diff --git a/.changeset/fn-8006-plan-review-retry-storm.md b/.changeset/fn-8006-plan-review-retry-storm.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f190c9cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fn-8006-plan-review-retry-storm.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Plan Review no longer loops forever on reviewer retry storms — it fails the task with a clear error.
+category: fix
+dev: runPlanReviewBeforeExecution now terminalizes RetryStormError (status "failed", serialized error, nextRecoveryAt cleared) instead of re-queuing plan-review-unavailable, which had let reviewerFallbackRetryCount climb unbounded past maxReviewerFallbackRetries.
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 6c1fd5e875..9f5f89ac5d 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ UI contract boundary:
 
 Fusion derives a per-task `retrySummary` at read time by aggregating retry counters (stuck-kill, recovery, task_done, workflow-step, verification, post-review-fix, merge-conflict bounce, branch-conflict recovery, reviewer context retry, reviewer fallback retry). The engine emits a structured `retry-burned` log channel with `{ taskId, agentId, role, category, attempt, total, breakdown }` so token-cost telemetry can correlate retry burn with spend.
 
-Project settings expose per-category caps (`maxBranchConflictRecoveries`, `maxReviewerContextRetries`, `maxReviewerFallbackRetries`) plus a master cap (`maxTotalRetriesBeforeFail`). When a cap is exceeded, engine code throws `RetryStormError`; executor terminal failure handling serializes this into `task.error` so dashboard surfaces can render structured failure details.
+Project settings expose per-category caps (`maxBranchConflictRecoveries`, `maxReviewerContextRetries`, `maxReviewerFallbackRetries`) plus a master cap (`maxTotalRetriesBeforeFail`). When a cap is exceeded, engine code throws `RetryStormError`; executor and triage Plan Review terminal failure handling serialize this into `task.error` so dashboard surfaces can render structured failure details. Plan Review must terminalize this guard rather than re-queue `plan-review-unavailable`, which would otherwise continue burning the reviewer-fallback budget.
 
 ## Lifecycle invariants
 
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/triage-plan-review-unavailable-retry.test.ts b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/triage-plan-review-unavailable-retry.test.ts
index 4dfbc8cefa..18cee3e93a 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/__tests__/triage-plan-review-unavailable-retry.test.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/__tests__/triage-plan-review-unavailable-retry.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, afterEach } from "vitest";
-import type { Settings, Task, TaskStore } from "@fusion/core";
+import { RetryStormError, type Settings, type Task, type TaskStore } from "@fusion/core";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { mkdtemp, mkdir, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -209,6 +209,51 @@ describe("Plan Review unavailable retry", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("terminalizes a reviewer retry storm instead of scheduling another unavailable retry", async () => {
+    const rootDir = await createFixtureRoot();
+    roots.push(rootDir);
+    const task = createRetryTask({ id: "FN-PLAN-RETRY-STORM", reviewerFallbackRetryCount: 3 });
+    const prompt = `# Task: ${task.id} - Existing draft\n\n## Mission\n\nKeep this exact text.\n`;
+    await writePrompt(rootDir, task.id, prompt);
+    const store = createStore(task);
+    const storm = new RetryStormError({
+      category: "reviewerFallback",
+      total: 3,
+      cap: 2,
+      breakdown: {
+        stuckKill: 0,
+        recovery: 0,
+        taskDone: 0,
+        worktreeSession: 0,
+        workflowStep: 0,
+        verification: 0,
+        postReviewFix: 0,
+        mergeConflict: 0,
+        branchConflict: 0,
+        reviewerContext: 0,
+        reviewerFallback: 3,
+        total: 3,
+      },
+    });
+    mockReviewStep.mockRejectedValue(storm);
+
+    await retryTask(rootDir, task, store);
+
+    expect(store.updateTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith(task.id, expect.objectContaining({
+      status: "failed",
+      error: expect.stringContaining('"type":"RetryStormError"'),
+      nextRecoveryAt: null,
+    }));
+    expect(store.updateTask).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(task.id, expect.objectContaining({
+      status: "plan-review-unavailable",
+    }));
+    expect(store.logEntry).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      task.id,
+      "[pre-merge] Workflow step failed: Plan Review",
+      expect.stringContaining('"type":"RetryStormError"'),
+    );
+  });
+
   it.each([
     { name: "missing", contents: null, expectedError: /could not read existing PROMPT\.md/i },
     { name: "whitespace-only", contents: "  \n\t\n", expectedError: /PROMPT\.md.*(empty|whitespace)/i },
diff --git a/packages/engine/src/triage.ts b/packages/engine/src/triage.ts
index 22297022c2..f550ed4408 100644
--- a/packages/engine/src/triage.ts
+++ b/packages/engine/src/triage.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import type {
 import {
   DUPLICATE_OF_METADATA_KEY,
   PLAN_REVIEW_GROUP_ID,
+  RetryStormError,
+  serializeRetryStormError,
   TaskDeletedError,
   buildTriageMemoryInstructions,
   isUnplannedSeedPrompt,
@@ -2339,6 +2341,7 @@ export class TriageProcessor {
     instead of step-checkbox language that does not match this gate. Inline PROMPT.md
     repair remains allowed so the reviewer can fix-and-APPROVE instead of REVISE-looping.
     */
+    let reviewFailure: unknown;
     const review = await reviewStep(
       this.rootDir,
       task.id,
@@ -2362,6 +2365,7 @@ export class TriageProcessor {
         onSessionEnded: (session) => this.unregisterSubagentSession(task.id, session),
       },
     ).catch((error: unknown) => {
+      reviewFailure = error;
       const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
       planLog.warn(`${task.id}: Plan Review unavailable before execution (${message})`);
       return {
@@ -2372,6 +2376,35 @@ export class TriageProcessor {
     });
 
     const completedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    /*
+    FNXC:PlanReview 2026-07-15-18:00:
+    A reviewer-fallback RetryStormError is a terminal guard, not a transient reviewer
+    outage. Preserve its structured core serialization and stop here so Plan Review does
+    not re-enter `plan-review-unavailable`, where another poll would re-increment
+    reviewerFallbackRetryCount beyond the cap.
+    */
+    if (reviewFailure instanceof RetryStormError) {
+      const terminalError = JSON.stringify(serializeRetryStormError(reviewFailure));
+      const output = review.review || reviewFailure.message;
+      await this.recordPlanReviewWorkflowResult(task, {
+        workflowStepId: PLAN_REVIEW_GROUP_ID,
+        workflowStepName: "Plan Review",
+        phase: "pre-merge",
+        status: "failed",
+        output,
+        notes: review.summary,
+        startedAt,
+        completedAt,
+      });
+      await this.store.logEntry(task.id, "[pre-merge] Workflow step failed: Plan Review", terminalError);
+      await this.store.updateTask(task.id, {
+        status: "failed",
+        error: terminalError,
+        nextRecoveryAt: null,
+      });
+      return "blocked";
+    }
+
     if (review.verdict === "APPROVE") {
       await this.recordPlanReviewWorkflowResult(task, {
         workflowStepId: PLAN_REVIEW_GROUP_ID,