diff --git a/src/commands/git_ai_handlers.rs b/src/commands/git_ai_handlers.rs
index 2c14129a5..2548be642 100644
--- a/src/commands/git_ai_handlers.rs
+++ b/src/commands/git_ai_handlers.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::authorship::range_authorship;
 use crate::authorship::stats::stats_command;
 use crate::commands;
 use crate::config;
-use crate::daemon::ControlRequest;
+use crate::daemon::{ControlRequest, DaemonConfig, send_control_request};
 use crate::git::find_repository;
 use crate::git::find_repository_in_path;
 use crate::git::repository::{CommitRange, Repository};
@@ -1020,6 +1020,7 @@ fn handle_stats(args: &[String]) {
     }
 
     let effective_patterns = effective_ignore_patterns(&repo, &ignore_patterns, &[]);
+    sync_daemon_before_stats_read(&repo);
 
     // Handle commit range if detected
     if let Some(range) = commit_range {
@@ -1058,6 +1059,32 @@ fn handle_stats(args: &[String]) {
     }
 }
 
+fn sync_daemon_before_stats_read(repo: &Repository) {
+    let Ok(workdir) = repo.workdir() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let Ok(config) = DaemonConfig::from_env_or_default_paths() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let request = ControlRequest::SyncFamily {
+        repo_working_dir: workdir.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+    };
+    match send_control_request(&config.control_socket_path, &request) {
+        Ok(response) if response.ok => {}
+        Ok(response) => {
+            tracing::debug!(
+                "daemon sync before stats failed: {}",
+                response
+                    .error
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown error".to_string())
+            );
+        }
+        Err(error) => {
+            tracing::debug!("daemon sync before stats unavailable: {}", error);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Normalise a revision token that the user may have typed with a lowercase
 /// "head" prefix.  On case-insensitive file systems (macOS) git accepts both
 /// "head" and "HEAD", but in a linked worktree "head" can resolve to the
diff --git a/src/commands/status.rs b/src/commands/status.rs
index 8d9eaa755..2920f1a8a 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.rs
+++ b/src/commands/status.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::authorship::ignore::{
 use crate::authorship::stats::{CommitStats, stats_from_authorship_log, write_stats_to_terminal};
 use crate::authorship::virtual_attribution::VirtualAttributions;
 use crate::authorship::working_log::CheckpointKind;
+use crate::daemon::{ControlRequest, DaemonConfig, send_control_request};
 use crate::error::GitAiError;
 use crate::git::find_repository;
 use crate::git::repo_storage::InitialAttributions;
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ pub fn handle_status(args: &[String]) {
 
 fn run_status(json: bool, diff_only: bool) -> Result<(), GitAiError> {
     let repo = find_repository(&[])?;
+    sync_daemon_before_status_read(&repo);
+
     let ignore_patterns = effective_ignore_patterns(&repo, &[], &[]);
     let ignore_matcher = build_ignore_matcher(&ignore_patterns);
 
@@ -212,6 +215,32 @@ fn run_status(json: bool, diff_only: bool) -> Result<(), GitAiError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn sync_daemon_before_status_read(repo: &Repository) {
+    let Ok(workdir) = repo.workdir() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let Ok(config) = DaemonConfig::from_env_or_default_paths() else {
+        return;
+    };
+    let request = ControlRequest::SyncFamily {
+        repo_working_dir: workdir.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+    };
+    match send_control_request(&config.control_socket_path, &request) {
+        Ok(response) if response.ok => {}
+        Ok(response) => {
+            tracing::debug!(
+                "daemon sync before status failed: {}",
+                response
+                    .error
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown error".to_string())
+            );
+        }
+        Err(error) => {
+            tracing::debug!("daemon sync before status unavailable: {}", error);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn format_time_ago(timestamp: u64) -> String {
     let now = SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
diff --git a/tests/integration/cursor.rs b/tests/integration/cursor.rs
index 5452f4b70..880c1fa48 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cursor.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/cursor.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::repos::test_file::ExpectedLineExt;
 use crate::repos::test_repo::{TestRepo, real_git_executable};
 use crate::test_utils::fixture_path;
+use git_ai::authorship::stats::CommitStats;
 use git_ai::commands::checkpoint_agent::presets::{ParsedHookEvent, resolve_preset};
 use git_ai::error::GitAiError;
 use git_ai::streams::agent::Agent;
@@ -14,6 +15,19 @@ fn parse_cursor(hook_input: &str) -> Result<Vec<ParsedHookEvent>, GitAiError> {
     resolve_preset("cursor")?.parse(hook_input, "t_test")
 }
 
