diff --git a/src/editor-rewrite/popover.ts b/src/editor-rewrite/popover.ts
index 85112577..75b2ff7c 100644
--- a/src/editor-rewrite/popover.ts
+++ b/src/editor-rewrite/popover.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { isRewriteGenerateKey } from "./keys";
 import { canApplyRewrite, type RewriteRuntimeSettings, type RewriteSession } from "./model";
 import { RewriteOutputError } from "./output";
 import { buildRewritePrompt } from "./prompt";
-import { runRewriteSelection } from "./runner";
+import { runRewriteSelection, type RewriteActivity } from "./runner";
 import type { SendShortcut } from "../settings/model";
 
 const POPOVER_MARGIN = 8;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class RewriteSelectionPopover {
     this.previewEl?.setText("");
     this.diffEl?.empty();
     this.renderDebug();
-    this.setStatus("Generating patch...");
+    this.setStatus("Generating patch", { active: true });
     this.syncControls();
 
     try {
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export class RewriteSelectionPopover {
         cwd: this.options.cwd,
         prompt: buildRewritePrompt(this.options.session),
         runtimeSettings: this.options.runtimeSettings,
+        onActivity: (activity) => this.updateActivity(activity),
         onPreview: (text) => this.updatePreview(text),
       });
       this.options.session.replacementText = output.replacementText;
@@ -156,9 +157,14 @@ export class RewriteSelectionPopover {
   private updatePreview(text: string): void {
     this.options.session.streamText = text;
     this.previewEl?.setText(text);
+    this.setStatus("Writing replacement", { active: true });
     this.position();
   }
 
+  private updateActivity(activity: RewriteActivity): void {
+    this.setStatus(activity === "reasoning" ? "Reasoning" : "Writing replacement", { active: true });
+  }
+
   private renderDiff(): void {
     const replacement = this.options.session.replacementText;
     if (replacement === null || !this.diffEl) return;
@@ -199,8 +205,16 @@ export class RewriteSelectionPopover {
     this.close();
   }
 
-  private setStatus(text: string): void {
-    this.statusEl?.setText(text);
+  private setStatus(text: string, options: { active?: boolean } = {}): void {
+    if (!this.statusEl) return;
+    this.statusEl.empty();
+    this.statusEl.classList.toggle("is-active", Boolean(options.active));
+    this.statusEl.createSpan({ text });
+    if (!options.active) return;
+    const dots = this.statusEl.createSpan({ cls: "codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status-dots" });
+    dots.createSpan({ text: "." });
+    dots.createSpan({ text: "." });
+    dots.createSpan({ text: "." });
   }
 
   private syncControls(): void {
diff --git a/src/editor-rewrite/runner.ts b/src/editor-rewrite/runner.ts
index bf0e052f..63e9cb43 100644
--- a/src/editor-rewrite/runner.ts
+++ b/src/editor-rewrite/runner.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ export interface RunRewriteSelectionOptions {
   cwd: string;
   prompt: string;
   runtimeSettings?: RewriteRuntimeSettings;
+  onActivity?: (activity: RewriteActivity) => void;
   onPreview?: (text: string) => void;
 }
 
+export type RewriteActivity = "reasoning" | "writing";
+
 export async function runRewriteSelection(options: RunRewriteSelectionOptions): Promise<RewriteOutput> {
   let threadId: string | null = null;
   let expectedTurnId: string | null = null;
@@ -54,10 +57,21 @@ export async function runRewriteSelection(options: RunRewriteSelectionOptions):
       if (notification.method === "item/agentMessage/delta") {
         if (!threadId || notification.params.threadId !== threadId) return;
         if (expectedTurnId && notification.params.turnId !== expectedTurnId) return;
+        options.onActivity?.("writing");
         preview += notification.params.delta;
         options.onPreview?.(preview);
         return;
       }
+      if (
+        notification.method === "item/reasoning/summaryTextDelta" ||
+        notification.method === "item/reasoning/textDelta" ||
+        notification.method === "item/reasoning/summaryPartAdded"
+      ) {
+        if (!threadId || notification.params.threadId !== threadId) return;
+        if (expectedTurnId && notification.params.turnId !== expectedTurnId) return;
+        options.onActivity?.("reasoning");
+        return;
+      }
       if (notification.method === "item/completed") {
         if (!threadId || notification.params.threadId !== threadId) return;
         if (expectedTurnId && notification.params.turnId !== expectedTurnId) return;
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 4c7d33a3..afbf814d 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -1430,6 +1430,26 @@
   font-size: var(--font-ui-small);
 }
 
+.codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status.is-active {
+  color: var(--text-faint);
+}
+
+.codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status-dots span {
+  opacity: 0.35;
+}
+
+.codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status.is-active .codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status-dots span {
+  animation: codex-panel-reasoning-dot 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;
+}
+
+.codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status.is-active .codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status-dots span:nth-child(2) {
+  animation-delay: 0.18s;
+}
+
+.codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status.is-active .codex-panel-rewrite-popover__status-dots span:nth-child(3) {
+  animation-delay: 0.36s;
+}
+
 .codex-panel-rewrite-popover__preview {
   display: none;
   max-height: 120px;