diff --git a/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.test.ts b/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54d6c761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test'
+import { Store, type StoredSession } from '../../../store'
+import type { SyncEvent } from '../../../sync/syncEngine'
+import type { CliSocketWithData } from '../../socketTypes'
+import { registerSessionHandlers } from './sessionHandlers'
+
+class FakeSocket {
+    readonly roomEvents: Array<{ room: string; event: string; data: unknown }> = []
+    private readonly handlers = new Map<string, (data: unknown) => void>()
+
+    on(event: string, handler: (data: unknown) => void): this {
+        this.handlers.set(event, handler)
+        return this
+    }
+
+    to(room: string): { emit: (event: string, data: unknown) => void } {
+        return {
+            emit: (event: string, data: unknown) => {
+                this.roomEvents.push({ room, event, data })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    trigger(event: string, data: unknown): void {
+        this.handlers.get(event)?.(data)
+    }
+}
+
+function redundantGoalStatusContent(message: string): unknown {
+    return {
+        role: 'agent',
+        content: {
+            id: `event-${message}`,
+            type: 'event',
+            data: { type: 'message', message }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+describe('cli session handlers', () => {
+    it('drops redundant goal status events before persistence and broadcast', () => {
+        const store = new Store(':memory:')
+        const session = store.sessions.getOrCreateSession('goal-status-session', {}, null, 'default')
+        const socket = new FakeSocket()
+        const webEvents: SyncEvent[] = []
+
+        registerSessionHandlers(socket as unknown as CliSocketWithData, {
+            store,
+            resolveSessionAccess: () => ({ ok: true, value: session as StoredSession }),
+            emitAccessError: () => {
+                throw new Error('unexpected access error')
+            },
+            onWebappEvent: (event) => {
+                webEvents.push(event)
+            }
+        })
+
+        socket.trigger('message', {
+            sid: session.id,
+            message: redundantGoalStatusContent('Goal active · 8016 tokens')
+        })
+
+        expect(store.messages.getMessages(session.id)).toHaveLength(0)
+        expect(socket.roomEvents).toHaveLength(0)
+        expect(webEvents).toHaveLength(0)
+    })
+})
diff --git a/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.ts b/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.ts
index e7a6c75e..157fd98e 100644
--- a/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.ts
+++ b/hub/src/socket/handlers/cli/sessionHandlers.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { ClientToServerEvents } from '@hapi/protocol'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
 import type { CodexCollaborationMode, PermissionMode } from '@hapi/protocol/types'
+import { isRedundantGoalStatusEventContent } from '@hapi/protocol/messages'
 import type { Store, StoredSession } from '../../../store'
 import type { SyncEvent } from '../../../sync/syncEngine'
 import { extractTodoWriteTodosFromMessageContent } from '../../../sync/todos'
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ export function registerSessionHandlers(socket: CliSocketWithData, deps: Session
         }
         const session = sessionAccess.value
 
