diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
index 8d375160..1c5a40f1 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatInput.tsx
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ const ChatInputComponent: React.FC<ChatInputProps> = ({
     const ensureGitStatus = useGitStore((state) => state.ensureStatus);
     const fetchGitStatus = useGitStore((state) => state.fetchStatus);
     const clearGitDiffCache = useGitStore((state) => state.clearDiffCache);
-    const [showAbortStatus, setShowAbortStatus] = React.useState(false);
     const setSessionAutoAccept = usePermissionStore((state) => state.setSessionAutoAccept);
     const [isNarrowComposer, setIsNarrowComposer] = React.useState(false);
     const [attachmentPreview, setAttachmentPreview] = React.useState<ToolPopupContent>({
@@ -697,7 +696,6 @@ const ChatInputComponent: React.FC<ChatInputProps> = ({
             attachments,
         };
     }, [resolveInlineFileMention]);
-    const abortTimeoutRef = React.useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null>(null);
     const prevWasAbortedRef = React.useRef(false);
 
     // Issue linking state
@@ -1721,29 +1719,15 @@ const ChatInputComponent: React.FC<ChatInputProps> = ({
         containerRef: dropZoneRef,
     });
 
-    const startAbortIndicator = React.useCallback(() => {
-        if (abortTimeoutRef.current) {
-            clearTimeout(abortTimeoutRef.current);
-            abortTimeoutRef.current = null;
-        }
-
-        setShowAbortStatus(true);
-
-        abortTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
-            setShowAbortStatus(false);
-            abortTimeoutRef.current = null;
-        }, 1800);
-    }, []);
 
     const handleAbort = React.useCallback(() => {
         clearAbortPrompt();
-        startAbortIndicator();
 
         // btw mode: the stop button stops the fork's turn, not the main
         // session's.
         const abortTarget = isBtwActive && btwSessionId ? btwSessionId : currentSessionId;
         void abortCurrentOperation(abortTarget || undefined);
-    }, [abortCurrentOperation, btwSessionId, clearAbortPrompt, currentSessionId, isBtwActive, startAbortIndicator]);
+    }, [abortCurrentOperation, btwSessionId, clearAbortPrompt, currentSessionId, isBtwActive]);
 
     const handleCycleAgent = React.useCallback((direction: 1 | -1 = 1) => {
         const nextAgentName = getCycledPrimaryAgentName(agents, currentAgentName, direction);
@@ -2592,31 +2576,15 @@ const ChatInputComponent: React.FC<ChatInputProps> = ({
         handlePermissionAutoAcceptToggle();
     });
 
+    // Acknowledging the abort record is what lets the working chip resume for
+    // the next run; the old "Aborted" banner that used to accompany it is gone.
     React.useEffect(() => {
-        const pendingAbortBanner = Boolean(abortPromptSessionId) && abortPromptSessionId === currentSessionId;
-        if (!prevWasAbortedRef.current && pendingAbortBanner && !showAbortStatus) {
-            startAbortIndicator();
-            if (currentSessionId) {
-                acknowledgeSessionAbort(currentSessionId);
-            }
+        const pendingAbort = Boolean(abortPromptSessionId) && abortPromptSessionId === currentSessionId;
+        if (!prevWasAbortedRef.current && pendingAbort && currentSessionId) {
+            acknowledgeSessionAbort(currentSessionId);
         }
-        prevWasAbortedRef.current = pendingAbortBanner;
-    }, [
-        abortPromptSessionId,
-        acknowledgeSessionAbort,
-        currentSessionId,
-        showAbortStatus,
-        startAbortIndicator,
-    ]);
-
-    React.useEffect(() => {
-        return () => {
-            if (abortTimeoutRef.current) {
-                clearTimeout(abortTimeoutRef.current);
-                abortTimeoutRef.current = null;
-            }
-        };
-    }, []);
+        prevWasAbortedRef.current = pendingAbort;
+    }, [abortPromptSessionId, acknowledgeSessionAbort, currentSessionId]);
 
