diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs b/crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs
index 7618b62c..e7c70359 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tools/subagent/mod.rs
@@ -2402,9 +2402,12 @@ async fn run_subagent(
             top_p: None,
         };
 
-        let response = tokio::time::timeout(STEP_API_TIMEOUT, runtime.client.create_message(request))
-            .await
-            .map_err(|_| anyhow!("API call timed out after {}s", STEP_API_TIMEOUT.as_secs()))??;
+        let response =
+            tokio::time::timeout(STEP_API_TIMEOUT, runtime.client.create_message(request))
+                .await
+                .map_err(|_| {
+                    anyhow!("API call timed out after {}s", STEP_API_TIMEOUT.as_secs())
+                })??;
 
         let mut tool_uses = Vec::new();
         for block in &response.content {
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
index a58d6564..0fd29561 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
@@ -3224,11 +3224,16 @@ fn render_footer(f: &mut Frame, area: Rect, app: &mut App) {
 }
 
 /// Whether the footer should animate the water-spout strip. Driven by the
-/// underlying live-work flags (model loading, compacting, sub-agents) rather
-/// than a stringly-typed status label, so adding or removing labels never
-/// silently disables the animation.
+/// underlying live-work flags so the strip stays visible for the *entire*
+/// turn — not just the moments where bytes are streaming. `is_loading` can
+/// flicker off between LLM rounds within a single turn (tool execution,
+/// reasoning replay, capacity refresh, etc.), so we ALSO gate on the turn
+/// itself still being in flight via `runtime_turn_status == "in_progress"`.
+/// Without that, the user sees the strip vanish for seconds at a time even
+/// though the agent is still working.
 fn footer_working_strip_active(app: &App) -> bool {
-    app.is_loading || app.is_compacting || running_agent_count(app) > 0
+    let turn_in_progress = app.runtime_turn_status.as_deref() == Some("in_progress");
+    app.is_loading || app.is_compacting || running_agent_count(app) > 0 || turn_in_progress
 }
 
 /// Test-only helper retained as a parity reference for `FooterWidget`'s