diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Git/GitService.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Git/GitService.cs
index d82c073f..f998ae90 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Git/GitService.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Git/GitService.cs
@@ -493,6 +493,28 @@ public sealed class GitService
             .ToList();
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Rebases the branch checked out at <paramref name="worktreePath"/> onto <paramref name="ontoRef"/>.
+    /// On conflict or any other failure the rebase is aborted before returning, so the worktree is left
+    /// exactly as it was rather than stranded mid-rebase; <c>ConflictFiles</c> is best-effort and only
+    /// populated when the failure was an actual conflict.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<(int ExitCode, string Stderr, IReadOnlyList<string> ConflictFiles)> RebaseAsync(
+        string worktreePath, string ontoRef, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        var (exitCode, _, stderr) = await RunGitAsync(worktreePath, ["rebase", ontoRef], ct);
+        if (exitCode == 0)
+            return (0, stderr, Array.Empty<string>());
+
+        List<string> conflictFiles;
+        try { conflictFiles = await ListConflictedFilesAsync(worktreePath, ct); }
+        catch { conflictFiles = new(); }
+
+        await RunGitAsync(worktreePath, ["rebase", "--abort"], ct);
+        return (exitCode, stderr, conflictFiles);
+    }
+
+
     private static async Task<(int ExitCode, string Stdout, string Stderr)> RunGitAsync(
         string workDir, IEnumerable<string> args, CancellationToken ct, string? stdinData = null, bool trimOutput = true)
     {
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/WorktreeRepository.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/WorktreeRepository.cs
index 04576c04..e5264932 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/WorktreeRepository.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Data/Repositories/WorktreeRepository.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ public sealed class WorktreeRepository
                 .SetProperty(w => w.MergeCommit, mergeCommit), ct);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Records a successful auto-rebase: the branch's fork point moves to the rebased-onto
+    /// commit and its head moves to the new tip <c>git rebase</c> produced.</summary>
+    public async Task SetRebasedAsync(string taskId, string baseCommit, string headCommit, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        await _context.Worktrees
+            .Where(w => w.TaskId == taskId)
+            .ExecuteUpdateAsync(s => s
+                .SetProperty(w => w.BaseCommit, baseCommit)
+                .SetProperty(w => w.HeadCommit, headCommit), ct);
+    }
+
     public async Task DeleteAsync(string taskId, CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         await _context.Worktrees.Where(w => w.TaskId == taskId).ExecuteDeleteAsync(ct);
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Lifecycle/TaskMergeService.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Lifecycle/TaskMergeService.cs
index 2a9ca927..f7d9b8a9 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Lifecycle/TaskMergeService.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Lifecycle/TaskMergeService.cs
@@ -246,6 +246,89 @@ public sealed class TaskMergeService
             await _state.ApproveReviewAsync(task.Id, ct);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// After a merge lands on <paramref name="targetBranch"/>, rebases every other WaitingForReview
+    /// task's active worktree in the same list onto the new tip -- but only ones that actually
+    /// touch a file the merge just changed. A branch merely behind (no overlap) is left alone: a
+    /// rebase is disruptive busywork when there's nothing to gain from it. Best-effort throughout --
+    /// this runs after the merge that matters has already succeeded, so a failure here must never
+    /// surface as a failure of that merge.
