diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/compose/pipeline.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/compose/pipeline.ts
index fba79eb79..03ccf29ad 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/compose/pipeline.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/compose/pipeline.ts
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ export async function executeComposePipeline(opts: ComposePipelineOpts): Promise
       ? routeIssuesWarning(composeResult.routeWarnings ?? [], composeResult.tlsPendingDomains ?? [])
       : undefined;
   const successWarning = routingWarning ?? composeResult.warning;
+  const decisionPending =
+    composeResult.summary.failed > 0 && composeResult.summary.successful > 0;
   sessionManager.broadcastInstallPhase(dep.id, { id: "ready", status: "done" });
 
   // Every service was carried forward: this row owns no container and no image, so
@@ -297,6 +299,7 @@ export async function executeComposePipeline(opts: ComposePipelineOpts): Promise
     url: composeResult.publicUrl,
     durationMs: composeBuild.durationMs,
     warningMessage: successWarning,
+    decisionPending,
     metaPatch: {
       composeDeployment: {
         totalServices: composeResult.summary.total,
@@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ export async function executeComposePipeline(opts: ComposePipelineOpts): Promise
         failedServices: composeResult.summary.failed,
         failedServiceNames: composeResult.summary.failedServices,
         warningMessage: composeResult.warning,
+        ...(decisionPending ? { decision: "pending" } : {}),
       },
       ...(routingWarning ? { edgeUnsynced: true, deployWarning: routingWarning } : {}),
       ...(composeResult.portChecks && composeResult.portChecks.length > 0
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/decision-vs-warning.test.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/decision-vs-warning.test.ts
index cf86dbdab..b404a211f 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/decision-vs-warning.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/decision-vs-warning.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { routeIssuesWarning } from "./deployment-lifecycle";
  */
 const pipeline = readFileSync(new URL("./build-pipeline.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 const lifecycle = readFileSync(new URL("./deployment-lifecycle.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+const deploymentService = readFileSync(new URL("./deployment.service.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
 
 const codeOnly = (s: string) => s.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, "").replace(/\/\/.*$/gm, "");
 
@@ -41,6 +42,13 @@ describe("the server announces a held decision on the live event", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("resolved decisions stop replaying from the terminal session", () => {
+  it("clears cached decision state after both keep and reject", () => {
+    expect(codeOnly(deploymentService).match(/clearDecisionPending\(deploymentId\)/g) ?? [])
+      .toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("routeIssuesWarning is advisory only", () => {
   it("describes TLS-pending domains as routed, not as failures", () => {
     const msg = routeIssuesWarning([], ["api.example.com", "app.example.com"]);
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment-lifecycle.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment-lifecycle.ts
index 7236861de..ae402a4ef 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment-lifecycle.ts
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ export async function onSuccess(
     url?: string;
     durationMs: number;
     warningMessage?: string;
+    decisionPending?: boolean;
     metaPatch?: Record<string, unknown>;
   },
 ): Promise<void> {
@@ -799,6 +800,7 @@ export async function onSuccess(
           .filter(Boolean)
           .join(" ")
       : result.warningMessage,
+    decisionPending: result.decisionPending,
     // Advisory port-check results ride the live `complete` event so the dashboard
     // can raise the "wrong port?" modal immediately; the same data is persisted in
     // meta (above) for re-hydration on refresh.
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment.service.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment.service.ts
index 3a5ec05a3..657b6ddac 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/deployment.service.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { checkNoActiveBuild } from "./build.service";
 import { livePrimaryContainerId } from "../services/service-container";
 import { decryptEnvMap } from "../../lib/encryption";
 import { inlineEmptyDefers } from "./compose/service-env-layers";
+import * as sessionManager from "./session-manager";
 
 /**
  * #336: present a deployment to a CLIENT — masks `meta.composeServices[].environment`.
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ export async function rejectDeployment(
       ? { meta: { ...rejectMeta, composeDeployment: { ...rejectedCompose, decision: "rejected" } } }
       : undefined,
   );
+  sessionManager.clearDecisionPending(deploymentId);
 
   return {
     success: true,
@@ -447,6 +449,7 @@ export async function keepDeployment(
       meta: { ...meta, composeDeployment: { ...existingCompose, decision: "kept" } },
     });
   }
+  sessionManager.clearDecisionPending(deploymentId);
 
   // Normally onSuccess already advanced the pointer to this release; ensure it
   // (the kept partial is the live one now).
@@ -625,4 +628,3 @@ export async function getBuildLogs(
   return buildSession.logs as LogEntry[];
 }
 
