diff --git a/src/vouch/digest.py b/src/vouch/digest.py
index d7bae664..2043d9de 100644
--- a/src/vouch/digest.py
+++ b/src/vouch/digest.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from .metrics import DEFAULT_STALE_DAYS, compute
-from .models import ClaimStatus, ProposalStatus
+from .models import ClaimStatus, PageStatus, ProposalStatus
 from .page_filters import filter_pages
 from .storage import KBStore
 
@@ -179,8 +179,12 @@ def build(
     stale.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[0])
     stale_rows = [row for _, row in stale[:limit]]
 
+    # archived pages are excluded for the same reason the stale loop above
+    # skips retired claims: a followup that has been archived is no longer
+    # something the reviewer is being asked to act on, and leaving it in the
+    # due list makes archiving decorative on the surface it matters most.
     due_pages = filter_pages(
-        store.list_pages(),
+        [p for p in store.list_pages() if p.status is not PageStatus.ARCHIVED],
         kind="followup",
         before={"due_at": now.date().isoformat()},
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_digest.py b/tests/test_digest.py
index 4d3eae40..7d4cea5d 100644
--- a/tests/test_digest.py
+++ b/tests/test_digest.py
@@ -146,6 +146,25 @@ def test_build_limit_caps_sections(store: KBStore) -> None:
     assert len(d.decisions) <= 1
 
 
+def test_build_excludes_archived_followups(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    # the stale-claims loop right above the followup query skips retired
+    # claims; the followup query has no status predicate, so archiving a
+    # followup page left it showing up as due forever.
+    s = KBStore.init(tmp_path)
+    due = (NOW - timedelta(days=2)).date().isoformat()
+    for pid, status in (("fu-live", PageStatus.ACTIVE), ("fu-archived", PageStatus.ARCHIVED)):
+        s.put_page(
+            Page(
+                id=pid, title=pid, type="followup", status=status,
+                metadata={"due_at": due, "followup_status": "open"},
+            )
+        )
+
+    d = digest_mod.build(s, now=NOW)
+
+    assert [r.id for r in d.followups_due] == ["fu-live"]
+
+
 def test_build_limit_caps_followups(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     # --limit documents that it caps every section including followups; seed
     # more due-open followups than the limit and confirm the list is bounded