diff --git a/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.test.ts b/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..615f2bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { createSidecarEmitter } from "@intx/hub-sessions";
+import { createAgentActivity } from "./activity.ts";
+
+const runId = "run_04ba732b8686649f77a2797393bafbc5";
+
+test("a turn resumed after a restart, with no message run, ends on its reply", () => {
+  const events = createSidecarEmitter();
+  const activity = createAgentActivity(events);
+  const send = (event: unknown) =>
+    events.emit("agent.event", {
+      agentAddress: `${runId}@sunny-harbor-panda.localhost`,
+      sessionId: "session",
+      event,
+    });
+  send({
+    type: "tool.start",
+    seq: 1,
+    data: { call: { id: "call-1", name: "write_artifact", arguments: {} } },
+  });
+  expect(activity.of(runId).working).toBe(true);
+  send({ type: "connector.reply", seq: 2, data: { content: "Done." } });
+  expect(activity.of(runId).working).toBe(false);
+  activity.dispose();
+});
diff --git a/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.ts b/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.ts
index 3e52765f..27d951f8 100644
--- a/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.ts
+++ b/apps/hub/src/artifacts/activity.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ export function createAgentActivity(events: Pick<SidecarEventEmitter, "on">) {
         delete run.said;
         return;
       }
-      case "message.run.ended": {
+      // The reactor ends a message run right after it replies, but a turn resumed from an approval
+      // restored after a restart has no message run, so its reply is the only end it sends.
+      case "message.run.ended":
+      case "connector.reply": {
         const run = entry(local);
         run.working = false;
         run.since = now;
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
index ae0cc6b3..bcc9b386 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/live-run.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ export function foldLiveRun(
       reload,
     };
   }
-  if (event.type === "message.run.ended" || event.type === "reactor.done") {
+  // The reactor closes the message run right after it replies, but a turn resumed from an approval
+  // restored after a restart has no message run to close, so its reply is the only end it sends.
+  if (
+    event.type === "message.run.ended" ||
+    event.type === "connector.reply" ||
+    event.type === "reactor.done"
+  ) {
     return {
       run: { ...run, ended: true, running: false, endedAt: Date.now() },
       reload,
diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
index d62c89d2..2cb3fd09 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/workspace/transcript.test.tsx
@@ -188,6 +188,18 @@ describe("conversation transcript", () => {
     expect(awaitingCommit(done, [])).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  test("a turn resumed from an approval after a restart ends on its reply", () => {
+    const resumed = [
+      { type: "message.correlated" },
+      { type: "inference.start" },
+      { type: "inference.done" },
+    ].reduce((run, event) => foldLiveRun(run, event, null).run, emptyLiveRun);
+    expect(resumed.running).toBe(true);
+    const replied = foldLiveRun(resumed, { type: "connector.reply" }, null).run;
+    expect(replied.running).toBe(false);
+    expect(replied.ended).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test("a specialist's report joins its hand-off as one message and a long run of lone ones folds", () => {
     const summary =
       "Wrote the limits for your weather app, covering offline use and units.";