diff --git a/desktop/src/components/chat/StreamingIndicator.tsx b/desktop/src/components/chat/StreamingIndicator.tsx
index 5a8a2f05..a7bb219f 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/chat/StreamingIndicator.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/components/chat/StreamingIndicator.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
 import { useChatStore } from '../../stores/chatStore'
 
-export function StreamingIndicator() {
-  const { chatState } = useChatStore()
+function formatElapsed(seconds: number): string {
+  if (seconds < 60) return `${seconds}s`
+  const m = Math.floor(seconds / 60)
+  const s = seconds % 60
+  return `${m}m ${s}s`
+}
 
-  const verb = chatState === 'thinking'
-    ? 'Thinking'
-    : chatState === 'tool_executing'
-      ? 'Running'
-      : 'Working'
+export function StreamingIndicator() {
+  const { chatState, statusVerb, elapsedSeconds, tokenUsage } = useChatStore()
+
+  const verb = statusVerb
+    || (chatState === 'thinking' ? 'Thinking' : chatState === 'tool_executing' ? 'Running' : 'Working')
 
   return (
     <div className="mb-2 ml-10 flex w-fit items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-[var(--color-border)]/40 bg-[var(--color-surface-container-low)] px-3 py-1">
       <span className="text-[var(--color-brand)] animate-shimmer text-xs">✦</span>
       <span className="text-xs font-medium text-[var(--color-text-secondary)]">{verb}...</span>
+      {elapsedSeconds > 0 && (
+        <span className="text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-tertiary)]">
+          {formatElapsed(elapsedSeconds)}
+        </span>
+      )}
+      {tokenUsage.output_tokens > 0 && (
+        <span className="text-[10px] text-[var(--color-text-tertiary)]">
+          · ↓ {tokenUsage.output_tokens}
+        </span>
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/stores/chatStore.ts b/desktop/src/stores/chatStore.ts
index 62c40998..38daa85a 100644
--- a/desktop/src/stores/chatStore.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/stores/chatStore.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type ChatStore = {
   } | null
   tokenUsage: TokenUsage
   elapsedSeconds: number
+  statusVerb: string
   connectedSessionId: string | null
   slashCommands: Array<{ name: string; description: string }>
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ export const useChatStore = create<ChatStore>((set, get) => ({
   pendingPermission: null,
   tokenUsage: { input_tokens: 0, output_tokens: 0 },
   elapsedSeconds: 0,
+  statusVerb: '',
   connectedSessionId: null,
   slashCommands: [],
 
@@ -190,7 +192,9 @@ export const useChatStore = create<ChatStore>((set, get) => ({
       case 'status':
         set({
           chatState: msg.state,
-          ...(msg.state === 'idle' ? { activeThinkingId: null } : {}),
+          ...(msg.verb ? { statusVerb: msg.verb } : {}),
+          ...(msg.tokens ? { tokenUsage: { ...get().tokenUsage, output_tokens: msg.tokens } } : {}),
+          ...(msg.state === 'idle' ? { activeThinkingId: null, statusVerb: '' } : {}),
         })
         if (msg.state === 'idle' && elapsedTimer) {
           clearInterval(elapsedTimer)