diff --git a/frontend/src/app/Main.tsx b/frontend/src/app/Main.tsx
index 28e564f4..a2948153 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/Main.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/Main.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import AppShell from './components/Layout/AppShell';
 import ImportEntryPoint from './components/share/ImportEntryPoint';
 import DashboardSelection from './pages/DashboardSelection/DashboardSelection';
 import ErrorBoundary from './components/feedback/ErrorBoundary';
+import ScheduledRunToast from './components/feedback/ScheduledRunToast';
 import { setPanelMode, disableOnboardingAfterCrash } from '@/shared/state/onboardingProgressSlice';
 
 const Skills = React.lazy(() => import('./pages/Skills/Skills'));
@@ -469,6 +470,7 @@ const ThemedApp: React.FC = () => {
             <DefaultModelGuard>
             <UpdateListener>
               <CrashRecoveryChip />
+              <ScheduledRunToast />
               <ImportEntryPoint />
               <DeepLinkListener>
                 <ErrorBoundary scope="routes">
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/feedback/ScheduledRunToast.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/feedback/ScheduledRunToast.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58c2adc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/feedback/ScheduledRunToast.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
+import Fade from '@mui/material/Fade';
+import BoltRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/BoltRounded';
+import { useClaudeTokens } from '@/shared/styles/ThemeContext';
+import { useAppDispatch, useAppSelector } from '@/shared/hooks';
+import { clearRunStartSignal, openWorkflowCard } from '@/shared/state/workflowsSlice';
+import { addWorkflowCard } from '@/shared/state/dashboardLayoutSlice';
+
+const VISIBLE_MS = 6000;
+
+// Quiet bottom-center toast that confirms an unattended scheduled run kicked
+// off, so the user isn't blind to it the way the completion notification used
+// to be the only signal. Click to jump straight to the live run.
+export default function ScheduledRunToast() {
+  const c = useClaudeTokens();
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+  const signal = useAppSelector((s) => s.workflows.runStartSignal);
+  const [show, setShow] = useState(false);
+  // Keep the last payload so the exit fade renders the same content instead of
+  // blanking mid-animation once the signal is cleared.
+  const snapshot = useRef<typeof signal>(null);
+  if (signal) snapshot.current = signal;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!signal) return;
+    setShow(true);
+    const t = setTimeout(() => setShow(false), VISIBLE_MS);
+    return () => clearTimeout(t);
+  }, [signal?.nonce]);
+
+  const display = snapshot.current;
+  if (!display) return null;
+
+  const onOpen = () => {
+    dispatch(addWorkflowCard({ workflowId: display.workflowId }));
+    dispatch(openWorkflowCard({ workflowId: display.workflowId, view: 'running', runId: display.runId }));
+    setShow(false);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Fade in={show} timeout={{ enter: 200, exit: 220 }} unmountOnExit onExited={() => dispatch(clearRunStartSignal())}>
+      <Box
+        onClick={onOpen}
+        role="button"
+        sx={{
+          position: 'fixed', bottom: 20, left: '50%', transform: 'translateX(-50%)',
+          zIndex: 1500,
+          display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1,
+          bgcolor: c.bg.surface, border: `1px solid ${c.border.medium}`,
+          boxShadow: c.shadow.md, borderRadius: `${c.radius.lg}px`,
+          px: 1.75, py: 1,
+          cursor: 'pointer', maxWidth: 360,
+          '&:hover': { borderColor: c.accent.primary },
+        }}>
+        <Box sx={{ display: 'inline-flex', alignItems: 'center', width: 18, height: 18, color: c.accent.primary, animation: 'srtPulse 1.4s ease-in-out infinite' }}>
+          <BoltRoundedIcon sx={{ fontSize: 18 }} />
+        </Box>
+        <Box sx={{ fontSize: '0.85rem', color: c.text.primary, lineHeight: 1.4 }}>
+          <b>{display.title}</b> started running
+        </Box>
+        <Box sx={{ fontSize: '0.78rem', color: c.accent.primary, fontWeight: 700, ml: 0.5 }}>Open</Box>
+        <style>{'@keyframes srtPulse{0%,100%{opacity:1}50%{opacity:0.4}}'}</style>
+      </Box>
+    </Fade>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/shared/state/workflowsSlice.ts b/frontend/src/shared/state/workflowsSlice.ts
index ca588700..360a2c76 100644
--- a/frontend/src/shared/state/workflowsSlice.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/shared/state/workflowsSlice.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ export interface OpenCard {
   fixSeed?: { runId: string; stepIdx: number; stepLabel: string; error: string } | null;
 }
 
+// Transient ping for the global "a scheduled run just started" toast. nonce
+// bumps on every fresh scheduled start so the toast re-fires even when the
+// same workflow runs again. Cleared once the toast finishes fading out.
+interface RunStartSignal {
+  workflowId: string;
+  runId: string;
+  title: string;
+  nonce: number;
+}
+
 interface State {
   items: Record<string, Workflow>;
   runs: Record<string, WorkflowRun[]>;
@@ -167,10 +177,11 @@ interface State {
   cloudSmsEnabled: boolean;
   allRuns: WorkflowRun[];
   allRunsLoading: boolean;
+  runStartSignal: RunStartSignal | null;
   runControlPending: Record<string, WorkflowRunControlAction>;
 }
 
-const initialState: State = { items: {}, runs: {}, openCards: {}, loaded: false, loading: false, paused: false, active: [], cloudSmsEnabled: false, allRuns: [], allRunsLoading: false, runControlPending: {} };
+const initialState: State = { items: {}, runs: {}, openCards: {}, loaded: false, loading: false, paused: false, active: [], cloudSmsEnabled: false, allRuns: [], allRunsLoading: false, runStartSignal: null, runControlPending: {} };
 
 function mergeRunIntoState(state: State, r: WorkflowRun) {
   const arr = state.runs[r.workflow_id] || [];
@@ -202,6 +213,21 @@ function mergeRunIntoState(state: State, r: WorkflowRun) {
   // Only nudge from views that the user hasn't actively navigated away
   // from (saved / running). Edit, history, scheduling etc. stay put.
   const card = state.openCards[r.workflow_id];
+  // Ping the global toast when an unattended scheduled run begins, so the
+  // user notices even when they aren't looking at the card. Fire once per
+  // run (first running event has no prior, later step bumps do), skip if
+  // they're already watching the card live, and skip manual runs they
+  // just clicked themselves.
+  const watching = !!card && (card.view === 'running' || card.view === 'saved');
+  const startedFresh = (!prev || prev.status !== 'running') && r.status === 'running';
+  if (startedFresh && r.triggered_by === 'schedule' && !watching) {
+    state.runStartSignal = {
+      workflowId: r.workflow_id,
+      runId: r.id,
+      title: state.items[r.workflow_id]?.title || 'Workflow',
+      nonce: (state.runStartSignal?.nonce ?? 0) + 1,
+    };
+  }
   if (card) {
     const fromRunnable = card.view === 'saved' || card.view === 'running';
     if (r.status === 'running' && fromRunnable) {
@@ -431,6 +457,9 @@ const slice = createSlice({
       delete state.runs[action.payload];
       state.allRuns = state.allRuns.filter((r) => r.workflow_id !== action.payload);
     },
+    clearRunStartSignal(state) {
+      state.runStartSignal = null;
+    },
   },
   extraReducers: (builder) => {
     builder
@@ -516,5 +545,6 @@ export const {
   clearFixSeed,
   upsertWorkflow,
   removeWorkflow,
+  clearRunStartSignal,
 } = slice.actions;
 export default slice.reducer;