feat(maestro): clear AwaitingInput glow once a pane has been focused

A session's rail glows AwaitingInput even after the operator has already
looked at it. Clients now report pane focus (POST /:id/focus); the daemon
clears the glow to Idle after 5s of continuous focus and keeps it cleared
until the session does new work, so a fresh Active cycle is required to
glow again.

crates/maestro-daemon/src/activity.rs

@@ -66,6 +66,44 @@ 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);
+
+/// Downgrade `raw` from `AwaitingInput` to `Idle` once the pane has been
+/// focused for at least [`FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD`].
+///
+/// `suppressed` is the session's sticky acknowledgement, threaded in and
+/// mutated in place: once set, it holds even after the pane loses focus, so
+/// the state stays `Idle` until the session does new work. Only a fresh
+/// `Active` — the session actually running something again — resets it, so
+/// the *next* time inference lands on `AwaitingInput` it glows again. Losing
+/// and regaining focus alone never re-arms it.
+pub fn apply_focus_suppression(
+    raw: ActivityState,
+    focused_since: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+    now: std::time::Instant,
+    suppressed: &mut bool,
+) -> ActivityState {
+    if raw == ActivityState::Active {
+        *suppressed = false;
+    }
+    if raw != ActivityState::AwaitingInput {
+        return raw;
+    }
+    if let Some(since) = focused_since {
+        if now.saturating_duration_since(since) >= FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD {
+            *suppressed = true;
+        }
+    }
+    if *suppressed {
+        ActivityState::Idle
+    } else {
+        raw
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -118,4 +156,99 @@ mod tests {
             Some("short")
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    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));
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(
+                ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
+                Some(since),
+                now,
+                &mut suppressed
+            ),
+            ActivityState::AwaitingInput
+        );
+        assert!(!suppressed);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn awaiting_input_clears_once_focus_hold_is_reached() {
+        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut suppressed = false;
+        let since = now - FOCUS_CLEAR_HOLD;
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(
+                ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
+                Some(since),
+                now,
+                &mut suppressed
+            ),
+            ActivityState::Idle
+        );
+        assert!(suppressed);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unfocused_awaiting_input_never_clears() {
+        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut suppressed = false;
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(ActivityState::AwaitingInput, None, now, &mut suppressed),
+            ActivityState::AwaitingInput
+        );
+        assert!(!suppressed);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn suppression_survives_losing_focus() {
+        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut suppressed = true;
+        // Focus dropped (`None`) but the session hasn't done new work.
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(ActivityState::AwaitingInput, None, now, &mut suppressed),
+            ActivityState::Idle
+        );
+        assert!(suppressed);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_fresh_active_cycle_clears_the_suppression() {
+        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut suppressed = true;
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(ActivityState::Active, None, now, &mut suppressed),
+            ActivityState::Active
+        );
+        assert!(!suppressed);
+
+        // Blocked again, freshly focused: glows until the hold is reached again.
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(
+                ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
+                Some(now),
+                now,
+                &mut suppressed
+            ),
+            ActivityState::AwaitingInput
+        );
+        assert!(!suppressed);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn idle_and_error_pass_through_untouched() {
+        let now = std::time::Instant::now();
+        let mut suppressed = false;
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(ActivityState::Idle, Some(now), now, &mut suppressed),
+            ActivityState::Idle
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            apply_focus_suppression(ActivityState::Error, Some(now), now, &mut suppressed),
+            ActivityState::Error
+        );
+        assert!(!suppressed);
+    }
 }

crates/maestro-daemon/src/local_api.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ use axum::{Json, Router};
 use maestro_config::SpawnPreset;
 use maestro_protocol::{
     routes, ApiError, CatalogEvent, CreateSessionRequest, DaemonInfo, GitRoot, NameBatch,
-    RenameSessionRequest, ReportActivityRequest, SendInputRequest, Session, PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+    RenameSessionRequest, ReportActivityRequest, SendInputRequest, Session, SetFocusRequest,
+    PROTOCOL_VERSION,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ pub fn router(state: LocalApiState) -> Router {
         .route(routes::SESSIONS, get(list_sessions).post(create_session))
         .route(routes::patterns::SESSION_ACTIVITY, post(report_activity))
         .route(routes::patterns::SESSION_INPUT, post(send_input))
+        .route(routes::patterns::SESSION_FOCUS, post(set_focus))
         .route(
             routes::patterns::SESSION,
             delete(kill_session).patch(rename_session),
@@ -275,6 +277,28 @@ async fn send_input(
     }
 }
 
