diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
index db5c2e584..3c452d6b1 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed TUI loading animation sometimes failing to render during interactive mode status updates
+
 - Fixed race conditions and potential hangs during agent startup by improving process lifecycle management
 - Fixed RpcClient startup errors intermittently losing the child's stderr (e.g. the "Unknown provider" message) by waiting for the process to exit — and its stderr to fully drain — before reporting a failed start; also fixed an unhandled rejection when the agent process is killed before becoming ready
 - Improved reliability of file edits when snapshots share identical hash tags
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
index 5d1cea2a4..a36defebc 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/modes/interactive-mode.ts
@@ -3584,6 +3584,7 @@ export class InteractiveMode implements InteractiveModeContext {
 		} else if (!this.statusContainer.children.includes(this.loadingAnimation)) {
 			this.statusContainer.clear();
 			this.statusContainer.addChild(this.loadingAnimation);
+			this.ui.requestRender();
 		}
 		this.applyPendingWorkingMessage();
 	}