diff --git a/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx b/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx
index ffaeb59a..31b3037e 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace-row.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
   Loader2,
 } from "lucide-react";
 import { openUrl } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-opener";
-import { PrStatusIcon, humanizePrState, prStatusToneClass } from "@/components/github/pr-status-icon";
+import { PrStatusIcon, humanizePrState } from "@/components/github/pr-status-icon";
 import {
   activateWorkspace,
   checkoutDefaultBranchInWorkspace,
@@ -586,6 +586,19 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceRow({ workspace, isActive }: Props) {
   const isPushOrPullInFlight = useAppStore(
     (s) => s.workspacePushPullInFlight === workspace.workspace_id,
   );
+
+  // When a worktree workspace has a PR, the leading icon doubles as
+  // the PR-state indicator (open=green, merged=purple, closed=red,
+  // draft=gray) and becomes a clickable button that opens the PR URL.
+  // The PR number rides in the tooltip on hover; there's no trailing
+  // pill, since that would duplicate the same signal.
+  const isWorktreeRow =
+    !isPushOrPullInFlight &&
+    !isRemote &&
+    !isPrimary &&
+    workspace.workspace_type !== "open_flow";
+  const showWorkspaceIconAsPr = isWorktreeRow && !!workspace.pr_state;
+
   // Phase-4d elapsed-time signal: when an in-flight push/pull
   // crosses 2 seconds, show a small "12s" pill so the user knows
   // the operation is still working. Identical math to the overview
@@ -620,13 +633,13 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceRow({ workspace, isActive }: Props) {
     <Workflow className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
   ) : isPrimary ? (
     <Laptop className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+  ) : showWorkspaceIconAsPr ? (
+    <PrStatusIcon state={workspace.pr_state} size={3.5} />
   ) : (
     <GitBranch className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
   );
 
-  const showPrIcon = !!workspace.pr_state && workspaceStatus !== "working";
   const prHumanState = humanizePrState(workspace.pr_state);
-  const prToneCls = prStatusToneClass(workspace.pr_state);
   const handlePrClick = (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
     e.stopPropagation();
     if (workspace.pr_url) {
@@ -652,13 +665,50 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceRow({ workspace, isActive }: Props) {
               isActive && "bg-muted",
             )}
           >
-            {/* Icon column — size-5 to subordinate to project avatar */}
+            {/* Icon column — size-5 to subordinate to project avatar.
+                When a worktree workspace has a PR, the icon turns into a
+                PR-state-colored button that opens the PR URL on click. */}
             <div className="relative size-5 flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 mr-2">
               {workspaceStatus === "working" ? (
                 <AsciiSpinner />
               ) : (
                 <>
-                  {icon}
+                  {showWorkspaceIconAsPr ? (
+                    <Tooltip>
+                      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                        <button
+                          type="button"
+                          onClick={handlePrClick}
+                          disabled={!workspace.pr_url}
+                          aria-label={
+                            workspace.pr_number
+                              ? `Open PR #${workspace.pr_number} on GitHub — ${prHumanState ?? "Pull request"}`
+                              : `Open pull request on GitHub — ${prHumanState ?? ""}`
+                          }
+                          className={cn(
+                            "inline-flex items-center justify-center rounded transition-opacity",
+                            workspace.pr_url ? "hover:opacity-70" : "cursor-not-allowed opacity-60",
+                          )}
+                        >
+                          {icon}
+                        </button>
+                      </TooltipTrigger>
+                      <TooltipContent side="bottom" sideOffset={4} className="text-xs">
+                        {prHumanState ? `${prHumanState} PR` : "Pull request"}
+                        {workspace.pr_number ? ` #${workspace.pr_number}` : ""}
+                        {workspace.pr_url ? " — click to open" : ""}
+                      </TooltipContent>
+                    </Tooltip>
+                  ) : (
+                    icon
+                  )}
+                  {/* StatusIndicator is rendered as a sibling of the
+                      icon/button and positioned absolutely relative to
+                      the parent `relative size-5` div, so the agent-state
+                      dots (working amber/pulsing, review green, permission
+                      red/pulsing) still overlay the top-right corner of
+                      the icon column regardless of whether the icon is
+                      the plain branch icon or the new PR-state icon. */}
                   {workspaceStatus && (
                     <StatusIndicator
                       status={workspaceStatus}
@@ -740,9 +790,12 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceRow({ workspace, isActive }: Props) {
                     </span>
                   )}
 
-                  {/* Indicator cluster — muted bell, linked issue, PR.
-                      Only renders when at least one is present. */}
-                  {(workspace.linked_issue || showPrIcon || workspace.notifications_muted) && (
+                  {/* Indicator cluster — muted bell + linked issue.
+                      The PR signal moved entirely to the leading icon
+                      column (colored icon + tooltip with "#39 — click
+                      to open"), so this trailing slot no longer carries
+                      a PR number. */}
+                  {(workspace.linked_issue || workspace.notifications_muted) && (
                     <div className={cn(
                       "flex items-center gap-1 shrink-0",
                       !hasDiff && "ml-auto",
@@ -766,30 +819,6 @@ export function SidebarWorkspaceRow({ workspace, isActive }: Props) {
                           issue={workspace.linked_issue}
                         />
                       )}
-                      {showPrIcon && (
-                        <button
-                          type="button"
-                          onClick={handlePrClick}
-                          disabled={!workspace.pr_url}
-                          aria-label={
-                            workspace.pr_number
-                              ? `Open PR #${workspace.pr_number} on GitHub — ${prHumanState ?? "Pull request"}`
-                              : `Open pull request on GitHub — ${prHumanState ?? ""}`
-                          }
-                          className={cn(
-                            "inline-flex items-center gap-0.5 rounded-full px-1.5 py-px transition-opacity",
-                            prToneCls,
-                            workspace.pr_url ? "hover:opacity-80" : "cursor-not-allowed opacity-60",
-                          )}
-                        >
-                          <PrStatusIcon state={workspace.pr_state} size={3} />
-                          {workspace.pr_number && (
-                            <span className="text-[10px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground/60">
-                              #{workspace.pr_number}
-                            </span>
-                          )}
-                        </button>
-                      )}
                     </div>
                   )}
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace.test.tsx b/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace.test.tsx
index b95a228e..51f33aa9 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/sidebar-workspace.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ const setShowNewWorkspaceDialogMock = vi.fn();
 let enableAgentChatFlag = false;
 let enableLazyFlag = false;
 
