diff --git a/.changeset/live-gate-running-count.md b/.changeset/live-gate-running-count.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e57060c6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/live-gate-running-count.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+summary: Board column and footer running counts now include live Code Review, Plan Review, and other gate sessions.
+category: fix
+dev: `isRunningAgentTask` treats a `pending` workflow-step-result lease as Running; shared by column headers, footer stats, admission, and CLI counts.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/__tests__/live-agent-count.test.ts b/packages/core/src/__tests__/live-agent-count.test.ts
index 9f9e8671d2..5b8730e6e8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/__tests__/live-agent-count.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/__tests__/live-agent-count.test.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,26 @@ describe("live agent count predicates", () => {
     expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "working", columnCountsTowardWip: true, columnTerminalKind: "none" }))).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("counts a live pending workflow-step gate lease as running in any non-terminal lane", () => {
+    const pendingCodeReview = [{ workflowStepId: "code-review", workflowStepName: "Code Review", status: "pending" as const, startedAt: "2026-07-22T05:00:00.000Z" }];
+    // In Review: MERGING task + live CODE REVIEW gate must both count (was 1/2).
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "in-review", columnIsReviewOrMerge: true, workflowStepResults: pendingCodeReview }))).toBe(true);
+    // Planning-lane gate (plan-review) with status cleared to null also counts.
+    const pendingPlanReview = [{ workflowStepId: "plan-review", workflowStepName: "Plan Review", status: "pending" as const, startedAt: "2026-07-22T05:00:00.000Z" }];
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "todo", columnIsIntakeOrHold: true, workflowStepResults: pendingPlanReview }))).toBe(true);
+    // A running gate is never Waiting.
+    expect(isWaitingAgentTask(task({ column: "todo", columnIsIntakeOrHold: true, workflowStepResults: pendingPlanReview }))).toBe(false);
+    // Pause and terminal columns still dominate.
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "in-review", columnIsReviewOrMerge: true, workflowStepResults: pendingCodeReview, paused: true }))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "in-review", columnIsReviewOrMerge: true, workflowStepResults: pendingCodeReview, userPaused: true }))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "done", columnTerminalKind: "complete", workflowStepResults: pendingCodeReview }))).toBe(false);
+    // Terminal step records are not live leases.
+    const passed = [{ workflowStepId: "code-review", workflowStepName: "Code Review", status: "passed" as const, completedAt: "2026-07-22T05:10:00.000Z" }];
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "in-review", columnIsReviewOrMerge: true, workflowStepResults: passed }))).toBe(false);
+    const failed = [{ workflowStepId: "code-review", workflowStepName: "Code Review", status: "failed" as const, completedAt: "2026-07-22T05:10:00.000Z" }];
+    expect(isRunningAgentTask(task({ column: "in-review", columnIsReviewOrMerge: true, workflowStepResults: failed }))).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("enriches terminal, waiting, and WIP traits from board flags", () => {
     const complete = enrichRunningAgentTaskShapeFromFlags(task({ column: "shipped", sessionFile: "/tmp/stale" }), { complete: true, countsTowardWip: true });
     expect(complete.columnTerminalKind).toBe("complete");
diff --git a/packages/core/src/live-agent-count.ts b/packages/core/src/live-agent-count.ts
index ee2a766d63..f0b71664c5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/live-agent-count.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/live-agent-count.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type ColumnTerminalKind = "none" | "complete" | "archived";
  * The deliberately small, pure shape used by all top-level live-agent counts.
  * Store- and board-backed callers must attach trait-derived fields first.
  */
-export type RunningAgentTaskShape = Pick<Task, "column" | "status" | "paused" | "userPaused" | "sessionFile" | "checkedOutBy"> & {
+export type RunningAgentTaskShape = Pick<Task, "column" | "status" | "paused" | "userPaused" | "sessionFile" | "checkedOutBy"> & Partial<Pick<Task, "workflowStepResults">> & {
   columnTerminalKind?: ColumnTerminalKind;
   /** Trait-derived intake/hold membership, used by {@link isWaitingAgentTask}. */
   columnIsIntakeOrHold?: boolean;
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ export function enrichRunningAgentTaskShapeFromFlags<T extends RunningAgentTaskS
   };
 }
 
+/*
+FNXC:ConcurrencyIndicators 2026-07-22-05:45:
+Lane-owned optional gates (Code Review / Browser Verification / Plan Review) run their reviewer
+session with task.status left null — the durable live signal is the step's `pending`
+workflow-step-result lease (U3/KTD-4; FN-8492 fails orphaned leases, so pending ≈ live).
+Without counting it, an In Review column with one MERGING task and one live CODE REVIEW task
+showed 1/2 processing, and admission under-counted the live reviewer. A pending lease on an
+unpaused, non-terminal row counts as Running everywhere the shared predicate is used.
+*/
+function hasLiveWorkflowStepLease(task: RunningAgentTaskShape): boolean {
+  return task.workflowStepResults?.some((result) => result.status === "pending") === true;
+}
+
 function terminalKind(task: RunningAgentTaskShape): ColumnTerminalKind {
   // Legacy literals are intentionally fixture-only degradation when workflow IR is unavailable.
   return task.columnTerminalKind ?? (task.column === "done" ? "complete" : task.column === "archived" ? "archived" : "none");
@@ -98,6 +111,8 @@ function terminalKind(task: RunningAgentTaskShape): ColumnTerminalKind {
  * Planning may run in any non-terminal workflow column. Unpaused WIP columns
  * count as execute holders (sessionFile is not on the board/DB row path).
  * Active review/merge statuses count only in review/merge columns.
+ * A live `pending` workflow-step lease (e.g. an in-flight Code Review gate)
+ * counts in any non-terminal column, since gate sessions run with null status.
  */
 export function isRunningAgentTask(task: RunningAgentTaskShape): boolean {
   if (task.paused || task.userPaused || terminalKind(task) !== "none") return false;
@@ -106,6 +121,8 @@ export function isRunningAgentTask(task: RunningAgentTaskShape): boolean {
   if (ACTIVE_IN_REVIEW_AGENT_STATUSES.has(String(task.status ?? ""))) {
     return task.columnIsReviewOrMerge ?? task.column === "in-review";
   }
+  // A live gate-session lease (pending step result) is Running even with a null status.
+  if (hasLiveWorkflowStepLease(task)) return true;
   const isWip = task.columnCountsTowardWip ?? task.column === "in-progress";
   return isWip;
 }