diff --git a/src/renderer/components/chat/UserChatGroup.tsx b/src/renderer/components/chat/UserChatGroup.tsx
index f931f2dd..4adad158 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/chat/UserChatGroup.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/chat/UserChatGroup.tsx
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ import { REHYPE_PLUGINS } from '@renderer/utils/markdownPlugins';
 import { buildMemberColorMap } from '@renderer/utils/memberHelpers';
 import { linkifyAllMentionsInMarkdown } from '@renderer/utils/mentionLinkify';
 import { stripAgentBlocks } from '@shared/constants/agentBlocks';
+import { parseTaskNotifications } from '@shared/utils/contentSanitizer';
 import { createLogger } from '@shared/utils/logger';
 import { format } from 'date-fns';
-import { ChevronDown, ChevronUp, User } from 'lucide-react';
+import { CheckCircle, ChevronDown, ChevronUp, Circle, FileText, User, XCircle } from 'lucide-react';
 import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
 import { useShallow } from 'zustand/react/shallow';
 
@@ -427,6 +428,29 @@ const UserChatGroupInner = ({ userGroup }: Readonly<UserChatGroupProps>): React.
   const stripped = useMemo(() => stripAgentBlocks(textContent), [textContent]);
   const isLongContent = stripped.length > 500;
 
+  const taskNotifications = useMemo(() => {
+    const rawContent =
+      typeof userGroup.message.content === 'string'
+        ? userGroup.message.content
+        : Array.isArray(userGroup.message.content)
+          ? userGroup.message.content
+              .filter((block): block is { type: 'text'; text: string } => {
+                return (
+                  typeof block === 'object' &&
+                  block !== null &&
+                  'type' in block &&
+                  'text' in block &&
+                  (block as { type?: unknown }).type === 'text' &&
+                  typeof (block as { text?: unknown }).text === 'string'
+                );
+              })
+              .map((block) => block.text)
+              .join('')
+          : '';
+
+    return parseTaskNotifications(rawContent);
+  }, [userGroup.message.content]);
+
   // Extract @path mentions from text
   const pathMentions = useMemo(() => {
     if (!textContent) return [];
@@ -578,6 +602,59 @@ const UserChatGroupInner = ({ userGroup }: Readonly<UserChatGroupProps>): React.
           </div>
         ) : null}
 
+        {taskNotifications.length > 0 &&
+          taskNotifications.map((notification) => {
+            const isCompleted = notification.status === 'completed';
+            const isFailed = notification.status === 'failed' || notification.status === 'error';
+            const StatusIcon = isFailed ? XCircle : isCompleted ? CheckCircle : Circle;
+            const statusColor = isFailed
+              ? 'var(--error-highlight-text, #ef4444)'
+              : isCompleted
+                ? 'var(--badge-success-text, #22c55e)'
+                : 'var(--color-text-muted)';
+            const commandMatch = /"([^"]+)"/.exec(notification.summary);
+            const commandName =
+              commandMatch?.[1] ?? notification.summary.trim() ?? 'Background task';
+            const exitCodeMatch = /\(exit code (\d+)\)/.exec(notification.summary);
+            const outputFileName = notification.outputFile
+              ? (notification.outputFile.split(/[\\/]/).pop() ?? notification.outputFile)
+              : null;
+
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={notification.taskId || `${groupId}-${notification.summary}`}
+                className="flex items-start gap-2.5 rounded-lg px-3 py-2"
+                style={{
+                  backgroundColor: 'var(--card-bg)',
+                  border: '1px solid var(--card-border)',
+                }}
+              >
+                <StatusIcon className="mt-0.5 size-3.5 shrink-0" style={{ color: statusColor }} />
+                <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 space-y-0.5">
+                  <div
+                    className="text-xs font-medium leading-snug"
+                    style={{ color: 'var(--color-text-secondary)' }}
+                  >
+                    {commandName || 'Background task'}
+                  </div>
+                  <div
+                    className="flex items-center gap-2 text-[10px]"
+                    style={{ color: 'var(--color-text-muted)' }}
+                  >
+                    <span className="capitalize">{notification.status || 'unknown'}</span>
+                    {exitCodeMatch?.[1] ? <span>exit {exitCodeMatch[1]}</span> : null}
+                    {outputFileName ? (
+                      <span className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-0.5 truncate">
+                        <FileText className="size-2.5 shrink-0" />
+                        <span className="truncate">{outputFileName}</span>
+                      </span>
+                    ) : null}
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+
         {/* Images indicator */}
         {hasImages && (
           <div className="text-right text-xs" style={{ color: 'var(--color-text-muted)' }}>
diff --git a/src/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.ts b/src/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.ts
index 06430637..3f71e5c3 100644
--- a/src/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.ts
+++ b/src/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,15 @@
 const NOISE_TAG_PATTERNS = [
   /<local-command-caveat>[\s\S]*?<\/local-command-caveat>/gi,
   /<system-reminder>[\s\S]*?<\/system-reminder>/gi,
+  /<task-notification>[\s\S]*?<\/task-notification>/gi,
 ];
 
