diff --git a/.changeset/terminal-title-status.md b/.changeset/terminal-title-status.md
index 942b3de15f..4234657571 100644
--- a/.changeset/terminal-title-status.md
+++ b/.changeset/terminal-title-status.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
-"@kilocode/cli": patch
+"@kilocode/cli": minor
+"@kilocode/sdk": minor
 ---
 
-Show terminal title status indicators when sessions are working, need attention, or have finished.
+Add opt-in Unicode or emoji terminal title indicators for sessions that are working, need attention, or have finished.
diff --git a/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/CliNotificationsRoute.tsx b/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/CliNotificationsRoute.tsx
index e8621cffc9..84b48020eb 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/CliNotificationsRoute.tsx
+++ b/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/CliNotificationsRoute.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import { Button } from "@kilocode/kilo-web-ui/button"
 import { Card } from "@kilocode/kilo-web-ui/card"
+import { CustomSelect, type SelectOption } from "../../components/CustomSelect"
 import { ConfigPage, ConfigTag as Tag } from "./ConfigPage"
-import { useTuiNotificationSettings } from "./state/ui"
+import { type TitleIcon, useTuiNotificationSettings } from "./state/ui"
+
+const icons = [
+  { value: "none", label: "None" },
+  { value: "unicode", label: "Unicode" },
+  { value: "emojis", label: "Emojis" },
+] satisfies SelectOption<TitleIcon>[]
 
 function Toggle(props: {
   label: string
@@ -34,57 +41,82 @@ export function CliNotificationsRoute() {
   return (
     <ConfigPage
       title="CLI Notifications"
-      description="Configure TUI attention alerts, desktop notifications, and sound defaults."
+      description="Configure terminal title indicators, TUI attention alerts, desktop notifications, and sound defaults."
       actions={
         <Button variant="primary" disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving()) || !state.dirty()} onClick={state.save}>
           Save
         </Button>
       }
     >
-      <Card class="ui-card" padding={0}>
-        <header class="ui-card-header">
-          <div>
-            <h2>Attention</h2>
-            <p>Control when the TUI asks for attention and how it notifies you.</p>
+      <div class="ui-settings">
+        <Card class="ui-card" padding={0}>
+          <header class="ui-card-header">
+            <div>
+              <h2>Terminal title</h2>
+              <p>Choose how session status appears in the terminal tab title.</p>
+            </div>
+          </header>
+          <div class="ui-form">
+            <div class="ui-field">
+              <span>Title Icon</span>
+              <CustomSelect
+                class="title-icon-select"
+                label="Title Icon"
+                value={state.icon()}
+                options={icons}
+                disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving())}
+                onSelect={state.setIcon}
+              />
+              <small>None hides status icons. Unicode and Emojis show working, attention, and finished states.</small>
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </header>
-        <div class="ui-form attention-form">
-          <Toggle
-            label="Attention alerts"
-            description="Turn on TUI attention events."
-            checked={state.alert()}
-            disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving())}
-            onChange={() => state.setAlert(!state.alert())}
-          />
-          <Toggle
-            label="Desktop notifications"
-            description="Show desktop notifications when attention alerts fire."
-            checked={state.notify()}
-            disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving()) || !state.alert()}
-            onChange={() => state.setNotify(!state.notify())}
-          />
-          <Toggle
-            label="Sound"
-            description="Play an attention sound when alerts fire."
-            checked={state.sound()}
-            disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving()) || !state.alert()}
-            onChange={() => state.setSound(!state.sound())}
-          />
-          <label class="ui-field">
-            <span>Volume</span>
-            <input
-              type="number"
-              min="0"
-              max="1"
-              step="0.05"
-              value={state.volume()}
-              disabled={!state.alert()}
-              onInput={(event) => state.setVolume(event.currentTarget.value)}
+        </Card>
+
+        <Card class="ui-card" padding={0}>
+          <header class="ui-card-header">
+            <div>
+              <h2>Attention</h2>
+              <p>Control when the TUI asks for attention and how it notifies you.</p>
+            </div>
+          </header>
+          <div class="ui-form attention-form">
+            <Toggle
+              label="Attention alerts"
+              description="Turn on TUI attention events."
+              checked={state.alert()}
+              disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving())}
+              onChange={() => state.setAlert(!state.alert())}
             />
-            <small>Use a value from 0 to 1. The docs example uses 0.4.</small>
-          </label>
-        </div>
-      </Card>
+            <Toggle
+              label="Desktop notifications"
+              description="Show desktop notifications when attention alerts fire."
+              checked={state.notify()}
+              disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving()) || !state.alert()}
+              onChange={() => state.setNotify(!state.notify())}
+            />
+            <Toggle
+              label="Sound"
+              description="Play an attention sound when alerts fire."
+              checked={state.sound()}
+              disabled={Boolean(state.ctx.saving()) || !state.alert()}
+              onChange={() => state.setSound(!state.sound())}
+            />
+            <label class="ui-field">
+              <span>Volume</span>
+              <input
+                type="number"
+                min="0"
+                max="1"
+                step="0.05"
+                value={state.volume()}
+                disabled={!state.alert()}
+                onInput={(event) => state.setVolume(event.currentTarget.value)}
+              />
+              <small>Use a value from 0 to 1. The docs example uses 0.4.</small>
+            </label>
+          </div>
+        </Card>
+      </div>
     </ConfigPage>
   )
 }
diff --git a/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/state/ui.ts b/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/state/ui.ts
index fa70ff062a..7f94285bf8 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/state/ui.ts
+++ b/packages/kilo-console/src/routes/config/state/ui.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type Theme = {
 }
 
