diff --git a/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx b/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx
index 4c476693de1..a5e81ec07a9 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/AgentSpinner.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { Radio } from 'lucide-react-native'
 import { Animated, Easing, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'
 import type { AgentWorkingMode } from '../../../src/shared/agent-status-types'
 
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ const STATUS_COLORS: Record<WorktreeStatus, string> = {
   permission: '#ef4444',
   inactive: 'rgba(115,115,115,0.4)'
 }
-const MONITORING_COLOR = '#8abeb7'
 
 export function AgentSpinner({
   status,
@@ -48,11 +48,9 @@ export function AgentSpinner({
   const color = STATUS_COLORS[status] ?? STATUS_COLORS.inactive
 
   if (monitoring) {
-    // Why: static dot, not a spinner — the lead turn is over. Keep MONITORING_COLOR
-    // in step with --agent-monitoring in the desktop main.css.
     return (
       <View style={styles.wrapper} accessibilityLabel="Monitoring background tasks">
-        <View style={[styles.dot, { backgroundColor: MONITORING_COLOR }]} />
+        <Radio size={12} color={STATUS_COLORS.working} />
       </View>
     )
   }
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx b/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
index b1c6514b922..4d596b7e094 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
+++ b/mobile/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
+import { Radio } from 'lucide-react-native'
 import { Animated, Easing, StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'
 import type { AgentDotState } from '../worktree/agent-row-display'
 
@@ -7,10 +8,8 @@ import type { AgentDotState } from '../worktree/agent-row-display'
 // emerald for 'done', red for blocked/waiting/interrupted (attention), neutral
 // for idle. Distinct from the worktree-level AgentSpinner, which collapses the
 // agent vocabulary into the 5-state rollup the sidebar dot uses.
-const DOT_COLORS: Record<Exclude<AgentDotState, 'working'>, string> = {
+const DOT_COLORS: Record<Exclude<AgentDotState, 'working' | 'monitoring'>, string> = {
   done: '#10b981',
-  // Keep in step with --agent-monitoring in the desktop main.css.
-  monitoring: '#8abeb7',
   blocked: '#ef4444',
   waiting: '#ef4444',
   interrupted: '#ef4444',
@@ -47,11 +46,16 @@ export function AgentStateDot({ state }: { state: AgentDotState }) {
     )
   }
 
+  if (state === 'monitoring') {
+    return (
+      <View style={styles.wrapper} accessibilityLabel="Monitoring background tasks">
+        <Radio size={10} color={WORKING_COLOR} />
+      </View>
+    )
+  }
+
   return (
-    <View
-      style={styles.wrapper}
-      accessibilityLabel={state === 'monitoring' ? 'Monitoring background tasks' : undefined}
-    >
+    <View style={styles.wrapper}>
       <View style={[styles.dot, { backgroundColor: DOT_COLORS[state] }]} />
     </View>
   )
diff --git a/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts b/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts
index 4bfab357270..749d2636b98 100644
--- a/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/components/agent-monitoring-indicators.test.ts
@@ -4,38 +4,22 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { AgentSpinner } from './AgentSpinner'
 import { AgentStateDot } from './AgentStateDot'
 
-// Why: pinned to --agent-monitoring in the desktop main.css. Mobile has no CSS
-// tokens, so this literal is the only thing keeping the two surfaces in step.
-const DESKTOP_MONITORING_COLOR = '#8abeb7'
-const DESKTOP_DONE_COLOR = '#10b981'
+const DESKTOP_WORKING_COLOR = '#eab308'
 
 type MonitoringTestRenderer = {
   readonly root: {
-    findAllByType(type: string): { props: Record<string, unknown> }[]
+    findByType(type: string): { props: Record<string, unknown> }
   }
   unmount(): void
 }
 
-/** Background colour of the inner dot (the wrapper View is index 0). */
-function dotColor(renderer: MonitoringTestRenderer | null): string | undefined {
-  const inner = renderer?.root.findAllByType('View')[1]
-  const style = inner?.props.style
-  const layers = Array.isArray(style) ? style : [style]
-  for (const layer of layers) {
-    const color = (layer as { backgroundColor?: string } | undefined)?.backgroundColor
-    if (typeof color === 'string') {
-      return color
-    }
-  }
-  return undefined
-}
-
 const { animationLoop, animationTiming, setValue } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   animationLoop: vi.fn(() => ({ start: vi.fn(), stop: vi.fn() })),
   animationTiming: vi.fn(() => ({})),
   setValue: vi.fn()
 }))
 
