diff --git a/.changeset/FN-7198-compound-engineering-icon-match.md b/.changeset/FN-7198-compound-engineering-icon-match.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f1b692327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/FN-7198-compound-engineering-icon-match.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Compound Engineering sidebar navigation now matches its Boxes header icon.
+category: fix
+dev: Pins Compound Engineering plugin nav entries to Boxes by plugin id so stale dashboard view metadata cannot render Sparkles/Grid3X3 in desktop or mobile navigation.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/LeftSidebarNav.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/LeftSidebarNav.tsx
index 38b8e34059..b3c726adc3 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/LeftSidebarNav.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/LeftSidebarNav.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
 import type { ProjectInfo, PluginDashboardViewEntry } from "../api";
 import type { TaskView } from "../hooks/useViewState";
 import { buildPluginTaskViewId } from "../plugins/pluginViewRegistry";
-import { getPluginNavIcon } from "./pluginNavIcon";
+import { getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon } from "./pluginNavIcon";
 import { GithubIcon } from "./GithubIcon";
 
 export interface LeftSidebarExperimentalFeatures {
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export function LeftSidebarNav({
 
   const mapPluginEntry = useCallback(
     (entry: PluginDashboardViewEntry): SidebarNavEntry => {
-      const PluginIcon = getPluginNavIcon(entry.view.icon);
+      const PluginIcon = getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon(entry);
       const targetView = getPluginEntryView(entry);
       return {
         id: `plugin-${entry.pluginId}-${entry.view.viewId}`,
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MobileNavBar.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MobileNavBar.tsx
index 8959a4f412..9b8556a84d 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/MobileNavBar.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/MobileNavBar.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import type { PluginDashboardViewEntry } from "../api";
 import { useViewportMode } from "./Header";
 import type { TaskView } from "../hooks/useViewState";
 import { buildPluginTaskViewId, isPluginViewId } from "../plugins/pluginViewRegistry";
-import { getPluginNavIcon } from "./pluginNavIcon";
+import { getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon } from "./pluginNavIcon";
 
 export interface PublishedMobileNavHeightInput {
   navOffsetHeight: number;
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ export function MobileNavBar({
 
         {topLevelPrimaryPluginViews.map((entry) => {
           const pluginTaskView = buildPluginTaskViewId(entry.pluginId, entry.view.viewId);
-          const PluginIcon = getPluginNavIcon(entry.view.icon);
+          const PluginIcon = getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon(entry);
           return (
             <button
               key={`${entry.pluginId}:${entry.view.viewId}`}
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ export function MobileNavBar({
 
             {overflowPluginViews.map((entry) => {
                 const pluginTaskView = buildPluginTaskViewId(entry.pluginId, entry.view.viewId);
-                const PluginIcon = getPluginNavIcon(entry.view.icon);
+                const PluginIcon = getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon(entry);
                 return (
                   <button
                     key={`${entry.pluginId}:${entry.view.viewId}`}
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/LeftSidebarNav.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/LeftSidebarNav.test.tsx
index a2e180546e..efbb08a26e 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/LeftSidebarNav.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/LeftSidebarNav.test.tsx
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ describe("LeftSidebarNav", () => {
     expect(screen.getByTestId("sidebar-nav-plugin-fusion-plugin-overflow-overflow-view")).toBeDefined();
   });
 
