diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.test.tsx
index 188846461e4..1276287aca0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import type {
   AgentSessionStatusEvent,
   AgentSessionStatusSummary
 } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
-import { buildSubagentChildRows } from '../sidebar/worktree-subagent-child-rows'
 import { resolveAttention } from '../sidebar/smart-attention'
 import { isExplicitAgentStatusFresh } from '@/lib/pane-agent-evidence'
 import type { AgentStatusEntry } from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
@@ -220,116 +219,6 @@ describe('StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge', () => {
     expect(statuses()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ state: 'blocked' })])
   })
 
-  it('publishes agent-kind background tasks as the sidebar subagent children', async () => {
-    render(<StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge />)
-    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.subscribeStatus).toHaveBeenCalledOnce())
-
-    act(() =>
-      feed().emit({
-        type: 'snapshot',
-        sessions: [
-          summary({
-            backgroundTasks: [
-              {
-                id: 'child-1',
-                kind: 'agent',
-                name: 'deep_review',
-                description: 'Review the diff',
-                state: 'working',
-                startedAt: 500
-              },
-              // A backgrounded shell is not a subagent; kinds stay distinct.
-              { id: 'shell-1', kind: 'command', description: 'sleep 180', state: 'working' }
-            ]
-          })
-        ]
-      })
-    )
-    expect(statuses()).toEqual([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        subagents: [
-          {
-            id: 'child-1',
-            state: 'working',
-            startedAt: 500,
-            agentType: 'deep_review',
-            description: 'Review the diff'
-          }
-        ]
-      })
-    ])
-
-    // An unchanged roster must not rewrite the store.
-    const writes = mocks.setAgentStatus.mock.calls.length
-    act(() =>
-      feed().emit({
-        type: 'status',
-        session: summary({
-          backgroundTasks: [
-            {
-              id: 'child-1',
-              kind: 'agent',
-              name: 'deep_review',
-              description: 'Review the diff',
-              state: 'working',
-              startedAt: 500
-            },
-            { id: 'shell-1', kind: 'command', description: 'sleep 180', state: 'working' }
-          ]
-        })
-      })
-    )
-    expect(mocks.setAgentStatus.mock.calls.length).toBe(writes)
-
-    act(() =>
-      feed().emit({
-        type: 'status',
-        session: summary({
-          updatedAt: 2,
-          backgroundTasks: [
-            { id: 'child-1', kind: 'agent', name: 'deep_review', state: 'waiting', startedAt: 500 }
-          ]
-        })
-      })
-    )
-    expect(statuses()).toEqual([
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        subagents: [expect.objectContaining({ id: 'child-1', state: 'waiting' })]
-      })
-    ])
-
-    // A summary without tasks ends the fan-out: children clear with it.
-    act(() => feed().emit({ type: 'status', session: summary({ status: 'idle', updatedAt: 3 }) }))
-    expect(statuses()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ subagents: undefined })])
-  })
-
-  it('keeps quiet live children authoritative and reconfirms them per session after reconnect', async () => {
-    render(<StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge />)
-    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.subscribeStatus).toHaveBeenCalledOnce())
-    const live = summary({ backgroundTasks: [{ id: 'child', kind: 'agent', state: 'working' }] })
-    const childState = () =>
-      buildSubagentChildRows({
-        parentEntry: statuses()[0],
-        tab: structuredTab as never,
-        parentIsFresh: false
-      })[0]?.state
-    act(() => feed().emit({ type: 'snapshot', sessions: [live] }))
-    // A hook's evidence window has expired, but the host has not retracted its live task.
