diff --git a/assets/stylesheets/App.css b/assets/stylesheets/App.css
index ac27a02f..01677eec 100644
--- a/assets/stylesheets/App.css
+++ b/assets/stylesheets/App.css
@@ -4208,6 +4208,142 @@ body.objectKanbanColumnResizing * {
   stroke-width: 12px;
 }
 
+.dashboard-navigation-activity-cluster {
+  gap: 0;
+  transition: gap 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1);
+}
+
+.dashboard-navigation-activity-cluster:has(.live-activities-open) {
+  gap: var(--dashboard-navigation-gap, 8px);
+}
+
+.live-activities {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  transition:
+    width 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1),
+    opacity 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1);
+}
+
+.live-activities-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  height: 100%;
+  width: max-content;
+}
+
+.live-activity-slot {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  height: 100%;
+  position: relative;
+  transition: width 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1);
+}
+
+.live-activity {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  line-height: 1;
+  container-type: inline-size;
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--live-activity-color) 20%, transparent);
+  transition: background 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.live-activity:hover {
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--live-activity-color) 35%, transparent);
+}
+
+.live-activity-progress,
+.live-activity-flash {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.live-activity-flash {
+  right: 0;
+}
+
+.live-activity-progress {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.live-activity-progress-fill {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  opacity: 0.22;
+  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+.live-activity:hover .live-activity-progress-fill {
+  opacity: 0.4;
+}
+
+.live-activity-progress-wave {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset-block: 0;
+  inset-inline-start: -80cqw;
+  width: 240cqw;
+  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+    90deg,
+    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 0,
+    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 40cqw,
+    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 80cqw
+  );
+  animation: live-activity-progress-wave 1s linear infinite;
+}
+
+@keyframes live-activity-progress-wave {
+  0% {
+    transform: translateX(0);
+  }
+  100% {
+    transform: translateX(calc(100% / 3));
+  }
+}
+
+.live-activity-icon {
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  line-height: 1;
+  color: var(--color-text);
+}
+
+@keyframes live-activity-flash {
+  0%,
+  100% {
+    opacity: var(--live-activity-flash-from);
+  }
+  50% {
+    opacity: var(--live-activity-flash-to);
+  }
+}
+
+.live-activity-flash {
+  --live-activity-flash-from: 0;
+  --live-activity-flash-to: 0.2;
+  animation: live-activity-flash 2s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+.live-activity:hover .live-activity-flash {
+  --live-activity-flash-from: 0.12;
+  --live-activity-flash-to: 0.45;
+}
+
 .printerQueue.ant-steps.ant-steps-vertical
   > .ant-steps-item:last-child
   .ant-steps-item-content {
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/DashboardNavigation.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/DashboardNavigation.jsx
index 35efee2f..f640c00d 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/common/DashboardNavigation.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/DashboardNavigation.jsx
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ import {
   Badge,
   Divider,
   Typography,
-  Popover
+  Popover,
+  theme
 } from 'antd'
 import classNames from 'classnames'
 import { AuthContext } from '../context/AuthContext'
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ import SettingsIcon from '../../Icons/SettingsIcon'
 import { ElectronContext } from '../context/ElectronContext'
 import DashboardWindowButtons from './DashboardWindowButtons'
 import DashboardDevControls from './DashboardDevControls'
+import LiveActivities from './LiveActivities'
 import WindowAppMenu from './WindowAppMenu'
 import WebAppSwitcher from './WebAppSwitcher'
 import DashboardTabs from './DashboardTabs'
@@ -148,6 +150,8 @@ const DashboardNavigationTrailingItems = memo(
     onNotifications,
     onCheckUpdates
   }) {
+    const { token } = theme.useToken()
+
     return (
       <Flex gap='small' align='center' style={NAV_TRAILING_FLEX_STYLE}>
         {controlsReady ? (
@@ -165,25 +169,34 @@ const DashboardNavigationTrailingItems = memo(
                 onClick={onSearch}
               />
             </KeyboardShortcut>
-            <Badge
-              count={unreadCount}
-              size='small'
-              offset={[-5, 8]}
-              style={NAV_BADGE_STYLE}
+            <Flex
+              align='center'
+              className='dashboard-navigation-activity-cluster'
+              style={{
+                '--dashboard-navigation-gap': `${token.paddingXS}px`
+              }}
             >
-              <KeyboardShortcut
-                shortcut='alt+n'
-                hint='ALT N'
-                onTrigger={onNotifications}
+              <LiveActivities />
+              <Badge
+                count={unreadCount}
