diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/provider-subagents.real.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/provider-subagents.real.spec.ts
index 6e9bc64f6..054e0fabf 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/provider-subagents.real.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/provider-subagents.real.spec.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ test.describe("real provider subagent timelines", () => {
 
         const panel = page.getByTestId("provider-subagent-panel");
         await expect(panel).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
+        await expect(
+          panel.getByTestId("user-message").filter({ hasText: scenario.sentinel }),
+        ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
         await expect(
           panel.getByTestId("assistant-message").filter({ hasText: scenario.sentinel }),
         ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 30_000 });
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/helpers/project-status-badge.ts b/packages/app/e2e/helpers/project-status-badge.ts
index c3b573e1c..fbcb907a8 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/helpers/project-status-badge.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/helpers/project-status-badge.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect, type Page } from "@playwright/test";
-import { gotoAppShell } from "./app";
-import { seedWorkspace, type SeededWorkspace } from "./seed-client";
-import { waitForSidebarHydration } from "./workspace-ui";
+import { gotoAppShell } from "../support/helpers/app";
+import { seedWorkspace, type SeededWorkspace } from "../support/helpers/seed-client";
+import { waitForSidebarHydration } from "../support/helpers/workspace-ui";
 
 export interface StatusProject {
   seed: SeededWorkspace;
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/project-status-badge.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/project-status-badge.spec.ts
index a2e7b837d..0dcf0e5f6 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/project-status-badge.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/project-status-badge.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { test } from "./fixtures";
+import { test } from "./support/fixtures";
 import {
   expandStatusProject,
   expectCollapsedProjectStatus,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
index c29f7ca27..ab7a0cf1f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/agent/providers/claude/agent.ts
@@ -3103,6 +3103,8 @@ class ClaudeAgentSession implements AgentSession {
       ...(effort ? { effort } : {}),
       ...extraClaudeOptions,
       ...settingsOptions,
+      // Provider subagent panes render the child's nested transcript.
+      forwardSubagentText: true,
       // Merged rather than assigned above: extraClaudeOptions is spread after the base, so any
       // user-configured hooks would otherwise replace these wholesale and silently stop effort
       // from being observed.