diff --git a/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/InvocationMessageBubble.tsx b/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/InvocationMessageBubble.tsx
index 76c1c36629..f8d157b127 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/InvocationMessageBubble.tsx
+++ b/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/InvocationMessageBubble.tsx
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ import { ExternalReferenceWidget } from "./widgets/ExternalReferenceWidget.js";
 import { ToolCallWidget } from "./widgets/ToolCallWidget.js";
 import { ReasoningWidget } from "./widgets/ReasoningWidget.js";
 import { SelfReflectionWidget } from "./widgets/SelfReflectionWidget.js";
+import { LiveEntityStatusWidget } from "./widgets/LiveEntityStatusWidget.js";
 import { ChatAvatar, type AvatarRole } from "./ChatAvatar.js";
 import type { ChatWidgetLiveData, ParsedTurnTokens } from "../../lib/chat-widget-view-models.js";
+import type { ChatLiveEntityWidget } from "../../lib/chat-live-entities.js";
 import type { AgentAvatarConfig } from "../../types.js";
 
 const asString = (value: unknown): string | null => (typeof value === "string" ? value : null);
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export interface InvocationMessageBubbleProps {
   agentAvatarConfig?: AgentAvatarConfig | null;
   agentName?: string | null;
   widgetLiveData?: ChatWidgetLiveData;
+  liveEntities?: readonly ChatLiveEntityWidget[];
 }
 
 export const InvocationMessageBubble: FunctionComponent<InvocationMessageBubbleProps> = ({
@@ -49,6 +52,7 @@ export const InvocationMessageBubble: FunctionComponent<InvocationMessageBubbleP
   agentAvatarConfig,
   agentName,
   widgetLiveData,
+  liveEntities = [],
 }) => {
   const fromUser = message.role === "user";
   const fromTool = message.role === "tool";
@@ -120,6 +124,12 @@ export const InvocationMessageBubble: FunctionComponent<InvocationMessageBubbleP
   const errorLabel = formatErrorCategory(message.metadata?.errorCategory);
   const createdAtLabel = formatChatTime(message.createdAt);
   const isExternalApi = Boolean(message.metadata?.isExternalApi);
+  const hasPrimaryWidget = widgetData.type === "planning"
+    || (widgetData.type === "external_reference" && Boolean(widgetData.externalReference));
+  const hasLiveEntities = !fromTool && liveEntities.length > 0;
+  const liveEntitySlotClass = hasPrimaryWidget
+    ? "mt-3"
+    : widgetData.suppressBodyMarkdown ? "mt-0" : "mt-4 border-t border-white/5 pt-4";
 
