diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.test.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.test.tsx
index f9e956e2c4..716373aa92 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.test.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.test.tsx
@@ -231,4 +231,21 @@ describe("TaskChatProtocolActivityRow", () => {
     expect(row?.querySelector("details")).toBeNull();
     expect(row?.querySelector('[aria-expanded]')).toBeNull();
   });
+  it.each([
+    ["info", "informational", "Provider update", "lucide-info"],
+    ["warning", "informational", "Warning", "lucide-triangle-alert"],
+    ["error", "failed", "Error", "lucide-triangle-alert"],
+    ["info", "failed", "Error", "lucide-triangle-alert"],
+  ] as const)("renders %s/%s notice severity without hiding its summary", (severity, status, label, icon) => {
+    const summary = "Pi estimates this turn at $0.000617. Billing cost is unverified.";
+    render({
+      id: "notice", kind: "protocol", surface: "provider_activity", family: "provider_notice",
+      eventType: "provider.notice.recorded", status, title: "Provider notice", summary,
+      details: [{ label: "Severity", value: severity }], steps: [], links: [], children: [],
+    });
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain(label);
+    expect(container.querySelector("p")?.textContent).toBe(summary);
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="task-chat-protocol-activity-icon"]')?.classList.contains(icon)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.tsx b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.tsx
index 5440a4408e..ca10ee67cd 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/TaskChatProtocolActivityRow.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { useId, useState, type ReactNode } from "react";
 import {
-  AlertTriangle,
   Check,
   ChevronRight,
   Circle,
@@ -281,13 +280,14 @@ export function TaskChatProtocolActivityRow({ item }: { item: TaskChatProtocolIt
   const presentation = protocolActivityPresentation(item);
   if (!presentation) return null;
   if (item.surface === "provider_activity" && item.family === "provider_notice") {
+    const NoticeIcon = presentation.icon;
     const summary = item.summary
       ?? item.details.find((entry) => entry.label === "Summary")?.value
       ?? "The provider reported a notice without a message.";
     return (
       <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-col gap-1.5 py-1 text-xs" data-testid="task-chat-protocol-activity-row" data-activity-family="provider_notice">
         <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-muted-foreground">
-          <AlertTriangle className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" aria-hidden data-testid="task-chat-protocol-activity-icon" />
+          <NoticeIcon className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0" aria-hidden data-testid="task-chat-protocol-activity-icon" />
           <span className="font-medium">{item.status === "failed" ? "Error" : item.details.find(detail => detail.label === "Severity")?.value === "info" ? "Provider update" : "Warning"}</span>
         </div>
         <p className="min-w-0 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words text-foreground">{summary}</p>
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.test.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.test.ts
index 85c02dd034..3c22f601cd 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { AlertTriangle, Info } from "lucide-react";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { completedActivitySummary } from "./completed-activity-summary";
 import type {
@@ -141,4 +142,35 @@ describe("completedActivitySummary", () => {
       completedActivitySummary([tool("mcp__github__get_pull_request")]).label,
     ).toBe("Used connected tools");
   });
+  it("shows the preserved pricing estimate as informational, not a billing receipt", () => {
+    const summary = "Pi estimates this turn at $0.000617 from its model prices. Billing cost is unverified.";
+    expect(completedActivitySummary([{
+      ...provider("provider_notice", "informational"), summary,
+      details: [{ label: "Severity", value: "info" }],
+    }])).toEqual({ label: summary, fullLabel: summary, icon: Info });
+  });
+  it.each(["warning", "error", undefined])("retains warning/error icons and safe notice text (%s)", (severity) => {
+    const summary = "Provider request needs attention.";
+    const result = completedActivitySummary([{
+      ...provider("provider_notice", severity === "error" ? "failed" : "informational"),
+      details: [
+        { label: "Summary", value: summary },
+        ...(severity ? [{ label: "Severity", value: severity }] : []),
+      ],
+    }]);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ label: summary, fullLabel: summary, icon: AlertTriangle });
+  });
+  it("uses a generic fallback without promoting arbitrary detail fields", () => {
+    expect(completedActivitySummary([{
+      ...provider("provider_notice", "informational"), summary: "  ",
+      details: [{ label: "Raw input", value: "private-command-or-path" }],
+    }]).label).toBe("Received a provider update");
+  });
+  it("does not hide a failed notice behind informational metadata", () => {
+    expect(completedActivitySummary([{
+      ...provider("provider_notice", "failed"), summary: "Provider failed.",
+      details: [{ label: "Severity", value: "info" }],
+    }]).icon).toBe(AlertTriangle);
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.ts
index d21c786e66..d2223dbb4e 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/completed-activity-summary.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ export function completedActivitySummary(items: Activity[]) {
       } else {
         const p = protocolActivityPresentation(item);
         if (!p) continue;
+        if (item.surface === "provider_activity" && item.family === "provider_notice") {
+          // Reuse only the normalized notice text already available in the row.
+          const summary = item.summary?.trim()
+            || item.details.find((entry) => entry.label === "Summary")?.value.trim();
+          add(summary || "Received a provider update", p.icon, order);
+          continue;
+        }
         const family =
           item.surface === "provider_activity" ? item.family : item.surface;
         const label =
@@ -84,7 +91,6 @@ export function completedActivitySummary(items: Activity[]) {
               safety: "Reviewed safety",
               terminal: "Ran commands",
               wait: "Waited",
-              provider_notice: "Received a provider update",
               workspace_change: "Worked on files",
               workspace_file: "Referenced files",
               resource: "Added resources",
diff --git a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-activity-presentation.ts b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-activity-presentation.ts
index 4d905b65ff..27193ba30d 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-activity-presentation.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/task-chat/task-chat-activity-presentation.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   FilePenLine,
   FileText,
   GitBranch,
+  Info,
   ListChecks,
   PackageCheck,
   Search,
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ export function providerActivityPresentation(item: TaskChatProviderActivityItem)
     case "wait":
       return { icon: Clock3, runningLabel: "Waiting", completedLabel: "Finished waiting", failedLabel: "Wait failed", interruptedLabel: "Wait stopped", detail };
     case "provider_notice":
-      return { icon: AlertTriangle, runningLabel: "Provider notice", completedLabel: "Provider notice", failedLabel: "Provider error", interruptedLabel: "Provider notice", detail };
+      return { icon: item.status !== "failed" && providerDetail(item, "Severity") === "info" ? Info : AlertTriangle, runningLabel: "Provider notice", completedLabel: "Provider notice", failedLabel: "Provider error", interruptedLabel: "Provider notice", detail };
   }
 }