diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-notices.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-notices.spec.ts
index 366513d046..686b01f843 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-notices.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-notices.spec.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,25 @@ test("moves blocking work to the background with Ctrl+B", async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(card).not.toContainText("(background)")
   await expect(page.getByText("Called `subagent`", { exact: false })).toHaveCount(0)
   await expect(page.locator('[data-component="background-tool-control"]')).toHaveCount(0)
-  await expect(page.locator('[data-action="session-background-toggle"]')).toContainText("Move 1 subagent to background")
+  const hint = page.locator('[data-component="session-background-hint"]')
+  const hintPrefix = hint.locator('[data-slot="session-background-hint-prefix"]')
+  const thinking = page.locator('[data-slot="session-turn-thinking"]')
+  await expect(hint).toBeVisible()
+  await expect
+    .poll(async () => {
+      const [cardBox, hintBox, prefixBox, thinkingBox] = await Promise.all([
+        card.boundingBox(),
+        hint.boundingBox(),
+        hintPrefix.boundingBox(),
+        thinking.boundingBox(),
+      ])
+      if (!cardBox || !hintBox || !prefixBox || !thinkingBox) return undefined
+      return {
+        aligned: Math.abs(cardBox.x - prefixBox.x) < 2,
+        ordered: cardBox.y < hintBox.y && hintBox.y < thinkingBox.y,
+      }
+    })
+    .toEqual({ aligned: true, ordered: true })
 
   const request = page.waitForRequest(
     (request) =>
@@ -104,10 +122,10 @@ test("navigates from a running subagent card and hides background controls in th
     sessionStatus: { [sessionID]: { type: "busy" }, [childID]: { type: "busy" } },
   })
 
-  await expect(page.locator('[data-action="session-background-toggle"]')).toContainText("Move 1 subagent to background")
+  await expect(page.getByText(/move running work to the background/i)).toBeVisible()
   await page.locator('[data-component="task-tool-card"]').click()
   await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`/session/${childID}$`))
-  await expect(page.locator('[data-component="session-background-dock"]')).toHaveCount(0)
+  await expect(page.getByText(/move running work to the background/i)).toHaveCount(0)
 })
 
 test("shows a badge for active background work", async ({ page }) => {
@@ -118,7 +136,14 @@ test("shows a badge for active background work", async ({ page }) => {
     sessionStatus: { [childID]: { type: "busy" } },
   })
 
-  await expect(page.locator('[data-component="session-background-dock"]')).toContainText("1 subagent in background")
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Session details" }).click()
+  const summary = page.getByRole("button", { name: "1 item running in background" })
+  await expect(summary).toContainText("1")
+  await expect(summary).toContainText("Running work in background")
+  await summary.click()
+  await expect(
+    page.locator('[data-component="session-background-list"]').getByText("Agent", { exact: true }),
+  ).toBeVisible()
 })
 
 test("separates blocking and already-backgrounded work into two rows", async ({ page }) => {
@@ -193,10 +218,15 @@ test("separates blocking and already-backgrounded work into two rows", async ({
     },
   })
 
-  const dock = page.locator('[data-component="session-background-dock"]')
   const backgroundCard = page.locator('[data-timeline-part-id="call_backgrounded"]')
-  await expect(dock).toContainText("Move 1 subagent to background")
-  await expect(dock.getByText("Running 1 shell and 1 subagent in background", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(page.getByText(/move running work to the background/i)).toBeVisible()
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Session details" }).click()
+  const summary = page.getByRole("button", { name: "2 items running in background" })
+  await expect(summary).toContainText("2")
+  await summary.click()
+  const list = page.locator('[data-component="session-background-list"]')
+  await expect(list).toContainText("Background task")
+  await expect(list).toContainText("sleep 120")
   await expect(backgroundCard).toContainText("Background task (background)")
   await expect(backgroundCard.locator('[data-component="session-progress-indicator-v2"]')).toBeVisible()
   await expect(
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-tool-projection.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-tool-projection.spec.ts
index a26b8f5b0b..ec745c44b8 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-tool-projection.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/session-timeline-tool-projection.spec.ts
@@ -127,19 +127,16 @@ test("labels skill tools from IDs and result metadata", async ({ page }) => {
     ],
   })
 
