diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/issue-dashboard-awaiting-2026-10-02.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/issue-dashboard-awaiting-2026-10-02.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d4423d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/superpowers/evidence/issue-dashboard-awaiting-2026-10-02.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "intent": "Merged-but-open issues (Merge only tags the opener, kado-no-akari #21) get their own 'Awaiting opener' column in ~/src/issue-dashboard and an 'awaiting' count in status.json; the i3bar issue_dashboard block shows it as '⏳ N' instead of counting it as to do.",
+  "scope": [
+    "linux_configuration/i3blocks/issue_dashboard.sh - read the optional 'awaiting' field and show '· ⏳ N' between '✓' and '✗' when N > 0",
+    "linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_issue_dashboard.sh - awaiting text, hidden at zero, ordering, colour, old-format file without the key",
+    "Non-goal: the dashboard change itself (local repo ~/src/issue-dashboard, commit 0e6077c); the running dashboard server was not restarted."
+  ],
+  "changes": [
+    "awaiting is optional: a status.json from a server older than the column has no key and still renders '📋 N · ⚙ N · ✓ N', never grey.",
+    "awaiting never changes the colour (it waits on the opener, not kuhy) and stays out of the short text; zero is hidden like '✗'.",
+    "Still zero forks on the hot path: one more regex field read and an arithmetic test."
+  ],
+  "verification": [
+    {
+      "command": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_issue_dashboard.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "awaiting / hidden-at-zero / ordering with ✗ / colour / old-format / stale / missing / broken / empty / click asserted; strace still shows one execve and no clone/fork."
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "bash linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_efficiency.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "All i3blocks efficiency regression tests passed."
+    },
+    {
+      "command": "ISSUE_DASHBOARD_STATUS=<status.json from a scratch issue-dashboard server on a fixture source> issue_dashboard.sh",
+      "result": "pass",
+      "evidence": "'📋 1 · ⚙ 0 · ✓ 1 · ⏳ 2 · ✗ 1' #FF5555 from {todo 1, ready 1, awaiting 2, failed 1}; the live old-format status.json still renders '📋 14 · ⚙ 0 · ✓ 0' #FFFFFF."
+    }
+  ],
+  "risks": [
+    "'⏳' shows only once kuhy restarts the dashboard server; until then the old server keeps writing merged-open issues into todo."
+  ],
+  "rollback": [
+    "git revert this commit; the block reads the old fields only.",
+    "Confirm the bar still renders '📋 N · ⚙ N · ✓ N'."
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/docs/superpowers/evidence/precommit-workflow-dispatch-2026-08-23.json b/docs/superpowers/evidence/precommit-workflow-dispatch-2026-08-23.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b73813f6..00000000
--- a/docs/superpowers/evidence/precommit-workflow-dispatch-2026-08-23.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "intent": "Allow the Pre-commit checks workflow to be re-run manually, so a caching change can be verified on an unchanged tree instead of being asserted.",
-  "scope": [
-    ".github/workflows/pre-commit.yml (triggers only)",
-    "Non-goal: changing what the job runs"
-  ],
-  "changes": ["Added workflow_dispatch to the Pre-commit checks triggers."],
-  "verification": [
-    {
-      "command": "gh run view 32645759168 --log | grep for cache keys",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "'Cache not found for input keys: pre-commit-Linux-py3.12-...' then 'Cache saved with key: ...' -- the env cache missed because that commit changed .pre-commit-config.yaml, which is the key. It is populated now."
-    },
-    {
-      "command": "gh run view 32645759168 --log | grep -c 'Installing environment'",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "6 hook environments built from scratch, including pylint's with a dozen extra packages -- the bulk of the 126s hook step"
-    },
-    {
-      "command": "gh run view 32645759168 --log | grep 'pytest with coverage enforcement'",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "'....Skipped' -- the duplicate-suite skip from the previous commit took effect"
-    },
-    {
-      "command": "python3 -c \"import yaml; yaml.safe_load(...)\"",
-      "result": "pass",
-      "evidence": "workflow parses as valid YAML"
-    }
-  ],
-  "risks": [
-    "A dispatch trigger lets anyone with write access run the job on demand; it runs the same read-only checks as a push, so there is no additional privilege."
-  ],
-  "rollback": [
-    "Remove the workflow_dispatch line.",
-    "After rollback, confirm the workflow no longer offers a Run workflow button."
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/issue_dashboard.sh b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/issue_dashboard.sh
index 51c1fdaf..14000a75 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/i3blocks/issue_dashboard.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/i3blocks/issue_dashboard.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # ============================================================================
 # issue-dashboard status for i3blocks: issues to do, agents working, work
-# ready to merge.
+# ready to merge, and merged issues awaiting their opener's close.
 #
 # Opened the same way as book_guard.sh: a click runs issue-dashboard-desktop,
 # which reuses the dashboard server if it is answering (starting it detached
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ field todo
 field working
 field ready
 field failed
+field awaiting
 field updated_epoch
 