 type Diff = "auto" | "stacked"
+export type TitleIcon = NonNullable<TuiPatch["title_icon"]>
 
 const fallback = ["#0c0a09", "#fafaf9", "#f9f76f", "#a6a09b", "#3794ff", "#44403b"]
 
@@ -204,15 +205,18 @@ export function useTuiNotificationSettings() {
   const [notify, setNotify] = createSignal(true)
   const [sound, setSound] = createSignal(true)
   const [volume, setVolume] = createSignal("0.4")
+  const [icon, setIcon] = createSignal<TitleIcon>("none")
   const [dirty, setDirty] = createSignal(false)
 
   createEffect(() => {
     if (dirty()) return
-    const cfg = ctx.data()?.tui.attention
+    const tui = ctx.data()?.tui
+    const cfg = tui?.attention
     setAlert(bool(cfg?.enabled, false))
     setNotify(bool(cfg?.notifications, true))
     setSound(bool(cfg?.sound, true))
     setVolume(String(cfg?.volume ?? 0.4))
+    setIcon(tui?.title_icon ?? "none")
   })
 
   function change(run: () => void) {
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ export function useTuiNotificationSettings() {
     }
 
     ctx.tui({
+      title_icon: icon(),
       attention: {
         enabled: alert(),
         notifications: notify(),
@@ -248,6 +253,8 @@ export function useTuiNotificationSettings() {
     setSound: (value: boolean) => change(() => setSound(value)),
     volume,
     setVolume: (value: string) => change(() => setVolume(value)),
+    icon,
+    setIcon: (value: TitleIcon) => change(() => setIcon(value)),
     dirty,
     save,
   }
diff --git a/packages/kilo-console/src/styles/cli-ui.css b/packages/kilo-console/src/styles/cli-ui.css
index 89c066f803..c32380c9b4 100644
--- a/packages/kilo-console/src/styles/cli-ui.css
+++ b/packages/kilo-console/src/styles/cli-ui.css
@@ -8,17 +8,20 @@
   background: var(--card);
 }
 
-.kilo-console .ui-card:has(.console-diff-select[open]) {
+.kilo-console .ui-card:has(.console-diff-select[open]),
+.kilo-console .ui-card:has(.title-icon-select[open]) {
   position: relative;
   z-index: 40;
   overflow: visible;
 }
 
-.kilo-console .console-diff-select[open] {
+.kilo-console .console-diff-select[open],
+.kilo-console .title-icon-select[open] {
   z-index: 41;
 }
 
-.kilo-console .console-diff-select .models-select-menu {
+.kilo-console .console-diff-select .models-select-menu,
+.kilo-console .title-icon-select .models-select-menu {
   z-index: 42;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index ac08acacf0..98c8f1f0cd 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ function App(props: { onSnapshot?: () => Promise<string[]> }) {
       base: titleDefault,
       sync,
       done: untrack(done),
+      icon: tuiConfig.title_icon,
     })
     if (kiloTitle) {
       const id = kiloTitle.id
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui-schema.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui-schema.ts
index 1eec1e7a68..41864d80de 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui-schema.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui-schema.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Schema } from "effect"
 import { isRecord } from "@/util/record"
 import { Filesystem } from "@/util/filesystem"
 import { TuiAttentionSoundNames, type TuiAttentionSoundName } from "@kilocode/plugin/tui"
+import { KiloTitleIcon } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/title-icon" // kilocode_change
 
 export type TuiAttentionSoundPaths = Partial<Record<TuiAttentionSoundName, string>>
 
