diff --git a/internal/engine/state.go b/internal/engine/state.go
index 49d6d46..df5314f 100644
--- a/internal/engine/state.go
+++ b/internal/engine/state.go
@@ -513,8 +513,14 @@ func classifyConflictOutput(seg markers.ConflictSegment, output []byte) (markers
 		return markers.ResolutionNone, false, false, ConflictLabels{}, false
 	}
 
+	// Any surviving conflict marker means the user has not finished resolving
+	// this hunk. This also covers the case where ImportMerged's line-diff
+	// fallback wraps the markers with misaligned surrounding context — the
+	// extra text lives in adjacent TextSegments of the parsed output, but the
+	// hunk is still unresolved from the user's point of view, not a manual
+	// edit.
 	parsed, err := markers.Parse(output)
-	if err == nil && len(parsed.Conflicts) == 1 && len(parsed.Segments) == 1 {
+	if err == nil && len(parsed.Conflicts) >= 1 {
 		if unresolved, ok := parsed.Segments[parsed.Conflicts[0].SegmentIndex].(markers.ConflictSegment); ok {
 			return markers.ResolutionUnset, true, false, ConflictLabels{
 				OursLabel:   unresolved.OursLabel,
diff --git a/internal/engine/state_test.go b/internal/engine/state_test.go
index c9c821d..246df97 100644
--- a/internal/engine/state_test.go
+++ b/internal/engine/state_test.go
@@ -526,6 +526,48 @@ func TestImportMergedPreservesCanonicalBaseLabelForTwoWayConflict(t *testing.T)
 	}
 }
 
+func TestClassifyConflictOutputTreatsSurvivingMarkersAsUnresolved(t *testing.T) {
+	// When ImportMerged's line-diff fallback fires (disk and diff3 draw
+	// different segment boundaries), conflict markers can end up wrapped in
+	// surrounding context text inside a single slot. The markers still
+	// indicate an unresolved hunk, not a manual edit — any other
+	// classification leaks raw `<<<<<<<` text into the result pane labelled
+	// as "manual resolved".
+	seg := markers.ConflictSegment{
+		Ours:   []byte("ours\n"),
+		Theirs: []byte("theirs\n"),
+	}
+	output := []byte("before\n<<<<<<< HEAD\nours\n=======\ntheirs\n>>>>>>> branch\nafter\n")
+	res, unresolved, manual, _, _ := classifyConflictOutput(seg, output)
+	if res != markers.ResolutionUnset {
+		t.Fatalf("resolution = %q, want Unset", res)
+	}
+	if !unresolved {
+		t.Fatalf("unresolved = false, want true")
+	}
+	if manual {
+		t.Fatalf("manual = true, want false (markers still present)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestClassifyConflictOutputMarkerFreeCustomTextIsManual(t *testing.T) {
+	seg := markers.ConflictSegment{
+		Ours:   []byte("ours\n"),
+		Theirs: []byte("theirs\n"),
+	}
+	output := []byte("user typed a custom resolution here\n")
+	res, unresolved, manual, _, _ := classifyConflictOutput(seg, output)
+	if res != markers.ResolutionUnset {
+		t.Fatalf("resolution = %q, want Unset", res)
+	}
+	if unresolved {
+		t.Fatalf("unresolved = true, want false (no markers left)")
+	}
+	if !manual {
+		t.Fatalf("manual = false, want true")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestImportMergedRejectsReorderedSeparatedConflicts(t *testing.T) {
 	input := []byte("<<<<<<< left-one\nours1\n=======\ntheirs1\n>>>>>>> right-one\n<<<<<<< left-two\nours2\n=======\ntheirs2\n>>>>>>> right-two\n")
 	doc, err := markers.Parse(input)