diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
index f9a62c40a511..e06176dfc48e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.test.ts
@@ -395,6 +395,18 @@ describe("shouldRecedeSidebarThread", () => {
     expect(shouldRecedeSidebarThread({ ...input, isActive: true })).toBe(false);
     expect(shouldRecedeSidebarThread({ ...input, isSelected: true })).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it.each([false, true])("keeps input-required threads prominent with unread=%s", (isUnread) => {
+    expect(
+      shouldRecedeSidebarThread({
+        status: "input",
+        isUnread,
+        isWoke: false,
+        isActive: false,
+        isSelected: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("createThreadJumpHintVisibilityController", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
index 50650ed389dc..abb67e65a24e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.logic.ts
@@ -803,9 +803,9 @@ export function shouldRecedeSidebarThread(input: {
   isActive: boolean;
   isSelected: boolean;
 }): boolean {
-  if (input.isActive || input.isSelected) return false;
+  if (input.isActive || input.isSelected || input.status === "input") return false;
   if (input.status === "working" || input.status === "monitoring") return true;
-  if (input.status === "ready" || input.status === "approval" || input.status === "input") {
+  if (input.status === "ready" || input.status === "approval") {
     return !input.isUnread && !input.isWoke;
   }
   return false;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 445ae533c323..792aa3815fcf 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -45,12 +45,15 @@ import {
   CircleCheckIcon,
   CircleDashedIcon,
   ClockIcon,
+  EyeIcon,
   FolderIcon,
   GitBranchIcon,
+  MessageCircleQuestionIcon,
   PinIcon,
   PinOffIcon,
   PlusIcon,
   SettingsIcon,
+  ShieldQuestionIcon,
   SquarePenIcon,
   TerminalIcon,
   Undo2Icon,
@@ -1088,8 +1091,6 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
   // switching sidebars must not light up every historical thread as unread.
   const isUnread = hasUnseenCompletion({ ...thread, lastVisitedAt });
   const status = resolveSidebarThreadStatus(thread);
-  const isInFlight =
-    status === "working" || status === "monitoring" || status === "approval" || status === "input";
   // A woken thread reappears at its original position (the sort is
   // deliberately static), so the pill has to carry the weight. Snoozing is
   // an explicit act, so the pill clears only when the user re-engages:
@@ -1123,35 +1124,32 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
           icon: "working" as const,
           // No shimmer: a label that animates forever is noise in a sidebar
           // full of them (and repaints every vsync on high-refresh displays).
-          // Working is a background state, so it rests at the dim end of what
-          // the old pulse cycled through; only the thread you have open gets
-          // the label at full strength.
-          className: cn("text-sky-600 dark:text-sky-400", !props.isActive && "opacity-75"),
+          className: "text-sky-600 dark:text-sky-400",
         }
       : status === "monitoring"
         ? {
             // Monitoring is calm background presence, not active progress
             // (monitoring-pill D6), so it keeps the label at full strength.
             label: "Monitoring",
-            icon: null,
-            className: "text-sky-600 dark:text-sky-400",
+            icon: "monitoring" as const,
+            className: "text-foreground dark:text-white",
           }
         : status === "approval"
           ? {
               label: "Approval",
-              icon: null,
+              icon: "approval" as const,
               className: "text-amber-700 dark:text-amber-300",
             }
           : status === "input"
             ? {
                 label: "Input",
-                icon: null,
+                icon: "input" as const,
                 className: "text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-300",
               }
             : status === "failed"
               ? {
                   label: "Failed",
-                  icon: null,
+                  icon: "failed" as const,
                   className: "text-red-700 dark:text-red-300",
                 }
               : isWoke
@@ -1396,10 +1394,6 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
           : shouldRecede
             ? "text-sidebar-muted-foreground/75 hover:bg-sidebar-row-hover hover:text-sidebar-foreground"
             : "bg-transparent text-sidebar-foreground hover:bg-sidebar-row-hover",
-    isInFlight &&
-      !props.isActive &&
-      !isSelected &&
-      "opacity-70 transition-opacity hover:opacity-100",
     isFileDragOver && "ring-1 ring-inset ring-primary/70",
     // The hover tint must not clobber an active/selected row's own surface.
     isFileDragOver && !props.isActive && !isSelected && "bg-sidebar-row-hover",
@@ -1462,7 +1456,7 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
               "truncate",
               shouldRecede
                 ? "text-secondary-label"
-                : isUnread || isWoke
+                : isUnread || isWoke || status === "input"
                   ? "text-foreground"
                   : status === "failed"
                     ? "text-foreground/95"
@@ -1472,7 +1466,7 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
               "truncate group-focus-within/sidebar-row:text-foreground group-hover/sidebar-row:text-foreground",
               shouldRecede
                 ? "text-secondary-label/70"
-                : props.isActive || isWoke
+                : props.isActive || isWoke || status === "input"
                   ? "text-foreground"
                   : isUnread
                     ? "text-muted-foreground"
@@ -1814,6 +1808,14 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
                         >
                           {topStatus.icon === "working" ? (
                             <CircleDashedIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
+                          ) : topStatus.icon === "input" ? (
+                            <MessageCircleQuestionIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
+                          ) : topStatus.icon === "approval" ? (
+                            <ShieldQuestionIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
+                          ) : topStatus.icon === "failed" ? (
+                            <CircleAlertIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
+                          ) : topStatus.icon === "monitoring" ? (
+                            <EyeIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
                           ) : topStatus.icon === "done" ? (
                             <CircleCheckIcon aria-hidden className="size-4 shrink-0" />
                           ) : null}