diff --git a/.changeset/dashboard-stop-button.md b/.changeset/dashboard-stop-button.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc5fecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dashboard-stop-button.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+'@gemstack/framework': minor
+---
+
+Stop a run from the dashboard
+
+The dashboard now has a **Stop** button that interrupts the running build from the browser, instead of only from the terminal. It POSTs to a new `/stop` route that aborts the run's `AbortSignal`, which `runFramework` checks between phases and the driver honours mid-turn (it kills the current agent turn). The run ends cleanly as *stopped* (not *failed*): the CLI prints `■ Stopped` and exits 0, the dashboard shows a stopped status, and the persisted run records `status: "stopped"` so `--resume` shows it that way.
+
+`startDashboard` gains an `onStop` option (wire it to `controller.abort()`); the page hides the button when no stop handler is wired (e.g. a read-only `--resume` view). The `end` event gained an optional `stopped` flag.
+
+Part of #110 (first interactive slice of #165's web client). Closes #218.
diff --git a/packages/framework/README.md b/packages/framework/README.md
index 99676d0..c345b77 100644
--- a/packages/framework/README.md
+++ b/packages/framework/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ pieces:
   driver for `--fake` and tests. Codex / opencode slot in behind the same three
   methods.
 - **The product shell** - the `framework` CLI and the localhost
-  [dashboard](./src/dashboard/server.ts) over an event stream we own.
+  [dashboard](./src/dashboard/server.ts) over an event stream we own. The
+  dashboard has a **Stop** button that interrupts the run from the browser (it
+  aborts the same signal Ctrl+C does); the run ends cleanly as *stopped*, and a
+  persisted run reflects that so `--resume` shows it stopped.
 
 Everything runs *through* the driver (single execution path): the architect is a
 small structured JSON decision the agent returns; build and improve are prompts;
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/cli.ts b/packages/framework/src/cli.ts
index c1705e6..bf0e348 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/cli.ts
@@ -352,10 +352,18 @@ export async function runCli(argv: string[], io: CliIO = defaultIO): Promise<num
       }
     : undefined
 
+  // One controller for the whole run: the dashboard Stop button aborts it.
+  // runFramework checks the signal between phases and the driver kills its current
+  // turn on it, so a stop takes effect promptly.
+  const controller = new AbortController()
+
   let dashboard: Dashboard | undefined
   if (opts.dashboard) {
     try {
-      dashboard = await startDashboard(opts.port !== undefined ? { port: opts.port } : {})
+      dashboard = await startDashboard({
+        ...(opts.port !== undefined ? { port: opts.port } : {}),
+        onStop: () => controller.abort(),
+      })
       io.out(`◆ dashboard: ${dashboard.url}`)
     } catch (err) {
       io.err(`could not start dashboard (${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}); continuing headless`)
@@ -400,6 +408,7 @@ export async function runCli(argv: string[], io: CliIO = defaultIO): Promise<num
     cwd,
     onEvent,
     signals,
+    signal: controller.signal,
     ...(opts.model ? { model: opts.model } : {}),
     ...(opts.maxPasses ? { maxPasses: opts.maxPasses } : {}),
     ...(deploy ? { deploy } : {}),
@@ -435,8 +444,20 @@ export async function runCli(argv: string[], io: CliIO = defaultIO): Promise<num
     }
     return 0
   } catch (err) {
-    io.err(`\n✗ run failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`)
     await store?.close()
+    // A user stop (the dashboard Stop button aborted the signal) is not a failure:
+    // report it cleanly, keep the dashboard up so the stopped state is visible, and
+    // exit 0.
+    if (controller.signal.aborted) {
+      io.out('\n■ Stopped.')
+      if (dashboard) {
+        io.out(`\nDashboard still live at ${dashboard.url}. Press Ctrl+C to exit.`)
+        await waitForInterrupt()
+        await dashboard.close()
+      }
+      return 0
+    }
+    io.err(`\n✗ run failed: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`)
     await dashboard?.close()
     return 1
   }
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/dashboard/page.ts b/packages/framework/src/dashboard/page.ts
index d72edc5..da16a80 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/dashboard/page.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/dashboard/page.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * that foreground the orchestration (stack rationale, loop status, decisions)
  * beside a tail of the wrapped agent's own activity.
  */
-export function dashboardHtml(title: string): string {
+export function dashboardHtml(title: string, stoppable = false): string {
   return `<!doctype html>
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export function dashboardHtml(title: string): string {
   #session-link { margin-left: auto; font-size: 12px; color: #7b8496; }
   #session-link code { color: #b7c0d0; font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace; }
   #status { font-size: 12px; color: #7b8496; }
+  #stop { margin-left: 12px; font: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer;
+    color: #f0a35e; background: #241a15; border: 1px solid #4a3320; border-radius: 6px;
+    padding: 4px 12px; }
+  #stop:hover { background: #2f2118; border-color: #6a4a2e; }
+  #stop:disabled { opacity: .5; cursor: default; }
+  #stop[hidden] { display: none; }
   #app-banner { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 10px 20px;
     background: #0f2417; border-bottom: 1px solid #1c3a28; font-size: 13px; }
   #app-banner .dot { color: #67d98f; }
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ export function dashboardHtml(title: string): string {
   <span class="sub" id="session">connecting…</span>
   <span id="session-link"></span>
   <span id="status">●</span>
+  <button id="stop" hidden>■ Stop</button>
 </header>
 <div id="app-banner" hidden>
   <span class="dot">▶</span>
@@ -100,15 +107,17 @@ export function dashboardHtml(title: string): string {
   </section>
 </main>
 <script>
-${clientScript()}
+${clientScript(stoppable)}
 </script>
 </body>
 </html>`
 }
 
