diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9c5bba9..9b9eceb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agenthub",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "description": "Local coordination layer for AI coding agents",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index 255119d..195349d 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ async function runRemote(serverUrl: string, fn: () => Promise<void>): Promise<vo
 export function createProgram(cwd: string): Command {
   const program = new Command('agenthub')
     .description('Local coordination layer for AI coding agents')
-    .version('0.3.0')
+    .version('0.3.1')
     .option('--server <url>', 'AgentHub server URL (env: AGENTHUB_SERVER)');
 
   program
diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index c175ba7..d2367b6 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Fastify from 'fastify';
 import { registerRoutes } from './routes.js';
 import { resolveAdvertiseUrl, startDiscoveryBroadcaster } from '../discovery.js';
 import { startEntityWatcher } from './fsWatch.js';
+import { startStatusAutoRefresh } from './statusRefresh.js';
 
 export function buildApp(cwd: string) {
   const app = Fastify({ logger: false });
@@ -17,9 +18,12 @@ export async function startServer(cwd: string, options: { port?: number; host?:
   let broadcaster: ReturnType<typeof startDiscoveryBroadcaster> | undefined;
   // Emit SSE events for CLI/file writes too, not just REST mutations.
   const stopWatcher = startEntityWatcher(cwd);
+  // Keep status/latest.md fresh on every change so agents never read a stale snapshot.
+  const stopStatusRefresh = startStatusAutoRefresh(cwd);
   app.addHook('onClose', async () => {
     broadcaster?.stop();
     stopWatcher();
+    stopStatusRefresh();
   });
 
   try {
diff --git a/src/server/statusRefresh.ts b/src/server/statusRefresh.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69f6fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/statusRefresh.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { eventBus } from './events.js';
+import type { AgentHubEvent } from './events.js';
+import { updateStatus } from '../core/services/statusService.js';
+
+/**
+ * Keep `.agenthub/status/latest.md` fresh. Agents are told (golden rule #2) to
+ * read the status snapshot, but it was only regenerated on an explicit
+ * `status --update` — so it drifted stale and misled agents (e.g. showing an
+ * old task list). This subscribes to the in-process event bus and regenerates
+ * the snapshot on every entity change, from both the REST and filesystem-watch
+ * paths, debounced so a burst collapses to one write.
+ *
+ * Presence ('agent') events are ephemeral and don't affect status. Writing the
+ * snapshot lives in `.agenthub/status/` — outside the watched entity dirs — so
+ * it never feeds back into the watcher.
+ */
+const DEBOUNCE_MS = 300;
+
+export function startStatusAutoRefresh(cwd: string): () => void {
+  let timer: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
+
+  const onChange = (event: AgentHubEvent) => {
+    if (event.type === 'agent') return;
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      timer = undefined;
+      try {
+        updateStatus(cwd);
+      } catch {
+        // best-effort — a failed status refresh must never break the server
+      }
+    }, DEBOUNCE_MS);
+  };
+
+  eventBus.on('change', onChange);
+  return () => {
+    if (timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+    eventBus.off('change', onChange);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/sse.test.ts b/tests/sse.test.ts
index 5d46704..5235978 100644
--- a/tests/sse.test.ts
+++ b/tests/sse.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-import { mkdtempSync, rmSync } from 'fs';
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { tmpdir } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { buildApp } from '../src/server/index.js';
@@ -531,3 +531,35 @@ describe('fsWatch dedup with the REST emit path', () => {
     expect(forTask[0].action).toBe('created');
   }, 4000);
 });
+
+// ─── 7. status auto-refresh: snapshot stays fresh after mutations ─────────────
+
+describe('status auto-refresh on mutation', () => {
+  let cwd: string;
+  let server: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof startServer>>;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    cwd = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'ah-status-refresh-'));
+    init(cwd, { projectName: 'status-refresh', yes: true });
+    server = await startServer(cwd, { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 0 });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await server.app.close();
+    rmSync(cwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it('regenerates status/latest.md with the new task after POST /tasks', async () => {
+    await fetch(`${server.url}/tasks`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ title: 'Fresh status task', role: 'implementer' }),
+    });
+
+    // Wait past the status-refresh debounce (300 ms) + write.
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 600));
+
+    const status = readFileSync(join(cwd, '.agenthub', 'status', 'latest.md'), 'utf-8');
+    expect(status).toContain('TSK-0001'); // the just-created task shows as active
+  }, 4000);
+});