diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatMonitoringStatus.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatMonitoringStatus.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f6c2537d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatMonitoringStatus.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom/vitest'
+
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { NativeChatMonitoringStatus } from './NativeChatMonitoringStatus'
+
+describe('NativeChatMonitoringStatus', () => {
+  afterEach(cleanup)
+
+  it('stays hidden outside monitoring', () => {
+    render(<NativeChatMonitoringStatus monitoring={false} />)
+
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('status')).toBeNull()
+  })
+
+  it('shows the shared monitoring glyph with visible copy', () => {
+    render(<NativeChatMonitoringStatus monitoring />)
+
+    const status = screen.getByRole('status')
+    expect(status).toHaveTextContent('Monitoring background tasks')
+    expect(status.querySelector('svg')).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatMonitoringStatus.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatMonitoringStatus.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4775417bd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatMonitoringStatus.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { AgentStateDot, agentStateLabel } from '@/components/AgentStateDot'
+
+const MONITORING_LABEL = agentStateLabel('monitoring')
+
+export function NativeChatMonitoringStatus({
+  monitoring
+}: {
+  monitoring: boolean
+}): React.JSX.Element | null {
+  if (!monitoring) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      data-native-chat-monitoring-status="true"
+      className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-4xl items-center gap-1.5 px-4 py-1.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground"
+      role="status"
+    >
+      <span aria-hidden="true">
+        <AgentStateDot state="monitoring" title={null} />
+      </span>
+      <span>{MONITORING_LABEL}</span>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolvedView.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolvedView.tsx
index dc152df4c70..608d8f655e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolvedView.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatResolvedView.tsx
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import { useNativeChatFileLinkClick } from './use-native-chat-file-link-click'
 import type { NativeChatResolvedViewProps } from './native-chat-view-types'
 import { useNativeChatFileLinkContext } from './use-native-chat-file-link-context'
 import { NativeChatOrchestrationPausedNotice } from './NativeChatOrchestrationPausedNotice'
+import { NativeChatMonitoringStatus } from './NativeChatMonitoringStatus'
+import { useNativeChatMonitoringStatus } from './use-native-chat-hook-status'
 
 /** Renders the bridge UI after NativeChatSessionGate resolves its agent session. */
 export function NativeChatResolvedView({
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ export function NativeChatResolvedView({
       ...(contextMenuActions ?? emptyNativeChatContextMenuActions)
     }
   })
+  const monitoring = useNativeChatMonitoringStatus(paneKey)
 
   // Optimistic "queued" sends (mobile parity): a composer send is echoed
   // immediately and pruned once its real user turn lands in the transcript, so
@@ -324,6 +327,7 @@ export function NativeChatResolvedView({
       ref={rootRef}
       data-native-chat-root="true"
       data-native-chat-working={isWorking ? 'true' : 'false'}
+      data-native-chat-monitoring={monitoring ? 'true' : 'false'}
       tabIndex={-1}
       onPointerDownCapture={(event) => {
         if (event.button === 2) {
@@ -358,6 +362,7 @@ export function NativeChatResolvedView({
       className="flex h-full min-h-0 w-full flex-col bg-background focus:outline-none"
     >
       <NativeChatOrchestrationPausedNotice dispatchStatus={orchestrationDispatchStatus} />
+      <NativeChatMonitoringStatus monitoring={monitoring} />
       <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
         {viewState.kind === 'loading' ? (
           <NativeChatEmptyState kind="loading" />
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx
index f7d2fd62663..bce7ce40093 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/NativeChatStructuredSession.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import { translate } from '@/i18n/i18n'
 import { NativeChatOrchestrationPausedNotice } from './NativeChatOrchestrationPausedNotice'
 import { useNativeChatPasteBridge } from './use-native-chat-paste-bridge'
 import { useNativeChatImageRuntimeContext } from './native-chat-image-runtime-context'
+import { NativeChatMonitoringStatus } from './NativeChatMonitoringStatus'
+import { useNativeChatMonitoringStatus } from './use-native-chat-hook-status'
 