   return (
     <div className={`flex ${fromUser || fromTool ? "justify-end" : "justify-start"}`}>
@@ -201,6 +211,11 @@ export const InvocationMessageBubble: FunctionComponent<InvocationMessageBubbleP
               <ExternalReferenceWidget status={widgetData.status} reference={widgetData.externalReference} />
             </div>
           )}
+          {hasLiveEntities && (
+            <div className={liveEntitySlotClass}>
+              <LiveEntityStatusWidget entities={liveEntities} />
+            </div>
+          )}
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/__tests__/InvocationMessageBubble.live-entities.test.tsx b/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/__tests__/InvocationMessageBubble.live-entities.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f5d018fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/src/v2/components/chat/__tests__/InvocationMessageBubble.live-entities.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/**
+ * @vitest-environment jsdom
+ */
+/// <reference types="@testing-library/jest-dom" />
+import { cleanup, render, screen, within } from "@testing-library/preact";
+import * as matchers from "@testing-library/jest-dom/matchers";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { InvocationMessageBubble } from "../InvocationMessageBubble.js";
+import type { ChatLiveSprintWidget, ChatLiveTaskWidget } from "../../../lib/chat-live-entities.js";
+import type { ExecutionInvocationMessageRecord } from "../../../types.js";
+
+expect.extend(matchers);
+
+const createInvocationMessage = (
+  overrides: Partial<ExecutionInvocationMessageRecord> = {},
+): ExecutionInvocationMessageRecord => ({
+  id: "msg-inv-live",
+  invocationId: "inv-1",
+  role: "assistant",
+  contentMarkdown: "Working against SPR-7 and TASK-42.",
+  toolCallsJson: null,
+  createdAt: "2026-03-10T12:00:00.000Z",
+  metadata: null,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const createSprintEntity = (overrides: Partial<ChatLiveSprintWidget> = {}): ChatLiveSprintWidget => ({
+  kind: "sprint",
+  recordId: "sprint-7",
+  displayKey: "SPR-7",
+  name: "Build payment flow",
+  status: "running",
+  href: "/sprints?sprintId=sprint-7&sprintKey=SPR-7",
+  sprintNumber: 7,
+  tasksCount: 4,
+  completedTasks: 2,
+  completion: 50,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+const createTaskEntity = (overrides: Partial<ChatLiveTaskWidget> = {}): ChatLiveTaskWidget => ({
+  kind: "task",
+  recordId: "task-42",
+  displayKey: "TASK-42",
+  name: "Wire live entity status cards",
+  status: "completed",
+  href: "/tasks?sprintId=sprint-7&taskId=task-42",
+  sprintId: "sprint-7",
+  sprintKey: "SPR-7",
+  sprintName: "Build payment flow",
+  priority: "critical",
+  executorType: "docker_cli",
+  isMerged: false,
+  mergeIndicator: null,
+  ...overrides,
+});
+
+describe("InvocationMessageBubble live entities", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it("renders sprint and task live entity widgets in a normal invocation bubble", () => {
+    const message = createInvocationMessage({
+      metadata: {
+        provider: "codex",
+        model: "gpt-5",
+        status: "queued",
+        response: "accepted",
+      },
+    });
+
+    render(
+      <InvocationMessageBubble
+        message={message}
+        liveEntities={[createSprintEntity(), createTaskEntity()]}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Working against SPR-7 and TASK-42.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("codex")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("gpt-5")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("processed")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getAllByText(/From Assistant at .*Status: processed\./).length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+    const liveRegion = screen.getByLabelText("Live sprint and task status");
+    expect(screen.getByText("Live sprint context")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(within(liveRegion).getByText("Build payment flow")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", {
+      name: "Open sprint SPR-7: Build payment flow. Live status: Running.",
+    })).toHaveAttribute("href", "/sprints?sprintKey=SPR-7");
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", {
+      name: "Open task TASK-42: Wire live entity status cards. Live status: Completed.",
+    })).toHaveAttribute("href", "/tasks?sprintId=sprint-7&taskId=task-42");
+  });
+
+  it("renders planning and live entity widgets together with stable spacing", () => {
+    const message = createInvocationMessage({
+      contentMarkdown: "Planning the sprint.",
+      metadata: {
+        routeKind: "virtual",
+        status: "queued",
+      },
+    });
+
+    const { container } = render(
+      <InvocationMessageBubble
+        message={message}
+        liveEntities={[createSprintEntity()]}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Execution Plan")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Preparing to plan...")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Live sprint context")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole("link", {
+      name: "Open sprint SPR-7: Build payment flow. Live status: Running.",
+    })).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    const liveContext = screen.getByText("Live sprint context");
+    const textContent = container.textContent ?? "";
+    expect(liveContext.closest(".mt-3")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(textContent.indexOf("Execution Plan")).toBeLessThan(textContent.indexOf("Live sprint context"));
+  });
+
+  it("keeps tool-call turns rendered as ToolCallWidget without live entity chrome", () => {
+    const message = createInvocationMessage({
+      id: "msg-tool-call",
+      role: "assistant",
+      contentMarkdown: "",
+      toolCallsJson: {
+        arguments: JSON.stringify({ path: "src/app.ts" }),
+      },
+      metadata: {
+        kind: "tool_call",
+        toolName: "read_file",
+        toolStatus: "completed",
+        toolCallId: "call-1",
+      },
+    });
+
+    render(
+      <InvocationMessageBubble
+        message={message}
+        liveEntities={[createSprintEntity(), createTaskEntity()]}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("read_file")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("src/app.ts")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Live sprint context")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText("Live sprint and task status")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("link", {
+      name: /Open sprint SPR-7/,
+    })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});