diff --git a/changelog.d/734-unfiltered-first-run.fixed.md b/changelog.d/734-unfiltered-first-run.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03807207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/734-unfiltered-first-run.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The first-run card now reads the account's unfiltered job count. A status, repository, kind or priority filter on the recent-jobs table no longer makes the first-run checklist reappear after the first job or changes the page's next action; the table still shows the filtered count.
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 17088899..eff664ef 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ defect.
   the first job. Once the quota is exhausted or the platform model is not
   configured, the same step becomes required again; the answer is derived from
   the rows and config on every request, so no skip cookie or second store is
-  needed. Once a job exists the checklist is replaced by a first-run summary
+  needed. The checklist reads the account's unfiltered job count, so a
+  `status`/`repo`/`kind`/`priority` filter on the recent-jobs table cannot bring
+  the checklist back after the first job. Once a job exists the checklist is
+  replaced by a first-run summary
   whose outcome is the first job's own status, read all-time (not a
   window-scoped count), in four shapes: the
   job's PR link when it opened one, "finished" with a link to Recent jobs when it
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 7713bfe1..69ae72b6 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -1229,6 +1229,9 @@ export async function buildApp(options: BuildOptions): Promise<BuiltApp> {
     const firstJob = store.firstJobForUser(viewer.user.id)
     // #227: the checklist state is read from the database on this request, never
     // from a cookie, so a second tab or a fresh browser sees the same step.
+    // #734: the checklist describes the account, not the job table. `jobsTotal`
+    // carries the current filter for the table; the checklist must not read it.
+    const setupJobsTotal = store.countJobsForUser(viewer.user.id)
     const platformAvailable =
       config.llm.baseUrl !== '' &&
       config.llm.key !== '' &&
@@ -1241,7 +1244,7 @@ export async function buildApp(options: BuildOptions): Promise<BuiltApp> {
         .some((provider) => store.listProviderModels(provider.id).length > 0),
       platformAvailable,
       instanceReady: allRepos.some((repo) => store.getRepoInstance(repo.id)?.status === 'ready'),
-      jobs: jobsTotal,
+      jobs: setupJobsTotal,
       firstJobStatus: firstJob?.status ?? null,
       firstPrUrl: firstJob?.pr_url ?? null,
       repoHref: allRepos[0] === undefined ? null : `/repos/${allRepos[0].id}`,
diff --git a/test/setupChecklist.test.ts b/test/setupChecklist.test.ts
index 2f2f76bd..44d82202 100644
--- a/test/setupChecklist.test.ts
+++ b/test/setupChecklist.test.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,34 @@ test('a job that carries a PR replaces the checklist and the summary links it',
   }
 })
 
+// #734: the table filter is table state. A filter that matches no job must not
+// make an account with a finished first run look new again.
+test('a job-table filter does not rewrite the first-run state', async () => {
+  const config = testConfig()
+  const store = new Store(':memory:')
+  const built = await buildApp({ config, store, mailer: new MemoryMailer(), runner: new MockRunner(), startScheduler: false })
+  try {
+    const user = makeUser(store, { login: 'checklist-filtered', status: 'approved' })
+    const session = sessionFor(built, user)
+    const cookie = `${session.cookie}; fledge_lang=en`
+    const repo = store.createRepo({ id: 'repo_filtered', userId: user.id, owner: 'o', name: 'filtered', defaultBranch: 'main', tokenEnc: 'x', permission: 'admin', repoRole: 'developer', goal: '', autoIterate: false, intervalMinutes: 1440 })
+    store.createJob({ id: 'job_filtered', repoId: repo.id, userId: user.id, trigger: 'manual', goal: 'g', callbackHash: 'cb', platformTokenHash: '' })
+    store.updateJob('job_filtered', { status: 'succeeded' })
+
+    const clean = await built.app.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/dashboard', headers: { cookie } })
+    assert.match(clean.body, /data-first-pr/, 'the first job gives the account its first-run summary')
+
+    const filtered = await built.app.inject({ method: 'GET', url: '/dashboard?status=queued', headers: { cookie } })
+    assert.equal(filtered.statusCode, 200)
+    assert.match(filtered.body, /data-first-pr/, 'a filter that matches no job does not bring the checklist back')
+    assert.match(filtered.body, /Your first job finished/, 'the first-run outcome still reads the first job')
+    assert.doesNotMatch(filtered.body, /data-setup-next=/, 'the checklist is not rendered again')
+  } finally {
+    await built.app.close()
+    store.close()
+  }
+})
+
 // Finding 1 on #241: the first-run summary must read the *first job*, not a
 // window-scoped success count. A success that fell out of the 7-day window used
 // to render "Your first job did not succeed" and the retry path, while