diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-items.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-items.tsx
index dc5beea14d24073351a73ed156184c90391ca22d..fcba4626be2d9e050ffb351e912d2ac812811ca0 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-items.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/thread-list-items.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { relativeTime } from "../../lib/time";
 import { themeColorWithAlpha } from "../../lib/mobileTheme";
 import { useUniwindTheme } from "../../lib/useUniwindTheme";
 import type { PendingNewTask } from "../../state/use-pending-new-tasks";
-import { useThreadPr, type ThreadPr } from "../../state/use-thread-pr";
+import { useThreadPr, type ThreadPrPresentation } from "../../state/use-thread-pr";
 import type { HomeGroupDisplayAction } from "../home/homeListItems";
 import { ThreadSwipeable } from "../home/thread-swipe-actions";
 import { buildThreadTitleRegenerationMenuItems } from "./thread-title-regeneration-menu";
@@ -42,9 +42,15 @@ export type ThreadListVariant = "compact" | "sidebar";
 export const THREAD_LIST_COMPACT_INSET = HOME_HORIZONTAL_INSET;
 const SIDEBAR_ROW_RADIUS = 12;
 
-function pullRequestTintColor(state: ThreadPr["state"], colorScheme: "light" | "dark") {
+function pullRequestTintColor(
+  pr: Pick<ThreadPrPresentation, "state" | "isDraft">,
+  colorScheme: "light" | "dark",
+) {
   const dark = colorScheme === "dark";
-  switch (state) {
+  if (pr.state === "open" && pr.isDraft === true) {
+    return dark ? "#a1a1aa" : "#71717a";
+  }
+  switch (pr.state) {
     case "open":
       return dark ? "#34d399" : "#059669";
     case "merged":
@@ -548,9 +554,7 @@ export const ThreadListRow = memo(function ThreadListRow(props: {
             <PullRequestIcon
               size={compact ? 13 : 11}
               color={
-                selected
-                  ? String(selectedForegroundColor)
-                  : pullRequestTintColor(pr.state, colorScheme)
+                selected ? String(selectedForegroundColor) : pullRequestTintColor(pr, colorScheme)
               }
             />
             <Text
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-pr-presentation.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-pr-presentation.ts
index ab8e5a20f009692dabe8d8e1c81156ee93fd56d0..53d19abd95a41c07cddff2c1d66826a234041461 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-pr-presentation.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/thread-pr-presentation.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export type ThreadPr = NonNullable<VcsStatusResult["pr"]>;
 export interface ThreadPrPresentation {
   readonly number: number;
   readonly state: ThreadPr["state"];
+  readonly isDraft: boolean;
   /** Provider-side last activity, bounding when a terminal state landed. */
   readonly updatedAt: string | null;
   readonly url: string;
@@ -27,13 +28,15 @@ export function presentThreadPr(
   provider: VcsStatusResult["sourceControlProvider"] | null | undefined,
 ): ThreadPrPresentation {
   const presentation = resolveChangeRequestPresentation(provider);
+  const isDraft = pr.state === "open" && pr.isDraft === true;
   return {
     number: pr.number,
     state: pr.state,
+    isDraft,
     updatedAt: pr.updatedAt ?? null,
     url: pr.url,
     label: String(pr.number),
-    accessibilityLabel: `#${pr.number} ${presentation.longName} ${pr.state}`,
-    textClassName: PR_STATE_TEXT_CLASS[pr.state],
+    accessibilityLabel: `#${pr.number} ${presentation.longName} ${isDraft ? "draft" : pr.state}`,
+    textClassName: isDraft ? "text-adaptive-zinc-500-400" : PR_STATE_TEXT_CLASS[pr.state],
   };
 }
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-pr.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-pr.test.ts
index 1313f202fa1336df1ae7fe54040a1b2be40d6030..ddda3b1acd9648fb79d2f9c265eb4ca5d2b1261c 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-pr.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/state/use-thread-pr.test.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,13 @@ describe("presentThreadPr", () => {
       accessibilityLabel: "#3774 merge request merged",
     });
   });
+
+  it("uses gray for draft pull requests", () => {
+    expect(
+      presentThreadPr({ ...pullRequest, state: "open", isDraft: true }, undefined),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      accessibilityLabel: "#3774 pull request draft",
+      textClassName: "text-adaptive-zinc-500-400",
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts b/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts
index 3e4be02a3c140c11824e1a63aef9300625f4affb..643e1e7a0d5bae630c8b050b2f6f05407284f44c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ interface FakeGhScenario {
     baseRefName: string;
     headRefName: string;
     state?: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+    isDraft?: boolean;
     isCrossRepository?: boolean;
     headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null;