-
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.decision-pending.test.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.decision-pending.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30763ba6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.decision-pending.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  clearDecisionPending,
+  createSession,
+  subscribe,
+  updateStatus,
+  type SseWriter,
+} from "./session-manager";
+
+/**
+ * A partial-failure compose deploy is HELD for an explicit keep/reject decision.
+ * The compose pipeline announces it on its first SSE "ready" and finalization
+ * repeats the same terminal state after persisting `partial_failure`. Session-manager
+ * used to drop `meta.decisionPending` on the floor: the live `complete` event never
+ * carried it and nothing was stored for replay. The dashboard's handler reads ONLY
+ * the server's flag
+ * (`decisionPending: !!data?.decisionPending`, pinned by decision-pending.test.ts),
+ * so the keep/reject modal stayed hidden until a page refresh re-read it from the
+ * REST snapshot (#664).
+ */
+function recordingWriter(): { writer: SseWriter; events: Array<{ event: string; data: any }> } {
+  const events: Array<{ event: string; data: any }> = [];
+  const writer: SseWriter = (event, data) => {
+    events.push({ event, data: JSON.parse(data) });
+    return true;
+  };
+  return { writer, events };
+}
+
+describe("session-manager carries decisionPending", () => {
+  it("the live complete event carries the held decision", () => {
+    const dep = "dep_dp_live";
+    createSession(dep, "proj_1");
+    const { writer, events } = recordingWriter();
+    subscribe(dep, writer);
+    events.length = 0;
+
+    updateStatus(dep, "ready", { warningMessage: "Some services failed", decisionPending: true });
+
+    const complete = events.find((e) => e.event === "complete");
+    expect(complete?.data).toMatchObject({ success: true, decisionPending: true });
+  });
+
+  it("a reconnecting subscriber replays it after the stream closed", () => {
+    const dep = "dep_dp_replay";
+    createSession(dep, "proj_1");
+
+    // Terminal write with no one watching — the refresh-before-reconnect case.
+    updateStatus(dep, "ready", { warningMessage: "Some services failed", decisionPending: true });
+
+    const { writer, events } = recordingWriter();
+    subscribe(dep, writer);
+
+    const complete = events.find((e) => e.event === "complete");
+    expect(complete?.data).toMatchObject({ success: true, decisionPending: true });
+  });
+
+  it("an absent flag stays absent — a clean deploy must not open the modal", () => {
+    const dep = "dep_dp_clean";
+    createSession(dep, "proj_1");
+    const { writer, events } = recordingWriter();
+    subscribe(dep, writer);
+    events.length = 0;
+
+    updateStatus(dep, "ready", { warningMessage: "routed but have no HTTPS certificate yet" });
+
+    const liveComplete = events.find((e) => e.event === "complete");
+    expect(liveComplete?.data).not.toHaveProperty("decisionPending");
+
+    const late = recordingWriter();
+    subscribe(dep, late.writer);
+    const replayed = late.events.find((e) => e.event === "complete");
+    expect(replayed?.data).not.toHaveProperty("decisionPending");
+  });
+
+  it("stops replaying the decision after keep or reject resolves it", () => {
+    const dep = "dep_dp_resolved";
+    createSession(dep, "proj_1");
+    updateStatus(dep, "ready", { warningMessage: "Some services failed", decisionPending: true });
+
+    clearDecisionPending(dep);
+
+    const { writer, events } = recordingWriter();
+    subscribe(dep, writer);
+    const complete = events.find((e) => e.event === "complete");
+    expect(complete?.data).not.toHaveProperty("decisionPending");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.ts b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.ts
index c140662a6..a28b5c079 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/modules/deployments/session-manager.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export interface BuildSessionState {
   logs: LogEntry[];
   warningMessage?: string;
   errorMessage?: string;
+  /** A partial-failure deploy is HELD for an explicit keep/reject decision
+   *  (#664). Stored — like warningMessage — so a refresh/reconnect replays the
+   *  modal trigger instead of hiding it until the next REST poll. */
+  decisionPending?: boolean;
   /** Per-service deployment statuses (compose projects only, for replay on reconnect) */
   serviceStatuses: Map<string, ServiceStatusPayload>;
   /** Latest state of each install phase (catalog-app installs). Stored — not just
@@ -125,6 +129,12 @@ export function getSession(sessionId: string): BuildSessionState | null {
   return sessions.get(sessionId);
 }
 
+/** Stop replaying a partial-failure decision after it has been resolved. */
+export function clearDecisionPending(sessionId: string): void {
+  const session = sessions.get(sessionId);
+  if (session) session.decisionPending = undefined;
+}
+
 /** Append a log entry and broadcast to subscribers */
 export function appendLog(sessionId: string, entry: LogEntry): void {
   const session = sessions.get(sessionId);
@@ -221,6 +231,9 @@ export function updateStatus(
     errorMessage?: string;
     /** Advisory post-deploy port-check results, forwarded on the `complete` event. */
     portCheck?: PortCheckResult[];
+    /** A partial-failure deploy is being HELD for an explicit keep/reject decision.
+     *  Explicit because nothing else on the event implies it — see setDeploymentStatus. */
+    decisionPending?: boolean;
   },
 ): void {
   const session = sessions.get(sessionId);
@@ -229,6 +242,7 @@ export function updateStatus(
   session.status = status;
   session.warningMessage = meta?.warningMessage;
   session.errorMessage = meta?.errorMessage;
+  session.decisionPending = meta?.decisionPending;
 