-  it("renders plugin labels without view suffix and shortens Compound Engineering", () => {
+  it("renders plugin labels without view suffix and pins Compound Engineering to the Boxes sidebar icon", () => {
     renderSidebar({
       pluginDashboardViews: [
         ...pluginViews,
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ describe("LeftSidebarNav", () => {
             viewId: "compound",
             label: "Compound Engineering",
             componentPath: "./CompoundEngineering",
+            icon: "Sparkles",
             placement: "primary",
             order: 0,
           },
@@ -449,6 +450,9 @@ describe("LeftSidebarNav", () => {
     expect(compoundPlugin).toHaveAttribute("title", "Compound Eng");
     expect(compoundPlugin).toHaveTextContent("Compound Eng");
     expect(compoundPlugin).not.toHaveTextContent("Compound Engineering");
+    expect(compoundPlugin.querySelector(".lucide-boxes")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(compoundPlugin.querySelector(".lucide-sparkles")).toBeNull();
+    expect(compoundPlugin.querySelector(".lucide-grid-3x3")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it.each<[TaskView, string]>([
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/MobileNavBar.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/MobileNavBar.test.tsx
index 107d04bafc..1ca8148688 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/MobileNavBar.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/MobileNavBar.test.tsx
@@ -643,14 +643,14 @@ describe("MobileNavBar", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByTestId("mobile-more-item-roadmaps")).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("renders Compound Engineering primary plugin only in the More sheet while Command Center is the first tab", () => {
+  it("renders Compound Engineering primary plugin only in More with the pinned Boxes icon", () => {
     const { container } = render(
       <MobileNavBar
         {...createDefaultProps()}
         pluginDashboardViews={[
           {
             pluginId: "fusion-plugin-compound-engineering",
-            view: { viewId: "compound-engineering", label: "Compound Engineering", componentPath: "./CompoundEngineeringView", icon: "Boxes", placement: "primary", order: 36 },
+            view: { viewId: "compound-engineering", label: "Compound Engineering", componentPath: "./CompoundEngineeringView", icon: "Sparkles", placement: "primary", order: 36 },
           },
         ]}
       />,
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ describe("MobileNavBar", () => {
     expect(screen.queryByTestId("mobile-nav-tab-plugin-fusion-plugin-compound-engineering-compound-engineering")).toBeNull();
 
     fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("mobile-nav-tab-more"));
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("mobile-more-item-plugin-fusion-plugin-compound-engineering-compound-engineering")).toBeDefined();
+    const compoundItem = screen.getByTestId("mobile-more-item-plugin-fusion-plugin-compound-engineering-compound-engineering");
+    expect(compoundItem).toBeDefined();
+    expect(compoundItem.querySelector(".lucide-boxes")).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(compoundItem.querySelector(".lucide-sparkles")).toBeNull();
+    expect(compoundItem.querySelector(".lucide-grid-3x3")).toBeNull();
     expect(screen.queryAllByTestId("mobile-more-item-plugin-fusion-plugin-compound-engineering-compound-engineering")).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(screen.queryByTestId("mobile-more-item-command-center")).toBeNull();
   });
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/pluginNavIcon.test.ts b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/pluginNavIcon.test.ts
index a1dd95d204..49c602ff13 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/pluginNavIcon.test.ts
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/pluginNavIcon.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import { Boxes, Grid3X3 } from "lucide-react";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { getPluginNavIcon } from "../pluginNavIcon";
+import { getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon, getPluginNavIcon } from "../pluginNavIcon";
 
 describe("getPluginNavIcon", () => {
   it("resolves the Compound Engineering Boxes icon to the registered lucide glyph", () => {
     expect(getPluginNavIcon("Boxes")).toBe(Boxes);
+    expect(getPluginNavIcon("Boxes")).not.toBe(Grid3X3);
+  });
+
+  it("pins Compound Engineering dashboard-view nav entries to Boxes even when stale metadata is served", () => {
+    expect(getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon({
+      pluginId: "fusion-plugin-compound-engineering",
+      view: { viewId: "compound-engineering", label: "Compound Engineering", componentPath: "./dashboard-view", icon: "Sparkles" },
+    })).toBe(Boxes);
   });
 
   it("falls back to Grid3X3 for empty or unknown icon names", () => {
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/pluginNavIcon.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/pluginNavIcon.tsx
index 9d090f6ece..b13ac3fa99 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/pluginNavIcon.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/pluginNavIcon.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Activity, Bot, Boxes, Brain, CheckSquare, Clock, FileText, Folder, GitBranch, Grid3X3, LayoutGrid, Mail, Map, MessageSquare, Monitor, Search, Sparkles, Target, Workflow, Zap } from "lucide-react";
 import type { LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import type { PluginDashboardViewEntry } from "../api";
 
