diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
index 4b8d14a4..6036ac6e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@ fn clipboard_note(s: &effectcraft_engine::Session) -> String {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn run_engine(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, id: &str, params: Value) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    // Events already queued belong to earlier invocations (`engine.execute` defers them).
+    let queued = app.session.events.len();
     let mut r = app.session.execute(id, params).map_err(|e| e.to_string());
     if let Err(e) = &r {
         app.ui.status = e.clone();
@@ -759,14 +761,15 @@ pub(crate) fn run_engine(app: &mut EffectcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context, id: &str
         ctx.copy_text(clipboard_note(&app.session));
     }
     let events = app.session.drain_events();
-    for ev in events {
+    for (index, ev) in events.into_iter().enumerate() {
         match ev {
             effectcraft_engine::Event::Frontend { command, params } => {
                 if let Err(e) = frontend(app, ctx, &command, params) {
                     app.ui.status = e.clone();
                     // A frontend-only command's own failure is the command's result (#696: a
-                    // workspace save that didn't reach disk reported success).
-                    if command == id && r.is_ok() {
+                    // workspace save that didn't reach disk reported success). An earlier
+                    // invocation's failure only sets the status.
+                    if index >= queued && command == id && r.is_ok() {
                         r = Err(e);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_workspace_focus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_workspace_focus.rs
index 8464c1fb..e3c5a381 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_workspace_focus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/ui_workspace_focus.rs
@@ -438,3 +438,31 @@ fn saved_workspaces_reach_the_settings_folder_and_reload() {
     assert_eq!(app.ui.dock, saved);
     std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir).unwrap();
 }
+
+/// A frontend event left queued by an earlier invocation (`engine.execute` defers them) only
+/// sets the status: its failure is not the result of a later command with the same id.
+#[test]
+fn an_earlier_queued_frontend_failure_is_not_a_later_commands_result() {
+    let store = Arc::new(MemoryConfig::default());
+    let mut app = EffectcraftApp::new(Session { config: Some(store.clone()), ..Default::default() });
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    let invoke = |app: &mut EffectcraftApp, id: &str, params| effectcraft_ui_egui::menus::invoke(app, &ctx, id, params);
+    // An earlier failure, then a success.
+    app.session.execute("window.workspace", json!({"name": "missing-old"})).unwrap();
+    invoke(&mut app, "window.workspace", json!({"name": "Minimal"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(app.ui.workspace, "Minimal");
+    // An earlier failing delete, then a rename that reaches the store.
+    invoke(&mut app, "window.saveWorkspaceAs", json!({"name": "Original"})).unwrap();
+    app.session.execute("window.editWorkspaces", json!({"name": "missing-old", "delete": true})).unwrap();
+    invoke(&mut app, "window.editWorkspaces", json!({"name": "Original", "rename": "Renamed"})).unwrap();
+    assert!(store.read("workspaces.json").unwrap().contains("Renamed"));
+    // Both fail: the result is the current invocation's own failure.
+    app.session.execute("window.workspace", json!({"name": "missing-old"})).unwrap();
+    let error = invoke(&mut app, "window.workspace", json!({"name": "missing-new"})).unwrap_err();
+    assert!(error.contains("missing-new") && !error.contains("missing-old"), "{error}");
+    // An earlier failure of another command.
+    app.session.execute("window.workspace", json!({"name": "missing-old"})).unwrap();
+    invoke(&mut app, "window.saveWorkspaceAs", json!({"name": "Fine"})).unwrap();
+    // Its own failure with nothing queued is still the result.
+    assert!(invoke(&mut app, "window.workspace", json!({"name": "missing"})).is_err());
+}