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/focus`: a client reports whether its pane is the
+/// one currently showing this session — read on the next activity tick to
+/// decide whether an `AwaitingInput` glow has been looked at long enough to
+/// clear (docs/SIDEBAR.md). Unknown session is 404. Answers `204 No Content`.
+async fn set_focus(
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Json(body): Json<SetFocusRequest>,
+) -> Response {
+    match s.manager.set_focused(id, body.focused).await {
+        Ok(()) => StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response(),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(
+                session_error_status(&info.code),
+                info.code.as_str(),
+                info.message.as_str(),
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn error_response(status: StatusCode, code: &str, message: &str) -> Response {
     (status, Json(ApiError::new(code, message))).into_response()
 }

crates/maestro-daemon/src/session.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ pub struct SessionRecord {
     /// (#115), so this is the observable that says its outcomes are safe to
     /// assert on. Daemon-local bookkeeping; never rides the wire.
     pub settled: bool,
+    /// When a client's pane last became the one showing this session
+    /// (`POST /.../focus`), `None` while unfocused. Daemon-local; never rides
+    /// the wire.
+    pub focused_since: Option<std::time::Instant>,
+    /// Sticky acknowledgement applied by [`crate::activity::apply_focus_suppression`]:
+    /// once the pane has been focused long enough to clear an `AwaitingInput`
+    /// glow, this holds through focus loss until the session does new work.
+    /// Daemon-local; never rides the wire.
+    pub awaiting_suppressed: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -456,6 +465,8 @@ impl SessionManager {
                     bridge,
                     reported_activity: None,
                     settled: false,
+                    focused_since: None,
+                    awaiting_suppressed: false,
                 },
             );
         }
@@ -659,6 +670,8 @@ impl SessionManager {
                     bridge,
                     reported_activity: None,
                     settled: false,
+                    focused_since: None,
+                    awaiting_suppressed: false,
                 },
             );
             let _ = self
@@ -799,6 +812,17 @@ impl SessionManager {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Record whether a client's pane is currently showing `id`. Read by the
+    /// activity pass's next tick to decide whether an `AwaitingInput` glow
+    /// has been looked at long enough to clear (`apply_focus_suppression`).
+    /// An unknown session is [`SessionError::NotFound`].
+    pub async fn set_focused(&self, id: Uuid, focused: bool) -> Result<(), SessionError> {
+        let mut sessions = self.inner.sessions.lock().await;
+        let rec = sessions.get_mut(&id).ok_or(SessionError::NotFound(id))?;
+        rec.focused_since = focused.then(std::time::Instant::now);
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Run a blocking `tmux` subprocess call on the blocking thread pool so it
@@ -955,10 +979,19 @@ async fn run_activity_pass(inner: &Arc<Inner>) {
             // #105: while a report is in force it supplies the state and
             // nothing here may overwrite it; only an unreported session is
             // decided by inference.
-            let activity = match &rec.reported_activity {
+            let raw_activity = match &rec.reported_activity {
                 Some(report) => report.state,
                 None => crate::activity::decide(idle, awaiting),
             };
+            // A pane looked at long enough clears an `AwaitingInput` glow
+            // (docs/SIDEBAR.md); the acknowledgement is sticky until the
+            // session does new work again.
+            let activity = crate::activity::apply_focus_suppression(
+                raw_activity,
+                rec.focused_since,
+                std::time::Instant::now(),
+                &mut rec.awaiting_suppressed,
+            );
             let foreground = Some(pane.command.clone());
             // The pane's live cwd, drives the dir-based session tree; empty means
             // tmux reported none.

crates/maestro-protocol/src/client.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use crate::routes::{self, UrlError};
 use crate::{
     ApiError, BranchInfo, CreateSessionRequest, DaemonInfo, DirListing, ErrorInfo, GitRoot,
     Project, RecentDirs, RenameSessionRequest, ReportActivityRequest, SendInputRequest, Session,
+    SetFocusRequest,
 };
 
