diff --git a/docs/api/status.mdx b/docs/api/status.mdx
index 5410a17..e782a63 100644
--- a/docs/api/status.mdx
+++ b/docs/api/status.mdx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ if (status.running) console.log(`pid ${status.pid} is on round ${status.round}`)
 type LoopStatus = {
   running: boolean
   pid?: number
+  progressSeq?: number | null
   round: number
   usd: number
   lastExit: Exit | null
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ type LoopStatus = {
 | ----- | ------- |
 | `running` | Whether a Run currently holds the Lock. |
 | `pid` | The Lock owner's process id — present iff `running`. |
+| `progressSeq` | The owner's latest durable journal sequence — present iff `running`; `null` before its first journaled event. |
 | `round` | The resume cursor — where the next Run picks up. |
 | `usd` | Total spend across the whole Loop so far. |
 | `lastExit` | How the last Run ended, or `null` if none has. |
diff --git a/docs/cli/status.mdx b/docs/cli/status.mdx
index cca040b..1677ec9 100644
--- a/docs/cli/status.mdx
+++ b/docs/cli/status.mdx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Four lines, at a glance:
 
 ```bash
 $ loop status
-running: yes (pid 41250)
+running: yes (pid 41250, journal seq 27)
 round: 3
 spend: $1.42
 verdict: not met — the report is missing the summary section
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ verdict: not met — the report is missing the summary section
 
 | Line | Meaning |
 | ---- | ------- |
-| `running` | `yes (pid <n>)` while a process owns the Lock, else `no` |
+| `running` | `yes (pid <n>, journal seq <n>)` while a process owns the Lock, including its latest durable progress; else `no` |
 | `round` | the Round count so far |
 | `spend` | dollars spent, e.g. `$1.42` |
 | `verdict` | the last Verdict with its reason — `met`, `not met`, or `impossible`; `none` when the Loop has never been judged |
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ $ loop status --json
 }
 ```
 
-`pid` is present only while the Loop is running. `lastExit` is how the last Run
+`pid` and `progressSeq` are present only while the Loop is running. `progressSeq`
+is the latest durable journal sequence observed by its heartbeat (`null` before the
+first event), so repeated snapshots distinguish liveness from progress. `lastExit` is how the last Run
 ended — `{ settled: true, verdict }` or `{ settled: false, cause, reason }` —
 and is `null` before the first Run completes. `verdicts` carries every Verdict
 so far, each tagged with its Round.
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.test.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.test.ts
index 1c64f10..17fb024 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.test.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.test.ts
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ test("prints the standing: round, spend, and the last verdict with its reason",
 
 test("a live owner shows as running, with its pid", async () => {
   await writeConfig()
-  writeRecord(join(root, ".loop"), { ...settled(), status: "running", heartbeat: { pid: 4242, ts: Date.now() } })
+  writeRecord(join(root, ".loop"), { ...settled(), status: "running", heartbeat: { pid: 4242, ts: Date.now(), seq: 17 } })
   const { out } = await run([])
-  expect(out).toContain("running: yes (pid 4242)\n")
+  expect(out).toContain("running: yes (pid 4242, journal seq 17)\n")
 })
 
 test("--json prints the LoopStatus snapshot, parseable by a wrapper", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.ts
index 017b4c9..2476a22 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/cli/status.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ export type StatusOptions = {
 function statusLines(s: LoopStatus): string[] {
   const last = s.verdicts.at(-1)
   return [
-    s.running ? `running: yes (pid ${s.pid})` : "running: no",
+    s.running
+      ? `running: yes (pid ${s.pid}, journal seq ${s.progressSeq === null ? "none" : (s.progressSeq ?? "unknown")})`
+      : "running: no",
     `round: ${s.round}`,
     `spend: $${s.usd.toFixed(2)}`,
     `verdict: ${last ? verdictText(last) : "none"}`,
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.test.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.test.ts
index 4269c5e..1dbfffd 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.test.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ test("seq resumes from the last line on reopen (replay key survives)", async ()
   expect((await j2.append({ type: "text", round: 1, phase: "verify", text: "x" })).seq).toBe(2)
 })
 
+test("lastSeq reports durable journal progress, not merely reserved sequence numbers", async () => {
+  const j = Journal.open(dir)
+  expect(j.lastSeq).toBeNull()
+
+  j.reserveSeq() // a stream-only observation: assigned, but never journaled
+  expect(j.lastSeq).toBeNull()
+
+  const written = await j.append({ type: "text", round: 1, phase: "execute", text: "durable" })
+  expect(written.seq).toBe(1)
+  expect(j.lastSeq).toBe(1)
+  expect(Journal.open(dir).lastSeq).toBe(1)
+})
+
 test("foldPartial folds a stranded sidecar as text{partial:true}, then clears it", async () => {
   const j = Journal.open(dir)
   await j.pushDelta(2, "execute", "half a sen")
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.ts
index 375ed82..4740e34 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/journal.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export async function* readJournal(loopDir: string, sinceSeq = 0): AsyncGenerato
 
 export class Journal {
   private seqCounter: number
+  private lastSeqCounter: number | null
   private deltaRound = 0
   private deltaPhase: JournaledEvent["phase"] = "execute"
   /** Settles when every append started so far has hit the disk — see {@link flushed}. */
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ export class Journal {
     startSeq: number,
   ) {
     this.seqCounter = startSeq
+    this.lastSeqCounter = startSeq === 0 ? null : startSeq - 1
   }
 
   /** Synchronous, so `run()` can open the Journal and pin the Run's start seq before returning. */
@@ -93,6 +95,11 @@ export class Journal {
     return this.seqCounter
   }
 