+        if (isRedundantGoalStatusEventContent(content)) {
+            return
+        }
+
         const msg = store.messages.addMessage(sid, content, localId)
         if (shouldRecordSessionActivity(content)) {
             onSessionActivity?.(sid, msg.createdAt)
diff --git a/hub/src/sync/messageService.test.ts b/hub/src/sync/messageService.test.ts
index 13ff71b5..56243ee7 100644
--- a/hub/src/sync/messageService.test.ts
+++ b/hub/src/sync/messageService.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,68 @@ function makePublisher() {
 // Tests
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+describe('MessageService goal status filtering', () => {
+    function redundantGoalStatusContent(message: string): unknown {
+        return {
+            role: 'agent',
+            content: {
+                id: `event-${message}`,
+                type: 'event',
+                data: { type: 'message', message }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    it('hides stored redundant goal status events but keeps actionable goal messages', () => {
+        const store = makeStore()
+        const session = makeSession(store, 'goal-status-filter')
+
+        store.messages.addMessage(session.id, { role: 'user', content: { type: 'text', text: '/goal ship it' } })
+        store.messages.addMessage(session.id, redundantGoalStatusContent('Goal active · 8016 tokens'))
+        store.messages.addMessage(session.id, redundantGoalStatusContent('No goal to clear'))
+
+        const service = new MessageService(store, makeIo(() => {}), makePublisher() as any)
+        const page = service.getMessagesPage(session.id, { limit: 10, beforeSeq: null })
+
+        expect(page.messages.map(message => message.content)).toEqual([
+            { role: 'user', content: { type: 'text', text: '/goal ship it' } },
+            redundantGoalStatusContent('No goal to clear')
+        ])
+    })
+
+    it('pages past hidden-only goal status rows', () => {
+        const store = makeStore()
+        const session = makeSession(store, 'goal-status-pagination')
+
+        const user = store.messages.addMessage(session.id, { role: 'user', content: { type: 'text', text: '/goal ship it' } })
+        store.messages.addMessage(session.id, redundantGoalStatusContent('Goal active'))
+
+        const service = new MessageService(store, makeIo(() => {}), makePublisher() as any)
+        const latest = service.getMessagesPage(session.id, { limit: 1, beforeSeq: null })
+
+        expect(latest.messages).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(latest.messages[0]?.id).toBe(user.id)
+        expect(latest.page.nextBeforeSeq).toBe(user.seq)
+        expect(latest.page.hasMore).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('pages past hidden-only goal status rows in position pagination', () => {
+        const store = makeStore()
+        const session = makeSession(store, 'goal-status-position-pagination')
+
+        const user = store.messages.addMessage(session.id, { role: 'user', content: { type: 'text', text: '/goal ship it' } })
+        store.messages.addMessage(session.id, redundantGoalStatusContent('Goal active · 8016 tokens'))
+
+        const service = new MessageService(store, makeIo(() => {}), makePublisher() as any)
+        const latest = service.getMessagesPageByPosition(session.id, { limit: 1, before: null })
+
+        expect(latest.messages).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(latest.messages[0]?.id).toBe(user.id)
+        expect(latest.page.nextBeforeSeq).toBe(user.seq)
+        expect(latest.page.hasMore).toBe(false)
+    })
+})
+
 describe('MessageService.cancelQueuedMessage race scenarios', () => {
     describe('Race-A: CLI ack removed:true → DELETE + status=cancelled', () => {
         it('returns cancelled and emits message-cancelled SSE after CLI confirms removal', async () => {
diff --git a/hub/src/sync/messageService.ts b/hub/src/sync/messageService.ts
index e2517917..781b522b 100644
--- a/hub/src/sync/messageService.ts
+++ b/hub/src/sync/messageService.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,43 @@
 import type { AttachmentMetadata, DecryptedMessage } from '@hapi/protocol/types'
+import { isRedundantGoalStatusEventContent } from '@hapi/protocol/messages'
 import type { Server } from 'socket.io'
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
 import type { Store, CancelQueuedMessageResult } from '../store'
 import { EventPublisher } from './eventPublisher'
 
+type StoredMessageForDelivery = ReturnType<Store['messages']['getMessages']>[number]
+
+function isWebVisibleStoredMessage(message: StoredMessageForDelivery): boolean {
+    return !isRedundantGoalStatusEventContent(message.content)
+}
+
+function toDecryptedMessage(message: StoredMessageForDelivery): DecryptedMessage {
+    return {
+        id: message.id,
+        seq: message.seq,
+        localId: message.localId,
+        content: message.content,
+        createdAt: message.createdAt,
+        invokedAt: message.invokedAt,
+        scheduledAt: message.scheduledAt
+    }
+}
+
+function toVisibleDecryptedMessages(messages: StoredMessageForDelivery[]): DecryptedMessage[] {
+    return messages.filter(isWebVisibleStoredMessage).map(toDecryptedMessage)
+}
+
+function getOldestSeq(messages: StoredMessageForDelivery[]): number | null {
+    let oldestSeq: number | null = null
+    for (const message of messages) {
+        if (typeof message.seq !== 'number') continue
+        if (oldestSeq === null || message.seq < oldestSeq) {
+            oldestSeq = message.seq
+        }
+    }
+    return oldestSeq
+}
+
 export class MessageService {
     constructor(
         private readonly store: Store,
@@ -15,13 +49,7 @@ export class MessageService {
 