+const mockOpenUrl = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+vi.mock("@tauri-apps/plugin-opener", () => ({
+  openUrl: (...args: unknown[]) => mockOpenUrl(...args),
+}));
+
 // Mock Tauri commands
 vi.mock("@/tauri/commands", () => ({
   activateWorkspace: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
@@ -330,6 +335,122 @@ describe("SidebarWorkspaceRow", () => {
     expect(branchIcon).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
+  // ── PR-state icon replaces the GitBranch icon ──
+  //
+  // When a worktree workspace has a pull request, the leading icon turns
+  // into the PR-state-colored icon so the row carries the open/merged/
+  // closed signal at its leading edge. The right cluster keeps just the
+  // muted "#39" number.
+
+  it("shows GitPullRequest icon (not GitBranch) when the worktree has an open PR", () => {
+    const ws = makeWorkspace({
+      worktree_path: "/home/user/.worktrees/feature",
+      pr_state: "OPEN",
+      pr_number: 39,
+      pr_url: "https://github.com/u/r/pull/39",
+    });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SidebarWorkspaceRow workspace={ws} isActive={false} />
+      </TooltipProvider>,
+    );
+    // PrStatusIcon for "open" renders the GitPullRequest lucide icon.
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-pull-request")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    // The plain branch icon is replaced.
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-branch")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("shows GitMerge icon when the worktree's PR is merged", () => {
+    const ws = makeWorkspace({
+      worktree_path: "/home/user/.worktrees/feature",
+      pr_state: "MERGED",
+      pr_number: 39,
+      pr_url: "https://github.com/u/r/pull/39",
+    });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SidebarWorkspaceRow workspace={ws} isActive={false} />
+      </TooltipProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-merge")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-branch")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("shows the closed PR icon when the worktree's PR is closed", () => {
+    const ws = makeWorkspace({
+      worktree_path: "/home/user/.worktrees/feature",
+      pr_state: "CLOSED",
+      pr_number: 39,
+      pr_url: "https://github.com/u/r/pull/39",
+    });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SidebarWorkspaceRow workspace={ws} isActive={false} />
+      </TooltipProvider>,
+    );
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-pull-request-closed")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-branch")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("opens the PR URL when the leading PR icon is clicked (stops propagation, does not activate workspace)", () => {
+    mockOpenUrl.mockClear();
+    (activateWorkspace as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockClear();
+    const ws = makeWorkspace({
+      worktree_path: "/home/user/.worktrees/feature",
+      pr_state: "OPEN",
+      pr_number: 39,
+      pr_url: "https://github.com/u/r/pull/39",
+    });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SidebarWorkspaceRow workspace={ws} isActive={false} />
+      </TooltipProvider>,
+    );
+    const btn = container.querySelector("button[aria-label*='Open PR #39']");
+    expect(btn).not.toBeNull();
+    fireEvent.click(btn!);
+    expect(mockOpenUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith("https://github.com/u/r/pull/39");
+    // The icon click must NOT activate the workspace — that's reserved
+    // for the rest of the row.
+    expect(activateWorkspace).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does NOT render the PR number in the trailing cluster (PR signal is fully on the leading icon)", () => {
+    const ws = makeWorkspace({
+      worktree_path: "/home/user/.worktrees/feature",
+      pr_state: "OPEN",
+      pr_number: 39,
+      pr_url: "https://github.com/u/r/pull/39",
+    });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <TooltipProvider>
+        <SidebarWorkspaceRow workspace={ws} isActive={false} />
+      </TooltipProvider>,
+    );
+    // The "#39" duplicate is gone — the leading icon's tooltip already
+    // carries the PR number, so showing it again in the row's trailing
+    // slot is redundant noise.
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain("#39");
+    // The only PR aria-label belongs to the leading icon button in the
+    // icon column — the old colored-pill button is gone.
+    const prButtons = container.querySelectorAll("button[aria-label*='Open PR']");
+    expect(prButtons.length).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to GitBranch when the worktree has no PR", () => {
+    const ws = makeWorkspace({
+      worktree_path: "/home/user/.worktrees/feature",
+      pr_state: null,
+      pr_number: null,
+      pr_url: null,
+    });
+    const { container } = render(
+      <SidebarWorkspaceRow workspace={ws} isActive={false} />,
+    );
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-branch")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelector("svg.lucide-git-pull-request")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
   it("hides remove button for primary checkout (Hide-only via right-click)", () => {
     const ws = makeWorkspace({ worktree_path: null });
     const { container } = render(