diff --git a/src/api/capacity/services/capacity/workdays/lifecycle/living-workday-lifecycle.ts b/src/api/capacity/services/capacity/workdays/lifecycle/living-workday-lifecycle.ts
index c4d6f89c..85edd628 100644
--- a/src/api/capacity/services/capacity/workdays/lifecycle/living-workday-lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/api/capacity/services/capacity/workdays/lifecycle/living-workday-lifecycle.ts
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ export async function advanceLivingWorkday(store: CapacityGovernanceDatabase & {
 		const reports = nodeRows.filter((row) => row.kind === 'reporting');
 		const reservations = await store.all('SELECT state FROM capacity_reservations WHERE team_id=? AND work_day_id=?',
 			[run.teamId, run.id]);
-		if (reports.length > 0 && reports.every((row) => row.status === 'completed')
+		if (reports.length > 0 && reports.every((row) => terminalNodeStates.has(String(row.status)))
 			&& reservations.every((row) => terminalReservationStates.has(String(row.state)))) {
 			next = { ...next, state: 'ended', endedAt: next.endedAt ?? now };
-			status = 'completed'; completedAt = completedAt ?? now;
+			status = reports.every((row) => row.status === 'completed') ? 'completed' : 'failed';
+			completedAt = completedAt ?? now;
 		}
 	}
 	if (same(next, plan) && status === run.status) return { changed: false, plan: next, status };
diff --git a/tests/unit/control-plane/capacity/execution/living-workday-lifecycle.test.ts b/tests/unit/control-plane/capacity/execution/living-workday-lifecycle.test.ts
index d9d43fdf..5d3107dd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/control-plane/capacity/execution/living-workday-lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/control-plane/capacity/execution/living-workday-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ describe('living workday lifecycle', () => {
 		expect(sql).not.toMatch(/capacity_workday_demands|workday_capacity_envelopes/u);
 	});
 
+	it.each(['failed', 'cancelled', 'stale'])('settles a %s Reporter as a failed workday, not success or an endless drain', async status => {
+		const closingRun = { ...run, parameters: { appliedPlan: { ...plan, state: 'closing', closingAt: now } } } as never;
+		const store = { all: vi.fn(async (sql: string) => sql.includes('execution_nodes')
+			? [{ id: 'report', kind: 'reporting', status }] : [{ state: 'released' }]),
+			updateCapacityWorkdayRun: vi.fn(async () => closingRun) };
+		expect(await advanceLivingWorkday(store as never, closingRun, now)).toMatchObject({
+			status: 'failed', plan: { state: 'ended', endedAt: now } });
+	});
+	it('does not end a failed Reporter until reservations are settled', async () => {
+		const closingRun = { ...run, parameters: { appliedPlan: { ...plan, state: 'closing', closingAt: now } } } as never;
+		const store = { all: vi.fn(async (sql: string) => sql.includes('execution_nodes')
+			? [{ id: 'report', kind: 'reporting', status: 'failed' }] : [{ state: 'consuming' }]),
+			updateCapacityWorkdayRun: vi.fn(async () => closingRun) };
+		expect(await advanceLivingWorkday(store as never, closingRun, now)).toMatchObject({
+			status: 'running', plan: { state: 'closing' } });
+	});
 	it('ends only after Reporter completion and reservation settlement', async () => {
 		const closing = { ...plan, state: 'closing', closingAt: now } as const;
 		const closingRun = { ...run, parameters: { appliedPlan: closing } } as never;