diff --git a/.changeset/FN-8002-planning-reconnecting-hint.md b/.changeset/FN-8002-planning-reconnecting-hint.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb76503d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/FN-8002-planning-reconnecting-hint.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Suppress the Planning Mode reconnecting hint on persisted question screens.
+category: fix
+dev: Gate the `planning.reconnecting` indicator in `PlanningModeModal` to `view.type === "loading"` so idle `awaiting_input`/DB-backed views render purely from persisted state.
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx
index 40ef373e09..9c7b085073 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx
@@ -2174,7 +2174,11 @@ export function PlanningModeModal({ isOpen, onClose, onTaskCreated, onTasksCreat
 
           <div className="planning-detail">
           {error && <div className="form-error planning-error">{error}</div>}
-          {isReconnecting && <div className="form-hint text-muted">{t("planning.reconnecting", "Reconnecting…")}</div>}
+          {/*
+          FNXC:PlanningMode 2026-07-15-00:00:
+          Awaiting-input questions are persisted database state, so transient idle SSE reconnects must not imply that the question is being regenerated. Reserve this hint for the active loading view, where live generation genuinely depends on the stream.
+          */}
+          {isReconnecting && view.type === "loading" && <div className="form-hint text-muted">{t("planning.reconnecting", "Reconnecting…")}</div>}
 
           {view.type === "initial" && (
             <div className="planning-initial">
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.planning-flow.test.tsx b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.planning-flow.test.tsx
index 3d0d34b924..bfa609371b 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.planning-flow.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/dashboard/app/components/__tests__/PlanningModeModal.planning-flow.test.tsx
@@ -1935,6 +1935,79 @@ describe("PlanningModeModal", () => {
       expect(screen.queryByRole("button", { name: "Refine Further" })).toBeNull();
     });
 
+    it.each(["desktop", "mobile"] as const)("keeps persisted awaiting-input questions free of reconnecting hints on %s", async (viewportMode) => {
+      mockViewport(viewportMode);
+      let streamHandlers: any;
+      mockConnectPlanningStream.mockImplementationOnce((_sessionId: string, _projectId: string | undefined, handlers: any) => {
+        streamHandlers = handlers;
+        return { close: vi.fn(), isConnected: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true) };
+      });
+      mockFetchAiSession.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+        id: `session-reconnect-question-${viewportMode}`,
+        type: "planning",
+        status: "awaiting_input",
+        title: "Persisted question",
+        inputPayload: JSON.stringify({ initialPlan: "Resume persisted question" }),
+        conversationHistory: "[]",
+        currentQuestion: JSON.stringify(mockQuestion),
+        result: null,
+        thinkingOutput: "",
+        error: null,
+        projectId: null,
+        createdAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+        updatedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+      });
+
+      render(
+        <PlanningModeModal
+          isOpen={true}
+          onClose={mockOnClose}
+          onTaskCreated={mockOnTaskCreated}
+          onTasksCreated={vi.fn()}
+          tasks={mockTasks}
+          resumeSessionId={`session-reconnect-question-${viewportMode}`}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      expect(await screen.findByText(mockQuestion.question)).toBeInTheDocument();
+      act(() => {
+        streamHandlers.onConnectionStateChange?.("reconnecting");
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.getByText(mockQuestion.question)).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByText("Reconnecting…")).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it("shows the reconnecting hint while active generation is loading", async () => {
+      let streamHandlers: any;
+      mockConnectPlanningStream.mockImplementationOnce((_sessionId: string, _projectId: string | undefined, handlers: any) => {
+        streamHandlers = handlers;
+        return { close: vi.fn(), isConnected: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true) };
+      });
+
+      render(
+        <PlanningModeModal
+          isOpen={true}
+          onClose={mockOnClose}
+          onTaskCreated={mockOnTaskCreated}
+          onTasksCreated={vi.fn()}
+          tasks={mockTasks}
+        />,
+      );
+
+      fireEvent.change(screen.getByPlaceholderText(/e.g., Build a user authentication/), {
+        target: { value: "Generate a planning task" },
+      });
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Start Planning"));
+      await waitFor(() => expect(mockConnectPlanningStream).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+
+      act(() => {
+        streamHandlers.onConnectionStateChange?.("reconnecting");
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.getByText("Reconnecting…")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
     it("shows summary view when resuming a complete persisted session", async () => {
       const resumedSummary: PlanningSummary = {
         title: "Resume-ready planning output",