@@ -404,8 +404,10 @@ shared grammar:
   the delegating transcript step, `⏎` the full registry record — trust,
   budget, cost, and artifact lines included.
 - **Jobs** — the session's background commands (odek ≥ v1.38), live-polled
-  every 3s; a background watcher surfaces starts and exits as transcript
-  notes even with the tab closed. `⏎` opens the job's output viewer (`f`
+  every 3s; a background watcher surfaces starts as transcript notes and
+  exits as **alert-tier notes naming the command** — with a bell / desktop
+  notification (same gates as turns) so a finished job is never missed,
+  even with the tab closed. `⏎` opens the job's output viewer (`f`
   pages further output), `s` stops a running job (two-step, same gate as
   `/stop`). Jobs are session-scoped: other sessions' jobs never appear.
 - **Events** — the `odek.event/v1` ring: `f` filter to this session, `x`
 
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ import (
 type attentionKind int
 
 const (
-	attentionDone     attentionKind = iota // a turn finished (done event)
-	attentionApproval                      // an approval is waiting (approval_request)
+	attentionDone      attentionKind = iota // a turn finished (done event)
+	attentionApproval                       // an approval is waiting (approval_request)
+	attentionJobDone                        // a background job exited cleanly (jobs watcher)
+	attentionJobFailed                      // a background job failed / timed out / was killed
 )
 
 // attention is the plan of terminal-attention effects for one state change.
@@ -58,6 +60,10 @@ func (m *Model) attentionFor(kind attentionKind) attention {
 		prefix, note = "⚠ approval needed", "bodek: approval needed"
 	case attentionDone:
 		prefix, note = "✓ done", "bodek: turn complete"
+	case attentionJobDone:
+		prefix, note = "✓ bg job done", "bodek: background job finished"
+	case attentionJobFailed:
+		prefix, note = "✗ bg job failed", "bodek: background job failed"
 	default:
 		return attention{}
 	}
 
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
+	"github.com/BackendStack21/bodek/internal/client"
+)
+
+// ── bg job completion visibility (J1 + J2) ──────────────────────────────────
+//
+// A finished background job used to surface as a 3-second transient note —
+// on a 10-second poll cadence, with no command context and no attention
+// trigger. Practically invisible. The contract now: terminal transitions
+// post alert-tier notes that name the command, and fire the attention
+// layer (bell / OSC 9) so the operator is actually told.
+
+// exitedJob is a finished job snapshot with a recognizable command head.
+func exitedJob(status string, code int) client.Job {
+	c := code
+	return client.Job{ID: "bg_0000abcd", Command: "gh pr checks 63 --watch",
+		Status: status, RuntimeS: 104, ExitCode: &c}
+}
+
+// seedRunning primes the diff map so the next applyJobs sees a transition.
+func seedRunning(t *testing.T) *Model {
+	t.Helper()
+	m := newTestModel()
+	m.applyJobs([]client.Job{{ID: "bg_0000abcd", Command: "gh pr checks 63 --watch",
+		Status: "running", RuntimeS: 3}}, nil)
+	return m
+}
+
+// TestJobExitAlertTier pins J1: a terminal transition posts an alert-tier
+// note (dwell in (noticeTTL, alertTTL]), not a 3s transient.
+func TestJobExitAlertTier(t *testing.T) {
+	m := seedRunning(t)
+	m.applyJobs([]client.Job{exitedJob("exited", 0)}, nil)
+
+	note, exp := lastNoteMatching(m, "bg_0000abcd")
+	if note == "" {
+		t.Fatal("exit transition posted no note")
+	}
+	if dwell := time.Until(exp); dwell <= noticeTTL || dwell > alertTTL {
+		t.Errorf("exit note dwell = %v, want alert tier (%v, %v]", dwell, noticeTTL, alertTTL)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJobExitNoteNamesCommand pins the command context: the exit note
+// carries the sanitized command head so the operator knows WHICH job.
+func TestJobExitNoteNamesCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	m := seedRunning(t)
+	m.applyJobs([]client.Job{exitedJob("exited", 0)}, nil)
+
+	note, _ := lastNoteMatching(m, "bg_0000abcd")
+	for _, want := range []string{"gh pr checks 63 --watch", "exited 0", "1m44s"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(note, want) {
+			t.Errorf("exit note missing %q: %q", want, note)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJobExitAttentionCmd pins J2: a transition fires the attention layer;
+// a steady-state re-apply fires nothing.
+func TestJobExitAttentionCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	m := seedRunning(t)
+	var attn tea.Cmd
+	attn = m.applyJobs([]client.Job{exitedJob("exited", 0)}, nil)
+	if attn == nil {
+		t.Fatal("terminal transition fired no attention")
+	}
+
+	if attn = m.applyJobs([]client.Job{exitedJob("exited", 0)}, nil); attn != nil {
+		t.Error("steady-state re-apply must not re-fire attention")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestJobAttentionKinds covers the new kinds' rendering plan: ✓ for clean
+// exits, ✗ for failures; notification and bell stay user-gated.
+func TestJobAttentionKinds(t *testing.T) {
+	if jobAttentionKind(exitedJob("exited", 0)) != attentionJobDone {
+		t.Error("clean exit should map to attentionJobDone")
+	}
+	for _, s := range []string{"failed", "timeout", "killed"} {
+		if jobAttentionKind(exitedJob(s, 1)) != attentionJobFailed {
+			t.Errorf("%s should map to attentionJobFailed", s)
+		}
+	}
+
+	m := newTestModel()
+	m.notify = true
+	if a := m.attentionFor(attentionJobDone); !strings.Contains(a.sequence(), "bg job done") {
+		t.Errorf("done attention missing title/notify: %q", a.sequence())
+	}
+	if a := m.attentionFor(attentionJobFailed); !strings.Contains(a.sequence(), "bg job failed") {
+		t.Errorf("failed attention missing title/notify: %q", a.sequence())
+	}
+	m.notify = false
+	if a := m.attentionFor(attentionJobDone); strings.Contains(a.sequence(), "\x1b]9;") {
+		t.Errorf("notify disabled but OSC 9 emitted: %q", a.sequence())
+	}
+}
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ import (
 // agent-side completion notice never leaves the LLM payload. bodek therefore
 // watches GET /api/jobs itself: a 10s cadence whenever a session is live —
 // the canonical case is a job finishing while the operator reads output —
-// stepping up to 3s while the tab is visible. Diffs surface as transient
-// notes; the tab is the full surface (rows, output detail, stop).
+// stepping up to 3s while the tab is visible. Terminal transitions surface
+// as alert-tier notes naming the command and fire the attention layer; the
+// tab is the full surface (rows, output detail, stop).
 
