diff --git a/src/express/results.test.ts b/src/express/results.test.ts
index 998b545..03edc07 100644
--- a/src/express/results.test.ts
+++ b/src/express/results.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { EngineError } from '../api/client'
 import {
-  correctIndex, forgetReads, isStuckVideo, keepSettled, questionsOf, remembering, settleLimited, toMarkdown, videoStatus, withPlanItem, type Material,
+  correctIndex, decideMaterial, forgetReads, isStuckVideo, keepSettled, questionsOf, remembering, settleLimited, toMarkdown, videoStatus, withDecisions, withPlanItem, type Material,
 } from './results'
 import { sentencesOf, scriptLang } from '../components/AudioPlayer'
 import type { Schedule } from './schedules'
@@ -160,3 +160,23 @@ describe('videoStatus', () => {
     expect(videoStatus({ status: 'cancelled', latest_error: 'clip_outcome_unknown' })).toBe('failed')
   })
 })
+
+describe('withDecisions', () => {
+  afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals())
+  const scorm = (status: Material['status']) => ({
+    id: 7, agentId: 3, kind: 'scorm', status, revision: 1, createdAt: '2026-10-29T00:00:00Z', sources: [],
+    parts: [{ id: 7, revision: 1, kind: 'summary', status }, { id: 8, revision: 1, kind: 'quiz', status }],
+  }) as unknown as Material
+
+  it('shows a decision before any read says so, and drops it once one does', async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', async () => new Response('{}', { status: 200, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }))
+    await decideMaterial(scorm('ready'), 'accept')
+    // A remembered read from before the decision still says ready.
+    const shown = withDecisions(scorm('ready'))
+    expect(shown.status).toBe('accepted')
+    expect(shown.parts.map(p => p.status)).toEqual(['accepted', 'accepted'])
+    // The engine's own answer wins from then on, even if the material is later edited back to ready.
+    expect(withDecisions(scorm('accepted')).status).toBe('accepted')
+    expect(withDecisions(scorm('ready')).status).toBe('ready')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/express/results.ts b/src/express/results.ts
index 28c5f6b..6b3a952 100644
--- a/src/express/results.ts
+++ b/src/express/results.ts
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export async function listResults(): Promise<{ materials: Material[]; sources: F
   const materials = await settleLimited(content, PER_SCHEDULE_LIMIT, readMaterials)
   const sources = await settleLimited(research, PER_SCHEDULE_LIMIT, readSources)
   const newest = <T extends { createdAt: string }>(a: T, b: T) => b.createdAt.localeCompare(a.createdAt)
-  return { materials: keepSettled(materials).sort(newest), sources: keepSettled(sources).sort(newest) }
+  return { materials: keepSettled(materials).map(withDecisions).sort(newest), sources: keepSettled(sources).sort(newest) }
 }
 
 const draftContent = (m: Material, id: number) =>
@@ -297,11 +297,29 @@ export const cancelVideo = (m: Material) => request(`${AGENTS}/${m.agentId}/vide
 export const retryMaterial = ({ agentId, retry }: Material) =>
   retry && 'run' in retry ? runNow(agentId) : retryItem(agentId, retry!.planId, retry!.itemId)
 
+// A decision the engine took, kept until a read of its part says so too: the read right after it
+// may be the last poll's (a busy engine) and still say ready, which left Approve looking undone.
+const decided = new Map<string, MaterialStatus>()
+const partKey = (m: Material, p: Part) => `${materialKey(m)}-${p.id}`
+
+export function withDecisions(m: Material): Material {
+  let changed = false
+  const parts = m.parts.map(p => {
+    const status = decided.get(partKey(m, p))
+    if (!status) return p
+    if (p.status !== 'ready') { decided.delete(partKey(m, p)); return p }
+    changed = true
+    return { ...p, status }
+  })
+  return changed ? { ...m, parts, status: combined(parts) } : m
+}
+
 // Every part waiting for review gets the same decision, so a SCORM module is approved as one.
 export async function decideMaterial(m: Material, decision: 'accept' | 'reject') {
   for (const p of m.parts.filter(p => p.status === 'ready')) {
     if (m.kind === 'video') await request(`${AGENTS}/${m.agentId}/video-drafts/${p.id}/review`, { method: 'POST', json: { decision } })
     else await request(`${AGENTS}/${m.agentId}/material-drafts/${p.id}/decision`, { method: 'POST', json: { expected_revision: p.revision, decision } })
+    decided.set(partKey(m, p), decision === 'accept' ? 'accepted' : 'rejected')
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pages/Results.tsx b/src/pages/Results.tsx
index bc329ad..f4ccf74 100644
--- a/src/pages/Results.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Results.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Empty, PageHead, SkeletonCards, SkeletonLines, SkeletonRows } from '../
 import { toast } from '../components/Toast'
 import { describeRule, kindLabel, type ContentKind } from '../express/parse'
 import {
-  canCancelVideo, cancelVideo, decideMaterial, download, exportPptx, fileName, isWorking, printPdf, listOf, listResults, materialContent, RESULTS_POLL, materialKey, questionsOf, retryMaterial, reviewSource, slidesOf, textOf,
+  canCancelVideo, cancelVideo, decideMaterial, download, exportPptx, fileName, isWorking, printPdf, listOf, listResults, materialContent, RESULTS_POLL, materialKey, questionsOf, retryMaterial, reviewSource, slidesOf, textOf, withDecisions,
   titleOf, toMarkdown, type FoundSource, type Material, type MaterialContent, type MaterialStatus,
 } from '../express/results'
 import { MASTERY, scormPackage } from '../express/scorm'
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ export function Preview({ material: m, onClose }: { material: Material; onClose:
     mutationFn: (decision: 'accept' | 'reject') => decideMaterial(m, decision),
     onSuccess: (_, decision) => {
       toast(t(decision === 'accept' ? 'res.accepted' : 'res.rejected'))
+      // Shown at once; reading every schedule again takes a while, longer on a busy engine.
+      queryClient.setQueryData<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof listResults>>>(['results'], old =>
+        old && { ...old, materials: old.materials.map(withDecisions) })
       queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['results'] })
     },
   })