diff --git a/src/lib/ui/components/ProvisioningProgress.svelte b/src/lib/ui/components/ProvisioningProgress.svelte
index 09d5190..7a93a10 100644
--- a/src/lib/ui/components/ProvisioningProgress.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/ui/components/ProvisioningProgress.svelte
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import OperationTime from '$ui/components/OperationTime.svelte';
     import type { ProvisioningDetail } from '$lib/provisioning-detail.js';
-    import { provisioningCheckValue, provisioningGroups, progressIcons, progressStateLabels } from '$ui/provisioning-presentation.js';
+    import { activeProvisioningStates, provisioningCheckValue, provisioningGroups, progressIcons, progressStateLabels } from '$ui/provisioning-presentation.js';
     import Badge from './primitives/Badge.svelte';
 
     let { detail }: { detail: ProvisioningDetail } = $props();
     const groups = $derived(provisioningGroups(detail));
     const progress = $derived(detail.progress);
+    const active = $derived(activeProvisioningStates.includes(detail.deployment.state));
     let expanded = $state<Record<string, boolean>>({});
     const evidenceLabels = { pass: 'Passed', waiting: 'Waiting', fail: 'Failed', unknown: 'Unknown' };
     const sources = { agent: 'Host agent', rcon: 'RCON', telemetry: 'Telemetry', combined: 'RCON and telemetry', manifest: 'Plutonium manifest' };
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
     {:else}
         <ol class="phases">
             {#each groups as group (group.key)}
-                <li class:current={group.state === 'current' || group.state === 'waiting'} class:failed={group.state === 'failed'}>
+                <li class:current={active && (group.state === 'current' || group.state === 'waiting')} class:failed={group.state === 'failed'}>
                     <details open={expanded[group.key] ?? ['current', 'waiting', 'failed'].includes(group.state)}>
                         <summary
                             onclick={event => { event.preventDefault(); expanded[group.key] = !(expanded[group.key] ?? ['current', 'waiting', 'failed'].includes(group.state)); }}
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
                         </summary>
                         <ol class="steps">
                             {#each group.steps as step (step.key)}
-                                <li aria-current={step.state === 'current' || step.state === 'waiting' ? 'step' : undefined}>
+                                <li aria-current={active && (step.state === 'current' || step.state === 'waiting') ? 'step' : undefined}>
                                     <span class="step-icon state-{step.state}" aria-hidden="true">{progressIcons[step.state]}</span>
                                     <div><strong>{step.label}</strong><span class="step-meta state-{step.state}">{progressStateLabels[step.state]}{#if step.at}{' · '}<span class="time"><OperationTime start={detail.deployment.started_at} value={step.at} /></span>{/if}</span></div>
                                 </li>
diff --git a/src/lib/ui/provisioning-presentation.ts b/src/lib/ui/provisioning-presentation.ts
index 3e9b6d4..0ae7392 100644
--- a/src/lib/ui/provisioning-presentation.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ui/provisioning-presentation.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export function provisioningGroups(detail: ProvisioningDetail): ProgressGroup[]
     const phases = groups.flatMap(group => group.phases);
     const current = progress.phase ? phases.indexOf(progress.phase) : -1;
     const active = activeProvisioningStates.includes(detail.deployment.state);
+    const failure = ['failed', 'interrupted'].includes(detail.deployment.state);
     return groups.map(group => {
         const steps = group.phases.map((key): ProgressStep => {
             const checkpoint = progress.checkpoints.find(item => item.key === key);
@@ -53,12 +54,14 @@ export function provisioningGroups(detail: ProvisioningDetail): ProgressGroup[]
             const check = checkKey ? progress.checks.find(item => item.key === checkKey) : null;
             const index = phases.indexOf(key);
             const isCurrent = key === progress.phase;
-            const state: ProgressState = check ? ({ pass: 'done', fail: 'failed', waiting: 'waiting', unknown: 'unknown' } as const)[check.result]
+            let state: ProgressState = check ? ({ pass: 'done', fail: 'failed', waiting: 'waiting', unknown: 'unknown' } as const)[check.result]
                 : checkpoint ? 'done'
-                : isCurrent && ['failed', 'interrupted'].includes(detail.deployment.state) ? 'failed'
+                : isCurrent && failure ? 'failed'
                 : isCurrent && active ? progress.blocker || ['waiting', 'queued'].includes(detail.deployment.state) ? 'waiting' : 'current'
-                : current >= 0 && index >= current && detail.deployment.state === 'cancelled' ? 'cancelled'
+                : current >= 0 && index >= current && (failure || detail.deployment.state === 'cancelled') ? 'cancelled'
                 : active && current >= 0 && index > current ? 'pending' : 'unknown';
+            // Preserve completed evidence, but outstanding work cannot keep waiting after failure.
+            if (failure && (state === 'waiting' || (isCurrent && state === 'unknown'))) state = 'failed';
             const label = key === 'startup-queue' ? 'Admit to startup capacity'
                 : key === 'prepare' ? 'Prepare launch payload'
                 : key === 'container-action' ? `${actionLabels[detail.deployment.action]} instance through host agent`
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ export function provisioningGroups(detail: ProvisioningDetail): ProgressGroup[]
 }
 
