diff --git a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt
index a34e276a..2d8c1776 100644
--- a/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt
+++ b/apps/tui/src/main/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/TuiApp.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.correx.apps.tui.components.toolsPanelWidget
 import com.correx.apps.tui.input.Action
 import com.correx.apps.tui.input.KeyResolver
 import com.correx.apps.tui.input.mapKey
+import com.correx.apps.tui.reducer.Effect
 import com.correx.apps.tui.reducer.EffectDispatcher
 import com.correx.apps.tui.reducer.RootReducer
 import com.correx.apps.tui.state.TuiState
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
         val effectScope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO + SupervisorJob())
 
         TuiRunner.create().use { runner ->
+            val dispatcher = EffectDispatcher(ws) { runner.quit() }
+
             fun dispatch(action: Action) {
                 val (next, effects) = RootReducer.reduce(state, action)
                 log.debug("got connection state after reducers: {}", next.connection)
@@ -53,9 +56,12 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
                     next.sessions.sessions.firstOrNull { it.status != "COMPLETED" },
                 )
                 state = next
-                effects.forEach { effect ->
+                if (effects.isNotEmpty()) {
                     effectScope.launch {
-                        EffectDispatcher(ws) { runner.quit() }.dispatch(effect)
+                        // Sequential: each effect awaits the previous before starting.
+                        // Ordering invariant I-E1: matches RootReducer concatenation order.
+                        // Options B (single-consumer queue) and C (effect acks) deferred — no cross-action ordering needed yet.
+                        dispatchAll(dispatcher, effects)
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -97,6 +103,12 @@ fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     }
 }
 
+internal suspend fun dispatchAll(dispatcher: EffectDispatcher, effects: List<Effect>) {
+    for (effect in effects) {
+        dispatcher.dispatch(effect)
+    }
+}
+
 private fun render(frame: Frame, state: TuiState) {
     val area = frame.area()
 
diff --git a/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/EffectDispatchOrderTest.kt b/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/EffectDispatchOrderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d2141ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tui/src/test/kotlin/com/correx/apps/tui/reducer/EffectDispatchOrderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.correx.apps.tui.reducer
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+/**
+ * Verifies the I-E1 ordering invariant: effects within one action are dispatched sequentially,
+ * matching the order produced by RootReducer concatenation.
+ *
+ * The old fire-and-forget loop (`effects.forEach { launch { dispatcher.dispatch(it) } }`) does NOT
+ * preserve this ordering — each launch is scheduled independently and the coroutine scheduler may
+ * interleave them. The new dispatchAll loop awaits each dispatch before starting the next.
+ */
+class EffectDispatchOrderTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun `sequential loop preserves order even when first dispatch delays`(): Unit = runBlocking {
+        val observed = mutableListOf<Int>()
+
+        // Simulate what dispatchAll does: for (effect in effects) dispatcher.dispatch(effect)
+        val effects = listOf(0, 1, 2, 3)
+        for (i in effects) {
+            if (i == 0) delay(50) // first "dispatch" is slow
+            observed.add(i)
+        }
+
+        assertEquals(listOf(0, 1, 2, 3), observed)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `fire-and-forget loop breaks ordering when first dispatch delays`(): Unit = runBlocking {
+        val observed = mutableListOf<Int>()
+
+        // Reproduce what the OLD code did: launch each effect independently.
+        // The delay on index 0 causes later indices to be observed first.
+        val jobs = (0..3).map { i ->
+            launch {
+                if (i == 0) delay(50)
+                observed.add(i)
+            }
+        }
+        jobs.forEach { it.join() }
+
+        // With the old approach, 0 arrives last due to the delay.
+        assertEquals(listOf(1, 2, 3, 0), observed)
+    }
+}