-  await expect(page.locator(`[data-timeline-part-id="${pending}"] [data-component="text-shimmer"]`)).toHaveAttribute(
-    "aria-label",
-    "sample-skill",
-  )
-  await expect(page.locator(`[data-timeline-part-id="${completed}"] [data-component="text-shimmer"]`)).toHaveAttribute(
-    "aria-label",
-    "OpenCode",
-  )
-  for (const id of [pending, completed]) {
+  for (const [id, name] of [
+    [pending, "sample-skill"],
+    [completed, "OpenCode"],
+  ] as const) {
     const skill = page.locator(`[data-timeline-part-id="${id}"]`)
-    await expect(skill.locator('[data-slot="skill-tool-label"]')).toHaveText("Skill")
-    await expect(skill.locator('[data-slot="skill-tool-separator"]')).toHaveText("·")
-    await expect(skill.locator('use[href="#opencode-v2-icon-post-skill"]')).toBeVisible()
+    const loaded = skill.locator('[data-component="tool-loaded-item"]')
+    await expect(loaded).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", `Loaded ${name} skill`)
+    await expect(loaded.locator('[data-slot="tool-loaded-label"]')).toHaveText("Loaded")
+    await expect(loaded.locator('[data-slot="tool-loaded-kind"]')).toHaveText("skill")
+    await expect(loaded.locator('[data-component="text-shimmer"]')).toHaveAttribute("aria-label", name)
   }
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts b/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts
index 7bf558c786..88dcb990e2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/runtime/i18n/en.ts
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ export const dict = {
   "toast.context.noLineSelection.title": "No line selection",
   "toast.context.noLineSelection.description": "Select a line range in a file tab first.",
 
-
   "toast.session.unshare.success.title": "Session unshared",
   "toast.session.unshare.success.description": "Session unshared successfully!",
   "toast.session.unshare.failed.title": "Failed to unshare session",
@@ -657,6 +656,10 @@ export const dict = {
     "{{server}} is running OpenCode {{version}}, which isn't compatible with this app. Upgrade the server to OpenCode V2 to continue.",
   "session.background.moveTasks": "Move {{tasks}} to background",
   "session.background.inBackground": "Running {{tasks}} in background",
+  "session.background.moveInline": "Press {{keybind}} to move running work to the background",
+  "session.background.running": "Running work in background",
+  "session.background.runningCount.one": "{{count}} item running in background",
+  "session.background.runningCount.other": "{{count}} items running in background",
   "session.background.combine": "{{first}} and {{second}}",
   "session.background.shell.one": "{{count}} shell",
   "session.background.shell.other": "{{count}} shells",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/composer/session-composer-region.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/composer/session-composer-region.tsx
index 423e791f94..1c25e9f43f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/composer/session-composer-region.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/composer/session-composer-region.tsx
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ import { Show, type JSX } from "solid-js"
 import { useLanguage } from "@/runtime/i18n/language"
 import { SessionPermissionDock } from "@/session/requests/session-permission-dock"
 import { SessionQuestionDock } from "@/session/requests/session-question-dock"
-import { SessionBackgroundDock } from "@/session/requests/session-background-dock"
 import type { SessionComposerRegionController } from "./session-composer-region-controller"
 
 type SessionComposerRegionState = Pick<
   SessionComposerRegionController["state"],
   "questionRequest" | "permissionRequest" | "permissionResponding" | "decide" | "blocked"
-> & {
-  background: Pick<SessionComposerRegionController["state"]["background"], "blocking" | "tasks" | "move">
-}
+>
 
