diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.progress.interaction.test.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.progress.interaction.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e40ebcda9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.progress.interaction.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// @vitest-environment jsdom
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { cleanup, render } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import type { ExtensionSurface } from "../../port/wire";
+import { Extensions } from "./Extensions";
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+const panel = (title: string | undefined, progress: number | undefined): ExtensionSurface => ({
+  pluginId: "sync-watch", surfaceId: "watch", sessionId: "sess-panel", generation: 7, kind: "panel",
+  panel: {
+    title, text: "Watching workspace", progress,
+    fields: [{ key: "branch", value: "studio" }],
+    actions: [{ actionId: "stop", label: "Stop sync" }],
+  },
+});
+
+describe("standing extension panel progress", () => {
+  it.each([0, 0.4, 1])("names titled progress at %s from the visible panel identity", (progress) => {
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[panel("Workspace sync", progress)]} onInvoke={vi.fn()} />);
+    const bar = ui.getByRole("progressbar", { name: "Workspace sync" });
+    expect(bar.getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe(String(Math.round(progress * 100)));
+    expect((bar.firstElementChild as HTMLElement).style.width).toBe(`${progress * 100}%`);
+    expect(ui.getByText("Workspace sync")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it.each([0, 0.4, 1])("names untitled progress at %s from the visible plugin identity", (progress) => {
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[panel(undefined, progress)]} onInvoke={vi.fn()} />);
+    const bar = ui.getByRole("progressbar", { name: "sync-watch" });
+    expect(bar.getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe(String(Math.round(progress * 100)));
+    expect(ui.getByText("sync-watch")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("updates the accessible identity and value when the same surface is republished", () => {
+    const invoke = vi.fn();
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[panel("Workspace sync", 0.4)]} onInvoke={invoke} />);
+    ui.rerender(<Extensions panels={[panel("Index rebuild", 0.7)]} onInvoke={invoke} />);
+    expect(ui.queryByRole("progressbar", { name: "Workspace sync" })).toBeNull();
+    expect(ui.getByRole("progressbar", { name: "Index rebuild" }).getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe("70");
+    ui.rerender(<Extensions panels={[panel(undefined, 1)]} onInvoke={invoke} />);
+    expect(ui.getByRole("progressbar", { name: "sync-watch" }).getAttribute("aria-valuenow")).toBe("100");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps fields and the canonical action available by keyboard", async () => {
+    const invoke = vi.fn();
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[panel("Workspace sync", 0.4)]} onInvoke={invoke} />);
+    expect(ui.getByText("Watching workspace")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(ui.getByText("branch").tagName).toBe("DT");
+    expect(ui.getByText("studio").tagName).toBe("DD");
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    await user.tab();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(ui.getByRole("button", { name: "Stop sync" }));
+    await user.keyboard("{Enter}");
+    expect(invoke.mock.calls).toEqual([["/sync-watch:stop"]]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not invent progress when the published panel has none", () => {
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[panel("Workspace sync", undefined)]} onInvoke={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(ui.queryByRole("progressbar")).toBeNull();
+    expect(ui.getByRole("button", { name: "Stop sync" })).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps composed views and their action invocation beside standing panels", async () => {
+    const invoke = vi.fn();
+    const view: ExtensionSurface = {
+      pluginId: "task-watch", surfaceId: "summary", kind: "view",
+      view: { body: [{ kind: "text", value: "Task summary" }, { kind: "button", label: "Inspect task", actionId: "/task-watch:inspect" }] },
+    };
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[panel("Workspace sync", 0.4)]} views={[view]} onInvoke={invoke} />);
+    expect(ui.getByText("Task summary")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(ui.getAllByRole("progressbar")).toHaveLength(1);
+    await userEvent.setup().click(ui.getByRole("button", { name: "Inspect task" }));
+    expect(invoke.mock.calls).toEqual([["/task-watch:inspect"]]);
+  });
+
+  it("renders no extension block when there are no surfaces", () => {
+    const ui = render(<Extensions panels={[]} onInvoke={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(ui.container.firstChild).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.tsx b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.tsx
index ecf5cbec47..f2e5a3354d 100644
--- a/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.tsx
+++ b/desktop/frontend-next/src/ui/panels/Extensions.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function Extensions({
             </div>
             {panel.text && <div className="extpanel-tx">{panel.text}</div>}
             {panel.progress !== undefined && (
-              <span className="extbar" role="progressbar" aria-valuenow={Math.round(panel.progress * 100)}>
+              <span className="extbar" role="progressbar" aria-label={panel.title || p.pluginId} aria-valuenow={Math.round(panel.progress * 100)}>
                 <i style={{ width: `${Math.max(0, Math.min(1, panel.progress)) * 100}%` }} />
               </span>
             )}