diff --git a/changelog.d/fixes/13089-combo-live-roundrobin-missing-events.md b/changelog.d/fixes/13089-combo-live-roundrobin-missing-events.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a873d3b894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/fixes/13089-combo-live-roundrobin-missing-events.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **fix(routing):** round-robin combos now show up in Combo Studio's Live dashboard — they were completing successfully but never publishing the attempt/success/failure events the dashboard listens for (#13089) — thanks @adityadwi21
diff --git a/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json b/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json
index 78a27ebb4c..b7d516ebe7 100644
--- a/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json
+++ b/config/quality/file-size-baseline.json
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
     "open-sse/services/autoCombo/virtualFactory.ts": 1230,
     "open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts": 1213
   },
+  "_rebaseline_2026_09_15_roundrobin_dashboard_events": "Fix #13089 (Combo Studio Live dashboard shows an empty backlog for round-robin combos): open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts 1205->1213. Round-robin is the only combo strategy that bypasses handleComboChat/executeTargetAttempt.ts, the path that publishes the combo.target.attempt/succeeded/failed EventBus events the Live dashboard listens for — so round-robin completions never showed up. The new call-site wiring (createRRDashboardEvents(...) instantiated once per target, one-line .attempt()/.succeeded()/.failed() calls at the 6 existing dispatch/outcome points) is the emitter logic actually extracted into a new module, open-sse/services/combo/rrDashboardEvents.ts — this is the minimum irreducible footprint for wiring 6 required call sites into 6 fixed control-flow points of the frozen file. Covered by tests/unit/issue-13089-roundrobin-live-ws-events.test.ts (2 tests: success + failure paths).",
   "_rebaseline_base_2026_08_10_proxyfetch": "Base-red fix (green-prs sweep, issue #9985): open-sse/utils/proxyFetch.ts 1207 > cap 1000 — new proxied-TLS fetch helper introduced by the Fal reference-image work. Owner-authorized quick rebaseline to green; structural slim tracked for v3.9.0.",
   "_rebaseline_2026_07_27_v3849_train2": "Merge-train 2 (7 PRs) — owner-approved 2026-07-27. Single entry: chatCore.ts 4955->5006 (#8595, Responses multi-turn image compaction before the context hard-reject). Genuine irreducible growth at the existing compaction chokepoint in handleChatCore — the PR adds a last-resort retry against the concrete budget plus the estimateFinalInputTokens helper, both wired at the pre-existing call site rather than a new branch. Covered by tests/unit/8560-responses-image-compaction.test.ts (4 tests).",
   "_rebaseline_2026_07_27_v3849_train3": "Merge-train 3 (13 PRs) — owner-approved 2026-07-27. Both entries are genuine irreducible growth at existing chokepoints, not new branches: src/lib/db/apiKeys.ts 1518->1529 (#8805 cx/* ≡ codex/* API-key model permissions); open-sse/handlers/chatCore.ts 5006->5020 (#8806 real response payload into plugin onResponse hooks). Covered by tests/unit/db-apiKeys-crud.test.ts (4 new cases) and the two plugin-hook test files updated in #8806 respectively.",
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts b/open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts
index be973e57d0..3b728188a9 100644
--- a/open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ import {
 import { applyComboTargetExhaustion } from "./targetExhaustion.ts";
 import { isRetryAfterEligibleStatus } from "./unavailableRetryGate.ts";
 import { isRecord } from "./comboData.ts";
+import { createRRDashboardEvents } from "./rrDashboardEvents.ts";
 import { attemptCompatRejectedFallback } from "./comboCompatFallback.ts";
 import { applyRequestTagRouting } from "./autoStrategy.ts";
 import {
@@ -485,6 +486,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
       const target = filteredTargets[modelIndex];
       const modelStr = target.modelStr;
       const provider = target.provider;
+      const rrEvents = createRRDashboardEvents(combo.name, modelIndex, provider, modelStr);
       const profile = await getRuntimeProviderProfile(provider);
       const semaphoreKey = `combo:${combo.name}:${target.executionKey}`;
       const allowRateLimitedConnection =
@@ -646,6 +648,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
             fingerprint: resolveTargetFingerprint(target) ?? "",
