diff --git a/changelog.d/fixed-hive-merge-evicts-tracker-row.md b/changelog.d/fixed-hive-merge-evicts-tracker-row.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32b53b70a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixed-hive-merge-evicts-tracker-row.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed the stage tracker and the governor's cached actionable snapshot keeping a pull request the hive had merged or closed itself listed as open until GitHub's `closed` webhook came back round through the hub, the closed-row sweep ran on the next status publish, or the next full enumeration replaced the snapshot. On a hosted hive in webhook cadence hivecommons/docs#469 was merged by the automerge sweep at 18:25 and still read "Sentinel alert - needs human" an hour later, with the governor re-evaluating it as merge-eligible seven more times from the cached snapshot while the hub relay was dropping deliveries. Every hive merge path records a `pr_merged` / `pr_closed` audit event; that record now applies the same closed snapshot a webhook delivery would, so the row leaves both stores the moment the hive performs the write, with no GitHub call and no dependence on the webhook round-trip (hivecommons/hive#14420).
diff --git a/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config.go b/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config.go
index 70bec3a4d1..8676cd2b19 100644
--- a/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config.go
+++ b/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config.go
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ func (b *boot) applyGitHubClientDashboardHooks(client *github.Client) {
 		// #10927/#10933: the agent card's "what is it on" and stale warning
 		// read each agent's last hive-mediated write.
 		dashboard.RecordAgentLastAction(rec, time.Now())
+		// A PR the hive merged or closed itself leaves the tracker and the
+		// governor's cached snapshot now, instead of waiting for GitHub's
+		// `closed` delivery to come back round through the hub.
+		evictHiveClosedPR(b.dashSrv, rec, time.Now())
 	})
 	client.SetPRTerminalObservedHook(func(obs github.PRTerminalObservation) {
 		ts := obs.ObservedAt.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
@@ -429,3 +433,20 @@ func holdMigrationFailedAlertMessage(hiveID, reportPath string) string {
 	}
 	return msg
 }
+
+// evictHiveClosedPR removes a pull request from the tracker and the cached
+// actionable snapshot the moment the hive records having merged or closed it
+// (AuditActionPRMerged / AuditActionPRClosed). The audit record is the one
+// point every merge path (sweep, queue, relay, forge) passes through, so it
+// is where the hive's own write stops depending on the webhook round-trip.
+func evictHiveClosedPR(srv *dashboard.Server, rec github.AuditRecord, now time.Time) {
+	if srv == nil || rec.Target <= 0 || rec.Repo == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	switch rec.Action {
+	case github.AuditActionPRMerged:
+		srv.EvictHiveClosedItem(rec.Repo, rec.Target, true, true, rec.Action, now)
+	case github.AuditActionPRClosed:
+		srv.EvictHiveClosedItem(rec.Repo, rec.Target, true, false, rec.Action, now)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config_evict_test.go b/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config_evict_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfa315e150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/hive/github_client_config_evict_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hivecommons/hive/pkg/dashboard"
+	"github.com/hivecommons/hive/pkg/github"
+)
+
+// The attribution audit sink is the one point every hive merge path passes
+// through; a pr_merged or pr_closed record there must take the PR off the
+// dashboard's listed items, and anything else must leave them alone.
