diff --git a/daemon/gsd_daemon/probe.py b/daemon/gsd_daemon/probe.py
index 23c9ba34..ef1d76ab 100644
--- a/daemon/gsd_daemon/probe.py
+++ b/daemon/gsd_daemon/probe.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                                re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE)
 REVIEW_CYCLE_RE = re.compile(r"^Cycle:\s*(\d+)", re.MULTILINE)
 REVIEW_DEPTH_RE = re.compile(r"^Depth:\s*([A-Za-z-]+)", re.MULTILINE)
-WAVE_REVIEW_FILE_RE = re.compile(r"^wave-\d+\.cycle\d+(?:\.[a-z]+)?\.md$")
+WAVE_REVIEW_FILE_RE = re.compile(r"^wave-(\d+)\.cycle(\d+)(\.[a-z]+)?\.md$")
 GAP_REVIEW_FILE_RE = re.compile(r"^final-gap-\d+\.md$")
 CRITERION_HEADING_RE = re.compile(r"^###\s+(.+?)\s*$", re.MULTILINE)
 CRITERION_ID_RE = re.compile(r"^(SC\d+)\s*—\s*(.*)$")
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 STALE_AFTER_S = 12 * 3600
 NEGATIVE_REVIEW_VERDICTS = {"blocked", "fail", "failed", "not-met", "unverifiable"}
+WAVE_VERDICTS = {"pass", "blocked"}  # the values the runtime accepts for a wave review
 NEGATIVE_CRITERION_VERDICTS = {"not-met", "unverifiable"}
 
 STATE_KEYS = (
@@ -677,6 +678,22 @@ def _human_age(seconds: float) -> str:
     return f"{max(0, int(seconds // 3600))}h"
 
 
+def _superseded_reviews(reviews: List[dict]) -> set:
+    """Wave review files that a later cycle of the same wave and lens replaces.
+
+    Only a cycle with a valid wave verdict replaces an older one: a review that
+    is still being written, with no verdict or an empty verdict line, does not.
+    """
+    cycles: Dict[tuple, Dict[int, object]] = {}
+    for review in reviews:
+        match = WAVE_REVIEW_FILE_RE.match(str(review.get("file")))
+        if match and str(review.get("verdict")).lower() in WAVE_VERDICTS:
+            wave, cycle, lens = match.groups()
+            cycles.setdefault((int(wave), lens), {})[int(cycle)] = review.get("file")
+    return {name for found in cycles.values()
+            for cycle, name in found.items() if cycle < max(found)}
+
+
 def compute_attention(status: ProjectStatus,
                       now: Optional[datetime] = None) -> List[dict]:
     items: List[dict] = []
@@ -690,7 +707,10 @@ def compute_attention(status: ProjectStatus,
         if task.status and "blocked" in task.status.lower():
             label = f"{task.id} — {task.title}" if task.title else str(task.id)
             items.append({"kind": "blocked", "label": label, "ref": task.id})
+    superseded = _superseded_reviews(status.reviews)
     for review in status.reviews:
+        if review.get("file") in superseded:
+            continue
         verdict = review.get("verdict")
         if isinstance(verdict, str) and verdict.lower() in NEGATIVE_REVIEW_VERDICTS:
             name = review.get("file") or "review"
diff --git a/tests/test_daemon_attention.py b/tests/test_daemon_attention.py
index 9077c3ff..943fe9d7 100644
--- a/tests/test_daemon_attention.py
+++ b/tests/test_daemon_attention.py
@@ -234,6 +234,61 @@ def test_passing_reviews_are_not_attention(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(self.kinds(status), ["unverified"])
         self.assertEqual(status.health, "amber")
 
+    def write_wave_reviews(self, *reviews: tuple) -> None:
+        review_dir = self.root / ".project" / "review"
+        review_dir.mkdir()
+        for wave, cycle, lens, verdict in reviews:
+            (review_dir / f"wave-{wave}.cycle{cycle}{lens}.md").write_bytes(
+                (f"# Review — wave {wave}, cycle {cycle}\n\n"
+                 + (f"Wave verdict: {verdict}\n" if verdict else "")
+                 + f"Cycle: {cycle}\n").encode("utf-8"),
+            )
+
+    def failed_refs(self) -> list:
+        status = probe.probe_project(self.root)
+        return [item["ref"] for item in status.attention if item["kind"] == "failed"]
+
+    def test_blocked_cycle_superseded_by_a_passed_cycle_is_not_attention(self) -> None:
+        make_project(self.root)
+        self.write_wave_reviews((1, 1, "", "blocked"), (1, 2, "", "pass"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.failed_refs(), [])
+        # The earlier cycle stays in the review history.
+        files = [review["file"] for review in probe.probe_project(self.root).reviews]
+        self.assertEqual(files, ["wave-1.cycle1.md", "wave-1.cycle2.md"])
+
+    def test_blocked_newest_cycle_is_one_failed_row_per_wave(self) -> None:
+        make_project(self.root)
+        self.write_wave_reviews(
+            (1, 1, "", "blocked"), (1, 2, "", "blocked"),
+            (2, 1, "", "blocked"), (10, 1, "", "pass"),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.failed_refs(), ["wave-1.cycle2.md", "wave-2.cycle1.md"])
+
+    def test_deep_review_cycles_are_superseded_per_lens(self) -> None:
+        make_project(self.root)
+        self.write_wave_reviews(
+            (1, 1, ".contract", "blocked"), (1, 1, ".adversarial", "blocked"),
+            (1, 2, ".adversarial", "pass"),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(self.failed_refs(), ["wave-1.cycle1.contract.md"])
+
+    def test_newer_cycle_without_a_verdict_keeps_the_blocked_cycle(self) -> None:
+        make_project(self.root)
+        self.write_wave_reviews((1, 1, "", "blocked"), (1, 2, "", None))
+        self.assertEqual(self.failed_refs(), ["wave-1.cycle1.md"])
+        self.assertEqual(probe.probe_project(self.root).health, "red")
+
+    def test_newer_cycle_with_an_empty_verdict_line_keeps_the_blocked_cycle(self) -> None:
+        make_project(self.root)
+        # "Wave verdict:" with no value: the verdict pattern reads the next line's first word.
+        self.write_wave_reviews((1, 1, "", "blocked"), (1, 2, "", " "))
+        self.assertEqual(self.failed_refs(), ["wave-1.cycle1.md"])
+
+    def test_review_cycles_compare_as_numbers(self) -> None:
+        make_project(self.root)
+        self.write_wave_reviews((1, 9, "", "blocked"), (1, 10, "", "pass"))
+        self.assertEqual(self.failed_refs(), [])
+
     def test_stale_active_project_amber(self) -> None:
         make_project(self.root)
         age_tree(self.root / ".project", seconds=3 * 86400)