diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/job.ts b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/job.ts
index 716bb3987..f72d2e48f 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/job.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/src/tools/job.ts
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ export class JobTool implements AgentTool<typeof jobSchema, JobToolDetails> {
 interface JobRenderArgs {
 	poll?: string[];
 	cancel?: string[];
+	list?: boolean;
 }
 
 const COLLAPSED_LIST_LIMIT = PREVIEW_LIMITS.COLLAPSED_ITEMS;
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ function flattenStructuredPreview(text: string): string {
 }
 
 function describeTarget(args: JobRenderArgs | undefined): string {
+	if (args?.list) return "background jobs";
 	const poll = args?.poll ?? [];
 	const cancel = args?.cancel ?? [];
 	const parts: string[] = [];
@@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ export const jobToolRenderer = {
 		uiTheme: Theme,
 		args?: JobRenderArgs,
 	): Component {
-		const jobs = result.details?.jobs ?? [];
+		let jobs = result.details?.jobs ?? [];
 
 		if (jobs.length === 0) {
 			const fallback = result.content?.find(c => c.type === "text")?.text || "No jobs to process";
@@ -468,6 +470,17 @@ export const jobToolRenderer = {
 			return new Text([header, formatEmptyMessage(fallback, uiTheme)].join("\n"), 0, 0);
 		}
 
+		const isPollCall = args
+			? !args.list && (!args.cancel || args.cancel.length === 0 || args.poll !== undefined)
+			: true;
+
+		if (!options.isPartial && isPollCall) {
+			jobs = jobs.filter(job => job.status !== "running");
+			if (jobs.length === 0) {
+				return new Text("", 0, 0);
+			}
+		}
+
 		const counts = { completed: 0, failed: 0, cancelled: 0, running: 0 };
 		for (const job of jobs) counts[job.status]++;
 
diff --git a/packages/coding-agent/test/job-renderer-preview.test.ts b/packages/coding-agent/test/job-renderer-preview.test.ts
index 33e538c37..e453c1c8e 100644
--- a/packages/coding-agent/test/job-renderer-preview.test.ts
+++ b/packages/coding-agent/test/job-renderer-preview.test.ts
@@ -110,4 +110,127 @@ describe("job renderer task-result preview", () => {
 		expect(header).toBeDefined();
 		expect(header!.match(/SpawnProbe/g)).toHaveLength(1);
 	});
+
+	describe("collapse and filter when turned into a result", () => {
+		const jobsData = [
+			{
+				id: "Job1",
+				type: "task" as const,
+				status: "running" as const,
+				label: "Job1 running",
+				durationMs: 1200,
+			},
+			{
+				id: "Job2",
+				type: "task" as const,
+				status: "completed" as const,
+				label: "Job2 completed",
+				durationMs: 3400,
+				resultText: "Job2 result",
+			},
+			{
+				id: "Job3",
+				type: "task" as const,
+				status: "running" as const,
+				label: "Job3 running",
+				durationMs: 500,
+			},
+		];
+
+		it("shows all jobs when isPartial is true", () => {
+			const result = {
+				content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "" }],
+				details: { jobs: jobsData },
+			};
+			const component = jobToolRenderer.renderResult(
+				result,
+				{ expanded: true, isPartial: true } as Parameters<typeof jobToolRenderer.renderResult>[1],
+				theme,
+				{ poll: [] },
+			);
+			const output = Bun.stripANSI((component.render(120) as readonly string[]).join("\n"));
+			expect(output).toContain("Job1 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job2 completed");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job3 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("waiting on 2 of 3 jobs");
+		});
+
+		it("shows only finished jobs when isPartial is false and it is a poll call", () => {
+			const result = {
+				content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "" }],
+				details: { jobs: jobsData },
+			};
+			const component = jobToolRenderer.renderResult(
+				result,
+				{ expanded: true, isPartial: false } as Parameters<typeof jobToolRenderer.renderResult>[1],
+				theme,
+				{ poll: [] },
+			);
+			const output = Bun.stripANSI((component.render(120) as readonly string[]).join("\n"));
+			expect(output).not.toContain("Job1 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job2 completed");
+			expect(output).not.toContain("Job3 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("1 job settled");
+		});
+
+		it("shows nothing when isPartial is false and all jobs are running and it is a poll call", () => {
+			const runningJobsOnly = [
+				{
+					id: "Job1",
+					type: "task" as const,
+					status: "running" as const,
+					label: "Job1 running",
+					durationMs: 1200,
+				},
+			];
+			const result = {
+				content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "" }],
+				details: { jobs: runningJobsOnly },
+			};
+			const component = jobToolRenderer.renderResult(
+				result,
+				{ expanded: true, isPartial: false } as Parameters<typeof jobToolRenderer.renderResult>[1],
+				theme,
+				{ poll: [] },
+			);
+			const lines = component.render(120) as readonly string[];
+			expect(lines).toHaveLength(0);
+		});
+
+		it("does not collapse running jobs when isPartial is false and list is true", () => {
+			const result = {
+				content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "" }],
+				details: { jobs: jobsData },
+			};
+			const component = jobToolRenderer.renderResult(
+				result,
+				{ expanded: true, isPartial: false } as Parameters<typeof jobToolRenderer.renderResult>[1],
+				theme,
+				{ list: true },
+			);
+			const output = Bun.stripANSI((component.render(120) as readonly string[]).join("\n"));
+			expect(output).toContain("Job1 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job2 completed");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job3 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("waiting on 2 of 3 jobs");
+		});
+
+		it("does not collapse running jobs when isPartial is false and cancel-only is true", () => {
+			const result = {
+				content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "" }],
+				details: { jobs: jobsData },
+			};
+			const component = jobToolRenderer.renderResult(
+				result,
+				{ expanded: true, isPartial: false } as Parameters<typeof jobToolRenderer.renderResult>[1],
+				theme,
+				{ cancel: ["Job1"] },
+			);
+			const output = Bun.stripANSI((component.render(120) as readonly string[]).join("\n"));
+			expect(output).toContain("Job1 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job2 completed");
+			expect(output).toContain("Job3 running");
+			expect(output).toContain("waiting on 2 of 3 jobs");
+		});
+	});
 });