-    expect(childState()).toBe('working')
-    act(() => feed().emit({ type: 'end' }))
-    expect(childState()).toBe('unverifiable')
-    await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.subscribeStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2))
-    act(() => feed(1).emit({ type: 'snapshot', sessions: [] }))
-    expect(childState()).toBe('unverifiable')
-    act(() => feed(1).emit({ type: 'status', session: live }))
-    expect(childState()).toBe('working')
-    const writes = mocks.setAgentStatus.mock.calls.length
-    act(() => feed(1).emit({ type: 'status', session: live }))
-    expect(mocks.setAgentStatus).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(writes)
-    act(() => feed(1).emit({ type: 'status', session: summary({ backgroundTasks: [] }) }))
-    expect(childState()).toBeUndefined()
-  })
-
   it('carries the model, the running tool line, and the last assistant message', async () => {
     render(<StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge />)
     await waitFor(() => expect(mocks.subscribeStatus).toHaveBeenCalledOnce())
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.tsx
index 1bb54dc904a..47d6aec460f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/native-chat/StructuredAgentSessionStatusBridge.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react'
 import { useShallow } from 'zustand/react/shallow'
 import { agentProviderSessionsEqual } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-resume'
-import type {
-  AgentSessionBackgroundTask,
-  AgentSessionStatusSummary
-} from '../../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
-import {
-  AGENT_STATUS_MAX_SUBAGENTS,
-  agentSubagentsEqual,
-  type AgentSubagentSnapshot,
-  type AgentSubagentState
-} from '../../../../shared/agent-status-types'
+import type { AgentSessionStatusSummary } from '../../../../shared/agent-session-wire'
 import {
   structuredAgentSessionPaneKey,
   structuredAgentSessionStatusState
@@ -58,78 +49,17 @@ export function getStructuredAgentSessionTabs(
 function useStructuredAgentSessionStatusSummary(
   sessionId: string,
   target: RuntimeClientTarget
-): { summary: AgentSessionStatusSummary | null; observation: 'live' | 'unverifiable' } {
+): AgentSessionStatusSummary | null {
   const feed = useMemo(() => getStructuredAgentSessionStatusFeed(target), [target])
   useEffect(() => feed.activate(), [feed])
-  const summary = useSyncExternalStore(
+  return useSyncExternalStore(
     feed.subscribe,
     () => feed.getSnapshot().get(sessionId) ?? null,
     () => null
   )
-  const observation = useSyncExternalStore(
-    feed.subscribe,
-    () => feed.getSessionObservation(sessionId),
-    () => 'unverifiable' as const
-  )
-  return { summary, observation }
 }
 
-/** Matches the wire-parse bound in `normalizeSubagentSnapshot`. */
-const SUBAGENT_ID_MAX_LENGTH = 64
-
-function subagentStateFromTask(task: AgentSessionBackgroundTask): AgentSubagentState {
-  switch (task.state) {
-    case 'waiting':
-      return 'waiting'
-    case 'blocked':
-      return 'blocked'
-    case 'done':
-    case 'idle':
-    case 'unverifiable':
-      return 'idle'
-    // Absent state is an old host's live task; live means working here.
-    case 'working':
-    case 'monitoring':
-    case undefined:
-      return 'working'
-  }
-}
-
-/** Sidebar children for a structured session: the agent-kind background tasks
- *  the host publishes, mapped to the sidebar's own subagent vocabulary rather
- *  than widening it. Kinds stay distinct — a backgrounded shell never counts
- *  as a subagent. */
-function subagentSnapshotsFromTasks(
-  tasks: AgentSessionBackgroundTask[] | undefined
-): AgentSubagentSnapshot[] | undefined {
-  if (!tasks) {
-    return undefined
-  }
-  const snapshots: AgentSubagentSnapshot[] = []
-  for (const task of tasks) {
-    const id = task.id.trim()
-    if (task.kind !== 'agent' || id.length === 0 || id.length > SUBAGENT_ID_MAX_LENGTH) {
-      continue
-    }
-    snapshots.push({
-      id,
-      state: subagentStateFromTask(task),
-      startedAt: task.startedAt ?? 0,
-      ...(task.name ? { agentType: task.name } : {}),
-      ...(task.description ? { description: task.description } : {})
-    })
-    if (snapshots.length >= AGENT_STATUS_MAX_SUBAGENTS) {
-      break
-    }
-  }
-  return snapshots.length > 0 ? snapshots : undefined
-}
-
-function projectStatus(
-  tab: StructuredTab,
-  summary: AgentSessionStatusSummary | null,
-  observation: 'live' | 'unverifiable'
-): void {
+function projectStatus(tab: StructuredTab, summary: AgentSessionStatusSummary | null): void {
   const paneKey = structuredAgentSessionPaneKey(tab.id, tab.entityId)
   const store = useAppStore.getState()
   // No persisted turn yet (or nothing known): the row shows no agent status at all.
