diff --git a/src/headless-uok-status.ts b/src/headless-uok-status.ts
index b01fb1751..e15bdf949 100644
--- a/src/headless-uok-status.ts
+++ b/src/headless-uok-status.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ export interface GateHealthEntry {
 	total: number;
 	pass: number;
 	fail: number;
+	/**
+	 * Manual-attention outcomes (codex audit follow-up). Previously
+	 * counted by getGateRunStats but dropped from the JSON/table output,
+	 * which inflated `total` without an operator-visible bucket. Now
+	 * surfaced as its own column so manual-attention gates are
+	 * distinguishable from pass/fail in the at-a-glance view.
+	 */
+	manualAttention: number;
 	retry: number;
 	lastEvaluatedAt: string | null;
 	circuitBreaker: string;
@@ -185,8 +193,8 @@ function formatTable(gates: GateHealthEntry[]): string {
 		return "No gate run data found in the last 24h.\n";
 	}
 	const header =
-		"| Gate | Scope | Coverage | Pass% | Pass | Fail | Retry | CB | Streak | Last Evaluated |\n" +
-		"|------|-------|----------|-------|------|------|-------|----|--------|----------------|\n";
+		"| Gate | Scope | Coverage | Pass% | Pass | Fail | Manual | Retry | CB | Streak | Last Evaluated |\n" +
+		"|------|-------|----------|-------|------|------|--------|-------|----|--------|----------------|\n";
 	const rows = gates
 		.map((g) => {
 			const last = g.lastEvaluatedAt
@@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ function formatTable(gates: GateHealthEntry[]): string {
 						.replace("T", " ")
 						.slice(0, 19)
 				: "never";
-			return `| ${g.id} | ${g.scope} | ${coverageIcon(g.coverageStatus)} | ${passRate(g)} | ${g.pass} | ${g.fail} | ${g.retry} | ${cbIcon(g.circuitBreaker)} ${g.circuitBreaker} | ${g.failureStreak} | ${last} |`;
+			return `| ${g.id} | ${g.scope} | ${coverageIcon(g.coverageStatus)} | ${passRate(g)} | ${g.pass} | ${g.fail} | ${g.manualAttention} | ${g.retry} | ${cbIcon(g.circuitBreaker)} ${g.circuitBreaker} | ${g.failureStreak} | ${last} |`;
 		})
 		.join("\n");
 	return `${header}${rows}\n`;
@@ -387,6 +395,7 @@ export async function handleUokStatus(
 				total: stats.total ?? 0,
 				pass: stats.pass ?? 0,
 				fail: stats.fail ?? 0,
+				manualAttention: stats.manualAttention ?? 0,
 				retry: stats.retry ?? 0,
 				// prefer stats window result; fall back to quality_gates last entry
 				lastEvaluatedAt: stats.lastEvaluatedAt ?? runContext.lastEvaluatedAt,
diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/tests/headless-uok-status.test.mjs b/src/resources/extensions/sf/tests/headless-uok-status.test.mjs
index 899e83ff4..6131104bd 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/tests/headless-uok-status.test.mjs
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/tests/headless-uok-status.test.mjs
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ function formatTable(gates) {
 		return "No gate run data found in the last 24h.\n";
 	}
 	const header =
-		"| Gate | Scope | Coverage | Pass% | Pass | Fail | Retry | CB | Streak | Last Evaluated |\n" +
-		"|------|-------|----------|-------|------|------|-------|----|--------|----------------|\n";
+		"| Gate | Scope | Coverage | Pass% | Pass | Fail | Manual | Retry | CB | Streak | Last Evaluated |\n" +
+		"|------|-------|----------|-------|------|------|--------|-------|----|--------|----------------|\n";
 	const rows = gates
 		.map((g) => {
 			const last = g.lastEvaluatedAt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function formatTable(gates) {
 						.replace("T", " ")
 						.slice(0, 19)
 				: "never";
-			return `| ${g.id} | ${g.scope} | ${coverageIcon(g.coverageStatus)} | ${passRate(g)} | ${g.pass} | ${g.fail} | ${g.retry} | ${cbIcon(g.circuitBreaker)} ${g.circuitBreaker} | ${g.failureStreak} | ${last} |`;
+			return `| ${g.id} | ${g.scope} | ${coverageIcon(g.coverageStatus)} | ${passRate(g)} | ${g.pass} | ${g.fail} | ${g.manualAttention ?? 0} | ${g.retry} | ${cbIcon(g.circuitBreaker)} ${g.circuitBreaker} | ${g.failureStreak} | ${last} |`;
 		})
 		.join("\n");
 	return `${header}${rows}\n`;
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ function makeGate(overrides = {}) {
 		total: 10,
 		pass: 8,
 		fail: 2,
+		manualAttention: 0,
 		retry: 0,
 		lastEvaluatedAt: "2026-05-11T12:00:00.000Z",
 		circuitBreaker: "closed",
@@ -172,6 +173,21 @@ describe("formatTable", () => {
 		assert.ok(result.includes("⚠ stale"));
 	});
 
+	it("includes_manual_attention_column_distinct_from_fail", () => {
+		// Codex audit follow-up: manualAttention used to be counted by
+		// getGateRunStats but dropped from the rendered output, inflating
+		// `total` invisibly. Now it's a column between Fail and Retry.
+		const result = formatTable([
+			makeGate({ id: "g-manual", fail: 0, manualAttention: 3 }),
+		]);
+		assert.ok(result.includes("| Manual |"), "header has Manual column");
+		// The row contains "| 0 | 3 |" — fail=0, manualAttention=3.
+		assert.ok(
+			/\|\s*0\s*\|\s*3\s*\|/.test(result),
+			"row shows manualAttention=3 distinct from fail=0",
+		);
+	});
+
 	it("includes_separator_row", () => {
 		const result = formatTable([makeGate()]);
 		assert.ok(result.includes("|------|"));