diff --git a/graphify/hooks.py b/graphify/hooks.py
index e78e291f6..3aa372ec1 100644
--- a/graphify/hooks.py
+++ b/graphify/hooks.py
@@ -905,6 +905,23 @@ def uninstall(path: Path = Path(".")) -> str:
     return f"post-commit: {commit_msg}\npost-checkout: {checkout_msg}\nmerge driver: {merge_msg}"
 
 
+# The two per-install values in a graphify block: the interpreter that ran
+# `hook install` and the .graphifyrc viz limit (status checks that one itself).
+_PINNED_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^_PINNED='[^'\n]*'$", re.MULTILINE)
+_VIZ_EXPORT_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^export GRAPHIFY_VIZ_NODE_LIMIT=.*\n", re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+def _comparable_block(text: str, marker: str, marker_end: str) -> str | None:
+    """The graphify block in *text* with its per-install values blanked out, or
+    None when the block has no end marker (install cannot rewrite those either)."""
+    start = text.find(marker)
+    end = text.find(marker_end, start) if start != -1 else -1
+    if end == -1:
+        return None
+    block = text[start:end + len(marker_end)]
+    return _VIZ_EXPORT_LINE_RE.sub("", _PINNED_LINE_RE.sub("_PINNED=''", block))
+
+
 def status(path: Path = Path(".")) -> str:
     """Check if graphify hooks are installed."""
     root = _git_root(path)
@@ -920,7 +937,7 @@ def status(path: Path = Path(".")) -> str:
         print(f"  warning: {exc}")
     cfg_limit = cfg.get("viz_node_limit")
 
-    def _check(name: str, marker: str) -> str:
+    def _check(name: str, marker: str, marker_end: str, script: str) -> str:
         p = hooks_dir / name
         if not p.exists():
             return "not installed"
@@ -942,10 +959,16 @@ def status(path: Path = Path(".")) -> str:
                     f"{installed_limit if installed_limit is not None else 'unset'}, "
                     f".graphifyrc has {cfg_limit})"
                 )
+        # Upgrading the package does not touch hooks already on disk, so a block
+        # from an older release keeps running its old script (#3771).
+        installed = _comparable_block(text, marker, marker_end)
+        current = _comparable_block(script.replace("__VIZ_LIMIT_EXPORT__", ""), marker, marker_end)
+        if installed is not None and installed != current:
+            return "installed (out of date: run `graphify hook install` to refresh it)"
         return "installed"
 
-    commit = _check("post-commit", _HOOK_MARKER)
-    checkout = _check("post-checkout", _CHECKOUT_MARKER)
+    commit = _check("post-commit", _HOOK_MARKER, _HOOK_MARKER_END, _HOOK_SCRIPT)
+    checkout = _check("post-checkout", _CHECKOUT_MARKER, _CHECKOUT_MARKER_END, _CHECKOUT_SCRIPT)
     merge = _merge_driver_status(root)
 
     res = f"post-commit: {commit}\npost-checkout: {checkout}\nmerge driver: {merge}"
diff --git a/tests/test_hooks.py b/tests/test_hooks.py
index bd6d7e521..0910b6816 100644
--- a/tests/test_hooks.py
+++ b/tests/test_hooks.py
@@ -1533,3 +1533,58 @@ def test_commit_hook_still_rebuilds_for_a_source_change(tmp_path):
     result = _emitted_hook_run(repo, _HOOK_SCRIPT, [], {"GRAPHIFY_OUT": "custom-out"})
     assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr
     assert _LAUNCH_LINE in result.stdout, result.stdout
+
+
+# Launcher flags a hook installed before the #2253 fix still carries on disk.
+_PRE_2253_FLAGS = "0x00000008 | 0x00000200"  # DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
+
+
+def _status_line(result: str, name: str) -> str:
+    return next(line for line in result.splitlines() if line.startswith(f"{name}:"))
+
+
+def test_status_flags_a_hook_block_from_an_older_graphify(tmp_path):
+    """Upgrading the package never rewrites hooks already on disk, so a block
+    written by an older release keeps its old launcher (#3771). `status` must
+    say so and name the command that refreshes it, not report "installed"."""
+    repo = _make_git_repo(tmp_path)
+    install(repo)
+    hook = repo / ".git" / "hooks" / "post-commit"
+    text = hook.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "0x08000000 | 0x00000200" in text
+    hook.write_text(text.replace("0x08000000 | 0x00000200", _PRE_2253_FLAGS), encoding="utf-8")
+
+    res = status(repo)
+    assert "out of date" in _status_line(res, "post-commit")
+    assert "graphify hook install" in _status_line(res, "post-commit")
+    assert "out of date" not in _status_line(res, "post-checkout")
+
+    assert "updated existing post-commit hook" in install(repo)
+    assert "out of date" not in status(repo)
+
+
+def test_status_ignores_the_pinned_interpreter(tmp_path):
+    """`_PINNED` is whichever interpreter ran `hook install`. A hook pinned to a
+    different one is not stale, so it must not be reported as out of date."""
+    repo = _make_git_repo(tmp_path)
+    install(repo)
+    hook = repo / ".git" / "hooks" / "post-commit"
+    text = hook.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    repinned = re.sub(r"(?m)^_PINNED='[^']*'$", "_PINNED='/opt/other/bin/python3'", text)
+    assert repinned != text
+    hook.write_text(repinned, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "out of date" not in status(repo)
+
+
+def test_status_compares_only_the_graphify_block(tmp_path):
+    """User commands around the graphify block are not graphify's to judge."""
+    repo = _make_git_repo(tmp_path)
+    hooks_dir = repo / ".git" / "hooks"
+    hooks_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    (hooks_dir / "post-commit").write_text("#!/bin/sh\necho 'user before'\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    install(repo)
+    hook = hooks_dir / "post-commit"
+    hook.write_text(hook.read_text(encoding="utf-8") + "echo 'user after'\n", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "out of date" not in status(repo)