+/**
+ * Pattern to match the trailing output-file instruction emitted after
+ * task notifications.
+ */
+const TASK_OUTPUT_INSTRUCTION_PATTERN = / ?Read the output file to retrieve the result: [^\s]+/g;
+
 export interface CommandOutputInfo {
   stream: 'stdout' | 'stderr';
   output: string;
@@ -121,6 +128,9 @@ export function sanitizeDisplayContent(content: string): string {
     .replace(/<command-message>[\s\S]*?<\/command-message>/gi, '')
     .replace(/<command-args>[\s\S]*?<\/command-args>/gi, '');
 
+  // Remove follow-up instructions that only make sense in raw XML form.
+  sanitized = sanitized.replace(TASK_OUTPUT_INSTRUCTION_PATTERN, '');
+
   return sanitized.trim();
 }
 
@@ -160,3 +170,38 @@ export function extractSlashInfo(content: string): SlashInfo | null {
     args: argsMatch?.[1]?.trim() ?? undefined,
   };
 }
+
+// =============================================================================
+// Task Notification Parsing
+// =============================================================================
+
+/**
+ * Parsed background task notification embedded in a user message.
+ */
+export interface TaskNotification {
+  taskId: string;
+  status: string;
+  summary: string;
+  outputFile: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract task notifications from raw Claude Code XML blocks.
+ */
+export function parseTaskNotifications(content: string): TaskNotification[] {
+  const notifications: TaskNotification[] = [];
+  const pattern = /<task-notification>([\s\S]*?)<\/task-notification>/gi;
+  let match: RegExpExecArray | null;
+
+  while ((match = pattern.exec(content)) !== null) {
+    const block = match[1];
+    notifications.push({
+      taskId: /<task-id>([^<]*)<\/task-id>/.exec(block)?.[1] ?? '',
+      status: /<status>([^<]*)<\/status>/.exec(block)?.[1] ?? '',
+      summary: /<summary>([\s\S]*?)<\/summary>/.exec(block)?.[1]?.trim() ?? '',
+      outputFile: /<output-file>([^<]*)<\/output-file>/.exec(block)?.[1] ?? '',
+    });
+  }
+
+  return notifications;
+}
diff --git a/test/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.test.ts b/test/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6c71087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/shared/utils/contentSanitizer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+  parseTaskNotifications,
+  sanitizeDisplayContent,
+} from '@shared/utils/contentSanitizer';
+
+describe('contentSanitizer task notifications', () => {
+  it('removes task-notification blocks and trailing output instructions from display text', () => {
+    const content = [
+      'Task finished.',
+      '<task-notification>',
+      '<task-id>task-123</task-id>',
+      '<status>completed</status>',
+      '<summary>Background command "Run foo" completed (exit code 0)</summary>',
+      '<output-file>/tmp/task-123.log</output-file>',
+      '</task-notification>',
+      'Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/task-123.log',
+    ].join('');
+
+    expect(sanitizeDisplayContent(content)).toBe('Task finished.');
+  });
+
+  it('extracts task notifications from raw xml blocks', () => {
+    const content = [
+      '<task-notification>',
+      '<task-id>task-123</task-id>',
+      '<status>completed</status>',
+      '<summary>Background command "Run foo" completed (exit code 0)</summary>',
+      '<output-file>/tmp/task-123.log</output-file>',
+      '</task-notification>',
+    ].join('');
+
+    expect(parseTaskNotifications(content)).toEqual([
+      {
+        taskId: 'task-123',
+        status: 'completed',
+        summary: 'Background command "Run foo" completed (exit code 0)',
+        outputFile: '/tmp/task-123.log',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('returns an empty array when no task notifications are present', () => {
+    expect(parseTaskNotifications('normal user content')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});