+  /** The latest sequence number known to be durable in the journal; null before its first event. */
+  get lastSeq(): number | null {
+    return this.lastSeqCounter
+  }
+
   /** Reserve the next `seq` without writing — for observations that emit live before persisting. */
   reserveSeq(): number {
     return this.seqCounter++
@@ -103,8 +110,11 @@ export class Journal {
    * {@link flushed} — the ReplaySource contract rests on that. */
   write(evt: JournaledEvent): Promise<void> {
     const op = appendFile(join(this.loopDir, JOURNAL_FILE), JSON.stringify(evt) + "\n", "utf8")
-    this.tail = Promise.allSettled([this.tail, op]) // never rejects — one failed append cannot poison the chain
-    return op
+    const written = op.then(() => {
+      this.lastSeqCounter = Math.max(this.lastSeqCounter ?? -1, evt.seq)
+    })
+    this.tail = Promise.allSettled([this.tail, written]) // never rejects — one failed append cannot poison the chain
+    return written
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.test.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.test.ts
index cd0adb0..617dbd9 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.test.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe("Lock.acquire (synchronous CAS claim)", () => {
     const { record, tookOver } = new Lock({ loopDir: dir, pid: 42, now }).acquire()
     expect(tookOver).toBe(false)
     expect(record.status).toBe("running")
-    expect(record.heartbeat).toEqual({ pid: 42, ts: clock })
+    expect(record.heartbeat).toEqual({ pid: 42, ts: clock, seq: null })
     expect(readRecord(dir)?.heartbeat?.pid).toBe(42)
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.ts
index edcb499..1d2b7af 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/lock.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class Lock {
       ...base,
       epoch: base.epoch + 1,
       status: "running",
-      heartbeat: { pid: this.pid, ts: this.now() },
+      heartbeat: { pid: this.pid, ts: this.now(), seq: existing?.heartbeat?.seq ?? null },
     }
     return { claimed, tookOver: decision.kind === "takeover" }
   }
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.test.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.test.ts
index 785a93d..dd75027 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.test.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.test.ts
@@ -357,6 +357,8 @@ test("cost commits to the Record per step — a crash loses at most one step's s
     if (Date.now() - start > 5000) throw new Error("ledger never saw the step")
     await new Promise((res) => setTimeout(res, 10))
   }
+  expect(readRecord(loopDir)?.heartbeat?.seq).toBe(1) // phase-start=0, durable cost event=1
+  expect((await definition.status()).progressSeq).toBe(1)
   release()
   await r.done()
   expect(readRecord(loopDir)?.cost.usd).toBe(4)
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.ts
index a4198d5..283679c 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/loop.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function define(config: LoopConfig, executor: Executor = claudeExecutor()
         // The wipe happens under the Lock we now hold — a live owner was refused above, so
         // `fresh` can never clear a Workspace out from under a running Loop.
         applyFresh(paths)
-        record = { ...freshRecord(), epoch: 1, status: "running", heartbeat: { pid: lock.pid, ts: Date.now() } }
+        record = { ...freshRecord(), epoch: 1, status: "running", heartbeat: { pid: lock.pid, ts: Date.now(), seq: null } }
         writeRecord(paths.loopDir, record)
         tookOver = false
       }
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ export function define(config: LoopConfig, executor: Executor = claudeExecutor()
 
       const drive = async (): Promise<void> => {
         await journal.foldPartial() // fold any partial stranded by a crash before we resume
-        const commit = (mutate?: (r: Record) => void): void => commitRecord(paths.loopDir, record, Date.now, mutate)
+        const commit = (mutate?: (r: Record) => void): void =>
+          commitRecord(paths.loopDir, record, Date.now, (r) => {
+            mutate?.(r)
+            if (r.heartbeat) r.heartbeat.seq = journal.lastSeq
+          })
         if (tookOver) {
           commit((r) => {
             r.lastExit = { settled: false, cause: "error", reason: "previous Run interrupted mid-Round; taken over" }
@@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ export function define(config: LoopConfig, executor: Executor = claudeExecutor()
       const claim = decideClaim(rec, Date.now(), DEFAULT_STALENESS_MS)
       return {
         running: claim.kind === "busy",
-        ...(claim.kind === "busy" ? { pid: claim.pid } : {}),
+        ...(claim.kind === "busy" ? { pid: claim.pid, progressSeq: rec.heartbeat?.seq ?? null } : {}),
         round: rec.cursor,
         usd: rec.cost.usd,
         lastExit: rec.lastExit,
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/record.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/record.ts
index 543d393..99f644b 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/engine/record.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/engine/record.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ import type { Exit, Verdict } from "../protocol.ts"
 
 export type RunStatus = "running" | "stopped"
 
-/** The Lock's liveness signal: which process holds the Workspace, and when it last proved alive. */
-export type Heartbeat = { pid: number; ts: number }
+/** The Lock's liveness signal: owner, last proof of life, and its latest durable journal progress. */
+export type Heartbeat = {
+  pid: number
+  ts: number
+  /** Optional only for Records written before progress-bearing heartbeats shipped. */
+  seq?: number | null
+}
 
 export type VerdictLogEntry = { round: number; verdict: Verdict }
 
diff --git a/packages/loop-js/src/protocol.ts b/packages/loop-js/src/protocol.ts
index 2d4730d..e362b4d 100644
--- a/packages/loop-js/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/loop-js/src/protocol.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ export type AgentExit =
 export type LoopStatus = {
   running: boolean
   pid?: number
+  /** Latest durable journal sequence observed by the owner; present iff running, null before progress. */
+  progressSeq?: number | null
   round: number
   usd: number
   lastExit: Exit | null