diff --git a/cmd/lk/simulate_report.go b/cmd/lk/simulate_report.go
index b4557b75..b357877d 100644
--- a/cmd/lk/simulate_report.go
+++ b/cmd/lk/simulate_report.go
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ func writeRunSummary(w io.Writer, run *livekit.SimulationRun, summary *livekit.S
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "Issues:")
 		for i, issue := range summary.Issues {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "  %d. %s\n", i+1, stripSummaryRefs(issue.Description))
+			if seen := issueRecurrence(issue); seen != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "     %s\n", seen)
+			}
 			if issue.Suggestion != "" {
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "     Suggestion: %s\n", stripSummaryRefs(issue.Suggestion))
 			}
@@ -286,6 +289,19 @@ func writeRunSummary(w io.Writer, run *livekit.SimulationRun, summary *livekit.S
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "::endgroup::")
 }
 
+// issueRecurrence says whether the project's earlier runs reported issue too.
+// Empty for runs summarized before issues were tracked.
+func issueRecurrence(issue *livekit.SimulationRunSummary_Issue) string {
+	switch {
+	case issue.Id == "":
+		return ""
+	case issue.RunCount <= 1:
+		return "New issue"
+	default:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Seen in %d runs", issue.RunCount)
+	}
+}
+
 func writeChatHistory(w io.Writer, chatCtx *agent.ChatContext) {
 	if chatCtx == nil || len(chatCtx.Items) == 0 {
 		return
diff --git a/cmd/lk/simulate_tui.go b/cmd/lk/simulate_tui.go
index 947e4a39..88123b3e 100644
--- a/cmd/lk/simulate_tui.go
+++ b/cmd/lk/simulate_tui.go
@@ -2041,6 +2041,9 @@ func (m *simulateModel) renderSummary() string {
 					b.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", len(prefix)) + line + "\n")
 				}
 			}
+			if seen := issueRecurrence(issue); seen != "" {
+				b.WriteString(dimStyle.Render(strings.Repeat(" ", len(prefix))+seen) + "\n")
+			}
 			if issue.Suggestion != "" {
 				sugWrapped := lipgloss.NewStyle().Width(issueWrap).Render("Suggestion: " + link(issue.Suggestion))
 				for line := range strings.SplitSeq(sugWrapped, "\n") {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 71cfb20e..d83275f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.20.1
-	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.52.2-0.20261008051848-8c1250755780
+	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.53.1-0.20261020135657-6800e770be2c
 	github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.19.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.22
 	github.com/moby/moby/client v0.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 255293c6..19ee9970 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20250511045019-0f1ff63f7731 h1:9x+U2HGLrSw5AT
 github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20250511045019-0f1ff63f7731/go.mod h1:Rs3MhFwutWhGwmY1VQsygw28z5bWcnEYmS1OG9OxjOQ=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20260821083140-f234b534b095 h1:BcliKAXoMhl/nWmzQweQ5kmh4Qqagxl4s3Z5pvM/7AY=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20260821083140-f234b534b095/go.mod h1:o8CFmAdrVwzJNOCsQCLUzXRjokkufNshnQHOe4fRaqU=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.52.2-0.20261008051848-8c1250755780 h1:7T5JGMTDLcbI/emnTcrspygdWlVepIdHYA54um4v6Qo=
-github.com/livekit/protocol v1.52.2-0.20261008051848-8c1250755780/go.mod h1:k7v95/DNhMkslMeBxdQ+lQ6gKc8hMNGYB7t0+6sEGU4=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.53.1-0.20261020135657-6800e770be2c h1:F0XNCHzA1zQIJ0urensL1sWLInVxgma3h6YFmKYKfLc=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.53.1-0.20261020135657-6800e770be2c/go.mod h1:kUTAI2TrTngGOiWP6MTAOkJpru6YYGd0MP9wzlDATy4=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.8.2 h1:7tbkhBJoYlK5Csfkdv1XYbZjyAQeaEZgupvIXNCv7Dc=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6KnU8vULoizX0Er9NNfeKJDV8ug87j3fuo19M0bhj6Q=
 github.com/livekit/server-sdk-go/v2 v2.19.0 h1:fZ0zmeC/5V+rXiI/MeC05EjwTfXmpaGkr/DXLG3EzgA=