-function clientScript(): string {
+function clientScript(stoppable: boolean): string {
   // Runs in the browser. Keep it dependency-free.
   return `
+const STOPPABLE = ${stoppable ? 'true' : 'false'};
+let ended = false;
 const $ = id => document.getElementById(id);
 const log = line => {
   const el = $('log');
@@ -201,6 +210,7 @@ function onEvent(fe) {
     s += '  in  ' + fe.workspace;
     $('session').textContent = s;
     if (fe.sessionLink) setSessionLink(undefined, fe.sessionLink);
+    if (STOPPABLE && !ended) $('stop').hidden = false;
   } else if (fe.kind === 'session-update') setSessionLink(fe.sessionId, fe.sessionLink);
   else if (fe.kind === 'preview') {
     const a = $('app-link');
@@ -211,9 +221,20 @@ function onEvent(fe) {
   else if (fe.kind === 'bootstrap') bootstrap(fe.event);
   else if (fe.kind === 'driver') driver(fe.event);
   else if (fe.kind === 'log') log(fe.message);
-  else if (fe.kind === 'end') { $('status').textContent = fe.ok ? '\\u25cf finished' : '\\u25cf failed'; }
+  else if (fe.kind === 'end') {
+    ended = true;
+    $('status').textContent = fe.ok ? '\\u25cf finished' : fe.stopped ? '\\u25a0 stopped' : '\\u25cf failed';
+    $('stop').hidden = true;
+  }
+}
+function stopRun() {
+  const btn = $('stop');
+  btn.disabled = true;
+  btn.textContent = 'stopping\\u2026';
+  fetch('/stop', { method: 'POST' }).catch(() => {});
 }
 function esc(s) { const d = document.createElement('div'); d.textContent = String(s); return d.innerHTML; }
+$('stop').addEventListener('click', stopRun);
 const src = new EventSource('/events');
 src.onmessage = ev => { try { onEvent(JSON.parse(ev.data)); } catch {} };
 src.onerror = () => { $('status').textContent = '\\u25cb offline'; };
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.test.ts b/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.test.ts
index 0c4e804..f163ae5 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert'
 import { test } from 'node:test'
-import { get } from 'node:http'
+import { get, request } from 'node:http'
 import { startDashboard } from './server.js'
 import type { FrameworkEvent } from '../events.js'
 
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ function fetchText(url: string): Promise<{ status: number; body: string }> {
   })
 }
 