+    /// </summary>
+    private async Task RebaseOthersAfterMergeAsync(
+        TaskEntity mergedTask, ListEntity list, string targetBranch,
+        string oldTargetTip, string newTargetTip, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        if (string.Equals(oldTargetTip, newTargetTip, StringComparison.Ordinal)) return;
+
+        IReadOnlyList<string> landedFiles;
+        try
+        {
+            landedFiles = await _git.GetChangedFileNamesAsync(list.WorkingDir!, oldTargetTip, newTargetTip, ct);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Auto-rebase: could not compute files landed by merging task {TaskId}", mergedTask.Id);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (landedFiles.Count == 0) return;
+
+        List<TaskEntity> candidates;
+        using (var ctx = _dbFactory.CreateDbContext())
+        {
+            var tasks = await new TaskRepository(ctx).GetByListIdAsync(list.Id, ct);
+            candidates = tasks.Where(t => t.Id != mergedTask.Id && t.Status == TaskStatus.WaitingForReview).ToList();
+        }
+
+        foreach (var candidate in candidates)
+            await RebaseOneIfOverlappingAsync(candidate, targetBranch, newTargetTip, landedFiles, ct);
+    }
+
+    private async Task RebaseOneIfOverlappingAsync(
+        TaskEntity candidate, string targetBranch, string newTargetTip,
+        IReadOnlyList<string> landedFiles, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        WorktreeEntity? wt;
+        using (var ctx = _dbFactory.CreateDbContext())
+            wt = await new WorktreeRepository(ctx).GetByTaskIdAsync(candidate.Id, ct);
+
+        if (wt is null || wt.State != WorktreeState.Active || !Directory.Exists(wt.Path)) return;
+
+        IReadOnlyList<string> ownFiles;
+        try
+        {
+            if (await _git.HasChangesAsync(wt.Path, includeUntracked: false, ct)) return;
+            ownFiles = await _git.GetChangedFileNamesAsync(wt.Path, wt.BaseCommit, "HEAD", ct);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            _logger.LogWarning(ex, "Auto-rebase: could not inspect worktree for task {TaskId}", candidate.Id);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!landedFiles.Intersect(ownFiles, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).Any()) return; // merely behind
+
+        var (exitCode, stderr, conflictFiles) = await _git.RebaseAsync(wt.Path, targetBranch, ct);
+        if (exitCode != 0)
+        {
+            var detail = conflictFiles.Count > 0 ? $"conflicts in {string.Join(", ", conflictFiles)}" : stderr;
+            _logger.LogWarning(
+                "Auto-rebase of task {TaskId} branch {Branch} onto {Target} failed, left as-is: {Detail}",
+                candidate.Id, wt.BranchName, targetBranch, detail);
+            await _broadcaster.WorkerLog(
+                $"Auto-rebase failed for \"{candidate.Title}\" onto {targetBranch} — left as-is ({detail})",
+                WorkerLogLevel.Warn, DateTime.UtcNow);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var newHead = await _git.RevParseHeadAsync(wt.Path, ct);
+        using (var ctx = _dbFactory.CreateDbContext())
+            await new WorktreeRepository(ctx).SetRebasedAsync(candidate.Id, newTargetTip, newHead, ct);
+
+        await _broadcaster.WorktreeUpdated(candidate.Id);
+        _logger.LogInformation(
+            "Auto-rebased task {TaskId} branch {Branch} onto {Target}", candidate.Id, wt.BranchName, targetBranch);
+    }
+
     public async Task<MergeResult> MergeAsync(
         string taskId,
         string targetBranch,
@@ -286,6 +369,7 @@ public sealed class TaskMergeService
             var collision = await CheckUntrackedCollisionsAsync(list.WorkingDir, "HEAD", wt.Path, wt.BranchName, ct);
             if (collision is not null) return collision;
 
+            var oldTargetTip = await _git.RevParseHeadAsync(list.WorkingDir, ct);
             var (exitCode, stderr) = await _git.MergeNoFfAsync(list.WorkingDir, wt.BranchName, commitMessage, ct);
             if (exitCode != 0)
             {
@@ -339,6 +423,7 @@ public sealed class TaskMergeService
             }
 
             await MarkWorktreeMergedAsync(taskId, mergeSha, ct);
+            await RebaseOthersAfterMergeAsync(task, list, targetBranch, oldTargetTip, mergeSha, ct);
 
             var verifyFailure = await RunVerifyGateAsync(verifyCommand, list.WorkingDir, ct);
             if (verifyFailure is not null)
@@ -383,6 +468,10 @@ public sealed class TaskMergeService
             if (!await _git.IsMidMergeAsync(list.WorkingDir, ct))
                 return Blocked("repo is not mid-merge");
 
+            // HEAD still points at the pre-merge tip here: a conflicted `git merge` never moves it,
+            // only MERGE_HEAD plus the working tree/index change.