     headRepositoryOwnerLogin?: string | null;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ function normalizeFakePullRequestSummary(raw: unknown): GitHubCli.GitHubPullRequ
           ? "closed"
           : "merged"
       : undefined;
+  const isDraft = typeof record.isDraft === "boolean" ? record.isDraft : undefined;
   const isCrossRepository =
     typeof record.isCrossRepository === "boolean" ? record.isCrossRepository : undefined;
   const headRepositoryNameWithOwner =
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ function normalizeFakePullRequestSummary(raw: unknown): GitHubCli.GitHubPullRequ
     baseRefName,
     headRefName,
     ...(state ? { state } : {}),
+    ...(isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     ...(isCrossRepository !== undefined ? { isCrossRepository } : {}),
     ...(headRepositoryNameWithOwner ? { headRepositoryNameWithOwner } : {}),
     ...(headRepositoryOwnerLogin ? { headRepositoryOwnerLogin } : {}),
@@ -508,7 +511,7 @@ function createGitHubCliWithFakeGh(scenario: FakeGhScenario = {}): {
             "--limit",
             String(input.limit ?? 1),
             "--json",
-            "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+            "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
           ],
         }).pipe(
           Effect.map((result) => JSON.parse(result.stdout) as unknown[]),
@@ -552,7 +555,7 @@ function createGitHubCliWithFakeGh(scenario: FakeGhScenario = {}): {
             "view",
             input.reference,
             "--json",
-            "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+            "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
           ],
         }).pipe(
           Effect.map((result) => JSON.parse(result.stdout) as GitHubCli.GitHubPullRequestSummary),
@@ -699,7 +702,7 @@ const GitManagerTestLayer = GitVcsDriver.layer.pipe(
 );
 
 it.layer(GitManagerTestLayer)("GitManager", (it) => {
-  it.effect("status includes PR metadata when branch already has an open PR", () =>
+  it.effect("status includes draft PR metadata when branch already has a draft PR", () =>
     Effect.gen(function* () {
       const repoDir = yield* makeTempDir("t3code-git-manager-");
       yield* initRepo(repoDir);
@@ -719,6 +722,7 @@ it.layer(GitManagerTestLayer)("GitManager", (it) => {
                 url: "https://github.com/pingdotgg/codething-mvp/pull/13",
                 baseRefName: "main",
                 headRefName: "feature/status-open-pr",
+                isDraft: true,
               },
             ]),
           ],
@@ -737,6 +741,7 @@ it.layer(GitManagerTestLayer)("GitManager", (it) => {
         baseRef: "main",
         headRef: "feature/status-open-pr",
         state: "open",
+        isDraft: true,
         updatedAt: null,
       });
     }),
@@ -1686,7 +1691,7 @@ it.layer(GitManagerTestLayer)("GitManager", (it) => {
           updatedAt: "2026-03-10T07:00:00.000Z",
         });
         expect(ghCalls).toContain(
-          "pr list --head jasonLaster:statemachine --state all --limit 20 --json number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+          "pr list --head jasonLaster:statemachine --state all --limit 20 --json number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
         );
       }),
     20_000,
@@ -1752,7 +1757,7 @@ it.layer(GitManagerTestLayer)("GitManager", (it) => {
           updatedAt: "2026-03-10T07:00:00.000Z",
         });
         expect(ghCalls).toContain(
-          "pr list --head contributor:main --state all --limit 20 --json number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+          "pr list --head contributor:main --state all --limit 20 --json number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
         );
       }),
     20_000,
diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts b/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
index cad328d16b08394b74b33381204dd78f502f6341..2d8af0c9e8bb54a5510f299ba6e3438822645e0f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/GitManager.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ interface OpenPrInfo {
 
 interface PullRequestInfo extends OpenPrInfo, PullRequestHeadRemoteInfo {
   state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  isDraft?: boolean;
   updatedAt: Option.Option<DateTime.Utc>;
 }
 
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ function toPullRequestInfo(summary: ChangeRequest): PullRequestInfo {
     baseRefName: summary.baseRefName,
     headRefName: summary.headRefName,
     state: summary.state ?? "open",
+    ...(summary.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: summary.updatedAt,
     ...(summary.isCrossRepository !== undefined
       ? { isCrossRepository: summary.isCrossRepository }
@@ -558,6 +560,7 @@ function toStatusPr(pr: PullRequestInfo): {
   baseRef: string;
   headRef: string;
   state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  isDraft?: boolean;
   updatedAt: string | null;
 } {
   return {
@@ -567,6 +570,7 @@ function toStatusPr(pr: PullRequestInfo): {
     baseRef: pr.baseRefName,
     headRef: pr.headRefName,
