diff --git a/tests/render/test_render_html.py b/tests/render/test_render_html.py
index 895db59..fbf46a3 100644
--- a/tests/render/test_render_html.py
+++ b/tests/render/test_render_html.py
@@ -93,3 +93,20 @@ def test_render_html_easy_layout_font_size():
     html = render_html(_build_result())
     assert "font-size: 18px" in html
     assert "text-align: left" in html
+
+
+# Bug regression (2026-08-25): pipeline._final_verdict() escalates a REVISE that
+# survives max_revise to HUMAN_REVIEW (spec 6.8 case d), but render_html() read
+# result.fidelity.verdict — the pre-escalation value — so the exact "we could not
+# fix it, so we stopped" case rendered as "수정 필요" instead of "검수 필요".
+# The badge MUST follow EasyReadResult.verdict (the pipeline's final verdict).
+def test_render_html_badge_follows_final_verdict_not_last_fidelity_check():
+    result = _build_result()
+    result.fidelity = FidelityReport(slots=[], verdict=Verdict.REVISE)
+    result.verdict = Verdict.HUMAN_REVIEW
+
+    html = render_html(result)
+
+    assert "badge-human_review" in html
+    assert "검수 필요" in html
+    assert "수정 필요" not in html
diff --git a/tests/web/test_handler.py b/tests/web/test_handler.py
index ce2cba6..6823b0b 100644
--- a/tests/web/test_handler.py
+++ b/tests/web/test_handler.py
@@ -78,3 +78,20 @@ def test_handler_output_pictogram_src_is_gradio_servable():
     assert 'src="assets/pictograms/' not in html, "raw core path leaked into Gradio HTML unrewritten"
     assert "/gradio_api/file=" in html, "pictogram present but not rewritten to Gradio serving scheme"
     assert str(webapp._PICTOGRAMS_DIR) in html
+
+
+# Bug regression (2026-08-25): when the revise loop exhausts max_revise the
+# pipeline's final verdict is HUMAN_REVIEW, but the web badge read
+# result.fidelity.verdict (still REVISE) and showed "Fidelity 재교정됨 🔁" —
+# a success signal on output that still has the amount missing.
+def test_handler_badge_says_human_review_when_revise_loop_exhausts():
+    # Always drops the amount and the deadline -> REVISE every round -> exhausted.
+    dropping = FakeProvider(default="건강보험료를 기한 안에 내세요.")
+
+    _, _, fid_badge = webapp.simplify_handler(
+        "건강보험료 1,295,400원을 2026년 7월 17일까지 납부하세요.", None,
+        next(iter(webapp.LEVEL_CHOICES)), dropping,
+    )
+
+    assert "검수" in fid_badge
+    assert "재교정" not in fid_badge
diff --git a/ttobak/render.py b/ttobak/render.py
index 2c4c67b..0770256 100644
--- a/ttobak/render.py
+++ b/ttobak/render.py
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ def render_html(result: EasyReadResult) -> str:
     disclaimer, the (non-validated) K-ER score + per-rule violations, the
     fidelity verdict badge, and pictograms as file-path references only.
     """
-    badge_class, badge_label = _VERDICT_BADGE[result.fidelity.verdict]
+    # The badge MUST show the pipeline's FINAL verdict, not the last single
+    # fidelity check: a REVISE that survives max_revise is escalated to
+    # HUMAN_REVIEW (spec 6.8 case d) and the reader has to see that.
+    badge_class, badge_label = _VERDICT_BADGE[result.verdict]
     template = _env.get_template(_TEMPLATE_NAME)
     return template.render(
         disclaimer=_DISCLAIMER,
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ def render_html(result: EasyReadResult) -> str:
             {"rule": v.rule, "span": v.span, "severity": v.severity.value, "suggestion": v.suggestion}
             for v in result.ker.violations
         ],
-        fidelity_verdict=result.fidelity.verdict.value,
+        fidelity_verdict=result.verdict.value,
         fidelity_badge_class=badge_class,
         fidelity_badge_label=badge_label,
         pictograms=[{"src": _pictogram_src(p.glyph_id), "caption": p.caption} for p in result.pictograms],
diff --git a/ttobak/web/app.py b/ttobak/web/app.py
index 6e4d3c1..ef6f4f1 100644
--- a/ttobak/web/app.py
+++ b/ttobak/web/app.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def simplify_handler(text_input: str, file_obj, level_label: str, provider: LLMP
         doc = parse(source, mime)
         result = simplify(doc, level, provider)
         html = _serve_pictograms_via_gradio(render_html(result))
-        return html, _ker_badge(result.ker), _fidelity_badge(result.fidelity.verdict)
+        return html, _ker_badge(result.ker), _fidelity_badge(result.verdict)
     except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — 데모 UI는 어떤 실패도 메시지로 표시
         msg = _html.escape(str(exc)) or "변환 중 오류가 발생했습니다."
         return f'<div class="ttobak-error">변환 오류: {msg}</div>', "", ""