diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/session-turn.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/session-turn.tsx
index 3f176db702d1..bd4ac47b61bc 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/session-turn.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/session-turn.tsx
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ export function SessionTurn(
   const status = createMemo(() => data.store.session_status[props.sessionID] ?? idle)
   const working = createMemo(() => status().type !== "idle" && isLastUserMessage())
   const retry = createMemo(() => {
+    // session_status is session-scoped; only show retry on the active (last) turn
+    if (!isLastUserMessage()) return
     const s = status()
     if (s.type !== "retry") return
     return s