     getMessages(sessionId: string, limit: number = 200): DecryptedMessage[] {
         const stored = this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, limit)
-        return stored.map((message) => ({
-            id: message.id,
-            seq: message.seq,
-            localId: message.localId,
-            content: message.content,
-            createdAt: message.createdAt
-        }))
+        return toVisibleDecryptedMessages(stored)
     }
 
     getMessagesPage(sessionId: string, options: { limit: number; beforeSeq: number | null }): {
@@ -33,28 +61,21 @@ export class MessageService {
             hasMore: boolean
         }
     } {
-        const stored = this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, options.limit, options.beforeSeq ?? undefined)
-        const messages: DecryptedMessage[] = stored.map((message) => ({
-            id: message.id,
-            seq: message.seq,
-            localId: message.localId,
-            content: message.content,
-            createdAt: message.createdAt,
-            invokedAt: message.invokedAt,
-            scheduledAt: message.scheduledAt
-        }))
+        let stored = this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, options.limit, options.beforeSeq ?? undefined)
+        let messages = toVisibleDecryptedMessages(stored)
+        let oldestSeq = getOldestSeq(stored)
+        let hasMore = oldestSeq !== null
+            && this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, 1, oldestSeq).length > 0
 
-        let oldestSeq: number | null = null
-        for (const message of messages) {
-            if (typeof message.seq !== 'number') continue
-            if (oldestSeq === null || message.seq < oldestSeq) {
-                oldestSeq = message.seq
-            }
+        while (messages.length === 0 && hasMore && oldestSeq !== null) {
+            stored = this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, options.limit, oldestSeq)
+            messages = toVisibleDecryptedMessages(stored)
+            oldestSeq = getOldestSeq(stored)
+            hasMore = oldestSeq !== null
+                && this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, 1, oldestSeq).length > 0
         }
 
         const nextBeforeSeq = oldestSeq
-        const hasMore = nextBeforeSeq !== null
-            && this.store.messages.getMessages(sessionId, 1, nextBeforeSeq).length > 0
 
         return {
             messages,
@@ -79,53 +100,73 @@ export class MessageService {
             hasMore: boolean
         }
     } {
-        const before = options.before ?? undefined
-        const pageRows = this.store.messages.getMessagesByPosition(sessionId, options.limit, before)
+        let before = options.before ?? undefined
+        let pageRows = this.store.messages.getMessagesByPosition(sessionId, options.limit, before)
 
         // Latest-page request (no cursor): also include uninvoked local user messages
         // out-of-band, so refresh / secondary clients can still see queued rows even
         // when their position key (createdAt) places them outside the latest page.
         // The cursor stays anchored to pageRows so out-of-band rows don't affect
         // pagination of older pages.
-        const queuedRows = before === undefined
+        let queuedRows = before === undefined
             ? this.store.messages.getUninvokedLocalMessages(sessionId)
             : []
 
-        const byId = new Map<string, typeof pageRows[number]>()
+        let byId = new Map<string, typeof pageRows[number]>()
         for (const row of pageRows) byId.set(row.id, row)
         for (const row of queuedRows) byId.set(row.id, row)
 
-        const stored = [...byId.values()].sort((a, b) => {
+        let stored = [...byId.values()].sort((a, b) => {
             const at = (a.invokedAt ?? a.createdAt) - (b.invokedAt ?? b.createdAt)
             return at !== 0 ? at : a.seq - b.seq
         })
 
-        const messages: DecryptedMessage[] = stored.map((message) => ({
-            id: message.id,
-            seq: message.seq,
-            localId: message.localId,
-            content: message.content,
-            createdAt: message.createdAt,
-            invokedAt: message.invokedAt,
-            scheduledAt: message.scheduledAt
-        }))
+        let messages = toVisibleDecryptedMessages(stored)
 