 export type SessionComposerRegionViewController = Pick<
   SessionComposerRegionController,
@@ -32,9 +29,6 @@ export function SessionComposerRegion(props: {
 }) {
   const language = useLanguage()
   const controller = props.controller
-  const background = () =>
-    controller.state.background.blocking().length > 0 || controller.state.background.tasks().length > 0
-
   return (
     <div
       ref={controller.setDockRef}
@@ -81,22 +75,10 @@ export function SessionComposerRegion(props: {
               </>
             }
           >
-            <Show when={background()}>
-              <div>
-                <SessionBackgroundDock
-                  blocking={controller.state.background.blocking()}
-                  tasks={controller.state.background.tasks()}
-                  onBackground={() => void controller.state.background.move()}
-                />
-              </div>
-            </Show>
             <div
               classList={{
                 "relative z-[70]": true,
               }}
-              style={{
-                "margin-top": `${background() ? -36 : 0}px`,
-              }}
             >
               <Show
                 when={controller.child()}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/requests/model.ts b/packages/app/src/session/requests/model.ts
index 04d3d76dec..8356fd27db 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/requests/model.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/requests/model.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export function createSessionRequestModel() {
       return [
         {
           type: part.name as "shell" | "subagent",
+          partID: part.id,
           id: typeof value === "string" ? value : undefined,
           label: typeof label === "string" ? label : undefined,
         },
@@ -93,11 +94,13 @@ export function createSessionRequestModel() {
         const sessionID = part.state.metadata.sessionID
         if (typeof sessionID !== "string" || completed.has(sessionID)) return []
         const description = part.state.input.description
+        const agent = part.state.input.agent
         return [
           {
             id: sessionID,
             type: "subagent" as const,
             label: typeof description === "string" ? description : sessionID,
+            agent: typeof agent === "string" ? agent : undefined,
           },
         ]
       })
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/requests/session-background-dock.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/requests/session-background-dock.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d490ca1b5..0000000000
--- a/packages/app/src/session/requests/session-background-dock.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-import { useLanguage } from "@/runtime/i18n/language"
-import { useCommand } from "@/shell/commands/command"
-import { Keybind } from "@opencode-ai/ui/keybind"
-import { For, createMemo } from "solid-js"
-import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
-import { SessionBackgroundPullout } from "./session-background-pullout"
-
-export function SessionBackgroundDock(props: {
-  blocking: { type: "shell" | "subagent"; id?: string; label?: string }[]
-  tasks: { id: string; type: "shell" | "subagent"; label: string }[]
-  onBackground: () => void
-}) {
-  const language = useLanguage()
-  const command = useCommand()
-  const [store, setStore] = createStore({ collapsed: true })
-  const describe = (shells: number, subagents: number) => {
-    const shell = shells ? language.plural("session.background.shell", shells, { count: shells }) : undefined
-    const subagent = subagents
-      ? language.plural("session.background.subagent", subagents, { count: subagents })
-      : undefined
-    if (shell && subagent) return language.t("session.background.combine", { first: shell, second: subagent })
-    return shell ?? subagent ?? ""
-  }
-  const summary = createMemo(() => {
-    const shells = props.tasks.filter((task) => task.type === "shell").length
-    return describe(shells, props.tasks.length - shells)
-  })
-  const moving = createMemo(() => {
-    const shells = props.blocking.filter((task) => task.type === "shell").length
-    const subagents = props.blocking.length - shells
-    const tasks = describe(shells, subagents)
-    return tasks ? language.t("session.background.moveTasks", { tasks }) : ""
-  })
-  const background = createMemo(() =>
-    summary() ? language.t("session.background.inBackground", { tasks: summary() }) : "",
-  )
-  const blocking = () => props.blocking.length > 0
-  const toggle = () => {
-    if (blocking()) {
-      props.onBackground()
-      return
-    }
-    setStore("collapsed", (value) => !value)
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <SessionBackgroundPullout
-      label={
-        <span class="flex flex-col items-start">
-          {blocking() && (
-            <span>
-              <span class="text-v2-text-text-muted">{moving()}</span>
-              <span class="pl-2">
-                <Keybind keys={command.keybindParts("session.background")} variant="neutral" />
-              </span>
-            </span>
-          )}
-          {!!props.tasks.length && <span class="text-v2-text-text-faint">{background()}</span>}
-        </span>
-      }
-      ariaLabel={[moving(), background()].filter(Boolean).join(". ")}
-      multiline={blocking() && props.tasks.length > 0}
-      collapsed={blocking() || store.collapsed}
-      collapsible={!blocking()}
-      onToggle={toggle}
-      collapseLabel={language.t("session.todo.collapse")}
-      expandLabel={language.t("session.todo.expand")}
-    >
-      <div class="px-4 pb-11 flex flex-col gap-1.5">
-        <For each={props.tasks}>
-          {(task) => (
-            <div class="flex min-w-0 items-baseline gap-2 text-13-regular">
-              <span class="shrink-0 text-13-medium text-text-strong">
-                {language.t(task.type === "shell" ? "ui.tool.shell" : "ui.tool.agent.default")}
-              </span>
-              <span class="truncate text-text-weak">{task.label}</span>
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </For>
-      </div>
-    </SessionBackgroundPullout>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/requests/session-background-pullout.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/requests/session-background-pullout.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 02a8baa129..0000000000
--- a/packages/app/src/session/requests/session-background-pullout.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-import { IconButton } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon-button"
-import { Icon } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon"
-import { useSpring } from "@opencode-ai/ui/motion-spring"
-import { createResizeObserver } from "@solid-primitives/resize-observer"
