diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx
index 48f10718..6270a2af 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/DashboardViewCard.tsx
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ const DashboardViewCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
   const scrollOverlayRef = useOverlayScrollPassthrough(isSelected);
   const previewRef = useRef<ViewPreviewHandle>(null);
   const activeViewCardId = useAppSelector((s) => s.dashboardLayout.activeViewCardId);
+  // Agent-driving glow, same treatment as browser cards: an AppAgent session carries browser_id "app:<output_id>", which keys glowingBrowserCards.
+  const appGlow = useAppSelector((s) => s.dashboardLayout.glowingBrowserCards[`app:${cardKeyProp ?? output.id}`]);
+  const showAgentGlow = !!appGlow && !appGlow.fading;
   const interactive = activeViewCardId === cardKey;
 
   // Deselecting the card exits interact mode (click anywhere else on canvas).
@@ -445,22 +448,26 @@ const DashboardViewCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
         borderRadius: `${c.radius.lg}px`,
         border: isHighlighted
           ? `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`
-          : interactive
+          : showAgentGlow
             ? `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`
-            : isSelected ? '2px solid #3b82f6' : `1px solid ${c.border.medium}`,
+            : interactive
+              ? `2px solid ${c.accent.primary}`
+              : isSelected ? '2px solid #3b82f6' : `1px solid ${c.border.medium}`,
         bgcolor: c.bg.surface,
         boxShadow: isHighlighted
           ? `0 0 0 3px ${c.accent.primary}50, 0 0 20px ${c.accent.primary}35, 0 0 40px ${c.accent.primary}15`
-          : isDragging || isResizing
-            ? c.shadow.lg
-            : isSelected
-              ? `0 0 0 1px #3b82f6, ${c.shadow.md}`
-              : c.shadow.md,
+          : showAgentGlow
+            ? `0 0 0 2px ${c.accent.primary}40, 0 0 18px ${c.accent.primary}30, 0 0 40px ${c.accent.primary}15, inset 0 0 30px ${c.accent.primary}25`
+            : isDragging || isResizing
+              ? c.shadow.lg
+              : isSelected
+                ? `0 0 0 1px #3b82f6, ${c.shadow.md}`
+                : c.shadow.md,
         overflow: 'hidden',
         display: 'flex',
         flexDirection: 'column',
         zIndex: (isDragging || isResizing) ? 999999 : cardZOrder,
-        transition: noTransition ? 'none' : 'box-shadow 0.2s',
+        transition: noTransition ? 'none' : 'box-shadow 0.4s ease, border 0.3s ease',
         '&:hover .resize-handle': { opacity: 1 },
         ...(isHighlighted && {
           animation: 'card-highlight-pulse 2s ease-out forwards',
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/geometry/dashboardTethers.ts b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/geometry/dashboardTethers.ts
index d168c5cf..ef8f6640 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/geometry/dashboardTethers.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/geometry/dashboardTethers.ts
@@ -258,9 +258,11 @@ export function useTethers({
     }
 
     const glowTethers = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof cardTether>>();
+    // An "app:<output_id>" glow key targets a VIEW card (AppAgent driving an app); everything else is a browser card.
+    const glowTarget = (id: string) => (id.startsWith('app:') ? viewCards[id.slice(4)] : browserCards[id]);
     for (const [browserId, { sourceId, fading, label }] of Object.entries(glowingBrowserCards)) {
       const t = cardTether(
-        browserCards[browserId],
+        glowTarget(browserId),
         browserId,
         sourceId,
         `browser-${browserId}`,
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ export function useTethers({
       // A browser docked below the hub keeps a "Browser" pointer so the link reads at a glance; the right-docked agent/run cases stay label-free (their glow already said it on spawn).
       const parent = sessionById.get(s.parent_session_id);
       const t = cardTether(
-        browserCards[s.browser_id],
+        glowTarget(s.browser_id),
         s.browser_id,
         s.parent_session_id,
         `browser-${s.browser_id}`,
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/ws/WebSocketManager.ts b/frontend/src/shared/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
index 78f812b4..1211a751 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/ws/WebSocketManager.ts
@@ -384,6 +384,17 @@ class WebSocketManager {
             store.dispatch(trackAgentNotification(session_id));
           }
 
+          // An AppAgent driving an app card announces itself only via this status event (no card_added like browsers), so light the app card here. Keyed by the parent chat like browser glows, so the same terminal fade below clears it.
+          const p_sess = data.session;
+          if (p_sess && p_sess.mode === 'browser-agent' && typeof p_sess.browser_id === 'string' && p_sess.browser_id.startsWith('app:')
+              && (p_sess.status === 'running' || p_sess.status === 'waiting_approval')) {
+            store.dispatch(setGlowingBrowserCards({
+              browserIds: [p_sess.browser_id],
+              sessionId: p_sess.parent_session_id || p_sess.id,
+              label: 'Use App',
+            }));
+          }
+
           // Fade this session's browser glows on the terminal transition HERE, not only in AgentChat's effect: a collapsed chat is unmounted at finish, and a never-faded glow pins the browser's renderer (exempt from suspend + the webview cap) forever.
           const newStatus = data.status ?? data.session?.status;
           const wasWorking = prevStatus === 'running' || prevStatus === 'waiting_approval';