 /*
 FNXC:Navigation 2026-06-28-00:00:
@@ -32,6 +33,17 @@ function normalizeIconName(iconName?: string): string {
   return (iconName ?? "").trim().toLowerCase().replace(/[-_\s]/g, "");
 }
 
+const COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_PLUGIN_ID = "fusion-plugin-compound-engineering";
+
 export function getPluginNavIcon(iconName?: string): LucideIcon {
   return PLUGIN_NAV_ICON_MAP[normalizeIconName(iconName)] ?? Grid3X3;
 }
+
+export function getPluginDashboardViewNavIcon(entry: Pick<PluginDashboardViewEntry, "pluginId" | "view">): LucideIcon {
+  /*
+  FNXC:Navigation 2026-06-28-00:00:
+  Compound Engineering's in-view header can update from the rebuilt dashboard bundle while the sidebar still receives a stale dashboardViews.icon from plugin loader state or bundled install output. Pin the plugin-id-specific nav icon to Boxes so desktop and mobile sidebars match the agreed header glyph even when incoming metadata has not refreshed yet.
+  */
+  if (entry.pluginId === COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_PLUGIN_ID) return Boxes;
+  return getPluginNavIcon(entry.view.icon);
+}
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/__tests__/manifest.test.ts b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/__tests__/manifest.test.ts
index e98ad9396b..c7652995c5 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/__tests__/manifest.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/__tests__/manifest.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { Boxes } from "lucide-react";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import manifest from "../../manifest.json";
 import packageJson from "../../package.json";
+import { COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_VIEW_HEADER_ICON } from "../dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.js";
 import plugin from "../index.js";
 import { COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_SKILLS } from "../skills.js";
 import { settingsSchema } from "../settings.js";
@@ -33,6 +35,18 @@ describe("compound engineering plugin manifest", () => {
     expect(manifest.dashboardViews).toEqual(plugin.dashboardViews);
   });
 
+  it("keeps the Compound Engineering icon invariant aligned across source surfaces", () => {
+    const runtimeIcon = plugin.dashboardViews?.[0]?.icon;
+    const manifestIcon = manifest.dashboardViews?.[0]?.icon;
+
+    expect(runtimeIcon).toBe("Boxes");
+    expect(manifestIcon).toBe(runtimeIcon);
+    expect(COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_VIEW_HEADER_ICON).toBe(runtimeIcon);
+    expect(runtimeIcon).not.toBe("Sparkles");
+    expect(runtimeIcon).not.toBe("Grid3X3");
+    expect(Boxes).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
   it("registers the session orchestration routes (U5)", () => {
     const paths = (plugin.routes ?? []).map((r) => `${r.method} ${r.path}`);
     expect(paths).toEqual(
diff --git a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.tsx b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.tsx
index 9396814bd1..5b0af194cb 100644
--- a/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.tsx
+++ b/plugins/fusion-plugin-compound-engineering/src/dashboard/CompoundEngineeringView.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type { CeArtifactEntry, CeArtifactGroup } from "../artifacts/discovery.js
 import type { CeSession, CeSessionStatus } from "../session/session-store.js";
 
 const CE_PLUGIN_ID = "fusion-plugin-compound-engineering";
+export const COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_VIEW_HEADER_ICON = "Boxes";
 
 /**
  * FNXC:CompoundEngineeringUI 2026-06-17-00:52:
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ export function CompoundEngineeringView(props: CompoundEngineeringViewProps) {
   FNXC:CompoundEngineering 2026-06-28-00:00:
   Compound Engineering uses Boxes for its nav and view header icon because Sparkles collides with Insights in the left sidebar. Keep this header aligned with the plugin dashboardViews icon so desktop, mobile, and in-view surfaces share the same no-overlap glyph.
   */
-  const HeaderIcon = LucideIcons.Boxes;
+  const HeaderIcon = LucideIcons[COMPOUND_ENGINEERING_VIEW_HEADER_ICON];
 
   if (ceSession.session) {
     return (