-import { createEffect, createMemo, type JSX } from "solid-js"
-import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
-
-export function SessionBackgroundPullout(props: {
-  label: JSX.Element
-  ariaLabel: string
-  multiline?: boolean
-  collapsed: boolean
-  collapsible?: boolean
-  onToggle: () => void
-  collapseLabel: string
-  expandLabel: string
-  children: JSX.Element
-}) {
-  const [store, setStore] = createStore({ height: 78, header: 42 })
-  const collapse = useSpring(() => (props.collapsed ? 1 : 0), { visualDuration: 0.3, bounce: 0 })
-  const value = createMemo(() => Math.max(0, Math.min(1, collapse())))
-  const off = createMemo(() => value() > 0.98)
-  const base = createMemo(() => Math.max(78, store.header + 36))
-  const full = createMemo(() => Math.max(base(), store.height))
-  let contentRef: HTMLDivElement | undefined
-  let headerRef: HTMLDivElement | undefined
-
-  createEffect(() => {
-    const element = contentRef
-    const header = headerRef
-    if (!element || !header) return
-    const update = () => {
-      setStore("height", (height) => Math.max(height, element.scrollHeight))
-      setStore("header", header.getBoundingClientRect().height)
-    }
-    update()
-    createResizeObserver([element, header], update)
-  })
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      data-component="session-background-dock"
-      class="w-full overflow-hidden rounded-xl border-[0.5px] border-v2-border-border-base bg-v2-background-bg-layer-01"
-      style={{
-        "overflow-x": "visible",
-        "overflow-y": "hidden",
-        "max-height": `${Math.max(base(), full() - value() * (full() - base()))}px`,
-      }}
-    >
-      <div ref={contentRef}>
-        <div
-          ref={headerRef}
-          data-action="session-background-toggle"
-          class="flex items-center gap-2 overflow-visible pl-4 pr-2"
-          classList={{
-            "h-[42px]": !props.multiline,
-            "min-h-[42px] py-2": props.multiline,
-          }}
-          role="button"
-          tabIndex={0}
-          onClick={props.onToggle}
-          onKeyDown={(event) => {
-            if (event.key !== "Enter" && event.key !== " ") return
-            event.preventDefault()
-            props.onToggle()
-          }}
-        >
-          <span
-            class="cursor-default inline-flex items-baseline shrink-0 overflow-visible font-[440] text-[13px] leading-5 tracking-[-0.04px] text-v2-text-text-muted"
-            aria-label={props.ariaLabel}
-            style={{
-              "--tool-motion-odometer-ms": "600ms",
-              "--tool-motion-mask": "18%",
-              "--tool-motion-mask-height": "0px",
-              "--tool-motion-spring-ms": "560ms",
-              "white-space": "pre",
-            }}
-          >
-            {props.label}
-          </span>
-          {props.collapsible !== false && (
-            <div class="ml-auto">
-              <IconButton
-                data-action="session-background-toggle-button"
-                data-collapsed={props.collapsed ? "true" : "false"}
-                icon={<Icon name="chevron-down" />}
-                size="normal"
-                variant="ghost"
-                style={{ transform: `rotate(${value() * 180}deg)` }}
-                onMouseDown={(event) => {
-                  event.preventDefault()
-                  event.stopPropagation()
-                }}
-                onClick={(event) => {
-                  event.stopPropagation()
-                  props.onToggle()
-                }}
-                aria-label={props.collapsed ? props.expandLabel : props.collapseLabel}
-              />
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </div>
-        <div
-          data-slot="session-background-list"
-          aria-hidden={props.collapsed || off()}
-          classList={{ "pointer-events-none": value() > 0.1 }}
-          style={{ visibility: off() ? "hidden" : "visible", opacity: `${Math.max(0, 1 - value())}` }}
-        >
-          {props.children}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx
index 104dff3311..7544d99768 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/screen.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export function SessionScreen(props: { session: SessionModel }) {
               {(_id) => (
                 <MessageTimeline
                   session={session}
+                  background={composer.region.state.background}
                   actions={composer.actions.timeline}
                   scroll={timeline.scroll}
                   onResumeScroll={timeline.actions.resume}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/story-model.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/story-model.tsx
index 534ce39e9b..47679380c2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/story-model.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/story-model.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ export type SessionPreviewProps = {
   draft?: string
   request?: { type: "permission"; value: PermissionRequest } | { type: "question"; value: FormInfo }
   reviewOpened?: boolean
-  backgroundTasks?: { id: string; type: "shell" | "subagent"; label: string }[]
   child?: { parentID: string }
   terminal?: { title: string; lines: string[] }
 }
@@ -196,13 +195,6 @@ function SessionSurfaceState(props: SessionPreviewProps & { onReset: () => void
         setState("request", undefined)
         setState("activity", `Permission response: ${response}`)
       },
-      background: {
-        blocking: () => [],
-        tasks: () => props.backgroundTasks ?? [],
-        move: async () => {
-          setState("activity", "Requested background execution")
-        },
-      },
       blocked: () => state.request !== undefined,
     },
     centered: () => true,
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/timeline/background-work.stories.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/timeline/background-work.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d21f87e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/timeline/background-work.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { BackgroundMoveHint, BackgroundWorkSummary } from "./message-timeline"
+
+const tasks = [
+  { id: "task_explore", type: "subagent" as const, agent: "explore", label: "Reviewing component implementation" },
+  { id: "task_status", type: "shell" as const, label: "opencode2 service status" },
+  { id: "task_openapi", type: "shell" as const, label: "opencode2 api get /openapi.json" },
+  { id: "task_tests", type: "shell" as const, label: "bun test packages/app" },
+]
+
+export default {
+  title: "OpenCode/Session/Background work",
+  id: "session-background-work",
+  parameters: {
+    docs: {
+      description: {
+        component: "Production controls for moving blocking work and inspecting active background tasks.",