         // The cursor is the oldest row in the actual position-ordered page (pageRows[0]).
         // Out-of-band queued rows are not part of the cursor — they are pinned to
         // every latest-page response.
-        const oldest = pageRows[0] ?? null
-        const oldestSeq: number | null = oldest?.seq ?? null
-        const oldestPositionAt: number | null = oldest
+        let oldest = pageRows[0] ?? null
+        let oldestSeq: number | null = oldest?.seq ?? null
+        let oldestPositionAt: number | null = oldest
             ? oldest.invokedAt ?? oldest.createdAt
             : null
 
-        const hasMore = oldestSeq !== null && oldestPositionAt !== null
+        let hasMore = oldestSeq !== null && oldestPositionAt !== null
             && this.store.messages.getMessagesByPosition(
                 sessionId,
                 1,
                 { at: oldestPositionAt, seq: oldestSeq }
             ).length > 0
 
+        while (messages.length === 0 && hasMore && oldestSeq !== null && oldestPositionAt !== null) {
+            before = { at: oldestPositionAt, seq: oldestSeq }
+            pageRows = this.store.messages.getMessagesByPosition(sessionId, options.limit, before)
+            queuedRows = []
+
+            byId = new Map<string, typeof pageRows[number]>()
+            for (const row of pageRows) byId.set(row.id, row)
+            for (const row of queuedRows) byId.set(row.id, row)
+
+            stored = [...byId.values()].sort((a, b) => {
+                const at = (a.invokedAt ?? a.createdAt) - (b.invokedAt ?? b.createdAt)
+                return at !== 0 ? at : a.seq - b.seq
+            })
+            messages = toVisibleDecryptedMessages(stored)
+
+            oldest = pageRows[0] ?? null
+            oldestSeq = oldest?.seq ?? null
+            oldestPositionAt = oldest
+                ? oldest.invokedAt ?? oldest.createdAt
+                : null
+            hasMore = oldestSeq !== null && oldestPositionAt !== null
+                && this.store.messages.getMessagesByPosition(
+                    sessionId,
+                    1,
+                    { at: oldestPositionAt, seq: oldestSeq }
+                ).length > 0
+        }
+
         return {
             messages,
             page: {
diff --git a/shared/src/messages.ts b/shared/src/messages.ts
index 9deca35f..7b65149d 100644
--- a/shared/src/messages.ts
+++ b/shared/src/messages.ts
@@ -50,4 +50,24 @@ export function isClaudeChatVisibleMessage(message: { type: unknown; subtype?: u
     return isClaudeChatVisibleSystemSubtype(message.subtype)
 }
 
+export function isRedundantGoalStatusMessageText(value: unknown): boolean {
+    if (typeof value !== 'string') return false
+    const message = value.trim()
+    return message === 'Goal cleared'
+        || /^Goal (active|paused|complete|limited by budget)(?:$|\s+·\s+)/.test(message)
+}
+
+export function isRedundantGoalStatusEventContent(value: unknown): boolean {
+    const record = unwrapRoleWrappedRecordEnvelope(value)
+    if (record?.role !== 'agent') return false
+
+    const eventContent = record.content
+    if (!isObject(eventContent) || eventContent.type !== 'event') return false
+
+    const data = isObject(eventContent.data) ? eventContent.data : null
+    if (!data || data.type !== 'message') return false
+
+    return isRedundantGoalStatusMessageText(data.message)
+}
+
 export type { RoleWrappedRecord }
diff --git a/web/src/chat/reducer.test.ts b/web/src/chat/reducer.test.ts
index f44fa4dd..4ad3aec1 100644
--- a/web/src/chat/reducer.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/chat/reducer.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
 import { reduceChatBlocks } from './reducer'
+import { normalizeDecryptedMessage } from './normalize'
 import type { NormalizedMessage } from './types'
+import type { DecryptedMessage } from '@/types/api'
 import type { ThreadGoal, ThreadGoalStatus } from '@/types/api'
 
 function userMessage(id: string, text: string, createdAt: number): NormalizedMessage {
@@ -53,6 +55,30 @@ function goalClearedMessage(id: string, createdAt: number): NormalizedMessage {
     }
 }
 