 /// Time budget for establishing a TCP connection to the daemon.
@@ -166,6 +167,18 @@ impl DaemonClient {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// `POST /api/sessions/:id/focus`: report whether this client's pane is
+    /// the one currently showing `id` — not merely highlighted in a sidebar.
+    /// Answers `204 No Content`.
+    pub async fn set_focus(&self, id: Uuid, focused: bool) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+        let req = SetFocusRequest { focused };
+        let resp = self
+            .send(Method::POST, &routes::session_focus(id), &[], Some(&req))
+            .await?;
+        check(resp).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub async fn daemon_info(&self) -> Result<DaemonInfo, ClientError> {
         self.get(routes::INFO, &[]).await
     }

crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs

@@ -573,6 +573,17 @@ fn submit_default() -> bool {
     true
 }
 
+/// HTTP `POST /api/sessions/:id/focus` body: a client reports whether its
+/// pane is the one currently showing this session — not merely highlighted
+/// in a sidebar. The daemon keeps one focus clock per session, last write
+/// wins; a second client attached to the same session can race the first
+/// one's unfocus, which is accepted as a rare, harmless case (worst outcome
+/// is one extra tick before the glow clears).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SetFocusRequest {
+    pub focused: bool,
+}
+
 /// Longest session name the daemon stores (#125), in characters. A name is a
 /// sidebar card's line 1; past this it only truncates on every client anyway.
 pub const MAX_SESSION_NAME_LEN: usize = 64;

crates/maestro-protocol/src/routes.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ pub fn session_input(id: Uuid) -> String {
     format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/input")
 }
 
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/focus`: a client reports whether its pane is the
+/// one currently showing this session.
+pub fn session_focus(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/focus")
+}
+
 /// `WS /api/attach/:id` — raw PTY bytes.
 pub fn attach(id: Uuid) -> String {
     format!("{API_PREFIX}/attach/{id}")
@@ -65,6 +71,7 @@ pub mod patterns {
     pub const SESSION: &str = "/api/sessions/:id";
     pub const SESSION_ACTIVITY: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/activity";
     pub const SESSION_INPUT: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/input";
+    pub const SESSION_FOCUS: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/focus";
     pub const ATTACH: &str = "/api/attach/:id";
 }
 
@@ -180,6 +187,10 @@ mod tests {
             session_input(id()),
             "/api/sessions/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50/input"
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            session_focus(id()),
+            "/api/sessions/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50/focus"
+        );
         assert_eq!(
             attach(id()),
             "/api/attach/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50"
@@ -206,6 +217,10 @@ mod tests {
             patterns::SESSION_INPUT.trim_end_matches(":id/input"),
             session(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            patterns::SESSION_FOCUS.trim_end_matches(":id/focus"),
+            session(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
+        );
         assert_eq!(
             patterns::ATTACH.trim_end_matches(":id"),
             attach(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())

crates/maestro-tui/src/app.rs

@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ pub struct App {
     region: RegionMap,
     last_sent_size: HashMap<Uuid, (u16, u16)>,
     clicks: ClickTracker,
+    /// The session, if any, last reported to the daemon as `focused` — the
+    /// active tab's pane owning the keyboard, never a sidebar highlight.
+    /// [`Self::sync_focus`] diffs against this every loop tick so every path
+    /// that can move `Focus::Pane` (attach, tab switch, sidebar toggle,
+    /// mouse) is covered without each one remembering to report it.
+    focused_session: Option<Uuid>,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Debug for App {
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ impl App {
             region: RegionMap::default(),
             last_sent_size: HashMap::new(),
             clicks: ClickTracker::default(),
+            focused_session: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -178,6 +185,7 @@ impl App {
         }
         let mut events = EventStream::new();
         loop {
+            self.sync_focus().await;
             self.redraw(terminal)?;
 
             tokio::select! {
@@ -935,6 +943,27 @@ impl App {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Report a pane-focus change to the daemon (docs/SIDEBAR.md's
+    /// `AwaitingInput` auto-clear). Only `Focus::Pane` on the active tab's
+    /// session counts — the sidebar highlight is never a "focused pane".
+    /// Best-effort: a failed report only delays the glow clearing, so
+    /// nothing here surfaces to the user.
+    async fn sync_focus(&mut self) {
+        let wanted = matches!(self.state.focus, Focus::Pane)
+            .then(|| self.state.active_session())
+            .flatten();
+        if wanted == self.focused_session {
+            return;
+        }
+        if let Some(previous) = self.focused_session {
+            let _ = self.daemon.set_focus(previous, false).await;
+        }
+        if let Some(id) = wanted {
+            let _ = self.daemon.set_focus(id, true).await;
+        }
+        self.focused_session = wanted;
+    }
+
     fn redraw(
         &mut self,
         terminal: &mut Terminal<CrosstermBackend<Stdout>>,
@@ -1645,6 +1674,70 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(req["worktree"]["create_branch"], json!(true));
     }
 