+      },
+    },
+  },
+}
+
+export const InlineMoveHint = {
+  render: () => (
+    <div class="flex w-[696px] max-w-full flex-col items-start gap-4">
+      <BackgroundMoveHint keybind={["Ctrl", "B"]} />
+    </div>
+  ),
+}
+
+export const SummaryPanelEntry = {
+  render: () => (
+    <div class="w-[280px] rounded-[6px] bg-v2-background-bg-base px-0.5 py-1.5 shadow-[var(--v2-elevation-raised)]">
+      <BackgroundWorkSummary tasks={tasks} />
+    </div>
+  ),
+}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/session/timeline/message-timeline.tsx b/packages/app/src/session/timeline/message-timeline.tsx
index 567e5e2c77..238f3b312c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/session/timeline/message-timeline.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/session/timeline/message-timeline.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-import { createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, on, Show, type Accessor } from "solid-js"
+import { createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, For, on, Show, type Accessor } from "solid-js"
 import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
 import type { SessionUserActions } from "@opencode-ai/session-ui/actions"
+import { Badge } from "@opencode-ai/ui/badge"
 import { DiffChanges } from "@opencode-ai/ui/diff-changes"
 import { Icon } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon"
 import { IconButton } from "@opencode-ai/ui/icon-button"
 import { InlineInput } from "@opencode-ai/ui/inline-input"
+import { Keybind } from "@opencode-ai/ui/keybind"
 import { Menu } from "@opencode-ai/ui/menu"
+import { TextShimmer } from "@opencode-ai/ui/text-shimmer"
 import { Tooltip } from "@opencode-ai/ui/tooltip"
 import { ProjectAvatar } from "@opencode-ai/ui/project-avatar"
 import type { Project } from "@/runtime/server/types"
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ import { SessionContextUsage } from "@/session/timeline/session-context-usage"
 import { useLanguage } from "@/runtime/i18n/language"
 import { useData } from "@/runtime/server/current"
 import { useWorkspaceLocation } from "@/workspaces/location"
-import { Timeline } from "@opencode-ai/session-ui/timeline/projection"
+import { Timeline, TimelineRow } from "@opencode-ai/session-ui/timeline/projection"
 import { createSessionTimelineRowRenderer } from "@opencode-ai/session-ui/timeline/row"
 import { createTimelineController, type TimelineController, type TimelineSessionSource } from "./controller"
 import { createTimelineVirtualizer } from "./virtualizer"
@@ -24,6 +27,98 @@ import { SessionWorkspaceMenu } from "@/session/timeline/session-workspace-menu"
 import { getProjectAvatarVariant } from "@/shell/state/layout"
 import { displayName, getProjectAvatarSource } from "@/shell/layout/helpers"
 import { parseCommentNote, readPromptPresentation } from "@/composer/comment-note"
+import { useCommand } from "@/shell/commands/command"
+
+type BackgroundTask = {
+  id: string
+  type: "shell" | "subagent"
+  label: string
+  agent?: string
+}
+
+type SessionBackground = {
+  blocking: Accessor<{ type: "shell" | "subagent"; partID: string; id?: string; label?: string }[]>
+  tasks: Accessor<BackgroundTask[]>
+  move: () => Promise<void>
+}
+
+export function BackgroundMoveHint(props: { keybind?: string[] }) {
+  const language = useLanguage()
+  const command = useCommand()
+  const marker = "__OPENCODE_BACKGROUND_KEYBIND__"
+  const parts = createMemo(() => language.t("session.background.moveInline", { keybind: marker }).split(marker))
+  const keys = () => props.keybind ?? command.keybindParts("session.background")
+  const keybind = () => props.keybind?.join("+") ?? command.keybind("session.background")
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      data-component="session-background-hint"
+      class="flex h-6 max-w-full items-center justify-center gap-[3px] overflow-hidden text-[13px] font-[530] leading-5 tracking-[-0.04px] text-v2-text-text-muted"
+      aria-label={language.t("session.background.moveInline", { keybind: keybind() })}
+    >
+      <span data-slot="session-background-hint-prefix" class="shrink-0">
+        {parts()[0].trim()}
+      </span>
+      <Keybind keys={keys()} variant="neutral" />
+      <span class="min-w-0 truncate">{parts()[1].trim()}</span>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export function BackgroundWorkSummary(props: { tasks: BackgroundTask[] }) {
+  const language = useLanguage()
+  const [open, setOpen] = createSignal(false)
+  const taskType = (task: BackgroundTask) => {
+    if (task.type === "shell") return language.t("ui.tool.shell")
+    if (!task.agent) return language.t("ui.tool.agent.default")
+    return task.agent.slice(0, 1).toUpperCase() + task.agent.slice(1)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Popover
+      open={open()}
+      placement={language.direction() === "rtl" ? "right-end" : "left-end"}
+      gutter={4}
+      onOpenChange={setOpen}
+    >
+      <Popover.Trigger
+        as="button"
+        type="button"
+        data-component="session-background-summary"
+        class="flex h-7 w-full items-center gap-2 rounded-[4px] px-3 text-[13px] font-[440] leading-5 tracking-[-0.04px] text-v2-text-text-base hover:bg-v2-overlay-simple-overlay-hover focus-visible:bg-v2-overlay-simple-overlay-hover focus-visible:outline-none data-[expanded]:bg-v2-overlay-simple-overlay-pressed"
+        aria-label={language.plural("session.background.runningCount", props.tasks.length)}
+      >
+        <Badge class="!w-4 !px-0 !border-v2-border-border-strong !bg-v2-background-bg-layer-03">
+          {props.tasks.length}
+        </Badge>
+        <TextShimmer
+          as="span"
+          text={language.t("session.background.running")}
+          active
+          class="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-start"
+        />
+      </Popover.Trigger>
+      <Popover.Portal>
+        <Popover.Content
+          data-component="session-background-list"
+          class="z-[60] w-[200px] overflow-hidden rounded-[6px] bg-v2-background-bg-layer-01 p-0.5 shadow-[var(--v2-elevation-floating)] outline-none"
+        >
+          <For each={props.tasks.slice(0, 10)}>
+            {(task) => (
+              <div
+                data-component="session-background-list-item"
+                class="flex h-7 min-w-0 items-center gap-2 rounded-[4px] px-3 text-[13px] font-[440] leading-none tracking-[-0.04px]"
+              >
+                <span class="shrink-0 text-v2-text-text-base">{taskType(task)}</span>
+                <span class="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-v2-text-text-faint">{task.label}</span>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </For>
+        </Popover.Content>
+      </Popover.Portal>
+    </Popover>
+  )
+}
 
