diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs
index b096970..d96ca9c 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _hasStatusPill;
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _isShowingCompleted = true;
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _hasOverdue;
+    [ObservableProperty] private bool _hasOpen;
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _hasCompleted;
+    [ObservableProperty] private bool _showOpenLabel;
     [ObservableProperty] private string _completedHeader = "COMPLETED";
 
     public TasksIslandViewModel(IDbContextFactory<ClaudeDoDbContext> dbFactory)
@@ -53,8 +55,10 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
         OverdueItems.Clear();
         OpenItems.Clear();
         CompletedItems.Clear();
-        HasOverdue = false;
-        HasCompleted = false;
+        HasOverdue    = false;
+        HasOpen       = false;
+        HasCompleted  = false;
+        ShowOpenLabel = false;
         if (list is null) return;
 
         HeaderTitle = list.Name;
@@ -112,8 +116,10 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
                 OpenItems.Add(r);
         }
 
-        HasOverdue    = OverdueItems.Count > 0;
-        HasCompleted  = CompletedItems.Count > 0;
+        HasOverdue     = OverdueItems.Count > 0;
+        HasOpen        = OpenItems.Count > 0;
+        HasCompleted   = CompletedItems.Count > 0;
+        ShowOpenLabel  = HasOpen && HasOverdue;
         CompletedHeader = $"COMPLETED · {CompletedItems.Count}";
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TasksIslandView.axaml b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TasksIslandView.axaml
index a60afbd..4ba0510 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TasksIslandView.axaml
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TasksIslandView.axaml
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@
         </StackPanel>
 
         <!-- TASKS -->
-        <StackPanel>
+        <StackPanel IsVisible="{Binding HasOpen}">
           <TextBlock Classes="eyebrow section-label"
                      Text="TASKS" Margin="14,14,14,6"
-                     IsVisible="{Binding HasOverdue}"/>
+                     IsVisible="{Binding ShowOpenLabel}"/>
           <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding OpenItems}">
             <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
               <DataTemplate DataType="vm:TaskRowViewModel">