diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/src/KiloProvider.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/src/KiloProvider.ts
index 779a80a9dd3..c04d818b4b8 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/src/KiloProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/src/KiloProvider.ts
@@ -4765,16 +4765,28 @@ export class KiloProvider implements vscode.WebviewViewProvider, TelemetryProper
     const part = event.properties.part as {
       type?: string
       metadata?: Record<string, unknown>
-      state?: { input?: Record<string, unknown>; metadata?: Record<string, unknown> }
+      state?: { status?: string; input?: Record<string, unknown>; metadata?: Record<string, unknown> }
     }
-    if (part.type !== "tool") return
+    if (part.type !== "tool" || part.state?.status !== "completed") return
     const values = [part.metadata?.filepath, part.state?.metadata?.filepath, part.state?.input?.filePath]
     const file = values.find((value): value is string => typeof value === "string" && value.length > 0)
     if (!file) return
     const base = this.getWorkspaceDirectory(sessionID)
     const value = file.split(",")[0].trim()
     const pathName = path.isAbsolute(value) ? value : path.resolve(base, value)
-    void this.refreshGitStatus(path.dirname(pathName))
+    const directory = path.dirname(pathName)
+    if (!this.isCurrentProjectGitDirectory(directory, sessionID)) return
+    void this.refreshGitStatus(directory)
+  }
+
+  private isCurrentProjectGitDirectory(directory: string, sessionID?: string): boolean {
+    const roots = this.opts.projectQualifier?.()
+      ? [this.getRootDirectory(), ...(this.opts.worktreeDirectories?.() ?? [])]
+      : [this.getWorkspaceDirectory(sessionID)]
+    return roots.some((root) => {
+      const rel = path.relative(canonicalizePath(root), canonicalizePath(directory))
+      return rel === "" || (!path.isAbsolute(rel) && rel !== ".." && !rel.startsWith(`..${path.sep}`))
+    })
   }
 
   public async refreshGitStatus(directory = this.getWorkspaceDirectory()): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/kilo-provider-followup.test.ts b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/kilo-provider-followup.test.ts
index 035630cb8ef..29be0ad5b20 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/kilo-provider-followup.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-vscode/tests/unit/kilo-provider-followup.test.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ describe("KiloProvider follow-up sessions", () => {
           sessionID,
           part: {
             type: "tool",
+            state: { status: "completed" },
             metadata: { filepath: "/workspace/frontend/src/app.ts" },
           },
         },
@@ -191,6 +192,39 @@ describe("KiloProvider follow-up sessions", () => {
     expect(dirs).toEqual(["/workspace/frontend/src"])
   })
 
+  it("ignores completed tool paths outside the active project", () => {
+    const service = connection()
+    const provider = new KiloProvider({} as never, service as never, undefined, {
+      rootDirectory: () => "/workspace",
+      projectQualifier: () => ({ projectId: "workspace" }),
+    })
+    const internal = provider as unknown as Internals
+    const dirs: string[] = []
+    const sessionID = "ses-external-edit"
+    internal.currentSession = info({ id: sessionID, projectID: "backend-workspace", directory: "/workspace" })
+    internal.trackedSessionIds.add(sessionID)
+    internal.refreshGitStatus = async (directory) => {
+      if (directory) dirs.push(directory)
+    }
+
+    internal.handleEvent(
+      {
+        type: "message.part.updated",
+        properties: {
+          sessionID,
+          part: {
+            type: "tool",
+            state: { status: "completed" },
+            metadata: { filepath: "/other-repo/src/app.ts" },
+          },
+        },
+      } as Event,
+      "/workspace",
+    )
+
+    expect(dirs).toEqual([])
+  })
+
   it("ignores subagents before adopting pending follow-up sessions", async () => {
     const service = connection()
     const provider = new KiloProvider({} as never, service as never)