diff --git a/src/components/NoteItem.tsx b/src/components/NoteItem.tsx
index da3d8126..a78654ff 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteItem.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteItem.tsx
@@ -31,18 +31,24 @@ export function getTypeIcon(isA: string | null, customIcon?: string | null): Com
   return (isA && TYPE_ICON_MAP[isA]) || FileText
 }
 
-const NOTE_STATUS_DOT: Record<string, { color: string; testId: string; title: string }> = {
+type VisibleNoteStatus = Exclude<NoteStatus, 'clean'>
+
+const NOTE_STATUS_DOT: Record<VisibleNoteStatus, { color: string; testId: string; title: string }> = {
   pendingSave: { color: 'var(--accent-green)', testId: 'pending-save-indicator', title: 'Saving to disk…' },
+  unsaved: { color: 'var(--accent-green)', testId: 'unsaved-indicator', title: 'Saving to disk…' },
   new: { color: 'var(--accent-green)', testId: 'new-indicator', title: 'New (uncommitted)' },
   modified: { color: 'var(--accent-orange)', testId: 'modified-indicator', title: 'Modified (uncommitted)' },
 }
 
-function StatusDot({ noteStatus }: { noteStatus: NoteStatus }) {
+function hasStatusDot(noteStatus: NoteStatus): noteStatus is VisibleNoteStatus {
+  return noteStatus !== 'clean'
+}
+
+function StatusDot({ noteStatus }: { noteStatus: VisibleNoteStatus }) {
   const dot = NOTE_STATUS_DOT[noteStatus]
-  if (!dot) return null
   return (
     <span
-      className={`mr-1.5 inline-block align-middle${noteStatus === 'pendingSave' ? ' tab-status-pulse' : ''}`}
+      className="mr-1.5 inline-block align-middle"
       style={{ width: 6, height: 6, borderRadius: '50%', background: dot.color, verticalAlign: 'middle' }}
       data-testid={dot.testId}
       title={dot.title}
@@ -278,7 +284,7 @@ function NoteTitleRow({
 }) {
   return (
     <div className={cn('truncate pr-5 text-[13px]', isBinary ? 'text-muted-foreground' : 'text-foreground', isSelected && !isBinary ? 'font-semibold' : 'font-medium')}>
-      {noteStatus !== 'clean' && !isBinary && <StatusDot noteStatus={noteStatus} />}
+      {hasStatusDot(noteStatus) && !isBinary && <StatusDot noteStatus={noteStatus} />}
       <NoteTitleIcon icon={entry.icon} size={15} className="mr-1" testId="note-title-icon" />
       {entry.title}
       {!isBinary && <StateBadge archived={entry.archived} />}
diff --git a/src/components/NoteList.behavior.test.tsx b/src/components/NoteList.behavior.test.tsx
index dea68d9c..e07743a6 100644
--- a/src/components/NoteList.behavior.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NoteList.behavior.test.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { act, fireEvent, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { NoteList } from './NoteList'
 import { makeEntry, makeIndexedEntry, mockEntries, renderNoteList } from '../test-utils/noteListTestUtils'
+import type { NoteStatus } from '../types'
 
 describe('NoteList status indicators', () => {
   it('shows a modified indicator for modified notes', () => {
@@ -40,6 +41,27 @@ describe('NoteList status indicators', () => {
     expect(screen.getAllByTestId('new-indicator')).toHaveLength(1)
     expect(screen.queryByTestId('modified-indicator')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
   })
+
+  it('keeps the green indicator steady while a new note is edited and saved', () => {
+    const targetPath = mockEntries[0].path
+    const getNoteStatus = (noteStatus: NoteStatus) => (path: string) => path === targetPath ? noteStatus : 'clean'
+    const { props, rerender } = renderNoteList({ getNoteStatus: getNoteStatus('new') })
+    const rerenderWithStatus = (nextStatus: NoteStatus) => {
+      rerender(<NoteList {...props} getNoteStatus={getNoteStatus(nextStatus)} />)
+    }
+    const expectSteadyIndicator = (testId: string) => {
+      const indicator = screen.getByTestId(testId)
+      expect(indicator).not.toHaveClass('tab-status-pulse')
+    }
+
+    expectSteadyIndicator('new-indicator')
+    rerenderWithStatus('unsaved')
+    expectSteadyIndicator('unsaved-indicator')
+    rerenderWithStatus('pendingSave')
+    expectSteadyIndicator('pending-save-indicator')
+    rerenderWithStatus('new')
+    expectSteadyIndicator('new-indicator')
+  })
 })
 