+function send(url: string, method: string): Promise<{ status: number; body: string }> {
+  return new Promise((resolvePromise, rejectPromise) => {
+    const req = request(url, { method }, res => {
+      let body = ''
+      res.on('data', c => (body += c))
+      res.on('end', () => resolvePromise({ status: res.statusCode ?? 0, body }))
+    })
+    req.on('error', rejectPromise)
+    req.end()
+  })
+}
+
 // Read SSE `data:` lines until `count` have arrived, then resolve and disconnect.
 function readSse(url: string, count: number): Promise<FrameworkEvent[]> {
   return new Promise((resolvePromise, rejectPromise) => {
@@ -75,3 +87,37 @@ test('dashboard returns 404 for unknown paths', async () => {
     await dash.close()
   }
 })
+
+test('POST /stop invokes onStop and the page renders the Stop button (#218)', async () => {
+  let stopped = 0
+  const dash = await startDashboard({ port: 0, onStop: () => stopped++ })
+  try {
+    const { status, body } = await send(dash.url + '/stop', 'POST')
+    assert.equal(status, 202)
+    assert.match(body, /"ok":true/)
+    assert.equal(stopped, 1)
+    // The page ships the button + enables it when a stop handler is wired.
+    const page = await fetchText(dash.url + '/')
+    assert.match(page.body, /id="stop"/)
+    assert.match(page.body, /STOPPABLE = true/)
+  } finally {
+    await dash.close()
+  }
+})
+
+test('/stop is 405 for a non-POST and 404 when stopping is not wired (#218)', async () => {
+  const withStop = await startDashboard({ port: 0, onStop: () => {} })
+  try {
+    assert.equal((await send(withStop.url + '/stop', 'GET')).status, 405)
+  } finally {
+    await withStop.close()
+  }
+  const noStop = await startDashboard({ port: 0 })
+  try {
+    assert.equal((await send(noStop.url + '/stop', 'POST')).status, 404)
+    const page = await fetchText(noStop.url + '/')
+    assert.match(page.body, /STOPPABLE = false/)
+  } finally {
+    await noStop.close()
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.ts b/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.ts
index 5c84905..9121aa1 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/dashboard/server.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ export interface DashboardOptions {
   host?: string
   /** Page title. Default `"The Framework"`. */
   title?: string
+  /**
+   * Called when the browser hits the Stop button (`POST /stop`). Wire this to
+   * abort the run (e.g. an `AbortController.abort()`). Omit to disable stopping;
+   * the page hides the button when the server reports no stop handler.
+   */
+  onStop?: () => void
 }
 
 /** A running localhost dashboard. Push {@link FrameworkEvent}s; it renders them live. */
@@ -40,10 +46,11 @@ export function startDashboard(opts: DashboardOptions = {}): Promise<Dashboard>
   const host = opts.host ?? '127.0.0.1'
   const port = opts.port ?? 4477
   const title = opts.title ?? 'The Framework'
+  const onStop = opts.onStop
   const stream = new EventStream<FrameworkEvent>()
   const clients = new Set<ServerResponse>()
 
-  const server = createServer((req, res) => handle(req, res, stream, clients, title))
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => handle(req, res, stream, clients, title, onStop))
 