     state: pr.state,
+    ...(pr.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: Option.match(pr.updatedAt, {
       onNone: () => null,
       onSome: (updatedAt) => DateTime.formatIso(updatedAt),
@@ -1518,11 +1522,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
       );
       if (firstPullRequest) {
         return {
-          number: firstPullRequest.number,
-          title: firstPullRequest.title,
-          url: firstPullRequest.url,
-          baseRefName: firstPullRequest.baseRefName,
-          headRefName: firstPullRequest.headRefName,
+          ...firstPullRequest,
           state: "open",
           updatedAt: Option.none(),
         } satisfies PullRequestInfo;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GitHubPullRequestCli.ts b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GitHubPullRequestCli.ts
index 3dc41896037bbddf25f4884b8e8526822f7aa81b..5d5c2062c08c3b11313c4b6b8c99fdc6cb371b37 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GitHubPullRequestCli.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/GitHubPullRequestCli.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ export class GitHubPullRequestCli extends Context.Service<
         readonly headBranch: string;
         readonly baseBranch: string;
         readonly state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+        readonly isDraft?: boolean;
         readonly updatedAt: string;
       },
       GitHubPullRequestCliError
@@ -1650,6 +1651,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
                   headBranch: summary.headRefName,
                   baseBranch: summary.baseRefName,
                   state: summary.state ?? "open",
+                  ...(summary.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
                   updatedAt: summary.updatedAt,
                 }),
           ),
diff --git a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestProvider.ts
index 1459d7cec921982488aa2368ff667d51461a4dc1..22028ced5ddfba9758697c41a9ba60ea98a8845f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestProvider.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ export interface ProviderChangeRequestSummary {
   readonly headBranch: string;
   readonly baseBranch: string;
   readonly state: PullRequestState;
+  /** Present when the host says an open pull request is still a draft. */
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts
index 88a8ffe32df34a039de17937b284f84a6aaa2574..6a37ed9358487d0ad72dbb0af1d9102c69cfe5ad 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/pullRequest/PullRequestService.ts
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
             title: changeRequest.title,
             url: changeRequest.url,
             state: changeRequest.state,
+            ...(changeRequest.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
             headBranch: changeRequest.headBranch,
             baseBranch: changeRequest.baseBranch,
             updatedAt: changeRequest.updatedAt,
@@ -2278,6 +2279,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
     title: detail.title,
     url: detail.url,
     state: detail.state,
+    ...(detail.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     headBranch: detail.headBranch,
     baseBranch: detail.baseBranch,
     updatedAt: detail.updatedAt,
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/AzureDevOpsSourceControlProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/AzureDevOpsSourceControlProvider.ts
index 2f147452f9ecfcdb631fcc93f34362d5aab6880e..8a840c524ebac618df1bb951f2414f0da0557a1c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/AzureDevOpsSourceControlProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/AzureDevOpsSourceControlProvider.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ function toChangeRequest(summary: {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt: ChangeRequest["updatedAt"];
 }): ChangeRequest {
   return {
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ function toChangeRequest(summary: {
     baseRefName: summary.baseRefName,
     headRefName: summary.headRefName,
     state: summary.state,
+    ...(summary.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: summary.updatedAt,
     isCrossRepository: false,
   };
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/BitbucketSourceControlProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/BitbucketSourceControlProvider.ts
index 59fab76e52773d9b8364ee03aed4dce7f4547398..ffa3fb1301c93079f0642aedcc8218fe22de3281 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/BitbucketSourceControlProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/BitbucketSourceControlProvider.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function toChangeRequest(summary: NormalizedBitbucketPullRequestRecord): ChangeR
     baseRefName: summary.baseRefName,
     headRefName: summary.headRefName,
     state: summary.state,
+    ...(summary.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: summary.updatedAt ?? Option.none(),