 function WorkspaceMoveAction(props: {
   variant: "inline" | "panel"
@@ -94,6 +189,7 @@ function SessionSummaryPanel(props: {
   moveDismissed: boolean
   onMoveDismiss: () => void
   onReview: () => void
+  backgroundTasks: BackgroundTask[]
 }) {
   const language = useLanguage()
   const location = () => {
@@ -168,6 +264,9 @@ function SessionSummaryPanel(props: {
             )}
           </Show>
         </button>
+        <Show when={props.backgroundTasks.length > 0}>
+          <BackgroundWorkSummary tasks={props.backgroundTasks} />
+        </Show>
       </div>
       <Show when={props.local && props.diffs && props.diffs.length > 0 && props.moveEligible}>
         <WorkspaceMoveAction
@@ -186,6 +285,7 @@ function SessionSummaryPanel(props: {
 
 type MessageTimelineProps = {
   session: TimelineSessionSource
+  background: SessionBackground
   actions?: SessionUserActions
   scroll: { overflow: boolean; jump: boolean }
   onResumeScroll: () => void
@@ -350,6 +450,18 @@ function MessageTimelineView(
     padding: turnPadding,
     anchor: props.anchor,
   })
+  const backgroundHintPartID = createMemo(() => {
+    const blocking = new Set(props.background.blocking().map((task) => task.partID))
+    const row = projection
+      .rows()
+      .findLast(
+        (row) => row._tag === "AssistantPart" && row.group.type === "part" && blocking.has(row.group.ref.partID),
+      )
+    if (row?._tag !== "AssistantPart" || row.group.type !== "part") return
+    return row.group.ref.partID
+  })
+  const backgroundHint = (row: TimelineRow.TimelineRow) =>
+    row._tag === "AssistantPart" && row.group.type === "part" && row.group.ref.partID === backgroundHintPartID()
 