+function eventMessage(id: string, message: string, createdAt: number): NormalizedMessage {
+    return {
+        id,
+        localId: null,
+        createdAt,
+        role: 'event',
+        content: {
+            type: 'message',
+            message
+        },
+        isSidechain: false
+    }
+}
+
+function decryptedMessage(id: string, content: unknown, createdAt: number): DecryptedMessage {
+    return {
+        id,
+        seq: 1,
+        localId: null,
+        content,
+        createdAt
+    }
+}
+
 describe('reduceChatBlocks', () => {
     it('ignores child agent usage when calculating parent latest usage', () => {
         const messages: NormalizedMessage[] = [
@@ -127,6 +153,21 @@ describe('reduceChatBlocks', () => {
         expect(reduced.latestGoal).toBeNull()
     })
 
+    it('can clear completed goal state using messages hidden from the rendered timeline', () => {
+        const renderedMessages = [
+            goalMessage('goal-complete', 'complete', 1)
+        ]
+        const goalStateMessages = [
+            ...renderedMessages,
+            userMessage('queued-user-later', 'start a new task', 2)
+        ]
+
+        const reduced = reduceChatBlocks(renderedMessages, null, { goalStateMessages })
+
+        expect(reduced.blocks).toHaveLength(0)
+        expect(reduced.latestGoal).toBeNull()
+    })
+
     it('does not treat later goal slash commands as non-goal activity', () => {
         const reduced = reduceChatBlocks([
             goalMessage('goal-complete', 'complete', 1),
@@ -155,4 +196,87 @@ describe('reduceChatBlocks', () => {
 
         expect(reduced.latestGoal).toBeNull()
     })
+
+    it('uses goal events for latest goal state without rendering timeline prompts', () => {
+        const reduced = reduceChatBlocks([
+            goalMessage('goal-active', 'active', 1)
+        ], null)
+
+        expect(reduced.blocks).toHaveLength(0)
+        expect(reduced.latestGoal).toMatchObject({
+            threadId: 'thread-1',
+            objective: 'ship goal support',
+            status: 'active'
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('uses goal clear events to clear latest goal without rendering timeline prompts', () => {
+        const reduced = reduceChatBlocks([
+            goalMessage('goal-active', 'active', 1),
+            goalClearedMessage('goal-cleared', 2)
+        ], null)
+
+        expect(reduced.blocks).toHaveLength(0)
+        expect(reduced.latestGoal).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    it('hides redundant goal status messages but keeps actionable goal messages', () => {
+        const reduced = reduceChatBlocks([
+            eventMessage('goal-active-message', 'Goal active', 1),
+            eventMessage('goal-active-usage-message', 'Goal active · 181737 tokens', 2),
+            eventMessage('goal-complete-message', 'Goal complete', 3),
+            eventMessage('goal-cleared-message', 'Goal cleared', 4),
+            eventMessage('goal-actionable-message', 'No goal to clear', 5)
+        ], null)
+
+        expect(reduced.blocks).toHaveLength(1)
+        expect(reduced.blocks[0]).toMatchObject({
+            kind: 'agent-event',
+            event: { type: 'message', message: 'No goal to clear' }
+        })
+    })
+
+    it('hides persisted goal status event envelopes alongside structured goal events', () => {
+        const goal: ThreadGoal = {
+            threadId: 'thread-1',
+            objective: 'ship goal support',
+            status: 'active',
+            tokenBudget: null,
+            tokensUsed: 8016,
+            timeUsedSeconds: 10,
+            createdAt: 1,
+            updatedAt: 2
+        }
+        const normalized = [
+            decryptedMessage('goal-status-envelope', {
+                role: 'agent',
+                content: {
+                    id: 'event-1',
+                    type: 'event',
+                    data: { type: 'message', message: 'Goal active · 8016 tokens' }
+                }
+            }, 1),
+            decryptedMessage('goal-structured-envelope', {
+                role: 'agent',
+                content: {
+                    type: 'codex',
+                    data: {
+                        type: 'thread_goal_updated',
+                        thread_id: 'thread-1',
+                        goal
+                    }
+                }
+            }, 2)
+        ].map(message => normalizeDecryptedMessage(message))
+            .filter((message): message is NormalizedMessage => message !== null)
+
+        const reduced = reduceChatBlocks(normalized, null)
+
+        expect(reduced.blocks).toHaveLength(0)
+        expect(reduced.latestGoal).toMatchObject({
+            threadId: 'thread-1',
+            status: 'active',
+            tokensUsed: 8016
+        })
+    })
 })
diff --git a/web/src/chat/reducer.ts b/web/src/chat/reducer.ts
index 0e2fa8f0..5cb627c1 100644
--- a/web/src/chat/reducer.ts
+++ b/web/src/chat/reducer.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { traceMessages, type TracedMessage } from '@/chat/tracer'
 import { dedupeAgentEvents, foldApiErrorEvents } from '@/chat/reducerEvents'
 import { collectTitleChanges, collectToolIdsFromMessages, ensureToolBlock, getPermissions } from '@/chat/reducerTools'
 import { reduceTimeline } from '@/chat/reducerTimeline'
+import { isRedundantGoalStatusMessageText } from '@hapi/protocol/messages'
 
