diff --git a/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/hooks/useRecentProjectsSection.ts b/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/hooks/useRecentProjectsSection.ts
index baa2f48b..1166dcf6 100644
--- a/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/hooks/useRecentProjectsSection.ts
+++ b/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/hooks/useRecentProjectsSection.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { type DashboardRecentProject } from '@features/recent-projects/contracts';
 import { api, isElectronMode } from '@renderer/api';
 import { useStore } from '@renderer/store';
-import { buildTaskCountsByProject, normalizePath } from '@renderer/utils/pathNormalize';
+import { isTeamProvisioningActive } from '@renderer/store/slices/teamSlice';
+import { buildTaskCountsByProject } from '@renderer/utils/pathNormalize';
 import { useShallow } from 'zustand/react/shallow';
 
 import { adaptRecentProjectsSection } from '../adapters/RecentProjectsSectionAdapter';
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   sortRecentProjectsByDisplayPriority,
   subscribeRecentProjectOpenHistory,
 } from '../utils/recentProjectOpenHistory';
+import { buildActiveTeamsByProject } from '../utils/activeProjectTeams';
 import {
   getRecentProjectsClientSnapshot,
   loadRecentProjectsWithClientCache,
@@ -62,16 +64,27 @@ export function useRecentProjectsSection(
   openProjectPath: (projectPath: string) => Promise<void>;
   selectProjectFolder: () => Promise<void>;
 } {
-  const { globalTasks, globalTasksInitialized, globalTasksLoading, fetchAllTasks, teams } =
-    useStore(
-      useShallow((state) => ({
-        globalTasks: state.globalTasks,
-        globalTasksInitialized: state.globalTasksInitialized,
-        globalTasksLoading: state.globalTasksLoading,
-        fetchAllTasks: state.fetchAllTasks,
-        teams: state.teams,
-      }))
-    );
+  const {
+    globalTasks,
+    globalTasksInitialized,
+    globalTasksLoading,
+    fetchAllTasks,
+    teams,
+    provisioningRuns,
+    currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam,
+    provisioningSnapshotByTeam,
+  } = useStore(
+    useShallow((state) => ({
+      globalTasks: state.globalTasks,
+      globalTasksInitialized: state.globalTasksInitialized,
+      globalTasksLoading: state.globalTasksLoading,
+      fetchAllTasks: state.fetchAllTasks,
+      teams: state.teams,
+      provisioningRuns: state.provisioningRuns,
+      currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam: state.currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam,
+      provisioningSnapshotByTeam: state.provisioningSnapshotByTeam,
+    }))
+  );
   const initialSnapshot = useMemo(() => getRecentProjectsClientSnapshot(), []);
   const { openRecentProject, openProjectPath, selectProjectFolder } = useOpenRecentProject();
   const [recentProjects, setRecentProjects] = useState<DashboardRecentProject[]>(
@@ -92,6 +105,21 @@ export function useRecentProjectsSection(
   const recentProjectsRef = useRef<DashboardRecentProject[]>(
     initialSnapshot?.payload.projects ?? []
   );
+  const provisioningState = useMemo(
+    () => ({ currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam, provisioningRuns }),
+    [currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam, provisioningRuns]
+  );
+  const provisioningTeamNames = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      Object.keys(currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam).filter((teamName) =>
+        isTeamProvisioningActive(provisioningState, teamName)
+      ),
+    [currentProvisioningRunIdByTeam, provisioningState]
+  );
+  const provisioningTeamNamesKey = useMemo(
+    () => [...provisioningTeamNames].sort().join('\u0000'),
+    [provisioningTeamNames]
+  );
 
   useEffect(() => {
     recentProjectsRef.current = recentProjects;
@@ -173,7 +201,7 @@ export function useRecentProjectsSection(
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
-  }, [teams]);
+  }, [provisioningTeamNamesKey, teams]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!searchQuery.trim()) {
@@ -189,25 +217,13 @@ export function useRecentProjectsSection(
   const taskCountsByProject = useMemo(() => buildTaskCountsByProject(globalTasks), [globalTasks]);
 