@@ -139,7 +69,6 @@ function projectStatus(
     }
     return
   }
-  const subagents = subagentSnapshotsFromTasks(summary.backgroundTasks)
   const desired = {
     // Shared with `worktree ps`, so the CLI and this row cannot disagree about one session.
     state: structuredAgentSessionStatusState(summary.status),
@@ -151,7 +80,6 @@ function projectStatus(
     ...(summary.toolName ? { toolName: summary.toolName } : {}),
     ...(summary.toolInput ? { toolInput: summary.toolInput } : {}),
     ...(summary.lastAssistantMessage ? { lastAssistantMessage: summary.lastAssistantMessage } : {}),
-    ...(subagents ? { subagents, subagentObservation: observation } : {}),
     sessionBoundary: false
   } as const
   const current = store.agentStatusByPaneKey?.[paneKey]
@@ -164,8 +92,6 @@ function projectStatus(
     current.toolName === summary.toolName &&
     current.toolInput === summary.toolInput &&
     current.lastAssistantMessage === summary.lastAssistantMessage &&
-    agentSubagentsEqual(current.subagents, subagents) &&
-    current.subagentObservation === desired.subagentObservation &&
     current.sessionBoundary === desired.sessionBoundary &&
     current.updatedAt === summary.updatedAt &&
     current.terminalTitle === tab.label &&
@@ -212,10 +138,10 @@ function StructuredAgentSessionStatusProjection({ tab }: { tab: StructuredTab })
     () => getActiveRuntimeTarget({ activeRuntimeEnvironmentId: environmentId }),
     [environmentId]
   )
-  const { summary, observation } = useStructuredAgentSessionStatusSummary(tab.entityId, target)
+  const summary = useStructuredAgentSessionStatusSummary(tab.entityId, target)
   useEffect(() => {
-    projectStatus(tab, summary, observation)
-  }, [summary, observation, tab])
+    projectStatus(tab, summary)
+  }, [summary, tab])
   useEffect(
     () => () =>
       useAppStore.getState().removeAgentStatus(structuredAgentSessionPaneKey(tab.id, tab.entityId)),
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-subagent-child-rows.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-subagent-child-rows.ts
index 406a72f7328..5135eea6933 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-subagent-child-rows.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/worktree-subagent-child-rows.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,8 @@ export function buildSubagentChildRows(args: {
     return []
   }
   return subagents.map((subagent) => {
-    const observation = args.parentEntry.subagentObservation
-    const fresh = observation === 'live' || (observation === undefined && args.parentIsFresh)
-    const activeState = fresh && subagent.state !== 'idle' ? subagent.state : undefined
-    const state =
-      observation === 'unverifiable' && subagent.state !== 'idle'
-        ? 'unverifiable'
-        : (activeState ?? 'idle')
+    const activeState = args.parentIsFresh && subagent.state !== 'idle' ? subagent.state : undefined
+    const state = activeState ?? 'idle'
     const startedAt = subagent.startedAt > 0 ? subagent.startedAt : args.parentEntry.stateStartedAt
     const paneKey = subagentRowKey(args.parentEntry.paneKey, subagent.id)
     const entry: AgentStatusEntry = {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.test.ts
index de1617cdb1b..d9cb4dd3d72 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.test.ts
@@ -125,58 +125,6 @@ describe('structured agent session status feed', () => {
     expect(feed.getSnapshot().get('session-2')?.status).toBe('idle')
   })
 
-  it('confirms sessions per connection and rejects late events from a disconnected stream', async () => {
-    const feed = getStructuredAgentSessionStatusFeed(LOCAL)
-    const deactivate = feed.activate()
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
-    hostEmit()({ type: 'snapshot', sessions: [summary('one'), summary('two')] })
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('live')
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(31 * 60_000)
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('live')
-    expect(mocks.subscribeStatus).toHaveBeenCalledOnce()
-    hostEmit()({ type: 'end' })
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('unverifiable')
-    hostEmit()({ type: 'status', session: summary('one') })
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('unverifiable')