+                size='small'
+                offset={[-5, 8]}
+                style={NAV_BADGE_STYLE}
               >
-                <Button
-                  icon={<BellIcon />}
-                  type='text'
-                  style={NAV_BELL_BUTTON_STYLE}
-                  onClick={onNotifications}
-                />
-              </KeyboardShortcut>
-            </Badge>
+                <KeyboardShortcut
+                  shortcut='alt+n'
+                  hint='ALT N'
+                  onTrigger={onNotifications}
+                >
+                  <Button
+                    icon={<BellIcon />}
+                    type='text'
+                    style={NAV_BELL_BUTTON_STYLE}
+                    onClick={onNotifications}
+                  />
+                </KeyboardShortcut>
+              </Badge>
+            </Flex>
           </Space>
         ) : null}
         <DashboardDevControls />
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/common/LiveActivities.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard/common/LiveActivities.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a5c98a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/common/LiveActivities.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+import {
+  createElement,
+  useCallback,
+  useContext,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useRef,
+  useState
+} from 'react'
+import { theme, Popover } from 'antd'
+import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { ApiServerContext } from '../context/ApiServerContext'
+import { AuthContext } from '../context/AuthContext'
+import { getModelByName } from '../../../database/ObjectModels'
+import { getStateTagInfo } from '../utils/Utils'
+import SpotlightTooltip from './SpotlightTooltip'
+
+const ACTIVITY_TYPES = new Set([
+  'printing',
+  'processing',
+  'deploying',
+  'loading',
+  'queued',
+  'syncing',
+  'publishing',
+  'unpublishing',
+  'initializing',
+  'rendering',
+  'sending',
+  'connecting',
+  'downloading',
+  'startup',
+  'paused',
+  'used'
+])
+
+const PROGRESS_TYPES = new Set([
+  'loading',
+  'processing',
+  'queued',
+  'printing',
+  'used',
+  'deploying',
+  'syncing',
+  'publishing',
+  'unpublishing'
+])
+
+const STATUS_COLOR_VAR = {
+  success: '--color-success',
+  warning: '--color-warning',
+  error: '--color-error',
+  processing: '--color-info',
+  info: '--color-info',
+  default: '--color-info',
+  cyan: '--color-cyan',
+  purple: '--color-purple',
+  magenta: '--color-magenta',
+  volcano: '--color-volcano',
+  pink: '--color-pink'
+}
+
+const LIVE_ACTIVITY_TRANSITION_MS = 300
+
+const readState = (object) => {
+  const raw = object?.state ?? object?.status
+  if (raw && typeof raw === 'object') {
+    return {
+      type: raw.type,
+      progress: raw.progress,
+      message: raw.message
+    }
+  }
+  if (typeof raw === 'string') {
+    return { type: raw }
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
+const hasStateField = (object) => {
+  if (!object || typeof object !== 'object') return false
+  return object.state != null || object.status != null
+}
+
+const progressPercent = (state) => {
+  if (!state || !PROGRESS_TYPES.has(state.type)) return null
+  const progress = Number(state.progress)
+  if (!Number.isFinite(progress) || progress <= 0) return null
+  const percent =
+    progress <= 1
+      ? Math.round(progress * 1000) / 10
+      : Math.round(progress * 10) / 10
+  if (percent <= 0 || percent >= 100) return null
+  return percent
+}
+
+const objectIdOf = (value) => {
+  if (!value) return null
+  if (typeof value === 'string') return value
+  return value._id ?? null
+}
+
+const mergeObjectPatch = (current, patch) => {
+  if (!patch || typeof patch !== 'object') return current
+  const next = { ...(current || {}), ...patch }
+  if (
+    patch.state &&
+    typeof patch.state === 'object' &&
+    current?.state &&
+    typeof current.state === 'object'
+  ) {
+    next.state = { ...current.state, ...patch.state }
+  }
+  if (
+    patch.status &&
+    typeof patch.status === 'object' &&
+    current?.status &&
+    typeof current.status === 'object'
+  ) {
+    next.status = { ...current.status, ...patch.status }
+  }
+  return next
+}
+
+const LiveActivities = () => {
+  const { token } = theme.useToken()
+  const navigate = useNavigate()
+  const {
+    userProfile,
+    token: authToken,
+    authInitialized
+  } = useContext(AuthContext)
+  const {
+    fetchObjects,
+    connected,
+    subscribeToObjectTypeUpdates,
+    subscribeToObjectUpdates
+  } = useContext(ApiServerContext)
+  const [watched, setWatched] = useState([])
+
+  const userId = userProfile?._id
+  const authReady = Boolean(authToken && authInitialized && userId)
+
+  const apiRef = useRef({ fetchObjects })
+  apiRef.current = { fetchObjects }
+  const watchedRef = useRef(watched)
+  watchedRef.current = watched
+
+  const loadNotifiers = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (!userId) {
+      setWatched([])
+      return
+    }
+
+    const result = await apiRef.current.fetchObjects('userNotifier', {
+      filter: { user: userId },
+      limit: 200
+    })
+    const notifiers = Array.isArray(result?.data)
+      ? result.data
+      : Array.isArray(result)
+        ? result
+        : []
+
+    setWatched(
