diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 613ae96..007dbdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   build-test:
-    name: Build & Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Build & Test (${{ matrix.os }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
@@ -31,14 +35,38 @@ jobs:
         run: go test -race -coverpkg=./internal/... -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...
 
       - name: Coverage summary
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: go tool cover -func=coverage.out | tail -1
 
       - name: Upload coverage profile
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: coverage
           path: coverage.out
 
+  # Windows ships in every release yet never ran in CI. The server and tui
+  # suites lean on tty/process behaviour that may not hold on windows-latest,
+  # so the full suite lands there only after a green probe run — not before.
+  # Until then this leg gates compile + vet per GOOS.
+  windows-build:
+    name: Build & Vet (windows)
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v7
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: go build ./...
+
+      - name: Vet
+        run: go vet ./...
+
   lint:
     name: Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fb087c..d698471 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ be written by hand and seed the matching flag defaults. Resolution order:
 | `^C` | Quit |
 
 Prompts sent while a turn is running are **queued** and sent automatically
-when the turn ends — the footer shows how many are waiting. While the
-transcript is scrolled up mid-run, the footer flags `↓ new output`; press
+when the turn ends — a transient note acknowledges each hold, and the count
+rides both the busy status line and the footer (one drains per turn-end).
+While the transcript is scrolled up mid-run, the footer flags `↓ new output`; press
 `^G` to jump to the latest. If the connection drops, bodek retries with
 backoff and, after giving up, keeps your draft and offers a manual retry
 on `⏎` with an empty input.
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ one `Esc`.
 - **Context-aware progress** — while the agent works, a status line just
   above the input (right below your last message) shows what it's actually
   doing (`🧪 running tests`, `📖 reading client.go`, `🚀 pushing`) with a live
-  elapsed timer.
+  elapsed timer and the queued-prompt count when prompts are held.
 - **Session browser** (`^R`) — resume, replay, delete, pin (`p`), rename
   (`r`), export a transcript (`e` markdown, `E` JSON), and search server-side
   (`/`); `n` loads the next page. Resuming sends a `session_switch` so the
diff --git a/internal/tui/input.go b/internal/tui/input.go
index f3f32c1..f7cb573 100644
--- a/internal/tui/input.go
+++ b/internal/tui/input.go
@@ -121,13 +121,15 @@ func (m *Model) submit() tea.Cmd {
 	}
 	if m.busy {
 		// Queue mid-turn prompts instead of dropping them; the queue drains
-		// automatically when the running turn ends.
+		// automatically when the running turn ends. Acknowledge the hold —
+		// the input clearing silently reads as a lost message (same
+		// rationale as the disconnected-draft warning below).
 		m.queue = append(m.queue, text)
 		m.ta.Reset()
 		m.closeAC()
 		m.refresh()
 		m.vp.GotoBottom() // Enter means "show me the latest", even mid-turn
-		return nil
+		return m.transientNoteCmd("queued — it sends when the turn ends")
 	}
 	m.ta.Reset()
 	m.closeAC()
diff --git a/internal/tui/promptflow_test.go b/internal/tui/promptflow_test.go
index e91ab57..c5a2c1f 100644
--- a/internal/tui/promptflow_test.go
+++ b/internal/tui/promptflow_test.go
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@ func TestSubmitWhileBusyQueues(t *testing.T) {
 	busyTurn(m)
 
