diff --git a/app/Services/SentinelMetricsClient.php b/app/Services/SentinelMetricsClient.php
index ab3ca4082a..615adc5357 100644
--- a/app/Services/SentinelMetricsClient.php
+++ b/app/Services/SentinelMetricsClient.php
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class SentinelMetricsClient
             return [];
         }
 
+        // Sentinel keeps the last samples of a removed container until retention deletes them,
+        // but only a container that Docker still lists has a status.
+        $running = array_filter($rows, fn ($c) => ($c['status']['state'] ?? null) === 'running');
+
         return array_values(array_map(function ($c) {
             $disk = ($c['disk']['writableLayer'] ?? 0) + ($c['disk']['volumesTotal'] ?? 0);
             $net = ($c['network']['rxBytesPerSec'] ?? 0) + ($c['network']['txBytesPerSec'] ?? 0);
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ class SentinelMetricsClient
                 'diskBytes' => isset($c['disk']) ? (int) $disk : null,
                 'net' => isset($c['network']) ? (float) $net : null,
             ];
-        }, $rows));
+        }, $running));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Services/SentinelMetricsClientTest.php b/tests/Unit/Services/SentinelMetricsClientTest.php
index 967ee7b52e..6f705c0da0 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Services/SentinelMetricsClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Services/SentinelMetricsClientTest.php
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ it('normalizes containers, parsing the stringified cpu percent', function () {
             ['id' => 'app-a', 'cpu' => ['time' => 't', 'percent' => '12.5'],
                 'memory' => ['used' => 500, 'usedPercent' => 5.0],
                 'disk' => ['writableLayer' => 3, 'volumesTotal' => 7],
-                'network' => ['rxBytesPerSec' => 4.0, 'txBytesPerSec' => 1.0]],
+                'network' => ['rxBytesPerSec' => 4.0, 'txBytesPerSec' => 1.0],
+                'status' => ['state' => 'running', 'health' => 'healthy', 'restartCount' => 0]],
         ]),
     ];
 
@@ -87,6 +88,20 @@ it('normalizes containers, parsing the stringified cpu percent', function () {
     expect($rows[0]['net'])->toBe(5.0);      // rx + tx
 });
 
+it('lists only running containers, not removed or stopped ones', function () {
+    $client = fakeMetricsClient();
+    $client->bodies = [
+        '/containers/current' => json_encode([
+            ['id' => 'app-running', 'cpu' => ['percent' => '1.0'], 'status' => ['state' => 'running']],
+            // Sentinel keeps the last samples of a removed container until retention, without a status.
+            ['id' => 'volume-backup-removed', 'cpu' => ['percent' => '79.0'], 'status' => null],
+            ['id' => 'exciting_mclaren', 'cpu' => ['percent' => '1.0'], 'status' => ['state' => 'exited']],
+        ]),
+    ];
+
+    expect(array_column($client->containersCurrent(), 'id'))->toBe(['app-running']);
+});
+
 it('returns an empty container list when the endpoint 404s', function () {
     $client = fakeMetricsClient();
     $client->failing = ['/containers/current'];