diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-items.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-items.tsx
index 296f035ce2..f27a9bb7a9 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-items.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-items.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ export function getProjectAvatarSource(id?: string, icon?: { color?: string; url
   return icon?.url
 }
 
-export const ProjectIcon = (props: { project: LocalProject; class?: string; notify?: boolean }): JSX.Element => {
+export const ProjectIcon = (props: {
+  project: LocalProject
+  class?: string
+  notify?: boolean
+  working?: boolean
+}): JSX.Element => {
   const globalSync = useGlobalSync()
   const notification = useNotification()
   const permission = usePermission()
@@ -65,6 +70,11 @@ export const ProjectIcon = (props: { project: LocalProject; class?: string; noti
           }}
         />
       </Show>
+      <Show when={props.working}>
+        <div class="absolute bottom-px right-px size-3 rounded-full bg-background-base z-10 flex items-center justify-center">
+          <Spinner class="size-[9px]" />
+        </div>
+      </Show>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx
index 2ba20092c5..58595c25b9 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/layout/sidebar-project.tsx
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const ProjectTile = (props: {
   sidebarHovering: Accessor<boolean>
   selected: Accessor<boolean>
   active: Accessor<boolean>
+  isWorking: Accessor<boolean>
   overlay: Accessor<boolean>
   suppressHover: Accessor<boolean>
   dirs: Accessor<string[]>
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ const ProjectTile = (props: {
         }}
         onBlur={() => props.setOpen(false)}
       >
-        <ProjectIcon project={props.project} notify />
+        <ProjectIcon project={props.project} notify working={props.isWorking()} />
       </ContextMenu.Trigger>
       <ContextMenu.Portal>
         <ContextMenu.Content>
@@ -301,6 +302,12 @@ export const SortableProject = (props: {
   }
 
   const projectStore = createMemo(() => globalSync.child(props.project.worktree, { bootstrap: false })[0])
+  const isWorking = createMemo(() =>
+    dirs().some((directory) => {
+      const [store] = globalSync.child(directory, { bootstrap: false })
+      return Object.values(store.session_status).some((status) => status?.type === "busy" || status?.type === "retry")
+    }),
+  )
   const projectSessions = createMemo(() => sortedRootSessions(projectStore(), props.sortNow()))
   const workspaceSessions = (directory: string) => {
     const [data] = globalSync.child(directory, { bootstrap: false })
@@ -313,6 +320,7 @@ export const SortableProject = (props: {
       sidebarHovering={props.ctx.sidebarHovering}
       selected={selected}
       active={active}
+      isWorking={isWorking}
       overlay={overlay}
       suppressHover={() => state.suppressHover}
       dirs={dirs}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx
index 6d3322151a..542449f5df 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-session-list.tsx
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export function DialogSessionList() {
         }
         const isDeleting = toDelete() === x.id
         const status = sync.data.session_status?.[x.id]
-        const isWorking = status?.type === "busy"
+        const isWorking = status?.type === "busy" || status?.type === "retry"
         return {
           title: isDeleting ? `Press ${deleteHint()} again to confirm` : x.title,
           bg: isDeleting ? theme.error : undefined,