+vi.mock('lucide-react-native', () => ({ Radio: 'Radio' }))
 vi.mock('react-native', () => ({
   Animated: {
     Value: function Value() {
@@ -64,33 +48,30 @@ describe('mobile monitoring indicators', () => {
     renderer = null
   })
 
-  it('renders a static turquoise dot for a monitoring agent', async () => {
+  it('renders a static Radio for a monitoring agent', async () => {
     await act(async () => {
       renderer = create(createElement(AgentStateDot, { state: 'monitoring' }))
     })
 
-    expect(dotColor(renderer)).toBe(DESKTOP_MONITORING_COLOR)
-    // Why: the lead turn is over — spinning here is the bug this state exists to fix.
+    expect(renderer?.root.findByType('Radio').props).toMatchObject({
+      color: DESKTOP_WORKING_COLOR,
+      size: 10
+    })
     expect(animationTiming).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(animationLoop).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
-  it('keeps a monitoring agent dot separable from the done dot', async () => {
-    await act(async () => {
-      renderer = create(createElement(AgentStateDot, { state: 'monitoring' }))
-    })
-
-    expect(dotColor(renderer)).not.toBe(DESKTOP_DONE_COLOR)
-  })
-
-  it('renders a static turquoise dot for an all-monitoring workspace', async () => {
+  it('renders a static Radio for an all-monitoring workspace', async () => {
     await act(async () => {
       renderer = create(
         createElement(AgentSpinner, { status: 'working', workingMode: 'monitoring' })
       )
     })
 
-    expect(dotColor(renderer)).toBe(DESKTOP_MONITORING_COLOR)
+    expect(renderer?.root.findByType('Radio').props).toMatchObject({
+      color: DESKTOP_WORKING_COLOR,
+      size: 12
+    })
     expect(animationTiming).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(animationLoop).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/assets/main.css b/src/renderer/src/assets/main.css
index 54fa168dda6..9d75836cd11 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/assets/main.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/assets/main.css
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
   --color-ring: var(--ring);
   --color-agent-question: var(--agent-question);
   --color-agent-question-text: var(--agent-question-text);
-  --color-agent-monitoring: var(--agent-monitoring);
   --color-chart-1: var(--chart-1);
   --color-chart-2: var(--chart-2);
   --color-chart-3: var(--chart-3);
@@ -182,13 +181,6 @@
   --agent-question: var(--color-orange-600);
   /* Legible weight for text/glyphs on a tinted --agent-question surface. */
   --agent-question-text: var(--color-orange-700);
-  /* "The turn is over; background work is still registered." Turquoise, not a
-     green or a yellow: it has to stay separable from the emerald done/active dot
-     at dot size, and from working-yellow on the map. Same literal in both themes,
-     like --workspace-status-done — a status keeps its identity when the theme
-     flips. Deliberately NOT read from the terminal theme at runtime: this is a
-     fixed UI value like every other status colour. */
-  --agent-monitoring: #8abeb7;
   --status-success: #15803d;
   --status-success-background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-success) 10%, transparent);
   --status-success-border: color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-success) 25%, transparent);
@@ -299,7 +291,6 @@
   --ai-action-accent: var(--color-violet-400);
   --agent-question: var(--color-orange-500);
   --agent-question-text: var(--color-orange-300);
-  --agent-monitoring: #8abeb7;
   --status-success: #86efac;
   --status-success-background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-success) 10%, transparent);
   --status-success-border: color-mix(in srgb, var(--status-success) 25%, transparent);
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
index cf689be4d3c..6304b1cfd68 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.test.ts
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@ describe('AgentStateDot', () => {
     expect(markup).toContain('motion-reduce:border-t-yellow-500')
   })
 
-  it('renders monitoring as a static turquoise dot, never a spinner', () => {
+  it('renders monitoring as a static yellow radio glyph', () => {
     const markup = renderMarkup('monitoring')
 
     expect(markup).toContain('aria-label="Monitoring background tasks"')
-    expect(markup).toContain('bg-agent-monitoring')
-    // Why: the turn is over — a spinner here is the bug this state exists to fix.
+    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-radio')
+    expect(markup).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('data-agent-spinner')
-    // Why: must stay visually separable from the done/active dot.
-    expect(markup).not.toContain('bg-emerald-500')
   })
 
   it('renders done as an emerald check icon', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/AgentStateDot.tsx
index 19973949a8d..4f361d01f87 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 } from 'lucide-react'
+import { CircleCheck, Radio } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { AgentQuestionIcon } from '@/components/AgentQuestionIcon'
 import { AgentWorkingSpinner } from '@/components/AgentWorkingSpinner'
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
     )
   }
 
