diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueDispositionBadge.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueDispositionBadge.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14ff6679e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueDispositionBadge.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+
+import { act } from "react";
+import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
+import type { IssueExecutionDisposition } from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { IssueDispositionBadge, dispositionCategory } from "./IssueDispositionBadge";
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+(globalThis as any).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
+describe("IssueDispositionBadge", () => {
+  let container: HTMLDivElement;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    container = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.removeChild(container);
+  });
+
+  function render(disposition: IssueExecutionDisposition | null) {
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(<IssueDispositionBadge disposition={disposition} />);
+    });
+    return root;
+  }
+
+  it("renders nothing for null disposition", () => {
+    const root = render(null);
+    expect(container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]")).toBeNull();
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("renders nothing for terminal and resting kinds by default", () => {
+    let root = render({ kind: "terminal" });
+    expect(container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]")).toBeNull();
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+
+    root = render({ kind: "resting" });
+    expect(container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]")).toBeNull();
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("renders Live category for live disposition", () => {
+    const root = render({ kind: "live", path: "active_run" });
+    const badge = container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("data-execution-disposition-kind")).toBe("live");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("data-execution-disposition-category")).toBe("live");
+    expect(badge?.textContent).toContain("Live");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("title")).toContain("Active run");
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("distinguishes blocked_chain from generic waiting", () => {
+    const root = render({ kind: "waiting", path: "blocker_chain" });
+    const badge = container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("data-execution-disposition-category")).toBe("blocked_chain");
+    expect(badge?.textContent).toContain("Blocked");
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("renders invalid category with reason in tooltip", () => {
+    const root = render({
+      kind: "invalid",
+      reason: "in_review_without_action_path",
+      suggestedCorrection: "fix it",
+    });
+    const badge = container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("data-execution-disposition-category")).toBe("invalid");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("title")).toContain("Review without action path");
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("dispositionCategory maps recovery and continuable to recovery", () => {
+    expect(dispositionCategory({ kind: "recoverable_by_control_plane", recovery: "dispatch" })).toBe("recovery");
+    expect(dispositionCategory({ kind: "agent_continuable", continuationAttempt: 1, maxAttempts: 2 })).toBe("recovery");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueDispositionBadge.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueDispositionBadge.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76fcb726f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueDispositionBadge.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+import type {
+  IssueExecutionDisposition,
+  IssueExecutionHumanEscalationOwner,
+  IssueExecutionLivePath,
+  IssueExecutionRecoveryKind,
+  IssueExecutionWaitingPath,
+} from "@paperclipai/shared";
+import {
+  AlertOctagon,
+  AlertTriangle,
+  CircleDashed,
+  Hourglass,
+  Lock,
+  Play,
+  Wrench,
+} from "lucide-react";
+import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
+
+export type IssueDispositionCategory =
+  | "live"
+  | "dispatchable"
+  | "waiting"
+  | "blocked_chain"
+  | "recovery"
+  | "needs_attention"
+  | "invalid"
+  | "terminal"
+  | "resting";
+
+const CATEGORY_LABEL: Record<IssueDispositionCategory, string> = {
+  live: "Live",
+  dispatchable: "Ready",
+  waiting: "Waiting",
+  blocked_chain: "Blocked",
+  recovery: "Recovery",
+  needs_attention: "Needs attention",
+  invalid: "Stalled",
+  terminal: "Done",
+  resting: "Resting",
+};
+
+const LIVE_PATH_LABEL: Record<IssueExecutionLivePath, string> = {
+  active_run: "Active run",
+  queued_wake: "Queued wake",
+  scheduled_retry: "Scheduled retry",
+  deferred_execution: "Deferred execution",
+};
+
+const WAITING_PATH_LABEL: Record<IssueExecutionWaitingPath, string> = {
+  participant: "Review participant",
+  interaction: "Interaction response",
+  approval: "Board approval",
+  human_owner: "Human owner",
+  blocker_chain: "Blocker chain",
+  pause_hold: "Tree paused",