     return (
         <>
@@ -2687,7 +2655,6 @@ const ChatInputComponent: React.FC<ChatInputProps> = ({
                     directory={currentSessionDirectoryForSync ?? currentDirectory}
                 />
                 <MemoComposerStatusBar
-                    showAbortStatus={showAbortStatus}
                     showTodos={composerStatusExtrasEnabled}
                     leftAccessory={!composerStatusExtrasEnabled || newSessionDraftOpen || !hasPendingChanges
                         ? null
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ComposerStatusBar.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ComposerStatusBar.tsx
index e8c1ebda..883aa098 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ComposerStatusBar.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ComposerStatusBar.tsx
@@ -116,13 +116,11 @@ const TodoItemRow: React.FC<{ todo: TodoItem }> = ({ todo }) => {
 const EMPTY_TODOS: TodoItem[] = [];
 
 interface ComposerStatusBarProps {
-  showAbortStatus?: boolean;
   showTodos?: boolean;
   leftAccessory?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 export const ComposerStatusBar: React.FC<ComposerStatusBarProps> = ({
-  showAbortStatus,
   showTodos = true,
   leftAccessory,
 }) => {
@@ -186,7 +184,7 @@ export const ComposerStatusBar: React.FC<ComposerStatusBarProps> = ({
 
   const hasTodoContent = showTodos && statusSummary.left > 0;
   const hasLeftAccessory = Boolean(leftAccessory);
-  const hasContent = Boolean(showAbortStatus) || hasTodoContent || hasLeftAccessory;
+  const hasContent = hasTodoContent || hasLeftAccessory;
 
   const popoverRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   React.useEffect(() => {
@@ -252,16 +250,7 @@ export const ComposerStatusBar: React.FC<ComposerStatusBarProps> = ({
       <div className={cn("flex items-center justify-between gap-2 h-8", hasLeftAccessory && "px-0.5")}>
         {/* Left: abort status | pending-changes accessory */}
         <div className={cn("flex-1 flex items-center min-w-0 gap-2", hasLeftAccessory ? "pl-1.5" : "overflow-x-hidden")}>
-          {showAbortStatus ? (
-            <div className="flex h-full items-center text-[var(--status-error)] pl-0.5">
-              <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 typography-ui-label">
-                <Icon name="close-circle" aria-hidden="true" />
-                {t('chat.statusRow.aborted')}
-              </span>
-            </div>
-          ) : leftAccessory ? (
-            leftAccessory
-          ) : null}
+          {leftAccessory ?? null}
         </div>
 
         {/* Right: todos dropdown */}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRow.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRow.tsx
index a577a3d2..0b1efbb9 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRow.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRow.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { useSessionUIStore } from '@/sync/session-ui-store';
 import { WorkingPlaceholder } from "./message/parts/WorkingPlaceholder";
-import { Icon } from "@/components/icon/Icon";
-import { useI18n } from "@/lib/i18n";
 
 // The floating assistant-status chip that hovers above the composer while the
-// agent works ("Claude is working…", abort notice). ONLY that. The composer's
+// agent works ("Claude is working…"). ONLY that. The composer's
 // own bar — pending changes, todos dropdown — is ComposerStatusBar: they used
 // to share this component, and every restyle of this chip (glass, placement)
 // silently dragged the composer bar and its dropdown along with it.
@@ -17,10 +15,8 @@ interface StatusRowProps {
   statusText?: string | null;
   isGenericStatus?: boolean;
   isWaitingForPermission?: boolean;
-  wasAborted?: boolean;
   abortActive?: boolean;
   retryInfo?: { attempt?: number; next?: number } | null;
-  showAbortStatus?: boolean;
   agentName?: string;
   modelName?: string | null;
   providerId?: string | null;
@@ -31,19 +27,16 @@ export const StatusRow: React.FC<StatusRowProps> = ({
   statusText = null,
   isGenericStatus,
   isWaitingForPermission,
-  wasAborted,
   abortActive,
   retryInfo,
-  showAbortStatus,
   agentName,
   modelName,
   providerId,
 }) => {
-  const { t } = useI18n();
   const currentSessionId = useSessionUIStore((state) => state.currentSessionId);
 