 if [[ -z $todo || -z $working || -z $ready || -z $failed || -z $updated_epoch ]]; then
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ if ((now - updated_epoch > STALE_SECONDS)); then
 fi
 
 text="📋 ${todo} · ⚙ ${working} · ✓ ${ready}"
+# Merged, waiting for the opener to close: shown only when there is some, and
+# never a colour, since it waits on someone else. Optional because a server
+# older than the awaiting column does not write it.
+if ((${awaiting:-0} > 0)); then
+	text="$text · ⏳ ${awaiting}"
+fi
 short="📋 ${todo}"
 color=$WHITE
 if ((failed > 0)); then
diff --git a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_issue_dashboard.sh b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_issue_dashboard.sh
index af4ce4e5..cfe89eee 100755
--- a/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_issue_dashboard.sh
+++ b/linux_configuration/tests/test_i3blocks_issue_dashboard.sh
@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/launcher"
 
 STATUS="$TMP_DIR/status.json"
 
-# status <todo> <working> <ready> <failed> <age-seconds>
+# status <todo> <working> <ready> <failed> <age-seconds> [awaiting]
+# With no awaiting the file has no "awaiting" key, as an older server writes.
 status() {
-	local epoch
+	local epoch awaiting=''
 	printf -v epoch '%(%s)T' -1
 	epoch=$((epoch - $5))
-	printf '{"repo": "Sepci0/kado-no-akari", "todo": %s, "working": %s, "ready": %s, "failed": %s, "updated": "x", "updated_epoch": %s}\n' \
-		"$1" "$2" "$3" "$4" "$epoch" >"$STATUS"
+	[[ -n ${6:-} ]] && awaiting=", \"awaiting\": $6"
+	printf '{"repo": "Sepci0/kado-no-akari", "todo": %s, "working": %s, "ready": %s%s, "failed": %s, "updated": "x", "updated_epoch": %s}\n' \
+		"$1" "$2" "$3" "$awaiting" "$4" "$epoch" >"$STATUS"
 }
 
 run_block() {
@@ -75,6 +77,22 @@ out=$(run_block)
 assert_eq '📋 3 · ⚙ 0 · ✓ 2 · ✗ 1' "$(line 1 "$out")" 'failed text'
 assert_eq '#FF5555' "$(line 3 "$out")" 'a failed agent is red'
 
+printf 'Checking merged issues awaiting their opener...\n'
+
+status 3 0 0 0 5 2
+out=$(run_block)
+assert_eq '📋 3 · ⚙ 0 · ✓ 0 · ⏳ 2' "$(line 1 "$out")" 'awaiting text'
+assert_eq '📋 3' "$(line 2 "$out")" 'awaiting stays out of the short text'
+assert_eq '#FFFFFF' "$(line 3 "$out")" 'awaiting alone is white'
+
+status 3 0 0 0 5 0
+assert_eq '📋 3 · ⚙ 0 · ✓ 0' "$(line 1 "$(run_block)")" 'zero awaiting is hidden'
+
+status 3 0 2 1 5 2
+out=$(run_block)
+assert_eq '📋 3 · ⚙ 0 · ✓ 2 · ⏳ 2 · ✗ 1' "$(line 1 "$out")" 'awaiting sits between ready and failed'
+assert_eq '#FF5555' "$(line 3 "$out")" 'failed still wins the colour'
+
 printf 'Checking failure states are never blank or stale numbers...\n'
 
 status 4 1 2 0 600
@@ -94,7 +112,7 @@ assert_eq '📋 dashboard' "$(line 1 "$(run_block)")" 'empty status'
 
 printf 'Checking the hot path forks nothing...\n'
 
-status 4 1 2 0 5
+status 4 1 2 0 5 1
 if command -v strace >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	ISSUE_DASHBOARD_STATUS="$STATUS" strace -f -o "$TMP_DIR/trace" -e trace=execve,clone,clone3,fork,vfork \
 		bash "$BLOCK" >/dev/null