+            var oldTargetTip = await _git.RevParseHeadAsync(list.WorkingDir, ct);
+
             // Validate BEFORE staging: `git add` marks a conflicted path resolved regardless of
             // its content, so an unresolved file with markers still in it would otherwise get
             // staged (and committed) as-is. Check text content for markers first; binary files
@@ -427,6 +516,9 @@ public sealed class TaskMergeService
             var mergeSha = await _git.RevParseHeadAsync(list.WorkingDir, ct);
             await MarkWorktreeMergedAsync(taskId, mergeSha, ct);
 
+            var targetBranch = await _git.GetCurrentBranchAsync(list.WorkingDir, ct);
+            await RebaseOthersAfterMergeAsync(task, list, targetBranch, oldTargetTip, mergeSha, ct);
+
             var verifyFailure = await RunVerifyGateAsync(verifyCommand, list.WorkingDir, ct);
             if (verifyFailure is not null)
             {
diff --git a/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Services/TaskMergeServiceTests.cs b/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Services/TaskMergeServiceTests.cs
index fa824c6b..c711dc22 100644
--- a/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Services/TaskMergeServiceTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Services/TaskMergeServiceTests.cs
@@ -1485,6 +1485,181 @@ public class TaskMergeServiceTests : IDisposable
         var wt = await new WorktreeRepository(ctx).GetByTaskIdAsync(task.Id);
         Assert.Equal(WorktreeState.Merged, wt!.State);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergeAsync_OverlappingWaitingForReviewBranch_GetsRebasedOntoNewTip()
+    {
+        if (!GitRepoFixture.IsGitAvailable()) return;
+
+        var db = NewDb();
+        var repo = NewRepo();
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "branch", "-m", "main");
+
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(repo.RepoDir, "shared.txt"), "line1\nline2\nline3\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "add", "-A");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "commit", "-m", "seed shared file");
+        var baseCommit = GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim();
+
+        var (list, taskA) = await SeedListAndTask(db, workingDir: repo.RepoDir, status: TaskStatus.Done);
+        var wtPathA = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"wt_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        _wtCleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtPathA));
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "worktree", "add", "-b", "claudedo/reba-a", wtPathA, baseCommit);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathA, "shared.txt"), "line1-changed\nline2\nline3\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathA, "commit", "-am", "A changes line1");
+        await SeedWorktree(db, taskA.Id, wtPathA, "claudedo/reba-a", baseCommit);
+
+        // Task B is WaitingForReview and touches the same file A just changed, but a different
+        // line, so rebasing it onto the new tip should apply cleanly.
+        var taskB = new TaskEntity
+        {
+            Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            ListId = list.Id,
+            Title = "task-b",
+            Status = TaskStatus.WaitingForReview,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+        };
+        using (var ctx = db.CreateContext())
+            await new TaskRepository(ctx).AddAsync(taskB);
+
+        var wtPathB = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"wt_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        _wtCleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtPathB));
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "worktree", "add", "-b", "claudedo/reba-b", wtPathB, baseCommit);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathB, "shared.txt"), "line1\nline2\nline3-changed\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "commit", "-am", "B changes line3");
+        await SeedWorktree(db, taskB.Id, wtPathB, "claudedo/reba-b", baseCommit);
+
+        var (svc, proxy) = BuildService(db);
+
+        var result = await svc.MergeAsync(taskA.Id, "main", removeWorktree: false, "Merge A", CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.Equal(TaskMergeService.StatusMerged, result.Status);
+
+        // B's worktree must now carry both changes -- rebased cleanly onto the new main tip.
+        Assert.Equal("line1-changed\nline2\nline3-changed\n",
+            File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathB, "shared.txt")).Replace("\r\n", "\n"));
+
+        var mainHead = GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "rev-parse", "main").Trim();
+        using var ctx2 = db.CreateContext();
+        var wtB = await new WorktreeRepository(ctx2).GetByTaskIdAsync(taskB.Id);
+        Assert.Equal(mainHead, wtB!.BaseCommit);
+        Assert.Equal(GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim(), wtB.HeadCommit);
+
+        Assert.Contains(proxy.Calls, c => c.Method == "WorktreeUpdated" && c.Args[0] is string s && s == taskB.Id);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergeAsync_NonOverlappingWaitingForReviewBranch_IsLeftAlone()
+    {
+        if (!GitRepoFixture.IsGitAvailable()) return;
+
+        var db = NewDb();
+        var repo = NewRepo();
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "branch", "-m", "main");
+        var baseCommit = repo.BaseCommit;
+
+        var (list, taskA) = await SeedListAndTask(db, workingDir: repo.RepoDir, status: TaskStatus.Done);
+        var wtPathA = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"wt_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        _wtCleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtPathA));
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "worktree", "add", "-b", "claudedo/noov-a", wtPathA, baseCommit);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathA, "a-only.txt"), "a\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathA, "add", "-A");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathA, "commit", "-m", "A adds a-only.txt");
+        await SeedWorktree(db, taskA.Id, wtPathA, "claudedo/noov-a", baseCommit);
+
+        // Task B touches a completely different file -- merely behind, not worth disturbing.
