diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/sidebar.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/sidebar.rs
index 4badefc7..87bc243f 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/sidebar.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/sidebar.rs
@@ -574,9 +574,13 @@ fn task_panel_lines(app: &App, content_width: usize, max_rows: usize) -> Vec<Lin
             .as_deref()
             .unwrap_or("unknown")
             .to_string();
+        // Show enough of the turn id prefix to identify it for
+        // task_read / task_cancel. A UUID needs ~13 chars before the
+        // first hyphen; 16 chars gives a safe prefix for disambiguation.
+        let turn_prefix = truncate_line_to_width(turn_id, 16);
         lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
             truncate_line_to_width(
-                &format!("turn {} ({status})", truncate_line_to_width(turn_id, 12)),
+                &format!("turn {turn_prefix} ({status})",),
                 content_width.max(1),
             ),
             Style::default().fg(palette::DEEPSEEK_SKY),
@@ -595,24 +599,18 @@ fn task_panel_lines(app: &App, content_width: usize, max_rows: usize) -> Vec<Lin
             .iter()
             .filter(|task| task.status == "running")
             .count();
-        lines.push(Line::from(vec![
-            Span::styled(
-                if running == background_rows.len() {
-                    format!("Background jobs: {running} running")
-                } else {
-                    format!("Background jobs: {} active", background_rows.len())
-                },
-                Style::default().fg(palette::DEEPSEEK_SKY).bold(),
-            ),
-            Span::styled(
-                if running == background_rows.len() {
-                    String::new()
-                } else {
-                    format!(" ({running} running)")
-                },
-                Style::default().fg(palette::TEXT_MUTED),
-            ),
-        ]));
+        let done = background_rows.len().saturating_sub(running);
+        let label = if running == 0 {
+            format!("Background jobs: {done} completed")
+        } else if done == 0 {
+            format!("Background jobs: {running} running")
+        } else {
+            format!("Background jobs: {running} running, {done} completed")
+        };
+        lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
+            label,
+            Style::default().fg(palette::DEEPSEEK_SKY).bold(),
+        )));
 
         let max_items = max_rows.saturating_sub(lines.len());
         for task in background_rows.iter().take(max_items) {
@@ -664,6 +662,19 @@ fn task_panel_lines(app: &App, content_width: usize, max_rows: usize) -> Vec<Lin
         }
     }
 
+    // Yank hint: surface the keyboard path for copying the focused task/turn ID.
+    if lines.len() + 1 < max_rows
+        && app.runtime_turn_id.is_some()
+        && app.sidebar_focus == SidebarFocus::Tasks
+    {
+        lines.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
+            "y → copy turn id  ·  Y → copy full status",
+            Style::default()
+                .fg(palette::TEXT_DIM)
+                .add_modifier(ratatui::style::Modifier::ITALIC),
+        )));
+    }
+
     if lines.is_empty()
         || (lines.len() == 1
             && app.runtime_turn_id.is_some()
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
index 40359036..f803f54e 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! TUI event loop and rendering logic for `DeepSeek` CLI.
 
+use std::fmt::Write as _;
 use std::io::{self, Stdout, Write};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
@@ -2505,6 +2506,41 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // y / Y in the Tasks sidebar: yank the current turn id (y)
+            // or copy full task detail (Y) to the system clipboard.
+            if app.view_stack.is_empty()
+                && app.sidebar_focus == SidebarFocus::Tasks
+                && !app.runtime_turn_id.as_deref().unwrap_or("").is_empty()
+            {
+                if key.code == KeyCode::Char('y')
+                    && key.modifiers == KeyModifiers::NONE
+                {
+                    if let Some(turn_id) = app.runtime_turn_id.as_ref()
+                        && app.clipboard.write_text(turn_id).is_ok()
+                    {
+                        app.status_message =
+                            Some(format!("Copied turn id {turn_id}"));
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if key.code == KeyCode::Char('Y')
+                    && key.modifiers == KeyModifiers::NONE
+                {
+                    let mut detail = String::new();
+                    if let Some(turn_id) = app.runtime_turn_id.as_ref() {
+                        let _ = write!(detail, "turn {turn_id}");
+                    }
+                    if let Some(status) = app.runtime_turn_status.as_deref() {
+                        let _ = write!(detail, "  status={status}");
+                    }
+                    if !detail.is_empty() && app.clipboard.write_text(&detail).is_ok() {
+                        app.status_message =
+                            Some(format!("Copied {detail}"));
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
             // Shifted shortcuts toggle the file-tree pane. Keep plain Ctrl+E
             // reserved for the composer end-of-line binding used by shells.
             if key_shortcuts::is_file_tree_toggle_shortcut(&key) {