diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index cc8cbbd..7b3e4a7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -847,6 +847,21 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
         val sJob = detail.jobs.firstOrNull { it.jobType == "summarize" }
         if (pipeline != null) {
             PipelinePanel(pipeline)
+        } else if (detail.busy != null) {
+            // Click-landed but no job row yet (POST/token/poll latency):
+            // busy is REAL work in flight — showing nothing here was the
+            // "hit transcribe, screen looks dead" blind window.
+            SonarCard(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()) {
+                Row(
+                    verticalAlignment = Alignment.CenterVertically,
+                    horizontalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(Shonar.Space2),
+                ) {
+                    Text("→", style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
+                    Text(detail.busy!!, style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                        color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
+                }
+            }
         }
         // Rescue-swap note: the engine succeeded but had to switch
         // summarizers mid-job. Tell the user in plain words, not the raw