diff --git a/skill/scripts/live-browser.js b/skill/scripts/live-browser.js
index 0103ed94e..7f8c7ec00 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/live-browser.js
+++ b/skill/scripts/live-browser.js
@@ -2539,6 +2539,10 @@
     if (generationPhase === 'scaffolding') return 'Finding the source...';
     if (generationPhase === 'source_ready') return 'Source ready. Generating...';
     if (generationPhase === 'scaffold_fallback') return 'Agent is locating the source...';
+    if (generationPhase === 'first_variant_generating') return 'Designing the first variant...';
+    if (generationPhase === 'first_variant_validating') return 'Checking the first variant...';
+    if (generationPhase === 'remaining_variants_generating') return 'Exploring two more directions...';
+    if (generationPhase === 'remaining_variants_validating') return 'Checking the remaining variants...';
     return 'Generating ' + expectedVariants + ' variants...';
   }
 
diff --git a/skill/scripts/live-server.mjs b/skill/scripts/live-server.mjs
index dc93065eb..9b3f0cbb0 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/live-server.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/live-server.mjs
@@ -805,6 +805,15 @@ function createRequestHandler({ detectScript, liveScriptParts }) {
           res.end(JSON.stringify({ error }));
           return;
         }
+        if (msg.type === 'agent_phase') {
+          recordAgentPhase(msg.id, msg.phase, {
+            ...(Number.isFinite(msg.durationMs) ? { durationMs: msg.durationMs } : {}),
+            owner: typeof msg.owner === 'string' ? msg.owner : undefined,
+          });
+          res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+          res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }));
+          return;
+        }
         if (state.sessionStore && msg.id) {
           try {
             state.sessionStore.appendEvent(msg);
diff --git a/skill/scripts/live/codex-worker-supervisor.mjs b/skill/scripts/live/codex-worker-supervisor.mjs
index 04aff5ad9..c4506fc59 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/live/codex-worker-supervisor.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/live/codex-worker-supervisor.mjs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export class CodexLiveWorkerSupervisor {
     handleAccept = augmentEventWithAcceptHandling,
     reply = postReply,
     publishCheckpoint = postVariantCheckpoint,
+    publishPhase = postAgentPhase,
     postCleanup = postCarbonizeCleanup,
     log = () => {},
   }) {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export class CodexLiveWorkerSupervisor {
     this.handleAccept = handleAccept;
     this.reply = reply;
     this.publishCheckpoint = publishCheckpoint;
+    this.publishPhase = publishPhase;
     this.postCleanup = postCleanup;
     this.log = log;
     this.running = false;
@@ -187,6 +189,11 @@ export class CodexLiveWorkerSupervisor {
 
   async runGenerationPhase(event, phase, arrivedVariants) {
     if (this.isCanceled(event.id)) return;
+    const phaseStartedAt = Date.now();
+    await this.publishPhase(this.base, this.token, {
+      eventId: event.id,
+      phase: phase === 'final' ? 'remaining_variants_generating' : 'first_variant_generating',
+    });
     const prepared = prepareCodexWorkerPhase({
       id: event.id,
       sourceFile: event.scaffold.file,
@@ -215,6 +222,11 @@ export class CodexLiveWorkerSupervisor {
       outputSchema: CODEX_WORKER_OUTPUT_SCHEMA,
     });
     if (this.isCanceled(event.id)) return;
+    await this.publishPhase(this.base, this.token, {
+      eventId: event.id,
+      phase: phase === 'final' ? 'remaining_variants_validating' : 'first_variant_validating',
+      durationMs: Date.now() - phaseStartedAt,
+    });
     applyCodexWorkerOutput({
       output: result.answer,
       prepared,
@@ -388,6 +400,26 @@ export async function postVariantCheckpoint(base, token, {
   if (!response.ok) throw supervisorError(`checkpoint_${response.status}`);
 }
 
