diff --git a/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.test.ts b/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.test.ts
index 74f02eba8..bd62055c8 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.test.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("deriveSidebarStateBucket", () => {
     ).toBe("attention");
   });
 
-  it("treats initializing agents as running", () => {
+  it("treats initializing agents as done", () => {
     expect(
       deriveSidebarStateBucket({
         status: "initializing",
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ describe("deriveSidebarStateBucket", () => {
         requiresAttention: false,
         attentionReason: null,
       }),
-    ).toBe("running");
+    ).toBe("done");
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.ts b/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.ts
index 21f07313a..d1e77b9ed 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/utils/sidebar-agent-state.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function deriveSidebarStateBucket(input: {
   if (input.status === "error" || input.attentionReason === "error") {
     return "failed";
   }
-  if (input.status === "running" || input.status === "initializing") {
+  if (input.status === "running") {
     return "running";
   }
   if (input.requiresAttention) {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/session.ts b/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
index eafa8e6eb..1c113e716 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/session.ts
@@ -5322,7 +5322,7 @@ export class Session {
     if (agent.status === "error" || agent.attentionReason === "error") {
       return "failed";
     }
-    if (agent.status === "running" || agent.status === "initializing") {
+    if (agent.status === "running") {
       return "running";
     }
     if (agent.requiresAttention) {