Muse Code pane stays working after the turn ends

[JacobStephens2]

Is this a reproducible bug?

• I confirm this is a reproducible bug, not a feature request, idea, question, contribution proposal, or direction check.
• I reproduced this bug on the version and environment reported below using the exact steps provided.

Current behavior

A Muse Code 1.1.1 pane is detected as muse, but after the turn finishes the sidebar status bubble stays yellow/working.

On the live pane the Muse UI is idle:

◆ Worked for 3m 13s · 12:29 AM
── Voice input (⌥ + v to start) ──
❯
──
  muse-spark-1.3 · high · ~/.herdr/worktrees/career/79 · YOLO

Same pane, same moment:

• herdr agent list → agent: muse, agent_status: working, revision: 2 (stuck)
• herdr agent explain w4J:p1 --json → state: idle, matched idle_status_fallback, visible_idle: true

Neighboring Grok panes in the same workspace update normally (working / done).

Expected behavior

When Muse finishes a turn and shows the idle prompt, the pane should become idle (or done if unfocused), and the space/pane status bubble should follow.

Reproduction

1. Herdr 0.9.0 stable, Muse Code 1.1.1 (muse-bin-1.1.1-R2514.1).
2. In a Herdr pane, start muse and send a prompt that completes.
3. Wait until the Muse UI shows ◆ Worked for … and the ❯ prompt.
4. Run herdr agent list and herdr agent explain <pane> --json.

explain reports idle. list and the sidebar bubble stay working.

Impact

I cannot trust the Herdr sidebar for Muse the way I do for Grok/Claude. A finished Muse session keeps looking like it still needs attention, so I have to open the pane to find out.

Environment

• Herdr version: 0.9.0 (/Users/jacob/.local/bin/herdr)
• Update channel (stable or preview): stable
• Operating system: macOS 26.5.2 (Apple Silicon)
• Terminal: Ghostty
• Shell, if relevant: zsh
• Relevant config, if any: Muse Code 1.1.1 (1.1.1-R2514.1); muse detection manifest 2026.08.26.1; no local ~/.config/herdr/agent-detection/muse.toml override

[ogulcancelik]

i investigated and reproduced this. muse’s bundled herdr integration sends its own status reports, but misses the final idle update. those reports override herdr’s screen detection.

until the muse team fixes it, exit muse and restart with:

env -u HERDR_ENV muse

this disables muse’s bundled integration and lets herdr track status from the screen. i verified it works.

[JacobStephens2]

Thanks — that matches what I was seeing (explain already idle, published status stuck working). I restarted the herdr session with env -u HERDR_ENV muse and confirmed it: herdr now tracks from the screen, and agent list plus the sidebar follow idle after a finished turn.

[Answeror]

thanks for reporting and the investigation!
a fix on muse code side will be released soon.

btw, herdr is amazing!

[Answeror]

this is fixed in muse code 1.2.1