 // Calculate context size from usage data
 function calculateContextSize(usage: UsageData): number {
@@ -28,6 +29,10 @@ export type LatestUsage = {
     timestamp: number
 }
 
+export type ReduceChatBlocksOptions = {
+    goalStateMessages?: NormalizedMessage[]
+}
+
 function getLatestThreadGoal(normalized: NormalizedMessage[]): ThreadGoal | null {
     let sawNewerNonGoalUserMessage = false
     for (let i = normalized.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -52,9 +57,42 @@ function getLatestThreadGoal(normalized: NormalizedMessage[]): ThreadGoal | null
     return null
 }
 
+function isRedundantGoalStatusMessage(event: AgentEvent): boolean {
+    if (event.type !== 'message') return false
+    return isRedundantGoalStatusMessageText(event.message)
+}
+
+function isSilentGoalEventBlock(block: ChatBlock): boolean {
+    return block.kind === 'agent-event'
+        && (
+            block.event.type === 'thread-goal-updated'
+            || block.event.type === 'thread-goal-cleared'
+            || isRedundantGoalStatusMessage(block.event)
+        )
+}
+
+function filterSilentGoalBlocks(blocks: ChatBlock[]): ChatBlock[] {
+    const filtered: ChatBlock[] = []
+
+    for (const block of blocks) {
+        if (isSilentGoalEventBlock(block)) continue
+        if (block.kind === 'tool-call' && block.children.length > 0) {
+            filtered.push({
+                ...block,
+                children: filterSilentGoalBlocks(block.children)
+            })
+            continue
+        }
+        filtered.push(block)
+    }
+
+    return filtered
+}
+
 export function reduceChatBlocks(
     normalized: NormalizedMessage[],
-    agentState: AgentState | null | undefined
+    agentState: AgentState | null | undefined,
+    options: ReduceChatBlocksOptions = {}
 ): { blocks: ChatBlock[]; hasReadyEvent: boolean; latestUsage: LatestUsage | null; latestGoal: ThreadGoal | null } {
     const permissionsById = getPermissions(agentState)
     const toolIdsInMessages = collectToolIdsFromMessages(normalized)
@@ -142,9 +180,9 @@ export function reduceChatBlocks(
     }
 