   return new Promise<Dashboard>((resolvePromise, rejectPromise) => {
     server.once('error', rejectPromise)
@@ -67,17 +74,37 @@ function handle(
   stream: EventStream<FrameworkEvent>,
   clients: Set<ServerResponse>,
   title: string,
+  onStop: (() => void) | undefined,
 ): void {
   const url = req.url ?? '/'
   if (url === '/' || url.startsWith('/?')) {
     res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8' })
-    res.end(dashboardHtml(title))
+    res.end(dashboardHtml(title, Boolean(onStop)))
     return
   }
   if (url === '/events') {
     streamEvents(req, res, stream, clients)
     return
   }
+  if (url === '/stop') {
+    // The Stop button. Idempotent: a stop after the run has ended just aborts an
+    // already-aborted signal (a no-op). 405 for a non-POST so a stray GET can't
+    // interrupt a run. 404 when no handler was wired (stopping disabled).
+    if (req.method !== 'POST') {
+      res.writeHead(405, { 'content-type': 'text/plain', allow: 'POST' })
+      res.end('method not allowed')
+      return
+    }
+    if (!onStop) {
+      res.writeHead(404, { 'content-type': 'text/plain' })
+      res.end('stopping not enabled')
+      return
+    }
+    onStop()
+    res.writeHead(202, { 'content-type': 'application/json' })
+    res.end('{"ok":true}')
+    return
+  }
   res.writeHead(404, { 'content-type': 'text/plain' })
   res.end('not found')
 }
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/events.test.ts b/packages/framework/src/events.test.ts
index e807464..7491052 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/events.test.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/events.test.ts
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ test('formatFrameworkEvent renders a preview line', () => {
     '▶ your app is running at http://localhost:3000',
   )
 })
+
+test('formatFrameworkEvent distinguishes finished / stopped / failed (#218)', () => {
+  assert.equal(formatFrameworkEvent({ kind: 'end', ok: true }), '✓ finished')
+  assert.equal(formatFrameworkEvent({ kind: 'end', ok: false, stopped: true }), '■ stopped')
+  assert.equal(formatFrameworkEvent({ kind: 'end', ok: false, detail: 'boom' }), '✗ failed: boom')
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/events.ts b/packages/framework/src/events.ts
index 5f62aa2..12107ac 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/events.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/events.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ export type FrameworkEvent =
   | { kind: 'preview'; url: string; command: string }
   /** A framework-level log line. */
   | { kind: 'log'; message: string }
-  /** The run finished. `ok` is false when it threw. */
-  | { kind: 'end'; ok: boolean; detail?: string }
+  /**
+   * The run finished. `ok` is false when it threw. `stopped` marks the common,
+   * non-error case where the user interrupted it (the dashboard Stop button /
+   * Ctrl+C), so a surface can show "stopped" rather than "failed".
+   */
+  | { kind: 'end'; ok: boolean; stopped?: boolean; detail?: string }
 
 /** Render a {@link FrameworkEvent} as one human-readable line (terminal surface). */
 export function formatFrameworkEvent(event: FrameworkEvent): string {
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ export function formatFrameworkEvent(event: FrameworkEvent): string {
     case 'bootstrap':
       return formatBootstrapEvent(event.event)
     case 'end':
-      return event.ok ? '✓ finished' : `✗ failed: ${event.detail ?? 'unknown error'}`
+      return event.ok ? '✓ finished' : event.stopped ? '■ stopped' : `✗ failed: ${event.detail ?? 'unknown error'}`
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/run.ts b/packages/framework/src/run.ts
index 9a26290..e4eb1d9 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/run.ts
@@ -314,7 +314,10 @@ export async function runFramework(opts: RunFrameworkOptions): Promise<RunFramew
     emit({ kind: 'end', ok: true })
     return { result, detection, events, ledger, ...(preview ? { preview } : {}) }
   } catch (err) {
-    emit({ kind: 'end', ok: false, detail: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) })
+    // A user interrupt (the dashboard Stop button / Ctrl+C aborts the signal) is a
+    // clean stop, not a failure — mark it so surfaces show "stopped".
+    const stopped = opts.signal?.aborted === true
+    emit({ kind: 'end', ok: false, ...(stopped ? { stopped: true } : {}), detail: err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err) })
     throw err
   } finally {
     await session.dispose()
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.test.ts b/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.test.ts
index 287252b..dcb53c8 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.test.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.test.ts
@@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ test('applyEventToMeta marks a thrown run as failed', () => {
   const failed = applyEventToMeta(base, { kind: 'end', ok: false, detail: 'boom' }, AT)
   assert.equal(failed.status, 'failed')
 })
+
+test('applyEventToMeta marks a user-stopped run as stopped, not failed (#218)', () => {
+  const base = metaFromEvents(RUN.slice(0, 4), AT)
+  const stopped = applyEventToMeta(base, { kind: 'end', ok: false, stopped: true }, AT)
+  assert.equal(stopped.status, 'stopped')
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.ts b/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.ts
index 4a9211a..962bb65 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/store/run-store.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const META_FILE = 'run.json'
 export const RUN_META_VERSION = 1
 
 /** How a run ended (or that it is still going). */
-export type RunStatus = 'running' | 'done' | 'failed'
+export type RunStatus = 'running' | 'done' | 'stopped' | 'failed'
 
 /**
  * A queryable snapshot of the run, derived entirely from the event log. Lets the
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export function applyEventToMeta(meta: RunMeta, event: FrameworkEvent, at: strin
       break
     }
     case 'end':
-      next.status = event.ok ? 'done' : 'failed'
+      next.status = event.ok ? 'done' : event.stopped ? 'stopped' : 'failed'
       break
     default:
       break