diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/chat/BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/chat/BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx
index 86df01be78f5..27f8d39755be 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/chat/BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/chat/BackgroundWorkDetails.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   ThreadId,
 } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import type { ThreadStructure } from "@t3tools/client-runtime/state/shell";
+import { isPullRequestWatchTask } from "@t3tools/shared/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork";
 import { useState } from "react";
 
 import { InlineButton } from "../ui/button";
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export function BackgroundWorkDetails(props: {
                   <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between gap-3">
                     <h3 className="font-medium">{title}</h3>
                     <span className="shrink-0 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                      {task.awaited ? "Waiting" : "Running"}
+                      {task.awaited || isPullRequestWatchTask(task) ? "Waiting" : "Running"}
                     </span>
                   </div>
                   {command ? (
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts
index ea6de929b4cb..fe137e1ba602 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.test.ts
@@ -756,4 +756,15 @@ describe("presentPendingBackgroundWork", () => {
     ]);
     expect(presentation?.items[0]?.label).toBe("mv a.ts b.ts\ncat > b.ts <<'EOF'\nexport {};\nEOF");
   });
+
+  it("says a pull request watch is waiting after it stops holding the thread", () => {
+    const presentation = presentPendingBackgroundWork([
+      {
+        taskId: "pull-request-watch:github.com/acme/app#1",
+        kind: "monitor",
+        description: "Watching pull request #1",
+      },
+    ]);
+    expect(presentation?.title).toBe("Waiting · Watching pull request #1");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts
index 622db98a2903..c6ae36519c75 100644
--- a/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts
+++ b/packages/client-runtime/src/state/threadExecution.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 import {
   backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion,
+  isPullRequestWatchTask,
   derivePendingBackgroundWork,
 } from "@t3tools/shared/orchestrationV2PendingBackgroundWork";
 import {
@@ -596,7 +597,8 @@ export function presentPendingBackgroundWork(
   tasks: ReadonlyArray<OrchestrationV2PendingBackgroundTask>,
 ): PendingBackgroundWorkPresentation | null {
   if (tasks.length === 0) return null;
-  const waiting = backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion(tasks);
+  // A watch waits on its host even once it stops holding the thread; nothing of it runs.
+  const waiting = backgroundWorkHoldsCompletion(tasks) || tasks.every(isPullRequestWatchTask);
   const items = tasks
     .map((task): PendingBackgroundWorkItem => {
       const description = task.description?.trim();