fix(dashboard): never show raw landing/reviewing on task status badges

Share one badge label mapper for board and list so AI-merge pipeline
statuses always display as Merging… instead of engine strings.

packages/dashboard/app/components/ListView.tsx

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { useViewportMode } from "../hooks/useViewportMode";
 import { getScopedItem, removeScopedItem, setScopedItem } from "../utils/projectStorage";
 import { ALL_WORKFLOWS_BOARD_VIEW_ID } from "../utils/boardWorkflowSelection";
 import { getUnifiedTaskProgress, isPlanReviewRunning } from "../utils/taskProgress";
+import { getTaskStatusBadgeLabel } from "../utils/taskStatusBadgeLabel";
 import { useConfirm } from "../hooks/useConfirm";
 import { extractDependencyDeleteConflict, extractLineageDeleteConflict } from "../utils/taskDelete";
 import { WorkflowSwitcher } from "./WorkflowSwitcher";
@@ -76,9 +77,12 @@ function isListContextInteractiveTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
 
 type SortField = "title" | "status" | "column" | "retries";
 
+/*
+FNXC:MergeQueue 2026-07-15-10:45:
+List status column used to print raw engine statuses (landing/reviewing). Share the board badge mapper so list and card never diverge.
+*/
 function getTaskStatusLabel(status: string, t: TFunction<"app">): string {
-  if (status === "merging-fix") return t("listView.statusMergingFix", "Merging fixes…");
-  return status;
+  return getTaskStatusBadgeLabel(status, t);
 }
 type SortDirection = "asc" | "desc";
 

packages/dashboard/app/components/TaskCard.tsx

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { getTaskAgeStalenessCopy, shouldShowTaskAgeStalenessBadge } from "../uti
 import { getUnifiedTaskProgress, isPlanReviewRunning } from "../utils/taskProgress";
 import { getPrBadgeModifierClass } from "../utils/prBadgeClass";
 import { getActiveRuntimeMs, getEndToEndDurationMs, getTimedDurationMs, getWorkflowRuntimeMs, parseTimestampToMs } from "../utils/taskTiming";
+import { getTaskStatusBadgeLabel } from "../utils/taskStatusBadgeLabel";
 import { canStartPrFeedbackAddressing, getTaskPrimaryPrInfo } from "../utils/prFeedback";
 import type { ToastType } from "../hooks/useToast";
 import { useConfirm } from "../hooks/useConfirm";
@@ -295,15 +296,7 @@ const TIME_INDICATOR_COLUMNS = new Set<ColumnId>([
 const LIVE_TIME_INDICATOR_POLL_MS = 30_000;
 
 function getTaskStatusLabel(status: string, t: TFunction<"app">): string {
-  if (status === "merging-fix") return t("tasks.statusMergingFix", "Merging fixes…");
-  /*
-  FNXC:MergeQueue 2026-07-15-10:40:
-  Operators expect a "merging" badge while AI merge owns the pump. Map reviewing/landing to the same Merging… label so the board does not look idle during the long review and land phases.
-  */
-  if (status === "reviewing" || status === "landing" || status === "merging" || status === "merging-pr") {
-    return t("tasks.statusMerging", "Merging…");
-  }
-  return status;
+  return getTaskStatusBadgeLabel(status, t);
 }
 
 function getDoneCompletionMs(task: Task): number | null {

packages/dashboard/app/utils/__tests__/taskStatusBadgeLabel.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { TFunction } from "i18next";
+import { getTaskStatusBadgeLabel } from "../taskStatusBadgeLabel";
+
+const t = ((key: string, fallback?: string) => fallback ?? key) as TFunction<"app">;
+
+describe("getTaskStatusBadgeLabel", () => {
+  it("maps the full AI merge pipeline to Merging…", () => {
+    for (const status of ["merging", "merging-pr", "reviewing", "landing"]) {
+      expect(getTaskStatusBadgeLabel(status, t)).toBe("Merging…");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("keeps merging-fix distinct", () => {
+    expect(getTaskStatusBadgeLabel("merging-fix", t)).toBe("Merging fixes…");
+  });
+
+  it("passes through non-merge statuses", () => {
+    expect(getTaskStatusBadgeLabel("planning", t)).toBe("planning");
+    expect(getTaskStatusBadgeLabel("failed", t)).toBe("failed");
+    expect(getTaskStatusBadgeLabel(null, t)).toBe("");
+  });
+});

packages/dashboard/app/utils/taskStatusBadgeLabel.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+FNXC:MergeQueue 2026-07-15-10:45:
+AI merge sets task.status to reviewing/landing for most of the live merge window. Board/list badges must never show those raw engine strings; map the full active-merge pipeline to operator-facing Merging… (and Merging fixes… for merging-fix).
+*/
+import type { TFunction } from "i18next";
+import { isActiveMergeStatus } from "../../../core/src/active-merge-status";
+
+export function getTaskStatusBadgeLabel(
+  status: string | null | undefined,
+  t: TFunction<"app">,
+): string {
+  if (!status) return "";
+  if (status === "merging-fix") {
+    return t("tasks.statusMergingFix", "Merging fixes…");
+  }
+  if (isActiveMergeStatus(status)) {
+    return t("tasks.statusMerging", "Merging…");
+  }
+  return status;
+}