+  review_artifact: "Recovery work",
+  external_owner_action: "External owner",
+};
+
+const RECOVERY_LABEL: Record<IssueExecutionRecoveryKind, string> = {
+  dispatch: "Awaiting dispatch repair",
+  continuation: "Awaiting continuation",
+  repair_wait: "Repairing wait state",
+};
+
+const ESCALATION_LABEL: Record<IssueExecutionHumanEscalationOwner, string> = {
+  board: "Needs board",
+  manager: "Needs manager",
+  recovery_owner: "Needs recovery owner",
+  external: "Needs external owner",
+};
+
+export function dispositionCategory(
+  disposition: IssueExecutionDisposition | null | undefined,
+): IssueDispositionCategory | null {
+  if (!disposition) return null;
+  switch (disposition.kind) {
+    case "terminal":
+      return "terminal";
+    case "resting":
+      return "resting";
+    case "live":
+      return "live";
+    case "dispatchable":
+      return "dispatchable";
+    case "waiting":
+      return disposition.path === "blocker_chain" ? "blocked_chain" : "waiting";
+    case "recoverable_by_control_plane":
+    case "agent_continuable":
+      return "recovery";
+    case "human_escalation_required":
+      return "needs_attention";
+    case "invalid":
+      return "invalid";
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export function dispositionDetailLabel(
+  disposition: IssueExecutionDisposition | null | undefined,
+): string | null {
+  if (!disposition) return null;
+  switch (disposition.kind) {
+    case "live":
+      return LIVE_PATH_LABEL[disposition.path];
+    case "waiting":
+      return WAITING_PATH_LABEL[disposition.path];
+    case "recoverable_by_control_plane":
+      return RECOVERY_LABEL[disposition.recovery];
+    case "agent_continuable":
+      return `Continuation ${disposition.continuationAttempt}/${disposition.maxAttempts}`;
+    case "human_escalation_required":
+      return ESCALATION_LABEL[disposition.owner];
+    case "invalid":
+      return invalidReasonLabel(disposition.reason);
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function invalidReasonLabel(reason: string): string {
+  switch (reason) {
+    case "in_review_without_action_path":
+      return "Review without action path";
+    case "invalid_review_participant":
+      return "Invalid review participant";
+    case "blocked_by_invalid_issue":
+      return "Blocked by invalid issue";
+    case "blocked_by_cancelled_issue":
+      return "Blocked by cancelled issue";
+    case "blocked_by_unassigned_issue":
+      return "Blocked by unassigned issue";
+    case "blocked_by_resting_issue":
+      return "Blocked by resting issue";
+    case "blocked_without_action_path":
+      return "Blocked without action path";
+    case "dual_assignee":
+      return "Dual assignee";
+    default:
+      return reason.replace(/_/g, " ");
+  }
+}
+
+const CATEGORY_PILL: Record<IssueDispositionCategory, string> = {
+  live: "border-emerald-300/70 bg-emerald-50 text-emerald-800 dark:border-emerald-500/40 dark:bg-emerald-500/10 dark:text-emerald-200",
+  dispatchable: "border-sky-300/70 bg-sky-50 text-sky-800 dark:border-sky-500/40 dark:bg-sky-500/10 dark:text-sky-200",
+  waiting: "border-sky-300/70 bg-sky-50 text-sky-800 dark:border-sky-500/40 dark:bg-sky-500/10 dark:text-sky-200",
+  blocked_chain: "border-amber-300/70 bg-amber-50 text-amber-800 dark:border-amber-500/40 dark:bg-amber-500/10 dark:text-amber-200",
+  recovery: "border-rose-300/70 bg-rose-50 text-rose-800 dark:border-rose-500/40 dark:bg-rose-500/10 dark:text-rose-200",
+  needs_attention: "border-rose-300/70 bg-rose-50 text-rose-800 dark:border-rose-500/40 dark:bg-rose-500/10 dark:text-rose-200",
+  invalid: "border-rose-400/80 bg-rose-100 text-rose-900 dark:border-rose-500/60 dark:bg-rose-500/20 dark:text-rose-100",
+  terminal: "border-border bg-muted text-muted-foreground",
+  resting: "border-border bg-muted text-muted-foreground",
+};
+
+const CATEGORY_ICON: Record<IssueDispositionCategory, React.ComponentType<{ className?: string }>> = {
+  live: Play,
+  dispatchable: Play,
+  waiting: Hourglass,
+  blocked_chain: Lock,
+  recovery: Wrench,
+  needs_attention: AlertTriangle,
+  invalid: AlertOctagon,
+  terminal: CircleDashed,
+  resting: CircleDashed,
+};
+
+export interface IssueDispositionBadgeProps {
+  disposition: IssueExecutionDisposition | null | undefined;
+  className?: string;
+  hideLabel?: boolean;
+  hideForResting?: boolean;
+  hideForTerminal?: boolean;
+}
+
+export function IssueDispositionBadge({
+  disposition,
+  className,
+  hideLabel = false,
+  hideForResting = true,
+  hideForTerminal = true,
+}: IssueDispositionBadgeProps) {
+  const category = dispositionCategory(disposition);
+  if (!category) return null;
+  if (hideForResting && category === "resting") return null;
+  if (hideForTerminal && category === "terminal") return null;
+
+  const detail = dispositionDetailLabel(disposition);
+  const label = CATEGORY_LABEL[category];
+  const Icon = CATEGORY_ICON[category];
+  const tooltip = detail ? `${label} · ${detail}` : label;
+
+  return (
+    <span
+      className={cn(
+        "inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-[10px] font-medium",
+        CATEGORY_PILL[category],
+        className,
+      )}
+      title={tooltip}
+      data-execution-disposition-kind={disposition?.kind}
