diff --git a/server/__tests__/lanes-api.test.js b/server/__tests__/lanes-api.test.js
index 3aac561..b89f27e 100644
--- a/server/__tests__/lanes-api.test.js
+++ b/server/__tests__/lanes-api.test.js
@@ -336,6 +336,77 @@ describe("hook → lane binding", () => {
 
     await request("DELETE", `/api/lanes/${id}`);
   });
+
+  it("the bare idle nudge never raises needs_action and clears a stale one", async () => {
+    const created = await request("POST", "/api/lanes", {
+      cwd: "/tmp/lane-idle-nudge",
+      title: "Idle Nudge",
+    });
+    const id = created.body.lane.id;
+
+    await request("POST", "/api/hooks/event", {
+      hook_type: "SessionStart",
+      data: { session_id: "sess-nudge", cwd: "/tmp/lane-idle-nudge" },
+    });
+    await request("POST", "/api/hooks/event", {
+      hook_type: "Notification",
+      data: {
+        session_id: "sess-nudge",
+        cwd: "/tmp/lane-idle-nudge",
+        message: "Claude needs your permission to use Bash",
+      },
+    });
+    assert.equal(
+      (await request("GET", `/api/lanes/${id}`)).body.lane.needs_action,
+      "Claude needs your permission to use Bash"
+    );
+
+    // The 60s idle nudge fires after Stop: it proves the CLI is parked at an
+    // idle prompt, so it must clear rather than pin the banner.
+    await request("POST", "/api/hooks/event", {
+      hook_type: "Notification",
+      data: {
+        session_id: "sess-nudge",
+        cwd: "/tmp/lane-idle-nudge",
+        message: "Claude is waiting for your input",
+      },
+    });
+    const lane = (await request("GET", `/api/lanes/${id}`)).body.lane;
+    assert.equal(lane.needs_action, null);
+    assert.equal(lane.status, "idle");
+
+    await request("DELETE", `/api/lanes/${id}`);
+  });
+
+  it("mirrors CLI turn state onto lane.status for a lane the dashboard did not launch", async () => {
+    const created = await request("POST", "/api/lanes", {
+      cwd: "/tmp/lane-turn-status",
+      title: "Turn Status",
+    });
+    const id = created.body.lane.id;
+    assert.equal((await request("GET", `/api/lanes/${id}`)).body.lane.status, "idle");
+
+    await request("POST", "/api/hooks/event", {
+      hook_type: "UserPromptSubmit",
+      data: { session_id: "sess-turn", cwd: "/tmp/lane-turn-status" },
+    });
+    assert.equal((await request("GET", `/api/lanes/${id}`)).body.lane.status, "running");
+
+    // A subagent finishing is not the end of the turn.
+    await request("POST", "/api/hooks/event", {
+      hook_type: "SubagentStop",
+      data: { session_id: "sess-turn", cwd: "/tmp/lane-turn-status" },
+    });
+    assert.equal((await request("GET", `/api/lanes/${id}`)).body.lane.status, "running");
+
+    await request("POST", "/api/hooks/event", {
+      hook_type: "Stop",
+      data: { session_id: "sess-turn", cwd: "/tmp/lane-turn-status" },
+    });
+    assert.equal((await request("GET", `/api/lanes/${id}`)).body.lane.status, "idle");
+
+    await request("DELETE", `/api/lanes/${id}`);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("hook → stage detection", () => {
@@ -705,7 +776,10 @@ describe("GET /api/lanes/branches", () => {
   });
 
   it("400s for a path that does not exist", async () => {
-    const r = await request("GET", `/api/lanes/branches?repo=${encodeURIComponent(path.join(ROOT, "nope"))}`);
+    const r = await request(
+      "GET",
+      `/api/lanes/branches?repo=${encodeURIComponent(path.join(ROOT, "nope"))}`
+    );
     assert.equal(r.status, 400);
     assert.equal(r.body.error.code, "EBADSOURCEREPO");
   });
diff --git a/server/routes/hooks.js b/server/routes/hooks.js
index 169a542..2c1093e 100644
--- a/server/routes/hooks.js
+++ b/server/routes/hooks.js
@@ -136,14 +136,35 @@ function recoverInterruptedSession(sessionId, fullSess, mainAgentId, reasonSuffi
   });
 }
 
+// Claude Code fires Notification for two unrelated things: a real block
+// (permission prompt / AskUserQuestion) and a bare idle nudge ~60 s after a
+// turn ended. The nudge arrives AFTER Stop, so no later hook is coming to
+// clear it — a lane stamped from it sat on a permanent "⚠ Claude is waiting
+// for your input" while the user was simply not typing. The nudge is not a
+// blocking event: it proves the opposite (the CLI is parked at an idle
+// prompt), so it clears the lane instead of stamping it.
+const IDLE_NUDGE_RE = /^\s*claude is waiting for your input[.!]?\s*$/i;
+
+// Hooks that prove the CLI is mid-turn / between turns for the lane's session.
+// Only these move lane.status; anything else (SubagentStop, SessionStart,
+// Notification) leaves it alone — a subagent finishing does not end the turn.
+const LANE_WORKING_HOOKS = new Set(["UserPromptSubmit", "PreToolUse", "PostToolUse"]);
+const LANE_DONE_HOOKS = new Set(["Stop", "SessionEnd"]);
+
 /**
  * Attach an incoming hook to the lane that owns its cwd. Lanes are optional and
  * this is best-effort: the hook path must never fail because of lane
  * bookkeeping, so everything here is inside one try/catch.
  *
- * `needs_action` mirrors Claude Code's Notification hook (a permission prompt or
- * an idle nudge). The next non-Notification hook from the same session means the
- * agent is moving again, so the flag clears itself — no user click required.
+ * `needs_action` mirrors Claude Code's Notification hook, minus the idle nudge
+ * (see IDLE_NUDGE_RE). The next non-Notification hook from the same session
+ * means the agent is moving again, so the flag clears itself — no user click
+ * required.
+ *
+ * `status` is mirrored the same way for lanes the dashboard did NOT launch
+ * (run_id null). Those never pass through the run lifecycle that sets
+ * running/idle, so without this an adopted lane read "idle" for the entire
+ * time Claude was working in it.
  */
 function touchLaneFromHook(hookType, data) {
   try {
@@ -183,14 +204,27 @@ function touchLaneFromHook(hookType, data) {
     }
 
     const patch = {};
+    const idleNudge = hookType === "Notification" && IDLE_NUDGE_RE.test(data.message || "");
     if (data.session_id && lane.session_id !== data.session_id) patch.session_id = data.session_id;
-    if (hookType === "Notification") {
+    if (hookType === "Notification" && !idleNudge) {
       patch.needs_action = data.message || "needs you";
     } else if (lane.needs_action && data.session_id === lane.session_id) {
       // Clear only when the hook comes from the session currently bound to the lane
       // (evaluated before any rebinding, so a rebinding hook never clears in the same pass)
       patch.needs_action = null;
     }
+
+    // Only idle↔running is mirrored: provisioning and failed are lifecycle
+    // states this path must never stomp on.
+    if (!lane.run_id && (lane.status === "idle" || lane.status === "running")) {
+      const next = LANE_WORKING_HOOKS.has(hookType)
+        ? "running"
+        : LANE_DONE_HOOKS.has(hookType) || idleNudge
+          ? "idle"
+          : null;
+      if (next && next !== lane.status) patch.status = next;
+    }
+
     if (!Object.keys(patch).length) return;
     lanesLib.updateLane(lane.id, patch);
     broadcastLane(lane.id);