-  const shouldRenderPlaceholder = !showAbortStatus && (wasAborted || !abortActive);
-  const hasContent = isWorking || Boolean(wasAborted) || Boolean(showAbortStatus);
+  const shouldRenderPlaceholder = !abortActive;
+  const hasContent = isWorking;
 
   if (!hasContent) {
     return null;
@@ -63,14 +56,7 @@ export const StatusRow: React.FC<StatusRowProps> = ({
           a shrink-to-fit wrapper around it always collapsed to zero. */}
       <div className="oc-glass-popover inline-flex w-max max-w-full items-center gap-2 h-8 whitespace-nowrap rounded-full [corner-shape:round] px-3">
         <div className="flex items-center min-w-0 gap-2 overflow-x-hidden">
-          {showAbortStatus ? (
-            <div className="flex h-full items-center text-[var(--status-error)] pl-0.5">
-              <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 typography-ui-label">
-                <Icon name="close-circle" aria-hidden="true"/>
-                {t('chat.statusRow.aborted')}
-              </span>
-            </div>
-          ) : shouldRenderPlaceholder ? (
+          {shouldRenderPlaceholder ? (
             <WorkingPlaceholder
               key={currentSessionId ?? "no-session"}
               isWorking={isWorking}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRowContainer.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRowContainer.tsx
index 40bfbe32..e6ef347e 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRowContainer.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusRowContainer.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 
 import { useAssistantStatus } from '@/hooks/useAssistantStatus';
 import { useConfigStore } from '@/stores/useConfigStore';
-import { useSessionUIStore } from '@/sync/session-ui-store';
 import { getProviderModelDisplayName } from '@/lib/modelDisplay';
 import { StatusRow } from './StatusRow';
 
@@ -12,15 +11,6 @@ import { StatusRow } from './StatusRow';
  * labels while still limiting subscriptions to the active assistant message.
  */
 export const StatusRowContainer: React.FC = React.memo(() => {
-    const currentSessionId = useSessionUIStore((state) => state.currentSessionId);
-    const abortRecord = useSessionUIStore(
-        React.useCallback((state) => {
-            if (!currentSessionId) {
-                return null;
-            }
-            return state.sessionAbortFlags?.get(currentSessionId) ?? null;
-        }, [currentSessionId]),
-    );
     const { activeModel, working } = useAssistantStatus();
     const currentAgentName = useConfigStore((state) => state.currentAgentName);
     const providers = useConfigStore((state) => state.providers);
@@ -35,16 +25,13 @@ export const StatusRowContainer: React.FC = React.memo(() => {
         return getProviderModelDisplayName(provider, activeModel.modelId) || null;
     }, [activeModel, providers]);
 
