diff --git a/src/ui/activity.test.tsx b/src/ui/activity.test.tsx
index 86f0ebd8..b0024bf3 100644
--- a/src/ui/activity.test.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/activity.test.tsx
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ describe("Activity", () => {
     mounted.unmount();
   });
 
+  test("a focused step sliding out of the latest ten hands focus to the control", () => {
+    const steps = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => call(index));
+    const mounted = mount(<Activity steps={steps} defaultOpen streaming />);
+    const oldest = mounted.container.querySelector("li[data-step] button");
+    if (!(oldest instanceof HTMLButtonElement))
+      throw new Error("expected a control in the oldest step");
+    act(() => oldest.focus());
+    mounted.render(
+      <Activity steps={[...steps, call(10)]} defaultOpen streaming />,
+    );
+    expect(shownSteps(mounted.container)).not.toContain("files__read_0");
+    expect(document.activeElement?.textContent).toBe("Show 1 earlier step");
+    mounted.unmount();
+  });
+
   test("ten or fewer steps need no control", () => {
     const steps = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, index) => call(index));
     const mounted = mount(<Activity steps={steps} defaultOpen />);
diff --git a/src/ui/activity.tsx b/src/ui/activity.tsx
index 00a703ef..dbf19b87 100644
--- a/src/ui/activity.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/activity.tsx
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ function stepKey(step: ActivityStep, index: number): string {
 /**
  * The run's steps, while open: the latest ten, with a control for the rest.
  * A finished thought with no text is left out, as `Reasoning` shows nothing
- * for it.
+ * for it. When a new step pushes the step holding focus behind the control,
+ * focus moves to the control.
  */
 export function ActivityContent({
   renderStep,
@@ -300,7 +301,10 @@ function ActivitySteps({
 }) {
   const [showAll, setShowAll] = useState(false);
   const listRef = useRef<HTMLOListElement | null>(null);
+  const showEarlierRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement | null>(null);
   const revealed = useRef(false);
+  // The key of the step holding focus, while focus is in the list.
+  const focusedStep = useRef<string | null>(null);
   const hidden = showAll ? 0 : Math.max(0, steps.length - SHOWN_STEPS);
 
   // The control disappears once pressed, so focus moves to the first step
@@ -311,6 +315,21 @@ function ActivitySteps({
     listRef.current?.querySelector<HTMLElement>("li[data-step]")?.focus();
   }, [showAll]);
 
+  // A new step slides the oldest shown one behind the control. If focus
+  // went with it, it moves to the control, which now counts that step.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    const key = focusedStep.current;
+    if (key === null) return;
+    const active = document.activeElement;
+    if (active !== null && active !== document.body) return;
+    const behind = steps
+      .slice(0, hidden)
+      .some(({ step, index }) => stepKey(step, index) === key);
+    if (!behind) return;
+    focusedStep.current = null;
+    showEarlierRef.current?.focus();
+  });
+
   return (
     <ol
       ref={listRef}
@@ -320,10 +339,24 @@ function ActivitySteps({
         "ms-1 mt-1 flex flex-col gap-1 border-s-2 border-border ps-3",
         className,
       )}
+      onFocus={(event) => {
+        focusedStep.current =
+          event.target
+            .closest("li[data-step]")
+            ?.getAttribute("data-step-key") ?? null;
+      }}
+      onBlur={(event) => {
+        // A step going away with focus in it does not reach here: React
+        // ignores blur while it commits, so the effect still sees the key.
+        const next = event.relatedTarget;
+        if (next === null || !event.currentTarget.contains(next))
+          focusedStep.current = null;
+      }}
     >
       {hidden > 0 ? (
         <li>
           <button
+            ref={showEarlierRef}
             type="button"
             onClick={() => {
               revealed.current = true;
@@ -339,6 +372,7 @@ function ActivitySteps({
         <li
           key={stepKey(step, index)}
           data-step={step.kind}
+          data-step-key={stepKey(step, index)}
           tabIndex={-1}
           className="min-w-0 rounded-md"
         >
diff --git a/src/ui/message-parts.test.tsx b/src/ui/message-parts.test.tsx
index 48d8e9b9..a9c75a93 100644
--- a/src/ui/message-parts.test.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/message-parts.test.tsx
@@ -502,6 +502,42 @@ describe("MessageParts focus after a decision", () => {
     outside.remove();
   });
 