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export const TuiInfo = Schema.Struct({
   plugin_enabled: Schema.optional(Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.Boolean)),
   leader_timeout: Schema.optional(KeymapLeaderTimeout),
   attention: Schema.optional(Attention),
+  title_icon: Schema.optional(KiloTitleIcon.Value), // kilocode_change
   scroll_speed: Schema.optional(ScrollSpeed).annotate({
     description: "TUI scroll speed",
   }),
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
index 1dd6f89a87..58cf34b274 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/app.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { initializeTUIDependencies } from "@kilocode/kilo-gateway/tui"
 import { DialogProcessList } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/component/dialog-process-list"
 import { useIndexingWarnings } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/indexing-warning"
 import { KiloTerminalTitle } from "./terminal-title"
+import type { KiloTitleIcon } from "./title-icon"
 import { Session as SessionApi } from "@/session/session"
 
 // Re-export so upstream can render the route without importing directly
@@ -122,10 +123,11 @@ export function getTerminalTitle(input: {
   base: string
   sync: ReturnType<typeof useSync>
   done: Record<string, true>
+  icon?: KiloTitleIcon.Value
 }): KiloTerminalTitle.Result | undefined {
   if (input.route.data.type === "home") {
     return {
-      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, indicator: "none" }),
+      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, indicator: "none", icon: input.icon }),
       active: false,
       indicator: "none",
     }
@@ -137,18 +139,24 @@ export function getTerminalTitle(input: {
       id: input.route.data.sessionID,
       data: input.sync.data,
       done: input.done,
+      icon: input.icon,
     })
     const session = input.sync.session.get(input.route.data.sessionID)
     const title = !session || SessionApi.isDefaultTitle(session.title) ? undefined : session.title
     return {
       ...state,
-      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, title, indicator: state.indicator }),
+      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, title, indicator: state.indicator, icon: input.icon }),
     }
   }
 
   if (input.route.data.type === "plugin") {
     return {
-      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, title: input.route.data.id, indicator: "none" }),
+      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({
+        base: input.base,
+        title: input.route.data.id,
+        indicator: "none",
+        icon: input.icon,
+      }),
       active: false,
       indicator: "none",
     }
@@ -156,7 +164,7 @@ export function getTerminalTitle(input: {
 
   if (input.route.data.type === "kiloclaw") {
     return {
-      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, title: "KiloClaw", indicator: "none" }),
+      title: KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: input.base, title: "KiloClaw", indicator: "none", icon: input.icon }),
       active: false,
       indicator: "none",
     }
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.tsx
index bb9ac401c6..654efa6d99 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { TuiConfig } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui"
 import { TuiKeybind } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/config/keybind"
 import { KeymapLeaderTimeoutDefault } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui-schema"
 import { createBindingLookup } from "@opentui/keymap/extras"
+import { KiloTitleIcon } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/title-icon"
 
 export type SetTuiConfig = (next: TuiConfig.Info) => void
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export namespace KiloTuiConfig {
       const keybinds = TuiKeybind.parse(next.keybinds ?? {})
       const config: TuiConfig.Resolved = {
         ...next,
+        title_icon: next.title_icon ?? KiloTitleIcon.Default,
         attention: {
           enabled: next.attention?.enabled ?? false,
           notifications: next.attention?.notifications ?? true,
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/terminal-title.ts b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/terminal-title.ts
index 6a44e82c61..8a3959ce86 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/terminal-title.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/terminal-title.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { KiloTitleIcon } from "./title-icon"
+
 type Session = {
   id: string
   title: string
@@ -44,28 +46,48 @@ export namespace KiloTerminalTitle {
     indicator: Indicator
   }
 
-  const icon = {
-    none: "",
-    working: "◔",
-    attention: "⚠",
-    finished: "✓",
-  } satisfies Record<Indicator, string>
+  const icons = {
+    none: {
+      none: "",
+      working: "",
+      attention: "",
+      finished: "",
+    },
+    unicode: {
+      none: "",
+      working: "◔",
+      attention: "⚠",
+      finished: "✓",
+    },
+    emojis: {
+      none: "",
+      working: "💭",
+      attention: "🔶",
+      finished: "✅",
+    },
+  } satisfies Record<KiloTitleIcon.Value, Record<Indicator, string>>
 
