diff --git a/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx b/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx
index a5e81ec07a9..c05e5d2a489 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
-import { Radio } from 'lucide-react-native'
+import { Activity } from 'lucide-react-native'
 import { Animated, Easing, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'
 import type { AgentWorkingMode } from '../../../src/shared/agent-status-types'
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function AgentSpinner({
   if (monitoring) {
     return (
       <View style={styles.wrapper} accessibilityLabel="Monitoring background tasks">
-        <Radio size={12} color={STATUS_COLORS.working} />
+        <Activity size={12} color={STATUS_COLORS.working} />
       </View>
     )
   }
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx b/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
index 4d596b7e094..1637296d900 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
-import { Radio } from 'lucide-react-native'
+import { Activity } from 'lucide-react-native'
 import { Animated, Easing, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'
 import type { AgentDotState } from '../worktree/agent-row-display'
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export function AgentStateDot({ state }: { state: AgentDotState }) {
   if (state === 'monitoring') {
     return (
       <View style={styles.wrapper} accessibilityLabel="Monitoring background tasks">
-        <Radio size={10} color={WORKING_COLOR} />
+        <Activity size={10} color={WORKING_COLOR} />
       </View>
     )
   }
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts b/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts
index 749d2636b98..eefa2137f14 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const { animationLoop, animationTiming, setValue } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   setValue: vi.fn()
 }))
 
-vi.mock('lucide-react-native', () => ({ Radio: 'Radio' }))
+vi.mock('lucide-react-native', () => ({ Activity: 'Activity' }))
 vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
   Animated: {
     Value: function Value() {
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ describe('mobile monitoring indicators', () => {
     renderer = null
   })
 
-  it('renders a static Radio for a monitoring agent', async () => {
+  it('renders a static Activity heartbeat for a monitoring agent', async () => {
     await act(async () => {
       renderer = create(createElement(AgentStateDot, { state: 'monitoring' }))
     })
 
-    expect(renderer?.root.findByType('Radio').props).toMatchObject({
+    expect(renderer?.root.findByType('Activity').props).toMatchObject({
       color: DESKTOP_WORKING_COLOR,
       size: 10
     })
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ describe('mobile monitoring indicators', () => {
     expect(animationLoop).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
-  it('renders a static Radio for an all-monitoring workspace', async () => {
+  it('renders a static Activity heartbeat for an all-monitoring workspace', async () => {
     await act(async () => {
       renderer = create(
         createElement(AgentSpinner, { status: 'working', workingMode: 'monitoring' })
       )
     })
 
-    expect(renderer?.root.findByType('Radio').props).toMatchObject({
+    expect(renderer?.root.findByType('Activity').props).toMatchObject({
       color: DESKTOP_WORKING_COLOR,
       size: 12
     })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
index 6304b1cfd68..c3819152665 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { AgentStateDot, type AgentDotState } from './AgentStateDot'
+import { AgentStateDot, agentStateLabel, type AgentDotState } from './AgentStateDot'
 
 function renderMarkup(state: AgentDotState): string {
   return renderToStaticMarkup(React.createElement(AgentStateDot, { state }))
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ describe('AgentStateDot', () => {
     expect(markup).toContain('motion-reduce:border-t-yellow-500')
   })
 
-  it('renders monitoring as a static yellow radio glyph', () => {
+  it('renders monitoring as a static yellow heartbeat glyph', () => {
     const markup = renderMarkup('monitoring')
 
