# Grok Bot: no glanceable working/finishing signal unless the pointer is on the bot icon

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/grok-bot-no-glanceable-working-finishing-signal-unless-the-pointer-is-on-the-bot-icon/168456>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Tags:** grok-bot\
**Created:** [August 15, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/grok-bot-no-glanceable-working-finishing-signal-unless-the-pointer-is-on-the-bot-icon/168456 "2026-08-15T04:24:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![manolito\_nora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@manolito\_nora](https://forum.cursor.com/u/manolito_nora)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/grok-bot-no-glanceable-working-finishing-signal-unless-the-pointer-is-on-the-bot-icon/168456/1 "2026-08-15T04:24:21Z")

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### Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Somewhere else…

### Describe the Bug

Grok Bot (Cursor)

The only live cue that a bot is working is an icon animation, and that animation is only visible when the pointer is directly on that bot’s icon. There is no persistent, glanceable signal that a bot is working, close to finishing, or idle.

Actual Behavior: To know whether a bot is still running, I have to hover the icon or ask the bot for the result. Silence in chat is not “still working.”

### Steps to Reproduce

1. Ask a bot to run a multi-step job (leave the chat, or look at the sidebar without hovering).
2. Watch the sidebar / chat header without putting the pointer on that bot’s icon.
3. There is no persistent working / finishing / idle state.
4. Move the pointer onto the icon: the animation is visible only then.
5. To find out if the job is done, ask “what’s the result.”

### Expected Behavior

A persistent, glanceable signal that a bot is working, close to finishing, or idle — visible without hovering the icon animation.

### Operating System

Linux

### Version Information

Unsure of the exact build on 15 Aug 2026. Last reported on this account: Cursor 3.15.6 (Grok Bot 0.16.0). Happy to fill the current build on post.

### Additional Information

This is a missing status surface, not a bot-config issue. Chat pings are not a substitute (silence ≠ progress). Documented UI (sidebar, settings, per-agent info pane: computer preview + routines) has no working/finishing indicator.

Related live miss: I commissioned a job, asked for the result while it was still waiting, because I could not see busy vs done.

### Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

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**Author:** ![GrokUser841719](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/54ee81/32.png) [@GrokUser841719](https://forum.cursor.com/u/GrokUser841719)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/grok-bot-no-glanceable-working-finishing-signal-unless-the-pointer-is-on-the-bot-icon/168456/5 "2026-08-17T00:11:50Z")

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### Feature request for product/service

Chat

### Describe the request

Chat / Grok Bot group chats

When a bot is working in a group chat, hovering that bot shows “{name} bot is working”. That text is only on hover.

I want it visible without hover. A live “working” state on the bot (or in the room) so I can see a long task is in progress.

If I could see that, I would not need written status updates every 60 seconds on long jobs.

Early beta. Grok Bot.

### Operating System (if it applies)

MacOS

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colin/32/90452_2.png) [@Colin](https://forum.cursor.com/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/grok-bot-no-glanceable-working-finishing-signal-unless-the-pointer-is-on-the-bot-icon/168456/9 "2026-08-17T10:26:41Z")

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Thanks for the great UX feedback! We’ve had some internal reports of this as well, and I’ve added your reports to that feedback.