+    /// `sync_focus` reports every path that moves `Focus::Pane`: attaching,
+    /// switching which session the pane shows, and leaving the pane back to
+    /// the sidebar. A sidebar highlight alone must report nothing.
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn sync_focus_reports_pane_focus_changes_to_the_daemon() {
+        use axum::extract::Path;
+        use axum::routing::post;
+        use axum::Json;
+        use serde_json::{json, Value};
+        use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+        type PostedFocus = Arc<Mutex<Vec<(Uuid, Value)>>>;
+
+        let posted: PostedFocus = Arc::default();
+        let seen = posted.clone();
+        async fn set_focus(
+            axum::extract::State(seen): axum::extract::State<PostedFocus>,
+            Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+            Json(body): Json<Value>,
+        ) -> axum::http::StatusCode {
+            seen.lock().unwrap().push((id, body));
+            axum::http::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT
+        }
+
+        let app_router = axum::Router::new().route(
+            maestro_protocol::routes::patterns::SESSION_FOCUS,
+            post(set_focus).with_state(seen),
+        );
+        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+        let base = format!("http://{}", listener.local_addr().unwrap());
+        tokio::spawn(async move { axum::serve(listener, app_router).await.unwrap() });
+
+        let sid_a = Uuid::from_u128(1);
+        let sid_b = Uuid::from_u128(2);
+        let mut app = make_app_at(&base);
+
+        // A sidebar highlight alone is not a focused pane.
+        app.state.sidebar_highlight = Some(SidebarItem::Session(sid_a));
+        app.sync_focus().await;
+        assert!(posted.lock().unwrap().is_empty());
+
+        // Attaching moves focus into the pane.
+        app.state.attach_to_focused(sid_a);
+        app.sync_focus().await;
+
+        // Switching which session the pane shows unfocuses the old one first.
+        app.state.active_tab_mut().pane = Some(sid_b);
+        app.sync_focus().await;
+
+        // Leaving the pane for the sidebar unfocuses the current session.
+        app.state.focus = Focus::Sidebar;
+        app.sync_focus().await;
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            *posted.lock().unwrap(),
+            vec![
+                (sid_a, json!({"focused": true})),
+                (sid_a, json!({"focused": false})),
+                (sid_b, json!({"focused": true})),
+                (sid_b, json!({"focused": false})),
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
     /// No projects known yet: nothing can resolve, so the keystroke opens a
     /// spawn form instead of guessing (#67).
     #[tokio::test]

docs/SIDEBAR.md

@@ -211,6 +211,32 @@ arriving at `POST /api/sessions/:id/activity` is parsed strictly and an unknown
 state is a 4xx: an agent posting a state the daemon does not know is a bug in
 the agent, and answering 204 would hide it.
 
+## Focus clears `AwaitingInput`
+
+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
+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
+session) sees the same colour.
+
+The acknowledgement is sticky: it survives losing focus, and holds until the
+session is genuinely `Active` again — new work, not merely a refocus. Only
+after that fresh `Active` cycle does the *next* `AwaitingInput` glow again.
+Unfocusing and refocusing alone never re-arms it.
+
+This applies uniformly to `AwaitingInput` from either source — the daemon's
+own inference or an agent's report (#105) — since the rail draws them
+identically. It does not touch `Error`; that state's own TTL (below) is
+unrelated and unaffected by focus.
+
+Each client reports its own pane's focus with `POST /api/sessions/:id/focus`
+(`{"focused": bool}`) whenever the pane it is showing changes — on attach, on
+switching which session a pane shows, and on leaving the pane. A client
+sends `false` for the session it just left before `true` for the session it
+lands on, so a click that swaps panes never briefly reports both focused.
+
 ## Keyboard walk
 
 `j`/`k` (and the arrow keys) move a highlight through the sidebar. Both clients

web/src/api.ts

@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ export async function killSession(id: Uuid, force = false): Promise<void> {
   );
 }
 