+  if (state === 'monitoring') {
+    return (
+      <span
+        className={cn('inline-flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center', box, className)}
+        aria-label={agentStateLabel(state)}
+      >
+        <Radio className={cn('text-yellow-500', icon)} aria-hidden="true" />
+      </span>
+    )
+  }
+
   if (state === 'done') {
     // Why: the dashboard lists many agents, so a check glyph scans well for
     // agent-reported completion and keeps 'done' visually distinct from
@@ -121,11 +132,7 @@ export const AgentStateDot = React.memo(function AgentStateDot({
           inner,
           state === 'blocked' || state === 'interrupted' || state === 'failed'
             ? 'bg-red-500'
-            : // Why: static dot, not a spinner — the turn is over. Turquoise stays
-              // separable from the emerald done dot at this size.
-              state === 'monitoring'
-              ? 'bg-agent-monitoring'
-              : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
+            : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
         )}
       />
     </span>
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 13f6f03e60f..d0a9ea6b619 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('.bg-agent-monitoring')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(testContainer.querySelector('.lucide-radio')?.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('.bg-agent-monitoring')).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(testContainer.querySelector('.lucide-radio')?.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-popout/agent-map.css b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/agent-map.css
index 4d20e76946e..189540305a7 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/agent-map.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard-popout/agent-map.css
@@ -420,10 +420,8 @@
   stroke: var(--color-yellow-500);
 }
 
-/* Why: static turquoise, distinct from working-yellow — the turn is over but
-   background work is still registered. Same token as the sidebar/dashboard dot. */
 .fleet-status-monitoring .agent-map-agent-mark {
-  stroke: var(--agent-monitoring);
+  stroke: var(--color-yellow-500);
 }
 
 .fleet-status-blocked .agent-map-agent-mark {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx
index c312517bdd1..9a95a6293e8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/dashboard/DashboardAgentRow.test.tsx
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ describe('DashboardAgentRow', () => {
     )
 
     expect(markup).toContain('Monitoring background tasks')
-    expect(classTokens(markup)).toContain('bg-agent-monitoring')
+    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-radio')
+    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/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts
index f28c43cb140..89fdcb12f75 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.test.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ describe('StatusIndicator', () => {
     expect(markup).toContain('motion-reduce:border-t-yellow-500')
   })
 
-  it('renders monitoring as a static turquoise dot, never a spinner', () => {
+  it('renders monitoring as a static radio glyph', () => {
     const markup = renderMarkup('monitoring')
 
     expect(markup).toContain('title="Monitoring background tasks"')
-    expect(markup).toContain('bg-agent-monitoring')
+    expect(markup).toContain('lucide-radio')
+    expect(markup).toContain('text-yellow-500')
     expect(markup).not.toContain('data-agent-spinner')
-    expect(markup).not.toContain('bg-emerald-500')
   })
 
   it('renders permission as the shared question glyph', () => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
index 1d63739c813..97726487c19 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/sidebar/StatusIndicator.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
+import { Radio } from 'lucide-react'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { AgentQuestionIcon } from '@/components/AgentQuestionIcon'
 import { AgentWorkingSpinner } from '@/components/AgentWorkingSpinner'
@@ -40,6 +41,18 @@ const StatusIndicator = React.memo(function StatusIndicator({
     )
   }
 
+  if (status === 'monitoring') {
+    return (
+      <span
+        className={cn('inline-flex h-3 w-3 shrink-0 items-center justify-center', className)}
+        title={resolvedTitle}
+        {...rest}
+      >
+        <Radio className="size-3 text-yellow-500" aria-hidden="true" />
+      </span>
+    )
+  }
+
   if (status === 'permission') {
     return (
       <span
@@ -66,11 +79,7 @@ const StatusIndicator = React.memo(function StatusIndicator({
               // 'active' (terminal open, quiet). Working uses a yellow
               // ring above; 'inactive' stays grey.
               'bg-emerald-500'
-            : // Why: static turquoise — the lead turn ended, but background work
-              // is still registered, so this is neither working nor done.
-              status === 'monitoring'
-              ? 'bg-agent-monitoring'
-              : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
+            : 'bg-neutral-500/40'
         )}
       />
     </span>