     expect(markup).toContain('aria-label="Monitoring background tasks"')
-    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-radio')
+    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-activity')
     expect(markup).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('data-agent-spinner')
   })
@@ -86,4 +86,39 @@ describe('AgentStateDot', () => {
       expect(classNames).not.toContain('bg-amber-500')
     }
   )
+
+  // Why: aria-label renders no hover tooltip, so every glyph read as unlabeled
+  // to sighted users until each branch also emitted a native title (STA-5794).
+  const ALL_STATES = [
+    'working',
+    'monitoring',
+    'blocked',
+    'waiting',
+    'interrupted',
+    'failed',
+    'done',
+    'idle',
+    'permission'
+  ] satisfies AgentDotState[]
+
+  it.each(ALL_STATES)('labels %s with a native hover tooltip', (state) => {
+    const title = renderMarkup(state).match(/<span[^>]*\stitle="([^"]*)"/)?.[1]
+
+    expect(title).toBe(agentStateLabel(state))
+  })
+
+  // Typecheck-time guard: a new AgentDotState member that ALL_STATES omits
+  // fails `pnpm tc`, so the tooltip case above can never silently skip a state.
+  type UncoveredState = Exclude<AgentDotState, (typeof ALL_STATES)[number]>
+  const _allStatesAreCovered: UncoveredState extends never ? true : never = true
+  void _allStatesAreCovered
+
+  it('lets a caller override the tooltip', () => {
+    const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      React.createElement(AgentStateDot, { state: 'done', title: 'Finished 2m ago' })
+    )
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('title="Finished 2m ago"')
+    expect(markup).toContain('aria-label="Done"')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
index 4f361d01f87..5aa9b5027e4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { CircleCheck, Radio } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Activity, CircleCheck } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { AgentQuestionIcon } from '@/components/AgentQuestionIcon'
 import { AgentWorkingSpinner } from '@/components/AgentWorkingSpinner'
@@ -61,23 +61,30 @@ type Props = {
   state: AgentDotState
   size?: 'sm' | 'md'
   className?: string
+  /** Overrides the native hover tooltip; defaults to the state's label. */
+  title?: string
 }
 
 /** Render the compact state glyph used by agent rows and terminal tabs. */
 export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
   state,
   size = 'sm',
-  className
+  className,
+  title
 }: Props): React.JSX.Element {
   const box = size === 'md' ? 'h-3 w-3' : 'h-2.5 w-2.5'
   const inner = size === 'md' ? 'size-2' : 'size-1.5'
   const icon = size === 'md' ? 'size-3' : 'size-2.5'
+  // Why: aria-label alone never renders a hover tooltip, so these glyphs read as
+  // unlabeled to sighted users (STA-5794). Mirrors StatusIndicator's `title`.
+  const resolvedTitle = title ?? agentStateLabel(state)
 
   if (state === 'working') {
     return (
       <span
         className={cn('inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center', box, className)}
         aria-label={agentStateLabel(state)}
+        title={resolvedTitle}
       >
         <AgentWorkingSpinner className={inner} />
       </span>
@@ -89,8 +96,9 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
       <span
         className={cn('inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center', box, className)}
         aria-label={agentStateLabel(state)}
+        title={resolvedTitle}
       >
-        <Radio className={cn('text-yellow-500', icon)} aria-hidden="true" />
+        <Activity className={cn('text-yellow-500', icon)} aria-hidden="true" />
       </span>
     )
   }
@@ -104,6 +112,7 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
       <span
         className={cn('inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center', box, className)}
         aria-label={agentStateLabel(state)}
+        title={resolvedTitle}
       >
         <CircleCheck className={cn('text-emerald-500', icon)} aria-hidden="true" />
       </span>
@@ -115,6 +124,7 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
       <span
         className={cn('inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center', box, className)}
         aria-label={agentStateLabel(state)}
+        title={resolvedTitle}
       >
         <AgentQuestionIcon className={icon} />
       </span>
@@ -125,6 +135,7 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
     <span
       className={cn('inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center', box, className)}
       aria-label={agentStateLabel(state)}
+      title={resolvedTitle}
     >
       <span
         className={cn(
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/cmd-j/palette-live-status.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/cmd-j/palette-live-status.test.tsx
index d0a9ea6b619..0e2ef2684a5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/cmd-j/palette-live-status.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/cmd-j/palette-live-status.test.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('palette live status', () => {
     await render()
 
