adeelahmad · Oct 18, 2026 · Oct 18, 2026
diff --git a/docs/automations.md b/docs/automations.md
@@ -1208,7 +1208,8 @@ when it completes. It gives the run's id, or none when nothing ran. A run goes:
    Routine actions are done; ones that ask first wait for the person's pick and ones with a time wait for it (until
    approvals and timers are built, they stay waiting).
 6. **It finishes** `done`, `partly` (some actions failed), `failed` or `waiting` (actions wait), with its cost and
-   tokens, what each node did (`trace`), its log (at most 500 lines) and an `automation.<status>` row in the activity
+   tokens, what each node did (`trace`: `done`, `skipped`, `failed`, or `waiting` and `scheduled` for an action that
+   asks first or waits for its time), its log (at most 500 lines) and an `automation.<status>` row in the activity
    ledger; and it appears in the stream as `automation.ran`. When a waiting action is decided or its time comes, its
    status changes (`automations.update_intent`) and the run's follows.
 

diff --git a/fastapi_backend/app/domain/automation_nodes.py b/fastapi_backend/app/domain/automation_nodes.py
@@ -368,7 +368,11 @@ def _action(r, f, node):
 
 
 def finish(trace, box):
-    """The trace with each action that failed marked failed, with why (flow.py saw it pass nothing on)."""
+    """The trace with each action that failed marked failed, with why, and each that waits for a pick or a time marked
+    waiting or scheduled (flow.py saw them pass nothing on, and called them done)."""
+    for i in box.items:
+        if i["status"] in ("waiting", "scheduled") and i["path"] in trace:
+            trace[i["path"]] = {**trace[i["path"]], "status": i["status"]}
     for path, why in box.failed.items():
         if path in trace:
             trace[path] = {**trace[path], "status": "failed", "error": why}

diff --git a/fastapi_backend/tests/domain/test_automation_nodes.py b/fastapi_backend/tests/domain/test_automation_nodes.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def test_an_intent_that_asks_first_or_fails_passes_nothing_on(db, cfg, made):
     # a change to another asset asks first: the node passes nothing on and what comes after it is skipped
     g = graph(node("a", "action", action="tag", params={"object": "lens:recording/99"}), after, edges=[edge("in", "a"), edge("a", "l")])
     out = _try(db, cfg, g)
-    assert out["trace"]["a"]["status"] == "done" and out["trace"]["a"]["ports"] == [] and out["trace"]["l"]["status"] == "skipped"
+    assert out["trace"]["a"]["status"] == "waiting" and out["trace"]["a"]["ports"] == [] and out["trace"]["l"]["status"] == "skipped"
     assert [(i["node"], i["status"], i["risk"]) for i in out["intents"]] == [("a", "waiting", "ask")]
     assert "stopped at a: waiting for your pick" in out["log"] and made == []
     # an out action asks first too (nothing can come after it)

diff --git a/fastapi_backend/tests/domain/test_automation_runs.py b/fastapi_backend/tests/domain/test_automation_runs.py
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ def test_intents_wait_for_a_pick_or_a_time_and_settle_later(db, cfg, env, monkey
     run = automations.get_run(db, run_id)
     assert run["status"] == "waiting" and run["counts"] == {"done": 0, "waiting": 1, "scheduled": 1, "failed": 0}
     assert run["trace"]["s"]["status"] == "skipped" and any("waiting for your pick" in line for line in run["log"])
+    assert run["trace"]["t"]["status"] == "waiting" and run["trace"]["w"]["status"] == "scheduled"  # not done yet
     by = {i["node"]: i for i in run["intents"]}
     assert by["t"]["status"] == "waiting" and by["t"]["result"] == {"approval": 77} and asked[0][0]["key"] == by["t"]["key"]
     assert asked[0][1]["id"] == SAMPLE["id"]  # the approval says which activity it's about

diff --git a/nextjs-frontend/components/canvas/flow-canvas.tsx b/nextjs-frontend/components/canvas/flow-canvas.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export type CanvasNode = {
   outputs: string[];
   tone?: "blue" | "green" | "gold" | "red" | "purple" | "neutral";
   /** What the last try did: ran, was skipped or failed, and a peek at what it passed on. */
-  status?: "done" | "skipped" | "failed";
+  status?: "done" | "skipped" | "failed" | "waiting" | "scheduled";
   peek?: string;
   /** It has a body of nodes, opened by double-clicking. */
   opens?: boolean;
@@ -111,11 +111,21 @@ function CardNode({ data, selected }: NodeProps<Node<Data>>) {
               ? "Ran in the last try"
               : data.status === "skipped"
                 ? "Skipped in the last try"
-                : "Failed in the last try"
+                : data.status === "waiting"
+                  ? "Would ask you first in the last try"
+                  : data.status === "scheduled"
+                    ? "Would wait for its time in the last try"
+                    : "Failed in the last try"
           }
           className={cn(
             "absolute -right-1.5 -top-1.5 size-3 rounded-full border-2 border-background",
-            data.status === "done" ? "bg-green" : data.status === "failed" ? "bg-red" : "bg-fg-muted",
+            data.status === "done"
+              ? "bg-green"
+              : data.status === "failed"
+                ? "bg-red"
+                : data.status === "waiting" || data.status === "scheduled"
+                  ? "bg-gold"
+                  : "bg-fg-muted",
           )}
         />
       )}

diff --git a/nextjs-frontend/components/workflows/node-settings.tsx b/nextjs-frontend/components/workflows/node-settings.tsx
@@ -160,7 +160,16 @@ export function NodeSettings({
       {peek && (
         <div className="flex flex-col gap-1 rounded-sm border border-border bg-surface px-3 py-2">
           <span className="label-caps">
-            Last try: {peek.status === "done" ? "ran" : peek.status === "failed" ? "failed" : "skipped"}
+            Last try:{" "}
+            {peek.status === "done"
+              ? "ran"
+              : peek.status === "failed"
+                ? "failed"
+                : peek.status === "waiting"
+                  ? "would ask you first"
+                  : peek.status === "scheduled"
+                    ? "would wait for its time"
+                    : "skipped"}
           </span>
           {peek.error && <p className="text-[12.5px] text-red-dark">{peek.error}</p>}
           {peek.value && (