diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanBoard.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanBoard.test.tsx
index da866c17ac4..a9bd26804e0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanBoard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanBoard.test.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ function card(overrides: Partial<DashboardCard>): DashboardCard {
     repoName: 'Repo',
     worktreeName: 'wt',
     startedAt: 0,
+    finishedAt: null,
     stateChangedAt: 0,
     unseen: false,
     ...overrides
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx
index 9e2712e2e6c..d338a21d381 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.test.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function card(overrides: Partial<DashboardCard> = {}): DashboardCard {
     repoName: 'Orca',
     worktreeName: 'dashboard-review',
     startedAt: 1_000,
+    finishedAt: null,
     stateChangedAt: 1_000,
     unseen: false,
     ...overrides
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx
index ef4d6ddec32..fc87e507a4b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentKanbanCard.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ function formatStartedAgo(startedAt: number, now: number): string {
   })
 }
 
+/** The timestamp the card's time column counts from: since it finished when the
+ *  agent has completed, else since it started — parity with the worktree sidebar. */
+function displayTimestamp(card: DashboardCard): number {
+  return card.finishedAt ?? card.startedAt
+}
+
 function sameCard(a: DashboardCard, b: DashboardCard): boolean {
   return (
     a.paneKey === b.paneKey &&
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ function sameCard(a: DashboardCard, b: DashboardCard): boolean {
     a.repoName === b.repoName &&
     a.worktreeName === b.worktreeName &&
     a.startedAt === b.startedAt &&
+    a.finishedAt === b.finishedAt &&
     a.stateChangedAt === b.stateChangedAt &&
     a.unseen === b.unseen &&
     a.askSummary === b.askSummary
@@ -125,9 +132,9 @@ export const AgentKanbanCard = memo(
 
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
           <span className="truncate font-mono">{card.repoName}</span>
-          {card.startedAt > 0 ? (
+          {displayTimestamp(card) > 0 ? (
             <span className="ml-auto shrink-0 tabular-nums">
-              {formatStartedAgo(card.startedAt, now)}
+              {formatStartedAgo(displayTimestamp(card), now)}
             </span>
           ) : null}
         </div>
@@ -137,7 +144,7 @@ export const AgentKanbanCard = memo(
   (previous, next) =>
     previous.onOpenTerminal === next.onOpenTerminal &&
     sameCard(previous.card, next.card) &&
-    (previous.card.startedAt <= 0 ||
-      formatStartedAgo(previous.card.startedAt, previous.now) ===
-        formatStartedAgo(next.card.startedAt, next.now))
+    (displayTimestamp(previous.card) <= 0 ||
+      formatStartedAgo(displayTimestamp(previous.card), previous.now) ===
+        formatStartedAgo(displayTimestamp(next.card), next.now))
 )
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentTerminalDialog.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentTerminalDialog.tsx
index 76177fe955b..29d9ef9f310 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentTerminalDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/AgentTerminalDialog.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback } from 'react'
+import { SquareArrowOutUpRight } from 'lucide-react'
 import { AgentIcon } from '@/lib/agent-catalog'
 import { agentTypeToIconAgent, formatAgentTypeLabel } from '@/lib/agent-status'
 import { agentStateLabel } from '@/components/AgentStateDot'
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ export function AgentTerminalDialog({
     <Dialog open={card !== null} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
       {card ? (
         <DialogContent
-          showCloseButton={false}
           aria-describedby={undefined}
           // Why: sm:max-w-lg in DialogContent's base classes would defeat a bare
           // max-w-*, so the full-width override must carry the same breakpoint.
@@ -81,15 +81,11 @@ export function AgentTerminalDialog({
               )}
             </div>
           )}
-          <div className="flex items-center justify-end gap-2 px-2.5 py-1.5">
-            <DialogClose asChild>
-              <Button type="button" variant="outline" size="xs">
-                {translate('dashboardPopout.terminal.close', 'Close')}
-              </Button>
-            </DialogClose>
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-end px-2.5 py-1.5">
             <DialogClose asChild>
               <Button type="button" variant="outline" size="xs" onClick={reveal}>
-                {translate('dashboardPopout.terminal.focusWorktree', 'Focus worktree')}
+                <SquareArrowOutUpRight className="size-3" />
+                {translate('dashboardPopout.terminal.focusWorktree', 'Open worktree')}
               </Button>
             </DialogClose>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/agent-finished-timestamp.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/agent-finished-timestamp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c81cec0be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/agent-finished-timestamp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import type { DashboardAgentRow } from './useDashboardData'
+
+/**
+ * The moment an agent last entered `done`, or null if it never finished (still
+ * working / idle without a prior completion). Shared by the left worktree
+ * sidebar and the pop-out dashboard so both time from the SAME event: a finished
+ * agent reads "N since it finished", an active one falls through to its start.
+ */
+export function lastEnteredDoneAt(
+  agent: Pick<DashboardAgentRow, 'rowSource' | 'state' | 'entry'>
+): number | null {
+  // Why: idle subagent child rows are alive-but-idle (teammates persist
+  // between turns), not finished — fall through to the started-at timestamp.
+  if (agent.rowSource === 'subagent' && agent.state === 'idle') {
+    return null
+  }
+  const entry = agent.entry
+  if (entry.state === 'done') {
+    return entry.stateStartedAt
+  }
+  for (let i = (entry.stateHistory?.length ?? 0) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    if (entry.stateHistory[i].state === 'done') {
+      return entry.stateHistory[i].startedAt
+    }
+  }
+  return null
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/build-dashboard-snapshot.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/build-dashboard-snapshot.ts
index 6a44e73c828..cce4a5cb062 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/build-dashboard-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/build-dashboard-snapshot.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 import { parsePaneKey } from '../../../../shared/stable-pane-id'
 import { migrationUnsupportedToAgentStatusEntry } from '@/lib/migration-unsupported-agent-entry'
 import { applyAgentRowLineage } from './agent-row-lineage'
+import { lastEnteredDoneAt } from './agent-finished-timestamp'
 import type { DashboardAgentRow } from './useDashboardData'
 import { buildWorktreeAgentRows } from '../sidebar/worktree-agent-rows'
 import {
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ export function buildDashboardSnapshot(
           lastUserMessage: isTitleDerived ? undefined : nonEmpty(row.entry.prompt),
           lastAgentMessage: isTitleDerived ? undefined : nonEmpty(row.entry.lastAssistantMessage),
           startedAt: row.startedAt,
+          finishedAt: lastEnteredDoneAt(row),
           stateChangedAt: row.entry.stateStartedAt || row.startedAt,
           // Same derivation as WorktreeCardAgents' unvisitedByPaneKey, so the
           // board and the sidebar bold/mute the same agents at the same time.
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-compact-agent-row.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-compact-agent-row.tsx
index 125c8528cc4..5282fe65422 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-compact-agent-row.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-compact-agent-row.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { getAgentDotState } from './worktree-card-agent-summary'
 import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import { getAgentRowPrimaryText } from '@/lib/agent-row-primary-text'
+import { lastEnteredDoneAt } from '@/components/dashboard/agent-finished-timestamp'
 import CacheTimer, { usePromptCacheCountdownForPane } from './CacheTimer'
 
