diff --git a/src/components/completion.test.ts b/src/components/completion.test.ts
index 92d45f7..9313079 100644
--- a/src/components/completion.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/completion.test.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ describe("completion context", () => {
     expect(labelsAt('[[feature]]\nstatus = "o|')).toEqual(["on-track", "off-track"])
   })
 
+  it("offers nothing once the status value's quote is closed", () => {
+    expect(getCompletions(...atCaret('[[feature]]\nstatus = "on-track"|'))).toBeNull()
+  })
+
   it("suggests feature names inside a milestone requires array", () => {
     const source = '[[feature]]\nname = "Payments"\n\n[[milestone]]\nrequires = ["|'
     expect(labelsAt(source)).toEqual(["Payments"])
diff --git a/src/components/completion.ts b/src/components/completion.ts
index 56c253d..de36880 100644
--- a/src/components/completion.ts
+++ b/src/components/completion.ts
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ export function getCompletions(
   const lineStart = source.lastIndexOf("\n", caret - 1) + 1
   const linePrefix = source.slice(lineStart, caret)
 
-  // ── value: status = "<here>" ──────────────────────────────────────────────
-  const status = /^(\s*status\s*=\s*)"?([A-Za-z-]*)"?$/.exec(linePrefix)
+  // ── value: status = "<here>" — while typing, not once the quote is closed ──
+  const status = /^(\s*status\s*=\s*)"?([A-Za-z-]*)$/.exec(linePrefix)
   if (status) {
     const items = filter(
       STATUSES.map((s) => ({ label: s, insert: `"${s}"` })),