-    const wasAborted = Boolean(abortRecord && !abortRecord.acknowledged);
-
     return (
         <StatusRow
             isWorking={working.isWorking}
             statusText={working.statusText}
             isGenericStatus={working.isGenericStatus}
             isWaitingForPermission={working.isWaitingForPermission}
-            wasAborted={wasAborted || working.wasAborted}
-            abortActive={wasAborted || working.abortActive}
+            abortActive={working.abortActive}
             retryInfo={working.retryInfo}
             agentName={currentAgentName}
             modelName={modelDisplayName}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de.ts
index d7f59726..4c9b476b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/de.ts
@@ -1903,7 +1903,6 @@ export const dict = {
   'chat.statusRow.actions.stopGeneratingAria': 'Generierung stoppen',
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': 'Aufgaben',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active} aktiv · {left} übrig',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': 'Abgebrochen',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': 'Wiederholen',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': 'Wiederholen — wiederhergestellte Nachrichten',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': 'Zurückgesetzt',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts
index 0662db92..50dcb736 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/en.ts
@@ -2084,7 +2084,6 @@ export const dict = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': 'Tasks',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} is {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active} active · {left} left',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': 'Aborted',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': 'Redo',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': 'Redo — restore reverted messages',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': 'Reverted',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es.ts
index 4949a3e9..631c29af 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/es.ts
@@ -2062,7 +2062,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   "chat.statusRow.tasksTitle": "Tareas",
   "chat.statusRow.modelStatus": "{model} · {status}",
   "chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft": "{active} activas · {left} restantes",
-  "chat.statusRow.aborted": "Interrumpido",
   "chat.revertIndicator.redo": "Rehacer",
   "chat.revertIndicator.redoAria": "Rehacer — restaurar mensajes revertidos",
   "chat.revertPopover.title": "Revertidos",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr.ts
index 573aed79..147b644f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/fr.ts
@@ -1826,7 +1826,6 @@ export const dict = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': 'Tâches',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} · {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active} actif · {left} gauche',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': 'Avorté',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': 'Refaire',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': 'Rétablir : restaurer les messages annulés',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': 'Rétabli',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja.ts
index 2b474a39..9bc2aaee 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ja.ts
@@ -2080,7 +2080,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': 'タスク',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} · {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active}アクティブ · {left}残り',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': '中止されました',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': 'やり直し',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': 'やり直し — 元に戻したメッセージを復元',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': '元に戻しました',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ko.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ko.ts
index 439f8ba6..f89cd65f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ko.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/ko.ts
@@ -2086,7 +2086,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': '작업',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} · {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active}개 활성 · {left}개 남음',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': '중단됨',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': '다시 실행',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': '다시 실행 — 되돌린 메시지 복원',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': '되돌림',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pl.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pl.ts
index 76610ba7..a729a278 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pl.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pl.ts
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': 'Zadania',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} · {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active} aktywne · {left} pozostało',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': 'Przerwane',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': 'Ponów',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': 'Ponów — przywróć cofnięte wiadomości',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': 'Cofnięte',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pt-BR.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pt-BR.ts
index 0f63edb1..4a8a9f32 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pt-BR.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/pt-BR.ts
@@ -2062,7 +2062,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   "chat.statusRow.tasksTitle": "Tarefas",
   "chat.statusRow.modelStatus": "{model} · {status}",
   "chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft": "{active} ativas · {left} restantes",
-  "chat.statusRow.aborted": "Interrompido",
   "chat.revertIndicator.redo": "Refazer",
   "chat.revertIndicator.redoAria": "Refazer — restaurar mensagens revertidas",
   "chat.revertPopover.title": "Revertidas",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/uk.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/uk.ts
index 35f91a31..b94dfb15 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/uk.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/uk.ts
@@ -2062,7 +2062,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   "chat.statusRow.tasksTitle": "завдання",
   "chat.statusRow.modelStatus": "{model} · {status}",
   "chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft": "Активних: {active} · залишилось: {left}",
-  "chat.statusRow.aborted": "Перервано",
   "chat.revertIndicator.redo": "Повторити",
   "chat.revertIndicator.redoAria": "Повторити — відновити відкочені повідомлення",
   "chat.revertPopover.title": "Відкочено",
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts
index 7072ef26..6af651a2 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-CN.ts
@@ -2050,7 +2050,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': '任务',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} · {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active} 个活跃 · 剩余 {left} 个',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': '已中止',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': '重做',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': '重做 — 恢复已撤回的消息',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': '已撤回',
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts
index 17861ebd..89b9b996 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/i18n/messages/zh-TW.ts
@@ -2054,7 +2054,6 @@ export const dict: Record<I18nKey, string> = {
   'chat.statusRow.tasksTitle': '任務',
   'chat.statusRow.modelStatus': '{model} · {status}',
   'chat.statusRow.summary.activeLeft': '{active} 個活躍 · 剩餘 {left} 個',
-  'chat.statusRow.aborted': '已中止',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redo': '重做',
   'chat.revertIndicator.redoAria': '重做 — 恢復已收回的訊息',
   'chat.revertPopover.title': '已收回',