diff --git a/src/ui/app.rs b/src/ui/app.rs
index 4b27799e..34638ca1 100644
--- a/src/ui/app.rs
+++ b/src/ui/app.rs
@@ -2793,29 +2793,34 @@ impl Tty7App {
     }
 
     /// The status-dot colour for a tab whose representative pane is an SSH
-    /// session (PRD FR-E2): native panes are phase-coloured (connecting = warning,
-    /// connected = accent, failed/disconnected = red); a foreground `ssh` typed
-    /// into a shell gets a plain neutral dot. `None` for non-SSH tabs (no dot).
-    pub(crate) fn tab_ssh_dot(&self, tab: &Tab, cx: &App) -> Option<gpui::Hsla> {
+    /// session (PRD FR-E2), as an RGB value from the same hardcoded semantic
+    /// palette as [`AgentStatus::dot_rgb`] — not the theme's UI tokens, which
+    /// in this app are soft neutral fills (accent is the list-selection grey)
+    /// and read as no state at all. Native panes are phase-coloured
+    /// (connecting = amber, connected = green, failed/disconnected = red); a
+    /// foreground `ssh` typed into a shell gets a plain neutral dot. `None`
+    /// for non-SSH tabs (no dot).
+    ///
+    /// [`AgentStatus::dot_rgb`]: crate::core::cli_agent::AgentStatus::dot_rgb
+    pub(crate) fn tab_ssh_dot(&self, tab: &Tab, cx: &App) -> Option<u32> {
         use crate::daemon::protocol::SshPhase;
         let leaf = tab.pane.first_leaf()?;
         let v = leaf.read(cx);
-        let theme = cx.theme();
         if let Some(phase) = v.ssh_phase() {
             // Native pane.
-            let color = if v.ssh_disconnected() {
-                theme.danger
+            let rgb = if v.ssh_disconnected() {
+                0xEF4444 // red: link lost
             } else {
                 match phase {
-                    SshPhase::Connecting | SshPhase::Authenticating => theme.warning,
-                    SshPhase::Connected => theme.accent,
-                    SshPhase::Failed { .. } => theme.danger,
+                    SshPhase::Connecting | SshPhase::Authenticating => 0xF59E0B, // amber: in flight
+                    SshPhase::Connected => 0x22C55E, // green: link up
+                    SshPhase::Failed { .. } => 0xEF4444, // red: never made it
                 }
             };
-            Some(color)
+            Some(rgb)
         } else if v.remote_context().is_some() {
             // A foreground `ssh` typed into a shell: a plain neutral dot.
-            Some(theme.muted_foreground)
+            Some(0x9CA3AF)
         } else {
             None
         }
diff --git a/src/ui/tab_strip.rs b/src/ui/tab_strip.rs
index 7b09ac13..d10522ed 100644
--- a/src/ui/tab_strip.rs
+++ b/src/ui/tab_strip.rs
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ impl Render for DragTab {
 }
 
 impl Tty7App {
-    /// The status dot pinned to an agent avatar's bottom-right corner: a solid
+    /// The status dot pinned to a tab avatar's bottom-right corner (an agent's
+    /// live status, or an SSH pane's connection phase): a solid
     /// `rgb` disc with a surface-colored separator ring so it reads as sitting
     /// on the badge. When `unread` (a finished turn you haven't looked at), the
     /// dot gains a crisp outer ring of the same hue — the dot's separator ring
@@ -204,16 +205,17 @@ impl Tty7App {
     /// The leading avatar for a tab row/chip: a rounded badge that brands the
     /// tab by what's running in it — each session fronted with an icon. A
     /// recognized coding agent gets its brand mark — a white silhouette
-    /// (gpui tints SVGs as an alpha mask) on the vendor accent; an SSH pane gets
-    /// a terminal glyph ringed in its connection-status colour; a plain shell
-    /// gets a neutral terminal glyph. An agent's live status rides the corner as
-    /// a [`status_dot`](Self::status_dot). `size` is the badge's edge in px.
+    /// (gpui tints SVGs as an alpha mask) on the vendor accent; a plain shell
+    /// gets a neutral terminal glyph. Live status rides the corner as a
+    /// [`status_dot`](Self::status_dot) — the agent's working/waiting/done, or
+    /// an SSH pane's connection phase (`ssh`) — one corner-dot language for
+    /// the whole avatar column. `size` is the badge's edge in px.
     pub(crate) fn tab_avatar(
         &self,
         agent: Option<crate::core::cli_agent::CLIAgent>,
         status: Option<crate::core::cli_agent::AgentStatus>,
         unread: bool,
-        ssh: Option<gpui::Hsla>,
+        ssh: Option<u32>,
         size: f32,
         cx: &App,
     ) -> gpui::AnyElement {
@@ -251,11 +253,11 @@ impl Tty7App {
                     .into_any_element()
             }
             None => base
+                .relative()
                 .rounded_full()
                 // A clearly-visible neutral disc (a neutral grey shell badge), not a
                 // near-transparent tint — so the avatar column reads as a column.
                 .bg(cx.theme().muted)
-                .when_some(ssh, |d, c| d.border_2().border_color(c))
                 .child(
                     // A flush `>_` prompt (not the boxed `square-terminal`) so it
                     // fills the badge at the same visual weight as a brand mark.
@@ -264,6 +266,10 @@ impl Tty7App {
                         .size(px(size * 0.56))
                         .text_color(cx.theme().foreground.opacity(0.65)),
                 )
+                // SSH connection phase as a corner status dot — the same
+                // element as an agent's, not a border ring around the badge
+                // (a ring read as a second, differently-shaped avatar style).
+                .when_some(ssh, |b, rgb| b.child(Self::status_dot(rgb, false, size, cx)))
                 .into_any_element(),
         }
     }
@@ -560,8 +566,14 @@ impl Tty7App {
                     }),
                 )
                 // Leading SSH status dot when this tab hosts an SSH session.
-                .when_some(ssh_dot, |c, color| {
-                    c.child(div().flex_shrink_0().size(px(6.)).rounded_full().bg(color))
+                .when_some(ssh_dot, |c, rgb| {
+                    c.child(
+                        div()
+                            .flex_shrink_0()
+                            .size(px(6.))
+                            .rounded_full()
+                            .bg(gpui::rgb(rgb)),
+                    )
                 })
                 // Leading agent brand avatar, when a coding agent runs in this
                 // tab — the vendor mark on its accent. Only agents get an avatar