diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py
index 539daff..97cd4e6 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/loop/runner.py
@@ -691,7 +691,10 @@ class LoopRunner:
                                            events=("completed", "error", "cancelled")) or ""
         if status == "completed":
             return "completed", reason or "-"
-        if reason in ORCHESTRATOR_CLOSED or (status == "error" and not reason):
+        # merge review R2 (codex): the remote runner phrases its deadline as
+        # "deadline_timeout (remote runner)", so the kind is the first word
+        closed_kind = reason.split(" ", 1)[0] if reason else ""
+        if closed_kind in ORCHESTRATOR_CLOSED or (status == "error" and not reason):
             # no recorded reason is not the agent's own report either
             return "CLOSED-UNCONFIRMED", reason or "-"
         if status == "cancelled" and (reason in ("session_busy", "target_not_found") or reason.startswith("rolled back")):
diff --git a/tests/test_issue34_job_tree.py b/tests/test_issue34_job_tree.py
index fded981..866b6ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_issue34_job_tree.py
+++ b/tests/test_issue34_job_tree.py
@@ -251,6 +251,26 @@ def test_t13_a_sub_job_cancelled_before_injection_is_not_dispatched_in_the_table
     assert f"| NOT-DISPATCHED | {reason} |" in block, block
 
 
+def test_t14_the_remote_runners_deadline_wording_is_closed_unconfirmed(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Merge review R2 (codex): remote.py closes a job it could not see finish
+    with `error --detail "deadline_timeout (remote runner)"`; the exact-match
+    classifier filed it as a plain failure and the unconfirmed count and its
+    warning were lost."""
+    env = _env(tmp_path)
+    reg = tmp_path / "reg"
+    p = _jid(_submit(env, reg))
+    c = _jid(_submit(env, reg, "--parent-job", p))
+    tok = _record(reg, c)["dispatch_token"]
+    res = subprocess.run([sys.executable, str(REGISTRY), "--registry-dir", str(reg), "close", "--job", c,
+                          "--request", "deadline_timeout", "--expect-dispatch-token", tok],
+                         capture_output=True, text=True, env=env, timeout=120)
+    assert res.returncode == 0, res.stderr
+    _publish(env, reg, c, "error", "deadline_timeout (remote runner)")
+    block = _runner(tmp_path, monkeypatch)._subjobs_block([p])
+    assert f"| {c} | " in block and "| CLOSED-UNCONFIRMED | deadline_timeout (remote runner) |" in block, block
+    assert "미확인 종결 1" in block, block
+
+
 def test_t7_a_job_without_children_is_waited_for_as_before(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     env = _env(tmp_path)
     reg = tmp_path / "reg"