diff --git a/src/main/services/team/runtime/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.ts b/src/main/services/team/runtime/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.ts
index d13d5614..4f58d3cc 100644
--- a/src/main/services/team/runtime/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/team/runtime/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.ts
@@ -371,14 +371,26 @@ function mapOpenCodeLaunchDataToRuntimeResult(
   const members = Object.fromEntries(
     input.expectedMembers.map((member) => {
       const bridgeMember = data.members[member.name];
+      const fallbackLaunchState = bridgeMember
+        ? bridgeMember.launchState
+        : data.teamLaunchState === 'failed'
+          ? 'failed'
+          : data.teamLaunchState === 'permission_blocked'
+            ? 'permission_blocked'
+            : 'created';
       return [
         member.name,
         mapBridgeMemberToRuntimeEvidence(
           member.name,
-          bridgeMember?.launchState ?? 'failed',
+          fallbackLaunchState,
           bridgeMember?.sessionId,
           bridgeMember?.runtimePid,
           [
+            ...(bridgeMember
+              ? []
+              : [
+                  `OpenCode bridge response did not include ${member.name}; keeping the member pending until lane state materializes.`,
+                ]),
             ...(bridgeMember?.evidence ?? []).map(
               (evidence) => `${evidence.kind} at ${evidence.observedAt}`
             ),
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/team/provisioningSteps.ts b/src/renderer/components/team/provisioningSteps.ts
index 568174e0..31715201 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/team/provisioningSteps.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/components/team/provisioningSteps.ts
@@ -106,9 +106,12 @@ export function getLaunchJoinMilestonesFromMembers({
   memberSpawnSnapshot?: Pick<MemberSpawnStatusesSnapshot, 'expectedMembers' | 'summary'>;
 }): LaunchJoinMilestones {
   const teammates = members.filter((member) => !member.removedAt && !isLeadMember(member));
+  const activeTeammateNames = new Set(teammates.map((member) => member.name));
   const teammateNames =
     memberSpawnSnapshot?.expectedMembers?.length && memberSpawnSnapshot.expectedMembers.length > 0
-      ? memberSpawnSnapshot.expectedMembers
+      ? memberSpawnSnapshot.expectedMembers.filter((memberName) =>
+          activeTeammateNames.has(memberName)
+        )
       : teammates.map((member) => member.name);
   const expectedTeammateCount = teammateNames.length;
   const snapshotSummary = memberSpawnSnapshot?.summary;
diff --git a/test/main/services/team/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.test.ts b/test/main/services/team/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.test.ts
index a6b3ffff..bd696284 100644
--- a/test/main/services/team/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.test.ts
+++ b/test/main/services/team/OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter.test.ts
@@ -162,6 +162,62 @@ describe('OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('keeps missing bridge members pending while reconcile is still launching', async () => {
+    const reconcileOpenCodeTeam = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      runId: 'run-1',
+      teamLaunchState: 'launching',
+      members: {
+        alice: {
+          sessionId: 'oc-session-1',
+          launchState: 'confirmed_alive',
+          model: 'openai/gpt-5.4-mini',
+          evidence: [{ kind: 'member_ready', observedAt: '2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z' }],
+        },
+      },
+      warnings: [],
+      diagnostics: [],
+      durableCheckpoints: [],
+      manifestHighWatermark: null,
+      runtimeStoreManifestHighWatermark: null,
+    }) satisfies OpenCodeLaunchTeamCommandData);
+    const adapter = new OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter(
+      bridgePort(readiness({ state: 'ready', launchAllowed: true }), {
+        reconcileOpenCodeTeam,
+      }),
+      { launchMode: 'dogfood' }
+    );
+
+    const result = await adapter.reconcile({
+      runId: 'run-1',
+      teamName: 'team-a',
+      providerId: 'opencode',
+      expectedMembers: [
+        ...launchInput().expectedMembers,
+        {
+          name: 'bob',
+          providerId: 'opencode',
+          model: 'openai/gpt-5.4-mini',
+          cwd: '/repo',
+        },
+      ],
+      previousLaunchState: launchSnapshot(),
+      reason: 'startup_recovery',
+    });
+
+    expect(result.teamLaunchState).toBe('partial_pending');
+    expect(result.members.alice?.launchState).toBe('confirmed_alive');
+    expect(result.members.bob).toMatchObject({
+      providerId: 'opencode',
+      launchState: 'runtime_pending_bootstrap',
+      runtimeAlive: true,
+      bootstrapConfirmed: false,
+      hardFailure: false,
+    });
+    expect(result.members.bob?.diagnostics).toContain(
+      'OpenCode bridge response did not include bob; keeping the member pending until lane state materializes.'
+    );
+  });
+
   it('acknowledges stop without mutating live OpenCode ownership in the adapter shell', async () => {
     const adapter = new OpenCodeTeamRuntimeAdapter(
       bridgePort(readiness({ state: 'adapter_disabled', launchAllowed: false }))
diff --git a/test/renderer/utils/teamProvisioningPresentation.test.ts b/test/renderer/utils/teamProvisioningPresentation.test.ts
index afedb507..b973844a 100644
--- a/test/renderer/utils/teamProvisioningPresentation.test.ts
+++ b/test/renderer/utils/teamProvisioningPresentation.test.ts
@@ -384,4 +384,76 @@ describe('buildTeamProvisioningPresentation', () => {
     expect(presentation?.panelMessage).toBeNull();
     expect(presentation?.currentStepIndex).toBe(4);
   });
+
+  it('ignores removed teammates that still linger in persisted expectedMembers', () => {
+    const presentation = buildTeamProvisioningPresentation({
+      progress: {
+        runId: 'run-6',
+        teamName: 'codex-team',
+        state: 'ready',
+        startedAt: '2026-04-13T10:00:00.000Z',
+        updatedAt: '2026-04-13T10:00:08.000Z',
+        message: 'Launch completed',
+        messageSeverity: undefined,
+        pid: 4321,
+        cliLogsTail: '',
+        assistantOutput: '',
+      },
+      members: [
+        {
+          name: 'team-lead',
+          agentType: 'team-lead',
+          status: 'active',
+          currentTaskId: null,
+          taskCount: 0,
+          lastActiveAt: null,
+          messageCount: 0,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'alice',
+          agentType: 'reviewer',
+          status: 'active',
+          currentTaskId: null,
+          taskCount: 0,
+          lastActiveAt: null,
+          messageCount: 0,
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'bob',
+          agentType: 'developer',
+          status: 'unknown',
+          currentTaskId: null,
+          taskCount: 0,
+          lastActiveAt: null,
+          messageCount: 0,
+          removedAt: 1_713_000_000_000,
+        },
+      ],
+      memberSpawnStatuses: {
+        alice: {
+          status: 'online',
+          launchState: 'confirmed_alive',
+          updatedAt: '2026-04-13T10:00:07.000Z',
+          runtimeAlive: true,
+          bootstrapConfirmed: true,
+          hardFailure: false,
+          agentToolAccepted: true,
+        },
+      },
+      memberSpawnSnapshot: {
+        expectedMembers: ['alice', 'bob'],
+        summary: {
+          confirmedCount: 1,
+          pendingCount: 1,
+          failedCount: 0,
+          runtimeAlivePendingCount: 0,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(presentation?.compactTitle).toBe('Team launched');
+    expect(presentation?.compactDetail).toBe('All 1 teammates joined');
+    expect(presentation?.panelMessage).toBeNull();
+    expect(presentation?.currentStepIndex).toBe(4);
+  });
 });