diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/review/model.ts b/packages/app/src/session/review/model.ts
index d06135114c8..b771896868a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/review/model.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/review/model.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ export function createSessionReview(input: {
   const count = () => diffs().length
   const hasChanges = () => count() > 0
   const ready = () => {
+    // A project without VCS never enables vcsQuery, so its status stays "pending" forever.
+    const project = input.session.project()
+    if (project && !project.vcs) return true
     if (mode() === "git" || mode() === "branch") return !vcsQuery.isPending
     return true
   }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/review/view.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/review/view.tsx
index 06660e9c258..783c74d200e 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/review/view.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/review/view.tsx
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function ReviewTitle(props: { review: SessionReviewModel }) {
 function ReviewEmpty(props: { review: SessionReviewModel; loadingClass: string }) {
   const language = useLanguage()
   const loading = () => (props.review.mode() === "git" || props.review.mode() === "branch") && !props.review.ready()
-  const noGit = () => props.review.mode() === "turn" && props.review.noGit()
+  const noGit = () => props.review.noGit()
   const text = () => {
     if (props.review.mode() === "git") return language.t("session.review.noUncommittedChanges")
     if (props.review.mode() === "branch") return language.t("session.review.noBranchChanges")
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ function ReviewEmpty(props: { review: SessionReviewModel; loadingClass: string }
 function ReviewPanelEmpty(props: { review: SessionReviewModel }) {
   const language = useLanguage()
   const loading = () => (props.review.mode() === "git" || props.review.mode() === "branch") && !props.review.ready()
-  const noGit = () => props.review.mode() === "turn" && props.review.noGit()
+  const noGit = () => props.review.noGit()
   return (
     <Switch>
       <Match when={loading()}>