+func TestEvictHiveClosedPRFromAuditRecord(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Date(2026, 10, 26, 18, 25, 46, 0, time.UTC)
+	newSrv := func() *dashboard.Server {
+		srv := dashboard.NewServer(0, restoreTestLogger())
+		srv.UpdateStatus(&dashboard.StatusPayload{Repos: []dashboard.FrontendRepo{{
+			Name: "docs", Full: "hivecommons/docs", PRs: 2,
+			OpenPrs: []any{
+				github.PullRequest{Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Number: 469, State: "open", UpdatedAt: now.Add(-time.Hour)},
+				github.PullRequest{Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Number: 470, State: "open", UpdatedAt: now.Add(-time.Hour)},
+			},
+		}}})
+		return srv
+	}
+	listed := func(srv *dashboard.Server) []int {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/status", nil)
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		srv.Handler().ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+		var out struct {
+			Repos []struct {
+				OpenPrs []struct{ Number int } `json:"openPrs"`
+			} `json:"repos"`
+		}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(rec.Body.Bytes(), &out); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("status body is not JSON: %v\n%s", err, rec.Body.String())
+		}
+		var nums []int
+		for _, r := range out.Repos {
+			for _, pr := range r.OpenPrs {
+				nums = append(nums, pr.Number)
+			}
+		}
+		return nums
+	}
+
+	cases := []struct {
+		name string
+		rec  github.AuditRecord
+		want []int
+	}{
+		{"pr_merged evicts", github.AuditRecord{Action: github.AuditActionPRMerged, Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Target: 469}, []int{470}},
+		{"pr_closed evicts", github.AuditRecord{Action: github.AuditActionPRClosed, Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Target: 470}, []int{469}},
+		{"other action ignored", github.AuditRecord{Action: github.AuditActionAgentPRCreated, Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Target: 469}, []int{469, 470}},
+		{"no target ignored", github.AuditRecord{Action: github.AuditActionPRMerged, Repo: "hivecommons/docs"}, []int{469, 470}},
+		{"no repo ignored", github.AuditRecord{Action: github.AuditActionPRMerged, Target: 469}, []int{469, 470}},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			srv := newSrv()
+			evictHiveClosedPR(srv, tc.rec, now)
+			got := listed(srv)
+			if len(got) != len(tc.want) {
+				t.Fatalf("listed PRs = %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+			}
+			for i := range got {
+				if got[i] != tc.want[i] {
+					t.Fatalf("listed PRs = %v, want %v", got, tc.want)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	evictHiveClosedPR(nil, github.AuditRecord{Action: github.AuditActionPRMerged, Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Target: 469}, now)
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/dashboard/hive_write_evict.go b/src/pkg/dashboard/hive_write_evict.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..709e5368ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/dashboard/hive_write_evict.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package dashboard
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hivecommons/hive/pkg/github"
+)
+
+// hiveWriteDeliveryPrefix marks a tracker eviction that came from the hive's
+// own write rather than a GitHub delivery, in the item's patch audit trail.
+const hiveWriteDeliveryPrefix = "hive-write:"
+
+// EvictHiveClosedItem drops an issue or pull request the hive itself has just
+// closed or merged from the cached actionable snapshot and the published
+// status, through the same patch path a `closed` webhook delivery takes.
+//
+// A merge the hive performs is the one close it never has to be told about,
+// yet before this the row's departure depended entirely on the delivery
+// coming back round through the hub (single-shot, lost across hub rollouts
+// and spoke stalls), on the closed-row sweep (only on status publish, every
+// 15 minutes in webhook cadence) or on the next full enumeration.
+// hivecommons/docs#469 was merged by the automerge sweep at 18:25 and still
+// read "Sentinel alert - needs human" on the tracker an hour later, with the
+// governor re-evaluating it as merge-eligible seven more times from the
+// cached snapshot. action is the audit action that recorded the write
+// (pr_merged, pr_closed, ...), kept on the patch for audit. It reports
+// whether a listed row was removed.
+func (s *Server) EvictHiveClosedItem(repo string, number int, isPR, merged bool, action string, at time.Time) bool {
+	if s == nil || number <= 0 || strings.TrimSpace(repo) == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	if at.IsZero() {
+		at = time.Now()
+	}
+	snap := github.WebhookItemSnapshot{
+		Repo: repo, Number: number, IsPR: isPR, State: "closed", Merged: merged,
+		UpdatedAt: at, FetchedAt: at, DeliveryID: hiveWriteDeliveryPrefix + action,
+	}
+	evicted := s.applyWebhookItemSnapshots([]github.WebhookItemSnapshot{snap}) > 0
+	if evicted && s.logger != nil {
+		s.logger.Info("stage tracker evicted row the hive itself closed",
+			"repo", repo, "number", number, "pr", isPR, "merged", merged, "action", action)
+	}
+	return evicted
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/dashboard/hive_write_evict_test.go b/src/pkg/dashboard/hive_write_evict_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abf3c512d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/dashboard/hive_write_evict_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package dashboard
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hivecommons/hive/pkg/github"
+)
+
+// hivecommons/docs#469 as the hosted hive's status listed it on 2026-10-26:
+// a dependabot PR, open on the tracker, merged by the automerge sweep at
+// 18:25:46Z and still listed an hour later.