 const (
 	jobsPollEvery  = 3 * time.Second  // tab visible: live view
@@ -91,10 +92,12 @@ func (m *Model) fetchJobs() tea.Cmd {
 	}
 }
 
-// applyJobs stores a snapshot; watcher diffs become transient notes. The
-// first successful snapshot baselines silently — jobs that predate the
-// attach belong to the tab, not the transcript.
-func (m *Model) applyJobs(jobs []client.Job, err error) {
+// applyJobs stores a snapshot; watcher diffs become alert-tier notes — a
+// finished job is actionable, not housekeeping — and terminal transitions
+// fire the attention layer (bell / OSC 9). The first successful snapshot
+// baselines silently — jobs that predate the attach belong to the tab, not
+// the transcript. Returns the attention cmd (nil without a transition).
+func (m *Model) applyJobs(jobs []client.Job, err error) tea.Cmd {
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, client.ErrJobsUnavailable) {
 			m.jobsOff = true
@@ -103,17 +106,18 @@ func (m *Model) applyJobs(jobs []client.Job, err error) {
 				m.panelMsg = "background commands need odek ≥ v1.38.0"
 				m.refresh()
 			}
-			return
+			return nil
 		}
 		if m.panel == panelJobs {
 			// Transient network blips surface here only when the operator
 			// is looking; the silent watcher keeps ticking.
 			m.panelMsg = "error: " + err.Error()
 			m.refresh()
 		}
-		return
+		return nil
 	}
 	m.jobs = jobs
+	var attn tea.Cmd
 	if m.jobsPrev == nil {
 		m.jobsPrev = make(map[string]string, len(jobs))
 		for _, j := range jobs {
@@ -133,7 +137,10 @@ func (m *Model) applyJobs(jobs []client.Job, err error) {
 			case !seen:
 				m.addTransientNote("bg · " + jobStatusGlyph(j.Status) + " " + sanitize(j.ID) + " · " + sanitize(j.Command))
 			case old == "running" && j.Status != "running":
-				m.addTransientNote(jobExitNote(j))
+				// Alert tier + attention: a finished job must survive a
+				// glance-away, and the operator opted into knowing.
+				m.addNote(jobExitNote(j))
+				attn = m.attentionCmd(m.attentionFor(jobAttentionKind(j)))
 			}
 			m.jobsPrev[j.ID] = j.Status
 		}
@@ -147,6 +154,7 @@ func (m *Model) applyJobs(jobs []client.Job, err error) {
 	if m.panelSel >= m.panelLen() {
 		m.panelSel = max(m.panelLen()-1, 0)
 	}
+	return attn
 }
 
 // rearmJobs schedules the next fetch: the fast chain while the tab is
@@ -339,16 +347,29 @@ func jobStatusGlyph(status string) string {
 	return "·"
 }
 
-// jobExitNote is the watcher's terminal-transition note: glyph, id, terminal
-// status, exit code when the server reported one, humanized runtime.
+// jobExitNote is the watcher's terminal-transition note: glyph, id, command
+// head, terminal status, exit code when the server reported one, humanized
+// runtime.
 func jobExitNote(j client.Job) string {
-	s := jobStatusGlyph(j.Status) + " " + sanitize(j.ID) + " " + j.Status
+	s := jobStatusGlyph(j.Status) + " " + sanitize(j.ID) + " · " + truncate(sanitize(j.Command), 48)
 	if j.ExitCode != nil {
-		s += fmt.Sprintf(" %d", *j.ExitCode)
+		s += " — " + j.Status + fmt.Sprintf(" %d", *j.ExitCode)
+	} else {
+		s += " — " + j.Status
 	}
 	return s + " · " + fmtRuntime(j.RuntimeS)
 }
 
+// jobAttentionKind maps a terminal job status to its attention kind.
+func jobAttentionKind(j client.Job) attentionKind {
+	switch j.Status {
+	case "failed", "timeout", "killed":
+		return attentionJobFailed
+	default:
+		return attentionJobDone
+	}
+}
+
 // fmtRuntime humanizes seconds the way the transcript does durations.
 func fmtRuntime(s float64) string {
 	if s < 0 {
 
@@ -577,9 +577,9 @@ func (m *Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		return m, m.handleJobsTick(msg)
 
 	case jobsFetchedMsg:
-		m.applyJobs(msg.jobs, msg.err)
+		attn := m.applyJobs(msg.jobs, msg.err)
 		m.refresh()
-		return m, tea.Batch(m.rearmJobs(), m.noticeSweep())
+		return m, tea.Batch(m.rearmJobs(), m.noticeSweep(), attn)
 
 	case jobOutputMsg:
 		return m, m.handleJobOutput(msg)