diff --git a/packages/views/issues/components/agent-live-card.tsx b/packages/views/issues/components/agent-live-card.tsx
index 481cd7188..f7521fd63 100644
--- a/packages/views/issues/components/agent-live-card.tsx
+++ b/packages/views/issues/components/agent-live-card.tsx
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export function AgentLiveCard({ issueId }: AgentLiveCardProps) {
     // thread scrolls under it. One bordered container in every state: the
     // single row, the collapsed summary, and the expanded list all share it,
     // so the bar reads at one consistent width.
-    <div className="mb-4 sticky top-4 z-10 rounded-lg bg-background/80 supports-[backdrop-filter]:bg-background/55 backdrop-blur-md">
+    <div className="mt-4 sticky top-4 z-10 rounded-lg bg-background/80 supports-[backdrop-filter]:bg-background/55 backdrop-blur-md">
       <div className="overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-info/20 bg-info/5">
         {isMulti ? (
           <>
diff --git a/packages/views/issues/components/issue-detail.tsx b/packages/views/issues/components/issue-detail.tsx
index e34720a70..fb931539f 100644
--- a/packages/views/issues/components/issue-detail.tsx
+++ b/packages/views/issues/components/issue-detail.tsx
@@ -1728,14 +1728,6 @@ export function IssueDetail({ issueId, onDelete, onDone, defaultSidebarOpen = tr
           className="relative flex-1 overflow-y-auto"
         >
         <div className="mx-auto w-full max-w-4xl px-8 py-8">
-          {/* Agent live status — sticky bar at the top of the main content,
-              above the editable title. Keyed by issue id so switching issues
-              remounts and clears in-flight task state from the previous
-              issue. A single active task is directly actionable (Logs +
-              Stop); multiple collapse into a click-to-open popover. The full
-              execution log lives in the right panel via ExecutionLogSection —
-              this bar is just the "is anyone working?" anchor. */}
-          <AgentLiveCard key={id} issueId={id} />
           <TitleEditor
             key={`title-${id}`}
             defaultValue={issue.title}
@@ -1946,6 +1938,14 @@ export function IssueDetail({ issueId, onDelete, onDone, defaultSidebarOpen = tr
 
             <LocalDirectoryHint projectId={issue?.project_id} />
 
+            {/* Agent live output — sticky banner in the activity section,
+                keyed by issue id so switching issues remounts the card and
+                clears any in-flight task state from the previous issue.
+                The execution log itself (per-task timeline + past runs)
+                lives in the right panel via ExecutionLogSection — this
+                card is just a header-style "agent is working" anchor. */}
+            <AgentLiveCard key={id} issueId={id} />
+
             {/* Timeline entries — virtualized via react-virtuoso to keep
                 first-paint cost O(viewport) instead of O(N). On a 500-comment
                 issue the unvirtualized .map froze the page for several