           });
 
+          rrEvents.attempt();
           const result = await Promise.race([
             handleSingleModel(attemptBody, modelStr, {
               ...targetForAttempt,
@@ -709,6 +712,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
                   rrSelectedConnectionId || target.connectionId
                 );
               }
+              rrEvents.failed(`Quality: ${quality.reason}`, Date.now() - startTime);
               recordComboRequest(combo.name, modelStr, {
                 success: false,
                 latencyMs: Date.now() - startTime,
@@ -735,6 +739,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
               "COMBO-RR",
               `${modelStr} succeeded (${latencyMs}ms, ${fallbackCount} fallbacks)`
             );
+            rrEvents.succeeded(latencyMs);
             recordComboRequest(combo.name, modelStr, {
               success: true,
               latencyMs,
@@ -844,6 +849,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
               "COMBO-RR",
               `Client disconnected (499) during ${modelStr} — stopping combo loop`
             );
+            rrEvents.failed("Client disconnected", Date.now() - startTime);
             recordComboRequest(combo.name, modelStr, {
               success: false,
               latencyMs: Date.now() - startTime,
@@ -884,6 +890,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
               "COMBO-RR",
               `Local rate-limit queue capacity reached for ${modelStr} — returning without upstream fallback`
             );
+            rrEvents.failed(errorText || "Local queue full", Date.now() - startTime);
             recordComboRequest(combo.name, modelStr, {
               success: false,
               latencyMs: Date.now() - startTime,
@@ -1023,6 +1030,7 @@ export async function handleRoundRobinCombo({
           }
 
           // Done with this model
+          rrEvents.failed(errorText || `HTTP ${result.status}`, Date.now() - startTime);
           recordComboRequest(combo.name, modelStr, {
             success: false,
             latencyMs: Date.now() - startTime,
diff --git a/open-sse/services/combo/rrDashboardEvents.ts b/open-sse/services/combo/rrDashboardEvents.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55bf0b703e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-sse/services/combo/rrDashboardEvents.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ * Dashboard EventBus emitters for the round-robin combo loop (#13089).
+ *
+ * `roundRobinCombo.ts` is frozen at its file-size cap (#12884), so the
+ * `combo.target.attempt` / `combo.target.succeeded` / `combo.target.failed`
+ * publishing logic lives here — a factory bound to one target's identity so
+ * each call site in the frozen file is a single line.
+ *
+ * @internal — not part of the public combo.ts barrel.
+ */
+import { emit } from "../../../src/lib/events/eventBus";
+
+export interface RRDashboardEvents {
+  attempt(): void;
+  succeeded(latencyMs: number): void;
+  failed(error: string, latencyMs: number): void;
+}
+
+export function createRRDashboardEvents(
+  comboName: string,
+  targetIndex: number,
+  provider: string,
+  model: string
+): RRDashboardEvents {
+  return {
+    attempt() {
+      emit("combo.target.attempt", {
+        comboName,
+        targetIndex,
+        provider,
+        model,
+        timestamp: Date.now(),
+        strategy: "round-robin",
+      });
+    },
+    succeeded(latencyMs) {
+      emit("combo.target.succeeded", { comboName, targetIndex, provider, model, latencyMs });
+    },
+    failed(error, latencyMs) {
+      emit("combo.target.failed", { comboName, targetIndex, provider, model, error, latencyMs });
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/issue-13089-roundrobin-live-ws-events.test.ts b/tests/unit/issue-13089-roundrobin-live-ws-events.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2d65f7e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/issue-13089-roundrobin-live-ws-events.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/**
+ * Repro for #13089 — Combo Studio Live dashboard shows empty backlog despite
+ * successful (or failed) chat completions routed through a round-robin combo.
+ *
+ * Round-robin bypasses `handleComboChat` -> `executeTargetAttempt` (the path that
+ * publishes `combo.target.attempt` / `combo.target.succeeded` / `combo.target.failed`
+ * on the dashboard EventBus) and dispatches through its own loop in
+ * `open-sse/services/combo/roundRobinCombo.ts`, which never emitted those events.