 export const progressStateLabels: Record<ProgressState, string> = {
-    done: 'Completed', current: 'In progress', waiting: 'Waiting', failed: 'Needs attention', pending: 'Not started', cancelled: 'Not run', unknown: 'Not recorded'
+    done: 'Completed', current: 'In progress', waiting: 'Waiting', failed: 'Stopped here', pending: 'Not started', cancelled: 'Not run', unknown: 'Not recorded'
 };
 export const progressIcons: Record<ProgressState, string> = { done: '✓', current: '•', waiting: '◷', failed: '!', pending: '○', cancelled: '–', unknown: '?' };
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/provisioning-presentation.test.ts b/tests/unit/provisioning-presentation.test.ts
index 59233b6..647a90c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/provisioning-presentation.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/provisioning-presentation.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { render } from 'svelte/server';
 import type { ProvisioningDetail, ProvisioningProgress } from '../../src/lib/provisioning-detail.js';
 import { provisioningActions } from '../../src/lib/provisioning.js';
 import { isProvisioningDetail, isProvisioningEventPage, provisioningGroups, provisioningOutcome, provisioningRequester, provisioningReturn } from '../../src/lib/ui/provisioning-presentation.js';
+import ProvisioningProgressView from '../../src/lib/ui/components/ProvisioningProgress.svelte';
 
 const at = '2026-09-28T12:00:00Z';
 function progress(patch: Partial<ProvisioningProgress> = {}): ProvisioningProgress {
@@ -119,6 +121,62 @@ describe('provisioning outcome and evidence presentation', () => {
         expect(provisioningGroups(detail).flatMap(group => group.steps).find(step => step.key === 'verify-game')).toMatchObject({ state: 'unknown', at: '2026-09-28T12:01:00Z' });
     });
 
+    it.each(['failed', 'interrupted'])('shows where an unhealthy container stopped a %s operation', state => {
+        const detail = fixture();
+        detail.deployment.state = state;
+        detail.deployment.finished_at = at;
+        detail.progress = progress({ phase: 'verify-container',
+            checkpoints: [{ key: 'container-action', label: 'Host command completed', at, phase: 'container-action' }],
+            checks: [{ key: 'container', label: 'Container readiness', result: 'waiting', source: 'agent', checkedAt: at, receivedAt: null,
+                expected: 'healthy', actual: 'unhealthy', message: null }] });
+        const groups = provisioningGroups(detail);
+        expect(groups.flatMap(group => group.steps).find(step => step.key === 'container-action')?.state).toBe('done');
+        expect(groups.find(group => group.key === 'verify')).toMatchObject({ state: 'failed', steps: [
+            { key: 'verify-container', state: 'failed', at },
+            { key: 'verify-game', state: 'cancelled', at: null },
+            { key: 'verify-map', state: 'cancelled', at: null },
+            { key: 'verify-plutonium', state: 'cancelled', at: null }
+        ] });
+        const body = render(ProvisioningProgressView, { props: { detail } }).body;
+        const phases = body.slice(0, body.indexOf('Latest recorded checks'));
+        expect(phases.match(/Stopped here/g)).toHaveLength(2);
+        expect(phases.match(/Not run/g)).toHaveLength(3);
+        expect(phases).not.toContain('Waiting');
+        expect(phases).toMatch(/<li class="[^"]*\bfailed\b/);
+        expect(phases).not.toMatch(/<li class="[^"]*\bcurrent\b/);
+        expect(phases).not.toContain('aria-current="step"');
+        expect(detail.progress.checks[0].result).toBe('waiting');
+    });
+
+    it.each(['failed', 'interrupted'])('marks the current step of a %s operation even without conclusive check evidence', state => {
+        const detail = fixture();
+        detail.deployment.state = state;
+        detail.progress = progress();
+        expect(provisioningGroups(detail).flatMap(group => group.steps).find(step => step.key === 'verify-map')?.state).toBe('failed');
+        detail.progress.checks = [{ key: 'map', label: 'Engine map', result: 'unknown', source: null, checkedAt: at, receivedAt: null,
+            expected: 'zombie_theater', actual: null, message: 'No fresh evidence' }];
+        const steps = provisioningGroups(detail).flatMap(group => group.steps);
+        expect(steps.find(step => step.key === 'verify-map')?.state).toBe('failed');
+        expect(steps.find(step => step.key === 'verify-plutonium')?.state).toBe('cancelled');
+        expect(steps.find(step => step.key === 'prepare')?.state).toBe('unknown');
+    });
+
+    it.each(['done', 'warning', 'cancelled', 'failed', 'interrupted'])('does not highlight stale waiting evidence as active on a %s operation', state => {
+        const detail = fixture();
+        detail.progress = progress({ phase: 'verify-container', checks: [
+            { key: 'container', label: 'Container readiness', result: 'waiting', source: 'agent', checkedAt: at, receivedAt: null,
+                expected: 'healthy', actual: 'starting', message: null }
+        ] });
+        const activeBody = render(ProvisioningProgressView, { props: { detail } }).body;
+        expect(activeBody).toMatch(/<li class="[^"]*\bcurrent\b/);
+        expect(activeBody).toContain('aria-current="step"');
+        detail.deployment.state = state;
+        detail.deployment.finished_at = at;
+        const finishedBody = render(ProvisioningProgressView, { props: { detail } }).body;
+        expect(finishedBody).not.toMatch(/<li class="[^"]*\bcurrent\b/);
+        expect(finishedBody).not.toContain('aria-current="step"');
+    });
+
     it.each(['create', 'rebuild'] as const)('shows %s Plutonium verification from runtime evidence, separately from the release manifest', action => {
         const detail = fixture();
         detail.deployment.action = action;