diff --git a/src/features/chat/app-server/mappers/message-stream/turn-items.ts b/src/features/chat/app-server/mappers/message-stream/turn-items.ts
index f0cedcf0..7dd7faeb 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/app-server/mappers/message-stream/turn-items.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/app-server/mappers/message-stream/turn-items.ts
@@ -273,11 +273,9 @@ function imageViewMessageStreamItem(item: ImageViewItem, turnId?: string): Messa
 function sleepMessageStreamItem(item: SleepItem, turnId?: string): MessageStreamItem {
   return {
     ...turnItemSourceFields(item, turnId),
-    kind: "tool",
+    kind: "wait",
     role: "tool",
-    toolName: "sleep",
-    primaryTarget: { kind: "value", value: `${String(item.durationMs)} ms` },
-    output: "",
+    text: `Waited ${durationLabel(item.durationMs)}`,
     executionState: "completed",
   };
 }
@@ -569,3 +567,9 @@ function jsonTargetPrimitive(value: unknown): string | null {
 function executionStateFromStatus(status: string, states: ExecutionStateByStatus): ExecutionState {
   return states[status] ?? null;
 }
+
+function durationLabel(durationMs: number): string {
+  if (durationMs < 1000) return `${String(durationMs)}ms`;
+  if (durationMs % 1000 === 0) return `${String(durationMs / 1000)}s`;
+  return `${String(durationMs / 1000)}s`;
+}
diff --git a/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/items.ts b/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/items.ts
index a1e6006e..eb913dd1 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/items.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/items.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type MessageStreamItemKind =
   | "agent"
   | "hook"
   | "reasoning"
+  | "wait"
   | "contextCompaction"
   | "system"
   | "goal"
@@ -246,6 +247,12 @@ interface ContextCompactionMessageStreamItem extends MessageStreamBase {
   readonly role: "tool";
 }
 
+interface WaitMessageStreamItem extends MessageStreamBase {
+  readonly kind: "wait";
+  readonly role: "tool";
+  readonly text: string;
+}
+
 interface TaskProgressStep {
   readonly step: string;
   readonly status: "pending" | "inProgress" | "completed";
@@ -304,6 +311,7 @@ export type MessageStreamItem =
   | ToolCallMessageStreamItem
   | HookMessageStreamItem
   | ReasoningMessageStreamItem
+  | WaitMessageStreamItem
   | ContextCompactionMessageStreamItem
   | TaskProgressMessageStreamItem
   | AgentMessageStreamItem
diff --git a/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/semantics/classify.ts b/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/semantics/classify.ts
index 7e430076..517f8f3d 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/semantics/classify.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/domain/message-stream/semantics/classify.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ function meaningForMessageStreamItem(item: MessageStreamItem): MessageStreamMean
       return { plane: "execution", event: "evidence" };
     case "reasoning":
       return { plane: "execution", event: "progress" };
+    case "wait":
+      return { plane: "execution", event: "progress" };
     case "taskProgress":
       return { plane: "execution", event: "progress" };
     case "agent":
diff --git a/src/features/chat/presentation/message-stream/render-family.ts b/src/features/chat/presentation/message-stream/render-family.ts
index 6769e649..0c2c0de1 100644
--- a/src/features/chat/presentation/message-stream/render-family.ts
+++ b/src/features/chat/presentation/message-stream/render-family.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export function messageStreamRenderFamily(classification: MessageStreamSemanticC
       return "detail";
     case "taskProgress":
     case "reasoning":
+    case "wait":
     case "contextCompaction":
       return "status";
   }
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/message-stream/model.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/message-stream/model.test.ts
index 08e4353a..a6065281 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/message-stream/model.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/message-stream/model.test.ts
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ describe("turn item conversion preserves app-server semantics", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("preserves sleep items as completed wait tool summaries", () => {
+  it("preserves sleep items as completed wait status summaries", () => {
     const item: TurnItem = {
       type: "sleep",
       id: "sleep-1",
@@ -691,10 +691,8 @@ describe("turn item conversion preserves app-server semantics", () => {
     };
 
     expect(messageStreamItemFromTurnItem(item, "t1")).toMatchObject({
-      kind: "tool",
-      toolName: "sleep",
-      primaryTarget: { kind: "value", value: "2500 ms" },
-      output: "",
+      kind: "wait",
+      text: "Waited 2.5s",
       executionState: "completed",
     });
   });
diff --git a/tests/features/chat/message-stream/semantics.test.ts b/tests/features/chat/message-stream/semantics.test.ts
index ac41e29e..1ae64a48 100644
--- a/tests/features/chat/message-stream/semantics.test.ts
+++ b/tests/features/chat/message-stream/semantics.test.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ describe("message stream semantic classification", () => {
       { id: "tool", kind: "tool", role: "tool", text: "tool", toolCall: { arguments: { k: "v" } } },
       { id: "hook", kind: "hook", role: "tool", text: "hook" },
       { id: "reasoning", kind: "reasoning", role: "tool", text: "thinking" },
+      { id: "wait", kind: "wait", role: "tool", text: "Waited 2.5s", executionState: "completed" },
     ]);
 
     expect(semantic.map(({ meaning }) => meaning)).toEqual([
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ describe("message stream semantic classification", () => {
       { plane: "execution", event: "evidence" },
       { plane: "execution", event: "evidence" },
       { plane: "execution", event: "progress" },
+      { plane: "execution", event: "progress" },
     ]);
   });