-  export function format(input: { base: string; title?: string; indicator: Indicator }) {
+  export function format(input: { base: string; title?: string; indicator: Indicator; icon?: KiloTitleIcon.Value }) {
     const text = input.title ? `${input.base} | ${truncate(input.title)}` : input.base
-    const prefix = icon[input.indicator]
+    const prefix = icons[input.icon ?? KiloTitleIcon.Default][input.indicator]
     if (!prefix) return text
     return `${prefix} ${text}`
   }
 
-  export function session(input: { base: string; id: string; data: Data; done: Record<string, true> }): Result {
+  export function session(input: {
+    base: string
+    id: string
+    data: Data
+    done: Record<string, true>
+    icon?: KiloTitleIcon.Value
+  }): Result {
     const info = input.data.session.find((item) => item.id === input.id)
     const id = root(input.data.session, input.id)
     const ids = family(input.data.session, id)
     const indicator = state({ data: input.data, ids, done: input.done[id] === true })
 
     return {
-      title: format({ base: input.base, title: info?.title, indicator }),
+      title: format({ base: input.base, title: info?.title, indicator, icon: input.icon }),
       id,
       active: indicator === "working" || indicator === "attention",
       indicator,
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/title-icon.ts b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/title-icon.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc5f07b616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/title-icon.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Schema } from "effect"
+
+export namespace KiloTitleIcon {
+  export const Value = Schema.Literals(["none", "unicode", "emojis"]).annotate({
+    description: "Status icon style shown in terminal titles",
+  })
+  export type Value = Schema.Schema.Type<typeof Value>
+  export const Default = "none" satisfies Value
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/server/httpapi/groups/config-console.ts b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/server/httpapi/groups/config-console.ts
index 97713e967b..be9dad2d42 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/server/httpapi/groups/config-console.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/kilocode/server/httpapi/groups/config-console.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Config } from "@/config/config"
 import { ConfigPlugin } from "@/config/plugin"
 import { KilocodeKeybinds } from "@/kilocode/tui/keybinds"
+import { KiloTitleIcon } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/title-icon"
 import { Authorization } from "@/server/routes/instance/httpapi/middleware/authorization"
 import { InstanceContextMiddleware } from "@/server/routes/instance/httpapi/middleware/instance-context"
 import {
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ const TuiConfigShape = {
   keybinds: Schema.optional(Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.String)),
   plugin: Schema.optional(Schema.Array(ConfigPlugin.Spec)),
   plugin_enabled: Schema.optional(Schema.Record(Schema.String, Schema.Boolean)),
+  title_icon: Schema.optional(KiloTitleIcon.Value),
   scroll_speed: Schema.optional(Schema.Number),
   scroll_acceleration: Schema.optional(Schema.Struct({ enabled: Schema.Boolean })),
   diff_style: Schema.optional(Schema.Literals(["auto", "stacked"])),
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.test.ts
index 80f7c9d7dd..a17222163a 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { createBindingLookup } from "@opentui/keymap/extras"
 import { TuiKeybind } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/config/keybind"
 import { TuiConfig } from "@/cli/cmd/tui/config/tui"
 import { KiloTuiConfig } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/context/tui-config"
+import { KiloTerminalTitle } from "@/kilocode/cli/cmd/tui/terminal-title"
 
 function cfg(input: Partial<TuiConfig.Info>): TuiConfig.Info {
   return input as TuiConfig.Info
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ function resolve(input: TuiConfig.Info): TuiConfig.Resolved {
   const keybinds = TuiKeybind.parse(input.keybinds ?? {})
   return {
     ...input,
+    title_icon: input.title_icon ?? "none",
     attention: {
       enabled: input.attention?.enabled ?? false,
       notifications: input.attention?.notifications ?? true,
@@ -40,31 +42,52 @@ describe("KiloTuiConfig.makeStore", () => {
 
     const exits: Array<string | undefined> = []
     const themes: Array<string | undefined> = []
+    const icons: Array<string | undefined> = []
+    const titles: string[] = []
     let dispose!: () => void
     createRoot((d) => {
       dispose = d
       createEffect(() => exits.push(store.config.keybinds.get("app.exit")[0]?.key as string | undefined))
       createEffect(() => themes.push(store.config.theme))
+      createEffect(() => icons.push(store.config.title_icon))
+      createEffect(() =>
+        titles.push(
+          KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base: "Kilo CLI", indicator: "working", icon: store.config.title_icon }),
+        ),
+      )
     })
 