   // Broadcast typed events matching frontend expectations
   if (status === "ready") {
@@ -236,6 +250,7 @@ export function updateStatus(
       type: "complete",
       success: true,
       ...(session.warningMessage ? { warningMessage: session.warningMessage } : {}),
+      ...(session.decisionPending ? { decisionPending: true } : {}),
       ...(meta?.portCheck && meta.portCheck.length > 0 ? { portCheck: meta.portCheck } : {}),
     });
     for (const writer of session.subscribers) {
@@ -365,6 +380,7 @@ export function subscribe(
         type: "complete",
         success: true,
         ...(session.warningMessage ? { warningMessage: session.warningMessage } : {}),
+        ...(session.decisionPending ? { decisionPending: true } : {}),
       }));
     } else if (session.status === "failed") {
       const lastError = [...session.logs].reverse().find((l) => l.level === "error");
diff --git a/apps/api/test/modules/deployments/compose-noop-settle.test.ts b/apps/api/test/modules/deployments/compose-noop-settle.test.ts
index 983fdd565..aec51efe7 100644
--- a/apps/api/test/modules/deployments/compose-noop-settle.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/test/modules/deployments/compose-noop-settle.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 const h = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   activePointer: [] as string[],
   statusWrites: [] as Array<{ id: string; status: string; extra?: Record<string, unknown> }>,
+  sessionStatuses: [] as Array<{ id: string; status: string; detail?: Record<string, unknown> }>,
   containerIdWrites: [] as Array<string | undefined>,
   notifications: [] as string[],
   audits: [] as string[],
@@ -50,7 +51,9 @@ vi.mock("@repo/db", () => ({
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../../../src/modules/deployments/session-manager", () => ({
-  updateStatus: () => {},
+  updateStatus: (id: string, status: string, detail?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+    h.sessionStatuses.push({ id, status, detail });
+  },
   broadcastServiceStatus: () => {},
   broadcastInstallPhase: () => {},
   appendLog: () => {},
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ function optsFor(): PipelineOpts {
 beforeEach(() => {
   h.activePointer = [];
   h.statusWrites = [];
+  h.sessionStatuses = [];
   h.containerIdWrites = [];
   h.notifications = [];
   h.audits = [];
@@ -223,4 +227,34 @@ describe("executeComposePipeline — an all-carried redeploy must not take over"
     expect(h.statusWrites.some((w) => w.status === "no_changes")).toBe(false);
     expect(h.activePointer).toEqual(["prj_1:dep_1"]);
   });
+
+  it("announces a partial-failure decision on the first terminal event", async () => {
+    h.deployResult = {
+      status: "ready",
+      summary: {
+        total: 2,
+        successful: 1,
+        deployed: 1,
+        failed: 1,
+        indeterminate: 0,
+        mutated: true,
+        failedServices: ["worker"],
+      },
+      services: [
+        { serviceId: "app", serviceName: "app", containerId: "cid-app", status: "running" },
+        { serviceId: "worker", serviceName: "worker", status: "failed", error: "exit 1" },
+      ],
+      primaryContainerId: "cid-app",
+      warning: "Some services failed",
+      portChecks: [],
+    };
+
+    await executeComposePipeline(optsFor());
+
+    const terminal = h.sessionStatuses.find((entry) => entry.status === "ready");
+    expect(terminal?.detail).toMatchObject({ decisionPending: true });
+    expect(h.statusWrites.at(-1)?.extra).toMatchObject({
+      meta: { composeDeployment: { decision: "pending" } },
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/decision-pending.test.ts b/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/decision-pending.test.ts
index a7d41a6e6..76645d883 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/decision-pending.test.ts
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/decision-pending.test.ts
@@ -35,4 +35,9 @@ describe("every other decisionPending read is already server-driven", () => {
     // These were correct before this change; pinned so the three sites can't diverge again.
     expect((code.match(/!!data\??\.decisionPending/g) ?? []).length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3);
   });
+
+  it("forwards the REST flag through finished-deployment success hydration", () => {
+    const finished = code.slice(code.indexOf('else if (status === "ready")'));
+    expect(finished).toContain("decisionPending: data.decisionPending");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/useDeploymentBuild.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/useDeploymentBuild.tsx
index 6ba68811f..dfc6880bc 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/useDeploymentBuild.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/context/deployment/useDeploymentBuild.tsx
@@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@ export function useDeploymentBuild(
             screenshots: data.screenshots,
             project_id: data.project_id,
             warningMessage: data.warningMessage,
+            decisionPending: data.decisionPending,
           });
           if (data.warningMessage) {
             showToast(data.warningMessage, "success", "Deployment Ready With Warnings");