     ...(summary.isCrossRepository !== undefined
       ? { isCrossRepository: summary.isCrossRepository }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts
index ea79dc87e7fc88a6dfa8b2a4fe25544e848845a3..3f08e92e2c1e97cc9dc44ffaef440a3d93c91b3c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ describe("GitHubCli.layer", () => {
               baseRefName: "main",
               headRefName: "feature/pr-threads",
               state: "OPEN",
+              isDraft: true,
               mergedAt: null,
               updatedAt: "2026-08-24T12:34:56Z",
               isCrossRepository: true,
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ describe("GitHubCli.layer", () => {
         baseRefName: "main",
         headRefName: "feature/pr-threads",
         state: "open",
+        isDraft: true,
         updatedAt: "2026-08-24T12:34:56.000Z",
         isCrossRepository: true,
         headRepositoryNameWithOwner: "octocat/codething-mvp",
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ describe("GitHubCli.layer", () => {
           "view",
           "#42",
           "--json",
-          "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+          "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
         ],
         cwd: "/repo",
         timeoutMs: 30_000,
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts
index a9b65b30e7061ba2ac0625cb88189b7ec736280b..49b2ea31a08c19857966468a0b62728b035235b1 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubCli.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ export interface GitHubPullRequestSummary {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state?: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt?: string;
   readonly isCrossRepository?: boolean;
   readonly headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null;
@@ -366,7 +367,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
           "--limit",
           String(input.limit ?? 1),
           "--json",
-          "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+          "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
         ],
       }).pipe(
         Effect.map((result) => result.stdout.trim()),
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
           "view",
           input.reference,
           "--json",
-          "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+          "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
         ],
       }).pipe(
         Effect.map((result) => result.stdout.trim()),
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts
index 1381271e6bbcdf766f058b7ed9b0702c1f6c4efe..7faa2fe351efc0835cb109cee751955d8e1a8c61 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.test.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ it.effect("uses gh json listing for non-open change request state queries", () =
       "--limit",
       "10",
       "--json",
-      "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+      "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
     ]);
     assert.strictEqual(changeRequests[0]?.provider, "github");
     assert.strictEqual(changeRequests[0]?.state, "merged");
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts
index 738b10498d56f8469d6f4af7e6b9cb4ecf0761d2..1a20b587256a68c376f3df08445b1056690be030 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitHubSourceControlProvider.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function toChangeRequest(summary: GitHubCli.GitHubPullRequestSummary): ChangeReq
     baseRefName: summary.baseRefName,
     headRefName: summary.headRefName,
     state: summary.state ?? "open",
+    ...(summary.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt:
       summary.updatedAt === undefined
         ? Option.none()
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ export const make = Effect.gen(function* () {
             "--limit",
             String(input.limit ?? 20),
             "--json",
-            "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
+            "number,title,url,baseRefName,headRefName,state,isDraft,mergedAt,updatedAt,isCrossRepository,headRepository,headRepositoryOwner",
           ],
         })
         .pipe(
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabCli.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabCli.ts
index 9a9fc3360247d35161bbde6870b718b7340f2c8d..ab8dfbb5f334425b998cccd4b32cb7b68482c676 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabCli.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabCli.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ export interface GitLabMergeRequestSummary {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state?: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt?: Option.Option<DateTime.Utc>;
   readonly isCrossRepository?: boolean;
   readonly headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null;
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabSourceControlProvider.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabSourceControlProvider.ts