+      notifiers
+        .map((notifier) => {
+          const objectId = objectIdOf(notifier?.object)
+          if (!objectId || !notifier?.objectType) return null
+          const object =
+            notifier.object && typeof notifier.object === 'object'
+              ? notifier.object
+              : { _id: objectId }
+          return {
+            notifierId: notifier._id,
+            objectType: notifier.objectType,
+            object
+          }
+        })
+        .filter(Boolean)
+    )
+  }, [userId])
+
+  const loadNotifiersRef = useRef(loadNotifiers)
+  loadNotifiersRef.current = loadNotifiers
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!authReady || !connected) {
+      if (!authReady) setWatched([])
+      return undefined
+    }
+    loadNotifiersRef.current()
+    return undefined
+  }, [authReady, connected])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!authReady || connected !== true || !userId) return undefined
+    const unsubscribe = subscribeToObjectTypeUpdates(
+      'userNotifier',
+      { user: userId },
+      () => {
+        loadNotifiersRef.current()
+      }
+    )
+    return () => unsubscribe?.()
+  }, [authReady, connected, subscribeToObjectTypeUpdates, userId])
+
+  const subscriptionKey = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      watched
+        .filter((item) => hasStateField(item.object))
+        .map(
+          (item) =>
+            `${item.objectType}:${String(item.object._id).toLowerCase()}`
+        )
+        .sort()
+        .join('|'),
+    [watched]
+  )
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (connected !== true || !subscriptionKey) return undefined
+
+    const unsubscribes = watchedRef.current
+      .filter((item) => hasStateField(item.object))
+      .map((item) => {
+        const id = String(item.object._id).toLowerCase()
+        return subscribeToObjectUpdates(id, item.objectType, (patch) => {
+          setWatched((prev) =>
+            prev.map((entry) => {
+              const entryId = entry.object?._id
+              if (!entryId || String(entryId).toLowerCase() !== id) return entry
+              if (entry.objectType !== item.objectType) return entry
+              return {
+                ...entry,
+                object: mergeObjectPatch(entry.object, patch)
+              }
+            })
+          )
+        })
+      })
+
+    return () => {
+      unsubscribes.forEach((unsubscribe) => unsubscribe?.())
+    }
+  }, [connected, subscriptionKey, subscribeToObjectUpdates])
+
+  const activities = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      watched.flatMap((item) => {
+        const state = readState(item.object)
+        if (!state?.type || !ACTIVITY_TYPES.has(state.type)) return []
+        const model = getModelByName(item.objectType)
+        const { status, text } = getStateTagInfo(state.type)
+        const percent = progressPercent(state)
+        const name = item.object?.name || model.label
+        return [
+          {
+            key: `${item.objectType}:${item.object._id}`,
+            id: item.object._id,
+            name,
+            model,
+            status,
+            text,
+            percent
+          }
+        ]
+      }),
+    [watched]
+  )
+
+  const [slots, setSlots] = useState([])
+  const activityKeysRef = useRef(new Set())
+  activityKeysRef.current = new Set(activities.map((activity) => activity.key))
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setSlots((prev) => {
+      const seen = new Set()
+      const next = []
+
+      for (const slot of prev) {
+        const fresh = activities.find((activity) => activity.key === slot.key)
+        if (fresh) {
+          next.push({ ...fresh, open: slot.open })
+          seen.add(slot.key)
+        } else {
+          next.push({ ...slot, open: false })
+        }
+      }
+
+      for (const activity of activities) {
+        if (seen.has(activity.key)) continue
+        next.push({ ...activity, open: false })
+      }
+
+      return next
+    })
+  }, [activities])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const needsOpen = slots.some(
+      (slot) => !slot.open && activityKeysRef.current.has(slot.key)
+    )
+    if (!needsOpen) return undefined
+
+    const frame = window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+      setSlots((current) => {
+        const live = activityKeysRef.current
+        let changed = false
+        const next = current.map((slot) => {
+          if (!slot.open && live.has(slot.key)) {
+            changed = true
+            return { ...slot, open: true }
+          }
+          return slot
+        })
+        return changed ? next : current
+      })
+    })
+
+    return () => window.cancelAnimationFrame(frame)
+  }, [slots])
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const closing = slots.some(
+      (slot) => !slot.open && !activityKeysRef.current.has(slot.key)
+    )
+    if (!closing) return undefined
+
+    const timeoutId = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      setSlots((current) =>
+        current.filter(
+          (slot) => slot.open || activityKeysRef.current.has(slot.key)
+        )
+      )
+    }, LIVE_ACTIVITY_TRANSITION_MS + 40)
+
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(timeoutId)
+  }, [slots])
+
+  const size = token.controlHeight