+      data-execution-disposition-category={category}
+    >
+      <Icon className="h-3 w-3" aria-hidden />
+      {hideLabel ? null : <span>{label}</span>}
+    </span>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueProperties.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueProperties.tsx
index c11631a84cb..45f48f1a8cd 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueProperties.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueProperties.tsx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { formatAssigneeUserLabel } from "../lib/assignees";
 import { buildExecutionPolicy, stageParticipantValues } from "../lib/issue-execution-policy";
 import { StatusIcon } from "./StatusIcon";
 import { PriorityIcon } from "./PriorityIcon";
+import { IssueDispositionBadge, dispositionCategory, dispositionDetailLabel } from "./IssueDispositionBadge";
 import { Identity } from "./Identity";
 import { IssueReferencePill } from "./IssueReferencePill";
 import { formatDate, cn, projectUrl } from "../lib/utils";
@@ -1048,6 +1049,20 @@ export function IssueProperties({
             onChange={(status) => onUpdate({ status })}
             showLabel
           />
+          {(() => {
+            const category = dispositionCategory(issue.executionDisposition);
+            if (!category) return null;
+            if (category === "terminal" || category === "resting" || category === "dispatchable") return null;
+            const detail = dispositionDetailLabel(issue.executionDisposition);
+            return (
+              <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5">
+                <IssueDispositionBadge disposition={issue.executionDisposition ?? null} />
+                {detail ? (
+                  <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{detail}</span>
+                ) : null}
+              </span>
+            );
+          })()}
         </PropertyRow>
 
         <PropertyRow label="Priority">
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx
index 4250065584d..193c33bc294 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.test.tsx
@@ -261,6 +261,61 @@ describe("IssueRow", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("renders the disposition badge for live and invalid dispositions", () => {
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    const liveIssue = createIssue({
+      executionDisposition: { kind: "live", path: "active_run" },
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(<IssueRow issue={liveIssue} />);
+    });
+    let badge = container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("data-execution-disposition-category")).toBe("live");
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+
+    const root2 = createRoot(container);
+    const stalledIssue = createIssue({
+      status: "in_review",
+      executionDisposition: {
+        kind: "invalid",
+        reason: "in_review_without_action_path",
+        suggestedCorrection: "fix",
+      },
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      root2.render(<IssueRow issue={stalledIssue} />);
+    });
+    badge = container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]");
+    expect(badge?.getAttribute("data-execution-disposition-category")).toBe("invalid");
+    expect(badge?.textContent).toContain("Stalled");
+    act(() => root2.unmount());
+  });
+
+  it("hides the disposition badge when the explicit waiting pill already conveys the same signal", () => {
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+    const issue = createIssue({
+      blockerAttention: {
+        state: "covered",
+        reason: "explicit_waiting",
+        unresolvedBlockerCount: 0,
+        coveredBlockerCount: 0,
+        stalledBlockerCount: 0,
+        attentionBlockerCount: 0,
+        sampleBlockerIdentifier: null,
+        sampleStalledBlockerIdentifier: null,
+        nextActionOwner: { type: "user", agentId: null, userId: null },
+        nextActionHint: "needs_human_review",
+      },
+      executionDisposition: { kind: "waiting", path: "interaction" },
+    });
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(<IssueRow issue={issue} />);
+    });
+    const badge = container.querySelector("[data-execution-disposition-kind]");
+    expect(badge).toBeNull();
+    act(() => root.unmount());
+  });
+
   it("renders without error when titleSuffix is omitted", () => {
     const root = createRoot(container);
 
diff --git a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx
index bd8b98b8092..73f69234559 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/IssueRow.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { formatAssigneeUserLabel } from "../lib/assignees";
 import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
 import { StatusIcon } from "./StatusIcon";
 import { productivityReviewTriggerLabel } from "./ProductivityReviewBadge";
+import { IssueDispositionBadge, dispositionCategory } from "./IssueDispositionBadge";
 
 type UnreadState = "hidden" | "visible" | "fading";
 
@@ -130,6 +131,19 @@ export function IssueRow({
       Waiting
     </span>
   ) : null;
+  // Disposition badge: skip when the existing waiting/recovery affordance already conveys the same
+  // signal (explicit waiting pill or blockerAttention recovery_needed copy), so we don't double up.