index 2cba12f1b3f73134b527d49a94b6a38f8a6bf18e..2ec1f9b9a228dfe4da304d1196c5f45a573a3890 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabSourceControlProvider.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/GitLabSourceControlProvider.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ function toChangeRequest(summary: GitLabCli.GitLabMergeRequestSummary): ChangeRe
     baseRefName: summary.baseRefName,
     headRefName: summary.headRefName,
     state: summary.state ?? "open",
+    ...(summary.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: summary.updatedAt ?? Option.none(),
     ...(summary.isCrossRepository !== undefined
       ? { isCrossRepository: summary.isCrossRepository }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/azureDevOpsPullRequests.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/azureDevOpsPullRequests.ts
index 8c3c5c4de56b57981d862398d0aa335741832d9d..8ac682399e1d13eb877c5830d0404eb96eefd724 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/azureDevOpsPullRequests.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/azureDevOpsPullRequests.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface NormalizedAzureDevOpsPullRequestRecord {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt: Option.Option<DateTime.Utc>;
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const AzureDevOpsPullRequestSchema = Schema.Struct({
   sourceRefName: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   targetRefName: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   status: Schema.String,
+  isDraft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   creationDate: Schema.optional(Schema.OptionFromNullOr(Schema.DateTimeUtcFromString)),
   closedDate: Schema.optional(Schema.OptionFromNullOr(Schema.DateTimeUtcFromString)),
   _links: Schema.optional(
@@ -168,6 +170,7 @@ function normalizeAzureDevOpsPullRequestRecord(
     baseRefName: normalizeRefName(raw.targetRefName),
     headRefName: normalizeRefName(raw.sourceRefName),
     state: normalizeAzureDevOpsPullRequestState(raw.status),
+    ...(raw.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: (raw.closedDate ?? Option.none()).pipe(
       Option.orElse(() => raw.creationDate ?? Option.none()),
     ),
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/bitbucketPullRequests.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/bitbucketPullRequests.ts
index 6d67477bca703dcc9f5b41307bc777d16fb9baeb..3b07334a80409db06faf79ae89893086b2cd8b37 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/bitbucketPullRequests.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/bitbucketPullRequests.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface NormalizedBitbucketPullRequestRecord {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt: Option.Option<DateTime.Utc>;
   readonly isCrossRepository?: boolean;
   readonly headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ export const BitbucketPullRequestSchema = Schema.Struct({
   id: PositiveInt,
   title: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   state: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.String)),
+  draft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   updated_on: Schema.optional(Schema.OptionFromNullOr(Schema.DateTimeUtcFromString)),
   links: Schema.Struct({
     html: Schema.Struct({
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ export function normalizeBitbucketPullRequestRecord(
     baseRefName: raw.destination.branch.name,
     headRefName: raw.source.branch.name,
     state: normalizeBitbucketPullRequestState(raw.state),
+    ...(raw.draft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: raw.updated_on ?? Option.none(),
     ...(isCrossRepository ? { isCrossRepository: true } : {}),
     ...(headRepositoryNameWithOwner ? { headRepositoryNameWithOwner } : {}),
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubPullRequests.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubPullRequests.ts
index ded3c0a90b08ed6963aafd152bcffdeb6123e7ce..9e4f282e1c8ae3b38680daceef9f08141ad5658c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubPullRequests.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitHubPullRequests.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface NormalizedGitHubPullRequestRecord {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt: Option.Option<DateTime.Utc>;
   readonly isCrossRepository?: boolean;
   readonly headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ const GitHubPullRequestSchema = Schema.Struct({
   baseRefName: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   headRefName: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   state: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.String)),
+  isDraft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   mergedAt: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.String)),
   updatedAt: Schema.optional(Schema.OptionFromNullOr(Schema.DateTimeUtcFromString)),
   isCrossRepository: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ function normalizeGitHubPullRequestRecord(
