diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
index 87608ad3..13480b66 100644
--- a/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/issue-blocker-attention.test.ts
@@ -255,6 +255,49 @@ describeEmbeddedPostgres("issue blocker attention", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("ignores cancelled direct children when counting unresolved blocker attention", async () => {
+    const { companyId, agentId } = await createCompany("PBD");
+    const parentId = await insertIssue({ companyId, identifier: "PBD-1", title: "Parent", status: "blocked" });
+    const activeBlockerOneId = await insertIssue({
+      companyId,
+      identifier: "PBD-2",
+      title: "Running dependency one",
+      status: "todo",
+      assigneeAgentId: agentId,
+    });
+    const activeBlockerTwoId = await insertIssue({
+      companyId,
+      identifier: "PBD-3",
+      title: "Running dependency two",
+      status: "todo",
+      assigneeAgentId: agentId,
+    });
+    await insertIssue({
+      companyId,
+      identifier: "PBD-4",
+      title: "Cancelled child",
+      status: "cancelled",
+      parentId,
+      assigneeAgentId: agentId,
+    });
+    await block({ companyId, blockerIssueId: activeBlockerOneId, blockedIssueId: parentId });
+    await block({ companyId, blockerIssueId: activeBlockerTwoId, blockedIssueId: parentId });
+    await activeRun({ companyId, agentId, issueId: activeBlockerOneId });
+    await activeRun({ companyId, agentId, issueId: activeBlockerTwoId });
+
+    const parent = (await svc.list(companyId, { status: "blocked" })).find((issue) => issue.id === parentId);
+
+    expect(parent?.blockerAttention).toMatchObject({
+      state: "covered",
+      reason: "active_dependency",
+      unresolvedBlockerCount: 2,
+      coveredBlockerCount: 2,
+      stalledBlockerCount: 0,
+      attentionBlockerCount: 0,
+    });
+    expect(parent?.blockerAttention?.sampleBlockerIdentifier).not.toBe("PBD-4");
+  });
+
   it("covers recursive blocker chains when the downstream leaf has active work", async () => {
     const { companyId, agentId } = await createCompany("PBR");
     const parentId = await insertIssue({ companyId, identifier: "PBR-1", title: "Parent", status: "blocked" });
diff --git a/server/src/services/issues.ts b/server/src/services/issues.ts
index 5768d09c..7060cec9 100644
--- a/server/src/services/issues.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/issues.ts
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ const BLOCKER_ATTENTION_ACTIVE_WAKE_STATUSES = ["queued", "deferred_issue_execut
 const BLOCKER_ATTENTION_PENDING_INTERACTION_STATUSES = ["pending"];
 const BLOCKER_ATTENTION_PENDING_APPROVAL_STATUSES = ["pending", "revision_requested"];
 const BLOCKER_ATTENTION_OPEN_RECOVERY_ORIGIN_KIND = "harness_liveness_escalation";
+const BLOCKER_ATTENTION_CHILD_TERMINAL_STATUSES = ["done", "cancelled"];
 const PRODUCTIVITY_REVIEW_ORIGIN_KIND = "issue_productivity_review";
 const PRODUCTIVITY_REVIEW_TERMINAL_STATUSES = ["done", "cancelled"];
 const PRODUCTIVITY_REVIEW_ACTIVITY_ACTIONS = [
@@ -1636,7 +1637,7 @@ async function listIssueBlockerAttentionMap(
           and(
             eq(issues.companyId, companyId),
             inArray(issues.parentId, chunk),
-            ne(issues.status, "done"),
+            notInArray(issues.status, BLOCKER_ATTENTION_CHILD_TERMINAL_STATUSES),
           ),
         );
       const [explicitBlockerRows, childRows] = await Promise.all([