+  const dispositionForBadge = (() => {
+    const category = dispositionCategory(issue.executionDisposition);
+    if (!category) return null;
+    if (category === "terminal" || category === "resting" || category === "dispatchable") return null;
+    if (category === "waiting" && isExplicitWaiting) return null;
+    if (category === "recovery" && issue.blockerAttention?.state === "recovery_needed") return null;
+    return issue.executionDisposition ?? null;
+  })();
+  const dispositionBadge = dispositionForBadge ? (
+    <IssueDispositionBadge disposition={dispositionForBadge} />
+  ) : null;
   const productivityReviewIndicator = productivityReview ? (
     <span
       className={cn(
@@ -213,18 +227,20 @@ export function IssueRow({
           ) : null}
         </span>
       </span>
-      {(desktopTrailing || trailingMeta || desktopWaitingPill) ? (
+      {(desktopTrailing || trailingMeta || desktopWaitingPill || dispositionBadge) ? (
         <span className="ml-auto hidden shrink-0 items-center gap-2 sm:order-3 sm:flex sm:gap-3">
           {desktopWaitingPill}
+          {dispositionBadge}
           {desktopTrailing}
           {trailingMeta ? (
             <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{trailingMeta}</span>
           ) : null}
         </span>
       ) : null}
-      {mobileWaitingPill ? (
-        <span className="ml-auto inline-flex shrink-0 items-center sm:hidden">
+      {mobileWaitingPill || dispositionBadge ? (
+        <span className="ml-auto inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1.5 sm:hidden">
           {mobileWaitingPill}
+          {dispositionBadge}
         </span>
       ) : null}
       {showUnreadSlot ? (
diff --git a/ui/storybook/stories/status-language.stories.tsx b/ui/storybook/stories/status-language.stories.tsx
index c25a66b8cfa..ab3b7299285 100644
--- a/ui/storybook/stories/status-language.stories.tsx
+++ b/ui/storybook/stories/status-language.stories.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { IssueRow } from "@/components/IssueRow";
 import { MetricCard } from "@/components/MetricCard";
 import { PriorityIcon } from "@/components/PriorityIcon";
 import { ProductivityReviewBadge } from "@/components/ProductivityReviewBadge";
+import { IssueDispositionBadge } from "@/components/IssueDispositionBadge";
 import { QuotaBar } from "@/components/QuotaBar";
 import { StatusBadge } from "@/components/StatusBadge";
 import { StatusIcon } from "@/components/StatusIcon";
@@ -857,6 +858,45 @@ function StatusLanguage() {
           </p>
         </Section>
 
+        <Section eyebrow="Execution disposition" title="Canonical disposition badges">
+          <p className="mb-4 max-w-3xl text-sm leading-6 text-muted-foreground">
+            The badge derives every category from the API's <code>executionDisposition</code> field —
+            the same classifier the recovery and transition guard services use. The board reads this
+            instead of inferring health from status alone.
+          </p>
+          <div className="grid gap-3 md:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3">
+            {[
+              { label: "Live · active run", disposition: { kind: "live", path: "active_run" } as const },
+              { label: "Live · queued wake", disposition: { kind: "live", path: "queued_wake" } as const },
+              { label: "Ready · dispatchable", disposition: { kind: "dispatchable", wakeTarget: "agent-1" } as const },
+              { label: "Waiting · interaction", disposition: { kind: "waiting", path: "interaction" } as const },
+              { label: "Waiting · approval", disposition: { kind: "waiting", path: "approval" } as const },
+              { label: "Waiting · participant", disposition: { kind: "waiting", path: "participant" } as const },
+              { label: "Blocked · chain", disposition: { kind: "waiting", path: "blocker_chain" } as const },
+              { label: "Recovery · continuation", disposition: { kind: "recoverable_by_control_plane", recovery: "continuation" } as const },
+              { label: "Continuable · 1/2", disposition: { kind: "agent_continuable", continuationAttempt: 1, maxAttempts: 2 } as const },
+              { label: "Needs manager", disposition: { kind: "human_escalation_required", owner: "manager" } as const },
+              { label: "Needs board", disposition: { kind: "human_escalation_required", owner: "board" } as const },
+              {
+                label: "Stalled review",
+                disposition: {
+                  kind: "invalid",
+                  reason: "in_review_without_action_path",
+                  suggestedCorrection: "Add participant or move out of review",
+                } as const,
+              },
+            ].map((item) => (
+              <div
+                key={item.label}
+                className="flex items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded-lg border border-border bg-background/70 p-4"
+              >
+                <span className="text-sm">{item.label}</span>
+                <IssueDispositionBadge disposition={item.disposition} hideForResting={false} hideForTerminal={false} />
+              </div>
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        </Section>
+
         <Section eyebrow="Productivity review" title="Yellow accountability state on source issues">
           <ProductivityReviewMatrix />
         </Section>