diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/HttpCaptureStep.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/HttpCaptureStep.tsx
index 657e73c3..854d4150 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/HttpCaptureStep.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/HttpCaptureStep.tsx
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ export function HttpCaptureStep({ onVerified, onPrepare, paused = false }: {
 
   useEffect(() => { onVerified?.(verified) }, [verified, onVerified])
 
+  // A rejected start is this card's to report until the proxy says something
+  // newer. A status read that finds it merely stopped knows nothing about why,
+  // and taking it whole erased the failure within one 3 s poll.
+  const takeStatus = (st: ManagedProxyStatus): void =>
+    setStatus((prev) => (prev.state === 'failed' && prev.error && st.state === 'stopped' ? prev : st))
+
   const check = async (): Promise<void> => {
     const [pf, st, cfg] = await Promise.all([
       window.redlog.runtime.preflight().catch(() => null),
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ export function HttpCaptureStep({ onVerified, onPrepare, paused = false }: {
       const mitm = pf.checks.find((c) => c.id === 'mitmdump')
       setMitmMissing(mitm ? !mitm.found : false)
     }
-    if (st) setStatus(st)
+    if (st) takeStatus(st)
     if (cfg) setConfig(cfg as Record<string, unknown>)
   }
 
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ export function HttpCaptureStep({ onVerified, onPrepare, paused = false }: {
   // request. Same cadence as the app-wide toggle.
   useEffect(() => {
     const timer = setInterval(() => {
-      window.redlog.httpCapture.status().then(setStatus).catch(() => { /* keep the last known state */ })
+      window.redlog.httpCapture.status().then(takeStatus).catch(() => { /* keep the last known state */ })
     }, 3_000)
     return () => clearInterval(timer)
   }, [])
diff --git a/test/first-run-record-terminal.test.tsx b/test/first-run-record-terminal.test.tsx
index 3ef0648c..e010535b 100644
--- a/test/first-run-record-terminal.test.tsx
+++ b/test/first-run-record-terminal.test.tsx
@@ -488,6 +488,24 @@ describe('first run: HTTP(S) card reports its own failures (UI/UX audit F6/F7)',
     expect(screen.getByTestId('first-run-http-restart')).not.toBeNull()
   })
 
+  // The card also polls the proxy's status every 3 s. The poll's answer knows
+  // nothing about this start, so taking it whole erased the failure: on a
+  // slow runner the poll landed before the assertion above, and the operator
+  // saw the message for at most three seconds.
+  it('keeps a rejected start\'s failure through the next status poll', async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ shouldAdvanceTime: true })
+    install()
+    bridge.proxyStart.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('port 8080 in use'))
+    draw()
+    fireEvent.click(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: '重新啟動 HTTP 擷取' }, { timeout: 5000 }))
+    const card = await screen.findByTestId('first-run-http')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(card.textContent).toContain('port 8080 in use'))
+    const polls = bridge.proxyStatus.mock.calls.length
+    await act(async () => { await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(3_100) })
+    expect(bridge.proxyStatus.mock.calls.length).toBeGreaterThan(polls)
+    expect(card.textContent).toContain('port 8080 in use')
+  })
+
   // The terminal-proxy switch moved to Settings ▸ Browser, which owns every
   // other proxy setting; a global behaviour switch does not belong on the
   // screen where capture is being proved for the first time.
diff --git a/test/terminal-session-rotation.test.ts b/test/terminal-session-rotation.test.ts
index aa54fbea..53f2c049 100644
--- a/test/terminal-session-rotation.test.ts
+++ b/test/terminal-session-rotation.test.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ describe('project recording rotation without killing the pane', () => {
     expect(detachTerminalRecordings()).toBe(10)
     closeDB(); resetCausesResolver(); current = 'B'; open('B')
     expect(resumeTerminalRecordings()).toBe(10)
-    expect(performance.now() - started).toBeLessThan(1000)
+    // A rotation that waited would wait for `sleep 99`. Five seconds still
+    // tells that apart, where one second failed on a loaded Windows runner
+    // (1205 ms) while the rotation itself did nothing wrong.
+    expect(performance.now() - started).toBeLessThan(5000)
     expect(listTerminals()).toHaveLength(10)
     expect(fake.panes.every(pane => pane.kill.mock.calls.length === 0)).toBe(true)
     expect(rows().filter(row => row.data.subtype === 'session_start').every(row => row.data.rotationPaneCount === 10)).toBe(true)