+  const iconSize = Math.max(12, Math.round(size * 0.5))
+  const openCount = slots.filter((slot) => slot.open).length
+  const activitiesOpen = openCount > 0
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`live-activities${activitiesOpen ? ' live-activities-open' : ''}`}
+      aria-hidden={activitiesOpen ? undefined : true}
+      style={{
+        width: openCount * size,
+        height: size,
+        marginTop: 2,
+        opacity: activitiesOpen ? 1 : 0,
+        pointerEvents: activitiesOpen ? undefined : 'none'
+      }}
+    >
+      <div className='live-activities-row'>
+        {slots.map((activity) => {
+          const colorVar = STATUS_COLOR_VAR[activity.status] || '--color-info'
+          const color = `var(${colorVar})`
+          const tooltip =
+            activity.percent == null
+              ? `${activity.name} · ${activity.text}`
+              : `${activity.name} · ${activity.text} ${activity.percent}%`
+          const open = () => {
+            if (!activity.open || typeof activity.model.url !== 'string') return
+            navigate(
+              `${activity.model.url}/info?${activity.model.name}Id=${activity.id}`
+            )
+          }
+
+          return (
+            <Popover
+              key={activity.key}
+              content={
+                <SpotlightTooltip
+                  query={`${activity.model.prefix}:${activity.id}`}
+                  type={activity.model.name}
+                />
+              }
+              trigger='hover'
+              placement='bottomRight'
+              arrow={false}
+              style={{ padding: 0 }}
+            >
+              <div
+                className='live-activity-slot'
+                style={{ width: activity.open ? size : 0 }}
+                onTransitionEnd={(event) => {
+                  if (event.target !== event.currentTarget) return
+                  if (event.propertyName !== 'width') return
+                  if (activity.open) return
+                  setSlots((current) =>
+                    current.filter((slot) => slot.key !== activity.key)
+                  )
+                }}
+              >
+                <button
+                  type='button'
+                  className='live-activity'
+                  aria-label={tooltip}
+                  tabIndex={activity.open ? 0 : -1}
+                  onClick={open}
+                  style={{
+                    width: size,
+                    height: size,
+                    '--live-activity-color': color
+                  }}
+                >
+                  <span
+                    className={
+                      activity.percent == null
+                        ? 'live-activity-flash'
+                        : 'live-activity-progress'
+                    }
+                    style={{
+                      background: activity.percent == null ? color : undefined,
+                      width:
+                        activity.percent == null
+                          ? undefined
+                          : `${activity.percent}%`
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    {activity.percent == null ? null : (
+                      <>
+                        <span
+                          className='live-activity-progress-fill'
+                          style={{ background: color }}
+                        />
+                        <span className='live-activity-progress-wave' />
+                      </>
+                    )}
+                  </span>
+                  <span className='live-activity-icon'>
+                    {createElement(activity.model.icon, {
+                      style: { fontSize: iconSize }
+                    })}
+                  </span>
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </Popover>
+          )
+        })}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default LiveActivities
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 276089ce..085c0a6c 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -50,12 +50,29 @@ export default defineConfig({
       three: path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules/three'),
       ...codemirrorSingletons
     },
-    dedupe: Object.keys(codemirrorSingletons)
+    // Deep `antd/es/*` imports are optimized separately from the app entry.
+    // Without dedupe they get their own React chunk, and hooks throw
+    // "Cannot read properties of null (reading 'useContext')".
+    dedupe: ['react', 'react-dom', ...Object.keys(codemirrorSingletons)]
   },
   optimizeDeps: {
     // Do not prebundle CodeMirror — pnpm + esbuild duplicates @codemirror/state
     // and breaks FacetProvider instanceof checks.
-    include: ['@ant-design/icons'],
+    // Include antd's internal entry points up front so they share the app's
+    // React chunk instead of being discovered later and bundled apart.
+    include: [
+      'react',
+      'react-dom',
+      'react-dom/client',
+      'react/jsx-dev-runtime',
+      'antd',
+      'antd/es/config-provider/hooks/useCSSVarCls',
+      'antd/es/config-provider/hooks/useSize',
+      'antd/es/input/style',
+      'antd/es/space/Compact',
+      'antd/es/layout/layout',
+      '@ant-design/icons'
+    ],
     exclude: [
       '@uiw/react-codemirror',
       'codemirror',