     // Initial tracked reads.
     expect(exits).toEqual(["ctrl+c"])
     expect(themes).toEqual(["kilo"])
+    expect(icons).toEqual(["none"])
+    expect(titles).toEqual(["Kilo CLI"])
 
-    store.set(cfg({ keybinds: { app_exit: "ctrl+q", leader: "ctrl+x" }, theme: "nord" }))
+    store.set(cfg({ keybinds: { app_exit: "ctrl+q", leader: "ctrl+x" }, theme: "nord", title_icon: "emojis" }))
 
     // Direct store reads reflect the update synchronously.
     expect(store.config.keybinds.get("app.exit")[0]?.key).toBe("ctrl+q")
     expect(store.config.keybinds.get("leader")[0]?.key).toBe("ctrl+x")
     expect(store.config.theme).toBe("nord")
+    expect(store.config.title_icon).toBe("emojis")
 
     // Tracked reactive reads re-ran with the new values (the hot-reload contract).
     expect(exits).toEqual(["ctrl+c", "ctrl+q"])
     expect(themes).toEqual(["kilo", "nord"])
+    expect(icons).toEqual(["none", "emojis"])
+    expect(titles).toEqual(["Kilo CLI", "💭 Kilo CLI"])
 
     dispose()
   })
 
+  test("set() restores the default title icon when the setting is removed", () => {
+    const store = KiloTuiConfig.makeStore(resolve(cfg({ title_icon: "unicode" })))
+
+    store.set(cfg({}))
+
+    expect(store.config.title_icon).toBe("none")
+  })
+
   test("set() does not re-notify a tracked read when its value is unchanged", () => {
     const store = KiloTuiConfig.makeStore(resolve(cfg({ keybinds: { app_exit: "ctrl+c" }, theme: "kilo" })))
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/server/tui-config.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/server/tui-config.test.ts
index 638d2f6dd9..2bba0a2f92 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/server/tui-config.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/server/tui-config.test.ts
@@ -74,15 +74,16 @@ describe("TUI config routes", () => {
         "content-type": "application/json",
         "x-kilo-directory": tmp.path,
       },
-      body: JSON.stringify({ theme: "nord" }),
+      body: JSON.stringify({ theme: "nord", title_icon: "emojis" }),
     })
 
     expect(response.status).toBe(200)
-    const body = (await response.json()) as { theme?: string }
+    const body = (await response.json()) as { theme?: string; title_icon?: string }
     expect(body.theme).toBe("nord")
+    expect(body.title_icon).toBe("emojis")
 
     const saved = await Bun.file(path.join(tmp.path, ".kilo", "tui.json")).json()
-    expect(saved).toEqual({ theme: "nord" })
+    expect(saved).toEqual({ theme: "nord", title_icon: "emojis" })
   })
 
   test("patches attention config without dropping advanced notification settings", async () => {
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/terminal-title.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/terminal-title.test.ts
index 9e103df7d6..8fef983555 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/terminal-title.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/terminal-title.test.ts
@@ -18,26 +18,26 @@ function data(input: Partial<KiloTerminalTitle.Data> = {}): KiloTerminalTitle.Da
 }
 
 describe("KiloTerminalTitle", () => {
-  test("format_noIndicator_returnsBaseTitle", () => {
-    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "none" })).toBe("Kilo CLI")
-  })
-
-  test("format_workingPrefix_prependsThinkingIcon", () => {
+  test("format_noneStyle_hidesStatusIcon", () => {
     expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, title: "Build status", indicator: "working" })).toBe(
-      "◔ Kilo CLI | Build status",
+      "Kilo CLI | Build status",
     )
   })
 
-  test("format_attentionPrefix_prependsWarningIcon", () => {
-    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, title: "Build status", indicator: "attention" })).toBe(
-      "⚠ Kilo CLI | Build status",
-    )
+  test("format_noIndicator_returnsBaseTitle", () => {
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "none", icon: "unicode" })).toBe("Kilo CLI")
   })
 