+fn extract_json_object(output: &str) -> String {
+    let start = output.find('{').unwrap_or(0);
+    let end = output.rfind('}').unwrap_or(output.len().saturating_sub(1));
+    output[start..=end].to_string()
+}
+
+fn stats_without_harness_pre_sync(repo: &TestRepo, args: &[&str]) -> CommitStats {
+    let raw = repo
+        .git_ai_without_pre_sync_for_test(args)
+        .expect("git-ai stats should succeed");
+    serde_json::from_str(&extract_json_object(&raw)).expect("valid stats json")
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_cursor_raw_event_fidelity() {
     let fixture = fixture_path("cursor-session-simple.jsonl");
@@ -462,6 +476,63 @@ fn test_cursor_e2e_with_resync() {
     // Note: Messages field has been removed from SessionRecord
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_cursor_editor_commit_immediate_stats_waits_for_daemon_note() {
+    use std::fs;
+
+    let repo = TestRepo::new_with_daemon_env(&[(
+        "GIT_AI_TEST_DELAY_SIDE_EFFECT_MS_FOR_COMMAND",
+        "commit=750",
+    )]);
+    let jsonl_fixture = fixture_path("cursor-session-simple.jsonl");
+    let jsonl_path_str = jsonl_fixture.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+
+    fs::create_dir_all(repo.path().join("src")).unwrap();
+    let file_path = repo.path().join("src/main.rs");
+    fs::write(&file_path, "fn main() {\n    println!(\"base\");\n}\n").unwrap();
+    repo.git(&["add", "src/main.rs"]).unwrap();
+    repo.commit("Initial commit").unwrap();
+    let mut file = repo.filename("src/main.rs");
+    file.assert_committed_lines(crate::lines![
+        "fn main() {".unattributed_human(),
+        "    println!(\"base\");".unattributed_human(),
+        "}".unattributed_human(),
+    ]);
+
+    fs::write(
+        &file_path,
+        "fn main() {\n    println!(\"base\");\n    println!(\"cursor chat edit\");\n}\n",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let hook_input = serde_json::json!({
+        "conversation_id": TEST_CONVERSATION_ID,
+        "workspace_roots": [repo.canonical_path().to_string_lossy().to_string()],
+        "hook_event_name": "postToolUse",
+        "tool_name": "Write",
+        "tool_input": { "file_path": file_path.to_string_lossy().to_string() },
+        "model": "model-name-from-hook-test",
+        "transcript_path": jsonl_path_str
+    })
+    .to_string();
+    repo.git_ai(&["checkpoint", "cursor", "--hook-input", &hook_input])
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let status_raw = repo.git_ai(&["status", "--json"]).unwrap();
+    let status: serde_json::Value =
+        serde_json::from_str(&extract_json_object(&status_raw)).expect("valid status json");
+    assert_eq!(status["stats"]["ai_additions"].as_u64(), Some(1));
+
+    repo.git(&["add", "src/main.rs"]).unwrap();
+    repo.git_without_test_sync_for_test(&["commit", "-m", "Cursor chat commit"], &[])
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let stats = stats_without_harness_pre_sync(&repo, &["stats", "HEAD", "--json"]);
+    assert_eq!(stats.git_diff_added_lines, 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.ai_additions, 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.unknown_additions, 0);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_cursor_checkpoint_routes_nested_worktree_file_to_worktree_repo() {
     use git_ai::git::repository::find_repository_in_path;
diff --git a/tests/integration/github_copilot.rs b/tests/integration/github_copilot.rs
index 00f122feb..dec7059e3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/github_copilot.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/github_copilot.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+use crate::repos::test_file::ExpectedLineExt;
 use crate::test_utils::{fixture_path, load_fixture};
+use git_ai::authorship::stats::CommitStats;
 use git_ai::commands::checkpoint_agent::presets::{ParsedHookEvent, resolve_preset};
 use git_ai::error::GitAiError;
 use git_ai::streams::agent::Agent;
@@ -11,6 +13,19 @@ fn parse_copilot(hook_input: &str) -> Result<Vec<ParsedHookEvent>, GitAiError> {
     resolve_preset("github-copilot")?.parse(hook_input, "t_test")
 }
 