+        var taskB = new TaskEntity
+        {
+            Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            ListId = list.Id,
+            Title = "task-b",
+            Status = TaskStatus.WaitingForReview,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+        };
+        using (var ctx = db.CreateContext())
+            await new TaskRepository(ctx).AddAsync(taskB);
+
+        var wtPathB = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"wt_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        _wtCleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtPathB));
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "worktree", "add", "-b", "claudedo/noov-b", wtPathB, baseCommit);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathB, "b-only.txt"), "b\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "add", "-A");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "commit", "-m", "B adds b-only.txt");
+        var headBBefore = GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim();
+        await SeedWorktree(db, taskB.Id, wtPathB, "claudedo/noov-b", baseCommit);
+
+        var (svc, proxy) = BuildService(db);
+
+        var result = await svc.MergeAsync(taskA.Id, "main", removeWorktree: false, "Merge A", CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.Equal(TaskMergeService.StatusMerged, result.Status);
+
+        // B is untouched: same head, same recorded base commit, no broadcast for B.
+        Assert.Equal(headBBefore, GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim());
+        using var ctx2 = db.CreateContext();
+        var wtB = await new WorktreeRepository(ctx2).GetByTaskIdAsync(taskB.Id);
+        Assert.Equal(baseCommit, wtB!.BaseCommit);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain(proxy.Calls, c => c.Method == "WorktreeUpdated" && c.Args[0] is string s && s == taskB.Id);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task MergeAsync_OverlappingButConflictingRebase_LeavesBranchAsIsAndWarns()
+    {
+        if (!GitRepoFixture.IsGitAvailable()) return;
+
+        var db = NewDb();
+        var repo = NewRepo();
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "branch", "-m", "main");
+
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(repo.RepoDir, "shared.txt"), "line1\nline2\nline3\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "add", "-A");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "commit", "-m", "seed shared file");
+        var baseCommit = GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim();
+
+        var (list, taskA) = await SeedListAndTask(db, workingDir: repo.RepoDir, status: TaskStatus.Done);
+        var wtPathA = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"wt_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        _wtCleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtPathA));
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "worktree", "add", "-b", "claudedo/conf-a", wtPathA, baseCommit);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathA, "shared.txt"), "line1\nA-line2\nline3\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathA, "commit", "-am", "A changes line2");
+        await SeedWorktree(db, taskA.Id, wtPathA, "claudedo/conf-a", baseCommit);
+
+        // Task B changes the exact same line differently -- rebasing must conflict.
+        var taskB = new TaskEntity
+        {
+            Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+            ListId = list.Id,
+            Title = "task-b",
+            Status = TaskStatus.WaitingForReview,
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+        };
+        using (var ctx = db.CreateContext())
+            await new TaskRepository(ctx).AddAsync(taskB);
+
+        var wtPathB = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"wt_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        _wtCleanups.Add((repo.RepoDir, wtPathB));
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(repo.RepoDir, "worktree", "add", "-b", "claudedo/conf-b", wtPathB, baseCommit);
+        File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathB, "shared.txt"), "line1\nB-line2\nline3\n");
+        GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "commit", "-am", "B changes line2");
+        var headBBefore = GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim();
+        await SeedWorktree(db, taskB.Id, wtPathB, "claudedo/conf-b", baseCommit);
+
+        var (svc, proxy) = BuildService(db);
+
+        var result = await svc.MergeAsync(taskA.Id, "main", removeWorktree: false, "Merge A", CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.Equal(TaskMergeService.StatusMerged, result.Status);
+
+        // B is left exactly as it was: same head commit, same content, no mid-rebase state, base
+        // commit unchanged in the DB, and a clear warning went out instead of silent partial work.
+        Assert.Equal(headBBefore, GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "rev-parse", "HEAD").Trim());
+        Assert.Equal("line1\nB-line2\nline3\n",
+            File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(wtPathB, "shared.txt")).Replace("\r\n", "\n"));
+        Assert.True(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(GitRepoFixture.RunGit(wtPathB, "status", "--porcelain")));
+
+        using var ctx2 = db.CreateContext();
+        var wtB = await new WorktreeRepository(ctx2).GetByTaskIdAsync(taskB.Id);
+        Assert.Equal(baseCommit, wtB!.BaseCommit);
+
+        Assert.Contains(proxy.Calls, c => c.Method == "WorkerLog"
+            && c.Args[0] is string s && s.Contains("Auto-rebase failed") && s.Contains("task-b"));
+    }
 }
 
 #region Test doubles