     baseRefName: raw.baseRefName,
     headRefName: raw.headRefName,
     state: normalizeGitHubPullRequestState(raw),
+    ...(raw.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: raw.updatedAt ?? Option.none(),
     ...(typeof raw.isCrossRepository === "boolean"
       ? { isCrossRepository: raw.isCrossRepository }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitLabMergeRequests.ts b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitLabMergeRequests.ts
index afd1eceaeedc468701f7c727378845a0b65d8b28..3b032e245bbcc5900a65c0afe4efc92b87034883 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitLabMergeRequests.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/sourceControl/gitLabMergeRequests.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface NormalizedGitLabMergeRequestRecord {
   readonly baseRefName: string;
   readonly headRefName: string;
   readonly state: "open" | "closed" | "merged";
+  readonly isDraft?: boolean;
   readonly updatedAt: Option.Option<DateTime.Utc>;
   readonly isCrossRepository?: boolean;
   readonly headRepositoryNameWithOwner?: string | null;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ const GitLabMergeRequestSchema = Schema.Struct({
   source_branch: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   target_branch: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   state: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.String)),
+  draft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
+  work_in_progress: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   updated_at: Schema.optional(Schema.OptionFromNullOr(Schema.DateTimeUtcFromString)),
   source_project_id: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.Number)),
   target_project_id: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(Schema.Number)),
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ function normalizeGitLabMergeRequestRecord(
     baseRefName: raw.target_branch,
     headRefName: raw.source_branch,
     state: normalizeGitLabMergeRequestState(raw.state),
+    ...(raw.draft === true || raw.work_in_progress === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: raw.updated_at ?? Option.none(),
     ...(typeof isCrossRepository === "boolean" ? { isCrossRepository } : {}),
     ...(sourceProjectPath ? { headRepositoryNameWithOwner: sourceProjectPath } : {}),
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index cf14c961473469d70f2ebfaab7e9998f4e1d5333..8b636dc6ed463f45e2bb4086dc2367ba3dfb7d15 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
     linkedPullRequestStatus,
   });
   const prStatus = prStatusIndicator(pr, prProvider);
-  const settledPrHoverClass = pr ? settledPrHoverColorClass(pr.state) : undefined;
+  const settledPrHoverClass = pr ? settledPrHoverColorClass(pr.state, pr.isDraft) : undefined;
   useEffect(() => {
     const nextSnapshot = nextThreadChangeRequestSnapshot({
       threadBranch: thread.branch,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.test.ts
index 31b94db36d4c29c789c828836a0c0bf7bf2434c8..439756b2466ed2b7dd6535de78352ef7d342c1be 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   resolveDisplayedThreadPrProvider,
   resolveThreadPr,
   settledPrHoverColorClass,
+  threadChangeRequestSnapshotsEqual,
   threadChangeRequestSnapshotsAtom,
   type ThreadChangeRequestSnapshot,
 } from "./ThreadStatusIndicators";
@@ -559,6 +560,18 @@ describe("resolveDisplayedThreadPr + nextThreadChangeRequestSnapshot", () => {
     });
     expect(displayed?.state).toBe("merged");
   });
+
+  it("refreshes a cached snapshot when a pull request becomes ready", () => {
+    const readyPr = { ...mergedPr, state: "open" as const };
+    const draftPr = { ...readyPr, isDraft: true };
+
+    expect(
+      threadChangeRequestSnapshotsEqual(
+        snapshotFor(featureBranch, draftPr),
+        snapshotFor(featureBranch, readyPr),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("threadChangeRequestSnapshotsAtom", () => {
@@ -600,6 +613,17 @@ describe("prStatusIndicator", () => {
       "text-red-600",
     );
   });
+
+  it("uses gray and draft wording for draft pull requests", () => {
+    const draftPr = status().pr;
+    if (!draftPr) throw new Error("Expected pull request fixture");
+
+    expect(prStatusIndicator({ ...draftPr, isDraft: true }, undefined)).toMatchObject({
+      label: "PR draft",
+      colorClass: "text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400/80",
+      tooltipLead: "PR #42 - Draft",
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("settledPrHoverColorClass", () => {
@@ -610,4 +634,8 @@ describe("settledPrHoverColorClass", () => {
   ] as const)("restores the %s pull request color on row hover", (state, colorClass) => {
     expect(settledPrHoverColorClass(state)).toContain(`group-hover/v2-row:${colorClass}`);
   });
+
+  it("keeps draft pull requests gray on row hover", () => {
+    expect(settledPrHoverColorClass("open", true)).toContain("group-hover/v2-row:text-zinc-500");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
