diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index d70ebd4..b50449d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -709,7 +709,8 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                     "Summarizing… ${it.progress}%"
                 it.status == "running" -> "Summarizing… waiting for model" +
                     DesktopState.waitSuffix(it.startedAt, System.currentTimeMillis())
-                else -> "Summary queued"
+                else -> "Summary queued" +
+                    DesktopState.waitSuffix(it.createdAt, System.currentTimeMillis())
             }
             Text(label, style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodyMedium,
                 color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.primary)
@@ -885,7 +886,9 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                 }
                 Text(buildString {
                     append(when {
-                        sStatus == "queued" -> "Queued…"
+                        sStatus == "queued" -> "Queued…" +
+                            DesktopState.waitSuffix(sJob?.createdAt,
+                                System.currentTimeMillis())
                         sProg != null && sProg > 0 -> "Summarizing… $sProg%"
                         else -> "Summarizing… waiting for model" +
                             DesktopState.waitSuffix(sJob?.startedAt,
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
index a79a87d..06bfb8e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
@@ -81,4 +81,23 @@ class JobProgressTest {
         assertEquals(" · 1:02", DesktopState.waitSuffix(
             t.minusSeconds(62).toString() + "Z", now))
     }
+
+    @Test fun `parseJobs surfaces created_at for queue wait`() {
+        val raw = """[{"job_type":"summarize","status":"queued","attempt":0,
+            "max_attempts":3,"created_at":"2026-09-16T15:50:12.556516"}]"""
+        val jobs = com.shonar.recording.parseJobs(raw)
+        assertEquals(1, jobs.size)
+        assertEquals("2026-09-16T15:50:12.556516", jobs[0].createdAt)
+        assertNull(jobs[0].startedAt)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `queued wait suffix counts from created_at`() {
+        val t0 = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000 * 1000
+        val iso = java.time.LocalDateTime.ofInstant(
+            java.time.Instant.ofEpochMilli(t0 - 124_000), java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC)
+            .withNano(0).toString()
+        // Same formatter the running-wait label uses: queued time is
+        // visible time too, so it must count from created_at.
+        assertEquals(" · 2:04", DesktopState.waitSuffix(iso, t0))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/shonar/api/schemas_recordings.py b/backend/shonar/api/schemas_recordings.py
index d1ca5f9..71327cf 100644
--- a/backend/shonar/api/schemas_recordings.py
+++ b/backend/shonar/api/schemas_recordings.py
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ class ProcessingJobOut(ORMModel):
     progress: int | None
     started_at: datetime | None
     finished_at: datetime | None
+    # Queue wait is visible time too: the UI counts it for queued jobs.
+    created_at: datetime | None = None
 
 
 class TranscriptUpdate(BaseModel):
diff --git a/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt b/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt
index 84b99fe..8041d83 100644
--- a/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt
+++ b/shared/com/shonar/recording/AiContent.kt
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ data class JobInfo(
     val progress: Int? = null,
     /** ISO-8601 UTC when the job started running (null if unknown). */
     val startedAt: String? = null,
+    /** ISO-8601 UTC when the job was queued (null if unknown). The wait
+     *  label counts from this while the engine holds the job queued. */
+    val createdAt: String? = null,
 )
 
 /** Summary content keys, in display order. */
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ fun parseJobs(raw: String): List<JobInfo> = runCatching {
             stage = o.optString("stage", null).takeUnless { it.isNullOrBlank() },
             progress = if (o.has("progress") && !o.isNull("progress")) o.optInt("progress") else null,
             startedAt = o.optString("started_at", null).takeUnless { it.isNullOrBlank() },
+            createdAt = o.optString("created_at", null).takeUnless { it.isNullOrBlank() },
         )
     }
 }.getOrDefault(emptyList())