diff --git a/apps/web/components/kanban-card-content.tsx b/apps/web/components/kanban-card-content.tsx
index 847a434f73..30bf2485d9 100644
--- a/apps/web/components/kanban-card-content.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/components/kanban-card-content.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { CSS, type Transform } from "@dnd-kit/utilities";
 import type { DraggableAttributes, DraggableSyntheticListeners } from "@dnd-kit/core";
-import { IconAlertCircle, IconArrowsMaximize, IconDots, IconSubtask } from "@tabler/icons-react";
+import {
+  IconAlertCircle,
+  IconArrowsMaximize,
+  IconDots,
+  IconLoader2,
+  IconSubtask,
+} from "@tabler/icons-react";
 import { Badge } from "@kandev/ui/badge";
 import { Card, CardContent } from "@kandev/ui/card";
 import { Checkbox } from "@kandev/ui/checkbox";
@@ -193,7 +199,11 @@ function KanbanCardActions({
   const hasPendingClarificationRequest = useTaskPendingClarification(task.primarySessionId);
   const showQuestionIcon = shouldUseQuestionTaskIcon(task.state, hasPendingClarificationRequest);
   const showRunningSpinner = shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner(task.state, task.primarySessionState);
-  const statusIcon = getTaskStateIcon(task.state, "h-4 w-4", hasPendingClarificationRequest);
+  const statusIcon = showRunningSpinner ? (
+    <IconLoader2 className="h-4 w-4 text-blue-500 animate-spin" />
+  ) : (
+    getTaskStateIcon(task.state, "h-4 w-4", hasPendingClarificationRequest)
+  );
   const hasKnownSession =
     Boolean(task.primarySessionId) || Boolean(task.sessionCount && task.sessionCount > 0);
 
diff --git a/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.test.tsx b/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.test.tsx
index e66d9b4867..c37ef566ed 100644
--- a/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.test.tsx
@@ -23,13 +23,19 @@ describe("getTaskStateIcon", () => {
 });
 
 describe("shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner", () => {
-  it("returns false for non-loading task states regardless of session state", () => {
+  it("returns false for non-loading task states without an active session", () => {
     expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("COMPLETED")).toBe(false);
     expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("FAILED")).toBe(false);
     expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("CANCELLED")).toBe(false);
     expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("REVIEW")).toBe(false);
     expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("TODO")).toBe(false);
-    expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("REVIEW", "RUNNING")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true when any task state has an actively running primary session", () => {
+    expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("REVIEW", "RUNNING")).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("COMPLETED", "RUNNING")).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("FAILED", "RUNNING")).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner("CANCELLED", "RUNNING")).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("returns true for SCHEDULING with no primary session yet", () => {
diff --git a/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.tsx b/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.tsx
index c7c6f3e027..303f4021e9 100644
--- a/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/lib/ui/state-icons.tsx
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ const ACTIVE_SESSION_STATES: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set<TaskSessionState>([
 ]);
 
 /**
- * Returns true when the kanban card should show the spinning loader for an
- * in-progress task. The task workflow state and the primary session's runtime
- * state are decoupled — the workflow can keep a task in `IN_PROGRESS` after
- * the agent has finished, errored, or paused waiting for input — so we gate
- * the spinner on the primary session being actively running.
+ * Returns true when the kanban card should show the spinning loader. The task
+ * workflow state and the primary session's runtime state are decoupled — the
+ * workflow can keep a task in `IN_PROGRESS` after the agent has finished, or
+ * move it to `REVIEW` while the current primary session is still running — so
+ * an explicit primary session state takes precedence.
  *
  * When no primary session is attached yet (task just created / scheduling),
  * we still show the spinner so users see the imminent work; otherwise we
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ export function shouldShowTaskRunningSpinner(
   taskState?: TaskState,
   primarySessionState?: string | null,
 ): boolean {
-  if (taskState !== "IN_PROGRESS" && taskState !== "SCHEDULING") return false;
-  if (!primarySessionState) return true;
-  return ACTIVE_SESSION_STATES.has(primarySessionState);
+  if (primarySessionState) return ACTIVE_SESSION_STATES.has(primarySessionState);
+  return taskState === "IN_PROGRESS" || taskState === "SCHEDULING";
 }
 
 export function shouldUsePermissionTaskIcon(hasPendingPermission = false): boolean {