 describe('NoteList virtualized datasets', () => {
diff --git a/tests/smoke/note-status-indicator-stability.spec.ts b/tests/smoke/note-status-indicator-stability.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d21c43e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/smoke/note-status-indicator-stability.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { test, expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import { APP_COMMAND_IDS } from '../../src/hooks/appCommandCatalog'
+import {
+  createFixtureVaultCopy,
+  openFixtureVaultDesktopHarness,
+  removeFixtureVaultCopy,
+} from '../helpers/fixtureVault'
+import { triggerMenuCommand } from './testBridge'
+
+const STATUS_DOT_SELECTOR = [
+  '[data-testid="new-indicator"]',
+  '[data-testid="unsaved-indicator"]',
+  '[data-testid="pending-save-indicator"]',
+].join(',')
+
+interface StatusDotSample {
+  className: string | null
+  testId: string | null
+}
+
+interface StatusDotSampleWindow {
+  __noteStatusDotSampler?: number
+  __noteStatusDotSamples?: StatusDotSample[]
+}
+
+let tempVaultDir: string
+
+async function startStatusDotSampler(page: Page) {
+  await page.evaluate((selector) => {
+    const sampleWindow = window as typeof window & StatusDotSampleWindow
+    sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSamples = []
+    const sample = () => {
+      const dot = document.querySelector(selector) as HTMLElement | null
+      sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSamples?.push({
+        className: dot?.className ?? null,
+        testId: dot?.dataset.testid ?? null,
+      })
+    }
+
+    sample()
+    sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSampler = window.setInterval(sample, 100)
+  }, STATUS_DOT_SELECTOR)
+}
+
+async function stopStatusDotSampler(page: Page): Promise<StatusDotSample[]> {
+  return page.evaluate(() => {
+    const sampleWindow = window as typeof window & StatusDotSampleWindow
+    if (sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSampler !== undefined) {
+      window.clearInterval(sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSampler)
+      sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSampler = undefined
+    }
+    return sampleWindow.__noteStatusDotSamples ?? []
+  })
+}
+
+test.beforeEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  testInfo.setTimeout(60_000)
+  tempVaultDir = createFixtureVaultCopy()
+  await openFixtureVaultDesktopHarness(page, tempVaultDir)
+})
+
+test.afterEach(() => {
+  removeFixtureVaultCopy(tempVaultDir)
+})
+
+test('new note status indicator stays steady through typing and autosave', async ({ page }) => {
+  await triggerMenuCommand(page, APP_COMMAND_IDS.fileNewNote)
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('breadcrumb-filename-trigger')).toContainText(/untitled-note-\d+/i, {
+    timeout: 5_000,
+  })
+  await expect(page.locator(STATUS_DOT_SELECTOR).first()).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5_000 })
+
+  await startStatusDotSampler(page)
+  await page.locator('.bn-editor').click()
+  await page.keyboard.type('The sidebar status dot should stay steady while this note is edited. ', {
+    delay: 25,
+  })
+  await page.waitForTimeout(1_800)
+
+  const samples = await stopStatusDotSampler(page)
+  expect(samples.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+  expect(samples.filter((sample) => sample.testId === null)).toEqual([])
+  expect(samples.some((sample) => sample.testId === 'unsaved-indicator')).toBe(true)
+  expect(samples.filter((sample) => sample.className?.includes('tab-status-pulse'))).toEqual([])
+})