+fn extract_json_object(output: &str) -> String {
+    let start = output.find('{').unwrap_or(0);
+    let end = output.rfind('}').unwrap_or(output.len().saturating_sub(1));
+    output[start..=end].to_string()
+}
+
+fn stats_without_harness_pre_sync(repo: &crate::repos::test_repo::TestRepo) -> CommitStats {
+    let raw = repo
+        .git_ai_without_pre_sync_for_test(&["stats", "HEAD", "--json"])
+        .expect("git-ai stats should succeed");
+    serde_json::from_str(&extract_json_object(&raw)).expect("valid stats json")
+}
+
 /// Ensure CODESPACES and REMOTE_CONTAINERS are not set (they cause early return in transcript parsing)
 fn ensure_clean_env() {
     unsafe {
@@ -640,6 +655,83 @@ fn test_copilot_preset_vscode_claude_transcript_path_is_rejected() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+#[serial_test::serial(copilot_env)]
+fn test_copilot_vscode_commit_immediate_stats_waits_for_daemon_note() {
+    ensure_clean_env();
+
+    let repo = crate::repos::test_repo::TestRepo::new_with_daemon_env(&[(
+        "GIT_AI_TEST_DELAY_SIDE_EFFECT_MS_FOR_COMMAND",
+        "commit=750",
+    )]);
+
+    let transcript_dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let transcripts_dir = transcript_dir
+        .path()
+        .join("workspaceStorage")
+        .join("workspace-id")
+        .join("GitHub.copilot-chat")
+        .join("transcripts");
+    fs::create_dir_all(&transcripts_dir).unwrap();
+    let transcript_path = transcripts_dir.join("copilot-session.jsonl");
+    fs::write(&transcript_path, r#"{"requests": []}"#).unwrap();
+    let transcript_path_str = transcript_path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+
+    fs::create_dir_all(repo.path().join("src")).unwrap();
+    let file_path = repo.path().join("src/main.ts");
+    fs::write(&file_path, "export const base = 1;\n").unwrap();
+    repo.git(&["add", "src/main.ts"]).unwrap();
+    repo.commit("Initial commit").unwrap();
+    let mut file = repo.filename("src/main.ts");
+    file.assert_committed_lines(crate::lines!["export const base = 1;".unattributed_human(),]);
+
+    let common_hook = |event_name: &str| {
+        json!({
+            "hookEventName": event_name,
+            "cwd": repo.canonical_path().to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+            "toolName": "copilot_replaceString",
+            "toolInput": { "file_path": file_path.to_string_lossy().to_string() },
+            "sessionId": "copilot-vscode-commit-stats",
+            "transcript_path": transcript_path_str
+        })
+        .to_string()
+    };
+
+    repo.git_ai(&[
+        "checkpoint",
+        "github-copilot",
+        "--hook-input",
+        &common_hook("PreToolUse"),
+    ])
+    .unwrap();
+    fs::write(
+        &file_path,
+        "export const base = 1;\nexport const fromCopilot = true;\n",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    repo.git_ai(&[
+        "checkpoint",
+        "github-copilot",
+        "--hook-input",
+        &common_hook("PostToolUse"),
+    ])
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let status_raw = repo.git_ai(&["status", "--json"]).unwrap();
+    let status: serde_json::Value =
+        serde_json::from_str(&extract_json_object(&status_raw)).expect("valid status json");
+    assert_eq!(status["stats"]["ai_additions"].as_u64(), Some(1));
+
+    repo.git(&["add", "src/main.ts"]).unwrap();
+    repo.git_without_test_sync_for_test(&["commit", "-m", "Copilot VS Code commit"], &[])
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let stats = stats_without_harness_pre_sync(&repo);
+    assert_eq!(stats.git_diff_added_lines, 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.ai_additions, 1);
+    assert_eq!(stats.unknown_additions, 0);
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // VS Code model lookup tests
 // ============================================================================
diff --git a/tests/integration/stats.rs b/tests/integration/stats.rs
index a47b5a758..6847fcda1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/stats.rs
+++ b/tests/integration/stats.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ fn stats_from_args(repo: &TestRepo, args: &[&str]) -> CommitStats {
     serde_json::from_str(&json).expect("valid stats json")
 }
 
+fn stats_from_args_without_pre_sync(repo: &TestRepo, args: &[&str]) -> CommitStats {
+    let raw = repo
+        .git_ai_without_pre_sync_for_test(args)
+        .expect("git-ai stats should succeed");
+    let json = extract_json_object(&raw);
+    serde_json::from_str(&json).expect("valid stats json")
+}
+
 fn run_git(cwd: &Path, args: &[&str]) {
     let output = Command::new("git")
         .args(args)
@@ -563,6 +571,34 @@ fn test_stats_keeps_negative_linguist_patterns_counted() {
     assert_eq!(stats.ai_additions, 1);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_copied_code_without_agent_hook_remains_untracked_after_immediate_stats() {
+    let repo = TestRepo::new_with_daemon_env(&[(
+        "GIT_AI_TEST_DELAY_SIDE_EFFECT_MS_FOR_COMMAND",
+        "commit=750",
+    )]);
+
+    repo.filename("README.md")
+        .set_contents(crate::lines!["# Project"]);
+    repo.stage_all_and_commit("Initial commit").unwrap();
+    let mut readme = repo.filename("README.md");
+    readme.assert_committed_lines(crate::lines!["# Project".unattributed_human(),]);
+
+    fs::write(
+        repo.path().join("copied.rs"),
+        "pub fn copied() {\n    println!(\"from clipboard\");\n}\n",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    repo.git(&["add", "copied.rs"]).unwrap();
+    repo.git_without_test_sync_for_test(&["commit", "-m", "Paste copied code"], &[])
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let stats = stats_from_args_without_pre_sync(&repo, &["stats", "HEAD", "--json"]);
+    assert_eq!(stats.git_diff_added_lines, 3);
+    assert_eq!(stats.ai_additions, 0);
+    assert_eq!(stats.unknown_additions, 3);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_stats_in_bare_clone_uses_root_gitattributes_linguist_generated() {
     let repo = TestRepo::new();