-  test("format_finishedPrefix_prependsCheckIcon", () => {
-    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, title: "Build status", indicator: "finished" })).toBe(
-      "✓ Kilo CLI | Build status",
-    )
+  test("format_unicodeStyle_usesUnicodeIcons", () => {
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "working", icon: "unicode" })).toBe("◔ Kilo CLI")
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "attention", icon: "unicode" })).toBe("⚠ Kilo CLI")
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "finished", icon: "unicode" })).toBe("✓ Kilo CLI")
+  })
+
+  test("format_emojiStyle_usesEmojiIcons", () => {
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "working", icon: "emojis" })).toBe("💭 Kilo CLI")
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "attention", icon: "emojis" })).toBe("🔶 Kilo CLI")
+    expect(KiloTerminalTitle.format({ base, indicator: "finished", icon: "emojis" })).toBe("✅ Kilo CLI")
   })
 
   test("format_longSessionTitle_truncatesToExistingLimit", () => {
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ describe("KiloTerminalTitle", () => {
         base,
         title: "12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890",
         indicator: "working",
+        icon: "unicode",
       }),
     ).toBe("◔ Kilo CLI | 1234567890123456789012345678901234567...")
   })
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ describe("KiloTerminalTitle", () => {
         id: "parent",
         data: data({ session_status: { parent: { type: "busy" } } }),
         done: {},
+        icon: "unicode",
       }),
     ).toEqual({ title: "◔ Kilo CLI | Build status", id: "parent", active: true, indicator: "working" })
   })
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/tui-terminal-title-reactivity.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/tui-terminal-title-reactivity.test.ts
index 7ebfe8dd67..161c4b73c8 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/tui-terminal-title-reactivity.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/tui-terminal-title-reactivity.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ describe("terminal title done tracking", () => {
     expect(content).toContain("done: untrack(done)")
   })
 
+  test("app.tsx reads the reactive title icon setting", () => {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(APP_FILE, "utf-8")
+
+    expect(content).toContain("icon: tuiConfig.title_icon")
+  })
+
   test("app.tsx untracks the done guard before setDone", () => {
     const content = fs.readFileSync(APP_FILE, "utf-8")
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
index dbf279c109..a710dc2418 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/sdk.gen.ts
@@ -5267,6 +5267,7 @@ export class Config3 extends HeyApiClient {
       plugin_enabled?: {
         [key: string]: boolean
       }
+      title_icon?: "none" | "unicode" | "emojis"
       scroll_speed?: number | "NaN" | "Infinity" | "-Infinity" | "Infinity" | "-Infinity" | "NaN"
       scroll_acceleration?: {
         enabled: boolean
@@ -5295,6 +5296,7 @@ export class Config3 extends HeyApiClient {
             { in: "body", key: "keybinds" },
             { in: "body", key: "plugin" },
             { in: "body", key: "plugin_enabled" },
+            { in: "body", key: "title_icon" },
             { in: "body", key: "scroll_speed" },
             { in: "body", key: "scroll_acceleration" },
             { in: "body", key: "diff_style" },
diff --git a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
index b605d88a2c..7f5e3319be 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/js/src/v2/gen/types.gen.ts
@@ -2243,6 +2243,10 @@ export type TuiConfigGetResponse = {
   plugin_enabled?: {
     [key: string]: boolean
   }
+  /**
+   * Status icon style shown in terminal titles
+   */
+  title_icon?: "none" | "unicode" | "emojis"
   scroll_speed?: number | "NaN" | "Infinity" | "-Infinity" | "Infinity" | "-Infinity" | "NaN"
   scroll_acceleration?: {
     enabled: boolean
@@ -8644,6 +8648,10 @@ export type TuiConfigUpdateData = {
     plugin_enabled?: {
       [key: string]: boolean
     }
+    /**
+     * Status icon style shown in terminal titles
+     */
+    title_icon?: "none" | "unicode" | "emojis"
     scroll_speed?: number | "NaN" | "Infinity" | "-Infinity" | "Infinity" | "-Infinity" | "NaN"
     scroll_acceleration?: {
       enabled: boolean
diff --git a/packages/sdk/openapi.json b/packages/sdk/openapi.json
index 8243bf7d8e..1fdd9ea41d 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/openapi.json
+++ b/packages/sdk/openapi.json
@@ -10912,6 +10912,11 @@
                       "type": "boolean"
                     }
                   },
+                  "title_icon": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "enum": ["none", "unicode", "emojis"],
+                    "description": "Status icon style shown in terminal titles"
+                  },
                   "scroll_speed": {
                     "anyOf": [
                       {
@@ -21217,6 +21222,11 @@
               "type": "boolean"
             }
           },
+          "title_icon": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": ["none", "unicode", "emojis"],
+            "description": "Status icon style shown in terminal titles"
+          },
           "scroll_speed": {
             "anyOf": [
               {