 function encodeQuestionAnswer(questionId: string, answer: string): string {
   return `${encodeURIComponent(questionId)}:${encodeURIComponent(answer)}`
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ export function NativeChatStructuredSession(props: {
   )
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
   const composerRef = useRef<NativeChatComposerHandle>(null)
+  const monitoring = useNativeChatMonitoringStatus(paneKey)
   useNativeChatPasteBridge({ rootRef, composerRef })
   const session = useMemo<NativeChatLiveSession>(
     () => ({
@@ -126,10 +129,12 @@ export function NativeChatStructuredSession(props: {
       ref={rootRef}
       data-native-chat-root="true"
       data-native-chat-working={controller.isWorking ? 'true' : 'false'}
+      data-native-chat-monitoring={monitoring ? 'true' : 'false'}
       tabIndex={-1}
       className="flex h-full min-h-0 w-full flex-col bg-background focus:outline-none"
     >
       <NativeChatOrchestrationPausedNotice dispatchStatus={props.orchestrationDispatchStatus} />
+      <NativeChatMonitoringStatus monitoring={monitoring} />
       <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
         {viewState.kind === 'loading' ? (
           <NativeChatEmptyState kind="loading" />
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.test.ts
index 90d31d09e3d..29d723be9e5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { resolveNativeChatHookState } from './use-native-chat-hook-status'
+import {
+  resolveNativeChatHookState,
+  resolveNativeChatMonitoringStatus
+} from './use-native-chat-hook-status'
 
 describe('resolveNativeChatHookState', () => {
   const now = 1_000_000
 
   it('does not treat a restored working row as live activity', () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveNativeChatHookState(
-        {
-          state: 'working',
-          workingMode: undefined,
-          updatedAt: now,
-          restoredUnconfirmed: true
-        },
-        now
-      )
-    ).toBeNull()
+    const entry = {
+      state: 'working' as const,
+      workingMode: undefined,
+      updatedAt: now,
+      restoredUnconfirmed: true
+    }
+
+    expect(resolveNativeChatHookState(entry, now)).toBeNull()
+    expect(resolveNativeChatMonitoringStatus(entry, now)).toBe(false)
   })
 
   it('keeps confirmed working activity live', () => {
@@ -33,17 +34,15 @@ describe('resolveNativeChatHookState', () => {
   })
 
   it('continues to suppress monitoring rows', () => {
-    expect(
-      resolveNativeChatHookState(
-        {
-          state: 'working',
-          workingMode: 'monitoring',
-          updatedAt: now,
-          restoredUnconfirmed: false
-        },
-        now
-      )
-    ).toBeNull()
+    const entry = {
+      state: 'working' as const,
+      workingMode: 'monitoring' as const,
+      updatedAt: now,
+      restoredUnconfirmed: false
+    }
+
+    expect(resolveNativeChatHookState(entry, now)).toBeNull()
+    expect(resolveNativeChatMonitoringStatus(entry, now)).toBe(true)
   })
 
   it('does not keep an expired working row live', () => {
@@ -59,4 +58,18 @@ describe('resolveNativeChatHookState', () => {
       )
     ).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('does not show expired monitoring activity', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveNativeChatMonitoringStatus(
+        {
+          state: 'working',
+          workingMode: 'monitoring',
+          updatedAt: now - 30 * 60 * 1000 - 1,
+          restoredUnconfirmed: false
+        },
+        now
+      )
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.ts
index 5cfa0f11679..e2a7d87749a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/use-native-chat-hook-status.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,40 @@ export function resolveNativeChatHookState(
     | undefined,
   now = Date.now()
 ): AgentStatusState | null {
+  return resolveNativeChatHookStatus(entry, now).state
+}
+
+export function resolveNativeChatMonitoringStatus(
+  entry:
+    | Pick<AgentStatusEntry, 'state' | 'workingMode' | 'updatedAt' | 'restoredUnconfirmed'>
+    | undefined,
+  now = Date.now()
+): boolean {
+  return resolveNativeChatHookStatus(entry, now).monitoring
+}
+
+function resolveNativeChatHookStatus(
+  entry:
+    | Pick<AgentStatusEntry, 'state' | 'workingMode' | 'updatedAt' | 'restoredUnconfirmed'>
+    | undefined,
+  now: number
+): { state: AgentStatusState | null; monitoring: boolean } {
   if (!entry || !isExplicitAgentStatusFresh(entry, now, AGENT_STATUS_STALE_AFTER_MS)) {
-    return null
+    return { state: null, monitoring: false }
   }
-  return entry.state === 'working' && entry.workingMode === 'monitoring' ? null : entry.state
+  if (entry.state === 'working' && entry.workingMode === 'monitoring') {
+    return { state: null, monitoring: true }
+  }
+  return { state: entry.state, monitoring: false }
+}
+
+export function useNativeChatMonitoringStatus(paneKey: string): boolean {
+  // Why: monitoring stays out of foreground lifecycle while remaining visible from the tab glyph's pane-status source.
+  const agentStatusEpoch = useAppStore((store) => store.agentStatusEpoch)
+  void agentStatusEpoch
+  return useAppStore((store) =>
+    resolveNativeChatMonitoringStatus(store.agentStatusByPaneKey[paneKey])
+  )
 }
 
 export function useNativeChatHookStatus(