     expect(testContainer.querySelector('[data-spinner]')).toBeNull()
-    expect(testContainer.querySelector('.lucide-radio')?.classList).toContain('text-yellow-500')
+    expect(testContainer.querySelector('.lucide-activity')?.classList).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Monitoring background tasks'])
   })
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ describe('palette live status', () => {
     })
 
     expect(testContainer.querySelector('[data-spinner]')).toBeNull()
-    expect(testContainer.querySelector('.lucide-radio')?.classList).toContain('text-yellow-500')
+    expect(testContainer.querySelector('.lucide-activity')?.classList).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(dotLabels()).toEqual(['Monitoring background tasks'])
     expect(testContainer.querySelector('[title="Monitoring background tasks"]')).not.toBeNull()
   })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx
index 9a95a6293e8..85a8a4a45e6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ describe('DashboardAgentRow', () => {
     )
 
     expect(markup).toContain('Monitoring background tasks')
-    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-radio')
+    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-activity')
     expect(classTokens(markup)).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('data-agent-spinner')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('data-agent-row-tool-slot')
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.tsx
index 6fbde077a9c..fbea6e9edfe 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type React from 'react'
 import { Bot, FileJson } from 'lucide-react'
 import { Badge } from '@/components/ui/badge'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
-import { AgentStateDot, agentStateLabel, type AgentDotState } from '@/components/AgentStateDot'
+import { AgentStateDot, type AgentDotState } from '@/components/AgentStateDot'
 import type { AiVaultSession, AiVaultSubagentRunStatus } from '../../../../shared/ai-vault-types'
 import { LOCAL_EXECUTION_HOST_ID } from '../../../../shared/execution-host'
 import { canOpenAiVaultSessionLogInOrca } from './ai-vault-session-path-actions'
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function SubagentSessionLine({ session }: { session: AiVaultSession }): React.JS
       {dotState ? (
         // Why: a plain inline span would baseline-align the dot; flex keeps it
         // vertically centered with the row text.
-        <span className="flex shrink-0 items-center" title={agentStateLabel(dotState)}>
+        <span className="flex shrink-0 items-center">
           <AgentStateDot state={dotState} />
         </span>
       ) : null}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts
index c7ebd3a59ec..e5091cead7f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ describe('StatusIndicator', () => {
     expect(markup).toContain('motion-reduce:border-t-yellow-500')
   })
 
-  it('renders monitoring as a static radio glyph', () => {
+  it('renders monitoring as a static heartbeat glyph', () => {
     const markup = renderMarkup('monitoring')
 
     expect(markup).toContain('title="Monitoring background tasks"')
-    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-radio')
+    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-activity')
     expect(markup).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('data-agent-spinner')
   })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
index 26493bb7d40..af91ab65487 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import { Radio } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Activity } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { AgentQuestionIcon } from '@/components/AgentQuestionIcon'
 import { AgentWorkingSpinner } from '@/components/AgentWorkingSpinner'
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const StatusIndicator = React.memo(function StatusIndicator({
         title={resolvedTitle}
         {...rest}
       >
-        <Radio className="size-3 text-yellow-500" aria-hidden="true" />
+        <Activity className="size-3 text-yellow-500" aria-hidden="true" />
       </span>
     )
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardAgents.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardAgents.test.tsx
index d5591b9e9d5..15927398b85 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardAgents.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/WorktreeCardAgents.test.tsx
@@ -771,7 +771,9 @@ describe('WorktreeCardAgents', () => {
     const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(<WorktreeCardAgents worktreeId="wt-1" />)
     const iconTitles = [...markup.matchAll(/title="([^"]+)"/g)].map((match) => match[1])
 
-    expect(iconTitles).toEqual([])
+    // Variety icons stay identity-free; the lone title is the group's state
+    // label, which every state glyph now carries (STA-5794).
+    expect(iconTitles).toEqual(['Working'])
     expect(markup).not.toContain('>5 working<')
     expect(markup).toContain('>+2<')
   })