diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
index 4b31b5fc8ef..10d2e4a0d08 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ describe('AgentStateDot', () => {
       React.createElement(AgentStateDot, { state: 'interrupted', title: null })
     )
 
-    expect(markup).not.toContain(' title=')
+    expect(markup.match(/<span[^>]*\stitle="([^"]*)"/)?.[1]).toBe(undefined)
     expect(markup).toContain('aria-label="Interrupted"')
+    // Differential: the same state still labels itself when the caller omits `title`.
+    expect(renderMarkup('interrupted').match(/<span[^>]*\stitle="([^"]*)"/)?.[1]).toBe(
+      agentStateLabel('interrupted')
+    )
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.thread-grouping.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.thread-grouping.test.ts
index e7cfcd94e57..72a1b6d3355 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.thread-grouping.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.thread-grouping.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+import { createElement } from 'react'
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server'
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import type { AgentStatusEntry } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
 import { formatAgentTypeLabel } from '@/lib/agent-status'
+import { TooltipProvider } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import {
   buildActivityThreadGroups,
   buildActivityEvents,
   buildAgentPaneThreads,
-  getActivityThreadGroup
+  getActivityThreadGroup,
+  ThreadAgentStateIndicator
 } from './ActivityPrototypePage'
 import {
   makeActivityResult,
@@ -23,6 +27,28 @@ import {
   UNKNOWN_PANE_KEY
 } from './ActivityPrototypePage-test-fixtures'
 
+describe('ThreadAgentStateIndicator', () => {
+  it('labels the state through its Radix tooltip only', () => {
+    const threads = makeThreads(
+      makeActivityResult({ entries: { [PANE_KEY]: makeWorkingEntryWithoutHistory() } })
+    )
+
+    const markup = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(
+        TooltipProvider,
+        null,
+        createElement(ThreadAgentStateIndicator, { thread: threads[0]! })
+      )
+    )
+    const titles = [...markup.matchAll(/\stitle="([^"]*)"/g)].map((match) => match[1])
+
+    expect(markup).toContain('data-slot="tooltip-trigger"')
+    expect(markup).toContain('aria-label="Working"')
+    // A native title here would fire alongside the Radix tooltip as a double label.
+    expect(titles).toEqual([])
+  })
+})
+
 describe('activity thread grouping', () => {
   it('status grouping separates interrupted done from normal done and keeps Interrupted label', () => {
     const repo = makeRepo()
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.tsx
index 4be36a721ec..dcc068d88f8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/activity/ActivityPrototypePage.tsx
@@ -1180,7 +1180,11 @@ export function handleActivityFilterFocusShortcut({
   return true
 }
 
-function ThreadAgentStateIndicator({ thread }: { thread: AgentPaneThread }): React.JSX.Element {
+export function ThreadAgentStateIndicator({
+  thread
+}: {
+  thread: AgentPaneThread
+}): React.JSX.Element {
   const state = threadAgentState(thread)
   const label = threadAgentStateLabel(thread)
   return (
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.test.tsx
index 1aa6ac3a5bb..ae9d9e10750 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/AiVaultSessionSubagents.test.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,22 @@ describe('SessionSubagentsSection', () => {
     expect(queryByText('First pass')).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('labels the subagent run state exactly once, on the dot itself', async () => {
+    listSubagentSessions.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      sessions: [makeSubagent('Running task')],
+      issues: []
+    })
+    const { container } = render(<SessionSubagentsSection session={makeSession()} />)
+    await act(async () => {})
+
+    const titles = [...container.querySelectorAll('[title]')].map((element) =>
+      element.getAttribute('title')
+    )
+
+    // A wrapper title would stack a second identical tooltip on the dot's own hit area.
+    expect(titles).toEqual(['Working', 'Running task', 'View Log'])
+  })
+
   it('does not fetch for remote sessions even when the scan counted transcripts', async () => {
     const { container } = render(
       <SessionSubagentsSection
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.test.ts
index 87096cf9532..41f43b6a2be 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-card-agent-summary.test.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ function monitoringAgent(): DashboardAgentRowData {
   }
 }
 
+function orderedTitles(markup: string): string[] {
+  return [...markup.matchAll(/\stitle="([^"]*)"/g)].map((match) => match[1])
+}
+
 describe('worktree card agent summary', () => {
   it('presents passive working as monitoring', () => {
     const agent = monitoringAgent()
@@ -56,6 +60,34 @@ describe('worktree card agent summary', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('hands the whole row to the send-target reason, and only then', () => {
+    const agent = monitoringAgent()
+    agent.entry.prompt = 'Run background checks'
+
+    const disabled = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(CompactAgentRow, {
+        agent,
+        now: 2000,
+        onActivate: vi.fn(),
+        sendTargetStatus: 'disabled',
+        sendTargetDisabledReason: 'Agent needs permission'
+      })
+    )
+
+    // The dot sits inside the row, so its own state title would shadow the reason on hover.
+    expect(orderedTitles(disabled)).toEqual(['Agent needs permission', 'Claude'])
+
+    const eligible = renderToStaticMarkup(
+      createElement(CompactAgentRow, { agent, now: 2000, onActivate: vi.fn() })
+    )
+
+    expect(orderedTitles(eligible)).toEqual([
+      'Monitoring background tasks - Run background checks',
+      'Monitoring background tasks',
+      'Claude'
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('lists interrupted outcomes before clean completions', () => {
     const done = monitoringAgent()
     done.state = 'done'
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 63163bfe207..6c37dd13656 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
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ export const CompactAgentRow = React.memo(function CompactAgentRow({
       ) : reserveDisclosureGutter ? (
         <span className="size-4 shrink-0" aria-hidden />
       ) : null}
-      <AgentStateDot state={dotState} size="sm" />
+      {/* Why: the row's actionable disabled reason must win on every hit area. */}
+      <AgentStateDot
+        state={dotState}
+        size="sm"
+        title={sendTargetDisabledReason ? null : undefined}
+      />
       {!hideIcon && (
         <span className="inline-flex shrink-0" title={formatAgentTypeLabel(agent.agentType)}>
           <AgentIcon agent={agentTypeToIconAgent(agent.agentType)} size={13} />