diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
index 88f0fb7c..b1b56a27 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useQueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { Link, useNavigate, useParams, useSearchParams } from 'react-router';
-import { Check, FolderOpen, Radar, Trash2, Unplug, X } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Check, ChevronRight, FolderOpen, Radar, Trash2, Unplug, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { toast } from '@/components/ui/sonner';
 import { EditableTitle } from '@/components/EditableTitle';
@@ -431,13 +431,35 @@ function NewCommander({
 const SpawnedChildren = ({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string }) => {
   const { t, tUi } = useTranslation();
   const { children, totalUsd, unknownCost } = useCommandHqChildren(sessionId);
+  /*
+    Collapsed by default, and this is the whole point of the component being a disclosure at all.
+
+    A commander that fires once an hour has spawned a hundred children by the weekend, and the ids were
+    rendered as a wrapping grid of chips above the transcript — so the longer a commander worked, the more
+    of the screen its own history took from the conversation you came to read.
+
+    Local state rather than the URL: this is a disclosure, not a selection. Nothing addresses it, nobody
+    links to it, and it should not survive navigating away.
+  */
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
   if (!children.length) return null;
 
+  // Worth seeing without expanding — it is the difference between "twelve happened" and "one is happening".
+  const running = children.filter((c) => !c.finishedAt).length;
+
   return (
     <div className="shrink-0 border-b border-border px-4 py-2">
-      <div className="flex items-baseline gap-2 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => setOpen((v) => !v)}
+        aria-expanded={open}
+        title={open ? t('commandHq.spawnedHide') : t('commandHq.spawnedShow')}
+        className="flex w-full items-baseline gap-2 text-left text-xs text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground/80 cursor-pointer"
+      >
+        <ChevronRight className={`h-3 w-3 shrink-0 self-center transition-transform ${open ? 'rotate-90' : ''}`} />
         <span className="font-medium uppercase tracking-wide">{t('commandHq.spawned')}</span>
         <span>{children.length}</span>
+        {running > 0 && <span className="text-duck-orange">· {t('commandHq.spawnedRunning', { n: running })}</span>}
         {/*
           Cost is stated as a floor when any child's is unknown, never as a confident total. A commander's
           line reading $0.28 for a night that spent several dollars is the specific understatement this
@@ -454,8 +476,8 @@ const SpawnedChildren = ({ sessionId }: { sessionId: string }) => {
             · {unknownCost} unknown
           </span>
         )}
-      </div>
-      <div className="mt-1 flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
+      </button>
+      <div className={`mt-1 flex flex-wrap gap-1.5 ${open ? '' : 'hidden'}`}>
         {children.map((c) => (
           <Link
             key={c.spawnedSessionId}
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/de-DE.json b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/de-DE.json
index 8176bad6..e7735cf8 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/de-DE.json
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/de-DE.json
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     "referencePathHint": "Worauf dieser Kommandant achtet oder woran er arbeitet — nicht, wo er lebt. Er kann später selbst weitere hinzufügen.",
     "new": "Neuer Commander",
     "spawned": "Gestartet",
+    "spawnedRunning": "{{n}} laufen",
+    "spawnedShow": "Erzeugte Sitzungen anzeigen",
+    "spawnedHide": "Ausblenden",
     "deleteQ": "Löschen?",
     "uncategorised": "Nicht kategorisiert",
     "loading": "Wird geladen…",
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/en-GB.json b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/en-GB.json
index e416ab5a..f28d3ff1 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/en-GB.json
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/en-GB.json
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     "referencePathHint": "What this commander watches or works on — not where it lives. It can add more of these itself once it's running.",
     "new": "New commander",
     "spawned": "Spawned",
+    "spawnedRunning": "{{n}} running",
+    "spawnedShow": "Show the sessions it spawned",
+    "spawnedHide": "Hide them",
     "deleteQ": "Delete?",
     "uncategorised": "Uncategorised",
     "loading": "Loading…",
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/es-ES.json b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/es-ES.json
index e7c69038..6624a6a9 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/es-ES.json
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/es-ES.json
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     "referencePathHint": "Lo que este comandante vigila o en lo que trabaja — no dónde vive. Puede añadir más por sí mismo una vez en marcha.",
     "new": "Nuevo commander",
     "spawned": "Iniciado",
+    "spawnedRunning": "{{n}} en curso",
+    "spawnedShow": "Mostrar las sesiones que ha creado",
+    "spawnedHide": "Ocultar",
     "deleteQ": "¿Eliminar?",
     "uncategorised": "Sin categoría",
     "loading": "Cargando…",
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/fr-FR.json b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/fr-FR.json
index 23ae20e8..4757a860 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/fr-FR.json
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/fr-FR.json
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     "referencePathHint": "Ce que ce commandant surveille ou sur quoi il travaille — pas où il vit. Il peut en ajouter d'autres lui-même une fois en cours d'exécution.",
     "new": "Nouveau commander",
     "spawned": "Lancé",
+    "spawnedRunning": "{{n}} en cours",
+    "spawnedShow": "Afficher les sessions lancées",
+    "spawnedHide": "Masquer",
     "deleteQ": "Supprimer ?",
     "uncategorised": "Sans catégorie",
     "loading": "Chargement…",
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/pt-PT.json b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/pt-PT.json
index c057d863..4909e9c2 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/pt-PT.json
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/pt-PT.json
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     "referencePathHint": "Aquilo que este comandante vigia ou em que trabalha — não onde vive. Pode acrescentar mais por si próprio depois de estar em funcionamento.",
     "new": "Novo comandante",
     "spawned": "Iniciado",
+    "spawnedRunning": "{{n}} a correr",
+    "spawnedShow": "Mostrar as sessões que criou",
+    "spawnedHide": "Esconder",
     "deleteQ": "Eliminar?",
     "uncategorised": "Sem categoria",
     "loading": "A carregar…",
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/sv-SE.json b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/sv-SE.json
index 39d7b7ec..2322aff0 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/sv-SE.json
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/locales/sv-SE.json
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@
     "referencePathHint": "Vad denna commander bevakar eller arbetar med — inte var den bor. Den kan lägga till fler av dessa själv när den väl körs.",
     "new": "Ny commander",
     "spawned": "Startade",
+    "spawnedRunning": "{{n}} körs",
+    "spawnedShow": "Visa sessionerna den startat",
+    "spawnedHide": "Dölj dem",
     "deleteQ": "Ta bort?",
     "uncategorised": "Okategoriserad",
     "loading": "Läser in…",