diff --git a/djangorota/djangorota/templates/rota/rota_run_detail.html b/djangorota/djangorota/templates/rota/rota_run_detail.html
index 4ee29fc..5f4c3a8 100644
--- a/djangorota/djangorota/templates/rota/rota_run_detail.html
+++ b/djangorota/djangorota/templates/rota/rota_run_detail.html
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     <div class="container">
       <h1 class="title">Rota run for {{ run.rota.name }}</h1>
       <p class="subtitle">Status: {{ run.get_status_display }} ({{ run.status }})</p>
+      <div style="margin-bottom:0.5rem;" id="run-status-container">
+        <div id="run-status" hx-get="{% url 'rota:rota_run_status' run.id %}" hx-trigger="every 3s" hx-swap="outerHTML">
+          <span class="tag">Status: {{ run.get_status_display }}</span>
+        </div>
+      </div>
       <p>Created: {{ run.created_at|localtime }} started: {{ run.started_at|localtime }} finished: {{ run.finished_at|localtime }}</p>
       <p class="mt-2">
         <a class="button" href="{% url 'rota:rota_detail' run.rota.id %}">Back to rota</a>
diff --git a/djangorota/rota/urls.py b/djangorota/rota/urls.py
index dab9593..64d1efd 100644
--- a/djangorota/rota/urls.py
+++ b/djangorota/rota/urls.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path("worker/<int:worker_id>/leaves/delete_all/", views.leave_delete_all, name="leave_delete_all"),
     path("worker/<int:worker_id>/regenerate_token/", views.regenerate_worker_token, name="regenerate_worker_token"),
     path("run/<int:run_id>/", views.rota_run_detail, name="rota_run_detail"),
+    path("run/<int:run_id>/status/", views.rota_run_status, name="rota_run_status"),
     path("run/<int:run_id>/export/html/", views.rota_run_export_html, name="rota_run_export_html"),
     path("run/<int:run_id>/export/download/", views.rota_run_export_download, name="rota_run_export_download"),
     path("rota/<int:rota_id>/export/builder/", views.rota_export_builder, name="rota_export_builder"),
diff --git a/djangorota/rota/views.py b/djangorota/rota/views.py
index b960c9f..0cffaae 100644
--- a/djangorota/rota/views.py
+++ b/djangorota/rota/views.py
@@ -738,6 +738,40 @@ def rota_run_detail(request, run_id):
 	return render(request, "rota/rota_run_detail.html", {"run": run, "result_pretty": result_pretty, "builder_html": builder_html})
 
 
+def rota_run_status(request, run_id):
+	"""Return a small HTML fragment describing the run status.
+
+	This endpoint is intended to be polled by HTMX. While the run is
+	still running we return a fragment that contains the polling HTMX
+	attributes so the client will continue to poll. Once the run is
+	finished we return a final fragment (no polling attributes) and
+	include a small script to reload the page so the UI updates.
+	"""
+	from .models import RotaRun
+
+	run = get_object_or_404(RotaRun, pk=run_id)
+
+	# If the run is still pending/running, return a self-updating fragment
+	if run.status in (RotaRun.STATUS_PENDING, RotaRun.STATUS_RUNNING):
+		html = (
+			f'<div id="run-status" hx-get="{reverse("rota:rota_run_status", args=[run.id])}" '
+			'hx-trigger="every 3s" hx-swap="outerHTML">'
+			f'<span class="tag is-info">Status: {run.get_status_display()}</span>'
+			f' <small>started: {run.started_at}</small>'
+			"</div>"
+		)
+		return HttpResponse(html)
+
+	# Finished/failed: return final fragment and reload the page so the
+	# user sees final logs/export without further polling.
+	final_html = (
+		f'<div id="run-status-final"><span class="tag is-success">Status: {run.get_status_display()}</span>'
+		f' <small>finished: {run.finished_at}</small></div>'
+		"<script>window.location.reload();</script>"
+	)
+	return HttpResponse(final_html)
+
+
 def rota_run_export_html(request, run_id):
 	from .models import RotaRun