_list, TodoListKind::OpenAiPlan, "c-b", 1, "second"),
-                    stage_id.clone(),
-                ))
-                .unwrap();
-            state
-                .apply_event(&child_stage_event(
-                    3,
-                    updated_status(
-                        child_list,
+                    created(
+                        "openai_plan:child_session",
                         TodoListKind::OpenAiPlan,
                         "c-a",
-                        TodoStatus::Completed,
+                        0,
+                        "child work",
                     ),
                     stage_id.clone(),
                 ))
                 .unwrap();
 
-            let projection = stage_todos(&state, &stage_id);
-            assert_eq!(projection.list_id, child_list);
-            assert_eq!(projection.kind, TodoListKind::OpenAiPlan);
-            assert_eq!(projection.items.len(), 2);
-            assert_eq!(projection.items[0].id, "c-a");
-            assert_eq!(projection.items[0].status, TodoStatus::Completed);
-            assert_eq!(projection.items[1].id, "c-b");
-            assert_eq!(projection.items[1].status, TodoStatus::Pending);
+            let stage = state.stage(&stage_id).expect("stage projection present");
+            assert!(
+                stage.todos.is_none(),
+                "a child session's plan must not become the stage's root plan"
+            );
         }
 
         #[test]