+ */
+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+const TEST_DATA_DIR = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "omniroute-13089-"));
+const ORIGINAL_DATA_DIR = process.env.DATA_DIR;
+process.env.DATA_DIR = TEST_DATA_DIR;
+
+const { handleComboChat } = await import("../../open-sse/services/combo.ts");
+const rrState = await import("../../open-sse/services/combo/rrState.ts");
+const dbCore = await import("../../src/lib/db/core.ts");
+const eventBus = await import("../../src/lib/events/eventBus.ts");
+
+function makeLog() {
+  return { info() {}, warn() {}, debug() {}, error() {} };
+}
+
+function rrCombo(name: string, maxRetries = 0) {
+  return {
+    name,
+    strategy: "round-robin",
+    config: { maxRetries, disableSessionStickiness: true },
+    models: [
+      {
+        kind: "model",
+        provider: "codex",
+        providerId: "codex",
+        model: "m-a",
+        connectionId: "conn-A",
+        id: `${name}-0`,
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+}
+
+test.beforeEach(() => {
+  rrState.rrCounters.clear();
+  rrState.rrStickyTargets.clear();
+});
+
+test.after(() => {
+  try {
+    dbCore.resetDbInstance?.();
+  } catch {
+    /* ignore */
+  }
+  if (ORIGINAL_DATA_DIR === undefined) delete process.env.DATA_DIR;
+  else process.env.DATA_DIR = ORIGINAL_DATA_DIR;
+  fs.rmSync(TEST_DATA_DIR, { recursive: true, force: true, maxRetries: 5, retryDelay: 100 });
+});
+
+test("#13089: a successful round-robin combo completion publishes combo.target.succeeded on the dashboard EventBus", async () => {
+  const combo = rrCombo("rr13089-success");
+
+  const seen: Array<{ event: string; payload: unknown }> = [];
+  const unsubscribeAttempt = eventBus.on("combo.target.attempt", (payload) => {
+    seen.push({ event: "combo.target.attempt", payload });
+  });
+  const unsubscribeSucceeded = eventBus.on("combo.target.succeeded", (payload) => {
+    seen.push({ event: "combo.target.succeeded", payload });
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const response = await handleComboChat({
+      body: { model: combo.name, messages: [{ role: "user", content: "hi" }], stream: false },
+      combo,
+      allCombos: [combo],
+      isModelAvailable: async () => true,
+      relayOptions: undefined,
+      signal: undefined,
+      settings: {},
+      log: makeLog(),
+      handleSingleModel: async (_b, modelStr, _target) => {
+        return Response.json({
+          choices: [{ message: { role: "assistant", content: modelStr } }],
+        });
+      },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(response.status, 200, "the combo-routed completion itself must succeed");
+    assert.ok(
+      seen.some((e) => e.event === "combo.target.attempt"),
+      `expected a "combo.target.attempt" EventBus event, but none was published (saw: ${JSON.stringify(seen)}).`
+    );
+    assert.ok(
+      seen.some((e) => e.event === "combo.target.succeeded"),
+      `expected a "combo.target.succeeded" EventBus event after a successful round-robin ` +
+        `combo completion, but none was published (saw: ${JSON.stringify(seen)}). This is why ` +
+        `Combo Studio -> Live never shows round-robin combo executions (#13089).`
+    );
+  } finally {
+    unsubscribeAttempt();
+    unsubscribeSucceeded();
+  }
+});
+
+test("#13089: a failing round-robin combo target publishes combo.target.failed on the dashboard EventBus", async () => {
+  const combo = rrCombo("rr13089-failure");
+
+  const seen: Array<{ event: string; payload: unknown }> = [];
+  const unsubscribeFailed = eventBus.on("combo.target.failed", (payload) => {
+    seen.push({ event: "combo.target.failed", payload });
+  });
+
+  try {
+    const response = await handleComboChat({
+      body: { model: combo.name, messages: [{ role: "user", content: "hi" }], stream: false },
+      combo,
+      allCombos: [combo],
+      isModelAvailable: async () => true,
+      relayOptions: undefined,
+      signal: undefined,
+      settings: {},
+      log: makeLog(),
+      handleSingleModel: async () => {
+        return Response.json({ error: { message: "rate limited" } }, { status: 429 });
+      },
+    });
+
+    assert.equal(response.status, 429, "the exhausted combo must surface the upstream failure");
+    assert.ok(
+      seen.some((e) => e.event === "combo.target.failed"),
+      `expected a "combo.target.failed" EventBus event after an exhausted round-robin ` +
+        `combo target, but none was published (saw: ${JSON.stringify(seen)}).`
+    );
+  } finally {
+    unsubscribeFailed();
+  }
+});