-    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(300)
-    hostEmit(1)({ type: 'snapshot', sessions: [summary('two')] })
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('two')).toBe('live')
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('unverifiable')
-    expect(feed.getSnapshot().has('one')).toBe(true)
-    hostEmit(1)({ type: 'status', session: summary('one') })
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('live')
-    deactivate()
-    expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('unverifiable')
-    expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(0)
-  })
-
-  it.each(['error', 'close', 'reject'] as const)(
-    'revokes confirmation on subscription %s',
-    async (failure) => {
-      let reject!: (error: Error) => void
-      mocks.subscribeStatus.mockImplementationOnce(
-        () =>
-          new Promise((_resolve, rejectPromise) => {
-            reject = rejectPromise
-          })
-      )
-      const feed = getStructuredAgentSessionStatusFeed(LOCAL)
-      feed.activate()
-      hostEmit()({ type: 'status', session: summary('one') })
-      expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('live')
-      if (failure === 'reject') {
-        reject(new Error('disconnected'))
-      } else {
-        mocks.subscribeStatus.mock.calls[0][failure === 'error' ? 2 : 3]()
-      }
-      await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
-      expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('unverifiable')
-      hostEmit()({ type: 'status', session: summary('one') })
-      expect(feed.getSessionObservation('one')).toBe('unverifiable')
-      expect(vi.getTimerCount()).toBe(1)
-    }
-  )
-
   it('stops a pending reconnect when the feeds are reset between tests', async () => {
     getStructuredAgentSessionStatusFeed(LOCAL).activate()
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(0)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.ts b/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.ts
index 4a50717f638..8308ac8729a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/runtime/structured-agent-session-status-feed.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export type StructuredAgentSessionStatusSnapshot = ReadonlyMap<string, AgentSess
 export type StructuredAgentSessionStatusFeedOwner = {
   activate: () => () => void
   getSnapshot: () => StructuredAgentSessionStatusSnapshot
-  getSessionObservation: (sessionId: string) => 'live' | 'unverifiable'
   subscribe: (listener: () => void) => () => void
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ export function structuredAgentSessionStatusFeedKey(target: RuntimeClientTarget)
 
 function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
   let snapshot: StructuredAgentSessionStatusSnapshot = new Map()
-  const confirmedSessions = new Set<string>()
   const listeners = new Set<() => void>()
   const activations = new Set<symbol>()
   let generation = 0
@@ -62,14 +60,12 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
       // the first snapshot can be empty and dropping those rows flickers every one to no-status.
       const next = new Map(snapshot)
       for (const session of event.sessions) {
-        confirmedSessions.add(session.sessionId)
         next.set(session.sessionId, session)
       }
       setSnapshot(next)
       return
     }
     if (event.type === 'status') {
-      confirmedSessions.add(event.session.sessionId)
       const next = new Map(snapshot)
       next.set(event.session.sessionId, event.session)
       setSnapshot(next)
@@ -103,6 +99,15 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
       emit()
     }
   }
+  const fenceCandidateAndReconnect = (candidate: number): void => {
+    if (candidate !== generation) {
+      return
+    }
+    generation += 1
+    revokeSnapshotOwnership()
+    dropHandle()
+    scheduleReconnect(generation)
+  }
   let open = (): void => {}
   const scheduleReconnect = (candidate: number): void => {
     if (!active(candidate) || reconnectTimer) {
@@ -117,19 +122,6 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
       }
     }, delay)
   }
-  // Losing contact is never exit: the sessions go unverifiable and this client stops
-  // claiming host-owned execution, but nothing here settles them.