     return {
-        blocks: dedupeAgentEvents(foldApiErrorEvents(rootResult.blocks)),
+        blocks: filterSilentGoalBlocks(dedupeAgentEvents(foldApiErrorEvents(rootResult.blocks))),
         hasReadyEvent,
         latestUsage,
-        latestGoal: getLatestThreadGoal(normalized)
+        latestGoal: getLatestThreadGoal(options.goalStateMessages ?? normalized)
     }
 }
diff --git a/web/src/components/SessionChat.test.ts b/web/src/components/SessionChat.test.ts
index e1913ca3..d3618bd8 100644
--- a/web/src/components/SessionChat.test.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/SessionChat.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-import { shouldAutoClearPendingSchedule } from './SessionChat'
+import { buildGoalStateMessages, shouldAutoClearPendingSchedule } from './SessionChat'
 import type { PendingSchedule } from '@/components/AssistantChat/ScheduleTimePicker'
+import type { DecryptedMessage } from '@/types/api'
+
+function userMessage(props: {
+    id: string
+    createdAt: number
+    localId?: string | null
+    invokedAt?: number | null
+    scheduledAt?: number | null
+}): DecryptedMessage {
+    return {
+        id: props.id,
+        seq: null,
+        localId: props.localId ?? null,
+        content: {
+            role: 'user',
+            content: {
+                type: 'text',
+                text: 'hello'
+            }
+        },
+        createdAt: props.createdAt,
+        invokedAt: props.invokedAt,
+        scheduledAt: props.scheduledAt
+    }
+}
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for shouldAutoClearPendingSchedule.
@@ -41,3 +66,58 @@ describe('shouldAutoClearPendingSchedule', () => {
         expect(shouldAutoClearPendingSchedule(expired)).toBe(true)
     })
 })
+
+describe('buildGoalStateMessages', () => {
+    it('keeps immediate queued user messages so completed goal status can clear before timeline render', () => {
+        const now = 1_700_000_000_000
+        const messages = [
+            userMessage({
+                id: 'local-immediate',
+                localId: 'local-immediate',
+                createdAt: now,
+                invokedAt: null
+            })
+        ]
+
+        expect(buildGoalStateMessages(messages).map((message) => message.id))
+            .toEqual(['local-immediate'])
+    })
+
+    it('includes pending messages that are outside the visible timeline window', () => {
+        const now = 1_700_000_000_000
+        const visible = [
+            userMessage({ id: 'visible', createdAt: now - 10 })
+        ]
+        const pending = [
+            userMessage({ id: 'pending', createdAt: now })
+        ]
+
+        expect(buildGoalStateMessages(visible, pending).map((message) => message.id))
+            .toEqual(['visible', 'pending'])
+    })
+
+    it('ignores uninvoked scheduled messages, including mature prompts, until they are invoked', () => {
+        const now = 1_700_000_000_000
+        const futureQueued = userMessage({
+            id: 'future',
+            createdAt: now,
+            invokedAt: null,
+            scheduledAt: now + 60_000
+        })
+        const matureQueued = userMessage({
+            id: 'mature',
+            createdAt: now + 1,
+            invokedAt: null,
+            scheduledAt: now - 60_000
+        })
+        const invokedScheduled = userMessage({
+            id: 'invoked',
+            createdAt: now + 2,
+            invokedAt: now + 30_000,
+            scheduledAt: now - 60_000
+        })
+
+        expect(buildGoalStateMessages([futureQueued, matureQueued, invokedScheduled]).map((message) => message.id))
+            .toEqual(['invoked'])
+    })
+})
diff --git a/web/src/components/SessionChat.tsx b/web/src/components/SessionChat.tsx
index a7ac38c8..8cd3a4e6 100644
--- a/web/src/components/SessionChat.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/SessionChat.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { reduceChatBlocks } from '@/chat/reducer'
 import { reconcileChatBlocks } from '@/chat/reconcile'
 import { buildConversationOutline } from '@/chat/outline'
 import { buildVisibleChatBlocks, isToolGroupBlock, type ToolGroupBlock } from '@/chat/toolGroups'
-import { isQueuedForInvocation } from '@/lib/messages'
+import { isQueuedForInvocation, mergeMessages } from '@/lib/messages'
 import { HappyComposer } from '@/components/AssistantChat/HappyComposer'
 import type { PendingSchedule } from '@/components/AssistantChat/ScheduleTimePicker'
 import { resolvePendingSchedule } from '@/components/AssistantChat/ScheduleTimePicker'
@@ -49,6 +49,21 @@ export function shouldAutoClearPendingSchedule(pending: PendingSchedule | null):
     return pending !== null && pending.type === 'absolute'
 }
 
