diff --git a/docs/web-ui.md b/docs/web-ui.md
index b937c50..9b32ad4 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui.md
@@ -208,8 +208,11 @@ agent is stale. Banner pulses on each broker SSE event
 Each pending approval renders as a card (`assets/app.js::
 renderApprovals`) with three stacked sections:
 
-- **identity header** — glyph, `#id`, agent, kind chip, and (for
-  `apply_commit`) the short proposal sha as `<code>`.
+- **identity header** — glyph, `#id`, agent, kind chip, (for
+  `apply_commit`) the short proposal sha as `<code>`, and a
+  right-aligned `requested <N> ago` relative time from
+  `ApprovalView.requested_at` — amber once the request has been
+  pending ≥ 1h so a stale approval stands out (issue #272).
 - **what-changed body** — the manager's description, then
   drill-in triggers: `↳ view diff` opens the diff in the side
   panel; `↳ commit on forge ↗` deep-links the proposal commit
diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
index 27b7834..23e8fb8 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/app.js
@@ -1193,6 +1193,12 @@
       sha_short: ev.sha_short || null,
       diff: ev.diff || null,
       description: ev.description || null,
+      // The ApprovalAdded event carries no requested_at; a live-added
+      // approval was queued just now, so client-now is accurate — and
+      // consistent with how fmtAgo compares everything to client-now.
+      // A later /api/state cold-load swaps in the server value. (#272)
+      requested_at: ev.requested_at != null
+        ? ev.requested_at : Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
     };
     if (existing >= 0) approvalsState.pending[existing] = row;
     else approvalsState.pending.push(row);
@@ -1364,6 +1370,16 @@
           isApply ? 'apply' : isInit ? 'init' : 'spawn'),
       );
       if (isApply && a.sha_short) head.append(el('code', {}, a.sha_short));
+      // When the approval was requested — relative time, right-aligned.
+      // Goes amber once it's been pending an hour so a stale request is
+      // obvious at a glance. (issue #272)
+      if (a.requested_at != null) {
+        const ageSec = Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000 - a.requested_at));
+        head.append(el('span', {
+          class: 'approval-ts' + (ageSec >= 3600 ? ' stale' : ''),
+          title: 'requested ' + new Date(a.requested_at * 1000).toLocaleString(),
+        }, 'requested ' + fmtAgo(a.requested_at)));
+      }
       li.append(head);
 
       // ── what-changed body ────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css b/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css
index 5b3e8a8..2cde96e 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css
+++ b/hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css
@@ -299,6 +299,18 @@ code {
   flex-wrap: wrap;
   gap: 0.3em;
 }
+/* When the approval was requested — right-aligned in the head row;
+   goes amber once it has been pending ≥ 1h so a stale request stands
+   out at a glance (issue #272). */
+.approval-ts {
+  margin-left: auto;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: 0.85em;
+}
+.approval-ts.stale {
+  color: var(--amber);
+  text-shadow: 0 0 6px rgba(250, 179, 135, 0.5);
+}
 .approval-body {
   margin: 0.45em 0;
   padding-left: 1.3em;
diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
index bbce25d..b0384eb 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ struct ApprovalView {
     /// Manager-supplied description shown on the approval card.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     description: Option<String>,
+    /// Unix seconds the approval was queued. Rendered as a relative
+    /// time on the card so the operator can spot a stale request. (#272)
+    requested_at: i64,
 }
 
 /// Replace silent `.unwrap_or_default()` on the data sources behind
@@ -606,6 +609,7 @@ async fn build_approval_views(approvals: Vec<Approval>) -> Vec<ApprovalView> {
                     sha_short: Some(sha),
                     diff: Some(diff),
                     description: a.description,
+                    requested_at: a.requested_at,
                 }
             }
             hive_sh4re::ApprovalKind::Spawn => ApprovalView {
@@ -615,6 +619,7 @@ async fn build_approval_views(approvals: Vec<Approval>) -> Vec<ApprovalView> {
                 sha_short: None,
                 diff: None,
                 description: a.description,
+                requested_at: a.requested_at,
             },
             hive_sh4re::ApprovalKind::InitConfig => ApprovalView {
                 id: a.id,
@@ -623,6 +628,7 @@ async fn build_approval_views(approvals: Vec<Approval>) -> Vec<ApprovalView> {
                 sha_short: None,
                 diff: None,
                 description: a.description,
+                requested_at: a.requested_at,
             },
             hive_sh4re::ApprovalKind::UpdateMetaInputs => ApprovalView {
                 id: a.id,
@@ -631,6 +637,7 @@ async fn build_approval_views(approvals: Vec<Approval>) -> Vec<ApprovalView> {
                 sha_short: None,
                 diff: None,
                 description: a.description,
+                requested_at: a.requested_at,
             },
         });
     }