+export async function postAgentPhase(base, token, {
+  eventId,
+  phase,
+  durationMs,
+}) {
+  const response = await fetch(`${base}/events`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      token,
+      type: 'agent_phase',
+      id: eventId,
+      phase,
+      owner: CODEX_WORKER_OWNER,
+      ...(Number.isFinite(durationMs) ? { durationMs } : {}),
+    }),
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) throw supervisorError(`agent_phase_${response.status}`);
+}
+
 export async function postCarbonizeCleanup(base, token, {
   sessionId,
   file,
diff --git a/skill/scripts/live/event-validation.mjs b/skill/scripts/live/event-validation.mjs
index b2f0ee18b..122c29836 100644
--- a/skill/scripts/live/event-validation.mjs
+++ b/skill/scripts/live/event-validation.mjs
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ export function validateEvent(msg) {
         return 'checkpoint: paramValues must be an object';
       }
       return null;
+    case 'agent_phase':
+      if (!isValidId(msg.id)) return 'agent_phase: missing or malformed id';
+      if (typeof msg.phase !== 'string' || !/^[a-z][a-z0-9_]{1,63}$/.test(msg.phase)) {
+        return 'agent_phase: missing or malformed phase';
+      }
+      if (msg.durationMs !== undefined && (!Number.isFinite(msg.durationMs) || msg.durationMs < 0)) {
+        return 'agent_phase: durationMs must be a non-negative number';
+      }
+      return null;
     case 'exit':
       return null;
     case 'prefetch':
diff --git a/tests/live-codex-worker-supervisor.test.mjs b/tests/live-codex-worker-supervisor.test.mjs
index 77193705a..bbec2eaa0 100644
--- a/tests/live-codex-worker-supervisor.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/live-codex-worker-supervisor.test.mjs
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ describe('Codex Live worker supervisor ownership and lifecycle', () => {
     };
     const replies = [];
     const checkpoints = [];
+    const phases = [];
     const supervisor = new CodexLiveWorkerSupervisor({
       cwd,
       base: 'http://localhost:1',
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ describe('Codex Live worker supervisor ownership and lifecycle', () => {
       scriptsDir: path.join(cwd, 'skill/scripts'),
       reply: async (_base, _token, value) => { replies.push(value); },
       publishCheckpoint: async (_base, _token, value) => { checkpoints.push(value); },
+      publishPhase: async (_base, _token, value) => { phases.push(value); },
     });
     supervisor.thread = { id: 'live-worker-thread' };
     supervisor.model = client.models[0];
@@ -268,6 +270,12 @@ describe('Codex Live worker supervisor ownership and lifecycle', () => {
 
     assert.equal(checkpoints.length, 2);
     assert.deepEqual(checkpoints.map((item) => item.arrivedVariants), [1, 3]);
+    assert.deepEqual(phases.map((item) => item.phase), [
+      'first_variant_generating',
+      'first_variant_validating',
+      'remaining_variants_generating',
+      'remaining_variants_validating',
+    ]);
     assert.equal(replies.at(-1).type, 'done');
     assert.equal((readFileSync(path.join(cwd, 'src/App.jsx'), 'utf-8').match(/data-impeccable-variant="1"/g) || []).length, 2, 'selector and variant 1 remain once each');
     const snapshot = createLiveSessionStore({ cwd, sessionId }).getSnapshot(sessionId, { includeCompleted: true });
diff --git a/tests/live-event-validation.test.mjs b/tests/live-event-validation.test.mjs
index 8282f5137..d2e110cf3 100644
--- a/tests/live-event-validation.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/live-event-validation.test.mjs
@@ -97,3 +97,16 @@ describe('validateEvent — replace generate (regression)', () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe('validateEvent — worker progress', () => {
+  it('accepts bounded agent phases and rejects malformed telemetry', () => {
+    assert.equal(validateEvent({
+      type: 'agent_phase',
+      id: VALID_ID,
+      phase: 'first_variant_generating',
+      durationMs: 123,
+    }), null);
+    assert.match(validateEvent({ type: 'agent_phase', id: VALID_ID, phase: 'Not valid' }), /phase/);
+    assert.match(validateEvent({ type: 'agent_phase', id: VALID_ID, phase: 'valid', durationMs: -1 }), /durationMs/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/live-server.test.mjs b/tests/live-server.test.mjs
index c8e8ce9e8..76b7d2262 100644
--- a/tests/live-server.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/live-server.test.mjs
@@ -2345,6 +2345,37 @@ colors: {}
     );
   });
 
+  it('journals and streams dedicated worker progress without leasing it as work', async () => {
+    await drainPolls(server);
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const sseRes = await fetch(
+      `http://localhost:${server.port}/events?token=${server.token}`,
+      { signal: controller.signal },
+    );
+    const reader = sseRes.body.getReader();
+    await reader.read();
+    const progress = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/events`, {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        token: server.token,
+        type: 'agent_phase',
+        id: 'a1b2c3e1',
+        phase: 'first_variant_generating',
+        owner: 'impeccable-live-codex-worker-v1',
+      }),
+    });
+    assert.equal(progress.status, 200);
+    const message = new TextDecoder().decode((await reader.read()).value);
+    controller.abort();
+    assert.match(message, /"type":"agent_phase"/);
+    assert.match(message, /"phase":"first_variant_generating"/);
+    const polled = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.port}/poll?token=${server.token}&timeout=50`).then(r => r.json());
+    assert.equal(polled.type, 'timeout');
+    const snapshot = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(getLiveSessionsDir(server.cwd), 'a1b2c3e1.snapshot.json'), 'utf-8'));
+    assert.ok(snapshot.generationTimings.first_variant_generating?.at);
+  });
+
   it('streams Svelte component checkpoints as progressive preview updates', async () => {
     const controller = new AbortController();
     const sseRes = await fetch(