+function isUninvokedScheduledMessage(message: DecryptedMessage): boolean {
+    return message.invokedAt == null && message.scheduledAt != null
+}
+
+export function buildGoalStateMessages(
+    messages: DecryptedMessage[],
+    pendingMessages: DecryptedMessage[] = []
+): DecryptedMessage[] {
+    const eligibleMessages = messages.filter((message) => !isUninvokedScheduledMessage(message))
+    const eligiblePendingMessages = pendingMessages.filter((message) => !isUninvokedScheduledMessage(message))
+    return eligiblePendingMessages.length > 0
+        ? mergeMessages(eligibleMessages, eligiblePendingMessages)
+        : eligibleMessages
+}
+
 function getOutlineTitle(session: Session): string {
     if (session.metadata?.name) {
         return session.metadata.name
@@ -83,6 +98,7 @@ export function SessionChat(props: {
     api: ApiClient
     session: Session
     messages: DecryptedMessage[]
+    pendingMessages?: DecryptedMessage[]
     messagesWarning: string | null
     hasMoreMessages: boolean
     isLoadingMessages: boolean
@@ -306,9 +322,25 @@ export function SessionChat(props: {
         return normalized
     }, [visibleMessages])
 
+    const goalStateSourceMessages = useMemo(
+        () => buildGoalStateMessages(props.messages, props.pendingMessages ?? []),
+        [props.messages, props.pendingMessages]
+    )
+
+    const normalizedGoalStateMessages: NormalizedMessage[] = useMemo(() => {
+        const normalized: NormalizedMessage[] = []
+        for (const message of goalStateSourceMessages) {
+            const next = normalizeDecryptedMessage(message)
+            if (next) normalized.push(next)
+        }
+        return normalized
+    }, [goalStateSourceMessages])
+
     const reduced = useMemo(
-        () => reduceChatBlocks(normalizedMessages, props.session.agentState),
-        [normalizedMessages, props.session.agentState]
+        () => reduceChatBlocks(normalizedMessages, props.session.agentState, {
+            goalStateMessages: normalizedGoalStateMessages
+        }),
+        [normalizedMessages, normalizedGoalStateMessages, props.session.agentState]
     )
     const reconciled = useMemo(
         () => reconcileChatBlocks(reduced.blocks, blocksByIdRef.current),
diff --git a/web/src/hooks/queries/useMessages.ts b/web/src/hooks/queries/useMessages.ts
index b75d6187..b88dedd6 100644
--- a/web/src/hooks/queries/useMessages.ts
+++ b/web/src/hooks/queries/useMessages.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export const EMPTY_STATE: MessageWindowState = {
 
 export function useMessages(api: ApiClient | null, sessionId: string | null): {
     messages: DecryptedMessage[]
+    pendingMessages: DecryptedMessage[]
     warning: string | null
     isLoading: boolean
     isLoadingMore: boolean
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ export function useMessages(api: ApiClient | null, sessionId: string | null): {
 
     return {
         messages: state.messages,
+        pendingMessages: state.pending,
         warning: state.warning,
         isLoading: state.isLoading,
         isLoadingMore: state.isLoadingMore,
diff --git a/web/src/router.tsx b/web/src/router.tsx
index fd808b80..6b2ac171 100644
--- a/web/src/router.tsx
+++ b/web/src/router.tsx
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ function SessionPage() {
     } = useSession(api, sessionId)
     const {
         messages,
+        pendingMessages,
         warning: messagesWarning,
         isLoading: messagesLoading,
         isLoadingMore: messagesLoadingMore,
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ function SessionPage() {
             api={api}
             session={session}
             messages={messages}
+            pendingMessages={pendingMessages}
             messagesWarning={messagesWarning}
             hasMoreMessages={messagesHasMore}
             isLoadingMessages={messagesLoading}