diff --git a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
index 3cffce15b70d6..72141aa0e2365 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProjectionStore.ts
@@ -6428,6 +6428,16 @@ export const layer: Layer.Layer<ProjectionStoreV2, never, SqlClient.SqlClient> =
                   INDEXED BY orchestration_v2_projection_turn_items_waiting_link_idx
                 WHERE link.thread_id = t.thread_id
                   AND link.type = 'link_request' AND link.status = 'waiting'
+                  -- linkCardStillAsks: once the user writes after the card, it stops asking.
+                  AND NOT EXISTS (
+                    SELECT 1 FROM orchestration_v2_projection_messages message
+                    WHERE message.thread_id = t.thread_id AND message.role = 'user'
+                      AND json_extract(message.payload_json, '$.createdBy') = 'user'
+                      AND NOT ${isIdleCompactionMessage("message")}
+                      AND message.updated_at > COALESCE(
+                        json_extract(link.payload_json, '$.startedAt'), link.updated_at
+                      )
+                  )
               )
             ORDER BY t.updated_at ASC, t.thread_id ASC
           `;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinkRequests.test.ts b/apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinkRequests.test.ts
index ccc7a8d8bd0eb..c3ca78cbcb6a7 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinkRequests.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/peer/PeerLinkRequests.test.ts
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ it.live("the agent asks without waiting, and the user links the box after its tu
           yield* a.orchestrator.getThreadProjection(threadId),
         ).pendingRuntimeRequest,
       ).toBeNull();
+      expect(
+        (yield* a.projections.getSettlementCandidates(threadId)).map((thread) => thread.id),
+      ).toEqual([threadId]);
       expect(yield* cardOf(a)).toMatchObject({ status: "waiting", linkStatus: "pending" });
 
       // The user's client mints a code on the box and picks more than the agent suggested.