 	m.ta.SetValue("follow up")
-	if cmd := m.submit(); cmd != nil {
+	// Queueing returns the acknowledgment note's sweep cmd — but nothing is
+	// dispatched: no prompt send, no transcript pair.
+	if cmd := m.submit(); cmd == nil {
+		t.Error("queueing should acknowledge with the note-sweep cmd")
+	}
+	if m.lastPrompt == "follow up" {
 		t.Error("queueing a prompt should not send anything yet")
 	}
 	if len(m.queue) != 1 || m.queue[0] != "follow up" {
diff --git a/internal/tui/queue_visibility_test.go b/internal/tui/queue_visibility_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..530c817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/tui/queue_visibility_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/BackendStack21/bodek/internal/client"
+)
+
+// TestQueuedCountOnStatusLine verifies the in-flight status row — the line
+// the eyes are on while a turn runs — carries the queue depth, and that the
+// count clears once the turn ends and the queue drains into the next turn.
+func TestQueuedCountOnStatusLine(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestModel()
+	busyTurn(m)
+
+	for _, p := range []string{"first follow-up", "second follow-up"} {
+		m.ta.SetValue(p)
+		m.submit()
+	}
+	if line := plain(m.statusLine()); !strings.Contains(line, "2 queued") {
+		t.Errorf("status line missing queued count: %q", line)
+	}
+	if foot := plain(m.footer()); !strings.Contains(foot, "2 queued") {
+		t.Errorf("footer missing queued count: %q", foot)
+	}
+
+	// Each turn-end drains exactly one queued prompt: the count steps down
+	// until the queue is empty, then disappears from the row.
+	m.handleEvent(client.Event{Type: "done", Latency: 1})
+	if len(m.queue) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("one done should drain one prompt, queue = %v", m.queue)
+	}
+	if line := plain(m.statusLine()); !strings.Contains(line, "1 queued") {
+		t.Errorf("status line should show the remaining prompt: %q", line)
+	}
+	m.handleEvent(client.Event{Type: "done", Latency: 1})
+	if len(m.queue) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("queue should be empty now, got %v", m.queue)
+	}
+	if line := plain(m.statusLine()); strings.Contains(line, "queued") {
+		t.Errorf("status line still shows a queue after the drain: %q", line)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestQueuedPromptAcknowledged verifies a mid-turn ⏎ tells the user the
+// prompt was held — the input clearing with zero feedback reads as a lost
+// message (same rationale as the disconnected-draft warning and the
+// retry-queued note).
+func TestQueuedPromptAcknowledged(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newTestModel()
+	busyTurn(m)
+
+	m.ta.SetValue("follow up")
+	if cmd := m.submit(); cmd == nil {
+		t.Error("queueing should return the notice-sweep cmd so the note can fade")
+	}
+	if n := len(m.notices); n == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("no acknowledgment note after queueing a prompt mid-turn")
+	}
+	if got := m.notices[len(m.notices)-1]; !strings.Contains(got, "queued") {
+		t.Errorf("acknowledgment note = %q, want it to mention the queue", got)
+	}
+	// The acknowledgment is not a dispatch: nothing was sent.
+	if m.lastPrompt == "follow up" {
+		t.Error("queueing must not dispatch the prompt")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/tui/view.go b/internal/tui/view.go
index 5877f9c..0ffd7d4 100644
--- a/internal/tui/view.go
+++ b/internal/tui/view.go
@@ -291,6 +291,12 @@ func (m *Model) statusLine() string {
 	if e := m.elapsed(); e != "" {
 		el = th.headerMeta.Render(" · " + e)
 	}
+	// Held prompts ride the same row: mid-turn ⏎ queues invisibly, so the
+	// count shows where the eyes already are (mirrors the footer indicator).
+	q := ""
+	if n := len(m.queue); n > 0 {
+		q = th.acDetail.Render(fmt.Sprintf(" · %d queued", n))
+	}
 	// Live plan strip (docs/PLANNING_MODE_UI.md §4B): rides the same row,
 	// silent unless a run is active AND a plan exists — absence costs zero
 	// pixels. Bounded to a short label so small terminals keep the row sane.
@@ -300,7 +306,7 @@ func (m *Model) statusLine() string {
 	}
 	// A blank row above separates the indicator from the transcript tail —
 	// inputAreaHeight accounts for it so the layout math stays exact.
-	return "\n" + th.spinner.Render(m.sp.View()) + " " + th.statusBusy.Render(label) + el + strip
+	return "\n" + th.spinner.Render(m.sp.View()) + " " + th.statusBusy.Render(label) + el + q + strip
 }
 
 // statusLineVisible reports whether the status line occupies a row, keeping