diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/12550-orchestration-emit-real-status.md b/changelog.d/fixes/12550-orchestration-emit-real-status.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0567e31f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/12550-orchestration-emit-real-status.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **fix(orchestration):** `updateCloudAgentTask` now publishes the task's real `status` on `agent.task.updated` when an update only touches `result`, `activities` or `error`, instead of the fabricated `"updated"` state, and stays silent when no row matched the id (#12550 — thanks @pacocartones)
diff --git a/src/lib/cloudAgent/db.ts b/src/lib/cloudAgent/db.ts
index 9d7f539078d..7a93cef62e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/cloudAgent/db.ts
+++ b/src/lib/cloudAgent/db.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ export function updateCloudAgentTask(
     WHERE id = @id
   `
   ).run({ id, ...validUpdates });
-  emitAgentTaskUpdated("cloud-agent", id, (validUpdates.status as string) ?? "updated");
+  // Publish the row's real status: an update that only touches result/activities/error must
+  // not fabricate a state the canvas has never heard of. No row means nothing was written.
+  const state = (validUpdates.status as string | undefined) ?? getCloudAgentTaskById(id)?.status;
+  if (state) emitAgentTaskUpdated("cloud-agent", id, state);
 }
 
 export function getCloudAgentTaskById(id: string): CloudAgentTaskRow | null {
diff --git a/tests/unit/agents-channel-publish.test.ts b/tests/unit/agents-channel-publish.test.ts
index 3c5f64df120..29dae165170 100644
--- a/tests/unit/agents-channel-publish.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/agents-channel-publish.test.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ test("a throwing agent.task.updated listener does not break A2ATaskManager.creat
 
 // ── (b) cloud-agent DB writers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-function makeTaskRow(overrides: Partial<Parameters<typeof cloudAgentDb.insertCloudAgentTask>[0]> = {}) {
+function makeTaskRow(
+  overrides: Partial<Parameters<typeof cloudAgentDb.insertCloudAgentTask>[0]> = {}
+) {
   const now = new Date().toISOString();
   return {
     id: `task-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`,
@@ -192,9 +194,10 @@ test("updateCloudAgentTask emits agent.task.updated with the new status", () =>
   }
 });
 
-test("updateCloudAgentTask without a status field emits state 'updated'", () => {
+test("updateCloudAgentTask without a status field emits the row's current status", () => {
   const row = makeTaskRow({ status: "queued" });
   cloudAgentDb.insertCloudAgentTask(row);
+  cloudAgentDb.updateCloudAgentTask(row.id, { status: "running" });
 
   const events: AgentTaskUpdatedPayload[] = [];
   const unsubscribe = on("agent.task.updated", (payload) => events.push(payload));
@@ -204,7 +207,19 @@ test("updateCloudAgentTask without a status field emits state 'updated'", () =>
     assert.equal(events.length, 1);
     assert.equal(events[0].source, "cloud-agent");
     assert.equal(events[0].taskId, row.id);
-    assert.equal(events[0].state, "updated");
+    assert.equal(events[0].state, "running");
+  } finally {
+    unsubscribe();
+  }
+});
+
+test("updateCloudAgentTask on an unknown id does not emit (nothing was written)", () => {
+  const events: AgentTaskUpdatedPayload[] = [];
+  const unsubscribe = on("agent.task.updated", (payload) => events.push(payload));
+  try {
+    cloudAgentDb.updateCloudAgentTask("task-does-not-exist", { result: "partial output" });
+
+    assert.equal(events.length, 0);
   } finally {
     unsubscribe();
   }