index 1ad0c3139fd8e738563e9bb97adeb6eda75a0cb9..4c830f4a4b8bfd9f0b774a0cb1c1d7e911db4e1a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/ThreadStatusIndicators.tsx
@@ -84,9 +84,15 @@ export function useLinkedThreadPullRequest(
   );
 }
 
-export function settledPrHoverColorClass(state: NonNullable<ThreadPr>["state"]): string {
+export function settledPrHoverColorClass(
+  state: NonNullable<ThreadPr>["state"],
+  isDraft = false,
+): string {
   switch (state) {
     case "open":
+      if (isDraft) {
+        return "group-hover/v2-row:text-zinc-500 dark:group-hover/v2-row:text-zinc-400/80";
+      }
       return "group-hover/v2-row:text-emerald-600 dark:group-hover/v2-row:text-emerald-300/90";
     case "merged":
       return "group-hover/v2-row:text-violet-600 dark:group-hover/v2-row:text-violet-300/90";
@@ -99,12 +105,13 @@ export function prStatusIndicator(
   pr: ThreadPr,
   provider: VcsStatusResult["sourceControlProvider"] | null | undefined,
 ): PrStatusIndicator | null {
-  function formatPrState(state: NonNullable<ThreadPr>["state"]): string {
-    return state.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + state.slice(1);
+  function formatPrState(pr: NonNullable<ThreadPr>): string {
+    if (pr.state === "open" && pr.isDraft === true) return "Draft";
+    return pr.state.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + pr.state.slice(1);
   }
 
   function formatPrStatusLead(pr: NonNullable<ThreadPr>, changeRequestShortName: string): string {
-    return `${changeRequestShortName} #${pr.number} - ${formatPrState(pr.state)}`;
+    return `${changeRequestShortName} #${pr.number} - ${formatPrState(pr)}`;
   }
   if (!pr) return null;
   const presentation = resolveChangeRequestPresentation(provider);
@@ -113,9 +120,12 @@ export function prStatusIndicator(
   const tooltip = `${tooltipLead}: ${pr.title}`;
 
   if (pr.state === "open") {
+    const isDraft = pr.isDraft === true;
     return {
-      label: `${presentation.shortName} open`,
-      colorClass: "text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-300/90",
+      label: `${presentation.shortName} ${isDraft ? "draft" : "open"}`,
+      colorClass: isDraft
+        ? "text-zinc-500 dark:text-zinc-400/80"
+        : "text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-300/90",
       tooltip,
       tooltipLead,
       tooltipTitle: pr.title,
@@ -230,6 +240,7 @@ export function threadChangeRequestSnapshotsEqual(
     left.pr.baseRef === right.pr.baseRef &&
     left.pr.headRef === right.pr.headRef &&
     left.pr.state === right.pr.state &&
+    left.pr.isDraft === right.pr.isDraft &&
     (left.pr.updatedAt ?? null) === (right.pr.updatedAt ?? null) &&
     sourceControlProvidersEqual(left.sourceControlProvider, right.sourceControlProvider) &&
     linkedPullRequestsEqual(left.linkedPullRequest, right.linkedPullRequest)
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
index 9bfc49848803bbd59933bb777aa426558497971e..70533f06488f45bb7949c36acdcd6a4a5b682589 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/PullRequestDetailPanel.tsx
@@ -625,7 +625,13 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
     () =>
       resolvedCoreDetail === null || sharedSummary === null || sharedSummary === resolvedCoreDetail
         ? resolvedCoreDetail
-        : { ...resolvedCoreDetail, ...sharedSummary },
+        : {
+            ...resolvedCoreDetail,
+            ...sharedSummary,
+            // A summary may come from an older server that does not report draft state. Keep the
+            // detail's required value instead of making the complete detail shape partial.
+            isDraft: sharedSummary.isDraft ?? resolvedCoreDetail.isDraft,
+          },
     [resolvedCoreDetail, sharedSummary],
   );
   const activity = activityQuery.data;
@@ -1297,7 +1303,7 @@ export function PullRequestDetailPanel({
     !conflicting &&
     allowedMergeMethods.length > 1;
   // The pull request number carries this state in the overview and the right-panel tab mirrors
-  // it. The conflict action is separate from this state: an open pull request remains green.
+  // it. Conflicts take the action slot while they need a person, but do not change the PR state.
   const statePresentation = detail
     ? resolvePullRequestState({ state: detail.state, isDraft: detail.isDraft })
     : null;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestPresentation.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestPresentation.tsx
index d9fd35e0c8b43c1c18d864f6ee38910e26a9771f..f4eb7958a1d37e6a98ede37e153313570099f16f 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestPresentation.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/pullRequest/pullRequestPresentation.tsx
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ interface StatePresentation {
 }
 
 /**
- * How a pull request's state reads on this page. Open, closed and merged use the same ink as
- * the thread badge in `ThreadStatusIndicators`, so one pull request cannot look like two
- * different things in two places; draft and conflicts are states that badge never shows.
