diff --git a/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/registry.pod-agents-activity.test.js b/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/registry.pod-agents-activity.test.js
index 8b424b77b8..330de9ddd8 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/registry.pod-agents-activity.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/unit/routes/registry.pod-agents-activity.test.js
@@ -225,6 +225,43 @@ describe('pod agents lastActiveAt derivation (#915)', () => {
     expect(res.body.agents[0].connection.lastSeenAt).toEqual(expect.any(String));
   });
 
+  it('projects a daemon-bound seat as a wrapper even when its install label is not wrapper', async () => {
+    AgentInstallation.getInstalledAgents.mockResolvedValue([baseInstallation({
+      agentName: 'local', config: new Map([['runtime', { runtimeType: 'claude-code' }]]),
+    })]);
+    User.find.mockReturnValue({ select: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ lean: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{
+      _id: 'bot-1', username: 'local-default', botMetadata: { machineId: 'machine-1' }, agentRuntimeTokens: [],
+    }]) }) });
+    // The runtime key is aged past the 5-minute window, so only the live machine can make this seat connected.
+    AgentCredential.find.mockReturnValue({ select: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ lean: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([
+      { kind: 'runtime', agentUserId: 'bot-1', status: 'active', lastUsedAt: new Date(Date.now() - 10 * 60 * 1000) },
+      { kind: 'daemon', machineId: 'machine-1', status: 'active' },
+    ]) }) });
+    Machine.find.mockReturnValue({ select: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ lean: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{
+      machineId: 'machine-1', lastSeenAt: new Date(),
+    }]) }) });
+    const res = await request(app).get(`/api/registry/pods/${POD_ID}/agents`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body.agents[0].connection.state).toBe('connected');
+    expect(res.body.agents[0].connection.lastSeenAt).toEqual(expect.any(String));
+    expect(res.body.agents[0].runtime.runtimeType).toBe('wrapper');
+    expect(res.body.agents[0].runtime.adapter).toBe('claude-code');
+  });
+
+  it('reports a daemon-bound seat with no live signal as never connected, not missing', async () => {
+    AgentInstallation.getInstalledAgents.mockResolvedValue([baseInstallation({
+      agentName: 'local', config: new Map([['runtime', { runtimeType: 'claude-code' }]]),
+    })]);
+    User.find.mockReturnValue({ select: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ lean: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([{
+      _id: 'bot-1', username: 'local-default', botMetadata: { machineId: 'machine-1' }, agentRuntimeTokens: [],
+    }]) }) });
+    AgentCredential.find.mockReturnValue({ select: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ lean: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) }) });
+    Machine.find.mockReturnValue({ select: jest.fn().mockReturnValue({ lean: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([]) }) });
+    const res = await request(app).get(`/api/registry/pods/${POD_ID}/agents`);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body.agents[0].connection).toEqual({ state: 'never', lastSeenAt: null });
+  });
+
   it('surfaces AgentRun activity for native agents with no heartbeats and no tokens', async () => {
     AgentInstallation.getInstalledAgents.mockResolvedValue([baseInstallation()]);
     AgentRun.aggregate.mockResolvedValue([
diff --git a/backend/routes/registry/pod-agents.ts b/backend/routes/registry/pod-agents.ts
index 8f809dc5a3..15802ca223 100644
--- a/backend/routes/registry/pod-agents.ts
+++ b/backend/routes/registry/pod-agents.ts
@@ -381,16 +381,32 @@ podAgentsRouter.get('/pods/:podId/agents', auth, async (req: any, res: any) => {
         // Legacy local-cli installs are normalized to their harness name
         // (codex/claude-code) in the public payload. Host, not that label,
         // identifies a BYO listener whose credential use proves liveness.
+        // A seat bound to a daemon machine is a wrapper whatever its install
+        // label says: manage-settings projects it as `wrapper` for the same
+        // reason. Without this, a running daemon-managed seat carried no
+        // connection and Settings rendered "Connection status unavailable".
+        // The runtime type is projected as `wrapper` too: Settings keys its
+        // machine-key action and Reconnect link on that field, not on connection.
+        const machineId = user?.botMetadata?.machineId;
+        const daemonBound = Boolean(machineId);
+        // The harness label moves to `adapter`, so the chat tag keeps naming it.
+        const seatPayload = daemonBound
+          ? { ...payload, runtime: {
+            ...payload?.runtime,
+            runtimeType: 'wrapper',
+            adapter: payload?.runtime?.adapter || payload?.runtime?.runtimeType,
+          } }
+          : payload;
         const hasRuntimeConnection = payload?.runtime?.host === 'byo'
           || runtimeType === 'wrapper'
+          || daemonBound
           || (runtimeType === 'webhook' && !payload?.runtime?.host);
         if (!connectionAvailable || !user || !hasRuntimeConnection
-          || normalizeConfigMap(i.config)?.runtime?.webhookUrl) return payload;
-        const machineId = user.botMetadata?.machineId;
+          || normalizeConfigMap(i.config)?.runtime?.webhookUrl) return seatPayload;
         return {
-          ...payload,
+          ...seatPayload,
           connection: deriveAgentConnection({
-            runtimeType,
+            runtimeType: daemonBound ? 'wrapper' : runtimeType,
             credentials: credentialByAgent.get(String(user._id)) || [],
             machineCredentials: credentialByMachine.get(String(machineId)) || [],
             embeddedTokens: [...(user.agentRuntimeTokens || []), ...(i.runtimeTokens || [])],