 function formatShortTimeAgo(ts: number, now: number): string {
@@ -26,24 +27,6 @@ function formatShortTimeAgo(ts: number, now: number): string {
   return `${Math.floor(hours / 24)}d`
 }
 
-function lastEnteredDoneAt(agent: DashboardAgentRowData): number | null {
-  // Why: idle subagent child rows are alive-but-idle (teammates persist
-  // between turns), not finished — fall through to the started-at timestamp.
-  if (agent.rowSource === 'subagent' && agent.state === 'idle') {
-    return null
-  }
-  const entry = agent.entry
-  if (entry.state === 'done') {
-    return entry.stateStartedAt
-  }
-  for (let i = (entry.stateHistory?.length ?? 0) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-    if (entry.stateHistory[i].state === 'done') {
-      return entry.stateHistory[i].startedAt
-    }
-  }
-  return null
-}
-
 function getCompactAgentPrimary(agent: DashboardAgentRowData): string {
   const prompt = getAgentRowPrimaryText(agent.entry)
   return prompt || agentStateLabel(getAgentDotState(agent))
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
index 9d830a1aa56..bc4b94bfb12 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/en.json
@@ -13608,8 +13608,7 @@
     },
     "terminal": {
       "closed": "No live terminal — this agent's pane has closed.",
-      "close": "Close",
-      "focusWorktree": "Focus worktree"
+      "focusWorktree": "Open worktree"
     }
   },
   "dashboard": {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
index 2bd07533c66..713265c0336 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/es.json
@@ -13585,7 +13585,6 @@
     },
     "terminal": {
       "closed": "No live terminal — this agent's pane has closed.",
-      "close": "Close",
       "focusWorktree": "Focus worktree"
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
index c76b43af82d..a4c750353b2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ja.json
@@ -13585,7 +13585,6 @@
     },
     "terminal": {
       "closed": "No live terminal — this agent's pane has closed.",
-      "close": "Close",
       "focusWorktree": "Focus worktree"
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
index 755bc978803..25c59214cfc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/ko.json
@@ -13585,7 +13585,6 @@
     },
     "terminal": {
       "closed": "No live terminal — this agent's pane has closed.",
-      "close": "Close",
       "focusWorktree": "Focus worktree"
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
index caba5e748ae..9892c0194e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
+++ b/src/renderer/src/i18n/locales/zh.json
@@ -13585,7 +13585,6 @@
     },
     "terminal": {
       "closed": "No live terminal — this agent's pane has closed.",
-      "close": "Close",
       "focusWorktree": "Focus worktree"
     }
   },
diff --git a/src/shared/dashboard-snapshot.ts b/src/shared/dashboard-snapshot.ts
index 2f63f451df4..0f3296c4e1d 100644
--- a/src/shared/dashboard-snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/shared/dashboard-snapshot.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export type DashboardCard = {
   worktreeName: string
   /** "Started … ago" display. */
   startedAt: number
+  /** When the agent last entered `done`, or null if it never finished. Drives
+   *  the card's time column: finished cards read time-since-finish (parity with
+   *  the left worktree sidebar), active cards fall back to startedAt. */
+  finishedAt: number | null
   /** When the agent entered its current state — column ordering key (cards
    *  that moved into a bucket most recently sort first). 0 when unknown. */
   stateChangedAt: number