+ * How a pull request's state reads on this page. Open, closed, merged, and draft use the same
+ * ink as the thread badge in `ThreadStatusIndicators`, so one pull request cannot look like two
+ * different things in two places.
  *
  * Draft outranks conflicts: a draft is not heading for a merge yet, so conflicts only surface
  * once it is real work.
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequests.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequests.ts
index 7ebaba0fed036595dd0fd8041c3a75f69441aec6..6144d8507a9ecc055e7d11464ed0b8495e9b7f0d 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequests.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/pullRequests.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export function pullRequestDetailToVcsStatus(
     baseRef: detail.baseBranch,
     headRef: detail.headBranch,
     state: detail.state,
+    ...(detail.isDraft === true ? { isDraft: true } : {}),
     updatedAt: detail.updatedAt,
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/git.ts b/packages/contracts/src/git.ts
index d39be34bf6e9cb654aeb7691c1ebebd87450b12e..4b63b877923f16fc38eca9f06d8b4d1d0d8f2246 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/git.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/git.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ const VcsStatusChangeRequest = Schema.Struct({
   baseRef: TrimmedNonEmptyStringSchema,
   headRef: TrimmedNonEmptyStringSchema,
   state: VcsStatusChangeRequestState,
+  /** Optional for compatibility with older servers and providers. */
+  isDraft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   /**
    * Last provider-side activity (ISO). For a merged/closed change request
    * this bounds when it reached that state, so clients can tell a PR that
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/pullRequest.ts b/packages/contracts/src/pullRequest.ts
index 04c9d53cf777766e8f81eb9999672d1388d9ea72..f766578bb1a3d63a52059fa2ac6963b99bbadf24 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/pullRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/pullRequest.ts
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ export const PullRequestSummary = Schema.Struct({
   title: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   url: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   state: PullRequestState,
+  /** Present when the host says the open pull request is still a draft. */
+  isDraft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   headBranch: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   baseBranch: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   updatedAt: IsoDateTime,
diff --git a/packages/contracts/src/sourceControl.ts b/packages/contracts/src/sourceControl.ts
index 104aadd9161fcd541865574ea1084bd875f601d0..be3d70aefadda61fdbd27a1e79b8abc2f4e67037 100644
--- a/packages/contracts/src/sourceControl.ts
+++ b/packages/contracts/src/sourceControl.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export const ChangeRequest = Schema.Struct({
   baseRefName: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   headRefName: TrimmedNonEmptyString,
   state: ChangeRequestState,
+  /** Present when the provider can tell that an open change request is still a draft. */
+  isDraft: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   updatedAt: Schema.Option(Schema.DateTimeUtc),
   isCrossRepository: Schema.optional(Schema.Boolean),
   headRepositoryNameWithOwner: Schema.optional(Schema.NullOr(TrimmedNonEmptyString)),
diff --git a/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts b/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
index f32038763188f1af75cda922ab71ce73a1f345f7..3e40d94dc69ad34888865db11e674b2c1e8b96d7 100644
--- a/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
+++ b/scripts/build-desktop-artifact.ts
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ export const packWindowsServerAsar = Effect.fn("packWindowsServerAsar")(function
   readonly arch: typeof BuildArch.Type;
 }) {
   const fs = yield* FileSystem.FileSystem;
-  yield* Effect.tryPromise({
+  const archiveStream = yield* Effect.tryPromise({
     try: () =>
       createPackageWithOptions(input.sourceDir, input.asarPath, {
         dot: true,
@@ -2872,6 +2872,21 @@ export const packWindowsServerAsar = Effect.fn("packWindowsServerAsar")(function
       }),
     catch: (cause) => new WindowsServerSidecarPackError({ asarPath: input.asarPath, cause }),
   });
+  yield* Effect.tryPromise({
+    try: () =>
+      new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const stream = archiveStream as NodeJS.WritableStream & {
+          readonly writableFinished?: boolean;
+        };
+        if (stream.writableFinished === true) {
+          resolve();
+          return;
+        }
+        stream.once("finish", resolve);
+        stream.once("error", reject);
+      }),
+    catch: (cause) => new WindowsServerSidecarPackError({ asarPath: input.asarPath, cause }),
+  });
   const unpackedDirPath = `${input.asarPath}.unpacked`;
   if (!(yield* fs.exists(unpackedDirPath))) {
     return yield* new WindowsServerSidecarPackError({