diff --git a/crates/maestro-daemon/src/activity.rs b/crates/maestro-daemon/src/activity.rs
index 4d02d2b..21d2069 100644
--- a/crates/maestro-daemon/src/activity.rs
+++ b/crates/maestro-daemon/src/activity.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn decide(idle_for: Duration, awaiting_input: bool) -> ActivityState {
 /// How long a session's pane must be continuously focused (a client's pane,
 /// not a sidebar highlight) before an `AwaitingInput` glow clears: the
 /// operator has looked, so the rail stops asking for attention.
-pub const FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+pub const FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD: Duration = Duration::from_secs(1);
 
 /// Downgrade `raw` from `AwaitingInput` to `Idle` once the pane has been
 /// focused for at least [`FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD`].
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn awaiting_input_glows_until_focus_hold_is_reached() {
         let now = std::time::Instant::now();
         let mut suppressed = false;
-        let since = now - (FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD - Duration::from_secs(1));
+        let since = now - (FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD - Duration::from_millis(200));
         assert_eq!(
             apply_focus_suppression(
                 ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
diff --git a/docs/SIDEBAR.md b/docs/SIDEBAR.md
index ce7ad7a..da8d737 100644
--- a/docs/SIDEBAR.md
+++ b/docs/SIDEBAR.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ the agent, and answering 204 would hide it.
 
 A session's pane — the pane a client's own attach view is showing, never a
 sidebar highlight — clears its `AwaitingInput` glow once it has been
-**continuously focused for 5 seconds**: the operator has looked, so the rail
+**continuously focused for 1 second**: the operator has looked, so the rail
 stops asking for attention and the card reads as `Idle` instead. This is a
 real state change, not a client-side paint-over — the daemon computes it, so
 every client watching the session (web, TUI, a second pane on the same