-  const loseConnection = (candidate: number): void => {
-    if (candidate !== generation) {
-      return
-    }
-    generation += 1
-    confirmedSessions.clear()
-    revokeSnapshotOwnership()
-    emit()
-    dropHandle()
-    scheduleReconnect(generation)
-  }
   const subscribeToHost = (candidate: number): void => {
     void subscribeStructuredAgentSessionStatus(
       target,
@@ -138,19 +130,19 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
           return
         }
         if (event.type === 'end') {
-          loseConnection(candidate)
+          fenceCandidateAndReconnect(candidate)
           return
         }
         applyEvent(event)
       },
       () => {
         if (active(candidate)) {
-          loseConnection(candidate)
+          fenceCandidateAndReconnect(candidate)
         }
       },
       () => {
         if (active(candidate)) {
-          loseConnection(candidate)
+          fenceCandidateAndReconnect(candidate)
         }
       }
     )
@@ -161,7 +153,13 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
           opened.unsubscribe()
         }
       })
-      .catch(() => loseConnection(candidate))
+      .catch(() => {
+        if (active(candidate)) {
+          fenceCandidateAndReconnect(candidate)
+        } else {
+          scheduleReconnect(candidate)
+        }
+      })
   }
   open = (): void => {
     const candidate = ++generation
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
         }
         console.warn('[structured-session-status] host too old for the status feed', environmentId)
       })
-      .catch(() => loseConnection(candidate))
+      .catch(() => scheduleReconnect(candidate))
   }
   const stop = (): void => {
     generation += 1
@@ -196,9 +194,6 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
     dropHandle()
     revokeSnapshotOwnership()
     reconnectAttempt = 0
-    // Teardown only runs once nothing is activated, so re-confirmation is the next
-    // subscribe's job and there is no mounted reader left to notify.
-    confirmedSessions.clear()
   }
 
   return {
@@ -216,8 +211,6 @@ function createOwner(target: RuntimeClientTarget): OwnedStatusFeed {
       }
     },
     getSnapshot: () => snapshot,
-    getSessionObservation: (sessionId) =>
-      confirmedSessions.has(sessionId) ? 'live' : 'unverifiable',
     subscribe: (listener) => {
       listeners.add(listener)
       return () => listeners.delete(listener)
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-contract.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-contract.ts
index eaab5bb78ae..453fef02139 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-contract.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-contract.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ export type AgentLaunchConfigRegistryEntry = {
 }
 
 export type AgentStatusPayload = ParsedAgentStatusPayload & {
-  subagentObservation?: AgentStatusEntry['subagentObservation']
   orchestration?: AgentStatusOrchestrationContext
   promptInteractionKey?: string
   restoredUnconfirmed?: boolean
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-live-entry-builder.ts b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-live-entry-builder.ts
index b161e51bc04..63ba0a5afc9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-live-entry-builder.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/store/slices/agent-status-live-entry-builder.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ export function buildAgentStatusLiveEntry(
     lastAssistantMessageIsToolOutput: payload.lastAssistantMessageIsToolOutput,
     ...(lastCompletedAssistantMessage ? { lastCompletedAssistantMessage } : {}),
     orchestration,
-    ...(payload.subagentObservation ? { subagentObservation: payload.subagentObservation } : {}),
     subagents: agentSubagentsEqual(existing?.subagents, payload.subagents)
       ? existing?.subagents
       : payload.subagents,
diff --git a/src/shared/agent-status-types.ts b/src/shared/agent-status-types.ts
index 3fc6c6b7f34..cc0ad487565 100644
--- a/src/shared/agent-status-types.ts
+++ b/src/shared/agent-status-types.ts
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ export type AgentSubagentSnapshot = {
 }
 
 export type AgentStatusEntry = {
-  /** Renderer-local status-feed confirmation for children; absent on hook rows. */
-  subagentObservation?: 'live' | 'unverifiable'
   state: AgentStatusState
   /** Ongoing work that does not require foreground agent execution. Only valid while working. */
   workingMode?: AgentWorkingMode