diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b9b4026..ad3cb84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ from existing transcripts. MEMORY.md is no longer read; move facts into INDEX.md
 - Schema 14 (MP-78): `sessions` gains the scope `org` and the column `org_id`; `mypi db init` is required. `mypi org remove` refuses while an organization session or an event with its slug exists.
 - Pipeline texts (MP-116): `docs/PLAN-FORMAT.md` no longer names a `/review` command (a rework plan comes from `/plan`; Acceptance is walked at the manual check before `/ship`) and gains the «Execution» section, mandatory for plans the Pi `/flow` runs and absent from Claude plans; `docs/PIPELINE.md` says a pi-subagents child's `PI_SESSION_ID` is its own id, so its scope falls back to `MYPI_SCOPE`, then `global`.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Merged status in fresh databases (MP-122): a database created by `pnpm bootstrap` now has the non-terminal status `merged` that `/ship` and `docs/PIPELINE.md` rely on, so `mp-task status <KEY> merged` works on a fresh install. Existing databases are not changed and need no `db init`; a database without `merged` (created by v0.11.0 or earlier) adds it once with `mypi status add merged`.
+
 ### Removed
 
 - Memory (MP-104): `MEMORY.md` files, the MCP tool and CLI command `memory` and the warmup's memory zones and fact hiding are removed; durable facts live on a level's entry or in a branch it links.
diff --git a/src/infrastructure/database/migrations/001-initial.sql b/src/infrastructure/database/migrations/001-initial.sql
index d96d5f4..494b643 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/database/migrations/001-initial.sql
+++ b/src/infrastructure/database/migrations/001-initial.sql
@@ -51,4 +51,5 @@ END;
 
 INSERT INTO request_statuses(code, is_terminal) VALUES
   ('new', 0), ('research', 0), ('planning', 0), ('in_progress', 0), ('review', 0),
-  ('blocked', 0), ('paused', 0), ('done', 1), ('failed', 1), ('cancelled', 1);
+  ('blocked', 0), ('paused', 0), ('done', 1), ('failed', 1), ('cancelled', 1),
+  ('merged', 0);
diff --git a/test/fast/database.test.ts b/test/fast/database.test.ts
index be371f2..8c20fa0 100644
--- a/test/fast/database.test.ts
+++ b/test/fast/database.test.ts
@@ -61,10 +61,12 @@ test('initialization is a no-op on a current database and rejects a newer schema
   let db = openDatabase(filename);
   assert.equal(db.pragma('journal_mode', { simple: true }), 'wal');
   assert.deepEqual(db.prepare('SELECT code, is_terminal FROM task_statuses ORDER BY id').all(),
-    ['new', 'research', 'planning', 'in_progress', 'review', 'blocked', 'paused', 'done', 'failed', 'cancelled']
+    ['new', 'research', 'planning', 'in_progress', 'review', 'blocked', 'paused', 'done', 'failed', 'cancelled', 'merged']
       .map(code => ({ code, is_terminal: ['done', 'failed', 'cancelled'].includes(code) ? 1 : 0 })));
   db.prepare("UPDATE task_statuses SET code = 'fresh' WHERE code = 'new'").run();
   db.prepare("INSERT INTO task_statuses(code, is_terminal) VALUES ('custom', 0)").run();
+  db.prepare("DELETE FROM task_statuses WHERE code = 'merged'").run();
+  db.prepare("INSERT INTO task_statuses(code, is_terminal) VALUES ('merged', 0)").run();
   const expected = db.prepare('SELECT * FROM task_statuses ORDER BY id').all();
   db.close();
   initializeDatabase(filename);
@@ -84,6 +86,21 @@ test('initialization is a no-op on a current database and rejects a newer schema
   } finally { unsupported.close(); }
 });
 
+test('a fresh database lets a task go review → merged → done', t => {
+  const { filename } = state(t);
+  const app = createApp(filename, false);
+  try {
+    const project = app.projects.add('one/project', 'MP');
+    const task = app.tasks.create({ projectId: project.id, slug: 'ship', title: 'ship', status: 'review' }, () => {});
+    const merged = app.tasks.change(task.id, { status: 'merged' }, 'merged');
+    assert.equal(merged.changed, true);
+    assert.equal(merged.after.isTerminal, false);
+    const done = app.tasks.change(task.id, { status: 'done' }, 'accepted');
+    assert.equal(done.changed, true);
+    assert.equal(done.after.isTerminal, true);
+  } finally { app.close(); }
+});
+
 test('schemas 6 and 7 upgrade a v0.7.0 database: work_chats dropped, requests renamed to tasks, journal literals mapped, ids and paths kept', async t => {
   const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'mypi-'));
   t.after(() => rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }));