diff --git a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
index 44bc0764384..2115fa1b00c 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/tui/src/component/prompt/index.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   MouseEvent,
   PasteEvent,
   decodePasteBytes,
+  type ColorInput,
   type KeyEvent,
 } from "@opentui/core"
 import { createEffect, createMemo, onMount, createSignal, onCleanup, on, Show, Switch, Match, For } from "solid-js"
@@ -107,6 +108,22 @@ function fadeColor(color: RGBA, alpha: number) {
   return RGBA.fromValues(color.r, color.g, color.b, color.a * alpha)
 }
 
+export function PromptInterruptStatus(props: {
+  armed: boolean
+  text: ColorInput
+  subdued: ColorInput
+  warning: ColorInput
+}) {
+  return (
+    <text fg={props.armed ? props.warning : props.text} wrapMode="none" truncate flexShrink={1}>
+      esc{" "}
+      <span style={{ fg: props.armed ? props.warning : props.subdued }}>
+        {props.armed ? "again to interrupt" : "interrupt"}
+      </span>
+    </text>
+  )
+}
+
 function hasEditorRangeSelection(selection: EditorSelection["ranges"][number]) {
   return (
     selection.selection.start.line !== selection.selection.end.line ||
@@ -1804,21 +1821,12 @@ export function Prompt(props: PromptProps) {
                           <spinner color={spinnerDef().color} frames={spinnerDef().frames} interval={40} />
                         </Show>
                       </box>
-                      <text
-                        fg={store.interrupt > 0 ? theme.background.action.primary.default : theme.text.default}
-                        wrapMode="none"
-                        truncate
-                        flexShrink={1}
-                      >
-                        esc{" "}
-                        <span
-                          style={{
-                            fg: store.interrupt > 0 ? theme.background.action.primary.default : theme.text.subdued,
-                          }}
-                        >
-                          {store.interrupt > 0 ? "again to interrupt" : "interrupt"}
-                        </span>
-                      </text>
+                      <PromptInterruptStatus
+                        armed={store.interrupt > 0}
+                        text={theme.text.default}
+                        subdued={theme.text.subdued}
+                        warning={theme.text.feedback.warning.default}
+                      />
                     </box>
                   </Match>
                   <Match when={move.progress()}>
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/prompt-interrupt-status.test.tsx b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/prompt-interrupt-status.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ebb9269c80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tui/test/cli/tui/prompt-interrupt-status.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/** @jsxImportSource @opentui/solid */
+import { RGBA } from "@opentui/core"
+import { testRender } from "@opentui/solid"
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test"
+import { PromptInterruptStatus } from "../../../src/component/prompt"
+
+test("armed interrupt status renders visible warning text", async () => {
+  const text = RGBA.fromHex("#ffffff")
+  const subdued = RGBA.fromHex("#808080")
+  const warning = RGBA.fromHex("#fbbf24")
+  const app = await testRender(
+    () => <PromptInterruptStatus armed text={text} subdued={subdued} warning={warning} />,
+    { width: 30, height: 1 },
+  )
+
+  try {
+    await app.renderOnce()
+    const line = app.renderer.currentRenderBuffer.getSpanLines()[0]!
+
+    expect(line.spans.map((span) => span.text).join("")).toContain("esc again to interrupt")
+    expect(line.spans.filter((span) => span.text.trim()).every((span) => span.fg.equals(warning))).toBeTrue()
+  } finally {
+    app.renderer.destroy()
+  }
+})