diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useTasks.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useTasks.test.ts
index 8c8c327831..c51dd29abb 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useTasks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useTasks.test.ts
@@ -1410,6 +1410,55 @@ describe("useTasks", () => {
       expect(result.current.tasks[0].status).toBe("executing");
     });
 
+    it("updates the badge state immediately for an equal-clock canonical move and rejects a delayed older move", async () => {
+      const initialTask = createMockTask({
+        id: "FN-BADGE",
+        column: "todo" as Column,
+        status: "needs-replan",
+        columnMovedAt: "2026-01-02T00:00:00Z",
+        updatedAt: "2026-01-02T00:00:00Z",
+      });
+      mockFetchTasks.mockResolvedValueOnce([initialTask]);
+
+      const { result } = renderHook(() => useTasks());
+      await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.tasks[0]?.status).toBe("needs-replan"));
+
+      // This is the production ordering: hydration has the same operation clock, then SSE names
+      // the committed destination. Before FN-8800 the strict-clock merge dropped this transition.
+      act(() => {
+        MockEventSource.instances[0]._emit("task:moved", {
+          task: createMockTask({
+            id: "FN-BADGE",
+            column: "todo" as Column,
+            status: "planning",
+            columnMovedAt: initialTask.columnMovedAt,
+            updatedAt: initialTask.updatedAt,
+          }),
+          from: "todo" as Column,
+          to: "in-progress" as Column,
+        });
+      });
+
+      expect(result.current.tasks[0]).toMatchObject({ column: "in-progress", status: "planning" });
+
+      // A reconnect-delayed prior move has an older lifecycle clock and must not revert the badge.
+      act(() => {
+        MockEventSource.instances[0]._emit("task:moved", {
+          task: createMockTask({
+            id: "FN-BADGE",
+            column: "todo" as Column,
+            status: "needs-replan",
+            columnMovedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+            updatedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+          }),
+          from: "in-progress" as Column,
+          to: "todo" as Column,
+        });
+      });
+
+      expect(result.current.tasks[0]).toMatchObject({ column: "in-progress", status: "planning" });
+    });
+
     it("preserves current column when incoming has no columnMovedAt (legacy data)", async () => {
       const initialTask = createMockTask({
         id: "FN-001",
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useTasks.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useTasks.ts
index ac5d864c77..e415e7aeae 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useTasks.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useTasks.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ one provider cannot regress a modal, main panel, split detail, dock, or popup in
 export interface TaskSnapshotMergeOptions {
   /** A complete board/detail fetch can resolve an otherwise ambiguous legacy column clock. */
   fullSnapshot?: boolean;
+  /** A canonical task:moved SSE payload names its destination, even when its clock ties the visible row. */
+  authoritativeMove?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function mergeTaskSnapshot<T extends Task>(
@@ -294,9 +296,18 @@ export function mergeTaskSnapshot<T extends Task>(
 
 
   const columnMovedAtCompare = compareTimestamps(incoming.columnMovedAt, current.columnMovedAt);
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardBadgeFreshness 2026-08-05-05:26:
+  `task:moved` is the post-commit lifecycle authority and includes its explicit destination. A board
+  fetch can observe the task immediately before the move event, leaving identical clocks when one
+  transition shares the engine's operation timestamp. Accept that equal-clock canonical move so cards,
+  list rows, and open details change promptly; older clocks remain rejected, so delayed stale events
+  cannot roll a newer badge backward.
+  */
   const incomingMovesColumn = incoming.column !== undefined
     && (current.column === undefined
       || columnMovedAtCompare > 0
+      || (options.authoritativeMove === true && columnMovedAtCompare === 0)
       // A full server snapshot is more complete than an SSE patch, so its newer task clock can
       // resolve a legacy equal move clock without letting a sparse event move the card.
       || (options.fullSnapshot === true && columnMovedAtCompare === 0 && updatedAtCompare > 0)
@@ -948,7 +959,7 @@ export function useTasks(options?: UseTasksOptions) {
           return [...prev, movedTask];
         }
         const current = prev[existingIndex]!;
-        const merged = mergeIncomingTask(current, movedTask);
+        const merged = mergeIncomingTask(current, movedTask, { authoritativeMove: true });
         if (merged === current) return prev;
         const next = [...prev];
         next[existingIndex] = merged;