+/** Report whether this client's pane is the one currently showing `id` — not
+ * merely highlighted in a sidebar. The daemon uses this to clear an
+ * `AwaitingInput` glow once the pane has been looked at long enough
+ * (docs/SIDEBAR.md). Best-effort: a failure here only delays the glow
+ * clearing, so callers don't need to surface it. */
+export async function setSessionFocus(id: Uuid, focused: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  await jsonOrError(
+    await fetch(routes.sessionFocus(id), {
+      method: "POST",
+      credentials: "same-origin",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ focused }),
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
 /** List one directory's immediate subdirectories (NAP-329). `path` may be empty,
  * `~`, relative, or absolute — the daemon resolves it against its home dir. */
 export async function listDir(path: string): Promise<DirListing> {

web/src/connections.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+import { ConnectionPool } from "./connections.js";
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+});
+
+const A = "aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-0000000000ff";
+const B = "bbbbbbbb-0000-0000-0000-0000000000ff";
+
+function mockFetch() {
+  const fetchMock = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(new Response(null, { status: 204 })));
+  vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+  return fetchMock;
+}
+
+describe("ConnectionPool.setFocus", () => {
+  it("reports the new session focused, none unfocused, the first time", () => {
+    const fetchMock = mockFetch();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown as [string, RequestInit];
+    expect(url).toBe(`/api/sessions/${A}/focus`);
+    expect(init.method).toBe("POST");
+    expect(JSON.parse(init.body as string)).toEqual({ focused: true });
+  });
+
+  it("unfocuses the previous session and focuses the new one on a switch", () => {
+    const fetchMock = mockFetch();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    fetchMock.mockClear();
+
+    pool.setFocus(B);
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    const bodies = fetchMock.mock.calls.map(([url, init]: unknown[]) => [
+      url,
+      JSON.parse((init as RequestInit).body as string),
+    ]);
+    expect(bodies).toContainEqual([`/api/sessions/${A}/focus`, { focused: false }]);
+    expect(bodies).toContainEqual([`/api/sessions/${B}/focus`, { focused: true }]);
+  });
+
+  it("reports unfocused when focus clears to null", () => {
+    const fetchMock = mockFetch();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    fetchMock.mockClear();
+
+    pool.setFocus(null);
+
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] as unknown as [string, RequestInit];
+    expect(url).toBe(`/api/sessions/${A}/focus`);
+    expect(JSON.parse(init.body as string)).toEqual({ focused: false });
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op when the focused session doesn't change", () => {
+    const fetchMock = mockFetch();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    fetchMock.mockClear();
+
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+
+    expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not let a fetch rejection break the pool", async () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      "fetch",
+      vi.fn(() => Promise.reject(new Error("offline"))),
+    );
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+
+    expect(() => pool.setFocus(A)).not.toThrow();
+    // Let the rejected promise's `.catch` settle before the test ends.
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+  });
+});

web/src/connections.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   type AttachConnection,
   type AttachInfo,
 } from "./attach.js";
+import { setSessionFocus } from "./api.js";
 import type { Uuid } from "./types.js";
 
 /**
@@ -122,9 +123,16 @@ export class ConnectionPool {
     for (const e of entries) this.mount(e.id, e.pane, e.info);
   }
 
+  /** Also tells the daemon which pane is focused (docs/SIDEBAR.md's
+   *  `AwaitingInput` auto-clear) — the sidebar highlight never calls this,
+   *  only a pane actually becoming the visible view. Best-effort: a failed
+   *  report only delays the glow clearing. */
   setFocus(id: Uuid | null): void {
     if (id === this.focusedId) return;
+    const previous = this.focusedId;
     this.focusedId = id;
+    if (previous !== null) void setSessionFocus(previous, false).catch(() => {});
+    if (id !== null) void setSessionFocus(id, true).catch(() => {});
     this.opts.onFocusChange?.(id);
   }
 

web/src/routes.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ export function attach(id: Uuid): string {
   return `${API_PREFIX}/attach/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`;
 }
 
+export function sessionFocus(id: Uuid): string {
+  return `${session(id)}/focus`;
+}
+
 /** Append the `path` query parameter `DIRS` and `GITROOT` accept. */
 export function withPathQuery(route: string, value: string): string {
   return `${route}?${PATH_QUERY}=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`;