diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
index b491c8e5..8f980e57 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/agent.css
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ h2, h3 {
   background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--red) 18%, transparent);
   color: var(--red);
 }
+.header-pill-tasks .header-pill-count {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--green) 18%, transparent);
+  color: var(--green);
+}
 
 .agent-main {
   position: absolute;
@@ -528,6 +532,14 @@ pre.diff {
   padding-left: 0.8em;
   border-left: 2px solid var(--purple-dim);
 }
+/* Running bash-tasks flyout rows (buildBashTasksList). */
+.agent-inbox .bash-task-status { font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em; }
+.agent-inbox .bash-task-running { color: var(--green); }
+.agent-inbox .bash-task-pending { color: var(--blue); }
+.agent-inbox .bash-task-cmd {
+  font-family: monospace;
+  font-size: 0.92em;
+}
 .agent-inbox li.inbox-reply {
   padding-left: 1em;
   border-left: 2px solid var(--border);
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
index 3798351a..cbc5ab4c 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/app.js
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ window.marked = marked;
           buildLooseEndsList(lastLooseEnds));
       });
     }
+    const bashPill = $('bash-tasks-pill');
+    if (bashPill) {
+      bashPill.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        Panel.open('bash-tasks', 'tasks · ' + lastBashTasks.length,
+          buildBashTasksList(lastBashTasks));
+      });
+    }
   })();
 
   // ─── state rendering ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -909,6 +916,71 @@ window.marked = marked;
     reconcileAskBinds();
   }
 
+  // Running bash tasks: `GET /api/bash-tasks` returns the in-flight
+  // (Pending/Running) TaskFiles from the in-container bash-tasks dir. Same
+  // best-effort, silent-failure contract as loose-ends — a fetch miss keeps
+  // the pill at zero rather than surfacing stale chrome.
+  let lastBashTasks = [];
+  async function refreshBashTasks() {
+    try {
+      const resp = await fetch('api/bash-tasks');
+      if (!resp.ok) {
+        renderBashTasks([]);
+        return;
+      }
+      const data = await resp.json();
+      renderBashTasks(data.tasks || []);
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('bash-tasks fetch failed', err);
+      renderBashTasks([]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function buildBashTasksList(tasks) {
+    const wrap = el('div', { class: 'agent-inbox' });
+    if (!tasks.length) {
+      wrap.append(el('p', { class: 'side-panel-empty' },
+        'no running bash tasks.'));
+      return wrap;
+    }
+    const list = el('ul');
+    const fmtAge = (s) => {
+      if (s < 60) return s + 's';
+      if (s < 3600) return Math.floor(s / 60) + 'm';
+      if (s < 86400) return Math.floor(s / 3600) + 'h';
+      return Math.floor(s / 86400) + 'd';
+    };
+    const now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+    for (const t of tasks) {
+      const li = el('li');
+      const running = t.status === 'running';
+      // Elapsed since the task started (running) or was queued (pending).
+      const since = running ? (t.started_at || t.created_at || now) : (t.created_at || now);
+      const elapsed = Math.max(0, now - since);
+      // Single-line, truncated command preview (the cmd can be multi-line).
+      const cmdPreview = (t.cmd || '').replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim().slice(0, 100);
+      li.append(
+        el('span', { class: 'bash-task-status bash-task-' + t.status }, running ? '▶ running' : '◷ queued'), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'inbox-from' }, t.id), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'inbox-ts' }, (running ? '' : 'queued ') + fmtAge(elapsed) + (running ? ' elapsed' : '')),
+        el('div', { class: 'inbox-body bash-task-cmd' }, cmdPreview),
+      );
+      list.append(li);
+    }
+    wrap.append(list);
+    return wrap;
+  }
+
+  function renderBashTasks(tasks) {
+    lastBashTasks = tasks;
+    const pill = $('bash-tasks-pill');
+    const count = $('bash-tasks-count');
+    if (count) count.textContent = tasks.length;
+    if (pill) pill.hidden = tasks.length === 0;
+    Panel.refresh('bash-tasks', 'tasks · ' + tasks.length,
+      buildBashTasksList(tasks));
+  }
+
   /** Walk `pendingAskBinds` against the latest `lastLooseEnds`
    *  snapshot, pair unbound slots with the first unclaimed pending
    *  operator-bound question whose text matches, and flip already-
@@ -1282,6 +1354,10 @@ window.marked = marked;
       // db, fetched via the per-agent socket). Cold-load fetches
       // it here; turn_end refreshes it via the renderer below.
       refreshLooseEnds();
+      // Running bash tasks live in the in-container bash-tasks dir (not
+      // /api/state); same poll cadence as loose-ends. They complete async
+      // between turns, so polling on each state cycle keeps the count live.
+      refreshBashTasks();
       // Skip the re-render if nothing structurally changed. The most
       // common case is `online` polling itself — without this guard, the
       // operator's <input value> gets clobbered every cycle.
diff --git a/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html
index aad9bf90..3e0ce46a 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/agent/src/index.html
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
         <span class="header-pill-label">loose ends</span>
         <span class="header-pill-count" id="loose-ends-count">0</span>
       </button>
+      <button type="button" id="bash-tasks-pill" class="header-pill header-pill-tasks" hidden
+              title="open running bash-tasks flyout">
+        <span class="header-pill-icon" aria-hidden="true">⚙</span>
+        <span class="header-pill-label">tasks</span>
+        <span class="header-pill-count" id="bash-tasks-count">0</span>
+      </button>
       <button type="button" id="overflow-btn" class="overflow-btn"
               aria-haspopup="menu" aria-expanded="false"
               title="more actions">⋯</button>