+var (
+	docs469ListedAt = time.Date(2026, 10, 26, 18, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	docs469MergedAt = time.Date(2026, 10, 26, 18, 25, 46, 0, time.UTC)
+)
+
+func docs469Fixture(t *testing.T) *Server {
+	t.Helper()
+	s := newTestServer()
+	status := minimalPayload()
+	status.HiveID = "hv-test"
+	status.Repos = []FrontendRepo{{
+		Name: "docs", Full: "hivecommons/docs", PRs: 1,
+		OpenPrs: []any{
+			github.PullRequest{Repo: "hivecommons/docs", Number: 469, Title: "build(deps): bump mkdocs", Author: "dependabot[bot]",
+				State: "open", HeadSHA: "abc123", UpdatedAt: docs469ListedAt},
+		},
+	}}
+	s.status = status
+	return s
+}
+
+func trackerListsPR(t *testing.T, s *Server, repo string, number int) bool {
+	t.Helper()
+	s.statusMu.RLock()
+	cur := s.status
+	s.statusMu.RUnlock()
+	for _, it := range s.buildStageTracker(cur, s.stageStore, docs469MergedAt.Add(time.Hour)).Items {
+		if it.Kind == "pr" && it.Number == number && it.Repo == repo {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// The hive's own merge must take the row off the tracker and out of the
+// governor's cached snapshot at once, without a webhook delivery, a closed
+// sweep or a re-enumeration.
+func TestHiveMergeEvictsTrackerRowWithoutWebhook(t *testing.T) {
+	s := docs469Fixture(t)
+	var patched []github.WebhookItemSnapshot
+	s.deps = &Dependencies{ApplyWebhookItems: func(snaps []github.WebhookItemSnapshot) {
+		patched = append(patched, snaps...)
+	}}
+	if !trackerListsPR(t, s, "hivecommons/docs", 469) {
+		t.Fatal("fixture: docs#469 must be listed before the merge")
+	}
+
+	if !s.EvictHiveClosedItem("hivecommons/docs", 469, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("EvictHiveClosedItem reported no row removed")
+	}
+	if trackerListsPR(t, s, "hivecommons/docs", 469) {
+		t.Fatal("docs#469 still listed on the tracker after the hive merged it")
+	}
+	s.statusMu.RLock()
+	prs := s.status.Repos[0].PRs
+	s.statusMu.RUnlock()
+	if prs != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("repo PR count = %d after eviction, want 0", prs)
+	}
+	if len(patched) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("governor snapshot received %d patches, want 1", len(patched))
+	}
+	got := patched[0]
+	if got.Repo != "hivecommons/docs" || got.Number != 469 || !got.IsPR || got.Open() || !got.Merged {
+		t.Fatalf("governor patch = %+v, want closed+merged PR hivecommons/docs#469", got)
+	}
+	if got.DeliveryID != hiveWriteDeliveryPrefix+github.AuditActionPRMerged {
+		t.Fatalf("patch DeliveryID = %q, want hive-write audit marker", got.DeliveryID)
+	}
+	if !got.UpdatedAt.Equal(docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatalf("patch UpdatedAt = %v, want merge instant %v", got.UpdatedAt, docs469MergedAt)
+	}
+
+	// The eviction is remembered for replay, so a status publish from an
+	// enumeration that began before the merge cannot bring the row back.
+	stale := docs469Fixture(t)
+	stale.statusMu.RLock()
+	staleStatus := stale.status
+	stale.statusMu.RUnlock()
+	s.UpdateStatus(staleStatus)
+	if trackerListsPR(t, s, "hivecommons/docs", 469) {
+		t.Fatal("stale publish resurrected docs#469 after the hive merged it")
+	}
+}
+
+// A second call for the same merge, an unknown repo, or an item the status
+// never listed is a no-op rather than an error.
+func TestHiveMergeEvictIsIdempotentAndIgnoresUnlisted(t *testing.T) {
+	s := docs469Fixture(t)
+	if !s.EvictHiveClosedItem("hivecommons/docs", 469, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("first eviction removed nothing")
+	}
+	if s.EvictHiveClosedItem("hivecommons/docs", 469, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("second eviction of the same PR reported a removal")
+	}
+	if s.EvictHiveClosedItem("hivecommons/other", 1, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("eviction for an unlisted repo reported a removal")
+	}
+	if s.EvictHiveClosedItem("", 469, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("eviction with an empty repo reported a removal")
+	}
+	if s.EvictHiveClosedItem("hivecommons/docs", 0, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("eviction with number 0 reported a removal")
+	}
+	var nilSrv *Server
+	if nilSrv.EvictHiveClosedItem("hivecommons/docs", 469, true, true, github.AuditActionPRMerged, docs469MergedAt) {
+		t.Fatal("nil server reported a removal")
+	}
+}