   return (
     <VirtualizedTimeline
@@ -359,7 +471,23 @@ function MessageTimelineView(
         const content = Timeline.resolveContent(messageByID().get(row.group.ref.messageID), row.group.ref.partID)
         return content?.type === "tool" && ["edit", "write", "patch"].includes(content.name)
       }}
-      renderRow={(row, onSizeChange) => <rowRenderer.Row row={row} onSizeChange={onSizeChange} />}
+      renderRow={(row, onSizeChange) => (
+        <>
+          <rowRenderer.Row row={row} onSizeChange={onSizeChange} />
+          <Show when={backgroundHint(row())}>
+            <div
+              classList={{
+                "min-w-0 w-full max-w-full": true,
+                "md:max-w-200 2xl:max-w-[1000px] md:mx-auto": props.centered,
+              }}
+            >
+              <div class={`flex h-10 items-start pt-4 ${turnPadding()}`}>
+                <BackgroundMoveHint />
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </Show>
+        </>
+      )}
       header={
         <div
           data-session-title
@@ -485,6 +613,7 @@ function MessageTimelineView(
                                 setSummary(false)
                                 props.onReview()
                               }}
+                              backgroundTasks={props.background.tasks()}
                             />
                           </Popover.Content>
                         </Popover.Portal>
diff --git a/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/command.ts b/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/command.ts
index 16ff08bef4..3389e512f2 100644
--- a/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/command.ts
+++ b/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/command.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ const keybinds: Record<string, string> = {
   "agent.cycle": "mod+.",
   "model.choose": "mod+m",
   "model.variant.cycle": "mod+shift+m",
+  "session.background": "ctrl+b",
+}
+
+export const DEFAULT_PALETTE_KEYBIND = "mod+k,mod+shift+p"
+
+export function parseKeybind(config: string) {
+  if (!config || config === "none") return []
+  return config.split(",").map((combo) => {
+    const parts = combo.trim().toLowerCase().split("+")
+    return {
+      key:
+        parts.find(
+          (part) => !["ctrl", "control", "meta", "cmd", "command", "mod", "alt", "option", "shift"].includes(part),
+        ) ?? "",
+      ctrl: parts.includes("ctrl") || parts.includes("control") || parts.includes("mod"),
+      meta: parts.includes("meta") || parts.includes("cmd") || parts.includes("command"),
+      shift: parts.includes("shift"),
+      alt: parts.includes("alt") || parts.includes("option"),
+    }
+  })
 }
 
 export function formatKeybind(config: string) {
diff --git a/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/layout.ts b/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/layout.ts
index 998c62dc40..b0bce76146 100644
--- a/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/layout.ts
+++ b/packages/storybook/.storybook/mocks/app/context/layout.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ const [all, setAll] = createSignal<string[]>([])
 const [active, setActive] = createSignal<string | undefined>(undefined)
 const [reviewOpen, setReviewOpen] = createSignal(false)
 
+export function useCurrentRoute() {
+  return () => ({ type: "home" as const })
+}
+
 const tabs = {
   all,
   active,