diff --git a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs
index 423ec493..a4712b48 100644
--- a/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs
+++ b/src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Runner/TaskRunner.cs
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ public sealed class TaskRunner
             {
                 var wtCtx = await _wtManager.CreateAsync(task, list, ct);
                 await _broadcaster.WorkerLog($"Created worktree for \"{task.Title}\"", WorkerLogLevel.Info, DateTime.UtcNow);
+                // The worktrees row was just inserted; without this the UI keeps showing the task
+                // as having no worktree until some unrelated event happens to refresh it.
+                await _broadcaster.WorktreeUpdated(task.Id);
                 return new RunDirResult(wtCtx.WorktreePath, wtCtx, null);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/QueueClaimTaskUpdatedBroadcastTests.cs b/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/QueueClaimTaskUpdatedBroadcastTests.cs
index ecee41dd..83b4e465 100644
--- a/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/QueueClaimTaskUpdatedBroadcastTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/Runner/QueueClaimTaskUpdatedBroadcastTests.cs
@@ -121,4 +121,52 @@ public sealed class QueueClaimTaskUpdatedBroadcastTests : IDisposable
         releaseProcess.TrySetResult();
         await runTask;
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Creating_a_worktree_broadcasts_WorktreeUpdated()
+    {
+        string listId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), taskId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+        var repoDir = Path.Combine(_tempDir, "repo");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(repoDir);
+
+        // A real git repo — Worker.Tests run real git by design.
+        await RunGitAsync(repoDir, "init");
+        await RunGitAsync(repoDir, "config user.email t@t.t");
+        await RunGitAsync(repoDir, "config user.name t");
+        await File.WriteAllTextAsync(Path.Combine(repoDir, "a.txt"), "hi");
+        await RunGitAsync(repoDir, "add a.txt");
+        await RunGitAsync(repoDir, "commit -m init");
+
+        using (var ctx = _db.CreateContext())
+        {
+            ctx.Lists.Add(new ListEntity { Id = listId, Name = "L", WorkingDir = repoDir, CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow });
+            ctx.Tasks.Add(new TaskEntity
+            {
+                Id = taskId, ListId = listId, Title = "T", Status = TaskStatus.Running,
+                StartedAt = DateTime.UtcNow, CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+            });
+            await ctx.SaveChangesAsync();
+        }
+
+        var fake = new FakeClaudeProcess((_, _, _, _, _) =>
+            Task.FromResult(new RunResult { ExitCode = 0, ResultMarkdown = "ok" }));
+        var runner = BuildRunner(fake);
+
+        using (var ctx = _db.CreateContext())
+            await runner.RunAsync((await new TaskRepository(ctx).GetByIdAsync(taskId))!, "queue",
+                CancellationToken.None, alreadyClaimed: true);
+
+        Assert.Contains(_hubContext.Proxy.Calls,
+            c => c.Method == "WorktreeUpdated" && (string)c.Args[0]! == taskId);
+    }
+
+    private static async Task RunGitAsync(string dir, string args)
+    {
+        var psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("git", args)
+        {
+            WorkingDirectory = dir, RedirectStandardOutput = true, RedirectStandardError = true,
+        };
+        using var p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi)!;
+        await p.WaitForExitAsync();
+    }
 }