diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningAggregator.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningAggregator.cs
index b9ab7f42..adeead3f 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningAggregator.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/PlanningAggregator.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using ClaudeDo.Data;
 using ClaudeDo.Data.Git;
 using ClaudeDo.Data.Models;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using TaskStatus = ClaudeDo.Data.Models.TaskStatus;
 
 namespace ClaudeDo.Worker.Planning;
 
@@ -44,32 +45,47 @@ public sealed class PlanningAggregator
     {
         using var ctx = _dbFactory.CreateDbContext();
         var parent = await ctx.Tasks
+            .Include(t => t.List)
             .Include(t => t.Worktree)
             .Include(t => t.Children).ThenInclude(c => c.Worktree)
             .SingleOrDefaultAsync(t => t.Id == planningTaskId, ct);
         if (parent is null) return new List<SubtaskDiff>();
 
+        // Once a child was absorbed, the parent's branch also carries the children's commits; its own
+        // share ends where the first child forked off.
+        var children = parent.Children.OrderBy(c => c.SortOrder).ToList();
+        var parentOwnHead = children.Any(c => c.Worktree is { State: WorktreeState.Merged, MergeCommit: null })
+            ? children.Select(c => c.Worktree?.BaseCommit).FirstOrDefault(b => b is not null)
+            : null;
+
         var nodes = new List<TaskEntity>();
         // An improvement parent carries its own code branch — fold it in first so the
         // combined diff matches what the tree-merge will produce.
         if (parent.PlanningPhase == PlanningPhase.None && parent.Worktree is { State: WorktreeState.Active })
             nodes.Add(parent);
-        nodes.AddRange(parent.Children.OrderBy(c => c.SortOrder));
+        nodes.AddRange(children);
 
         var result = new List<SubtaskDiff>();
         foreach (var node in nodes)
         {
             if (node.Worktree is null) continue;
             var wt = node.Worktree;
-            var head = wt.HeadCommit ?? await _git.RevParseHeadAsync(wt.Path, ct);
+            var isOwnShare = node == parent && parentOwnHead is not null;
+            // An absorbed child's worktree is gone; its commits live on in the unit branch.
+            var isGone = !Directory.Exists(wt.Path) && wt.HeadCommit is not null && parent.List.WorkingDir is not null;
+            string head;
             string unified;
             try
             {
-                unified = await _git.GetBranchDiffAsync(wt.Path, wt.BaseCommit, ct: ct);
+                head = isOwnShare ? parentOwnHead! : wt.HeadCommit ?? await _git.RevParseHeadAsync(wt.Path, ct);
+                unified = isOwnShare || isGone
+                    ? await _git.GetCommitRangeDiffAsync(parent.List.WorkingDir ?? wt.Path, wt.BaseCommit, head, ct: ct)
+                    : await _git.GetBranchDiffAsync(wt.Path, wt.BaseCommit, ct: ct);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 _logger.LogWarning(ex, "diff failed for node {Id}", node.Id);
+                head = wt.HeadCommit ?? wt.BaseCommit;
                 unified = "";
             }
             result.Add(new SubtaskDiff(
@@ -83,6 +99,15 @@ public sealed class PlanningAggregator
     {
         var (planning, repoDir, childSubtasks) = await LoadPlanningContextAsync(planningTaskId, ct);
 
+        // A parent that owns the unit branch already is the integration: unitBase..unitHead, no
+        // checkout in the main checkout. Legacy units (a Done child never absorbed) keep the old path.
+        if (planning.Worktree is { State: WorktreeState.Active } unitWt
+            && !childSubtasks.Any(c => c.Status == TaskStatus.Done && c.Worktree is { State: WorktreeState.Active }))
+        {
+            var unitDiff = await _git.GetCommitRangeDiffAsync(repoDir, unitWt.BaseCommit, unitWt.BranchName, ct: ct);
+            return new CombinedDiffResult.Ok(new CombinedDiffSuccess(unitWt.BranchName, unitDiff));
+        }
+
         var integrationBranch = BuildIntegrationBranchName(planning);
 
         // Reset: checkout target first (so we're never ON the integration branch when deleting it),