   const activeTeamsByProject = useMemo(() => {
-    const aliveSet = new Set(aliveTeams);
-    const teamsByProject = new Map<string, TeamSummary[]>();
-
-    for (const team of teams) {
-      if (!team.projectPath || !aliveSet.has(team.teamName)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      const key = normalizePath(team.projectPath);
-      const existing = teamsByProject.get(key);
-      if (existing) {
-        existing.push(team);
-      } else {
-        teamsByProject.set(key, [team]);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return teamsByProject;
-  }, [aliveTeams, teams]);
+    return buildActiveTeamsByProject({
+      teams,
+      aliveTeamNames: aliveTeams,
+      provisioningTeamNames,
+      provisioningSnapshotByTeam,
+    });
+  }, [aliveTeams, provisioningSnapshotByTeam, provisioningTeamNames, teams]);
 
   const decoratedCards = useMemo(
     () =>
diff --git a/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams.ts b/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..273d60f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { normalizePath } from '@renderer/utils/pathNormalize';
+
+import type { TeamSummary } from '@shared/types';
+
+interface BuildActiveTeamsByProjectInput {
+  teams: TeamSummary[];
+  aliveTeamNames: readonly string[];
+  provisioningTeamNames: readonly string[];
+  provisioningSnapshotByTeam: Record<string, TeamSummary>;
+}
+
+export function buildActiveTeamsByProject({
+  teams,
+  aliveTeamNames,
+  provisioningTeamNames,
+  provisioningSnapshotByTeam,
+}: BuildActiveTeamsByProjectInput): Map<string, TeamSummary[]> {
+  const activeTeamNames = new Set<string>([...aliveTeamNames, ...provisioningTeamNames]);
+  if (activeTeamNames.size === 0) {
+    return new Map();
+  }
+
+  const existingTeamNames = new Set(teams.map((team) => team.teamName));
+  const syntheticProvisioningTeams = provisioningTeamNames
+    .filter((teamName) => !existingTeamNames.has(teamName))
+    .map((teamName) => provisioningSnapshotByTeam[teamName])
+    .filter((team): team is TeamSummary => Boolean(team));
+
+  const teamsByProject = new Map<string, TeamSummary[]>();
+  const visibleTeams =
+    syntheticProvisioningTeams.length > 0 ? [...teams, ...syntheticProvisioningTeams] : teams;
+
+  for (const team of visibleTeams) {
+    if (!team.projectPath || !activeTeamNames.has(team.teamName)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const key = normalizePath(team.projectPath);
+    const existing = teamsByProject.get(key);
+    if (existing) {
+      existing.push(team);
+    } else {
+      teamsByProject.set(key, [team]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return teamsByProject;
+}
diff --git a/test/features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams.test.ts b/test/features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2f2b44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { buildActiveTeamsByProject } from '@features/recent-projects/renderer/utils/activeProjectTeams';
+
+import type { TeamSummary } from '@shared/types';
+
+function makeTeamSummary(
+  overrides: Partial<TeamSummary> & Pick<TeamSummary, 'teamName' | 'displayName'>
+): TeamSummary {
+  return {
+    ...overrides,
+    description: overrides.description ?? '',
+    memberCount: overrides.memberCount ?? 0,
+    taskCount: overrides.taskCount ?? 0,
+    lastActivity: overrides.lastActivity ?? null,
+    teamName: overrides.teamName,
+    displayName: overrides.displayName,
+  };
+}
+
+describe('buildActiveTeamsByProject', () => {
+  it('treats provisioning-active existing teams as active before aliveList catches up', () => {
+    const lintai = makeTeamSummary({
+      teamName: 'signal-ops-3',
+      displayName: 'signal-ops-3',
+      projectPath: '/Users/test/lintai',
+    });
+
+    const teamsByProject = buildActiveTeamsByProject({
+      teams: [lintai],
+      aliveTeamNames: [],
+      provisioningTeamNames: ['signal-ops-3'],
+      provisioningSnapshotByTeam: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(teamsByProject.get('/users/test/lintai')).toEqual([lintai]);
+  });
+
+  it('includes synthetic provisioning snapshots for teams not yet present in team summaries', () => {
+    const provisioningSnapshot = makeTeamSummary({
+      teamName: 'northstar-team',
+      displayName: 'Northstar Team',
+      projectPath: '/Users/test/northstar',
+    });
+
+    const teamsByProject = buildActiveTeamsByProject({
+      teams: [],
+      aliveTeamNames: [],
+      provisioningTeamNames: ['northstar-team'],
+      provisioningSnapshotByTeam: {
+        'northstar-team': provisioningSnapshot,
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(teamsByProject.get('/users/test/northstar')).toEqual([provisioningSnapshot]);
+  });
+});