diff --git a/plugins/codex/scripts/lib/job-control.mjs b/plugins/codex/scripts/lib/job-control.mjs
index ad152c157..edd354d42 100644
--- a/plugins/codex/scripts/lib/job-control.mjs
+++ b/plugins/codex/scripts/lib/job-control.mjs
@@ -256,9 +256,18 @@ export function buildSingleJobSnapshot(cwd, reference, options = {}) {
 export function resolveResultJob(cwd, reference) {
   const workspaceRoot = resolveWorkspaceRoot(cwd);
   const jobs = sortJobsNewestFirst(reference ? listJobs(workspaceRoot) : filterJobsForCurrentSession(listJobs(workspaceRoot)));
+
+  if (reference) {
+    const selected = matchJobReference(jobs, reference);
+    if (selected.status === "queued" || selected.status === "running") {
+      throw new Error(`Job ${selected.id} is still ${selected.status}. Check /codex:status and try again once it finishes.`);
+    }
+    return { workspaceRoot, job: selected };
+  }
+
   const selected = matchJobReference(
     jobs,
-    reference,
+    "",
     (job) => job.status === "completed" || job.status === "failed" || job.status === "cancelled"
   );
 
@@ -266,15 +275,11 @@ export function resolveResultJob(cwd, reference) {
     return { workspaceRoot, job: selected };
   }
 
-  const active = matchJobReference(jobs, reference, (job) => job.status === "queued" || job.status === "running");
+  const active = matchJobReference(jobs, "", (job) => job.status === "queued" || job.status === "running");
   if (active) {
     throw new Error(`Job ${active.id} is still ${active.status}. Check /codex:status and try again once it finishes.`);
   }
 
-  if (reference) {
-    throw new Error(`No finished job found for "${reference}". Run /codex:status to inspect active jobs.`);
-  }
-
   throw new Error("No finished Codex jobs found for this repository yet.");
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/runtime.test.mjs b/tests/runtime.test.mjs
index 8f276835b..70c0e83dd 100644
--- a/tests/runtime.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/runtime.test.mjs
@@ -1415,6 +1415,47 @@ test("result returns the stored output for the latest finished job by default",
   );
 });
 
+test("result identifies an explicitly referenced active job", async (t) => {
+  for (const status of ["queued", "running"]) {
+    await t.test(status, () => {
+      const workspace = makeTempDir();
+      const stateDir = resolveStateDir(workspace);
+      fs.mkdirSync(stateDir, { recursive: true });
+
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.join(stateDir, "state.json"),
+        `${JSON.stringify(
+          {
+            version: 1,
+            config: { stopReviewGate: false },
+            jobs: [
+              {
+                id: `task-${status}`,
+                status,
+                title: "Codex Task",
+                jobClass: "task",
+                createdAt: "2026-03-18T15:30:00.000Z",
+                updatedAt: "2026-03-18T15:30:01.000Z"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          null,
+          2
+        )}\n`,
+        "utf8"
+      );
+
+      const result = run("node", [SCRIPT, "result", `task-${status}`], {
+        cwd: workspace
+      });
+
+      assert.notEqual(result.status, 0);
+      assert.match(result.stderr, new RegExp(`Job task-${status} is still ${status}`));
+      assert.doesNotMatch(result.stderr, /No job found/);
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 test("result without a job id prefers the latest finished job from the current Claude session", () => {
   const workspace = makeTempDir();
   const stateDir = resolveStateDir(workspace);