diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx
index 38586457..5d7da56e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/AgentChat/AgentChat.tsx
@@ -968,8 +968,8 @@ const AgentChat: React.FC<AgentChatProps> = ({ sessionId: sessionIdProp, onClose
             <Box sx={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
               <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 1 }}>
                 <Typography noWrap sx={{ color: c.text.primary, fontWeight: 600 }}>{session.name}</Typography>
-                {!isDraft && statusStyle && (
-                  // Dot + word instead of a filled chip: one color cue, zero chrome.
+                {!isDraft && statusStyle && session.status !== 'completed' && session.status !== 'stopped' && (
+                  // Status speaks only when it needs the user; finished work sits quiet.
                   <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.6, flexShrink: 0 }}>
                     <Box sx={{ width: 6, height: 6, borderRadius: '50%', bgcolor: statusStyle.color, flexShrink: 0 }} />
                     <Typography sx={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', fontWeight: 500, color: c.text.secondary, whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx
index 008ed017..8c7fffd2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/pages/Dashboard/cards/AgentCard.tsx
@@ -757,13 +757,15 @@ const AgentCard: React.FC<Props> = ({
             <Typography sx={{ color: c.text.primary, fontWeight: 600, fontSize: '0.95rem', overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
               {session.name}
             </Typography>
-            {/* Dot + word instead of a filled chip: one color cue, zero chrome. */}
-            <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.6, flexShrink: 0 }}>
-              <Box sx={{ width: 6, height: 6, borderRadius: '50%', bgcolor: statusStyle.color, flexShrink: 0 }} />
-              <Typography sx={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', fontWeight: 500, color: c.text.secondary, whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
-                {friendlyStatusLabel(session.status)}
-              </Typography>
-            </Box>
+            {/* Status speaks only when it needs the user; finished work sits quiet. */}
+            {session.status !== 'completed' && session.status !== 'stopped' && (
+              <Box sx={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 0.6, flexShrink: 0 }}>
+                <Box sx={{ width: 6, height: 6, borderRadius: '50%', bgcolor: statusStyle.color, flexShrink: 0 }} />
+                <Typography sx={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', fontWeight: 500, color: c.text.secondary, whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
+                  {friendlyStatusLabel(session.status)}
+                </Typography>
+              </Box>
+            )}
             {/* Calm, zero-click signal: the agent recalled or built up memory of
                 this site, so the user feels it getting smarter on its own. */}
             <Fade in={session.memory_recalled || session.memory_learned} timeout={{ enter: 200, exit: 220 }} unmountOnExit>