diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
index 623ae734053d4e9489add0e4b46668f5039ea984..8b9e061f39a2cfbb8c97ea71cde1855f40b43468 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadDetailScreen.tsx
@@ -474,11 +474,12 @@ export const ThreadDetailScreen = memo(function ThreadDetailScreen(props: Thread
     }
     if (pendingBackgroundWork !== null && contentPresentationKind === "ready") {
       return {
-        kind: "waiting",
+        kind: "background",
         label: pendingBackgroundWork.title,
         accessibilityLabel: `${pendingBackgroundWork.title}: ${pendingBackgroundWork.items
           .map((item) => item.label)
           .join(", ")}`,
+        waiting: pendingBackgroundWork.waiting,
       };
     }
     return null;
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-control.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-control.tsx
index 3538949c9d2d4836a9a14265d7bf9b0c228acad5..95ea8ca5534a91d84019c5a188b6caed5a1a361d 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-control.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-control.tsx
@@ -385,16 +385,18 @@ function FloatingStatusLabel(props: {
       </StatusLabelRow>
     );
   }
-  if (props.status.kind === "waiting") {
+  if (props.status.kind === "background") {
     return (
       <StatusLabelRow
-        key="waiting"
+        key="background"
         accessibilityLabel={props.status.accessibilityLabel}
         className="gap-2"
         onLayout={props.onLayout}
       >
+        {/* A dev server can run for hours after the agent is done, so only work
+            that will wake the agent gets the bolt. */}
         <SymbolView
-          name={{ ios: "bolt", android: "bolt" }}
+          name={props.status.waiting ? { ios: "bolt", android: "bolt" } : "terminal"}
           size={13}
           tintColorClassName="foreground"
           type="monochrome"
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-status.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-status.ts
index 428add7bf3e7fe9b0719f12a628e95b58c8aa5e4..8d682cad84287588abd867bc1b3cc258bdd45b6a 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-status.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/floating-working-status.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,14 @@ export type FloatingWorkingStatus =
   | { readonly kind: "working"; readonly startedAt: string }
   | { readonly kind: "syncing"; readonly label: string }
   | { readonly kind: "compacting" }
-  // The turn settled while background work it started still runs.
-  | { readonly kind: "waiting"; readonly label: string; readonly accessibilityLabel: string }
+  // The turn settled while background work it started still runs. `waiting`
+  // is false when only commands remain, such as a dev server: the agent is done.
+  | {
+      readonly kind: "background";
+      readonly label: string;
+      readonly accessibilityLabel: string;
+      readonly waiting: boolean;
+    }
   // A task whose thread the server has not created yet: the worktree may
   // still be checking out, so there is no turn to time.
   | { readonly kind: "preparing"; readonly label: string }