+  test("focus that left for the page before the decision shows stays there", () => {
+    const decisions: ToolApprovalDecision[] = [];
+    const props = (parts: readonly ConversationPart[]) =>
+      inMessage({ parts, onDecide: (_, decision) => decisions.push(decision) });
+    const { container, render } = mount(props(RUN_THEN_WAIT));
+    press(button(container, "Approve"));
+    // A click on blank page: focus leaves to nothing.
+    act(() => (document.activeElement as HTMLElement).blur());
+    const [decision] = decisions;
+    if (decision === undefined) throw new Error("expected a decision");
+    render(props(decideIn(RUN_THEN_WAIT, "send", decision)));
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(document.body);
+  });
+
+  test("a decision recorded while the window is away still moves focus", () => {
+    const decisions: ToolApprovalDecision[] = [];
+    const props = (parts: readonly ConversationPart[]) =>
+      inMessage({ parts, onDecide: (_, decision) => decisions.push(decision) });
+    const { container, render } = mount(props(RUN_THEN_WAIT));
+    press(button(container, "Approve"));
+    // Another tab or window takes focus: the button blurs to nothing.
+    const hasFocus = document.hasFocus;
+    document.hasFocus = () => false;
+    try {
+      act(() => (document.activeElement as HTMLElement).blur());
+      const [decision] = decisions;
+      if (decision === undefined) throw new Error("expected a decision");
+      render(props(decideIn(RUN_THEN_WAIT, "send", decision)));
+    } finally {
+      document.hasFocus = hasFocus;
+    }
+    expect(
+      (document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null)?.dataset["slot"],
+    ).toBe("activity-trigger");
+  });
+
   test("a host's renderApproval gets the handoff through decide", () => {
     const { container } = mount(
       <Host
diff --git a/src/ui/message-parts.tsx b/src/ui/message-parts.tsx
index ea78a70e..68bd3460 100644
--- a/src/ui/message-parts.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/message-parts.tsx
@@ -489,13 +489,16 @@ export function MessageParts({
   };
 
   const untrackFocus = (event: FocusEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    // Focus leaving for the page or outside ends both watches. A card's
-    // buttons, or a batch's header, going away with the call does not reach
-    // here: React ignores blur while it commits, so the watch survives until
-    // the effect reads it. A decision stays watched until `parts` shows it.
+    // Focus leaving for the page or outside ends every watch, a decision
+    // `parts` does not show yet included, unless the window lost focus to
+    // another tab or window: the person has not left the buttons then. A
+    // card's buttons, or a batch's header, going away with the call does not
+    // reach here: React ignores blur while it commits, so the watch survives
+    // until the effect reads it.
     const next = event.relatedTarget;
     if (next === null || !event.currentTarget.contains(next)) {
       focused.current = null;
+      if (document.hasFocus()) decided.current = null;
       batchFocused.current = null;
     }
     onBlur?.(event);
diff --git a/src/ui/tool-group.tsx b/src/ui/tool-group.tsx
index 84aecd8d..b2155416 100644
--- a/src/ui/tool-group.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/tool-group.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import { ToolApproval, type ToolApprovalDecision } from "./tool-approval.js";
 export type ToolGroupLabels = {
   /** Every call has finished. */
   readonly ran: (count: number) => string;
-  /** Some calls are still queued or running. */
+  /**
+   * Some calls are still queued or running. `done` here and in `held`
+   * leaves out failed calls, which `failed` counts.
+   */
   readonly running: (count: number, done: number) => string;
   /** None is queued or running, but some wait on a person. */
   readonly held: (count: number, done: number) => string;
@@ -124,6 +127,8 @@ export const ToolGroup = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, ToolGroupProps>(
     ).length;
     const failed = countFailedTools(part.tools);
     const count = part.tools.length;
+    // Finished without failing, so each call counts once in the header.
+    const done = count - active - waiting - failed;
 
     const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
     const focusInside = useRef(false);
@@ -229,9 +234,9 @@ export const ToolGroup = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, ToolGroupProps>(
           />
           <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate">
             {active > 0
-              ? labels.running(count, count - active - waiting)
+              ? labels.running(count, done)
               : waiting > 0
-                ? labels.held(count, count - waiting)
+                ? labels.held(count, done)
                 : labels.ran(count)}
             {waiting > 0 ? <> · {labels.waiting(waiting)}</> : null}
             {failed > 0 ? (
diff --git a/src/ui/tool.test.tsx b/src/ui/tool.test.tsx
index 195843ee..43913e58 100644
--- a/src/ui/tool.test.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/tool.test.tsx
@@ -316,6 +316,47 @@ describe("ToolGroup", () => {
     mounted.unmount();
   });
 
+  test("a failed call is counted as failed, not also as done", () => {
+    const running = mount(
+      <ToolGroup
+        part={batch([
+          tool({ toolCallId: "a" }),
+          tool({ toolCallId: "b", status: "error" }),
+          tool({ toolCallId: "c", status: "running" }),
+        ])}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(
+      running.container.querySelector("[data-slot='tool-group-header']")
+        ?.textContent,
+    ).toBe("Running 3 at once · 1 done · 1 failed");
+    running.unmount();
+
+    const held = mount(
+      <ToolGroup
+        part={batch([
+          tool({ toolCallId: "a" }),
+          tool({ toolCallId: "b", status: "error" }),
+          tool({
+            toolCallId: "c",
+            status: "approval-requested",
+            approval: {
+              id: "x",
+              status: "pending",
+              scope: null,
+              timeoutAt: null,
+            },
+          }),
+        ])}
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(
+      held.container.querySelector("[data-slot='tool-group-header']")
+        ?.textContent,
+    ).toBe("3 at once · 1 done · 1 waiting for approval · 1 failed");
+    held.unmount();
+  });
+
   test("a call waiting on a person is not counted as done", () => {
     const pending = {
       id: "x",