diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx
index a21b5f9920..67f7bb75b1 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Part.tsx
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ const Part = memo(function Part({
         quotes={part.quotes}
         steerId={part.steerId}
         createdAt={part.createdAt}
+        isSubmitting={isSubmitting}
       />
     );
   }
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/SteerPart.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/SteerPart.tsx
index 5c5446fd3a..ca472fed1c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/SteerPart.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/SteerPart.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const SteerPart = memo(function SteerPart({
   quotes,
   steerId,
   createdAt,
+  isSubmitting = false,
 }: {
   steer: string;
   files?: TMessage['files'];
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ const SteerPart = memo(function SteerPart({
   /** Anchors the part for the message-nav rail (`#steer-<id>` rib target). */
   steerId?: string;
   createdAt?: number;
+  /** The owning response is still generating: the receipt keeps its amber
+   *  steering identity while it is the live thing at the end, then settles
+   *  to timestamp gray (always settled on reload, share, and search). */
+  isSubmitting?: boolean;
 }) {
   const localize = useLocalize();
   /** Read the atom rather than the auth context: AuthContextProvider mirrors the
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ const SteerPart = memo(function SteerPart({
           </CollapsibleText>
         </div>
         <div className="mt-1 flex min-h-8 items-center justify-end text-text-secondary">
-          <SteerReceipt state="applied" animateIn={animateIn} />
+          <SteerReceipt state="applied" live={isSubmitting} animateIn={animateIn} />
           <MessageTimestamp value={timestamp} />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/__tests__/SteerPart.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/__tests__/SteerPart.test.tsx
index 6fd7d30462..6b4fdc1a06 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/__tests__/SteerPart.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Messages/Content/Parts/__tests__/SteerPart.test.tsx
@@ -260,3 +260,25 @@ describe('SteerPart live receipt draw-in', () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId('live-ids').textContent).toBe('');
   });
 });
+
+describe('SteerPart receipt settling', () => {
+  const checks = () => screen.getByLabelText('com_ui_steer_applied_info').querySelector('svg');
+
+  it('keeps the amber identity while the owning response is still generating', () => {
+    render(
+      <RecoilRoot initializeState={({ set }) => set(store.user, SEEDED_USER as never)}>
+        <SteerPart steer="steered words" steerId="s1" createdAt={1} isSubmitting />
+      </RecoilRoot>,
+    );
+    expect(checks()).toHaveClass('dark:text-amber-500');
+    expect(checks()).not.toHaveClass('text-text-secondary');
+  });
+
+  it('settles to timestamp gray once the response is done, and on reload/share', () => {
+    // The default (no isSubmitting) is the settled, reload, share, and search
+    // rendering: still a double check, no longer lit.
+    renderPart();
+    expect(checks()).toHaveClass('text-text-secondary');
+    expect(checks()).not.toHaveClass('dark:text-amber-500');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Steering/Receipt.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Steering/Receipt.tsx
index 163ded1f66..da2f1b5b1f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Steering/Receipt.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Steering/Receipt.tsx
@@ -22,20 +22,27 @@ const AMBER_DOT = 'bg-amber-600 dark:bg-amber-500';
  * - `interrupting`: asked to seal generation at the next safe boundary — the
  *   amber label and pulsing dot say "working, not stuck". Until the arm is
  *   server-confirmed (`confirmed` false) the label shows without its check.
- * - `applied`: the running response durably absorbed the words (amber double
- *   check, persistent — it renders identically live, on reload, and in
- *   shared/search views).
+ * - `applied`: the running response durably absorbed the words (double check,
+ *   persistent). It stays lit amber only while the owning response is still
+ *   generating — the window where "did it land" is the question — then
+ *   settles to the same muted gray as the timestamp, so a conversation full
+ *   of historical steers doesn't glow forever.
  *
  * The hover explanations render through the shared `InfoHoverCard` with the
  * receipt as the trigger, so the info text doubles as the accessible name.
  */
 const SteerReceipt = memo(function SteerReceipt({
   state,
+  live = false,
   confirmed = true,
   animateIn = false,
   className,
 }: {
   state: SteerReceiptState;
+  /** Applied only: the owning response is still generating, so the receipt is
+   *  the newest thing on screen and keeps the amber steering identity. Off
+   *  (settled, reload, share, search) it dims to the timestamp gray. */
+  live?: boolean;
   /** Server confirmation of the underlying enqueue/arm; an interrupt awaiting
    *  its ACK shows the label and pulse without a check. */
   confirmed?: boolean;
@@ -62,15 +69,15 @@ const SteerReceipt = memo(function SteerReceipt({
       <span
         data-testid="steer-receipt"
         data-receipt-state="applied"
+        data-receipt-live={live ? 'true' : undefined}
         className={cn('flex items-center', className)}
       >
         <InfoHoverCard side={ESide.Top} text={localize('com_ui_steer_applied_info')}>
           <CheckCheck
             className={cn(
-              'h-4 w-4',
-              AMBER_ICON,
-              animateIn &&
-                'duration-theme-normal ease-out animate-in fade-in-0 zoom-in-50 motion-reduce:animate-none',
+              'h-4 w-4 transition-colors duration-theme-normal motion-reduce:transition-none',
+              live ? AMBER_ICON : 'text-text-secondary',
+              animateIn && 'ease-out animate-in fade-in-0 zoom-in-50 motion-reduce:animate-none',
             )}
             aria-hidden="true"
           />