diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/AiAssistant.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/AiAssistant.vue
index 225983f304..9b651a508d 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/AiAssistant.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/AiAssistant.vue
@@ -5192,13 +5192,26 @@ async function openExternalUrl(url: string) {
           </div>
         </div>
       </ScrollArea>
+      <!-- Scroll-to-bottom affordance with an AI busy indicator. Shown when the
+           viewport is scrolled away from the bottom (hysteresis in
+           updateMessageScrollState) OR while a run is active for the visible
+           conversation — then the button doubles as a status marker: a
+           decorative rotating arc ring (aria-hidden; static under
+           prefers-reduced-motion) tells the user at a glance that the
+           assistant is still working, even when auto-scroll already pins the
+           view to the bottom. -->
       <button
-        v-if="showScrollToBottom"
+        v-if="showScrollToBottom || isGenerating"
         type="button"
         class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 z-10 inline-flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center rounded-full border bg-background/95 text-foreground shadow-md backdrop-blur hover:bg-muted"
         :title="t('ai.scrollToBottom')"
         @click="scrollToBottom({ force: true })"
       >
+        <svg v-if="isGenerating" data-ai-scroll-ring aria-hidden="true" class="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 h-full w-full animate-spin text-primary motion-reduce:animate-none" viewBox="0 0 32 32" fill="none">
+          <!-- ~288° open arc of the r=13 ring box (statement-gutter spinner
+               geometry scaled to 32 units); spins clockwise via animate-spin. -->
+          <path d="M29 16a13 13 0 1 1-8.98-12.36" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" />
+        </svg>
         <ArrowDown class="h-4 w-4" />
         <span class="sr-only">{{ t("ai.scrollToBottom") }}</span>
       </button>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/AiAssistant.scrollRing.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/AiAssistant.scrollRing.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..485a4ded05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/editor/__tests__/AiAssistant.scrollRing.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+// Regression coverage for the AI status ring on the scroll-to-bottom button:
+//
+// While a run is active for the visible conversation (`isGenerating`), the
+// scroll-to-bottom button must stay visible even when the user is already at
+// the bottom, and must render a decorative rotating arc ring (an "assistant is
+// working" marker, Si-Octo-style). The ring is aria-hidden decoration driven
+// purely by `isGenerating` — the scroll-driven hysteresis (`showScrollToBottom`
+// + the MESSAGE_SCROLL_BUTTON_* thresholds) must stay the single source of the
+// scroll path, and clicking must still force-scroll to the bottom.
+//
+// AiAssistant.vue is a ~6000-line SFC the suite never mounts (see
+// .trellis/spec/app-tests/frontend/component-guidelines.md): these assertions
+// pin the template wiring as text, matching the house source-assertion style.
+const source = readFileSync(new URL("../AiAssistant.vue", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+
+const buttonMatch = source.match(/<button[^>]*v-if="showScrollToBottom \|\| isGenerating"[\s\S]*?<\/button>/);
+
+function buttonEl(): string {
+  if (!buttonMatch) {
+    throw new Error('scroll-to-bottom button gated on "showScrollToBottom || isGenerating" not found in AiAssistant.vue');
+  }
+  return buttonMatch[0];
+}
+
+describe("AI assistant scroll-to-bottom button status ring", () => {
+  it("keeps the button visible while a run is active, not only when scrolled away", () => {
+    expect(buttonEl()).toContain('v-if="showScrollToBottom || isGenerating"');
+  });
+
+  it("renders the decorative rotating arc ring only while generating", () => {
+    const button = buttonEl();
+    const ring = button.match(/<svg[\s\S]*?<\/svg>/);
+    if (!ring) throw new Error("expected the inline status-ring <svg> inside the scroll-to-bottom button");
+    const ringEl = ring[0];
+    expect(ringEl).toContain('v-if="isGenerating"');
+    // Decorative: flagged for tests/e2e, excluded from the accessibility tree.
+    expect(ringEl).toContain("data-ai-scroll-ring");
+    expect(ringEl).toContain('aria-hidden="true"');
+    // House spinner idiom + the firm prefers-reduced-motion opt-out convention.
+    expect(ringEl).toContain("animate-spin");
+    expect(ringEl).toContain("motion-reduce:animate-none");
+    // Semantic token color — theme/dark-mode support comes free via currentColor.
+    expect(ringEl).toContain("text-primary");
+    // The ring must never swallow clicks, and fill="none" keeps the open arc
+    // from rendering as a filled pie slice.
+    expect(ringEl).toContain("pointer-events-none");
+    expect(ringEl).toContain('fill="none"');
+    // Open ~288° arc (statement-gutter spinner geometry scaled to the 32-unit
+    // ring box), round-capped like every other arc/spinner in the repo.
+    expect(ringEl).toContain("M29 16a13 13 0 1 1-8.98-12.36");
+    expect(ringEl).toContain('stroke-linecap="round"');
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the force scroll-to-bottom behavior and the arrow icon intact", () => {
+    const button = buttonEl();
+    expect(button).toContain("scrollToBottom({ force: true })");
+    expect(button).toContain("<ArrowDown");
+    expect(button).toContain('t("ai.scrollToBottom")');
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the scroll hysteresis thresholds untouched", () => {
+    // Visibility is an OR over the existing state machine; the thresholds must
+    // remain the single source of the scroll-driven path (show 120 > hide 48).
+    expect(source).toContain("MESSAGE_SCROLL_BUTTON_SHOW_THRESHOLD_PX = 120;");
+    expect(source).toContain("MESSAGE_SCROLL_BUTTON_HIDE_THRESHOLD_PX = 48;");
+  });
+});